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WEATHER. {U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) ly cloudy and warmer, with lowest perature about 40 degrees tonight; W fair and warmer; and southwest winds, ‘Highest, 44, noon today today. Full report on Clositg N. Y. Markets, Pages No. 33,176. 18m post office, Wa: AUTO STRIKE VOTE ORDERED INA.F. L. ELECTION PROTEST j Time Cdme for Union Test, Organiger Says, Citing Pgor Conditions. 40,000' MEMBERSHIP CLAIMED BY GREEN ~Three-Quarters Approval Needed in Each Local for Work Suspension. By the Associated Press DETROIT, March 1.—Francis J. Dillon, American Federation of Labor organizer, announced today a strike | vote has been called for among mem- | bers of 176 locals in the motor car | industry. The vote, he said, would be in protest against the procedure of the National Automobile Labor Board, which has been holding collective bargaining elections in the industry. Dillon declined to estimate the | number of mer who might become involved in a strike, but said mem- bership was growing steadily. 40,000 Membership Claimed. The Automobile Labor Board in| elections held in various plants so far | has shown an American Federation of Labor affiliation of only 4 per cent of the workers. William Green, presi- dent of the federation. on a recent visit here said the federation mem- bership was approximately 20,000 paid | up, with about the same number in arrears, | Dillon, announcing the action voted | by the National Council of Automobile Workers' Unions, an A. F. of L. af- | fillate. said today: “Tae time has | come to find out whether we have a| union or not. We've tried every avail- | able means to improve conditions in| the plants for the men. and they have | not been improved. The time has| come for action.” | Dillon said the locals asked to take | = strike vote are located in 17 States, mostly Eastern and Midwestern. He said a majority of the membership vote would not be needed to authorize a strike, but that members of any one local could suspend work if three- quarters of its membership favored such action Action Unexpected. The action of the council, which | has been in session here for nearly al week, was unexpected, because Presi- dent Green last week said the federa- tion was “thinking in terms of peace,” in the automobile industry, and that | no strike was planned. At the same time he severely criticised the Aulo-! mobile Labor Board, headed by Dr. | Leo T. Wolman, which he said fol-| lowed a procedure in selecting colle:-; tive bargaining committees under | which “no free, independent election could be held.” Dillon said today that only members | whose dues are paid up to date will * be eligible to vote on the strike pro- posal. The results of the balloting. | he said, would be reported back to the | federation offices here, which would moderate Tempera- ; lowest, 29, page A-11. 17,18&19 Entered as second class matter shington. D. C. Siamése King A WASHINGTO ’ bdicates Throne After Rupture With Officials Secretary Announces De- cision From House in England. By the Associated Press. CRANLEIGH, England, March 1 King Prajadhipok of Siam was an-| nounced by his private secretary today | to have abdicated the throne. | The announcement of abdication of | “the supreme arbiter of the ebb and | flow of the tides” was made by M. R.| Sma'sman, who has been here with | his King on a “vacation.” | The King's rejection of his throne | follows months of internal disputes in Siam over governmental matters and repeated conferences in London with | a delegation of countrymen who at- tempted to patch up the wide split be- tween the monarch and his adminis- tration officials. K An official notification reaching | King Prajadhipok from his capital, | Bangkok, that Parliament had bluntly | rejected his conditions for retaining | the throne was the final straw. Smaksman announced, “The dele- | gation realizes that this answer from Siam means abdication.” The King himself did not plan to issue any formal announcement of ab- | dication, his secretary said, leaving that to the government officials at Bangkok. The Associated Press asked if King Prajadhipok planned to go to the United States as he originally had been scheduled to do. “No.” answered the secretary. “America is so far away and com- munication takes so long.” KING PRADJADHIPOK. The King's household was uncer- tain, but said they felt it probable his valuable property in Siam would be | confiscated. The King also is expected | to move to less pretentious quarters than the fine old English home he has been occupying. The King's action brings his 11- year-old nephew, Prince Anada, to the | steps of the throne. The boy is the son of King Prajadhipok’s late broth- er, Prince Mahidol. and is now in Lausanne with his mother. | Prince Mahidol. who died in 1929, lived in the United States a number | of years. MERGER INPERILS MENDIETA REGIME Three Cuban Parties Join Hands to Overthrow President. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press. HAVANA, March 1.