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WEATHER.
(U. g. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Fair today; tomorrow increasing cloud
iness. possibly occasional rain.
Temperatures—Highest, 42. at 1 pm.
yesterday; lowest, 34, at 7 am. yes
terday.
Full report on page 5.
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POWER TO BE KEPT
AS ISSUE BY NORRIS
IN FIXING’32 STAND
Lauds Roosevelt
Attitude, But Declines to
* Commit Himself.
SENATOR AGAIN TAKES
RAP AT ROBERT LUCAS
Declares Committee's Funds Mis
used if $4,000 Loan Was
Personal.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska,
about whose head has revolved a pollti
eal battle of major proportions during
She last week, yesterday indicated that
he would continue to make the water
power issue a principal issue in deciding
whom he would support for President
In the election of 1932.
In this connection Senator Norris said
that he believed that Gov. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, New York's Democratic Gov
ernor. was ‘‘nearest the right position
on the greatest issue in America today,
the power trust.”
The Nebraska Senator did not, how
ever, commit himself to vote for Gov.
Roosevelt should he be the Democratic
nominee for President and President
Herbert Hoover, with whose ideas on
water pow T er Senator Norris has dis
agreed, should be the Republican nomi
nee. In 1928 Senator Norris declined tc
support Mr. Hoover in the presidential
election, and came out the
election of Alfred E. Smith, with whose
views on water power and farm relief
he found himself more in harmony than
with those of Mr. Hoover.
May Bolt Again in 1932.
Senator Norris has recently been un
der fire from regular Republicans be
cause he abandoned the G. O. P. na
tional ticket in 1928 and supported the
Democratic ticket. In an interview with
the press, in which he made it clear he
would decline the proposal of Prof. John
Dewey of Columbia University to head
a new liberay party, Senator Norris said
that he was prepared to do again what
he dkl in 1928 if he found the Demo
cratic candidate for President in 1932
more acceptable than the Republican on
the issues which he considered of ex
treme importance.
Gov. Roosevelt's views on prohibition
do not Jibe with those of Senator
Norris, the latter said, admitting that
he was a great admirer of Roosevelt.
"I do not apologias for the state
ment that Gov. Roosevelt is near the
right position on the water power trust
because he happens to be a Democrat.”
■aid the Nebraska Ben»tor.
While Senator Norris left the mat
ter open to future determination by
himself, there are plenty who believe
he would support Roosevelt if he were
nominated by the Democrats against
President Hoover if the President were
renominated by the Republicans. It
was recalled that A1 Smith's view’s on
the prohibition question were as wet
V not wetter than those of Gov. Roose
velt and yet Norris cast in his lot with
Smith in the last presidential election.
Too Far in Advance.
When Senator Norris was asked the
direct question as to whether he would
vote for Roosevelt against President
Hoover in 1932 if they were the presi
dential nominees, he replied that it was
too far in advance to make a definite
gtatement about what he would do.
"‘I could go a lot farther and do a
lot worse.” Senator Norris added, how
ever, in discussing the possibility of
the Roosevelt candidacy. “I don’t
make a secret of the fact that I am
a great admirer of Gov. Roosevelt.
The only thing I disagree with him
On is prohibition. I think he is the
nearest right on what is becoming, if
it has not already become, the great
est issue, namely power, of any man
In public life.”
Senator Norris’ attention was called
to the fact that Joseph R. Nutt, treas
urer of the Republican National Com
. mittee, had denied that a special ac
count of $50,000, placed in the Com
mercial National Bank of Washington
last October, was & ‘‘slush fund” to be
used against progressive Republican
Senators, as Senator Nye, chairman of
the Senate Campaign Investigating
Committee, had charged. Mr. Nutt in
his statement issued yesterday by the
National Committee demanding an
apology from Nye. declared that $32,-
000 of this fund had been expended
and that a report of all the expendi
tures from it had already been made
to the clerk of the House and was on
die in the Capitol at the time Nye
was making his charge.
Slaps at Lucas.
Senator Norris said that the special
fund might have been a ‘‘slush fund as
well as a political fund.” The Nebraska
Senator also again sharply criticised
Robert H. Lucas, executive director of
the Republican National Committee,
who pledged part of this special account
•s guarantee for a personal loan to
himself of $4,000. part of which he used
tContinued on Page 3, Column 4.)
