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PRESIDENT TO KEEP
PRESENT CABINET
Law Requires Action on
Postmaster General—Oth
ers Stay Automatically.
BY G. GOl’LD LINCOLN.
President Roosevelt will begin his
second term of office Wednesday with
out change in his cabinet, it is now
expected.
It is considered probable that the
President will not send to the Senate
any new appointment of these cabinet
officers, with the exception of the
Postmaster General. Under the law,
definite provision is made that the
term of the Postmaster General shall
be co-extcnsive with the term of the
President appointing him, and for one
month thereafter.
Postmaster General James A. Farley
will be reappointed by the President,
unless Mr. Farley for reasons of his
own should asked to be relieved. There
has been no indication from Mr. Far
ley that he intends to make such a
request.
The law relating to the appoint
ment of the Postmaster Genera', is as
follows:
"There shall be at the scat of Gov
ernment an executive department to
be known as the Post Office Dcpert
ment, and a Postmaster General, who
shall be the head thereof, ar.d who
shall be appointed by the President,
by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, and who mav be iemov?d
in the same manner; and the term of
the Postmaster General shall be for
and during the term of the President
bv whom he is appointed, and for one
month thereafter, unless sooner re
moved."
Farley Reappointed.
The President, may, under the law,
therefore, immediately reappoint Mr.
Farley as Postmaster General or send
in his appointment during the month
following. When the late President
Woodrow Wilson began his second
term of office in March, 1917, he re
tained his cabinet, but did not send in
reappointments for any of them.
Albert Sidney Burleson of Texas was
his Postmaster General. About a year
later, the question of the law relating
to appointment of Postmaster Gen
eral was raised in the Senate and
attention called to the fact that Bur
leson was holding over without having
b^en reappointed. So President Wilson
then sent to the Senate a reappoint
ment of his Postmaster General and
It was confirmed.
It has bpen the practice in recent
years, when a President has begun
ft SACond term, not to reappoint mem
bers of the cabinet whom he wished
to continue in office except, in the
case of the Postmaster General. Their
commissions state that their appoint
ments and their service are at the
pleasure of the President. The late
President Calvin Coolidge. who be
came President on the death of War
ren G. Harding in August, 1923, after
his election and inauguration sent to
the Senate only two cabinet appoint
ments. They were those of Harry 3.
New for a second term as Postmaster
General and of Charles Warren of
Michigan to be Attorney General.
New's nomination was confirmed, but
that of Warren rejected—on a tie
vote. Former Vice President Charles
G. Dawes, who had been taking a
nap at his hotel, rushed to the Senate
too late to save Warren.
Mellon Held Over.
When Herbert Hoover succeeded
Coolidge as President, he sent to the
Senate an entire new cabinet, with
the exception of the Secretary of the
Treasury. Andrew W. Mellon, and the
Secretary of Labor, James J. Davis,
now Senator from Pennsylvania. Both
Mellon and Davis had served first in
the Harding and then in the Coolidge
cabinets. The right of Mr. Mellon to
serve as Secretary of the Treasury
had been challenged in the Senate by
Senator MeKellar of Tennessee, on the
ground that Mellon's stockholdings
barred him under the law from that
office. It was well understood that
If Mellon's name were sent in again
to the Senate, there would be a con
test, over his confirmation and con
siderable debate. The debate came
anyway, MeKellar presented a reso
lution which was referred to the
Judiciary Committee, declaring that
Mellon should have been reappointed
and that he was ineligible because
of his business holdings. The Judici
ary Committee reported that the Sec
retary of the Treasury did not have
to be reappointed—that only the Post
master General had to be reappointed
when beginning a second or third term
of office and that Mellon was not de
barred.
If President Roosevelt follows the
course of his immediate predecessors,
he will not submit new nominations of
his cabinet officers. If, on the other
hand, he desires to do so there seems
no doubt he can have quick confirma
tion of the appointments at the hands
of the Senate.
The fact that Postmaster General
Farley has continued on as chairman
of the Democratic National Committee
has been Irksome to a few of the
Senators, particularly to Senator
Norris of Nebraska. Whether the Ne
braska Senator will feel so strongly
about the matter as to raise his voice
In the Senate if and when Mr. Farley's
reappointment is received, remains to
be seen. Norris, who deserted the
Republican Party first to support
President Roosevelt and then to run
himself as an Independent for re
election to the Senate, had the support
of the President and his Postmaster
General for re-election last November.
