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Roosevelt Message
Is Applauded by
British Press
Official Nazi Reaction
To Congress Speech
Is Reserved
Bi th* Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 4. —President
Roosevelt’s message to Congress yes
terday brought favorable comment
In the London press.
The Dally Telegraph said:
‘■The world is learning to find
its oracle * * • in the voice of the
President of that great neutral Re
public of the west into whose hands
has passed the keeping of the neu
tral democracy's conscience and
whose potent influence may deter
mine in the last resort a hovering
balance between human freedom and
totalitarian depotism. • * * The un
derlying tone of this notable ad
dress might be called Lincolnian.”
The News-Chronicle said:
"President Roosevelt stands head
and shoulders above all other men
in authority and power with which
he speaks for democracy and free
dom. His great speech to Congress
yesterday made that clearer than
ever. His w'ords come to all people
of good will in Europe as a breath
of sanity, of sense and of hope.”
The Daily Mail said the address
indicated that while the United
States “wisely prepares to defend
herself she will do her best to keep
out of war.”
The Daily Express and the Times
did not mention the message edi
torially.
Little New in Message,
Nazi Sources Find
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN. Jan. 4 —Official German
reaction to President Roosevelt's
message to the United States Con
gress was reserved today.
Authorized Nazis said the message
was "addressed to the American peo
ple and it was for them to decide
whether the speech was compatible
with congressional expressions of
neutrality.”
They added that there was "not
much new" in the speech as the
President previously had stated he
didn't want to be militarily involved
in the war.
Nazis said President Roosevelt's
references to the threatened exist
ence of small nations was inter
preted by Germany as meaning, for
example. "Greece in 1916-17, which
was forced into fighting for the al
lies, and small countries today which
the British likewise are oppressing."
“Whether that is the side the
President sees," they continued, “we
don't know, but that's what we see.”
National Budget
(Continued From First Page.)_
deficit then would total $2,176,000,
000.
The Chief Executive carefully
omitted any precise recommendation
as to what kind of tax he would pre
fer, but he cautioned the Congress
that "in seeking additional sources
of revenue, I hope that the Congress
will follow the accepted principle of
good taxation of taxing according to
ability to pay and will avoid taxes
which decrease consumer buying
power."
Mr. Roosevelt is understood to be
of the opinion that increased income
taxes would not fall into the group
decreasing consumer buying power,
a circumstance which may lead to
favorable consideration of this levy
for the special defense needs.
While Governor of New York
he sponsored an income tax assess
ment imposed on the tax actually
paid; in other words, raising by a
fixed percentage the tax originally
computed and paid. Furthermore,
the New York State assessment was
made retroactive in such way that
it became quickly collectible, a factor
of importance in the present Fed
eral situation as the public debt
hovers so close to the statutory limit.
The President left open to himself
the possibility of asking for more
than $1,300,000,000 for various work
relief programs, remarking in his
message that this total “represents a
large—perhaps too large—reduction
of current expenditures.” Affected
are the Work Projects Administra
tion, the National Youth Adminis
tration, the Civilian Conservation
Corps and the grant program of the
Farm Security Administration. For
1940, the comparable total for these
agencies was approximately $2,000,
000.000.
“While the (1941) estimates are
appreciably less than those for the
current year,” Mr. Roosevelt said,
“I am hopeful that they will prove
adequate. The Work Projects Ad
ministration will be able to provide
employment for an average of
1.350.000 persons. The National
Youth Administration can employ
an average of nearly 600.000 Ameri
can youths, and the Civilian Con
servation Corps will operate 1.227
camps and provide for a monthly
average of 230,000 enrollees. The
Farm Security Administration will
operate on about 80 per cent of its
1940 level. Relief expenditures
should be closely geared to actual
needs. If conditions fail to meet
our hopes, additional funds may be
necessary. I may, therefore, submit
revised estimates later in the ses
sion.”
May Ask for Balancing Tax.
