Anti-Trust Charges
filed Against Eight
Tobacco Companies
Government Alleges
Combination Dictates
-Terms to Growers
•7 the Awoclkted Pres*.
The Justice Department an
nounced today it had filed criminal
charges under the Sherman Anti
trust Act. at Lexington, Ky„ against
8 major tobacco companies, 26
other corporations and 33 individ
uals..
The department said that the
charges, outgrowth of a two-year
investigation directed by Thurman
Arnold, Assistant Attorney General,
were based on allegations that the
major companies had built up mar
keting systems for leaf tobacco and
tobacco products which have been
deliberately designed to dominate
and dictate terms to growers of leaf
tobacco” and to wholesalers and re
tailers of tobacco products.
Price Fixing Charged.
Further, the department said in a
statement, the Government charges
that the defendants employed price
fixing devices to eliminate competi
tion and "abused their position of
dominance by exacting harsh and
oppressive terms from those with
Whom they deal.”
mt. _ _ i _i_ i. i ' .
The eight major companies named
are the American Tobacco Co., Lig
gett & Myers Tobacco Co., R. 5. Rey
nolds Tobacco Co. and P. Lorillard
Co., which are known as the “Big
Four" in the industry; Phillip Mor
ris & Co., Ltd., Inc.; the Imperial
Tobacco Co. (of Great Britain and
Ireland), Ltd.; and British-Ameri
Can Tobacco Co., Ltd., the latter
two being large British companies
which buy leaf tobacco in the United
States, and Universal Leaf Tobacco
Go.. Inc., described as the largest
leaf tobacco dealer in the United
States.
Individuals Named.
"Individuals named were:
George Washington Hill, president
of the American Tobacco Co.;
Charles F. Neiley, Paul M. Hahn,
Vincent Riggio and George Wash
ington Hill, jr., all vice presidents of
tfie American Tobacco Co.; James
E. Lipscomb, Jr., president of Amer
ican Suppliers, Inc.; William W.
Flowers, chairman of Liggett &
Myers; James W. Andrews, president
of Liggett ft. Myers; Ben Carroll,
William D. Carmichael. William A.
Blount, Benjamin F. Few, Edward
H. Thurston, and George W. Whit
aker, all vice presidents or officials
of Liggett <te Myers.
Also William N. Reynolds, chair
man of the Executive Committee
of R. J Reynolds Tobacco Co.; S.
Clay Williams, chairman of the
board of the same company; James
A. Gray, president: Robert E. Lasa
ter, John C. Whitaker. James W.
Glenn and Edward A. Darr, all vice
presidents or officials of R. J. Rey
nolds Tobacco Co.; George H. Hum
mel, president of P. Lorillard Co.,
and these vice presidents, George
D. Whitefield, Edgar S. Bowling,
Herbert A. Kent and Harry A. Stout,
Also Leslie H. Reed, resident di
rector of the Imperial Tobacco Co.,
Ltd.; Robert C. Harrison, president
of Export Leaf Tobacco Co.; O. H.
Chalkley, president of Philip Mor
ris & Co., Ltd., Inc., and Alfred
E. Lyon and Wirt H. Hatcher, vice
presidents; William A. Willingham,
chairman of Universal Leaf Tobacco
Co., Inc., and Fred N. Harrison,
president.
F. B. I. Chief Condemns
Communists and Bundsmen
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 24—F. B. I.
Chief J. Edgar Hoover roundly con
demned Communists and bundsmen
yesterday and declared the Nation
was facing a new enemy “that is far
more crafty, scheming and despic
able than the kidnaper, the high
wayman or the burglar.”
“The forces that threaten Amer
ica today,” he told 400 police chiefs
attending a New York State con
vention, “are motivated by avarice,
lust and an Insatiable thirst for
power. They would destroy every
vestige of our traditions, institutions
and sacred heritages. They have
but one principle—that the ends
justify the means.”
He said the problem of coping
with the foreign agent, the saboteur
and the subverter was one of na- I
tional ramifications and one that
“must be met by the best of trained
intelligence and efforts that we in
law enforcement can muster.”
“No fifth column will make head
way in America,” he added, “if our
citizens support and protect legiti
mate law enforcement, rather than
the stab-in-the-back activities of
cowardly Communists or goose-step
ping bundsmen.”
Oliveri Is Defeated
In Public Links Golf
By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, July 24.—Edward Fur
gol of Utica, N. Y„ and Worth Stim
its, jr., of Colorado Springs, Colo.,
new co-holders of the qualifying
record in the National Public Links
championship, won their first-round
matches with ease today.
Andrew Olivieri of Washington,
D. C., was defeated by Labron Har
ris, Guthrie, Okla., 6 and 5.
