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Reserve Power Widening
Measure Drawn After
Conferences.
(Continued From First Page.)
further told him that I had had no
Idea that the bill would be sent tip to
the Capital so soon, which was before
en opportunity of discussing the mat
ter with him had been afforded."
Plan Sent to Capitol.
As for the plan, which was sent to
Capitol Hill last night in the form of
a tentative draft of the "banking act
of 1935," Glass would only say:
"I do not care to make any comment
On something I have not seen."
It is known that the Virginia Sen
ator. who wrote most of the original
Federal Reserve act as chairman of
the House Banking Committee in 1913,
Is opposed to changes in the Federal
Reserve in this session. The Capital
has understood for some time he would
fight to the end any amendments
■which would place additional control
in the hands of officials here.
The amendments proposed in the
banking act of 1935 would give Wash
ington practically complete supervi
sion over credit policies.
Approval Here Required.
Before the 12 governors of Federal
Reserve banks could be elected they
would have to be approved by the Fed
eral Reserve Board here. By scrap
ping the old "Open Market Policy
Committee" in favor of a new com
mittee, the Reserve Board would be
given a predominant voice on the
question as to when and to what ex
tent Reserve banks should support the
Government bond market.
Under the old system, the Policy
Committee is named by the 12 re
serve banks. The new committee
would be composed of the governor
of the board, two board members and
two governors of reserve banks elected
annually by the governors themselves.
The reserve system's vast holdings
of Government securities now total
$2,430,000,000. The Policy Committee
can determine when these shall be
sold or when more securities shall be
bought. It thus heîds a powerful
lever capable of bolstering or depress
ing the prices of the securities.
The omnibus banking bill also con
tains amendments to the Federal De
posit Insurance Corp. act. As long
predicted, the administration proposed
that the maximum insurance protec
tion for each depositor remain $5,000.
The present law, if unchanged, would
Increase that maximum July 1.
Bankers who had been asking that
their liability for F. D. I. C. assess
ments be limited, attained this goal.
At present the law calls for an ob
ligatory stock subscription amounting
to 1 per cent of total deposits, with
liability for repeated assessments
thereafter. The proposed law fixes a
maximum assessment of one-twelfth
of 1 per cent of total deposits.
Some large banks, however, had
complained against assessing total
deposits, instead ot insured deposits,
on the ground that such assessments
represented a disproportionate bur
wn on mem. xne iramers 01 tne law
apparently decided against this plea.
Reserve Agent to Go.
The Federal Reserve amendments
would abolish the post of Federal Re
serve agent in each of the 12 dis
tricts, combining it with the gover
norships. The Reserve board, as a
means of preventing credit expansion
or contraction which it might consider
harmful, would have power to change
reserve requirements.
Reserve Board members would have
to be "well qualified by education and
experience to participate in the
formulation of national economic and
monetary policies."
Salaries of Reserve Board members
appointed in the future would be
increased from $12,000 to $15,000 with
compulsory retirement at 70 on $12,000
pension. Present members would be
eligible for retirement at 70.
The proposed legislation would give
the Reserve Board wide authority to
determine the eligibility of paper for
discount, both as to nature and the
limit of maturity.
National banks would be permitted
to make loans on real estate on an
amortization basis for periods up to
20 years (the limit is now 5 years)
and up to 75 per cent of the value
of the property ( the limit is now 50
per cent).
Another proposal provides that di
rectors of a reserve bank shall not
hold office for more than six con
secutive years, except governors and
vice governors. This was believed to
aim at having "new blood" injected
frequently into the boards.
Chairman Steagall of the House
Banking Committee was expected to
introduce the omnibus bill today.
Meanwhile, Capitol Hill heard that
a bill expanding the capital of the
Home Owners' Loan Corp. by $1,
250,000,000 has been written and is
pending before the President's Execu
tive Council. The word on the hill
was that it might be approved by the
council today.
Besides eld to home owners, it was
said, some of the new capital would
be used to help Federal savings and
loan associations.
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Rejected by P. W. A.
Persistent reports that the Public
Works Administration is considering
a huge hydro-electric development on
the Eastern Shore of Maryland were
denied today by Secretary Ickes.
He said an application had been
received some time ago to finance an
eight or nine million dollar Summer
resort project, but it had been re
turned as impracticable.
