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James Roosevelt Gave
Nothing to Church,
Minister Says
President's Son Criticized
At Dies Hearing by
Washington Pastor
By the Associated Press.
A Washington minister who relied
on income-tax returns as his basis
today criticized James Roosevelt,
the President's son. for apparent
neglect to make church contribu
tions.
The Rev. Howard Stone Anderson,
minister of the First Congregational
Church here and the first of a
series of ' affirmative" witnesses be
fore the House Committee on Un
American Activities, said in a
statement which was entered in the
Record:
"A young man of great political
prominence (James Roosevelt*, with
exceedingly large income, recently
caused his income-tax reports for
several years to be printed. Since
they were printed at his request, I
suppose there is no objection to a
comment on them.
'•One thing interested me as a
minister. In not a single year had
he contributed to a church. And
in only one year did his gifts out
of income running into five figures
exceed $28 per annum.
Feels Public Men Should Lead.
•‘Actions like his are responsible
for the loss in support for benevo
lent organizations. And as we weak
en our spiritual institutions, we
weaken America. Public men, in
the Nation's eye, can, by their ex
ample, lead their fellow Americans
In personal and practical support of
religious work.
"Give the churches proper large
financial support and enable them
to fulfill their mission in implanting,
cultivating and perpetuating whole
some Americanism * •
The Rev. Mr. Anderson said the
Nation's public men should lead the
country in moral rearmament, and
added:
"There is more pious pap written
and trumpeted by public men about
their interest in religion than I
like to consider. But when the
Sunday congregations or collections
are counted, they're not there—
either physically or financiallv.”
The minister was the first of a
group asked by the committee to
submit suggestions for promoting
"Americanism.”
“Spiritual Decline.”
The Rev. Mr. Anderson said there
was ample evidence of the "spiritual
decline and moral decay" of- Ameri
can education, family life, democracy
and moral ideals.
Educational institutions have di
vorced themselves from religious
connection, the minister said.
And as for American homes, he
declared:
"They are turning to Saturday
night jamborees and Sunday after
noon cocktail parties, which is
about as far from the early
American tradition as Hell is from
Heaven.”
The Rev. Mr. Anderson said he
had letters from 20 members of
Congress who were members of his
denomination, saying they were in
terested in church affiliation here
and promising attendance at church
lervices.
“As Bad as Heathens.”
“But,” he added, “in practice they
are as bad as heathens who believe
only in geographical or local gods,
for apparently the god they worship
exists only mack home, where they
are elected.”
The Rev. Mr. Anderson's state
ment came during a resumption of
the committee's inquiry into charges
by some previous witnesses that
communistic activities existed in
the W. P. A. Federal theater project
In New York City.
When Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward.
Assistant W. P. A. administrator, re
sumed the witness stand Represent
ative Mosier, Democrat, of Ohio, a
committee member, renewed his mo
tion of yesterday that she be dis
qualified as a witness. He con
tended that what she testified was
hearsay, but Chairman Dies again
refused to put the motion to a vote.
Denies Putting Theater First.
Mrs. Hallie Flanagan, national di
rector of the theater project, fol
lowed her superior to the witness
stand to deny that she ever had
placed the “theatrical purpose" of
the theater ahead of the necessity
for providing relief to needy pro
fessional actors.
Under questioning of committee
members, Mrs. Flanagan said she
had spent most of her time in
Russia on a trip abroad in 1926
and 1927, and expressed the opinion
that the Russian theater was more
"vital and live" than theaters in
Other European countries.
But, she said in reply to com
mittee questions, she is not nor
has been a member of any Russian
organization.
Mrs. Flanagan said, “We have
maintained constantly" since the
inception of the theater project
that “it be founded on American
principles, and that has nothing to
do with the Russian theater."
Chairman Dies said the commit
tee would hear more than a score
of persons on the subject. William
Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor, was one of
the prospective witnesses, he said.
The committee yesterday heard
testimony on charges that Com
munists are active in certain W. P. A.
Federal theater and writers' proj
ects in New York City.
Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward, an as
sistant W. P. A. administrator, tes
tified she knew of no such activities.
“If any of the charges are true,
it's such a little, tiny thing that
it might be compared to a flyspeck
on a big pie.” she said.
Earlier witnesses had asserted
that 26 of the 924 plays of the
W. P. A. Theater were communistic
and that Communist party organ
izers were active in the undertaking.
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THE REV. HOWARD S.
ANDERSON.
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Mass Meeting Hears
Pleas for United Action
Against Persecution
Church Leaders and
Senator Join in Urging
'Moral Rearmament'
A call for unity of action among
all religious forces and freedom
loving peoples against intolerance
and persecution throughout the
world w'as sounded last night by
leaders in church and public life at
the fourth annual mass meeting
sponsored by the Committee oh Re
ligious Life in the Nation's Capital.