No Resignations Submitted.
So far as is known, none of the
members of the cabinet have sub
mitted their resignations to the Presi
dent. In fact, it is reported that some
of the cabinet- officers have asked the
President whether they should take
such action and that the President
answered “no.” This seems to confirm
the belief that the President does not
at this time intend to make any
changes in the personnel of his official
family.
In the case of members of the dip
lomatic corps serving in foreign posts,
Ambassadors and Ministers, the prac
tice has been for them all to submit
their resignations at the end of a
presidential term. The President ac
cepts them or not as he desires. But
in the matter of cabinet officers there
seems to be no compulsion to submit
resignations, or at least no general
practice of that kind.
The present Secretary of War, Harry
Woodring, was appointed to that post
after the death of Secretary Dern last
Summer. He is serving under a recess
appointment, and can so serve until
the close of the present session of the
Senate. It Is understood that the
President does not intend to send
Woodring’s nomination to the Senate
at this time for confirmation. At the
time Woodring was appointed Secre
tary. it was said at the White House
that the appointment was temporary
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Readers' Guide
ond
News Summary
The Sunday Star, Jan. 17, 1937,
PART ONE.
Main News Section.
FOREIGN.
Fascist bombs wreck V. S. Consulate
at Malaga. Spain. Page A-l
Duke of Windsor may join Mrs.
Simpson soon. Page B-3
NATIONAL.
Dr. Mattson says son was slain for
knowing "too much.” Page A-l
Gov. Marland of Oklahoma receives
demand for $5,000. Page A-I
T. V. A. chairman proposes truce with
private power interests. Page A-l
$14,000 gold bar missing from French
ship s cargo. Page A-l
Bureau of Investigation asked to aid
in Trader case. Page A-l
Pilgrimage to Capital for inaugural
gets under way. Page A-l
President to keep present cabinet for
second term. Page A-J
Byrd presses reorganization fight in
radio address. Pag« A •!
Hamilton advises G. O. P. to culti
vate labor. Page A-«
Showdown predicted in seamen's ln
terunion strife. Page A-12
Drnhardt to testify in death of
fiancee. Page B-3
SPORTS.
New "farm" system to be put in effect
by Washington club. Page B-7
Capital tennis players are ranked In
various classes. Page B-*
Catholic U. surprises by 4-all tie with
Duke boxing team. Page B-9
Maryland loses stirring basket battle,
wins in ring easily. Page B-9
Dempsey doesn't look for knockout in
Braddock-Schmeling go. Page B-10
Odell, young heavy hope, being nursed
along on coast. Page B-10
Harness regulations being revised to
prevent "scoring.” PageB-11
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Federation asks joint committee on
fiscal proposals. Page A-1
Mapes report may outweigh Jacobs’
with subcommittee. Page A-I
Maj. Gen. Le Jeune resigns as super
intendent of V. M. I. Page A-11
Federal pay bill awaits civil service
report. Page B-l
Police report no large influx of strik
ing seamen. Page B-l
Officials pay honor to Moran on his
retirement. Page B-l
Commissioners submit nine bills to
Senator King. Page B-l
Mai. Berry presents wage and hour
| bills. Page B-3
MISCELLANY.
Washington Wayside. Page A-?
; Lost and found. Page A-3
Obituary. Page B-l#
i Vital statistics. Page B-l ‘
i Traffic convictions. PageB-12
City news in brief. Page B-12
Resorts. Page B-4
PART TWO.
Editorial Section.
Editorial articles. Pages D-l-3
Editorials and comment. Page D-2
Civic news. Page D-4
Military and veterans’
news. Pages D-3-7
Women's clubs. Pages D-8-7
Parent-teacher activities. Page D-6
Educational. Pages D-8-1#
PART THREE.
Society Section.
So^ety news. Pages E-l-10
Well-known folk. Page E-4
Barbara Bell pattern. Page E-9
PART FOUR.
Feature Section.
News features. Pages F-l-4
John Clagett Proctor. Page F-2
Dick Mansfield. Page F-2
Radio programs. Page F-3
Amusements. page jr.5
Automobiles. page F.g
Aviation. Page F.g
Children's. Page F-7
High lights of history. Page F-7
PART FIVE.
