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WEAT (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight; minimum about 40 ; tomorrow much change in temperature. tures—Highest, today: lowest, 40, at Full report on page 4. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14&15 _— HER. temperature fair; not at noon today. 70, 7:30 am. @he 1 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION No. 31,341. vost office, SENATE WILL WAGE VIGOROUS BATTLE ON POLITICAL PAGT Sentiment Voiced Here Backs Robinson’s Views Given in Address. MEDITERRANEAN ISSUE FINDS BORAH IN SADDLE Security Proposal Would Get Hard Fight From Members of “Ir- reconcilable” Group. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Any political commitments entered | into at the London Naval Conference involving the United States would be | seriously resisted in the Senate, it was | declared here today emphatically. | If such commitments, no matter in what terms they might be couched, are to be the price of a naval limitation and reduction agreement, that agree- ment would have a rough time if it were offered for ratification to the Senate. This clearly is the attitude of Senator Borah of Idaho, chairman of the foreign relations committee, and of the other members of the “irrecon- cilable group™ which fought the League | of Nations covenang,and the Versailles treaty and Jater American adherence | to the World Court. Discussion of the subject here has | followed reports that Prance would de- mand some security agreement be(ore; she would agree to reduce the claim | which she has advanced for naval ton- nage at the present conference. ‘Thi$ claim by France, which calls for a Navy of 724,429 tons by 1936, raises itself as a bar to the plans of Great Britain and America for keeping down their tonnage. The British, it is ex- pected, will insist upon an increase in the tonnage of the British Navy if France's claims are maintained. Big Program Opposed Here. The United States, on the other hand is demanding parity with Great Britain. Even under the tonnage a_ possible basis of ment to say: “My understanding is that the le of the United States quite generally adhere to the traditional policy of our government to avoid, if possible, involve- | ment in European politics. They would repudiate emphatically any treaty ex- pressly or lmplkdli{ obligating our government to employ the Army or the Navy for the enforcement of ob- ligations assumed by other nations. It is for this reason that they do not encourage their delegates to this con- ference to join in guarantees of security Tespecting areas remote from territory or possessions of the United States. Americans realize that no power will deliberately violate its undertaking for the limitation or reduction of arma- ments. They believe that no sanction 18 necessary to assure the good-faith performance of any treaty for that pur- pose. This attitude does not imply in- difference or lack of sympathy for the | problems of others. It is grounded on the American conception .f sound policy and constitutional limitations.” Robinson Knows Senate. It Whs designed for forelgn consump- tion as well as for the American corre- spondents in London before whom he made his speech. The text of his ad- dress was made public here by the State | Department, which adds to its signifi- cance. Senator Robinson not only knows the sentiment of the American people, but he knows his Senate. It is noticeable that the address was delivered by the | Democratic leader of the Senate. A | decade ago the Democrats of ate, under the leadership of the late President Woodrow Wl{:}on;’h‘m,‘ wlll; few exceptions, support e entry of the United States into fil’ League of Nations. Today, however, Democratic Senators are giving support to the po- sition taken by Senator Robinson. Suggestions have come from abroad that an effort would be made to “im- plement” the Kellogg multilateral treaty renouncing war, during the pro- ceedings of the Naval Conference, 50 as to provide some method of calling the Kellogg treaty to the attention of any nation or nations which might be about to violate it. Senator Borah made it clear today that an effort of that kind would be resisted here to the utmost. He supported the Kellogg treaty when §t was before the Senate. The argu- ent made at that time was that it pmmitted the United States to no joint action with any other nation, in case of a violation of the treaty. Senator Borah is equally emphatic in his repudiation of a suggestion that the United States enter into any