TWO POISONED SONS
BURIED NEAR MOTHER
61 Year-Old Woman Takes Own
Life After Preparing Cloth- .
ing for Funeral.
By the Associated Press.
TAYLOR. Tex., December 27.—Clad
In the shiny shoes and freshly laun
dered clothes their mother prepared
before poisoning them, the two sons of
Mrs. Frit* Relse. 61-year-old farm
woman, were buried today near the
grave of the mother, laid to rest but a
few hours before.
The mother, before she died, told a
physician she decided to end the suf
fering of her two boys, who were bed
ridden, and herself on Christmas day.
Rudolph, 23, died yesterday and Frits,
26, died early today. Mother and sons
were found breathing their last by an
other son. Adolph, who returned home
late Friday.
Physicians were summoned. The
woman, still rational, said she poured
s poison Into glasses of water and cave
it to her sons. Then she laid out their
clean clothes, shined their shoes and
picked two bouquets of roses, one for
aach son.
Then she swallowed poison herself.
‘They were tired of living In a life
flf pain” aha aald.
100 RESCUED FROM ICE CAKE
FLOATING TOWARD LAKE ERIE
Men and Boys Were Fishing When Huge
Break Sends Them Out to
Deep Water.
> By the Associated Press.
SANDUSKY, Ohio, December 27.
After facing for two hours the peril of
being swept out to Lake Erie on a float
ing cake of ice nearly 3 miles long, ap
proximately 100 men and boys were
rescued here today.
They were fishing in Sandusky Bay
on the ice when suddenly there w’as a
roaring sound and it cracked loose from
the mainland. Before the 100 could
scramble to shore the ice cake moved
out into the bay in 20 feet of water.
The ice gained speed rapidly and was
moving toward the lake, where destruc
tion was inevitable, when shouts from
the endangered men and boys brought
men in boats to the rescue.
Rescue workers, slowed by the limited
MARSHAL lOPFRE
LYING NEAR DEATH
Wife Withholds Seriousness
of Illness —Latest Bul
letins Gloomy.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS. December 27. —Marshal Joffre,
the gallant old soldier who turned back
the Germans in the first battle of the
Marne, lay between life and death to
night In the hospital where his left
leg was amputated last Saturday.
Gangrene developing in the advanced
stages of arteritis made the amputation
imperative, his doctors said. But the
operation was no so successful as they
hoped and the latest bulletins on the
patient's condition were gloomy. It
looked as though the general were going
to lose his greatest battle.
Wife Withheld News.
It was Mme. Joffre, adhering to her
husband's policy since his illness began,
who withheld news of the marshal's
grave illness since last Friday, when he
was taken to the hospital of St. Jean
de-Dieu. He went there on December
19 and the amputation was performed
thy next day. The leg was taken off
above the knee to arrest the progress
of the infection.
But there was danger of infection in
the other leg also and the doctors said
they had tentatively decided to per
form a second operation today. In a
consultation, however. It became obvious
that the old gentleman—he is nearly
79—could not possibly stand It.
Immediately after it became known
that the marshal was gravely ill, rumors
flew about the city, which loves this
man, whose soldiers called him "Papa”
Joffre. He was believed for a time
to be at his chateau in Louveciennes,
near Versailles. Then there was a re
port that his right leg had been
amputated. His doctors set these things
right in a definite announcement de
scribing the patient’s condition as
‘‘grave,” with a pulse of 75 and a
temperature of 102.2 degrees.
Arteritis is an Inflammation of the
arteries which often develops gangrene.
It first struck the marshal last Summer
but he always denied reports of his ill
ness. on one occasion going so far as to
appear at a public function in his honor
when he was far too sick to be abroad.
Americans Call Early.
Among the first persons to call today
to Inquire for “Papa” Joffre was Nor
man Armour. American charge
d'affaires. Throughout the afternoon
and evening there was a steady flow of j
distinguished visitors who, however,
were not permitted to enter the build- j
ing, but received information at the j
caretaker's lodge.
Although retired, the “victor of the !
Marne” never has lost his popularity
with the people of Paris, who waited
tonight for word from his physicians.
MAYAN TREASURE HUNT
IS PLANNED BY FLYER
Capt. W. F. Long Will Take Off
From Dallas, Tex., Today
for Yucatan.
By the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Tex., December 27.—Capt.
