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A-2 »» OIL SETTLEMENT CLAIMED BY LONG Says He and Standard Co. Are in Agreement on Refining Tax. By the Assoclated Press. NEW ORLEANS, January 5.—Sena- tor Huey P. Long said tonight the compromise agreement he had reached with J. C. Hilton, president of the Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana, had been approved by the company's gen- eral office in New York and that the emergency over the proposed 5 per cent refining tax had passed. “I am standing here in the dining room of the Roosevelt Hotel with the president of the Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana,” said Senator Long. *“I am going to buy him a dinner and I; am going to pay the check as the poor company cannot stand the expense. “The New York office has accepted our agreement and everything is all right and everybody is happy.” Gives Terms of Agreement. Long said that under the agreement the Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana would use 80 per cent of Louisiana produced oil in their refining opera- tions and 20 per cent foreign crude to meet his charge that the Standard Oil was using mostly foreign crude in discrimination against the Louisi- ana product. In return, he said, the State would grant a rebate of 4 cents of the 5| cents per barrel tax on oil at the| refinery. both Louisiana and foreign- produced for a period of 90 days, while | the company adjusted itself to the purchase of the Louisiana oil. After the 90-day period the State will rebate the 4 cents only on the Louisiana oil used by the refiner. He said the rebate would apply to every oil refinery in the State and described the accomplishment of his day of dy- namic activities as the “greatest thing I have done for Louisiana since I came home.” o o OIL WORKERS DIVIDED, By the Associated Press. BATON ROUGE. La.. January 5.— A new group of oil workers, dissatis- fied with Senator Huey P. Long’s an- nouncement of an oil tax “com- promise.” tonight took a protest meet- ing away from the committee that originally called it, and demanded “action” after the first committee de- clared the meeting “adjourned.” “Are we going to get satisfaction or are we going to let things go?" demanded Ernest Bourgeois, Baton Rouge Standard Oil refinery worker. He leaped to the rostrum after angry speeches had followed upon a quick “adjournment” announcement by the Employes Committee which indicated satisfaction that the tax issue was settled. The organized meeting adopted with shouts and by acclamation an oral resolution by E. J. Lorio, Stan- dard Oil worker, declaring that *if satisfaction were not obtained we will take matters into our own hands.” Calls it Lang’s Hobby. George Curry, Baton Rouge, said: “Fighting the Standard Oil hes been Huey Long’s hobby.” He blames the Standard Ol for the loss of the first dime he ever made. “I haven't any bodyguards, but if Huey Long stepped up on this stage T'd take him on til oil froze over and we skated on the ice.” “We need action, not words,” Bon- nie V. Baker, sixth ward, East Baton Rouge Parish police juror, said. “The ;ime has come when words are use- Jess.” Says “Think of the Wolf.” L. H. Unglesby nominated Bour- geois president of an employes’ so- ciety that he suggested should be known as the “Three Little Pigs.” “That may sound crazy,” he said, “but not when you think of the wolf.” Bourgeois was unanimously elected. At the same time announcement was made that the Baton Rouge Busi- ness Men's Committee would proceed with its plan to ask Gov. O. K. Al- len to repeal the tax. Gene Worthy, a representative of the Baton Rouge Chamber of Com- merce committee, named to confer with the Governor, said the chief executive would be asked to call a legislative session “to repeal this ne- farious tax.” ALABAMA INVITES PLANTS. MONTGOMERY, Ala., January 5 (@) —Gov.-elect Bibb Graves said to- day he had invited the Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana to remove its re- fineries and port properties from Louisiana to Mobile, Ala, and had promised “free use of the State docks and taxation exemption.” . His action followed upon threats of the Standard Co. to move its Baton Rouge and New Orleans properties unless the 5 cents a barrel State tax was rescinded. At his direction, mes- sages were dispatched to the Mobile Chamber of Commerce and mayor, urging them to “Get into action quickly—do it today.” TROOPS MOBILIZE IN TEXTILE STRIKE Guardsmen to Move Into Ross- ville When Mill Reopens Mon- day With New Workers. By the Associated Press. ROSSVILLE, Ga., January 5.