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Consumers Ask
Milk Price Cut
As Hearings End
Briefs to Guide
Wallace on New
Pact to Be Filed
■%>
Only the submission of briefs from
various afTected interests remained
today to complete the record of
milk-marketing hearings held bj
the Agriculture Department here
and in Warrenton, Va., and Fred
erick, Md., this week to guide Sec
retary Wallace in setting up a new
agreement and scale of prices to
be paid farmers supplying Wash
ington distributors.
The hearings were closed at the
department auditorium yesterday,
after representatives of consumers
in the city had urged lower retail
milk prices and indorsed a proposal
by the Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers’ Association for a special
price to families on relief.
Glen J. Gifford, presiding, gave
those who desired to submit briefs
until December 9 to file them.
Mrs. S. M. Newman, representing
the Consumers’ Milk Committee of
the Distript, suggested that the price
paid producers be reduced for Class
1 milk by 35 cents a hundredweight,
which would place it at $2.81,
Suggests Retail Cuts.
"At the same time,” she added,
"we are demanding that the store
price of milk be reduced 3 cents
a quart, and that the delivered price
in two-quart containers be reduced
2 Vi cents a quart.”
This would lower the general re
tail price from 14 to 11 cents a quart.
Mrs. Newman pointed out that a
temporary increase in the producer
price was granted in the fall of 1936,
because of emergency conditions in
the milkshed, and this price had not
been revised downward, save for a
decrease of 10 cents a hundred
weight, “which merely served to in
crease distributors' margins and was
not reflected in consumer prices."
Since 1936, she said, "production
has far exceeded the growth of popu- !
lation; furthermore, fluid sales, as j
represented by association figures,
have lagged far behind production
and population.” From 1935 tc 1938.
she added, “association sales actually
fell off and its 1938 report has this 1
to say: ‘It is quite evident that dur- ;
ine the last four years the trend in
production has been up and the '
trend of sales has been down.’
Sees Substitutes Used.
As a result of high prices, Mrs. 1
Newman said, “the consumer has 1
bought substitutes for less.’’ She
added:
“We tnink it to be an obvious con- j
elusion that the producer price for ,
fluid milk in this area is too high
and that the retail prices are even ,
farther out of line. Sales have fallen j
far behind production and surpluses | i
have increased. Population growth
has exceeded sales figures to an even
greater degree, which means that an
already shameful per capita con
sumption figure is shrinking daily.”
The Consumers’ Milk Committee
contended that “the spread between
tihe local fluid price and manufactur
ing values is wide. The consumer is
paying more for less milk and the
producer is receiving less for more
milk.”
Mrs. Newman contended: “Some
thing must be done. There are'
too many consumers who are buying
evaporated milk for 7 cents in pref
erence to paying 14 cents a quart
for fluid, and the number is grow
ing.”
the witness made it clear that her
organization wanted the farmers to !
make a reasonable profit and was
aware of the role the middle men,!
the distributing dairies, played in
marketing milk, but was concerned
at this time with the producer price,
since that was the only issue before
the department.
Cites 1923-25 Price.
Compared with the 1923-25 aver
age, Mrs. Newman said, food in the
District is down 23 per cent except
mine, wnicn is only 2 per cent less.
Mrs. D. A. Sharb, from the Con
sumers’ Study Group of the College
Park (Md.) chapter of the American
Association of University Women,
said she had two small children
and milk represented 35 per cent of
her household budget.
John R. O'Neill charged the dis
tributors had "threatened the farm
ers with milk bootleggers from out
side the shed to make them cut
down the price.” The farmers, he
insisted, should receive 60 per cent
of the consumer’s dollar.
A statement filed by the District
Congress of Parents and Teachers
expressed particular interest in pro
viding milk within reach of under
nourished children.
W. L. King, a dairy farmer of
Gaithersburg, Md., said he was sur
prised the producers' association had
not asked for an increase in the
new agreement.
"If you consumers,” he asserted,
"paid for milk what you pav for
beer, you'd pay 80 cents a gallon.
In Washington milk is still your
cheapest and purest food.”
The producers’ organization re
quested the hearings as the basis for
a marketing agreement to replace
one put into effect for the Wash
ington shed in 1936. That pre
fixing agreement was held unronsti
tutional by the District Court, but
the United States Supreme Court
since has upheld the validity of
marketing pacts.
