Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1934, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; warmer tonight, lowest temperature about 50 degrees; gentle southwest or west winds. Temperatures—Highest, 71, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 37, at 7 a.m. to- The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News service, day. Full report on page A Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 -4. ch No. 33,074 post office. NAVY COMPROMISE SPURNED BY TOKIO IN EQUALITY FIGHT Ambassador Urges New Ap- proach to Solve Dif- ficulties. STAND MAY FORCE U. S. TO GRANT TONNAGE Britain Receives Answer to Pro- posal—Sir John Simon Wants Treaty Continued. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 19.—Ambas- sador Tsuneo Matsudaira of Japan, on behalf of his nation, rejected today the British suggestion for a com promise in the proposed naval treaty The Ambassador told Sir John | Simon, British foreign secretary, that Japan could not accept the British offer of a treaty which would recog- nize only equality in principle for Japan. Japah wants the right to equality in actual tonnage. At the same time, Matsudaira urged that the British consider new ways of approaching a compromise which would recognize Japanese equality. Entered as second class ma Washington, tter :E: Operation on Brain Of Infant Believed To Be Successful By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, November 19.— John Thomas Langdon, 3-month- old Augusta, Ga., baby Who un- derwent a delicate operation at the Johns Hopkins Hospital here for water on the brain, today was “feeling fine” and expected to be on his way home at the end of this week. Curtis Langdon, war veteran and father of the baby, said Dr. William E. Dandy, noted Hopkins brain specialist, had told him the baby would be able to leave near the end of the week, barring a relapse. “J. T.” was brought here by his parents several weeks ago on funds raised in a subscription campaign sponsored by the Au- gusta Herald. BLAIR HEAT PLANT ORDERED REPAIRED | Parents’ Strike Postponed Pending Results After Hazen’s Decision, The parents’ strike at the Blair School was postponed today pending the results of repairs to the 50-year- WASHINGTO. DG LEAGUE PRESSES FOR CHACO PEACE: HINTS REPRISALS Indicates Belligerents Can Avoid Penalty by Laying Down Arms. COUNTRIES REMINDED OF COVENANT VIOLATION Argentina Triples Armed Forces| on Frontier as Bolivian Troops Retreat. | By the Assoctated Press. GENEVA, November 19.—The League of Nations hinted today that Paraguay and Bolivia could avoid possible penalties by laying down their arms in the Chaco Boreal. A report of the League's Chaco Con- sultative Committee told the two coun- tries they had broken the covemant of the League by fighting. Under the covenant the League is empowered to sever economic, diplo- | matic and financial relations with | beliggerents. Although the report did not actually say so, it intimated this might be done. A comprehensive plan MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1934—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION OH,DOCTOR, I'.L DO ANYTHING You SAY BUT DONT LET THE oL GIRL GET HOLD OF ME! o Star SATURDAY' SUNDAY'S Ciermatten, 121,223 207 Some Returns Not Yet 132,553 ed. SULTAN' SUPPORTS Nice Sees Defeat Of Roosevelt As C.&P.MAY GRANT %k Kok (#) Means Associated Pr - SLOWS NEAR END; |Quarter of $1,675,000 |Quota Remains to Be Raised in Two Days. $126,120 SUBSCRIPTIONS MADE SINCE SATURDAY jDrive This Year Is Far Ahead of | Any in Last 4 Years—Ends With Meeting Wednesday. Disappointingly small returns at the seventh day's report meeting of the Community Chest Campaign Commit- tee this afternoon left the volunteer workers confronted with the necessity of raising on»-fourth of the quota of $1,675,000 during the next two days if the drive is to succeed. This year's campaign is scheduled to close with a final meeting at 7:45 | pm. Wednesday in the Willard Hotel ball room. When the team reports were totaled | today it was found only $126,120 22 TOTAL §1659% TWO CENTS. CHEST CAMPAIGN | PATRONAGE. RIDER 1S CHALLENGED IN D. . COURT ACTION Alcohol Tax Unit Employes Obtain Rule Against Morgenthau. INJUNCTION HEARING IS SET FOR MONDAY Bill of Particulars Charges Con- flict With Procedure of Civil Service. The ‘“patronage rider” which is , throwing more than 900 employes of | the alcohol tax unit out of service De- | cember 1 was challenged in District Supreme Court today. Gen. Samuel T. Ansell, counsel for a large group of affected employes, ap- | peared before Chief Justice Alfred A. | Wheat and obtained a rule calling on Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau to show cause why a permanent in- | Juncticn to restrain the operation of the rider should not be issued. The | rule is returnable next Monday. The action was instituted in the me of Paul Sarlo of Brooklyn, N, Y | nai Await Treaty Denouncement, old heating system at the school. The had be:n raised since the last report | ct