—Fear of violence in the hosiery mill strike here tonight found National Guards- men being mobilized to move into Rossville as the Richmond mill planned to open Monday, with new workers replacing those who fail to return to their machines. This small town is at the border of Tennessee and Georgia and this was a factor which led Superior Judge Claude Porter to request Gov. Eugene Talmadge to provide National Guards- men. Advertisements appeared in Chat- tanooga, Tenn., papers today for workers to replace former employes in the Richmond plant. Officials of the mills said they planned to resume full operations in the main piant, but the Arrowhead mill, which is the full-fashioned unit on the Tennessee side of the State line, will remain closed. The Ar- rowhead plant has been shut down since before the recent wage reduction ‘was posted. It was this cut that led to the strike in the main plant. Sending of troops to Rossville has been talked for several days, since Sheriff J. C. Koewn of Walker County had described the situation as “grave” and charged night riders were intimidating workers by calling at their homes, This Changing World Real Rapprochement of Italy and France Is Held Impossible. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN, much-advertised visit of the French foreijgn minister to Rome has finally taken place. Pierre Laval is in Rome as the honored guest of Mussolini. | His visit will be about as rich in consequences as his visit to Washington in 1931. There will be, of course, official communiques, din- ners and speeches, all emphasizing— even overemphasizing—the moment- ous reunion of the two statesmen of two hitherto antagonistic powers. The racial affinity and the community of interests of Italy and France will be played up for all it is worth. But there can be no real rapproche- ment between the two countries as long as PFrance and Italy champion the cause of Yugoslavia and Hungary, respectively. Basically, there need be no quarrel between the Italians and the French. The French don’t covet any of the Italian territory and the Italians have never considered seriously the re-con- quest of the Savoy province or Corsica, The row over the nationality of the Italians living in Tunis has been settled, and the disputes over some of the oases in the African desert were disposed of some time ago. Even the argument over naval parity has lost its importance since the Washington and the London naval treaties have been thrown into the junk heap. But the good relations between the two countries are seriously handi- capped by the fact that the French are not willing to abandon their Yugoslav allies and the Italians are standing by Hungary, more out of a spirit of op- position to the Yugoslavs than sym- pathy for the Hungarians. Deaths Prevent Compromise. The tragic deaths of King Alexander and Louis Barthou at Marseille made it impossible for the French gov- ernment to come to a showdown with the Yugoslav government regarding France's responsibility toward that country in case of a conflict between Yugoslavia and Italy. It is probable that had Alexander not been assassinated some compro- mise would have been possible to in- clude Yugoslavia in an eventual agree- ment between France and Italy. Alex- ander had sufficient power with his subjects to swing any kind of an agree- ment which was fair for his country. But with Alexander’s death on French territory and with the Yugoslav government mnot being sure how long it can survive @ compromise between the Slavs and the Italiang appears impossible, And France cannot afford today to reach a really lasting agreement of Jriendship with Italy without losing Yugoslavia’s friendship. Although the Laval-Mussolini meet- ing cannot yield positive results, the Italian and the French diplomats consider it essential. Had this visit been postponed indefinitely there would have been too much unfavor- able interpretation, and Europe can- not stand it in its present tense con- ditions. Saar Is Divided. ‘The small Saar population is di- vided into two groups: the Nazis and the anti-Nazis. The former can be easily recognized by their traditional salute of raising their hand above