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Evening star., 1939-12-01
Communist Paper
Lays Finns' Plight
To Roosevelt
ImperioIistic War by
Allies to Destroy
Russio Is Charged
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-The Daily
Worker, leading Communist organ
in this country, in front-page edi-
torial today said "the plight Of the
Finnish people I" can be laid at
the doorstep of President Roosevelt" j."
The newspaper also charged that
the United States, Great Britain and
France were using Finland as a
pawn to foment an imperialistic
war to destroy Soviet Russia.
1n Boston, the Communist
party of Massachusetts, distrib-
uted 100000 circulars defending
the invasion of Finland and ac-
cusing "the officials of the semi
Fascist government of Finland
of provoking war deliberately.
("The Red Army is on the
march for peace and socialism
and is dealing powerful blows
against world imperialism" the
circulars saidD
Chamberlain Assailed.
The two-column editorial in the
Daily Worker said it was "the sheer
est hyprocisy for the press to pre-
tend moral indignation at a little
country engaged with a big coun-
try like the Soviet Union
They know that behind the Fin
nish ruling cliques stand the mighty
forces of British and American i'm
perialism, goading, encouraging,
supporting the hostile acts of Fin
land"
The editorial asserted Prime Min
lister Chamberlain of England had
tried in vain to get Germany to
start war with the Soviet govern
ment.
For this plan" it continued, "he
(ChamberlainD paid Fascism with
the bodies of Spain, Czecho-
Slovakia and Austria, and even as
he was ready to pay with Poland.
But he failed, defeated by the Soviet
Unions peace policy and strength. .
Charges Anti-SOviet Plan.
Declaring Mr. Chamberlain now
is operating an anti-Soviet war plan
through Finland, the paper said:
The present Finnish rulers have
been given the assignment by world
imperialism, London, Paris and
Washington, to transform the pres
ent imperialist English-German
war into the anti-Soviet war which
was organized by Chamberlain and
Hitler at Munich and shattered by
the non aggression pact when Hitler
discovered that the U. S. S. R. was
too strong to be attacked.
Into this war abyss, the Ameri-
can people are being drawn by the
Wall Street forces which now speak
through the foreign policy of the
Roosevelt administration"
Attack on Roosevelt.
The editorial said the plight of
the Finnish people can be laid
at the doorstep of President Roose-
welt whose recent direct interven-
ton gave the Finnish ruling circles
the go-ahead signal for their COL
laboration with the British war in
trigues.'
If the President and Secretary
Hull genuinely desired to foster
peace, the paper said, they have
but to exert the good Offices which
Chamberlain bespeaks for war in
the direction of halting the present
senseless hostilities between the
Anglo-French and German i'm
perialisms.
"At the present moment, these
good Offices of Roosevelt and Hull
for world peace are being withheld.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Decision Is Due Soon
0nF. i. Complaint
In Liquor Sales
Companies Accused Of
Making Agreements to
Check Competition

A decision on a complaint issued
a year and a half ago by the Fed
eral Trade Commission charging H.
legal suppression Of competition in
the liquor trade by Washington
liquor dealers is expected to be
handed down by the commission
shortly.
The commission took the case
under advisement yesterday after
attorneys for all but two Of the re-
spondents elected not to enter final
arguments on the case, heard last
February.
The trade body issued the COM
plant on May S, 1898, charging the
companies and trade associations
with entering into agreements,
combinations and confederacies to
suppress competition in the sale of
liquor in the District through main-
tenance of uniform resale prices,
discounts and markups by means of
boycott, blacklisting and other CO.
ercive measures"
Milton s. Kronheim, president of
Milton S. Kronheim &, Son, one of
the firms complained against, said
IN a statement regarding failure of
his attorney to appear: Il felt and
feel certain that did nothing which
constituted a violation of the law or
breech of good business ethics.
"All of the evidence in answer to
the complaint has been placed be-
fore the commissions examiner and
/ did not feel that any argument
was necessary. I am perfectly will
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Ralph Henry Groves,
Publishers Aide, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Dec. Ralph
Henry Graves. 81, publishers repre-
sentative and head of a syndicate
bearing his name, died of cerebral
apoplexy today at his home in Gar
den City, Long Island
Mr.. Graves, born at Chapel Hill,
N. c., formerly was. city editor of
the New York Evening Post and
later Sunday editor of the New York
Times.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
British Steamer
Is Sunk by Mine
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 1.-The British
steamer Dalryan, 4,558 tons. struck
a mine and sank today of the
southeast coast of England. Her
crew was rescued.
Earlier. the sinking of the 4,260-
ton Finnish steamer Mercator by a
mine of the Scottish coast had been
disclosed with the landing of sur
vivors on British soil. One member
of the crew was missing.
The Danish schooner Grethe, 264
tons, sank of the mouth of the
Thames. She was believed to have
struck submerged wreck.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Park Savings
Continued From First Page.)

