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—2 *= \ THE TEVENTING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1935. What’s What Behind News In Capital Fear of Punitive Taxes by New Deal Stirs Business. COURSE UNGERTAIN INLABOR DISPUTES President May Ask Depart- ment Control Pending Court Ruling. BY PAUL MALLON. HE mourners in big business I have been pushed around a lot lately by a series of inside tips that the New Deal may go in for punitive taxes on big business. A well-known writer who re- cently visited the White House came away with the impressicn that the head man is at least toy- ing with the idea. Somewhat the same impression was gained by a prominent New Yorker who called at the White House within the past week: President Roosevelt's coterie of ad- | visers do not agree about the pros- pects. The man who is perhaps closest to him on such matters has withheld his view. : | published a strong editorial indorsing The issue is not academic. It has|ine theory. Others have doubted that 8 concrete bearing or the futurc of | the president would care to disturb Iabor “controversice. | business further at this time. Constitutional Status Involved Countey Soundsd Out: If, as Mr. Biddle feels, the right| 2 ) 3 ‘udi- | This clearly means that the New of ¢he Pedcral Coverment fo adiudt | Dealers are indirectly sounding out the cate disputes aver collective bareain- is o ional ia] | cOuntry on the proposition. It does ing is constitutional. then a junicial | ek Gt ibe plin tribunal with a procedure somewhat | DOU necessarily R e e e Thieiion | willl be undertaken. Once, earlier in would seem desirabie | the game, Mr. Roosevelt conducted a If. on the other hand, as so many |Similar sound-out on the commodity people, inciuding, incidentally, this | dollar theory and ultimately dropped correspondent, “elieve the rignt to|it- What has been done so far, how- regulate employer andemploye rela- (€ver. has had a disturbing e_flm on tions is not vested by the Constitution | financial prices. Only a direct or in- in the Federal Government, then' the | direct denial from the White House task is one >f mediation and con-Can stop that. ciliation, and, if this is not intrusted BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Whether to have an independent | tribunal to decide labor disputes or give full jurisdiction to the Depart- ment of Labor seems to be causing considerable dissension among the sponsors of the proposed labor dis- | putes act, of which Semator Rcbert Wagner of New York is the author. Francis Biddle, chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, wants a tribunal separate and distinct tiom the Department of Labor. Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, wants the work centralized in her department William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, is in- clined to side with Miss Perkins. President Roosevelt has thus far difficult to see what further excuse | there is for the exittence of Miss Per- kins’ department. The constitutional basis for Sen- ator Wagner's position is that collec- tive bargaining is a principle that will be accepted by the courts ulti- mately as necessary to the free flow | of commerce and that anything which tends to become a burden on interstate commerce can be regulated by the Federal Government 2 Railroad Case Cited, has been kicked around, up an .| down, among the boys in the know The New York Senator rests his|gince'the beginning of the New Deal. argument chiefly on a case decided | o reprinting of Supreme Court Jus- by the Supreme Court of the United | tice Brandeis' book, “The Curse of States with reference to failroad rates | pigness.” is what started it. Re- to the Department of Labor, it is | The only new thing about the idea is the White House angle. The theory inside the State of Louisiana in con- nection with a railroad transacting commerce within the State. The court held that this was within the power of the Federal Government to_regulate. In opposition, however, is the con- tention that the commerce here regu- lated was that of a common carrier and that the Supreme Court had always said that transportation or in- strumentalities of commerce known as common carriers were within the Federal Government’s jurisdiction. Since Senator Wagner’s original de- fense of the constitutionality of col- lective bargaining provisions in Fed- eral law, the District Court at Wil- mington has ruled in the Weirton case that the business of steel manu- facturing wes not interstate com- merce and hence that the famous section 7-A on collective bargaining did not apply. The New Dealers are confident this will be reversed by a higher court. Anyway, they are proceeding on the assumption that anything which