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' WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Falr change in temperature; tonight and tomorrow; little light variable winds. Temperatures—Highest, 84, at 3:45 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 65, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages10,11&12 No. 32,585. post _office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. WILEY POST LANDS AT IRKUTSK AHEAD OF FORMER RECORD: ROBOT PILOT FAILS World Girdler Loses Way Twice Between Moscow and Novosibirsk and Lands to Regain Bearings. SHOWS SIGNS OF FATIGUE BEFORE LAST TAKE-OFF Oklahoman to Spend Night Before Hop to Khabarovsk, Hoping to Have Mechanical Helper Re- paired for Long Leg Over Ocean From Eastern Siberia. IRKUTSK, Siberia, July 18 ¢°)—Wiley Post, American round-the-world flyer, landed here at 3:35 p.m., Moscow time, today (7:35 am, E. 8. T.). He planned to take off again at 11 o'clock this evening (3 pm,E. S.T). By the Assoclated Press. NOVOSIBIRSK, Siberia, July 18.—Well ahead of the time he made for a similar distance in 1931, Wiley Post streaked for Irkutsk, Siberia, today, just 2 hours and 35 minutes after finish- ing an 1818-mile flight from Moscow. ‘The doughty American around- the-world flyer swooped down on the Novosibirsk field at 6:27 am. (10:27 p.m., Monday, E. S. T.) and then, tired almost to the point of exhaustion, took off again at 9:02 am. (1:02 am, E. S. T.), with the intention of getting some badly- needed rest at Irkutsk. Loses Bearings Twice. Post was lost twice on the way here from Moscow, and only his sense of direction, his automatic pilot having failed, enabled him to conquer fog and rain and to land safely here. At one time he had to fly at an altitude of 21,000 feet, so bad was the fog. Once he landed in a field—he did not know where. Again he landed near Tartarsk, 250 miles west of Novosibirsk, and once more, by sheer luck, he ad- mitted, he found his direction. He had left the Soviet capital at 5:12 pm. Monday (9:12 am, E. S. T.) and arrived here 13 hours and 15 minutes later, and 66 hours 17 minutes after Jeaving New York. The Oklahoman had planned to fly directly to Khabarovsk, Siberia, his scheduled jumping-off place for the trans-oceanic jaunt, but bad weather, which had dogged him most of the way from the Ural Mountains to Novosibirsk and caused him to land twice before reaching the latter point forced him to decide to spend the night in Irkutsk, rather than try to go on to Khabarovsk. ‘Weather reports given him during the brief pause here told of extremely un- favorable flying conditions all the way to Khabarovsk. 16 Hours 57 Minutes Ahead. He was 16 hours and 57 minutes ahead of the time he and Harold Gatty took for a like distance when he left, ~ (Contt e RUSSIA AND ENGLAND IN NEW TRADE PACT Litvinoff and Simon Negotiate Agreement—Treaty May Cut American Exports. n Page 5, Column 1.) By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 18—With an Anglo- Russian economic warfare ended as & result of negotiations between Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet foreign commissar, and Sir John Simon, British foreign secre- tary, Great Britain is looking forward to a greatly increased export trade with the Soviet Union, officials said today. Steady progress is being made to- wards & new trade pact to supplant the one scrapped at the beginning of the economic _ troubles, ~which —reached dramatic heights with the trial of six British electrical engineers on charges of sabotage and bribery in Moscow. American trade observers point out that factors other than the Litvinoff- Simon dealings here may tend to reduce American trade with Soviet Russia in relation to the expected Anglo-Russian trade ine es. The hes y of American exporters to extend long-term credits to Soviet Russia remains another drawback to Russo-American trade. Russian orders have been steadily decreasing during the Ppast year, and observers say that former purchases of such products as machin- ery are not likely to be revived soon. ] Ex-Justice Dies WALTER 1. McCOY. JUSTICE W, | MDY DIES AT CAMBRIDGE Noted for Kindness to First Offenders, but Severity With Criminals. Former Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy of the District Supreme Court died last night in Cambridge, Mass, according to word received here today. He served as chief justice of the court here for 11 years, retiring in 1929. He was succeeded by the present chief justice, Alfred A. Wheat. The late chief justice, who was 73 years old, had been in