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Dozenberg Testifies
In Secret Session
Of Dies Probers
Questioning Arranged
After He Refuses to
Talk Publicly
Bl the Associated Press.
The House Committee Investigat
ing Un-American Activities listened
to Nicholas Dozenberg in secret ses
sion today after the one-time Com
munist leader protested he would
not talk publicly of his possible
connection with the Soviet govern
ment, “no matter what you do to
me.”
Chairman Dies agreed to the ex
ecutive session after the witness,
under Federal sentence of a year
and a day for passport fraud, said
he would talk freely in private.
Representative Dies asked Dozen
berg if he had not disassociated
himself from the Communist party
and knew that their work in this
country was dangerous to the United
States and whether the winess
wanted to “protect” this country.
“Yes, and I want to protect my
•elf, too,” Dozenberg said quickly.
Previously Dozenberd had denied
during questioning by J. B.
Matthews, committee investigator,
that he had the role of agitator in
the bloody Herrin (111.) massacre
during a coal miners’ strike in 1922.
Dozenberg said he had “absolutely
nothing” to do with that, after the
investigator read to him excerpts
from an article prepared for John
L. Lewis and printed as a public
document in which reference was
made to “Dozenberg’s men” arous
ing the unionists at Herrin.
Texas Launches Drive
un Un-Americanism
By the Associated Press.
MINERAL WELLS. Tex., May 21.
—Some 6,000,000 Texans may be
come amateur detectives to seek out
un-Americanism in this State under
a plan advanced by Gov. W. Lee
O’Daniel.
He said he had confidential re
ports of un-American activities and
said he would appreciate any in
formation the citizens can give him
concerning specific cases.
Gov. O’Daniel, who often goes to
the people with his problems, said
State officials would confer with
Federal authorities in Washington.
He choose the meeting of the South
ern Newspaper Publishers’ Associa
tion to make his startling announce
ment yesterday. He did not reveal
the type of un-American activities
that had caused him to launch his
campaign.
A telegram the Governor dis
patched tc President Roosevelt said
In part:
“As Governor of Texas, I wish to
assure you that our State is at your
command to carry out anything you
wish done here to strengthen our
national defense and protect our
citizens against aggression during
this world crisis.
“In order to deal with reports of
un-American activities in our State
and other matters of national de
fense, I am sending our adjustant
general of the Texas National Guard
and our director of our State police
force and Texas Rangers as, my ex
clusive representatives on matters
pertaining to national defense to
Interview you or whomever you may
designate to reoejve them to dfceus*
co-ordinated plans for. investigat
ing and handling such activities as
may be reported to me.”
Henderson Switches Post
Berkeley W. Henderson, special
assistant to the Attorney General
for the past six years, has resigned
to go to the Securities and Exchange
Commission, it was announced to
day. Mr. Henderson will be trial
counsel for the S. E. C. Reorganiza
tion Division.
Summary of
Today's Star
Page.
Amuse
ments —. B-20
Comics .B-18-19
Editorials ..A-10
Finance ... A-19
Lost, Found B-14
Page.
Obituary ...A-12
Radio..B-18
Society _B-3
Sports ..A-16-18
Woman’s
Page -B-12
Foreign
Nazi advance guards see Eiffel
Tower. Page a-1
French admit loss of Laon in “bulge”
battle. Page A-1
British deny large enemy force at
Ami'ens. Page A-1
National.