the head; the salute of the latter is the raising and shaking of the fist. The Nazi shout is “Heil Hitler.” The anti- Nazi shout is “Down with Hitler.” When two groups meet there are many broken heads and bleeding noses, despite the presence of the in- ternational police force. ‘The Swedish contingent of 200 men is the most liked by both factions. This is the first time in 130 years that Swedish troops have seen active service outside the borders of their own country. The British contingent is the most imposing—in numbers. The British war department 1s taking good care of their men. They receive good pay and good food, but the bachelors have been warned not to marry any Saar girls, under penalty of not obtaining the usual marriage allowances and quarters for their new wives. Hopes Envoys Keep Well. Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers have received the best wishes of State Department officials on the occasion of the new year. But nmone of the officials have been as fervently sincere in their wishes for the “best of health” as Richard Southgate, the much liked and able assistant chief of the Division of Protocol and pallbearer and mourner extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the department. Southgate not only has to arrange all the details of a funeral when a foreign Ambassador dies in the United States, but has also to accompany the body wherever it is sent. Last Summer he went to Belgium on & cruiser, Ambassador Paul May's coffin, and a few weeks ago went to Cuba on a destroyer, accompanying = Ambassador Marquez Sterling’s body. Study in Contrasts. White House diplomatic reception. Said a lady from the non-diplomatic group to her neighbor: “Wouldn't that man with the brown shirt sticking out of his pants (meaning Gen. Burzine, the Soviet military attache) look mag- nificent if he wore the uniform the little dark skinned fellow has?” Burzine stands 6 feet 3 inches. His uniform is a brown shirt, blue breeches and no medals, insignias or braid. The littie fellow, & Latin American diplomat, was all goid, sashes, ribbons, medals and fat. Roosevelt Slow. President Roosevelt is about as slow as President Taft in clearing the handshaking crowd at the diplomatic reception. It took him 1 hour and 40 minutes to shake the hands of some 1,300 persons. President Hoover was quicker. He got through in the same time, but cleared more than 2,000 guests. President Coolidge established a speed record. He shook the hands of 36 persons every minute. - Tombstones for Paving. THE SUNDAY BTAR, WASHINGTON 16.0.P. COMMITTEE | REMOVES DEFICIT Has Surplus of $184.76, but Democratic Forces Owe $562,792. By the Assoclated Press, The Republican National Committee jirgled $184.76 in its jeans last night and proudly remarked thst it was “in the black,” but the Democratic com- mittee, despite party gains at the polls, reported a $552,792 deficit. Henry P, Fletcher, chairman of the Republican committee, said the $206,~ 000 debt his party had owed when he took over the chairmanship of the committee last June had been covered, i the last campaign financed and there ‘was a little to spa-e. “It enables us to look ahead with renewed confidence,” Fletcher said, re- ferring to the report of George F. Getz, the committee treasurer. “I believe this is the first time, cer- tainly in latter-day history, that a political committee, faced with a defi- cit and the conduct of a campaign, has come through with its financial colors flying high.” Getz reported to the clerk of the House that the committee had taken in $416,695 in 1934, Old Debts Hurt Democrats. The Democrats reported they had received $367,497 during the year and spent $361,007. Old debts accounted for the big deficit. Among the larger previously unre- ported donations to the Democratic treasury were: Basil O'Connor, New York, former law partner of President Roosevelt, $1,000; Bernard M. Baruch, $2,000; August Heckscher, New York, $2,500; J. Richard Davis, New York, $2,000; T. Semmes Walmsley, New Orleans mayor, $1,250, and $1,000 each from A. Schreiber of Buffalo, George Schein of New York, W. C. Arthur of Mead- ville, Pa., and Laurence A. Steinhardt, Max D. Steuer, Earle Bailie and Seton | Porter, all of New York. ) Among the Republican contribu- ! tions previously reported were $5,000 each from Andrew W. Mellon, former Treasury Secretary; J. K. Mellon and