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f Reversal of New Deal Policies Demanded By Senator Taft Sees Industry Being Absorbed Into a Collective State *y the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 3.—Senator Taft of Ohio, campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination, demanded tonight a reversal of New Deal policies which he said are lead ing toward ‘‘absorption of all indus try’ into a collective state.” "We have tried New Deal methods for seven years,” he said, “and they have failed to produce recovery.” Fundamental Issue. He told a mass meeting of voters from many States in Miami's Bay Front Park that there might be some New Deal policies that needed continuing, but added: “There may be differences on de tail, but there is a fundamental issue between New Dealers and anti-New Dealers, and this is: “Shall the administration be guided by a belief that the Govern ment can. produce prosperity by means of Government bureaus and Government regulation and Govern ment in business itself? Or shall it rely on the restoration of private enterprise and individual business activity?” Senator Taft made the week-end trip to Florida at the height of the resort season, on a hand-shaking visit among its tourist population, a cross-section of the Nation. He spoke last night in St. Petersburg, then hastened here. He blamed the present administra tion with spending $21,000,000,000 more than it collected in taxes, and insisted: "Nc people can spend itself into prosperity. Will Not Prime Pump. “Of course,” he continued, “relief is absolutely essential as long as present conditions continue, to meet the unemployment situation in the city and the abnormally low prices in the country. But the idea that relief and doles and farm subsidies will produce prosperity or prime the pump has been exploded by actual experiences." The Senator urged that the Na tion stay out of competition with private industry, although complet ing projects like T. V. A. He struck sharply at the National Labor Rela tions Board and demanded forma tion of a new agency to take its place, composed of employer and employe representatives, "rather than left wing enthusiasts." Primary (Continued From First Page.) ers in Miami that he has such a step "under consideration" but has not reached a decision. Representa tive Fish, Republican, of New York reported in New York that Illinois friends had filled out a petition and that he would decide his course next week. Frank E. Gannett, Roch ester (N. Y.) publisher, said he would not enter. Others made no statements. Secretary of State Hughes dis closed that Mr. Dewey's petitions bore 3,250 signatures. .The law re quires only 3,000, but Mr. Reid es timated that almost 100,000 had been gathered and returned to his office since the petitions were placed in circulation last Tuesday. All petitions must be filed on or before next Friday. 'No Comment/ Only Word From Hyde Park HYDE PARK, N. Y., Feb. 3 (/P).— A terse “no comment” was the only reaction at the temporary White House today to word from Spring field, 111., that petitions had been filed to place the name of President Roosevelt on the Illinois Demo cratic advisory primary ballot. At his Hudson Valley home for the week end. Mr. Roosevelt today in spected the library which will be opened this summer for the preser vation of his documents and his torical collections. During the day, too, he talked with- Secretary of the ^Treasury Morgenthau, but White House at taches said there was little signifi cance in this since the secretary usually comes to Hyde Park when the President is here and has a home not far away. Mrs. Stockwell to Speak 4 Mrs. Frederick M. Stockwell, flelc secretary of the Vassar Euthenici Institute, will talk on "Euthenics' Friday at 8 p.m. at the Beauvoir Lower School of National Cathedral School, 4500 Woodley road NW. Euthenics is the "science of better ment of living conditions to secure more efficient human beings.” NEW YORK.