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DR. ARTHUR J. I. KRAI'S.
—Star Staft Photo.
PROFESSOR SEEKS
ROOSEVELT'S AID
Fears Deportation After
Losing Place for Hunger
Strike Protest.
One of the "unhappiest men in the
world" has come to Washington.
He is Dr. Arthur J. I. Kraus, a
German philosopher and teacher oi
philosophy, born in Poland and, like
others who have pursued truth and
struggled for freedom, he has had
plenty of troubles.
Conditions In his native land were
far from ideal before the World War:
they did not Improve as much as he
thought they should after the armi
stice and the establishment of the
Polish republic. The pressure of cir
! cumstances forced him into a position
of leadership in a minority movement
for more liberal policies. The cam
paign failed and he was obliged to
seek refuge, first at Oxford, England,
and then in America.
In December. 1932, he was employed
as an instructor in philosophy at the
College of the City of New York,
quietly following a routine of teaching
in no way different from that of his
faculty colleagues. Then came news
of violent clashes between the Polish
student bodies and the Polish police.
Friends back home, boys he had
taught, were killed in the fighting. In
an effort to call American attention to
the tragedy, Dr. Kraus followed the
example of the English suffragettes,
I Lord Mayor Terence McSweeney of
' Cork and Mahatma Gandhi and an
j nounced a voluntary hunger strike.
I The device was a success—it made
the cause of the Polish students a
matter of news. But it cost the philos
opher his job and his reputation.
IS UlsmiMTQ.
Dr Kraus was dismissed from his
! position on the charge of being
I "mentally unstable."
I No examination was made, no test
given, to prove the allegation. Eminent
psychologists, engaged by his friends,
found him perfectly normal mentally
and emotionally; but it was too late—
the damage was done, and Dr. Kraus.
unable to obtain employment, became
liable to deportation. He was arrested
early in 1933 and transferred to Ellis
Island to await expulsion.
But his case appealed to organiza
! tions and individuals concerned for
i academic freedom, and on the repre
! sentations of Profs. John Dewey.
! George S. Counts, Ernest F. Scott,
ι Reinhold Niebuhr and others he was
released for six months.
Seeks Roosevelt's Aid.
That period, however, long since
j has expired, and Dr. Kraus may be
seized and ejected from the United
States any moment. He lives in ter
ror of such a development of his mis
fortunes, and in quest of formal per
mission to remain in America and to
retrieve his lost status in his profes
sion. he has arrived in the Capitol
to solicit the aid of President Roose
velt and Secretary of Labor Perkins.
His sponsor here is Right Rev. James
E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington.
Among the credentials which Dr.
Kraus will ask opportunity to submit
to the Chief Executive is a letter from
Dr. Albert Einstein, discoverer of rela
tivity, which reads: "Prof. Kraus, for
merly teacher of philosophy in the
College of the City of New York, has
lost his position there because he had
shown the conscientiousness and the
courage to defend in life the same
principles of justice which It was his
duty to teach."
Bishop Freeman has promised to
intercede for Dr. Kraus in person.
Slain
UNION HEAD KILLED BY
GUNMEN.
THOMAS Ε. MALOY,
Br the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. February 5.—A maze of
possible motives—fear, revenge or the
lust for power—twisted the investiga
tion of the gangland-style slaying of
Thomas E. Maloy into a snarl today.
Maloy. the soft-spoken dapper czar
of the Moving Picture Machine Opera
tors' Union here, whose stormy 19-year
career kept him frequently In the
limelight, was killed as he drove in
heavy traffic on Chicago's outer drive
yesterday.
Rumors arose that he had "talked"
to the Government in the hope of
gaining consideration at his pending
trial for Income tax evasion.
Another theory was that he had re
cently boasted he knew the Identity
of the kidnapers who reputedly ex
torted $50,000 In ransom from him
last October 24.
—A. P. Photo.
I
New Deal Government Held
Bureaucratic in G. 0. P.
Address.
A plea for continuance of constitu
tional government was made yester
day afternoon by Representative
Guyer, Republican, of iCansa.·., 'in
speaking before a meeting of the Dis
trict Chapter, League of Republican
Women, at the Mayflower Hotel.
