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THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €, TUESDAY, APRIL '95 1933, INFLATION IS HELD |AGREEMENT SPEEDS A—2 *xk MOVES T0 ABOLISH |Water in Lindbergh |Gasoline Is Probed IMISS PERKINS ASKS Senator Robinson Addresses A. P. Meeting NEWS ASSOCIATION OFFICERS HOLD ANNUAL SESSION IN NEW YORK. LOWELL'S POSITION > ¥==k Havke/|INGOIIND BY REED]BANK REFORM BILL R_epresentative Dies of Texas Acts to. Do Away With Federal Judgeship. A resolution to abolish the Federal judgeship held by Judge James A. Lowell of Boston, who yesterday freed George Crawford, colored, wanted in Middle- burg, Va., on a charge of slaying Mrs. Agnes Boeing Illsley and her maid, Nina Buckner, was introduced today by Rep- Tesentative Dies, Democrat, of Texas. The resolution attracted congressional natice especially in view of Representa- | tive Smith. Democrat, of Virginia, ha = ing told reporters he would move im-/| peachment of Lowell if grounds could be | found. “Dies charged that the judge, who de- cliped to permit the extradition of the isoner after it had been approved % Gov. Ely because no colored persons sérved on juries in Virginia, had “fla- grantly violated his oath of office.” Decision Is Scored. The resolution said that Judge Low- | ell's act was “contrary to the laws of the United States and every sence of | Noted Air Racer Told Con- dition Existed Before Pittsburgh Arrival. By the Associated Press PITTSBURGH, April 25—Prank Hawks, disciple of aserial speed, is in Pittsburgh today as aeronautical ad- viser for a gasoline distributing com- pany seeking to discover how ‘‘watered” gasoline got into Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh's gas tank. Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh made a forced landing after taking off from the county airport in Pittsburgh on their transcontinental tour last week. Mechanics investigated and said they found water in one of the tanks of the Lindburgh plane. A. M. Marion, county director of parks and aviation, said yesterday after an investigation at the airport: “We have checked the gasoline system of the port. There is nothing wrong. The test of the gas I think now defi- nitely proves that the water was in Lindbergh's plane when he arrived.” Hawks arrived in Pittsburgh last night. He conferred with Hal Basely, county airport manager, and R.| decency and justice,” and had set fre= | Huey Long, field manager for Trans- the self-confessed criminal —Georg® | continental and Western Air, the com- Crawford, who is charged with one Of:pnny for which Lindbergh was flying the most brutal crimes ever perpetrated | across the country on an inspection in the United States.” | ‘The judge,” it continued, “has dis- yed a venom and prejudice unparal- in the judicial history of this or any other country and has arrogated| to himself the powers of dictatorship | and ruthlessly trampled upon the laws | of the Nation and has had the effrontery to attempt to justify his shocking con- duct by asseriing that the fact that Negroes do not serve on juries in Vir- ginia renders any trial in the State illegal Declaring the decision of Judge Low ell'an “insult to the people of Virgini Representative Smith announced he will confer with otner members of the Vir: ginia delegation in Congress and ascer- tain their views toward possible im-| peachment proceedings. Earlier in the day Mr. Smith said he would take the matter before the House Judiciary Committee to urge impeachment if he finds sufficient grounds for action Senator Carter Glass, Democrat, of Virginia, also took issue today with the decision of Judge Lowell. The Senator declared thai colored persons are ad- mitted to jury service in the State of Virginia. Holds Decision in Error. Judge Smith joined with the attorney general of Virginia, John R. Saunders, who yesterday attacked the Massachu- setts Federal judge's decision as “‘com- pletely in error as to fact.” Meanwhile. other members of the Virginia delegation in Congress re- frained from comment, as did Vir- ginja’s Governoy, John G. Pollard. Gov. Pollard took the view that the matter was a judicial. not an executive one, although he expressed surprise at the de¢ision Judge Smith. who served on the Cir- cuit bench in Arlington County before he was elected to Congress. said Judge Lowell “went out of his way to gra- tuitously insult the people of Vir- ginia.” Alexander Silent. “He had no right.” Judge Smith continued, “to go out into the field of speculation of what might happen when Crawford goes to trial” He contended Judge Lowell had two points before him for consideration—determination of whether Crawford was the man identified in the indictment and whether the papers presented by Vir- ginia authorities were properly drawn. The Virginia judge in whose jurisdic- tion Crawford. if extradited. would be tried. today also refrained from com- ment. on the grounds that it was a fudicial matter upon which he might be required to rule later. He is Judge J R. H. Alexander of the judicial cir- cuft, which includes Middleburg. . RULING HASTENS APPEAL. Supreme Court Action May Affect All Southern States. Bpeciai Dispatch to The Star. ‘BOSTON, Mass.. April 25 (NAN.A)— By granting a writ of habeas corpus to 2 prisoner for whom Gov. Ely had already issued an extraditicn order at the request of the Governor of Virginia, Judge James A. Lowell, in Federal Dis- triet Court here, has challenged in vivid janguage the procedure of the Southern State in excluding Negroes from Jury sepvice. The prisoner was George | Crawford, accused of murdering two wemen in Virginia. | What the judge did actually was to, short-cut the route of one particular criminal case to the Supreme