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BRAIN TRUST EVIL
SEEN IN KEY JOBS
G. 0. P. Professor Limits
Held Needless if They Are
Practical Men.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
The Republicans now have a "brain
trust" to help them, just as do the
Democrats—so what's the difference?
This query in the last few days sug
gests that scores now have been
equaled or that the Republicans have
yielded to the academic impulses of
their political brethren and that here
after there will be less ridicule or
criticism of the “brain trust.”
President Roosevelt on one occasion
told friends that he didn’t like the
phrase "brain trust,” but that he did
prefer “to put trust in brains.” As a
matter of fact, college men the coun
try over have been unjustly criticized
because of the acts of the group in
Washington, who have become asso
ciated with the New Deal, and hence
a clearer understanding of what is
meant by a "brain trust” is essential.
Had the New Deal brought to Wash
ington a group of advisers from the
collegiate world and given them purely
advisory tasks, there would have been
little criticism. Academically trained
men are useful in government, but as
with any other group unfamiliar with
the practical aspects of the subjects
which they are to handle; friction re
sults because of that unfamiliarity.
Practice v s. 1 neorv.
The New Deal unquestionably erred,
tn the view of Its critics, by giving posi- j
tlons of major responsibility to the I
“brain trusters.” While professors can
bring a fresh point of view and often
a more disinterested approach than
is possible from the business or eco
nomic world, the fact remains that as
between practical experience and pure
theory in dealing with governmental
problems that touch vital questions
of economics, more can be accom
plished by the experienced and prac
tical persons than by the theorists. As
for honesty of purpose and fidelity to
the New Deal itself, there are plenty
of persons with practical experience
who would serve the Government un
der any administration. Unfortunate
ly. under the New Deal, when these
same honest-minded and conscientious
Individuals come to grips with the
theorists, the powers that be preferred
to believe the theorists and to dis
card the advice of the practical group.
Had the “brain trusters” been merely
advisers there would have been less
confusion hereabouts. Their views
would have registered for what they
were worth alongside of other groups
of advisers. But the "brain trusters”
were given access to the President
while men of practical experience,
especially in Congress, were denid that
opportunity except semi-occasionally.
Political Psychology.
In the drafting of legislation the
“brain trust” formula came a cropper
too. Here the conflict arose between
the purely theoretical and the po
litical. Granting that many of the
motives that actuate the politically
minded are selfish, the fact remains
that men in Congress have to face
their constituents and hence a knowl
edge of public psychology gained in
the battles of politics is an asset which
cannot be lightly regarded.
The college professors attached to
the New Deal have often clashed with
Democrats in Congress because the
latter insisted that their proposals
were impractical. Here again the
White House usually sides with the
“brain trusters.” affording them a
position of responsibility which is not
Justified either by their limited ex
perience. if any. in the business world,
or their knowledge of governmental
backgrounds.
The presence of presidential ad
visers from the “brain trust” on Capi
tol Hill has been responsible for
much of the trouble between the Gov
ernment and business—something
that it is openly charged has re
tarded re-employment—and for much
of the dissention inside of the Demo
cratic natty.
Key Jobs Barred.
Under these circumstances, the
pledge given by Chairman Fletcher
that his ‘ brain trust” is not to be
given public office if the Republicans
are successful is a recognition of the
dangers that have grown up under
the New Deal. But it is doubtful
whether, even if the Republicans were
successful, that they would be able
to keep the ambitious ‘‘brain trusters”
in their ranks from wishing to become
identified with the Government. It is
a natural and commendable ambition,
and there is really nothing wrong
even with giving offices to some of the
better balanced professors. The real
evil is in assigning them to important
posts and permitting them to make
decisions that ought to be made by
persons like the President or the mem
bers of the Senate and House, who
are themselves directly responsible to
the people In elections.
Brains are always in demand in
government and the infiltration of
college professors of the right kind—
that those who are not mere fanatics,
but sincerely anxious to accomplish
something for their fellowmen—will
In the long run be helpful. But the
place for brain trusters really to be
of aid is in running for Congress so
they can exercise in their own right
the job of making laws for their
•ountrymen.
(Copyright, 1936.)
J Congress in Brief
TODAY.
Senate:
Hears closing arguments in im
peachment case of Federal Judge
Halsted L. Ritter of Florida.
Finance Subcommittee studies war
profit limitation bill.
Agriculture Subcommittee hears
testimony on Mississippi Valley Au
thority bill.
