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WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 28,' 1936. *** PAGE B—1
INAUGURAL FETE
GUARANTY FUND OF
1100,000 SOUGHT
Budgeting Expenses Ex
pected to Permit Refunds
in Full.
QUICK CO-OPERATION
OF CAPITAL IS ASKED
Fleming Appoints Finance Aides
to Assist Raising of Sam From
Firms and Residents.
Request for subscriptions to the
$100,000 guarantee fund for the
Roosevelt inaugural ceremonies Jan
uary 20 was issued today by Robert
V. Fleming, president of the Riggs
National Bank, who is chairman of
the Inaugural Finance Committee.
Raising of the fund must be car
ried on intensively because of the ad
vanced date of the inauguration, he
said, asking for the co-operation of
Washington business men and other
residents.
He announced the selection of four
vice chairmen of his committee to as
sist in collection of the fund, all of
which will be returned to subscribers
provided revenues from the ceremon
ies are sufficient to meet all bills.
The inaugural will bring together a
greater number of Democratic party
leaders than any other occasion since
the national convention.
To the list of guests to be invited,
the Democratic national committee
men and committeewomen, Demo
cratic State chairmen and vice chair
men were added today by Rear Ad
miral Cary T. Grayson, general chair
man.
Special invitations will go forward
this week to these party officials in'
the hope a majority will be able to
attend. All the men and women who
accept will be guests of Presided
Roosevelt in his reviewing stand and
of the joint Congressional Committee
In charge of the ceremonies at the
Capitol.
Chairman Grayson and Commis
sioner George E. Allen, who is head
of the Reception Committee, antici
pate also that these State leaders will
be extensively entertained by State
societies and Young Democratic
Clubs, which are planning the social
features of the inaugural.
The vice chairmen named by Flem
ing are Floyd B. Wilson, president of
the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co., who served as chairman of the
Finance Committee for the 1933 In
augural; D. J. Callahan, supreme
treasurer of the Knights of Colum
bus and a member of the District
Unemployment Compensation Board;
Philip O. Coffin, who served the fin
ance group in 1933, and Mark Lans
burgh of Lansburgh & Bro., who was
viee chairman of the finance group
for the first Roosevelt inaugural.
100 Per Cent Refunds.
“In former inaugurals, a substan
tial amount of the guarantee fund
has been returned to subscribers,"
Fleming said. ‘Tn the case of the
last two inaugurals, the entire amount
was refunded, and large sums, repre
senting revenues in excess of expendi
tures, were devoted to charitable pur
poses."
Fleming said that while it was not
possible to promise that subscriptions
could be refunded in full, the same
method of control of receipts and ex
penditures is being employed that was
followed for the last two inaugurals.
Expenses Budgeted.
This involves the appointment of a
Budget and Auditing Committee to
pass on all expenditure of funds and
the sources of income as well. The
committee is headed by James A.
Councilor of the firm of Councilor &
Buchanan, certified public account
ants.
“Washington is fortunate in having
the opportunity of participating in the
arrangements for the inaugural cere
monies which, in addition to the im
portant business value to the com
munity, have always reflected great
credit upon the city,” Fleming said.
He asked that checks be sent to him
at the Riggs National Bank, made
payable to Corcoran Thom, treasurer
of the Inaugural Committee.
Floats to Be Urged.
Meanwhile some of the Democrats
of Prince Georges County, Md., are
planning to register a protest with
Chairman Cary T. Grayson of the
Inaugural Committee against elimin
ation of floats from the inaugural
parade. H. Winship Wheatley, Jr.,
of Hyattsville, president of the Young
Men’s Democratic Club of the county,
said:
"I intend to write the committee
and ask its members to change their
minds. We would like to enter three
floats in the parade, one of which
woidd depict the Resettlement Ad
ministration’s low-rent housing project
at Greenbelt. The floats would be
sponsored by the Democratic Clubs
of the Prince Georges. We were pre
paring to construct the floats when
we saw In the newspapers that Ad
miral Grayson would allow only mili
tary units In the line of march. I
intend to write the letter this week,
and I will perhaps contact some of
the committee members by telephone.”