Presumably if any upward revision
Is made in this category, the Presi
dent will ask for a compensating
tax provision or for the politically
dangerous increase in the public
debt limit.
By comparison with the above fig
ures of persons covered in the vari
ous relief programs, the W. P. A.
this year is employing an average
of 1,850.000 persons, the N. Y. A.
provides for about 706,000, and the
C. C. C. has had an average monthly
enrollment of about 295,000,
Despite its being the largest item
In the program, the President of
fered little detailed discussion of
the national defense estimate be
yond noting that the $1,800,000,000
is an increase, roughly $300,000,000,
over the present year.
“It is far less,” he said, “than
many experts on national defense
think should be spent, though it is,
in my judgment, a sufficient amount
for the coming year.”
The defers item w’as broken
down, however, to normal and
emergency categories, the 1941 ex
penditures of an emergency classi
fication being figured at $300,000,000.
For the present year this emergency
expenditure was placed at $160,000,
000, although more than this Is be
ing obligated for future outlay.
The separation, Mr. Roosevelt
I
■ - — ■
noted, will “help to focus attention
on our emergency defense expendi
tures and the problem of financing
them. It will also facilitate the re
turn to a normal defense program
when the current emergency has
j passed.”
In this connection it was observed
I that his special tax recommendation
| for $460,000,000 would cover only the
; estimated emergency expenditures of
$300,000,000 next year and $160,000,
| 000 this year.
Cites National Income Rise.
In offering a positive defense of
the New Deal practice of a "realistic
approach to a fiscal policy related
to economic need,” Mr. Roosevelt
pointed with particular pride to the
fact that from 1933 to 1937 the
national income rose by $30,000,000,
000, "the largest absolute rise for
any four-year period in our his
tory.”
"I propose,” he added, “in the
field of fiscal policy that we adopt
the following course: We should
count upon our natural increase in
receipts from current taxes and a
decrease in emergency expenditures,
and we should try to offset the
unavoidable increase in expendi
tures for national defense by special
tax receipts, and thus hope to se
cure, for the overall picture, a grad
ual tapering off, rather than an
abrupt cessation, of the deficit.”
Later, in connection with esti
mated tax receipts, the President
revealed a fear that there has been
"an impairment of the productive
ness of the tax base arising from
the revisions in 1938 and 1939 of
corporate and individual income
and capital gains taxes.”
Actually, the estimate of gross re
ceipts totals $6,150,760,000, but $602,
800,000 of this sum is earmarked on
collection for the Federal old-age
and survivois’ insurance fund, leav
ing the $5,548,000,000 net of normal
receipts.
This social security sum, inci
dentally, is larger than the com
I parable $537,355,000 estimated for
this year In addition, social se
| curity expenditures—grants, admin
j istrative funds, etc —jump from an
estimated $378,378,000 this year to
$436,877,000 for 1941.
"Down to Bedrock of Congress.”
On several occasions in his
message the President slapped di
rectly at critics of New Deal fiscal
policies and those who have led the
cry for a balanced budget. One
I instance occurred in his comment
on the fact that for operating costs
of the regular Government depart
ments. the estimate of 1941 expendi
tures is about $1,000,000,000. At that
figure, he said, costs "are down to
the bedrock of the activities and
j functions ordered by the Congress.
If further savings are to be made in
these operating costs, the Congress
, will have to direct by statute the
elimination of many functions. And
even if they should do so, the
amount saved in this budget could
only be a small percentage of the
total.
"Therefore, those who call for
further cuts should have the courage
and the honesty to specify where
they should be made.
"This item represents the basic
financial requirements of the Gov
ernment. Blue pencil inroads are
not easy to make. In the face of
large and appealing requests for in
creases I have held appropriations
and estimates of expenditures gen
erally to the 1940 level or below
Where legislation has added new
activities I have offset the cost by
reductions in old activities.”
Figures Net Debt at 35 Billions.