Financial, Classified.
Trade irregular in week. Page G-l
Staples continue advance. Page G-l
Utility shares in favor. Page G-l
Steel leads stocks (table). Page G-2
Corporate bonds gain
(table). Page G_3
Curb list higher (table). Page G-4
Classified advertising. Pages G-5-15
Winning contract. Page G-5
Public Library’. Page g-5
Stamps. PageG-16
Cross-word puzzle. Page G-16
in character. However, even in the
case of Woodring, it is believed there
will be no Immediate change, and that
he will continue as Secretary of War
for a time at least. Already there are
many candidates for the job. Among
those mentioned has been Paul V.
McNutt, until recently Governor of
Indiana and a former national com
mander of the American Legion.
As far as Mr. Farley is concerned,
no one doubts the President would
continue him in the cabinet. It has
been reported that for personal rea
sons Mr. Farley would like to get into
private business again, and that he
may retire when opportunity arises.
Firm In Position*.
Despite efforts in some quarters to
dislodge Secretary of Commerce Roper
and Secretary of Labor Perkins, there
Is a strong belief they will be con
tinued in office. So far as the rest of
the cabinet officers are concerned their
continuance in the service is expected.
Secretaries Hull of the State Depart
ment, Morthenthau of the Treasury,
Wallace of the Department of Agri
culture and Ickes of the Interior are
regarded as impregnable, and also At
torney General Cummings. Secretary
Swanson will be continued as head of
the Navy Department, although there
has been some talk of his going into
another office at a later time.
Any shake-up in the cabinet prob
ably will wait, it is believed, upon the
enactment of the proposed new reor
ganization act, which the President
has asked at the hands of Congress.
Under that proposal there will be cre
ated two new cabinet offices. Secre
tary of Public Works and Secretary of
Social Welfare, and the name of the
Interior Department will be changed
to the Department of Conservation.
It may require two or three months,
or even longer, to get this new law
through Congress. The regrouping of
Government agencies may call for men
with certain specific qualifications to
head the departments under which
these agencies will come.
The name of Jesse Jones, now head
of the Reconstruction Finance Corp.,
has been mentioned in connec
tion .with a possible realignment of
the cabinet. However, Congress has
just passed a law extending the opera
tions of the R. F. C. for another two
years and the President may wish to
keep Mr. Jones in his present place.
The names of Harry L. Hopkins and
John H. Winant have been suggested
for appointment to head the proposed
new Departments of Public Works and
Social Welfare.
Martin Leads Strikers in Evacuation of Plants
It icas a happy group of strikers that Homer Martin (indi
cated. by arrowK president of the United Automobile Workers,
led out of General Motors Fleetwood plant in Detroit, Mich.,
yesterday as evacuation of strike-bound plants was started in
accordance w>th the agreement between union and corporation
officials. They marched to the Cadillac plant, where they joined
other strikers and all gathered in a nearby hall for a mass
meeting. Conferences for permanent settlement of the strike
are to start tomorroic. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
IN TOLEDO STRIKE
Assistant Labor Secretary
Offers to Serve as
Conciliator.
B5 the Associated Preen.
TOLEDO, Ohio, January 16—Ed
mund Puffin, Todelo industrial peace
, board director, announced late today
Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward
F. McGrady offered to assist in efforts
to settle a Gas Employes' Union strike
against the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. and the
Northwestern Ohio Natural Gas Co
McGrady called by long distance
telephone and asked whether he could
be of service, Ruffin said.
The peace board director told Mc
Grady he was not needed immediately
and informed him of a scheduled ses
sion of the board to consider the sit
uation.
Developments within the ensuing
24 hours will determine whether a re
quest will be made for the Labor De
partment's "ace trouble shooter,'
Ruffin said. Secretary Perkins had
previously assigned Hugh S. Kerwin
Federal conciliator, to investigate the
controversy.
Plans to Leave Today.
(At Washington McGrady an
nounced he would leave by airplane
tomorrow morning for Toledo to par
ticipate in a conference between gas
plant employers and striking em
ployes tomorrow afternoon.)
Consumers admittedly were "jittery”
1 tonight as an emergency crew of 25
men maintained gas service under an
agreement between the companies and
union.
viiy Manager Jonn N. Edy received
assurances from company executives
and union officials there would be no
suspension of service after 270 union
members abandoned their posts today.
