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Will Businessl Get Chance It Asks? Official Pride Seen Pos sible Bar to Profits Tax Cut. By DAVID LAWRENCE. TIMES haven't changed very much since the days of George Washington—dt least President Roosevelt doesn't think so when he quotes the father of our country in support of present-day agricultural aid by the Government. But if it is permissible to go back that far to get an argument for a pending piece of legislation, it may be considered proper to go back equal ly far to find argument for the accept ance of the ad vice of the busi ness world which wants the undis tributed s u r plus tax and capital pains tax replaced or revised. Today the busi ness men of the Nation are up in arms against pol icies that they believe have brought a new re cession in busi- . ness. They insist their advice has David I.aw rente. been disregarded and tneir warnings Ignored. Back in the period when the American people were considering the drafting of a constitution, Pela'.iah Webster wrote a pamphlet urging that the •'merchants of America" be given an opportunity to advise Congress on legislation affecting trade. The pam phlet, which is dated February 16. 1783, is believed to have been the basis for the plans offered by Madison, Pinckney and Hamilton to the Consti tutional Convention. Apart from its proposals as to the formation of a national government, Mr. Webster wrote: "Merchants must from the nature of their business certainly understand the interests and resources of their country, to the best of any men in it; and I know not of any one reason why they should be deemed less up right or patriotic than any other rank of ciuzen whatever. Proposed Chamber o* Commerce. “I therefore humbly propose if the merchants in the several States are disposed to send delegates, that they shall be permitted to form a chamber of commerce, and their advice to Con gress be demanded and submitted con cerning all bills before Congress as far bs they may affect the trade of the States. * * * "As I conceive the advice of the merchants to be onp of the greatest sources of mercantile information which is gnywhere placed within their (Congress'* reach, it ought by no means to be neglected,- but so hus banded aso improved that the greatest possible advantage may be derived from it. "Besides this I have another reason Why the merchants ought to be con suited. I taxe it to oe very plain inai the husbandry and manufactures of the country must be ruined if the present rate of taxes is continued on them much longer, and. of course, a very great part of our revenue must •rise from imposts on merchandise which will fall directly within the merchants’ sphere of business, and, of course, their concurrence and ad vice will be of the ^ilmost consequence, not. only to direct the properest mode of levying these duties but also to get them carried into quiet and peaceable execution.” Mr. Webster went on to say that “no men are more intimately connected with the interests of the citizens than the merchants,” and he did not recall sn instance in which the English gov ernment “ever rejected tfie remon strances and advices of the mer chants and did not severely suffer for their pride " Warnings Against War. “We have some striking instances,” he added, “of very many English mer chants against the American war, • nd their fears and apprehensions we see verified almost like prophecies by the event.” What Mr. Webster urged is in a sense happening today. This very week delegations from various State chambers of commerce have been vis iting their Senators and Representa tives in Washington petitioning for a revision of the undistributed surplus and capital gains taxes as a means of aiding business. Scarcely a day goes by that the advice from business men from one end of the country to the other does not reach here by letter, by telephone, by telegraph and by per sonal visit. The drive is to stop the new business depression by giving busi ness a chance to maintain its volume. And Mr. Webster Is right when he cites pride as an obstacle to the ac ceptance of business advice. It is causing the administration to hesitate at a critical moment, for officials find it unpalatable indeed to proclaim a reversal of policy. Nevertheless the temper of Congress indicates that such * • reversal is on the way. (Copyright. 1937.) CANTATA TOMORROW “Song of Thanksgiving" to Be Given at Peck Chapel. At Peck Memorial Chapel a harvest cantata "Song of Thanksgiving,” by Maunder will be rendered by the ■ chorus choir Sunday morning under the direction of Miss I.ucy H. Paul, organist and choir director. The Rev. Irving W. Kelchum will read the eervice. A union Thanksgiving service of all departments of the Sunday school will be conducted in the church at 9:45 a.m. Every scholar is invited to bring a gift of food to be distributed at Thanksgiving time. Herbert C. Tucker, superintendent, will lead the service assisted by a number of young people. The young people's service will be led by Charles Burkholder at 6:45 p.m. “PRIVATE ENEMY NO. 1” Dr, Fruden's Subject Rt First Bap tist Announced. “Private Enemy No. 1” will be the eermon subject of Dr. Edward Hughes Pruden at the First Baptist Church tomorrow morning. In the evening he will speak on "For Such a Time as This.” br. Pruden will deliver the Thanks giving Day sermon Thursday