four or five power treaty whose signatories Entered as second class matte Washington, 300 DISTRICT PUPILS WORK | than in a suppressive manner,” Kramer | other youthful avowed Communists for A Instructed to Prepare An-| e Sen- | & D. C. FOR COMMUNI Central High Student Ar. rested Last Night Re- veals Activities. |EDUCATORS STIRRED Kramer Proposes Ameri- canization ‘‘Antidote” in Schools and Homes. A claim that 300 District school stu- dents are active in the Communist party, made by a Central High School girl, following her arrest last night dur- ing a Communist demonstration in the downtown section, stirred Washington's educational circles today and prompted Asst. School Supt. Stephen E. Kramer to propose an “Americanization anti- dote” in the schools and in the home. The statement was made by Helen Colodny, 20-year-old Central High stu- dent. | Kramer declared it was possible, but not probable. He admitted the existence of an or- ganized campaign to spread radical propaganda among school children, and laid the responsibility for checking the movement at the doors of the school authorities and the parents. Held Confession of Laxity. The fact that such a campaign can gain any headway among 00l chil- dren is a confession of laxity on the part of schools generally in promoting Americapism “in an educative rather asserted. It is also, he said, indicative of the failure of the homes to supply the “proper ideals” for the molding of child character. ‘The Colodny gir], arrested with seven speaking on the streets without a per- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1930—FIFTY PAGES. () Means Associated Press. The only evening paper in Washington with the Auqcined Press news e Yesterday’s Circulation, 115,098 TWO CENTS. SM, GIRL SAYS ' have been s0 busy, so much Above: HELEN COLODNY. Below: EDITH BRISCOE. —Star Staff Photos. BONNER IS ORDERED 10 MAKE DEFENSE IN POWER INQUIRY swers to Maladministration Charges at Hearing. F. E. Bonner, executive secretary of the Federal Power Commission, today was ordered to prepare detailed an- swers to charges of maladministration against him at the end of a three-hour hearing before the .Senate interstate commerce committee. Bonner, who had been charged with allowing utilities groups to pad valua- tion estimates and with favoring the “power interests,” was excused until Monday. Chairman Couzens of the committee instructed him to have the answers and statistics ready at that time. ‘The Senate committee began its gen- eral investigation of the Power Com- mission Monday and at breakfast today President, Hoover urged Senator Couzens to push legislation which would re- organize the commission. The Chief Executive indicated he wanted it made | 2 permanent commission along the | lines of the Interstate Commerce Com- | mission. Says Charges Baseless. Bonner in his- testimony today said the charges made against him by Wil- | liam King, commission accountant, and Charles Russell, commission secretary, were baseless. He contended that much of the trouble had been caused by news- paper “propaganda,” and added that | some of the power companies had been | “persecuted.” Pressed for the names of companies, he mentioned the Niagara | Falls Power Co. and the Rocky Moun- tain Power Co. The latter is an appli- cant for the Flathead power site in Montana. The committee adopted a resolution by its chairman, Senator ns, Re- Ppublican, Michigan, which directed that the power commission produce a list 'of all projects in which its accounting department questioned items involving more than $5,000, The resolution also | called for the names of applicants for | development permits. A detailed explanation of the time elapsing betwen applications and the granting of permits also was demanded. Couzens said after his resolution was adopted that further investigation of the commission would be held up until Bonner returned with the statistics. In connection with the President's | move for reorganization today, it was |recalled that Mr. Hoover, in his mes- |sage to Congress, recommended that a full-time and permanent power commis- sion, organized along the lines of the Interstate Commerce Commission, be created by legisiation. He said that the present commission, which is composed | of three cabinet officers, had neither the | time nor the power to control properly power matters, Has No Value Now. President Hoover told the Michigan Senator that the power commission as it is now constituted was of no particu- lar value either as an advisory or as a regulatory body. Such