—LOOKING FOR A NEW JOB—Doris Dudley, who plays the role of Cordelia, ‘‘the girl who gets spanked,” in the play with John Barrymore, is going to be replaced by Elaine Barrie, Barrymore’s wife, who is newly reconciled with John. Miss Dudley, who seems a bit upset, is shown at a night club. The Barrymores were at the other end of the table. —A. P. Wirephoto. Pilot Club Launched; District Governor Tenders Charter Women's Community Service Group Hears Representative O'Day The Washington Pilot Club last night was officially launched as Mrs. Etha Hall, district governor of the international order, presented a charter to the group, meeting at the American Association of Uni versity Women clubhouse. “I bestow upon you the greatest gift a mortal can bestow,” the dis trict governor declared in present ing the charter. "The gift of serv ing humanity and of exerting an up lifting influence on others is now yours.” Mrs. Hall recalled that the Pilot International was founded in 1921 in Macon, Ga„ with 40 members. Now it is composed of approxi mately 100 clubs with 3,000 members scattered throughout the United States and several foreign countries, she said. Representative O'Day Speaks. The individual clubs render com munity service by encouraging, spon soring and promoting worth-while civic movements, each club per forming a service according to the need of the community, Mrs. Hall explained. Miss Louise Boynton is president of the Washington club, organized last spring. Representative Caroline O’Day, Democrat, of New York, guest speak er, told the women that “almost all our welfare laws have been enacted since women secured the vote.” She conceded that “men are all right, but they have to be pushed by women.” Of course, she said, there are only five women in the House and one in the Senate, but they do very useful work. She cited Representative Edith Nourse Rogers' work for the veter ans and praised Representative Mary Norton for her expert “han dling” of the Labor Committee, as its chairman. Hits Anti-Alien Wave. "Personally,” she continued, “I am very much interested in immi gration.” She expressed herself as "greatly distressed” over the anti-alien wave of feeling sweeping over the coun try and scored certain unidentified Senators for their "savage pa triotism.” Asked if married women should work, Representative O’Day said she saw no reason why any woman who wanted to work should be denied that right simply because she was married. Group Health Plan Bans Restrictions on Doctors E» the Associated Presa. CHICAGO, Feb. 3.—The Group Health Federation of America adopted a resolution at its annual meeting today that its member group health plans "must provide medical care and preventive medi cine given by and built around the general practitioner.” The operation of the plan "shall not impose restrictions on the phy sician as to methods of diagnosis or treatment and shall not inter fere in the physician-patient re lationship,” the resolution added. Citizens Take Turns Bringing the Mail^ 1) th« AuoeUtcd Prsu.y ' BOLTON CENTER, Conn., Feb. 3. —Residents of this village are taking turns playing mailman. Daily, since the Bolton Center post office was discontinued, some representative of the 25 families it served drives approximately 5 miles to Andover and picks up the mail for the community. The office, opened 200 years ago, closed when Miss Adelia N. Loomis, postmistress for 20 years, reached the compulsory retirement age. IT’S GETTING AROUND! You can buy a brand-new 1940 Packard Sedan, delivered here* for a down payment as low as. 4 times out of 5, the car traded in exceeds the down payment, further reducing the low monthly payments. STOP at your Packard dealer’s today. LOOK at the speed-streamed beauty and luxurious interiors of the new Packards. LISTEN to bedrock fa^ts about Packard low upkeep cost. Then, drive one and you won’t be happy until it’s yours! PACKARD ASK THE MAN WHO OWNS ONE » 'delivered in Washington Select A LESTER BETSY BOSS SPINET €, , 12 HEAUTIFUL HE inherent qualities of a fine STYLES piano, plus an individuality of stvle, are vours in the Betsv Ross M K _ c • . v . i a aTUUP Spinet. .Not only are these pianos guaranteed Ten Years, but you w ill be delighted to find vou can ^ ears . p f . r if you wish own a piano of real .worth tor i . " ... Convenient Terms, a very moderate expenditure. cw^ Come in to see and hear them. Fraa Parking Capital Garaga I-It )OU CANNOT STOP IN. . . MAIL THIS t Ol PON- ——] LESTER PIANOS, INC. < I 70 Continuous Years of Piano Merchandising > 1231 G ST. N.W. | I Open Evenings Ph. DIs. 1324 | I Please Send Illustrated Catalog nith Prices and Terms | NAME_ j j ADDRESS_S I >--—J SPECIAL MONDAY and TUESDAY ONLY! ARMSTRONG'S INLAID \\ JJ Laid and Cemented EDITORIAL CLERK Civil Service Preparation Tuesday and Thursday Classes Open Feb. 6 Intensive coaching for the coming civil service examination by an editor of many successful years or experience who was formerly employed In the examining division of the Civil Service Commission, and for the past ten years has headed the Journalism de partment of the Mount Pleasant School for Secretaries There will be two two-hour ses sions a week for six weeks. Tuesdays and Thursdays, beaming at 7 pm . February 6. 