Richard K. Mellon of Pittsburgh, John D. Rockefeller, jr., of New York, ana Mrs. Sarah Mellon Scaife of Pitts- burgh. Mrs. Mary C. Pew of Philadelphia contributed $8,000 to the Republicans, Miss Mary Ethel Pew and Mrs. Mabel Pew Myrin, $4,000 each, and J. How- ard Pew and J. W. Pew, jr., $2000 each. Dunbar W. Bostwick of New York also gave $2,000 to the G. O. P. $60,250 Due Raskob. ‘The Democratic party reported it owes John J. Raskob, a leader of the American Liberty League, $60,250. The party also owes $34,027 to Joseph P. Kennedy of New York, now chairman of the Federal Securities and Ex- change Commission; $25,000 to R. W. Morrison of San Antonio, Tex.; $17.500 to M. L. Benedum of Pittsburgh; $10,- 000 each to Henry Morgenthau, sr., of New York, R. H. Gore of Chicago, Howard Bruce of Baitimore, and Rob- ert B. Myer of New York. In addition the Democratic Commiit- tee was shown to be in debt $12,500 to William J. Froelich of Chicago, $107,~ 572 to the National Broadcasting Co., and $47,650 to the Columbia Board- casting System, nearly $42,000 in tele- phone bills, more than $17,000 to the Biltmore Hotel in New York for office rentals, and $30,000 to the Street Rail- way Advertising Co. of New York. Disbursements reported by the Re- Ppublican Senatorial and Congressional Committee included $1,500 to Vincent Carter of Kemmerer, Wyo., for “or- ganization and educational work,” and $1,000 each for the same purposes to Roscoe C. Patterson of Kansas City, defeated for re-election to the Senate in November, and B. Colton of Salt Lake City, Scott Leavitt of Great Falls, Mont.; Robert G. Simmons of Lincoln, Nebr,, and Charles E. Winter of Cas- per, Wyo. The National Committee of t! Prohibition party reported contribu= tions during 1934 of $5144 and ex- Ppenditures of $5485. o CITIESUSING T. V. A. POWER FACE ACTION Amendment to Bar Deals in Elec- | tricity Added to U. 8. Court Suit. By the Associated Press. FLORENCE, Ala, January 5.— Striking from & new angle, attorneys for a group of stockholders of the Alabama Power Co. today disclosed to Mayor Lee Glenn a plan seeking to prevent four North Alabama citles from obiaining electric power from the Tennessee Valley Authority. Mayor Glenn announced that At- torneys Johnston and Cabiness of Birmingham had supplied him with a copy of an amendment to the pend- ing’ petition contesting the constitu- tionality of the act creating the Ten- nessee Valley Authority, seeking to enjoin Florence, Tuscumbia, Sheffield and Athens from obtaining a loan or grant from the public works ad- ministration or the T. V. A. to con- struct electric distribution systems to compete with the Alabama Power Co., or from “aiding, furthering or par- ticipating in the {llegal and propriet- ary operation by the T. V. A, of the business of generating, transmitting or distributing power by purchasing power from T. V. A. in competition with the Alabama Power Co.” ‘The petition, the mayor said, would be filed as an amendment to the peti- tion on which a hearing has been set before Judge W. I. Grubb in U. S. District Court at Birmingham on January 19. ‘The original suit named the Ala- bama Power Co., the Tennessee Valley Authority and 14 North Alabama municipalities as co-defendants, and asked an injunction to restrain all parties from executing a sales con- tract for 82,200,000 worth of the utility’s property. The petition con- tends the act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority and its electric program are unconstitutional. BILOXI CLASH FEARED Appeal for Troops Considered in Mayoralty Controversy. BILOXI, Miss., January 5 (#).—Re- ports were current in Biloxi tonight that an appeal might be made to Gov. Sennett Conner for National Guard troops to preserve order in this ccast port Monday, when a fight be- tween two contenders to the mayor’s office is to meet its crisis. Special city police and deputies of Harrison ‘Tombstones removed from the parish | pressed churchyard st Kingston. England, are to be used paving. 1 -on-’ -Thames, for footpath D. €, JANUARY 6, 1935—PART ONE. President’s Son Pays Auto Fine Wirephoto taken yesterday at Orange, Conn, after Frankiin D. Roosevelt, jr , had paid a $10 fine in town court on a charge of speeding. The President’s son is shown shaking hands with Constable Joseph Cummings (left) who arrested him. Story on Page A-1. On the right is David Torrance, town prosecutor. Young Roosevelt pleaded guilty. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. R.F.C.TOFINANCE RELIEF TILL FALL Position Held Excellent for Use of Funds as Proj- ects Are Listed. By the Associated Press. As the preface to & $5,000,000,000 | drive against unemployment, the ad- | ministration yesterday reached toward the coffers of the R. F. C. funds to finance its next major effort—the | transition from dole to work relief. That agency has nearly two billion dollars of unexpended cash. Nearly half that sum is soon to be diverted to the relief program. That much w1ll' keep it going until next November. | By then, administration leaders ex- | pressed hope that the new system of providing jobs for the unemployed on public works projects of a widely va- ried nature may be well advanced. Direct Appropriations. The latter will be financed by di- Tect appropriations, with the total cost between the present time and the end of the next fiscal year, June 30, 1936, expected to run close to five billions. Describing the plan to Democratic congressional leaders, President Roose- velt Friday night roughly estimated the expense involved in the work-re- lief program at four billions, this in addition to $880,000,000 to come from the R. F. C. for the tide-over period. The Federal Emergency Relief Ad- ministration is to disappear and be supplanted by a new authority com- bining its functions with that of the Public Works Administration. ‘The administrators of those agencies, Harry Hopkins and Secretary Ickes, are to be prominent in the direction of the new authorities, but the exact set-up has still to be announced. Working both together and indi- vidually, the two, whose ideas follow the same general pattern, have evolved plans by which they hope to get the new plan into operation both smoothly and expeditiously. List of Projects Cerapiled. Among other things they already have compiled & list of the projects to be undertaken—ranging from preven- tion of soil erosion to slum clearance, road building and the like, The situation arising from the merger of the two administrations has aroused much speculation in Wash- ington over which of the two admin- istrators will be placed in command, or whether both will have membership in a controlling advisory board. The R. F. C. has an unspent total of $1,901,959,126. Its old loans are being repaid at a rate which exceeds its new advances. Since last June it has received $49,000,000 more than it has paid out in new loans. That trend is continuing. Thus the corporation is held to be in excellent position to finance the re- lief program umtil Fall. It already has advanced $372,000,000 to the re- lief corporation since the fiscal year Si began. NEW PERSHING PORTRAIT GIVEN INITIAL SHOWING Painting by Philip A. de Laszlo on Display Here for First Time in America. i This painting, received from-Pal Forum Speaker SPEAKER BYRNS, BYRNS TODISCUSS ISSUES IN FORUM Successor to Rainey Is Speaker in Talk on N.B.C. Network. Speaker Joseph W. Byrns of the House of Representatives will discuss the issues to be met at the present session of Congress in the National Radio Forum tomorrow night at 10:30 o'clock. ‘The National Radio Forum is ar- ranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over the network of the National Broadcasting Co. Mr. Byrns was elected Speaker of the House when Congress assembled Thursday. He succeeds in this office the late Speaker Henry T. Rainey. He was the unanimous choice of his party in the House to become its pre- siding officer. In the last Congress Mr. Byrns was the Democratic floor leader and played a prominent part in the passage of New Deal législa- tion. PECORA DUE FOR BENCH Securities Commissioner Reported Chosen for High Court. NEW YORK, January 5 (#).