being the case. it was said at the White House, (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) FEBRUARY TEMPERATURE RECORD ' IS EXPECTED AS MERCURY CLIMBS Thermometer Registers 74 at 2 O’Clock, Equaling Mark Established 3 Records for warm weather in Febru- ary which had stood nearly two-score | IS years were toppled today, when the temperature reached 74 degrees at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Weather Bureau officials announced this mark had not been equaled in February since 1891. An idea of the rare weather enjoyed by Washingtonians may be gained from a glai through cial statistics, which reveal vt | (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) 9 Years Ago. nn, s-ven.e temperature for this date Meterologists said there was a possi- bility that the all-time record for heat in February might be shattered before nichtfall. " The high mark was 78, reached in 1874. Starting at 40 at 8 o'clock this morn- |ing, the mercury rose rapidly, reaching | 70 at noon, It still was it FAVORABLE REPORT | was explained, ‘was detained by im- 'wmmltm, that the Government was at 4 INDIGATED LIKELY ON DALE MEASURE House Committee Wouldi* Leave Substitute Lehlbach | Bill for Later Study. Questions asked by members of the House civil service committee this morn- ing at the third day's hearing on the question of increasing the retirement annuities of Government employes, in- BYRD STARTS HOME, LEAVING PLANES AT REST IN ANTARCTICA Explorer Salutes Winged Helpers as Little America Is Abandoned. SUN PIERCES ROSS SEA FOG FOR FINAL GLIMPSE Skipper of City of New York De- scribes Battle to Reach Party, There 14 Months. BY RUSSELL OWEN. By Radio to The Star and to the New York Times. ABOARD THE BARK CITY OF NEW YORK, ROSS SEA, Antarctica, February 19.—Admiral Byrd's ship, the City of New York, left the Bay of Whales at 9:30 o'clock this morning. ‘The night had been raw and cold and the bay covered with a dispiriting fog. But with the coming of the sun, the mists were swept away and those who had lived for more than a year on the Barrier and those who had come to take them home had a final glimpse of the white cliffs gleaming white and forbid- ding in the sun. ‘The last hours since the ship arrived been going on in the rush to get materials aboard, that they seem like days. It is really only a short time since her masts were seen above the frost smoke that covered the harbor last evening and she moved in half concealed, the ghost of a ship, until she neared the edge of the ice and we could see her. Delirious Moment for All! What a delirious moment, one of those moments when one stands quietly al- most without thought for the happiness | of it. The weather-beaten and ice-sheathed ship, glistening in the fading sun, meant letters and home and the way back to civilization. She came on up to the ice dock at the west side of the bay, where a lit- tle group of men waited for her, for she was far ahead of her schedule, and as she neared them an arm was waved, almost diffidently, nrgi body waved back from the ship. Then, as she came closer, a voice called across the water, A little nearer and we could dis- tinguish the faces of men we knew, Capt. Melville on the britge, who taken his ship safely through -one of the worst passage an Antarctic ship ever had; Bendik Johanssen, mate and ice pilof ho had picked the leads Pty had trip down last year and who had stuck to the ship to bring the expedition home. Gear Starts Pouring Aboard. Oh, it was good to see them, to see new faces and hear new voices! It had lctu?uy happened! We were go- dicated considerable sentiment in the | ing_hom committee in favor of reporting the Dale bill, which has ‘already been passed by the Senate, and leaving the substitute Lehlbach bill for later study and consideration, both by members of Congress and the various employes’ or- | dec] ganizations. Several members told a representative of The Star that they were “trying to | keep an ‘mind” in the controversy that has raged around the new Lehl- bach retirement bill during the last few days. They said they wanted to hear everything both sides had to say before deciding how they would vote ‘in committee. Representative Addison T. Smith, of Idaho, rankirg Republican on the com- mittee, presided this morning in the absence of Chairman Lehlbach, who, it i portant Government business elsewhere, | When the hearing was resumed, the opponents of the bill were in recital. | Interest of President. While there was no mention directly this morning of President Hoover