Navy orders extra shifts to speed up
defense program. Page A-1
Roosevelt to confer with Landon at
White House tomorrow. Page A-1
President vetoes $110,000,000 rivers
and harbors bill. Page A-2
Jack Dempsey and wife separate, in
compatability blamed. Page A-2
Full credit for industry in defense
drive pledged. Page A-3
Mrs. John Hay Whitney wins divorce
in Nevada. Page A-13
German general’s visit to U. S. Army
posts recalled. Page A-14
Retired West Point professor found
fatally beaten. Page A-22
Washington and Vicinity
W. P. A. open house dinner draws
1,500 in Capital. Page A-9
District to take income-tax cases to
Supreme Court. Page B-l
Judge Bentley’s report urges larger
probation staff. Page B-l
Editorial and Comment
This and That. Page A-10
Answers to Questions. Page A-10
Letters to The Star. Page A-10
David Lawrence. Page A-ll
Alsop and Kintner. Page A-ll
G. Gould Lincoln. Page A-ll
Charles G. Ross. Page A-ll
Jay Franklin. Page A-ll
Sports
Home runs cheap as 20 are hit In
one day. Page A-16
Travis’ lack of fire hurts Nats in
loss to Chisox. Page A-16
Jeffra, victor over Archibald, to be
“lighting” champ. Page A-17
Dobson hits alumni for college evils
in A. U. talk. Page A-18
Miscellany
Vital Statistics. Page A-7
Service Orders. Page B-6
Serial Story. Page B-8
Nature’s Children. Page B-9
Bedtime Story. Page B-18
Letter-Out. Page B-18
Winning Contract. Page B-18
Uncle Ray’s Comer. Page B-19
Crossword Fluszle. Page B-19
9
Jack Dempsey and Wife Part
After 7 Years of Marriage
NEW YORK.—ROMANCE COMES TO END—Jack Dempsey is
shown at his cottage at Bear Mountain Inn, Bear Mountain,
N. Y., with Mrs. Dempsey and their children, Barbara (left)
and Joan. The Dempseys have announced a separation.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 21.—After seven
years of married life, Jack Demp
sey and his wife, the former Han
nah Williams, have agreed to a
parting of way%
The romance, often called one
of Broadway’s happiest, was termi
nated officially yesterday with a for
mal announcement of separation by
Moses Polakoff, Mrs. Dempsey’s at
torney, who gave “incompatabillty”
as the reason for the breakup.
There was no mention of a divorce,
although a formal separation nor
mally precedes such action. Miss
Williams, one-time musical comedy
star, is anxious to go back to the
stage.
The Dempseys have two children
—Joan, 5, and Barbara, 3. Mr.
Polakoff said affairs were being
adjusted “amicably” and that all
arrangements would be completed
next week when the former heavy
weight champion returns to New
York from a business trip.
Both have been married three
times.
In the seven years since her mar
riage to Mr. Dempsey in Elko, Nev.,
shortly after her divorce from Roger
Wolfe Kahn, Mrs. Dempsey had
made no public appearance except
for a two-week period in the musical
“Hooray for What” and perhaps
two or three microphone talks with
her husband. *
Miss Williams, who for years had
seemed content to leave the spot
light for good, once remarked that
her hopes were centered about the
possibility of bringing up four chil
dren.
Mr. Dempsey himself now has wide
business interests.
His first two marriages—both end
ing in divorce—were to Maxine
Wayne and Estelle Taylor, the ac
tress.
Emergency Defense Table
The extent to which the Army’s supply of critical items will be in
creased upon completion of the pending program is shown by the following
table in the Senate hearings on the enlarged Army supply bill.
The money appropriated for fiscal year 1940, amounts contained in
1941 estimates, and amounts contained in the new emergency estimates
(President’s message) will complete the program for critical items. Under
this program the status is as follows as of May 1, 1940, for principal items:
. Will be on hend
On hand upon comple
ANTI- AIRCRAFT. 1940 ti0“ °f Dt°trtm'
3-inch guns.... 448 500
90-mm. gluts.*._stiSsaj..i4_. 317
Directors _ 168 273
Height finders_______ 142 276
Sound locators._ 194 801
37-mm. guns, anti-aircraft_ 15 1,423
^‘fecaUber machine guns--—1,014 1,682
■SMALL ARMS.
Semiautomatic rifles- 38,000 240,559
37-mm. anti-tank guns_ 228 1,388
60-mm. mortars_ 3 3,756
81-mm. mortars,.. 183 853
Machine gun, caliber .50 (pack). 83 962
FIELD ARTILLERY MAtkkTAT..
75-mm. gun, modernized. 141 1,432
75-mm. howitzer (field and pack). 90 319
105-mm. howitzer___ __ 120
155-mm. gun, long range_ 4 96
8-inch howitzer... .. 48
COMBAT VEHICLES.
Scout cars__ 485 1,346
Combat cars.__ 114 208
Tanks, light M2A4_ 10 734
Tanks, medium M2__ 18 194
TRACTORS AND SPECIAL ORDNANCE VEHICLES.