ditional dividend, depositors will
have received out of the Park Saw
ings Bank approximately $1,200,O00.
Explaining that there will be no
dividend at this time to depositors
participating in the 1929 group pay
ment as an outgrowth of the $500. 900
paid over by directors of the bank,
Mr.. Moran said that final court de-
tails had not yet been completed.
1t is expected, however, that this
dividend, which goes to those who
had money in the bank in 1929, will
be ready for disbursement shortly
after the first of the year."
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Duff Cooper AssoiIs
Attack as Burburism
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Dec. l.
Alfred Duff Cooper, former first lord
of the British admiralty, last night
described Russia's invasion of Fin
land as the most aggressive act
ever perpetrated in modern civiliza-
ton"
In an address at Union College, he
said Russians are relaxing into the
barbarism out of which they have
hardly emerged" and added: mo
civilized man loving liberty could
60 to bed tonight without cursing
Stain"
Evening star., 1939-12-01

ing that the decision should be
reached on the facts as presented in
the testimony"
Other firms complained against
were the Globe Distributing Co.. the
Marvin & Snead Sales Corp, Phillip
Horwitz and Leon Samet, trading
as the Roma Wine g. Liquor Co.;
International Distributing Corp,
Washington Wholesale Liquor Corp,
the D. c. Exclusive Retail Liquor
Dealers Association and the Whole
sale Liquor Dealers of Washington.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
RosenbIoom's Mother Dies

NEW YORK, Dec. l (P.-Mrs
Sarah Rosenbloom, mother of Make
Rosenbloom, former light-heavy-
weight boxing champion, died last
night in a hospital here. Burial will
take place today at Mount Olivet
Maspeth, Long Island.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Another Patrol Vessel

The Navy Department today Or
dered the U. S. S. Goldsborough,
an old destroyer tied up at the Phil
adelphia Navy Yard, recommissioned
for the neutrality patrol. This will
be the 74th World War destroyer
recommissioned for patrol duty.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Finland
Continued From First Page.)

Russian authorities. There was no
indication whether Russia intended
to accept the Terijoki regime as
the government of all Finland.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Crowley Offered
Big Utility Holding
Company Post
Will See President
Before Deciding on
S. 6. & (. Choirmunship

By the Associated Press.
Leo T. Crowley, chairman of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp,
said today he had been offered the
chairmanship Of the Standard Gas
Evening star., 1939-12-01

e. Electric Co.,
a billion-dolla
utility holding
company.
Mr.. Crowley
said he had not
decided whether
to accept, and
added he would
not comment
further on it
until he talks
with President
Roosevelt, prob
ably early next
week.
Standard Gas
e. Electric, with
Evening star., 1939-07-12
J. AchiIIe Guimond
Dies Of Lonq Illness

j. Achille Guimond, 10, retired
Marine Band musician, died yester-
day at his home, 1924 Upshur street
NE, after an illness of year. He
had been in failing health nearly
four years.
He was native of Quebec, Canada,
and came to this country 81 years ago
and was a Washington resident As
years. Before coming to this coun-
try he was a member of the English
Grenadier Band. He was member
of the Marine Band for many years
and at the time of his retirement 18
years ago he was principal clarinet
player.
During the Spanish American War
he served in the band Of the 9Th
Infantry in Cuba. On his return
from Cuba he was transferred to
the 3rd Cavalry Band at Fort Myer
and later joined the Marine Band.
During his younger days he was
an enthusiastic hunter and yachts
man. He maintained a place at
North Beach, Md.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Elizabeth E. Guimond Funeral
services will be held in the Lee fu-
neral home at IL am Friday and
burial with full military honors will
be in Arlington National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1939-07-12
Craigavon Says Ulster
Gives Britain All Aid
By the Associated Press.

