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HUEEMB
Job-Passing Spree May End
by Asking Congress for
More Cash.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
If four men without business or in
dustrial experience were to sit down
and determine how the proceeds of a
loan of $1,250,000,000 were to be spent
in employing labor and buying raw
materials, the people who loaned the
money would promptly protest and
possibly the lenders wouldn’t make
the loan at all.
But at Hyde Park this past week,
four men sat down to spend $1,250,
000,000 of taxpayers’ money .for
•made-work” and not one of them
had ever had any actual responsibility
for an industrial pay roll or the em
ployment of labor on a large scale.
The representatives of the people—
the members of the Senate and House
-—were not present because, early this
year, they abdicated their function by
granting to the Executive, to be spent
at his discretion, about $4,800,000,000.
Debate Is Secret.
The President himself announced
that the fund had been allocated with
the exception of $1,250,000,000, but
the debate at the Summer White
House on what is to be done with the
remainder is, of course, a secret. No
body knows what views were expressed,
what policies were suggested or re
jected and wha the administration's
reasons were for deciding on the plans
that were finally given in rather vague
form to the press.
It is incredible that taxpayers'
Money can be disbursed that way, but
It is apparently a political and not
a business problem. The American
people will hold the Roosevelt ad
ministration accountable at the polls
for the success or failure of the large
eums spent.
The objectives are to put men back
to work—at least 3,500,000 of them.
The latest figures from the National
Industrial Conference Board and the
American Federation of Labor agree
that, despite all the billions already
spent, the unemployed still number
in excess of 10,000,000 persons.
Radio Statement Cited.
Mr. Roosevelt, in a public state
ment to the American people over the
radio, September 30, 1934, promised
that he would not stand for a per
manent army of unemployed. Let the
Hyde Park dispatches this week, em
bodying the result of a press con
ference there writh the President, re
port that Mr, Roosevelt is reconciled
now to an army of unemployed of
20 per cent of those gainfully em
ployed in 1929, aside from Agricul
tural workers. The total figure of
non-Agricultural employes in 1929,
was about 38.000.000, so the President
concedes that about 7,600,000 are to
remain unemployed, notwithstanding
the many billions already spent and
to be spent.
secretary ickes ana Keuei Aamn:
Istrator Hopkins had conflicting ideas
of how to spend the $1.250,000,coo
which remains, but they were apart
only on which plan to pursue—tney
both had ideas that the President
liked. The essential difference, of
course. Is that, on the Public Works
Administration projects, which Mr.
Ickes heads up and naturally favors,
the Government gets back about 45
per cent and the projects have fairly
permanent value.
Hopkins Stresses Jobs.
The objection to the P. W. A idea,
however, is that mo6t of the money
goes for raw materials or goods and
a small percentage for labor, while
Harry Hopkins, social worker and
formerly at the head of the Civil
Works Administration, known as the
C. w. A., knows that, to get men to
work promptly, jobs have to be made
for million.-,, even though they do no;,}
leave anything permanent. The work
extends from leaf-raking to white
collar tasks of a research, variety.
Now the truth is Mr. Roosevelt is
Up against a political situation. He
wants to get as many men on the
Government pay roll or on some pay
roll as quickly as possible. The P.
W. A., headed by Mr. Ickes, means
blue prints and red tape and takes
lots of time. The Works Progress
Administration, which is the new
name for what used to be the C. W.
A., can get busy quickly.
So the compromise arrived at by
the President is that the W. P. A. is
to go ahead till the P. W. A. is ready
to absorb the unemployed up to
3,500,000.
What probably will happen is that
the W. P. A., like the C. W. A., will eat
up the money rapidly, and the P. W.
A will not be ready to furnish jobs.
Then the New Deal will be faced with
the same question it had when the C. ;
W. A. petered out. It will have to get j
more money from Congress or take the |
political consequences of offending a
large group whose jobs proved only i
temporary.
Business Must Absorb Labor.
Upon business as a whole Is the re
sponsibility for absorbing the unem
ployed not given jobs by the Govern
ment. But while business and indus
try are recovering slowly and are glad
to have the “breathing spell” prom
ised, the troth is the restrictions al
ready placed upon business and
finance and the promises of a resump
tion of reform measures when the
“breathing spell” is over, presumably
when Congress meets again, make it
difficult for new capital to come out of
Its tax-exempt and safe hiding places.