at the Joint Baptist services in the National Memorial Baptist Church On ac count of this service no midweek meeting will be held. * A ! What’s Back of It All Restlessness of Congress Hints at Strife to Come, Observer Reports. By H. R. BAIKHAGE. THE first week of the historic special session ended in mild chaos, with oniy the farm bill rising In pale silhouette on the congres sional horizon. Washington, city of many moods, reflected the restlessness of a fractious Congress: gray winter threatened and then withdrew for a sunlit interlude. Perhaps the season, unaccustomed to the presence of the lawmakers, was shocked at the growling and snapping assemblage under the golden dome, that no crackling of the floor leaders' whips could discipline. There was, in addition, a toothache at both ends of the Avenue. It was as if nature, at a loss to find a gentler method of bringing the Nation’s heads together, was determined to give presidential and vice presi dential jaws a common twinge. Behind the blurred picture was the hint of strife to come. As -kca-<sr one Stpnfltnr nnt it • \ “Congress has been placed in a bad lighi The President can say, if he wishes: 'When we gave you specific measures to pass upon, you bridled, resented the implica tion of the rubber stamp. Now I present you with a general pro gram carrying out the party's plat form pledges, and you have nothing to offer.’ i hat isn t fair to ns. We haven't had time to prepare a program.” The ghost of the court fight still walks. Though the controversy itself is dead—for the time at least— even the passing mention of the Supreme Court in the President's message rankled, and there are signs of the group who fought the bill—or at least some of them—stiffening toward the whole New Deal. All along the edges, especially under pressure of the business world, the veneer of New Dealism is rubbing thin and the "unwilling votes" will be harder to win from members whose fundamental conserva tism rises nearer the surface * * * y Meanwhile, an ‘extremist” movement, as one business man called it, the group which is credited with breaking the C. I. o. strike against little steel, is apparently about to collapse. It’ is the so-called Johnstown Citizens' Committee, which its promoters hoped to make Nation-wide. Two months ago. it is reliably reported. 50.000 letters were sent out inclosing membership cards. The return was exceedingly disappointing, the publicity concern which handled the original advertising is said to be unpaid. Whether the labor unions were able to plaster the movement with the label "vigilantes” or whether it proved to be too strong a brand of medicine for popular prescription isn't known. * * * * The second most important court in the United States, the United Slates Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, may soon have a Jiew chief justice w ho isn't a New Dealer. That is a guess, but probably no! such a wild one. The appointment is important because ihe court handles all man damus and injunction cases involving the statutory and constitutional powers of the heads of Government departments and independent agencies, j Here and here only can be sued cabinet officers, heads of such agencies as | the Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Labor Relations I j Boaid. the Social Security Board, the Interstate Commerce Commission | and other governmental institutions. Speaking of-courts. The largest suit ever lilcd in a court in the United States is pending before the Court of Claims. It stirs memories of the bloodv Indian wars, Custer's last fight, rip-roaring days of the gold camps. The sum asked is $882,457. 354.51. a claim brought by the Sioux Indians for allpged depriva'ion of property and hunting rights in i violation of a treaty. The tern torv involved is the Black Hills, one of the world’s richest gold-bearing ! sections. \ * * * * The battle of statistics indulged in by Secretary Morgenthau : and Senator Byrd before the members of the Academy of Political Science in New York a week ago last Wednesday was only a skirmish. Government obseriyrs report activity in the Byrd camp. They say he's planning for a big spring drive and that he's armed to the i teeth with devastating statistics. i * * + * And so the show goes on. last leaves fall, the old gray squirrel on the White House lawn, pausing as he buries another nut, quotes old Omar: 1 "The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on: Nor all your 1 piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all the tears 1 wash out a word of it.” i (Copyright. 1!*.'i7. by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) ---—-.-J_!