36-MAN CREW SAVEO
FROM STRANDED SHIP
By the Associated Press.
NORFOLK. Va., December 28.—The
86-man crew of the Greek freighter
Mount Dlrfys, stranded on Prying Pan
Shoal on the North Carolina coast,
was taken off yesterday by the Coast
Guard cutter Modoc.
The cutter itself was almost pulled
aground while trying to float the
-8,217-ton, ore-laden steamer at high
water.
The fate of the ship was undeceided
last night, but some observers believed
the owners might find it necessary to
blow her up.
Commercial wrecking vessels, re
ported to have been ordered to help
her, were said unofficially to have' been
withdrawn. Lloyd’s representatives
probably will Inspect the ship today
to determine whether it Is feasible to
take off part of the Iron ore cargo
by lighters.
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Permission Granted
Kin of Garfield to
Visit White House
Bt the Associated Press.
Harry A. Garfield, 73, aon of
the late President James A. Gar
field. obtained permission today
for one of his 13 granchildren to
view the Inside of the White
House.
Garfield, president emeritus of
Williams College, Williamstown,
Mass., talked with a White House
secretary. ,
He was head of the Fuel Ad
ministration during the World
War.
DJ
IN CRASH OF PLANE
Student Pilot Injured In
Nose Dive at Alexandria
Airport.
By * Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 28.—
A Washington man was fatally in
jured in the nose-dive crash of a
small monoplane at the edge of the
Alexandria Aairport at Hybla Valley
yesterday afternoon. The student
pilot was injured.
Omar Hickman, 45, of 2207 Shan
non place southeast, Washington, an
employe of the Mayflower Hotel, died
at the Alexandria Hospital two hours
after being extricated from the
wrecked ship.
The hospital reported his death
resulted from a crushed chest, in
ternal and head injuries. Hickman
was a native of Crisfleld. Md.
Pilot in Hospital.
The pilot, George W. Stanford. 24,
son of George H. Stanford, operator
of a sea food cafe on Water street,
Washington, is being treated at the
hospital for a fractured right leg and
scalp lacerations. His condition is not
critical. Stanford holds a student
pilot's license.
Witnesses said tne plane went into
a nose dive when the pilot, attempt
ing to land, overshot the field and
maneuvered to avoid hitting a line of
trees. The plane dove from a height
of less than 200 feet as Stanford first
gunned the ship, and then attempted
a sharp bank to the left when he saw
he could not rise over the trees, they
said.
Officials at Beacon Field, where
Stanford housed the plane, said the
student pilot left there alone four
hours before the crash. They did not
learn where he landed to pick up
Hickman, but believed he planned to
land at the Hybla Valley Field to let
his passenger out before returning to
Beacon Field, a mile away.
Survived by 3 Sisters.
Hickman was employed as an oyster
shucker at the Mayflower Hotel. He
formerly held the same position at
Stanford’s cafe. He is survived by
three sisters. The body, removed to
the Cunningham Funeral Home here,
will be sent to Crisfleld late today for
burial.
The monoplane, which was buried
nose-deep in mud, Is owned jointly by
Stanford and another Washington
man. Stanford lives at 1724 Thirtieth
street southeast, Washington.
STATE STARTS PROBE.
Aviation Director Investigates Fatal
Hybla Valley Crash.
B? the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va., December 28 —
R. E. Steele, director of aviation for
the State Corporation Commission, in
vestigated today the death of Omar
Hickman of Crisfleld, Md., in a crash
at the Hybla Valley Airport, near
Alexandria.
Hickman, who was taking his first
flight, was fatally injured yesterday
when the engine of the airship piloted
by George Stanford of Washington
stalled at 200 feet. Hickman died later
in an Alexandria hospital.
MRS. JOHN W. DAVISON
OF ARLINGTON EXPIRES
Was Active as Church Worker in
County Many Years—First
Head of Ladies’ Guild.
The recent death of Mrs. John W.
Davison, 69, is grieved by her many
friends in Arlington County, Va., where
she was an active church worker for
many years.
