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Dies of Texas Charges Com
missioner With “Con
flicting Statements.”
I; the Associated Press.
Charging Immigration Commis
sioner MacCormack with ‘‘conflicting
statements” on the alien situation.
Representative Dies. Democrat, of
Texas yesterday demanded that the
commissioner explain his attacks on
the Dies alien deportation bill.
The Texan has advocated deporta
tion of all aliens of illegal entry, along
with those who have not sought
United States citizenship, as a means
of relieving unemployment.
In his letter to MacCormack, he
said the Labor Department had
asked $5,675,000 of relief funds for
a census of aliens and to strengthen
the border patrol. He cited, also, a
statement by MacCormack that there
were only 4,922,000 aliens in the
country and asked MacCormack to
give a written explanation of the
“conflicting statements.”
Dies Asks Explanation.
“In your statement of June 20 you
said,” Dies wrote, " ‘the immigration
border patrol has, however, in recent
years, been so effective that there
have been comparatively few suc
cessful illegal entries.'
“How do you reconcile this state
ment with the one made by you in
your report for the year ended June
3^. 1933, when you said, ‘Illegal en
tries have not greatly decreased on
the Mexican border”?
“How do you reconcile that state
ment with the one made by the Im
migration and Naturalization Service
of the Department of Labor in your
application for $5,675,440 for three
projects, to conduct a census of aliens,
strengthen the border patrol and tabu
late the aliens?”
Cites Testimony of June SO.
“In your testimony of June 20,”
Dies wrote, "you say that desertions
of alien seamen have never averaged
more than 21.481 a year, yet in your
annual report for the year ended
June 30, 1933, you say that often
times as many as half of the crew
of certain vessels deserted.”
Dies quoted an estimate by Mac
Cormack that 250,000 alien seamen
reached this country each year, and
said according to it if half of them
deserted "total desertions would be
more than 100,000 a year.” He added:
"The question as to whether or
not we should stop all new immigra
tion and deport certain classes of
aliens in this country does not even
remotely involve the question of re
ligious, racial or alien prejudice. You
recognized this fact when you stated
in your report ending June 30, 1933,
that, ‘the policy of immigration re
striction is generally approved by the
people of the United States.’
•Neither native-born nor foreign
born citizens desire that the bars
should be lowered. It is generally
recognized that the United States
can no longer absorb annually hun
dreds of thousands of immigrants !
without serious economic and social j
dislocations.
"Certainly the present restrictions
cannot be relaxed while millions of
workers are unemployed and main
tained at public expense.”
SERVICECOMMAND
FORMED IN HAWAII
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Set-up to Act in Islands Block
aded—Army to Increase
40 Per Cent.
By the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, July 13.—Maj. Gen.
Hugh A. Drum, commander of the
Army s Hawaiian Department, an
nounced today formation of a service
command to co-ordinate military and
civilian activities should Hawaii be
blockaded in an emergency.
The announcement was made simul
taneously with Washington advices
that the Army in Hawaii will be in
creased approximately 40 per cent
In the next eight months. The pres
ent Army strength in the Islands is
approximately 15,000. which the Army
here expects to be increased by more
than 6,000 by early next year.
Gen. Drum pointed out, in announc
ing formation of the new command,
the possibility of the islands being
cut off from mainland commercial sup
plies in a crisis.
The new organization, which be
comes effective August 1, will follow
the lines laid down by the national
defense act originally passed in 1916.,
Lieut. Col. James Ulio, senior aide
to Drum, will head the new service
command.
POLITICS DECLARED BAR
JO WOMAN PRESIDENT
Advertising Executive Says Her
Sex “Won't Play the Game,'’
So Can’t Gain Position.
By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, July 13.—Women will
leave the presidency of the United
States to men, Mrs. Celine MacDon
ald Bowman, president of the National
Federation of Business and Profes
sional Women’s Clubs, said here to
day on the eve of her organization's
annual convention.
The dark-haired Richmond, Va., ad
vertising executive, mother of 11-year
old twins, also ventured the opinion
In an interview that the United States
could be “swept into a dictatorship
overnight.” She added, however, that
the present administration was “not
dictatorial, but merely drastic in an
emergency.”