—Mutual hos- tility to the regime of President Car- los Mendieta brought about consoli- | dation today of three oppositionist | parties pledged to a program for sup- planting his administration with a “semi-parlimentary government.” The move was sponsored by the A. B. C. Autenticos and Menocal parties, frequently at loggerheads dur- ing Cuba’s recently turbulent political history, After agreeing to consolidate their interests, the three groups selected Dr. Jose A. Presno, former rector of Havana University, and now dean of | medicine, to head the new govern- ment, which they would set up in the event Mendieta should resign. Election Neutrality Pledged. A spokesman for the merged organi- | zations, explaining their objectives, | HOLMES, SMILING FIGHTS PNEUMONIA Sees Few Close Friends, Al- though Doctors Say Con- dition Is Grave. | Former Justice Oliver Wendell | Holmes was waging a vigorous battle | for his life against the ravages of pneumonia today at his home, 1720 I street. While physicians agreed that the nearly-94-year-old jurist's condition j was grave, the indcmitable patient. as in the past, held to a dissenting opin- | fon. To prove to the few friends who were far from beaten, the former justice smiled cheerfuily at those who passed near his ved and at one time surprised his close friend, Prof. Felix Frankfur- | ter of Havard University, with a bo? ish gesture of mock impudence sometimes known 3s thumbing the nose. This | conveyed to his friends with unmis- takable emphasis the retired justice’s | conviction that there is no cause for alarm. There was real concern late vester- day in the quaint, antique-furnished residence where Holmes has lived for many years and where, in a snug impro- permitted to see him today that he is | D. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, JUBILATION RULES SAAR ON REUNION WITH FATHERLAND 15-Year Separation Ends With Triumphal Entry of Hitler. f SOVEREIGNTY TRANSFER ' 1S EFFECTED IN PRIVATE Fuch Receives Control of Area From Baron Aloisi—Troopers “Occupy” Villages. By the Associated Press. SAARBRUECKEN, Saar Basin Ter- jritory, Germany, March 1.—Adolf | Hitler came to the Saar today and the | population of the erstwhile League of | Nations” territory went wild with adulation of der Reichsfuehrer. This was the day when the Saar Basin Territory, lopped off from Ger- imany by the World War and for the last 15 years under the government of the League of Nations, went back to German sovereignty. To celebrate the event, Hitler flew ! by airplane from Berlin .0 Mannheim, the last landing field before Sarr- bruecken, for the local airport was Ifioodcd by recent heavy rains. With him was Franz von Papen, former vice chancellor and now Minister to Austria. Troopers Line Avenues. Hitler arrived at the city limit at {12:50 pm. Ahead of him stretched lsrreem covered with flags and bunt- ing. The avenues ahead were lined with Nazi storm troopers, resplendent in fresh uniforms. For 25 minutes he drove through streets—streets vivid with color, deafening with the shouts of the populace, filled with cries of “Heil!” The arms of the Stormers, the po- lice, the aviation men and the citi- zens, raised in the Nazi salute, formed 2 veritable arch of humanity, through which the former Austrian army cor- i poral. now leader of Germany, passed | { in triumph. The Saarlanders again are Ger- | mans. Aloisi Transfers Power. | In the name of the League of Na- | ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION \ | ;; g s, /7 L " ) “And the rocket’s red glare, and bombs burstin; night that our flag was still there!” o Star 1935—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. g in al PRESIDENT OPENS BABY BOND SALES Acquires Six of New Offer- ing at Ceremony in White House. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Roosevelt today inaug- urated the sale of the Government's |"baby bonds” by purchasing one for himself and one for each of his five grandchildren. The purchases were made at a ‘White House ceremony that signalized a Nation-wide offering to the “little fellow” of a new Government security. Postmaster General Farley made the | sale with Secretary Morgenthau look- ing on. Throughout the land, 14.000 post offices made available to the peo- ple the same opportunity to invest in | Federal bonds. The White House ceremony took place in the oval room on the base- ment floor. The transaction was made while news cameras and sound pic- tures were taken to record it. Sec- retary Morgenthau stood beside the | President as the latter made the pur- chases from Farley, whose department will act as a sales agency. Six Bonds Purchased. The six bonds purchased by President cost $18.75 each and in 10 the | The only evening in- Washington wit! aper the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Serv ices. Yesterday's Circulation, 131,563 Some Returns Not Yet Received (®) Means Associated Press. ir, gave proof through the 'Roars Accompany | Light Earthquake In Midwest States| Tremors Rouse Citizens From Their Beds and Rattle Dishes. