Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy and much colder tonight with a cold wave, minimum temperature tonight about 22 degrees; tomorrow fair. Temperatures—Highest, 68, at 3:45 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 45, at. noon today. Full report on page B-6. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages No. 33,173. post. office, Wa: BORAHTO DEMAND SENATE AGTION ON' WORK-RELIEF BILL Progressives Expected to| Back Plan to End Com- mittee Jurisdiction. BULKLEY CONTENDS BACKFIRE IS FAILURE Several Senators Say Few Voters | Have Protested Higher Pay in Aid Measure. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. A demand that the $4,880.000,000 work-relief bill be brought forthwith before the Senate and disposed of without further delay is expected to be made when the Senate meets Thursday. The demand will take the | cryjse and were made with the con- | | sent of Col. Ruppert, owner of the| form of a motion to discharge the Senate Appropriations Committee from further consideration of the measure. The proposal to move to discharge the committee to which the bill was | recommitted after the administration had been defeated in its fight against the McCarran prevailing-wage amend- ment originated with some of the Re- publican Progressives, including Sen- ator Borah of Idaho. In fact, had Senator Borah been able to get the | floor yesterday during the debate over | the relief bill, he planned to make the mot#n then Five-Day Rest. It has been five days since the bill was recommitted and so far no ef- fort has been made by the adminis- tration leaders and Chairman Glass to have the Appropriations Commit- tee consider the bill. | ‘The hope of the administration that the country would arise behind the President and support him in his opposition to the McCarran prevail- ing wage amendment has not mate- rialized. Comparatively few messages have been received by Senators re- garding the work-relief bill, and most | of those messages, according to the Senators, are favorable to the Mc- Carran amendment and against the $5C-a-month security wage proposal of the President i Those Senators who favor discharg- ing the committee from further con- sideration of the work-relief bill are planning to frame their resélution, 1f‘ they can, so the bill will be restored Entered as second class matter 14,15&16 shington, D. C. The WASHINGTON, D. C, enin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1935—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. Babe Ruth Signs With Braves MEN']IHA REGIME To Sertge as Assistant Manager Gains Release From Yan- kees and Accepts 3- Year Contract. Slugger Will Also Be- come Vice President of “ National League Club. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, February 26.—Babe Ruth, for 21 years brightest star of the American League, today was given his release by the New York Yankees and immediately signed a three-year cohtract with the Boston Braves of the rival National League as ,lce president and assistant manager. Utter the terms of the contract announced jointly by Ruth and Emil Fuchs, president of the Boston club, Ruth will share in the profits of the club. if any, and is given an option to purchase stock. Negotiations for his affiliations with the Braves have been carried on by correspondence since Ruth's return last week from a round-the-world Yankees. The correspondence leaves the way | open for Ruth to assume active man- | | agement of the club, although Fuchs made it plain that Bill McKechnie, present manager of the Braves, has his full confidence and will be in con- trol of the team ‘“unless circum- stances” show that it will be better for Ruth to be in full charge on the field. ;] BABE RUTH. - = PRESIDENT DRAFTS FINAL PROPOSALS Works at Hyde Park on Ship | Subsidy and Unified Transport Unit. By the Associated Press. HYDE PARK, N. Y., February 26— | President Roosevelt kept one eye on national affairs today as he did his homework on final phases of his pro- gram for Congress. Standing pat on his domestic re- covery program, he closely observed | SOCIAL SECURITY DELAY IS FEARED Quick State Co-operation Threatened by Slowing of Legislation. By the Assoclated Press. With the Roosevelt $4,880,000,000 i work and relief program still frozen in | a Senate committee, anxiety arose to- day among backers of a second huge | administration project—the social se- curity bill. 1S THEATENED By e RAL WALKOUT “Schoolboy” Strike Grow- ing Into Menacing Sit- uation in Cuba. MANIFESTO BY LEADERS ASKS TAX PAYMENT HALT jTwo Bombs Injure 10, Including Little Girls—Government Blames Communists. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, February 26.