William F. Long, Dallas flyer and soldier
of fortune, will take off here tomorrow j
morning for Merida. Yucatan, Mexico, I
bound upon a modern treasure hunt !
among ancient Mayan temples and
palaces in the Yucatan peninsula.
He plans to reach Tampico tomorrow
night, leaving Monday morning for
Merida, capital of the Mexican state of
Yucatan. He will be accompanied by a
Mexican archeologist in a quest for
hitherto unexplored ruins. They will
attempt to locate ruins of the ancient
Mayan cities by airplane, later going
overland to the scene.
Capt. Long spent some tim" exploring
this portion of Central America five
years ago with three companions. The
natives, however, proved hostile and
after two members of the party had
b en shot, Capt. Long and A1 Hargrave
of Hobbs, N. Mex., abandoned their
project.
The explorers also may go into Gua
temala, w’here some of the Mayan ruins
were discovered by Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh. They plan a rapid trip, ex
pecting to be back in Dallas within a
few weeks.
"PROSPERITY ORDERS” ARE PLACED
BY KANSAS CITY MANUFACTURER
Firm Contracts for Materials for Future Use, Sending
Blanks Urging Beneficiary to Do Same.
By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, December 27.—The
‘prosperity order” has been devised and
placed In motion by J. C. Hall, presi
dent of a Kansas City manufacturing
Arm, in the hope it might help lure
business back to its familiar haunts.
Mr. Hall said his plan for quickening
the pace of trade was predicated on
the belief that "hand to mouth” order
ing was doing its share to obstruct re
covery from depression.
“So we decided to do some ordering
not only of materials needed imme
diately, but others for delivery from
time to time In the future," Mr. Hall
aakL “At the same time tried to
Me Jiunctmi Jitat
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capacity of the boats sent a call for
help to Coast Guardsmen. Fear was felt
that the ice cake might crumble before
it reached the lake. It floated from
300 to 500 feet from the shore ice.
After a majority of the marooned
fishermen had been rescued in the
boats the cake touched the shore near
the Sandusky business section. Those
remaining on the floe jumped to safety.
Hundreds of persons went to the shore
to watch with apprehension the rescue
work after word of the stranded men
spread. Police aided in organizing the,
rescue, while firemen found small row
boats and pressed them into service.
Among those who reached the ice
floe in the boats was Fire Capt. Thomas
i Nolan.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
IN 0. C. HITS PEAK
Hart Makes Claim After Con
viction of 27 Bootleggers
in Police Court.
The conviction of 27 bootleggers, with
sentences totaling more than $6,000 in
fines or 2,015 days in Jail, brought the
statement yesterday from David A.
Hart, assistant district attorney, that
the enforcement of the prohibition law
in the District had reached its highest
point in 10 years and that there U a
possibility that the dockets of the courts
will be cleared of liquor cases by
January 1.
Most of those convicted yesterday
were arrested during December, the im
position of sentence culminating a
week's effort on the part of Hart and
Police Court Judges to clear the court
schedule for the new year. Approxi
mately 20 other bootleggers pleaded
guilty in court yesterday and will be
sentenced next Saturday. By this lat
ter date. Hart said, practically all
liquor cases made during 1930, and sev
eral years before, will have been dis
posed of.
Court officials declared the day’s ef
forts the most decisive blow ever given
bootlegging in Washington in a similar
period of time. Many of those sen
tenced were committed to jail late yes
terday when they were unable to pay
their fines.
Only five of the persons who were
sentenced yesterday were tried by juries.
The remaining 22 defendants entered
guilty pleas, after they had previously
requested jury trials from the court.
Hart announced that so many pleas
were received because of the “stiff
penalties” given those convicted by the
juries. The court is inclined to be more
lenient with those who admit guilt, he
explained.
Mason Gets 900 Days.
Arthur (Honey-boy) Mason, colored,
1000 block of Twenty-first street, de
scribed by Judge John P. McMahon as
one of the most “persistent lawbreakers
in the city,” was committed to jail to
serve a term of 900 days. Mason may
escape a year and a half of jail by pay
ing $1,500 in fines. He was convicted on
five counts of second-offense possession
and one charge of 'maintaining a
nuisance.