And on the subject of the mount
ing public debt, he spoke out as
follows:
“Those who state baldly that the
Government’s debt is 42 billion dol
lars—&nd stop there—are stating a
deceptive half-truth calculated to
make our people apprehensive. For
one thing, it would clarify the public
mind if it were pointed out that of
the 42-billion-dollar figure the
amount incurred between June 30,
1933, and December 31, 1939, is just
over 19 billion dollars. For another
thing, it would be more honest and
more honorable for them to say that
while one line in the national budget
shows a national debt of 42 billion
dollars, other lines indicate that the
vjuvcinuiem nas t Dinion dollars of
cash, gold available for debt re
demption, and proprietary interest
in Government corporations, which
reduces the net debt to 35 billion
dollars.”
Declaring emphatically that “the
credit of the Federal Government
has never been higher,” the Chief
Executive added:
“The debt accumulated since 1933
represents a far more prudent and
productive use of the people's
savings than much of the enormous
private debts piled up in the 20s.
The billions that were borrowed for
speculation, for foreign loans, for
second and third mortgages on
overproduced commercial construc
tion, hardly represented the most
prudent use of our people’s savings.”
In connection with the category of
public works and investments—in
which were included useful public
works, commercial ship construction
and loans for agricultural aid—the
President took occasion to renew a
previous recommendation that Con
gress authorize Government cap
italization of projects which have
proved themselves self-liquidating.
Boulder Dam Cited.
As an example, a Government
spokesman pointed out that the
Boulder Dam project costing about
$100,000,000 is now paying its own
way. Capitalization of this project
by sale of bonds would return to
the Treasury the original cost of the
venture.
“I would confine this principle,”
Mr. Roosevelt said, “to projects that
are definitely capable of yielding
revenues sufficient to defray with
X
interest their cost of construction.
In accordance with this principle, I
propose that the requirements for
new self-liquidating loans of the
Rural Electrification Administration
be met through funds advanced by
the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
instead of by direct appropriation."
With regard to his suggestion that
$700,000,000 in "excess capital funds”
might be recovered from Govern
1 ment corporations and become part
of the 1941 receipts, the President
said that the Government now has
a proprietary interest amounting to
some $3,500,000,000 in public cor
porations.
‘‘On the basis of preliminary
studies,” he added, “I estimate that
it will prove feasible to reduce the
capital funds of some of these cor
porations by an aggregate figure of
$700,000,000 without in any way im
peding their operations.”
Personnel
(Continued From First Page.)
the plan eventually to make the
fund actuarily sound, thus com
pensating for the failure of the Gov
ernment to make any appropriations
for retirement in the early years the
law was operative.
One-Step Increases Planned.
Under the pay-raise formula
which the Budget Bureau worked
| out, it was proposed to grant one
uiticaaca num an
nually upward, and averaging around
$75. They were to be made on two
bases: To employes earning less
than $3,200 who have not had a
promotion since June 30, 1938, and
to those earning $3,200 or more who
have gone since June 30, 1936, with
out a raise.
It had been estimated that $6,900,
000 would be required to finance
this plan—$3,000,000 "new money’’
and $3,900,000 on salary savings that
customarily are effected by not
filling vacancies, or similar devices.
As the matter stands now, only this
latter sum will be available.
The recommendations of the
Budget Bureau followed a study that
was inaugurated last year at the
request of the House subcommittee
that handled the Post Office
Treasury appropriation bill. Talcing
cognizance of widespread com
plaints about the lack of a con
sistent promotion policy throughout
the Government—except in such
agencies as the postal service, where
automatic promotions are in effect—
the subcommittee asked the bureau
to survey the situation, and make
whatever suggestions it was believed
were called for.
Wide Divergence Uncovered.
The Budget Bureau study dis
closed that there not only has been
a wide divergence between the
policies pursued by the depart
ments and independent agencies,
but even between the units within
these establishments. The resultant
recommendations were viewed as a
rough-scale attempt to level off
these differences.
Despite the fact that the Classi
faction Act was designed to provide
for period pay raises for qualified
workers, promotions have been at
a standstill, generally, throughout
the executive agencies for the best
part of the past decade, with the
retrenchment policies of the early
days of the depression hanging on
so far as salaries were concerned.
