Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1934, Page 2

JOHNSON T0 SEEK PEACEATCHCACD Stockyards Still Paralyzed by Walkout of Midwest Handlers. | | | | | (Continued Prom Pirst Page) | eontrol them will be submitted to ar- bitration along with demands for i creased wages. shorter hours and im- proved working conditions | The strike reached its climex here | with the launching of a general strike July 16 after blood had been spilled in riots July 3 and 5 snd National | Guardsmen had been ordered into the city by Gov. Prank F. Merriam | Other ma warkers joined the strike within a week after the long- | shoremen went out, and from then on maritime commerce on the Coast has been in & virtual state of paralysis although the Los Angeles port was kept open on an abridged scale STRIKE IN DEADLOCK. Olson Permits Moving of Minneapolis Food | MINNEAPOLIS fron grasp of m truck drivers’ strike was to permit the transportation of a new | group of commodities, chief of which | were dalry produc! | As National ard officers tinued the gradual opening of frozen | arteries of commerce, settlement of | the strike appeared no nearer, with | Gov. Floyd Olson firm in his refusal to withdraw the troops | Guardsmen continued to patrol | downtown streets, prohibiting parking of automobiles and permitting only certain goods to be moved I‘ Their newly constructed stockade to house prisoners arrested for viola- tion of the restrictions got its first | use Sunday when seven persons were | taken into custody. All were released | later | PFresh meats became a scarcity in many butcher shops and stocks in | some grocery stores were reported | nearing depletion. Large quantities of food piled up in. warehouses, there | to remain until some action is taken to permit their removal. TUGMI END WALKOUT, Great Lakes Labor Votes to Abandon Strike. BUFFALO, N. Y, July 20 () —In a felegram to Great Lakes locals last night, Joseph J. Noonan of Chicago, grand president of the Licensed Tug- men's Protective Association, ordered dredge and harbor tugmen, who have been on strike since June 1, to return to their boats Tuesday The strike has kept between 5,000 and 6,000 men idle for two months. The executive order followed votes by Buffalo and other locals to abandon the strike. SEEK PEACE AT KOHLER. Federal Mediators Open Drive to Set- tle Strike. KOHLER, Wis., July 30 (#)—Peace makers drove today for a settlement | of the strike at the Kohler plumbing manufacturing plant. While 600 National Guardsmen, sent here after Friday night's rioting, performed police duties, four media- tors of the Regional Labor Board looked for means of bringing about peace. A fifth arbiter may be sent from Washington. Anton Brotz, president of Kohler Village, charged Friday night's strike rioting had followed an organized | program and that pickets participated in the shooting. Brotz said the crowd was out of control and threatening the village. The order to fire was given, he said, to drive the rioters from the village and protect the lives of women and children. He said a police car had been wrecked, that of the county probation officer had been stoned and an as- sault on the company’s general office building, where girl telephone opera- tors were working, appeared to be imminent. U’ TURNS BANNED ON CONST|TUTIONE e | | Rule teenth and Twenty-third to Avoid Accidents. Capt. P. J. Carroll of the United States Park Police today announced that because of danger to pedestrians and the likelihood of traffic accidents U turns on Constitution avenue, be- tween Seventeenth and Twenty-third streets, will be barred henceforth All signs have not yet been erected, | said the captain. Today park police- | men were passing out traffic tickets | for violations of the U-turn rule. Capt. Carroll said, however, that those getting tickets were permitted to go with a warning. Taxicabs, particular- | ly. said the captain, are offenders, and many narrow escapes from bad | accidents have arisen. With Consti- | tution avenue improved, from the | Senate Office Building to the river, many strangers use thoroughfare, he sa.d, and the turning taxicabs en- danger the visitors After a couple of days grace, the captain warned, the will be clamped down rigorol affects particularly those having busi the Navy and M v in Effect Between Seven- | HENRY FORD, 71, TODAY, CELEBRATES QUIETLY Auto Magnate and W cation Trip on Va- in Lake Superior Regi By the Associated Press BIG BAY, Mich vears old t v 30 —Henry He and which has feat they were ma The Ford's 7 years in and labora! Mrs. Ford are vacatio cluded Huron Mour Superior, 19 miles from Big Bay VAN LOAN RITES HELD D. C. Resident 50 Years Wil Buried in Catsk Funeral services Van Loan, 82, of held this afterncon chapel. Mrs. Van Loan was a dent of Washington about years. She was the wife of W. W. Van Loan : ploye, and mother of Mrs. W Whipple, with whom she lived W.S. Van Loan of Buffalo, N. Y Rurial will be in Catskill, N. Y, street, were Gawler’s | | Republicans generally believed by those familiar | | suggestive of junket | ruptey. | What's What | Behind News In Capital G. O. P. Forced Pro- vision for Hearings in Tariff Bill. EARINGS granted to domestic Interests, in connection with the foreign trade agreem s with forei ntries nego- tiated by the State