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CAMERONIAN WINS
DERBY IN ENGLAND
Americans Richer by $744,-
£OO as Resjlt of Classic At
j tended by 1,000,000.
#s’ the Associeted Pres*.
•I EPSOM DOWNS. June 3.—For the
4rst time in recent years a favorite
flowed the way home in the English
as J. A. Dewar's Cameronlan,
■£-to-2 choice, scored over 25 other 3-
* year-olds in the 148th renewal of the
classic here today.
Sir Jonn Rutherford’s Orpen, co-sec
ond choice, finished second in front of
Lord Rosenbery's Sandwich, with Mar
cel Boussac’s Goyescas fourth. Jacopo,
the Aga Khan's Fomme D'Api, and Sir
Edward Hammer's Oallain ran practi
cal-ly in line for fifth place.
' > Time Is 2:36.6.
Cameronian was clocked in the good
timer of 2:36 3-5 for the grueling mile
ana-ona-half up-and-down hill journey.
With Freddy Fox in the pilot seat, the
Dewar colt kept close to the pace
throughout the journey and once hs
started running in the stretch he was
hot to be beaten.
- Although Fox topped the list of win
ning jockeys last year, it was the first
4me he had ever ridden a Derby
winner.
• A crov-d variously estimated from
150.000 to 1.000.000. including King
George and the royal family, saw the
race which was worth about £15.000
added ($60,000) to the winner, while
twenty millions of dollars were dis
tributed through the Irish Sweepstakes
and smaller sweeps. This year's re
newal of the turf's eldest race was
generally said to be the biggest "money
race’’ of racing history.
Americans Big Winners.
Five Americans won big money In
the Irish Hospital Derby Sweepstakes
today as a consequence of Cameronian's
victory dnd the place and show of
Orpen and Sandwich.
Joseph Kennedy of Boston. Mass..
was the only American who held a
ticket on the winner. He receives
1 of the 19 first prizes of $150,000 each.
. Thomas O'Connor of New' York City
and George Hill of Norway. Me., hold
fy-fre*-; on Orpen. which came in sec
tw j. They are werth $75,000 each.
Two Americans held tickets an Sand
wich and will receive $50,000 each. They
are S. L. Horowitz of New Ycrk city
end William Coyle, Cincmnatt, Ohio.
Fifty Get $4,000 Each.
American ticket holders won a total
of $744,500 in the sweepstakes.
Fifty Americans automatically won
$4,000 each by virtue of figuring in
the first day's draw of h'rscs. Two
hundred and eighty-six won consola
tion prizes of SSOO eacn and an even
dozen won $125 each.
The victory of Cameronlan was a
popular one. as the Dewar ace has oc
cupied the position of the favorite since
winning the classic two thousand
guineas. As near post time as this
rooming he was being quoted at 4 to 1,
byt the huge crowd, remembering the
long line of triumphs by outsiders, be
gan to plunge on the long shots with
the result that the odds on Cameronian
lengthened to 7 to 1 by the time he
faced the barrier.
King George and the royal family
w<eiit by automobile frem Buckingham
Fails ce to Epsom Downs.
A crowd Os several hundred cheered
srthe royal party set out for the raw
tr*ds The King wore a silk hat with
aiasibite carnation in the lapel of his
fnjek eoat. Queen Mary wore a toque
of powdered blue with a coat of light
Pl Th another car behind them rode the
Prince of Wales and Prince George, with
the Duke and Duchess of York, and
Princess Mary and Lord Harewood fol
lowing them. '
King Receive* Greetings.
-Before leaving the King spent some
busy hours receiving hundreds of mes
sages of congratulation on his birthday
anniversary from many parts of the
fcorld. His relatives telephoned and
Called personally to convey their greet
ings. He received gifts from his chil
dren and grandchildren.
2.- Although the official celebration of
ttie anniversary has be n postponed un
til Saturday, flags were flying over all
public buildings and many other places
to London and throughout the British
Isles.
•-The march toward Epsom Downs be
gan at dawn as hundreds of hikers
started out for the race course. Toward
ipldday roadways were jammed with
Waffle. The glamour of the road jour
fcey of old-time Derbys has gone with
?he increased use of motor vehicks but
Several old stagers turned out in coach
and four and numerous smaller horse
4niwn vehicles padded along the roads
By the side of the mast modern and
speedy of motor cars which were forced
t& slow down In the tremendous conges
tion of traffic.
A big air-linT brought French racing
tens from Paris to Croydon to see the
Derby. They return this evening after
the race. Other air liners brought visi
tors from Amsterdam. Brussels, Ostend,
Antwerp, Cologne and Dusseldorf.