Furgol was one under par in a
3-and-2 conquest of Edward Ebel of
Minneapolis. He gained a 4-up
advantage with an outgoing par
performance. Coming in, Furgol
was one under fours .for the seven
holes.
Stimits was fought to a standstill
for 13 holes by Marshall Springer
of Chicago. Stimits then won three
of the next four holes, to finish with
a 3-and-l edge. He also was one
tinder par.
Other results:
Gk W. Duvall, jr., Kansas City,
defeated Ray Ala, Detroit, 2 and 1.
Walter Smola, Omaha, defeated
Henry C. Robertson, jr., Oklahoma
City, 3 and 1.
Martin Leptich, Portland, Ore.,
defeated Howard Olson, Tacoma,
Wash., 3 and 1.
William Fritz, San Francisco, de
feated Arthur Armstrong, Honolulu,
1 up, 19 holes. *
F. E. Ames, Beaumont, Tex., de
feated Carl Smith, Indianapolis, 3
and 2.
Ladies' Aid Supper
Hie Ladies’ Aid Society of the
Walker Chapel Church, North Glebe
road and Dittmar road, Arlington,
Va., will sponsor a cold plate supper
on the church lawn tomorrow from
ft to 7 pm.
BOAT REGATTA WINNERS—Elizabeth Edwards, 9, 927 Potomac avenue S.E., displays her boat
which won the race for "big” craft at the 16th annual Water Carnival and Boat Regatta at the
Virginia Avenue Playground yesterday. With her is Edward Crismond, 6, 1017 Tenth street S.E.,
whose vessel won the "small” boat race. —Star Staff Photo.
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Anti-U. S. Attitude
Denied by Shanghai
Japanese Spokesman
'Unfortunate Coincidence'
Is Seen in Series of
Incidents Since July 7
By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, July 24.—A Japanese
Embassy spokesman today described
a series of incidents involving United
States citizens since July 7 as "an
unfortunate coincidence from which
it cannot be concluded that Japan is
adopting an anti-American atti
tude."
Declaring at a press conference
that "it is the duty of newspaper
men to keep calm and cool,” he said
telegrams sent to President Roose
velt yesterday by five American
newsmen—who urged retaliatory acts
against Japan unless Tokio acted to
restrain Japanese elements in
Shanghai—gave a false impression
that anti-American sentiment was
growing among Japanese.
Attempt to Enter Office.
Hallett Abend, correspondent of
the New York Times, who recently
was beaten and robbed of manu
scripts in his apartment, declared
that a tall Japanese, accompanied by
a heavy-set Chinese, attempted to
enter his office this morning on the
pretext that he had phoned them to
fix his typewriter. He said police
men guarding the office refused
them entry, and thereupon the men
left the building.
The correspondents called the
embassy spokesman’s attention to a
proclamation issued by Japanese
residents of Hangchow saying:
“Since the atrocities committed
by American marines at Shanghai
July 7 the American Government
has tried to avert its responsibility.
This hostile attitude can never be
tolerated. We want to warn Ameri
cans that if they don’t withdraw
from Asia forthwith Japan will take
the necessary steps.”
Japanese charged that United
States marines mistreated Japanese
gendarmes arrested in the Interna
tional Settlement.
Denies Assault Instigated.
One correspondent asserted that
persons attending the mass meeting
at which the proclamation was
drawn up were transported by Jap
anese Army trucks.
The spokesman, saying that “a
mass meeting wouldn’t be held if
each case were settled in the proper
way,” declared that any impression
that Japanese authorities had in
stigated the assault and robbery of
Abend was erroneous.
Konoye's Government
Drafts Basic Platform
TOKIO, July 24 OF).—'The cabinet
council of the new government of
Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye
agreed today on this basic platform:
1. To attempt to contribute to
world peace in accordance with the
empire’s “spirit of international
brotherhood.”
2. To strengthen national defense,
including the establishment of an
East Asia economic bloc and reform
of the domestic structure.
Dissident Democrats
Will Form Committee
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 24.—The As
sociated Willkie Clubs of America
announced last night that a na
tional committee of Democrats—dis
sidents from the New Deal—would
be organized within two weeks to
seek election of Wendell L. Willkie,
Republican nominee for the presi
dency.
After a two-hour conference with
John W. Hanes, former Undersec
retary of the Treasury in the Roose
velt administration, Oren Root, jr.,
chairman of the clubs, announced
that earlier organization was de
cided against in order for Hanes to
confer first with three others who
announced they would bolt the
Democratic ticket and work for Will
kie. They are Lewis W. Douglas,
former budget director under Pres
ident Roosevelt; Mrs. Robert Camp
bell Lawson, Tulsa, Okla., clubwom
an, and Dr. Alan Valentine, presi
dent of the University of Roches
ter.
