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TINKHAM ATTACKS METHODIST BOARD Federal Council of Churches Also Criticized Before Senate Committee. ___(Continued From First Page) Tinkham asserted. “I don't think a church has any business in politics.” “Do you object to individuals taking this action?” asked Caraway. “Not as individuals,” Tinkham re- plied, “but as organizations.” In support of his claim of violation of the corrupt practices act, made against the Methodist board, Tinkham read from a report by Deets Pickett, research secretary of the board, which said the organization had circulated “enormous quantities” of Alfred E. Smith's record in the 1928 presidential campaign. The board was charged with opposing Smith's candidacy. He also quoted Dr. Wilson as saying in December, 1928: “We have no apology to make to any one because we used ail the energy at our command in bringing about the election of Herbert Hoover as Presi- dent and Charles Curtis as vice presi- dent. Responding to a question by Senator ‘Walsh, Tinkham said he had reported the matter to the Department of Justice. ‘The Massachusetts Representative re- iterated his opposition to prohibition and said he had predicted it was “doomed to a tragic failure.” Wilson Opinion Read. Continuing, he read a statement by Dr. Wilson last June which sgid: “Personally, I have such a contempt for Mr. Tinkham, for everything he stands for and believes in, for his meth- ods, for his reckless and misleading ut- terances that I would prefer to treat his attack with silent contempt.” “Apparently you and Dr. Wilson don't agree on everything,” Caraway com- mented, as the audience burst into laughter. “Not on everything,” Tinkham re- plied, smiling. The witness was scheduled to testify again tomorrow when he is expected to amplify charges made against the council of churches. ‘The letter Tinkham had written to Chairman Caraway of the lobby com- mittee containing charges against the Methodist board and read into the record, said: Church Bodies Criticized. “Permit me to bring to your attention as chairman of the committee investi- Speculation in Canada as to the n ext governor general gives consideration to the Duke of York, shown above with the Duchess of York, and Viscount Lascelles (below), with his wife, Princess Elizabeth. DUKE OF YORK OR LASCELLES MAY BE NEXT CANADIAN CHIEF gating organizations and persons inter- fering with or attempting to influence Government an ecclesiastic organization known as the Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals of the Methodist Episcopal Church.” “This organization alleges it is the representative and agent of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church,” the letter con- tinued. “For some years it has attempt- ed to influence and direct the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government and to influence and inter- fere with judicial appointments and the administration of justice. “1. This organization has erected its headquarters opposite the United States Capitol, at a cost, it is said, of about $500,000, and in an official publication of the board called ‘The Supplement to the Voice' issued in January, 1923, to raise funds for this bullding it was stated: ‘Fortunately we wve the loca- tlon of all locations, just opposite the Senate wing of the Capitol.. Gives Views on Boaid. “2. Its principal methods of. activity sre personal solicitation and propa- ‘ganda, and finally political action into ‘which your committee is not inquiring. Tt employs paid professional servants and agents, one of whom s Clarence True Wilson, its secretary, to com- municate with members ‘of Congress, to go before committees of Congress, and to solicit departments of the Gov- ernment. It sends each week to mem- bers of the Senate and the Hpuse and to many -newspapers -a {propaganda sheet which advocates or opposes legis- lation and attacks in abusive language officials who are not in aceerd with its views. No other organization of any kind can compare with fl organiza- tion in its constant and systematic legislative activity. “Its political activity, a prominent . feature of its work, not within the pur- view of the authority of your commit- tee to investigate, is one properly for the Department of Justice to inquire into respecting expenditures in viola- tion of the Federal corrupt practices act, and to this the attention of that department has been directed. “3. Its interference with the judiciary includes recommendation for the ap- pointment of Federal judges and op- position to the confirmation of Federal Judges and other Federal officials, in- cluding United States attorneys and Expiration Next Year of Willingdon's Term as Governor General Causes Speculation as to Successor. BY CHARLES LYNCH. By Radio to The Star and the Chicago Dally ews. OTTAWA, Ontario, April 9.