Conflict Charged. When Vice Admiral Isoruku Yama- moto arrived in London a month ago he announced definitely that the Washington naval treaty of 1922 would be denounced before the end of the year. The British and Amer- ican delegations understand that such action can be regarded as al- ready accomplished and they ere merely awaiting the formal denounce- | ment. Japan’s reply to the British tender of compromise provides a problem, it | was stated authoritatively, which the | British and Americans may be unable | to solve without a recognition of the Japanese demands for full equality. | U. S. May Retreat. | The Americans were said to bel sticking to their present policy of opposition even to Japanese equality in principle, but may be forced to make recommendations to Washing- ton that either the policy be stated egain or that responsibility be ac- | cepted ‘or a possible break-up of the | conversations unless they give in to the Japanese. The British today Jikewise appeared unable to decide whether they could make further concessions. Sir John reiterated today that the British desire to reach an agreement, but made it clear that Great Britain stands with the United States in want- ing the principles of the Washington treaty continued. VIRGINIAN ADMITS KILLING TWO GIRLS Colored Man, 25, Confesses Slay- ing Sisters at Clifton Forge. By the Associated Press. ROANOKE, Va, November 19— Commonwealth's Attorney M. J. Put- nam today announced he had ob- tained a full confession from Phillip Jones, 25-year-old colored man, that he had killed Alice Hill, 13, and her 8-year-old sister Ellen, whose bodies were found today near Clifton Forge. Putnam made this statement as he was leaving the jail here this after- noon after having spent several hours questioning Jones, his wife and two colored men. A few minutes later two police cars left here with the four. The cars ‘were manned by four Roanoke police- men, under sealed orders not to tell their destination. CLIFTON FORGE, Va. November 19 (#).—The bodies of two young girls, their skulls crushed by heavy blows, were found In woods near here early this morning by a searching party and shortly afterward authorities arrested four Negroes and rushed them to Roanoke for safe keeping. The two white children, Alice B. Hill, 13, and Ellen Hill, 9, had been missing since Sunday night after they | had visited the farm on which one of | the arrested men lived. Those arrested were Philip Jones, John Pryor, Chester Smith, jr. and Jones’ wife. Commonwealth’s Attor- ney M. J. Putnam stated that he had & confession from Jones that he killed the children, and that in the alleged confession Jones sought to implicate Smith. Smith, however, denied any part in the crime. It was learned later that a fourth Negro was taken by authorities to Roanoke for questioning in connection with the investigation. His name was | given as John Pryor. Coroner Louis A. Houff said the girls, children of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Hill of Clifton Forge, died of frac- tured skulls. He said the older girl had been assaulted. GOVERNOR-ELECT’S DAUGHTER GUARDED Miss Evangeline Davey Escorted to Foot Ball Game After Mysterious Threats. By the Assoclated Press KENT, Ohio, November 19.—Mys- terious threats against Evangline Davey, 23, pretty daughter of Gov.- elect Martin L. Davey, were disclosed today by her mother. Mrs. Davey refused to reveal the nature of the threats, but said they were sufficiently alarming td cnuse; the Governor-elect to provide guards when the girl journeyed to the Mich- igan-Ohio State foot ball game Sat- urday at Columbus. No attempt to harm the girl oc- curred. but the guerds remained with her until she returned after the game. Miss Davey was a member of the 1933 graduating class of Wellesley College. repairs, District Commisisoners Ha- | zen and Sultan promised, after a per- | sonal inspection this morning, will be | begun tomorrow. Between 10 and 20 mothers already had taken their children from classes | before Mrs. Edwin Green, president of the Blair-Hayes Parent-Teacher Association, announced that the Dis- trict officials would be given one more chance to remedy conditions at the school. About 100 mothers accompanied their children to the school today, ac- cording to their pre-arranged plan. They waited in the halls while Mrs. Green made a hurried trip to the Dis- trict Building for the last word from the Commissioners in reply to their ultimatum: “Give us a new furnace, or we will take our children out of school.” Get Qualified Promise. Commissioner Hazen promised the mothers’ leader that a new furnace would be forthcoming if an emer- gency were found to exist. Reaching the school shortly after 11 am., accompanied by Commissioner Sultan and Dr. Joseph A. Murphy of the District Health Department, Hazen remarked: “You ought to put on a better demonstration than this.” He referred to the condition of the school atmosphere. Mrs. Green explained that because of the warm weather the gas and soot which the mothers claimed permeate the school air was not present. The decision to repair the furnace was by no means satisfactory to the aroused mothers, but they decided to wait to see whether it would produce the desired result. “Remember, this strike is just post- poned, not called off,” Mrs. Green told the mothers. “Col. Sultan is going in here and re- pair this heating system through and (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) PHILIPPINE TYPHOON = DEAD PLACED AT 90 44 Still Missing in Mauban Area, Reports Party Who Flew There With Medical Supplies. By the Associated Press. MANILA, November 19.