—Gov. Herbert H. Lehman was said by New York newspapers tonight to have de- cided on the appointment of Ferde- nand Pecora, member of the Federal Securities Exchange Commission, as upreme Court Justice in the first judicial district. The vacancy which Pecora, former chief assistant district attorney of New York County, was picked to fill was caused by the elevation of Ed- ward R. Finch from presiding justice of the appelate division to associate judge of the Court of Appeals. The appointments would be until Decem- ber 31, 1935. ———— | PRISONERS USE BOTTLE TO KNOCK OUT JAILER By the Associated Press. DANVILLE, I, January 5—Four prisoners who used a pop bottle to slug their jailer unconscious as he sought a “leak” they reported in their jumbing, were at large fml;hmbt_ on UNITY PLAN URGED FOR PLAYGROUNDS Federation Asks Parley. to Work Out Reform Program. ‘The Federation of Citizens’ Asso- ciations went on record last night as favoring the proposed unification of recreational facilities in the District. Harry M. Stull, chairman of the Committee on Education, presented | & majority report in favor of a modi- fied Weir plan, as proposed by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. A minority report was offered by Thomas J. Llewellyn of the same committee, and was voted down. Outgrowth of a study of the Weir report, the committee headed by Stull refrained from accepting any one of the four plans already suggested for unification. Instead the committee confined itself to pointing out the best features of the plans, laying em- phasis on the fourth, which it con- sidered worthy of acceptance if im- proved. ‘The latter plan calls for s recrea- tional department, under the National Capital Parks Office and the Board of Education, thereby eliminating the present Playground Department. A superintendent of recreation and an advisory committee would be in charge. Seen Controversial. Stull said the proposed unification was “one of the most controversial matters that ever came before the federation.” The committee which he heads, Stull said, holds several objections to the Weir plan, “and op- poses any plan which would take from the Board of Education any of the facilities—either in buildings or grounds—now allotted to recrea- tion.” ‘The only recommendation the com- mittee would make was that there be a conference between the existing recreational agencies and the citi- zens so a plan favorable to all might be worked out. Harry Quinn, s member of the Board of Education and & delegate from the Sixteenth Street Highlands Citizens’ Association, sketched the present layout used for recreational purposes in the District—200-odd acres operated by the Board of Edu- cation and 20-odd acres under the municipal und system. “Each year,” he said, “the money for playgrounds is borrowed from the budget of the Board of Education.” He added that, in view of this fact, this item should be appropriated di- rectly to the board, which, in turn, should keep charge of playground fa- cilities—recreational facilities. He pointed to a condition where there are two organizations doing what should be done by one, with one having practically al]l of the recrea- tional facilities and little money and the other having most of the¢ money and few facilities. Asks Recreation Board. B Jesse Suter of the Citizens' Joint it layground Departmen of the activities of the said “there would be a of if both cre- appointed to e {4 in presenting a petition opposing the proposed ban on all-night parking, insisted that the federation be better represented numerically before the Trafic Control Board. It was said ARMSFORMENCO [CONMITTE FIGHT HUNTED ON COAST THREATENS HOUSE Officers on Both Sides of {Snell and Byrns Figure in Border Seek to Capture Trucks and Motor Cars. By the Associated Press. CALEXICO, Calif., January 5.—A fieet of trucks and moter cars believed to be speeding from the United States into Mexico with 120 machine guns and ammunition for revolutionary plotters was hunted strenuously by officers on both sides of the border to- night. Instructions to stop the gun-running | caravan “at all costs” were delivered to guards on both sides of the inter- national line. Guard forces were dou- bled both in American and Mexican territory. Reports that 300 additional machine guns were stored in a huge Los An- geles warehouse, presumably awaiting movement into revolutionary hands south of the boundary, sent detectives there on a hunt for the place. Car Sighted Near Tucson. H. L. Stanley, chief of the mounted customs patrol at San Diego, said an automobile had been reported seen speeding toward Tucson, Ariz. Two men were held in Los Angeles after assertedly telling police the arms and ammunition had been collected and secreted there over a period of sev- eral months. The police said the ar- rest of “the big chief” of the sus- pected plot was imminent. While the Mexican capital reported no knowledge of a border plot, ad- vices from Vera Cruz, on the east