Evening star. [volume], August 26, 1935, Page A-6, Image 6

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PRESIDENT TO TALK
TO REL|EF_GROUP
Heads Speakers for Mobili
zation for Human Needs
Conference.
President Roosevelt will address the
1935 Mobilization for Human Needs,
to be held here September 23-24, ac
cording to an announcement by Ger
ard Swope, chairman of the 1935
mobilization, made public here by
Herbert L. Willett, Jr., director of the
Community Chest.
At the same time announcement
was made of the appointment of a
committee of 91 prominent men and
women representing 20 States and the
District of Columbia to constitute the
National Citizens’ Committee of the
1935 campaign. District members are
Right Rev. James E. Freeman. Ad
miral Cary Grayson. William Green,
Harry L. Hopkins, Miss Katharine F.
Lenroot, Tracy W. McGregor, Eugene
Meyer, Miss Frances Perkins and Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Swope an
nounced. Charles Francis Adams,
former Secretary of the Navy, will
, serve as one of the vice chairmen of
the committee.
500 Leaders Expected.
Approximately 500 welfare leaders
©f the country will confer on welfare
needs and the ways in which private
and public social workers may co
operate to Improve social conditions
In the United States during the con
ference here next month, it was an
nounced.
Mrs. Roosevelt, In addition to service
©n the national committee, also will
head for the third year the National
Women’s Committee of the mobiliza
tion, membership of which will be an
nounced early next month.
Annual Event Here.
The Mobilization for Human Needs
Is an annual event in Washington. It
Is designed to launch the various cam
paigns for private welfare work In the
United States, in co-operation with
the Community Chest and other fund
raising organizations throughout the
country.
In announcing the names of the
committee and the date of meeting in
Washington, Swope said:
“It is gratifying to announce so dis
tinguished a National Citizens’ Com
mittee for the 1935 Mobilization for
Human Needs. The rallying of such
a group of national leaders to the call
of human need typifies the best in
American life. 'Be a Good Neighbor,’
the slogan for this year’s mobilization,
is a commanding summons, which has
always produced as instant and gen
erous a response as America's tradi
tional battle cry of freedom.”
— -•—
76-YEAR-OLD “SANTA”
STRANGLED BY ROBBERS
Janitor Finds Victim Bound and
Dying in Amsterdam Avenue
Flat, New York.
B" the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. August 26.—The
••Santa Claus" of Amsterdam avenue,
76-year-old Henry O'Kane, was stran
gled to death yesterday in his squalid
four-room fiat.
Herbert Smith, janitor of the build
ing in which the aged recluse lived,
found him lying on the floor, bound
and gagged, this morning.
O'Kane, known as "Santa Claus”
because of his flowing white beard
and his practice of giving away dolls
at Christmas, died before the arrival
of an ambulance.
. O’Kane, a pensioner of frugal habits,
had accumulated a considerable sum
of money, according to neighborhood
, gossip. His assailants apparently had
believed he had some of it cached
In his place.
Speed Boat Builder Dies.
RISING SUN, Ind., August 26 (A>).—
John William Whitlock, 64, nation
ally known as a builder and driver of
motor speedboats, died at his home
here yesterday after a heart attack. A
furniture manufacturer since 1914,
• Whitlock 11 years previous to that
achieved notice for his Invention of
an automatic harp, which he manu
factured until 1918.
Hermit Wants Neiv
Cave From Social
Security Program
Tired of Eighth Du gout
After 52 Years of the
Life, He Saysr.
By the Associated Press.
, SOUTH BEND, Nebr., August 26.—
Levi “Dynamite Pete” Everett, 72
year-old hermit who lived contentedly
; for 52 years In eight caves In this
district, yesterday pinned his hopes of
getting a new cave upon the Roose
velt social security program.
“If I get the $30 old-age pension
allowed me by the county and the
Federal Government,” Pete said, “IT1
dig me a 6x9-foot cave close to the
river, where I can fish. I’m getting
kinda tired of this place (a similar
cave). I’ve been here four years
already.”
Pete, sinnewy and arrow-straight
with a mane of tarnished silver, for
merly was a tree blaster for construc
tion companies in this vicinity, but
says his work hasn’t been in demand
for the past three years.
He raises his own garden and to
bacco, ekes out a meager living from
the soil.
But he’s satisfied.
“I've got enough smoking and
chewing tobacco to last me four
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Text of Snell’s Address Attacking New Deal
REPRESENTATIVE DECLARES ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS ARE ENDANGERED.