—An air- plane survey party which flew today in an Army amphibian to typhoon- stricken Mauban with needed medical supplies returned here tonight with word that “about 90” had died from the disaster in that district. Undersecretary of the Interior Leon C. Quinto, head of the party, said there was a serious epidemic threat be- cause of the number of unburied bodies of both persons and animals. He brought back the first authorative re- port from the section The interior secretary said the party found 250 houses destroyed and a part of the town still under nine feet of water. Fifty-two bodies had been buried, he said, and 44 persons were still reported missing. | neutral advisory commission of six | set up, upon cessation of hostilities, to for ending the war was presented by the committee. Both nations were asked to accept the peace plan as soon as possible. A members designated by Argentina, Chile, Peru and Urauguay would be | direct | peace. | Peace negotiations would be opened {in Buenos Aires within 30 days of | the truce. The United States, which declined to join the committee, and | Brazil would be invited to collaborate | in the work of the advisory commis- | sion. Neither country is a League member. TRIPLES FORCES. steps toward a permanent Argentina Increases Border. « BUENOS AIRES, November 19 (#).—Argentina tripled its armed | forces on the Chaco frontier today upon reports that embattled Para- guayan and Bolivian troops were “perilously” close to her border. Gen. Andres Sabalain left by air- | plane for Las Lomitas to study the | frontier situation and to take charge of troops which, with reinforcements moving to the border, will total 5,000. Hitherto only 1,500 men had been at Las Lomitas. An airplane squadron was included {in the reinforcements sent garrisons | at Las Lomitas and the territory of Formasa. The soldiers were ordered to disarm and intern any foreign soldier who enters Argentina. The government instructed minis- ters at La Paz and Asuncion to re- mind Bolivia and Paraguay that Ar- gentina is strictly neutral and to ask precautions against permitting forces | to cross into Argentine territory. 'HOSIERY LEADERS TALK CODE WOES Troops Along Advisory Board Sits In on Con- ference Dealing With 800 Plants. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 17.—The seven advisory boards of the hosiery code authority met at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel today with the code authority itself in executive session, to survey code operations to date and to discuss future developments in the | N. R A Approximately 800 hosiery plants, employing about 150,000 men, will be affected by any decisions reached at the meeting. The sessions opened with a general conference of the code authority, fol- | lowed by individual meetings of the | advisory boards. Tomorrow afternoon a session of the code authority will be held to receive recommendation and act on | problems confronting the industry. Santa Claus Welcomes Star Expedition in His Ice Palace to Great Toy Sends Word to Editor's note: To the boys and girls of Washington: Capt. F. E. Kleinschmidt, leader of The Star’s airplane expedition to the Far North to search for the home of Santa Claus and to make the first motion pictures ever filmed of his toy kingdom, flashed the good news to The Star in a special wireless dispatch yesterday that Santa Claus Land had been discovered and that the party had been received by Santa himself. In today’s message the explorer describes Santa’s welcome in his Northern castle. Also the first picture made on the journey has been flashed to The Star by the ezpedition’s special wireless photo equipment and ap- pears herewith. The Star erpedi- tion will wireless the first actual photograph of Santa Claus in his home as soon as it can be made. BY CAPT. F. E. KLEINSCHMIDT. By Wireless to The Evening Star. ANTA CLAUS LAND, November 19.