coast of that country, said 200 peas- ants had attempted to capture police headquarters at Los Tuxtlas and that several were wounded when gendarmes fired upon them. Troops in Pursuit. Advices from Jalapa said troops had left there to pursue an armed band near Tlapaciyan, First informafion of the suspected revolutionary plot came with the Los Angeles arrests. Police said one of the men told them the second consignment of mu- nitions would be sent South by ship. Authorities declared they were told the cargo of arms already on the way was valued at $34,000. Another load. | believed still here, was evaluated by | !h:dmen in custody at $210,000, police | saf Both men were being held incom- municado by Los Angeles police, who gave the name of one of them as William H. Burnett, but refused to identify the other. Police said the men told them Mexican revolutionaries had agreed to ::‘uhpt the munitions on a c. o. d.| MEXICO GUARDS BORDER. Officials Take Utmost Precaution to! Prevent Arms Smuggling. EAGLE PASS, Tex, January 5 (®). —Mexico, taking utmost precautions to prevent an uprising, is maintaining a close watch along the border to pre- vent smuggling in of arms. ‘Two thousand rounds of rifle am- muntion were confiscated this week at Laredo, Tex. American hunters crossing into the southern republic must have a permit from the Mexican Army, as well as consular officials, to take weapons and the amount of ammunition is sharply limited. Mexican Army officials have blamed an alleged revolutionary plot on fol- lowers of Gen. Antonio Villarreal, de- feated by Gen. Larazo Cardenas last Summer for the Mexican presidency. Villarreal asserted he was defeated by unfair tactics. He recently was under surveillance of Mexican secret agents. Federal troops have dispersed small bands which cut telephone lines and attempted to burn bridges in the Allende district south of Eagle Pass. The insurgents fled into the moun- tains of Central Coahuila on stolen horses. POWER COMPANY CUTS RATES IN NEW YORK Thirty Subsidiaries in State Will Get Reductions When Sched- ule Is Drawn. By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y, January $5— Citing “improving economic condi- tions,” Alfred H. Schoellkopf, presi- dent of the Niagara-Hudson Power Co., announced today rate reductions would be placed in effect for users of electricity throughout New York State as soon as Public Service Com- mission approval is granted. He announced that Niagara-Hudson, controlling more than 30 companies, ‘would petition for approvel as soon as experts have drawn the new schedules. The reductions would be on a pro- motion basis, bringing a lower rate after a certain amount of power is consumed. This is similar to the Washington plan of dividing profits over 7 per cent between stockholders and customers. BUSINESS MISSTATED W. ¥. Bergmann Was President of Dry Cleaning Co. In an article in The Star Wednes- day on the death of William F. Bergmann, it was stated that he was “owner of the laundry and dry- cleaning business bearing his name, and of the Bergmann Laundry and Dry Cleaning Plant in Rosslyn, Va.” According to information received later, Mr. Bergmann was last en- gaged In business as the president and majority stockholder of Bergmann’s Dry Cleaners & Dyers, Inc., and was not the head of the laundry business, of which his father, William C. Berg- mann, is president and majority stockholder. Two Killed in Mine. & report the District on the grounds such a tax would be in the nature of duplica- the burden Clash Over Assignment of Posts. "| By the Assoctated Press. A sharp row in the House over take« ing committee posts away from Ree publicans and giving them to Demo~ crats threatened yesterday an indefi« nite delay to the enactment of legis~ lation, The argument became so heated that Representative Snell of New York, the minority leader, remarked, per- haps only semi-seriously, that “if the Democrats are going to act like that, then I don’t know that I care about having any Republicans on commite tees.” To which Speaker Byrns retorted: “All right; if they don't want to name Republicans, then we’ll go right ahead witheut them.” Negotiations in an attempt to re- lieve the impasse were under way. Both sides were hopeful an agreement could be reached, but there were no tangible signs of one. Indications, leaders said, were that instead of starting on legislation