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BROOKLYN EAGLE. FRW4Y. JANUARY' 20. 1939 14 I la for Politics Brooklyn Eagle IFoundcd bus Van Anden In 1841.) lTr.de Mirk lagle RegiKerecli National WhWUaig Hay Tucker Writes From FRIDAY. JANUARY 20, 1939 THE BROOKLYN DAILY IAGLX Washington FRANK D.

BCHROTH. Proaldent and Publtshel W. F. CROWELL. Secretary and Treaiurer MAIN OFFICE: Eagle Budding.

Jorinaon tnd Adami Street Brooklrn New York TELEPHONE-MAin 4-8200 Clauilied Ads MAJa 4-SOOO Chicago, 1814 Tribune Tower Ban Franclteo, Mogadnock Building ri The "American spies" who supplied a head line sensation at the recent Lima conference were none other than Alf Landon and William Philip Sims, distinguished newspaper authority on foreign affairs. Until they explained the bizarre incident, It threatened to disrupt good feeling between the Peruvian Foreign Office and the United States group. While the 1938 Republican nominee and tlx writer were chatting in the Phoenix Club, so SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL: 1 Yr. Moa. 3 Mm.

1 Mo. 1 Wit. and Bunder 1100 no 3 Off 100 SO Dally Only 00 4 50 1 50 90 2 Sunday Only 3 00 1 SO .75 JO .10 Enured at the Brooklyn Putoffic ai Btcond Ciasa Mail Matiar cial center for the British colony, a MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED TRESS Tha Asuociated Praia exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all neara dtepatches credited to it or not otherwua credited in thie paper and alo the Inrel newi ot ipontaneoua origin oubiiahed herein. All right, of republication of all other matter herein are a reierved. stranger interrupted to ask If they would like to meet Haya de la Torre, President Bena- vldes' political enemy.

Af MimmX Mr. Sims replied that he had come to Lima to report the Pan-American assemblage, not to pry Into internal political feuds. That apparently ended the matter so far as they were concerned. Ray Tucker A Fact a Day Letters to the Eagle Worp Policemen Xeeded In the midst of all the mystery created by the row between Police Commissioner Valentine and City Councilman Baldwin, Manhattan Republican, one thing stands out quits clearly. That Is the need of a considerable addition to the force.

Opinion differs as to the number of new policemen that should be created. Mr. Valentine is going to ask for 1,500 more in the 1939-1940 budget. Others insist that it should be 4.000 in fact the Commissioner himself set that figure back in 1937. Evidence has been cited to show the undermanning of many precincts, notably in Brooklyn.

The additional demands which the World's Fair will make on the force particularly for traffic duty are obvious. But account must also be taken of the city's ability to meet the heavy additional expense entailed. Even 1,500 men would cost $3,000,000 the first year. It has been our observation that the police have been an especially efficient body under the direction of Commissioner Valentine. Certainly he has the reputation for being a strict disciplinarian, which is what the public should welcome, although that attribute does not make for personal popularity.

Incidentally, it was curious, to sav the least, that some of the Democratic members of the Council rushed to Mr. Valentine's defense when he was being assailed by Mr. Baldwin, who has been an ally of Mayor LaGuardia. In view of all the fireworks and the curiosity as to just what lies back of them, there will probably be considerable support for the Baldwin motion for an investigation of the Police Department. Possibly that would be the best way to get the whole matter out into the open and find out what there is behind all the talk of lowered morale, friction with City Hall and the like.

The public is entitled to the facts. Justice Contcay to Buffalo Governor Lehman's appointment of Supreme Court Justice Albert Conway to serve as presiding justice for thu remainder of the special grand jury investigation of Buffalo city affairs makes the second time that a Brooklyn jurist has received such an important; assignment within a short time. The Governor only recently named Supreme Court Justice John MacCrate to preside over the extraordinary term of the Supreme Court in Albany which is investigating elections in that county. Justice Conway succeeds Justice George A. Larkin, who asked to be relieved because of ill health.

Of thirty-five persons indicted in the Buffalo case, one has been acquitted, fifteen have been convicted or pleaded guilty, and the remainder are awaiting trial. So Justice Conway has quite a Job ahead of him. Justice Conway is a Democrat but he is known for his independence of thought. His selection by the Governor is a high compliment to his ability and character. In view of his experience on the Supreme and County Court benches, as well as an Assistant District Attorney, he is admirably qualified to direct the Buffalo inquiry.

Mr. IHaynard Beads Y. The Brooklyn Young Women's Christian Association is to be congratulated on selecting such an able and experienced worker in its organization as Mrs. Edwin P. Maynard Jr.

for Us new president. Ever since she was graduated from Smith College, Mrs. Maynard has been devoted to the Y. having followed her aunt, Mrs. J.

