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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy, continued mild temper- ature; probably occasional rain tonight and tomorrow; colder tomorrow night and Saturday. Temperatures—Highest, 70, at noon today; lowest, 56, at 8 p.m. yestefday. Full report on page A-9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 No. 33,077. FRANCE IS CALLED tered as second class matter E;‘lt office, Washington, D. C. !Minimum Relief Wage Abandoned WASHINGTON, D. C, he Fpening Staf COUNTERFEIT RING INTO DEADLOCK [N Py *:ER Head DISCAVERY HAI TS NAVY DISCUSSION Matsudaira Confers_ With French Ambassador in London. JAPANESE ENVOY VISITS DELEGATION OF BRITAIN British Hopeful That Conference Tomorrow With U. S. Group ‘Will Aid Compromise. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 22.—A fourth power was called into consultation in the preliminary naval conversations today by the Japanese. Ambassador Tsuneo Matsudaira, the Japanese envoy to Great Britain, held a long conference with Ambassador Charles Corbin of France on the naval situation in general. Naval and diplomatic quarters viewed the meeting of the Japanese and French Ambassadors as highly important at this time because of the reported French uneasiness over the naval situation and the virtual dead- lock in the conversations between Great Britain, the United States and Japan. France, Italy Not Participating. France and Italy, who with the first three are signatories to the Washing- 30-Cent-an-Hour Rllding Lifted—Pay Will Be Determined Locally. By the Associated Press. The Relief Administration today abandoned its 30-cent-an-hour mini- mum wage for work relief. Hereafter. it was said, the factor in governing work relief wages will be the rates prevailing in the com- munities where the work is done. An order rescinding all rules and regulations governing work relief wages has been sent to State adgin- istrators by Harry L. Hopkins, the Federal administrator. Responsibility for determining wages in the future, it was said, has been placed with local committees representing labor, business and the local relief administration. These committees have been functioning for some time, Officials said they expected the new order to result in an increase (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) e CHEST CAMPAIGN ENDS NEAR GOAL $104,800 Balance Expected to Be Collected in * Clean-Up. Community Chest volunteers tbday set about the task of “picking up loose ends” which it was predicted probably will carry the 1934 Chest drive to its full quota of $1,675,000, following a ton treaty of 1922 and to the London{ roysing final report meeting last night treaty of 1930, are not participating in the present conversations but they are observing them closely. Following his talk with the French envoy, Ambassador Matsudaira paid an unscheduled visit to the British naval delegation. It was understood that he told R. L. Craigie that he de- sired a full meeting of the two dele- gations soon in order to clear up a number of points. British circles that a conference tomorrow with American delegates might produce an approach for a compromise agree- ment in the stalled tri-power naval negotiations. Although the foreign delegates have been here for more than a month, both groups were as firm as ever today—the United States for the existing 5—5—3 ratie, Japan for parity. British More Hopeful. ‘The British seemed slightly more hopeful after a conference with the Japanese yesterday. ‘The subject of the Anglo-American discussion tomorrow was a matter of speculation, but it was assumed London would try to find a new path to san agreement. One compromise proposal advanced by England was rejected by Japan and received coldly by the United States. Japan was represented as feeling the next move must come from the British or Americans. She has re- fused to go outside the main issue of a naval treaty and reitierated yes- terday that she would not modify her original demand for tonnage equality, Official sources denied rumors a non-aggression pact, in the event no naval treaty is agreed upon, had been discussed. BUILDING DELAY PLAN DENIED. ‘TOKIO, November 22 (#)—Both the foreign office and the Rengo News Agency denied today having made any statement that Japan might hold down its building program if granted naval parity, as was reported abroad. MOVIE STARS EASY TAX EXPERT VICTIMS List Cited for Delinquent and Un- listed Amounts Includes Film World Leaders. By the Associated Press. LOS8 ANGELES, November 22.—Two Federal officials were agreed today that motion picture stars usually are poor bookkeepers and are ready vic- tims of pseudo “experts” with rosy pro- posals to save them income tax money. Federal Judge P. J. McCormick ex- pressed these views from the bench. Amos Carter, collector of internal revenue, added his office had collected more than $13,368,000 in delinquent and unlisted income taxes this year. ‘Those named in income tax inquiries included Douglas Fairbanks, Cecil B. De Mille, Gloria Swanson, Buster Kea- ton, Gouverneur Morris, Ian Keith and Aimee Semple McPherson. But Carter does not believe film per- eonages more likely to be under tax scrutiny than lawyers, doctors or merchants. e GOV. OLSON IS ACCUSED OF DICTATORIAL POLICY Foe Challenges Statement That Voters Approved Co-operative Commonwealth Plan. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, November 22.—State Representative Roy E. Dunn of Peli- can Rapids today challenged Gov. Floyd B. Olson’s recent statement that the voters at the November 6 election had approved the Farmer-Labor par- ty's platform for a co-operative Com- monwealth. The platform called for public ownership of banks, factories and public utilities. At the same time Dunn, a leader of the Independent Progressive group seeking to gain control of the House of the Minnesota Legislature, charged the Governor with unprecedented ac- |at the Willard Hotel which carried | total contributions to $1,570,199.63 and marked the official close of the most successful Chest campaign since the beginning of the depression four years 2go. While several thousand volunteer workers cheered and the Army Band played a triumphal march, figures were pasted on the big campaign | “score board” which showed tnat the |great Governmental Unit had ex- | Sbocarct howm\fceeded its quota to the extent of 6.45 per cent, and that the full cam- paign committee had attained 93.74 per_cent of its quota. Only $104,800.38 remains to be col- lected to complete the quota, and re- ports from the campaign chairmen last night referred to promised pledges and contributions yet to be realized which are expected to wipe out most, if not all, of this “deficit.” The Spe- cial Gifts Unit alone reported that it has definite assurances of more than $25,000 in new pledges which for one reason or another have not yet been formally listed. Clean Slates Asked. In past campaigns there has been an average of more than $50,000 re- ceived after the official close of the drive in belated pledges and contri- butions from absentee contributors, it was pointed out. Campaign Chairman H. L. Rust, jr, announced that there will be no official extension of the campaign, but called upon all teams to “clean their slates.” “After tonight,” he said, “the books of the Chest will remain open to receive those contributions which have not yet been reported. I urge all of you to complete the assignments you have undertaken and to leave a clean slate upon which you can write to your own satisfaction the words, ‘Well done.’” Last night’s closing figure of 93.74 per cent of the quota exceeds by more than 20 per cent the total of 71.78 per cent which was in hand on the closing {night of last year’s drive. An official extension of the drive last year served to increase the total to but 77.6 per cent. Last night's final meeting was an enthusiastic celebration of a cam- paign which not only was the most successful in four years, but which established many all-time Chest rec- ords. The Campaign Committee re- ceived contributions from 147,704 do- nors, a total which exceeds by about 30,000 the largest number . ever re- corded in a previous campaign. The Governmental Unit reported con- tributions which established records for the number of donors and for the exceeding of quotas in hundreds of Federal and District offices. The largest single regular daily returns in history, totaling more than $255,000, and the largest daily unit return ever re- corded—the $115,000 contributions of Special Gifts last Friday—were other records entered in the books of the 1934 drive. Speaker after speaker—and there were scores of them—testified to the loyalty and self-sacrifice of the 6.000 volunteer workers and their leaders | who during the past two weeks have carried the drive into more Washing- ton homes and business offices than ever have been reached in any similar campaign in local history. Chairman Rust, in opening the last (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) — C. T. C. Pays Dividend. Directors of the Capital Transit Co. today declared a dividend of $1 per share on the company’s stock, payable on December 15 to shareholders of record November 30. FLOW OF §2,000,000 Large Losses Here Traced to Far-Reaching Plot in Jersey. - ELABORATE EQUIPMENT SEIZED BY U. S. AGENTS $70,000 in New Bills Found in Homse—Two Held Here for Possessing “Tens.” Smashing a counterfeit conspiracy of far-reaching proportions, seizing a remarkable plant at Tenafly, N. J, and making a number of arrests in the New Jersey and New York area yesterday, the United States Secret Service today was believed to have scotched a flood of bogus bills which has reached far corners of the United States, probably totaling $2,000,000, and caused large losses in the Na- tional Capital. In addition to the successful blow in the New York sector, the Secret Serv- ice killed another separate source of spurious $10 bills here when two col- ored suspects were arrested and were to be arraigned today before Unitex States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage on charges of possessing counterfeit money. The conspiracy, with