Court of the United States. He pointed out that even if the extradition to Virginia were allowed, the case would only go to the Supreme Court of the United States on eppeal on constitutional grounds. “I say this whole thing is absolutely wrong,” said Judge Lowell with charac- feristic abruptness. “It goes against my Xmkee common sense to have a case g0 trial for two or three years and then ve the whcle thing thrown out by the Silpreme Court. = “They say justice is blind. Justice #hould not be as blind as a bat, but in this case it would be if & writ of habeas corpus were denied. Lawyers Would Benefit. “Why should I send a Negro back | from Boston to Virginia when I know, and everybody knows, that the Supreme Court will say that the trial is illegal? “The only persons who would get any ‘good out of it would be the lawyers y 'd rather be wrong on my law than give any sanction to legal nonsense " . Assistant Aitorney General Stephen D Bacigalupo, who as the representa- tive of Gov. Ely appeared to oppose the @liowing of the writ, interrupted. rour henor.” he said, “are we going to say that the State of Virginia does not uphold the laws of the United | States?” “They have not done so.” retorted | Judge Lowell, “when it comes to a ques- tion of putting Negroes on juries down thers. I ought to say that the indict- ment was good. but, of course, I did| not hear the evidence in this case. The whole thing to me is a plece of stage play. The writ of habeas corpus is allowed.” *If that had been all there was to it, CTrawiord, the accused colored man, would be out on the streets and free. But Mr. Bacigalupo gave immediate no- ‘tice that he would appeal from Judge ZLowell's decision to the Circuit Court of Appeals It is understood that no ‘contest will be made there, but that the ;case will be certified to the Supreme Court in order to get a decision which -will affect all the Southern States. Crawford is still in the nominal cus- ‘tody of the State police, the papers not being ready. As & matter of physical | fact, Crawford is still in the Charles Street Jail here. ; The brief for the petitioner—Craw- ford—raised two questions: The first, a claim that the exclusion of Negroes from grand jury or other jury duty by law is contfary to the express wording ©of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution; second, if the law be fair on its face, but be administered with uneven hand or with evil eye, there is just as potent a denial of the rights ted by the fourteenth amendment. | *UThe Governor of Virginia asked for extradition and Gov. Ely ordered | Assistant Attorney General Bacigalupo | - investigate and report. In the| méantime. however, the case had at-: dcted attention. The National Asso-! lation fcr the Advancement of Colored | P asked its Boston representative, | M’Ifi R. Wilson, to defend Crawford, Wilson immediately calied in as ey 'J. Weston Allen, the former y -general of Massachusetts. (Copyright. 1051 b Moy American News- v A ne. trip. Hawks said he was told that Lind- sergh flew into Pittsburgh with one tank empty and one full. His empty tank was filled at the county airport. Hawks said that after the forced land- ing, both tanks were found osen He explained it is possible to fly with one or both tanks open. INDUSTRIAL HEADS ARRIVE FOR PARLEY American Skippers of Com- merce Seek More Favor- able Trade Winds. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH. April 25.—American admirals of commerce are arriving today in Pittsburgh with high hopes of chart- ing & course into more favorable trade winds under President Roosevelt's “new deal.” At preliminary conferences to the twentieth annual foreign trade conven- tion, opening a three-day session Wed- i nesday, the industrial skippers of auto- mobile, steel. picture fllm, plate glass and other enterprises are preparing for | highly intensive discussions. Change in Foreign Situation. The foreign situation has shifted with such kaleidoscopic swiftness during the past week that much of the data under | preparation for six months has been swept into the discard, officials said. They are placing particular stress upon the questions of stabilization of foreign exchange and credit, while the itinerary indicates a drive is planned to “crash” Latin American markets on a wider front. Roosevelt's administration is sending experts from the Federal Reserve Board, the Commerce Department, the State Department and the Shipping Board to better explain the “new deal.” There will be numerous speakers from the ranks of the late Hoover adminis- tration—but politics, of course, are barred. Like many other lines of trade, for- eign traffic now is at its lowest ebb| since 1913 Exports last year were little more than $2,400,000,000, compared with a peak of $8,000,000,000 in 1919. Urge Reciprocal Tariffs. Many traders are arguing that re- ciprocal tariffs wiil furnish the quickest and best method of stabilizing foreign trade. Under their system Uncle Sam would take more raw materials, not produced in the United States, in ex- change for a greatly increased volume of finished goods. South and Central America are pointed to as the most fertile fields for this tariff system and the Foreign Trade Council, whose 103 members sponsor the convention, has prepared an exhaus- tive survey of this territory. James A. Farrell, “father” of the con- vention and former president of the United States Steel Corporation, will| furnish one of the high lights on open- ing day with his annual outline of world trade expectations. {COMMITTEE CALLS DOUGLAS IN PROBE OF 30-YEAR BILL (Continued From First Page.) praisers, post office clerks and postal carriers. It is not largely among rural carriers or the internal revenue