In recent years employes have
urged that this situation be cor
rected, seeking automatic raises uni
versally and higher minimum scales,
but although numerous pay bills
have have been introduced, they
have made no headway.
Because of the war the usual list
of latest dates for sending overseas
Christmas mails were not issued in
England this year.
A#
Finch
iContinued From First Page.)
ran the bureau in President Hoo
ver's time and continue their tactics
for the purpose of embarrassing me
by ajscribing false motives for many
of infractions.” . „
“Protected by Regulations.
He said the clique was protected
by civil service regulations and any
attempt to "can them” necessarily
would result in trials.
Regarding reports that Mr. Finch
was asked to resign because he
was favorable to former President
Hoover, Mr. Ickes denied any truth
in the statement.
"I recommended Mr. Finch to the
President for appointment ana
knew at the time he was a member
of an engineering committee set up
in 1922 by Mr. Hoover,” the Secre
tary added. "I would not now
berate him for being favorable to
Mr. Hoover.”
Mr. Ickes said he has appointed
a number of known Republicans to
offices in the Interior Department
and many others without any per
sonal knowledge of their politics.
The mine inspection bill which is
now before the Senate was reported
favorably from the Mines and Min
ing Committee. Mr. Finch was not
opposed to the bill, the secretary ex
plained, although he quoted the
bureau official as saying the bill
would be "displeasing to the coal
industry.”
“Teeth” Taken From Bill.
The committee extracted the
"teeth” from the bill which would
have made it possible to inspect
mines for health and safety reasons
in response to a petition by a ma
jority of the underground workers
in a mine or their representatives.
However, the bill in revised form
will give the Interior Secretary con
siderable latitude in ordering coal
mines inspected to safeguard
against accidents.
“My stand on this bill,” said Sec
retary Ickes, "is that in the inter
ests of health and safety the Gov
ernment should have every right to
inspect mines under all circum
stances.”
Mr. Ickes said the resignation of
Mr. Finch was not to be construed
as a first step toward a “purge” of
the Bureau of Mines.
"I don't expect to can anybody
else,” he said.
Printed reports concerning Mr.
Finch’s resignation, Ickes said, could
have come from no other source
than certain officials in the Bureau
of Mines and he characterized the
reports as "pure invention.” There
Two Former Officers
Of Tobacco Company
Sought in Fraud
Standard Commercial
Indictments Charge
$4,000,000 Involved ]
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan, 4.—Federal au- j
thorities sought two former officers (
and directors of the Standard Com- ]
mercial Tobacco Co., Inc., today on 1
charges growing out of what the j
Government described as a >4,000,- ,
000 fraud. i
Yesterday, the two, Ery Kehaya, 1
who became president and director :
of the tobacco company in 1916, 1
and Harry D. Meyer of Bronxville,
N. Y., a former officer and director
of the firm, were indicted by the 1
Federal grand jury with two other 1
persons.
The Standard Commercial Co.
and the Standard Commercial Ex
port and Finance Corp. also were
named in the indictment, which
charged conspiracy, mail fraud and ,
violation of the Securities and Ex
change Act of 1934.
Others Indicted.
Louis C. George, former vice presi- i
dent of a securities firm at Madison,
Wis., now serving a one-to-three
vear term in Wisconsin State nrison
for violating the State securities
law, and Harry J. Rothman, an
over-the-counter New York broker,
also were indicted. Rothman was
arraigned before Federal Judge Wil
liam Bondy, pleaded innocent and ,
was held in $2,000 bail. Bench war
rants were issued for Kehaya and
Meyer.
Kehaya was a director of the
Axton-Fisher Tobacco Co., Inc,, of
Louisville, Ky„ which is not involved,
from 1936 to May, 1939. Meyer,
Federal authorities said, had been
employed as a customer’s man in
various Wall Street brokerage houses
and lately had acted as assistant to
Kehaya in management of Standard
Commercial Tobacco.