Tractors, light. 93 120
Tractors, medium_ 261 550
Tractors, heavy__ 65 777
Trucks, small arms repair_ 79 146
Trucks, instrument repair_ _ 53
RAILWAY ARTILLERY.
8-inch railway gun and carriage_ _ 24
AMMUNITION.
Ammunition bomb, 500-pound.. 11,928 34,924
Ammunition bomb, 1,000-pound. 4,336 14,511
Caliber, .30 A. P. 17,268,000 73,920,000
Caliber, .50 ball. 25,220,000 53,117,000
37-mm. tank and anti-tank- 75,000 1,205,000
37-mm. anti-aircraft gun_ 46,000 2,624,000
81-mm. mortar__ 43,000 373,000
75-mm. howitzer H. E_-_ 142,000 382,500
155-mm. howitzer, H. E_ 925,000 1,131,000
8-inch howitzer, H. E._....____ _ 29,000
ENGINEER CORPS.
Ponton bridge, 10-ton- 1 32
Ponton equipage, 23-ton_ 1 8
Water-purification unit_ 4 45
Searchlight, 60-inch mobile_ 285 1,028
CHEMICAL WARFARE.
Gas masks.... 407,696 1,297,000
QUARTERMASTER CORPS.
Cloth wool uniform, yards-—- -- 5,500,000
Field ranges.- 667 5,000
Pack saddles, cargo- 434 2,235
SIGNAL CORPS.
Radio set SCR 161_ 390 1,849
Radio set SCR 171_ 26 401
Radio set SCR 194. 809 2,138
Wire (field wire) (miles)___ 16J00 65,491
Field telephones_ 15,800 47,602
Detector sets____ __ 182
Army officials explained today that the table does not include types
of equipment of which manufacture has been discontinued. Thus, not
shown, are such items as 329 light tanks which are now participating
in Army maneuvers, 800,000 Springfield rifles and 1,000,000 Enfield rifles.
Although the table shows no 8-inch railway coast defense guns in servloe,
actually one has been undergoing tests at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds,
Md. This is considered experimental, however. There are numrous rail
way guns of larger caliber at the Proving Ground, left over from the
World War but still useful.
Labor Federation
Nominating Officers
By the Auocleted Preu.
HAGERSTOWN, Md., May 21.—
Delegates to the 35th annual con
vention of the Maryland State and
District of Columbia Federation of
Labor turned to nomination of offi
cers and action on resolutions today.
Officers will be elected tomorrow.
The convention, at its opening ses
sion yesterday, adopted a resolution
urging President Roosevelt’s na
tional defense program Tor the
protection of the United States from
Invasion by any foreign foe,” should
be put in operation immediately.
Delegates were told by Secretary
of State Francis Petrott that “our
freedom and democracy are being
threatened.”
Gov. O’Conor said he hoped to
visit the convention today.'
Britain to Strengthen
’Balloon Barrage’ Force
By the AMoeUted Preu.
LONDON, May 21.—The Air Min
istry called today for more men of
30 to 45 "for duties with the balloon
barrage,H the system of balloons at
tached to steel cables by which a
defensive cordon has been placed
around London and other cities and
along Britain’s coasts.
The so-called "balloon barrage,”
floating In the air like mine fields
In the ocean, Is Intended to snare
enemy bombers under conditions of
poor visibility. Both Germany and
England employ them.
The balloons, strung several thou
sand feet In the air on cables, with
Interlacing wires to form a net
work, keep raiding bombers high
and affect their accuracy. The bar
rage is useless in clear air.
A
Alien Surveillance
Urged by Overton
In Talk to S. A.R.
Drastic Immigration
Laws Are Demanded
By Gen. Fries
Registration and surveillance of
every alien in the United States
should be made mandatory imme
diately by Congress, Senator Over
ton, Democrat, of Louisiana, today
told the Sons of the American Revo
lution meeting at their 51st annual
congress.
This is a “most necessary” step in
American preparedness, he declared,
after outlining the downfall of the
Low Countries and Scandinavia
through fifth columnists. He urged
that the S. A. R. adopt resolutions
recommending that Congress pass
such laws immediately.