—Cuba’s “schoolboy” strike threatened today to become a general revolutionary walk- out, seriously endangering the regime of President Carlos Mendieta. The government laid responsibility for the nation-wide movement at the door of the Communists, while police acted to round up the instigators. Their belligerency unabated. the strikers, bent on forcing the resigna- tion of President Mendieta and his government, formed a “united front” and pushed their campaign througn- out the island. ‘Twenty-six Teachers Arrested. ‘Hundreds of strike delegates poured into Havana from interior points for meetings to formulate plans for pro- moting the strike. Twenty-six school teachers were arrested in Havana and charged with holding unauthorized meetings or possessing strike mani- festoes. Acts of violence multiplied. . Six persons, including two small girls, were injured by a bomb explosion in & public park in Santos Suarez, a suburb of Havana. Four others were wounded in an explosion amid the bazaar booths in nearby Guirademelena. Another bomb wrecked the front of the municipal court room at Jatibonico, near Ca- maguey. The National Confederation of Labor, controlling the Communist ele- ment among workers, pledged its sup- port to a general strike, along with several individual unions. Govern- ment employes displayed a willing- ness to listen to strike delegates’ ex- hortations and were believ likely to join their ranks. Call Tax Strike. They feared tha{ with the stream to the Senate in the same form it held | at the time of recommittal—in other | the contest in the Senate over his words, so that it will include the Mc- ' work relief measure, apparently con- Carran amendment. Whether this | vinced this was a better approach to can be done has been put up to the | ynemployment than the dole. patliamentanses Radio Plans Put Aside. Backfire Effort Falks. | Suggestions of intimates that he In one terse sentence—"The fire- | talk to the Nation over the radio have cracker failed to go off!"—Senator | peen put aside with an obvious belief Bulkley, Democrat, of Ohio today that the overwhelming Democratic summed up the prevailing opinion of | majority on Capitol Hill will follow Capitol Hill concerning the adminis- | his leadership. tration's effort to start a backfire at| Mr Roosevelt was working over spe- home against Senators who voted for | cia] reports today. formulating the the McCarran amendment. | last of his special recommendations to Senator Bulkley said he had had | Congress—the direct ship subsidy plan only a few messages in regard to the | gnd the unified transportation agency. work relief bill since that measure His close interest in the progress of was sent back to the Appropriations congressional work was unmistakable. Committee. With a strong numerical majority, he “Most of those messages have been | nas pursued the policy this session of in favor of the McCarran amend- ment,” said Senator Bulkley. One Protest in 200. H Senator McCarran, Democrat, of | Nevada, the author of the prevailing | wage amendment, said today that he | had had about 200 letters and tele-| leaving formulation of regular bills to the congressional leaders. Only for emergency needs, he has said, will special measures be sent to Congress. This was the case with the work relief bill, still stranded in the Senate. No more emergency legislation is grams in regard to the work relief Bill and that only one of them had | looked for. His intimates have de- clared the depression definitely is on the way oufy {of legislation through Congress | slowed almost to a halt, the plan to | have States quickly adopt security |laws in harmony with the Federal | Government might be endangered. Many State Legislatures are now in session, but a large proportion are due to adjourn within two weeks, some of them not to meet again in | regular session for two years. Thus, | unless Congress quickly passed the security bill for unemployment in- surance, old-age pensions and other | social benefits, the plan to have the States and Federal Government work hand in hand on the project would face serious delays, its backers feared. Bill _ s Left Alone. Administratio, | leaders indicated no intention of » sndoning their ap- parent plan to leave the work and re- lief bill in the Senate Annropciations Committee a while in the hope that time would change the Senate's mind on the prevailing wage amendment, tacked on the bill in the face of a threatened veto. Secretary Ickes predicted today the work bill would be passed by Congress without the prevailing-wage amend- The strikers issued a manifesto calling on all Cubans to refrzin from paying taxes and thereby tie the gov- ernment’s hands. Soon afterward a representative of the 5,000 residents of “Realengo 18,” in Oriente Province, pledged the support of his hill neigh- bors. The “Realengueros” have been at odds with the government for months and have declined to pay their taxes. The government contends the pic- turesque hillmen are squatting on hundreds of thousands of acres of land to which they have no legal claim, but it has never been able to evict them. —_— BUILDING SERVICE STRIKE IS AVERTED Real Estate Operators Agree to ‘Wage Increases in New