Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1931, Page 4

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Rep- resentative Scott Leavitt of Montans {put through the last Congress 33 of |the 1524 laws enacted and signed by the President. The average for the' 531 members of House and Scnate was less than 3 As a member of the Republican minority, Leavitt could mot hope for favorable action on so many biils bear- ing his name. If tre record is broken v the Asaociated Press [in” this Congress. it will have to be torney General Mitchell will give|done by a Democrat. tor Glass of Virginia a report on x chiatiges that Beibed S 1 the parole G. 0. P. IN SENATE TO JOHN BANKHEAD market transactions for Bishop James (Continued From convi Cannon, r., within four or five days. | Mitcheil said today he was studying | a report on the case | Glass charged there was bribery of | | court officials” in connection with the | and void. as Judge Thomas of the Su- recommendation for a parole for Gold- | preme Court of Alabama has already hurst, whom the Virginia Democrat | declared it was | asked Mitchell to investigate. “Sec-nd—That the plan adopted by “Since Senator Glass brought the |the committee to keep me out of the| matter to me,” Mitchell said, "I will [ primary as a candidate for the Senate | transmit the information to him.” | to succeed myself violated the primary Bishop Cannon's stock market trans- | law of Alabama actions figured in charges brought | “Third—That the ruling of the chair- against him by church officials. He was [ man of the State Democratic Commitw acquitted after a church trial during ' tee that Dem-crats permitted to pars which he confessed he made a mistake | ticipate in the primary as voters could in his dealings with Goldhurst's firm [ not write the name of the candidate and would not repeat them again | of their cholce upon the primary Goldhurst was convicted of using the | ballot was illegal and unlawful malls to defraud. 5 | Violations F¥icld Widespread. DEMOCRATS PLAN s o OWN RULE CHANGES ) That violations by election officials TO OFFER IN HOUSE were the rule rather than the exception (Continued From First Page.) Pirst Page.) ing conclusions re- and spread to cvery voting place ex- amined That on the basis of ballots tempo- rarily lald aside Hastings' workers could not find that the election result would be altered, but other question- able ballots might change this. ‘That Bankhead spent §1.500 to $2.500 more than permitted by the Alabama law disqualifying candidates with ex- penditures over $10,000. That exclusion of all improperly handled ballots wculd make determina« tion of the wishes of the Alabama majority impossible. Ballots Held Tllegal. That among the law violations by election officials were failure to wum- | ber the ballcts in ink: failure to roil and seal the ballots; breakage of seals on ballot boxes; voting of absentees 8s much as 10 years out of thé State; | voting by persons who did not pay their poll taxes until long after the| legally specified time. | Opportunity for fraud, said Hastings. | was ever present and the combination of circumstances “would satisfy a rea- sonable person that some fraud has been committed.” | The chairman has indicated he would | | have some recommendations for the committec later, in closed session. After this group acts the entire Elections | Committee must study the report, and then it will be up to the Senate. HEADS ALFALFA CLUB Former Justice McCoy Is Elected | President at Annial Meeting. majority basis, He pointed out that the Snell rule for discharge of the com- | mittee and making the particular measure unfinished business runs along with his own proposal, but that the Snell rules give revenue and appropria- tion measures preferential considera- tion, which would force the bill on bich the committee was discharged down to the bottom of the calendar. 45 the prohibition question is f consideration in the effort liberalization of the rules, Mr ws this type of legislation ration. ~ He would pr olution immediately discharging the Judiciary Committee from further con- sideration of such & measure, and mak- ing it imperative that the House im- nediately proceed with consideration of the measure with debate limited to three hours and under the five-minute rule with the House remaining con- tinually in session and no dilatory mo- tlons in order. He explained that this resolution would be sent to (he Rules Committee calling for the discharge. It the Rules Committee failed to act then the reso- lution would be introduced to discharge the Rules Committee and provide ior bri up the bill in the House under the highest privilege 50 that it would be considered Just the same as though the chairman of the Rules Committee | had brought 1n a favorable report. He also will presenta rile with regard | to calendar Wednesday, which assures | the ar } | MEMBERS PREPARE BILLS each one of the committees of the bills on the calendar. Another rule drafted by Mr. Crisp to be presented to the Democratic caucus provides for dealing with stub- born conferees, such as in the vet- erans’ hospital legislation, Muscle