The four will meet in either New
York or Chicago in about 10 days
to evolve formal committee plans,
Root said.
He made public a telegram to
Hanes in which Mrs. Nina Gore
Auchincloss, an alternate delegate
at large from Virginia to the Dem
ocratic National Convention, said
she would not support President
Roosevelt for a third term.
Pink Lemonade Christens Boat
At Playground Water Carnival
A boat christening in Which pink
lemonade was substituted for tradi
tional champagne and a dramatiza
tion of safety rules for a wading
pool delighted some 100 children at
the 16th annual water carnival and
model boat regatta of the Virginia
Avenue Playground yesterday.
The pink lemonade dousing by
Mrs. Helen Mills, a secretary in
the Recreation Department, official
ly launched a 14-inch craft named
The Strode in honor of its donor,
C. A. Strode, a friend of the play
ground.
The safety rule dramatization
brought many “ohs” and “ahs” from
the youngsters as their playmates
paraded by swathed in bandages cov
ering “injuries” received by being
"careless.”
Ten-year-old Melvin Ugel of 931
Potomac avenue S.E. had both feet
bandaged. He carried signs reading:
“I didn't use the foot bath—now I
have athlete's foot.”
Another attracting attention was
Richard Hite, 8, of 1103 Tenth street
S.E., who was brought out in a small
wagon, his body covered with white
powder to show that he was near
"death.” “I was ducked,” read the
sign he carried.
Ruth Page, 5, of 918 Potomac ave
nue S.E. was one of those vrho can’t
swim or float, so she demonstrated
her special technique in a wading
pool. Wearing dark glasses, carry
ing a parasol and with a towel
around her shoulders,: Ruth just
took a little stroll in the pool and
sat down in the cooling water a
couple of times.
In a sailboat race for “big” craft
Elizabeth Edwards, 9, of 927 Poto
mac avenue S.E. won with her
dark-hulled boat, which, without a
name before the race, was promptly
called Champion. The winner for
the past four years. Eagie, owned
by John Eagleston, 9, of 1108 Tenth
street S.E., came in third and last.
The craft of Edward Crismond, 6,
of 1017 Tenth street S.E. won the
“small” boat contest.
Miss Betty Smith, director of the
playground, ahd Miss Mary OMara,
in charge of the wading pool, di
rected the program.
Ten Citizen-Actors
Watch Themselves
On Keith's Screen
In 'Ramparts We Watch'
They Made Film Debut
In Unusual Roles
(Jay Carmody's review on page B-1S.)
Ten everyday citizens—each a far
cry from Hollywood's glamour folk
sat here and there among the no
tables at the world premiere of “The
Ramparts We Watch'* at Keith's
Theater last night and watched with
mixed feelings their motion picture
debuts.
Mrs. Julia Kent, a native of Hun
gary, who was cast as the wife of a
Hungarian immigrant in the picture,
cried a little during the showing.
She lost her first husband in the
World War, just as she lost Joe
Kovacs on the screen.
Clarence Stowell. who portrays
a World War member of the Con
gress, could hardly believe his eyes.
Last night marked the first time
he had seen anything more than
"rushes,” and he summed up his
reaction to his own role with the
comment:
“I couldn’t believe it was I.”
Mr. Stowell, lecturer and globe
trotter, who formerly relaxed and
enjoyed his visits to the cinema,
now is afraid such detached enjoy
ment is gone with his amateur
status.
The commentator role was nothing
new to Westbrook Van Voorhis. His
has long been the voice of the
March of Time.
Elliott Reid, one of the “off to
war” youths in the movie, had his
uncomfortable moments prepping
for his military role. For a day he
drilled with the Connecticut Na
tional Guard, his face smeared with
make-up.
Mrs. Marguerite Brown, widow of
Capt. A. W. Brown, U. S. Navy, who
died in 1938 while on a tour of duty
aboard the IL S. S. Arizona, said
her work in the picture brought
back "almost too many" memories.
She was originally engaged to assist
in wardrobe design and research,
but unexpectedly was drafted for
the cast as the wife of a German
professor.
Mrs. Myra Archibald, wife of Ed
ward Averill, a businessman in the
picture, believes the "Ramparts” is a
“man’s picture.” The businessman,
who is Frank McCabe, a New Eng
land advertising man in real life,
enjoyed his fling in the movies, but
"will soon be ready to get back to
advertising.”
Among other members of the cast
on hand for the premiere were Dr.
Alfredo U. Wyss, a professor in the
picture, a scientist and biologist in
real life, and Edward Wragge, the
screen son of Mr. and Mrs. Averill.
Keystone G. 0. P. Plans
'Dollar' Campaign
Br the Auocltted hreu.