headquarters at Tenafly, N. J., was routed as a result of many weeks of investiga- tion and planning by the Secret Service. A special squad of picked operatives under direction of Robert Godby. who had maintained his head- quarters at Syracuse, N. Y., for that area, worked under instructions from Washington. Details of the strategy by which the Secret Service uncovered its prey were withheld for strategic reasons, when the plan was ready, the Govern- ment, assisted by New York and New Jersey police, struck simultaneously at several different points, arresting 10 men and one woman. "Plates Are Seized. Among the elaborate paraphernalia seized at the Tenafly plant were plates from which had been printed several bills circulated in Washington. Among these bills were at least three $100 notes which turned up at the Treasury Department within the past week, coming in curreny bundles from banks whose names were not disclosed. Tracing down the trail of counterfeits here today, the Secret Service dis- covered this morning that one of the plates seized at Tenafly also had made & $10 bill which had been picked up here last January. The plant is be- lieved to have been in operation for about 18 months and to have poured out a flood of bogus money estimated at about $2,000,000. Announcement of the raids was made first at Secret Service head- quarters late yesterday afternoon by Joseph E. Murphy, assistant chief of the organization, after receiving re- ports by telephone from Godby, in charge of the squadron. After hearing further from New York today, Murphy expressed gratification over the results of the raid, and said that the ma- chinery of prosecution would be pushed forward, with first steps probably re- sulting today in arraignment of cer- tain suspects before a United States commissiorfer in New York. Colored Men Held. Here two colored men yesterday virtually helped secret service agents trap themselves when they at- tempted to dispose of an “unlucky” number of thirteen $10 counterfeit notes of excellent workmanship. The suspects were trailed by agents, and finally gave away their secret on Thirteenth street near T street when one attempted to dispose of the evi- dence by throwing out of ah auto- mobile window an envelope contain- ing the 13 bogus bills. The notes were in a brown envelope of the Postal Savings system and were quickly retrieved by secret service agents. The two suspects, James Murtishaw and Thomas Blocker, both giving New York as their address, were to be arraigned today before Commissioner Turnage. The bills, MurpPBy said, were highly deceptive, and probably would have been in circulation within a short time had secret service not grabbed the would- be passers. The elaborate printing plant at Tenafly was discovered carefully con- cealed in an old mansion, where the raiding party struck at daybreak, while occupants of the place were asleep. Explaining the discoveries, Godby, in New York, said they found a com- plete photo-engraving plant in the (Continued on Page 6, Column 4.) PROTEST HITS HUNGARY Yugoslavia Asks League to Probe King’s Assassination. GENEVA, November 22 (4#).—Yugo- slavia today lodged a formal complaint against Hungary, asking the League of Nations Council to investigate the assassinations of King Alexander of Yugoslavia and Foreign Minister Louis Barthou of France as acts calculated to disturb international peace. Nature’s Treadmill Demands "We Advance, BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Mankind is not goirig to the dogs. Studies of the possibilities of the human mind and the experience of the past indicate a far higher destiny than the race has known in the past, Dr. William A. White, superintendent of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, told a joint meeting of the Wlfimmn Academy of Sciences and the’Medical Society of the District of Columbia last night. As a statement of the ripened philosophy of one of the world's fore- tion by attempting to interfere in the | most psychiatrists based upon a life- organization of the House. time of experience with both normal Dunn said the Parmer-Labor party | and abnormal mental reactions, the chief executive was violating precedent | occasion was one of more than usual and sald it was a first step toward a | significance, as Dr. White, leading up dictatorship by the executive branch |to a concluding declaration that the of the government such as now pre- [ race must advance or die, gave an vails in Louisiana, optimistic answer to the philosophies » Says Dr. White of ?:ulmlm that are sweeping the world. It is & hard world for the oid, Dr, White admitted, and answers to its problems must come from the genera- tions to follow—to whom such in- comprehensible matters as the theory of relativity will be as obvious as the fact that the world is round seems to those living today. Even the widespread, torturing anxiety which afflicts the present generation, he said, may be only a danger signal warning of the necessity of those adjustments which are essen- tial if the race is to progress and not perish—for it is a