Depart- ment, have turned out to be just what was expected by the discerning. When the bill. g ng the President power to negotiate agreements Involving changes in tariff rates, was first drafted and introduced, it contained no provision to give those industries affected by the agreements a chance | to be heard. The Republicans ralsed & big outcry over this and insisted they would not permi 1 to pass would filibuster agains neces- sary, unless the bill was amended so as to Include hearings TRATE Comis e Democratic leadership hearkened to the plea, or threat, and obligingly adopted the feature demanded by the But it was nevertheless with such things that the hearings would not amount to anything and that they were just a sop thrown to the high tariff people. The first hearings under the new act are now being held by the Tariff Commission on the Cuban commer- cial treaty, and the proceedings seem to justify the predictions as to their value. What the Cuban treaty con- | tains has never been disclosed to Cor.- gress or the public, and neither Thomas W. Page, vice chairman of the commission presiding at the hear- ings, nor any other Government offi- cial will tell witnesses what its pro- visions are This puts prospective witnesses wholly in the dark because they do not know whether their busi- ness is affected or not. A Connecticut tobacco grower came before the commission and wanted to find out if his product was aflected by the terms of the agreement, but Mr. Page told him he could not give him the informa- tion. Thereupon, the Connecticut Yankee thought he had better be on the safe side and protest any- how. Other witnesses have fol- lowed his lead and have testified as if their products were not only going to be affected but affected adversely. Witnesses must tell their own stories because they are not permitted to have attorneys argue their cases for them, The hearings are nominally public, but that does not mean you can walk right in without any for- malities. No one is allowed to enter unless he fills in a slip of paper giving his name, whom and what he rep- resents, and the reason he wishes to testify or be present. Those who imagined there would be a repetition of the old tariff hearings. where wit~ nesses appesred with a battery of legal counsel, filed immense briefs, had rolls of charts, exhibited their wares and made stump speeches to the com- mittees, find the new methods strange and disappointing. Senate Centinues Probes. Despite adjournment, a consider- able number of members of Congress could still be occupying themselves with public affairs in ways already marked out for them. Twelve Senate investigations authorized by the Seventy-third Congress were con- tinued into the Seventy-fourth, and 11 House investigations are still alive. With the usual membership of five on each committee, these 23 investiga- tions, if all were active, would require the attention of 115 legislators. Most of them, however, have suspended op- erations for the Summer and some are doing the work preliminary to starting up in the Fall. One of the latter sort is the svecial | committee to investigate the rauni- tions . industry, which is headed by Senator Nye of North Dakota. Scores of investigators for this committee are at work gathering material for the opening sessions of the committee later in the year. Perhaps a half dozen or so of all the committees are carrying on by holding hearings during the Summer Certain ones in the list don’t look so awfully serious and give off an odor The burdens of the Senate committee investigating “conservation of wild life” would ap- pear to be not Very depressing, nor would the “committee to visit the Philippine Islands” find the work ex- hausting unless the members were | poor sailors But, when they all get to work and begin digging into the subjects of ocily crime and criminal practices, bank- campaign expenditures and it 1 t be long before begins to flow even ti the t. ag Husband Called Here. Recently, W. W. Husband, who had been for a long time Assistant Secre- tary of Labor, specializing in immi- resigned his post and est from But v dertal relatic e some special work abroad in n to immi N. R. A. to beco co-ordinater in is being President ef, the N. R. A his York law firm, nber of the legal and, within a year, rose to me assistant administrator for and chief of the legal Taill, gmiable and hard- g, he is regarded as one of the bright stars in the new deal's legal firmament Just | THE EVENING NAZI RAID FALS TOTAKE EX-ENVOY Hospital Stormed to Cap- ture Rintelen, Formerly Declared Suicide. Nazis | VIENNA, Ju 30 —Forty { early today raided the General Hos- | pital in an unsuccessful effort to ab- | duct Dr. Anton Rintelen, former Aus- | trian Minister Rome, who was found be g there wounded, despite the original report last Thursday that he had committed suicide. ! Rintelen, known to have pro-Naz seriously |leanings, was apnounced as ‘“new | chancellor” by the Nazis when they | assassinated Chancellor Dollfuss last Wednesday. Rintelen was immedi- ately arrested and tae announcement was given out that he had shot him- | self, fatally, in jail Police Prevent Capture. Today, when the raiding party en- tered the hospital, a nurse notified the | police, who arrived in time to capture | several of the raiders. The rest es- caped Because of the extraordinary meas- ures of defense against a ‘hreatened | Nazi putsch taken throughout the { city, last night, the generasl hospital temporarily was left without its strong guard while police and Heimwehr members were concentrated around | such strategic public buildings as the war ministry and police headquarters. Restoration rumors flared through the city again today with the arrival | of unverified reports from Lacenburg, | near Vienna, that the Hapsburg Sum- ;mer palace was being renovated prior | to its reoccupation. It is to be recalled | that the late Emperor Charles and | the Empress Zita. mother of the Arch- | duke Otto, spent some time there after the revolution of 1918. Former Marshal Under Arrest. A World War field marshal was placed under arrest for Naz activity. He is Karl Bardolff, one-time chief of the military cabinet of the Grand Duke Franz Ferdinand. Usually, when the possibility of a Nazi-controlled Austrian cabinet has been discussed. the name of Bardolff has cropped up as the possible minister of war. . GERMANY HAILED FALL OF DOLLFUSS, LONDON REPORTS (Continued From First Page) | | | panic of any kind. As far as I can | see, there s no risk in the immediate | future of peace being broken. _ “It might well b -that-peace will not be broken and there are a great ! many people in Europe who will do all they can to see to it that it is not broken.” Declaring “the question of im- perial defense and disarmament had occupled the minds of the govern- ment and the House of Commons ttself for many years,” Baldwin con- tinued “In the Saar, in Memel and in Danzig there have been disturbing events, and the recent and most tragic incidents in Germany itself, and, last of all, In Austria, which showed there was a spirit abroad in parts of Europe which, if it could not be curbed, might some day make the task on which their thoughts centered impossible of achievement. Future Uncertain, | “It was in circumstances such as | these that we have seen in the major- |ity the nations who are working on this question of disarmament—whether | actively at Geneva or with sympathy, as in the case of the United States, | which is not a member of the League | of Nations—within the last year or |two rather move toward increasing their armaments than decreasing them | “The future is uncertain." | Earlier Sir John Simon, British | foreign secretary, informed the House |of Commons that Great Britain has | no present intention of intervening to preserve Austrian independence Replying to a question by Godfrey | Nicholson, M, P., as to what steps the government is taking to preserve Austrian integrity, Sir John said: “His majesty's government is con- tinuing to watch the situation care- fully, but no action on its part is called for or is in contemplation.” Declines Protest Question. ‘The foreign secretary, however, de- clined to answer Nicholson's question as to whether Great Britain “has made a direct protest to the German government, expressing its disappro- bation” of alleged interference in Aus- | trian internal affairs. “Having regard to the grave sense of responsibility attaching to any one putting or answering the question,” 5imon replied, “I should prefer that the honorable member put that ques- tion ‘on the paper.’” ! This procedure, of asking that a | | question be proposed in advance, is | | often followed by cabinet ministers at question time in the House of Com- |mons in replying to spontaneous | questions which have not appeared on | | the day's formal order papers. ) “ Pressed by members as to whether | {the Austrian events were “being in- spired by or from Germany" Sir John outlined circumstances sur- rounding the placing of documents by the Austrian government in the hands of the British government last Feb- | Tuary ; | \ New Revolt Feared. Asked by Frederick Seymour Cocks, | M. P. as to whether he “would take | teps in conjunction with other gov- rnments to warn the German gov- | ernment that those outrages must cease,” Sir John said “The Government's view is well | known and what I have said bears it | out.” Meanwhile the possibility of a new | revolt in Austria if the coalition gov- | ernment formed under Chancellor Schuschnigg fails to demonstratrate | quickly its ability to stamp out the | continued guerrila warfare, was stat- | ed authoritatively to be feared by the | British government MAN DIES IN FALL Believed to Have Been Employed | by Federal Relief Unit. | A man believed to be Willilam M. McGrsth, 43, an employe of the Fed- | acceptable to Italy | Felix Dunkel, B and | His name figures prominently in!eral Relief Emergency Administra- those whispered speculati tion, was killed this morning in a fall the new commission from a truck in the 100 biock of M eventually take over both the N. R. A. | street northeast and the Federal Trade Commission.” McGrath was pronounced dead on There are no plans vet for such & | arrival st Casualty Hospital He was commission, but when, as, and if such | said to have lived at Eckington place & board is created. “Blackie” Smith is |and Q street northeast. Police expected to land there. learned he was a native of Rocking- (Copyright, 1834, by Paul Mallon.) ham County, Va. J ' 3 STAR, New Chancellor 4| I DR. KURT