force in the field, he said. 4,000 in District. According to information given the subcommittee, Representative Taber points out that even if the Douglas rec- ommendation is carried out as written, {and he is strongly opposed to it, there would be 4,000 Government workers re- tired in the District of Columbia out of 22,000 for the whole country. He does not expect that more than one- half of this maximum will suffer under the bill when it is enacted. House Leader Byrns, in discussing the situation today, pointed out that a way will probably be found to retain in the service sclentists and lawyers who have reached the retirement age, but are needed by the Government. The danger was also emphasized to- day of a wholesale discharge of Gov- ernment workers as well as retirements on annuities where services are abol- ished or consolidations effected under the reorganization. Civil Service Witnesses. During the hearing this morning of representatives of the Civil Service Commission, the subcommittee was told that the President now can make wholesale discharges notwithstanding certain provisions of the economy act. The civil service official's testimony was largely on statistical facts rather than an expression of opinion regard- ing various ways in which retirement might be invoked Thomas E. Campbell, president of the Civil Service Commission, after the hearing sald that the civil service offi- cials were not questioned regarding their opinions on the merits of retirement, but were asked for factual data regard- ing Government employes and their efficiency ratings. James O'C. Roberts. solicitor for the ' Veterans’ Administration, appeared be- fore the subcommittee in regard to in- surance being paid to families of draft evaders apprehended by the military authorities during the war, some of whom died in prison camps before they were found guilty by judicial proceed- ings He told the committee that there are about 100 of these cases. There is a proposal before the committee to stop payment of the insurance in these cases. It is estimated that this would save the Government a million dollars within 10 years. Pennsylvanian Says Grant to President Under Bill Is Unconstitutional. (Continued From First Page.) clause authorizing the Chief Execu- tive to reduce the gold content of the dollar. Borah's doubt elicited from Senator ‘Thomas a statement that Attorney General Cummings was studying the constitutionality phase and that if the latter should decide that further re-: strictive language is necessary Con-! gress will consider it. Borah had questioned whether Con- gress. which has sole power under the Constitution to coin money and regu- late its value, could delegate this power | to the President without laying down a formula for executive guidance. Chairman Fletcher of the Banking Committee, who had opposed the gold clause along with two former Demo- cratic Secretaries of the Treasury, Glass of Virginia and McAdoo of Cali- fornia, formally announced he would support the entire inflation program, because, in his opinion, sufficient n!e-l zu&rds had been added by the com- mittee. I Sees Isolation Policy. Tydings, in announcing opposition to the measure, contended America had enjoyed a $36,000,000,000 favorable trade balance against the world in the last 30 years, adding: “This inflation means a policy of isolation. This is a policy of America living unto herself. = We are saying good-by to the rest of the world in the face of the fact that in the last 30 years we sold more by $36,000.000,000 to the world than it sold to u: Tydings estimated _inflatio cause direct and indirect unemploy- ment for 22,000,000 people. who would have to be supported by the Govern- ment. Tydings asserted further that loss of Americg’s foreign market was “ines- capable” under inflation. “Does a policy of inflation take into account that sooner or later we have got to walk the international road or the road to isolation?” he asked. “We are at the parting of the ways. “We've got $26,000,000,000 invested abroad, bringing in one and a quarter billions of gold a year. Do you want to say good-by to that?” Senator Reed asked if debasing the dollar would mean “cancelling half the debt due from abroad?” “Absolutely,” Tydings replied. Half the cotton farmers are dependent up estimating that 800.000 of them would have no means of livelihood under in- flation. Scores Tariff Laws. “That would mean 2,000,000 people to feed, clothe and shelter,” he said. “Does inflation take that into account?” Another million dependents would be created through loss of the foreign ! wheat market, he estimated, adding that a complete loss of foreign trade { would mean direct unemployment for 4,800,000 people. 3 “The unemployment today is di- rectly ributable to loss of foreign markets,” Tydings said. “When you get five billion dollars of new orders from abroad 10,000,000 men will go back to work.” Senator Connally, Democrat. of ‘Texas, asked if the purpose of inflation was not to provide for a uniform cur- to “facilitate trade.” “I believe the time has come to be truthful and not wave the American flag until it ought to be waved.” Tyd- ings replied hotly, adding, “the policy of this country since 1920 has been to drive Great Britaln off the gold standard.” He asserted America had granted Great Britain, one of her best custom- | ers. only a 30 per cent cut in war | debts, yet turned around and gave | Italy. a’ much smaller customer, an 80 per cent write-off. Tydings sald America depreciated sil- ver by demanding payment of the war debts in gold. “Now we come along at this belated hour, when the horse is out of the stable, and try to lock the door,” he as- serted. “We come along and want to | accept $100,000,000 in silver on the war debts. What a pity we didn’t do that {four or five years ago and arrest the fall of silver and save our markets.” Urging a policy of “live and let live” in international trade relations, Tydings hopped on the Hawley-Smoot tariff law 85 leading to retaliatory tariffs and said “we lost by it.” NAZIS GIVEN COMPLETE CONTROL OF BRUNSWICK Nationalists Join National Socialist Party to Place Diet Entirely Under Their Control. By the Associated Press. BRUNSWICK, Germany, April 25.