Some 35 years ago Mrs. Davison,
before her marriage Miss Marion
Meade Fellows, identified herself with
St. Goerge’s Episcopal Church in
Clarendon, Va. Subsequently she was
an active worker for the estabUshment
of Grace Church in the county. She
was the first president of the ladies’
Guild of the latter church. For many
months before her death she con*
ducted the devotional services with
which the guild opened its meetings.
Mrs. Davison was for many years
a member of the Audubon Society
and in the Spring each year took
many trips into the country with the
members.
Mrs. Davison’s husband, her only
near survivor, has written articles for
The Star for many years.
TO WITHHOLD BILL
FOB BIRTH CONTROL
Representative Pierce Says Fight
for Measure Apparently Boomed
at Next Congress.
By tbe Associated Frew.
An author of birth control Mils in
recent Congresses has virtually de
cided to withhold Introduction of
legislation at the forthcoming session.
Representative Pierce, 75-year-old
Democratic member from Oregon,
said: "The time doesn’t seem ripe to
make another fight for the measures."
He expressed confidence, however,
that Congress eventually would act
favorably on proposals to allow physi
cians to disseminate birth control in
Xormtton.
Weather Man’s Offerings of a Year Ago and Today
Cloudy and Mercury Slump
Tonight Predicted—Rain
Tomorrow.
A return to normal temperatures
within the next 24 hours was predicted
by the Weather Bureau today.
Although this afternoon probably
will be mild, tonight will find the skies
clouding up and the mercury drop
ping. An overnight low temperature
of about 38 degrees is expected.
Tomorrow, the forecaster said, is
likely to be rainy in the afternoon or
night, with moderate north and north
east winds.
Temperature No Freak,
While the temperatures for the last
few days have been considerably
above normal, they have been far
short of any sort of freak records for
this time of year.
Yesterday's maximum—65 degrees
at 3 p.m—was 9 degrees below the
all-time •high’’ for December, the
mark of 74 being set December 19,
1924.
The fact the temperature has ex
ceeded 60 for two consecutive days
also is not so unusual, according to
the Weather Bureau.
After reaching a maximum of 59
on Christmas day the thermometer
registered 61 on Saturday.
Previous Highs Cited.
There have been several instances
in recent years when Washington had
as many as four days in a row of
temperatures of 60 or higher. On
Christmas day, 1932, the maximum
was 68 and on December 24, 1933,
t*> high mark was 69.
The average mean temperature for
this season, however, is about 34 de
grees, and for the last several days
the average has been some 20 de
grees above that.
Yesterday was a Summer day com
pared with December 27 last year,
when 6 inches of snow fell and the
temperature fell to 15 above zero.
This morning's “low” was 56 at
6 a.m. The reading was the same
three hours later.
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INQUESTS TODAY
IN TWO KILLINGS
Colored Man Said to Have Ad
mitted Shooting in Ar
gument.
BULLETIN.
Mrs. Frances Norene Kellison,
35, was held for grand jury action
by a coroner’s jury this afternoon
in connection with the shooting of
her husband, John H. Kellison,
during an argument in front of
their home, 1311 Eleventh street,
early Saturday.
Louis Randolph Gray, 38, colored,
who, according to police, has admitted
he shot and killed John O’Donnell, 27,
of 912 Twelfth street, during an ar
gument at Eleventh and M streets
early yesterday, was to appear today
at a coroner’s inquest into the shoot
mg.
O'Donnell vu shot through the
heart, and a companion—John Nolan,
25, of 311 C street southeast—was
wounded In the arm during an argu
ment which, police were told, was
started when Gray refused O’Donnell’s
request for a match.
Kelli ion Death Inquiry.
The coroner’s jury also was to In
vestigate the fatal shooting of John
H. Kelllson, 25, of 1311 Eleventh
street, early Saturday In front of his
home. The victim’s wife, Mrs. Frances
Norene Kelllson, 35, has been held at
the Woman’s Bureau. Police said she
admitted shooting her husband.
Detectives investigating the ODon
nell death said the victim, accom
panied by Nolan and a third man—
Rank Mangan, of the Twelfth street
address—stopped Gray and asked him
for a match. Gray was said to have
replied:
“Don’t ask me for nothing.”