With one hand, the administration
spends billions trying to find jobs that
cannot possibly be permanent, and,
with the other hand, the administra
tion’s laws seek a decentralization of
business, a dissolution of important
industrial corporations and a general
surgical operation that would be diffi
cult to achieve without bringing about
unemployment even in a prosperous
year like 1929. Thus do political ob
jective and practical economics come
Into conflict, and the answer prob
ably will come when Mr. Roosevelt
finds he has to ask Congress for an
other *5,000,000,000 next January to
carry on the experimentation, not
withstanding the tendency of business
and industry to improve slowly by
natural process of recuperation.
(Copyright. 1935.)
Mallon on Vacation;
Resumes Column in
The Star Sept. 24
Paul Mallon’s column, “What’s
What Behind News in Capitol,”
will be resumed as a daily fea
ture in The Evening Star Sep
tember 34, when he returns to
Washington from his vacation
J-y
Hughes’ Plane Damaged in Record Flight
Howard Hughes sitting on his damaged plane after its forced landing In a beet field near Santa Ana, Calif.,
yesterday. He was forced down While making flights in which he set a new world speed record for land planes.
—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
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Federal Job Insurance Laic
Spurs States to Like System
National Act Offers to Assume Admin
istrative Costs and Sets Up Stand
ards for Legislation.
(This is the fourth of a series of
articles discussing the social se
curity program.)
BY JOHN C. HENRY.
Accepting the written opinion of
the President's Committee on Eco
nomic Security that "unemployment
compensation is a front line of de
fense" against economic insecurity and
unhappiness. Congress followed the
committee’s recommendation in in
cluding in the social security act pro
vision for Federal-State co-operative
unemployment compensation system.
The outline of the plan is set forth
in Title III of the act with the tax
ing provisions being in Title IX.
Anxious to encourage the States
to enact and administer their own
systems, the Federal law is designed
to offer inducements toward this end
and to create a competitive condition
which would not be unfair to those
States that do take such steps.
To begin with, the Federal law offers
to assume the administrative costs ot
the State systems and authorizes a
yearly appropriation of $49,000,000 to
be allotted for this purpose. The act
then provides that State unemploy
ment compensation laws must be en
acted and submitted to the Social
Security Board for approval, at the
same time establishing certain mini
mum requirements for such approval.
State Qualifications.
Among these qualifications which
a State system must have in order
to receive the Federal administrative
grant and to receive the tax credit
provided in Title IX are the following:
Proper administration.
Payment of compensation solely
through public employment offices or
other approved agencies.
No compensation to be payable until
at least two years after contributions
begin.
State unemployment fund to be de
posited with the unemployment trust
fund Of the United States Treasury.
Money withdrawn to be used solely
for payment of compensation, ex
clusive of administrative expense.
Compensation not to be denied any
eligible individual for refusal to ac- -
cept work If U) the position vacant
is due directly to a strike, lockout or
labor dispute; (2) the wages, hours,
or conditions of work are substan
tially less favorable to the individual
than those prevailing in the locality,
or (3) if the individual would be
required to join a company union
or to resign from or refrain from
joining a bona fide labor organiza
tion.
United States Taxation on Employers.
The Federal taxation necessary to i
carry out the Federal part of this
program is to be levied on employers j
only, with those engaging fewer than !
eight employes not being subject to j
the tax. In addition, the following
lines of employment are exempt: J
Agriculture, service on vessel, domes- j
tic service in private home, service I
in employ of member of family, public j
employment and employment by non
profit religious or charitable Institu- :
tion. Employment must be within 20 j
weeks of a single year.
J.ne race ior mis reaerai taxation
is set at 1 per cent of total wages !
in 1936, 2 per cent In 1937 and 3
per cent from 1938 on. Against this
Federal levy employers are to be al
lowed a credit up to 90 per cent for
any contribution or tax paid to an
approved State unemployment com
pensation system. After 1937 addi
tional credit is also allowable to
any employer who, because of fa
vorable employment experience or
adequate reserves, is permitted by
the State law to reduce his payments.
With the universal taxation es
tablished as a means of equalizing
competitive conditions so that States
with their own systems will not be
placing their employers at a disad
vantage as compared with those of
&> neighboring State, and with ad
ministrative aid offered, it is the
expectation of Federal officials that
the States will fall into line with
increasing speed. Otherwise, it is
pointed <Jut, the employers will be
paying the tax to the Federal Gov
ernment, but will be receiving no
credit for the purpose of taking care
of their own unemployed.
Seven .States Have Laws.