Hart said that this was one of the
best examples of his plan to present
all charges at a single trial. He ex
plained that had there been separate
trials given each of the charges Mason
would probably not have been f ound
guilty on more than two counts. When
Mason was arrested on a charge which
Hart believed would make a strong
! case, he revived some of the previous
j accusations which had been made
against the man. In addition to these,
a charge of maintaining a public nui
sance. namely, a speakeasy, from July
1, 1928, to August, 1930. was filed.
While police In raiding the home of
Isaac Chichester, colored. 29, 1300 block
of Cedar court, seized only a pint of
liquor, it will cost the arrested man
SI,OOO if he decides to avoid a 90-day
jail term. This sentence was imposed
by Judge Isaac R. Hitt, with Hart as
prosecuting attorney.
Irving C. Ware. 2400 block of Ontario
road, convicted of second offense pos
session, received a sentence of SSOO fine
or 60 days in jail from Judge Ralph
Given. Assistant District Attorney Wil
bur Baughman represented the Govern
ment in the case, which required two
trials because a Jury was unable to
agree when it was first presented.
Eight Women Defendants.
Women, whom Police Court records
indicate carry on about half of the
bootlegging in the city, were listed as
defendants in eight of the cases, the
majority of them receiving light sen
tences of SSO fine or 30 days in jail.
Among the women who pleaded guilty
was Mrs. Margaret Price, 47 years old,
who lives directly across Sixth street
(Continued on Page 4, Column 1.)
POPULACE TO DISARM.
San Salvador to Collect Firearms
and Knives Before Next Elections.
SAN SALVADOR. December 27 (JP).
—The Republic of El Salvador is going
to start the New Year by disarming in
a big way.
Firearms and knives will be taken up
systematically by the police as a pre
caution for the presidential elections,
which are scheduled for January 11.
induce others to follow this example."
The "prosperity orders” were ex
plained in an accompanying letter. It
was suggested that recipients in turn
order materials needed to make up Mr.
Hall's purchases. For this purpose they
were provided with what might be
termed "prosperity order blanks.” These
1 were printed explanations of the plan,
to be passed along with orders.
"Our orders provided 4,500 days of
work. I learned today that one recip
ient of an order already has contracted
for materials necessary to complete
deliveries to us. By so doing, I was
informed. 1m put to work a group of
man la New England." Mr. Hall said.
HOUSE DEMOCRATS
CALLED TO CAUCUS
ON NEXT CONGRESS
Garner Summons New Mem
bers to Meet Here Febru
ary 28 on Organization.
MINORITY PARTY PLANS
FIGHT TO GAIN CONTROL
Candidates for Speaker and Leader
Expected to Be Chosen
at Session.
By the Associated Press.
Democratic Representatives are laying
plans to capture control of the next
House, but the Republicans are rearing
a defensive bulwark which they expect
to withstand all assaults.
The 216 Democrats elected to the
next House have been called to caucus
in Washington, February 28, by Rep
resentative Gamer, the party floor
leader.
On the other hand. Speaker Long
worth expects the present Republican
organisation to hold over until next De
cember, if an extra session is not called.
With a bare majority, 218 seats. Re
publican leaders hope to keep control.
Several, however, are Inclined to feel
their party would b? in a better politi
cal situation in 1932 if the Democrats
were permitted to assume responsibility
of legislating under a Republican Presi
dent.
Purpose of Caucus.
While Gamer's purpose in calling the
early caucus Is to line up new Repre
sentatives in the 51 seats gained in the
November election, the selection of a
leader will be deferred until th? new
Congress convenes either in regular or
special session.
However, the candidate for Speaker
probably will be selected. In the event
of failure of Democrats to capture con
trol. he automatically becomes minority
leader.
Most of Garner’s colleagues expect
virtually no opposition to his candidacy
for the party selection as Speaker.
Considerable maneuvering already has
taken place in Democratic ranks over
eligibles for the leadership, should
Democrats organize. But the campaign
ing has been conducted gingerly in view
of the uncertainty.
One group supports Representative
McDuffie of Alabama, the minority
whip, for leader. Another faction
sponsors Representative Byms of Ten
nessee, the ranking minority member
of the House Appropriations Committee.
Many Democrats are of the opinion the
final contest will be between them.
Two other outstanding possibilities—
Bankhead of Alabama and Crisp of
Georgia—are being considered by their
friends. Although Bankhead, a mem
ber of the Rules Committee, has not
actively campaigned, there are many
who favor hini.
