Evening star. [volume], April 15, 1938, Page A-5, Image 5

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NEW PI A. SET-UP
SEEN IN SPENDING
Agency May Incorporate
and Borrow Billion From
the Public.
BACKGROUND—
Six months of slackening busi
ness has brought administration to
point of relying anete on public
spending for principal economic
tonic. Expansion of credit through
desterilization of gold and reduc
tion of Federal Reserve require
ments also calculated to speed cir
culation of money.
Es the Associated Press.
A new Government corporation may
be formed to finance the public works
portion of the administration's new
spending program.
The long-idle P. W. A., it was learned
today, may incorporate and borrow di
rectly from the public its $1,000,000,000
share.
As one alternative, P. W. A. could
borrow the money from the Recon
struction Finance Corp., which in turn
would sell securities. If P. W. A. chose
to issue its own securities, the R. F. C.
presumably would buy them first and
resell them to the public.
The P. W. A. billion, “for needed
public improvements.” would be let out
on a long-term, no-interest loan basis
or in the form of a 45 per cent grant.
55 per cent interest-bearing loan. The
borrowing agencies would have their
choice.
Other Thases Proposed.
Four other phases of public works
proposed by President Roosevelt were:
1. Three hundred million dollars to
pnable the United States Housing Au
thority to undertake immediate con
struction of additional slum-clearance
projects.
2. One hundred million dollars to be
added to previously recommended Fed
eral highway aid.
3. Thirty-seven million dollars to be
added to the $63,000,000 previously
recommended for flood control and
reclamation.
4. Twenty-five million dollars to be
added to expenditures previously
planned for Federal building construc
tion.
The Housing Authority definitely is
scheduled to finance its own way on its
own securities.
The R. F. C., meanwhile, may resort
♦o selling its own securities to finance
Its potential $1,500,000,000 business
lending program. The R. F. C. re
cently has been borrowing from the
Treasury instead of the public.
Seek to Hold Down Debt.
These direct borrowing methods, of
ficials said, were intended to minimize
the increase of the direct Treasury
debt, currently at $37,560,000,000.
Although R. F. C. securities, for
Instance, are guaranteed by the Treas
ury, they are regarded only as "con
tingent liabilities"—that is. the Treas
ury' hopes R. F. C. will collect back
enough on its loans to retire the se
curities without any Treasury help.
In his radio address, as in his mes
sage to Congress, the President de
feri Ded his recovery recommendations
•s falling into three categories.
' First." he said, "I asked for certain
appropriations which are intended to
keep the Government expenditures for
work relief and similar purposes dur
ing the coming fiscal year at the same
rate of expenditure as at present,
TTiat includes additional money for
the Works Progress Administration,
additional funds for the Farm Se
curity Administration, additional al
lotments for the National Youth Ad
ministration and more money for tlie
Ct\ ilian Conservation Corps, in order
that it can maintain the existing num
ber of camps now in operation."
He estimated that these appropria
tions "made necessary by increased
unemployment" would cost about $1,
250.000.000 more than the figure he
had given Congress in January.
13. C. Taxes
__'Continued From First Page.)
gross receipts of all concerns or per
sons working for themselves, the busi
ness privilege tax was estimated to
produce $3,000,000, but fell far short ^
of that figure. Latest estimates are 1
that it is t ringing in this year about
$1,540,000, and tills difference is a
factor m swelling the deficit for the
coming year.
Deduction Changed.
Even with a graduated rate schedule
ranging from one-tenth to four-tenths
of 1 per cent substituted for the pres
ent flat rate, the revised gross receipts
plan is still calculated to raise more
than is coming in this year, mainly
because the bill as rewritten yesterday
takes out the deduction taxpayers were
allowed to make this year for tangible
personal property taxes. While no
official estimates were available, it is
believed in some sources that the re
peal of this deduction would account
for about $1,000,000 of the total esti
mated yield of the new plan. Another
factor is the lowering of the exemption
to be allowed from $2,000 to $1,000.
In other words, the rewritten bill
would tax gross receipts in excess of
$1,000.
While the new tax would be applied
In all cases to a concern’s gross
receipts, the rate would depend on the
spread between gross receipts and
gross profit.