sub- stantially “affects” commerce is within the Federal power, whether it is called interstate or intrastate, and that the Supreme Court will hold it all to be within the commerce clause of the Federal Constitution on the | ground that unified commerce can be | supervised effectively only by a cen- tralized Government. Clarification Held Needed. From the foregoing differences of opinion, it will be seen how important | it is to have a ruling again from the | Supreme Court of the United States on what is meant by the commerce | clause of the Constitution, either by reinforcement or reversal of earlier | decisions and precedents of the court. | The chances of getting such a de- | cision before the October term of the | Supreme Court are remote. The pend- ing cases will hardly be Argued before | that time. Because the national in- | dustrial recovery act expires in June | of this year, unless extended, in ac- | cordance with Mr. Roosevelt's request, for another year or two, the Congress | is being urged by labor to pass at once a vital measure affecting the | permanent, and not merely the emerg- ency, relations of employer and em- ploye. No such far-reaching legislation has been proposed since the Adamson law in the Wilson administration, when the eight-hour day on railroads was proclaimed. In that case, however, the | Federal Government’s power to regu- late transportation was conceded and the departure was in fixing hours of labor on something already declared | to be a business in interstate com- merce, Congress will be urged to delay Dassage of the Wagner bill till the Supreme Court clears up quest!ons} of constitutionality. If this is fought | by the labor groups and some kind | of a bill is insisted upon at this ses- | slon, it would not be surprising if the | President agreed to the request of Miss Perkins that the Department of Labor should, at least temporarily, have charge of the administration of | questions growing out of collective bargaining disputes. (Copyright. 1933.) - FLEET PLAN DEPLORED Roosevelt Asked to Shift Pacific Maneuvers Elsewhere. | CINCINNATI, March 19 (#).—The Cincinnati Presbytery, in a resolu- | tion addressed to President Roose- | velt, members of his cabinet and | other high-ranking Government offi- | cers, yesterday urged that naval| maneuvers scheduled in May in the ! North Pacific “be transferred to less troubled waters.” The resolution also expressed “hope” that the Japanese exclusion law of 1924 be rescinded. Another resolution approved & bill pending before the Ohio General Assembly by which military training at Ohio State University would be placed on an optional basis. Lenten Service Under the Auspices of the Washington Federation of Churches Epiphany Episcopal Church Tomorrow at 4:45 p.m. Preacher: Dr. Henry W. Snyder The public is invited. cently a bill to carry it out was in- troduced in the Senate by Wheeler, the Progressive, who represents the | Brandeis-Frankfurter liberal view- point, but not necessarily the New Deal. It is very much of a private mat- ter, but the Wheeler bill actually was prepared by a former Secre- tary to Justice Brandeis. It calls Jor a graduated tar on large cor- porations, with a view to taring bigness out of eristence. A memo from the Brandeis book was the basis of Wheeler’s speech in- | troducing the bill. “Big and Bad.” The basic theory is that anything { big is bad, towns as well as business. Those who advocate it contend every- thing has been centralized too much 1n recent years—money, credit, selling, | buying, living. They assert they see & | prospect that “by 1950 half the na- i tional wealth would be under control of large corporations.” (Wheeler's |'speech.) Also, they contend 200 cor= porations, representing less than 7-100 of 1 per cent of the number of cor- porations, control practically half of the corporate wealth. The political aspect behind it now is that it would leave Huey Long holding an empty bag. The economic seriousness behind it is that it involves transplanting almost the entire business life of the country, a process which would require years. A bit of inside history which may be significant is that Mr. Roosevelt re- ceived a confidential report from the Treasury on a somewhat similar cor- poration tax bill a year ago. The pro- posal involved in that report, which has been kept under cover, was three- fold: To tax undistributed profits, unexpended corporation assets and large corporate assets on a graduated scale. The study which developed it was started by the late Treasury Sec- retary Woodin and continued by Mor- genthau. Self-inflation If the New Deal is going to tax big- ness it might well start with itself. The New Deal has become possibly the biggest thing in the line of Govern- ment