THE text of Representative Snell's
Nation-wide radio speech last
night follows:
America is the land of op
portunity for the individual. Millions
came from the Old World inspired by
the assurance that here they would
escape the oppressive hand of govern
mental regulation, be permitted to
work out their own destinies and en
joy the fruits of their own industry
and thrift.
Here, they were assured of indefi
nitely better working conditions in ev
' cry field of activity and indefinitely
better living standards in the home,
than could be obtained in any other
country in the world.
No Previous Regimentation.
Here their daily lives have not been,
until the advent of the New Deal,
regimented or their business policed
by some minor Government official—
an age-old condition of the autocratic
Old World they sought to escape by
coming to America.
Here, until recently, their substance
has not been consumed by a hundred
petty forms of taxes to support an
army of Government bureaucrats.
Here they have enjoyed not only
religious freedom, but mental freedom,
nurtured by the finest system of free
public education civilization has ever
known. With the exception of a few
States, illiteracy in the United States
is practically negligible. It may be
said, in passing, that in those excep
tional States we find the most enthu
siastic support of the New Deal.
There is greater diffusion of wealth
in this Nation than in any other
country of the globe. The common
people are infinitely better off in a
material way—better clothed, better
, housed, better fed, have more money
in savings institutions, carry more in
surance of various kinds, have more
and better recreation—than can be
found any other place on the face of
the civilized globe.
Result of Economic System.
This is true because of the economic
I system under which this country has
j been developed, and because of which
; has prospered—a system which per
' mitted free play of economic forces.
Under this system it has become an
adage that it is only three generations
from shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves.
The only aristocracy which has sur- I
vived under this system has been the
aristocracy of talent and character.
Those who have Inherited wealth had
to hold it by proving their worth in
j the field of free competition. Rising
generations faced no barriers of caste.
They were not restrained by the op
i pressive hand of Government dicta
tion and regimentation, a system
which, wherever it exists, operates to
perpetuate in power an officialdom
which is indolent, wasteful, arrogant,
Incompetent and generally corrupt.
Our institutions of learning, our
churches, hospitals and benevolent in
stitutions, our great charities—all are
financed, both in their construction
and maintenance, out of surpluses of
wealth made possible under our pres
! ent economic system. There is no
other way to finance these institutions
and organizations except by the state
—a method advocated and being put
into practice by the New Deal. That
means state - controlled education,
Tammanyized charity and state-con
trolled religion. There is no middle
ground. European governments are
now furnishing examples of the re
ligious intolerance and educational
slavery to which such methods inevi
tably lead.
Economic System Challenged.
Our economic system is now chal
! lenged as outworn. We are told It has
' become an obstacle in the path of
national progress, a menace to the
welfare of our rising generations. We
are asked to cast it aside and substi
tute something new—a planned econ
omy, devised and offered by the New
Deal.
The challenge cannot be lightly dis
missed. It should not be. It has beer,
the spirit of America always to build
for the future and not to hold fast
to customs which have outlived their
usefulness. This challenge must be
considered not on the basis of partisan
ship, but on the basts of Americanism.
It is not a question of what is best for
the Republican party, but what is best
for America. It is not a question of
whether the New Deal and this ad
ministration have shamelessly re
pudiated the definite pledges of the
last Democratic National Convention
and, in the house of its leader, be
trayed the principles and traditions of
the Democratic party. That is a ques
tion solely for determination by the
next Democratic National Convention.
The real question is whether or not
the new economic system which the
New Deal and the present administra
tion is offering as a substitute for the
old one will better serve the real inter
ests of the American people than the
one they are asked to discard.
Burden Rests on Youth.
The youth of America—the young
men and the young women upon
whose shoulders will rest the burden
of carrying on our civilization tomor
row—are the ones who must decide
the validity of this challenge. It means
comparatively little to the elders of
this country, who have lived their
lives and are passing off the stage,
whether or not the economic, social
and political systems—to the preserva
tion of which they have contributed
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and under which they have gone for
ward—are to be scrapped. But to
those who are about to take up the
responsibilities of citizenship and
leadership in the world of affairs it
means everything. It Is the future
of their country and their personal
welfare which are at stake.
President Roosevelt, In a radio ad
dress delivered Saturday night to the
Convention of Young Democrats In
Milwaukee, Wls., stated there was need
for a new economic system because
there are no new frontiers and that
therefore the welfare of generations
to come must be based (I now quote)
“on the resourcefulness of men and
women, applied to the old frontiers."