poor health for more than a year, but it was not known his condition had become critical. Be- cause of his physical condition, how- ever, it was necessary for him to sign with his mark a petition filed by him- self and his two sons in District Su- preme Court Saturday. Hogan Pays Tribute. High tribute was paid the former chief justice in the following statement sent to The Star by Frank J. Hogan, prominent attorney, who is now in Los Angeles. ‘FWal!e‘r 1. McCoy, former chief justice of our District Supreme Court, who died tonight in Cambridge near his beloved Harvard, was & man of lofty character, an absolutely impartial and utterly fearless judge and a gentlc, affectionate friend. To his untiring efforts, the District owes the remodel- ing of our court house, the classical architecture of which marks it as one of the finest buildings in the Capital.” W. W. Millan, president of the Dis- trict Bar Association, formally notified the court this morning of the death of the late chief justice. He submitted a resolution of sympathy for the bereaved | family which was ordered incorporated in the minutes of the court by Justice Oscar R. Luhring, the only justice sit- ting at the time. The motion for an adjournment as a token of respect for into the minutes. Married Georgia Woman.. ‘The late chief justice was born in Troy, N. Y., December 8, 1859, the son of James and Cornelia Beach McCoy. He attended Princeton University from 1877 to 1879 and then went to Harvard, whence he was graduated in 1882. He later received the degrees of Ll. B. and A. M. from Harvard. At 28 he married Miss Kate Phil- brick Baldwin of Savannah, Ga. Four children of the marriage survive, Percy (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) 2 ICKES TO DISCUSS RECOVERY IN FORUM| Secretary of Interior Will Outline Public Works Program Tonight. ‘The public works program which calls for an expenditure of $3,300,000,000 under the national recovery act will be discussed by Secretary of the Interior !(i::;ls in the National Radio Forum to- night. The Forum, arranged by The Star, will go on a coast-to-coast chain of the Natlonal Broadcasting Co. through :IEC at 9:30 o'clock Eastern standard ime. Secretary Ickes recently was charged with the direction of the gigantic pub- lic works enterprise by President Roose- velt, and his address will complete for the Nation the picture of the aims of the recovery act, the collateral feature, industrial control, having been outlined in the Forum last week by Secretary ?(1 )Sommeroe Roper, under whom that alls. e Furniture Wages Increased. BRISTOL, Va., July 18 (#).—A wage increase of between 10 and 15 per cent, the second since May 16, has been an- nounced for the 800 employes of the Virginia Lincoln Furniture Manufac- turing Co., with plants in Bristol and Marion, Va. The May increase totaled 10 per cent. MATTERN’S JINX HIDES HIM AGAIN AS FLYER IS REPORTED MISSING Watchers Puzzled as Aviator Redisappears “in Top-of- World Country.” By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, July 18.—Jimmie Mat- tern's jinx —the “top - of - the - world country”—hid him again today. Puzzled watchers wondered whether he was again in the air attempting to be the first man to fly around the world alone, still nursing a broken ankle in Siberia or down in the sea of ice lands. Out of the North last night came » sketchy wireless message saying Mat- tern had taken off from Anadyr with & Russian pilot in a Soviet plane. Levanovsky, crack Russian flyer, had | Te: Deen detailed by his government to fly .npuem:’mm-kwum to take Mattern to Nome to continue his_globe-circling flight. ‘The unofficial and unconfirmed report of the take-off said Mattern was ex- pected to land in Nome at 6 p.m. Nome time (9 p.m. Pacific standard time), but there was no further word of the Texas aviator today. His backers and members of the relief group, all equally certain Mattern wanted to continue his flight as soon as ! possible, were left in doubt as to whether he had started or was still grounded in Siberia. Willlam Alex- ander, head of the relief expedition, only a few days ago was advised by the that the Russians were treating prince,” but that he wanted Xan him “like & “action.” Chief Justice McCoy was also written; posal he #p WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1933—THIRTY-TWO PAGES.kxx* EXPERTS SHOULD CONTINUE PARLEY WORK, SAYS HULL Cox and Dr. Feis Suggested as Members to Represent U. S. at London. INDIA AND. SPAIN OFFER OBJECTIONS ON SILVER American Delegates Still Hopeful of Agreements on Tariff Program. LONDON, July 18 (®.