in the history of mankind (not excepting Russia). You can get a sharp slant on that by peeking into Mr. Jesse Jones’ R.F. C. In his own quiet way, he has been running a $9,900,000,000 bank. His actual disbursements recently amounted to $7,000,000,000, including $2,600,000,000 of repayments. In ad- dition he has about $2,000,000,000 of loans authorized, but not. yet paid out. That means he has done a $9,000,000,- 000 banking business. But Mr. Jones has been more than the biggest banker in the history of the world. He has done what private bankers were criticized for doing dur- ing' the circus days of finance. He has put his representatives into boards of directors, purchased stock, bécome the world’s largest interlocking director. LR & The other day he took over the Clarke utility properties, in Chicago (rated as second to Insull a few years ago), to protect a bank loan. Shortly before, he had to assume con- trol of & Western railroad. Last year he named the chairman of one of Chicago’s largest banks. Recently he put a voting trustee on an Eastern railroad board (J. Crawford Biggs, on Wheeling & Lake Erie). As now mildly administered, the R F. C. undoubtedly does not con- stitute socialism. But Mr. Jones is certainly the tycoon in the woodpile of whatever Mr. Roosevelt decides to' do about big and little business. Credit Rating. Incidentally, Mr. Jones has found out from his business that banks are the best pay and railroads among the poorest. The bankers have paid back $1,200.000,000 out of ioans aggregat- ing $1.800,000.000. But Mr. Jones has bought a billion of preferred stock in banks, which makes his present net investment in banks about $1,600,- 000.000. The railroads have paid back only $70,000.000 of the $450,000,000 they borrowed. If you are interested in this sub- ject, a good -book -to- read is the new one by Gt‘“lmn (Treasury : that of MEAD DEFENDS SHIFT OF GLERKS Denies He Is Responsible for Invasion of Buffalo Postal Group. Representative James M. Mead, chairman of the House Post Office and Post Roads Committee, denied today that he is responsible for the invasion of any Buffalo postal employes into ‘Washington, depriving local men of work. Mr. Mead said that while Buffalo is credited with 24 men here in the rolls of regular substitutes and Niagara Falls with 6, Baltimore has 50, At- lantic City, 10; Scranton, Pa, 4, and Red Bank, N. J, 3. Held Old Custom. Shifting of these employes from one post office to another, Mead said, “is an old post office custom that goes back to the beginning of the service. The department has been transferring both substitutes and regulars from time immemorial. It is done from postmaster to postmaster and not by Representatives or politicians, who are prevented from interfering by civil service laws.” Representative Mead had been pic- tured by temporary substitute workers in the Washington post office as being responsible for bringing 29 Buffalonians into Washington, and the New Yorker in reply said that one of the bugbears of the postal service was the temporary worker, who, without civil service status, ought to be stricken from the rolls. Mr. Mead cited several in- stances where temporary workers are actually depriving regular substitutes from securing a living wage, and said that the post offices of Brooklyn and New York City are chief offenders. Mead Explains Shift. In explaining the shifting of postal employes from one city to another, Mead said: “Ordinarily one postmaster makes arrangements with another postmas- ter for the transfer of an employe, and the department's approval of the transfer is merely a matter of form. “In the case of the Buffalo subs it was a little different. They came down here as temporary employes, re- taining their seniority rights in Buf- falo. They will not be given assign- ments ahead of Washington subs. but | will be taken care of ahead of Wash- ington temporary employes.” "ROME AND FRANGE MAY SEND NOTES Tone of Communication May Fol- low Britain's—Italy Urges Calmness. | By the Associated Press | ROME, March 19.