Many Spend Night in Open.
Until near midnight last night crowds
had thronged th? Downs inspecting the
course, patronizing the side shows and
generally making merry in the tradi
tional manner.
Then the numbers thinned out but
hundreds remained to spend the night
under the sky. Many lit fires and these,
with gipsy campfires, flashed brightly in
the darkness while the widespread mur
mur of voiocs and the various noises of
final preparations filled the air.
ACTION OF IL DUCE
AGAINST CLUBS IS
RIDICULED BY POPE
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protection of the concordat, which has
become the law of the state and is sup
ported by a bilateral pact.
"It was taken under orders from the
police."
It is ridiculous, the Pope said, that
any one should accuse organizations of
Catholic young women of engaging in
politics and equally ridiculous to lay
tha same charges against organizations
of Catholic young men which in the
part few years have given 5,400 priests
to the church.
"Devil Is Discontented."
He reminded the chaplains that two
years ago in the midst of rejoicing over
the donciliation with Italy he had said
"abandon yourselves to hosannas now,
tout ctucifixios will indeed come.”
"Do not let us deceive ourselves,” he
concluded, "that the devil could have
remained tranquil before so much good.
“There is. however, this consolation —
if the devil has not been tranquil, but
has shown himself discontented, it is a
certain sign that we are doing good.”
NAVARRE DEFENDS CATHOLICS.
PAMPLONA. Spain. June 3 (JP). —A
committee of former public officials,
claiming to represent 80.000 families,
tejegraphed President Alcala Zamora
today that if the government attempts
to expel Catholic orders from Spain it
"*lll meet with the sternest resistance
frpm Navarre Province.”
The message said a campaign was
being waged against the religious
bodies by "some uncultured elements"
and that If it was carried to the end
the committee will protest before the
nation's highest tribunals on the basis
that the government must prove that
crimes were committed before acting.
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| “Waving Girl” Retires |
| LEAVES HARBOR LIGHT HOME AFTER 41 YEARS.
MISS FLORENCE MARTUS. shewn on June 1 waving her last salute to
vessels entering and departing from the port of Savannah. Ga. Knowm
for 41 years as the "Waving Girl" of Elba Island, Miss Martus left the
Island, location of a harbor light of which her brother was keeper, for
a home in Savannah. Legend says she lost a lover at sea years ago
and that in memory cf him she has w'aved a towel at every vessel passing the
island, on which she has lived since she was 19 years of age. Her brother,
1 George W. Martus. retired from his lights June 1. He succeeded his father on
[ the island in 1887. — A. P. Photo.
1500,000,®) BOOST
IN U. S. DEBT SEEN
1 ! !
' Increase to $950,000,000 in
1
Treasury Deficit Also Seen
on July 1.
By the Associated Press
The administration expects the na
tional debt to be Increased by $500,000.-
000 and the Treasury deficit to total
$950,000,000 at the close of the Rscal
year June 30.
The condition of the Government's
finances was attributed in a White
House statement yesterday to the busi
| ness depression. A decline in Treasury
. receipts from taxes and customs was
; causer, it was said, by the economic sit
uation. On the other hand, it added,
unusual expenditures for construction
work, agricultural relief and veterans’
services amounting to more than half a
billion in excess of those of the last
fiscal year placed an unusual drain
on the Treasury.
The announcement was made after
President Hoover conferred with the
cabinet. During the conference Secre
tary Hyde informed the Chief Executive
the Agriculture Department would save
$11,000,000 this fiscal year and $20.-
000.000 next year, largely from unused
relief funds.
Will Discuss Naval Plans.
At the same time Mr. Hoover in
vited Secretary Adams and High naval
officials to his camp at Rapidan, Va., to
discuss, over the week end, ways of cut
ting costs of the naval establishment.
However, naval officials have pointed
out that already appropriations for the
coming fiscal vear are less than those
of this year, while the five-year aviation
expansion program remains uncomplet
ed and the Navy has not built up to
the London Arms Conference limitation.
In his campaign to curtail Govern
ment expenses President Hoover already
has laid plans to reduce operating out
lays for the War, Postal and Interior
Departments. At the White House, it
was said, his study last Summer resulted
in reductions in expeditures totaling
$180,000,000.
The White House statement said:
“In reply to inquiries from the press
the following information in round
numbers has been furnished by the di
rector of the budget as to the economies
made during the past year and the prob
able fiscal situation upon July 1.
$500,000,000 Increase.