Senator Overton, member of the
Senate Appropriations Committee
and the S. A. R. also, declared the
defense bill reported out "does not
provide absolute security under
every circumstance,” but the funds
recommended “do provide for money
that can be spent next year.”
. preparedness Urged.
The S. A. R. and all other patriotic
organizations, he said at the Ward
man Park Hotel, should see to it
that the United States avoids war,
but is prepared to meet war if in
volved. He also urged that they
work for the overthrow of subversive
influences in America.
MaJ. Gen. Amos A. Pries, retired,
of Washington, World War chief of
the Chemical Warfare Service,
urged immediate passage of “dras
tic” Immigration laws to end the
menace in the United States from
subversive influences.
“All of our tremendous efforts for
national defense may be utterly
ruined or very seriously hampered if
this policy of coddling and pro
tecting alien criminals and per
miting tens of thousands of aliens
to come into the United States
legally or illegally, is not terminated
at once and drastic laws passed and
enforced which will enable criminal
and foreign minded aliens to be de
ported and others to be rounded up,
fingerprinted and registered so that
they can be kept track of day and
night.”
Would Deport Russell.
Foreign elements have gained
control of many parts of the educa
tional system, particularly in the
writing of school texts, Gen. Pries,
chairman of the S. A. R.’s Immi
gration Committee, declared. Ber
trand Russell, British philosopher
who recently was refused a position
at the City College of New York,
should be deported along with many
others now in this country, he said.
"A great many of these educators,”
he said, “are preaching collectivism,
which at its best is national Social
ism and at its worst Communism.
“Self-preservation is not only the
first law of nature, but is the first
law of common sense. We must
protect our Nation. If we lose it we
lose everything, and the citizens
come first. All soft-hearted, sob
sister stuff must be thrown to the
winds when national safety is in
danger.”
The organization today heard re
ports from chairmen of the national
committees. Wives of members will
be received at a tea by Mrs. Henry
M. Robert, jr., president-general of
the D. A. R. Tonight there will be
a banquet with Senator Nye, Re
publican, of North Dakota as
speaker.
Congress in Brief
TODAY.
Senate:
Continues debate on bill to out
law labor spies.
Wire-tapping investigators begin
public hearings.
Military Affairs Committee con
siders defense program.
Appropriations Subcommittee con
siders emergency appropriation for
Navy.
House:
Resumes debate on $975,650,000
relief bill.
Military and Naval Affairs Com
mittees continue study of defense
program.
Dies Committee starts hearings on
•fifth columns” in United States.
G. P. 0. Employe Asks
Congress to Adjourn
So He Can Marry
By the Associated Press.
Senator Barkley, the Demo
cratic leader, offered today a
new reason for a quick ad
journment of Congress.
He said he had received word
that an employe of the Gov
ernment Printing Office wanted
to get married in June, but
that he could not obtain leave
of absence as long as Congress
remained in Washington.
i
Roosevelt Requests
Removaf of Limit
On W. P. A. Outlays
Says Desire to Return
To Boondoggling Could
Be Laid to Advocates
Bj the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt urged Con
gress today to remove a relief bill
cost limit on W. P. A. projects and
contended that advocates of tbe
limitation could "be charged with a
desire to return to boondoggling."
The President, in a letter to Rep
resentative Cannon, Democrat, of
Missouri, expressed opposition to
provisions in the pending $975,650,
000 bill which would limit the cost
of a Federal project to $50,000 and
the Federal contribution to a non
Federal project to the same amount.
“The commissioner of work proj
ects,” the letter said, "informs me
that the proportion of relief labor
on large construction projects is in
many cases greater than on small
project* and, furthermore, that the
overall proportion of relief labor on
all construction projects now in op
eration is between 96 and 97 pth*
ceftt.”
Defense Handicap Seen.
It added:
“The limitation would have a par
ticularly harmful effect upon the
attempt which is being made to use
the program of the Work Projects
Administration to further national
defense.”
The President’s letter was read by
the House clerk as the members re
sumed debate on the 1941 relief bill.
In a postcript the President said
that a good deal of fun had been
poked at raking leave*, cleaning up
parks and the like and that the word
“boondoggling” had become a part
of the political vocabulary.