repetition of the ancient story. ‘The great hope lies, Dr. White said, in increasing knowledge of the nature (Continued on Page 10, Column 2.), 4 THURSDAY, but, | FITZPATRICK OUT AS GARNETT AIDE Resignation of Assistant ! Prosecutor Accepted After Murder Trial Dispute. ‘The resignation of Assistant United States Attorney John R. Fitzpatrick, | submitted following his summary re- moval from the prosecution of crimi- nal cases after he had protested con- tinuance of a murder trial, was ac- cepted today by United States Attor- ney Leslie C. Garnett. Fitzpatrick’s letter of resignation, | setting forth the reasons for his action, was submitted to Garnett this morn- ing. Garnett refused to make the let- ter public, saying it would be sent to the Department of Justice. Decision to remove Fitzpatrick from criminal trial work before Justice James M. Proctor was made late yes- terday after a conference between Garnett and several of his subordi- nates. Fitzpatrick was not present, but was informed.later that he was to be transferred to civil work. Feel- ing this action reflected a lack of con- fidence in him, he decided to resign. Garnett announced he has recom- mended the appointment of Samuel F. Beach to replace Fitzpatrick. He said he had asked the Department of Jus- tice to make the appointment imme- diately and that Beach will be as- signed to trial work before Justice Proctor. The new appointee is the son of Morgan H. Beach, a former United States atiorney. He at one time served as a deputy clerk of the court. Fought Postponement. Indications that Fitzpatrick might leave the office were seen Tuesday Mary Irene Buccolo, which has been awaiting trial for more than a year, was continued over his objection. He announced then that he would disas- sociate himself from the case if it were continued. Mrs. Buccolo has been charged with murdering her husband, Rudolph. The case was postponed from No- vember 26 to December 10 at the re- quest of Defense Attorney Wilton J. Lambert, who had been in poor health and sought a delay until William E. Leahy, now involved in another trial, could be free to assist in the defense. Justice Proctor granted the continu- ance, and, after a conference at the bench, sent for Garnett, stating Fitz- patrick was “insolent” and that he could not talk to him. Garnett dis- cussed the matter with the justice an then announced he and another as- sistant, Julian I Richards, would try the case. Fitzpatrick was back in Justice Proctor's court yesferday and tried two cases, after which the decision to transfer him was made. It was understood the trial work before Jus- tice Proctor will now be teken over (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) EELS JAM YUKON RIVER; NATIVES FILL LARDERS Millions of Lampreys Push Water Out of Banks—Eskimos Lay in Winter Supply. By the Associated Press. ANCHORAGE, Aaska, November 22. —Millions of eels churning the waters of the Yukon River over its banks today meant the natives of interior Alaska will have plenty to eat this Winter. With dip nets the natives are scoop- ing up the slippery lampreys and freezing them for Winter food for both men and dogs. The story of the eel run was brought to Anchorage by Pilot Oscar Winchell, who arrived here from Russian Mis- sion on the Lower Yukon. The lampreys are running so heav- ily, Winchell declared, they are caus- ing the river to overflow. The Star ExéeJr't;on: Visits Santa Claus Magic Observatory Read Capt. Kleinschmidt's wire- lessed story from Santa Claus Land describing the telescope through which good and bad children are watched. ON PAGE 2 in T oJay's Star i when the murder case against Mrs. | WE ABSOLUTELY REFUSE To BE DICTATOR.S oF THE UNITED STATES! Ford-N.R.A. Fight Stirred Anew in Purchase of Truck Bethesda Car Dealer Sub- mits Certificate of Compliance. By the Associated Press. Echoes of one of the first contro- versies which stirred N. R. A. sounded | again today when the Interior Depart- | ment awarded & contract for a Ford truck to the Northwest Motor Co. of Bethesda, Md., a Ford dealer. Interior Department officials said the Bethesda firm had submitted a | certificate of compliance with the au- | tomobile code along with a bid to sup- ply 15 trucks to the department. The certificate was said to be on the | strings attached,” and Controller Gen- eral McCarl was reported to have (Continued on Page 6, Column 2.) FUSIONISTS T0 GET ELECTION PAPERS Ritchie Will Give Victors Commissions—Serve Pending Recount. Commissions will be issued by Gov. | Albert C. Ritchie within the next few | days to candidates who emerged suc- | cessfully from the Montgomery County officials will assume office imme- diately. Charles E. King and Frank H. Karn will be included in the group despite the petitions filed in the Circuit Court at Rockville yesterday for a recount of the votes which returned the two Fushion party candidates victorious over their Democratic rivals. It was learned today that Attorney General William Preston Lane, jr., has issued an opinion to the effect that all candidates certified to the Governor as having