“Present indications are that the
financial transactions of the Govern
ment for the fiscal ysar ending June
30. 1931. will show an increase of about
$500,000,000 in the national debt. The
deficit is from about $900,000,000 to
$950,000,000 of which about $440,000,000
will be due to the statutory redemption
of the debt.
“The deficit is principally due to a
falling off in receipts of the Treasury,
from taxes and other sources, caused
by the depression which will apparently
be about $840,000,000 below the fiscal
year ended June 30,1930. Added to this
is the additional burden of about $50,-
000,000 fall in postal receipts.
“There have also been large increases
in expenditures for construction work
and agricultural relief and for veterans’
services amounting to about $540,000,000
above that of the last fiscal year.
“These figures alone —a reduction of
$90,000,000 in receipts and an increase
of nearly $540,000,000 in expenditures
in the above items —would indicate that
the Government would be over $1,430,-
000,000 worse off this year than last.
$900,000,000 Deficit.
“However, deferment and reductions
in expenditures in other parts of the
Government, largely due to the economy
drive last Summer, amount to about
$180,000,000. During the fiscal year
ended last June, the debt was reduced
by $305,000,000 in excess of statutory
amount, while this year it was held to
the legal requirem-nts. These two sums
■ make a difference in the situation of
about $485,000,000 and result in a final
deficit of about $900,000,000 or $930,-
000,000, about $440,000,000 will be ex
• pended in the statutory redemption of
the public debt so that the net increase
in the debt for the fiscal year will prob
ably be about $500,000,000.
“The administration of vet°rans af
fairs reports that the loans so far made
upon bonus certificates now total sl,-
098,947.000 to 1.971.966 individuals of
which $284,481,000 has been furnished
’ from insurance and other funds, about
’ $60,000,000 from the banks, and $754,-
466.000 from sale of Treasury obliga
tions.
Heads Psychiatrists.
TORONTO. June 3 <JP) .—Dr. William
L. Russell, White Plains. N. Y., was
elected president of the American
Psychiatry Association in convention
today. He was vie* president during
the past year^
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. CL WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1931.
MAYFLOWER FIGHT
ON RECEIVER WINS
i
Court of Appeals Orders Suit
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Back to Lower Tribunal
for Proceedings.
The District Court of Appeals today
set aside the receivership of the May
flower Hotel Co . as improvidently grant
ed by Justice Oscar R. Luhring of the
| District Supr-me Court nearly two weeks
| ago at the request of Attorney Mabel
Walker Willebrandt, representing five
holders of second mortgage bonds on
the building.
The court, however, remanded the
fase to the lower court for further pro
ceedings after due notice to the hotel
company and the other defendants.
The books of the company, which were
in the possession of the receivers, the
court direct', shall be surrendered to
the United States Marshal to be held
in custody by him for 20 days, when
they are to be returned to the persons
from whom the receivers obtained them,
unless otherwise ordered by the Dls
j trict Supreme Court.
Court Rules Waived.
The decision of the Appellate Court,
which heard the appeal yesterday after
counsel had waived all the rules of
court for delaying the hearing, reads:
“The court finds and holds that the
order of the lower court appointing re
ceivers in this cause without notice to
the defendants below was Improvi
dently granted Rnd the order is re
versed with costs; and this cause is re
manded for such further proceedings to
be had upon due notice to the defend
ants. with opportunity for them to plead
and be heard therein as the lower court
may find proper.
Marshal to Take Bocks.
“It is ordered, nevertheless, that the
vouchers, account books, records, min
ute books and similar books now In
the hands of the receivers, the custody
whereof is held subject to the orders
cf the lower court, shall be placed in
the custody of the United States mar
shal for the District of Columbia, to
be retained by him at such convenient
place as he may select for the period
of 20 days, with reasonable rights of
access by the respective parties and
their agents and attorneys, and that at
the end of such period they shall be
returned to the parties from whom re
ceived by the receivers unless otherwise
ordered by the lower court for good
cause shown. The mandate to issue
forthwith.”
The receivership was opposed In the
Court of Appeals by Attorneys William
E. Leahy. Edmund Toland. Levi Cook
and William Hughes. Jr., for the hotel
company, and by Attorney Edward F.
Colladay on behalf of holders of $200,-
000 worth of the second mortgage
bonds.
IOWA EDUCATOR DIES
Engineering School Dean Also Hurt
in Car Crash.
IOWA FALLS. lowa, June 3 OP).—
Dean Samuel W. Beyer cf the indus
trial science division of lowa State
College was fatally hurt and Dean
Anson Marston of the Engineering
School was injured when their automo
bile was struck by a passenger train
yesterday while they were en route to
Elkader to attend the funeral of D. D.
Murphy, former member of the State
Board of Education.