The whole philosophy and practice
of the New Deal repudiates this
statement. The well-defined purpose
of all the important New Deal legis
lation since the inauguration of the
President has been to eliminate the
element of private rsourcefulness and
to have the Government assume the
functions heretofore carried on by pri
vate enterprise and exercised by the
Individual.
Individual Rights Denied.
That legislation, collectively known
as planned economy, attempts to
place a whole people in lock-step
and deny to the individual the right
to exercise his own judgment and re
sourcefulness in the management of
his own business, farm, or factory.
It would reduce every citizen to the
status of an automaton—taking or
ders from the Government bureaucrat,
neither elected by nor accountable
to the people.
In the same speech, President
Roosevelt stated a new economic sys
tem was necessary in order that the
next generations may be guaranteed
security for themselves and their
families.
A little further on, he called upon
the radicals of the country—all those
who are against what he termed the
"old order”—to unite in order to fight
for their broad objectives.
At least it must be said in behalf
of the President that he practices
what he preaches. The tax law
which has just been enacted as a
part of the must "legislation de
manded by the President 1s a political
measure designed to afford a com
mon meeting place of all the radical
groups who are out to "soak the rich”
and "share the wealth.” It is a
measure designed not to produce
revenue, but to confiscate property
for the use of a vast Federal bureau
cracy.
What security does such a program
hold out for the next generation?
Let me illustrate. Among the first
victims of this law will be the heirs
of the late beloved Will Rogers. His
estate will be required to raise be
tween $500,000 and $800,000 in cash.
Obviously, it does not have that much
ready cash on hand. What then? It
will be compelled to put on the mar
ket some of the property which he
owned. Whether that be real estate
or securities does not matter. Prop
erty of any kind sold at a forced sale
is sold at a great loss. Moreover, it
depreciates the value of like property.
What is going to happen in the set
tlement of the estate of Will Rogers
will happen in the settlement of every
estate which is bludgeoned by this
confiscatory tax law, pushed on a
reluctant Congress and forced on a
helpless people by the President of
the United States, in order that he
might make his peace with the radi
1 cal elements of the country, anticipa
tory of the next presidential cam
paign.
In addition, the rising generation
will face the necessity of paying oil
the almost Incredible debts which are
being incurred by this administration.
This, alone, will impair the security
not only of the next generation, but
of generations to come. It will crip
ple industry and commerce. It will
make it Increasingly difficult for gen
erations yet unborn to get ahead.
Nothing so deadens ambition and
| render industry and thrift so futile
as tjie certain knowledge that one
will not be permitted to enjoy the
fruits of his eflorts and the profits
of his resourcefulness, but will be
compelled to turn them over to pay
the bills of a profligate government.
In his Milwaukee address, the Pres
ident stated that according to the
philosophy of the New Deal, our pres
ent system must be modified (and I
now quote) "To save our economc
structure from confusion, destruction
and paralysis.’’
Without any attempt to elaborate,
I submit there never has been a
period within the memory of any liv
ing being when there was greater con
fusion, doubt and fear in the minds
of all classes of people, in all walks
of life, or a greater threat of destruc
tion of all that is worthwhile of our
economic and political system than
exist today, as a direct result of two
and one-half years of the Roosevelt
administration.
Constitution Held In Danger,
In conclusion, it is admitted on all
hands that in order to establish this
new economic system our Federal
Constitution must be wholly rewritten.
Already the administration is launch
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NEW LENS GIVES
SI TTOBLIND
Columbia Scientist Shows
Invention to Restore
Vision.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 26.—Twenty
thousand children In schools for the
b'. nd may be returned soon to the
world of vision through the aid of a
newly created ‘‘mlcrovislon’’ lens. Dr.
William Feinbloom, research fellow in
optometry at Columbia University,
announce dtoday.
Dr. Feinbloom, creator of the lens,
told of the research, development and
results of the aid to visio.i at the four
teenth annual meeting of the Ameri
can Academy of Optometry.
The miracle of restored, or partly
rstored, sight may become the ex
perience not only of the sightless
school children, but of 120,000 other
blind persons in American institutions
through availability of the new lens,
Dr. Feinbloom said.
The first lenses, Dr. Feinbloom said,
will be made available to the school
children. After a period of readjust
ment, during which they will conform
their mental processes to the added
faculty of vision, they will be trans
ferred to a school for those in the
•’twilight gone” and shortly will be
able to lead the lives of normal school
children.
Dr. Feinbloom brought onto the
platform four former "patients,” who
told of having spent from six years to
decades of their lives knowing the
world only through sound or touch.