Representative Guyer branded the
present administration as a bureau
cracy and said the United States is
now going through the same political
and economic stage through which
Germany passed prior to the World
War. He exonerated former Presi
dent Hoover of any blame for the de
pression, saying that such a state of
affairs was Inevitable.
Blames Woes on War.
"We can blame all our troubles on
one thing—the great war," the speak
er said. "Since that horrible con
flict the world has not seen one out
standingly good thing accomplished.
We have only to look at our books, our
art, or listen in on our radio to flnd
to what levels the world has fallen.
Our best selling books are filthy, we
have no such thing as art and we can
not tune in on the radio without hear
ing a hodge-podge, represented to us
as music."
Representative Guyer told his listen
ers that he never would utter a dis
paraging word against President
Roosevelt or any other man who had
to undergo the rigors of the White
House. He said he had seen too many
Presidents "killed off by the tasks" to
be carried out in "the house across
from Lafayette Square."
"I saw President Hoover grow old
within a few months while there," he
said. "Uneasy lies the head that Is
pillowed in the White House."
Luncheon Precedes Meeting.
Prior to the meeting Mrs. William
Pitch Kelley, president of the chap
ter, entertained at luncheon for a
small group of prominent Republican
women, including the national com
mitteewomen from four States and the
District of Columbia. Present at the
luncheon were Mrs. Alvin T. Hert.
vice chairman of the National Com
mittee of the organization: National
Committeewomen Mrs. Calvin Gabriel
of Maryland. Mrs. Murray Brocock of
Virginia. Miss Martha McClure of
Iowa, Mrs. Robert Lincoln Hoyal of
Arizona and Mrs. Virginia White Speel
of the District. Mme. Julia Dent Can
tacuzene-Grant, Mrs. Lowell Fletcher
Hobart and Mrs. Ellis Yost, former
director of women's work and a vice
president of the league.
Following the talk by Representative
Guyer. the national committeewomen
made brief talks outlining conditions
in their own States.
G. W. TURNS AWAY
SCHOOL "AGITATOR"
University Denies Admission to
Youth Accused of Starting
High School Riot.
David Carllner, 16-year-old McKin
ley High Schol student, who was sus
pended last Pall for "agitation'* fol
lowing the foot ball riot in Central
Stadium, has been refused admittance
to George Washington University on
the ground that he lacks proper
credentials, President Cloyd Heck Mar
vin said yesterday.
Dr. Marvin denied charges by the
National Student League that Car
llner was excluded because it was
feared he would promote "liberalism''
among the university students. The
university head said the boy did not
come to the school with the recom
mendation of his principal, as is cus
tomary.
Carliner was told by university offi
cials that his case would be recon
sidered at the end of one year, during
which time he must have had em
ployment with an employer who would
testify to his "faithfulness and re
liability."
In a statement the student league
held that Carliner was denied ad
mission to the university because his
"admitted Intelligence, his convic
tions and his ability to lead students
render him undesirable."
FORMER D. C. WOMAN
SUCCUMBS AT NORFOLK
Hiss Pauline Magruder, Native
of Washington, Stricken
oq Visit.
Miss Pauline Magruder. 48, former
ly of Washington, died Sunday night
In a Norfolk, Va., hospital, according
to word received here today. She had
been visiting friends in Norfolk when
the became 111 several months ago.
She is the sister of Lieut. Col.
Lloyd Burns Magruder, U. S. Α., of
2810 Forty-fourth street. After the
death of her father, the late Dr.
George Lloyd Magruder, she traveled
extensively in Europe and the West
with her mother, Mrs. Bell Burns
Magruder. She was born in Wash
ington, but had not lived here since
1913. Her mother and brother sur
vive.
Funeral services will be held at 11
ajn. tomorrow in St. Paul's Chapel,
Rock Creek Cemetery, followed by
burial there.
Fall on Ice Injures Head.
Slipping on Ice while walking in the
1300 block of Juniper street this morn
ing, Arlin Pennington, 25, 44 Wells
avenue, Hyattsville, Md„ suffered a
severe cut over the right eye and a
possible fracture of the skull. He was
given first aid at Walter Reed Hospital
and then removed to Emergency Hos
pital.