While Marston escaped with rela
tively minor injuries. Beyer was un
conscious until he died today.
DO-X UNABLE TO RISE
PORTO PRAIA. Cape Verde Islands.
June 3 ( JP ). —At 7 a.m. (4 a.m. E. S. T.)
the German flying boat DO-X had been
trying to rise into the air for two hours
in order to resume her delayed trip to
South America.
The DO-X arrived at Porto Praia
last week from the vicinity of Bolama,
Portuguese West Africa, in what her
commander called another trial flight.
It was said at the time that she would
make several tests of take-off and
landing conditions before starting for
Brazil, but that the transatlantic flight
might begin at any time.
DIPLOMAS ‘PRESENTED
Forty-seven students were presented
diplomas at graduation exercises at
Holton-Arms School yesterday after
noon. The diplomas were presented by
Mrs. Jessie Moon Holton, principal, who
made the commencement address to the
class in celebration of the school's
thirtieth anniversary. Relatives of the
graduates and invited guests attended
the even*. 4
HARTMAN LETTERS 1
WTO HOOVER
Hansel Says He Turned Over
Correspondence to Block
Reappointment.
Charles Hansel, public utilities con*
suiting engineer, disclosed In New York
today that the correspondence he ex*
cnanged nearly six years ago with
Harlelgh H. Hartman, vice chairman
of the Public Utilities Commission, and
which has been published by the Wash
ington Dally News, was given to a
“friend” to take to President Hoover
In an effort to block Mr. Hartman's
leappolntment to the commission. He
declined to name the “friend.”
In a long distance telephone con
versation with a representative of The
Star, Mr. Hansel said today he was un
aware that the correspondence had been
published, and did not know who had
given It out for publication. He de
clared he Intended the correspondence
to be for the Information only of the
President who was to make an appoint
ment to the Public Utilities Commission,
as Mr. Hartman's first term expires
June 30.
Were Once Friendly.
Mr. Hansel and Mr. Hartman were
on friendly terms back In 1935, at the
time of the correspondence, and as far
as Mr. Hartman knew, he said that
friendship continued to exist. He said
he did not know why Mr. Hansel should
want to prevent his reappointment to
the commission.
Reminded of that friendship back in
1925 when he engaged Mr. Hartman to
work up railroad track laying and sur
facing data, and asked why It was
broken, Mr. Hansel replied:
"That’s my business. That was back
In 1925 when Mr. Hartman was work
ing for me. He gave up that Job and
got another one.”
Mr. Hartman has maintained that
the disclosure of the correspondence
was on the part of those who had a
reason to block his appointment. Up
to yesterday afternoon the White House
reported that no communication regard
ing the Hartman correspondence had
been received.
Showed Doable Employment.
The correspondence related to Hart
man's employment as a consultant by
Hansel, who at that time was represent
ing Eastern railroads before the Inter
state Commerce Commission. Hartman
had resigned from the legal staff of the
:ommission, but had been retained as
special counsel to argue and brief the
3reat Northern Railroad valuation
:ase—a case with which he was Inti
mately familiar.
Arrangements Shown.
The correspondence shows the ar
rangements Hartman made to submit in
advance to Hansel the argument he
was to make defending the case of the
Bureau of Valuation of the commission
and the financial arrangments between
himself and Hansel.
The correspondence began March 5,
1925. when Hartman formally notified
Hansel that he was resigning from the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
would open private offices. He asked
Hansel to direct business to him, if
occasion arose, and inclosed a copy of
his resignation, which was to become
effective April 1, 1925.
Retainer and Fee Named.
Replying under date of March C,
Hansel asked Hartman to name a fee
for his personal services for the period
of one year from April 1 in dealing
with the question of railroad track lay
ing and surfacing. Hartman replied
that he wanted a retainer of $2,500
and a fee of $7,500, payable in one year
in equal quarterly amounts. On March
9 Hansel sent Hartman a check for
$2,500.
The Great Northern case, one of the
important valuation cases handled by
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
then entered into the correspondence.
The commission paid Hartman SI,OOO
for his brief and argument in this case,
which he prepared after he had re
signed.
Hartman Criticixed.
Hartman did not argue the case until
late In the Fall of 1925 and Hansel,
after reading a copy of his brief, wrote
to him under date of September 4.
pointing out that his conclusions were
hot in line with the “understanding"
he had with him before their arrange
ment. Hansel declared that he under
stood Hartman had stated to Dr.