More Vocational
Schools Urged in D. C.
Additional vocational schools for
the District were advocated last
night by John A. Linke, chief of
the agricultural educational service,
office of education, in an address to
members of the Boys’ Garden Club
of the Washington Civitan Club.
Mr. Linke speaking at the group's
Anacostia road clubhouse, told the
boys the elements of success lie in
the three words “choose, prepare
and labor."
After determining their chosen
occupation Mr. Linke said boys
should get their preparation at a
vocational school which he said
should not supplant, but should be
carried on along with academic
work. He stressed the necessity of
vocational schools for present day
youth.
DOLLS DRESSED FOR CHARITY SALE—Members of the Women’s Guild of Goodwill Industries
have dressed dolls to be displayed December 8 during doll and food sale and fashion show in
the Shoreham Hotel. Shown in front are (left to right) Mrs. Needham C. Turnage, Miss Reilly
Coleen Moore, Miss Anne Foster, Miss Naomi Peabody and Mrs. Edward Campbell Shields, chair
man. In back row are Mrs. Tilman Bacon Parks (left) and Mrs. E. Barrett Prettyman.
___ —Star Staff Photo.
Trade Board to Seek
Increased Funds to
Improve Highways
Traffic Committee
Votes Confidence in
Officials
Increased appropriations lor Dis- '
rict highway improvements will be
(ought by the Washington Board of
rrade as a result of a resolution
idopted by its Traffic Committee
esterday.
The measure, voted during a
uncheon meeting, expressed confi
ience highway and traffic officials
tere have done their best to allevi
tte vehicular congestion “with the
unds available,” but placed the
■ommittee on record as favoring
nore money for thoroughfare proj
:ct,s.
Declaring he considered his de
railment had accomplished "much
nore than a little” in dealing with
he Capital's traffic problem, Capt
I. C. Whitehurst, director of high
vays, termed particularly helpful
he highway planning survey now
leing conducted in co-operation
vith the United States Bureau of
3ublic Roads and highway authori
ses of adjoining States.
Outlines Grade Separation.
Plans for a grade separation proj
;ct at Fourteenth street and Maine
avenue s.w. wall include a system
if integration with proposed road
ways serving the new Thomas Jef
ferson Memorial and separation of
grades at the intersection of Four
teenth sti-eet and the Hains Point
drive exit, the highway director
revealed.
Capt. Whitehurst said it is hoped
the project may be started next year
as a Federal aid grant unit.
In referring to impending open
ing of the Thomas Circle under
pass he pointed out a “master plan”
contemplates similar subways at
Scott and Dupont Circles. He add
ed although Massachusetts avenue
traffic will be speeded under Thomas
Circle, it can be expected to con
tinue “backing up” during rush
tiours at the other circles until the
ether underpasses are built.
New Bridge Considered.
In response to a question Capt. !
Whitehurst said some thought had
oeen given to the possibility of con
struction of a new Potomac River
aridge either as a replacement for
Highway Bridge or as an additional
span. He explained, however, that
increased traffic in nearby Virginia
was being considered “principally a
Virginia problem” and said the cur
rent survey was expected to suggest
Virginia highway plans aimed at
distributing traffic more evenly
among the four present bridges.
“Channelization” of vehicular flow
at irregular intersections in the
city figures prominently in local
plans now being carried out or
scheduled for the near future, Capt.
Whitehurst stated.
He said eight portable vehicle
counters are uundergoing acceptance
tests by the department. They are
designed to supplement the fixed
counters now in use.
On recommendation of,its Child
Safety Subcommittee the Traffic
Committee authorized appointment
ui a. ucigauuii to meet wim puDllC
school officials to discuss possibility
f establishing a regular 30-minute
period each week in the schools for
safety study.
Conference to Select
Best Apple Strain
By the Associated Press.
Entomologists, pathologists and
horticulturists from seven States
and the District of Columbia will
pick the best strain from 100 dif
ferent ted apple bud variations in
the two-day meeting of the Cum
aerland-Shenandoah Fruit Confer
ence.
The conference studies fruit prob
lems in the area, with special em
phasis on apples. Dr. A. Lee
Schrader, head of the university
horticultural department and hor
ticultural chairman of the asso
oiation, explained.