—Canada's next governor general may be the Duke of York, second son of King George, or Viscount Lascelles, son-in-law of the monarch. Lord Lascelles married Prin- cess Mary and hence is very much one of the British royal family. - Viscount . Willingdon's term as gov- ernor general of Canada expires next year and already there is' speculation about his successor. Office Requires Wealth. One thing is certain: The next per- sonal representative of King George in this country will have to be a wealthy man. Although his salary is $50,000, Viscount ‘Willingdon is like millions of less exalted folk in America—he spends far more than he earns. ‘The governor general, the personal representative of the King, is not the retary of the Methodist board, by Sen- ator Copeland, Democrat, New York, which said the Senator had been “greatly concerned for years over what I regard to be an improper activity, the work at Washington of the Metho- dist’ board in its manifest efforts to dictate and control legislation. “I ‘disapprove this,” Copeland added. “That, as I view it, is not the function of the Methodist Church. Our tradi- tional attitude has been one of rebellion against ecclesiastical interference with the state.” A reply from Dr. Wilson said the Methodist Church had no lobby in ‘Washington or elsewhere. Copeland’s letter said that a repre- sentative of the Methodist board had lo~al judges in the District of Colum- bia, attempted coercion by public at- tacks and villification of judges in public addresses such as that delivered at Melrose, Mass., on April 12, 1929, by Clarence True Wilson. Church Council Named. “I wish also to draw to your atten- tion an organization known as the Fed- eral Council of Churches of Christ in America. This organization, ~working largely by propaganda, attempts to in- fluence Congress on both domestic and foreign policies. “According to its annual reports, about one-fourth of its income is re- seived from the churches and about three-fourths from ‘other sources.’ “The sums received from ‘other sources’ amounting in 1926 to $254,- 524.20, in 1927 to $232,018.28, and in 1928 to $336,339.23. It has been sai that persons interested in international banking, international business and other international interests, their agents and servants, their legal advisers and members of their family, are large- ly contributors to this organization, and that these contributions are made in part with the purpose of influencing the political activities of this organiza- tion. “Although attempting again and again to influence my vote by propa- ganda, this organization has declined several times to furnish me with a list of individuals who contributed $500 or more to their funds in 1926, 1927 and 1928. 1 suggest this information be obtained by your committee and the sources of the contributions carefully analysized and identified. Wants Committee Inquiry. i “If your committee by its investi- ganlonsy can unmask the indefensible litical activities of these two estab- thments of the orglnfigd church, and of all other like establishments of any church, if there be any other, and thus help in measure to reaffirm the most fundamental principle on which this re- public was founded, the principle of the separation of church and state in fact and in spirit for the perpetuation of which principle there is the highest necessity if both the state and religion are to be preserved, ‘your committee will render a great public service. “The location of these headquarters in the immediate_vicinity of the Capi- %ol,” Tinkham added, “is neither for- tunate nor strategic, except for the pur- pose of maintaining close surveillance upon Congress and inuml!z contacts with members of Congress.” “Why should a building be called *strategic’ unless it was for mvenlencs to contact with members of Congress? While the committee had .declined to et Tinkham put his statement. ih the tecord, he read .from it frequently .as he mn%:g and no attempt made stoj e R w'manwtma read & copy of, a letter _ written to Clarence True v!. sec~ been to see him to ask him, “as a Methedist,” to vote for a bill before Congress. Wilson’s reply said that if the repre- sentative “spoke of coming as a Methodist it was absurd upen its face.” “That is the last thing in the world that he would have said,” Wilson added, “unless he said it as a joke.” Board Denies Charge. After reading the letter Tinkham said the Methodist board had denied it was a lobbying organization. He then read a definition of lobbying from a Standard Dictionary, which said a lobbyist was “a person who solicits members of a legislature to influence their votes.” Tinkham followed this by reading a statement from an official publication of the Methodist board, which said: “Fortunately, we have the location of all locations, just opposite the Senate wing of the Capitol. Bishop McDowell sald last year, ‘Of all purchases that have ever been made for Methodism between the two oceans, this is by all odds the most fortunate and most strategic.’” And this year he said, ‘1 think that God Himself kept those lots vacant for Clarence True Wilson to see when the time came for a Methodist building in Washington.’” RECORDS