At the present time eight States
and the District of Columbia have
unemployment compensation laws,
most of them enacted within the past
year or so. Although some minor alter
ations may be necessary, all of these are
sxpected to qualify without difficulty
tor approval of the Social Security
Board. These States are Alabama, Cali
fornia, Massachusetts, New Hamp
shire, New York, Utah, Washington
and Wisconsin. In addition Nor h
Carolina recently passed an enabling
set by which the Governor and coun
cil are given power to designate a
commission to administer a system
jf unemployment compensation in
conformance to the pattern set forth
in the national act.
Some of the major provisions of
:hese State acts follow:
California—Affects employers of
lour or more Workers, taxes both
employers and employes, the former
up to 2 7 per cent, the latter to 1
per cent: establishes individual em
ployer accounts; benefits range from
$7 to $15 per waek and have a maxi
mum of 20 weeks in any 12 consecu
tive months; taxes start in January,
1936, and benefits begin in 1938.
New Hampshire—Affects employers
of 10 or more workers; taxes both
employers and employes, the former
up to 3 per cent, the latter to 1 . er
cent; establishes a pooled fund; ben
efits range from 70 per cent of full
time weekly wage up to $15; 16 weeks
maximum; effective dates to be de
clared by Governor, pending enact
1 ment of Federal law.
New York—Employers of four or
more; taxes employers only at same
rates as national law; establishes
pooled fund: benefits from $5 to $15;
maximum of 16 weeks: tax provisions
now in effect and payments start
January 1, 1938.
Utah—Employers of four or more;
taxes employers only, up to 3 per cent;
establishes individual reserve ac
counts: benefits from $6 to $18 for
maximum of 16 weeks; effective dates
j to be declared by Governor.
Washington State Law.
Washington—Employers of four or
more; taxes employers up to 3 per
cent, employes up to 1 per cent; bene
fits up to $15 for maximum of 15
weeks; establishes pooled fund; ef
fective upon enactment of Federal
law.
Wisconsin—Employer* of 10 or
more; Individual reserves: taxes em
ployers only; benefits between $5 and
$10 for maximum of 10 weeks in year;
volunteer features were effective in
January, 1934, but compulsory features
postponed.
District of Columbia—Employers of
one or more; taxes employers up to 3
per cent and provides for contribution
by District; establishes pooled fund;
benefits range up to $15 for maximum
01 16 weeks; taxes start next January.
Massachusetts—Taxes employers up
to 2.7 per cent and employes up to
one-half the employer rate; estab
lishes a pooled fund; benefits range
from $5 to $15 and for a maximum
duration of 16 weeks per year.
(Tomorrow's article will discuss
the four-fold program Jot aid to
children.)
Geneva
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of a supreme last-minute effort by
Great Britain and France to achieve
peaceful settlement of the dispute.
Litvlnoff told the assembled states
men:
"The Soviet government In prin
ciple is opposed to the system of col
onies, a policy of spheres of influence
and to anything pertaining to im
perialistic aims. For the Soviet dele
gation there is only the question of
defending the Covenant of the League
as the instrument of peace.”
Others Join in Pledge.
In quick succession spokesmen for
Portugal, Yugoslavia, Rumania, Czech
oslovakia, Latvia and the Balkan En
tente added their voices to the pledge
to remain faithful to the League Cov
enant.
Prom Armindo Monteiro. Portugal,
came a pledge of fidelity to the League
Covenant In the present crisis. He
was followed by Count Bojidar Pour
itch, speaking on behalf of the Little
Entente, who said Yugoslavia, Ru
mania and Czechoslovakia “consider
the principles of the League sacred
and intend to remain true to them.”
Latvia’s spokesman then expressed
emphatic approval of Great Britain’s
strong stand for enforcement of the
League Covenant. On behalf of the
Balkan Entente, Demetrios Maximos
of Greece declared: "More than ever
before we remain faithful to the prin
ciples of the Covenant.”
Litvinoff told the League Assembly
that if all efforts at conciliation fail
and the Italo-Ethiopian question
comes before the Council or Assembly
again, his delegation will pass Its
judgment with “impartiality and also
with courage.”
League May Be Needed.
Litvinoff gave warning that the
world may need the League more than
once “probably on still more serious
occasions.”
The Soviet spokesman revived his
old idea of transforming the disarma
ment conference into a permanent
peace conference, as well as the Soviet
proposal for total disarmament.
The possibility that Ethiopia will
some day demand a League mandate
over Italy was one 01 the many sug
gestions, hints, proposals and threats
which buzzed through corridors dur
ing the week.
The hint of an Ethiopian mandate
over Italy some day was dropped in
speeches made before the League As
sembly and to radio audiences yes
terday by Charles Theodore te Water,
delegate from the Union of South
Africa. ^
352.46 M.P.H. Recognized
by Association After Pic
tures Calibrated.