—Sen- ator James Couzens of Michi- gan insisted today that inter- governmental debts, including the war debts, be definitely out- lawed from any action on in- debtedness by the World Eco- nomic Conference. y the Associated Press. < LONDON, July 18.—S8till detérmined on international collaboration, which he believes necessary for the future of the nations, Secretary of State Cordell Hull was represented in American quar- ters today as convinced of the neces- sity for some interim activity until the World Economic Conference can be reconvened. The creation of some body of experts and national representatives to carry on committee work while the parley is in recess was suggested in American circles as a means of grappling with various problems until the statesmen can come together again. It was suggested that James M. Cox of Ohio and Dr. Herbert Feis, technical adviser, might remain here to repre- sent the ‘United States in such a group. Hull, chief of thg American delega- tion, was said to believe firmly that “g suitable agency of experts” and na- tional leaders must “go forward with |expectancy spread over Albany today as | rumors flew thick and fast that Lieut. | the work on vital problems still facing the nations.” He probably will sail for home next Thursday. One American authority asserted “the conference has laid the foundations of real work” and “that more has not been accomplished is due to the net- work of terrific conditions which have hamstrung the nations.” India and Spain Object. The Silver Committee, which was slated to convene after a recess of sev- eral days, was unable to reassemble un- til tomorrow, and it was reported that India objected to an export quota for silver which the United States had suggested and that Spain had raised sharp objections to a restrictive agree- ment on its monetary silver. The silver negotiations represzent im- portant holding and producing coun- tries. They had been described as being agreed in principle, although most dele- gations were said to have made agree- ment conditional upon acceptance of certain details by others. Italy is said to be the only one of the European gold countries unwilling to increase its use of silver, while the Dutch have promised to submit a pro- 1 againsi further debasement of existing silver coinage. It was reported in informed confer- ence quarters that a drastic revision of Senator Key Pittman's latest silver agreement draft is necessary before there can be any hope of an accord. The Nevada Senator still remained hopeful, however, of action on his sug- gestion to increase the use of silver. Seek to Save Tariff Truce. American delegates were still ex- changing communications with Wash- ington regarding their plans to make final efforts to save the United States- inspired truce on tariff changes and to seek agreements in principle on a gen- eral price-raising program. The tarift truce, which became ef- fective at the opening of the conference June 12, presented a knotty problem, with some arguments reported among the Americans. Senator James Couzens of Michigan was said to be insistent that America’s hands must not be tied if a tariff in- crease is desirable later because of rises in wages through the industrial recov- ery act. In view of Couzens’ objection to the original draft of a resolution on inter- national indebtedness, in which a refer- ence was made to the necessity for re- moving trade restrictions, the German delegation presented a new draft on which it was hoped agreement would be possible. Earthquake Is Recorded. PASADENA, Calif, July 18 (®—A moderate earthquake about 350 miles distant was recorded by the Carnegie Institution's seismological laboratory here at 12:58 p.m., Pacific standard time, yesterday. The direction was not ascertained. | O'CONNELL BACK, NEIGHBORS THINK Say Home Was Bright With Lights Last Night After Auto Arrived. By the Assoclated Press. ALBANY, N. Y, July 18.