Two Men Are Shot
O'Donnell, investigators were told,
struck at Gray, who stepped back,
drew a pistol and shot O’Donnell and
Nolan. Mangan, meantime, had leaped
behind a tree. He was uninjured.
O'Donnell died a few minutes after
being taken to Emergency Hospital.
Nolan, who was treated at Georgs
Washington Hospital, was not seri
ously hurt. '
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The warm spell which the Capital is enjoying this Yule season contrasted with the bleak
weather of the same time last year. The snow pictures, taken December 28, 1935, show a street
car tie-up on Fourteenth street south from F street and a group of youngsters v)ho thought the
weather ideal.
Pictures at left and right, made today, show Miss Gussie Pirone of 3321 Georgia avenue and
W. B. Hopkins of the Champlain Apartments who found the walking too warm for topcoats.
—Star Staff Photos.
W. P. A. SUSPECTED
Senator King Threatens to
Ask for Investigation by
Congress.
By the Associated Press.
Voicing a suspicion that “persons
within the W. P. A. organization"
were inspiring tetters to Senators
urging additional work relief appro
priations. Senator King, Democrat, of
Utah said today he would ask for
an investigation If he found the prac
tice general.
Favors Curtailed Fund.
He already is seeking to curtail
relief spending, declaring the work
.relief appropriation for the remainder
of the fiscal year should be held be
tween $250,000,000 and $300,000,000.
President Roosevelt twice has men
tioned the sum of $500,000,000 for
the remainder of the year. Harry L.
Hopkins, relief administrator, favors
$750,000,000.
With the debate over the size of
the relief program growing warmer,
King said “a cloud of tetters Is com
ing to Senators urging them to vote
for additional W. P. A. appropria
tions."
Believed Form Letters.
“I have no direct evidence," he
added, “but I suspect they are in
spired by persons with the W. P. A.
organization. They appear to be form
tetters.”
He displayed half a dozen letters,
which he said came from W. P. A.
workers.
“If I find that there is a concerted
effort to propagandize Congress,” King
said, “I shall not hesitate to call It
to the attention of the Senate and
introduce a resolution asking an in
vestigation.”
PRESIDENT TURNS
TO BUSY ROUTINE
Attendance at Church Services
Mark Close of Holiday
Respite.
Fresiden Roosevelt turned his at
tention today to a busy week of
preparation for a new Congress after
a week end of holiday relaxation
with members of his family.
Yesterday Mr. Roosevelt and mem
bers of the family attended services
at St. Thomas Episcopal Church,
during which Rev. Howard S. Wil
kinson, formerly canon at a Garden
City, Long Island, church, was installed
as rector. Right Rev. James E. Free
man, Episcopal Bishop of Washington,
preached the sermon. ,
In the presidential party were James
and Elliott Roosevelt, sons of the
President, and their wives; the two
Dali youngsters, grandchildren of the
President, and Mrs. James Roosevelt
of New York, sister-in-law of the
President.
Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt spent the week
end hi Boston with their son Franklin,
who is ill.
After the church service here, the
family had dinner at the White House
and the President vent most of the
afternoon and evening in his library.
..
Virginia Oytterman Drowns.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va„ December
38 OP).—No trace had been found
early today of the body of Albert Hol
loway, colored oysterman of Glouces
ter, who fell overboard from his
boat Saturday afternoon and was
drowned. The accident occurred at
the entrance of the small boat harbor
h
—
Holiday Ruined
WRIST WATCH, GIFT FROM
FATHER, STOLEN.
GEORGE SHIFLET,
Who received a wrist watch
from his father as a Christmas
gift, was robbed of his most
prized present and about 15
cents in cash when attacked
by a colored youth yesterday.
George, who is 10 and lives at
600 Independence avenue
southwest, was on his way to
a friend’s house to display his
watch. Fourth precinct police
hope to recover it for him.
—Star Staff Photo.
DETROIT TACKLES
TRAFFIC PROBLEM
Scientific Handling of Situation
Declared Worst in XT. S.
Is Proposed.
By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, December 28.—Detroit
plus to go after Its traffic problem
scientifically.