Red strains are apples consist
ently redder than the paient stock
and “are - of vast importance to
horticulturists because their su
perior coloring and appearance
commands a higher price,” Dr.
Schrader said.
The conference opened at the
University of Maryland yesterday,
with delegates from North Caro
lina, Virginia, West Virginia, Dela
ware. Pennsylvania, New York,
Maryland and Washington.
SENORITA MERCEDES
GUERRA.
Cuban Woman to Talk
At G. W. U. Conference
Senorita Mercedes Guerra, young
Cuban member of a delegation of
Latin American women making a
good-will tour of the United States,
will be the first woman speaker to
address George Washington Uni
versity's three-day conference on
Pan-American relations beginning
December 5.
She will discuss women's part in
the protection of inter-American
solidarity.
Representatives of the Army,
Navy, diplomatic, trade, education,
press, radio and motion picture
groups will speak.
Senorita Guerra is daughter and
secretary of Dr. Ramiro Guerra,
scholar and historian, in Washing
ton.
Tho nnnforormo tirill ho holrf in tho
United States Chamber of Com
merce Building under auspices of
the inter-American center of the
university.
Sisters' Trial Postponed
In Dispossession Case
Trial of the three Misses Riley—
Elizabeth B„ Ellen R. and Harriot
C.—on charges of returning to prop
erty from which they had been dis
possessed, was postponed indefinitely
a second time yesterday in the
Montgomery County Police Court at
Silver Spring, Md.
Postponement was granted by
Judge Ralph G. Shure at the re
quest of Robert S. Bain, agent foi
Robert S. Nash, who foreclosed hi;
mortgage last February on the farm
on which the three sisters, now all
over 50 years old, have lived since
birth.
Counsel for Mr. Bain asked for the
delay in order to obtain for presen
tation to the court documents show
ing tnat the Misses Riley were dis
possessed. The first postponement
was necessary to permit Mr. Bair
to attend Circuit Court.
F. Barnard Welsh, attorney foi
the sisters, and Mr. Bain, it is said
will confer shortly and agree on s
date for the trial that is mutually
satisfactory to both sides.
The mortgage, said by the sister;
to involve more than $100,000, wa;
foreclosed last February, but th(
sisters remained on the property, s
600-acre tract across Georgia ave
nue from the Manor Country Club
near Norbeck, for several months.
The sisters then took up residence
with a neighbor, but last month
they returned to the tenant house
on the farm and have since beer
living there.
McNutt Defends
Veterans7 Preference
Defending the principle of vet
erans’ preference in Federal ap
pointments, George M. McNulty
national commander of the National
Association of Veterans, said todaj
that this is not violative of the
merit system, because appointing
officers are not required to take unfit
personnel simply because they are
veterans.
The veteran preference law re
cently was attacked by witnesses be
fore President Roosevelt's Committee
on Civil Service Improvement.
Mr. McNulty said that “during the
past few years very few veteran;
have been appointed to professional
or other higher paid positions ir
the Government service, but are
usually appointed as guards, watch
men or junior file clerks.”
Parking Curtailed
On 15 Streets; 4 New
'One Ways' Named
U Turns Banned on
East Executive Avenue
At White House Request
At the request of the White
House staff, the Commissioners
have banned U turns on East Exec
utive avenue between Pennsylvania
avenue and Treasury place N.W.,
in connection with 20 other changes
in traffic regulations. Parking re
strictions were increased on 15
streets and four new one-way
streets were designated.
In addition, the Commissioners
lightened the ban on cruising by
taxicabs on F and G streets N.W
between Ninth and Fifteenth
streets. The past rule forbids
' midnight weekdays and between 2
p.m. and midnight on Sundays.
The amended rule will forbid
cruising only from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
on week days.
The four new one-way streets
are:
California street from Eight
; eenth to Nineteenth street N.W.,
for westbound traffic only; N street
• from Eighteenth street to Little
Sixteenth street N.W.. for eastbound
traffic only, and from Connecticut
avenue to Twenty-second street
I N.W.. for westbound traffic only; T
| street from Florida avenue near
Nineteenth street to Fifth street
N.W.. for eastbound traffic only;
and Vernon street N.W. from
Nineteenth to Eighteenth street, for
eastbound traffic only.