House:
Considers bill creating Rent Com
mission for the District.
Military Affairs Committee con
tinues investigation of disposition of
War Department surpluses.
Interstate Commerce Committee
considers bill for regulation of natural
gas distribution.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Impeachment trial of Judge Hal
stead L. Ritter, if not completed today.
? Agriculture Subcommittee, 10 am.
Opens cotton Investigation.
Lobby Committee, hearings, 10 am.
Education and Labor Committee,
10 am., opens on resolution on in
quiry into alleged interference of labor
Unions.
House:
* Considers Black lobby investigation
resolution. ^
What’s What I
Behind News
in
Dan Bell Gives Out
Real Figures on
Relief Money.
BV PAUL MALLON.
HE WISE New Dealers make a
business of not knowing much
about their spending plans.
Congressional inquisitors have
not been able to get much out of Mr.
Hopkins on that subject.
The impression has been created
that the Federal handout next year
will total $1,500,000,000, as requested
by the President, plus whatever is
left over from this year, and no one
ever knows how much is going to be
left over.
That is, no one ever admitted know
ing until Mr. Dan Bell, the non
political budget director, testified at
a House tax hearing recently. He let
it out while his hearers were so deeply
involved in the taxation subject that
they overlooked it.
Mr. Bell was heard to say that the
amount obligated for this fiscal year
is $3,382,000,000 (not the amount
allocated, mind you. but the amount
which will be spent).
The left-over, he said, would be
exactly $1,128,000,000, on the basis of
figures compiled as late as March 20.
If you will add this left-over to
the new relief fund, you will have
President Roosevelt’s secret —
namely, that the relief sock under
his bed for the year beginning July
1 will contain about S2.62S.000.000.
Mr. Bell was giving the status of
the last relief fund of $4,800,000,000.
He said it was carried on the books
at $4,563,000,000, because some of it
included reappropriations from the
previous year. It would be incorrect
to deduce from his figures that relief
expenditures would be $754,000,000 less
next year than this year, as the figures
seem to indicate. If you count in the,
bonus, the extra-budgetary appropria
tions being made in Congress, and the
relief appropriations switched from the
emergency budget into the regular
budget for next year, Mr. Roosevelt's
total spending fund will be much
larger than this year. In other words,
Mr. Roosevelt can spend considerably
more money next year instead of
less, as generally supposed.
Smith Swift Stepper.
Swiftest legislative stepper in Con
gress is shrewd Senator Smith. And
the swiftest step he ever made was
on the recent cotton loan legislation.
Mr. Smith was living up to his
nickname of “Cotton Eld” by cham
pioning legislation requiring the Com
! modity Credit Corp. to market 20,000
to 25,000 bales of its cotton hold
ings each week. Most of the experts
agreed it was a sour idea. They won
dered what it would do to the cotton
market.
The well-known Mr. Oscar Johnson,
A. A. A. cotton expert, put his head
together with the American Cotton
Co-operative Association expert and
worked out a substitute plan in pri
vate. They agreed to have the Gov
ernment take a 21 i -cent loss on its
cotton loans by unloading the cot
ton upon certificate holders who would
market it piecemeal.
The plan was to have been an
nounced at 3 p.m., but Smith
jumped the gun and introduced
legislation embodying the plan as a
substitute for his own several
hours earlier.
Some of his senatorial friends
were still championing his original
bill at his committee hearing next
day. not knowing that he had aban
doned his old horse and was riding
another in an opposite direction.
The hatred which Congressmen have
been breathing at lobbyists lately in
public statements and speeches ap
parently does not apply to all lobbyists.
A small veterans’ organization,
which boosted the soldier bonus, is
now delivering a handsome citation to
Senators and Representatives who
voted for it. The citation looks like
a diploma. At the top is the name
of the Congressman, written out in
full in an Impressive way. The body
of the document received by one Con
gressman stated that he had been
awarded the dtation for "outstand
ing service” in the fight for the sol
diers’ bonus.
The Congressmen are very proud of
these citations.
As has been said before, a lobbyist
is a public benefactor if you happen
to be on his side. He is a despicable
crook if you happen to be against him.
Able Senator Jimmy Byrnes is un
stood to be in the market for ear
stopples to afford himself the same
sort of relief that Senator Glass gets
from his ear stopples. His problem
is not anti-noise, but anti-quorum.