tomorrow, as scheduled, ihe House might have to wait until Wednesday, Thursday or later for the first appropriation bill. Senate More Peaceable. At the same time, Senate Republi- caas were accepting a reduction of committee posts without open protest. Senate Democrats yesterday picked their committee members, increasing the Democratic roster in most in- stances by two members and cutting the Republican representation by one or two. The Democrats desire a 3-to-1 majority on committees in the House. Senate Democrats named to new chairmanships were Wheeler, Mon- tana, Interstate Commerce; Cope= land, New York, Commerce; Neely, West Virginia, Rules, and Thomas, Okkhoma, Indian Affairs. The Senate Republcans named their members for the reduced num- ber of posts, but withheld the list until it is approved at a Republican meeting tomorrow. The fact the Senate change was accepted without a furor spurred House Democrats to strong words. “Look what the Senate Republicans did?” Speaker Byrns said. “They took their medicine Why can’t the House Republicans be sports enough to go along?” Election Different Matter, Asked about the Republican con- tention that the G. O. P. got 46 per cent of the popular vote last election, Byrns said: “What's that got to do with fit? Does that mean that when & bill comes up, the House vote is going to be divided 54 per cent Democratic and 46 per cent Republican? It does not. It'll be 322 Democrats and 103 Republicans.” Snell indicated he would accept the change if the Democrats would take care of four Republicans who, under the new three-to-one ratio order are | to lose committee assignments. They are Representatives Powers of New Jersey and ‘Ditter of Pennsylvanis, who have been on Appropriations; Wadsworth of New York. Interstate Commerce, and Lehlbach of New Jere | sey. Rules. He said he wanted the Democrats to take “any majority they choose” but said the size of the committees should be increased to take care of the four. Byrns opposed this. Chairman Buchanan called the Ap- propriations Committee, to which Democratic members already have been elected, to meet Tuesday. He said, however, that no legisiation would be presented to the House until Republicans had been given “a rea- sonable time” to pick their Appro= priations Committee members. Given Additional Posts. In the assignments announced yese terday by the Democratic Steering Committee, Senator Byrd of Virginia was added to the Civil Service Com- mittee;, Senators Bilbo, Mississippi; Moore, New Jersey, and Radcliffe, Maryland, were added to the Library Committee, and Senators Maloney, Connecticut, and Truman, Missouri, were assigned to the Public Buildings and Grounds Committee. Majority Leader Robinson an- nounced that Senator McAdoo of California, at his own request, was transferred from Finance to the Ap- propriations Committee, and Senator ‘Truman also was added to Appropria- tions. Senator Black, Alabama, gave up the Judiciary Committee and was assigned to Finance, along with Sena- tors Gerry, Rhode Island, and Guffey, Pennsylvania. Senator Bone, Wash- ington, went from the Agriculture Committee to Interstate Commerce. All committee changes are expected to be approved in the Senate tomore Tow. Doll Manufacturer Termed ‘Welching’ On Union Contract New York High Court Rules Against Firm in N. R. A. Case. By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, January 5.—The Su- preme Court today added the expres. sive word “weiching” to the coun- try’s N. R. A. lexicon, which already includes such picturesque terms as “chiseling” and “cracking down.” ‘The conduct of the doll-manuface turing firm of Ralph A. Freundlich. Inc.. said Justice Willlam Harmon Black today in ruling on an N. R. A. case, “can only be as welching.” Referee to Be Named. Justice Black sald he would appoint a referee to assess monetary damages against the firm for its alleged breaches of a “closed-shop” agreement with the company accountable for any fu- ture violations despite the fact it has moved its factory to Clinton, Mass. Agreement Entered Inte. The court charged the Freundlich Co. had enjoyed the benefits of avert- union, “but refuses to carry out the obligations.” ‘The 37-page decision, reviewing & . prt workers, if the closed-shop agreement was found not to be.in conflict with the N. R. A. After it was 5o found, court held, Freundlich failed {0 his promise.