Because Garner is from Texas, an
other potential leader—Rayburn of
Texas, ranking minority member of the
Interstate Commerce Committee—is
eliminated. Rankin of Mississippi has
solicited support from incoming mem
bers.
Generous committee assignments for
new Representatives from Northern
States virtually have been asstired by
the Democrats The minority members
of the Ways and Means Committee, con
stituting the Democratic Committee on
Committees, have adopted a policy to
ward that end. This will be discussed
at the caucus.
At the same time. Northwestern Re
publican Progressives who have failed
to agree with their party leaders, have
made overtures to Democrats on or
ganization matters. Garner indicated
they would be welcomed on a Demo
cratic basis, but apparently feels they
should come to his side of the fence.
Plan Real Battle.
The lone Farmrr-Laborite—Kvale of
Minnesota—may figure prominently in
determining which party will be suc
cessful.
Should the Democrats organize, the
present triumvirate of Republicans—
Longworth, Tilson of Connecticut, floor
leader; Snell of New York, chairman
of the Rules Committee—would be
broken.
This group and other administration
followers are stoutly opposed to surren
dering control to the Democrats, with
out a terrific struggle. The Republicans
have steered the House flnce the Sixty
fifth Congress.
TODAY'S STAR
PART ONE—24 PAGES.
General News—Local, National and
Foreign.
Schools and Colleges—Page B-5.
PART TWO—B PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
PART THREE—I 2 PAGES.
Society Section.
PART FOUR—B PAGES.
Amusement Section—Theater, Screen
and Radio.
In the Motor World—Page 4.
Aviation—Page 5.
District National Guard —Page 5.
District of Columbia Naval Reserve—
Page 5.
Army and Navy News—Page 5.
American Legion—Page 5.
Marine Corps Notes—Page 5.
Fraternities —Page 6.
Serial Story, "Golden Dawn”—Page 6.
Spanish War Veterans—Page 6.
News of the Clubs—Page 6.
Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 6.
Organized Reserves—Page 6.
Radio—Page 7.
Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 8.
At Community Centers—Page 8.
Y. W. C. A. News—Page 8.
W. C. T. U. Notes—Page 8.
PART FIVE—4 PAGES.
Sports Section.
PART SIX—IB PAGES.
Financial News and Classified Adver
tising.
PART SEVEN—24 PAGES.
Magazine Section.
News ol the Music World—Page 19.
Reviews of New Books—Page 20.
Notes of Art and Artists—Page 21.
Cross-word Puzzle—Page 22.
GRAPHIC SECTION—B PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
COLOR SECTION—B PAGES.
Moon Mullins; Mr. and Mrs.; Little Or
phan Annie; Mutt and Jeff; the
Smythes; Brutus; Reg’lar Fellers;
Highlights of History.
—
ERUPTIONS OF MOLTEN LAVA
FROM QUAKE FISSURES FEARED
Volcano Is Believed to Be Beneath Argen
tine Village—Death Total
Mounts to 39.
By the Associated Press.
SALTA, Argentina, December 27.
Huddled In tent* In a public square. In
habitants of the little town of La Poma
tonight listened with Increasing dread
to reports that volcanic energy is being
released under the village that an
earthquake laid in ruins Christmas eve.
Thirty-nine are known to have been
killed, the death total reaching that
figure with the recovery of six more
bodies today. Thirty-five are seriously
injured, and others are missing and
feared to be dead.
More Shocks Are Felt.
Scantily clad, most of their clothing
•having been lost in the disaster, the
inhabitants obtained what shelter they
could with tents from the storms that
have raged since soon after the first
violent shock Wednesday.
Ten more shocks, three of them
sharp and intense, have been felt since
yesterday at noon.
Meanwhile the appearance of the
whole countryside has changed, giving
rise to fears that La Poma may be di-
FRANCE NOW FEELS
ECONOMIC SLUMP
Exports Decline as Other Na
tions Cut Purchases —Aids
Are Outlined.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, December 27—France, long
immune to serious economic trouble,
has begun to feel the pinch. Louis
Germain-Martin, minister of finance,
emphasized at a reception to the press
tonight.
“Thanks to the happy division of ac
tive elements of the population between
industry and arglculture,’’ he said,
“France appeared until recently safe
from the consequences of the world
crisis'; During the last few weeks, how
ever, we have seemed to be feeling the
effects of the general dlsturbanee. The
nations of different continents are limit
ing their purchases. Our exporting in
dustries are being hit.