The Right Rev. James E. Freeman,
Bishop of Washington; the Rev.
Edmund A. Walsh, S. J., vice presi
dent of Georgetown University, and
Senator Edward R. Burke of Ne
braska were the principal speakers
at the meeting at Constitution Hall.
Despite the inclement weather, ap
proximately 1.000 persons attended.
The meeting was broadcast by the
National Broadcasting Co., through
station WMAL.
“Jews, Catholics and Protestants
must make common cause against
a common enemy, and a strong one,”
Bishop Freeman said after describ
ing attacks on religious institutions
in Germany and other totalitarian
states as "the most violent and fan
atical the world has seen for gen
erations.”
Warning that liberty is wounded
everywhere when the rights of con
science are attacked any place in
the world, Father Walsh emphasized
that "to denounce and protest is
only half our obligation and both
will be sterile unless our faith be
manifest in good works."
Burke Urges Protest.
Senator Burke refrained from
mentioning any foreign country by
name, but declared that it is “our
right and duty to voice moral protest
against the persecution of racial and
religious minorities wherever they
occur."
The Rev. Dr. Albert Joseph Mc
Cartney, minister of the Covenant
First Presbyterian Church and
chairman of the Committee on Re
ligious Life in the Nation's Capital,
explained in a message of greeting
that the speakers were selected ex
clusively from Christian groups in
the city to facilitate the opportunity
for “registering our sympathy and
support for the Jews." All the three
general religious groups have been
represented at previous annual mass
meetings sponsored by the commit
tee.
“While this meeting is not called
in the spirit of a protest meeting.
Dr. McCartney added, “no doubt
many of us have been moved to
attend not only because of our sym
pathy for the Jews, but because of
profound concern for the fortunes
of religious freedom in all religious
groups — Protestant, Catholic and
Jewish”.
Moral Rearmament Urged.
Emphasizing that "our cherished
religious freedom cannot survive
unless it is rigidly guarded,” he
declared that “it becomes the duty
of every God-fearing American to
render not lip service, but real serv
ice to the eternal cause of religious
freedom.”
“The civilized world has been
shocked and strained by a new ex
pression of ruthlessness and barbar
ity that has marked the course of
a great nation," Bishop Freeman
said in referring to conditions in
Germany. “Lutheran pastors, Cath
olic prelates, a great Jewish people,
all share alike the bitterness and
cruelty of a despot.
"The freedom-loving peoples of
America cannot remain silent in the
face of such barbarity.
“The religious forces of the world
are faced with the most serious
situation they have known for gen
erations past; a violent and persist
ent attack is on, and it cannot be
met and resisted unless the forces
now separated are consolidated.”
Declaring it was high time to
“sound the alarm against the inva
sion of un-Christian intolerance and
religious discord,” Father Walsh as
serted Communistic and Nazi attacks
on religion were the inevitable
course of a government which "ar
rogates to Caesar the things that
are God's” and said "the Catholic
church will not compromise with
either of these new Caesars.”
“Tyrany is a creeping paralysis,"
he said, “and hence resistance to
tyrants is not only obedience to God
but a dictate of self-preservation
against the subtle infection of ab
solution and arrogant autocracy.”
Stressing the need for positive
action, Father Walsh said “religion
and democracy must not only be
believed in, they must be lived in
the concrete.”
Senator Burke emphasized that a
responsibility to promote the cause
of religious freedom rests upon a
democracy, and urged that “there
be on this favored spot such a re
kindling of spiritual forces as will
offer proof to the world of the
nobility of human life.”
“We must not shirk the responsi
bility for condemning evil,” he said,
“but our chief reliance must rest
upon opening the way for good, that
is latent in all men, to reassert It
self.”
Cards were passed out at the
meeting for signature by those de
siring information about member
ship in any of the religious groups
here.
Danger in 'Ducking'
LYONS, Kans. UP).—W. R. Mullins
slammed on his brakes and at
tempted to dodge a flock of ducks
that swooped low over the highway.
Another motorist, following him,
rammed the car from behind.
i
Oldest Inhabitants
Re-elect Officers;
Banquet Planned
Seventy-third Birthday
To Be Celebrated
Tomorrow
The Association of Oldest Inhabi
tants of th« District of Columbia
last night re-elected its entire slate
of officers at its annual meeting,
held in the old Union Engine House,
Nineteenth and H streets N.W.
Theodore W. Noyes, editor of The
Star, was re-elected to serve his
31st full term as president. Ac
tually though it was the 32d time
he had been elected, first having
been chosen to serve an unexpired
term of another president. The so
ciety has 13 vice presidents, one for
each of the Original 13 States.