SCHUSCHNIGG. —A. P. Photo. PEACE IS SETTLING OVER AUSTRIA AS NEW CABINET FORMS (Continued Prom Pirst Page) ernment troops to guard public build- ings last night left the public appre- hensive. The general police station was turned into a fortress, and barbed | wire entanglements were placed around the chancellory. Police Official Killed. preparations followed the police official when he jumped or was thrown from the fourth-story of police headquarters. He had been accused of participating in the Nazi putsch last Wednesday when the chancellary was seized and Dollfuss was killed. An Associated Press correspondent who gained entrance to the police station after having been turned back once by a soldier with a bayonet was told by Dr. Skubl, chief of the police press bureau “Reports come to us that the Nazis are planning an attack, perhaps this attack never will materialize. But we cannot allow ourselves to be caught napping. We have taken precau- tions, that's all.” Isolated Skirmishes. Only isolated skirmishes in the provinces over the week end were re- ported. Several power stations were dynamited. Unofficial estimates placed casualties in the revolution at 4,000. A reassuring aspect to the new gov- ernment was the retention of Fey and his return to his old position of min- ister of the interior. Since the Doll- fuss murder there have been whispers of a lack of confidence in Fey as a re- sult of the role the putschists forced upon him. Fey was forced to the bal- cony and gave orders that the chan- cellory, held by Nazis, should not be These death of a attacked, He also promised the Nazis safe passage to Germany. Since Fey has strength in the Heim- wehr and regular army, any action against him might have caused trouble Although the Heimwehr was dis- appointed at Prince von Starhem- berg’s abandonment of & position where he might have secured com- plete power for the Fascist body, their men are expected to maintain disci- pline. The new cabinet is almost identical to the old one. Other Cabinet Members. Other members are: * ¢ Berger Waldemegg (former minis- ter of justice), minister of foreign affairs. Marchessa Neustadter - Strumer, minister of social welfare. Dr. Karl Buresch, minister of finance. Friedrich Stockinger, commerce. Schuschnigg was acting chancellor for a few hours following Dollfuss’ death, but yelded to Von Starhem- berg, who commanded the Heimwehr and army forces in the mop-up drive against Nazis. Reports which caused alarm were circulated here, including one that Yugoslavian and Italian troops might meet on Austrian soil Some observers interpreted the fresh precautions to guard govern- ment buildings as an indication the situation is considered more alarm- ing than ever Confusion between Heimwehr men and government troops has led to at least twn skirmishes between them. An exchznge of machine-gun fire be- tween these two pro-government forces at Graz Saturday night cost three lives; Another burst of firing in a Graz suburb which lasted more than an hour also was due to misunderstand- ing. The Heimwehr men opened fire on a group of troops sent in to relieve them Dr. Schuschnigg is a strong Catholic and a determined anti-Nazi. He was minister of justice in the Dollfuss cab- inet He is the son of a general and won decorations for bravery during the World War He organized and led the Catholic storm troops. A lawyer, he was elected to Parliament in 1927— his first appearance in national poli- tics. minister of MONARCHISTS ACTIVE. Movement to Restore Archduke Otto Gaining Strength, LUCERNE, Switzerland, ) —Austr July 30 un and Hungarian mon- archists are reported to be drafting a plan to pull a throne for Archduke Otto out of the troubled politics of | Vienna Supporters of the Hapsburg arch- | duke, unconfirmed reports said today. met secretly over the week end at Vitznau to form a plan for restoration France, England and the little entente. Secret agents of foreign powers, these sources said, were called into the conference. Col. Randa of the Austrian army, Austrian monarchist, and Count Hojos, a Hungarian, and intimate friend of Otto, are said to the movement t object is to secure the Premier Mussolini of Count Czerny, attached (o the household of Otto. pretender to the Austrian throne, in Belgium refused to confirm or deny reports the arch- duke had received numerous visitors lately. “I am not allowed either to deny or confirm this or any other reports,” he said, “as I have received strict orders against giving out any infor- mation whatsoev Library Meeting at McLean. MCLEAN, Va. July 30 (Special).— The Junior Library Association will hold a business meeting in the com- munity library tomorrow afternoon at 2:30, and on the following afternoon at the same hour the weekly Summer story-telling hour for children will be held in the library. (4 GERMAN PAERS AT TALIN PRESS |Charge Opposition to Aus- trian Acceptance of Von Papen as Envoy. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, July 30 —The German newspapers charged the Italian press today with “working against” Austrian acceptance of the appointment of Franz von Papen as special envoy to Austria. Is this an aid to European peace?” asked the Montagspost, which, with the Dermontag. condemned the Ital- ian press as untruthful and misin- formed a front-page editorial entitled | “A Word Against the Lying Campaign of Italian Newspapers,” the Dermon- tag declared Germany's peace gestures are being studiously ignored. ‘Why,” sald an editorial referring to Italian newspapers, “do not they say exactly what they mean. Namely, that Austria shall be oriented to the south and never to the north. “Land, air and military forces along Austrian borders indicate clearly Italy’s intention and guarantee that any attack on Austria’s independence will be met with the direct interfer- ence of Italy.” he Montagspost charged sections { of the Italian. French and English press with “accusations that may have political consequences.” The German government, it said, is solidly in ac- cord with Rome, Paris and London in condemnation of the murder of Chan- cellor Dollfuss. DOUBT EXPRESSED. VIENNA, July 30 (#)—Doubt was expressed in informed quarters today that the new Austrian cabinet would accept Franz von Papen, German vice chancellor, as Minister to Austria. Chancellor Hitler of Germany has appointed Von Papen in an effort to smooth over the troubled Austro-Ger- man reations, but it was pointed out that the acceptance of Hitler's envoy must receive the unanimous vote of the Austrian cabinet. A single vote of opposition, by any cabinet minister, could make the vice chancellor persona non grata as Min- ister to Austria. A suggestion was heard that Von Papen might be ac- cepted with certain conditions, one of which, it was said, might be a de- mand for the dissolution of the Aus- trian Nazi Legion in Bavaria. PLANS COMPLETE FOR REFERENDUM !Ligquor Election in Takoma Will Be Conducted on September 5. Final details on plans for holding a referendum on the liquor question. in Takoma, D. C. September 5, were settled today at a conference in the office of Corporation Counsel E. Bar- rett Prettyman. George E. Sullivan represented the' drys #t the conference and D.--D. Lamond the wets, They agreed the Takoma area should be split into four precincts, with about 800 potential voters to & precinct. Voting places are to be established in the Takoma Branch Library, the Takoma School, the Ta- koma recreation center house and probably the Takoma Baptist Church. All persons 21 years of age or over who reside in Takoma within the boundaries of the Citizens’ Associa- tion of Takoma, D. C, will be lowed to vote, The ballot decided upon was in somewhat different form to that pre- viously announced. It will consist of a sheet of paper divided by line down the middle. On the left will be space for & cross mark for those who wish to keep the area bone dry. On the right will be a similar space for those who wish some form of license, and below there will be spaces on which the voter can indicate his preference as to whether he wants licensey al- lowed for on-sale beer, off-sale beer, ?nAmle liquor, off-sale liquor, or all our. Others who attended the conference this morning, besides Prettyman, Sul- livan and Lamond, were James J. Collifiower, president of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Associa- tion; James G. Yaden, president of the Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions; Will H. Carlton, first vice presi- " of the Citizens’ Association of ‘Takoma, D. C., and Jesse C. Suter, a member of the association. George W. Offutt, chairman of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, and Capt. Hugh P. Oram, who will serve on the board of elections, were present, AUSTRIAN SITUATION IS DECLARED ACUTE BY DIPLOMATS HERE (Continued From First Page) is not being prompted by the Austrian government itself, but by Austria’s mentors—Great Britain, France and Italy. Von Papen is not an ordinary diplo- | mat: he is the third high ranking man | in the Reich, and the refusal to admit him as Minister to Vienna is bound to be considered by the entire German nation as & slur at Germany. This insult will not be considered as com- ing from the little Austrian republic, but from Britain, Italy and especially from France. What the effect will be on Ger- many nobody can say. In certain diplomatic quarters it is said the Germans are going to swallow their pride and say nothing more about it, because they do not want to create a European war while they are not sufficiently prepared for one. | Other quarters take a more serious | view, saying Hitler will be forced by public opinion to react. And the only way to retaliate to this insult woud be for the German government to wash its hands of the Austrian troubles and shut its eyes when the 15,000 or 20,000 Austrian Nazis who are residing at present in Bavaria want to cross the borders to come to the rescue of their comrades in their fight against the Austrian Republic Such an action on Hitler's part is conceivable and would have far- reaching consequences, Beyond doubt the European powers will immediately denounce Germany as disturbing Eu- rope’s peace and it is possible that an ultimatum will be sent to her, de- manding vigorous measures, possibly an international control ati her Ba- varian frontier to prevent Nazi infil- tration into Austria, ’ WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JULY 30, 1934, Controlled Balloon’s Drop This is the novel gas valve, which aided him and his fellow st: descent of their ripped