PHILADELPHIA, July 24.—Joseph
W. Wear, chairman of the Pennsyl
vania Republican Finance Commit
tee, announced today a “dollar
certificate” campaign would be con
ducted in the State to raise funds
for the election of the Willkie-Mc
Nary ticket.
He said volunteer Republican
women would do the canvassing.
In making the announcement, Mr.
Wear, a Philadelphian, noted that
a similar campaign in the 8tate in
1938 raised approximately $100,000.
Three Golfers Tied
For Maryland Open
Title at Columbia
Houghton, Spencer and
Coffey Each Have 142
After Resuming Play
By WALTER McCALLUM.
A1 Houghton of Beaver Dam.
Cliff Spencer of East Potomac Park
and Rut Coffey of Winchester, Va.,
tied at 142 for the Maryland State
open golf championship at the Co
lumbia Country Club in a dramatic
finale to tlfe interrupted tournament
last night when rain flooded the
course.
The three professionals playing
off the tie for the title started at
12:30 today. Houghton, resuming
play at the 13th hole today, where
he was interrupted by rain yester
day, played the last five holes in
even par for his second 71 and a
total of 142.
Spencer, who holds the Middle
Atlantic P. G. A. championship,
played the last nine holes in par
35 for a score of 70 and a total
of 142.
Coffey, who opened the tourna
ment with a 69 yesterday, played
the last 10 holes in 3 over par for
a 73 and a total of 142.
Tied for fourth place were Wiffy
Cox, Congressional pro, and George
F. Miller, Columbia amateur, with
36 holes total of 145.
The committe last night ruled
that all competitors caught in the
torrential thunderstorm which
flooded the course were to resume
play again today where they were
caught by the rain. Coffey holed a
6-fqpt putt on the last green today
to ue.
(Earlier story on Sports Page.)
Cummings Leaves Hospital
ROCHESTER, Minn., July 24 (>P).
—Representative Cummings, Demo
crat, of Colorado left by plane for
Washington today, 15 days after an
operation by Mayo Clinic surgeons.
Mrs. Cummings accompanied her
75-year-old husband to the Capital.
City News in Brief
TODAY,
Meeting, International Federation
of Catholic Alumnae Circle, May
flower Hotel, 8:30 p.m.
Meeting, Wilson Teachers’ Col
lege, Hotel 2400, 8 pm.
Meeting, International Ladies’
Garment Workers Union, Wardman
Park Hotel, all day.
Meeting, United Brotherhood of
Carpenters Union, Annapolis Hotel,
8 pm.
TOMORROW.
Luncheon, Washington Institute
of Public Accountants, Madrillon
Restaurant, 12:30 pm.
Luncheon, North Washington
Lions Club, Kenesaw Cafe, Sixteenth
and Irving streets N.W.* 12:14 pm.
Luncheon, Phi Delta Phi, Hamil
ton Hotel, 12:30 pm.
Luncheon, Kiwanis Club, May
flower Hotel, 12:30 pm.
Luncheon, Cosmopolitan Club,
Carlton Hotel, 12:30 pm.
Luncheon, Junior Board of Com
merce, Annapolis Hotel, 12:20 pm.
Meeting, District of Columbia
Board of Optometry, Mayflower
Hotel, 6 pm.
Meeting, Young Friends Club,
Raleigh Hotel, 8:30 pm.
Meeting, Alliance Club, Hamilton
Hotel, 8 pm.
RooseveltYAssaulj
On Bolters Indicated
■ r .
Fighting Campaign
• Chief Executive Expected
Back Tomorrow to
Confer With Wallace *
St the Associated Press.
HYDE PARK, N. Y, July 24 —
Signs that £he 1940 campaign might
develop along conventional lines ap
peared today as a result of President
Roosevelt’s use of a political
bludgeon on four Democrats who
have gone over to the Republican
camp.
Mr. Roosevelt may make no at
tempt to match campaign speeches
and stumping tours with Wendell
L. Willkie, his Republican rival in
the presidential race, but the man
ner in which he spoke yesterday of
four anti-third term Democrats left
scant room for doubt that he would
take steps to meet opposition blows
with counter punches of his own.
He could have exercised his skill
in blocking questions with political
implications yesterday, at his first
press conference since he said “yes”
to the demand of the Democratic
convention that he run for a third
term.
Called Dollar-Minded.
Instead, led on by the inquiries, he
swung verbally on Senator Burke,
former Senator Reed of Missouri
and two erstwhile administration
officials, Lewis W. Douglas and John
W. Hanes. All of them have offered
their support to Mr. Willkie.