"It is true,” the postcript said,
“that in those days, when the emer
gency of relief was great and the
machinery new, there was a certain
proportion of projects which did
not have any particularly permanent
value.
“I think that people who insist
on the limitations in section 11 (the
$50,000 limitation provision) may,
with some justification, be charged
with a desire to return to boon
doggling.”
Communist Ban Expected.
Talcs of “Trojan horse” activities
in Europe were generally expected
to assure House approval of legisla
tion to purge the W. P. A. rolls of all
Communists.
Representative Cannon told re
porters he would support this pro
vision. Representative Ditter, Re
publican, of Pennsylvania recently
served notice that such an amend
ment would be ofTered.
The drive to deny W. P. A. Jobs to
Communists was launched imme
diately after Chairman Dies of the
Committee on Un-American Activi
ties told the House last week that
Communists and Nazis had a “fifth
column” plan for this country simi
lar to that used in Norway.
Debate on the relief appropriation
was complicated by a long list of
proposed amendments. As approved
by the Appropriations Committee,
the bill would permit President
Roosevelt to use all the W. P. A.
money during the first eight months
of the new fiscal year, which starts
July 1.
Some members want to require the
appropriation to last a full year.
Others want to provide more than
twice as much money as the Presi
dent asked.
Earmark Moves Planned.
Several moves are planned to ear
mark portions of the fund, a policy
which Mr. Roosevelt criticized last
week. Representative May, Demo
crat, of Kentucky, said he would at
tempt to set aside $30,000,000 for
flood control and $20,000,000 for
rivers and harbors improvements.
Other amendments will seek to re
serve portions of the fund for public
buildings and public works.
Adoption of either of two amend
ments, prepared by Republicans,
would mean liquidation of the W. P.
A. program.
Representative Ditter has pro
posed that W. P. A. be given $300,
000,000 to complete projects started
before next June 30 and that on De
cember 31 it go out of business. As
a replacement, he would provide
$450,000,000 for direct relief grants
to States and $400,000,000 cash plus
$200,000,000 in contract authoriza
tions for a public works program.
Representative Taber, Republican,
of New York, wants the entire
$975,650,000 appropriated for direct
grants to community governments.
Welfare Discussion Set
Specific welfare problems that
come to the attention of organized
citizenry will be discussed at an
other Joint conference of presidents
and welfare chairmen of citizens’
and civic associations and the Fam
ily Welfare Committee of the Coun
cil of Social Agencies tonight at 6
o’clock at Barker Hall, Seventeenth
and K streets N.W.
FLYING DIPLOMAT—Richard Q. Casey, first Australian Min
ister to the United States, and Mrs. Casey, both licensed pilots,
feel out the controls of the new cabin airplane which they
purchased here yesterday. Mrs. Casey, using a bottle of
Australian beer, christened the yellow and green plane Boom
erang. , —A. P. Photo.
I
President Vetoes
Rivers, Harbors Bill;
Cites Defense Needs
Non-Military Activities
Should Not Be Forced on
Army Now, He Says
Remarking that non-military ac
tivities of the War Department
should give way at this time to pre
paredness needs, President Roosevelt
today vetoed a rivers and harbors
bill Involving 300 projects and ap
propriation authorizations of about
$110,000,000.
The President noted in his veto
message that a few items in the bill
are of national defense value and
that he would be glad to approve
separate legislation covering such
projects.
The measure would authorize the
prosecution of 151 projects for im
provement of rivers, harbors and
other waterways. It also would di
rect the Secretary of War to make
surveys of 149 additional projects
and authorize appropriations of
$109,985,450. The President’s veto
message follows, in part:
“Of the existing authorizations for
river and harbor projects totaling
$207,720,140 there are so-called inac
tive projects in the amount of $49,
746,390. There is also carried in the
pending War Department civil func
tions appropriation bill an amount
of $25,000,000 for construction work
on account of existing project au
thorizations. This leaves a balance
of outstanding authorizations for ac
tive projects in the amount of $132,
973,750.