— Followers of Chancellor Adolf Hitler have gained complete control of Bruns- wick, first of the Nazi-governed states, by the decision of the Nationalists to join the National Socialist party. The Brunswick Diet will henceforth be wholly Nazi in composition, as the four Nationalist members are expected to follow suit. No other parties are represented. . DEFIES U. S. EXTRADITION Julian Wanted in Oklahoma’s $3,500,000 Oil Fraud. SHANGHAI, April 25 (#.—C. C. Julian, who is wanted in Oklahoma on | charges of conspiring to defraud oil in- | vestors of $3,500,000, said today he de- ‘fied American efforts to extradite him |to the United States. Julian is staying at a British hotel {in_Shanghai's international settlement. It is understood Anglo-American ex- tradition treaties do not extend to China and that thus far American efforts toward the extradition of Julian have been nullified. | He is using the name of T. R. King. | SOCIAL WORKER DIES Miss Sarah Ellis, 59, Served as National Y. W. C. A. Secretary. BERKELEY, Calif., April 25 (#).— Miss Sarah Ellis, 59, social service worker of America and the Orient, dled at her home here Sunday after a linger- Miss Ellis resigned because of il |health a year ago from the secretary- ship of the national board for the Young Women’s Christian Association. She was a native of Towa and a gradu- ate of Iowa State College. She spent a dozen years in a missionary service in the Orient. and also taught in a girls’ school in Tokio. { BLIMP'S TEST DELAYED {C. C. Tank on Largest Craft of Its Kind in U. 8. Bursts. AKRON, Ohio, April 35 (P).—The first test t of the TC-13, new Army blimp, which officers say is the it when the ship's tests. Maj. William E. Kepner, command- ing officer of the 350,000-cubic-foot non-rigid craft, said a new.tank be constructed, poesibly in time for flight Wednesday. the foreign market, Tydings said.! v hich | his pre m. | rency system for the world with w N :o'glul eremony e hyeatersiay marked Daniels' presentation of his | will, Report to Senate Committee With Guaranty Plan Due Within Week. By the Assoclated Press. A far-reaching bank reform bill, with provision for insuring deposits in Fed- eral Reserve member banks, probably will be reported to the Senate Banking Committee within the next week by a subcommittee which has been studying the problem for two years. Terms of the measure were virtually agreed upon at a White House confer- ence yesterday between President Roose- velt and members of the subcommittee heatled by Senator Gilass, Democrat, of Virginia. Asks Modifications. The Chief Executive recommended & few modifications in the committes’s proposal for a $2,000,000,000 fund to insure deposits, but it is expected to bxe reported without fundsmental altera- tion. To safeguard the insurance fund, the subcommittee probably will adopt a suggestion by the President that only deposits of $10,000 and less be given 100 per cent insurance and that larger accounts be only partially insured. ‘The subcommittee probably will retain the essential form of the guarantee fund as originally drafted to provide for subscriptions to its stock from the Federal Government, Federal Reserve banks and member banks. The original draft called for member banks to subscribe a maximum of one- 1 half of 1 per cent of their deposits, but not more than one half of this during the first year. Advocates Hopeful. Despite a recommendation by the ited to the counties of the parent bank, the committee probably will recom- mend permitting national banks to have State-wide branches in States which permit their own banks to have them. Members of the subcommittee were optimistic over the prospect of enacting permanent banking legislation this ses- sion after their conference yesterday with the President and were in agree- ment with most of the changes he suggested. DANIELS TAKES UP DUTIES AS ENVOY U. S. Ambassador Deeply Moved by ‘Warm Official Reception Accord- ed by Mexican President. By the Associated Press MEXICO CITY, April 25.—Josephus Daniels, deeply moved by the warmth of his official reception by President Abe- lardo ez, plunged today into his task as United States Ambassador. A dozen official calls, two receptions and scores of appointments lie ahead {for the next week. A diplomatic recep- Friday for the American colony are on credentials to the President. Friend- ship and co-operation between the two ing the ceremony in the National Pal- ace. Seventy detectives guarded Daniels. An unnamed student missed seeing the presentation because he carried a package under his arm. Detectives edged him out of the hall and invited him to open the package. It contained toilet articles. LAWYERS END DISPUTE Attorneys John P. Mullen and William Shea Clash in Front of Police Court. A dispute between two lawyers yes- terday culminated this morning in a street fight in front of the Police Court at Sixth and D streets. According to onlookers, the ht ended after Attorney John P. Mullen, who had been mentioned as a candidate for United States attorney, had been knocked down by Attorney Willlam Shea. Shea is sald to have objected to statements concerning him allegedly made yesterday by Mullen. witnesses, Shea asked Mullen if he had made the remarks. When Mullen re- plied in the affirmative, it was said, the fight started. Attorney Shea has placed in the hands of Judge Gus A. Schuldt, pre- siding judge of Police Court, an affidavit which he contends will support his side of the argument. Mullen, in turn, has stated he will be glad to answer any charge filed against him. Judge Schuldt said this morning he had not yet examined the paper sub- mitted to him by Shea. If any action on the charges is contemplated, Judge Schuldt said, a meeting of all the Police Court judges will be called to consider both sides of the case. POLICEMAN IS WOUNDED AS PRISONER GRABS GUN 20-Year-Old Suspect Tries to Es- cape at Chicago After Identifi- cation in Fatal Hold-up. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 25.—A policeman was shot in the right ankle by a bullet from his own pistol when a 20-year-old prisoner grabbed the weapon from officer and attempted to shoot his way | casting to freedom after witnesses had identi- fied him as a bank robber, The shooting took place in the Detec- tive Bureau last night as John Scheck was being led to a cell by Sergt. George Tucker, who became the victim. Be- fcre Scheck could fire again other offi- cers overpowered him. Previously Scheck and a companion, Carl Grundhofer, 20, had been identi- :fied by witnesses as participants in the $4,800 hold-up of the National Bank of Niles Center April 7, in which Harry Mueller, cashier, was fatally shot. Police said Grundhofer admitted being the one who shot Mueller, but main- tained it was accidental. FAIR NEAR COMPLETION 1,500 Workers Put on Finishing Touches at Chicago. CHICAGO, April 25 .—An_srmy of 1,500 workmen is pu O':: finish- ing "touches to Chicago’s m” Maut A:‘:uthc work is about cent complete. 5’:&* deadline for consiruc- officials into a e June 1 is the opening date. officers of the assoclation. ENATOR JOSEPH T. ROBINSON, floor leader of the SBenate, was the guest speaker at the luncheon of the Asso- ciated Press in New York during the news organization’s annual meeting. He is shown at the speakers’ table with Left to right: Adolph S. Ochs of the New York Times, director; Kent Cooper, general MINIMUM PAY LAW Secretary Tells Committee of Plan to Fix Produc- tion and Wages. By the Associated Press. Prances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, appeared before the House Labor Com- mittee this morning to expound her far-reaching plan for Government regulation of working hours, production and minimum wage levels in industry. Her program was advanced as a sub- stitute for the congressional measure which would ban from interstate com- merce domestic manufactures not pro- duced on a five-day, 30-hour, working week schedule. In the audience that heard her testi- mony was Ishbel MacDonald, daughter of the British Prime Minister, and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Before Miss Perkins launched into her statement, the three were called on to pose for news cameras with Representative ICflnnery of Massachusetts, committee c Would Divide Work. S manager; Senator Robinson and Frank B. oyes of The Washington Star, president. —A. P. Photo. President that branch banking be lim- | tion Thursday and a public reception | nations were stressed by both men dur- | WITH FIGHT IN STREET | The two men met in front of Police | Court this morning and. according to| the | publication of the member of | Know! FRANK B. NOYES REELECTEDBYA.P. EStar Publisher Given New ‘ Term at Meeting in New York. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 25—Frank B. | Noyes, publisher of The Washington | Star, was re-elected president of the | Assoclated Press by the Board of Di- rectors, in session today following the annual meeting of the organization yesterday. | Willlam J. Pape of the Waterbury | Republican became first vice presi- dent, succeeding George B. Longan of | | the Kansas City Star, who yesterday | was elected a director. Mr. Pape is succeeded as second vice | president by William Randolph Hearst. ir. Executives Retained. Kent Cooper was re-elected secretary of the Associated Press and Jackson 8. Elliott assistant secretary. The board elected Mr. Noyes, Adolph S. Ochs, publisher of the New York | Times; Paul Patterson, Baltimore Sun; | Robert McLean, Philadelphia Bulletin. and Richard Hooker, Springfield Repub- lican, members of the Executive Com- mittee. The board re-elected J. R. Youatt treasurer. Radio Ban Voted. Members yesterday passed a resolu- tion that no news distributed by the organization be given to radio chains. The resolution also provided that no member newspaper be permitted to broadcast either its local or Associated Press news other than brief bulletins. The directors were empowered to fix as- | sessments to be paid by member papers who do such broadcasting. The resol tion directed that this revenue be aj plied to a pro-rata reduction of assess- ments of non-broadcasting members. The members elected five directors. Two of them, George B. Longan of the Kansas City (Mo.) Star and L. K. Nicholson of the New Orleans (La.) Times-Picayune, are new _directors. Three were re-elected: Col. Robert R. McCormick of the Chicago (Ill.) Trib- une, W. H. Cowles of the Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman-Review, and E. Lansing Ray of the St. Louls (Mo.) Globe-Democrat. Carl W. Ackerman, dean of the School of Journalism, Columbia Uni- versity, addressed the Managing Editors’ Association this morning. Mutual prob- lems of managing editors, representing more than one hundred Rewspapers throughout the Nation, were discussed and a committee was chosen to arrange a program for next year's session. nemed were Roy Roberts of the Kansas City Star, Oliver