SUBPOENAED. Association Opposing Prohibition Told to Produce Its Books. By the Associated Press. Records of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment were sub- poenaed today by the Senate lobby com- mittee, and Henry H. Curran of New York, ' president of the organization, was summoned to appear before the committee next Tuesday. Chairman - Caraway, in making the announcement, said the association had refused to permit a lobby committee investigator to examine “its records. He added that John Holland, the investigator, would be sent back to New York tonight with the subpoena to obtain the data sought. — COOLIDGE’S 500-WORD HISTORY OF U. S. IS PREPARED IN PART (Continued Prom First Page.) of which will be the e - L S e and the Louisiana purchase. Then he will deal with the of Republic of - Texas, the admission of California, the nu.lement'l a':‘ % Pnd- boundary questions land, and. last, the l:'v:t‘::\n( of ;.ha Panama Canal fuifillin hope of centuries— & waterway #bm the Atlantic .to the highest paid official in the public life of the Dominion., Sir Henry Thornton, American-born president of the Cana- dian National Raflway, receives more from the federal treasury, $85,00 an- nually, but he does not have to enter- tain like Viscount Willingdon. Must Entertain Royally. When royal visitors, such as the Prince of Wales, arrive, the governor general must entertain them properly. Distin- guished Canadians are dined and wined at Government House all year and the maintenance of an army of secretari aides de camp and servants adds mnt‘l} to the upkeep. In fact. the upkeep of his official resi- dence takes all the governor receives from the Canadian government. On top of that he must donate handsomely to all charitable funds and sponsor public and semi-public movements. To accom- plish this he must draw heavily from his private resources. COURT DISAPPROVES WILBUR’S REFUSAL TO GIVE OIL PERMITS (Continued From First Page.) under the act, the granting of a pros- pecting permit for oil and gas is dis- cretionary with the Secretary of the Interior and any application may be granted or denied either in part or in its entirety, as the facts may be deemed to warrant’ It is only recently, how- ever, that the contention has been made that under this provision the Secretas may refuse to grant any permits at all “While it may be that the secretary may deny individual applications as the facts may be deemed to warrant, his discretion is not to be exercised arbi- trarily and without regard to law as is shown by the decision of the Court of Appeals in the Alling case. That the use of the words ‘is authorized’ above does not necessarily vest him with such dgiscretion as is claimed by him is shown by the use of the same expression in Section 33 of the act of 1920, where it is clearly mandatory. As to the ef- fect under the construction of Rule 2, it may be said that the secretary can- not add to his powers by any rule or regulation made by him. Holds Discretion Is Judicial. “In my opinion this act does not give the Secretary of the Interior nor the President any such power as is claimed by the Secretary. I think that the dis- cretion vested in the Secretary is a judicial onen and not an absolute one; that the word ‘authorized’ in section 13 of the act refers to the manner of grantin, Tmits, the determination of the qu: cations of the applicants and matters of that nature under the rules and regulations promulgated by him, and that the decision in the Alling case is conclusive of this question. “The authority given to him by Con- gress is that he may ‘do any and all things necessary to carry out and ac- complish the purpose of this act’ and not md‘crllefcl:: the zgl “An Ccnmm l:;y suspending its operation. Any authority, then, for the action the Secretary must be found in the act of 1910, which fixed the power of the Executive to withdraw 2ny part of the public domain from settiement, but as to this, it is sufficient to say that the action of the Secretary does not constitute a with- drawal under that act. “It cannot be held to be such a with- drawal for it does not appear to be for any of the spec in the act and the withdrawal was not reported to Congress according to the act. In addi- tion it may be said that it is by no means clear that the President has au- d the Secretary of the Interior to make the withdrawal. The latter bases his authority upon newspaper re- port of a statement by the President and does not set up any direct order ot the President to either orally or WOMAN SHOT DE ROCCO Police Describe End of Chicago Criminal’s Career CHICAGO, April 9 (#).