Republican Women Meet
Meeting of the League of Republican Women yesterday afternoon In the Italian garden at the Mayflower
Hotel. Photo shows the principal speakers at the program. Sitting (left to right): Mrs. Ellis A. Yost, guest;
Mrs. William F. Kelley and Mrs. Murray Booeock. from Virginia. Standing: Mrs. R. L. Hoyal, from Arizona;
Representative Guyer of low», Miss Martha McClure, from Iowa, and Mrs. Calvin Gabriel, from Maryland
—Star Staff Photo.
CITIZENS SUPPORT
POUCE MEASE
Growth of City Cited by
Chairman of Takoma
Park Committee.
i Increase in the numerical strength
, of the Metropolitan Police Force was
urged last night by the Citizens' As
! sociation of Takoma. D. C., at a
meeting In the Takoma Parle Branch
Library.
D. Stewart Patterson, chairman of
the Police and Pire Committee, point
ed out that increased population of
the Capital has increased responsibil
ities of the Police Department. He
also emphasized that the Increase in
crime called for more adequate pro
tection and that the increase in traffic
accidents demanded immediate action.
The association appealed to Congress
for prompt action by complying with
the request of Police Supt. Ernest W.
Brown for additional men.
George E. Sullivan, chairman of the
Committee on Laws and Legislation,
called attention to the necessity for
enactment by Congress of a smoke
prevention law which would prohibit
not only the emission of dense or
thick black smoke from stationary en
gines and office buildings, but private
residences as well. The bill, he said,
also should include boats, tugs and
locomotives.
Gambling Denounced.
A joint report of the Committee on
Laws and Legislation and the Police
and Fire Committee deplored as "un
worthy of the serious consideration
of practical and public spirited cit
izens the recent suggestion from cer
tain quarters that gambling be legal
ized in the District of Columbia, it
being self-evident that the legalizing
of gambling will increase rather than
decrease the extent thereof and bring
within its vicious circles many per
sons ashamed or afraid to visit the
secret places where gambling is now
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the strengthening of police authority
In this connection.
The association, through President
Wallace C. Magathan and the Execu
tive Committee, will appear before the
hearings in Congress and urge con
struction of the addition to the Paul
Junior High School at a cost of
$190.000 and also request the appro
priation of $15,000 for the preparation
of plans for a new senior high school
in the Takoma section. The flre
prooflng of the Takoma Elementary
School was also advocated in the re
port of Eugene W. Bond, chairman of
the Public Schools Committee.
Express Cars Urged.
Utilization of the Eleventh street
line of the Capital Transit Co. for
"express" cars, switched over from
Fourteenth street and Ninth street for
"express" service for cars operating
on Georgia avenue, was Indorsed In a
resolution presented by George E.
Sullivan.
The shifting of "express" cars from
these two thoroughfares, It was
pointed out, would tend to relieve
some of the congestion and permit
the continuation of "local" service
from the northern section to the cen
ter of the city. The wishes of the
association will be presented by Pres
ident Magathan at a meeting to be
held tonight in Petworth on the rail
way situation. The installation of a
bus service is also receiving the at
tention of the Public Utilities Com
mission. the association was advised
last night.
FUNERAL TOMORROW
Lieut. John G. Burgess, U. S. N., who
was killed in an airplane accident in
Texas Saturday, will be buried with
full military honors in Arlington Na
tional Cemetery tomorrow morning,
the Navy Department announced to
day.
Capt. Sydney K. Evans, chief of the
Navy'· corps of chaplains, will offi
ciate. The escort will form at the
Port Myer Gate at 11 o'clock.
Honorary pallbearers will be Lieuts.
M. E. Arnold, L. K. Rice, T. U. Sisson,
H. B. Temple. Ο. H. Moffett and Sec
ond Lieut. E. C. Dyer, U. S. M. C.
CRUISER REQUEST
TO AID SHIP BIDS
IN BRAZIL BARED
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partment was "in accord with your
expression of opinion."
In reply to a committee question on
the Gibson matter, Bardo replied, with
a smile:
"That's all in the day's work."
Barbo was reprimanded by Clark
fer failure to respond Immediately to
questions.
"You will answer the questions
submitted to you." Clark snapped, his
face growing increasingly red. Lean
ing forward from his seat at a table
overlooking the place where the burly
white-haired witness sat, Clark con
tinued:
"You will not lecture the committee
on lta procedure.