Owen Kuhn of The Washington Evening Star, Edwin L. James of the New York Times, Roy J. Dunlap of the St. Paul Dispatch and | Pioneer Press, and J. P. Miller of the Savannah Press. Publishers to Meet. Another important newspa ering gets under way this afternoon— the annual_meeting of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association. Pub- lishers from all over the United States were to attend. The Associated Press resolution con- cerning broadcasting was offered by James G. Stahlman, publisher of the Nashville (Tenn.) Banner, and president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers' Association. He said his purpose in framing it was to bring together pref- erencés expressed in a poll of members taken recently by Frank B. Noyes, presi- dent of the Associated Press. The resolution follows: “Be it resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that the board of di- rectors shall not allow anv news dis- tributed by the Associated Press, re- gardless of source, to be given to any radio chain or chains; and be it further “Resolved, That no memter newsoaper of the Associated Press sha'l be allowed to broadcast its local news or news fur- nished by the Associated Press, other than brief bulletins covering events of major local, national or international inportance with credit to the Associated Press and the member newspaper, and then only e(:’\mrtm lndwmutnhltn’flul%efl:; t or near tion 1local af N rbroads ; and be it further “Resolved, That it is the sense of the meeting that the board of directors shall promulgate at once rules and reg- ulations covering the hours of such news bulletin broadcasts so as to distinguish between morning and evening members, fix a schedule of additional assessments, to be applicable solely to those member pers which broadcast Associated ss_news, the revenue from which shall be applied to a pro-rata reduction of assessments pald by non-broadcast- ing members; take all steps necessary to protect the news reports of the Asso- ciated Press from pilfering or such other illegal use by radio news commentators or others! and define the meaning of ‘brief bulletins’ in conformity with the text and spirit of this resolution; and be it further “Resolved, That all resolutions here- tofore adopted by the membership in conflict with this resolution be, and the same are hereby, rescinded and declared null and voi Another resolution, offered by Adolph 8. Ochg of the New York Times. J. R. d of the Oakland (Calif.) Trib- directors, and Presiden lved, That this meeting record the members’ ‘appreciation of the long and faithful service of Frank P. Mac- Lennan of the Tm(m.) State- Journal as an t director and He earned the grati- t une, Noyes, {0 of bis Teilow direciors who, el Wi that, because of ill health, he félt lormed | necessity of withdra his pame Fection.» o o Tre-€lect . ‘The resolution was adopted. Those | these were typical of the modern cor- | r gath- | it | like & brohrg:ho received !Mrs. Vasco Allows ] | Operation on Child After Bitter Fight Mother Finally Agrees to Permit Removal of Baby’s Eye. By the Associated Press. YONKERS, N. Y. April 25—Little Helen Vasco will exchange one of her biue eyes for her life. | A delicate operation, ordered by the | appellate division of the Supreme Court after a bitter fight by the 2-year-old girl's mother, is expected to be per- formed today or tomorrow. | Family opposition to the operation gave way to a conference last night | in the chambers of Judge George M. | Smyth of the Children’s Court, who ' originally ordered the operation to re- move a tumor behind the eye. Phy- | sicians had declared that unless cut away, it would reach the brain swiftly | and kill the child | | Helen was taken to St. John's River- | side Hospital to be prepared for the | operation, but where it would take | place was uncertain. It may be per- | ‘l,qrmed at Grasslands Hospital, East | iew. | Mrs. Vasco. wife of an immigrant laborer, was half-hysterical and con- sented to the operation only on condi- | | tion that she could select the hospital | and the operating surgeon. Previously she had said she would rather have ‘God taken Helen” than see her lose an eye. i . SAYS CITIES SERVICE TRADED OWN STOCK Charge Made as Federal| Trade Commission Opens ‘- Probe. | By the Associated Press. ! Testimony that through a wholly- | owned subsidiary. the Cities Service | | Co., Henry L. Doherty utility concern, | | virtually traded in its own stock on| | the New York curb market, was laid | before the Federal Trade Commission | today by one of its examiners. This practice, said the examiner, Dr. Thomas W. Mitchell, is disapproved of | by the New York Stock Exchange. | A searching analysis of the market operations of the subsidiary, the Cities | Service Securities Co., was presented to the commission with the statement that | porate methods of stock-market con- | trol, methods which when carried on 8s in 1927-1929, “induce a general orgy | of speculation, in which stock prices 80 to absurd heights from which they must inevitably crash * * * Voluminous Report. These statements were made by Mitchell, testifying in a new phase of the long-stancing utility investigation. His analysis of a voluminous report on the Securties Co.’s operations said the | various forms of trading in the parent concern’s securities were of major im- portance in modern finance because of their volume and effects. As the Trade Commission hearing progressed, agents of the Securities Co. distributed to the newsmen reporting it, a statement taking issue with Mitchell's conclusions and asserting that | the company's market purchases were not made for itself, but to fill orders for customers, and that far from in- ducing