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY. March 1.—A light | earthquake shock portions of four: mid-Western States early today and DEMOCRATS SEEK RELIEF SOLUTION Hope to Break Deadlock on Bill Before Senate Meets ‘\ Monday. | By the Associated Press | Democratic leaders looked today to TWO CENTS. JUSTICE UNIT ACTS 10 SPARE GARNETT PROBE SPOTLIGHT Alteration of Crime Inquiry Course Is Sought by U. S. Department. COMMITTEE INDICATES IT HAS ONLY STARTED Police Court Conditions to Be Closely Studied—Four Judges to Be Called. Aroused by recent testimony con- cerning the office of United States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett, the De- partment of Justice, it was learned today, is exerting its influence to have the Special Crime Committee cf the House change the course of its investigation. Members of the committee have been told that developments of the last week have cast an embarrassing reflection upon the Justice Depart- ment and that the officials are anxious to have the spotlight of the inquiry shifted to some phase other than the United States attorney’s office. Frank- ly the department has let the com- mittee know it does not look with favor upon the daily newspaper head- lines concerning Garnett and his as- sistant, Karl Kindleberger, who is in charge of Police Court prosecutions. Two Questions Asked. “How far is the committee going with its inquiry into the United States attorney’s office?” and “how long will it be before a change is made in the trend of the investigation?” are two of the questions the department is said to have asked. The committee, however, indicates it has merely scratched the surface of the investigation into Garnett's office, and that it will be several weeks or more before it branches permanently off into another angle. In fact, plans sent residents of widely scattered cities | week end conferences on the $4,880,- are now being made to study the quali- hurrying to telephones with anxious | inquiries. No damage was reported. | No one was hurt. | The disturbance apparently cen-/ 000.000 work and relief bill in the apparent hope that the deadlock could | be broken before the Senate meets again Monday. | Senator Robinson, Democratic lead- | fications and efficiency of every one of Garnett's assistants. A few of them probably will escape the witness stand and the questions of John R. Fitz- patrick, committee counsel, and Chair- tered in Southeastern Nebraska, where | er, who conferred for 90 minutes with man Randolph has announced that | a distinct tremor at 5 am. standard time) was followed by an-| other four minutes later. Iowa, Kan- sas and Missuori points reported win- dows and dishes were sharply rattled. Kansas City apparently was on the eastern edge of the area. The shocks were felt as far West as Grand Island, Nebr., and Salina, Kans, and as far North as Des Moines, JTowa. Few per- sons at first realized they were ex- periencing an earth tremor and the dull roaring that accompanied the shocks led many to ask if there had been an explosion. “It nearly shook me out of bed.” said a resident at Manhattan, Kans., where | earth shocks were last reported Oc- tober 21, 1929. Several citizens at Des Moines said they were awakened by the “house | shaking as if by a hard, gusty wind.” | a discussion today with negotiators | seeking a compromise on the Mec-| Carran amendment which would re- quire the President to pay prevailing | wages to the 3,500,000 “employables” the Government plans to put to work. He declined to comment on leaving the White House. | There apparently was a lessening of | cheerfulness late yesterday among some of the followers of Senator Mc- | Carran, Democrat, of Nevada. while | administration leaders appeared more | optimistic. Reynolds Pian Studied. | Whether any compromise would center around the suggestion put for- | ward yesterday by Senator Reynolds, | Democrat, of North Carolina, was not | immediately disclosed. Reynolds. one | of those who voted for the McCarran amendment as against the adminis- (Central | President Roosevelt last night, planned | developments thus far have shown the necessity of further investigation. For the time being, conditions at Police Court growing out of the re- ported irregularities and the disclosure of mysteriously missing records are to be carefully studied. Even the four judges are scheduled to be called in connection with the committee's inde- pendent probe of the court. Declines to Reveal Data. Fitzpatrick spent several hours at Police Court this morning. checking up on some of the information he pro- poses to bring before the committee. He declined to reveal the nature of the data he sought After tne Police Court investigation the committee plans to again devote its attention to Garnett's office and delve into some phases of the activities that have not yet been touched. Gar- nett himself is expected to be recalled authorize final action. said: | vised office, he jotted down in long- years will mature