balloon Sat; loon might have disintegrated wit experts say invented by Capt. Albert Stevens, ratosphere explorers to regulate the urday. But for this device the bal- hin a short time of the first tear, Instead of the rope heretofore used to open and close the valve, placed in the very top of the bag Capt. Stevens used a special com- pressed gas controller, connected with the gondola by a long rubber tube. N.R. A MARKS TIME N EAGLE SEIZURES Definite Orders From John- son Fail to Bring Action in Two Cases. In spite of “definite orders” from Gen. Hugh 8. Johnson, the N. R. A. today apparently marked time in the Blue Eagle controversies involving the Harriman Hosiery Mills of Harriman, Tenn., and L. Greif & Bro., Baltimore clothing firm. Gen. Johnson's telegraphic orders Saturday were followed by long-dis- tance telephone conversations yester- day and a series of conferences at N. R. A. headquarters today among the men in charge during the ad- ministrator’s absence, Although Johnson's orders appar- ently were pointed, it was explained that there were no new developments in either case today and that new de- cisions will have to be made before N. R. A's next step toward taking away the insignia of the two com- panies involved. Word Awaited in Strike. Likewise, in the Chicago stock yards strike Armen W. Riley, division ad- ministrator, continued to await word from Labor Department mediators be- fore advising Gen. Johnson of his de- cision to impose a stock yards code. Johnson instructed him to take such action “if nect In typical Johnson manner the ad- ministrator telegraphed three “definite orders” to his assistants here. They were to snatch the Harriman Blue Eagle again unless the firm will “tak - 50 strikers back immedfately and agree to collective bargaining”; to take the Greif company Blue Eagle unless the company agrees to “comply with our instructions,” and to ask the Chicago strikers to feed and water the stock and promise them that a code would be imposed on packers if necessary, Officials here regarded next steps in the Harriman case as b; order. Firm Lacks Notice. Harriman representatives said here today they had received no notice that N:R. A. has decided to remove their Blue Eagle the second time, Two mill officials were in the Capi- tal—T. Asbury Wright, vice president and general counsel, and M. W. ‘Walker, secretary, who signed the agreement which restored the eagle 10_days ago. Wright said he was in the city on personal business and knew nothing of the situation except “what I have seen in the papers.” Walker conferred briefly with A. R. Glancy, N. R. A. division administra- tor, who signed the settlement, but the subject of the discussion could not be learned immediately. ROAD WAGES HIT. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga, July 30.—Con- demning Gov. Talmadgs and the State Highway Board for “a brutal and inexcusable effort to reduce Georgia laborers and their families to & condition of virtual peonage,” the Executive Board of the Georgia Federation of Labor today appealed to “fair-minded citizens of Georgia” to help save labor from being forced to the verge of starvation.” In a resolution the Federation Board charged the Highway Board has refused to fix wage scales and hours of labor on State projects sim- ilar to the Federal code provisions. The resolution cited the more re- cent action of the Highway board in requiring contractors on State projects to obtain labor at wages not higher than the rate prevailing in the communities in which the work is done, and said this requirement in some rural sections would force men to work for as low as 5 cents an hour COMMISSION HALTS TWO STOCK ISSUES By the Associated Press. The Trade Commission announced today it had issued stop orders against | proposed security issues of two West- ern gold mining companies and had referred papers on one of them to the Department of Justice for possible criminal action. The orders were issued against the | Abba Gold Mining Corporation of Carson City, Nev., and Los Angeles, and the Cariboo King Gold, Inc., of Seattle Papers were referred to the De- partment of Justice in connection with | the Abba Corporation. The commission charged both com- panies either made untrue statements or omitted material facts. In the Abba case the commission charged that “deliberate” misstate- ments were made, hence the refer- ence for possible criminal action. The commission's memorandum on this case said the company placed the total cost of the mining claims at $2,550,000 in cash securities and notes amd 1,000,000 shares of capital stock. Later the commission said, the person posedly receiving this sum testified received no more than $10,000, L] ; Py AMERICANS TAKE DAVIS CUP MATCH Lott and Stoefen Capture Doubles to Give U. S. Forlorn Hope. By the Associated Press. WIMBLEDON, England, July 30— George M. Lott, jr., and Lester Stoefen, as expected, today defeated Harold G. N. Lee and George Patrick Hughes in the doubles encounter of the Davis Cup challenge round, 7—5, 6—0, 4—6, | official home until their return. EXECUTIVE STAFF COMPLETES MOVE Mansion to Be Utilized as Offices During Re- modeling. (Continued From First Page.) In the meaniime the large executive staff will have settled down and become accustomed to the strange