“It seems to me that this balance
supplies a sufficient backlog of au
thorizations for appropriation pur
poses, without the necessity or de
sirability of adding thereto the large
additional amount proposed by
the present bill. Moreover, to
increase unduly the authoriza
tions for river and harbor
projects is likely to produce the un
desirable result of throwing out of
balance the distribution, as between
the different classes of all Federal
construction projects, of the amount
that, within annual fiscal limita
tions, may be appropriately devoted
to such purpose.
“Regardless of every other con
sideration, it seems to me that the
nan-military activities of the War
Department should give way at this
time to the need for military pre
paredness. This is a need, not so
apparent at the time the bill was
under consideration by the Congress,
that must now be recognized by all
as a matter demanding priority of
attention.’'
D. C. Direct Relief
Cases Decline
A 5 per cent decrease in the num
ber of cases receiving direct relief in
the District was reported today by
the Federal Security Agency. This
compared with a general 3 per cent
decrease in April from the preceding
month reported by 106 cities.
Why Must They Die? No. 20 d!!? rJt,0Year-3*
.— One of a Series of Factual Analyses of D. C. Traffic V"*«it**»*— —
An analysis of traffic death No.
19 has not been published pend
ing completion of the official in
vestigation.
The place: The 2900 block of
Bladensburg road NX, opposite the
National Training School for Boys.
The accident: A 20-year-old Fort
Myer soldier was run over by a
caisson after he was knocked down
when attempting to stop stamped
ing horses. The victim was a mem
ber of C Battery of the 16th Field
Artillery. The stampede occurred
when the battery halted near a
fire plug opposite the National
Training School for Boys to water
and cool the horses. Witnesses said
the horses reared suddenly when
water from the fire plug was turned
on them to cool them off. The
battery was proceeding south on
Bladensburg road on its way to
Fort Myer at the time of the acci
dent. The soldier died a few min
utes later.
The time: About 8 am., May IS.
Weather: Clear. Visibility good.
The street: Straight and level.
The vehicle: An Army horse
drawn caisson.
The driver: The driver of the vehi
cle had descended to water the
horses, which were leaderless when
they stampeded.
Coroner's verdict: No inquest was
held, and the coroner issued a ver
dict of accidental death,
*
I BLADEN5BURG RD.
NATL* T. $.
FOP BOYS
Diagram shows how a heavy norse-orawn caisson ran over a
Fort Myer soldier after he was knocked down when attempting
to stop stampeding horses. The caisson was part of C Battery
of the 16th Field Artillery, proceeding south on Bladensburg
road NJE. on the way to Fort Myer. The circled "X” marks
where the body was run over. —Star Staff Photo.
h A
Leahy Arrival Here
Is Seen as Sign of
Impending Trouble
Roosevelt Aides Think
Admiral Will Serve
As Defense Adviser
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.
The arrival of Admiral William
Leahy, former chief of naval opera
tions and at present Governor of
Puerto Rico, to report to the White
House is considered by many as an
Indication that we are mighty close
to trouble.
President Roosevelt allowed Ad
miral Leahy to retire last year when
he reached the statutory age with
the definite promise that the ad
miral would be at the President’s
elbow when the situation gets really
bad.
Admiral Leahy was one of Presi
dent Roosevelt’s most trusted ad
visers while he was chief of oper
ations. His counsels were frequently
sought, not only on naval matters, in
which he always had the last word,
but also on international affairs.
Noted for Common Sense.
The old salt-water sailor had a
way of expressing himself bluntly
and clearly in very few words. He
had what Mr. Roosevelt likes best
from his subordinates—horse sense.
On store than one occasion thg
President talked over the interna
tional situation with the admiral
and found in him a cool, clear
thinker and a realist. Admiral
Leahy saw the war coming and
urged Mr. Roosevelt to bring the
Navy up to its present strength and
high training efficiency.
During the Panay incident—the
Panay, an American boat, was at
tacked and sunk in the Yangtze
River during the present war in
China—Admiral Leahy was for
drastic action, not because he is a
jingolst or a militarist but because
he firmly believed—and he told the
President so—that if one of the
democratic powers would choose to
act instead of merely threatening
and talking the effect would be ex
cellent not only on the Tokio mili
tary clique but on all the other
powers of the axis.
Regrets Accepted.
