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Evening star., 1939-05-17
Spiritual Bu|warks'
Archbishop S Topic

A country can be lost despite The
power of its armed forces if its
spiritual life is allowed to deterio-
rate, the Most Rev. Michael J. Cur.
ley, Archbishop of Baltimore, told
members of the Curley Club last
night at the Continental Hotel. He
stressed the need of spiritual bull
warks which are as vital as mill
taristic armaments."
Citing the Importance of educa-
tional endeavors along with religious
work, the archbishop praised the ac-
tivities of the club, which was or
ganized II years ago this month
It's founder. Miss Mary L. MCGEE
was present at the meeting ard
made a speech of welcome.
Miss Dorothy Barrett. president of
the Curley Club, presented the Cath
olic leader with a check for $747
raised during the year for educa-
tional uses He turned the fund over
to the clubs treasurer and offered
to add to the amount If more is
needed.
The Rev. Francis j. Kelly, club
chaplain and assistant pastor of St
Patrick's Church, thanked the arch
bishop for visiting the group.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Somoza Shifts Plans
10 Come 10 Capital
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
President Anastasio Somoza of
Nicaragua has altered his schedule to
permit him to spend more time in
New York and Washington, Lega-
ton officials said today This has
caused him to postpone his date Of
sailing from San Francisco for Gen.
trail America from June / to June 8.
President Somoza originally had
planned to come here tomorrow from
Philadelphia and leave for San
Francisco Friday. Under the revised
schedule, he is to arrive here Sun
day and remain until Tuesday night
or Wednesday, conferring with
American officials.
1t was understood an announce
ment of the results of his talks prob
ably would be issued before his de-
parture for California.
He is scheduled to arrive in Guate-
mala June 10 aboard the steamship
Axel johnson, and visit the Presi-
dents of Guatemala, Ell Salvador and
Honduras before returning to Mica
ragua.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Man Held at Ga||inger
After Roosevelt Threats

A 22-year-old white man, who po-
lice said made threats to them
against President Roosevelt, was
held in Gallinger Hospital today
for mental observation.
Arrested early this morning as
he attempted to scale the White
House fence on West Executive ave-
nue., the man carried a rock, which
he said he was going to use to
break window in the White House,
and a small pen knife.
The man gave his name as Frank
Joseph Twers and his address at
2402 North Fifth street, Philadel-
phia.
He was arrested by Policeman w.
T. Grimes of the White House force.
According to Detective Sergt. Ell
mer Lewis of the Metropolitan
Police Force, who was called to the
White House, the man said he ar
rived here at 3 pm. yesterday on a
bus from Philadelphia.
Sergt. Lewis quoted him as say
ing: president Roosevelt is not
good TO the poor" and What this
country needs is dictator"
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Pickets
Continued From First Page)

failure to agree on a contract for
employment of N. M. U. personnel.
Demand Law Be Upheld.
Patrick B. Whalen, chief of the
Baltimore branch of N. M. U. and
spokesman for the pickets, said the
union is demanding that the Marine
Inspection Bureau uphold the navi-
cation laws with respect to the
proper manning of ships. Charging
marine inspectors are issuing
identification certificates to "un-
qualified seamen' and permitting
tankers to operate with inexperi-
enced men, Whalen declared:
I'VE are demanding that the Bu-
reau force the inspectors to enforce
the law or remove them from Office
for negligence"
Certified as Seamen.
Issuance of Identification certifi-
cates-frst step in qualifying a pro-
spective seaman for a maritime Job
was written into the maritime laws
by Congress in an effort to tighten
up maritime regulations after the
Moro Castle disaster several years
ago.
After the issuance of the certifi-
cate local port inspectors attached
to the Marine Inspection Bureau
certify the applicant for employment
as an ordinary seaman Bureau
officials said today that under the
law they could not refuse to issue
the certificates.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Stephenson Appointed
To Waqe-Hour Post
BY JOHN C. HENRY