The vice presidents are John
Clagett Proctor, who presided at last
night's meeting; Christian Heurich,
Charles A. Langley, George Spransy,
Fred A. Emery, Joseph I. Keefer,
John R. Mahoney, John B. Dick
man. Elra C. Palmer, Walter E. Al
len. Jesse C. Suter, Anthony Denekas
and Dr. Hugh M. Smith. The other
officers are. as follows;
J. Eliot Wright, recording secre
tary-treasurer; William E. Wise,
assistant recording secretary; James
F. Duhamel, corresponding secre
tary: Mr. Mahoney, one of the vice
presidents, financial secretary; Hen
ry A. Burr, marshal, and Mr. Proc
tor, another vice president, who was
re-elected chronicler.
73d Birthday Celebration.
Mr. Duhamel and Mr. Proctor were
re-elected delegates to the Federa
tion of Citizens' Associations.
A resolution was adopted to send
Mr. Noyes a telegram informing him
of his re-election as president.
Mr. Suter made a report on plans
for the associatiqn's 73d birthday
anniversary celebration, to be held
in the Raleigh Hotel tomorrow eve
ning. The celebration will begin
with a reception at 7 o’clock, to be
followed by a banquet a half hour
later.
Secretary of Commerce Daniel C.
Roper will speak at the banquet,
which will be opened with invocation
by the Rev. Dr. Joseph M. M. Gray,
chancellor of American University.
Other Features of Banquet.
Other features of the banquet
will include remarks by Mr. Noyes,
selections by the Potomac Elactric
Power Co. Glee Club. J. Humbird
DufTey, director; songs by George
H. OConnor; the reading of an
original poem by Mr. Proctor and
the singing of old songs by members
of the association and guests. Many
prominent persons including Gov
ernment officials and heads of or
ganizations will be guests. Dr.
Smith, one of the association's vice
presidents, is chairman in charge
of arrangements.
Following a preliminary meeting
on November 30, 1865, the associa
tion was formally organized and
held its first regular meeting on
December 7 of that year.
At last night's meeting the asso
ciation adopted a resolution to send
a message to Mr. Wise, its assistant,
recording secretary, expressing re
gret over his recent illness and
wishing him a speedy recovery.
A resolution was adopted to give
an old clock, no longer used by the
association, and some old radiators,
to the Goodwill Industries. It was
voted to send $2 to the District of
Columbia Tuberculosis Association
to aid the latter in fighting the dis
ease. A communication from Hor
ace M. Fulton, a delegate to the Fed
eration of Citizens' Associations, on
the subject of pedestrian traffic con
trol, was referred to the Oldest In
habitants delegates to the federa
tion. Frank M. Sewell, 238 Eighth
street N.E., was elected to member
ship in the association.
Merrick Medal Won
By Richard K. Martin
The Merrick Medal, outstanding
academic prize in the College of
Arts and Sciences at Georgetown
University, was won by Richard K.
Martin, a senior, of Taunton, Mass.,
in a debate at the university last
night.
Martin and William K. English of
Troy, N. Y., arguing the negative,
won a decision from William J.
Driscoll, jr., of Lawrence, Mass., and
John T. Flynn of Washington, the
affirmative team, in a debate on the
question: "Resolved, That the Fed
eral Government should cease
spending money to stimulate busi
ness."
The four students were chosen as
the best in the Philodemic Society,
108-year-old debating organization
on the Hilltop.
Judges were the Rev. Wilfrid Par
sons, dean of the Graduate School;
the Rev. Philip Clarke, headmaster
of Gonzaga High School, and the
Rev. Francis I. Brady, professor of
physics at the university.
Gets Holiday Off
SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 6 OP).—It
looked like a pretty sad Christmas
for John Sheridan when Judge
William R. Lewis sentenced him to
spend his week ends in jail for the
next two months on a drunken
driving charge. Then the judge re
called that Christmas falls on Sun
day and fixed everything. He told
Sheridan to "take the holiday off"—
and spend it with his family.
Patent Law Changes
Likely to Be Urged
After Monopoly Quiz
Borah Assails 17-Year
System—Knudsen
Defends Auto Policy
By JOHN C. HENRV.
Individual members of the Monop
oly Committee indicated clearly to
day that important revision of the
patent laws will be recommended
i out of their examination of patent
usages in the automobile industry.
Drawing particular fire from sev
eral committee members, notably
Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho
and Representative Sumners, Demo
crat, of Texas, is the present pro
vision for a 17-year "monopolistic”
life of patents which might be ex
changed freely among a group but
withheld from industry in general.
An example of such an inter
! change among a group is afforded
| in the practices of the Automobile
Manufacturers’ Association, for
j more than 20 years engaged in
patent pooling among its own mem
bership.
Knudsen Takes Stand.
Questioned as to preferability of
the Ford policy of Iree extension of
its patents to any applicants for
use, William S. Knudsen, president
of General Motors Corp., told the
committee:
"Perhaps it is fine from his stand
point.