6y the ASSOclateo FreSS.
BANGOR, Northern Ireland, July
12.-Prime Minister Lord Craigavon
said today that Northern ireland
had placed her whole resources" at
the disposal of Britain in the face
of war dangers, and he declared that
Northern Ireland was determined to
avoid any link with the government
of Ireland (Eire), the former Irish
Free State.
Craigavon spoke at this County
Down villages annual celebration
on the Battle of Boyne, In which,
King William III in 1890 defeated
the army Of King James II. Sim
liar celebrations were held through
out Northern Ireland, with thou
sands of Orangemen parading to
blaring bands.
THE Ulster government are aware
of the possibility that If war comes
We in Ulster might have to defend
our home 'front.'" Lord Craigavon
said. go The government, how
ever, nave plans to meet this con-
tingency."
Attacking the Dublin government
which governs all Ireland except
the six Northern counties. or Ulster,
Lord Craigavon declared that
Northern Ireland is determined to
resist Prime Minister de Valera S
agitation for a united Ireland be-
cause British civilization is the very
breath of our life"
Evening star., 1939-07-12
Reorganization
Continued From First Page.)

city administrator would be ap-
pointed to assume all Of the admin
istrative duties and responsibilities,
leaving the Commissioners only as a
policy making body.
If there is to be an administra-
tive officer other than the present
secretary to the board, Commits
sioners Hazen and McCoach de-
clared, he should be under rather
than over the Commissioners in all
respects. If he were given certain
administrative duties the Commis-
sioners said it should be by assign
ment of themselves. The Commis-
sioners hold there is no sound rea-
son why the three members of the
board, in establishing municipal
policies are not thereby able to serve
as the executive power. Both Com
missioners Hazen and McCoach
said: I'VE are definitely convinced
on this point and propose to stand
pat on it."
Commissioner Allen was out of
the city to attend the conference
of w. P. A. administrators in Chi
cago. Just what his present views
are on this point was not known.
Sees Sentiment in Congress.
Commissioners Hazen and Nc
Coach voiced approval of the plan 10
give Commissioners increased powers
and said they felt there was senti-
ment in Congress for this. However,
they said they could not see the
logic of removing the District budget
from control of the Budget Bureau
and to give the General Accounting
Office somewhat similar power. They
said they would prefer to remain
under the Budget Bureau since that
agency was especially created for
the purpose of budgetary control
They added that, of course, they
were in favor of having the General
Accounting Office continue in it's
present powers of post auditing and
checking up on expenditures.
The Commissioners said they felt
it would be of advantage to the Dis
trict, however, if the Board of Com
missioners were permitted to formu-
late the annual budgets and to sub
init them directly to Congress. They
recognized that the counter argu-
ment is there should be some Fed
eral control, since there is Federal
payment making up q portion-in
recent years small percentage-of
National Capital costs. However,
one of the Commissioners said that
even If Budget Bureau control were
continued it should extend no more
than a check on the total of the
District budget but not its details.
The members of the kitchen cab
met" are Budget Officer Daniel j.
Donovan, Corporation Counsel El-
wood Seal, Richmond B. Keech, vice
chairman of the Public Utilities
Commission, and Capt. H. c. White
hurst. director of highways.
Representative Kennedy, discour-
aged over reorganization prospects,
meanwhile, looked to President
Roosevelt to aid him in pushing
his bill through before adjournment
Mr.. Roosevelt has shown a keen
interest in the plan to modernize
the District government, and it
was largely at his suggestion that
a number of changes were made in
the original program.
No Need Of Haste Seen.
Three of the five members of the
reorganization subcommittee of the
House District Committee which Mr..
Evening star., 1939-07-12
Mrs. MoryIee Kirby
Dies After Illness

Mrs. Marylee Williams Kirby, "A,
a lifelong resident OF Washington,
died Sunday in Providence Hospital
after a seven-week illness. She
made her home at 641 A street Sc.
She was active in the Kenilworth
Council, No l3, Daughters of Amer
lea, and was twice its councillor. She
also held number of other Offices
in the organization.
Mrs. Kirby was the daughter of
the late James B. and Sarah r. Will
liams. She is survived by a daugh-
ter, Frances " Harvey; a son, Joseph
Benton Kirby: four brothers, NJ.
Bradley. James w., w. Stanley and
Julian B. Williams; four sisters. Mrs.
A. H. johnson. this city; Mrs. James
j. Houston, Chowchilla, Calf; Mrs.
M. w. Newberry, Edenton, N. c., and
Mrs. A. L. Simpson, Los Angeles,
Calf, and four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow In the Sardo funeral
home and burial will be in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1939-07-12
Dr.. {. ". Montgomery,
III 4 Months, Dies