Appointment of William A. F.
Stephenson as executive officer of
the Wage -and-Hour Division of the
Labor Department was announced
today by Administrator Elmer F.
Andrews.
In this post, which he will assume
Monday, Mr.. Stephenson will be in
charge of fiscal, procurement and
personnel work of the division, it
was announced.
The appointee is native of
Chicago and a graduate of the Uni
versity of Chicago. Coming to
Washington in 1888, he has served
with the A. A. A., the Soil Conserva-
tion Service, the Agriculture De-
partment and the P. w. A. Since last
June, he has been special assistant
to H. A. Gray, assistant administra-
tor of public works.
He was named to his new post
from the civil service lists.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Cabinet Is Reported
Divided Over Farm
Bill Provisions
Possible Veto Reported
Discussed; George
Disoerees on Toxes
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Senates action in adding
1898 900 900 in farm benefits to
the huge Agriculture Department
supply bill Uithout poUiding
means OF raising increased rev-
enue has complicated tar reui-
sion for the administration.
Strong congressional bloc is
pressing for revision of tar lduS
to remoue leUies Uhich are held
to be business deterrents.
BY the Associated Press.
Members of President Roosevelt S
Official family were reported on
Capitol Hill today to be offering
him conflicting advice on whether
to sign or veto the s1,2l8,000, 900
Agriculture Department bill.
The Presidents preliminary dis
cussions of the record d-breaking ap-
preparation measure, it was said
authoritatively, have been based on
the possibility the House will ac-
cept most of the 1888 900 900 added
by the Senate
Among other unbudgeted items,
the Senate wrote in s225 900 900 for
parity payments designed to raise
farmers purchasing power and
s113,000,00O for surplus crop dis
posal. The bill now is awaiting
House action on the Senate amend
ments.
Well-informed persons said the
President brought up the bill at
a recent cabinet meeting, where one
group of advisers. led by Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace, was report
ed to have urged that he sign it.
Another group, which included
Vice President Garner, was said to
have suggested that he veto it and
return the farm problem to Con-
gress with a request that it either
hold to the budget estimates or
raise additional revenue to finance
the Senate-approved benefits.
Mr.. Garner, long an economy
advocate. was described as believing
Adl Ill dlo was llllpCi dllNC, Dul llldI
Congress could do a better job of
legislating if Mr.. Roosevelt vetoed
the pending measure. The Vice
President has said nothing publicly
about farm or any other legislation
this year.
The President told reporters yes
terday there had been no discussion
of new taxes to finance farm pay
ments in his talk with congressional
and Treasury tax authorities Mon
day. He has argued previously that
the Senate additions made new
levies necessary.
Some members of the Senate FL
nance Committee said there was
little chance that the Senate would
approve extra taxes for farm
benefits. They argued that if taxes
were to be raised for these expendi-
lures new levies also should be i'm
posed to reduce the Federal deficit
resulting from other activities.
Senator George, Democrat, of
Georgia, committee member, dis
agreed with the Presidents con-
tention that any revision of the tax
laws should cause no loss in revenue.
If we were looking toward an
Immediately balancing of the budget
the answer might be different" Sem
ator George said.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
R. {. A. Head Defend! f!
Exclusive Contracts
Aft. e.. {. Hearing
Bon Would End Present
High-Grode Programs,
Sornoff Declares

Decentralization of radio broad
casting and destruction of the pres
ent high program standards of the
American system of broadcasting
would follow any prohibition
against networks making exclusive
contracts for service to local sta
tions, David Sarnoff, president of
the Radio Corporation OF America
told the Federal Communications
Commissions Monopoly Investigat-
ing Committee today
Mr.. Sarnoff also told the commit
tee that the radio as known today is
not that of the near future. He pre-
dicted that changes in the art would
come much more quickly during the
next few years than during the past
decade.
The R. c. A. head returned to the
witness stand today for cross exam
lnation, having opened the inquiry
last November with lengthy state
ment. Cross-eXamination was de-
ferred at that time by William j.
Dempsey, youthful general counsel
of the commission.
Practically the whole morning
was given over by Mr.. Dempsey to
questioning Mr. Sarnoff on the
competitive angles of networks and
the exclusive contract practices
whereby the chains bind local sta
ton afiliates to take only the pro-
grams of the particular network
with which they are working.
Mr.. Sarnoff insisted the present
high-quality programs are due en-
tirely to the practices and policies
of the networks Local stations. he
said, could not afford to serve the
high-type programs provided by the
chains.
Mr.. Sarnof said the networks had
built up listener following through
their sustaining and commercial
chain programs. He added that to
permit stations to take any program
from any network at any time they
saw fit would create a situation
which, in his opinion, would destroy
the high-quality service which the
public has been educated to expect
He testified that competition be-
tween networks is desirable so far
as the listener is concerned, and as
between the four major networks
there is active competition. He SAID
he thought it exists at the present
time for both listener interest ana
the advertising dollar.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Cleveland Police
Seize Man Wanted
In Mass Murder
Dominic Rodio Held;
Kiss Of Death Sought;
F. B. !. Enters Case
BACKGPOUND-