_ i PLAYGROUND URGED BY GLOVER PARK Citizens' Association Calls for Development of Plot at Stoddert School. Development of the playground ad joining the Benjamin Stoddert School was asked last night by the Glover Park Citizens' Association, meeting in the school. The subject was introduced in a resolution by Irvin L. Chilcoat, first vice-president of the association, after Lewis R. Barrett, co-ordinator of recreation for the District of Co lumbia, addressed the association. The association wants a fence built j around the playground and suitable j equipment ityualled, also supervision, following development. The play-1 ground is now growing up to weeds. Past efforts of civic leaders have been unavailing. Piqued by numerous delays, Mrs. Victor Currau summed up the association attitude when she said: "We want the playground for our children, not our grandchildren.” Frank E. Moore, jr.. and W. J. Neuland were accepted as members. Appointments Announced. Senator Copeland. Democrat, of New York yesterday was reappointed a director of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf, and at the same time Senator Lodge, Republican, of Mas- j saehusetts was named a consulting j trustee for the National Training ; School for Bovs. Both appointments ' were announced in the Senate. I JOASH CHEST SERVICE Play to Be Given in Evening at ! Eldbrooke M. E. The annual .Inash Chest service will be held in Eldbrooke M E. Church at both services tomorrow'. In the morning a pageant will be rendered which will be followed by a proces sional. At the evening service a play, ‘‘Josah,’’ by Lillian D. George, directed • by W. H. Rodda, will be presented, i Prayer service will be held at the : , Home for Incurables at 7:30 pm.;i Wednesday with an address by the ! • Rev. Walter M. Michael. The annual Thanksgiving service j will be held Thursday at 10:30'am. The pastor will preach on "Why Be Thankful?" - I LOYALTY SUNDAY SET j St. Matthew's Lutheran Pastor to Speak Tomorrow. Loyalty Supday will be observed at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church to morrow at 11 o'clock The Rev. Theo dore P. Pricke will preach on "The Corner of Thy Field” The brotherhood will meet Monday 8 p m , at the home of the president, Joseph Bonifant, 309 Twelfth street N.E.. for election of officers. A one-hour Thanksgiving service is planned for Thanksgiving Day, 9:30 a m. The sermon subject will be "Our National Thanksgiving Day.” Farmers in the Lenin district of Uzbekistan have formed a chess club and play in the fields. j I * J'HE opinions of the writers on this page are their own, not necessarily The Star’s. Such opinions are presented in The Star’s effort to give all sides of questions of interest to its readers, although such opinions may be contradictory among themselves and directly opposed to The Star’s. Peril in High Office Writer Discusses Menace of Officials Who Advise Capitalism Be Scrapped. «.V MAKK SULLIVAN. POOR America! Is there no one to care? Or is it that people don’t realize? In an article by Mr. Arthur Krock in the New York Times last Sunday was the following: "It is heartening to report that at a recent White House council ad uv-urtn-c w uuiy sworn to the capi talist system when its future usefulness was called into ques tion. This cor respondent has reliably heard that when two con f e r e e s ex pressed doubt capitalism was worth giving an other (hance, or could be saved thereby. Harry L. Hopkins warmly Mark Sullivan. denounced uie viewpoint, anu me res ident showed the firmest sort of agree ment with his w:orks progress admin istrator i Mr. Hopkins)." Does the public fully understand what it means when men, advisers of the President—and presumably of ficials of his administration—"doubt whether capitalism if worth giving an other chance?” Many who are indif ferent would be shocked if they un derstood. They do not know the meaning of the word "capitalism” as it Is used in this connection, as the name for a system of society and a basis of government Mainly, and vaguely, what the word connotes to them Is not the system itself but the faults that occasionally arise in it. They think that what is going on in America is merely an attempt to cure the faults. Sees Attempts at Revolution. Much of tiie following of the New Deal is made up of persons having high standards of kindliness in per sonal relations and complete loyalty to America. They are distressed by tile inequalities of our capitalist sys- j tem in its recent phases. They think, j and think correctly, that the capitalist j system was due and overdue for over- j hauling. They think that what we are now engaged in is merely one! of those periodic readjustments of the j capitalist system that have taken place I a dozen times in our history. Be living this, they complacently give unthinking support to the New Deal. They do not know that under the guise of ordinary reform, some are attempting revolution. When these two advisers of the President counselled abandonment of capitalism, they meant the adoption of something else, some other form of society and government. And the "something else" they have in mind ' would be only one or two things. Communism or Fascism. The great conflict in the world today is be tween. on the one hand, capitalism and democracy as we have It in America, and on the other hand, Communism or Fascism. There is another conflict going on. one between Fascism and Communism—the two are struggling to see which shall in herit the seat of capitalism and democracy so soon as the latter shall be overthrown. But to America, Com munism and Fascism are. or ought to be. equally odious. The fight Amer ica must make is to save our system of society and our form of govern ment against either Fascism or Com munism. In this fight to save the American system the two advisers of the Presi dent who counseled abandonment of our existing system are. properly seen, engaged In an attempt at revolution. > They want our form of society and government overthrown. They want to replace it with another. While I do not identify these two adviser*, it is safe to say the thing