The defendants, the Indictment
charged, used Standard Commercial
Tobacco to gain control of the
Axton-Fisher Co., then manipulated
the stock of the former company by
means of wash sales and touting
through men employed in brokerage
houses here and elsewhere in the
country.
Government Charges.
In 1937, the Government charged,
the defendants sold $276,000 of;
Standard Commercial Tobacco stock
over a period of two months, under
written guarantees and oral promises
that they would repurchase the stock
at an increase of $1 per share within
a few weeks.
The stock jumped from $2.50 per
share to $13.50 and thereafter, the j
Government alleged, the defendants
withdrew their support, the value of
the stock collapsed and reorganiza- j
tion proceedings for Standard Com- '
mercial Tobacco followed.
Stenotypists to See
Speed Demonstration- :'r..
The Washington Chapter of the
Associated Stenotypists of America
will meet at 7:30 o'clock tonight at
the clubroom and town house. Nine
teenth and F streets N.W.
A speed demonstration with'a,
stenotype machine will be given by
Miss Mildred Arms of the Ward &
Paul reporting firm, and Howard B.
Smith, stenotype reporter, will dem
onstrate a machine he has perfected.
have been occasions for complaint
about the operations of the Bureau
of Mines, Mr. Ickes said and one of
these grew out of attempted sale
of helium to Germany about two
years ago.
Sabotage Attempt Charged.
“The bureau actively opposed me
when I attempted to block the sale
of helium to Germany,” Mr. Ickes
said. "When I did stop the sale,
then they tried to sabotage me and
my policies. I told them that the
Secretary established the policy for
the bureaus under him and would
continue to do so.”
Mr. Ickes said he had never had
any personal clash with the Mines
Bureau chief and his only complaint
against him was that he "couldn't
control his own people.”
“When I appoint a new chief of
the bureau, it will be some one who
is strong enough to handle them, or
I will get another director." he add
ed. The new director, whoever he
will be. the Secretary explained,
must have "plenty of iron” in his
system.
-—- 1
Editorial Views of Message
Newspapers Offer Varied Opinions
On Address to Congress
Following is editorial comment
of the Nation's newspapers on
President Roosevelt’s message to
Congress yesterday:
New York Times (Independent
Democratic)—“• • * Mr. Roosevelt's
ounsel to the American people in
uch a time as this is sound counsel.
:t can be said, with justice, that
le himself has not always followed
he advice he gives: That he avoid
actionalism and overstatement in
iur discussion of public questions.
3ut he has chosen a particularly op
portune time to urge us to cherish
hat national unity which is our
ichest heritage, and to guard
igainst permitting it to become
nerely a pious hope or a high
ounding phrase. • • •”
New York Herald-Tribune (Inde
pendent Republican)—"* • • Rarely
lave the emotions and excitements
pf war been more expertly used in
in effort to hide failures in domestic
iffairs than in yesterday’s message,
it was a beautiful smoke screen that
;he commander in chief of the Navy
;hrew about his battered (political
policies in the home line of battle,
rhank goodness that the first strong
preeze of common sense will drive
t out of sight and mind. With much
hat Mr. Roosevelt said of the for
•ign problems confronting America,
ve heartily agree. * * *"
Baltimore Sun (Independent
Democratic)—"Mr. Roosevelt’s ad
Iress * * * was chiefly remarkable in
hat It emphasized and argued for
* * • the one achievement of his ad
ninistration which is based on the
iccepted principles of a free econ
>my. The powers under which the
listing reciprocal trade agreements
lave been negotiated are about to
expire. To persuade Congress to re
lew those powers the President
nade an Impassioned defense of
them. • • * It may be that he now
sees that the work done by Mr. Hull
s the truly enduring contribution
if his administration to the welfare 1
if the country.”
St. Louis Globe Democrat (Inde- I
lendent)—“Congress on its opening
iay heard a forceful, well-argued
ippeal for national unity. Except
for the item of trade agreements,
iiere is remarkable unanimity in
Congress on the Government's for
:ign policy. But whatever may be
;he degree of agreement on foreign
iffairs, there is no similar meeting
if minds on domestic matters.