Charles W. Needham, general solicitor
of the Bureau of Valuation, that the
testimony in the Oreat Northern case
in respect to track laying and surfacing
was "insufficient” on the part of both
the bureau and the carrier to warrant
conclusions by the commission. "But
as I read your report.” Hansel said,
“you definitely find the case against
the protestant,” which was the railroad.
Mr. Hansel questioned Mr. Hartman's
statement that "As the record now
stands the carrier has failed to prove
that there Is any necessity for change
in the valuation figures.”
In his reply, Mr. Hartman said:
“I gave this point considerable
thought, to put it in full accord with
my statement to you and allay any
suspicion of insincerity that the com
missioners have on account of knowing
of my employment in connection with
account 12. and felt sure both had been
accomplished. I will make my position
plain on argument and suggest that
you go over thia part in advance.”
“I tried to work in the idea that
the bureau’s case was insufficient,
but it appeared ao out of place
in a brief in support of the
tentative valuation, after a statement
that the carrier had not proved its
case, that it would have caused distrust
at once. It seemed necessary to rely
upon the carrier, and my previous
statements to the commission Itself, to
show up this point. I will use it in
argument if aked my personal views, or
if you can suggest away to avoid the
question, why don't he keep still in
public where the bureau’s case is
weak.’
“Your understanding of my state
ments to Dr. Needham Is correct, and
I will back them up in any way. I am
not attempting to ‘back down,' ‘hunt I
cover’ or 'double cross.' and have put
the case in the way I thought it would
produce best results.”
Wrote Answer.
The following day, September 6,
Hartman wrote another letter to Han
sel saying: “In reading over my letter
of yesterday to you it might sound as
if I were willing to slight the bureau’s
case in the coming arguments. Os
course, I could not honorably do this,
and I am certain you would not want
me to. I must defend the bureau to
the best of my ability. Just as I am
conscientiously carrying out my agree
ment with you.”
After the case had been argued Mr.
Hartman wrote to Mr. Hansel, under
date of October 27: "In the Great
Northern argument I used practically
the Information I sent to you, stressing
conferences and leaving out some of the
defense of the bureau’s case—in fact,
I believe I made almost no defense
of it.”
In support of this statement. Mr.
Hartman points out that the Great
Northern case was probably more stren
uously prosecuted on brief and argu
ment than any other valuation case
ever tried before the Interstate Com
merce Commissicn. As a result the
commission decided against the rail
road.
Mr. Hartman also insists that his
dual employment as private counselor
to the commission and consultant to
Mr. Hansel did not cause him to slight
either client. Moreover, he declared,
th« commission knew of his arrange
ment with Mr. Hansel while he was
handling the Oreat Northern case. .
Presentation of Colors at Annapolis
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ACADEMY DIPLOMAS
Jahncke to Be Speaker at
Annapolis Commencement
Tomorrow.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS. Md., June 3—Four
hundred and forty-one young men from
all sections of the United States and its
territories tomorrow will be awarded
diplomas upon the completion of four
years of preparation in Uncle Sam s
servioe.
The graduating class is the largest In
the history of the Naval Academy. It
will be headed by Midshipman T. D.
Tyra of St. Paul, Minn., and each will
receive his diploma in the order cf
standing in the class based on the
grades received during the four-year
course.
Jahncke to Speak.
The speaker at the ceremonies, an
nounced today, will be the Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, Ernest Lee
Jahncke. He will fill the customary
place of the Secretary of the Navy.
The graduating exercises are sched
uled to start at 10:30 a m. in D&hlgren
Hall with the graduates, the three lower
classes, friends and relatives, officers
and instructors at the Academy and
their families and a host of others
present. The ceremonies will be broad
cast.
The ceremonies of June week will
end with the benediction to the exer
cise. given by Chaplain Frank H. Lash
of the academy.
Not All Commissioned.
All those who receive diplomas will
not be awarded commissions as ensigns,
only 356 being commissioned in this
line. Os the other 85. 36 will volun
tarily resign. 24 will be commissioned
in the Marine Corps. 12 will be com
missioned in the Supply Corps and
12 will resign, being physically disquali
fied. and 1 Filipino will not be com
missioned.
The midshipmen of all four classes
held a regimental physical drill on
Worden Field this morning.
At 2 o’clock this afternoon the grad
uation class was to rehearse the pro
cedure and seating arrangements for
the exercises tomorrow. The regular
dally band concert was given at 3:30
o'clock.
Awards Yet to Be Made.
Two of the biggest events of the
week are still to be held. The first of
these will be the dress parade on Wor
den Field featuring the presentation
of prises and awards. Twenty.one dif
ferent awsrds will be made, including
the athletic awards to be presented by
the Navy Athletic Association and the
late Col. Robert M. Thompson, a series
of commendatory letters written by the
superintendent, the awards to those
contesting in the New York Times cur
rent events contest and innumerable
others bestowed by classes of the Acad
emy. organizations and Interested in
dividuals.