—After shaking hands with S Santa we were escorted up the castle steps past a lane of gnomes who stood at attention like soldiers. The great portal of bronze and gold inlaid doors swung open by invisible hands and we looked down a corridor miles in length with | 'Wireless Message Describes First Visit! Factories—Santa D. C. Children. ALL D. C. POOR CHILDREN TO GET NEW TOYS FROM CHRISTMAS MATINEES. On December 15 The Star and Warner Bros.’ theaters will hold their fourth annual Christmas toy matinees to make sure that every needy child in Washington will receive a new Christmas gift. Last year 30,000 new toys and gifts for Washington’s poor chil- dren were brought to the 12 thea- ters where the toy matinees were held. These were distributed to the needy by the Christmas Plan- ning Committee of the Council of Social Agencies. This year it is The Star’s hope that the number of new toy contributions will be greatly increased and that every child in the District of Columbia will be made happy in the knowl- edge that Santa Claus will not pass him by. a ceiling as high as the greatest cathedral and supported by wonder- fully carved columns. The walls were glistening like snow and inlaid with pictures in mosaics and gold. There were scenes’ of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.), WAR ON ‘NUMBERS' Heartily Backs Campaign of Papers Against Gam- - ing Racket Lieut. Col. Dan I. Sultan. Engineer | Commissioner of the District, is in-| terested in seeing the numbers racket | run out of the city. While gambling | and other social problems are beyond ! his province, Col. Sultan, as a mem- | ber of the Board of Commissioners, | says he is vitally concerned with the success of the current against gambling. Since there is no law now leveled at_the numbers game, as such, the police finding it impossible to get con- victions, Col. Sultan believes that the newspapers of the city, in conjunction with radio stations, are making a worthwhile contribution in elimina- tion of the total race track numbers used in the numbers racket. The papers co-operating are The Star. Post, Herald and Times. “Without knowing much about the newspaper business, or the numbers game either,” Col. Sultan says, “I should think it would be mighty diffi- cult to edit out of the news columns the numbers gamblers need as their stock in trade. Still, newspapers seem able to do anything they set out to accomplish. We must not forget that the power of the press is an influen- tial factor in American life. If the people of Washington, educated by the press, become aware they are playing a losing game they will soon awaken to the fact that it is no use making a lot of racketeers rich. Some gamblers are becoming unwholesomely rich, mainly from the numbers game, Iam told. They just cannot lose wit such tremendous odds in their favor. (Note: Refusal by newspapers to print the numbers combination used by the numbers game players is not the difficult editorial task which Col. Sultan supposes it to be. The combination of numbers com- monly used by the numbers gamb- lers is derived from the total prices paid for win, place and show in the first three races at important tracks. These are labeled “Mutuel Totals.” The winning number combination is usually the three numbers which precede the decimal point in the prices paid for the first, second and third races. The “news value” in- volved in printing the “mutuel totals” is confined to the gamblers. No one else is interested.) Col. Sultan recalls that the chances to win in roulette—supposed to be a stiff game of chance—are one in 38; whereas the mathematical chance of winning in the numbers racket is one in a thousand. “On the face of it,” he says, “the numbers game seems like a foolish pastime for poor people. I cannot understand how they fall for such a racket. Percentages are all against the player in favor of the racketeer. As Americans, we usually call for an even break.” U. S. ACTS TO HALT NEW GOLD SHIFTS Alleged American Finances Bol- ster Nations Using Basic Standard. By the Associated Press. Behind the closed and guarded doors where the Government decides what { to do with its $2,000,000,000 stabiliza- tion fund, experts are reported to be acting to prevent any new disruption in world money relations. Countries remaining on the gold standard are said to be receiving the special attention of the experts who are trying to help them stay on that standard and thus prevent a new period of disorder in monetary rela- e tly authentic report say An apparently the United States recently bought a large quantity of francs in Paris to support that currency in a period of weakness. There also have been indications that the wielders of the vast stabili- zation furid have acted to strengthen Belgium'’s gold belga. Both steps, many observers belleved, were taken in attempts to erect a dam against an outflow of gold from those countries. Official figures show the Federal Reserve Banks have made a $15,765,- 000 “loan” on foreign gold. This figure—interpreted by observers here as actually a purchase instead of a loan—was regarded as indication that the United States had bought gold in Brussels, paying for it with dollars. There were reports, unconfirmed, that the amount of the purchase subse- quently increased to $25,000,000. Entirely Possible By the Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga., November 19 —Harry W. Nice, recently elected Governor of Maryland over the Democratic incumbent, Albert C. Ritchie, says the Republican party is “no more dead now than the Democratic party was after that terrible licking in 1928.” En route to Jacksonville by steamer, the Governor-elect was here a few hours last night. “I predict that the Republican party will stage just as great a comeback as the Democratic party,” Mr. Nice said. “I hon- estly believe that it is entirely pos- sible that President Roosevelt will be defeated in 1936.” campaign | CGASPARRI FUNERAL SETFOR THURSDAY !Body of Late Cardinal t Lie in State Until Wed- nesday Night. 