Shoals and other measures that were before the House in the last Congress. His ruls provides that when the House has appointed conferees have elapsed and the conferees have not reported, then motions are in order to discharge those conferees, to ap- point new conferees or o instruct the conferees. O’Connor Withdraws. By the withdrawal of Representative John J. O'Connor of New York, from the contest for floor leader when the Democrats organize the Houte, Repre- sentative Rainey of Illinois goes into the party caucus Saturday night un- opposes. It was said at the Capitol today that Tammany directed the withdrawal of O’Conncr's candidacy when it was ob- vious that Rainey would carry the elec- tion, because Tammany desired to avoid having it said that the victory of Reiney was “another defeat for Tam- many.” Proposal for a Democratic steering committee in the House to guide party policy in the handling of legislation is made by three stalwarts, each of whom was urged to be a candidate for the speakership, but all of whom withdrew in the interests of Representative Gar- ner and party harmony—Represent- atives Byrns of Tennessee, Crisp of Georgia and Ayres of Kansas. Opposed to this method of dividing responsibility are the two men who are unopposed for the highest offices in the House during the coming Congress— Representative Garner, who will be elected Speaker, and Representative Rainey, TWO ASSAULT COUNTS FACED BY QUARTET Each Accused of Attacking Police- man and Man Who Went to His Aid. William “Jewboy" Dietz. 26, 1845 New Hampshire avenue, and three compan- ions, who are said to have engaged in a fight with a policeman in Child'’s Res. taurant, 1338 New York avenue, early yesterday, were charged with two counts of assault by Assistant United States Attorney Milford P. Schwartz in Police Court today. The trial was docketed for next Tues- day before Judge Isaac R. Hitt. In addition to the assault charges, one of the men, George Charuchas, 24, of the 300 block of Linwood place south- west, was also charged with earrying a deadly weapon. The other two gave their names as Samuel H. Goldstein, 28, 933 Pennsylvania avenue, and Samuel J. Kahan, 30, of 1424 Chapin street. The four men are charged with as- sault on Policeman W. G. Fawcett, st precinct, and Noel E. Reynolds, dispatcher of the Union Bus Terminal, who came to the officer's assistance when he attempted to arrest the men. Fawcet! entered the restaurant, he sald, when he noticed & crowd about the table at which the men were seated When he attempted to place them under errest, he said Charuchas drew a gun. Fawcett, ignoring the weapon. knocked him down, thus precipitating & fight in which Dietz and Charuchas were injured. “Both are in Gailinger Hospital. Reynolds, it was said, was assaulted when he jumped in the fight to help out the officer. Members of both houses of Congress are busy preparing the bills they will introduce soon after the session gets under way next week. Since all meas- ures left unacted upon at the close of one Congress must be reintroduced if they are to be considered again, there iz always & flood of bills to be presented at the outset of & new Congress. In the last Congress 18,356 bills were presented in the House and 6279 in the Senate. Members already have House an opportunity to call up its| if 20 days; Walter 1. McCoy, former chief ju tice of the District Supreme Court. was elected president of the Alfalfa Club at the annual meeting of the club Monday | night Other officers chosen were Senator | Key Pittman of Nevada, first vice presi- | dent; Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson second vice president, and Charles Porterfield Light, secretary-treasurer Elected to the Board of Managers for a term ending December 31, 1934, were Levi Cooke, J. Harry Covington, J. Harry Cunningham and Joseph H. Himes. It was announced that the annual dinner will be held January 16 at the Willard Hotel. [HoLDS CONGRESS RECORD RKO STOCKHOLDERS Solid Mahogany Occasional Chair in a choice of tapestries | more, Hardie Meakin, manager, mv.ed' that his theater is equally :nvolved with | the balance of the RKO circuit. The only solution of the problem facing the corporation under present financial conditions throughout ihe country is the plan being urged upon | the stockholders by the cxecutives ol the corporation, according to Mr. Mea kin. The local manager admits tha the plan may be a drastic one, but he adds the! conditions make it necessary, | and declared that ihe Washington stockholders in signing proxies approv- ing the plan are taking the only means left open to them to save their invest- ment. He added that in urging the stockholders to sign the proxies, he wanted it to be made clear that the stockholder was not obligating himself to subscribe for the debentures. The HERE GET APPEAL Manager of Keith Theater Sees Hope in Reorganization Plan for National Circuit. ent plan of re Keith-Orpheum Corporation of that theater, and ihe application receivership made yesterday in Balti- Warm “Woolly Blankets T Luxurious Qualities All Wool . . . 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