Change on U Street.
U street from Bohrer place to
Third street N.W., formerly re
served for eastbound traffic, was
restored to two-way traffic, since
parking now is prohibited on the
south side of the street.
The new parking restrictions are
as follows:
Hertford place between Ogden
place and Oak street N.W., no park
ing on the west side at any time.
Kennedy street from Fourteenth
to Sixteenth streets N.W., no park
ing on the south side at any time,
except on Sundays between 9 a.m.
and 1 p.m.
M street N.W. between Thirteenth
street and New Jersey avenue, no
parking on the south side at any
time, except on Sundays between
9 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Meridian place N.W. between Six
teenth street and Brown street, no
parking on the north side at any
time.
O street N.W. from Fifteenth
street east to the first alley, no
parking on either side at any time.
Otis place from Tenth to Thir
teenth streets N.W., no parking on
the south side at any time.
T street N.W. between Florida
avenue and Seventh street, no park
ing on the south side at any time
and on the north side parking shall
be limited to 15 minutes at all times.
Virginia avenue N.W. from Nine
teenth to Twenty-third streets, no
parking on the south side from 7
to 9:30 a.m. and on the north side
no Darkine from 4 t.n fi m
cept between E and Twenty-second
streets, where there shall be no
parking on the north side at any
time.
On Eleventh Street.
Eleventh street N.W., from Florida
avenue to New York avenue, no
parking on the west side between 8
and 9:30 am. and on the east side
between 4 and 6 pm.
Seventeenth street N.W., from
Park road to Newton street, no park
ing on the east side at any time.
Twentieth street N.W., no park
ing on the east side in front of
1119 to 1129 Twentieth street, be
tween a point 35 feet south of the
south driveway to a point 10 feet
north of the north driveway.
New York avenue NJE., on all
streets for a distance of 300 feet in
all directions from the intersection
of New York, Montana and West
Virginia avenues, no parking be
tween 7 and 9:30 am. or between 4
and 6 p.m.
Sixteenth street N.E., between
Benning road and C street, no park
ing on the east side at any time.
Independence avenue S.W., be
tween Fourth and South Capitol
streets, no parking on the south
side at any time.
Second street S.E., for a distance
of 100 feet south of D street, no
parking on the east side at any
time.
2 Women Die
From Traffic
Injuries
District's Death
Toll During Year
Rises to 77
Two pedestrians died in local hos
pitals early today of injuries re
ceived in traffic accidents, one oc
curring within the boundaries of
the District to advance the city’s
1939 traffic toll to 77.
Run down by an automobile last
night while crossing from a curb at
Georgia avenue and Kennedy street
N.W. to a street car safety zone,
Georgia Johnson, 39, colored, 1641
Sixth street N.W., died at Emergency
Hospital after treatment for a com- ’
pound fracture of her left leg,
broken hip and spine fracture.
Sixth precinct police originally
charged the driver. Alonzo Gilliam.
27, colored, a chauffeur at 218 Jones
Bridge road, Chevy Chase, Md., with
reckless driving, but following the
victim’s death, held him for action
of a coroner’s jury.
The 1939 traffic death total re
mained three below last year's num
ber for the same period.
Hyattsville Woman Dies.
The other death was that of Miss
Helen Rice, 41, of 454 Cecil avenue,
Hyattsville, Md., who was struck on
Baltimore Boulevard in Rlverdale
Wednesday. She died in Providence
Hospital, where she was treated for
a brain concussion and multiple
Prince Georges County police said
the driver of the car which struck ,
Miss Rice was Laure Brickertioff of
University Park, Md.
Charles R. Jordan, 22. 3726
Eighteenth street North, Arlington.
Va., suffered a possible fractured
skull and fracture of the right arm
this morning on Route 211 near
Chimney Villa, Va.
According to Sheriff E. P. Kirby of
Fairfax, Mr. Jordan's car struck a
concrete culvert and overturned in I
a small stream. Mr. Jordan was
thrown into a ditch nearby. He was
taken to Georgetown Hospital by a
passing motorist.
Driver Injured Slightly.