Consideration of the new tax bill
prompted Senator Copeland, Democrat
of New York, to suggest anew that
Congress should enact legislation
giving the Commissioners greater au
thority over the preparation of the
local budget and revenue-raising
measures. Congress would have to
continue to assume its responsibility
of passing on the recommendations
of the Commissioners, the New York
Senator said, but he believes the city
heads should be allowed to submit
their annual fiscal programs direct to
Congress without going through the
Federal Budget Bureau.
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Pauline Starke Gets Divorce.
RENO, April 15 (#>).—Pauline
Starke, silent day screen star, divorced
George S. Sherwood here yesterday.
She charged cruelty.
Miss Starke and Sherwood, New
York play producer and actor, were
married secretly at Coytesville, N. J.,
May 14, 1935,
TILE WORK
NEW OR REPAIR WORK
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Fights to See Dead Son
This dramatic photo was made as sobbing, grief-stricken
Ernest Fox (left) tried to fight his way to the body of his son,
Ernest, jr.. 7, who drowned yesterday in North Branch of the
Chicago River. The boy, playing with schoolmates, lost his hold
on piling» and tumbled into the water. Coast Guardsmen re
covered the body. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
Easter
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Powell of Washington Cathedral and
will be under the auspices of the
Grand Commanderies of Knights
Templar of Virginia and the District
of Columbia. Delegations from Mary
land, Pennsylvania. New York. New
Jersey. West Virginia. Connecticut,
North Carolina. Virginia and the Dis
trict are to make the pilgrimage to
Arlington. After the ceremonies, Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt is to place a
i cross of lilies on the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier.
Special traffic arrangements have
been made by the Army and Police
Department. All gates to the cemetery
will be open to the public at 6 a m.
All Knights are to assemble at the
west gate Parking space for auto
mobiles will be available on the Fort
Myer parade grounds,
i Reveille will be sounded and the
‘column will move at 7:10 am., led
by a color guard and the United
States Marine Band. At the head
of the column will be the grand
commander of Virginia. Sir Knight
C. Ridgvvay Moore and his staff and
the grand commander of the District.
Sir Knight Maurice L. Brewton, and
his staff. They will be followed by
massed colors of the subordinate com
manderies of Virginia and the Dis
trict and sister commanderies from
foreign jurisdictions.
Those taking part in the services
will be the general chairman. Eugene
E. Thompson, past grand commander
of the District of Columbia: the Rev.
James Shera Montgomery, grand prel
ate of the Grand Commandery of
the District; the Rev. John C. Pal
mer, grand chaplain of the Grand
Lodge, F. A. A. M , of the District,
and Capt. Robert D Workman, chief
of chaplains of the Navy. Music will
be provided by the Marine Band and
by the Almas Temple Chanters and
Eastern Star Choral Unit, under di
rection of Theodore Lewis.
Sylvan Theater Service.
The National Park Service is mak
ing arrangements to handle a crowd ;
of more than 5,000 persons at the
Easter sunrise service at 7:30 a m. in
the Sylvan Theater at the foot of
the Washington Monument. The first j
half of the service will be broacast
from 7:30 to 7:45 a m. over the na
tional network of the National Broad- j
casting Co. as a part of the National
Park Service coast-to-coast Easter j
sunrise program. It will be followed
by broadcasts from services in Hot 1
Springs National Park. Ark.: Grand
Canyon National Park and Death
Valley.
The Right Rev. Michael J. Raedy,
genet al secretary of the National
Catholic Welfare Council, will open
the service with a prayer and C.
Marshall Finnan, director of National
Capital aPrks, will describe to the
radio audience the Easter scene in the
National Capital. There will be a
musical program by the Schola Can
torum of the National Capital Parks,
led by Maestro Arturo Papalardo. In
event of rain the services will be trans
ferred to the Departmental Auditorium.
The St. John's Church services on
Barnard Hill are to begin at 6 a.m.
with a processional of Sunday school
children in the form of a cross to the
top of the hill, where a rustic altar is
being erected. The Rev. Walter Plum
ley will preach the sermon and there
will be music by the church choir.
There will be sunrise services at
the main gates to Mount Vernon; in
the council ring. Fort Dupont Park;
at No. 23 picnic grove. Rock Creek
Park, near Sixteenth street and Colo
rado avenue N.W., and in Fort Bunker
Hill Park.
