Evening star. [volume], March 20, 1936, Page A-16, Image 16

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HOLMES IS VICTOR
OF BITTER FIGHT
Senate Confirms Judge by
Shouted Vote After Five
Hour Bilbo Attack.
By the Associated Press.
Despite a bitter fight by Senator
Bilbo, Democrat, of Mississippi, the
nomination of Judge Edwin R. Holmes
to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
was overwhelmingly confirmed yes
terday by the Senate.
The confirmation was the first major
Senatorial defeat for Bilbo, who is
an old political enemy of Holmes.
Bilbo, in his first Senate speech,
Charged that Holmes, now a Federal
district judge, was ‘'incompetent,”
••reckless,” “stupid and vindictive”—
and, in addition, had sent him to
Jail for 10 days In 1922 for contempt
of court for failing to answer a
subpoena.
For five hours or more, Bilbo—also
an enemy of Holmes’ father-in-law,
the late Senator John Sharp Wil
liams, and of the judge’s sponsor,
Senator Harrison. Democrat, of Mis
sissippi—poured out his charges.
Reading copiously from legal vol
umes to support his contention that
Holmes was an unjust judge and had
wrongfully sent “thousands of my
people’’ to prison for violation of the
prohibition act. Bilbo asserted:
“The subcommittee (which heard
avidence on Holmes’ case) did not
want me to prove that. They said
X wanted to bring up a lot of boot
leggers to say they got unjust sen
tences.”
But Senators Burke, Democrat, of
Nebraska and Austin, Republican,
cf Vermont, who had sat on the sub
committee when Bilbo had repeated
In detail assertions he made yester
day, termed the Mississippian's ac
cusations “frivolous.”
Beauty Surrounds Beauty
wa— i i —
Mary Adams surrounded by amaryllis of the hybrid, variety
at the twenty-third amaryllis show at the Department of Agri
culture greenhouses today. —Star Staff Photo.
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ANNUAL AMARYLLIS
DISPLAY IS OPENED
Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt and Presi
dent's Mother Attend Start of
Agriculture Unit Show.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mrs
Sara Delano Roosevelt, the President’s
mother, wives of Cabinet members
and Capital social leaders yesterday
opened the twenty-third annual ama
ryllis show of the Agriculture De
partment in the department’s green
houses at Fourteenth street and Con
stitution avenue. They were received
by Mr. Henry A. Wallace, wife of
the Secretary of Agriculture.
The show was opened to the public
at 1 p.m., and will remain open from
9 a.m. to 9 pm. daily for one week.
Thousands who flocked to the
vicinity of the greenhouses to watch
effects of the flood around Wash
ington Mounment and the Lincoln
Memorial are lingering to take in
the amaryllis show.
FARMERS URGED
Roosevelt Makes Appeal to
Refrain From Increas
ing Acreage.
Br ths Associated Press.
The Nation’! farmers had before
them today a personal appeal from
President Roosevelt to refrain from
increasing their acreages of commer
cial cash crops and to co-operate with
the administration’s soil conservation
program.
In making his appeal yesterday, the
President warned that if fanners fall
to take advantage of the new pro
gram .the consequent excessive pro
duction of cash crops might result in
the -wrecking of their prices and the
mining of the soil.” He added:
"This is an appeal to all farmers
to co-operate for their own and the
national good to help in preventing
excessive production.”
Mr. Roosevelt took note of a crop
report issued this week, indicating
farmers were planning sharp in
creases in acreage of many crops. He
urged the farmers not to complete
their planting plans until they study
the new program.
Meanwhile, A. A. A. officials said
they expected to uncover details of
the new program late today. An
nouncement was delayed pending
passage of the independent offices ap
propriation bill, which contained an
allotment of $440,000,000 for subsidy
payments for soil conservation.
The bill went to the White House
yesterday and officials said they be
lieved the President would sign the
measure today.
The March 1 Intentions to plant
report issued by the Agriculture De
partment this week said reports from
42,000 farmen Indicated the followinj
acreage Increase* for 19S6:
Spring wheat, 19 per cent; com, <
per cent; rice, 11 per cent; tobacco
9 per cent, and peanut!, 8 per cent.
Mr. Roosevelt said private trade re
ports Indicated an Increase of 15 pei
cent In cotton acreage this year.
“White Rainbow” Seen.
A “white rainbow,” which Is caused
by the moon and Is a rare sight any
where In the world, was seen recently
shortly before sunrise at Singapore,
Malaya, and lasted nearly 15 minutes.
“WELCOME RALLY” HELD
Delegates Here for Youth. Act
Hearings Are Guests.
A "welcome rally" for delegates of
hundreds of youth organizations, who
will testify at Congressional hearings
on the American youth act, was held
today in Asbury M. E. Church, Elev
enth and K streets.
Representative Amlie of Wisconsin,
sponsor of a bill designed to solve un
employment and welfare problems of
young people, was to be the principal
speaker. Thurmon L. Dodson, pres
ident of the Colored Bar Association,
presided.
Farm Profits Rise.
Increase in world prices has raised
the value of agricultural production
In Hungary nearly 50 per cent in the
last year.
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