Senate leaders successfully side
tracked the Davis resolution, calling
for a Senate inquiry into W. P. A.
politics, by sending it to Byrnes’ Com
mittee on Audit and Control. Byrnes
is supposed to have sought the counsel
of a wise wit who sits near him, ask
ing what should be done about the
resolution. The response was: "Lose
it."
Apparently, the only way Mr. Byrnes
could conceive offhand was to avoid
getting a quorum of hii committee
together. Each day three good mem
bers of his committee appear in the
Senate, but he declines to see them.
However, it is getting more difficult
each day. Senator Davis keeps howl
ing for action on his resolution, and
the quorum keeps reappearing, declin
ing to go off and die or even play golf.
(Copyrlsht. 1038.)
MRS. RINEHART IMPROVES
Novelist Undergoes Operation in
New York.
NEW YORK, April 13 (jP).—Mary
Roberts Rinehart, the novelist, was re
covering "very satisfactorily” from an
operation at Columbia-Presbyterian
Medical Center. Attendants said she
was “getting along vej£ nicely.”
Figure in Self-Shooting
- *
Higgs
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trigger, the youth told police and hos
pital attendants.
After wounding himself he walked
almost two blocks up the street from
his house to a restaurant, where with
a bottle of beer he toasted his own
death.
Later at the hospital George Higgs,
the father, waiting with his other son.
Martin, for blood tests to make pos
sible a transfusion for oJseph, re
marked :
"I meant to get rid of that old .22 a
dozen times.
Neither Could Find Work.
The happiness of the married life of
the young Higgses, who eloped almost
three years ago, had long been marred
by the inability of either to find a job,
Mrs. George Higgs said this morning.
Yesterday, for the third time in re
cent months, young Mrs. Higgs took
her two infants to her mother's. De
spondent at this turn of events, the
husband four times last night called
at his mother-in-law's to beseech
Leona to retur nto him.
At /:3U am. toaay ne went once
more to the Smith house. All the doors
were bolted, and Mrs. Smith denied
him admittance. To his plea for a
glimpse of his wife and children, his
mother-in-law replied that Leona was
feeding Melvin in the kitchen.
So vigorous did his entreaties be
come that Mrs. Smith opened the
kitchen window to permit him to con
| verse in that fashion with his wife
and see his child. Later Mrs. Higgs
explained that a policeman had ad
i vised her that the best way to pre
| vent the husband getting custody of
| his son while she sued for the divorce
; was to keep the child out of his reach.
Saw Son Collapse.
Mrs. George Higgs, the youth's
mother, later this morning was oper
ating a washing machine in the kitch
en of the M street hoiiie. where she
and her husband, a Navy Yard em
ploye, live, w'hen she saw her son
descend the stairs and walk out the
front door.
If Higgs shot himself in his second -
floor room, where police later found
the .22-caliber rifle, his mother did
; not hear the report, and she said
there was nothing in his manner which
| aroused her suspicions as he turned
| the comer toward Eleventh street
when he left the house.
But several minutes later, wonder
ing why he took so long, she went
again to the door and glanced down
the street. She saw her son collapse
on the sidewalk a block away.
Meanwhile. Higgs had gone to Mat's
Place, a short-order restaurant at
1022 M street.
“A bottle of beer” he ordered from
| Belgium Borzella, the waiter, whose
| father is proprietor of the restaurant.
Borzella took the beer to Higgs,
i who sat at the counter. The youth
lifted the drink in a shaky hand.
His face was deathly white.
Didn’t Want Help.
“What's the trouble?” Borzella
asked him.
“Nothing's wrong with me,” replied
Higgs, taking another sip of his beer.
But Borzella, certain something was
amiss, watched his customer closely.
‘‘Say,” he insisted, "something is
the matter. What is it?”
"I Just shot myself.” Higgs told
the waiter, the latter reported.
“What! Well, I'll call the ambu
lance.”
“Oh, no, don't do that,” pleaded
Higgs, according to Borzella. He rose
from the table and walked to the
sidewalk, where he collapsed.
Despite the wounded man’s remon
strances, Borzella had called the am
bulance and the police. The patrol
wagon from the fifth precinct station
reached the scene first and hurried
Higgs to G allin ger.
War
(Continued from First Page.)
seeking shelter. No shots were fired.
A Fascist bomber later circled over
the capital.
Reserve manpower was dispatched
to defensive positions from Lake Tana,
sphere of British Influence in the
northwest, to Lake Ashangi, In the
central sector 100 miles north of
Dessye, centering about Waldie, scene
of an earlier Ethiopian defeat.