By the Associated Pres».
LOS ANGELES, September 14 —
Howard Hughes, film producer, oil
man and, incidentally, a flyer, hung
in his trophy room today an official
American world speed record for land
planes of 352.46 miles an hour and
applied for international recognition
of his mark.
The National Aeronautics Associa
tion certified his American record
after final calibration of moving pic
tures of the speed trials, made yes
; terday.
Whether his speed will supplant
the recognized mark of 314.319 miles
an hour, held by Raymond Delmotte
of France, depends on the decision of
the Federation of Aeronautique In
ternationale, in Paris, after studying
the N. A, A. reports.
Young Hughes—he is 30 years old—
was clocked by both cameras and an
electrical timing device on seven swift
rushes on a north-and-south course.
His top speed was 355.38, his slowest
339.12.
On the last of the seven, Hughes
skill and the sturdy construction of
new $120,000 craft combined to pre
vent tragedy.
Hughes brought the ship to a safe
landing ‘ on its belly" in a beet he'd
after It ran out of gasoline. The
landing was made at a speed of about
90 miles an hour before Hughes could
drop the retractable landing gear.
The ship was damaged slightly.
William R. Enyart, secretary of the
contest board of the N. A. A., said
the mark of 352.46 represented
Hughes’ average on his fastest two
flights each way.
Hughes said he plans to give the
United States Army the benefit of
the data he has acquired In flying
the plane, as well as to allow Army
aviation engineers to study the sh’p.
He said he would attempt at a fu
ture date to break the transconti
nental speed record of 10 hours 2
minifies, now held by Col. Roscoe
Turner.
Golf
(Continued From First Page.)
50 yards, the best he could get on the
325-yard fourth was a half.
They also halved the short fifth In
par 3s after Little had made a great
recovery from the trap in front of the
green.
Little dropped a 30-foot putt for
a birdie 3 on the 416-yard sixth, cut
ting Emery's lead to 2 up.
A 5 to Emery’s 6 on the eighth
left Little only 1 down. They halved
the ninth.
The 10th, 11th and 12th holes were
holed in par figures.
Emery maintained his one-hole
margin on the twelfth, but they
became even up for the first time
when the champion shot a 4 to the
Oklahoman's 5 on the long thirteenth.
Irvin S. Cobb
Says:
In a Political Parade,
Dark Horse Needs
a Tail Light.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Septem
ber 14.—Sam Blythe, who knows
more about politics than the chap
who wrote the book, allows the Re
publicans next
year n\ust scrap
the old hacks
and the old ideas
and find younger
blood lor leader
ship. Otherwise
they might as
well put Smith
and Wesson on
the ticket to
facilitate blowing
e.ut their brains.
That's practically
Sam's idea.
■■■■■MPP But, in a na
tional campaign,
a new thing sometimes can be just a
teensy weensy bit too new. stopping
to introduce a total stranger slows up
the job of electing him as President
of the United States. Picture a con
vention where, when you spring your
candidate, there arc loud cries of
“who?” followed by “spell it, please!”
and imagine the delegates snatching
up the State standards and marching
deliriously around the hall while they
sing: “For he's a Jolly good leUow,
which nobody can deny—because we
didn’t catch the name!”
I insist it helps to know something
about a nominee, even if you don't
know anything good about him. A
dark horse needs tail lights.
lCopyrlaht- 1938. by the North American
Njwepaper Alliance. Inc.)
LAKE PLACID FETE
Speaks at Conservation
Exercises and at Dedica
tion of Highway.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.
LAKE PLACID. N. Y., September
14.—With the cares of office left back
at' his Hyde Park home, President i
Roosevelt came to this picturesque spot
in the heart of the Adirondack Moun
tains to participate in the celebration
of the fiftieth anniversary of conserva
tion in New York State, and the
dedication of the memorial highway
to the top of Whiteface Mountain.
During the forenoon Mr. Roosevelt
made a brief, extemporaneous ad
dress in the Olympic arena, inci
dent to the elaborate ceremonies in
observation of his State's half-cen
tury of conservation work. Later
he motored to the top of White
face Mountain, the second larg
est peak in the Adirondacks, a
distance of 28 miles from Lake Placid,
to inspect the newly-completed high
way. and to deliver a brief speech to a
gathering on the mountain top inci
dent to the highway dedication cere
monies. •
In his brief talk the President ex
pressed pride in the C. C. C. camps
and stated that they should be made
permanent on a slightly reduced scale.