Albert H. Friese, 46, of Catonsville,
Md.. was slightly injured today when
the Maryland State Roads Commis
sion automobile he was driving W'as
in collision with two other cars on
the Baltimore boulevard near Rushe
road in University Park, Md
Mr, Friese, Prince Georges County
nnlicp sAiri rpppivpH pntc on tv-io foeo
but was allowed to go home follow
ing treatment by a private physician.
Police said the drivers of the other
cars were George R. Davis, 21. and
William Frank Little, 19, both of
Hyattsville. Police said Mr. Davig'
car was parked along the road and
that the other two machines col
lided with it. Neither Mr. Davis nor
Mr. Little was injured.
Meanwhile 5-year-old William
Thomas. 2602 L street N.W., who
ran into the side of an Army truck
in the 1000 block of Twenty-sixth
street N.W. late yesterday, accord
ing to police, was in a fair con
dition today at Emergency with a
compound leg fracture, broken col
larbone and multiple abrasions.
Three-Car Collision.
A three-car collision at Rhode
Island and Florida avenues N.W.
resulted in severe head injuries for
Chester Roark. 51, of Greenbelt, Md..
operator of a truck involved in the
crash.
Police said Mr. Roark drove his
machine through a stop light and
collided with a sedan, which, in
turn, smashed into another car.
The others escaped injury. Mr.
Roark was admitted to Sibley Hos
pital with deep cuts on his face
and forehead and concussion.
Reportedly running into the
street from between parked cars,
Helen Kane, 12, of 50 Rhode Island
avenue N.W., was struck by an au
tomobile and taken to Sibley with
a fractured left shoulder and rib
injuries. She was allowed to return
home after treatment.
Desire fo Work Stressed
By School Scientist
Children should grow up with a
desire to work instead of with the
habit of always seeking the easiest
tasks^Dr. Martin L. Reymert, direc
tor of the laboratory for child re
search at Moooseheart. 111., told an
open meeting of the Women of the
Moose last night.
Partial blarn^, he said, rests with
the school system which allows kin
dergarten methods to be used in
high schools and colleges. Young
people, given an opportunity to
choose any subjects they like, will
select the easiest courses and grow
up learning nothing about self
discipline, he declared.
He attributed many of the nervous
disorders in adults to faulty training
in schools and home.
Training which will inculcate in
children a respect for authority as
well as a willingness to assume re
sponsibility as Individuals is a fea
ture of the work at Mooseheart, he
said.
The children, Dr. Reymert tx
Dlained. live in small enttacrps with
cottage “parents” supervising their
home life and trained instructors
and psychologists directing their
education.
Dr. Reymert, a native of Norway
and former assistant professor in
the Royal University of Oslo, was
one of the scientists who sat in on
conferences concerning the Dionne
quintuplets. He is in Washington
to attend meetings of the American
Association for Applied Psychology
at the Wardman Park Hotel.
Billion Dollars Spent
By Fishermen in U. S.
By the Associated Press.
Fun with rod and reel cost fisher
men nearly $1,000,000,000 this year.
For tackle alone, they spent about
$35,000,000, Acting Commissioner of
Fisheries Charles E. Jackson re
ported. License fees accounted for
only one-eightieth of the expendi
tures. Included in the estimate also
are bait, gasoline, boats, guides,
clothing and hotel and camping ex
penses.
California fishermen were biggest
spenders in 1938, with a bill of $50,
000,000. Next came Maine, where
the sportsmen paid out $41,171,441.
The commissioner made no estimate
by States for 1939.
DIPLOMAT MAKES TASTY SALADS—The Mexican Ambassador,
Senor Dr. Don Francisco Castillo Najera, known for his expert
ness in concocting new salads, is shown giving instructions in
the art to his daughter, Senorita Erma Castillo Najera, as the
latter tries her skill. —Harris-Ewing Photo.
Zoning Board Urges
Cut of Appeal Fees
In Two Classes
Action Taken in, TO
Cases Recently Heard;
4 Others Deferred
Reduction of the fee for filing an
appeal for an addition to a single- <
family dwelling or for construction :
of a private garage, from $20 to $5, ;
was recommended late yesterday by
the Board of Zoning Adjustment.
It will go to the Board of Commis
sioners.
This suggestion was announced 1
following an executive meeting of 1
the body during which it approved
six appeals, denied four and with
held judgment on four others con
sidered at a public hearing last
Wednesday.