in connection with the controversy over retirement legislation, Representative Smith remarked at one point in the hearing that Chairman Lehlbach had the confidence of the leaders of the House and of the Chief Executive in the matter of retirement legislation. This statement was made after one witness had denied any intention to criticize Mr. Lehlbach personally. Representative Smith said that Mr. Lehlbach, he felt sure, had no objec- tion to criticism of his bill, but did not like the intimation from some quarters ! questioning his motives in introducing it. Mr, Smith suggested that it would be better for all the employes’ organi- zations, no matter what position they may take in the matter, to credit Mr. Lehibach with sincerity in his efforts to improve the position of the retired em- ployes, The hearing was transferred today from the caucus room to the House ways and means committee hearing room in the House Office Building. The room was again crowded with active and retired Government employes, who fol- lowed ali of the testimony closely. 45,000 Clerks Represented. ‘The first witness was C. P. Franciscus, president of the United National Asso- clation of Post Office Clerks, who said he represented 45,000 clerks in first and second class post offices in_every State, Alaska, Hawail and Porto Rico. “My organization is on record in favor of the Dale bill and I see no reason to change our opinion,” said, Mr. Franciscus. witness declared, responding to questions asked by members of the benefiting greatly by the contributions | (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) MINNESOTA JUDGE, 97, TO SEEK RE-ELECTION State’s Oldest Active Jurist Says| Campaign Will Develop Real Fight. By the Assoclated Press. ST. CHARLES Minn., February 20. —Muni 1 Judge Salmon W. Glea- son, 97, esota’s oldest active J:xun. intends to spend his 100th birthday in Judge Gleason, who has held his post here since 1899, yesterday filed for re- election to another four-year term. He will be ovwed for office in the March election by Stewart F. Clarkson. | rising |1ast reports. ‘The forecast was fair to- night and tomorrow with a minimum thermometer reeding ton! of 40. . "Il:t w“tldbe w: great g:ht," the ;u;znn jur 5a) 2y o or & vigorous campaign, A e ‘The ship was no sooner alongside the ice an gear which had en plled there was tumbled aboard. It came over the side in a steady stream, records and scientific gear first, then personal baggage and finally the other things which piled up in the ‘tween- hold until it was full to the hatch. night the loading went on and by breakfast this morning it was finished except for a few things which did not long delay the ship. ‘There was neea for haste, for the is getting late and the ice pack m& disappeared this year, Mail Interrupts Breakfast. Breakfast was a sadly interrupted meal, because the mail was distributed then., There were bags and bags of it. It had been piled in Admiral Byrd's cabin to keep it dry, and it seemed as if there would be no end to the amount of letters and bundles. Some of them had been sorted into bags and men staggered away from | the door with bags they could barely life. What a mail day! There will never be another like it for most of us. And even then there was not time at first to read; men grabbed a handful of letters, scanned the handwriting on them hurriedly and then stuck them in their pockets until the ship could be at sea and there would be time to look them over at leisure, at least for those who would not be seasick. Expect to Be “Indisposed.” And most of us Barrier lubbers—is that word rmissible for men who have been afloat on ice for a year but might as well have been on land?— expect to be indisposed to a greater or less degree almost immediately. Just before Little America was finally deserted, Admiral Byrd and Capt. Mc- Kinley hauled down the flag which had flown over the camp ever since the sun came up, and saluted. Then Admiral Byrd turned toward the hill on which lay his two planes which carried him and his men to the South Pole and on other flights, and with a wave of the hand, half salute and half farewell, turned away from them. A He hated to leave them, but there (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) Thorough Coverage It is believed that no city in the United States is cov- ered so thoroughly after 3 o’clock in the afternoon by one newspaper as is Washington by The Evening Star, Yesterday’s Advertising Local Display. Lines. The Evening Star, 23,076 2d newspaper..... 8,104 3d newspaper...., 7,264 4th newspaper.... 