York Garment Center. AN Ha, 1'LL Finp OUT WHAT MY NEIGHBOR'S MAKE o Star L L IT'LL HE| AFTER THIS! = \\ THE THINKER! ME To KNow S GOT e The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 131,292 8ome Returns Not Yet Received. (P) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. GAMBLERS BEHIND ATTACKS ON HIM, GARNETT RETORTS |Says He Has Full Confi- dence in Kindleberger as Prosecutor. LP |DENIES ARRESTED MAN THREATENED OFFICIAL | Cites Own Records of Convictions to Uphold Contention Enemies Are “After” Him. Fighting mad. United States Attor- ney Leslie C. Garnett. today lashed back at critics of his administratigp, | declared “gamblers are behind $]e | attempt to discredit this office.” and affirmed his entire confidence in his | Police Court assistant. Karl Kindle- berger, who was the target yesterday | of testimony before the Crime Inves- | tigating Committee of the House by | Policeman James W. Peters of the eighth precinct BOARD WILL LT | LIQUOR LICENSES With 394 Class A Permits | Already Issued, New Policy Is Invoked. ! The Alcoholic Beverage Control | Board decided today as a matter of | policy to place a curb on the issuance of any more licenses for the sale of bottled liquors. The board, however, did not move to place a fixed number of licenses. The policy was adopted because of the large number of permits now out- standing for retail establishments in | all sections of the District. For this year, the board already has issued 394 Class A licenses. Last year the board issued only 350 permits of this kind. George W. Offutt, chairman of the A. B. C. Board, said the chance of any more retailers getting Class A | licenses this year is “very slim.” He | said there are 28 such applications now | pending, and that the board would act | on these, possibly approving several | of them. He said the policy of the board was adopted because the District already is adequately serviced by Class A | license holders. The Commissioners, under the terms | of the Djstrict liquor act, have power to set a limit on the total number of licenses to be issued or on the num- ber which may be issued for a neigh- | borhood. This has not been invoked except during the last Christmas holi- day season, when the purpose was to prevent out-of-town dealers from entering this market merely to catch the holiday trade. ICKES WILL FORWARD l Illness Fatal WILLIAM W. BRIDE. ~—Harris-Ewing Photo. W.W_ BRIDE DIES; ILLSINCE OCTOBER Chairman of Parole Board and Former Corpora- tion Counsel. William W. Bride, chairman of the District Parole Board and former { Asked if he propased any action in view of Peters' accusation that Kindleberger nolle prossed charges of | intoxication, disorderly conduct and {assault against Marshall Edward Buckley, jr.. as the price of the lat- ter's silence about a trip to Pittsburgh CRACEHTS BNS | said: “I haven't given | consideration yet, but if I do anything H it will be to bring Peters before the | Steel Man Agrees, However, 7' ™! Board | Denies Any Threat. | War Profits May Have | There were seven witnesses to the | | conversation when Buckley reputedly threatened Kindleberger. and all will Influenced Demand. testify there were no threats made, Garnett continued There was no occasion for the is- |suance of a warrant, the United ‘War veterans' demands for pay- States attorney continued, as “drunk ment of the soldiers’ bonus were de- and disorderly cases didn't come with- in Mr. Kindleberger's jurisdiction.” plored today by Eugene G. Grace. "wngieberger, who was one of Gar- president of the Bethlehem Steel pnett's first appointees was described Corp., in testimony before the Senate by his superior as “the most efficient Munitions Committee. | man in Police Court in many years.” “It is unfortunate to have a demand | and. he concluded. “when this is over, by organized forces for tne bonus,” he ' it will be shown that he deserves a declared. “It is unfortunate to have lot of credit.” such a situation.” | In support of his charges that gam- Chairman Nye of the committee | blers whom he has prosecuted are be- quoted Frank Belgrano, national com- | hind the barrage now being laid down . mander of the American Legion, as ' against his office, Garnett said that he | saying the demand for the bonus de- had won 11 convictions; had 30 cases | veloped when the veterans learned of | pending and that 6 were now in court. By the Associated Press. FARLEY PROBE DATA | corporation counsel, died today at the | Washington Sanitarjum at Takoma | Park. He had been ill since October | end was taken to the sanitarium re- | cently when his condition became critical. Members of the family were at the Interior Secretary Declines to Re- veal What P. W. A. Projects Are Included. By the Associated Press. Secretary Ickes said today he would sanitarium when he died. Mr. Bride was 53 years old. Mr. Bride had been suffering from profits and wages prevailing in indus- try in war time. Grace Agrees With