“To say that we should do the
same thing without considering the
interests of the stockholders, I
think would be w'rong.’’
General Motors is a member of
the Automobile Manufacturers’ As
sociation and a participant in the
patent pool of the A. M. A.
In any circumstances, the tall,
grav-haired motor executive said, he
saw little danger of an individual or
a single company devising and ap
plying a patent which would revo
lutionize the automobile industry.
"We would either make a licensing
agreement with such a patent owner
or work seven nights a week until
we had something belter,” he told
the committee.
Free System Held Evil.
"Suppose the patent system were
abolished tomorrow, would it have
any effect on the competitive posi
tion of General Motors?” Hugh Cox
assistant to the Attorney General
asked.
No. but it would be bad for in
dustry in general, for inventors par
ticularly." Mr Knudsen said.
Later, he told reporters the auto
mobile industry is having a good
season.
"We are working 40 hours and
everything is going along fine. Of
course, in January and February
we expect the usual seasonal de
cline, but no more.”
As far as he knew’, he said, busi
ness in general is reflecting the same
improved conditions.
Borah Questions Witness.
Discussion of the patent law issue
today came while Milton Tibbetts
vice president of Packard Motor Co ’
was on the stand. Packard belongs
to the association, but has remained
out of the pool.
"This is a case of a group ar
ranging among themselves to nul
lify the 17-year provision of the
law." Senator Borah said. “Why
isn't it a good idea to eliminate the
monopoly and make the patent
available to all industry?
“Why should this monopoly be
maintained for 17 years? Person
ally. I would be in favor of a short
er term."
“The 17-year term has worked out
yen- well in the past; why change
it?" Mr. Tibbetts countered in de
fense.
"Its worked out well for some
people." Senator Borah concluded.
“Is there any good reason why
anybody in industry should not be
allowed use of a beneficial inven
tion on payment of some reason
able sum?" Representative Sumners
asked.
“Well, there are many small con
cerns that depend for their very
existence upon the exclusive rights
granted them in the patents,” Mr.
Tibbetts replied.
Changes Proposed.
Among the proposed changes in
! the patent laws is one by Senator
| King, Democrat, of Utah, that
; the United States Patent Office
I be given a larger staff of examin
ers with a view to making speedier
and more exhaustive investigation of
! applications and eventual award
I of fewer patents. Senator King
| yesterday indicated his own sup
port for this idea in questioning I.
Joseph Farley, patent counsel for
the Ford Motor Co.
The Utah Senator also disclosed
that he is considering a proposal
to require a yearly fee from patent
holders as a means of discouraging
the retention of worthless or ob
structive patents, and another pro
posal to provide for recovery of
cumulative damages and costs
where infringement suits are found
unjustifiable.
From Edsel B. Ford, president of
the Ford Motor Co. and son of its
founder, the committee heard yes
terday how Ford dedicates all of its
•own patents “to public service” in
the sense of making them freely
avalable to any who request their
use and prove intention of actually
applying them. Neither license fees
nor royalties are charged by the
Ford Co., Mr. Ford said, and no in
fringement suit has been brought by
the company for unauthorized use
since 1909.
New Trial for Condemned Dog
Follows Prayers of 3 Children
prayers oi tnree children lor the
life of their dog, Skippy, have been
rewarded.
Three weeks ago Skippy was sen
tenced to die by a court order. A
few days later Police Court Judge
Edward M. Curran granted a re
prieve. He ordered an investigation
by two veterinarians. Today the
court declared the case reopened on
the basis of their reports that the
2-year-old half Airedale, half Ger
man shepherd, did not appear
vicious.
The children of Ewart R. Rice
almost cried last night when they
were told about the new trial. In
the front window of their home at
3977 First street S.W. a candle has
been kept burning day and night.
Vincent, 10; Lucian. 12. and Violet,
14, have taken turns lighting it. And
each offered a in^yer for Skippy
every night. At cnurcn on sunaay
they said special prayers.
The new trial will be held on De
cember 13. Dr. D. E. Buckingham,
District veterinarian, reported to
Judge Curran that the dog's re
action to his presence was "one of
a cheerful greeting and the actions
of a young, happy dog.” Dr. Thomas
J. Shumate of the Health Depart
ment also failed to find Skippy
vicious.
Skippy’s death warrant was signed
after Mr. Rice had been convicted
of permitting him to run at large,
although knowing him to be danger
ous. Several witnesses appeared to
testify that the dog had either bitten
them or had leaped upon them.
The court ordered the dog de
stroyed in the District Dog Pound's
monoxide chamber as provided by
statute. Skippy has been held at
the pound since the trial,.
I
SAN DIEGO. CALIF.—TWO DIE IN CRASH—Wreckage of the two-seated Navy scouting plane
which crashed into an unoccupied garage and burst into flames yesterday. The occupants,
Aviation Cadet Francis Patrick Kerr, 29, of San Francisco, and Aviation Machinist Mate Carle
ton Hargreaves, 20, of Los Angeles, were killed. —A. P. Wirephoto.