3,322 5th newspaper.... 2,796 Total other 4 papers, 21,486 Wise merchants appreciate the results from The Star’s universal circulation and con- centrate their advertising in The Star. Pe some- | ’, SORRY To KEEP You WATIN® SO LONG, N ‘Radical Socialist Leader, | Chosen by Doumergue, Of- | fers Tardieu Portfolio. |Dissension in Party May Prove Obstacle to Success in Ending Crisis. | By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 20.—Camille Chau- temps, Radical Socialist leader, who is jtrying to form a new cabinet, today | asked former Minister Tardieu to take a portfolio in the new ministry and to | remain at the head of the French dele- | gation to the Naval Conference in Lon- | don. a Evrmlh‘ thus greatly han Chautemps’ chances for success. M. ips, after leav- ing the Elysee Palace, where he had (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) B CHAUTEMPS GIVEN SLIM CHANCE OF FORMING FRENCH CABINET AUGHT ME TuTIENCE} - Act Filmed. 1 “CAMILLE CHAUTEMPS. | i YOUTH CONFESSES T0 POISONING EIGHT Gave Strangers Fatal Drugs “Just on Impulse,” He Tells Officials. By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, February 20.—James Baker, 25, a former employe of the Guggenheim Laboratory, New York, was being held here today for New York police after he was said to have con- fessed the killing of eight men in the past four years. Baker’s eight victims were dispatched | by the methods of the Borgias—poison— and their homes were widely scattered about the world: Bombay, Hamburg, New York, Houston, the Philippines and aboard a ship en route to South Amer- ica, according to the confession said to have been obtained by Detroit police. Baker was arrested last night on a farm 3 miles west of Farm n, a | suburb. He had been working on the farm since last Summer and was ar- rested when police learned that he was wanted in New York. Taken to police | headquarters, Baker made his confes- sion to John D. Watts, assistant prose- cuting attorney. Held on Watchman’s Death. ‘The killings, Baker stated in his con- fession, gave him “a funny sort of men- tal satisfaction.” The specific charge on which Baker is held is the amonlnx of Henry 8. ‘hman at the Guggen- boratory in New York, December Baker told the officers he was born jand received his early education at | Warren, Ohio, leaving home when 16. He got a job on a freighter and salled | for several years, { —1 was always interested in ns (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) MEXICO LIFTS BAN ON CATHOLIC NUNS | Permission of Entry, However, Exacts Agreement Against Com- munity or Convent Life. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, hibitions on the Mexico, existing since the early days of the Calles ad- ministration, were lifted today with jorders from the department of the in- | terior- to immigration authorities to per- mit entry of nuns of any creed. The permission of entry, however, is hinged upon nt of the nuns not to violate rzlm'n forbidding com- munity or convent life. It will be stated in the papers of entry in each cose that the nun will not devote her- self to convent life and that if violates the law in this respect she will be cited to the courts for appro- priate punishment. Thmmmtum l?' passed early in | controversy three years 3 'HIIB.Y nups left the country volunm-'fi;. Radio Programs oa Page: C-8 PARK EXTENSIONS ACCORD IS REACHED | Cramton Agrées With U. S.| and Maryland Authorities on Amendments. Complete agreement has been reach- ed between Federa] and Maryland park authorities in'informal conferences with Representative Cramton of Michigan regarding administration and develop- ment of Rock Creek and Anacostia Park extensions as provided in the Cramton bill for the George Washington Memo- rial Boulevard. ‘These amendments will soon be of- fered in the Senate. They would place | the title to lands uired in the State of Maryland and e entirely definite the control of the Maryland and Planning Commission over their devel- opment and administration in accord- ance with plans approved by the Na- tional Capital Park-and Planning Com- mission. Form to Facilitate' Work. ‘The amendment nmmud would also put the Federal contribution in a’form that will greatly facilitate the work-of the Maryland commission in acquiring the areas desired, according to a state- ment- issued today by Representative Cramton. ~“As a result of the conferences which I have been privileged to hold with the Maryland leaders interested in plan- ning and development of the areas ad- jacent to