Declaring the problem in Detroit is
the worst of uy city in the United
States, Police Supt. Fred W. Frahm
said yesterday it was “to much to
expect that a problem of such pro
portions ud requiring such a fund of
experience and technical knowledge
could be solved by law enforcement
agencies.”
The plu is to be studied this week
by a committee of 10 citizens, with a
view of presenting it to Mayor Frank
Couzens fpr his signature.
The action follows four days of
traffic carnage, termed by the Police
Accident Bureau as the “worst four
days in the history of the bureau,”
during which at least 23 persons were
killed.
If the plu is approved ud adopted,
a traffic engineer will be employed who
will have complete charge of traffic,
except law enforcement.
I, 296 EXTORTION CASES
J. Edgar Hoover, director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, said
today that Federal agents had in
vestigated 1,296 extortion eases since
passage of the extortion act four
and one-half yean ago.
Writing to Representative Cochran,
Democrat, of Missouri, who offered
such legislation. Hoover said that:
Sixty-three persons are now In cus
tody in connection with violation of
the act; 269 convictions have been
secured; four suspects killed while
resisting arrest; two extortionists
committed suicide and 14 facing ex
tortion ihafsa wen found iaeaim
GIEGENGACK HOME
Public Printer’s Apartment
Visited During Christmas
Holidays Absence.
Keeping cool with the aid of electric
fans, thieves ransacked the apartment
of Public Printed A. E. Oiegengack in
the W&rdman Park Hotel, during his
absence over the Christmas holidays,
police reported today.
When Giegengack returned home
last night, he told police, the lights
had been turned out, but the fans
were still running. All the clothing
had been taken from bureaus and
closets and piled in the middle of the
bed room floor, and several handbags
belonging to Mrs. Giegengack had been
turned inside out.
Apparently, the thieves were seeking
only Jewelry or cash, because a quan
tity of silverware was untouched and
no clothing was missing. Giegengack
was not able to determine immediately
the extent of his loss.
Boy Interrupt* Burglary*
A burglar, who entered the home of
Richard G. Wootton, 1726 Upshur
street, while the family was out for an
auto ride yesterday, was less success
ful because of an unexpected interrup
tion by 11-year-old Francis Johnson,
1744 Taylor street, a friend of Woot
ton’s son, Dickey.
Francis had seen the Wootten fam
ily leave the house, and when he
passed a few minutes later and saw
the door ajar, he went up on the
porch and rang the bell.
A shabbily-dressed man came to the
door and asked what he wanted,
Francis told police. When he asked
for Dickey, the man asked him to
step inside. He ordered Francis to
sit in the comer and then left by
the back door. The family returned
later and found nothing had been
taken.
Robbed by Five Men.
Cecil J. Cottrell, 630 East Capitol
street, a Treasury Department clerk,
reported that five white men, one of
them armed, attacked him near his
home early today and robbed him of
(10, a ring and his watch.
At the cleaning establishment of
Benjamin Isaacson, 1721 Wisconsin
avenue, a rear door was removed from
its hinges and about (45 worth of
clothing taken.
A rear window was taken out at
the tailor shop owned by George
Parr, 70 I street northeast, and (75
worth of clothing stolen.
TWO SHIPS DAMAGED
IN CHESAPEAKE CRASH
Non* Hurt u Steamer and Bay
Boat Collide Outside Balti
more Harbor*
Bj the Auoelmtcd Praia.
BALTIMORE, December M—The
Bull Lin* steamer Evelyn and the bay
boat City of Richmond, carrying 36
passengers and a cargo, collided near
dawn yesterday just outside the Balti
more harbor.
Nobody was hurt and neither vessel
was badly damaged. The Oily of
Richmond, inbound, had its steel
bow blunted, and the Evelyn, out
bound, had a small hole m Its side.
There appeared to have been some
mix-up in the signals. "It was Just a
misunderstanding,’* said Capt. E. F.j
e
A
UNIVERSITIES LOSE
Portion of Worth Estate to
Be Paid to Next of Kin,
Court Rules.
A legal fight by George Washington
and American Universities for a $25,
000 share of the estate of the late
Wilmer Worth failed today in the
United States Court of Appeals, which
held that the portion should be paid
to the next of kin of the testator.