been duly elected are entitled to receive their commis- sions and take office pending the set- tlement of any legal contest which may have been instituted to set aside their election. The opinion was re- quested by Gov. Ritchie. To Be Mailed This Week. Gov. Ritchie earlier in the week in- formed Peter & Simpson, Rockville law firm representing King, Karn and Paul Coughlan, Fusion party candi- dates elected to the Board of County Commissioners, that the commissions would be mailed out late this week and it is expected that the new ad- ministration will assume control by Saturday, or Monday at the latest. Meanwhile, attorneys for John B. Diamond and Raleigh S. Chinn, Democratic party nominees who were defeated by King and Karn, con- tinued today their legal fight for a re- count of the votes cast in the Dia- mond-King and Chinn-Karn commis- sioner races. A rule was prepared by the attor- neys requiring Karn and King, named as defendants in the recount petitions, to show cause why the petition should not be granted. It was to be taken to Frederick later in the day to be presented to Chief Judge Hammond Urner of the Sixth District Circuit Court for his signature. Woodward Asks Relief. If it is signed by Judge Urner, Karn and King must either appear in court answering the petitions and protest- ing against the granting of a recount or forego an answer and see the court grant the request of the two Demo- cratic candidates. The rule was to be taken before Judge Urner because Judge Charies W. Woodward, associate judge of the sixth judicial circuit in Montgomery County, has expressed a desire to be relieved of any service in the case, having been a candidate on the Demo- cratic party’s ticket in the recent election. Guide for Reade: Amusements Comics .. Features . Finance .... Lost and Found . .C-4-5-6 .A-13-14-15 standard Government form, “with no | election held on/November 6 and the | | says that without a law to stop the | started by The Star.” Mr. Yaden said. NOVEMBER 22, 1934—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. 3t INFORMATION BAN GAMBLERS' DOOM Lack of Law Leaves One| Weapon Against Numbers Game, Says Yaden, James G. Yaden, president of the Federation of Citizens' Associations, numbers games the only course is an attempt by newspapers and radio stations to prevent dissemination of | necessary information to carry on the | racket. | “I am following the campaign “It seems to me the first thing to do is to stop the circulation of informa- tion that is interesting only to gam- blers. Newspapers have to print the news. But they do not have to print information that is of no public in- terest outside of the numbers racket. I note that the radio stations, the Washington Post, the Herald, the Times and The Star have agreed to co-operate with the United States at- torney in not printing or broadcasting the numbers used in the numbers game. “At its meeting two weeks ago” Mr. Yaden said, “the Federation of Citizens’ Associations went on record as being opposed to the numbers racket. We stand four-square against | it. Therefore, we are back of The Star. “This sort of thing, the numbers game, encourages the growth of rack- ets. It has come to our attention | that even children are playing the game. That must stop. “Since the only way the racketeers can carry on then work is by using| mediums of public information, using them as agents to total race track numbers, it seems to me common decency demands that public purveyors of information refrain from playing hand in hand with the underworld. OTTO PLANS VIENNA TRIP Pretender to Austrian Throne Will Return in Early Spring. BRUSSELS, November 22 (#).— Archduke Otto, pretender to the Aus- trian throne, plans to return to Vien- na in the early Spring, according to information received today from Steenockerzeel Castle, where he has been living in exile. The decision, it was said, was reached after celebration of his 22d birth an- niversary, two days ago. Hundreds of congratulatory messages were sent him, containing many expressions of hope for a restoration. BT WARSHIP SAVES WOMAN Takes Injured Wife From Light- house to Hospital. VENTURA, Calif., November 22 (#). —The battleship California was cred- ited today with saving the life of Mrs. Catherine Coursey, wife of the as- sistant Government lighthouse keeper at lonely Anacapa Light, 20 miles off the coast. In answer to an emergency appeal the battleship rushed to the light, where the woman had been critically injured in a fall. She was brought to shore and taken to a hospital. R Church Rites Banned. CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, November 22 (M) .