Laundry Decision Deferred.
Among the cases on which ac
tion was deferred was the appeal
of the Convent of Good Shepherd
for permission to erect a new laun
dry building on its property at
Thirty-sixth and R streets N.W.,
which was protested by Burleith
residents at the hearing. Decisions
also were delayed on applications
for permission to erect gasoline
stations at 4036 Georgia avenue
N.W., at the northwest corner of
Connecticut avenue and Fessenden
street N.W. and at the southeast
corner of Carroll and Maple streets
N.W.
The following appeals were ap
proved :
Mary E. and William Hilton, for
permission to inclose a rear first
story porch at 4122 Military road
N.W.; M. F. Poms, for permission
to use an alley property in the rear
of 1421 T street N.W. as an auto
mobile paint shop; Abram and Kath
erine Blum, for permission to change
a non-conforming use from a drug
store to a restaurant, at 1954 Calvert;
street N.W.; Henry Wenger, to erect
and inclose a rear one-story porch to !
the dwelling at 3407 Vista street N£.;
National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer j
Association, to establish an educa
tional institution at 1500 Rhode
Island avenue N.W., and Wolf Ul
man, to change a non-conforming
use from a grocery store to a dry
cleaning agency at 1933 North Cap
itol street.
Appeals Denied.
Among appeals which were denied
were the following:
G. & C. Properties, Inc., to erect
a plumbing and heating shop and
office at the rear of 3823 Fourteenth
street N.W.; Margaret Moriarity, to
permit erection of a one-story rear
porch and a second-story addition to
the dwelling at 1236 Quincy street
N.E.; Mary E. Stelz, to permit reloca
tion and alterations to two dwellings
at 4911 and 4915 North Capitol
street, and William Lift, to permit
erection of a three-story apartment
house at 604 Alabama avenue S.E.
Arthur G. Malone Dies;
Maritime Board Official
Arthur G. Malone, 51, chief of
the laidup fleet and appraisal sec
tion, division of maintenance and
repairs. United States Maritime
Commission, died yesterday in
Georgetown University Hospital
after a brief illness.
Mr. Malone, who came to Wash
ington in 1934, made his home at
the Tudor Hall Apartments, Tenth
street and Massachusetts avenue
N.W. His work started in 1913
with the now defunct Merchant
Fleet Corp. of the United States
Shipping Board.
From chief clerk he rose to traffic
manager, manager of the operating
department at Norfolk, Va.; district
director of that department and
district director of the operating
department in New Orleans, La.,
whence he came to this city.
A native of Person County, N. C.,
Mr. Malone was educated at Trinity
College, now Duke University. He
was a Mason and a Shriner.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Elizabeth Malone; a son, Gordon
Malone, cadet at West Point; two
daughters, Eloise and Helen Jane
Malone; two brothers, Lt. Comdr.
R. W. Malone, U. S. N., Dental Corps,
of Arlington, Va., and Dr. S. E. Ma
lone of Goldsboro, N. C.; two sisters,
Mrs. Amos Sherrard of Goldsboro
and Mrs. C. B. Hall of Hillsboro,
N. C., and his mother, Mrs. Susan
Malone.
Funeral services and burial will
be held tomorrow in Goldsboro.
Rites for Philip Drury
LEONARDTOWN, Md„ Nov. 25.—
Requiem mass for Philip Drury, 72,
a farmer of Clements, Md., who died
of a heart attack Thursday morn
ing, was held this morning at St.
Joseph’s Church, Morganza. Burial
was in the church cemetery. Mr.
Drury is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Lucy Drury, and eight children.
Dies Wants Congress
to Back Probe With
550, C J to $300,CJ
Says Amount Needed
Will Depend Upon
Agency Co-operation
Planning to present “an Ameri
:anism program for this country”
n an address at New York's Madi
on Square Garden next week,
Chairman Dies of the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities
estimates that continuance of his
nvestigation in the coming session
)f Congress will require from $50.
)00 to $300,000.
The precise sum, he told reporters
,’esterday, will be determined by
he amount of co-operation the
;ommittee receives from Govern
ment agencies. Thus far. he said,
^-operation has been held to a
minimum.