The union called the strike after
negotiations over a written contract
collapsed. Skeleton union crews re
mained until the companies secured
men to replace them.
Three plants and one booster unit
serve approximately 70,000 domestic
and 300 industrial gas consumers in
this city of 250,000 population.
Members Sit in Cars.
The union established no picket
lines, although members sat in auto
mobiles near the plants.
A sharp drop in temperature may
convert minor service troubles into
emergencies, company officials said.
A gas line leak developed today, af
fecting 25 homes, but workmen re
paired it immediately.
I. A. Ludwig. Ohio Fuel Gas Co.
manager, said the limited crew may
be unable to provide complete service
indefinitely, although for the present
consumer demands could be met.
Union President R. J. Boudrie said
.the workers asked for a signed con
tract, wage increases and other con
cessions in an ll-polnt proposal sub
mitted to the companies.
McGrady ended a similar strike
under a temporary agreement last
August. The Toledo Industrial Peace
Board averted a threatened strike last
November in which similar demands
were involved.
Ralph Lind, mediator in a Federa
tion of Flat Glass Workers' strike
against the Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass
Co., announced today he would not
call a joint conference pending re
sults of peace negotiations in a Pitts
burgh Plate Glass Co. strike.
PAINT TRADE DROPS
Shipping Strike Contributes to
Sharp Decline.
The shipping strike was a principal
factor contributing to a sharp decline
in United States foreign trade in paint
products, both exports and imports,
during November, it was reported
yesterday by the Commerce Depart
ment. Accumulative totals for the 11
months of 1936, however, are well
above those for the same period of
1935.
The total value of paint product
exports was 11,413.000 in November,
a decrease of $310,000 as compared
with the record for November, 1935.
Imports of industrial drying oils, the
bulk of which are obtained from the
Orient, fell off during the month.
>
Van Decanter Frankly Pleads ;
Ignorance of Duck Stamp Laic;
n? i nr rt.'sociH'ru r< P55,
Supreme Court Justice Willis Van'
Devanter frankly pleaded ignorance
of a duck law yesterday on learning
that Federal officials had recom
mended that he be charged with hunt
ing without ft $1 stamp.
The 77-year-old jurist said he did
not know that a stamp should have
been attached to his license when he
went shooting last month in Virginia.
But Ira N. Gabrielson. chief of the
Bureau of Biological Survey, indicated
i that ignorance of the law was no ex
i cuse. Gabrielson said the bureau had
I recommended to the solicitor of the
Agriculture Department that a charge
be filed.
"We make no exceptions for persons
of prominence,” said Gabrielson.
George King, a game warden, re
ported the judge lacked the stamp
required on all hunting permits on
December 8 while hunting at Beliftont
Bay. in nearby Virginia.
Van Devanter recalled that the
Gold
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! soupy weather. But the gold was in
i the ship's guarded strong box. which
| crew members swore had r.ot been j
opened.
The queer part of it was that only ]
the one bar was taken. The ship
carried a gold bullion cargo estimated
at almost six million dollars.
The theft was discovered by a sharp
! eyed driver of a mail truck after
j having gone unnoticed during un
| loading. He saw an eight-inch slit
in one of a group of parrel post bags
assigned to the Irving Trust Co. of
New York, and refused to accept it.
; The bag was supposed to carry two
j bars of bullion. When examined, it
! carried only one.
Two Held a* Smuggler*.
Investigators pinned their hopes of
recovering the gold on two seamen
"ducK shooting trip was made on
invitation of Rev. Ze Barney Phillips,
chaplain of the Senate. The judge
asserted a game warden informed him
•'that lots of other hunters” did not •
have the stamps because they did not
know about the law.
•"We had not shot any du£ks. and
I offered to get out the blind and go
to a nearby post office and get one
at once,” the justice said, ''The in
spector said it was not necessary, fie |
said to get one when we finished shoot- i
ing. The inspector was very pleasant." ;
F. P. Callahan, in charge of game j
law enforcement, expressed surprise;
that any hunter did not know about1
the stamp Jaw, which became effective j
in 1934.
Callahan said more than 1,000.000 I
of the stamps had been purchased in j
the last two fiscal years. He added ;
• more than 100" cases had been filed i
in Federal courts against hunters I
lacking stamp* The maximum pen-1
alty imposed so far ha* been *100 fine.
taken from the ship and charged with
smuggling narcotics.