to a value of $25| to the witness stand, not only to dis- A statement signed by the council members said in part: “Until real collective bargaining is achieved all other issues should be subordinated to it. because only through collective bargaining can we hope to gain our just and reasonable | demands.” Charging that Dr. Wolman had | tenticos (whose proper name is the | second floor of the house and other “cleverly hamstrung” the labor mem- ber of the board (Richard Byrd). Dil- lon declared that “to Dr. Wolman can go the credit for having made impos- sible the President’s hope to establish proper relations in this great industry | through his board.” Board “Utterly Failed.” “To him also.” he g0 the credit for directing the affairs of a Government board which pro- duced collective confusion rather than collective bargaining.” ‘The board, he said, has “utterly failed to meet its obligations, as evidenced by the widespread and deep- scated feeling of resentment existing in the hearts and minds of thousands of automobile workers. “These people have complained for years of the speed-up system, the bonus system, discrimination, intimi- dation. low wages and long hours, and everybody knows that these condi- tions continue to exist and that the board has failed utterly to accom- plish one single reform.” A. F. L. Authority Necessary. Green Cites Regulation in Comment on Report. By the Associated Press. William Green, president of the | American Federation of Labor, said | today he had learned only this morn- ing of the automobile workers’ decision to take a strike vote. Green'’s only immediate comment | was that a strike would have to be suthorized by the federation, what- ever the vote might be ‘The automobile workers are organ- {zed into Federal unions, directly under the federation. The federation’s executive council decided at its February meeting to give the automobile workers an in- ternational charter to make them a full fledged union. Boy, 4, Hands Out Dollar Bills In Own “Share Wealth” Plan By the Associated Press. AURORA, Ill, March 1.—There never was any depression so far as ¢-year-old Rodney Jansen is con- eerned. When he has money, he believes in giving it a little circulation, even if his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Jansen, are not millionaires. He went about the other day at- tempting to solve the problem of the distribution of wealth by passing out dollar bills in his neighborhood, an activity about which his father had no intimation until some one called him on the telephone. “Say.” said his informant, “did you know your youngster was.passing out $1 bills to all the kids in the neigh- borhood?” 1 declared, “must | “Our program calls for a new gov- | ernment capable of rescueing civil au- thority, with absolute neutrality in | the coming elections. There has been | a complete agreement on our program | | between the A. B. C. and the Au-/ | Partido Revolucionario Cubano) with | approval in general terms by the | | Menocal Party.” (The Menocal Party is.composed of | the followers of former President Mario G. Menocal, one of the leaders | of the opposition, to former President Gerardo Machado.) Mendieta’s Position Critical. The sensational decision of Cuba’s | political lions and lambs to lie down | | together came as Preisdent Mendieta’s government faced a critical situation in the threat of a general strike growing: out of the school walkout. The movement already has resulted in the resignation of five members of the cabinet. Unconfirmed rumors circulated today to the effect that| the President himself was preparing to withdraw. The spokesman for the amalgamated political societies said their semi- parliamentary government would pro- vide for a premier and include an assembly “composed of various revo- lutionary sectors.” Junta of Sectors Provided. The basis for the new government as outlined would be a junta of sec- tors which were active in the revolu- tion against President Machado. The junta would organize the semi-parlia- mentary administation headed by a non-political president who would act as moderator in all problems, except political matters. A council of secretaries, or cabinet, would be headed by the premier, who would fix the policies of his associates. The cabinet and premier would be responsible to the Junta, which would have powers to remove cabinet mem- bers and the premier at any time. The junta's only legislative powers would be the preparation of legisla- tion and regulations essential for na- tional elections. It would have no control over the president. “He is what?” demanded Jansen. “Dollar bills is what I said,” the caller replied. “Why he came to my house and rang the bell. When I an- swered, he offered me a bill and told me to give it to my son Jimmy. I said: ‘You'd better keep this money, Rodney. What's it for, anyhow?’ ‘Just to spend,’ he said. ‘T've gota whole mess of them in my pocket.’” Asked hy his mother if he had found some money, he said: “Sure. I've been giving it away to spend.” He indicated the dining room buffet as the source of his money, all of which, however, was returned by the persons to whom he had given it. “T'd like to be able to do this,” said hand many of the brilliant opinions for which he has become famous. Oxygen Tanks Ordered, At that time, upon hasty orders of Dr. Thomas J. Claytor. his personal physician, several tanks of oxygen were rushed to the sick room on the emergency measures were taken to combat the congestion which at-| tacked his lungs. After three tanks of the invigo- rating gas had been administered his condition improved to such an extent that the treatment was discontinued. Today Dr. Cleytor and various | friends of long standing, who visited Holmes, said that he was holding his own. They could not be drawn into spec- ulations of a more optimistic nature, however. It was admitted the ad- vanced years of the patient were against him, but there was hope that his remarkable constitution would off- set the disadvantage of age. Among callers at the home today, in addition to Prof. Frankfurter and Dr. Claytor, were Associate Justice Sutherland of the Supreme Court, (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) H. K. BUSH-BROWN, SCULPTOR, EXPIRES Former President of Arts Club Was Ill Several Weeks With Heart Disease. Henry K. Bush-Brown, noted Amer- ican sculptor, died today at his apart- ment at 1760 Euclid street. He had been ill about two weeks and death was due to heart disease. Mr. Bush-Brown had been a resi- dent of Washington about 20 years. He was a nephew of the late Henry Kirk Brown, one of America's most famous sculptors. He was former president of the Arts Club and a painting of him, executed by his wife, hangs in the club house. Recently Congress authorized erec- tion of one of his works, “Buffalo Hunt,” and the National Commission on Fine Arts had designated a spot in Potomac Park for the bronze. Sev- eral of his equestrian statues adorn Washington parks. He also was noted for his bust of James Bryce, former British Ambassador to the United States. Mr. Bush-Brown's widow is a cousin of President Roosevelt, and the Bush- Browns were very close to the Delano side of the Chief Executive's family. DEFER OLYMPIC AWARD Committee Members to Make Choice in 1936. OSLO, March 1 (#).—The Interna- tional Olympic Committee today voted to defer award of the 1940 Olympic games until the meeting in Berlin during the 1936 International Ath- letic Carnival. Jansen, an oil company employe, “but these are hard to come by.” t Japan and Finland remain as as- pirants . L} tions, which administered the pro- ferred the territory to German sov- | Saar for the Reich, and the mandate government building along the Saar| | tion of the League's administration or the three members of the League of ! Col. G. G. Knox. who, as high com- | | ductive area from the day the treaty of Versailles became effective, Baron | Pompeo Aloisi of Italy formally trans- ereignty. i Wilhelm Frick, Nazi minister of the futerior, accepted control over the. of the January 13 plebiscite was Xul-] fiiled. The brief ceremony took place in the | River, while thousands of Saarlanders { who voted overwhelmingly for reunion i with Germany in preference to reten- annexation to France, stood outside in ;@ drizzling rain. { Only a few high Nazi leaders and Nations Saar Governing Commission witnessed the formalities. Knox Not Present. misisoner, governed the territory dur- ing the time it was under the League's‘ control, was not present. Baron Aloisi succeeded the Englishman yesterda: to hold office only until today's for- malities were concluded. Simultaneously with the transfer, seven columns of Storm Troopers, each 1,000 strong, crossed the obliter- ated frontier, which until today sepa- rated the Saar Basin from its home- land. - The military detachment marched along seven different roads and “oc- cupied” the nearest villages, where they joined with the inhabitants in celebrating the restoration. Once the League of Nations’ author- ity had been set aside, the German officials went immediately to City Hall where Frick inducted Joseph Buerckel as “little dictator” of the valley. “Hoist the Flags.” From there the minister of the in- terior sent a thrill through the exult- ant German nation as he solemnly an- nounced over the radio “hoist the flags.” This was the prearranged sig- nal for the Reich to begin its celebra- tions. As Frick received the token of sov- ereignty from Baron Aloisi, he com- mented that the day marked an ad- vancement in the cause of peace. “Germany is solemnizing this day with pride and joy,” he said. “But this is not only significant for Ger- many. For an end has been put to European policy which endangered the relations of two neighbor coun- tries. “The German government is con- vinced that with definite settlement of the Saar question an important step has been made toward improvement of the general European political situa- tion and the peaceful collaboration of nations.” In a radio address to the German nation later in the day Frick de- clared “the hour of liberation has come.” “We want to be free like our fore- {athers,” he said. “We will never again tolerate that the German land be forcibly taken away.” R T P.W. A.RIGHT TO AID CITY UTILITY UPHELD Federal Judge Rules Agency May Join in Construction of Plant. | By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, March 1.