0 | By the Associated Press. ROME, November 19.—Pope Pius today ordered the funeral of Pietro | Cardinal Gasparri, former papal sec- | to be held at 10 a.m. Thursday. ‘The service will take place in St. Ignatius Church, conducted by Msgr. chamber. Cardinal Gasparri's body, vested in | this morning on a portable throne from his bed room to his throne room, where it will lie in state until Wednes- | day night, guarded by prelates and. nuns. Royalty’s Condolences Brought. Count Giacomo Suardo, first gen- tleman of the Italian court, called at the cardinal’s villa today with con- dolences of the royal family. The death of Cardinal Gasparri was mourned as the loss of a great Italian, as well as a churchman. Cardinal Gasparri died last night at the age of 82, after an attack of pneumonia. Considered the most noted prelate of the Catholic Church except for Pope Pius, Cardinal Gas- | parri was nominated by the Pope in | 1932 to head the church after the Pope’s death. Pope Pius offered a private prayer for Cardinal Gasparri before starting work today. A long line of visitors went to the cardinal’s home near the Coliseum to present condolences. Messages of regret came from all parts of the world. Mussolini Sends Message. Premier Mussolini was among the first to send a message. Cardinal Gasparri, although an anti-Fascist, did important work for conciliation of the church and state dispute in Italy which culminated with the sig- nature of the Lateran treaties of 1929. King Victor Emmanuel was in- formed of the death while aboard the royal yacht Savoia, returning from Italian Somaliland. The cardinal, as a wearer of the Collar of Annunziata, Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) MRS. BYRD ASKS DIVORCE Official Wife of Maryland U. Sues in Reno. RENO, Nev., November 19 (#)—Mrs. Kate Turnbull Byrd filed a divorce suit here today against Harry Clifton Byrd, official at the University of Maryland, charging extreme cruelty. They were married December 27, 1913, in Washington, D. C., and have four children. Guide for Readers Amusements Comics ...... Fertures Finance ... !.n%ti and Found A | retary of state, who died last night, | | Tito Trocchi, auditor of the Apostolic his cardinal's robes, was transferred | PHONE RATE CUT Ready to Drop Appeal Against 0ld Order if Terms Are Met. | Officials of the Chesapeake & Po- | tomac Telephone Co. today offered to | withdraw their appeal in the tele- | phone rate case from the two-year-old order of the Public Utilities Commis- sion for a 10 per cent reduction in | telephone bills in the District. The | offer was made on certain undis- closed conditions, which are now be- | ing studied by the commission. | In a brief statement issued by the | commission after the conference was over this afternoon, it was said: | | “The company submitted data for | placing in effect the order of the com- | | mission issued in October, 1932, which provided for a reduction in rates for | residence and business.service. | “The commission has not completed | its consideration of the matter. If a| satisfactory conclusion is reached. | then the impounded fund of approxi- | mately $1,000,000 would be refunded | as required by the court decree and rates established to absorb the reduc- tion.” 1 Beyond the official statement, there | was no hint as to what the company’s | suggestions were. People’s Counsel | Willlam A. Roberts, who was present ' | during the conference, said he would | have a statement later. 'GOLD HEARING SET | IN SUPREME COURT' Abrogation Consolidated Into Four Cases to Be Viewed January 8. By the Associated Press ‘To hasten a final decision on legis- | lation estimated to affect as much as| $100.000,000,000, the Supreme Court today consolidated four cases chal- | lenging the abrogation of gold clauses | in contracts and set them for hearing on January 8. This action was taken at the re- quest of James Crawford Biggs, the United States solicitor general. | So important does the Government | consider the litigation that Attorney | General Cummings personally will | argue the cases before the Supreme | | Court. The legislation, passed June 5, 1933, set aside the provision in contracts that payments must be made in gold. | The suits were based on the con- tention that after devaluation of the dollar payments would be made in currency worth only 59.06 per cent as | much as before. The Government contends the pur- chasing power of the currency did | not depreciate nearly that much and that the welfare of the many, instead | of the few, should control. One of the cases grew out of the reorganization of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Another is between Norman C. Norman of New York and the Bal- | timore & Ohio Railroad. The other two were brought against the United States by John M. Perry and F. Eugene Nortz, both of New York. Italian Loan Approved. ROME, November 19 (#).