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HELD MISLEADING
Observers Find Both Parties
Pulling Together in Effort
to Pursue Own Courses.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
The present eruption cf partisan
heckling and badinage between Repub
lican and Democratic members of Con
gress, about credit for Government
economy and for measures to promote
recovery for business is wholly super
ficial. The bickering between parties,
and the newspaper emphasis upon it, is
misleading.
The fundamental fact is that be
tween the two parties in Congress and
between Republican President and
Democratic Congress there is a com
mon course of pursuit of economy and
of measures to revive business. It con
stitutes the most important present as- |
pect of Washington. It is not a truce
because it did not come about through
formal agreement of leaders. It is not
co-operation because it did not come
about througn mutual understanding in
advance.
What has happened is that Demo
cratic Speaker Garner of the House
has taken the path of economy and of
balancing the budget and through his
extraordinary ability in leadership h»s
carried his party on that course. The
party has achieved* a solidarity not
deemed possible at the beginning of
the session. The solidarity has been
used for the prompt furtherance of ,
measures of economy and of recovery
from depression. Praise of Garner's
speakership is practically universal in
every quarter of both parties from high
to low.
Belies Prediction of Chaos.
The actual condition has belied all
the predictions, universal in December,
that possession of the House by one
party, with the administration in con
trol of the other, would lead to cross
purposes and chaos. The fact is this
Congress has accomplished much more
in a shorter time than is usual in a
normal Congress with all branches of
the Government controlled by one party.
As between Republicans and Demo
crats, the Democrats have gone, if any
thing. further than the Republicans in
economy. They have made reductions
in practically every appropriation bill
laid before them. They have gone
rather farther than the Republicans in
determination to balance the budget, to
lay sufficient taxes and to spread them
over a wide basis by including new sub
jects of taxation.
In enacting the recent measures Tor
relief of depression the unity of the
Democrats and their speed in action
brought public tribute from Republic
ans. A Republican who carries much
weight. Representative Carroll L. Beedy
of Maine, publicly expressed his “re
spect for the attitude which the Demo
cratic party has taken in its efforts to
legislate for the well being of the coun
try. I think that party has shown a
degree of patriotism seldom exhibited
except under exigencies of war.”
Parties Pull Together.
The true picture is that the donkey
and the elephant have somehow man
aged to back, buck and kick themselves
into double harness and are pulling side
by side in the same direction. They
are not a pair, and they are grotesquely
mrmated. They are not a team, and
ea'-h repudiates as a slight upon its
hvmr the idea that it would practice
t-rmvork witn the other. Instinctively
r-"'1 is reluctant and confused to find
it-c'f going the same way as the other,
rrvc-thelecs, with each pulling on his
o—n account and in the same direction,
e “.ordinary progress is accomplished.
The bickerings at each other about
credit for wnat is done is like the
r~?.po ng that spirited horses often
practice. The immediate occasion of
last week's outbreak started with the
Lincoln day dinners all over the coun
try-, at which Republican orators lived
up to the tradition of calling attention
to their party's virtues. Democrats
were irritated by feeling the Republican
orators claimed more credit for Tecent
achievements than is their due.
In April will come Thomas Jefferson's
birthday and a series of Jefferson din
ners. at which undoubtedly Democratic
orators will do the “pointing with
pride,'^and that will be followed by Re
publican repining. What all the bick
ering actually represents, if seen truly,
is competition as to which is pulling
hardest on the load. This is shown
clearly by the particular subject of the
present acute recrimination. Democrats
claim that reorganization of Govern
ment departments is their idea and in
sist that when done it shall be their
accomplishment. Republicans make the
same claim for President Hoover. It is
the Identity of purpose that is the im
portant thing. It is unusual and so
conspicuous as to be a phenomenon.
FOUR ARE ARRESTED
IN STORE ROBBERY
Three of Suspects Give D. C. Ad
dresses. While Fourth Is From
Capitol Heights.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md., February
23.—Four men were arrested yesterday
by Constable Earle Blackwell on
charges of Investigation in connection
with the robbery of the store of Samuel
Lagana here. Sunday night. Groceries,
cigars and tobacco were stolen.