Daladier Mans Liner
With Naval Crew
To Break Strike
Paris to Sail Tomorrow
From Cherbourg on
New York Crossing
By the Associated Press.
PARIS. Dpc. 6.—Premier Dala
dier, determined to break the ship
ping strike at Le Havre, ordered 259
; sailors to man the liner Paris today
: and take her to New York on
schedule.
Sources close to the government
indicated Daladier had decided to
keep all French trans-Atlantic
liners moving with naval crews and
requisitioned stewards, if necessary,
to break the strike.
Three destroyers arrived at Le
Havre early today with sailors from
the Cherbourg base. More sailors,
all specialists trained to handle
merchantmen in lime of war. were
called from other bases.
Lest the strikers attempt to inter
fere with the sailing of the Paris,
the government ordered the navy to
sail her to Cherbourg, where she will
pick up most of her trans-Atlantic
passengers bytender tomorrow and
leave for New York. The usual port
of sailing for the Paris is Le Havre.
American Volunteer* to Sail.
Among the passengers on the
liner, officials said, would be many
of the 322 American volunteers
evacuated from Spain last week.
Almost all the vessel's third-class
cabins were reserved for this group.
An orchestra of six American stu
dents from Franklin and Marshall
College. Lancaster, Pa., who worked
their way to France by playing
aboard the Normandie and wfere
stranded when that vessel was tied
up by the strike last week, will play
their way back on the Paris.
Approximately 1.500 of the Nor
mandie crew. 2.000 workers on the
liners Paris and lie de France and
1.500 dock workers and port han
dlers were on strike at Le Havre in
sympathy with 60 of their number
who were discharged for taking part
in the general strike last Wednes
day.
Vote to Continue Walkout.
Just before the government's de
cision to use naval crews became
known the striking seamen sent a
delegation to Paris to talk with Leon
Jouhaux, leader of the General Con
federation of Labor. When the
delegation returned, the strikers
voted to continue the walkout.
Louis de Chappedelaine, minister
! of merchant marine, countered with
I a statement that "all ships at Le
i Havre will leave port on time.” It
i was announced the Normandie
l would sail on December 17, her next
j regular sailing date.
Elsewhere in France lockouts
ordered after the general strike con
; tinued despite pressure from the
i government on employers to open
their plants and rehire the strikers.
In the north about 20,000 textile
j workers were locked out, although
several thousand went back to work
at Valenciennes.
Six Strikers Injured.
Six strikers were injured at Nantes
when mobile guards broke up a
group of pickets trying to prevent
passage of a truckload of workmen
bound for a large metal factory.
The General Confederation of
Labor last night authorized Jouhaux
to withdraw organized labor's col
laboration from government agencies
such as the National Economic
Council.
A communique issued after a
meeting of the confederation's ex
ecutive council said labor was "ready
to engage in any useful talks to put
an end to the present conflicts,”
but added that the government and
employers by "jailing thousands of
workers and by locking out or dis
charging hundreds of thousands”
were responsible for the social
trouble.
Son, 29, Pleads Innocent
In Slaying of Pastor
By the Associated Press.
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, Dec. 6.—
Robert Bready, 29, pleaded innocent
yesterday to the slaying of his pas
tor-father, Dr. Russell H. Bready of
nearby Bainbridge, and was bound
over to the Ross County grand
jury on a first-degree murder
charge He was denied bond and
returned to jail.
Bready sat silently In a justice
of the peace’s court as his attorney,
Paul Hertenstein, entered the plga.
Prosecutor Lester S. Reid, who
said Bready confessed he shot his
father while the father took him
on a walk to “sober up’’ early Fri
day, said the case would be pre
sented the grand Jury probably
January 3.
Funeral services for Dr. Bready,
whom the son termed “the original
prohibitionist',” will be held at 8
p.m. at Bainbridge. Deputy Sheriff
Lon Lowery said he would take
young Bready to the rites.
Duke of Kent
Says Windsor
Will Return
B* ihe Associated Pres*.
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 6—The
newspaper Nationaltidende today
quoted the Duke of Kent as replying,
"Yes, yes, sure,” when asked whether
his brother, the Duke of Windsor,
intended to return soon to England.
"Will he stay in England?” the
duke was asked by a reporter during
a 10-minute stop at Copenhagen
Airport last night.
“Yes, I think so," Kent was quoted
as replying.
The duke, youngest brother of the
former King Edward VIII, was en
route to Oslo to represent the British
royal family at the funeral Thursday
of Queen Maud of Norway.