Washington, and with Col. Grant and Charles W. Eliot of the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- { mission,” said Mr. Cramton, “an entire harmony of viewpoint and purpose is found to exist with reference to bill | under which acquisition of. park areas in Mon! ery and Princes Georges Counties is proposed. “The extensions proposed in this bill (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) HEATH WILL OUTLINE BUILDING PROGRAM Treasury Official Will Speak To- night in National Radio Forum. “The Public Building. Program,” both in this city and throughout the Na- tion, will be discussed tonight by Ferry T. Heath, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, in charge of this great work for the Federal Government, in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Evening Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting System over a Nation-wide network. Mr. Heath will speak at 10:30 o'clock from the studio in The Star Building, and through sta- tion WMAL. 'n:':nq it is :nus:-mr’wmudm:ht: considerable attention to the great ds-l ts now under way in the Na-| ital, which are rrnvuunl new thousands of quvernmmtl 1 velopmen tional Ca) housing workers. { 8 p.m. last night. The In Hollywood, Calif., Mr. Coolidge Had to Wait Half an Hour to See a Three-minute Comedy EX-OFFICIALS GIVE ANTI-DRY EVIDENCE Benedict Crowell and Former , Senator Appear Before " House Committee. By the Associated Press. Opponents of prohibition called on a former Assistant Secretary of War, a former United States Senator from Missouri and a New York iawyer today to buttress their arguments for repeal of the eighteenth amendment Benedict Crowell, - former Assistant Secretary of War, of Cleveiand; said before the House judiciary committee that the people of his Ohin city were “overwhelmingly wet.” Former Senator George H. Williams, & director of the Board .of Children's Guardians of Delinguency in Youth of St. Louis, testified that “nullification was a fact to be observed and not dis- cussed” in his territory. Frederick R. Coudert, the New York |\ lawyer, predicted that the Government would be overthrown at the polis or civil war would result from a ‘“real effort to enforce prohibition.” He said if ing the Army and Navy out to see that it was enforced, “you would have to make accommodations for between 50,- 000,000 and 60,000,000 of the 120,000, | 000 ecitizens.” Congress, he continued, would not dare bring about actual enforcement because it “knows that it won't be done, can't be done and that it is not being done.” He said prohibition had resulted in the Nation losing the ground gained toward temperance before its enact- ?,len H;‘gelcrlbed it is a “fad, a no- lon, a religious dogma.” Coudert contended the eightteenth amendment had proven futile. Ralph M. Shaw of Chicago, another argued prohibition laws had Williams told the committee, lm&eded temperance, r. 3 which is considering a number of bills for modification, or repeal of the pro- hibition laws, that the State’s attorney at St. Louis, in announcing his candiacy for office, said he would not enforce the Volstead act. ‘The witness explained to the commit- tee that through his connection vith the board of children’s guardians of St. Louis, which has full charge of matters affecting the delinquent young, he had been a close observer of the effects of prohibition in that territory. Jury Inaction Claimed. Williams sald Federal grand juries “have not been .quick to indict” on pro- hibition cases. The foreman of a re- cent Eastern Missouri district Federal grand fury had “declared that indict- ments for violations of the eighteenth amendment would not be returned, ne sald, and the judge had thanked the Jury and excused it. It _was always understood. Willlams (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) PLANE DOWN IN BRAZIL. BUENOS AIRES, February 20 ().— A dispatch to La Nacion from Santos, Brazil, today said that the Tampa, one of the planes inaugurating the Buenos Aires-New York airmail line, was com- pelled to descend on the ocean near there because of contrary winds. A big wave slightly damaged the plane, preventing its getting up again and delaying arrival at Santos untg TS an crew were not injured and will remain in tos until a later plane arrives to hkek them, and continue to New York. the Government made a ! 