Those arrested described themselves
as Waverly Roberts. William Ball and
James Murphy, all of the 200 block of
Fifty-eighth street, Washington, and
Arthur McCormick of *Capitol Heights.
They are being held at Marlboro.
DEMOCRAT CLUB TO HEAR
LEGISLATURE MEMBERS
Nineteenth District Group to Meet
in Fire House Thurs
day Night.
By a Stan Correspondent of The Star
RIVERDALE, Md„ Ffbruary 23.—
Three members of the Legislature will
address a mepting of the Democratic
Club of the Nineteenth district'in the
fire house here Thursday n’ght. The
speakers will be State Senator Lansdale
G. Sasseer. Delegate Charles C. Mar
bury and Delegate Kent R. Mullikin.
OPPOSE BYRD PLAN
Annandale League Names Repre
sentative at Hearings.
Special Dispatch to The Star
ANNANDALE. Va , February 23 —
The Annandale School and Community
League went on record as opposed to
the provisions of the Byrd road bill.
Willie Sipes, chairman of the league's
Education Committee, was appointed to
attend the public hearing on the budget
March 1. The league is also seeking
information at this public hearing as to
the school board's plans for develop
ment of the county high school system.
Some patrons spoke in opposition to the
expenditure of any more money at Lee
Jackson, feeling that the location of
this school adjoining a railroad track
was a mistake. They urged centrali
sation of the county’s schools.
Australia’s radio craze continues to
thread.
Unemployment Insurance
Labor Leader Opposed ,to Compulsory, but Favors
Co-Operative Action Between Organized
< ' Workers and Industries.
I I
Should some form of unemployment insurance be devised to meet the problems
of serious periods of depression? If so. should it be voluntary or compulsory?
This widely discussed question is considered In a series of six articles by authorities
who have studied it ca-efully. The series presents the viewpoint of employer,
employe, ir.dustiial expert, economist, legislator and insurance expert. The second
article follows.
BV MATTHEW WOLL.
Vice President. American Federation^)! Labor.
As Told to J V. Fit* Gerald
In consideration of unemployment insurance, the public, as so often happens
in many-sided and involved matters, is likely to gain a confused and superficial
Impression.
For intelligent understanding we should! know what unemployment insurance
and the dole are. for many dismiss unemployment
insurance by labeling it dole.
The genesis of unemployment insurance was ex
tension to unskilled and unorganized workers of
the privileges provided by trade unions through
out-of-work^ benefits. Such benefits have beer} a
practice of many of our trade unions for half a
century. In -short, unemployment insurance pro
vides for setting up a fund in good times to provide
relief for those out of work in bad time'.
Unemployment insurance is divided into com
pulsory and voluntary forms. The first may be
paid through a national scheme or through local
or municipal government. It may be paid either
on a contributory basis or by assessment on the
entire industry. The essence of the compulsory
scheme is that every employer must insure his
workers against unemployment as one of the
hazards of industry, and that State or munici
pality. through direct, contributions, becomes a
party to the whole administration of the plan.
Voluntary unemployment' insurance may take
the form of out-ef-wcrk benefits p-'id by a trade
union to its members, bv which method American
Federation of Labor groups last year paid approxi
mately S12.000.000. with payment of all types of
approximating S40.000/D00
Matthew Woll.
benefits to the membership
There is a so a joint scheme of unemployment insurance set up pv em
ployers and employes, with both contributing to the fund. Such plan was
adopted years ago by clothing industry management and the unions. It is in
effect in Chicago. New York and Rochester, N. Y. Benefits are paid from the
central fund for a limited number of weeks.
Webster’s Dictionary defines “dole” as
a "distribution; especially of gifts to
charity/' and in our day it certainly
has come to signify charity. It is con
tended. and rightly I think, that if you
build the dependence of people on doles
and charity you undermine the very
ability of some tp^help themselves.