—All religious services were suspended today in the state of Chi- huahua. The government cancelled all permits to Catholic priests as well *“From Press to Home Within_an Hour” The Star’s Carrier cif ds as s COVers ev. block and m% «umfl vered to city and suburban homes fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 1 Some Returns Not Yet Received P Means Associated P PHONE RATE SCALE OF COMPANY FALS 10 WIN APPROVAL Public Utilities Body Rejects Schedule as Shortsof 10 Per Cent Slash, C. & P. NOW EXPECTED TO OFFER SUBSTITUTE Executives Assure Commission They Will Propose New Pro- gram in Few Days. ‘The Public Utllities Commission to- day rejected a schedule of telephone rates offered by the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. designed to reduce telephone bills for future serv- ice 10 per cent. The telephone com- pany is expected to return with an alternative proposition in a few days. Members of the commission and its staff held a conference of two and one- half hours with representatives of the company, discussing the company’s offer. At the end of the conference. Chairman Riley E. Elgen of the com- mission announced that the company’s proposal had been rejected. Repeats Previous Stand. “I told them,” he said, speaking for the commission, “that we stood on our previous statement, which was to the effect that we would not approve any schedule of rates which did not adhere very closely to a horizontal 10 per cent reduction on all classes of service ex- cept private branch exchange service. “The fact that we rejected this pro- posal indicates that our studies show that this uniform 10 per cent reduction would not have been obtained under 25,775 ress. TWO CENTS. RICHBERG SPIKES MAJORITY RULE IN LABOR BARGAINING N. R. A. Head Upholds Right of Individual to Pick Own Representative. LEGALITY OF LIMITING UNITS TO ONE DOUBTED Roosevelt Aide Disagrees With Parts of Houde Decision, but Terms It Basically “Sound.” BY the Assoctated Press. Any idea of one big union in which & minority of workers in a plant would have to go along with the majority whether they wanted to or not, has been dealt a blow by Donald R. Rich- berg, widely known as President Roosevelt's “No. 1” assistant, The interpretation which the di- rector of the Executive Council placed last night on the celebrated “majority rule” decision of the National Labor Relations Board aroused wide interest. Many labor leaders and industrial- ists have understood the board’s rui- ing. given in the Houde case, &3 meaning than an organization winninz a majority of votes in an election with- in a group or plant shall represent all employes in the group or plant, for purposes of collective bargaining. Workman Held Sole Judge. But Richberg, speaking to the Asso- ciated Grocery Manufacturers in New York, laid down the opinion that oniy a workman himself can decide what “voting unit”—plant, craft or other the schedules the company offered. | grouping—he shall enter. Only after “Representatives of the company |he has associated himself with such assured us that they would return|a unit voluntarily can he be bound very soon with a new set of schedules.” Would Drop Appeal. The present negotiations started after the District Supreme Court had | sustained an order of the commission putting in a 10 per cent reduction in bills October, 1932. The company appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District, but has since indicated its willingness to with- draw this appeal if a satisfactory new | set of rates can be agreed upon. . Both sides are agreed that a sum amounting to approximately $1,000,- retroactive payments of discounts back to October, 1932. The difficulty is to arranged a satisfactory set of rates for the future. NIGHT CLUB GIRL DECLARED SLAIN Man Held for Plunge of Hostess From Window of Chicago Hotel. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. November 22.—A coro- ner's jury returned a verdict of man- slaughter today in the death of Lucille Louise Nolan, 21, night club hostess, who plunged 17 stories to her death a week ago, and recommended that l:a:k “Broadway Jones” Lawrence be eid. The jury made no recommendation concerning Dorothy Lawler, 22, for- mer student nurse and daughter of a prominent Oak Park couple, who was in the hotel room with Lawrence and Miss Nolan when the latter leaped to her death after a “showdown” on the 47-year-old night life figure's affections, sought by both girls. Miss Lawler, Lawrence, police offi- cials and hotel employes appeared at the inquest today to help unravel the tangled story of the fatal plunge. Miss Lawler avoided the man, known to police as a former narcotic dealer and gambler, during their ap- pearance in the same room. The girl, dressed entirely in black, came with her father. She kept her eyes averted from Lawrence, listened in- tently to other witnesses, and spoke ix‘: sgbdued tones when she took the stand. _— INDUSTRY CONNECTION DROPPED BY THEUNIS New Belgian Premier Answers Critics by Resigning Trade Posts—Francqui to Quit. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, November 22.