The government spokesman said a
direct message from the Emperor In
dicated he was safe, despite delicate
health.
Government officials attributed the
earlier retreat of the Ethiopian armies
in the north to an absolute lack of
defense against alleged poison gas at
tacks and aerial bombardments.
Ethiopian reports said a squadron
of Italian planes bombarded Warra
Bailu, 40 miles southwest of Dessye,
yesterday, sending crowds of Sunday
worshipers rushing from churches.
Three persons were reported to have
been killed.
The dispatch of reserves indicated
a change in the Emperor's military
tactics.
Previously, he had guarded against
great concentrations, particularly in
the difficult terrain of the extreme
north.
Now, government officials said, the
Fascist armies were handicapped by
hasty extension of their lines, while
the "little rains” were becoming
heavier each day.
Jones then said he got Anna Ware's
baby for adoption by acquaintances
of his one-time friend. Mrs. Grace
Thomasson,
Above: Mrs. Leona Higgs
and her son. Melvin. Below:
Joseph Higgs
—Star Staff Photos.
Col. Roger Derby Black Died
Frown Natural Causes
Is Verdict.
by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 13 —Col. Roger
Derby Black, retired Army officer and
a P. W. A. official, died of natural
causes, Dr. Thomas A. Gonzales, act
ing chief medical examiner, reported
after an autopsy today.
Col. Black a as found dead in his
hotel room yesterday. Police had
listed the death as “suspicious.’’
Col. Black was found dead in his
room at a Forty-third street hotel yes
terday afternoon. He had been in
charge of the Wards Island sewage
disposal plant, a P. W. A. project.
Acting Chief Medical Examiner
Thomas A. Gonzales ordered the au
topsy after a small scratch was found
on the left side of the dead man's face.
A black Army necktie wrapped loosely
four times around the left wrist also
Interested the medical examiner, who
listed the death as “suspicious.”
Detectives, after a four-hour investi
gation, said they believed the death
due to natural causes. They found
the body fully clothed and three liquor
bottles in the room, two empty.
FAMILY LIVED HERE.
Wife of Col. Black Had Planned to
Move to New York.
Mrs. Margaret Smith Black, widow
of Col. Roger Derby Black, P. W. A.
engineer found dead under somewhat
mysterious circumstances in his New
York Hotel room yesterday, lives at
1517 Thirtieth street with a son, Rich
ard, a high school student.
She was In New York today, having
left here last night when word of her
husband’s death was received. She
had been planning to move there when
Richard completed school this June,
friends said.
The Blacks oldest boy, Lieut. Roger
Black, recently returned to this coun
try from Oxford, where he was a
Rhodes scholar. He was graduated
from West Point with honors. An
other son, John, lives in New York,
as well as a married daughter. Helen.
Col. Black was chief of the man
agement branch, p. w. A. housing di
vision here, for little more than a
year. He was transferred to New
York as project engineer for the
Wards Island sewage project, Novem
ber 29, 1935.
A. R. Clas, director of the P. W. A.
housing division, expressed regret at
Col. Black’s death, describing him as
“a crackerjack engineer."
PAINTING LEMONS
ON AUTOS UPHELD
Automobilists who. in a spirit of de
rision, want to paint lemons or white
elephants on their cars are within the
law. Acting Corporation Counsel Ver
non E. West ruled today to the chagrin
of an unnamed automobile dealer.
The decision revolved around an at
tempt to have a warrant issued against
Vernon Haynes of 2121 First street,
who was given a ticket after painting
lemons all otfer his car and parking it
before the complaining dealer, who was
outraged at the sign flaunted on the
car: "I paid $812 for this lemon.”
Policeman J. A. Wright ticketed the
car and charged Haynes with “using a
vehicle for advertising purposes,” but
the assistant corporation counsel re
fused the automobile firm's request for
a warrant.
The West ruling was the second set
back for auto dealers, who are annoyed
by two other cars bearing lemons and
two decorated with white elephants,
an old symbol denoting a jinx. Still
another has actual lemons strung
around it.
Haynes, a weak ago, parked his car
in front of an automobile dealer who
sought revenge by having his employee
sandwich Haynes between two othei
machines Jammed against hit
bumpers. *
RITTER'S SUPPORT
OF PARTNER CITED
Prosecution Charges He
Sought U. S. Judgeship
for Rankin.
ty the Associated Press.