The word "bolt,” he said, did not
describe accurately the action of
Senator Burke, who yielded the
Democratic senatorial nomination
to Gov. Cochran in the Nebraska
primary.
Mr. Roosevelt said he understood
the Democratic party had bolted
Senator Burke.
Describing Mr. Douglas and Mr.
Hanes as honorable and amiable
young men, the President said he
thought the concensus in the Gov
ernment was that their slant of
mind ran more to dollars than to
humanity.
Mr. Douglas once was budget
director and Mr. Hanes Under
secretary of the Treasury.
Refers to Sweatshop.
Mr. Reed came in for a share of
presidential attention when a re
porter asserted that the former
legislator had called on “grass root,
Jeffersonian Democrats” to assemble
in Chicago.
The Missourian did about the same
thing in 1932 and 1936 and perhaps
in 1928. Mr. Roosevelt said, and con
sequently was well qualified by ex
perience.
And, he added, that a sweatshop
matter would be remembered. He
did not amplify that statement.
A White House official said that
the Donnelly Garment Co. of Kan
sas City, headed by Mr. Reed’s wife
was the subject of a formal com
plaint filed last year by the National
Labor Relations Board, that Mr.
Reed argued the case orally in
Washington, that the board held
against the company and that an
appeal was taken last March to the
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The President, spending the final
day of a brief vacation at his fam
ily home here, will be back in Wash
ington tomorrow for a strategy talk
with Secretary Wallace, Democratic
vice presidential nominee.
Silent on Bullitt Report.
Yesterday's press conference pro
duced no details of the report the
Chief Executive has been receiving
from William C. Bullitt, Ambassador
to Prance and a guest at the Roose
velt home.
All the President would say was
that a very interesting story was
unfolding gradually in a normal
way.
Asked whether the Ambassador
would go back to Prance, Mr. Roose
velt avoided a direct reply and re
marked that Mr. Bullitt needed a
few days' holiday.
The meeting with newspapermen
also brought statements from the
President that he had received un
official reports that a large portion
of Denmark’s livestock and poultry
was being killed for food for Ger
mans and that fifth columnists were
trying to sabotage the campaign of
the American Red Cross for money
to aid needy Europeans.
The Danish population would be
seriously affected if the reports on
the slaughter of cattle; hogs and
poultry were true, the President said.
He termed rumors that Red Cross
supplies were getting into German
and Italian military hands com
pletely and utterly unfounded.
Wallace's 'Precedent'
Declared 'Mythical'
By the Aisoclated Pres*.
Representative Ditter, Republican,
of Pennsylvania said last night that
Herbert Hoover had resigned as Sec
retary of Commerce before cam
paigning for the presidency and that
a “precedent” cited by Secretary
Wallace, who plans to remain in the
cabinet while running for Vice
President, was “mythical.”
“Mr. Hoover submitted his resig
nation as Secretary of Commerce on
July 7,1928,” said Mr. Ditter’s state
ment through the Republican Na
tional Committee. “On July 14, be
fore leaving Washington for Palo
Alto to deliver his acceptance
speech, Mr. Hoover formally said
farewell to his associates in the
Commerce Department.
“President Coolidge on August 21,
1628, announced he had accepted
Mr. Hoover's resignation and that
he had named William F. Whiting
of Massachusetts to be Secretary of
Commerce.”
Refugee German Ship
Moves to Mexican) Port
By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, July 24—The
9,179-ton German passenger and
freight ship Weser, which has taken
refuge in neutral American waters,
was reported today to have arrived
at the Pacific port of Manzanillo
from Punta Arenas, Costa Rica.
The reason for coming to the Mexi
can port was not disclosed.
Congress in Brief
TODAY.
Senate:
In recess.
Military Committee works on de
tails of compulsory training bill.
House:
In recess.
Secretary 8timson outlines Army
defense needs to Appropriations
Committee.
Gen. Marshall testifies on con
scription bill before Military Com
mittee.
SHE’LL GO TO HEALTH CAMP—Alphonso Ana, president of the
Lido Club of Washington, presents Catherine Reese, 9, with a
check for $50 to enable her to go to the District Tuberculosis
Association’s Bald Eagle Health Camp. Looking on is Miss
Katherine Ashley, camp councilor. —Star Staff Photo.
_ _
Text of D. C. Vote Resolution
House Judiciary Committee Expected
To Favor Sumners' Suffrage Plan
Should the House Judiciary Com
mittee. at its meeting called by
Chairman Sumners, report favor
ably on a suffrage resolution for the
District the resolution probably will
be the Sumners resolution, intro
duced by Representative Sumners
in April, 1939, following hearing on
suffrage proposals by his committee.
The text of this resolution follows:
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to
the Constitution of the United
States providing for national
representation for the people of
the District of Columbia.
Resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con
gress assembled (two-thirds of
each house concurring therein),
That the following amendment to
the Constitution of the United
States be proposed for ratification
by the Legislatures of the several
States, ryhich, when ratified by
,, the Legislatures of three-fourths
of the States, shall be valid as a
part of said Constitution:
-Article —
“Section 1. The Congress shall
have power to provide for the
people of the District constitut
ing the seat of the Government
of the United States representa
tion in the Congress and among
the electors of President and Vice
President no greater than that of
the people of the States, and-to
delegate to such government as
Congress may establish therein
all or any of its power over said
District; and the judicial power
of the United States shall extend
to controveries to which citizens
of said District shall be parties
the same as to controversies to
which citizens of a State shall be
parties.
"Section 2. All legislation here
under shall be subject to amend
ment and repeal: Provided, That
no amendment or repeal shall af
fect the office of a Senator or
Representative during the time
for which he was elected.”
Lesh Report on Resolution.
Paul E. Lesh, chairman of the
subcommittee on congressional ac
tion, reported to the Executive Com
mittee of the Citizens' Joint Com
mittee on District of Columbia na
tional representation on April 12,
1939, on the Sumners joint resolu
tion in the following language:
“The fundamental principle upon
which the Government in our Na
tion is based is consent of the gov
erned. This principle has been de
clared in forms accepted as self
evident truths, such as that gov
ernments derive ‘their Just powers
from the consent of the governed'
and taxation without representa
tion is tyranny.’ Self-government
is accomplished by the election by
the people of those who make and
administer laws.
"The exception made with respect
to the people at the seat of its Gov
ernment was not because the prin
ciple is unsound or naturally admits
of exceptions, but because the para
mount interest of the National Gov
ernment required that it be supreme
at the seat of its Government, to the
exclusion of any State or local sov
ereignty. Inasmuch as this national
interest is the sole reason for ex
cepting the District of Columbia
from the otherwise universal rule of
self-government, it follows that
the people of the District should
have such participation in their
government as does not conflict
with the national interest.
“No impairment of national inter
est would result from participation
by the people of the District in the
National Government. None would
result from local self-government
provided the National Congress re
tains the power to revoke such con
trol as may be delegated to a local
government.
"Constitutional amendment is
necessary because there is now no
power in Congress to provide for the
people of the District representation
in the National Legislature, Con
gress, or in the election of the Chief
Executive. People of States have
no greater participation in the Na
tional Government than this, and
the proposed amendment therefore
makes possible the grant to the
people of the District participation
in the National Government to the
full extent of that now had by the
people of the States.
"As to the local affairs of the
District, the power of Congress is
R
j already complete, but it has been
! questioned whether the power of
j Congress to legislate for the District
! can be delegated to a local govern
' ment. The proposed amendment
! sets this question at rest. Under it
| Congress could delegate such addi
tional power as it deems expedient
! to the present local government, or
to a new one, elected or appointed
as Congress may determine, with
out the danger of constitutional
challenge.
“The proposed amendment gives
to citizens of the District the same
access to Federal courts on the
ground of diversity of citizenship
now had by citizens of States.
“For the people of the District
to participate in national elections I
requires two steps: First, the adop
tion of an enabling amendment to
the Constitution, and second, the j
enactment of legislation granting I
national representation. For the!
adoption of the amendment the!
concurrence of two-thirds of each
House of Congress and ratification j
by the Legislatures of three-fourths
of the States is necessary; whereas
for the enactment of legislation
granting national representation,
after an amendment shall have
been ratified, no more than a ma- :
jority of Congress need agree.
“Forms of amendment to the Con
stitution heretofore proposed have
included specific provisions which
can as well be included in the sub
sequent legislation as in the con
stitutional amendment. A constitu
tional amendment is necessary to
increase the power of Congress, but
not necessary to direct how the in
creased power shall be exercised.
The Sumners form now proposed
empowers Congress to grant all that
is provided in detail in the forms
we have heretofore advocated. The
Sumners amendment has been
stripped of details about which dif
ferences of opinion might arise and
is therefore more likely to be
adopted.
“A provision in the proposed
amendment which was not in the
forms we have heretofore advocated
is the express provision saving to
Congress the power to amend or
repeal any legislation passed pur
suant to it. Without such a pro
vision Congress would undoubtedly
have had power to amend or repeal
any legislation setting up forms of
local -government or delegating to
local government powers Congress
now' has over the District. There
w’ould be question, however, whether
representation in Congress and in
the presidential electoral college
once granted to the people of the
District could be revoked. While
we might prefer irrevocable repre
sentation, the proposal as made is
much more likely to be adopted.