Police Center Kidnap
Probe at Locality
Of Brown Home
Missing Links in Cose
Still Unsolved After
Combing River Area
Maryland police, admittedly baf
fled in their search for solution ol
♦he mysterious abduction of Mary
Brown, 18-year-old convent student,
today shifted their investigation
back to the immediate vicinity of
the girl's home in Oxon Hill. Md..
in an effort to discover one of the
many missing links in the chain of
evidence.
Maj. Elmer F. Munshower. super
intendent of Maryland State police,
who has led the investigation since
the girl staggered, partially clad,
into the living room of her home
Thursday night, approximately 30
hours after she was seized from a
lonely road near her home, said to
day that police "have no lead at
all to work with.”
Hunt to South Is Unavailing.
Officers have spent the past two
days running down possible clues
miles south of the kidnaping scene—
the general direction in which the
girl is convinced she was taken,
blindfolded, in a small black paneled
truck. None of the reports have
proved of value, Maj. Munshower
stated.
"We can't work with nothing.” the
police head commented, "and I’m
convinced that any addition to the
evidence we now have must come
from the Brown residence, or the
immediate vicinity.”
Maj. Munshower commented that
the abductors' hideout, where the
girl was held captive, is "quite a
distance" from Oxon Hill and that
to call out Civilian Conservation
Corps workers to search the terri
tory in the vicinity of the home—
a proposal advanced by several in
terested persons, including Gov.
Harry Nice of Maryland—would be
of no assistance as far as police are
concerned.
Awaits Physician's Report.
Maj. Munshower said he is ex
pecting a more detailed report from
Dr. Roman Sanderson, the physician
who examined Mary shortly after
she was returned.
Police do not plan to question
the girl any more intensively until
she has been released from the care
of the physician, but they do ex
pect to talk today with members of
her family, partibularly her sister,
Lucy, 15, who was walking on nar
row Box road with Mary at the
time of the abduction.
Several neighbors who have of
fered clues in the baffling case also
will be requestioned today.
State police last night made their
way through the swamp lands along
the bank of the Potomac River in
the vicinity of Cross Roads, Md., in
vestigating several fishing shanties.
A Washington cab driver had re
ported seeing smoke coming from
one of the huts which he knew had
not been lived in for more than
three years. This lead also col
lapsed.
Mary, meanwhile, was reported
"greatly improved,” though she
continued to remain in bed.
Four Bolivian Educators
To Visit D. C. Schools
Pour Bolivian educators were in
Washington today on an official
visit of one week, during which time
they plan to inspect the District
schools.
The four, who arrived from Mex
ico yesterday, are Max A. Bairon,
Inspector general of Indian and
rural education of Bolivia; Ernesto
Vaca Guzman, of the ministry of
education; Leonidas Calvimontes
and Carolos Salazar, normal school
professors. After a week in Wash
ington the group will spend another
week in New York City.
1
Friends of Garner
Gather to Launch
Presidential Boom
Resolutions to Stress
Thrift and F4ard Work
In Political Career
DETROIT. Tex., Dec. 6—Boy
hood friends of John Nance Gar
ner, who was born in a shanty and
rose from a frontier lawyer to Vice
President, rounded up the folks of
Northeast Texas today for a rally
that will formally launch the Gar
ner-for - President movement
throughout the Nation.
Thousands of the faithful—from
the youngsters who aspire to his
career of high public service to the
oldsters who remember the earnest
young lawyer as the best shortstop
Red River County ever produced—
have been called to meet here to
form the first Garner-for-President
Club.
The meeting place is only a few
miles from the mud-chinked log
cabin where Mr. Garner was bom.
Resolutions to be submitted to the
tally will stress the frontier Ameri
can virtues of thrift, self-reliance
and hard w-ork exemplified by his
life and political career.
Political friends have a ready an
swer to the question of whether Mr.
Garner would accept a presidential
nomination if it were forthcoming.
"Well," one old-timer put it, “he
hasn't said yes—but he hasn't
said no.”
The Vice President has lent no en
j couragement to the movement. But
those who know him best confidently
believe he would accept the respon
sibilities of that high office if they
were placed upon him by the Ameri
can people.
"John Nance hasn't shirked a pub
lic duty yet." his..friends say. "and
he won't shirk this one if it comes
along."
John Garner was born on a farm
j near here November 22, 1868, and
I spent his early boyhood tramping six
' miles daily to and from his country
school, doing a full round of chores
| on the farm and riding miles of
j fence. As he grew older he found
I time for baseball, organizing a team
at Coon Soup Hollow and playing
; the boys from Possom Trot, Reed
| Tank, Blossom Prairie and other
| Northeastern Texas communities.
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The first steam railway to carry
public passengers was the Stockton
& Darlington in England, opened
in 1825.
Specialists Urged
For'Minor'Spheres
Of Public Health Work
Dr. Olesen Says D. C.