French pc«tal officials who stood
guard over the Paris’ strong room said
there was no question the guld ship
ment was intact when it left France.
When the ship arrived in Quaran
tine the fog was so thick the usual
procedure of taking off mail was de
layed until she docked.
Police and owners of the line
operating the Paris disagreed as to
whether the gold was insured. They j
agreed, however, that a gold bullion
bar would be most difficult to cash
because of the United States Govern- 1
ment’s gold confiscation policy.
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Modern Trend.
Willson Park, Salem, Oreg., Is to be
the site of a magnificent new capitol
building at a cost of *2,500,000. to
be built In a beautiful modern design.
Symbolic of the State, the figure of
the Oregon pioneer Is to crown the
capitol tower.
HISTORY IN THE MAKING
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Carries Reorganization
Campaign to Farmers
of Nation.
Senator Byrd. Democrat, of Virginia
carried forward his campaign for re
organization of the executive agencies
of the Federal Government in a radio
address to the farmers of the Nation
yesterday.
The Senator, chairman of the Sen
ate committee studying the reorgani
zation problem, said on a National
Grange program the Government’s
debt is virtually equal to the value of
all agricultural capital in the country.
He praised the grange for resolu
tions passed at the last convention
indorsing efforts for efficiency and
economy in the Government.
Concerning temporary agencies of
the Government, Byrd said:
“Congress set up these agencies and
called them temporary; and in doing
so. Congress virtually said to the Na
tion. ’These agencies are temporary.'
for it fixed the date on which they
were to expire. If the emergency is
over, we should dismantle some of
these costly temporary structures. If
it isn’t over, the country should be
told."
Later, in an interview, the Senator
said he did not consider the defeat
Friday of his effort to shorten the life
extension of the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. a major setback in his
drive for reorganization.
On the contrary, he said, he did
not consider the vote a clear test of
the question of reorganization. The
vote of 23 to 52 was on his motion
to amend Senator Glass’ resolution
extending the life of the R. F. C. tc
July 1. 1939. The Byrd amendment
would have reduced the extension tc
July 1. 1938.
The Senator said if any reorganiza
tion plan is effected, it can not become
effective until the end of the next
fiscal year, inasmuch as the budget
for the fiscal year 1938 has already
been drafted.
Therefore, he said, agencies such as
the R. F. C., operating under specific
time limits, should be continued on
an annual basis, since it would be
less difficult to abolish any agency at
the end of its authorized lifetime than
during its tenure of life.
After the Byrd amendment was
beaten, the Glass resolution went
through, with only Byrd dissenting.
Byrd explained that his purpose In
voting “no" on the final ballot was
to be consistent in his position.
The Senator said he considered the
23 votes cast in support of his posi
tion to shorten the extension by one
year an irreducible minimum of sup
port to be expected in his reorganiza
tion drive, with a possibility that on
the clear-cut question of reorganiza
tion other support may be forthcoming,
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
Rear admiral Charles st.
JOHN BUTLER, U. S. N„ M.
C.. in command of the Naval
Medical Center here, had a
visit yesterday from a gentleman who
desired to show him a lie detector
he had invented, an elaborate ma
chine, operated by electricity. The
inventer wished the admiral to try it
out on his colleagues or in the clinic
maintained at the Naval Medical
School.
"Your machine is no good,” said
the admiral, who is a fellow of infinite
jest. "I have the best lie detector in
the world, it never falls to work,”
opening a drawer in his desk as he
talked.
Suddenly he produced a small slip
of paper, the upper half of the front
of an envelope, on which the post
mark had not cancelled the stamp.
jl
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“Show that to any person you
know.” the admiral went on. “and ask
him If he would use the uncancelled
stamp on another letter. If he says
‘no' you know he is lying.”
The inventor picked up his ma
chine, on which he had labored for
years, and as he departed he was
overheard saying:
“Why didn't I think of that, too?”
♦ * * *
CONFUSED.
This one sounds too good to be
true, hut Beverly White, a desk
clerk at the National Press Club,
vouches for it.
An unidentified lad walked into
the club at an early hour one
morning—too early for any news
paper man to be clubbing—carrying
a suit over his arm. His leant, he
explained, was a fine fob of pressing
for the suit.
The "cop on the corner,” he
added, had told him that was a
"pressing club.”