The presidency will remain ex
clusively a man's job, she continued,
not because women lack the neces
sary ability, but because they refuse
to “play the game.”
“When women are interested in leg
islation or advancement, however, they
think only in terms of what that leg
islation will accomplish for the good
of the people, and not whether it will
gain the support of the American
Legion, a manufacturers’ association
or some other organization,” she re
marked.
Soft Ball Diamond Beady.
A new soft ball diamond has just
been opened in Rock Creek Park.
Frank T. Gartside, acting superin
tendent of the National Capital Parks,
yesterday announced a 60-foot soft
ball diamond is now available for use
at Picnic Grove No. 2 at Pierce Mill
In the park.
Margarine From Whales.
Whale oil is being converted Into
margarine in Germany.
A
Plane Brings Patient Here
Earle D. Messer. 18, C. C. C., worker in Columbus, Ohio, is shown
here at Bolling Field being taken from the air ambulance which brought
him from Ohio. Messer was brought to Washington for treatment of a
leg infection at Walter Reed Hospital. Infection set in following a com
pound fracture suffered in May. He was brought to the hospital here for
specialists’ treatment. Physicians in Columbus said his condition would
not permit his being brought by train. —Star SUB Photo.
Machine to Correct Examination
Papers Invented hy Teacher
Answer Paper of Circles and Squares Is
Inserted Into Device and Proper Re
plies Indicated and Grading Follows.
dj me Associated rress.
NEW YORK. July 13 —Development
of a mechanical system of correcting
examination papers was announced
tonight by a high school English
teacher, who had chafed for years un
der the drudgery of blue pencilling his
pupils’ errors.
The teacher-inventor, Hardin Lucas,
who has worked on the project after
school hours since 1931, said the de
vice could mark 10 papers, each con
taining up to 340 answers, at one
stroke.
It not only saves the teacher time
and labor, he explained, but also
points out to the pupil Just where and
how he erred. In addition it removes
any possibility of partiality or preju
dice on the part of the teacher.
Special Paper Provided.
In using the system, the pupil is
furnished with a set of questions, a
special sheet of paper for his answers,
and a code.
The answer paper contains 240
squares, each one numbered to corre
spond with a question. Inside of each
square there is a circle of dots, rep
resenting the numerals on the face of
a clock. By drawing lines that rep
resent the hands of a clock to certain
dots, in accordance with the code
numbers, the pupil can designate his
answer to the question.
Altogether, Lucas said, there are
1,017 possible combinations by using
the complete system of symbols.
In its simplest form, using the true
or-false type of question, the pupil
would draw a line to the No. 2 dot for
“true” or to the No. 10 dot for “false.”
The code tells him how to draw his
lines to signify the answer he wishes
to give.
To mark the papers, Lucas has de
vised a stamping machine, which
punches holes In the proper combina
tions to give the right answen.
How Paper Is Graded.
Thus, when a pupil has finished his
paper, he takes it up to the teach
er’s desk, slips it into the machine,
punches It. and then takes it back to
see whether the holes correspond with
the symbols he has selected.
Where they do not, he marks them
with a red pencil and turns the paper
over to the teacher, who grades his
rating in accordance with the num
ber of red pencil marks.
Lucas, tall, rangy native of Harri
son County. Ky., who has been teach
ing for 37 years, said he had been ex
perimenting with the system in his
own classes for two years and that it
was highly successful.
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CAVEAT AND OBJECTION
FILED TO BONFILS WILL
By the Associated Press.
DENVER. July 13—A caveat and
objection to the admission to probate
of the will of Mrs. Belle Barton Bon
fils, widow’ of F. G. Bonflls, the pub
lisher, was filed in County Court to
day by Mrs. Mary Berryman, a daugh
ter.
Mrs. Berryman asked that the will,
which disposes of an estate running
into millions, be denied admission to
probate, and that her mother be ad
judged to have died intestate. A hear
ing on probation of the will was sched
uled for Monday.
It was alleged In the objection of
Mrs. Berryman that Mrs. Bonflls was
•incompetent to make a last will and
testament because of unsoundness of
mind and memory.” The objection
asserted that Miss Helen Bonflls, to
whom one-half of the estate was
willed. Influenced her mother in mak
ing the will, directed her what to do
with her property and took an unfair
advantage.