“The firm resolution of every citizen
“(Continued on Page 3, Column 2.)
HUNTER KILLS COMPANION
IN MISTAKE FOR LION
Sightless Rifle Used in Mountain
Tragedy—Victim's Wife Wit
ness to Fatal Shooting.
By the Associated Press.
BRECKENRIDGE, Colo., December
27 —Thomas Bowman, 31, who said he
had mistaken Robert H. Hunter, his
hunting companion, for a mountain
lion today was held for investigation in
connection with the latter’s death.
The victim, a University of Colorado
law student, and a graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania, was shot
and killed yesterday. Mrs. Hunter, ac
companying the two men, witnessed
the tragedy.
Officials said Bowman will be held
until after a coroner's inquest Monday
afternoon. Bowman was carrying an
old rifle which had no sights. Officers
said Bowman told them he had no
idea he could hit his target because of
the sightless rifle and his distance from
the moving object.
Reviews
Os the Tear
Topical reviews of the year
appear In today’s Star.
The financial review, local
and national, will be found on
pages 1 and 2, Part Six.
Sports review in the Sports
Section, pages 2 and 3.
Reviews of international,
foreign and domestic affairs
will be found on page 12, Part
One.
Review' of District of Co
lumbia affairs on page 13, Part
One.
rectly over an Intense volcanic disturb
ance. Gaping cracks show in the sides
of hills w'hlch began emitting sulphur
ous smoke on Christmas day. Another
spot presents an altered, wavelike ap
i pearance with great splits of unknown
depth said to be increasing in size.
Emergency Appeals Made.
Destitution is so complete in the
village of La Poma that emergency ap
; peals have been sent out for aid to in
clude even cooking utensils, these having
been lost with other household belong
ings.
A peculiar feature of the disaster in
comparison with other destructive
earthquakes is the small property loss,
figures so far available giving an esti
mate of about 180,000 pesos, or approxi
, mately $60,000. representing the posses
, sions of the poor mountain community.
La Poma is in the Andes in North
[ western Argentina.
Another relief expedition set out
from Salta today, with it was the en
gineer and geologist Acuna, who will
; study the question of rebuilding La
Poma on another site.
LABOR RESTRAINTS"
; HIT BY BROOKHART
Senator in Radio Talk Urges
Law to Curb Power of
U. S. Courts.
Vigorously criticizing Federal Courts
: for laying inhibitions upon labor in in
dustrial disputes, Senator Brookhart,
Republican, of lowa last night voiced a
> radio plea for enactment of legislation
now pending in Congress to curb this
power.
Speaking through station WMAL in
the National Radio Forum arranged by
The Washington Star and broadcast
over the Coast-to-Coast network of the
Columbia Broadcasting System, Brook
hart outlined the provisions of the pro
posed legislation which he declared
necessary for “economic equality” in
this country.
Our method of organization of cor
porations recognizes no human rights,”
the lowan declared.
“Labor has asked the right to organ
ize for itself as capital always has been
organized,” he said, continuing: “This
demand has been resisted. The most
powerful instrument against labor in
this demand for equal rights is the so
called labor injunction, and this in
junction is largely the result of court
made law.”
Court Protection Developed.
Amplifying his argument on “court
made law,” Brookhart declared it
“amazing to realize that in the last 40
years there has developed in the
American courts the practice of writ
ing a special law to fit the individual
case by judges in issuing labor in
junctions and that thereupon the judge
who himself wrote the law has under
taken to prescribe the penalty for its
violation and to punish the violator
without permitting the accused to en
joy a trial by Jury or even to insist
upon a trial before another judge.”
Going into the matter of the pend
ing legislation. Senator Brookhart de
clared that it strikes directly at the so
(Continued on Page 3, ColumrTsi)
EX-WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL AIDE
NOW MRS. MORROW’S SECRETARY
Mary Randolph, Who Resigned Position With Mrs.
Hoover, Takes Post With Senator’s Wife.
Mary Randolph, who retired from the
poet of social secretary at the White
House last Spring, has taken a similar
position with Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow,
wife of the new Senator from New Jer
sey and mother-in-law of Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh. Miss Randolph was sec
retary to Mrs. Calvin Coolldge when
Mr. Coolldge was Vice President, and
Mrs. Coolldge took her to the White
House.