Oh, well.
* * * *
RAT.
'T'HIS is a story about a rat in the
A Nelson C. Bean hen house.
The Beans, who live in Arlington,
specialize in fine poultry, half for
the fun of it and the other half be
cause they like good fried chicken.
The other night Mrs. Bean heard a
disturbance in the hen house. Mr.
Bean heard nothing, not even his wife,
when she tried to awaken him, so
she ventured forth alone.
Flashlight in one hand, stick in
the other, she entered to find what
she thought was a large rat. As it
grew larger and larger, Mrs. Bean
grew more and more frightened. In
stead of retreating, however, she just
made more and more noise until rein
forcements arrived in the form of
Mr. Bean. With gun, ax and spade, he
finally subdued the rat which, when
stretched out for measurement, turned
out to be a possum.
m * * at
EXCLUSIVE COMMONS.
V^,THEN does a common name become
uncommon? The Washington
Telephone Directory has nine of its
columns filled by persons named Jones.
The same book lists only four in
dividuals named Mahon.
Yet this year there are two Mahons
and only one Jones serving in the
Congress. And the two Mahons have
the same initials—G. H
A telephone conversation between
the Texas and South Carolina Rep
resentatives was reported as follows:
•'Hello—Congressman Mahon? This
j is Congressman Mahon speaking.”
"How do you do? Congressman
Mahon is delighted to meet Congress
! man Mahon.”
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Wru.e
m-acM 'ftvA t
-T„,s .% via»»rf/ ;»)
ire *tc. X 3
Congressman Mahon would be hon
ored if Congressman Mahon would
visit Congressman Mahon In Congress
man Mahon's office.”
Congressman Mahon accepts Con
gressman Mahon’s invitation and
Congressman Mahon will come to
Congressman Mahon's office immedi
ately.”
* * * *
EXPLAINED.
An acid-faced lady of uncertain
years ran for a Chevy Chase bus
last week, waving her arms at the
driver. The bus was some distance
past the stop when the driver saw
her and pulled to the curb.
The lady, out of breath, mounted
the step and in a gasping but re
proachful voice said: “Driver. I
waved and waved at you. Why
didn’t you pay attention to me?”
Whereupon a deep voice from the
Nye to Speak in Forum
SENATOR TO DISCUSS NEUTRALITY LAWS TOMORROW NIGHT.
The steps that must be taken if this
country is to remain neutral in event
of a foreign war will be outlined by
Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Da
kota in an address on the National
Radio Forum over station WRC at
10:30 p.m. tomorrow.
Speaking from Washington over the
forum, arranged by The Washington
Star and broadcast over a coast-to
coast network of the National Broad
casting Co, Senator Nye is expected to
discuss errors in this country's policy
of neutrality that led to its entry into
the World War and to suggest means
of keeping America neutral if another
European war breaks out.
One of the best informed men in the
Senate on neutrality problems. Sena
tor Nye headed that body's Munitions
Committee, which conducted an ex
haustive investigation of armaments
last year.
Senator Nye is a firm believer in
mandatory neutrality legislation and is
expected to play a leading role in the
flght now looming In Oongress on this
vital question
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SENATOR NYE.
SHEPPARD FLAYS
REPEAL RESULTS
Evils Greater Than Before,
Says Senator on Prohi
bition Anniversary.
Three years after repeal, beverage
alcohol 1* more of a danger and
menace to America than ever before.
Senator Sheppard. Democrat, of Texas,
author of the eighteenth amendment,
told the Senate yesterday on the
seventeenth anniversary of the adop
tion of national prohibition.
"It is also evident.” he declared,
"that those who brought about re
peal have not remedied the danger
nor modified the menace. It is further
evident that the evils of beverage
alcohol have assumed such obviously
destructive forms that an aroused
public sentiment, when the case is
properly presented, may well be ex
pected to support the re-enactment
of Nation-wide prohibition.”
After emphasizing the hazards which
drinking drivers add to modern traffic
problems, Senator Sheppard said:
"In the horse and buggy days the
drinking driver could drop the lines
relapse into a stupor, and reasonably
depend upon his sober horse to take
him home safely, and this without
menace to others on the highway,
j In the present age. if the driver re
\ laxes control of the steering wheel
of an automobile but for a moment,
he invites and frequently causes death
or mutilation to himself, to other
drivers, to passengers, and pedes
trians.”