This year, however, there will be no
sunrise services held at Walter Reed
General Hospital.
The Kiwanis Club held its annual
Easter exercises yesterday at the May
flower Hotel, with the Rev. Oscar F.
Blackwelder, pastor at the Church of
the Reformation, presiding, and the
; Rev. Simpson B. Daugherty, pastor of
the Memorial United Brethren Church,
as the speaker. Music was provided
by a mixed quartet from the choir of
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episeo
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pal Church, under the direction of
the Rev. John W. Rustin. pastor.
One of the picturesque open-air
Easter services will be a vespers con*
vocation held by the Boy Scouts cf
the District. Maryland and Virginia in
the Sylvan Theater from 4 to 5 pm.
Sunday. The speaker will be the Rev.
A. P. Wilson, vice president of the
Federation of Churches. There will
be music by the Metropolitan Police
Boys' Club Band, Leon Brusiloff, con
ductor, and a chorus of 150 Boy
Scouts. Girl Scouts and members of
the Metropolitan Police Boys' Club,
under direction of Rock Kirkam. This
is planned as the first local all-youth
fester service.
Sir John Stainer’s sacred contata,
“The Crucifixion,'' will be sung at
Francis Asbury Methodist Church
South. Sixteenth street between Irving
and Lamont streets N.W., at 8 o'clock
tonight by a choir of 30 voices and a
solo quartet composed of Fannie
Shreve Heartsill, Helen Marie Koontz.
Harvey T. Townsend and Fred C
Schaefer, with Edith B Athey at the
organ and Stuart J. Dewey as di
rector.
Good Friday services will be held in
Lutheran Church at 8 o'clock this
evening, with the sermon by the
Rev Gerhard E lenski, pastor, and
special music by the choir, directed by
Erich Mees, with Miss Marian Ran
berg at the organ.
The stations of the cross were to be
conducted from 3 to 5 p.m. today in
Franklin Park, Fourteenth and K
streets N.W., under the auspices of the
Washington Catholic Evidence Guild.
The Rev. Charles A. Hart of Catholic
University will be in charge of the
ceremonies, assisted bv the Rev. Joseph
A. Cook of London. Ontario; the Rev.
John A. Jordan of the Dominican
House of Studies and the Rev. John
Ellis of the Sulpician Seminary. A
vested choir of 65 clerical students
from religious houses associated with
Catholic University will chant the
hymns of Good Friday and portions of
the “Requiem Mass."
NOTED MADRID DANCER
TO APPEAR AT BENEFIT
Janet Riesenfeld to Be Main
Entertainer at Dance Here
for Spanish Loyalists.
Janet Riesenfeld.. New York dancer
who entertained in the night clubs of
Madrid while the city was under its
heaviest s h e 11
fire, and who re
turned to this
country to write
a book on her ex
periences, will be
the featured en
ter t a i ner at a
dance to be given
by the Friends of
Spanish Democ
racy at the Ra
leigh Hotel Sun
day at 9 p.m. for
benefit of the
Spanish Milk
Fund.
Benny Goodman
Miss Kiesenfeld
and his entire band will play for the
dance. Other entertainers will include
Joaquin Tarriba. Miss Riesenfeld's
partner at the Havana Club in New
York, where they are now dancing,
and Vincente Gomez, guitarist.
Miss Riesenfeld toured much of the
Spanish war zone as interpreter for
a newspaper correspondent. Her re
cently published book, “Dancer in
Madrid." tells of her experiences on
the battlefields and in that city.
S. A. R. WILL INSTALL
NEW LEADERS TUESDAY
The District of Columbia Society,
Sons of the American Revolution, will
install newly elected officers at the
annual meeting Tuesday at 8 p in. at
the Raleigh Hotel.
O. R. McGuire of the General Ac
counting Office legal staff will speak
on "The Executive Power of the
United States.” Music will be fur
nished by tlie Imperial Male Quartet
and Edgar Robey.
Officers for the coming year include
C. Seymour McConnell, president; Dr.
Louis Charles Smith, first vice presi
dent; W. Harvey Wise, secretary, and
Col. Charles Y. Latimer, treasurer.
Clifton P. Clark is the retiring presi
dent.
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