Needs Full-Time Men
In Three Fields
Full-time physicians in the Health
Department to supervise prevention
work in what now are regarded as
"minor” spheres of the agency's ac
tivity was declared yesterday to be
a prime health need of the Capital
by Dr. Robert C. Olesen, assistant
surgeon general of the United States
Public Health Service. Dr. Olesen
spoke at the monthly luncheon of
the Council of Social Agencies, held
at the Y. W. C. A.
Dr. Olesen declared that he con
sidered this one of the most impor
tant recommendations contained in
the survey of Washington s medical
requirements submitted last spring
to the District Commissioners by
the Public Health Service. He listed
cancer, pneumonia and dental hygi
ene as problems which could be
coped with more effectively if spe
cialists were made available to the
Health Department.
No Estimate on Cost.
In summarizing the six-year pro
gram, Dr. Olesen said he could offer
no estimate as to its cost either for
additional personnel or construction
work and equipment.
Adequate working quarters for the
Health Department staff and estab
lishment of three health centers in
the city, each affiliated with a med
ical school, were termed urgent items
in the latter classification by the
speaker. He pointed out that co
ordination of public facilities with
medical training would be exceed
ingly valuable in fitting young doc
tors for public practice or enabling
them to work more efficiently with
the department if they entered the
field of private practice.
Urges Social Medicine.
Dr. Olesen urged members of the
council to press for achievement of
the Washington plan without wait
ing for the National Health Pro
gram, recommended by the Presi
dent's Interdepartmental Committee
on Health and Welfare, to be started.
Discussing the latter plan, Dr.
K. S. Falk, chief of health studies.
Bureau of Research and Statistics
of the Social Security Board, said
he believed the Nation's principal
health need is "not to achieve social
ized medicine but to make medicine
more nearly sociaUmedicine.”
"I believe that tfiere is a distinc
tion between social medicine and
socialized medicine just as therp is
between socialism and sociology," he
added.
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Newspaper Unions Hurl
Charges in Strike
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 6.—Charges and
counter - charges from opposing
union chieftains developed today a'
the strike of Chicago Newspapr
Guild members against the Herald
and Examiner and the American
entered its second day.
Both of the Hearst newspaper
continued publication after the
walkout, in w'hich. the guild state;
600 employes participated. The
management of the newspapers esti
mated the total number of emplovej
between 3.200 and 3.300.
The guild announced plans for
mass picketing in Hearst Square
Sixteen pickets paraded yesterday.
H. Richard Seller, representati'. €
i of the American Newspaper Guild,
1 stated the strike was “to enforce
the job security sections" of a con
tract involving editorial employe!
j and to guarantee collective bargain
ing rights to approximately 800
other “white collar" workers.
He reiterated guild charges that
the management had violated pro
! visions covering hours, wages and
working conditions.
A group of city and State Amer
ican Federation of Labor officials
issued a statement charging the
strike was "basically a fight of the
C. I. O. Guild against the regular
j trade unions and in defiance of the
j National Labor Relations Board."
They said these unions included
A. F. of L. organizations of employes
j in the editorial, business, commer
cial and advertising departments.
Weather Report
District of Columbia—Pair and somewhat colder with lowest tem
perature about 34 degrees tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy and slightly
farmer; moderate winds mostly westerly. * y
Maryland—Pair; somewhat colder' in east and central portion
tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy with slightly warmer in west and central
portions.
Virginia-Fair and slightly colder tonight; tomorrow increasing
cloudiness; slightly warmer in west portion. b
West Virginia—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; not much
change m temperature.
A disturbance whicn developed over <
Eastern Virginia Monday evening has
moved northeastward to New Englerfd with
increased intensity, Concord. N. H . 29.32
inches. Another disturbance is moving
southeastward over Minnesota. Bemidii.
29.60 inches. Pressure continues low
over Southern Greenland and Iceland.
Reykjavik. Iceland. 28.6? inches, and over
Alaska. Kodiak. 28.90 inches. Pressure is
high southeast ot Newfoundland. Cape
Race. 30.36 inches, and over the Plateau
region, Boise. Idaho. 30.54 inches, while
a high-pressure area is moving eastward
over the Gull States. New Orleans. La.,
30.22 inches. During the last. 24 hours
there have been rather general rains Iti
the Atlantic States and some light pre
cipitation m the Lake region and the
Northern Plains. Temperatures have
fallen considerably over the Southeastern
States, but they have risen somewhat in
portions of the Plains States.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear at
Harpers Ferry: Potomac slightly muddy at
Great Falls today.
Repart far Last 48 Hoars.
Temperature. Barometer.
Yesterday— Degrees. Inches.
4 p.m. - 6« 29.68
8 p.m - 5.3 29.66
Midnight _ 51 29.62
Today—
4 a.m. _ 49 29.63
8 a.m._ 44 29.?n
Noon _ 50 29.77
Reeard far Last 24 Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 59. 1:30 p.m. yesterday. Year
ago. 40.