Tonight is scheduled the supreme
event of the week's social activities,
the farewell ball in Dahlgren Hall.
Entrance to both the farewell ball and
the graduation exercises will be by
card only.
GUN LINKS SLAYING
OF POLICE TIPSTER
TO ENVOY ASSAULT
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gation into Cunningham's death and is
at liberty under $3,000 bail on a charge
of housebreaking.
The officer, whose suspension from
the force followed his arrest, was ac
cused by detectives of having looted the
speakeasy with Cunningham, but he
declined to comment on the charges.
Released on Alibi.
Middleton was implicated in the kill
ing by a death-bed statement of Cun
ningham, in which the police Informer
Intimated that the officer had shot him.
After checking the patrolman’s alibi,
however, detectives learned that Middle
ton was seen in a nearby lunch room
at the time of the shooting and released
I their fellow officer.
The robbery at the El Salvadorean
legation netted hi-jackers approxi
mately S3OO worth of choice liquors, a
check revealing that 17 cases were
stolen and placed in a waiting machine
before Dr. Leiva returned to the lega
tion and discovered the hl-Jackers
busily engaged in looting the cellar.
Dr. Leiva suffered a skull fracture
In the scuffle which followed and spent
several days at Emergency Hospital.
One shot was fired In the attack, the
bullet missing Dr. Leiva and lodging In
the cellng.
Second Shooting Linked.
The murder of Cunningham also is
believed by detectives to be connected
with at least one other underworld
' shooting, that In which Burt Smith
i was mysteriously wounded in a speak
easy in the 900 block of Twelfth street
the night of May 16.
Less than an hour before Cunning
ham was shot down he stopped at the
first precinct station and turned over
to police a gun said to have been used
in the shooting of Smith.
DILLS SAIL FOR HOME
Senator and Wife Returning After
Month in Europe.
LONDON, June 3 UP). — Senator Clar
ence C. Dill of Washington and his wife
will sail for New York on the liner Paris
todsy after a month's tour of Europe.
During their stay Mrs. Dill was pre
sented at oourt and her husband studied
the radio in England and on the conti
nent.
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UPPER: Miss Eloise Hanford of Syracuse, N. Y.. receives the cheers of
the leading regiment of midshipmen Immediately after presenting the
colors to Midshipman Norman Hall, also of Syracuse. Lower : A close-up
of the presentation. Capt. Charles P. Bnyder. commandant of mid
shipmen, is shown assisting Miss Hanford with the heavy standard.
—A. P. Photos.
Podiatry Head
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PENNEY ELECTED BY
SOCIETY.
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ALBERT OWEN PENNEY.
Albert Owen Penney last night was
elected president of the Podiatry Society
of the District of Columbia, succeeding
Charles F. Conrad. Other officers
chosen were 8. W. Hurrell, vice presi
dent, and G. Rahm Stilson, secretary
treasurer.
Dr. Penney also was chosen to repre
sent the society at the annual convention
of the National Association of Chiropo
dists at Los Angeles in August and was
instructed to endeavor to bring the con
vention to Washington in 1932.
Eastern delegates to Los Angeles will
go by special train from Chicago, stop
ping at Colorado Springs. Pikes Peak,
Santo Fe and the Grand Canyon. After
the convention the party will make a
tour up the Pacific Coast to Alaska,
returning to Chicago fey way of Seattle,
Glacier National Park and Duluth,
Minn.
The meeting was held in the office
of Dr. Eugene C. Rice.
LOS ANGELES GEM LOOT
IS RECOVERED HERE
Police Arrest Man as Recipient of
Goods Stolen in Coast
City.
Gabriole Schivone, 49, of the 1000
block of K street, was arrested yester
day by Detective Sergt. R. J. Barrett
and is being held for investigation after
receipt of word from Los Angeles po
lice that jewelry stolen in a recent
robbery there had been mailed to Schi
vone here.
The arrest came shortly after a rela
tive of Schivone had been taken into
custody in the California city in con
nection with the theft. Approximately
SSOO worth of jewery allegedly stolen
in Los Angeles was recovered In shops
here and in the man’s room, according
to police.
ONCE ENEMY, ENLISTS
Austrian Veteran Becomes Mem
ber of D. t. Marine Reserves.
A veteran of the Austrian army dur
ing the World War, Henry Armlon
Danziger, 904 Emerson street, has re
cently enlisted with the 6th Marine
Brigade, District of Columbia Marine
Corps Reserve troops.