Spending - lending, for instance.
Economy cuts. The Wagner Act.
Ml the elements of lively battle are
iresent in Congress.”
Cleveland Plain Dealer (Inde- ;
lendent Democrat) —“On the
ivhole, a powerful preachment for
looeo ic thic nrhciHontial m
Peace is worth defending, democ
•acv worth fighting for, the ideals of j
he Republic too precious to fritter
iway.
"Americans will thank their Pres
dent for the assurance that there is
»t present no prospect of their coun
:ry becoming involved in a military
say in Europe's war.”
Philadelphia Inquirer (Independ
?nt)—"* * * His message * * • for a
Nation united for peace, for self
defense and for economic stability
constitutes a clear call to all Amer
,can citizens to co-operate for the
ittainment of this imperatively nec
sssary objective.”
. Philadelphia Record (Independ
mt)—"The President looked in two
directions: To the nations abroad
•ngaged in war and to our people,
tvho are maintaining peace. We are
glad he didn't blink at the unpleas
ant phases of the American scene.
He recognized that after seven years
of effort our gravest problem—un
employment—has not been solved.”
Detroit Free Press (Independent
Republican!.—"* * * The decision of
the American people is for complete
abstinence (from war). And when
Mr. Roosevelt spoke, half patroniz
ingly and half sneeringly. of those
who think we can go our wav and
mind our own business, he was by
implication saying that the admin
istration either is not equal to per
formance of the full will of the Na
tion or doesn't want to obev the
Nation.”
Boston Herald (Republican) —
"The eighth (and probably the last)
of President Roosevelt's annual
messages to Congress on the State
of the Nation is conciliatory, satis
fying and about as unpartisan as
such a document can be. * * • His
conception of a 'common sense’ pro
gram may appear to others as one
based on ‘panic.’ It reads as if it
were designed for other nations as
well as ours. To his warning that
‘we cannot afford to face the future
as a disunited people' if democracy
is to justify ‘its existence as the best
instrument of government yet de
vised by mankind,’ there will be a
roaring, Nation-wide chorus of as
sent.”
Providence Journal (Republican
Independent)—"There were practi
cally but two recommendations to
the Congress in all its 3,000-odd
words. • • * For the rest, the message
was a calculated and typically
Rooseveltian statement of the po
litical availability of the President.”
Hartford Courant (Republican) —
"The President states sound policy
when he urges the Nation to build
up its democracy at home and con
tinue policies that will enable other
nations to have greater economic
freedom than they have enjoyed in
the past, but he endangers all that
he wants to stand for when he rec
ommends a foreign policy based on
intervention that can only result in
loss and futility.
Boston Globe (Independent)—
"Although his remarks on the wars
in Europe are vigorously unneutral,
his determination to avoid military
Involvement is emDhatic. • • • The
New Deal is not urged as in present
need of addition or development.
There is nothing provocative in this
message which begins a campaign
year. • • •”
Trenton (N. J.) State Gazette
(Independent)—"* * * Through its
omissions, as well as the matters
with which it deals, this message
conveys the impression that after
seven years of effort and of battle
the objectives set in the dark days
of 1933 have in large measure been
achieved and that the problems of
the present are principally those
that have their origin abroad.''
Victim Fleeing Bandit
Is Shot in Arm
Malcolm J. Annadale. 40. of 2611
Adams Mill road N.W.. was in
Emergency Hospital today with a
bullet wound in his arm, which he
said ne received while fleeing from
a holdup man in the 1400 block of
Euclid street N.W. shortly after mid
night.
The victim told police the bandit
—a white man. about 34—fired at
him as he ran down the street, the
bullet piercing his right elbow. Al
though admitted to the hospital. Mr.
Annadale was said to be in a good
condition.