,The very fact that all action taken
under the amendment is to be re
vocable at the will of Congress will
not only help us to get the amend
ment adopted, but it will help us
get passed in form acceptable to
us the necessary legislation to carry
the amendment into effect. If this
be a concession it is one well worth
making.’’
Frederick M. Wise,
Retired General of
Marines, is Dead
Was Decorated for
World War Service;
Wrote Short Stories
Brig. Gen. Frederick May Wise,
retired Marine hero of the World
War and author, died today in the
Naval Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at St.
Matthew’s Church at 10 a m. Friday.
Burial will be in Arlington National
Cemetery.
Gen. Wise retired January 19.1926,
after 27 years of duty in all sections
of the world and through many cam
paigns.
Born in New York 63 years ago, he
was appointed a second lieutenant
in the Marine Corps in 1899. serving
first in the Philippine Islands during
the pacification and then in China
during the Boxer uprising in 1900.
He later served in Puerto Rico and
Cuba.
Served in World War.
He participated in the occupation
of Vera Cruz, Mexico, in 1914, and
in 1915, while in command of the
6th Company of Marines, he landed
at Santo Domingo City and partici
pated in its occupation. After that
incident he commanded landing
forces at Monte Christi, Dominican
Republic, during an engagement
with rebels at Yacquie River, and
he also took part in the engage
ment at Guayacanes in 1915.
Soon after the outbreak of the
World War he was placed in com
mand of the 2d Battalion, 5th Regi
ment of Marines, in France, taking
part in the fighting at Belleau
Woods and in the Battle of
Soissons and at Pont-a-Mousson.
For his services he was awarded the
Croix de Guerre with palm and won
several citations. He became com
mander of the 59th Infantry Regi
ment of the 4th Division on August
19. 1918. participating in the St.
Mihiel offensive, the Meuse-Argonne
offensive and the march into Ger
many. He was awarded the Army
Distinguished Service Medal and the
Navy Distinguished Service Medal.
Decorated by Haiti.
Returning to the United States
in May, 1919, he joined the 1st Bri
gade of Marines in Haiti and two
months afterward was appointed
chief of the Gendarmerie d'Haiti,
serving there for two years. The
President of Haiti awarded Gen.
Wise the Medaille Militaire for his
work in reorganizing the gendar
merie.
For nearly two years he was com
mander at Quantico. Va.. and for
two years more he was in command
of the marine barracks at the Navy
Yard, Portsmouth. N. H. A colorful
writer and artist, Gen. Wise was the
author of numerous short stories,
dealing chiefly with marine activ
ities, and a book, "A Marine Tell*
It To You.-’
Free Swimming Lessons
Free swimming lessons at the
Glen Echo pool will be given for
only eight more days, Boyd Hick
man, pool director, said yesterday.
Approximately 50 persons have
taken advantage of the morning
and evening swim classes.
Weather Report
(Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau )
District of Columbia—Local thundershowers this afternoon: gen
erally fair tonight and tomorrow except a brief thundershower tomorrow
afternoon: slightly warmer tomorrow; gentle variable winds.
Maryland and Virginia—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow except
local thundershowers tomorrow afternoon; slightly warmer tomorrow in
east portion.
West Virginia—Generally fair and continued warm tonight and
tomorrow except scattered thundershowers tomorrow afternoon; Friday,
showers and cooler.
A disturbance of moderate Intensity is
moving east-southeastward over the Da
kotas. Pierre. S. Dak.. 10(11.4 millibars
clw.57 inches), and a weak disturbance is
centered near the Virginia Capes. Cape
Henry, 10133 millibars (39.89 inchest.
Pressure is high along the North Pacific
coast and over the Gulf States, and from
Florida eastward over the ocean. Portland.
Oreg.. 1020.7 njlllibars i:t0.l4 inches), and
Pensacola Fla.. 1020.3 millibars 130.13
Inches). Pressure Is relatively high oil the
New England coast, a ship about 200 miles
east of Boston. Mass.. lOKi.9 millibars
(30.03 inches). Local thundershowers have
occurred in portions of the Atlantic States,
the Appalachian region. the Upper Ohio
Valley, the lake region, the Southern Rocky
Mountain region, Minnesota, the Dakotas
and Arkansas. Cooler weather is now
overspreading Montana, but the tempera
ture Is still considerably above normal
almost generally from the Plateau region
eastward to the Atlantic coast. Abnormally
high maxima were registered Tuesday after
noon from the Plateau region eastward
k° it}* u£l*r Mississippi Valley and the
Southern Plains States. At Pierre. S. Dak
the temperature reached 115% the highest
ever registered at that place.
River Re pert.
Potomac muddy and Shenandoah River
at* Great P°t0m*C mudd'
Report for Leal 24 Heart.