—Death from a pistol bullet fired by a woman ended | the criminal career, police said, of Frank de Rocco who died in a hos- ital yesterday. ki Instead otl{:umu up her hands as commanded by two bandits who tried to hold up a rooming house, Miss Emily of the place, reach- ed for pistol and. started De Rocco's companion AGTION ON DRY BILL IS HELD DOUBTFUL Judiciary Committee Again Unable to Reach Decision on Proposals. By the Assoclated Press. The House judiciary committee today again falled to reach a decision on the Hoover Law Enforcement Commission's legislative program and the Stobbs’ bill to amend the Jones law. The commit- tee adjourned until next Wednesday. Chairman Graham of the committee had set today for decision on the pro- gram, but the committee confined its consideration largely to the Stobbs bill, the enactment of which has been op- posed by Attorney General Mitchell. Members of the committee reported that the group was divided on the commission’s bills as well as on the Stobbs measure. They expressed the doubt that either would be favorably reported to the Hbuse for action at this session. Wickersham Bill Imperiled. The Wickersham measure to broaden the powers of United States commis- sloners by enabling them to hold jury- less trials of casual offenders of the dry law has been attacked by several mem- bers of the committee on constitutional grounds. The commission bill to au- thorize district attorneys to charge of- fenders with a felony if they failed to accept the ruling of the commissioners on a misdemeanor charge also has met objection. A third bill recommended by the commission to authorize State officers to seize automobiles transporting liquor in violation of the Federal law also has been assailed because of its language which would authorize governors, State treasurers and other officials to make arrests of this character under the national prohibition act. Only one of the commission’s meas- ures, introduced by Representative Christopherson, Republican, South Da- kota, has been approved by the com- mittee. The bill would facilitate pad- lock proceedings by authorizing the serving of a subpoena through publica- tion of owners of speakeasies, night clubs and other Flnces selling intoxicat- ing liquor illegally. Repeal Action Urged. Representative Schafer, Republican, ‘Wisconsin, prepared a statement for the committee urging a favorable report on one of the resolutions before the group calling for repeal and modification of the eighteenth amendment. force's rebuttal testimony on the meas: ures to repeal the eighteenth amend- ment a week from Thursday, before it considers taking action on bills. The wets on the committee consider it doubtful if any favorable action can be obtained this session. WILLIAMS PLANNED TO WRECK HIS PLANE IN RACE, HE TESTIFIES (Continued From First Page.) in yachting automobile contests. Williams said that the plane, as de- signed, was intended to weigh 4,200 pounds. Though built with private funds, he said, the plane was constructed at the Philadelphia Naval Aircraft Fa tory and he relied upon the weight con- trol department of the factory to hold the structual weight down to the pre- scribed limit. He said he could not be at the factory all the time and re- | lled upon the engineers there to check | the weight of every portion during con- struction. He said that every time he went to Philadelphia he inquired wheth- er the weight specifications were beirg followed, and that up to a short time before completion he was assured that it was slightly underweight. “At the last moment I was informed that it was 460 pounds overweight and though I was much disturbed, I realized that it was too late to do anything about it,” Willilams said. ‘The plane had been delivered at An- napolis, Md, for flight tests and he had no facilities there for weighing it to make his own check. There was nothing to do but undertake flight tests, he said. These tests convinced him that 1t was more than 460 pounds overweight and when the plane had been definitely pronounced a failure and taken back to Philadelphia it was found that it actually was 880 pounds overweight. ‘Willlams said that he had applied to the Navy to carry the plane back to Philadelphia so it could be weighed, but finally had to take it back himself on a municipal tugboat from Baltimore. He said that the Navy would not take it back even though he pulled “every string” to have this done and enlisted the support of such men as Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut, and Senator Frederick Hale of Maine. LEAVES $2,371,329 SANTA ANA, Calif., April 9 (®).—An estate valued at $2,371,329 was left by the late Mrs. Fannie Bixby Spencer, 50, noted Socialist, it was shown by her will, filed for probate here yesterday. Mrs, Spencer, who lived at Costa Mesa, near here, died March 31 after a long illness. Mrs. Spencer directed division of bulk of the estate among seven heirs, including her husband, W. Carl Spencer. or speed ‘The committee plans to hear the wet | alumni of Columbus University. D. C., WEDNESDAY, Elected President MRS. H. B. HUTCHINSON Of Tampa was elected president of the Parent-Teacher Association of Florida at the annual convention, in Winter Park. She has been State treasurer of the organization. —Associated Press Photo. SUGGESS CLAIMED FOR STEEL MERGER Court Denies Injunction to Block Counting of Dis- puted Votes. | ! ‘ l By the Assoclated Press. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, April 9.—Un- less blocked by some new court fight, the billion-dollar merger of the Youngs- town Sheet & Tube Co. with the Beth- lehem Steel Corporation today became a certainty, its proponents said. ‘The supposedly closing skirmish in the bitter struggle between mary of the industry’s greatest captains ended in Common Pleas Court thi; morning, when Judge C. S. Turnbaugh refused to enjoin the voting of a block of 51,~ 038 Sheet & Tube shares for the merger. Shortly befcre Judge Turnbaugh's decision was given spokesmen for Cyrus S. Eaton, group, denied that the merger had a& majority, declaring results of the vote could not be determined until all had been counted. He belleved, however, that the merger fight hinged on Judge Turnbaug!.'s decision. Stockholders of the big Youngstown company cast their ballots last night. The block on which Judge Turnbaugh ruled was counted in favor of the merger, and Attorney L. A. Manchester, general counsel for Sheet & Tube, sald the total vote when the count is com- pleted would show 870,000 votes for the merger. Only approximately 791,000 were needed to approve it. All Youngstown was in commotion as the result of the battle based on Judge ‘Turnbaugh's decision was announced, marking what proponents of the merger sald was the most spectacular battle of the steel industry in two decades. Attorneys for the Eaton anti-merger forces immediately made plans for a new attack on the merger deal, includ- ing an investigation to see if any of the shares voted by merger forces had been bought after the final date for voting transfers, in deals not recorded on the stock exchanges. —_— FRESHMAN GROUP WINS INTER-SOCIETY DEBATE Columbus TU. Granting of Suffrage to Dis- trict Residents. The negative side of the subject, “Resolved, That the Constitution of the United States should be amended, granting suffrage to the citizens of the District of Columbia,” upheld by the Freshman Debating Society last night, won the fourth intersociety prize de- bate at the School of Law of Columbus University. William K. Hutchinson, Capitol_correspondent for the Interna- tional News Service, who was on the negative team with Ralph B. Manherz, was adjudged the best individuai E Teams Discuss the peaker. Alfred A. McGarraghy, president of the junior class, who was, with Thomas A. Doyle, for the affirmative side, up- held by the Columbian Debating So- clety, was given honorable mention. On the board of judges were: Paul E. Golden, chairman; D. Louis Bergeron and William J. Sullivan, who are president of the senior class, John T. Burns, was thairman of the committee on_arrangements. Judge Nathan Cayton of the Mu- nicipal Court, faculty adviser of the Columbian Debating Society, and Prof. Robert E. Lynch, faculty adviser of the Freshman Debating Society and assist- ant corporation counsel for the Dis- trict, were spectators. COLLEGE CORNER STONE IS LAID Another educational unit was started in the Catholic University area yester- day, when the corner stone for the new Holy Cross College was laid at Seven- n avenue northeast. In the group are, left to right: teenth street and Michiga; Father Bernard, Right Rev. Thomas J. Shahan, rector emeritus of Catholic Uni- versity, who laid the stone, and L with headquarters in Father Jerome. _Visiting priests of Provinee, a in New Yotk...:l_a.l‘ officials o'l’ Catholic institutions here, headed Mgr. James Ryan, Catholic iversity, were At e tendance. - o f{' ~—Star St the Holy Cross tafl Photo, leader of the anti-merger |87 APRIL 9, 1930. SENATORS IN ROW D. C. HEADS GRANT OVERP. 0. LEASES Hide-and-Seek Tactics Fol- lowed by Verbal Fireworks on Floor. A game of hide and seek between a member of Congress in possession of important Government__ records and | representatives of the Department of Justice who wanted the documents pre- ceded yesterday’s verbal fireworks in the Senate over Post Office leases. The pyrotechnics were climaxed by charges of Senators Nye of North Da- kota and Blaine of Wisconsin that the Government was being defrauded of millions of dollars annually due to “corruption” in postal leases. The elusive legislator with the de- partmental records was Representative Maas, Republican, of Minnesota. The records covered negotiations for the leasing of a building in St. Paul for Post Office purposes. He had obtained them from the Justice Department, where they had been sent by the Post Office Department, but the postal offi- cials wanted them back urgently. Statement by Mr. Maas. Mr. Maas told the Assoclated Press that the Justice Department made per- sistent demands for return of the rec- ords and how he held off surrendering them in order to turn them over to the Senate lobby investigating committee. Senator Blaine declared in the Sen- ate debate that the effort of the de- partments to suppress the documents was “another earmark” of his conten- tion that the Post Office Department was “negligent, if not criminally negli- gent,” with