DR.. Charles w. Montgomery, for
so years practicing physician here,
died yesterday at 1882 Wisconsin
avenue NV, after a four-month
illness. He was stricken shortly
after returning to Washington from
winter rest in Florida. He made
his home at 623 Sixth street S.W.
and was II years old.
He was born in Evansville, Md,
and came here to attend medical
school. He was the youngest men,
Der of his graduating class in medi-
cine at Columbian College, now
George Washington University, being
only 20 years old.
DR.. Montgomery was a Mason and
a member of the Medical Society of
the District of Columbia and the
American Medical Association.
He is survived by brother,
Frank w. Montgomery of Chicago
a sister-in-law, Mrs Arthur l.
Reynolds, Silver Spring, Md, and a
nephew. Theodore Parker, also of
Silver Spring.
Funeral services will be held at
pm. tomorrow in the Chambers fu-
neral home. 14O0 Chaplin street NV
Masonic rites will be held at the
graveside in Mount Olivet Cemetery
Frederick, Md.
Evening star., 1939-07-12
McReynoIds' Body
To Be Returned 10
Tennessee Today
Congressional Group
To Attend Services
In Chattanooga

Accompanied by a Congressional
delegation, members of his family
and secretarial staff, the body of
Representative Samuel Davis Nc
Reynolds, chairman of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee, will be
returned today to his native Ten
nessee.
Funeral services for the 67-year-
old Representative, who died yester-
day after heart attack, will be held
at 2::30 pm. tomorrow in Chatta-
nooga, his home. The services will
take place in Centenary Methodist
Church, of which Mr.. McReynolds
was a member. Burial will be in
Forest Hill Cemetery, Chattanooga.
AS the body lay in the residence,
1851 Arcadia place NV, a steady
stream of friends and colleagues
today filed by the bier to pay their
respects.
The entire membership of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee,
led by Acting Chairman Bloom,
Democrat. of New York, went to the
home at II am.
Brief funeral services were plan
ned at 2 pm. with the House
chaplain. the Rev. James Shera
Montgomery, officiating.
A member of the House since 1923
and chairman of the important For
eign Affairs Committee since 1892,
Mr.. McReynolds had been i'll since
last fall. He had not been able to
attend any sessions of the present
Congress.
President Roosevelt, Secretary of
State Hull, Postmaster General Far
ley and members of the House and
Senate Joined yesterday in paying
tribute to Representative Nc
Reynolds.
Lauded in Resolution.
The Foreign Affairs Committee
adopted resolution lauding him as
IAN able, patriotic and unselflsh
public servant, whose largeness of
heart and mind has helped shape
the legislation of the last decade to
preserve the historic traditions of
our country
The President, writing to Mrs.
McReynolds, expressed his great
personal sorrow" at the death of
Mr.. McReynolds.
"As national legislator, Sam
McReynolds brought to his public
duties exceptional ability, integrity
and a great capacity for work and
latterly, as chairman of the i'm
portant Committee on Foreign
Affairs, he rendered high public
service" the President wrote.
He and I always found ourselves
in accord on paramount issues and
it has been a great loss to me to be
deprived of his counsel and advice
during the period of his illness, when
Evening star., 1939-07-12
Maj. 6. H. pendergrast
Dies al Walter Reed

Maj. Grady H. Pendergrast, in
structor in the Commandb and Gen.
eral Staff School, Forth Leaven-
worth. Kans., died last night at
Walter Reed Hospital, wehere he
had been a patient since June %.
An officer who rose from the ranks,
Maj. Pendergrast was born in Slate
Springs, Miss, December q, 1891. He
enlisted October 10, 1912, and served
as private and corporal in Com
pany M, 18th Infantry, until Novem-
ber IT, 1915. He re-enlisted April
Is, 1916, and served with Company
c, 4th Infantry, as a private and
corporal until June 80, 1917.
He accepted a commission as Sec
ond lieutenant on July 3, 1917. He
completed the company's officers
course at Fort Benning, Ca, in
1921, and the advance course in
1929.
He was graduated from the COM
mand and general staff school, Fort
Leavenworth, in 1888, and the Army
War College in 1886. He was COM
missioned major october 1, 1884.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Dansy Pendergrast, and two sons
James B. and Robert w. Pender-
grast of Fort LeavenWorth.
Evening star., 1939-07-12
Live Wire Burns Bow