surrounde ings. It was the opinion of all who in- | spected the temporary offices in the White House today that those in charge of arranging the layout did a remarkable job. There was consid- erable doubt at first about the White House being of sufficient size or ar- rangement to accommodate the Presi- dent's working staff. But by skillfully utilizing every available space in the basement and first floors of the man« sion, the office force has been taken care of in & manner in which the President’s new deal administration is being carried on, with its customary efficlency. Miss Air Cooling. Of course, some of the employes are crowded and others are assigned to desks in hallways where the light and ventilation is not so good, but, taking it all in all, the scheme is expected to work out remarkably well for the four-month period of reconstructing the office building. Naturally, the employes miss the air-cooling system which made the Summer days in the old executive offices really a pleasure, but electric fans have been installed, all of which, in addition to the thick walls of the mansion itself, make working conditions fairly comfortable, Callers will enter the White House by the main doorway facing Pennsyl- vania avenue. Upon entering the lobby they will find a set-up somewhat similar to that of the old executive office. A few steps inside the lobby is located the long table in front of which stand Capt. C. L. Dalrymple, in charge of the White House police, and Lieut. Ernest Seamon, his as- sistant, whose duty it is to ask the business of all who enter unless they happen to know them personally or recognize them, which is generally the case. Immediately to the right of the lobby is the office occupied by Ray- mond Muir, who succeeded the late 9—7, to give the United States a fighting chance against Great Britain in the five-match series, Their victory in the third encounter sent the decision to the final two singles matches tomorrow between Sidney B. Wood, jr., and Henry Wil- fred (Bunny) Austin and Frank X. Shields and Pred Perry. Perry defeated Wood in a bristling five-set encounter Saturday in the opening singles, and Austin humbled Shields in straight sets. Lott and Stoefen received unexpect- ed opposition from the makeshift Eng- lish team, Lee having been substituted for Perry at the last minute to seve the latter for singles duty. It looked like the match was all over as Lott overcame Stoefen's un; certain play to win the first set, 7—5, and the second at love, but the Britons: rallied there to play brilliant tennis, the substitute Lee outdoing himself in the torrid forecourt exchanges, and the third at 6-—4. With ‘the pressure on, Stoefen ral- lied his resources to stand like a Rock of Gibraltar against the British on- slaught and it was the veteran Lott who esred at critical times to send the match into deuce. He was of little use in the last two vital games, failing to return Hughes™ service no less than four -times, but the big blond from California more than made up for his partner's lapses. A crowd of 7,000 saw the match under sunny skies. Lott opened the firing by taking his service, but Lee and Hughes showed unexpected strength as they broke Stoefen’s, service in the third game, the big Californian contributing the winning points with wild returns. The Ainerican immediately retall- ated by breaking Hughes’ service and the games went to 3-all as Lott and Lee both held their service easily. Stoefen appeared to have trouble in settling down to business as the game went to 4-all, almost losing his service. He dropped the first two points then served two aces to help pull the game out of the fire. Lee Plays Strongly. Lee continued to play great tennis as he and Hughes forced the sei to deuce, but Lester held his next service from 15 and he and Lott then allowed the Britons only one point on Hughes’ service to take the first set, 7—5. It looked like the Britons had shot their bolt as Lott easily ran through the second set, 6—0. Just when it looked like it was all over,in the third set the Britons hit a stubborn streak to break Stoefen and pull up to 3-all. Both Lee and Hughes were charging the net to volley bril- liantly. The count went to 4-4 as Lee served a love game. ‘Whanging Stoefen’s hardest serves back with interest, Lee and Hughes broke through Lester from 30 and Hughes then held his service in a long, deuced game to take the third set, 6—4. ‘The American pair showed they in- tended to finish the job quickly as they jumped to a 2—0 lead, opening the fourth set by breaking Lee, but the Britons came right back to take Stoefen's service for the third straight time. Lester and George retaliated by breaking Hughes' service, but George then failed to hold his in a long, deuced encounter and Lee braced to serve a love game to make the count 3-all. Americans Ragged. Both Lott and Stoefen played rag- | gedly at this stage. The games went to 4-all, but Lott then proved his fighting qualities by banging over a love service, including two aces. They could not break Lee through and the count ran to 5-all. The crowd finally saw some real doubles fireworks as all four players started piling into the net for sensa- tional volleying duels and the game call went to 6-all. Lott failed to hold his service