F. S. Dickson Dies;
Was Once Head
Of War Trade Board
Funeral Services Will Be
Held Tomorrow With
Burial in Philadelphia
Frederick S. Dickson, 58, former
head of the World War Trade
Board, died early today in Homeo
pathic Hospital after a four-day
illness. In recent years he had
been a partner in the Whaley-Eaton
Corp., a business information serv
ice with offices in the Munsey Build
ing.
A native of Philadelphia, he came
here during the World War to assist
the Government in licensing ex
ports and imports for the trade
board. At the conclusion of the war
he was transferred to the State De
partment to close the business of
the board. He then was put in
charge of licensing dye and chemi
cal imports under the reparations
agreements. He joined the informa
tion service in 1925 and became for
eign editor.
He was graduated from Yale Uni- •,
versity in 1903. He was a coxswain
of the crew there, and a member of
the Delta Psi Fraternity, which his
father helped found. He was a mem
ber of the Yale and Delta Psi
Alumni Associations here and was a
deacon in the Covenant First Presby
terian Church.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Bessie
Fahnestock Dickson, he leaves two
sons. Frederick, 3d, student at
Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., and
David Alexander, student at St.
Albans School here,
j Funeral services will be held at
11 am. tomorrow at his home. 3501
Ordway street N.W.. and burial will
be in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila
delphia.
Paul Edwards Named
D. C. Head ofW. P. A.
President Roosevelt today nomi
nated Paul Edwards as Works Proj
ects administrator for the District.
Mr. Edwards has been serving as
local administrator since September
15. under a recess appointment.
Mr. Edwards was appointed Sep
tember 1 to succeed Commissioner
George E. Allen as permanent ad
1 ministrator of the local W. P. A.
His immediate predecessor was
George B. Parker of Mississippi,
who served as acting administrator
for several months.
A native of Philadelphia, Mr. Ed
wards has had many years’ experi
ence as a relief executive.
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ORCHESTRA SEATS FOR THE FAMILY—A front-row scene at the opening of Congress as mem
ber’s of President Roosevelt’s family listened to his annual message. At extreme left is Diana Hop
kins, daughter of Secretary Hopkins, with Eleanor “Sistie” Dali and Curtis “Buzzie” Dali, grand
children of the President. Frederic Delano, uncle of the Chief Executive, seems a bit weary as
he holds “Buzzie.” The President’s wife appears thoughtful and his mother, Mrs. Sara Roosevelt,
follows his message from a prepared copy.
Mrs. Roosevelt pictured as she arrived at the Capitol accom
panied by “Sistie” and Buzzie" Dali and Diana Hopkins.
—A. P. and Underwood Photos.
Antique Furni
ture, China,
Glassware, Bric
a-Brac, etc.
Including Chests of Drawers,
Beds, Low Boys, Davenports,
Rockers, Victorian Chairs, Drop
leaf Tables, Folding-top Card
Tables, Pier Mirrors, Sideboards,
Secretaries, Desks, Spinning
Wheels, Bureaus, Consoles, etc.
i At Public Auction
At Sloan’s
715 13th St.
SATURDAY,
JANUARY 6th, 1940
At 10 A.M. I
By order of 8. Goldberg of Philadelphia
and othera. Terms cash.
C. G. Sloan A Co., Ine., Anets.
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Collar Attached
Were Now
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3.50_2.65
5.00_3.65
Woolen Robes
Brocaded Robes
(silk lined)
25% less
Cocktail Jackets
33!4% less
NECKWEAR
Were Now
$1.00_ 79c
1.50 _$1.15
2.00 _ 1.45
2.50 _ 1.85
3.50 _2.45
.500 _3.85
PAJAMAS
Were Now
$2.00_$1.65
2.50 _ 1.85
3.50 _2.65
5.00 _3.65
Silk or Wool Mufflers_now 33 V3 % Less
WESTYLE SUITS
Reduced
$35 SUITS, now.. $29.50
$40 SUITS, now.....$34.50
$45 SUITS, now_$38.50
Fruhauf Suits Also Reduced
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