P. Mollenhauer, as head of the Eastern District branch and labored valiantly as borough vice president and chairman of its annual budget difference campaigns. A word of praise is also due to the outgoing president, Mrs. Henry A. In-graham, who has served faithfully and efficiently in that post for seventeen years.

Pedal Exhibitionism Apparently the shoe designers are getting a bit fed up with all the publicity the "garden and garbage era" hats have been getting. So now, they say, we are in for a period of fantastic feminine footwear. A French designer has set the pace with black satin evening slippers carrying "Stop and Go" lights in the heels. Tiny electric batteries flash red and green lights with each step of milady's foot. Some examples of less formal footwear likewise scream for attention: bobsleds tied to the feet with ribbons, lacquered wooden shoes, slippers with jeweled ankle bracelets attached, pigskin and alligator creations in bright shades, sandals with multicolored chiffon laces.

How a man Is going to keep his mind on business we don't see. Such a conversation is a stale affair in' certain South American countries, however, and it was duly reported to the Peruvian Foreign Office, which filed a polite protest with our Ambassador, Laurence A. Stelnhardt. Peru's emissary said his governceht did not object (o anything American newspapermen wrote aboux the conference, but it did think avoid all controversial domestic questions; Messrs. Landon and Sim then related the true version, and the "crisis" became a eaute for joshing except among a few correspondents scenting a scandal.

Despite diplomatic White House denials-, Harry Hopkins has been given the assignment of solving the major problem confronting President Roosevelt for his last two years namely, reconciling the conflicting forces' of Government, private industry and organized labor. The problem D. R. has handed to his Cabinet favorite Is four-fold. Pirst, he will try to persuade William Green and John L.

Lewis to agree on moderate amendment of the Wagner Act. Proposed changes would permit an employer to initiate proceedings, designed to determine what group should represent the employes as the collective bargaining agency, set up private boards to settle costly jurisdictional disputes, allow the boss to discuss common problems with his men. Harry's second task will be to effect a rapprochement between private utilities and the Government, especially in the TV A area. Along with SEC Charman Douglas, he will strive particularly to find a satisfactory formulaand price for purchase of Wendell Wlllkie's properties. His third will be to work out a solution, partly legislative and partly administrative, for another key Industry the railroads.

Lastly, he will help to organize about 1,200 local boards the exact machlnerv has not yet been determined around which Government, industry, labor and agriculture will pool their resources to provide employment. Businessmen are slightly skeptical about Harry's attitude and capacity, as reported. In these columns, but they are disposed to wish him well and to co-operate. Their fingers have been burned so many times on If 3 promise of previous "breathing spells" that they are keeping them crossed out of habit. They will reveal their spirit of hopefulness in a few days, when the Business Advisory Council will be revised so as to include several Influential and prospective mediators between the White House and industry.

Already they have stopped nagging at 7. D. and it is illuminating that no Important nabob from the empire of private enterprise filed a protest against Mr. Hopkins' nomination. They figure that business has now become his client and that if he acts as boldly for them as he did for the WPA-ers he may win them some favors from the head man.

Letters must bear the signatures and addresses of the writers, but pen names will be permitted at the discretion of the editor. Contributions should be kept as short as possible, but the editor reserves the right to cut them down to meet requirements of space. About Brooklyn The Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church, the second ranking Congregational Church in point of membership in the country, held its first public services on June WS. For 20 years it ranked first in membership, out of 5,000 Congregational churches in the United States. The church had 42 charter members.

The present building at Tompkins Ave. and 'McDonough St. was erected in 1SSS. In 1915 the church merged with Puritan Church, organized in 1S64. In 1900 the church school had 3JS3 pupils, which was one-fifteenth of all the church school pupils in New York Slate connected with 250 churches.

The present pastor, Dr. Alfred Grant Walton, is a well-known radio speaker. Among the famous former pastors was Dr. Robert R. Meredith, who served from 1887 to 1902.

Pledges for the erection of the present building were called for by him one Sunday morning and the entire amount was raised after the service. Other famous pastors, known throughout the country for their services, were Dr. Nacy McOee Waters and Dr. George F. 1 41 PreenUition of Civil Service Data Is Commended To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: May I take this opportunity to express the gratitude of the CivU Service Forum to the Brooklyn Eagle for the splendid way in which you co-operated with this organization in presenting an accurate phase of civil service.

On Jan. 15. under the heading of a column entitled "On Civil Service," written by your very able John A. Heffernan, there was reprinted in full the text of a resolution unanimously adopted by the Civil Service Forum, condemning Paul Kern's unwarranted criticism of the courts for not agreeing with his particular civil service philosophy. The very careful and truthful analysis given by Mr.