BACKGROUND
Twenty-Five persons are under
arrest in Philadelphia insur-
ance murder case. Investigators
believe deaths caused by syndi-
cote Uill total so. Police hdUe
Evidence of arson bonn bing ring
in connection Uith poison mur-
der gang.
BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, May ia Ma
tion-wide manhunt for fugitives
sought in the Eastern insurance
murder ring was narrowed today as
Cleveland police arrested a man
they identified as Dominic Rodio
81. wanted for questioning about a
drowning during deep-sea fishing
trip.
The Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion-drawn into the case "a hours
ago-announced the man would be
returned to Philadelphia at once
under Federal warrant.
Detective Sergt. James Hogan in
Cleveland said the fugitive found
at the home of a sister, admitted
his identity and said he left Phila-
delphia Ito forget about the traffic
accident death of his son, May S.
The arrest concentrated the fugi-
tive hunt into search for Mrs. Rose
Carina, attractive widow, who has
been described by investigators as
a lure" used by the death ring.
She is named in a murder war
rant issued in the investigation of
the death of a grocer. Chemists
found traces of two types of poison
in his body.
Cleveland police had been asked
by Philadelphia Police Supt. Ed
ward Hubbs to look for Rodio.
A. Bernard Leckie, agent in charge
of the Philadelphia F. B. l., said the
bureau had been notified of the ar
rest and was prepared to bring
Rodio back at once under a Federal
warrant already issued.
Rodio has been named by in
vestigators as the third man in a
boat on 1882 fishing trip off Sea Isle
City, N. j., when Joseph Arena of
Philadelphia drowned.
The second was Steve Crispino,
Reading hat factory worker, who
has been held for extradition to
Cape May County, N. j., for trial
in the drowning. Arenas widow
has been charged with conspiracy.
Assistant District Attorney Vim
cent P. McDevitt said at Crispino's
arraignment three others charged
with parts in the murder plots
shared $4,000 of the insurance on
Arenas life. Mr.. McDevitt said
they were Gaetano Cicnati, Morris
Bolber and Paul Petrillo, all held
without bail.
Warrants for the arrest of Rodio
and Mrs. Carina were handed to
Federal agents last night with Or
ders from F. B. I. Director J. Edgar
Hoover to give local police the
very greatest cooperation possible
within our Jurisdiction
The Federal agents entered the
case at the request of Mr.. Nc
Dewitt, who earlier had urged
Mr.. Hoover to make a personal sur
vey of this unbelievable crime
syndicate Authorities believe the
ring may have killed more than 100
persons in Eastern States by poison,
drownings and faxed accidents.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Free Art Glasses
Offered Talented Youths

Free art clases for talented chill
dren will be inaugurated this SUM-
mer by the Children's Federal Art
Gallery, according to an announce
ment by the Sponsors Executive
Committee.
Each public and private school
in the District will be invited to
submit samples of two pupils work,
and a limited number of children
will be selected for instruction by a
jury composed of Prentiss Taylor,
member of the Sponsors Commit
tee; Richard Kenah, director of The
District Federal art project; Philip
Bell, director of the Children's s
Federal Art Gallery; Miss Grace
Etheridge Of Sidwell's Friends
School, and Miss Harriet Garrels Of
the art department Of District ele-
mentary public schools.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Poles See Reich Effort
To Cut Minority Figure
By FRANK SMoTHERs.

Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
WARSAW, May II (by radio).- -
A vast and fraudulent reduction in
official German figures for the Dol
ish minority in the Reich is the fore
gone conclusion of the population
census in Germany today, it Is de-
clared in Poland.
The Poles, whose authorities
claim minority of at least l 500 900
racial Poles in Germany, predict to-
day that the Hitler census probably
will admit no more than 10000
perhaps as few as 10000.
Questions put to registrants, it is
charged privately and in the press
here, have been doctored in such
a way, and Poles in Germany have
been subjected to such intimidation
that nothing approaching an ac-
curate nationality census is posi-
BILE.
For hundreds of thousands of "our
compatriots in Germany says the
Dziennik Narodowy in a typical edi-
torial, today will be "a day of suf-
fering for they will be obliged to
choose between recognizing their
nationality and daily bread for
themselves and their children"
Poles point out that a "doctored
census" can be put to any of various
propaganda purposes One Polish
authority summarizes the position
to me:
after contending that the Polish
minority in Germany is far smaller
than the German minority in Po-
land. the Nazis may say, for exam
pile: See how generous our Fuehrer
is. He has only asked for Danzig
and an extraterritorial road across
the corridor: he has not asked for
the return to the Reich of terri
tory with a German minority OF
course, we know that Hitler wants
to get all Western Poland, sooner
or later, If he can The census to-
day is just bit of ammunition for
any future purpose which fits the
German policy of the moment"
Poland has always used her figures
on the Polish minority in Germany
to balance German conten-
tions in diplomacy vis-a-vis the
positions of the two minorities. The
total of some 74l00O Germans in
Poland is admitted here. That is
less than half the Polish figure for
Poles In Germany-most of whom
are in the border regions of the
main body of the Reich and Of East
Prussia. But, Poles point out, Ger
man nationality censuses have re-
duced the admitted German figure
for Poles in the Reich from 1885,
600 in 1910 to 440200 in 1888 drop
Of II per cent, whereas Poland
claims there has been no drop at
all.
tcopyrisht, 1889. BY Chicago Daily News,
Incl
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Court Authorizes
Banks PROPERTY Deal

Justice Joseph w. Cox in District
Court today signed a provisional
order directing that Justus S.
Wardell, receiver of the Seventh
Street Savings Bank, be empowered
to receive for the property at 1923
Fourteenth street NV. from the
District Motor Co. an offer of
$l1, 500 cash, subject to adjustment
of taxes, rent, income, insurance
premiums and similar items as of the
date of the sale.
The jurist directed that unless
contrary cause be shown before May
20 the offer of the District Motor
co. will be accepted and the sale
ratified.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Belgium Confiseotes
Anti-Nuzi Radio Stution

BY the Associated Press.
ANTWERP, Belgium, May ia
hidden radio station in the town Of
Berchem was confscated by police
today on a complaint that it was
broadcasting anti-Nazi programs
four times daily.
On March 20 the German govern
ment apologized for radio broad
cast which Belgium protested as
meddlins in q Belgian general elec-
ton.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Social Security
Increase Approved
By House Group
Added 81, ,2oo, 100000
Will Aid Widows
And Orphans
By the Associated Press.

~ Inc ASSoCiateu fIesS
|, The House Ways and Means Com
mittee has given final approval to
proposed changes in the social Sc
curity law adding $1,000, 900 900 to
benefits in the next five years for
the aged and for widows, orphans
and dependent parents.
Members disclosed today that the
committe had rejected a motion by
Representative Robertson, Demo-
crat, of Virginia, to delete the new
or additional benefits from legis-
lation under consideration.
The proposals which were ap-
proved would increase old-age pen
sions in the early years of the Sc
curity system and would lower them
later. Benefit payments would start
next January l instead Of January
!, 1912.
Arthur j. Altmeyer, Social Sc
curity Board chairman. said there
would be no net increase in the cost
of the system as q whole.
While the increase proposed in
the bill would cost 1900 900 900
more than the present law from 1910
to 1914, inclusive, Chairman Alt
meyer explained that social security
taxes would cover it. Furthermore,
he said a reserve fund would not
| continue to build up because it
would be used more in the early
years and there would be less drain
in the later years.
Instead of going up to an esti-
mated 000,00O,000 by 1880. he
said, the reserve would reach
maximum of S7700 100000 in 1855.
In the next IS years, he said. the
increased benefits would aggregate
i $6 900 100000.
Under the new plan, a worker who
becomes IS years old on January /,
1910, and who has been making an
average OF Sl00 month since the
old-age insurance program went
into effect on January /. 1887. could
retire on his birthday in 1910 and
get benefits of s2575 a month for
the rest of his life. Under present
law, he would get only one lump
sum payment of SIPS.
II his wife also were IS. he would
receive so per cent more or a total
OF 1888 month. On his death,
the widow would get three -fourths
OF the amount of her husbands
benefit, or sl93l monthly while she
lived
Benefits also would be provided
for younger widows and minor chill
dren. The widow of man who
had earned an average of sl00 a
month for three years and who died
on January /, 1910, would get 1891
a month. If she had two minor chill.
dren she would get s45.07 until the
children were Is, or until they were
l8 if they remained in school.
The widow, with or without chill.
dren, would get an additional benefit
at IS Of s19.3l monthly during her
lifetime.
If the same worker died and left
no widow or children. but was sur
vived by a dependent parent. the
latter would receive Sl288 month.
A single man with 40 years cover
age and an average monthly wage
OF slO0 during that period would get
only S35 month under the new
plan, compared with s5125 under
present law.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Plan Festival Service