—Federal Judge Merrill E. Otis today entered a memorandum opinion upholding the right of the P. W. A. to join with a municipality in the construction of a municipal utility. The opinion was in a case involving Trenton, Mo., and the Missouri Public Service Co. The company, owner of the present electric plant in Trenton, was denied an injunction against the city of Trenton and the P. W. A, and Tren- ton was thereby authorized to proceed with construction of its own plant. t each. This is the smallest denomina- | tion of the bonds being sold. | The transaction was made in cash, | the President having been notified in | advance that the Government is not bonds. After listening to the Secretary of of Government security and hearing the Postmaster General tell | of plans for sale of the bonds, the President said: “That sounds like a pretty good proposition to me. I want to buy some of those bonds right now. I want six of the $25 denominations, one for,each of my five grandchildren and one for myself.” Drawing his wallet from his pocket, Mr. Roosevelt said. “I hope my arith- metic is right. Six times $18.75, I figure it, amounts to $11250." He then handed the Postmaster General $113. saying. “I think I have 50 cents change coming to me.” In describing the new bonds to the President, Secretary Morgenthau ex- plained that they are designed as a | convenient and profitable investment | for the savings of individual investors. He pointed out that since the World War, the Government has done its financing by large bond issues which i_—(Cummued on Page 6, Column 1.) 'HOPKINS PROMISES MORE DROUGHT AID U. S. to Liberalize Relief Policy for Next Three Months, Says Administrator. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 1.—Harry L. Hopkins, Federal relief administrator, announced today the Government would liberalize its drought relief pro- gram to tide stricken States “over the next three crucial months.” Under the new policy, Hopkins an- nounced, the Government would waive the limits set in the past both on feed loans made to farmers in the drought States and on direct grants for feed purchase. Farmers could, under the old plan, borrow a sym equal tb $6 a head on their live stock. Outright grants end- ed at $25. —— SENATOR CARAWAY ILL In Hospital, but Condition Is Not Serious, Declare Friends. Mrs. Hattie Caraway, Senator from Arkansas, was in Emergency Hospital today undergoing observation for what was belleved to be an intestinal dis- order. Hospital attaches said she was “comfortable” and friéends declared her condition was not serious. Mrs. Caraway had been planning for some days to enter the hospital for a possible diet treatment and ob- servation to determine the exact cause of an ailment that had been troub her. e | ccepting checks in payment for these | { the Treasury describe this new kmd;AWAII[fl BY IURY then | DAVIDSONAUTOPSY | Probe Confirms Doctor on| Monoxide—Abrasions Found on Hip. By the Associated Press. PINEHURST, N. C., March 1—A | coroner’s jury turned today to a phy- | sician’s test tubes and microscope to | | help it explain the strange death of Mrs. H. Bradley Davidson, heiress to the Statler hotel millions. The 22-year-old former Olympic swimmer, married only two months ago to H. Bradley Davidson, 41, Wash- ington socialite, was found dying under the wheel of her automobile in the family garage three days ago. Further Probes Ordered. An autopsy, incomplete as yet. con- firmed the statement of the attending | physician, Dr. M. W. Marr of Pine- hurst, that the immediate cause of the young woman’s death was carbon monoxide poisoning, but further ex- aminations were ordered. Dr. C. C. Carpenter of the Wake Forest medical faculty, who assisted | Dr. Marr in performing the autopsy. | told the coroner’s jury: “The only condition found capable of producing death was carbon mon- oxide poisoning. but certain chemical analyses and microscopic examina- tions will be required before the autopsy is complete.” Abrasions Found. Although he did not indicate what, it any, significance they might have, Dr. Carpenter also reported finding a dozen minute abrasions, not more than 48 hours old, on the right and thigh of the young heiress. ‘While waiting for the complete autopsy report, which may not be available until Monday, the coroner’s jury was ready to continue its exami- nation of witnesses—servants at Davidson’s Winter home here and members of a late supper party the night before the young woman’s death. Guide for Readers tration proposal of “security wages” of about $50 a month. suggested that the President be empowered to cut relief wages below the prevailing level in cases where they were