When she retired from the position
as social secretary at the White House,
It was Miss Randolph's intention to re-"
tire from the work, but after many
months of rest she will assist Mrs. Mor
row In directing her Medal activities as
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IN WASHINGTON AND BUBURBB
U. S. FARM BOARD
DEFENDS ACTION
Holds Operations in Cotton
and Wheat Futures Neces
sary to Prevent Losses.
By the Associated Press.
Defending its operations in the cot
ton and grain futures markets, the
Farm Board yesterday wrote Chairman
McNary of the Senate Agriculture Com
mittee that they were necessary to
prevent large financial losses and to
avoid “seriously disturbing” market
conditions.
The letter was a reply to congressional
criticism of the board for allowing Its
! agents to deal in futures and laid the
groundwork for defending the board’s
policies against attacks which may
come after Congress reconvenes.
Meanwhile Senator Stelwer, Oregon.
Republican, advocated a higher tariff
on wheat, rather than imposition of
a temporary embargo as suggested by
Chairman Legge of the board.
“It is absolutely essential that ade
quate steps be taken at once to exclude
imports of wheat,” Steiwer said, "be
cause the Farm Board has pegged the
price and if the foreign market goes
down to a point where they can im
port over the duty we would be buying
Canadian wheat at the pegged price.”
Fean Foreign Objection.
Steiwer said he feared an embargo
on wheat would disturb our foreign
relations and he saw no reason why the
Tariff Commission should require much
time to investigate the adequacy of the
present 42-cent tariff.
The Farm Board letter to McNary
said the wheat and cotton marketing
associations had been forced to use
the futures markets because of the sys
tem which had been set up by private
operators.
“The co-operative marketing asso
ciations in wheat and cotton are
agencies set up by farmers to market
their products in competition with
private merchants,” it said. "In order
to compete for business on even terms
these co-operatives must be in posi
tion to give the same services and en
joy the same advantages as a private
merchant.
"To do this they have found it nec
essary to make use of existing market
ing facilities, of which, under existing
conditions, futures trading operations
are an integral part.
"Resort to hedging operations, in so
far as they find it possible and desir
abel to do so, greatly reduces their
problem of financing their operations.
Hedging Prevented Losses.
“In the past six months, when wheat
prices have been almost constantly de
clining, the Farmers’ National Grain
Corporation would have suffered dis
astrously heavy losses if it had not
hedged its wheat supplies.
“The board has not deemed it wise
to insist that co-operatives should
abandon these practices; on the con
trary, the board is of the opinion that,
under present conditions, appropriate
use of the futures market by the co
operatives is essential to their success
ful operation and is even a means of
minimizing speculation.”
The letter said the only alternative
to operating in the futures market
would be for the stabilization corpo
ration to “assume the burden of a
much greater portion of the market
supply.” It pointed out, however,
“this might easily result in tying up,
in grain operations alone, an amount
exceeding the entire revolving fund
authorized by the agricultural market
ing act.”
“While the position with respect to
cotton is somewhat different,” the let
ter continued, “the same general prin
ciples apply. • • *
“Please do not consider this as a
recommendation on our part in support
of the present system of future trading.”
wife of the Junior Senator from New
Jersey.
Miss Randolph, as the daughter of
the late Oen. Randolph, U. S. A., knows
Washington, where the family lived
after the general’s retirement. Her sis
ter, Miss Ann* Randolph, Is social sec
retary to the Secretaryof the Treasury,
Mr. Mellon, and to Mrs. IMvid A.
Reed, wilte of the senior Senator from
Pennsylvania.
Although Mrs. Hoover has three sec
retaries, Miss Bfuth Pessler, Miss Mil
dred Hall and Miss Helen Greene]mo
one Ims as yet been designated as he'
social secretary at the White House. %
“From Pret§ to Homo
Within the Hour *
The Star is delivered every evening and
Sunday morning to Washington home* by
The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone
National 5000 to start immediate delivery.
OP) Means Associated Press.
SCHOOL BIDING
DELAY IS BLAMED
ONFAULTYSYSTEM
Educational Heads Believt
Long Procedure “Victim
izes” the District.
RELIEF FOR CONGESTION
SEEN IN MINOR CHANGES
Three to Six Tears Now £lapse
Between Requests for Sites
and Occupation.