—The Council of Ministers today approved the issuance of an internal loan of | 2,000,000,000 lire (about $170.000,000) | in nine-year, 4 per cent bonds, with lottery features. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, November 19.—A sci- entist’s eagerness to speed his ex- periment with transparent rubber has caused his death. Dr. Eric von Gebauer Fulnegg, 32, died yesterday from the effects of hydrochloric acid in his lungs. He died without learning whether his rubber compound as transparent as glass will be successful—his associates believe it will. The scientist inhaled hydrogen chloride gas while transferring a quantity of it from one container to another Thursday in a Gary. Ind., laboratory, where he worked in addi- tion to his duties at Northwestern University. { E. M. Kratz, a research associate, gave this explanation; | 8t. meeting Saturday. campaign total to $1,245998.79, 74.39 per cent of the quota. Better Results Seen. Campaign leaders, although express- ing deep concern over the or were confident that far better results paign in the past four years. still are hopeful of attaining their quota. the seventh day Jast year only 53.2 per cent of the quota had been sub- scribed, or more than 20 per cent less than was on hand today. | Assistant Secretary of Commerce John Dickinson was the speaker at today's report-meeting. The invoca- tion was pronounced by Rev. William L. Mayo, senior assistant rector of Paul's Episcopal Church, Rock Creex Parish. Metropolitan Report. The Metropolitan Unit Saturday reported through its chairman, Joseph D. Kaufman, contributions totaling $115,297.94, or 44.84 per cent of the unit quota of $257,100.76. This leaves $141,802.82 to be raised by this unit. Volunteer workers of the Metropol- itan Unit took advantage of their re- lease from places of employment to put in many hours of solicitation work in all sections of the city Saturday afternoon and yesterday. The Group Solicitation Unit, head- ed by Walter B. Clarkson, however, put in a week end of enforced idle- ness, due to the closing of the busi- ness houses. This unit reported Sat- urday it had raised $146,628.07, or 42.9 per cent of its quota of $342,100, and still had $195471.93 to go to meet its quota. The Special Gifts Unit was busy during the week end. At the close of the last report meeting this unit, with 75.4 per cent of its quota in hand, was in good shape for the closing spurt. " (Continued on Page «, Column 5.) BORAH FORUM TALK SCHEDULED TONIGHT Senator to Discuss Relief Expend- itures During Star Program at 10:30 O’clock. The Capital and the country at large tonight will hear Senator Borah of Idaho discuss over the radio the relief expenditures made by the Gov- ernment. The Senator has charged there has been “appalling” waste in the administration of relief funds and | that millions of dollars expended have not reached the needy. ‘The address will be delivered in the National Radio Forum at 10:30 p.m. The National Radio Forum is arranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over the network of the National Broadcasting Co. It will be heard locally over station WMAL. Senator Borah is not opposed to relief for the needy and the desti- tute, but has insisted that the Fed- eral Government has a particular duty to relieve distress. He is turning his guns on the manner in which the money has been expended. When the Senator first made his statement about “appalling” waste in relief expenditures, Harry L. Hopkins, director of Federal relief, immediately demanded the particulars and assured Borah he would make an inquiry. Borah said he would welcome an in- vestigation by any source, but indi- cated he thought an inquiry should be made by some agency other than that against which the charges had been made. Tonight, it is understood, Borah will go more into the particu- lars of his charge. Speeding Transparent Rubber Invention Fatal to Chemist “Instead of using an air-pressure machine to force the gas, which is kept under terrific pressure at 125 degrees below zero, centigrade, Dr. Gebauer put his lips to the tube. The heat of his breath expanded the gas and forced it down his throat. Reach- ing his lungs, the gas probably liquified and added to his torture.” The scientist, who was born In Praha, Czechoslovakia, was rushed here and placed under an oxygen tent at Passavant Hospital. Dr. Gustave Egloff of the Chicago Chemists’ Club, a friend and asso- ciate of Gebauer, said: “The trans- parent rubber will have great ad- vantages. It is impervious to water and will not decompose over a long period of time. The invention is | practically complete.” A This brought the | slowing | | down of the drive since last Friday, | would be shown than during