They had only 5 per cent vision—
in other words, were 95 per cent blind,
and could perceive only a vague differ
ence between brilliant light and jet
darkness. The mo6t rapid movement
close to their eyes was only slightly
perceptible.
With the microvision len . which
Dr. Feinbloom made for them they sat
down and read newspapers out loud.
ing a campaign to that end. This is
the most serious of all problems which
the young men and young women of
today must consider and decide.
The Constitution was written not
for the rich, or the strong, or for
those who occupy places of authority,
or have accumulated great wealth.
It was written for the humble cit
izen. The moment the guaranties
that greater charter of human liberty
gives the Individual citizen are abol
ished, It then becomes a struggle for
the survival of the strongest and the
most powerful. Every man is then
free to invade the field of every other
man’s rights.
Such a contest would have but one
conclusion—those who possess the
power, the wealth and the cunning
would control the Government and
compel all others to do their bidding.
Surely the youth of America are not
prepared to indorse any administra
j tion which is seeking to bring about
I such a condition.
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Fraternity Riddle Cleared
POWER CAMERA BARES OBSCURED GREETING.
By th« Associated Press.
A counterfeit examiner of the
Treasury has unriddled a long-hidden
mystery of Phi Beta Kappa, famous
fraternity of high-ranking scholars.
The mystery was the ancient, secret
salutation of the fraternity, which was
blotted out of the original minutes
by carefully placed smudges of black
Ink.
The minutes, which reposed In the
vaults of William and Mary College
in Virginia, were recently sent to Bert
C. Farrar, the Treasury’s examiner of
questioned documents. With the aid
of a powerful camera, he revealed the
greeting despite the blots.
Greeting “Established.”
It reads: "For the better distinc
tion of the fraternity between them
selves, in any foreign country or
plaee, It is resolved that a salutation
of the clasp of the hands, together
with an immediate stroke across the
mouth with the back of the same
hand, and a return with the last
used by the saluted, be hereby estab
lished and ordained.”
Previously the words “back of the
same hand, and a return with the
last used by the saluted” had been
Illegible.
Examiner Farrar and others who
have studied the minutes are not yet
sure of the phrase “last used.” Some
times, they said, it appears to be
"hand used.” At any rate they Inter
pret It to mean that the saluted makes
a similar stroke across the mouth with
the clasping hand.
Secrecy Effort Seen.
The blots, done by a quill pen,
apparently were made intentionally by
the society’s founders in an effort to
keep the salutation secret. Yellow
with age, the minutes were dated be
tween December 5, 1776, when the
fraternity was founded at William
and Mary, and January 6, 1781.
The society originated as a secret
PLUM SEED DICE FOUND
IN GRAVES OF INDIANS
Nebraska Archeologist Discovers
Obvious Belie of Bedmen's
Taste for Gambling.
By the Associated Press.
LINCOLN, Nebr., August 26—A
primitive cry. such as “papoose nedum
wampum," probably rang over the
plains of prehistoric Nebraska long be
fore ivory dice roiled into the lives of
civilized people.
A. T. Hill, field archeologist for the
Nebraska Historical Society, has re
ported the finding of plum seeds with
markings like th<*e on dice while ex
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they were used in an ancient game of
chance.
Even modern duststorms were old
to the first Nebraskans. Hill recounted.
Different colored layers of dust found
in old Indian dwellings indicated dirt
scourges centuries ago.
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literary society and continued as a
secret fraternity until the 1820's when
secret orders became in bad repute.
Then the records of the society were
made public and it became an hon
orary scholastic fraternity which now
numbers among its members most of
the Nation’s great scholars.
VICK OF SPOOF
Squadrons Search Harbor
for Six—Fifty Others
Are Injured.
Br the Associated Press.
GENOA, Italy, August 26 —Rescue
squadrons searched the harbor today
for victims of last night’s waterspout,
which killed six persons and Injured
at least 50 others.
A survey indicated damage to smaller
shipping vessels, and the havoc caused
by the huge inrush of water to the
docks probably would run Into the
millions. The larger vessels anchored
j in the harbor suHered relatively slight
damage.
I The liner Conte Di Savoia was torn
from its moorings and swept down the
harbor. The vessel was saved from
crashing Into a wall and other nearby
boats by tugs.
Two other vessels, the Sierra Ven
tana, recently acquired for military
transportation purposes, and a tanker.
i were blown adrift. They were brought
back to the dock undamaged.
The San Giorgio pier, at which
many ocean liners were berthed, war
hardest hit. Twelve small bulldlnes
were destroyed.
1,000 Sleep Cases in Japan.
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