Pulling a surprise on the defense,
the House prosecution Introduced
evidence In the Senate Impeachment
trial today that Federal Judge Hal
sted L. Ritter of Florida, the defend
ant. recommended his former law
partner, A. L. Rankin of West Palm
Beach, Fla., in 1929 for the Federal
bench.
In his recommendation Ritter noted
that Rankin was a supporter of
Herbert Hoover.
Frank P. Walsh, defense counsel,
objected strenuously to the evidence
before Vice President Gamer, pre
siding, allowed it to go In with the
declaration the Senate was familiar
enough with the case to judge its
relevancy.
Walsh said It was “purely political"
and immaterial. He said Judge Ritter
had denied politics had entered into
any of his actions or appointments
Verdict Is Imminent.
The Senate was ready today to hear
closing arguments in the trial, with a
verdict possible before night.
Cross-examination of the 65-year
old judge was completed Saturday.
His defense counsel said rebuttal tes
timony would be presented today be
fore the final arguments.
Then, with all other* excluded from
the chamber, the Senators planned to
sit In solemn judgment, voting on the
seven articles of impeachment em
bracing charges that Ritter granted
excessive receivership fees, •‘corrupt
ly" benefited from these allowances,
practiced law after becoming a Judge
and evaded income taxes.
The twelfth impeachment case in
137 years had its inception in com
plaints which a House Judiciary Sub
committee Investigated in 1933 and
1934.
Native of Indiana.
Ritter, native of Indiana and gradu
ate of DePauw University, who prac
ticed law for 30 years in Denver be
fore going to Florida in 1925, was
charged in the original four articles
of impeachment with:
Granting an excessive fee of *75,000
to Rankin for services in the receiver
ship of Whitehall Hotel, at Palm
Beach, after another judge had al
lowed Rankin *15,000 in the case.
‘Corruptly” accepting $4,500 from
Rankin after he allowed the fee.
Violation of Code Charged.
Conniving with Rankin and others
to bring the suit and then "willfully”
failing to conserve the assets.
Violating the judicial Code by
practicing law.
Bringing his court “into scandal
and disrepute" by the collective actions
complained of. legally termed "high
crimes and msldemeanors.”
Later three more articles were voted
embracing two charges of income tax
evasion and an additional count that
he practiced law after going on the
bench in February. 1929. on appoint
ment of President Coolidge.
Ritter entered an emphatic denial
{ of all the charges.
Egg Rolling
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fair and slightly cooler, with a min
imum temperature of 38 degrees, with
! fair weather and slowly rising tem
perature tomorrow.
j The earliest comers, crowding about
! the gates before they opened, were
1 mostly first-timers and tourists.
Washingtonians have learned that
those who arrive about noon stand the
best chance of seeing the President
i come out upon the south portico to
wave to the crowds.
Newcomers Are First
First at the gates were two little
girls ready for their first egg rolling,
curly-haired Virginia Hamburger, aged
8. who recently came here from
Northeast Harbor, Me., and Fannie
Jane Walker, aged 10, a new arrival
from Little Rock, Ark,
Virginia, who aald she got up “away
! early” this morning to color her eggs,
i hung her pretty Easter basket on the
1 latch of the White House gates while
she swapped colored eggs for white
ones with Fannie Jane, who didn’t
get up early enough to color hers.
Just as the exchange was finished,
the policeman on guard made a little
speech:
“This affair is for children only.
You grown-ups aren’t admitted until
3 p.m., so grown-ups might as well
leave the gates because we can’t
admit you. That’s our orders.”
On the edge of the crowd, one little
boy wouldn’t let a woman talk him
Into getting her Into the egg rolling.
He kept shaking his head in a firm
negative. He said he’d never been to
the White House before himself, and
didn't want to be bothered taking
anybody else In. Orown-up escorts of
children are admitted.
txpecwa nmic nouse eggs.
As the crowd grew in numbers, one
woman who arrived with several
children expressed annoyance when
informed by the guards that the
White House did not provide eggs.
She apparently had expected a "new
deal" in Easter eggs, and announced
she was going home.
Two magicians held forth with
feats of sllght-of-hand and a clown
entertained the children with his an
tics. The throng made a gay spec
tacle under the bdding elms as excited
children frolicked after their Easter
eggs or formed circles to sing songs
and play games. The lawn was wet
and even muddy in spots, but in gen
eral was fairly dry.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt made an
early visit to the egg-rolling crowd,
walking swiftly among the children
and making a brief speech of wel
come.