they want is Communism. Very few of the radicals in the administration want Fascism i though that is what they would get if they get anything). They think of what they want as modified Com munism. Aarticle by Peek Quoted. That there is in the administration a considerable number who think this way is abundantly proved. It is proved by George Peek who, after spending some three years in the administration as head of A. A. A. and in other offices, wrote about the collectivists whom he had observed in administra tion offices. “The outstanding ‘ ‘ ' characteris tic .. . is their willingness to substitute personal government, centralized in Washington, for traditional State and local governments. The tactic* pur sued were unpleasantly reminiscent of those followed in the setting up of totalitarian governments in Russia. Italy and Germany . . . They deeply admired everything Russian . . . These are serious charges and I do not make them lightly . . .” There is evidence from another source. Gen. Hugh .Johnson was also in the administration, high in it. as head of N. R. A Immediately after he retired he wrote: “Shortly after the election of Mr Roosevelt there began to occur one of the cleverest infiltrations in the history of our government. There was no noise about it . . . They have had a guiding hand in the drafting of nearly all legislation . . . Their idea is that government is the nucleus of a vast collectivism in which business or any private enterprise Rre just ele ments to be absorbed . . . Their thought was that the Supreme Court and the Constitution could be put on the spot as a scapegoat in the public eye. and government could thus move bv a short cut to collectivism. Nor did they ever put themselves in any exposed position of personal responsibility. They are borers from within . . . I gravelv protested an infiltration of in experienced young Socialists into ! practical control of an administration j not elected as Socialist .. .” Obvious Detriment. In the presence within the ad- j ministration of at least two men who advise the President to throw capi- 1 talism overboard—and there are many j others who think the same way— I there is a detriment especially obvious 1 at this time. Such men hold their : theories strongly; often they are ; fanatics. Believing that the capitalist ' system ought to be overthrown, do I they, in their official places, work to- j ward overthrowing it? They know that the best way to bring the new system they want is to make tire old system unworkable It would be con trary to human nature if such men 3id not, consciously or unconsciously, practice sabotage. It would be con sistent with human nature if. instead af working for recovery, they worked . to make recovery difficult. OKLAHOMANS TO DANCE _ Approximately 700 Oklahomans and their guests are expected to atend the annual Thanksgiving dance of the Oklahoma Young Democrats to be held at the Washington Hotel at 9 o'clock tonight. Senators and Representatives from Oklahoma and a number of the lead ers of young Democratic organizations in other States have been invited to attend i | : MARY OAKES. on# of the most photo- | graphed girls in the world, appearing in § WALTER WANGER'S VOGUES OF 1939. keeps her hair lustrous and smooth with Ogilrie Sisters' tonics. Oqi£tft£> SiAteftA prescribe Special Hair Treatment for lovely new smooth Coiffures Do you know how to keep your hair fresh, and shining without shampoos? Do you know just how to hold your brush to get the most benefit from it? Do you know what to do for your hair before going to bed at night? i Beginning Monday, for one week Miss Kay Wellens will answer these and dozens of other questions you may have concerning the care and arrangement of your hair. Toiletiim, Aisle 13, Post Flooe. 1 v-5* We, the People Number of Prisoners of Past Political Commitments Noted in Congress. By JAY FRANKLIN. CONGRESS has returned to Washington in a surly mood which has already set both houses at loggerheads and threatens to tie up necessary legislation for weeks and perhaps months. The New Dealers have passed the buck to the congressional rebels and are waiting to see what, the latter have to offer beyond the old Hoover program of reducing uses on business and then adjourning. .The best-informed administration circles do not expect Congress to ac com push anything much for the next two months. During that period the liberals intend to lie low and wait till the political cows come home, in the form of farm discontent, unemployment figures and labor unrest in the face of the economic recession. They prefer the word ‘'reces sion” to what most people call a i depression. It sounds softer, just j as "malnutrition” sounded softer j than "starvation” seven years ago. j w m w w The weakness of the New Deal calculations is that they threaten to carry the administration into an election year with bad conditions in business, farming and employment—a situation which generally spells political reverses. Only a few of the leaders trust the good sense of the people enough to hope that the political reaction will be away from stand pat politics and do-nothing tactics. It is always easy and often pleasant to curse out Congress. It is the great American political pastime. Yet it is only fair to admit that most Congressmen are woefully bemused and bewildered by the situation in which they find