He complimented also the foresters
and the others engaged in conserva
tion work.
*‘I am interested in advancing the
principles of what we call the sus- j
tamed yield—the treatment of trees
as a crop. The foresters are doing '
a splendid job, and they can do much i
in' educating farmers about treating
timber as an annual crop and a prof
itable crop. Trees should be consid
ered just as much a farm asset as
anything else on a farm, and banks
should recognize this fact in extend
ing credit.
The President in his Lake Placid
talk revealed for the first time his
i future intention to ask Congress for
legislation to provide governmental
credit to owners of forest lands.
Has No Prepared Speech.
This second opeech, like the one In
the Lake Placid Arena, will be im- I
promptu. The President was so busy
b» k at Hyde Park during the past .
few days, working out problems con
fronting his gigantic works-relief pro
gram that he had no opportunity to '
! scribble off a few notes for either of
; these occasions, much less compose a
! real speech. However, his subject ,
matter for both celebrations should
1 come easily to him because both con- j
servatlon and the mountain highway
are especially dear to him. it was
while he was Governor of New York i
that the movement for the highway !
j to the top of Whlteface was started
' and through his support work actually
i begun. It was conceived as a fitting
| memorial to New York's World War
: dead.
President Roosevelt came here
aboard a special train. As he stepped
! from the train this morning shortly
after 8 o'clock he was welcomed by a
committee, made up mostly of offi
j rials of the State Highway Commis
sion. Crowds of persons, many of :
them having come here from great
i distances in the State, cheered the
President. Houses and places of busi
ness were appropriately decorated, and
everywhere there was in evidence an
atmosphere of festivity.
Pageant Arranged.
For the President's special benefit
there has been arranged a conserva- j
tion pageant In the form of a forest
fire and the methods of extinguishing
It before being allowed to spread.
After the ceremonies at Whiteface
Mountain, President Roosevelt will be
the guest of the Conservation Com
mission at luncheon in the rustic log
toll-gate cabin at the foot of the
mountain. Following luncheon the
President will motor to Westport, on
the banks of Lake Champlain, a dis- j
tance of 35 miles, where he will board
his special train to start back for ]
Hyde Park, which he Is scheduled to I
reach at 9 o'clock tonight. On the ;
homeward journey arrangements hfcve
been made for a half hour’s stop in
Saratoga to permit the President to
inspect the recently opened Saratoga
Spa.
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to Its full obligations to the League.
! was received with varying degrees of
enthusiasm, misgiving and doubt.
All sources agreed that there Is no
sign as yet that the threat of war in
East Africa has been removed.
Sir Samuel Hoare. foreign secretary,
w'ho enunciated the British policy be
fore the League Assembly, returned to
Whitehall and arranged to motor to i
the country place of Prime Minister i
Stanley Baldwin for a conference con
cerning the latest developments in
the situation.
Informed circles heard that Baldwin
and his cabinet colleagues may meet
early next week. The question of se
curity in Central Europe is likely to
be reviewed at that time and any de
cision reached will be communicated
to France.
McAdoo Weds Nurse Today;
Father of Bride Disapproves
Beall's Pleasure, the historic Colonial residence at Landover, Md.,
where Senator McAdoo is to be married this afternoon to Miss Doris Cross,
26, Public Health Service nurse.
The residence, now occupied by Senator McAdoo’s son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Brice Clagett, was once the home of the first
Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddert.
IVE of his eight children are
expected to be present this
afternoon when Senator Wil
liam Gibbs McAdoo marries a
26-year-old Public Health Service
nurse, Miss Doris Cross, in the resi
dence of one of the Senator's daugh
ters, Mrs. Brice Clagett, at Landover,
Md.
The Colonial brick home where the
ceremony is to take place once be
longed to Benjamin Stoddert. first
Secretary of the Navy. Its timbers
were brought from England in a sail
ing vessel, and the interior has been
preserved in the original design, while
on the lawn outside flourish ancient
boxwood hedges and locust trees.
Mrs. Clagett, the wife of a Wash
ington attorney, is McAdoo's daughter
by his first wife. Other children Of
the Senator expected to attend the
wedding are Robert and Francis H.
McAdoo and Mrs. Edward S. Cowles,
all of New York, and Mrs. Clayton
Platt, jr„ of Philadelphia. Secretary
of State and Mrs. Hull also will at
tend.
Friend to Give Bride Away.
In the absence of members of the
bride's family, a close friend of her
mother's. Miss Mary Addison Iflgle,
with whom Miss Cross has been mak
ing her home at 1436 N street, will
give the bride away. Only a dozen or
so friends in addition to the family
will attend the ceremony. The couple
will leave on their honeymoon for a
secret destination.