4 severe efforts to enforce the law by order- | KRAMER REPORTED ‘BEING CONSIDERED FOR COMMISSIONER Retired Lawyer Said to Have Congressional Support for Appointment. GEN.CROSBY’S OPPONENTS DRAFTING PROTEST TODAY Commercial and Labor Leaders Believe Legal Opinions Will Block Nomination. Reports that Harry ©, Kramer, a re- tired lawyer, is being considered as Successor to Commissioner Sidney F. Taliaferro were being circulated to- day, while Isaac Gans, former president of the Chamber of Commerce, was in conference with President Hoover at the White House discussing, presum- ably, the organized movement in op- Dosition to the appointment of Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby as successor to Commissioner Proctor L. . Little is known of Mr. Kramer, but the rumors indicate he has the sup- port of several members of Congress. He lives at 3033 Ellicott street, and, it is said, meets the residential require- ments of a Commissioner. 3 T is a colonel in the Or- ganized Reserves and is designated as a Staff specialist. His assignment is pro- curement duty for mobilization in the event of a national emergency. In this capacity he would work under the d%‘e- ;llon of the M;‘l:‘t:ané B;chnmry of 3 e was promo o icini ar ent it duty with the General Staff here, He x;;:aeu&m?:leolamllnthem [voca neral’s Departme: ring the World War. gz Mr. Kramer today declined to discuss the subject. Meanwhile it was said that members of the New Jersey dele- gation were preparing to submit his name to the President. Herbert D, , director of the United States Bureau of Efficiency, it is known, had been serious con- sideration for Mr. Taliaferro's post, but there have been indications that he did not desire: the position, and would mmnmummmmzm t was unable to find an accept- able candidate. Discuss Opposition. The purpose of Mr. Gans' conference with the President was not_ disclosed, but rej from the White House were ?:rl::hl“nt WM Darr, president of rles o A Chamber of Commerce; Mark - burgh, president of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Associa d_John AN P. Colpoys, representing the Central Labor Union. Reason for Gans' Visit. The President has been represented as being at a loss to understand just why there would be such a concerted effort on the part of civic and labor bodies in the Capital to obstruct him in placing Gen. Crosby on the Board of Commissioners. It was suggested by one of the President’s intimates that the President selected Mr. Gans because of his wide knowledge of local affairs and uaintance with civic leads o learn, if possible, something of the ele- ments figuring in the opposition to his appointment of Gen. Crosby. Mr. Gans would not confirm this when he talked to newspaper men after leaving the President’s office. It was said at the White House again today by one of the President’s asso- clates that regardless of the fight on Gen. Crosby's appointment, his would not be discarded and that when the time arrived the Rresident would send his nomination to the Senate. Moreover, the President was repre- sented as still being satisfied that Gen. Crosby’s appointment would not be illegal as has been claimed by many Famio o el (e ottt e c ac a nt o civilian Commissioners. o ‘The trade bodies’ objections to be cited against Gen, Crosby are being guarded with utmost secrecy, and the resolution, 1t was announced, will not be made pub- lic until it is received by the President. It is belleved, however, that the resolution will call attention to the organic act of the District providing that two of the three members of the Board of Com- missioners shall be civillans and quote legal opinions indicating that a retired A';?y officer does not have & civil status, Decide on Resolution. The decision to send a resolution to the President expressing the attitude of the trade and labor organizations was reached at a conference of representa- tel tives of these groups yesterday after- (Continued on Page 2, Column MAN SEEKING DIVORCE IN VIRGINIA DESPITE BAN CITED IN CONTEMPT Justice Wheat Rules Against Frazier, Restrained From Action by Legal Order. Justice Wheat in Equity Court today issued a rule in contempt against Harry H. Frazier, said to be employed in the division of loans and currency of the Treasury, requiring him to explain why he proceeded with his divorce suit in | OUrt had Virginia against Mrs. Rose M. Prasier |(oe while a temporary - rest was still in force Dmm% though Just it o ste) Al tice Whea an op! fon Tuesday indicating that he would | bring the restraining order issued ainst Prazier last December, the court has not ed an order to that effect. Mrs. Frazier, throufh Attorney Ray- mond Neudecker, told the court today that she was advised Frazier and his