respect to the leases. Maas said he obtained the records from the Justice Department while the House appropriations committee was considering the appropriation covering rental for the St. Paul building. Wanted by P. O. Department. “When I asked the Post Office De- ment for them I found they had n turned over km t‘:e Jufitlce nledt tment for safe keeping,” Maas sal E;rxot them from the Justice Depart- ment. When I started to make speeches exposing the fraudulent character of the leases—basing my statements on statements in the records—the Post Office Department asked the Justice Department for them.” A Justice Department official tele- phoned him, Maas said, demanding the return of the documents. Maas prom- ised to return them if given two days' ace. KY"Tha next day a messenger appeared at my office and said he ‘had to have the file,” said Maas. “I was deter- mined not to give them up, so I said that ‘the Congressman is out of town for the day” ‘Maas, & man of youthful appearance, said the messenger required him to write a note declaring that “the con- ssman” was away. “That night, knowing that the Jus- tice Department would insist, I took them over to several members of the Senate lobby committee and asked lherfl to subpoena both me and the records, he added. Request Arouses Discussion. There was some discussion, he said, but the committee members then agreed. The next morning—while Jus- tice Department messengers again waited for Representative Maas in his office—he “hid” in a Senator's office until the subpoena was prepared. “They Served me in the office.” Maas added, “and then I returned to my own office, the records secure.” Senator Blaine condemned the Post Office and Justice Departments for “criminal negligence” in failing to break the leases. He offered a resolution call- ing for a Senate investigation of the 1,200 post office bullding leases. ‘The attack centered on an item in the Post Office Department appropria- tion bill allowing $120,000 for next year's rental of the commereial post office station in St. Paul. Neither the Blaine resolution nor the appropriation item were voted upon after the all-day assault. Phipps Defends Administration. Defending the present administration, Senator Phipps, Republican, Colorado, said no rent had been paid on the St. Paul post office substation since March, 1923. He read a letter from Postmaster General Brown suggesting that pro- vision be made for a lump sum appro- priation of $60,000 for rental of an- other St. Paul bullding pending settle- ment of court action involving the commercial station. Senator Nye asserted the St. Paul transaction “smells to the high heaven.” “If other leases are on & par with that at St. Paul,” he said, “the situa- tion is rotten and unconscionable, and it is a story that possibly rivals the ‘Teapot Dome naval oil reserve lease.” Nye said the fair rental value of the St. Paul station would be about $38,000 annually. He charged that Jacob Kulp & Co. of Chicago, which controlled the St. Paul lease, had inflated the valua- tion of the property after obtaining in 1923 from the Post Office Department a clause in the lease guaranteeing against cancellation of the 20-year leasing contract. In return for that clause, Nye said, Kulp reduced the annual rent for the Government from $120,775 to $120,000. Blaine Quotes Records. Senator Blaine read from records of the Post Office Department which he sald contained a report from C. H. Clarahan, an inspector, stating that Kulp promised to see to it that he would be promoted if a favorable report were made on the St. Paul lease. The records quoted Clarahan as replying he did not want any help in promotion from Kulp. ‘The Wisconsin Senator said Clara- han’s report was missing in the de- partmental record. He asserted that “the absence of that report is a badge that points to the connection between the Post Office Department and Mr. Kulp in these frauds.” 2 Blaine said Kulp & Co. had 27 of the 1,200 post office building leases, cover- ing territory from the Pacific Coast to Dallas, Tex.; Columbus, Ohio, and Grand Rapids, Mich. “There is justification,” the Wiscon- sin Senator added, “for the belief that somebody is making money out of this in the service of the Government. The Post Office Department has been dere- lict in its duty, negligent toward the Government which the Postmaster General should serve. “The ramifications go to the National Bank of Williamsport, Pa.” Letter Read From Bank Official. Blaine did not explain this reference, but thereupon read a letter from an unnamed bank official to an unnamed Senator, calling attention to the fight in the House of Representative Maas to break the post office leases and warning that securities totaling about $150,000 had been sold throughout the country upon the basis of these leases. Senator Schall, Republican, soto, joined in condemnation of tl St. Paul substation lease. He said the total property had been appraised at $317,000 and contended that on the basis of the $120,000 rental the y should actually be worth $2,000,000. SEEKS FORD SCHOOL Filipino Labor Director Asks In- stitution for Manila. MANILA, April 9 (F).