themselves. Putting things on the simplest plane, it is the first duty of a Congressman to get him self renominated and re-elected—otherwise he ceases to be a Con gressman. The present Congress faces a most mbrassing form of this problem. A political campaign costs money and money generally comes from the conservative business interests which are mast critical of New Deal j legislation and mast strongly opposed to Mr. Roosevelt. The big campaign funds are generally on the side of conservatism, and now’ that the Gov ernment's "free-spending" program has been hamstrung, it is hard for a Congressman to see his way to election day unless he goes along with organized business sentiment. * * * * On the other hand, re-election requires a majority of the votes, and majority opinion is still strongly on the side of a policy of action and warmly sympathetic toward President Roosevelt. The men who "go against the President" may have little to fear in the way of "reprisals" from the Democratic National Committee, but they still must face the New Deal voters at the polls—the "unterrified Democrats," the mugwumps and the mavericks, the progressives and the liberals, the people who reach their own conclusions and vote with open eyes and closed mouths. The mood of this group is not in favor of the do-nothing policy of the present Congress and likes the President. Caught between these two pincers, what wonder that Congress is uneasy, resentful and rebellious? * * * * Anaed to tnese purely pollti cal calculations is the element of * personal sincerity. Men like Sena tors Glass and Borah may be entirely convinced that their views are right and their policies best for the country, but there is a siza ble group between such leaders and the mere opportunists, a gn\p which is advocating policies whose wisdom they doubt and which run 1 ‘ SJ rr A i HVllt.1L JUUg* ' " ment of sound public policy. They are the prisoners of their past political commitments on the one hand and of the "changed moral climate" of American public life on the other hand. Liberals mil denounce these men as turncoats and hypocrites — I have done some fancy name-calling m this connection myself—but i they are ttuly to be pitied, for they hair lost their freedom of choice and have been conscripted by events in the service of a cause in which they, as well as their constituents, have lost faith. Under thesis circumstances, opposition to the New Deal will wobble be ween factious obstructionism and sheer blind hysteria As for the ou come, one can only echo the concluding words of the President s mes sage: "For the sake of the Nation. I hope for early action." 'Copyright. 1H.T7.) --————--—■—- ---— Navy Buys Tin. The Navy Departmeit yesterday an nounced that a contract has been signed with H. B Winter of New York City for 212.000 pounds of tin at .409 cent per pound. Daylight Bandits Get $1,000. After knocking City Clerk C H Gyselman unconscious bandits took $1,000 from the safe in the City Hall. Johannesburg, South Africa, and escaped in broad daylight. Headline Folk and What They Do Cromwell Thinks Real Functions of Money Misunderstood. By LEMl'EL F. PARTOY. AMES H R CROMWELL, hus band of DorLs Duke, tobacco * heiress, is one of a number of rich young men who have taken to deep-dishing in economics and poli tics—Corliss Lamont. Nelson Rockefel ler. William H. Vanderbilt, Vincent Astor and Edward Seligman, to men James Cromwell. noil juv h iew oi them He hft.'; wntteir pamph lets and a book, gravely challeng ing much in our svstfm. but con cluding we will have to let it ride. Just now hp Is listed as one of several prospects to succeed in the United States Senate A Harry Moore Governor elect of New Jer ' - m.-i icMunirp is me o.uwi-acre Duke estate in Somerville N. J. Ever since the depression stared Mi Cromwell ha' been insisting tha' something ought to be rionp about v In 1934 he w rote a pamphlet on ' Sound Money." and followed this up a few months ago w ith a book called "In De fense of Capitalism.” written in col laboration with Hugo E. Czerwonky. He thinks the profit system is sound, and that its difficulties arise in our failure to understand certain dynamic and functional aspects of money. He advances his ideas with a great deal of zest and a conviction that we can make the system work if we just mer it head on. He has vigorously opposed the New Deal as the opening wedge oi regimentation.” and has been doing considerable traveling and speaking ih'.s year, sounding a somewhat evan gelistic note. Versatile Athlete. He is 6 feet tall a versatile athlete, ind once staved through three ■ounds of fast milling with Tommy .jouchran. The first heiress fie mar led was Mrs. D- Iphino Dodge' of tlie lUtomobile dynas:y. Ir. his extended •ourtship of Dons D'.ke, hi' mam competitor was King Zog of Albania. But he has a wav with heiiesses arjl t was really no contest from the fart. He lost a sizable fortune in Florida eal estate, but to him. money is nainly something to write a boos ibout. He is the son of Mrs. Edward r. Stoterbury of Philadelphia and n line for a vast fortune all marital illiances aside. He is 40 years old, .6 years older than Mrs. Cromwell, nth a streak of gray through his jrown hair. Last summer he toured Russia and found it a complete wash )Ut. (Copyright 1P370 300 Fines Total $2,850. 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