Yesterday
4 p.m- 87 29.90
8; p®-t- 74 29.93
^Midnight _ 74 29.92
4 am- 74 29.90
£ »m- 74 29.92
Noon - 83 29.81
ReeerR for Lett 24 Heers.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
. Wrteat, 90, 1:05 p.m. yesterday. Year
•VO, mi.
.lowest, 71. 6:30 p.m. yesterday. Year
•VO,
■eeerd Tempcratarea This Year.
Highest. 97. on July 20.
Lowest. 7. on January 29.
Hnmidlty for Last 24 Hears.
(From neon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 98, per cent, at 6 p.m. yester
day^ towest, 54 per cent, at 1 p.m. yes
TUe Tablet.
(Burnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.) i
. _ _ Today. Tomorrow. ]
Blah-11:09 a.m. 11:52 a.m.
I*w - 5:60 a.m. 6:34 a.m.
High-11:38 p.m. _
Low - 6:00 p.m. *6:40 p.m.
The San and Mean.
„ Riae*. Sets.
Sun. today _ 5:02 7:27
Sun tomorrow_ 6:02 7:26
Moon, today.10:10 p.m. 10:02 a.m.
.JmSSr'SSS A" turBH -
Precipitatlaa.
Monthly precipitation in Inches In the
Capital tcurrent month to date;:
Month. 11)40. Ave. Record
January _2.12 3.55 7.83 '37
February_ 2.77 3.37 6.84 ’84
March - 3.42 3.75 8 84 '91
April _6.10 3.27 9.13 '*9
May- 3.10 3.70 10.89 '89
June -0 86 4.13 10.04 00
July -5:38 4 71 - 10.83 '88
August- ... 4.01 14.41 18
September__ 3.24 17.45 '34 .
October __ 2 84 8.81 '37
November _ ... 2.37 8.89 '89
December __ 3.32 7.50 '01 ■
Weather in Various Cities. 1
Temp Ralp
Berom. High.Low. fall. Weather. .
Abilene_ 29.97 98 78 _ Clear
Albany 2987 91 70 _ Cloudy
Atlanta 30.08 94 74 Clear
Atlantic C. '.’9.94 79 72 0.01 Rain
Baltimore 2991 99 72 '1.23 Cloudy
Birm'gham 30 99 95 71 _ Clear
Bismarck. 29.65 99 69 _ Clear
Boston_ 29.97 80 86 _ Cloudy
Buffalo_ 29.86 86 70 _ Clear
Butte 29.94 92 48 _ Cloudy
Charleston 29.97 99 78 _ Clear
Chicago 29.88 99 75 _ Clear
Cincinnati 29.94 96 75 0.04 Clear
Cleveland. 29*88 91 72 _ eiondy
Columbia 30.00 102 75 _ Clear
Davenport- 29.88 97 76 _ Clear
Denver 29.83 98 67 _ Clear
Des Moines 29.86 98 76 Clear
Detroit 29.86 96 74 0.04 Clear
El Paso 29 91 94 74 _ Cloudy
Galveston 30.06 92 78 Clear
Huron 29.62 108 75 0.01 Cloudy
Irffli’n'polls 29.94 93 72 Cits?7
Jacksonville 30.06 99 73 Clear
Kansas C. 29.88 “ clear
Los Angeles 30.00 98 62 " Clear
Louisville- 30.00 94 73 - Clear
Miami . 30.09 91 73 - Clear
Mpls.-St.F. 29.71 103 76 Z” Cloudy
N. Orleans 30.13 94 77 Cloudy
New York 29.94 70 ZZ’ CloSdy
Norfolk 29.91 92 72 O 02 Clear
Okla City 29.97 89 64 0.02 CloSdy
Omaha-. 29.83 1 02 78 . Cfca?7
Phils. _ 29.91 80 71 0.03 Cloudy
Phoenix 29.86 109 86 0.02 Cloudy
P^burgh 29.94 87 68 0.18 Cloudy
Port 'd. Me. 29.94 78 63 ... Foggy
Portl'd.Or. 30.15 80 57 ... Cloudy
ft Louis 29.97 91 74 _ -
8. Lake C. 29.83 101 65 ...
8. Antonio 30.09 98 73
San Diego 29.97 77 64 _
§. F'Jlcisco 29.97 85 55 ___
Beattie — 30.12 72 58 _.
fcokane— 29 88 89 66 ...
Tampa 30.06 93 79
WA8H. D.C 29 94 90 72 2.00
FOREIGN STATION8.
(Noon. Greenwich time, today.)
Horta (Fayal), A so res . 77 Cloudy
(Current obeeryatioai.)
&nv^“cS:,“,M!!; H »
Colon. Cana) Zona_ 70 Cloudy
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