Bardo Protests.
"You are here at the call of the
committee and it will conduct its in
vestigation in its own manner."
"We are getting nowhere by this
line of questioning." Bardo had pro
tested when he was pressed to name
dates of certain activities of the cor
! poretion's agent in Brazil. He had
declared he was unable to remember.
The testimony concerning President
: Rooeevelt, Farley and Moore was part
verbal and part in the form of letters
Bardo asserted there was "nothing
selfish in it."
"It was purely In the public Inter
est," he insisted. "The shipyards were
already overcapacitated and any addi
tional capacity meant more of our
men must be let out."
Bardo frankly conceded he had
sought, in association with officials of
other major shipbuilding companies,
to prevent granting of a $35.000.000
Reconstruction Finance Corp. loan to
Laurence R. Wilder to finance his Gulf
Industries plant at Pensacola, Fla.
In his appeal to Gov. Moore, Bardo
wrote on June 28, 1933:
lue new 1UI*. ouipuuuuiug VA).
(with plants at Camden) has twice
the capacity that It needs, and this Is
equally true of the Federal Shipbuild
ing Co. at Kearney."
He said Gulf Industries had secured
plans preparatory to bidding on the
1933 naval program and "may divert
a very substantial part of this business
from New Jersey industries."
"It Is important," he added, "that
this be prevented If reasonably pos
sible."
Moore Tells of Reply.
Replying, Gov. Moore said, as pre
sented to the committee:
"I have your letter and shall be glad
to help you In any way you might sug
gest. I have taken the matter up
directly with Mr. Farley."
A quick response from Bardo car
ried the statement, In a letter of July
5, saying "there Is no doubt in my mind
but what this situation will very
largely rest in the President's lap be
fore we get through with It."
Bardo recommended that the Gov
ernor write directly to the President to
protest granting of the Wilder loan, ι
He described Wilder as "a pro- ι
moter pure and simple."
Moore wrote to the President, sub- ι
sequent correspondence disclosed, as
well as to Farley.
The latter Replied in a letter to
Moore on July 15 that he had received
comment on the matter from Admiral
Η. I. Cone, chairman of the United
States Shipping Board.
President Roosevelt replied to Gov.
Moore July 15 as follows:
"Thank you for your letter of July
T. I appreciate your writing me about
NEXT MACCRACKEN
MOVE NOT DECIDED
Uncertain on Plea to Court
for Reconsideration.
Has 25 Days.
By the Associated Prtss.
The next move in William P. Mac
Cracken's long fight to overturn a
10-day jail sentence the Senate
imposed on him on charges oi con
tempt remained in doubt today.
MacCracken, former Assistant Sec
retary of Commerce, said he had not
decided whether to ask the court to
reconsider. He has 25 days in which
to file such a plea.
At Liberty Under $5,000 Bond.
Convicted of the charge last year,
after his failure to produce certain
documents demanded by a Senate
committee which investigated airmail
contracts, MacCracken is at liberty
under $5,000 bond. He had acted as
counsel for several persons involved
in the airmail investigation.
He contended that the power to
sional inquiries rested solely with the
courts. That contention was over
thrown by the Supreme Court.
The high court's decision was hailed
by members of the Senate as up
holding its right and capacity to con
duct full and complete inquiries.
Senator Wagner. Democrat, of New
York termed it a "healthy thing."
Jurney Is Pleased.
Chesley W. Jurney, Senate ser
geant at arms, who was harried
almost to his wits' end when Mac
Cracken first played a game of hide
and seek with him and then, upon
surrendering. Insisted upon staying
in his oaptor's home as an uninvited
guest, smiled when told of the de
cision.
He said he probably would call on
MacCracken to surrender and go to
the District of Columbia Jail once
the time for reconsideration is past.
State Rejects Child Labor Ban.
SANTA FE. N. Mex.. February 5
OP).—New Mexico's House of Repre
sentatives rejected yesterday by one
vote, 24 to 23. ratification of the Fed
eral child labor amendment.
the matter, but we have no intention
of acquiring shipyards."
It was signed "Very sincerely yours.
Franklin D. Roosevelt."
The committee had no copy of the
letter from Moore to the President pro
testing granting of the Wilder loan.