found to be drawing men away from jobs in pri- vate industry. A principal contention of the “secur- | ity wage” advocates is that higher pay would defeat the purpose of the pro- gram by inducing men to leave pri- vate jobs. President William Green of the American Federation of Labor, which is backing the prevailing wage idea, stressed the leading argument of the McCarran supporters in a radio address last night. He said “payment of wage rates lower than those pre- vailing in the community will in- evitably undermine the entire wage structure throughout the country.” Green Fears Chaos. Rejection of the McCarran amend- ment, he said, “will weaken the very foundation of our economic structure and send the country back to a state (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) TROOPS PATROL F. E. R. A. STRIKE AREA IN FLORIDA Former Service Mem Sent From | Washington Involved in Walkout. By the Associated Press. KEY WEST, Fla, March 1.—With National Guardsmen keeping order, | 425 former service men and a group | of camp officials today sought to set- tle a strike on a F. E. R. A. over-sea highway project in the Florida Keys. Adjt. Gen. Vivien Collins ordered troops into the island section that links this city with the Florida main- \Jand after the striking workers sought | unsuccessfully to enlist 450 workers at Zslamorado and allegedly made threats | of violence. Principal demands of the strikers | are improved sanitary conditions at | the camp; a wage scale equal to that of fellow-civilian laborers working with them and return of their original Spokesman Committee of four who, they claim, were run out of the camp. The striking workers are among | several hundred former service men recently sent to Florida from Wash- ington, D. C. | cuss the recent developments, but to amplify his statement that gamblers | are responsible for the attempts to | discredit his office. | Representative Werner, Democrat, | of South Dakota. and Representative Schulte, Democrat, of Indiana, both | active members of the Crime Commit- tee, are nsistent that Garnet be re- called. Chairman Randolph, however, has declinad thus far to indicate whether he will acquiesce in their de- | mands. Plans Recommendations. With the hearings suspended until Monday, Randolph is devoting his at- tention to a tentative outline of some of the recommendations he expects to urge as a result of the revelations since the start of the inquiry a month ago. He already has announced that | one of these will be that legal officers |of the District and Federal Govern- | ments be prevented from engaging in | private practice. His latest idea is | to recommend that all uniform officers in the Police Department now as- signed to clerical jobs be put on the street and their work taken over by civilian employes. The committee has been advised by Inspector L. I. H. Edwards, assistant superintendent and personnel officer, that there are 153 men in the depart- ment detailed to assignments that keep them from patrol duty. Some are clerks, a few are messengers and others are patrol wagon drivers. It is the belief of some committee members that the assignment to patrol duty of these 153 officers will give the department the additional patrol strength it needs and at the same time prove economical because civilian clerks can be employed at a salary lower than that paid police- men. ————— KEMAL AGAIN ELECTED ANKARA, Turkey, March 1 (#)— Mustapha Kemal, who was first elected President of Turkey in 1923, was re- elected to the same office again today. This election, his fourth, was done by the Fifth National Assembly, in which, for the first time in the his- tory of Turkey, women were seated. The 17 female Deputies. wearing light-colored frocks, were seated with 382 male deputies, wearing black coats. Fund Lacking for Homesteads, Mrs. Roosevelt’s Pet Project ‘The Government's Nation-wide pro- gram for subsistence homsteads, in which Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has frequently displayed personal interest, today found its future plans seriously crippled by lack of funds. By a twist of fate it was President Roosevelt himself who ordered its $10,000,000 unobligated balance im- pounded for relief purposes until Con- gress makes some provision for work relief and public works projects. Furthermore, it was disclosed today that an additional $25,000,000 previ- ously “ear marked” for the subsistence homesteads program also has been impounded. The net result is that the Subsistence Homestead Corp., which is under the Interior Department, has had to drop all future planning. The emergency is only a tem one, because the funds will be turned back as soon as Congress provides necessary appropriations. Approximately 30 subsistance home- steads projects in various sections of the country already have been com- pleted or are in their various stages of actual construction. It was not expected that the impounding of funds would affect those profects for (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) ] \