speculation the purpose of the | concern was to raise new capital for the Citles Service Co. and to place securities “more or less” permanently. Information From Records. Responding to questions by Robert E. | Healy, commission counsel, Mitchell said | he had obtained the information pre- sented from the company's books and records and believed it curately re- produced and reflected” the company’s | operations. | Mitchell's report said the securities | company’s main function was raising ad- | ditional capital funds, and could be de- scribed as facilitating marketing of Cities Service Co. (and its subsidiaries) securities; supervising the market. or, in connection with syndicate operations, handling the market for such securities and providing a ready resale market in which owners of securities of Cities Service Co. and its subsidiaries could readily dispose of their holdings at re- tail when they desired to do so. “The security company’s function may be described as that of making the se- curity in question attractive to the pub- lic,” the report said. Method Described. The method by which the company performed its “main function” was to & ready resale market for in- vestors, to prevent the market price “from under the influence of investment confidence in the security in question and also speculative cupidity.” | These “market purc " tend rapidly, it was added, to deflate the se- curities company’s cash funds, and it could not long continue them if it did not have a means of replenishing “The securities compan; Doherty as agent, function tent market purchases, .. thro '”mfigl very from_cus- ud"mufluamwm uu. nat uantities and then purchased on the exchange or over the countér the securities with which to fill the orders.” PR, Anti-Rat Campaign. sagging the addition to the supply and induce | & JAPANESE REOPEN NORTH CHINA DRIVE “Exasperated by Continued Attacks,” Troops Seek to Clear Area. By the Associated Press. PEIPING, China, April 25—The Japanese at Kupeikow “lost patience as a result of continued Chinese at- tacks south of the Great Chinese Wall aimed to clear Chinese troops from the area The Japanese military command said it expected the early occupation of strategic points in the North China section. This move would have the purpose. it was said, of opening the way to Peiping. to which tmportant city Kupei is the passageway in the Great Wall. Chinese forces claimed that de- spite Japanese artillery and aerfal at- tacks, the Chinese were holdin~ their positions in the vicinity of th~ wall, where the Japanese began a major offensive last Friday. Negotiations for a Sino-Japanese armistice are not in progress through the agency of the British legation, it was sald at the legation, and no pro- posals have been received by the Brit- ish Minister from either side. This statement was in reply to re- ports published abroad that Sir Miles Lampson, the Minister, who was an important factor in bringing about the armistice at Shanghai a year ago, was seeking to compcse the present con- troversy. OPEN DOOR IS LIMITED. Manchukuo Bars Trade Facilities to Unfriendly Nations. (Copyright. 1933 by the Associated Press.) TOKIO, April 25.—The Manchukuo government's promise of an open door and equal opportunity in trade in Man- churia presupposes reciprocity by other nations and consequently is applicable only to countries which recognize Man- chukuo. This significant assertion was made today by Tokuzo Koma!, privy coun- cillor for Manchukuo, in an exclusive interview with the Associated Press. Komai was one of the principal Japa- nese actors in the dramatic events re- sulting in the founding of the new gov- ernment last year in territory seized from Chinese rule. He is at present in Tokio conducting a campaign of education in behalf of the Japan-Manchukua economic bloc. This group seeks special tariffs and other privileges in Manchukuo for Japan. FRANCE LEANS TO RUSSIA. PARIS, April 25 (#).—Close reations between France and Japan are placed in_ jeopardy today by Far Eastern de- velopments which at the same time tend to strengthen Franco-Russian triendship. Official quarters have called attention to this evolution in the foreign policy of the French government by expressing uneasiness over the Manchurian rail- way crisis. France joins Russia in re- garding charges that Japan is fomenting a plot to have Manchukuo seize the disputed raflway with anxiety. tussia built the Chinese Eastern Rail- way, the line in dispute. and in recent years jointly operated it with Japan and Manchukuo. Previously French sympathy with Japan's’ policy in Manchuria went so far, the newspaper L'Information said. that Japan suggested an alliance and offered to collaborate with France in Manchuria. Now the left parties, led by former Premier Herriot, are having their day with a series of recent events tending to cement ties with Russia. Herriot championed this policy. ‘The so-called Hitler threat in Ger- many and rise of nationalism through- out Central Europe gave impetus to the movement. A.P. WAR CORRESPONDENT DIES AT AGE OF 66 Charles Campbell Covered Russo- Japanese Conflict—Escaped in “Mugtown Massacre’” at Manila. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, April 25.—Charles Camp- 66, Associated Press war corre- ident during the Russo-Japanese , died at his Port Townsend home yesterday after a long illness. Starting as a seaman on an old wind- jammer on the Pacificc Campbell was by turn a sugar plantation manager at Hawaii, in the government service at Manila and Associated Press corre- dent at Shanghai during the Rus- -Japanese hostilities After the war he returned to Manila 88 & newspaper writer. While there he jed , Was_one of three white men to escape in the famous “Mugfown massacre,” and again, in search of news, he entered the jungles of the islands to seek out its | the rebel chieftain Duk Duk. Campbell him, obtained found 3 the interview, and nnll!