! Miss Bonflls was named in the will
as an executor, and also was desig
nated as one of the trustees of the
other half of the estate, the lifetime
income of which was to go to Mrs.
Berryman.
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FARM ADJUSTMENT
MEASURESPEEOED
Senator Smith Seeks to Get
Measure Into Conference
This Week.
Bjr tha Associated Brass.
A move to shove the farm adjust
ment bill through the Senate early
this week and get it into conference
was initiated yesterday by Senator
Smith, Democrat, of South Carolina,
in charge of the bill.
It coincided with warnings from
foes of the A. A A. amendments that
a host of amendments would be
pressed.
Fretted by three days of debate,
during the last of which he conceded
no progress was made. Smith said he
would seek administration aid tomor
row to limit debate since "everybody
knows what is in the bill.”
Amendments Studied.
Throughout Friday the Senate
combed through the list of commodi
ties which the bill would permit the
Secretary of Agriculture to control
through marketing agreements. But
the only amendments of the day were
to knock out of the list hops and fruits
for canning, which had been added
In the Senate Committee.
Poultry, added to the list In com
mittee at the request of Senator Pope,
Democrat of Idaho, was likely to go
out promptly since the Idahoan evi
dently has changed his mind.
Maine, Idaho and North Carolina
potato spokesmen, at first eager to
have that commodity Included in the
list, were reported yesterday to be
agreed on adding a separate section to
the bill. Under it the Secretary of
Agriculture would be empowered to
issue quotas on potatoes and apply a
tax of three-fourths of a cent a pound
for those in excess of quota.
Effective in December.
The tax would become effective on
ali potatoes harvested after next De
cember 1. After the first year of op
eration continuation of the quota pro
gram would require approval of more
than two-thirds of the growers.
The amendment was proposed by
Senator Bailey. Democrat, of North
Carolna and Smith said he was ad
vised it had the support of Maine
and Idaho potato growers.
As the bill now stands, the com
modities subject to marketing agree
ment "orders" are milk, fruits (not
including apples and not Including
fruits for canning), tobacco, vegeta
bles (but exempting all vegetables for
canning except asparagus), soybeans,
package bees and queen bees, poultry
and naval stores, with poultry sched
uled to go out.
Nearly 20,000,000 letters a day are
now being delivered in England.
BAR TO CONSIDER
s PRISON RELEASES
Requirement of Psychiatric Re
port on Cases Question
for Association.
By the Associated Press.
LOB ANGELES, July 13—The
American Bar Association will be
asked at it* convention here Monday
to approve a committee recommenda
tion urging that a psychiatric report
be required before a prisoner Is re
leased, paroled or transferred.
The recommendation follows the
recent declaration of J. Edgar Hoover,
chief of the federal Bureau of Investi
gation, that the parole system consti
tutes a “national scandal.”
Similarly, the association's commit
tee of the criminal law section of psy
chiatric Jurisprudence, urged that in
every felony case where the judge may
impose the sentence, no sentence be
imposed until a psychiatric report la
attached to the criminal's record.
“It Is desirable,” the committee said,
"to keep within narrow limits the
kind and degree of disorders of the
mind which will entitle the defendant
in a criminal case to an acquittal, and
to readjust the machinery after the
point of conviction to the end that
disorders of the mind which are not
sufficient for acquittal may result in
treatment other than that provided for
person* who are not mentally dis
ordered.”
Establishment of a chair of criminal
law and criminology In the Law Li
brary of Congress will be recommended
to the association.
NEW DEVICE MEASURES
INTENSITY OF LIGHT
Massachusetts Tech Professor Per
fects Instrument of Simple
Design.
lr the Associated Preu.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass., July 13.—
The Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology tonight announced the con
struction of a new and simplified In
strument which will make possible
for the first time a scientifically ac
curate measurement of light intensity.
So sensitive it will measure the
light of a star millions of light years
distant. Its chief use will be for Im
portant research on various forms of
lamps and light In the field of illumi
nation.
The Instrument was invented by
Prof. Parry H. Moon of the Institute
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stabilized floating capacity of many
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