Heffernan is highly appreciated by us who believe In a truly democratic career system in public service, and is indeed worthy of our sincere thanks and gracious commendations. LEOPOLD V. ROSSI. Secretary, Civil Service Forum. Manhattan, Jan.

18. The Greatest Gamble I Prom tha Washington Star I Despite Its almost unbroken succession of military victories the island empire Is still engaged in an unpredictable race with disaster. The gamble that China will surrender in time to save Japan is still a gamble. Two-Dimensional History I Prom tha Buffalo News Every great man deserves an autobiography and a biography one to tell his side of the story and one to give the lowdown. A Brooklyn Victory One of the most notable changes In municipal policy from the point of view of Brooklyn was signalized by yesterday's action of the Board of Estimate in finally approving the plans and authorizing the needed funds for the transfer of the headquarters of the Board of Education from Park Avenue.

Manhattan, to the old Elks Building on Livingston Street. It broke down the tradition which has persisted from the time of consolidation In 1898 that all city departments should be located in Manhattan and thus tacitly recognized the tremendous growth in importance of Brooklyn, now the most populous of all five boroughs. As finally adopted, the project is in somewhat modified form as compared with that which has been advocated in recent months. No additional floors will be built so that the bureau ot buildings and maintenance and also the bureau of supplies will have to continue in their present separate quarters. However, all the other functions of the Board of Education will be under the one roof.

This Imeans a staff of close to 900 men and (women whose annual payroll is ,200,000. The advantages of bringing this large new group into the Borough Hall area from the standpoint of local business institutions are obvious. As far as convenience is concerned, the new location is ideal. The B. M.

both east and west side Interborough and the city's Independent Line, all have stations close by. It Is noteworthy that the last stubborn resistance to the plan came from Borough President Lyons of the Bronx, for which borough the change will require longer subway trips to reach the building. Bringing the Board of Education to Brooklyn should serve to break the ground for similar transfers of city operations to this side of the East River. There Is not room for anywhere near all the departments and bureaus In existing city-owned buildings in Manhattan; and whenever any transfer is considered such as the Board of Transportation, which needs new headquartersthis borough should now be given serious consideration. And we believe it will be.

It is to be hoped that the work of reconditioning the Elks Club for its new purposes will be advanced as rapidly as possible. Brooklynites will look forward with pleasure to the day when they may welcome City Superintendent of Schools Harold G. Campbell and his great staff as neighbors and fellow workers in this borough, which furnishes 39 percent of the pupils of the entire city school system. Music of the Films Scant attention has been paid by critics to the incidental music of the moving picture, yet it is assuming an increasingly important place on the sound track and is calling for the highest compositional talent available. An example of the art required to express the tones and moods of a play through the musical accompaniment without distracting attention from the action is to be found in the Aim version of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion." The musical score, done by Arthur Honnegger, French composer, accompanies a third of the film.

In the first part it must express the insolence of the Cockney guttersnipe discovered by the professor of phonetics. Later it must supply undertones to the fantastic transformation of the urchin into a lady. And, finally, it must suggest both the triumph of the professor's theory and of Eliza's human nature over it in a sudden reversion to type. Other fine pictures recently have shown a developing artistry in the use of incidental music. The moving picture would lack something vital without it.

ISeed for Investigation Of Relief Reiterated To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: It is interesting to note the stand taken by Mrs. Earle and Mr. Howe in their recent letters referring to the Surpless pension bill. Councilman Surpless' pension bill does not "peck away" at the problem of but 33 pensions. The bill specifically provides for a broad "inquiry into the entire pension system" with the suggestion of 5,000 as the possible top limit to be set for any pension.

In regard to Mr. Howe's second point referring- to Mr. Surpless' relief investigation, which the Mayor himself has admitted as necessary by directing Herlands to investigate relief in Brooklyn, the admission by CommUfiioner Hodson, Welfare Department head, that there was $24,000,000 wastage a year In relief repudiates Mr. Howe's contention. The very existence of a powerful Workers Alliance is a further indictment of the administration of relief in our city.

The graft, corruption, favoritism and radical control of the administration of relief in our city are public scandal. CLIFFORD SINNING. Brooklyn, Jan. 18. Foresight Prom tha Cincinnati Enquirer! Whoever dubbed it "scrap" metal spoke more truly than he knew.