The marriage license was to be
obtained this afternoon at Upper
Marlboro, Prince Georges County. At
71. Senator McAdoo is the fifth oldest
man In the Senate, while his bride-to
be will be one of the youngest sena
torial hostesses, along with Jane Holt, j
22-year-old sister of Senator Rush
Holt, a bachelor of 30.
Only a few Intimates of Senator I
McAdoo knew of the approaching
marriage until It was announced yes
terday, creating a sensation in society,
which had seen the former Secretary
of the Treasury marry the late Presi- 1
dent Wilson's daughter. That was j
McAdcio's second marriage, termi
nated by divorce in Los Angeles about
a year ago.
Breakdown Report Scoutetfc
A report that Miss Cross had suf- i
fered a nervous breakdown last night
and that the marriage might be de
layed was quickly denied by the Sen-1
ator’s office and friends of the
bride-to-be.
Miss Cross, W'ho has been in Wash- j
Ington about two years, coming here
from San Diego. Calif., to take a j
position with the Public Health Serv- :
ice, yesterday telephoned her fairer
of the approaching marirage at his
home in Oakland, Iowa, according to
the Associated Press.
l tie Dnae s mother also was noti
fied of the marriage plans in San
Diego. Mrs. Cross told the Associated
Press her daughter was graduated
from San Diego High School in 1927
and finished her 28-month nurses'
training course at Cottage Hospital
School, Santa Barbara, in 1931.
Shortly thereafter, friends said, she
entered McAdoo's home to attend his
family.
Schoolmates recalled her as "serious
and quiet—and, you know, the inter
esting type.” She seldom "went out
on dates,” they said, and was gradu
ated with ' a comrtiendable record."
She is a member of the Seventh- i
day Adventist religious faith, they
said.
Family Lived in Canada for While.
Mrs. Cross said her daughter came
to San Diego with the family from
Regina, Saskatchewan. Canada, nine
years ago. Previously the family lived
in Iowa. Miss Cross has a sister.
Lois Cross, engaged in social service
work.
Senator McAdoo's first wife, whom ‘
he married in Chattanooga, Tenn., In
1885. bore him six children. She died
In 1912.
Two years later, when McAdoo had
become Secretary of the Treasury, he
married Eleanor Randolph Wilson,
President Wilson's daughter. Iwo
daughters were born to them.
The second Mrs. McAdoo had no
comment to make today on her for
mer husband’s approaching marriage.
Daughter’s Romance Recalled.
Last November, Ellen Wilson Mc
Adoo, the Senator's daughter by ms
second marriage, waged a stormy bat
tle against the objections of her par
ents to wed Rafel Lopez de Onate, 38,
Spanish motion picture actor. She
was 19 when she met De Onate.
When they filed notice of intention
to .wed, Miss McAdoo’s parents opposed
the marriage. De Onate, born in the
Philippine Islands, was ordered to pro
duce birth certificates to prove he was
of Spanish, not Filipino blood. Later,
the couple received the blessing of
their parents and were married at
Albuquerque, N. Mex. The couple is
now in Germany.
BRIDES FATHER DISAPPROVES.
She Didn't Tell Him Who Man Wag,
Iowan Reveals.
OAKLAND, Iowa. September 14 (A”), j
—R. G. Cross, 55-year-old Oakland j
auctioneer, does rot approve of his ■
2'6-year-old daughter's marriage to
71-year-old United States Senator
William Gibbs McAdoo,
' I don’t care if he is a Senator and
a Democratic party leader." Cross said
today. *'I don’t like the idea of Doris, j
who's only 26, marrying a man 71
years old."
Cross said his daughter telephoned
him yesterday from Washington,
saying she would be married today.
"But she didn't tell me who she was
going to marry," he added. “I just
assumed he was some man in Wash
ington I didn't knew, so I didn’t ask
her. I didn't learn until late yes
terday that the man she was marry
ing Is 71 and twice married before.
■ No. I won't attempt to dissuade
her. It's her marriage, after all, and
she's made up her mind.”
Doris is the second of Mr. Cross'
five childrer and the first to marry.
Lois. 23. and Marjory, 19, her sisters,
and John. 21. and Gerald. 28, the
brothers, all live in California.
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TRADE BODY TO STUDY
PEDESTRIANS’ PROBLEM
All Walkers Are of Two Kinds,
the Quick and the Dead,
Says Official.
Declaring all pedestrians are of two
kinds, the quick and the dead, Col.