Wilder had testified earlier he was
convinced there was collusion among
the major shipbuilders. He had re
peatedly named Bardo as one of the
participants in conferences he de
scribed as aimed at sharing the Navy's
shipbuilding program among the
larger yards at steadily increasing
prices.
Conflicting testimony given this
week in the committee's study of
alleged collusion among shipbuilders
brought a threat of possible perjury
proceedings yesterday from Senator
Vandenberg. Republican, of Michigan.
He said the committee would meet
soon to decide whether the record
should be turned over to the United
States District attorney.
The Night Final Edition
on White Paper
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will be printed on White paper.
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Thanks to the prompt and efficient
cooperation of the insurance companies
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The Occidental Hotel
announces the
Reopening of the Restaurant
TOMORROW
Wednesday, February 6th
The necessary repairs of
the damage caused by the
fire Sunday have been
completed and will be
ready to serve you "as
usual" Wednesday morn
ing.
GUS BUCHHOLZ AND SON, Proprietors
GOLD RULING TIME
MIGHTBEMONDAY
Court Attaches Suggest It
as Ideal, With Next
Day Holiday.
By the Associated Press.
Supreme Court attaches pointed out
today that since next Tuesday Is Lin
coln's birthday anniversary and a
legal holiday, a court decision on the
gold cases late Monday afternoon
would serve to prevent violent fluctua
tions of the stock market.
One high administration official
yesterday expressed to reporters his
personal opinion that it would be de
sirable to have the court disclose its
decision late Saturday afternoon,
which would give the markets the
week end to adjust themselves. He
said he was not communicating that
view to the court, however, and had
no idea when the opinion would come.
Should the opinion be ready Mon
day its delivery could easily be de
layed until the close of the New York
stock exchanges. The Securities Com
mission could close exchanges farther
west and keep them closed until
Wednesday morning, or later if
need be.
Saturday Best for Exchange.
However, a decision on Monday
would not give the Government an
opportunity to make arrangements
for foreign exchange transactions.
The foreign exchanges will all be open
Tuesday.
Whether the Supreme Court says
yes or no on the gold clause cases,
Treasury officials are especially glad
these days that they have that two
blllion dollar "kitty."
The kitty—termed so affectionately
by President Roosevelt—Is the "profit"
the Treasury reaped when it said the
dollar wouldn't contain so much gold
any more
While expressing every confidence
that the high tribunal would uphold
the Government's right to abrogate
the gold clause, officials are known to
be considering the kitty's possible role
m case tne decision is adverse.
Can Bolster Dollar.
The question whether part of the
two billion might be used as tempo
rary succor to meet any immediate
liabilities, if the decision should make
any payments mandatory at once, has
been considered in a wholly tentative
way, authoritative sources said. No
decision was reached, for that was
described as a matter for the Presi
dent to rule on.
There appeared to be little doubt
that the Treasury was ready to step
into the foreign exchange market and
use some of the $2,000,000,000 to up
hold the dollar if it should slip. That
function was set forth specifically in
the act creating the fund.
The fund will not be affected by
the decision, the Treasury's best legal
minds believe, because it came into
being through devaluation of the dol
lar, the validity of which is not at
issue before the court.
COL. G.E. GRIFFIN BURIED
Funeral for Veterinary Corps Offi
cer Held at Arlington.
Col. Gerald E. Griffin. Veterinary
Corps. U. S. A. retired, died Satur
day at Walter Reed Hospital.
Boin in Birmingham. England, on
March 18, 1860. he entered the Signal
Corps of the Army in 1883. He re
ceived the degree of D. V. S. from
American Veterinary College in New
York in 1889. During the World War
he served as lieutenant colonel in the
Veterinary Corps. Appointed colonel
in 1920. he retired two years later.
He is survived by his widow. Mrs.
Elizabeth M. Griffin, and a daughter.
Miss Martha H. Griffin of the Chastle
ton Hotel. Funeral services were
conducted at the grave in Arlington
National Cemetery this morning.
Army Officers Designated.
Ma}. Carl Spatz and Capt. Charles
M. Cummings. both of whom are now
on duty here in the office of the chiei
of the Army Air Corps, are among 17
Air Corps officers designated as stu
dents at the Army Commend and Gen
eral Staff School. Fort Leavenworth.
Kans., for the term begining next
September.
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