The New York mass meeting will
oe one of a series, planned through
>ut the country. Representative
Dies explained, in a "crusade of real
Americanism.” He will participate,
ie added, despite the fact that:
"I’m worn out. I'm tired. If I
:ouid get out honorably, I’d get out
omorrow because it's (the inves
igation) a headache from beginning
o end. but it's a thing that's got
o be done and I'm going to stick
vith it until they (the administra
ion) take the responsibility for
tilling it or contributing to it.”
Mr. Dies predicted “a series of
trikes and sabotage” if Communist
ictivities in the United States are
lot exposed fully and quickly. He
•epeated his charge that the Com
nunist party was an agent of Mos
cow and proposed that the United
States sever relations with Russia
unless that nation abides by the
igreement which led to its recog
nition in 1933. The agreement
iledged the Soviets not to interfere
in internal affairs of this country.
“In view of the facts we’ve got.’
Mr. Dies said, "we ought to declare
that Soviet Russia has violated that
pact and unless we can get assur
ances that it won't happen again
sve ought to sever relations entirely.’
He said Russia had broken the
compact by "conspiring to break the
passport laws,” sending secret police
agents to the United States and
'being a party to” the theft of in
lustrial and military secrets which
(vere taken to Russia.
"The plan of the party is to stop
shipments of war materials to the
allies,” he went on. "Unless those
people are exposed, we're going to
have a series of strikes and sabotage
not connected in any manner with
improving labor conditions.”
St. Paul's to Mark
Loyalty Sunday
‘Every Member at Church Sun
day” or "Love and Loyalty Sunday’
at St Paul’s Church, Rock Creek
Parish tomorrow. At 8:30 am. is
holy communion, 11, morning pray
er and sermon; 6:30 p.m.. Young
Peoples' Fellowship; 8 p.m., even
ing prayer
The Young People's’ Fellowship
will meet at 6:30 Instead of the
regular time because of the even
ing services at the church. Miss
Helen Griffith will speak on “Sym
bolisms of the Church.” The fellow
snip win iorm tne cnoir at the Ad
ver.t evening services beginning to
norrow and the subject of the speak.
;r’s address will be on “The Holy
Church.’
At the auxiliary meeting on
Wednesday Mrs. Joseph P. Gibson
chairman of the Diocesan Devotion
al Committee, will be the speaker.
On Wednesday evening the Men’s
Club will have an open meeting for
all men. women, boys and girls. The
guest speaker will be Albert F
Kunze, radio broadcaster and stamp
collector. He will start the meeting
over the air at 8 o’clock, Station
WOL, and then appear in person
directly after to continue his talk
at the club. He will speak on “Stamp
Romances.”
Retirement of Batista
Expected Within Month
By the Associated Press.
HAVANA, Nov. 25.—Reports ol
Col. Fulgencio Batista’s projected
retirement as chief of Cuban armed
forces to become a presidential can
didate were strengthehed last night
Oy authoritative sources who said
tie would return to civilian life
within a month.
It was expected the House of Rep
resentatives would pass next week
a bill to enable Col. Batista to retire
The bill has been approved by the
Senate.
Col. Batista, informed persons
said, would be the presidential can
didate of a coalition composed ol
Liberals, Nationalists and Conjuntc
Nacional Democratico In the elec
tion set for next February 28.
Chest Success
Held Vital to
All U. S. Drives
Capital Is Urged to
Prevent 'Moral
Failure'
As the Community Chest’s volun
teer solicitors worked overtime to
bring their drive out of the red by
the post-campaign report meeting
next Tuesday, the city was charged
today with the responsibility of pre
venting a “moral failure” of the
national Chest movement.
Allen T. Bums, vice president of
the national organization of Com
munity Chests and Councils, Inc.,
pointed out that it would be a mat
| ter of “national concern” if Wash
ington, to which other cities natural
j ly look for leadership in Community
Chest as well as other movements*.
6hould fail to make its goal.
“Don’t let the rest of the country
down!” he pleaded during a visit
w v/iicoi iicauquai icid ycotciuay.
Explaining that other cities con
sider the Nation’s Capital an exam
ple of the ideal community, he
warned that the failure of the Chest
here this year would amount to '&
“moral failure” of the Chest move
ment.
“Surely what so many other citiei
I have already attained is not impas
sible in the Nation's Capital,” he
declared.