The annual festival service of the
Guild OF Acolytes and Lay Readers
OF the Episcopal dioceses will be held
tomorrow, Ascension Day, at 8 pm,
in the Church d the Transfgura-
ton. Father J. ], Queally, the rec
tor, will preach the sermon. The
Rev. Enoch M. Thompson is d.
rector Of the guild.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
leiserson Approved

The Senate Labor Committee rec
commended yesterday that President
Roosevelt's nomination of William
M. Leiserson of Ohio to the Ma
tlonal Labor Relations Board be
confirmed by the Senate.
Evening star., 1939-05-17
Hearing Told Rails
Receive Little Aid
In Capital Market
Borrieer Thinks Greater
Access Would Prove
Beneficial
RACKGRQUNl-

BACKGROUND
President Roosevelt called on
Congress year ago to authorize
comprehensive study of Amer
ican economic structure. To do
Job, Congress set up joint erecu-
ttDe-legiSlatire committee and
directed existing government
agencies to do much OF prelim-
mary work. In ttDo installments,
100000 has been made auail-
able for study.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-08-17

Two friends came down Sum
day from Orient TO visit Melyon and
Leland Roberts.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Travis visit
ed Sunday evening with the Hugh
Bell family.
The work on the highway Is
progressing very well and will be
finished this week. After three
weeks another coating OF oil will
be applied. completing the project.
Mrs. I. T. Fouch and daughter,
Helen. called Sunday afternoon at
the Guy Travis home. Other visit
ors were Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Bell
and children and Barney Schmidt.
Dorothy Boyd. Geneva Travis
and Jerry Gorski joined a swim
ming party at Paterson Sunday aft
ernoon.
James Anderson OF Touchet spent
Saturday night at the Anderson
home. On Sunday he accompanied
Chester Anderson and Harold Combs
TO Pendleton, returning to his
homo Sunday evening.
Merle May Morgan was house
guest OF Dorothy Boyd several days
As week
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prukart's Washington Digest
Wisdom Of Constitution Is Seen
In Revolt of House on Spending
Not Politics Alone Involved in Congress- Opposition
to Presidents Spending Policy; Response to Will
of People at Last Refle cted in Members Action.
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service. National Pres Bldg, Washington. DC.

,v.sH1NGTON.- Constitu-
~ ~ the United States-that doc
' us that has served us so well
- ..-,thstanding the razzing given 1t
~ ~ enlightened thinkers of recent
- v..rs-says in Article 1 that "an
IN. for raising revenue shall orig
;a.t. in the house of representa-
.;,.sn Il further says with an en-
. I that, mo moneys shall be
sr.vm from the treasury but In
..r.eouence Of appropriations made
BY hw."
rh.re is, of course, nothing at all
,.v in the above paragraph. It is
=, ,mnortant. however, to remember
.hose provisions Of the basic law Of
o,r nation for in them again we see
Sisdom and g rather clear under
s,nding Of what happened just be-
M. congress adjourned its first
.s.sion It IS as though the auth
y, Of the Constitution were laying a
nrnphecy when one considers the re-
eent revolt of the house of repre-
rntatiyes against President RooSe-
yelt's spending lending program.
iAnd. BY the way, during the de-
htes on this program it became
movn as the spending" program
among those terrible people who
opposed it.)
Iassume that throughout the land
there was much talk about the re-
volt against the Presidents policies
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for current spending as being pure
~ politics. have heard from many
sections OF the country, and the sto-
~ was the same; politics. That Is
only partly true. Obviously, the
house members had their weather
eye on the political aftermath of
what they were doing when they re-
fused even to give consideration to
MI. Roosevelt's spending-lending
plan that originally involved more
than $4,000, 10000 They considered
politics, too, when they refused to
debate the merits of the $500, 900 900
housing bill, although I believe they
should have debated that thing in
order that the country could know
that it would have cost several bill
lion dollars of taxpayers money be-
fore 1t Is finally wound up 60 years
hence.
Not Politics Alone Moved
House to Oppose President
The refusal of the house men,
bers to do the bidding of the Chief
Executive must be examined in
something more than just a politi-
cal light, however, because of the
two provisions of the Constitution
that I quoted. It must be recalled
that the authors of the Constitu-
ton contrived to build q national
legislative body with q dual pur-
pose: l. to represent the Union of
states which is accomplished thru