She said it was a lovely day and
that she appreciated the weather over
head, but was afraid there was con
siderable dampness under foot. She
told the crowd the President would
come out to see them about 2 pm.
Mrs. Roosevelt’s young grandchil
dren, “Sistie” and "Buzzie" Dali, were
visiting in New York and could not
attend the celebration.
Vandenberg’s Grandson Present.
Little Johnnte Knight, jr„ 4-year
old grandson of Senator Vandenberg
of Michigan, who has been mentioned
as a Republican presidential possi
bility, was disappointed because he
arrived too late to see Mrs. Roosevelt.
Johnnie was photographed rolling
eggs on the White House lawn.
"Do you like this place?” he was
asked. f
“Yes” said blond Johnnie with a
smile.'
“Would you like to live hers?" he
was asked,.
“Yes!” Jp his decided answer.
Saved From Asphyxiation f
Child Revived After Maid, Fresh From
the Country, Blows Out Gas.
DELORIS SMITH,
7-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Smith, 1307
Twelfth street, and Viola Jackson, colored maid assigned to take
care of her, were overcome by gas last night—and all because
the maid, recently arrived from the country and unfamiliar
with gas stoves, blew out a burner instead of turning it off.
The Smiths were out at the time, but Michael Anton, a
neighbor, smelled the fumes and notified police. Breaking into
the Smith suite, officers found both the maid, and the baby
unconscious. The Fire Rescue Squad revived them, and both
were reported recovered today. —Star Staff Photo.
Byrns Says He Will Insist on
Taxes Heavy Enough to
Support Spending.
Ey the Associated Press.
Presidential insistence upon a tax
bill providing sufficient revenue to meet
Mr. Roosevelt's estimates of Federal
money requirements was forecast to
day by Speaker Byrns.
Just what form the presidential in
sistence might take, the Speaker did
not say. Nor did he make any men
tion of what might be done in the
House to bring the tax bill up to the
total sought by Mr. Roosevelt—$792.
000,000 over each of the first three
years and $620,000,000 thereafter.
"I think the President is going to
insist on having enough revenue." he
said. “I don't know that the bill will
fall short. I look on that with some
doubt."
Processing Taxes Rejected.
His remarks were in reply to ques
tions at his press conference on the
possibility that the bill being drafted
| by the Ways and Means Committee
might produce $345,000,000 less over
the first three years than the admin
! istration wants. The committee had
rejected the President’s suggestion that
processing taxes be levied.
The Speaker said he did not expect
the bill to come before the House
earlier than a week from Wednes
! day, and that it should take no more
i than a week to pass. He predicted
it would go through "precisely” as re
ported out by the Ways and Means
Committee.
He added that there had been no
intimation of another White House
tax Conference with congressional
leaders and that he aid not plan to
see the President unless asked to
1 do so.
Although the Ways and Means Com
mittee has shown no inclination to
meet suggestions of three Treasury of
ficials that It explore additional sources
. of temporary revenue, the Tax Sub
committee has agreed to write several
changes Into the first draft of the bill
which members say should bring in
more cash.
Non-Resident Aliens Hit.
These will include:
Levies on dividends paid In stock
or obligations wherever legally pos
sible, application of the 4 per cent
normal income tax to bank dividends,
a 10 per cent tax withheld at the source
on Income of non-resident aliens from
sources within the United States.
An additional *8.000,000 is expected
from the normal tax on bank divi
dends. No estimates were made as
to how much the other two provisions
might increase the revenue.
The committee has been working on
a program which originally would
have produced *591,000.000 additional
by application of the normal income
tax to corporation dividends and a
graduated tax on corporate income
based on percentages of earnings with
held from distribution.
Prom a “windfall” tax on processors
to recapture unpaid or refunded A. A.
A. processing taxes, the committee ex
pects to obtain *100,000,000. from tem
porary retention of excess profits and
capital stock taxes *83,000.000. and
from a tax on corporation dividends to
foreigners <25,000,000.
Police Fear Unbalanced
Slayer Might Attend—Two
Suspects Sought.
BACKGROUND—
Nancy Evans Titterton, writer \
and wife of Lewis Titterton. a Na
tional Broadcasting Co. official, was
found slain in the bathtub of her
apartment in a fashionable section
of New York Friday afternoon.