Against Compulsion.
It is because of 3 fear compulsory
unemployment Insurance in the United
States might eventually take cn the
features of the dole; as in Europe, that
there is valid objection to it by labor.
Voluntary unemployment insurance is
another matter. Labor sees in it. if
workers' interests , are properly safe
guarded, a means to lessen distress tn
a measure.
Labor opposed compulsory unemploy
ment insurance because.it believes in
dustrial operations should be so otdrred
and budgeted that every person willing
and anxious to work can find opportun
ity, and also because such insurance en
ables the wage earner who goes from
community to community seeking work
to carry industrial passports which
might permit unfair employers to dis
criminate against an individual.
Labor likewise has misgivings as to
the problems of administration in any
national scheme of unemployment in
surance We have seen no proposal
that sets up a working .plan without
adding enormously to ohr bureaucracy.
We have not unbounded confidence in
the capacity of our people to maintain
such an enterprise without its falling
into the hands of those who would cor
rupt it. Until the conscience of the
citizen is more keenly alive to this
problem, we feel it would be a matter
of doubtful wisdom to intrust the ad
ministration of so great a fund to poli
tical manipulation.
Any great national system cn com
pulsory unemployment Insurance would
provide temptation to political machines
to utilize men's jobs for political ends.
We oppose another instrumentality for
public patronage to be utilized by politi
cal party or party machines.
I wish to emphasize that a great sys
tem of compulsory unemployment in
surance. at its best a form of organ
ized relief, might tend to remove from
leaders ot industry tneir proper respon
' sibUity for stabilizing industrial life.
Employers, like working men, might be i
tempted to take the line of least re
sistance if»they could turn to the State
for that they should undertake.
Cites European Examples.
We have studied the unemployment
j acts in Europe. While we cannot hope
; to introduce a European system here
and expect it to succeed, there are
trends of the European system we can
not overlook
One is that the unemployment insur
ance act, which began as the British
act based on sound principles for a
group of responsibly unemployed, pres
ently, under abnormal conditions of de
pression, became a system financed from
the national treasury. While it is rela
tively easy in democratic communities
to increase contributions from the pub
lic treasury, it is extraordinarily difficult
if not impossible to cut them down.
Take voluntarv unemployment insur- !
ance. £.abor believes it sound business
practice and part of the responsibility |
of management to set 'aside reserves in
good times to provide against bad times.
W$_feel this principle should prevail in
industrial activity and embrace employ
ment fluctuations.
WS* believe this should come through
co-operative action and understanding
between organized workers and associ
ate^ industries, and through a volun
tary scheme. It should come about be
cause business leaders realize the in
herent soundness of the plan and know
its costs are borne by the ultimate con
sumer.
Already notable experiments have
been made In this field, both by indi
vidual plants on their own initiative,
and in certain cases jointly with repre
sentatives of the trade unions.
Neither employers nor workers can
solve the job alone. The will of the
people must make itself felt in behalf i
of these plans, which, while preserving i
the essential integrity of American in- |
dustrial experience, bring to bear on '
the problem of unemployment—of dis- I
tribution—the same skill and engineer
ing ingenuity brought to the problem
of production.
(Copyright. 1932. by the North American |
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
HARRISONVILLE MAN
IS HELD IN RUBBERY
Slugging of Proprietor of Tourist
Camp on Mt. Airy Highway
Is Charged.
Special Dispatch t & e Star.
MOUNT AIRY, Md., February 23.—
Leroy Walter Townsend of Harrison
ville, near Mount Airy, was taken into
custody last night by Carroll County
authorities and Identified as one of two
men who slugged and robbed Zoland
Zile, proprietor of the tourist camp
along the Westminster and Mount Airy
highway, Sunday night.