Admiral Leahy's point of view al
most prevailed, but it did not in the
end. The cabinet and Mr. Roosevelt
himself did not think there would
be a popular support for any drastic
Capt. Rhoda Miliiken
Deplores Time Lost
Arresting 'Drunks'
Proposes Institution
Be Established for
Treating Alcoholics
Washington police must be re
lieved of the. duty of constantly ar
resting the confirmed alcoholic,
thereby losing valuable time in
strict crime prevention, if the Dis
trict is to have more efficient police
service, Capt. Rhoda Milliken of the
Woman’s Bureau declared yester
day.
Speaking at a luncheon of the
Council of Social Agencies at the
Y. W. C. A., Capt. Milliken proposed
establishment of an institution ,
where alcoholics would not be re
leased until they had shown progress
in overcoming the habit.
Such an institution, coupled with
a system of Indeterminate sen
tences, would relieve the police of
much work in rearresting these per
sons, the Woman’s Bureau head
said. About 900 persons are ar
rested by police monthly for in
toxication.
She termed “absurd” the method
of sending alcoholics to Jail, and
said the police realize the problem
is not being dealt with intelligently.
“If you want efficient service from
the police,” she declared, "they must
be relieved of the responsibility of
caring for these people who have
nothing to do with crime.”
The speaker said Russia is deal
ing with the problem much more
sensibly, taking alcoholics to hos
pitals instead of jails, and on the
third offense authorities place them
in an institution to be released when
improvement is noted.
However, Dr. T. Loren Johnson,
president of the Washington In
stitute of Mental Hygiene, disagreed
with the viewpoint that alcoholics
can be aided either by medical or
psychiatric treatment. He said no
approach to the problem has been
found and declared there is nothing
that treatment on a farm does that
jail does not do.
G. Howland Shaw, member of the
Executive Committee of the National
Jail Association, reported on a sur
vey looking toward establishment of
a system of paying fines by install
ments. In April 1,448 persons were
sent to District Jail for misdemean
ors and 80 per cent of the prison
sentences were imposed in lieu of
payment of fines. Of the offenses
of which they were convicted, 72 V4
per cent were for intoxication or
disorderly conduct, while 4.6 per
cent were for traffic violations.
Eighty-five per cent of the fines
were $25 or less.
Last year, Mr. Shaw said, 1,487
were released after paying part of
their fines following commitment.
He said he would make a report in
detail later on the feasibility of
inaugurating the installment sys
tem of paying fines.
Mr. Shaw shared the viewpoint
later expressed by Capt. Milliken
that the jail was not the proper
place for alcoholics.
Vincent Saccardi, chairman of
the Corrections Committee, presided
during the discussion. Mrs. Harry
S. Bernton, recently elected presi
dent of the council for her third
year, called upon members to criti
cize freely in the Interest of progress.
The council adopted unanimously
a recommendation by the Board of
Directors to accept the Alley Dwel
ling Authority as a member body.
India Bolsters Defense
BOMBAY, May 21 (VP).—1The gov
ernment of India today announced
intensification of all defense meas
ures in view of the possibility of
“fifth column” activities.
retaliation on Japan for its insult
to the United States and the wishy
washy regrets of the Japanese gov
ernment were accepted.
Admiral Leahy’s job at the White
House has not been defined yet. It
is likely that it will not be, because
it won’t be a cut and diry duty.
Those close to the President believe
he will be chief adviser on questions
of national defense and on naval
and possibly diplomatic strategy.
Admiral Leahy has a particular gift
of getting along with all kind of
people, including those who are
sometime labeled stuffed shirts.
Weather Report
(Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.)
District of ColumbiSr—Partly cloudy tonight; tomorrow mostly cloudy,
followed by showers in afternoon or night; little change in temperature;
lowest tonight about 60 degrees; gentle easterly winds becoming fresh
tomorrow.
Maryland—Partly cloudy; showers on the coast tonight; tomorrow
cloudy, rain on the coast and showers in the interior; not much change
in temperature.
Virginia—Partly cloudy in the interior; rain on the coast tonight;
tomorrow cloudy, rain in east and showers in west portion; not much
change in temperature.