The young, attractive writer's
death circumstances have been
baffling to police since the body was
discovered by two delivery men. j
admitted to the apartment by a
janitor.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 13—Detectives
scrutinized visitors today at the fu- ,
neral of Mrs. Nancy Evans Titterton
on the chance that her slayer, sus
pected of being mentally unbalanced,
might attend the service.
They sought especially two uniden
tified men, one described as tall and
effeminate appearing, and the other
as stocky and coarse.
Although police had no evidence to
connect the men directly with the
strangling of the author in her Beek
: man place apartment Friday, they,
wanted to question them about strange ,
appearances in the neighborhood.
liu.'uuiiu i a w*'vv«
Lewis Titterton. executive of the
National Broadcasting Co. and hus
band of the slain woman, stood with
officers at the door of the funeral
chapel on Lexington avenue.
About 100 persons clustered on the
sidewalk, but only persons who were
known were admitted to the chapel.
Prank W. Evans of Georgetown,
Ohio, father of Mrs. Titterton, was
1 among the small group of relatives
and friends.
A fritnd of Titterton said of the
husband: "He is in a daze and doesn't
seem to know what is going on.”
A partial report by Dr. Alexander
Gettler. city toxicologist, established
there was no trace of alcohol In Mrs.
Titterton's body. He and his assist
ants also found the slayer had not
used any anesthetic.
Further Tests Begun.
They began further tests to deter
mine whether the 34-year-old woman
was alive when her nude body was
placed in the bathtub, where it was
discovered.
Police said they hoped a scientific
analysis of one of seven or eight
articles might lead to a ''break” in the
case. Asked if this object was a cord
found in the apartment, a detective
replied:
“I can’t tell you what it is.”
Detectives questioned taxicab driv
ers in the secluded neighborhood in
the hope of finding some clue that
would lead to a definite path of action.
Tracing of the two unidentified men
was the only apparent phase of the
baffling crime which police have not
completed investigating.
Margaret Arbeiter, 30, a housemaid,
told detectives the stocky man twice
tried to force an entrance to the home
of her employer, (J. D. Wooster Lam
bert, retired member of the Lambert
Chemical Co., less than 24 hours be
fore Mrs. Titterton was slain last
| Friday.
The National Scene
BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH
SHARECROPPER THOMAS D. CAMPBELL, who raises thousands
of acres of wheat on Indian lands in the West, got $50,000 in
A. A. A. cash for what he didn’t raise during the last two
years. This has brought out the dinerent ways
in which the Government handles the sharecrop
per situation.
The case of Mr. Campbell emphasizes the
old question of leased lands and tenant farming.
It calls attention to the huge sums collected
by the big man compared to the pittance re
ceived by the men who do the actual work.
It is on a par with the salaries and bonuses of
industrial magnates, which have been so fre
quently the subject of congressional investiga
tion. On this occasion the bonus was not pre
sented by the boss to himself: It was handed
-<fe to him by the lavisn uovernmeni wnau
Alle* Lanrworth. ington.
It Is still another instance when liberal can best be defined as
being liberal with the taxpayers' money.
(Copjrrlsbt. 103B)
—H
OUR ARE KILLED
flaryland-Virginia Accidents
Take Easter Toll.
Several Hurt.
Pour persons—a Miami couple on a
notor trip and two Virginians, one a
>edestrian—were killed and five others
vere injured in Maryland and Vir
;inia traffic accidents over Easter
veek end.
The injured, two of whom are in
:ritical condition in hospitals, in
:luded an Upper Marlboro high
ichool teacher, a Fredericksburg, Va.,
State Teachers’ College student; a
Surrattsville. Md., high school stud
;nt: an Aquasco. Md., woman, and a
Culpepper, Va.. man.
The dead are:
William Clarke, 54. and his wife,
Mrs. Laura Clarke of Miami; Hugh
Mastin, 35, of Shaffertown, Shenan
doah County. Va.. and a woman iden
tified as Mrs. Hey wood Foster of
Washington, Va.
In Critical Condition.
The teachers’ college student, Kath
erine Miller. 19, of Clinton. Md„ is in
Providence Hospital in a critical con
dition. after a blood transfusion. Her
throat was gashed when the car in
which she was a passenger was in
collision with another machine early
yesterday within sight of her home
The injured, in addition to Miss
Miller, are;
Thomas Miller, 17; her brother,
Thomas S. Gwynn. jr., 22. of Clinton;
Mrs. Ruth McPherson, 33. of Aquasco,
Md.. and Charles Jenkins of Wash
ington, Va.