Nye. “He is in a position to know,” Grace | said. “I had never thought of it in that connection.” He agreed with Nye that such a situation would “leave a bad iaste among veterans required in the Army to accept $1 a day. Grace said, “war should not be a ve- | hicle for unconscionable profits.” Just previously he had testified his salary and bonuses in 1917 and 1918 amounted to $2.798,00Q, of Wwhich $2,755,000 was taxable. He said he paid $1,810,000 in taxes. Grace Challenges Bone. Grace also challenged a declaration by Senator Bone, Democrat, of Wash- ington that the Bethlehem Steel Cor- poration “quibbled over profits” on | World War ship construction while the | country “desperately” needed ships. “Why should the Bethlehem quibble | with the Government over profits on ships in time of war?” Bone demanded. “Isn't the answer found in evidence that Bethlehem's profits went up enormously during the war?” Grace declined to comment on state- { “I think we are in agreement.”| In comparison, he said, there had been no felony convictions for two years before he took office, and he could only recall one prior to that time— | “Dapper Jack” Kelliher. | _He said, also, that he had caused 275 gambling telephones to be re- moved by the telephone company, | which also had refused to install 56 ~others. | The House investigators have called | upon the Chesapeake & Potomac | Telephone Co. to furnish copies of | Garnett's letters asking that phone service be denied gamblers. Garnett commented: “And all they would have had to do was ask me for the corre- spondence and it would have been furnished gladly.” New Law Rumored. Meanwhile it was indicated the | legislation prohibiting legal officers of the District and Federal Gov- ernments from engaging in private practice probably will be one of the principal recommendations of the Crime Investigation Committee of the House. The committee, Chairman Randolph said, probably will incorporate this pro- | posal in its report to the House, as a |result of the disclosure of Kindle- | berger, that he, as well as some of the been a protest against the prevailing | wage amendment | By the Associated Press. ment. A - forward “in the next day or two™ all e Dt -4 ments read by Bone except to declare |Other assistants. are engaging in “All the rest were favorable to my amendment,” he said. Senator McCarran said he knew of no changes in the line-up in the Senate on the McCarran amendment. Twenty-one Democrats supported it last week. He expects to meet with the Executive Council of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor this after- noon on the invitation of that com- mittee. The American Federation of (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) 22 DEGREES FORECAST FOR DISTRICT TONIGHT Cold Wave Sweeping From Can- ada to Follow Rain Today. A cold wave sweeping down from | Canada will drive the mercury down to the 22-degree mark tonight, the Weather Bureau reported this morning. The rat, which started early this morning, will continue most of the day, and tonight will be partly cloudy and colder. Tomorrow will be fair, but much colder, the meteorologists said. Moderate northwest and north winds will add to the chill. ‘The cold wave will follow on the heels of Springlike weather yesterday, when temperatures soared to the 66- degree mark at 3 pm. At 3 am. the mercury had dropped to 36 degrees. Leave March Field on Flight to Holds Back Whip. Presidential aides have frankly ex- pressed surprise over the effect on Congress of messages from organzied groups, but only as a last resort is the Rresident expected to “crack the whip.” Marvin H. McIntyre, the secretary in charge of temporary headquarters at the Poughkeepsie office near the President’s home, said numerous messages of support were coming in on the work program. Mr. Roosevelt maintained constant contract with the White House, but gave no evidence pof concern. He will conclude his visit home to- morrow, departing by night train for ‘Washington. ARMY BOMBERS OFF Panama by Way of Capital. MARCH FIELD, Calif,, ' February 26 (/)—Eleven giant Army war birds of the 31st Bombardment Squadron took off here today at 7:25 a.m. (Pa- cific standard time) on the first leg of a projected 10,000-mile round trip training flight to Panama by the way of San Antonio, Tex., and Washing- ton, D. C. ‘The bombing armada, carrying a force of 32 Army flyers in command of Capt. Harold D. Smith headed for San Antonio. Cabbage Becomes Aristocratic As Breeding Eliminates Odor BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE, Associated Press Science Editor. ITHACA, N. Y., February 26.