—An air of John J. O'Connell, jr., was about to be returned by his kidnapers. Some of the rumors apparently had thefr source | close to the family. The Putnam street neighborhood fur- nished a report which indicated that | the 24-year-old scion of the politically’| powerful O'Connell family actually might have been returned late last night. No newspaper men saw an au- tomobile which neighbors said drove up to the O'Connell house after midnight, but numerous persons declared such a machine arrived and that a few minutes later the O'Connell house was bright with lights and noisy with voices and laughter. Today the house from in front of which the National Guard lieutenant was kidnaped at midnight 11 days ago was as quiet as others in the peaceful vesidential street. Uncles in Cheerful Mood. Ed and Dan O’Connell, uncles of the young lieutenant and heads of the Al- bany Democratic machine, insisted that the kidnapers had n-t been contacted. They were in a cheerful mood, however. It has been generally expected in cir- cles close to the family that the kid- napers, who demanded $250,000 ran- som, would release Lieut. O'Connell only with the understanding that he remain “under cover” at least 24 hours to give the abductors time to escape. Acting on the theory that young O'Connell may have been taken away on a_boat, District Attorney John T. (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) PRICE BOOéT PLANNED Tentative Glove Agreement Calls for Wage Increases. GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y., July 18 (®#).— A tentative agreement whereby glove prices will be boosted 15 per cent, with resultant wage increases, has been reached between the Schedule Commit- tee of the National Association of Glove Manufacturers and the Scale Commit- tee of the Glove Workers’ Union, it was announced today. ‘The amount of -the contemplated wage increase was not disclosed. It will partly replace wage cuts. —_— PLANS RECOVERY TALK Roosevelt to Explain Policies for Governors’ Conference. President Roosevelt plans to give a full exposition of his recovery hopes and policles in an address a week from to- night directed to the Governors’ confer- ence in San Francisco. ANYHOW PROGRAMS EVEN IF WE HAVE ONLY BEER ALLOWANCES ! Post Card Asks Aid For Kidnap Victim; Hoax Seen by Police By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 18 —Some one slipped & post card into the hands of a mail carrier today and the police had another kidnaping mystery or another hoax to in- vestigate. ‘The postman turned the card over to police without any de- scription of the person who gave it to him. The card bore a note in red pencil reading: “I am a prisoner in a car, license No. 240,723, a Buick sedan. The guys are holding me for money. Somebody please notify police. My name is John Waldo from Texas. We will be in front of 461 Milwsukee ave- nue at 11 pm., July 18." On the other side, also in red pencil: D.C. SEWER PROJECT FAVORED BY ICKES | Secretary Seriously Consider- ing Local Improvement Under Public Works. “Please pick me up.” ‘among the public works projects the board “wants to consider seriously” is | & sewage disposal plant for the Dis- trict of Columbia. The District Commissioners had | asked the Public Works Administration to make grants for needed local con- | struction projects, totaling $22,716,500. One of the requests was for $220,500 for extending the District’s outfall sewer to a site for a proposed sewage disposal plant. New Site Acquired. The outfall sewer now empties into the Potomac River just above the United States Naval Magazine prop- erty. The District has acquired a site for the proposed disposal plant at Blue Plains, farther down the river, at Shepherds Landing. If the grant is made in connection with this project, the District could extend the outfall sewer to the plant site, a distance of nearly a mile and a half. Construction of the plant, how- ever, would be left for the future, since tentative estimates have set its cost at somewhere between $7,000,000 and $9,000,000. Plan to Minimise Pollution. District engineer officials have fore- seen that a modern sewage disposal system will be required here to mini- mize pollution of the Potomac. The matter is being studied now by Harold 'W. Baker, director of construction, but as yet, actual plans for the "ghne have not been drawn, although the District already has acquired right of way for the outfall sewer extension to the plant site. Present Low Prices The latest report from one of the statistical bureaus ad- vises stocking up fully on per- sonal and household equipment and supplies at the earliest possible moment, stating that retail prices will surely ad- vance. All manner of things are listed, including food, fur- niture, clothing, household ap- pliances, . automobiles and many other things if needed. Yesterday’s Advertising. (Local Display) The Evening Star . . 2d Newspaper..... 4,855 3d Newspaper..... 4,822 4th Newspaper . 4,329 5th Newspaper. 