—Hermenegildo insula; today Cruz, r director of labor, addressed a letter to Henry Ford, auto- mobile manufacturer of Detroit, asking him to establish a school in Manila in connection with the $100,000,000 educa- tional program tecently outlined by the (e 2 wWath B INOERWOOE, Who will speak in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Star and spon- sored by the Columbia Broadcasting System, tomorrow night. CAPAG FUNDS TOBE DISBSSED Senator Wheeler to Deliver Address in Radio Forum Tomorrow. ampaign Contributions” is to be the subject of an address delivered by Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Star, at 10:30 p.m. tomorrow. This feature is sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting System and will be heard locally through WMAL, The Senate is about to authorize an inquiry into campaign expenditures in senatorial campaigns this year, just as it did when it established the Reed slush fund committee in 1926. The resolution providing for the appoint- ment of an investigating committee, with $100,000 at its disposal, was in- troduced by Senator Norris of Nebraska, Progressive Republican. The inquiry in 1926 resulted in the turning back frem the Senate of Senators elected in Illinois and in Pennsylvania on the ground that there had been excessive expenditures in_their campaigns and fraud. The campaign for the election of Senators this year is just getting un- der way. The first primary was held yesterday in Illinois. Primaries in which senatorial candidates will be nominated occur next month in South Dakota, Oregon and Pennsylvania. Senator Wheeler, a progressive Dem- ocrat, who ran for Vice President on the ticket with the late Senator La Fol- ilette in 1924, will discuss the existing | laws relating to campaign expenditures |and those changes in the law which have been proposed, and also cases in which campaign expenditures have be- come issues in the past. {TRACTION MERGER PROPOSAL SEEN AS FINANCING SCHEME (Continued From First Page.) | fortune estimated at more than $500,- 000,000, “largely through wise purchases of utilities stock.” Mr. Willlams, Mr. Hull said, is having a $3,000,000 yacht built at Hamburg. “To my mind there is a big question as to the propriety of approving this merger,” Mr. Hull states. “It looks to me as though the people are getting only minor concessions out of the merger, such as free transfers, improved service’ and possibly reduced fares for school children. I' wouldn’t want to see the committee vote on this plan until all members have had an oppor- tunity to read the record of the hear- ings and to give every phase of the bill most careful scrutiny.” On motion of Representative Lampert of Wisconsin the committee voted to investigate the matter further during the next two weeks. “LAME DUCK” PROPOSAL FAVORABLY REPORTED Vote by House on Proposed Amend- ment Is Brought Nearer by Committee’s Action. A vote by the House on a proposed constitutional amendment to provide for elimination of the short, or “lame- duck” session of Congress came a step nearer yesterday when a resolution was favorably reported by the House elec- tions committee. Such a proposal has been approved several times by the Senate, only to die in the House. The measure would provide that terms of Senators and Representatives end at noon on January 4. Congress would meet on January 4 each year for a single session. The article would be inoperative unless and until ratified by three-fourths of the States within seven years. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band Orchestra in the auditorium, Marine Barracks, at 8:15 o'clock tonight (Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur S. Witcomb, second leader). Program: “Rakoczy March” . eeseo. Lisst Overture, “In Spring’ .Goldmark Duet for two violins and orchestra accompaniment, “Symphony Con- certante,” Opus 31 ...Alard (M‘md“l‘)!e |Andrew Bodnar and bert Allen.) Intermezzo, “Cherry Blossoms,” Stephan Suite, “Alley Tunes” . ..Guion (@) "Br’udder Sinkiller and his Flock of Sheep.” (b) “The Lonesome Whistler."” (c) “The Harmonica Player.” “I1 Penseroso” from “Annees de Pel- “Viataya” (On the Banks of Moldau), from the cyclus: “My atherland” .............. Smetana , “The Halls of Monte- Zum: “The Star Spangled Banner.” Chick Pea, Onions, Rice and Curd Diet Irks Gandhi’s Men By the Associated Press. scribed for them Saturday during their week of disobedience of the salt laws. This consisted of fried grams, or chick peas such as used in the East Indies to feed cattle, fried rice and water mixed with tamarind, sometimes used to reserve fish and as a physic, and raw onions and curds or milk. Gandhi asked them to continue the diet until 8 as an experiment. SENATOR BURTON K. WHEELER, | { i » | WATERTOSUBURBS Report Favorably on Zihiman Bill for Serving Nearby Maryland. ‘The District Commissioners yesterd reported