Danzlger, a native of Berregssess.
Hungary, recently became a naturalized
American citizen. He was twice badly
wounded during action on the Italian
front,
PINCHOT CANDIDACY
FOR 1932 RUMORED
AFTER UTILITIES TALK
(Continued From First Page.)
still take the position today that It
probably will be impossible to defeat
hs renomination in the next Republi
can convention. In addition to the
fact that a President has all the better
of the fight for nomination to succeed
himself because of his great power,
they point out that the Republican
members of Congress who have sup
ported the administration will find it
necessary to go along with Mr. Hoover
and to defend his administration, since
they themselves are seeking re-election.
A break with the administration would
scarcely aid them to re-election, and
might seriously peril their chances.
In view of all these factors, it was
the consensus of opinion here today
among anti-Hoover Republicans that
the President will be nominated unless
he should voluntarily take himself out
of the race, a course which no one now
expects.
Opposition Belittled.
, So far as the regular Republicans,
supporters of Mr. Hoover, are concern
ed, they were inclined to belittle the
talk of serious opposition from Gov.
Plnchot, Senator Norris or any of the
other Progressives. Some of them in
sist the President will carry the presi
dential preferential primaries in all the
States, no matter whether Plnchot or
Norris or Senator Hiram Johnson of
California, should get into the race.
The only real danger to the Hoover
campaign for renomination seems to lie,
if it does, in the opposition's winning
victories in some of the primary States.
The Hoover supporters will work hard
to head off such victories. They real
ize the psychological effect would be
decidedly Injurious not only to the
President's chances for renomination,
but also in the general election after
he had been nominated, if he should
lose the support of his own party in
an appreciable number of these primary
States.
MAYOR CURLEY TALKS
HALF HOUR WITH KING
Problems of Unemployment and
Church-State Crisis Are
Discussed.
By the Associated Press.
ROME, June 3. —King Victor Em
manuel received Mayor James Curley of
Boston in a 30-minute audience today,
discussing with him the problems of
unemployment and relations between
the church and state in Italy.
Mr. Curley said later that the King
was greatly Interested in America and
her problems, and showed himself
thoroughly conversant with economic
conditions there.
Mayor Curley expressed his admira
tion for Italy’s action in halting the
march of Communism and for the set
tlement of the Roman question two
years ago. He said he believed the
present religious difficulties would be
settled at once.
The continuance of the Impasse, the
mayor said, might affect Italy’s tourist
trade, amounting from $150,000,000 to
$320,000,000 yearly, and might also have
an unfavorable effect on world public
opinion.
“The King seemed quite In agree
ment,” Mr. Curley said. “I am satisfied
from his manner that the matter is in
the process of adjustment.”
—— •
POPE'S CHAPLAIN DIES
VATICAN CITY. June 3 OP) M*r
Luigi Testoni, private chaplain to Pope
Pius, died last night. He will be the
first citizen of the Vatican City to be
burled here. Interment will be in the
crypt of the Church of Saint Anna,
which serves as the Vatican City ceme
teor. -
SERIOUS PROBLEM
RAISED BY DOLES
Extension to All Trades Called
First Step in Disinte
gration.
This is the fourth of a series of
nine articles on the dole which was
written after several weeks of in
vestigation in England. Disadvan
tages and benefits are given in an
unprejudiced discussion.
BY CYRIL ARTHUR PLAYER.
Br Cable to The Star.
LONDON. June 3.—Between No
vember, 1020, and December. 1022, the
fine balance in the unemployment fund
dwindled from more than $100,000,000
to $5,000,000. The retreat had begun.
The unemployment scheme of Great
Britain abandoned its principles, one of
which was that a man could receive
only one week's benefit for every five
(later six) weeks’ contributions. Os
this Sir William Beveridge remarked:
"The main principle underlying limita
tion of benefit was that, though a
weekly allowance given as of right
without conditions was a suitable means
of dealing with temporary unemploy
ment—of tiding over a bad time men
who needed nothing more than tiding
over till In the normal course they
would recover work in their own trades
at their former wages—it was not an
appropriate measure for chronic un
employment. •
"It was recognised, of course, that
limitation of the period of benefit meant
that men might exhaust their rights to
benefit before they recovered employ
ment. In other words, that the insur
ance scheme would not cover all em
ployment. It was never meant to do so.”
In November. 1920, the government
(Bonar Law, Conservative) took the
plunge and extended the insurance
scheme to all manual and non-manual
workers earning not more than $1,250
a year. The workers excluded from this
act were those In agriculture, domestic
service and civil service and those en
gaged permanently by municipal au
thorities.