West Virginia—Fair tonight; tomorrow mostly cloudy, followed by
scattered showers; cooler in extreme west portion.
The Atlantic storm Is centered about ■
latitude 20° n.. and longitude 72* W.. with
lowest pressure aooroximately 1002 mill
bars (29.60 Inches). Pressure continues
high oil the North Atlantic Coast, Eastport,
Me., 1020.4 millibars (30.31 Inches). A
slight disturbance Is moving east-south
eastward over the upper Mississippi Valley,
La Crosse. Wls., 1007.6 millibars (29.76
Inches), with a trough extending south
southwestwaxd to Texas, Alpine, 1004.7
millibars (29.67 Inches). Pressure Is ris
ing over the middle and northern Plains
and the Rocky Mountain region. Yellow
stone Park. Wyo. 1023.4 millibars (30.23
Inches). During the last 24 hours there
have been rather general rains in the
middle Atlantic and North Atlantic States
and scattered showers in the Oreat lakes
region, the upper Mississippi Valley, the
Plains States and the middle Rocky Moun
tain region. Temperatures have risen in
portions of the Mississippi Valley, while
they have fallen over the middle and
northern Plains.
Report far Last 24 Bears.
Temperature. Barometer.
Yesterday— degrees. Inches.
4 P.m.- 77 29.84
8 p.m. - 84 29.95
Midnight _ 64 29.98
Today—
4 a.m. _ 62 29.99
8 a.m. _ 60 30.06
Noon_ 74 . 30.03
Reeerd for Leal 34 Bears.
(Yrom noon yesterday to noon today.)
_ Highest. 81. at 12:20 p.m. yesterday.
Year ago. 88.
Lowest. 62. at 4 a.m. yesterday. Year
ago. 64.
Tide Tables.
(Purnlshed by United States coast and
Oeodetie Survey.)
_ . Today. Tomorrow.
High ...- 7:37 a.m. 8:24 a.m.
Low - 1:57 a.m. 2:40 a.m.
High--j_8:04 p.m. 8:61p.m.
Low - 2:34 p.m. 3:23 p.m.
The Bon and Mean.
Rises. Bets.
Sun. today . _ 4:51 7:18
Bun, tomorrow_ 4:60 7:19
Moon, today _ 7:33 p.m. 5:02 a.m.
. Automobile lights must be turned on one
half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1940 Are, Record.
8:81 1:88
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May_ 2.61 3.70 10.60 »
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__ j^ij 14.
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(etni Tiasttitim This Tear.
Highest. 92. on May 14.
Lowest. 7, on January 29.
Hanldltr for Last 24 Bean.
(Prom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 93 per eent. at 4:20 p.m. yes
terday.
Lowest. 47 per eent, at 18:15 p.m.
yesterday.
Riser Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Perry; Potomac very muddy at
Great Palls today. -
Weather ia Varleas Cities.
.c-Temp.-, Raln
. Baro. High. Low. tall. Weather.
Abilene_ 29.74 92 69 ... Cloudy
Albany ... 30.06 73 60 0.87 Cloudy
Atlanta.. 29.91 87 62 ... Cloudy
Atlantly C 30.09 68 57 0.08 Cloudy
Baltimore 30.08 80 62 1.17 Rain
Blrm’gham 29.97 85 51 ... Cloudy
Bismarck. 30.00 64 48 0.04 Cloudy
— 30.18 75 0.10 Cloudy
80.06 72 ... Cloudy
29.97 81 'loudy
_29.91 74
Cincinnati 30.00 83
Cleveland. 30.00 75
Columbia, 29.97 as
Davenport 29.83 80
Denver _ 30.03 72
Des Molnee 29.'“
Detroit.. 30.1
El Paso... 20.
Galveston. 29.ow
Helena... 30.15
Huron_29.97
Ind’apolls. 29.97
JacksonVle 29.94
Kensas Cy. 29.
Los Annies 29.
Louisville- 30.i
Miami 29.1
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Okla. City 28:74
WShu 18:88
Phoenix 29.71
Pltteburth 80.03
FtlSSd.O?; f9°M
Spokane.. 30.00
Tampa 29.94
WA8H..D.C. 30.03
Peretga-ns.
(Noon. Graenwlcb tires, today.)
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