Posing as a secret service agent,
Townsend, according to Zile, approached
him Sunday night about 10:30 o'clock
and stated he was ei) route to Phila
delphia and asked to be shown to a
cabin. Upon leaving the cabin Zile
was met by a second man. who pressed
a gun to his body and commanded him
to “stick ’em up.” Zile stated he
thought it was a joke and did not com
ply with the man's request, whereupon
he alleges Townsend struck him over
the head, knocking him unconscious.
According to Zile, his pockets were
rifled of $63. Besides the man who
commanded Zile to “stick ’em up,”
Townsend is also alleged to have been
accompanied by a woman. At present
Townsend is being held in the Carroll
County Jail on a number of charges,
including robbery, impersonating an
officer and operating a car without
lights.
WIT. RAINIER IS SCENE
OF “OLD-TIME” REVIVAL
Pat Withrow Is Conducting Two
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Services Daily at Methodist
, Church. -
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
MOUNT RAINIER. Mil.. February 23.
—An •'old-time” union revival service
is being conducted this week in the
Methodist Episcopal Church here by P&t
Withrow of Charlestown. W. Va. Serv
ices are being held daily at 10:30 a.m.
and 7:30 p.m.
Mr. Sanville, manager of the Homer
Rodehaver Musical Mission, has "an
nounced he will attend the services to
night or tomorrow night.
The revival was preceded by two
weeks of cottage prayer meetings in
Mount Rainier, 14 meetings being held
each night.
Mr. Withrow conducts what is said to
be one of the largest union missions
in the United States at Charlestown.
His motto there is "Soap, Soup and Sal
vation," and he claims to have placed
many men now prominent on the
"mourners’ bench.”
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LIGHTING IS DISCUSSED
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Edmonstoh Instructs Clerk to
Learn All-Night Cost.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
EDMONSTON. Md.. February 23
Advisability of all-night street lighting
here was discussed at the meeting of
the mayor and Town Council Saturday
night in the school and the clerk tgas
asked to ascertain the cost. Lights here
now are extinguished at 2 a.m.
Town Marshal Harry Bost advised
that, due to the increased traffic' over
Wells avenue, the town'sjnain thorough- j
fare, additional stop signs were needed I
at the interesectiona of several streets
with Wells avenue. fr.
RESIDENT OF TREVILAH
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
Samuel Linthicum, 49, Dies at
Montgomery Hospital in
Sandy Spring.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md„ February 23.—
Pneumonia, of which he had been ill
two weeks, caused the death in the
Montgomery County General Hospital,
Sandy Spring, Sunday, of Samuel Lin
thicum, 49, a well known resident of
the Travilah neighborhood.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Agnes J. Linthicum. formerly a Miss
West, of this county, and two daughters.
He was a son of George F. Linthicum,
a merchant at Gaithersburg and a
brother of George W. Linthicum of
Darnestown, Smith Linthicum of Wash
ington and Grover Linthicum of Ger
mantown. and a half-brother of Alberta
and Mabel Linthicum of Germantown.
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Schafer Sess Same Farces
That Made 1924 Convention
‘•Mad House” at Work.
By the Associated Press.
Intensive activity among Democrat1;
yesterday brought new devlopments in
the race far the party presidential nomi
nation, but no decisive gain for any one
The Gamer boom, spreading noisily
from Washington to Texas with way
points stops, broke into the Roosevelt
pre-emptcd territory of Georgia through
the "proxy" filing of Judge G. H. How
ard. who announced, if victorious, he
would deliver the State's convention
votes for the Speaker of the Hous’
The home State of Texas meanwhile
launched concerted action for “Jack."
which found its echo in cheers in the
House of Representatives here. Stick
ing to his rule, Garner had nothing to
say.
Roosevelt Makes Gains.
The Roosevelt forces marched forward
with organization of a State-wide cam
paign program in Pennsylvania; with
favorable expressions toward him in
Oklahoma as second choice after Gov
Murray, and with declarations by sup
porters in Georgia that the State'would
b: for him solidly.
Alfred E. Smith's friends in Massa
chusetts were seeking confirmation of
reports the New Yorker would con
cent to have his name go on the ballot.