—Pre- mier George Theunis announced by the will of the majority. “No one has been given any author- ity under the law,” he said, “and I doubt whether any one could be given legally the authority, to herd all the employes, or any number of em- ployes, into a voting unit and then to compel them to select their rep- resentatives by a majority vote. “The right of self-organization cer- tainly includes the right of each man to decide for himself with what man he desires to be associated. I submit that there would be serious question of the constitutionality of any law which sought to compel men to unite for the protection of their private inter- ests with those with whom they were unwilling to associate * * =" Declaring the Labor Board Itself laid down no rule as to the proper unit for voting, he also said his inter- pretation was “entirely consistent” with the principles of the American Federation of Labor. The theory of craft unionism, he said, “calls for rec- ognition of the right of men to asso- ciate with their fellow workers as they please.” Decision Termed Sound. Although disagreeing with some in- terpreations of the Houde decision, he called the decision itself “absolutely sound.” “If a vote is held,” he sald, “in which men voluntarily participate for the purpose of selecting their repre- sentatives, then, unless thoge chosen by the majority are to be accepted as representing the entire electorate, there can be no orderly method of collective action.” Though Richberg emphasized he voiced only his own views, his position lent much significance to his remarks on one of the most complex contro- versies involving Section 7-a of the recovery act. The whole act comes up for overhauling in the next Congress, and observers wondered whether Rich- berg's views pointed the future atti- tude of the administration. He deplored coercion by employers or labor leaders and said the domi- nant purpose of 7-a “is to protect in- dividual liberty and voluntary collec- tive action.” The Houde decision has aroused bitter opposition by industrialists. The American Federation of Labor, pleased with the ruling, has an- nounced in its official magazine, Amer- |ican Pederationist, that “all unions must insist on their rights under this decision to represent all employes in any particular plant, craft or other group when it has been shown that they represent a majority * * *.” NEW SUPER-BOARD SEEN. Richberg Envisions Successor fo N. R. A. as Business Guide. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 22.—A merging of the most liberal self- control code features of the national recovery act and the least stringent today he was divesting himself of | monopoly-restraint provisions of the all his extensive financial and indus- | anti-trust laws under a new super- trial connections. The government|poard to guide business has been head's action was a result of out-|envisioned as the logical successor of spoken criticism in the press and|the National Recovery Administra- from labor factions that his newly| tjon by Donald R. Richberg, execu- formed cabinet was “s government|tive director of the National Emer- of financiers.” gency Council. Minister of Finance Emile Francqui | Speaking before the convention of said that he also would resign from |the Associated Grocery Manufac- the governorship of the Societie | turers of America last night, the Generale as soon as the government|man usually considered as the Presi- as Protestant ministers for officiating in their respective churches. receives a vote of confidence from dent’s first assistant urged the crea- Parliament after its presentation to|tjon of a new Federal body to com- that body on Tuesday. bine the most-needed functions of Pitts’ Securities Bring $6,257, Once Valued at $300,000 (Picture on Page B-1) G. Bryan Pitts, behind prison walls for 14 years for attempted embezzle- ment involving failure of the F, H. Smith Co., must have been a little weary today as the Government sold at public auction for $6,257 a varied collection of his stocks, bonds and other securities that in his heyday had a par value of nearly $300,000. The property, seized by the Inter- nal Revenue Bureau in an attempt to meet a claim of $2,000,000 in back income taxes, represented the portion of the holdings of Pitts and his wife found in the District. ‘The sale, conducted by Clarence C. Keiser, assistant chief fleld deputy of | the Income Tax Division in the In- ternal Revenue Bureau Building, at- tracted only a score of investment ithe N. R. A. and the Federal Trade Commission to advise and control the American business world, legs ham- pered by legislation. ‘The first principle of permanent N. R. A. legislation, he said, should be “to preserve the flexibility of code- making,” so that industries them- selves could establish the conditions best suited to their success and them- by seives e rigid standards that in their uniformity. estate operators. would be ir Richberg said that for the future (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) — e CUTTING LEADS BY 291 Official Returns Give Senator 75,245—Chavez, 74,054. SANTA FE, November 22 (#).— e strang ge coincidence having a face value of $500, went to O. Hart for $1. ‘The entire collection of securities (Continued on Page 6, Column 5. Complete official returns yesterday gave Senator Bronson Cutting, Repub- lican, a lead of 291 votes over Repre- sentative Dennis Chavez, Democrat, for the six-year Senate seat from New Mexico. The final vote was Cutting, 75,248; Chavez, 74,954, L] y