Lowest. 44, 7 a.m. today. Year ago. 27.
Reeard Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 96. on August 15.
Lowest. 14, on November 28.
Humidity far Last 24 Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 93 per cent, at 8 a.m. today.
. Lowest, 38 per cent, at noon today.
The Sun and Moon.
.. Rises. Seta.
Sun, today _ 7:12 4:46
8un. tomorrow_ 7:13 4:46
Moon, today_ 4:21p.m. 6:07 a.m.
Automobile lithta must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
i Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in Inches In the
Capital (current month ter date.)
Month. 1938 Ave. Record.
January _ 2.84 3.85 7.83 '37
February _ 2.37 3.27 6.84 '84
March _ 2.23 3.75 8.84 '91
April _ 1.67 3.27 9.13 '89
May _ 3.51 3.70 10.69 '89
lune _2.2fl 4.13 10.94 '00
July ___ 8.06 4.71 10.83 88
Aucust' _ 4.64 4.01 14.41 '28
September __ 4.27 3 24 17.45 '34
agSSBU-—:: I:1S I# 'U
December _ 1.38 3.32 7.68 '01
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Tide Table.
i (Purmshed by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
- 6:4.1 a.m. 7:43 am.
i - 7:10p.m. 7:6Xp.n.
I low _ - 1:20 p.m. 2:10 p.m.
Weather In Various Cities.
O. .. _ Temp. Rain.
*h7i^ ona' .,B.ar? High.Low. fall.Weather.
Abilene 30.14 66 40 Clear
Albany 29.36 4ti 38 1.20 Ram
Atlanta 30. no 58 36 Clear
AH. City 20.66 56 40 0.54 Rain
Baltimore 20.60 56 40 0.72 Clear
Birm gham 30.12 50 .32 Clear
Bismarck 29.94 42 34 ' Clear
Boston 29.36 68 42 0.90 Rain
Buffalo ~9o4 54 36 0.01 Rain
Charleston 30.02 70 44 0.32 Clear
Chicago 29.9(1 40 34 Cloudy
Cincinnati 29.96 So 36 0.04 Rain
Cleveland 29.74 54 36 0.10 Rain
Columbia . 30.00 60 38 1.00 Clear
Denver ... 30.24 64 34 Cloudy
Detroit _ 29.76 46 38 0.02 Cloudy
*1 Paso . 30.20 68 38 ... clear
Galveston. 30.22 62 62 clear
Helena... 30.28 46 32 0.01 Cloudy
Huron . 29.94 40 28 0.01 Clear
Indi'apolls 29.98 42 36 0.04 Cloudy
Jacks nville 30.12 76 44 0.02 Clear
Kans. City 30.00 40 32 _ Clear
L. Angeles 30.12 86 64 ... Clear
Louisville 30.02 46 36 Cloudy
Miami . 30.08 76 58 0.08 Clear
Mpls.-8t.P. 29.72 36 26 0.01 Snow
N. Orleans 30.22 60 48 Sear
New York 29.44 5« 46 0.42 Rain
Okla. City 30.10 66 40 _ Clear
Omaha 29.98 44 30 Clear
Philad’phla 29.58 58 46 0.84 Cloudy
Phoenix 30.14 80 46 _ Cloudy
Ptttsburih 29.74 54 36 Cloudy
P'tl'nd. Me. 29.40 62 38 1.10 Rain
P’.tl'nd, Ore. 30.40 50 44 Rain
Raleigh _ 29.88 64 42 0.68 Clear
8t. Louis 30.02 38 32 _ Cloudy
S. Lake C. 30.38 66 30 _ Cloudy
S. Antonio 30.14 72 46 _ Clear
San Diego 30.08 82 66 _ Clear
S. Pr'ciico 30.30 64 60 _ Cloudy
Seattle 30.38 64 46 _ Cloudy
Spokane.. 30.38 54 46 _ Cloudy
Tampa 30.12 74 60 _ clear
WASH..D C. 20.68 59 44 0.60 Clear
Farcin Station!.
(7 a.m„ Greenwich time, today.)
u£8S£“Wnd ._TemPVStUr*- Wc?otUh/yr
Faria. France- 37 Cloudy
^“•"Austria- 34 Rain
Berlin, Germany- 43 Cloudy
Brest. France _ H2 Cloudy
Zurich. Switzerland 37 Cloudy
Stockholm. Sweden 3# Cloudy
Gibraltar. Spain A8 Cloudy
(Noon. Greenwich time, today.>
Horta (Farail. Azores 5« Rain
_. _ (Current observations.)
3t. Georees. Bermuda 70 Cloudy
Ban Juan. Puerto Rico 78 Cloudy
Havana. Cuba _ 74 Cloudy
fialon. Canal Zona_ 78 Cloudy