76 Dead in Nation.
Traffic fatalities throughout the
Nation mounted today to 76. according
to Associated Press reports, with Mich
igan heading the list with 11 deaths,
followed by New York, Indiana and
Illinois with seven each.
The Clark machine crashed into a
stalled car shortly before dawn yes
terday at Waterloo, Md., killing Mrs.
Clark instantly. Her husband died
several hours later In St. Agnes Hos
pital, Baltimore.
State police held for investigation
James Harris, colored, of Myrtle street
southeast. Washington, who they said
was the owner of the machine stalled
on the boulevard. He is to have a
hearing tonight in Savage.
Burned to Death.
Mrs. Foster was burned to dtath
when the car in which she was riding
with Charles Jenkins of Washington.
Va.. crashed into a parked car on the
Sperryville pike, about 5 miles west
of Culpeper
Jenkins was seriously injured and
was taken to a Charlottesville hospi
tal.
The parked car was owned, accord
ing to police, by Louis Bach, whose
address was not learned. Both cars
burst into flames.
Jenkins was rescued by a passing
motorist, but Mrs. Foster was cre
mated before she could be reached.
Her body was taken to Culpeper.
Reluming From Dance.
The Clinton crash occurred as the
young people were returning from a
dance. Both machines burst into
flames from the impact. Miss Miller,
her brother, Gwynn and Gladys
Drum, 18, of South Carolina, were
taken to the Miller home by a passing
motorist and then to Providence
Hospital. Miss Drum was treated and
discharged.
The driver of the other car, accord
ing to State police, was William T.
Wilson. 29, of 1608 Twenty-second
street southeast. Washington, who was
ordered held pending the outcome of
Miss Miller's injuries.
Car Struck Tree.
Gwynn. who teaches geography and
history at the Marlboro School in
addition to being athletic director,
suffered possible internal injuries and
cuts and bruises. Thomas Miller re
ceived a fractured left arm, accord
ing to hospital attaches.
Mrs. McPherson, who was riding
w'ith her husband. Charles H. Mc
Pherson, 38. when their car struck a
tree near Brandywine, is believed to
have suffered several fractures, in
cluding a broken jaw. The extent of
her injuries is to be determined to
day by X-ray, hospital attendants said.
McPherson was treated for body
bruises and minor cuts and dismissed.
Hugh, Mastin was killed as he
walked along the Lee-Jackson High
way near New Market last night.
Deputy Sheriff Paul Boyden of Shen
andoah County, who investigated, said
the car which struck the pedestrian
was driven by Miss Emily Moseley of
Staunton, and that C. P, Moseley, her
brother, and Mrs. Earl Taylor, also
of Staunton, were riding in the car
with her.
Deaths reported by States: Califor
nia. 3; Colorado. 1; Connecticut, 2;
Kansas, 4; Massachusetts. 2; Minne
sota. 1; Mississippi. 2; Missouri, 4;
Montana. 1: Nebraska. 1; New Jersey,
i 5; Ohio, 2; Oklahoma, 1; Pennsyl
I vania, 6; Tennessee. 1; Texas, 2;
Utah. 2; Washington, 1; Wisconsin, 1;
! North Carolina. 1, and Kentucky, 1.
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Gallinger
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mittee on the District bill. Blanton
will be one of the conferees to work
out differences after the Senate passes .
the bill, but at this stage of the pro
ceedings the Senate and its committee
have not yet acted on any changes.
Differences between the two branches
on legislation usually are debated in
conference, after both Houses have
acted on a bill.
Thomas Suggests Change.
Describing his visit to Gallinger,
Senator Thomas said he learned
from patients that dying persons are |
left in wards, with a screen placed
around the bed. Objecting to the ef
fect this would have on other pa
tients. the Senator declared there was
room in the hospital to adopt a sys
tem of moving patients to a different
room when death is approaching in
stead of leaving them in the wards.
He said he plans to bring this ques
tion to the attention of the officials
in charge.
Without making known his iden
tity, the chairman of the Senate sub
j committee went through the hospital,
talking with internes and nurses as
well as with the patients. He said
additional funds for employment of
nurses probably was the chief need
of the hospital. Hie request of the
Commissioners for more personnel at
Gallinger is one of the health items
the Budget Bureau and the House
reduced.
Meanwhile. Dr. Edgar A. Bocock,
superintendent of Gallinger. reported
to the Commissioners the dally aver
age of patients at the hospital did
|^ot exceed 900 during March.