—An edorless cabbage, something new in the vegetable world, was annownced today at Cornell University by Prof. C. H. Myers of the department of plant ‘breeding. It will not “smell up the house” while cooking, yet, dietetically and gastronomically, it is a perfect cab- bage. The old “smell” turned out to lic works administrator said “there is a very great demand for a public works-relief bill.” Ickes added that he had received numerous letters supporting the measure since it was sent back to the Senate committee. The Interior Secretary advanced no reason for his belief the bill eventually would pass, despite the deadlock in the Senate. There was prolonged argument in the Senate yesterday as to who has been responsible for delaying passage of the big work-relief bill. ‘Resent- ment at being blamed by Roosevelt leaders for “killing” the measure was evidenced by some of the Senators who raised the wage requirements against the President’s wishes. Senators Black, Democrat of Ala- bama and Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana went on record with a joint declaration that if the bill is not bility of those who voted for the pre- vailing-wage amendment.” “I have been here long enough,” Black said, “to know that if I can’t get what I want I will get as much as I can of what I want. Everybody in here knows that if that bill is desired it will be passed.” President Said to Be Firm. . Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, told the Senate yesterday the President’s plan would never be “consummated” unless the prevailing wage amendment is deleted. N Senators McCarran (Democrat, of Nevada), author of the wage amend- ment; Adams (Democrat, of - rado); Wheeler and Hastings ( b- lican, of Delaware), contended hours many plants require to reach their best. Then he replanted them. have been only an evolutionary hang-| ity over which disappeared when good, was introduced. It took 4,000 cabbages and six years to produce the aristocratic vegetable. Fach year Prof. Myers uprooted a few sturdy, early cabbages in the Cornelt experimental gardens and placed them in cold storage for about two months. | seeds This gave the young cabbages a “rest.” | 1 At was part of the “hibernation” which, “(Continued on Page 3, Column 6. HUNT FAILS TO REVEAL MISSING MISSIONARIES By the Associated Press.* SIAN, Shensi, China, Pebruary 26.— A search for Rey.. Mr. and Mrs. 8. C. passed it “will not be the responsi-|S! NEW YDRK, February 26.—The threatened strike of building service employes in the garment and fur cen- ters was averted early today when realty operators agreed to wage in- creases and shorter hours for 20,000 workers in 600 buildings. Beaten back in another front, labor planned a vigorous counter attack against the ruling of Justice Salvatora A. Cotillo, who in a Supreme Court decision yesterday ruled that unions could not demand a closed shop in re- tail stores and other businesses where the “personal equation” was a major factor of employment. Selection of salespeople under union rules, he held, would result in “strangu- lation” of a store’s efforts to build up an organization satisfactory to the purchasers. ‘The agreement which averted a strike of elevator men and other build- ing employes in many of Manhattan TS is to be effective until Jan- uary 31, 1936. It was negotiated with Jeremiah T. Mahoney, chairman of the Regional Labor Beard, acting as mediator. BEER PERMIT DENIED TAKOMA PARK MA Harry Ballos Loses Court Fight to Force A. B. C. Board to Issue License.’ Harry Ballos, proprietor of & res- taurant at 317 Cedar street, Takoma Park, today lost his fight in District an on-sale lieense to enable him to sell beer, when Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat declined to order the board to .| assistance and proceeded on its trip information concerning Postmaster | General Farley gathered by his in- vestigators, He said recently no investigation had been made of Farley personally. He declined to specify what P. W. A. projects were included in data gath- ered by Louis R. Glavis, chief of the Division of Investigation. Senator Huey Long was author of} the Senate resolution requesting the information. Asked how much data would be sent, Ickes quoted an anecdote to the effect that “a man's legs should be long enough to reach the ground.” M’LEOD SEEKS HOUSE RULE TO FORCE VOTE Resolution Would Restore Right of 145 Members to Compel Release of Any Bill. Restoration to House members of the right to vote on any bill which has the support of 145 members is proposed in a resolution introduced today by Representative McLeod, Re- publican, of Michigan. He is seek- ing a workable “discharge rule” to release from committee control bills on which a considerable number of members wish to force a vote, gen- erally in opposition to the policy of the administration forces. ‘The McLeod resolution provides that when a committee refuses to act on a bill, the measure may be brought up for consideration in the House when a petition for that purpose is signed by 145 Representatives or one- third of the membership of the House. Stranded Ship Refloated. NEW YORK, February 26 (#).