Lawrence C. Crawford, chairman of
the Traffic Committee of the Wash
ington Board of Trade, today an
nounced the formation of a new sub
committee on the rights and safety
of pedestrians. It is the first time a
trade board group has undertaken to
study the problems of pedestrians.
Philip Howat was named chairman
of the new group and he and Col.
Crawford will select the other mem
bers.
The new committee will make a
special study of bad street intersec- j
tlons. such as Thirteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue and Fourteenth
and F streets.
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FIVE ESCAPE JAIL
GENEVA. 111., September 14 (JP).—
Five persons escaped from the Kane
County Jail today by sawing through
bars and descending to the ground
on a rope of blankets and sheets.
Board of Trade Group Organizes for Safety
Organization of a new subcommittee on education and publicity of the Traffic Committee of the Wash
ington Board of Trade has added another active group to the local traffic safety drive. This view, at the
organization luncheon, shows, left to right. Dr. J. Franklin Hilton, chairman of the lubcommittee on operating
regulations; former Representative John Q. Tllson of Connecticut, chairman of the rmbcommlttee on laws and
codes; Col. Lawrence C. Crawford, chairman of the Traffic Committee, and Thornton W. Owen, chairman of the
new gibcommlttee. p * * —Star SUIT Photo. ^
GROUND BROKEN
FORJEMORIAL
Second Division Ceremony
Crowd Addressed by
Harbord and Ely.
Ground was broken just south of
the Ellipse today tor the *100,000 me
morial to the dead of the 2nd Divi
sion, A. E. F., when Maj. Gen. James
G. Harbord turned the first spade of
dirt, in the presence of a number of
veterans, members of their families,
and high ranking officers of the Army
and Navy.
The ceremony was attended by de
tachments of Cavalry from Fort Myer,
Infantry from Fort Washington,
sailors from the Navy Yard, and
Marines from the Marine Barracks.
Gen. Bundy Attends.
Two of the three wartime com
manders of the division were present,
Lieut. Gen. Omer Bundy sitting be
side Gen. Harbord during the cere
monies.
The Marine Band, under direction
of Capt. Taylor Branson, presented a
program of war-time and military
music.
Gen. Harbord delivered the prin
cipal address, paying tribute to the
2d Division, particularly the men it
lost, and to other American battle
units who aided the organization both
during and after the war.
Maj. Gen. Hanson E. Ely. U. S. A.,
retired, recited something of the his
tory of the division and also paid
tribute to the patriotism and loyalty
of the men of the division.
Maj. Mason Presides.
Maj. Frank E. Mason, Military In
telligence Reserve, who recently suc
ceeded the late Maj. Lucian Van
doren as president of the 2d Division
Association, presided and Introduced
the speakers
Admiral William H. Standley, chief
of naval operations, was among the
guests of honor.
A temporary stand was erected for
the officers and leaders of the division
and a smaller one afforded accommo
dations for surviving members of the
division and members of their fami
lies.
MRS. MARGARET ROWE,
ILL SIX WEEKS, EXPIRES
Wife of War Department Employe
Resident of Washington
28 Years.
Mrs. Margaret Hunter Rowe, 53. of
829 Emerson street, died yesterday in
Garfield Hospital after an illness of
six weeks. She was the wife of Charles
A. Rowe, a specifications writer In the
War Department.
r-unerai services will be held at
10 a m. Monday from the S. H. Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth street.
Burial will be at Prospect Hill Ceme
tery. Towson. Md.
A resident of Washington 28 years.
Mrs. Rowe was active in women’s
church circles here. She was a mem
ber of the National Baptist Memorial
Church. 1519 Columbia road, and the
Calvary Baptist Church, Towson, Md
Questioned on Prosperity.
What measures ought to be taken to
restore prosperity to the Scottish High
lands is the subject of a questionnaire
sent out to leading Scots by the West
ern Highlands and Islanda Joint
Council
THE WEATHER
District of Columbia—Mostly cloudy
tonight; tomorrow fair, not much
change in temperature: gentle east,
shifting to south winds.
Maryland—Mostly cloudy tonight,
tomonow fair, not much change in
temperature.
Virginia—Fair tonight and tomor
row: not much change in temperature.
West Virginia—Generally fair to
night and tomorrow: somewhat warm
er tonight.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
little muddy today.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by Tjnlted States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
„... Today. Tomorrow.
Hian- R:52 a m 0:42 a m
Ie>" - 3:lHam. 4:07 a m
Hleh -. 9:15 p.m. 10:02 p.m.
Low - 3:13 p.m. 4:20 p.m
Tba Sun and Moon.