2,087 Total JI0.000 16,093 The Star, day after day, is the shopping guide in over 100,000 substantial city and suburban homes. MAJ. GEN. CHARLES G. MORTON KILLED BY FIRECRACKER BURN Retired Army Officer, 72, Was Fatally Injured on July 4. Veteran Served in Three Wars—Was West Point Graduate. in mmr,mmmmmnu.mmm ‘was Department in l’leir?giihahg;n 1922 to he was commandant of the Secretary Ickes sald today that| TWO DIXIE STATE VOTING ON REPEAL 175,000 Expected to Cast Ballots in Alabama, 150,000 in Arkansas. By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July 18.—Ala- bara, the State that until recently barred beverages that even looked like beer, wrote its verdict on prohibition in a repeal referendum today. Completed counts of absentee ballots {in three counties and one small ballot | box gave, for repeal 105, against 59. The one small box was in Dalias | County, where all 18 votes cast were for | repeal. In Morgan County the trend | for repeal was 2 to 1, and in Dekalb, a rural mountain county the vote was 4 to 1 against. Sumter voted 21 for and 21 against. Today was the second time in a quar- ter of a century voters have been called upon to act on prohibition. In 1909 constitutional prohibition was rejected, 76271 to 49,093, but rigid dry laws were imposed by the State Legislature. Tabulation of 40 absentee ballots at and 33 < I::’lo'led Zn‘vm Mtnum. N ., leav repeal by a wmf 26 votes. % A vote of 175000 was forecast. A fight over a proposed State income tax and $20,000,000 warrant issue to fund the State deficit shared interest with the repeal question. Cloudy weather, with local showers, was forecast for the day. | ‘The campaign of repealists was waged on the basis of returning State’s rights and support of the national Democratic platform. while anti-repealists argued prohibition was a moral issue upon which no_party platform should be ihlndlng. Both predicted victory. Alabama voted directly for or against repeal, electing delegates to a conven- | tion to be bound by the majority on | the direct test. ARKANSANS GO TO POLLS. Each Side Predicts Victory in Vote on Dry Law Repeal. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 18 (A).— The friends and foes of prohibition in Arkansas, “bone dry” four years before the national law, voted in a referendum on repeal of the eighteenth amendment today. -:vm of less than 150,000 was fore- cast. . It was an off election year and there | has been a heavy decline in poll tax payments, a requisite of voting. Claiming the honor of being the first precinct in the State to report its com- plete vote in the referendum on the | eighteenth amendment, Upper Hill | Township in Prairie County today cast | 44 votes for repeal and 1 against. All | eligible voters in the township had voted by 10:30 a.m. Dry campaigners, many of them church leaders, canvassed the State, raising the moral issue. States’ rights and Democratic party loyalty were pleaded by . Each side pre- dicted victory. In addition to marking ballots for candidates for a convention on repeal, voters had to answer whether they fa- vored or opposed retention of the cighteenth amendment. The result will determine how the convention votes. U. S. WRITER PROMISED PROTECTION IN MALLORCA Bomb Is Exploded at Home of Author of Critical Article During Demonstration. By the Associated Press. PALMA, Mallorca, July 18.—Theodor Pratt, American writer, against whom residents of Mallorca have organized demonstrations because of a critical ar- ticle he wrote about them, has received the promise of the authorities that he will be protected. ‘The nevlga.wr Ultima Hora last Sat- urday republished an article which it sald Pratt wrpte for an American maga- zine and in which Mallorcans were ac- cused of blinding canaries because they believed that made the birds aing better. According to the newspaper's version, the article also said that Mallorca | houses, boarding houses and hotels were lacking in comfort. About 300 persons paraded in front of | Pratt’s house in against the ar- ticle and some one exploded a small bomb. Civil guards dispersed the dem- onstrators. Subsequently Pratt appealed tw the local ’lut.hnflue( for protection. GUIDE FOR READERS Amusements Comis The only evening paper in Washington with the Au?ciu!ed service. Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 114,101 (UP) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. LABOR WILL DEMAND PROBE OF DISMISSALS UNDER SHORTER WEEK President Remains In Rooms to Guard Against Cold Effect By the Assoclated Press. President Roosevelt today heeded words of caution from his physician and remained in his rooms at the White House to assure no {ll effects from a cold which set in after his week end cruise down the Potomac River. Although much improved, the Chief Executive followed the ad- vice of Dr. Ross I. McIntyre of the Naval Hospital and remained away from his office. Dr. McIn- tyre, after visiting the President, declared him to be “all right,” but that another day of would be beneficial. Marvin H. McIntyre, one of the President’s secretaries, said the Chief Executive was running no temperature, nor suffering pain, but thought it best to rest. $40,000,000 ROADS FUND IS APPROVED Huge Construction Program Under Public Works Is 0. K.’d Today. By the Associated Press. The expenditure of $40,000,000 more tration in its job-giving drive. ‘This brought to $166,532,000 the total out of the $400,000,000 road fund al- ready allocated to 24 States; other ap- told today that their schedules are sat- isfactory were Idaho, North Dakota, Maine, West Virginia, Delaware, Louis- iana, Florida, New Hampshire and Montana. At the same time, the Public Works Administration was trying to whittle down a $90,000,000 river and harbor and flood control program on orders from President Roosevelt to eliminate all unworthy projects. Awaits Budget Bureau 3 Allocation of further money for Ped- |eral projects was awaiting a report from’ the Budget Bureau to which was assigned the task of cutting down a $750,000,000 program for Pederal build- ings so as to take out any “pork bar- rel” structures. This is to be acted upon tomorrow by the Cabinet Board in charge of public works. Under the plans for spending road money approved today, all of the States except West Virginia proposed to use 50 cent of their allotmeats on the al ald highway system; 25 per cent cn extensions to the system thre municipalities; 25 per cent on secondary or feeder roads. West Vir- ginia's distribution was 45 per cent, 30 per cent and 25 per vent, respectively. State Allotments, ‘The States, their allotments and the number of counties in which the money will be spent follow: Idaho, $4.486,249 in 35 counties cf the 44; North Dakota, $5,804,448 in all 53 counties; Maine $3,369.917 in all 16 counties; West Virginia, $4,474.324 in (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) PUBLIC GRAZING LAND IS OPENED Secretary Ickes Orders Removal of Fences in Arizona and New Mexico. By the Associated Press. Secretary of the Interior Ickes today reversed the policy of two of his prede- cessors and ordered thousands of acres of public land in Arizona and New Mex- ico, /allegedly fenced in fillegally for many years by large cattle interests, thrown open to public grazing. Under Ickes' order, many miles of fences, which the Interior Department said had been illegally erected, must be torn down. The Department, in announcing the Secretary’s action, pointed out that a law passed in 1885 makes construction and maintenance of such fences a crim- inal offense punishable by fine or im- prisonment, as well as a civil offense. In 1917, the Department said, it was decided to let such fences in Arizona and New Mexico remain on the regre- sentation that it was essential as a war measure because of the shortage of men to herd cattle. Former Secretary Work issued instruc- tions to suspend action against violators of the law on June 3, 1925, and a fur- ther order on November 21, 1927, di- recting that unlawful fences erected subsequent to his previous order should be removed, but that no action be taken against those who had put up and main- tained fences prior to that time. “This permitted those who had vio- lated the law for years to continue to go unpunished and to continue to have ex- clusive use of hundreds of thousands of acres of the public lands,” the depart- ment said 3 on roads in nine States was approved | today by the Public Works Adminis- | portionments will follow. The States | Complaints Report- ed of Favoritism to Non-Union Men. NEW FORCE IS PUT IN DRIVE FOR CODES President Leaves Task on Blanket Agreement to Adyvisers. By the Associated Press. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, said today he planned to demand investigations of any discharges of employes under the shorter- work week in industry. Green said a number of in- stances had been called to his at- tention where workers had lost jobs with application of a shorter week. He told newspaper men this was the opposite intention of industrial codes which are in- tended to spread employment. “I will insist upon nvestigations of such cases coming to my attention,” Green said. Complaints Received. The federation chiet also said & num- | ber of complaints were being received that employers were favoring non-union as opposed to union laber "and that | where discharges were taking place, the union men were going. He said this situation also should be aired thorough- ly before a code is granted any indus- try. | , Meanwhile, the Recovery Adminis- tration put new force into the drive for more agreements by industries to raise wages and cut working hours im- ‘medxalely without waiting for Govern- | ment action on their “codes of fair corspe‘uucm." | arious groups on the verge of sub- | mitting these codes, the loxg:I agree- | ments for self-government of indi under Federal supervision, were pushed to act quickly. that Hugh 8. his | There was evidence :?dhnson the kld‘n'n.l'll.fl.r'nmr, and les were seeking prelimin | raising agreements in retail -lgum | ticularly, so as to get some of the ifi- | mediate benefits of the recovery move- | ment to store and office workers as well as factory employes. Blanket Code Before Coumell. A general call to all business and in. dustry to join the movement also was being worked out, but before acted upon it was to be discussed fully by the President's Rocovery Council, the group of directors for the Government’s f:e:u "i“&"”%?m""‘""""" which at the te House in place of ually complete were plans to throw behind such a general call & campaign to stir public opinion by Liberty bond drive methods. The re- sult said to be hoped for is that e would do their trading with firms = ingso il?d x‘é‘:d recmertv1 movement. opposition amq J labor advisers showed 1&?‘%”.3: company union provisions of the steel industry’s code, which is to be taken u‘flpt liln ;;:cnxzxg: posslbuiy within a week, ations ting stron; meil‘iim“m“:d r;kg?imhw i nson sal e has approved noth! in advance of henrlng‘:pon the & code, but the labor men regard the company union plan as definitely nul- lifying the provisions of the industrial control law giving employes the right to unionize any way they wish without interference from mill management. Green has criticized the labor pro- visions proposed by the steel industry for containing open shop language. Somewhat similar language has been approved tentatively by coal operators. Prohibits “Coercion.” The section of the men's wear known as the National Recovery "A:a‘;-p ciation of Clothing Manufacturers has recommended in its code a language to prohibit “coercion” of open shop em- mg;; by ugm agents. ey an, president of ]Amalgamned Clothing Workel"a mo; | America, who collaborated in the prepa- | ration of a code by the Clothing Manu- facturers’ Association, another men's Wwear group, said today “we'll look into™ the recovery association’s labor plan. The recovery administration wag swamped today with inquiries for in- terpretation of the changed labor con- ditions in the cotton textile code which went into effect yesterday. President Roosevelt originally re- quired that every worker receiving more than the old minimum be given a raise proportionate to that of the bottom men when they were lifted to $12 and $13. Change Is Obiained. The industry, however, inted this would give unbalanced l?;lulls llnuo': the old minimums ranged from $6 to $10 or even $11 in different mills, and that there was a great spread between various plants in the proportion of em- ployes at minimum levels. It obtained from the President a change Rroviding that no worker be paid less on' the, 40- hour schedule than he received for- merly, but that increases for all levels be worked out by the industry itself. Administrators said this was inter- preted not to require that be given a proportionate 5 application is left to the mills selves under supervision of the indus- try’s Steering Committee, which will (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) CAUGHT IN WHIRLPOOL RAPIDS, YOUTH SWIMS NIAGARA RIVER First to Accomplish Dangerous Feat—Drawn 50 Feet Under Water at Times. By the Associated Press. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., July 18— Carried into the whirlpool rapids in the lower Niagara River last evening while attempting to swim to the Ca- nadian shore, William Kondrat, 18, of Chatham, N. J., swam the entire length of the rapids and through the whirlpool to safety, and in doing so accomplished | tinued 8 feat that has never been duplicated and which has cost the lives of several tered the river above the rapids swim without knowledge of the gerous and powerful currents and in the Niagara and was and swept into the before had knowledge of his A In_describi his experien Kondrat, a powerful swimmer, believed himself doomed, until he 1 14 i ek