1940. MOUNT PLEASANT SCHOOL FOR SECRETARIES Tivoli Theatre Building, 14th Street at Park Road. Telephone, Columbia 3000. FREE For Only 8J.29 A Guaranteed Job. This Low Price Includes Brass at Doors. Our Estimator will submit samples and measure your room without cost. Royal Linoleum Co. Corner 11th fir H Sts. N.W. District 7410 Aim, 1 li ■j •',,I'"'" ■ - -j Member Associations AMERICAN 300 Pennsylvania Avenue S E ANACOSTIA 1338 Good Hope Road S E BROOKLAND McLacblen Building CITIZENS EQUITABLE 1207 Wisconsin Avenue COLUMBIA FEDERAL 716 Eletenth Street N. W. COLUMBIA PERMANENT 733 Twelfth Street N.W. DISTRICT 1 Thomas Circle EASTERN 336 Pennsylvania Avenue S E ENTERPRISE Seventh St if Indiana Ave N. W. EQUITABLE CO-OPERATIVE 915 F Street N.W. FIRST FEDERAL 610 Thirteenth Street N. W. HOME 2006 Pennsylvania Avenue ft. W. HOME MUTUAL 631 Pennsylvania Avenue ft. W. INTERSTATE Washington Building METROPOLIS 201 Pennsylvania Avenue S E MUTUAL 306 Seivntb Street S W. NATIONAL PERMANENT 719 Tenth Street N.W. NORTHEAST 2010 Rhode Island Avenue N E NORTHERN LIBERTY 511 Seventh Street N.W. ORIENTAL 600 F Street N.W. PERPETUAL Eleventh GTE Street N. W. PRUDENTIAL 1331 G Street N.W. WASHINGTON PERMANENT • 629 F Street N.W _ fc- Movie eomero. areieeter, AHB •ooBlIet. or blaeealan to ■ ■K SELL or IN TRADE (or any .17 better camera aa tale. Ill Largest selection, best al ffVl lewaaeo (er trade. Esli w M Bate free. Dtseoaat! Ask ^B ^^foMreyoeetal offer W.S.4. ^i^aaik;Ki^igp»!j> fp. Mother Fromaa’a nut NAt IMI ar KM Whale Beast ftl qe Chleker Bex Whole Brief f 1 | e Chicken Bex vl>lw I Be Detirere Choree er Step hr 11BB Bth Si. H.W. Only AUREX reproduces every tone heard by the NORMAL EAR! For the first time in history the deafened are blessed with a hearing aid that, without distortion, easily reproduces every sound of any musical instrument or any voice! Aurex, the new high fidelity vacuum tube hearing aid. was designed with entirely new principles, and offers the lowest operation cost of any device on the market. If you are dissatisfied with the operation of your hearing aid, by all means try the NEW AUREX; for a new world of sound! Phone, write or cell the Aurex Weahlnaton Co. Now for detailed Information. 15th and H Sts. N.W. 232 Shoreham Bldg. Phone District 1881 Three-quarters of a century ago Washington was a city of sparsely scattered wooden buildings. Pigs wallowed in the muddy streets. Connecticut Avenue was a cow pasture Bethesda, Silver Spring and Arlington County were hinterlands. Then came men with a vision. A vision of Greater Washington—the city of homes. These men founded the first Building and Loan Associations of the District of Columbia. These men saw the real need of Washington—a plan to help neighbors save together—a plan to create a fund which could he used to build homes. • The Building and Loan Plan achieved immediate success because it was friendly, cooperative—and most important— sound Then, as now, it brought op portunity to the small saver to invest his money wisely and profitably. It gave generous help to individuals who wanted to buy a home or needed to finance, build or improve a home. In Washington and vicinity more homes have been purchased, re-financed and improved through the help of the Associations of the Dis trict of Columbia Building and Loan League than through any other single source These men of vision stand ready to help you, as they did your grandfather, your neighbors, your friends. HELPFUL FACTS ABOUT THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BUILDING AND LOAN LEAGUE • Members’ resources total 98% of all building and loan resources in the District of Columbia. • Each member Association is a cooperative enterprise composed of individual borne owners and savings members • Total Membership, 145,000 Total Resources, $138,000,000 Total Loans in force, $132500,000 • Most members have qualified to do business in nearby Mary land and Virginia. • Under Government supervision • Most League Members are also members of Federal Home Loan Bank System, providing a reservoir of credit exceeding Fifty and a Half Million • League Members finance more than 40% of all Home Loans in tire Metropolitan Washington area. • Over Five Million in dividends paid to members in 1939 "SMALL SAVINGS MEMBERS INVITED’* i wmr iiWTl • 131,150,000 • -i ~i—r IWFI 74,051.000 4 Jggfl-j 1-|-r— fFIli 30.097.000 1' Ril-r_n—/ ftITl 15.153,000 I &bim irn T iPWi'li 0.229.000 I Ril r~T~^ ~ iml 3.024,000 jl RSI ^ y fVfll 439,000 r_ MR J llltl 1ysoo° f_ Money.. to Buy.. Build.. Re-finance.. or Improve Homes District ol Colombia Building & Loan League -*> • ■ - -m. ~ • *