4.5 Per Cent More Raised.
With 155 Chest campaigns report
ing so far, he said, the total raised
to date stands at $19,837,097, repre
senting an increase of 4.5 per cent
over the total sum raised last yea*
and 98.3 per cent of goals. He added
that 72 Chests are among those rais
ing more than last year, 56 have
reached their goals and 44 rank on
both counts.
Washington has not even raised
! as much as it had by the end of
the last report meeting last year.
With a $2,000,000 goal to be attained
; this year, only $1,776,805 was pledged
j by the closing day’s reports last
! Wednesday with scattered returns
since the report meeting adding
1 slightly to the total.
In answer to please of campaign
workers for contributors who haw
not been reached by solicitors to
send or bring in their pledges volun
tarily, a retired Government worker
and his wife brought their pledges
to Chest headquarters yesterday
with the explanation that sympathy
for the volunteers who are having
trouble either in reaching givers o^
in having “doors slammed” in their
faces, prompted them to deliver
their pledges in person.
Appeals to Be Broadcast.
Three Chest agencies were to
broadcast appeals over Station
WMAL within the next few days.
Pornov U
scheduled to broadcast at 2:15 pm.
; today; St. Anna's Home for the Aged
Monday at 3:35 pm. and St. Ann'a
Infant Asylum Tuesday at 3:35 p.m.
Each of the units reported in
tensified appeals to prospective con
| tributors. The Group Solicitation
\ Unit found encouragement on one
front when the Sanitary Grocery Co.
I employes turned in increases
amounting to 32 per cent over last
j year. Government Unit reached '
94.42 per cent of quota with returns
reported since the closing day of
the campaign from 1,713 givers for
$7,136.72. or a grand total of 114,625
givers for $722,387.10. The Govern
ment forces still have $43,000 to raise
to meet their unit quota.
Post-campaign gifts reported by
the Advance Gifts Unit amounted
to $2,915 from 6 contributors, bring
ing the unit total to 494 gifts for
; $449,058 or 86.19 per cent of quota. »
! Nearly $72,000 of the unit quot»,
which comes from “big” givers, is
yet to be raised.
While workers in the Metropolitan
Unit have turned in no appreciable
returns since the closing report day, ,
campaign leaders said they assumed
volunteers in this unit were bus^
canvassing their neighborhoods in
preparation for the report meeting
at the Willard Hotel Tuesday.
Ex-Teacher Held Suicide
After Bridge Leap
Mrs. Helen Hudson Jones, 36, for
mer Baden (Md.) school teacher,
who plunged to her death late yes
terday from the center span of the
Calvert Street Bridge, was declared
a suicide last night by Coroner A*
Magruder MacDonald.
According to Maryland acquaint
ances. Mrs. Jones had attempted to
take her own life a month ago by
slashing her wrists and had been a
patient in Cedarcroft Sanitarium
since November 1, after her release
from Garfield Hospital.
investigators learned that Mrs.
Jones left the sanitarium with three
friends yesterday and disappeared
while attending a downtown theater.
Her 140-foot leap from the bridge
railing was witnessed by Arthur Slu
man, 1014 Eighth street N.W., who
. said the woman suddenly stopped
walking, placed her purse on the
j rail and climbed over. Her body
j struck the macadam roadway in
I Rock Creek Park below.
Police learned that Mrs. Jones had
been separated from her husband
for some time and that a 6-year-old
daughter, Anne, had been taken to
California by Mrs. Jones’ sister fol
lowing her first suicide attempt.
She had been an instructor in tha
Baden School for three years, friends
said, and had been under a physic
ians’ care for several months. \
Six From D. C. to Attend
Fraternity Sessions
Six Washingtonians will attend
the National Interfraternity Con
ference at the Hotel Biltmore De
cember 1-2 to discuss the relation
ship of fraternities both to democ
racy and to the colleges and uni
versities to which they belong.
They are H. E. Cromer, S. Dan
zansky, A. W. Defenderfer, Dr.
Walter Jaeger, Edward J. Kirchner
and Cecil J. Wilkinson.
Consul Beck Shifted
William H. Beck, a native of the
District who has been serving as
American consul general at Oslo,
Norway, has been transferred to
Hamilton, Bermuda, as American
consul general there, the State De
partment announced today.