any cam- | ‘They | It was pointed out that on | | In his bill of particulars, Gen. | Ansell, formerly judge advocate gen- jeral of the Army, charged that the | Fider was passed under a miscon- i ception and that it is in direct con- | flict with civil service procedure. The bill pointed out that when in- vestigation of the status of affected employes was originally begun in the | Senate (at the instance of Senator McKellar Democrat, of Tennessee), it was done on the plea that the work- ers had been brought into service without “real civil service examina- tion; that practically all belonged to | one political party,” and that such appointive method is “not consonant | with the civil service law and is con- | trary to the spirit and intent of | the laws.” i “Upon this resolution.” the bill con- tinued. “there were some hearings by the Senate Civil Service Committee, but no legislative action was taken. |But it appears that from said hear- | ings the committee was under the im- | pression that the employes referred to | therein had never taken a real Civil { Service examination, but had been | character-tested. or blanketed into their Civil Service positions.” | Predecessor of Rider. | This resolution, it was added, ap- parently is the predecessor of the rider, which provided that no employes who | were transferred from the old prohibi- | tion set-up in the Department of Jus- | tice to the Alcohol Tax Unit in the | Treasury could be paid after December 1 unless they qualified under a new | competitive examination. { “Plaintiff is informed and believes and, therefore, avers,” the bill con- | tinued, “that the Senate Committee { adopted said amendment upon the | representation made by the author of | the said predecessor resolution to the 1 effect that the employes named therein 1 had been appointed upon character | tests only and not as the result of | open competitive examinations held by | the Civil Service Commission; that the | committee without inquiry accepted | It had the second largest of the unit {and acted upon such representation, jand that at no subsequent legislative stage was there a word of inquiry or debate. “Plaintiff likewise avers that the President in approving the said act | containing this proviso did not believe | the proviso applied, and did not in- ;lend it to apply, to those who held llheu’ positions as a result of open com- petitive civil service examinations. | And plaintiff likewise avers that the President has more than once pub- licly declared it to be his intention to uphold and strengthen the civil serv- ice system, and that with apparent reference to this particular proviso, the | President stated that the administra- tion's position was that the employes affected by this legislation were those who had been put under the civil serv- ice without examination in the first place, and that the new regulation righted an injustice by requiring them to prove their fitness.” Appealed to Morgenthau, The bill pointed out that when the employes saw the danger in which their positions had been placed, they { appealed to Secretary Morgenthau for assistance and were advised by him that he was “anxious to protect the employes involved just as much as may be found to be legally possible.” It was further set out that Attorney General Cummings was asked for an opinion on this rider, and that Con- troller General McCarl was called jupon to render a decision as to its applicability, and that their findings were in conflict. In summation, it was pointed out that Congress should never have in- tended that permanent civil service employes who held a competitive status should be required to compete again in another examination, “for no such requirement has ever been made in the history of civil service.” “Plaintiff avers,” it was amplified, “that thus to construe and apply said proviso is to construe and apply said proviso according to its bare letter and not according to the intention and the purpose of the law makers. “Plaintiff avers that such construc- tion of the proviso brings the proviso into direct collision with the long es- tablished civil service policy of our government and the organic civil service law expressing such policy, makes an assault upon the civil serv- ice system, deprives plaint!ff and other honest and faithful civil service employes of the protection in their po- sitions given by organic civil service law, and to fix upon them the cruel injustice of depriving them of their positions obtained and long held as a result of bona fide open, protective civil service exammation, discrim- inates in favor of and securely retains in the same service those in the same service who obtained and hold their positions by other than civil service methods, and, in effect, labels as fraudulent civil service administration which results in the appointment of plaintiff and other civil service em- ployes.” ‘The bill said about 1,400 employes will lose their positions Decemter 1; Treasury officials have estimatea the number at more than 900, d