BY CHARLES B. DEGGES.
Concerned over the fact that from
three to six years elapsed between re
quest for new school sites and actual
occupation of buildings, school officials
have launched a study of the land
purchase and building procedure of the
District, determined to uncover Its re
tarding features.
Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent,
and Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant
superintendent of schools, believe that
the present long procedure actually vic
timizes the school system. They de
clared also that acceleration of new
construction Is impossible without sub
stantial changes in present methods.
Simmons* Generosity Acknowledged.
The two school officers at the same
time acknowledged that Mr. Simmons'
committee had been "generous" In Its
appropriation recommendations and
"sincere" in Its efforts to cope with the
increasing congestion In Washington
schools.
"The subcommittee under Mr. Sim
mons,” Dr. Ballou declared, “has been
actually generous with our schools,
considering the liabilities which our
system of obtaining sites and construct
ing buildings imnpses upon us all,
and it is to claim that
responsibility for the length of time
required to get new schools is entirely
upon Congress. Mr. Simmons himself
has been sincere in his efforts to assist
us in coping with congestion in our
schools. The difficulty lies in the pro
cedure under which we avail ourselves
of money given us for schools, and
until that procedure is changed, it
appears to me that we will continue
to require long periods to feel the
benefit of appropriations.”
Referring to a specific instance, Mir.
Kramer, said yesterday that “if the
appropriations made to date for the
relief of Western High School could
have been transmuted into buildings,
the present extreme crowding at that
school would not exist and our recent
order placing Western on a double shift
program would not have been neces
sary.”
Two Schools Are Cited.
Mr. Kramer explained this observa
tion by pointing out that construction
of the addition to the Gordon Junior
High School and the construction of the
Alice Deal Junior High School will ac
commodate 250 and 200 first-year high
school students who otherwise have to
be provided for at Western. The hold
ing back of these two groups of first
year high school students, toother with
graduation of at least some of the 280
non-resident students at Western, and
the accompanying recent order elim
inating further new State children from
enrollment there, would afford genuine
relief for the present and the immedi
ate future.
The Alice Deal Junior High School,
one of the schools offering examples of
the widely varied difficulties which may
be encountered in efforts under the
present system to build a new school,
will be ready for occupancy next Sep
tember.
Details of the progress made on this
and other new school buildings in recent
years, tracing the steps taken to provide
them for school children from the in
itial request for their respective sites to
their actual or now scheduled occupa
tion, will be presented in The Star In
subsequent articles dealing with this in
tensely important question.
The procedure now followed in build
ing school structures traces a winding
course leading from one year’s calendar
on through three, four, five and even
six subsequent year’s calendars. In gen
eral, it runs on the following schedule:
School Building Steps Traced.
The Board of Education makes Its
first request for a specific site in May
when it transmits its estimates for the
following fiscal year to the District
Commissioners. In a theoretical in
stance, the request goes to the Commis
sioners in May, 1930.
The Commissioners then review the
whole District budget to determine whst
items shall be sent forward by them
to the Bureau of the Budget. Similarly,
the Budget Bureau considers the site re
quest, along with all other petitions, to
decide whether It shall remain in the
estimated budget for the coming fiscal
year. The budget then Is presented to
Congress.
The House conducts hearings where,
for the third time, the school authori
ties are required to defend their re
quest for the school site. If the item
for the land remains In when the
House sends the budget, by that time
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burns maybefatal
TO COMMUNITY SANTA
Commissioner of Pnblic Safety In
Burlington Trapped by
Flames—Many Hurt.
By the Associated Press.
BURLINGTON, lowa, December 27.
—Harvey C. Jaeger, commissioner of
public safety, was probably fatally
burned and scores of men, women
children Injured tonight in a stamped*
caused by a blaze of unknown origin at
Eagles’ Hall, where more than 1,200
had gathered for an annual Christmas
party.
Jaeger was playing the part of Santa
Claus.
A small Imitation brick house had
been erected in one corner of the hall.
Jaeger had gone into the house and
emerged a moment later, his clothes In
names.
Shouts of "Fire” were heard in every
part of the hall. There was a stampede
for exits and those In charge failed to
quiet the guests. Jaeger, a moment
later, found himself in the midst of a
surging mob and it was some time be
fore he could be given aid. He was
badly burned.
Many others suffered slight buns
and Injuries.
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