— The freighter Eastern Temple went aground near Chatham Bar, Mass., early today, but was refloated without from Boston to Newport News. a complication of ailments and heart attacks. Started Practice in 1905. He had served the District as cor- poration counsel and as general coun- sel to the Public Utilities Commission for nearly seven years. After resign- ing from that dual capacity in March, 1934, he accepted appointment as chairman of the Board of Indetérmi- nate Sentence and Parole. That board had undergone changes in personnel and was struggling to carry out its duties with limited funds, and the Commissioners sought the service of a man experienced in District ad- ministration. While perhaps better known to the public for his long service as corporation counsel, Mr. Bride had established himself as a lawyer before entering the local Government work. He had wide practice which began here in 1905 when he became asso- clated with Charles A. Douglas. In his early years of practice here, he devoted attention to litigation before the Districts courts, the Court of DEFENSE SHAPES HAUPTMANN PLEA Will Ask Reversal of Convic- tion—$7,500 Pledged for Fight. By the Associated Press. TRENTON, N, J, February 26— Bruno Hauptmann's counsel began today the preparation of reasons for asking the New Jersey Court of Ap- peals for a reversal of his conviction in the Lindbergh kidnap-murder case. The appeal is being perfected from a complete copy of the trial record ob- tained yesterday from the attorney general’s office. Hauptmann, confined to the desth house in Jersey State Prison, was cheered by word from C. Lioyd Pisher, an, attorney, that about $7,500 had been pledged for his defense fund. —— MARIJUANA BANNED CITY, Mo, Februsry proved the measure, whi submitted to Gov. Guy B. Park for the Bethlehem side of the case had been presented in its briefs. | ‘The shipbuilder sat scowling while | Bone read from a brief in a suit brought by the United States Ship- ping Board against the company charging it with having “perpetrated a gross fraud” against the Govern- ment. Calls Charge “Unfair.” “Isn’t that strong language?” Bone asked on completing it. “Have you any comment on it?" “Very strong, very unfair” Grace asserted, still scowling. “There will be nothing to substantiate it when the | case is settled.” He added a moment later: “‘We don’t accept any as being true.” Swinging into the committee's search for a curb on war profits, Senator Nye declared there should be a limit not | only on war-time profits, but on profits on building in preparation for war. —_— TWO SISTERS DROWN HONGKONG, February 26 (#)— Two little American girls, Martha and Ruth Bailey, aged 7 and 8, drowned today in a river, With their father, Dr. J. Mansfield Bajley, Baptist medical missionary stationed at Kweilin, they were driv- ing in an automobile, returning to their station from a vacation in Hong- kong. The automobile ran off a ferryboat while it was crossing a river. | | private practice while drawing a Gov- ernment salary. Kindleberger said his salary was $3,800 a year, minus the |5 per cent cut. Kindleberger was on the witness stand for several hours yesterday and his _testimony was the first taken (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) RETURN TO POSTS OF POLICE DELAYED Montgomery Board Wants Seve eral Clauses in Bill Clarified. By a Staff Correspandent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., February 26— Restoration to duty of the veteran members of the Montgomery County police force, scheduled to be reinstated under the Prescott bill, will be delayed for several days. The county commissioners decided this morning to communicate with the State employment officer at Balti« more and request him to clarify seve eral clauses in the bill. “The delay is not an attempt to thwart the legislature, but is merely being taken so that we can definitely determine the effect of a number of clauses in the measure,” Edward Peters, counsel for the board, said. By the Assoclated Press. A year and a half after P. W. A. began administering & $150,000,000 fund to provide low-rental housing for small-income people, officials dis- closed today that 124 families actually have been housed in such projects. Many more will be housed, they in- dicated, when m}ec:‘ under way or P.W .A. Brings Only 124 Homes As Program Passes 18th Month one Federal project—Techwood, at Atlanta, Ga. Bids have been reccived on one other—University, also at At- lanta. A wtal of 37 of these projects have been authorized. The P. W. A. low-cost housing drive —which js distinct from subsistence homesteads and other Government ef- forts in this fleld—has encountered several difficulties. It also has been the subject of controversy among writers on housing. Some have criti- cized the methods pursued and indi-_ cated a belief they would not ac- complish the desired result. Ickes, public works administrator, striking back, has told some of the critics they were long on theory, but short on results. He has spoken of the difficulty of (Continued mbl’m 2, Column 6.) I\