' funding ready to push a big drive for
him.
Out in Kansas seme of the Demo
cratic leaders meeting for the State
convention yesterday expressed them
selves in favor of an uninstructed dele
gation. and spoke of both Roosevelt and
Gamer as possibilities.
Republicans Mark Time.
Meanwhile the Republicans marked
time. President Hoover has let the
Illinois primary go by, refusing for a
second 'time to enter into contest with
Joseph I. France of Maryland, who is
the only candidate entered in that
State. Hoover likewise stayed out of
the North Dakota preferential primary.
A statement by Representative Blan
ton in the Hcuse of the Gamer rally in
Texas brought an assertion from Rep
resentative Schafer, Republican. Wis
consin. that "the same forces are at
work in the Democratic party now that
turned the Madison Square convention
of 1924 Into a mad house.”
TRASH DISPOSAL
PLANT IS FOUGHT
Colmar Manor Mayor and Solicitor
Oppose McAdoo Avenue
Site.
By a StafT Correspondent of The Star.
COLMAR MANOR. Md.. February 23.
—An effort to prevent the establish
ment of a trash disposal plant near the
houses which face the swamp below the
foot of McAdoo avenue here has been
inaugurated by Mayor Burt M. Brom
ley and Town Solicitor Bird H. Dolby.
The Trash Disposal Committee of the
County Community Council selected the
swamp, which covers considerable
ground, as one of the seven suitable
sites for dumps in the metropolitan
area.
Its recommendation, however, spe
cifically stated that "if a roadway is
built so as to locate the dump a con
siderable distance from dwellings no
objection should be aroused.”
Oliver Metzerott, chairman of the
committee which drafted the report,
stated it was felt a roadway of cinders
or ashes could be constructed with un
employed labor. The towrf authorities
expect to insist such a road be built of
the dump is to be established in the
swamp.
Mr. Metzerott also stated that since
the report was submitted last week
there has been considerable dumping on
attractive property in Chillum district
and called attention to a paragraph of
the report which declared there should
be no difficulty in obtaining convictions
if the county police authorities could
be induced to enforce the present law
prohibiting unauthorized dumping of
trash.
Brings in Big Well.
WINCHESTER, Va., February 23
i Special) .—Drilling over 300 feet through
the hardest limestone ever encountered
in Frederick County, a contractor has
brought in a well on the apple orchard
farm of William Beverley. It flows 5,000
gallons per hour. The farm is situated
in a section west of here that was
severely affected by the 1930-31 drought. ]
Tests were said to show the supply vir- ,
tually inexhaustible.
League to Fight
Prejudice Against
Old Age in Jobs
By the Associated Press.
MIAMI. Fla., February 23.—
The Gray-haired League of Amer
ica. formed to combat prejudice
against old age in employment,
will seek a charter in Circuit
Court here
The league is sponsored by a
Miami civic organization.
Among purposes of the league,
as published by members, are: To
eradicate discrimination in indus
try against persons above middle
age. to seek national legislation
for benefit of members beyond
middle age, to educate members
in the value of keeping physically
fit. and to bring about “particu
larly among the youth cl the
country" a higher degree of re
spect for old age.
STAUNTON C. OF C. SEEKS
PLACE ON AIRMAIL ROUTE
Service for Shenandoah Section Is j
Urged in Request to Repre*
sentative Tucker.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
STAUNTON, Va„ February 23.—In
formation having been received here
that the Post Office Department is con
templating establishing a mail air route
to Chattanooga. Tenn., the Chamber of
Comnv’rce has asked Representative
Henry St. George Tucker to use his in
fluence to have the line routed so as
to serve the Shenandoah section by ;
way of Winchester. Harrisonburg.
Staunton. Lexington and Roanoke.
First indications were that the .sched
ule would take the planes south by way '
cf Charlottesville. The Shenandoah
section of the State has no air service.
GEORGIA-FLORIDA
TO BIND DELEGAIES
Democrats of Both States to
Express Preferences
at the Polls.