Mr. Worth died here November 13,
1933, leaving a considerable estate and
a will which had been executed 10
days earlier. After making certain
specific bequests, he left the residue of
his property to New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church, George Wash
ington and American Universities and
Garfield Hospital.
Gift to Church Invalid.
All parties concerned admitted the
gift to the church was invalid under
a provision of the District code that
all bequests to religious institutions
must be made at least a month before
death. Therefore, the question arose
whether the share which would have
gone to the church should be divided
among the two universities and the
hospital, or be declared intestate prop
erty and divided among the next of kin.
The probate court instructed the
executor, the Riggs National Bank, to
pay the church's share to the next of
kin, and the two universities appealed
that ruling, which was affirmed today
by the appellate court.
van unnel Gives Baling.
Speaking for the court. Associate
Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel said the
tribunal could not take upon itself the
task of deciding what the testator
would wish done with that portion of
his estate covered by the invalid be
quest.
The next of kin who will profit by
the decision all live elsewhere. They
are a brother, Francis Worth, and the
following nieces and nephews: Mrs.
Florence Kneeland, Mrs. May E.
Mathias, Ernest W. Worth, Mrs. Ola
W. Cann and Mrs. Eloise Worth
MaUner.
The bank was represented by At
torney Arthur J. Phelan and the next
of kin by Attorneys Austin Canfield
and William T. Hannan.
HIT-RUN DRIVER SOUGHT
Search for an automobile bearing
District license plates which is alleged
to have killed a 13-year-old boy at
Sydney, N. Y„ in a hit-and-run acci
dent yesterday was asked of police to
day. The request jvas made by Mary
land authorities, who said they had
been notified of the case by New York
police.
The car was said by New York police
to have been listed to a Washington
woman. It was said here, however,
that the woman has not lived in the
District for some time. There was no
information available regarding the
identity of the driver or whether the
car had been stolen.
BAND CONCEBT.
By the Marine Band in the audi
torium at 3 pm. tomorrow. Capt.
Taylor Branson, leader; William F.
Santelm&nn, second leader.
Program.
The Marines’ Hymn.
Trombone quartet, “Little Town of
Bethlehem" __Redner
Harold Bayes, D. S. Harpham. Dale
1 Harpham and Albert Bennert.
Arrangement by Albert Bennert.
"Children's March’*_Goldman
“Hallelujah Chorus” from “The
Messiah” ..Handel
Comet solo, "The Birthday of a
King” -_Nedlinger
Robert DeHart.
Chorals from “Christmas Oratorio,”
Bach
Trio for vibraphone, harp and
eeleste, "Silent Night.”
, Charles Owen, Joshua Tyler and Luis
Guzman.
"Parade of the Wooden Soldiers,”
Jeasel
Cornet solo, "Cantique de Noel”.Adam
Winfred Kemp.
"A Sleigh Ride”_Moeart
With obbligato of five sets of tuned
sleigh bells, by Charles Owens and
Oliver Zlnsmelster.
"The Bells of St. Marys”_Adams
With chimes obbligato.
Trio for violin, cello and harp, "Gesu
Bambino”-- Yon
Second Leader William P. Santel
mann, violin; John .Auer, cello, and
Joshua Tyler, harp.
"O Dome, All Ye Faithful.” .
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DRIVE LAUNCHED
BY 300 DOCTORS
President Extends Good
Wishes to Health Serv
ice Gathering.
INCREASED PUBLIC
INTEREST GRATIFYING
Surgeon General Farran Tells
Gathering of Co-ordinated
Control in U. S.
The country's first co-ordinated
Nation-wide drive against venereal
disease, which, according to one re
port, afflicts 18,000,000 persons in
America, or 14 per cent of the popu
lation, was launched today by tha
United States Public Health Service
with the good wishes of President
Roosevelt.
"You have my best wishes for suc
cess,” the President wrote Surgeon
General Thomas H. Parran in a letter
expressing disappointment at being
unable to attend the three-day con
ference on veneral disease control
work, opened this morning in tha
Commerce Department Auditorium.