in | Ike Hoover as chief usher of the White House, and his staff, who looks after the welfare of the White House itself, but whose duties entail no re- lationship to the temporary office. A few steps beyond the tahie of Capt. Dalrymple is a desk occupled by Patrick E. McKerma, the chief usher of the President’s office. It 18 to this familiar and popular White House attache that callers present themselves after being admitted by Capt. Dalrymple. It is Mr. Me- Kenna's duty to make known the presence of the many callers to Sec- retary McIntyre. About the lobby are scores of chairs for the callers, who remain seated until their turn comes to be called into the office of Secre- tary McIntyre, who in turn will take those in who are to see the President. Blue Room Is Office. The Prseident's temporary office will be in the famous blue room, which has been the scene of formal receptions at the White House from the days of John Adams, the first oc~ cupant. ‘This room faces the main doorway, about 40 paces away. ‘The room to be occupied by Mr, Roosevelt as his temporary office re- sembles very much his old office. In the first place, it is oval in shape and contains about the same furniture as was in his former office. Moreover, the windows look out on the south grounds. However, no room is found available for cabinet meetings and the long mahogany table with its 13 over- stuffed leather chairs about it has, been placed in the President’s office. All of the pictures have been removed from the walls of this room and the only ornaments, so to speak, are the large model of a square rigged sailing bark, which the President values very highly and the hand-caryed object of Paul Jones on the deck of the Bon« homme Richard. The entrance to the President's temporary office has been screened. Those who are to be received by the | President, however, wiil be taken into his room from Secretary McIntyre's room, which is known as the green parlor and which 1is between the President’s room and the historic east room. The latter room, probably the best known room in the White House, which occuples the entire east end of the first floor, does not figure in the tempcrary office set-up. It is being used as a sort of store room for the furniture and draperies which have been removed from the various rooms occupied by the offices. Because of the lack of space, the green parlor is also to be the office of Stephen T. Early, the secretary in charge of press relations, who, with Col. Louis Mc- Henry Howe, the President’s principal secretary, is on the way to the Pacific Coast to meet Mr. Roosevelt when he lands next Priday, to accompany him vack to Washington. Secretaries in Red Parlor. The red parlor, which adjoins the President’s office on the west, is being occupled by the President's private secretarial staff, the only member of which is in town being Miss Paula Tully. The large, impressive state dining room, which occuples the greater part of the west end of the mansion, is not being utilized in the office arrangement. Neither is the family dining room which opens into it on the north. The desks of Rudolph Forster, the executive clerk at the White House, who is accompanying President Roose- velt on his vacation cruise, and Maurice Latta, his assistant, both of whom have been associated with Presidents for more than 23 years, ago located in the west hallway leading from the main lobby and not far distant from the entrance to the President’s office. The file rooms, the mail rooms and so-called correspond~ ence rooms, as well as the mimeo- graph and mailing rooms, are located in the basement. The rooms on the | the thirteenth game' for what looked like the vital break, double-defaulting on the last point, but he and Stoefen then braced to break Lee from 15 and | again tie the count at 7—7. | Stoefen held his service then with |a burst of brilliant shot-making and | he and Loit fought their way to the forecourt against Hughes to break up a deuced game and take the set, 8—7, and the match, 3 sets to 1. DUBLIN WITHOUT PAPERS | Ry S | DUBLIN, July 30 (#).—Dublin was | witheut newspaypers of any sort today, | as gransportation workers refused to hamdle English and provincial papers, | i sympathy with the strike of various .lrnups of newspaper employes here. Fifteen hundred men are idle as the second floor of the White House, used by the presidential family, have not been touched in the temporary ar- rangement. Transaction of the presidential business in the White House man- sion, while new to the present genera- tion, is not new in the experience of veteran White House employes. They recalled today having worked in the White House as members of the execu- tive staff at the time Theodore Roose- velt built an executive office at the extreme west wing of the White House and moved the office out of the man- siom itself. . —_——— Won't Cut Grass, Jailed. PHILADELPHIA () —Grass grow- ing on school playgrounds annoyed Magistrate Charles Amodei, so he ordered 12 men, arraigned before him result of the strike of machine work- ers, store hands, clerks and circula- | tlon men, who had asked increased | Wages anc a shorter work week. ) L on charges of intoxication, to pluck the blades from between the bricks. One man demurred—and was given 30 days in jail, »