By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, February 23 —Democrats
in 2 of 11 Southern States will express
their preferences at the polls for the
presidential nominee. Such prefer
ences are binding upon delegates.
Gov. Roosevelt of New York and
Speaker Garner of the House of Repre
sentatives will have a test in the Geor
gia Democratic preference primary
March 23. Roosevelt's name will be on
the ballot with that of County Judge
G. H. Howard of Atlanta. In entering.
Howard announced that if he should
win, the State's votes at the National
Convention would be cast for Garner.
Under the Georgia system a presi
dential candidate who receives the
highest number of preference votes in
any county names that county's dele
gates to the State convention, which
elects the delegates to the National
Convention.
A last-minute effort by Gov. Murray
of Oklahoma to enter the list was un
successful. due to lateness in filing.
The Oklahoman indicated last night he
would ask his "lawyer friends" in
Georgia to challenge for the right to
have his name on the ballot.
Florida Vote Binding.
By ruling or the Democratic State
Committee the choice of Florida voters,
as expressed in a Preference Commit
tee, will be binding on the delegates to
the National Convention until it ap
pars to two-thirds of the delegation
that such support will be futile. The
primary will elect the delegates.
The Virginia Democratic State Com
mittee has indorsed Gov. Byrd for
President.
Louisiana already has chosen its dele
gates to the Democratic National Con
vention. The State Committee elected
them. They are uninstructed
The South Carolina Republican State
Executive Committee already has pledged
to Hoover delegates yet to be chosen.
Tile Republican State Committee of
Kentucky has indorsed Hoover.
Some States have both State and dis
trict conventions to elect national dele
gat ?s.
Dates for various primaries and con
ventions so far as fixed follow:
March 1—Arkansas Democratic State
Convention chooses national delegates.
March 2—White and Negro Republi
can factions in Louisiana hold separate
State conventions to elect rival national
delegations.
March 23—Georgia Democratic pref
erence primary.
April 6—Georgia Democratic State
Convention elects delegates to national
convention.
April 12—State Republican convention
in Florida elects national delegates.
April 14—North Carolina Republican
Convention elects national delegates.
April 26—Arkansas Republican State
Convention elects national delegates at
large. District conventions at various
dates will elect district delegates.
April 27—Kentucky Republican Con
vention chooses national delegates.
May 3—Alabama Democratic primary
elects national delegates. Alabama dis
trict Republican conventions. Missis
sippi White Republicans in convention
elect national delegates.
May 10—Tennessee State Republican
Convention chooses national delegates.
May 18—Alabama State Republican
Convention chooses national delegatee
at large South Carolina State Demo
cratic Convention chooses all national
delegates.
June 7—Florida Democratic prefer
ence primary chooses national delegates.
Second Alabama Democratic primary,
if neressary, due to failure of some can
didates to obtain majority.
June 9—Virginia State Democratic
Convention elects national delegates.
MAPS WILL SHOW
WASHINGTON’S VISITS
3.500 Will Inform Maryland
School Pupils cf Travels
in State.
Spec!.i! Dispatch to T-e Star.
BALTIMORE. February 23.—Thirty
five hundred colored maps showing the
travels and rlsits of George Washington
in Maryland will be placed in the pub
lic schools throughout the State
According to J. Alexis Shriver of the
Maryland Commission lor the Celebra
tion of Washington's Birth, Washing
ton visited more towns and places in
Maryland than any State other than
his native Virginia.
Ten thousand maps have been litho
graphed
Mr. Shriver, recognized as an au
thority on Washington's travels In the
State, said that every precaution was
taken to assure historical correctness.
Dr Albert S. Cook. State superin
tendent of education, said one of the
maps would be placed m every public
school in the State. Twenty-five hun
dred will be required ror the county
schools and 1,000 maps will be used in
the schools of the city
Washington, between the years 1748
and 1798. visited 90 known places in the
State and made 127 trips to Maryland.
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