Melvin Williams, jr, 1s, colored,
of Miami. Fla, was in serious con.
dition today in Emergency Hospital
with burns received when he
brushed against high voltage
electric wire. The youth, police
said, was riding on top of a box
car In the railroad yards near Sixth
and G streets S.W. when he brushed
the wire.
Evening star., 1939-07-12

Kennedy heads - Representatives
McGehee of Mississippi and Nichols
of Oklahoma, Democrats, and Dirk
son, Republican. of Illinois-do not
believe there is any necessity for
haste in pushing the program. In
fact, Mr.. Dirksen and Mr.. McGehee
have suggested postponement of
action until the next session of
Congress in January.
Officials of the Public Utilities
Commission have joined other.
groups in assailing some features Of
the reorganization plans of Repre-
sentative Kennedy and Commits
sioner Allen.
Riley E. Elgen, chairman of the
regulatory body. called Mr.. Allen
yesterday to state that his commits
sion opposed any plan to place the
commission under the management
of a department director to be
named by city administrator"
While details of the conversation
were not given out, Mr.. Elgen has
held that the commission setup is in
accord with the most modern plans
proved in practice, of having a rela-
lively independent agency which
makes policies, plans Investigations
and enforces it's own decisions. Com
mission members are opposed to re-
stricting the agency to a mere fact
finding agency, to consider what is
sues may be placed before it by a
director of a public utilities depart
ment.
Morgan Adds Protest.
Another protest came from 10 v.
Morgan, sole member of the Dis
trict's Board of Tax Appeals, who
argued that the board should be left
in an independent status, instead of
having it's functions absorbed by a
bureau head in connection with the
proposal to "departmentalize" the
District government.
Commissioner Allen also heard re-
quests from the recorder of deeds
that his office, which he explained
was constituted primarily as an arm
of the District courts, be left out of
the department plan. Earlier in the
day protests against some features
Of the reorganization plan came
from the Central Labor Union as to
the proposal to create an industrial
relations department, and from
Frank r. Jelleff, chairman of the
Parole Board, as to the suggestion
to merge parole functions with other
activities.
Aside from the views of the ma
Jorlty Of the subcommittee members
that the reorganization bill should
not be rushed to the House floor,
Mr.. Kennedy also is faced with the
opposition of several members to
certain features.
Mr.. McGehee, for instance, said
he would fight a provision which
would scatter various divisions of
the Department of Vehicles and
Traffic to three of the proposed new
IL departments that would be
created under the revised reorgan-
ization plan. And Representative
Bates, Republican, of Massachu-
sets, another subcommittee mem
Der, does not approve of the pro-
posal to create a city administrator
as the executive head of the munic-
lpal government. He said it would
be a mistake to take away from the
Commissioners the administrative
authority now vested in them.
Evening star., 1939-07-12

questions Of grave Importance have
been before us"
Mr.. McReyfolds piloted the neu-
trality legislation through the House
in 1885 and 1887. Friends said his
absence was felt during the House
neutrality battle in the present ses-
sion.
Hull Saddened.
He was so genial he could per-
suade almost any one to go along
with him." said Republican House
member He never rubbed any one
the wrong way"
Secretary Hull, a longtime per-
sonal friend, expressed his sorrow
after visit to the McReynolds home
early yesterday. From Columbus,
Ohio, Postmaster General Farley
telephoned a statement describing
Mr.. McReynolds as ''one Of the most
useful" members of the House.
Appointed to accompany the body
to Chattanooga on train leav-
ing here at 4:55 pm. were the eight
remaining members of the Tennes-
see House delegation; the five rank
ing members of the Foreign AZ
fairs Committee-Acting Chairman
Bloom, Democrat, of New York;
johnson, Key, Democrats, of West
Virginia; Fish and Eaton, and two
personal friends, Representatives
Bland, Democrat, Of Virginia, and
Thomason. Democrat, of Texas.
The Senate adopted a resolution
of profound sorrow" on the death
of Representative McReynolds and
Vice President Garner appointed a
committee of five Senators to at
tend the funeral. They were Sena-
tors McKellar and Stewart of Ten
nessee. Burke of Nebraska, Thomas
of Oklahoma and Russell of Geor-
gia, all Democrats.