At fit Return to Batir Principle of Democracy To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: Americans all not hyphenated, truncated, emasculated, free men in a free land, that's what I always felt we were, in this blessed U. S. A. That's why I'm so distressed to note the presence and growth In our body politic of the virulent, foreign bacilli which have poisoned so much of European life. Don't buy from him he's a German and a Nazi! Why patronize him he's an Italian and a Fascist.

Don't employ him he's a Jew! What place have such ideas here? Has not this country been founded and populated by human beings of ell races and creeds and from every part of the earth? Are we not all unitd in respecting our individual differences and in maintaining our oneness of aim and outlook to preserve our unique form of government, established with brilliant foresight by our forefathers? Germans, Italians, Catholics, Protestants, Jews such distinctions should not exist between members, by birth or adoption, of our American fellowship. We should be a happier nation if we thought back more often to the principles which underlie this republic. G. BOOCHEVER. Manhattan, Jan.

17. Further Approval of 'Brooklyn Bridge Plata' To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: Referring to an article in the Brooklyn Eagle of Jan. 14 on a movement to use Gunnison Plaza as the official designation of the Brooklyn Bridge Plaza, the writer agrees that the naming of a street, plaza or park should be designated in honor of some distinguished citizen, but I believe that place names should have some geographical significance wherever possible. Retaining the name Brooklyn Bridge Plaza will not only serve to perpetuate the memory of John A. Roebling, the pioneer master builder who conceived this great work and who gave his life to its fulfillment; it will also perpetuate the memory of those public-spirited citizens ol Brooklyn and New York who at that time had the courage, vision and determination to give their faitn and public support to the consummation of the bridge project.

THEODORE BELZNER. Brooklyn, Jan. 16. Off the Key Vocalist Br EDCAR A. GUESTi GRIN AND BfiAR IT By Lichty Discontented Cows Prom the Chriatian Science Monitor An unpeaceful cow is a subject calculated to wring the heart.

Let the modern farmer pause, pail in hand, ere he inflict upon the too sensitive auditory organ of Jersey or Holstein his habitual rendering of selections from "Lohengrin" or "Die Walkure." It is all right for him to hum or sing or whistle "Pastoral Symphony" or practically any of the compositions of Mozart or Haydn, according to the findings of the Dairy Research Department of Reading University. Such music has a soothing effect, but the strains of Wagner, says Professor Mackintosh, curdle the milk. In fact, a recent news Item from the English institution of learning reports "Farmers are warned to keep their cows away from modern jazz music and Wagner." Of course, one must not take too seriously everything one reads, or, in the case of the cattle, everything one hears. It might even be asked whether the Wagnerian selections used in the experimentation were produced as written or whether they were translated Into the fashionable danceahall version of the great compositions. The grand opera music "swung" at us by the brasses of some orchestras Is enough to curdle anything.

Present-day research may yet receive proper acknowledgment, for fathoming with musical precision the causes of the return on certain days of a few dozen bottles of AUrdled milk and cream to the neighborhood store. It may some days go so far who knows? as to announce to a waiting world what I've often wondered as the song of cardlna'i I've heard Why it Is not the same with man as 'tis with singing bird? All cardinals wear the self-same coat and have the scarlet wing, But what emphatically I note, all cardinals can sing. Endowed alike with certain gifts are all the feathered clan, But things are very different with the creatur Known as man. Some men can sing in baritone and some in rumbling bass. But some, like me, are born to be a nuisance round the place, Some men can take the tenor parts, and some are doomed like me To go through life with voices loud, but never on the key; And this I wonder, what it is what difference great or small Which gives the art of song to some and others none at all.

When I was but a boy in school the singing teacher said: "We'll let the others sing the songs; you clean the boards When I burst forth in hymns of praise, in church the people stare, As if some burro from the fields unseen had entered there. And yet so fond of song am I it seems a curious thing If one man has the gift of song why all men cannot sing. 1-16 Wlliiiii. 23 Year Ago In Brooklyn Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1914 As a result of industrious work In the past five years, the Eastern Swedish Conference of the Swedish Methodist Episcopal Churches purchased the dwelling at 746 E.

2d After renovation, it will be known as the Bethel Swedish Home for the Aged. Speedometers are being installed on B. R. T. trains crossing the Brooklyn Bridge in order that motormen speed the trains up to the maximum speed of IS miles an hour over the structure.

The Association of Master Plumbers of Brooklyn celebrated its 50tn anniversary at an entertainment and ball held at Prospect Hall, More than 2,000 attended. King George Is expected while here to Invite the President to return the particular musical composition it was that the Heydiddle-diddle cat with the fiddle was guilty of playing when th cow Jumped over tha OlOOO. visit a year later. That's what it is to "So I said to her, 'Let's see you TRY to get a property settlement outa mel' be sure of one's Job. Boston Globe..