favorably to Congress on the Zihlman bill providing for connection between the watermains of the Di and those of the Washington Suburb Sanitary Commission in nearby Ma: land. Two amendments to the b were suggested. One would change the location of the proposed conuection from the main at Forty-ninth Chesapeake _streets to the Forty-seventh and Fessenden The other would limit the peak outflow through the connection to 100,000 gal- lons per day. Nothing is said in the bill about the price to be paid by the suburban com- mission for the water, but this s a matter for negotiation and contract be- tween the District Commiscioners and the sanitary commission. The Commis- sloners have agreed to supply the water, should the bill be passed, at $65 per million gallons. This amount, accord- ing to Assistant Engineer Commissioner Hugh Oram, is calculated as the actual cost of the water, with additional charges for interest on the investment and depreciation, Price Paid by Arlington County. ‘The price charged Arlington County for its water from the District’s supply is $55 per million gallons. That price is dictated by the War Department, however, since it is taken direct from the supply system and does not pass through the District-owned distributor mains. According to the agreement between the Commissioners and the Sanitary Commission the Maryland commission must pay the cost of installing the con- nection and the meter. The service is subject to interruption in case the Dis- trict residents should not get enough water by reason of the connection. The act of Congress passed in 1917 giving the District_general authority to sell water to Maryland limits the amount to be sold in any one day to 3,000,000 gallons. Sales Blocked by Small Supply. None has ever been sold, largely be- cause the District did not have a suffi- clent supply until the completion of the new conduit from Great Falls re- cently. Negotiations are also under way for two further connections with the Mary- land distribution system, one at Chesa- peake street and Western avenue, Chevy Chase, and one at the end of Rhode Island avenue. The price of the Chevy Chase water is going to be considerably higher than $65, Capt. Oram stated, as delivery at that point requires con- siderable pumping. 240,000-TON MARGIN OVER ITALY SOUGHT IN FRENCH DEMAND (Continued From First Page) demand for parity is not and will not be_satisfied. ‘Those holding this view pointed to lack of indication that M. Briand, ob- taining the security he wanted, has of- fered substantial reduction in the French naval program, It was recalled that France's insistence on a naval ton- nage by the end of 1936, considered out of line with the British and American levels, unless there were definite con- cessions to guarantee her security against attack, presented the Confer- ence with its first real crisis, and one which might have eliminated France from any naval treaty, even if there had been no Franco-Italian problem to bring further complications. One Point Remains. Meanwhile one point was said today to have remained outside agreement in the context of a three-power treaty, which Col. Stimson, Mr. Wakatsuki and Mr. Macdonald virtually completed yesterday. That was the Japanese wish to transfer 20,000 destroyer tons to submarine classification. Mr. Wakatsuki was not insistent and the matter will be discussed further today. ~ An important step was taken with approval by the first committee of the conference of the agreement on human- ization of submarines. The agreement states: “The following are accepted as es- tablished rules of international law: “(1) In their action with regard to merchant ships submarines must con- form to the rule of international law to which surface warships are subject. “(2) In particular, except in case of persistent refusal to stop on being duly summoned or of active resistance to visit or search, warships, whether sur- face vessels or submarines, may not sink or render incapable of navigation a merchant vessel without having first placed the passengers, crew and ship's papers in a place of safety. For this purpose ship's boats are not regarded as places of safety unless the safety of passengers and crew is assured in ex- isting sea and weather conditions by proximity of land or presence of another vessel which 1s in a position to take them aboard.” PRINCESS IN RED CROSS ‘TURIN, Italy, April 9 (#).—Princess Marie Jose of Piedmont, Belgian bride of the heir to the Italian throne, is fol- lowing the Red Cross training course for volunteer nurses. In this she is carrying on the war- time work of her mother, Queen Elizabeth, who personally nursed hundreds of wounded soldiers. With the princess’ acquisition of her diploma, there will be five ladles of the Royal House of Savoy enrolled in the Red Cross, the others being Queen Helena and the Duchesses of Aosta, Apulia and Pistoia. Daily...] 12,847 Sunday, 118,132 District of Columbia, ss.: MING ' NEWBOLD. 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