_ . Rise Sets.
Sun. today__ 5:4* H:20
Sun. tomorrow_ 5:49 «:]p
Moon, today__ 7:05 p.m. 7:58 am
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-hall hour alter sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in Inches tn the
Capital icurrent month to date):
Month. 1P.15. Average. Record
January __ 527 .1.55 7.09 >2
February _2.3? 3.27 H.R4 'R4
March _ 3.39 3.75 8 84 '»1
Apt il_ 3.95 3.27 9.13 ’*9
May _ 3.54 3.70 loop 'RP
June_ 3.43 4.13 10.P4 ’on
July _ 2.25 4.71 10.K.1 'Rfi
August _ 2 40 4 01 14 41 ’2R
September_7.HI 3 24 17.45 '34
October _ 2.R4 8 57 ’*•>
November__ 2.17 R.H9 80
December __ 3.33 ?.5d 'oi
Weather in various tines.
BTemDerature.w £
E * r ~ 3
Station*. ° S' < 2, s
j * j; £ %
Abilene. Tex... 30.08 so 87 ... Clear
Albany. N. Y.. 30.33 58 50 0.02 Cloudy
Atlanta Oa... 30.12 84 62 _Cloudy
Atlantic City.. 30.18 78 88 __Cloudy
Baltimore. Md. 30.18 84 88 _— Cloudy
Birmingham -.'10.14 88 84 _Clear
Bismarck. N. D. 30.00 80 42 _Clear
Boston. Mass -30 30 80 57 -Clear
Buffalo. N. Y . 30.18 80 52 _Cloudy
Charleston. S.C. 30.lo 78 88 _Clear
Chlraao 111_ 30.04 88 88 -_Cloudy
Cincinnati_30.18 S3 58 ... Clear
Cleveland ... 30.13 74 83 _Clear
Columbia. S C 30.18 87 82 _Clear
Denver. Colo... 20.08 84 58 _Cloudy
Detioit. Mich . 30.08 78 HO_Clear
El Paso. Tex... 20.04 88 84 __ Clear
Galveston. Tex. 30.06 84 so 0.02 Clear
Helena. Mont.2 20.78 So 50 ... Cloudy
Huron. S. D— 20.os 82 54 _Clear
Indianapolis_30.14 82 «4 ._Clear
Jacksonville __ 30.08 78 88 _Clear
Kansas City ..30.00 on hs_Clear
Los Anteles_ 20.88 88 84 _Clear
Louisville. Ky.. 30.18 84 82 _Clear
Miami. Fla_3o.oo 88 78 _Cloudy
Minneapolis_ 30.04 84 80 ... Rain
New Orleans 30.08 88 72 _Clear
New York. N. Y. 30.24 78 58 ... Cloudy
Oklahoma City, 30.04 88 84 _Clear
Omaha. Nebr . 29.92 88 88 _Clear
Philadelphia ...30.22 80 82 _ Cloudy
Phoenix. Arlz _ 29.78 104 88 _Clear
Pittsburgh. Pa. 30 18 78 58 _Clear
Portland. Me... 30.30 on 48 ... Clear
Portland. Ore*. 29.82 78 80 _Rain
Ralelgn N. C._ 30.12 82 80 _Clear
Salt Lake City. 20.80 88 on_Cloudy
San Antonio_ 30.02 no 70__ cloudy
San Diego _ 20.88 78 84 _Clear
San Francisco. 20.00 84 58 . Cloudy
St. Louis Mo.. 30.10 88 t>« Clear
Beattie. Wash . 20.80 84 54 M4 Rain
Spokane. Wash. 29,88 78 48 _Cloudy
Tamoa. n* .. 30.02 02 73 ... Cloudy
WASH.. D. C.__ 30.18 *3 80 ... Cloudy
FOREIGN STATIONS
(7 a m. Greenwich time, today.)
Temperature. Weather.
London. England_ 80 Cloudy
Paris. France _ 84 Cloudy
Vienna. Austria__ 57
Berlin. Germany__ 8i Cloudy
Brest France _ 81 Cloudy
Zurich. Switzerland ._ 20 C'oudy
Stockholm. Sweden_ 57 Cloudy
Gibraltar. Spain_ so Cloudy
(Noon. Greenwich tlma, today 1
Horts (Fayal). Azores. 74 Cloudy
(Current observations.)
St. Georres Bermuda . 80 Clear
Pan Juan Puerto Rico s-; Cloudy
Havana Cuba _ 76 Clear
Colons Canal Zone ... 80 Clout?
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