“y.perlumad the chief to return to Until three years ago Campbell was ships news reporter for the Seattle ‘Times. s —_— Bandits Attack Mexican Town. MEXICO CITY, April 25 (A).—A dis- patch from Guadalajara said a bandit tumnd headed by Ramon Aguilar, cap- Prance has an anti-rat campaign, it being estimated that the rodents are | doing $350,000,000 damage & year hi J the country. and sacked the small town of Jacona, Michoacan, attem ing to kill the mayor. He defended self with y e force in & barricaded house and secaped according to Japenese reports, | and tonight launched a general attack | As the committee started work, Rep- resentative Lewis, Democrat, of Mary- land, introduced as a substitute for the 30-hour week bill a measure to require that the available work in each industry be divided equally among the workers in_the industry. It also would provide unemployment, old age, health and life and accident insurance, as well as creating machin- ery to stabilize industry. In line with the plan advanced by Gerard Swope, president of the Gen- eral Electric Co., the hill provides for establishment of a national trade as- sociation for each industry, each to be managed by a board of nine—three employers, three employes and three representatives of the public. The bill not only provides for per- sons now employed, but requires that each industry care for unemployed workers of that particular line whose competence in the craft is approved by ; State workmen's accident commis- on. Levies 1 Per Cent Tax. The bill levies an excise tax of 1 per cent on the gross income Of corpora- tions employing 25 or more persons, with a 99 per cent drawback to those complying with its provisions. Miss Perkins told the committee the 30-hour week represents one way of spreading employment, but it would not solve the problem of increasing pur- chesing power, which she said should be a fundamental objective of the leg- 1slation. “That is why I saw fit to suggest to this committee a minimum wage amendment,” she said. “Y7::on the Black bill passed the Sen- ate. cae saw that it did not contain sufficient flexibility for purposes of ad~ ministration.” To provide flexibility. she su 4 specification that would permit some to work 40 hours a week for 10 weeks, if extraordinary circumstances were shown in open hearings to justify the change. L e BARRY PLANS PLEA OF SELF-DEFENSE Intention Revealed Today as Gov- ernment Rests Slaying Case. Joseph Thomas Barry, 44 yvears old, former Washington and Baltimore in- vestment broker. indicated he would plead self-defense as the Government rested its first-degree murder case against him in District Supreme Court today. Barry is charged with the slaying o‘f lsrl’!tl S:lgel, 26, n]grocery clerk. as result of a quarrel over a woman last December l%. Assistant United States Attorney John J. Sirica today placed Mrs. Es}- tella May Amos, proprietor of a rocme ing house in the 1300 block of Massa- ;:n&se‘ml mi:nue. ugolhe stand as_his cipal witness. th Barry and Mrs. Ruth Goebel, 42. described rgunng the &%l:hbeéng the Wornnn] concerning e two men quarreled, live this rooming house. 5 S ”Mfi}r;?m:l said rtlhat on December 3 came to her house about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. She said he ::lrg‘e back about an hour later and “Well. T just fixed that boy. Some Ppolice will be here looking for me. Tel them to sit down and wait. I'm going out and get something to eat.” Other witnesses told of seeing a man dressed n a gray hat and topcoat run up to & delivery truck in which Seigal was sitting near Eleventh and Kenyon streets and fire a shot into the car They said the man then ran down the street and drove away in a taxicab. :‘oenemof '{’,f" mgssses could identify an the; o u‘l;‘!ruck. y they saw fire into rs. Goebel emphasized yestercas that she had lived with Barry I}ér nearl; 20 years as his wife. The prosecution contends that Barry shot Seigel as the result of attentions the latter is said to h‘é:d p?id wp Mrs. Goebel. ric . Johnson, representi Barry, indicated during his crgss-exnn:li! natlon of Government witnesses, his client would rely on a plea of self- defense. During his cross examination he endeavored to establish that Seigel just before the shooting had reached into the back of the truck for some kind of weapon. It is expected that the defense will close its testimony some time this afternoon so that the case may be given to the jury by Justice Daniel W. O’Donoghue. HEADS FILM ACADEMY J. Theodore Reed, Associate Pro- ducer, Succeeds Conrad Nagel. HOLLYWOOD, April 25 (#).—An as- sociate film producer, J. Theodore Reed, is the new head of the Academy of Mo- tion Picture Arts and Sciences, suc- ceeding Conrad Nagel, actor. Reed, who has been the acad- emy's wage negotiations with studios since Nagel resigned several days ago over differences in policies, was elected president last night by acclamation of the board of directors. Wage disputes were amicably settled when Warner Bros.-First National stu- dios accepted the academy's date for resuming normal pay rolls and yester- day mailed out checks accordingly. PLANE STILL MISSING Search Continued for Air Liner With Seven Aboard. NAPLES, Italy, A 25 (F)—An intensive .em-hl’hy prllllnes u:f ‘ships was continued today ?or & missing air liner which failed to reach Naples Military authorities were unwilling to believe a woman resident of Pisciotta. who said she saw the plane dive in the bay there. A John Van Cleet of Montclatr, N. J, was in India about & month sgo.