"There has been a gratifying In
crease of public interest in the prob
lem now before you,” continued tha
letter, which was read to the 300
doctors, educators and laymen on
hand for the occasion by Miss Jose
phine Roche, Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, whose duties includa
supervision of the Public Health Serv
ice.
"My understanding is that out of
your deliberations will come a state
ment of principles and methods. Tha
Federal Government is deeply inter
ested in conserving the resources of
the country, and your work will do
much to conserve the human re
sources."
Dangers Given Publicity.
Dr. Parran's chief reason for call
ing the conference was to publicize
the dangers of syphillls and gonor
rhea, he told the throng of experts^
but he added that a rising public in
terest nevertheless is outdistancing the
facilities for controlling the plagues.
"The idea apparently is catching
on,” he said, "among American peo
ple that syphilis is a disease which
can be controlled.
"But many physicians are not pre
pared to give adequate treatment. The
laboratory facilities of the country
need to be considered and improve
ments made. We need more assist
ance from public health departments.
“We want this to be a working
rather than a talking conference.
There is a vast difference in the need*
of the 48 States, and there is a differ
ence even within the States, but wa
want to adopt a set of general, under
lying principles.”
The duty of the city health depart
ment in this fight is to educate tha
public, find infectious cases and treat
patients, Dr. Walter Clarke, director
of the Bureau of Social Hygiene of tha
New York City Department of Health,
said.
The chief problem facing the med
ical practitioner in gonorrhea, tha
gathering was told by Dr. P. S. Pelouze,
associate in urology and assistant
genito-urinary surgeon at the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania School of Med
icine, is to enlighten the patient of
his need for treatment.
Three Definite Groups.
"The physician has to deal with
the pleasure-loving American youth,
which rather sharply divides Itself
into three groups;
"Those conscientious individuals
who deplore their plight and carry
out every medical instruction; those
who by nature are so shiftless that
they do as they please, and the larg
est group composed of those who can
be encouraged to follow the light if
some one takes the pains to show it to
them.
"The eecond group are active dis
ease spreaders and should be denied
human contacts until they era
cured; the third group is the real cam
paign challenge.”
Dr. > R. A. Vonderlehr, assistant
surgeon general, this morning gave an
eight-point program for attacking
syphilis. His plan includes:
Full-time venereal disease control
officers in every State; free distribu
tion by States of anti-syphilitic drugs;
more general use of the dark-field test
to detect early phases of syphilis;
more widespread use of epidemiologic
investigations to determine the source
of Infection; more reliable disease and
death reports; development of more
clinics and other facilities for treat
ment; higher standards for State rec
ognition of venereal disease clinics,
and more liberal allotments of publlo
money for control projects.
It was William F. Snow, general
director of the American Social Hy
giene Association, who estimated that
6,000,000 men, women and children in
this country are afflicted with syphilis
and about twice that number suffer
from gonorrhea. Most of the diseased
are between 16 and 30 years of age,
he said.
“Aside from the naturally appeal
ing reasons for stamping out syphilis,
such as the physical handicaps and
suffering, the emotional distress, eco
nomic burdens and the broken homea
to which it is related, there is also
a staggering tax load which can bo
traced to the disease.” Dr. Snow said.
"Thousands of its sufferers, their
personal funds exhausted and treat
ments delayed until their heart! or
other organ* are damaged, are in free
hospital wards or being cared for by
visiting nurses’ societies.”
Paul de Kruif, Ph. D.. of Holland,
Mich., author of a number of best
selling books on medicine and disease,
la to speak this afternoon on "Public
Education in the Control of Syphilis.”
Other first day speakers include Dr.
Edward S. Godfrey, New York State
commissioner of health; Dr. Earle G.
Brown, secretary of the Kansas State
Board of Health; Dr. Walter Clarke,
director of the Bureau of Social Hy
giene, New York City Health Depart
ment; Dr. P. S. Pelouze, Dr. John H.
Stokes. Dr. H. H. Hasen, professor of
dermatology, Howard University, and
Homer Polks, executive secretary of
the New York State Charities Aid As
sociation.
The District of Columbia is regww
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