He laid stress also upon the neces
sity for sobriety because of the part
machinery plays in modem industry
and the need for complete control
of all faculties in operating machinery.
Dangerous New Saloon.
"Another part of the new acene
is the new saloon—more alluring, more
enticing, more dangerous than the old.
The old saloon was the outgrowth of
years of experience in the attempt
to police the liquor traffic. The argu
j went in support of it was that it
' segregated the sale of liquor frqm that
| other merchandise; that women and
I children were excluded. The old
i saloon fell into disrepute not only
| because of the product which it sold,
but because of the social and other
abuses which developed. It was
promised that when the eighteenth
amendment was repealed the saloon
In any form would not be permitted
to return.
' Many ingenious devices have been
contrived to prevent the place of retail
sale from having the appearance of a
saloon. Package stores are being tried.
The requirements that liquors shail
be purchased only with meals, that
patrons shall drink while seated at
tables and not while standing with one
, foot on a brass rail at a bar are also
| being tried. But thoughtful observers
i °f social conditions today are inquiring
whether these modem substitutes for
I the saloon are not in many respects
far worse. The employment of host
esses and bar maids, including many
j young girls, and the presence of wcmen
and girl patrons In growing numbers
| in these new liquor places are develop
ing serious problems.”
Senator Sheppard also charged that
the practice of cashing the pay checks
of workers in liquor establishments is
j another characteristic of the old sa
• loon "that has returned in more sin
| ister proportions.”
Trouble Being Stored.
Calling attention to the large stocks
of liquors being manufactured for fu
ture use, the Texas Senator continued:
“These tremendous stocks indicate
the plans of the liquor traffic for the
future. Misery in storage! Crime on
deposit! Murder in reserve! HcJl
warehoused for the future destruction
; of mankind!”
Senator Sheppard said that accord
ing to a study entitled After Repeal."
published by the Institute of Public
Administration, the most discouraging
thing in connection with the liquor
traffic since repeal is that "the boot
legger is still with us."
Commenting on the many different
types of regulations adopted in the
States since repeal, Senator Sheppard
; said:
"No matter what type of law has
been enacted since repeal by tha
States or the Federal Government,
the basic consideration appears to
have been the collection of liquor
revenues with slight regard for social
consequences. In the mad scramble
for tax receipts, social considerations
i are being ignored.”
Declaring that the American people
: adopted prohibition after years of ex
i perience with the liquor traffic had
j left them no other choice, he added:
j “Today there is still no other choice,
j The bootlegger is still with us. the hi
! jacker is still present, the gangster
' still kills, public enemies still war
| upon us. kidnapers still ply their
ghastly trade, while the destroyer,
alcohol, converts the highways into
avenues of death and mutilation.”
rear of the bus raid, "No lex
appeal.”
REUNITED.
I AY SISSON is a flight steward on
*’ Eastern Air Lines. His sister. Miss
Lollie Sisson, is an air hostess for
Transcontinental & western Air.
For some time they did not see
each other at all. Jay being on the
Newark-Miami run through Wash
ington and Lollie on the Kansas City
Los Angeles route. Some time back,
however, Lollie was brought East to
fly the Newark-Chicago run.
So now they have established a
home in Newark where they meet at
intervals to chafT each other amiably
between shuttling back and forth to
points half a continent apart.
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INJUSTICE.
UORSE thieves are still frowned
on in the West, and Brien Mc
Mahon. Assistant Attorney General
in charge of the Justice Department s
criminal division, for one, believes
the Western law may be a little too
harsh at times.
In a recent report to Attorney Gen
eral Cummings, McMahon pointed
out what he called an ‘-interesting
contrast" between the severity of
sentences meted out to two Indians
charged with stealing a $60 horse and
sentences given convicted bank em
bezzlers in Louisiana.
Louisiana courts gave John F. Kelly,
a teller of the National Bank of Com
merce at New Orleans, a year and a
day for embezzling $250 and also a
short sentence to Elmer M Chapman,
assistant cashier of the Homer Na
tional Bank at Homer, La., for em
bezzling $9,992. But in South Da
kota. McMahon told Cummings. Ben
net Running and John Runninghorse
of the Rosebud Indian Reservation
were given two and one-half and flea
years, respectively, for stealing the
$60 hone.
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