Reason Unexplained.
An actuarial scheme designed for
workers in certain limited specific occu
pations was not extended to take In all
sorts and conditions of employment,
including several which were of normal
ly intermittent occupation.
The reason for this unscientific pro
cedure has never been explained to the
writer. However, the new act was
passed, and from this act and its be
wildering amendments and extensions
can be traced the less attractive results
of the system.
“The first step in the disintegration
of the Insurance system." said Sir Wil
liam Beveridge to the writer, "was taken
when, in 1920, the system introduced
in 1911 for a few selected trades was
applied practically without change to
all trades, no use being made of the
power to exclude from the general
scheme casual occupations, like dock
labor or short-time industries, such as
cotton and coal, and deal with them
by special schemes.
"The second and decisive step was
taken when by the act of 1927 benefit
was made unlimited in duration and,
for a ‘transitional' period, nearly in
dependent of any payment of contri
butions. The transitional provisions
were extended by an act of 1929. The
act of 1930 has simply carried to its
final stage the process of merging insur
ance in indiscriminate relief of the
able bodied by a further extension of
transitional provisions and by abolish
ing the psychological requirement that
that the applicant should be genuinely
seeking employment.”
“Transitional" unemployment refers
to those outside the contractual scheme
who need help until they are readjusted
to a new employment regime. In
effect, what Sir William says means
this: In the beginning unemployment
insurance was a contract, acceptable to
any insurance authority: it then was
widened so that the risk became doubt
ful. and finally was extended so that the
scientific bases of risk-covering disap
peared altogether.
Nation Sees Venture Through.
Any ordinary insurance company,
under such a plan, would have gone
bankrupt. The nation backed this en
terprise. and has seen it through, so
far. But the books, kept scrupulously,
show in an appalling red ink figure the
extent of the benevolence of the na
tion.
Less than one month after the act of
1920 the slump started. Look at the
figures:
Short Time
Wholly Clalmins
Unemployed. Benefit. Tote!.
Dee 1920 701.179 421.012 1.122.191
Dec. 1921 1.776,131 297.334 2,073.465
The new act had brought within the
reach of unemployment Insurance no
fewer than 11,750,000 persons.
The problem was acute. Thousands
of workers through long periods of un
employment had drawn from the fund
all they were legitimately entitled to
withdraw, and payment to them had
ceased. The government was com
pelled to face the issue of taking care
of these men and women, so there was
Introduced what has become known
as the "uncovenanted” benefit scheme
(uncovenanted because it did not form
part of the covenants of the unem
ployment Insurance act proper), and it
was. therefore, an act of grace on the
part of the government in granting
payment of extended benefits.
Never once, since January. 1921, has
the total of unemployed insured workers
been less than in seven figures. The
least percentage of unemployment was
8.6 per cent, and the highest 23. For
the last six months of 1930 the total
of unemployment was always above
the 2.000,000 mark.
Rates Raised and Extended.
Yet with unemployment so high and
the cost of living going down, the bene
fit rates have been both raised and
extended. A man with a wife and three
of a famllv, who received $1.75 a week
in 1911, $3.75 in 1920, $5.75 in 1921,
now receives SB. Also, today, he re
ceives that benefit for every week of
the year so long as he has paid eight
weekly contributions in the last two
years or 30 weekly contributions at any
time, and even though each of the
weekly contributions may represent
only one day’s work.
It is this situation that is bank
rupting the finances, and has placed
against the unemployment fund proper
—the fund built up solidily by con
tributions from worker, employer and
state—a mammoth debt whose repay
ment is wholly conjectural.
Now is to be told the labor govern
ment's official "Apologia Pro Vita Sua”;
the criticisms offered by party spokes
men for conservatives, liberals and
communists, the views of industrialists
and workmen: the manner in which the
unemployed live, as investigated first
hand in the worst areas for the pur
, poses of this series: the abuses, and
finally, what seems to be the remedy.
(Coprrlsht, 1931. br North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.)
SOCIETY WOMAN SEEKS
JOB ON POLICE FORCE
[ Br the Associated Pres*,
i EVANSTON, 111., June 3.—Mrs.
Blanche M. Wegener. Evanston society
woman, is going to Join the police force,
if she can. , „
She registered yesterday for a civil
service examination, with this in mind.
Nine men are also applying for the job.
■ which will be filled after June 12.
! Mrs. Wegener said she was especially
s interested in the welfare of girls and
s felt the police force position would give
) her an exceptional opportunity to fur
, ther this work. She was told, however,
she will be expected to catch shoplifters,
if and when she Joints the force,