—Although offi- | cial Italian circles seem inclined to accept the German arms situation. it was indicated today that Italy prob- ably will present a note to Berlin Britain. would be sent by France. The Newspaper Messagero was re- | garded as having stated the general | Italian opinion in a front-page edi- | torial, the gist of which was “don't | lose your head.” | “Never, as in this moment, is calm 50 much to be counseled * * *" said Messagero. “England's resolution not to postpone the visit of Foreign Sec- retary Simon to Berlin is without doubt motivated by a desire for peace which 11 Duce (Mussolini) hoped would be assumed by England.” Members of the Naval Board appointed to decide the fate of the Mor be of any use to the Navy. After a thorough inspection of the craft the purpose as a Navy vessel and the Government ordered it sold to the h Gravesend Bay. Platt. ro Castle shown looking over one of the charred lifeboats that never left its davits as they inspected the hulk of the liner to determine if it would board reported that it would serve no ighest bidder. It is now moored at Left to right, are: Admiral George Day, Capt. W. Robert, Capt. H. Wright and Comdr. C. P. —Wide World Photo. USE OF MELLON'S VENTURE PICTURED Growth of Steel Company| Cited to Show Huge Value in 1913. in Juvenile Boo. This is the third of a series of articles on children’s literature of the past. By the Associated Press. | PITTSBURGH. March similar to that sent yesterday by Great It was understood that a like note | and a wish to take up that salutary | work of meditation and conciliation | | 300 pictures of bridges, giant factories and waterways projects, including the Panama Canal, were scanned in An- drew W. Mellon's tax hearing today as evidence of the rapid and romantic growth of the McClintic-Marshall | Construction Co. The photographs were put into the record by Mellon's counsel as part of the attempt to show that in 1913 the | “baby” company, which started with $250,000 capital, of which Mellon and the late R. B. Mellon contributed 60 per cent, had grown into a fabricating giant with the financier's share then | worth $4.603,000. Differ on Valuation. The value of the company’s stock in 1913—the first year of the income tax —would make a difference in the profit on the absorption and consequently the amount of tax due. The Govern- ment attorneys contend Melion’s 30 i per cent of McClintic-Marshall stock in 1913 was worth about $1,431,000, and thus a bigger profit was realizad in 1931. About $100.000 of the $1,000.- 000 claimed by the Government is in- volved in settling this point. Tells of Growth. Arch McKinley, for years a McClin- tic-Marshall employe, told of the | founding of the firm in 1900 by capital 19 —Some | The authoritative Giornale D' Italia | of the Mellons and by two young engi- | BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Even the little girls of 1809 some- tinies were mildly naughty. So. at least. one would judge from the “Juvenile Anecdotes” of Mrs. Pris- cilia Wakefield. Mrs. Wakefleld ought | to have known, for presumably she had been a little girl once herself, al- though any little girls of 1935 read- ing her pages might question the statement. One may legitimately question whether the little boys of 1809 be- haved like her heroes. Mrs. Wakefield can be pardoned, for she never had been a little boy, and her information about them probably was second- | hand. Bnut as for their sisters— There were three 7-year-olds—Em- meline, Matilda and Margaret. Em- meline and Matilda were playing at Margaret's house while her mother Was away. “By way of indulgence they had | been allowed to sit in the parlor. and a book of prints allowed them for their i | amusement.” All went well until Margaret ob- served that a key had been left in a closet door where she knew sweetmeats were kept. penions that they open the door and investigate. “They were reluctant to comply with the proposal. for they knew it was in- consistent with their duty,” but they finally fell from grace. A jar of sweet- meats was taken down and sampled She proposed to her com- | said international undertakings must be maintained and observed until new accords are substituted for them. GERMAN JOURNALIST HELD NAZI VICTIM Jacob's Disappearance Said by Po- lice to Have Been Covered by Forged Telegrams. By the Assoclated Press. STRASSBOURG, France, March 19.—Forged Mlegrams, police said today, covered up the mysterious dis- appearance of Berthow D. Jacob, exiled German journalist, who last was reported seen March 9. Police authorities of France and Switzerland have expressed the belief he may have been a victim of Nazis. Jacob, who 1s 38, had been deprived of German citizenship because he wrote articles denouncing secret re- armament in Germany. The originals of messages received by Jacob’s wife from Basel, Switzer- land, March 12 and thereafter, .in- cluding a telegraphed money order, were not in the missing journalist’s handwriting. The day Jacob had a mysterious meeting with some one at Basel, March 9, coincfded with the Basel carnival, when masked crowds danced in the streets until after midnight. Friends of Jacob said he had re- ceived many threatening letters from Germany. Last October he wrote an article saying Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler would re-establish compulsory military service April 1. COMMUNISM CHARGED INDIAN COMMISSIONER Former Oklahoma Governor Sars Bureau Is Trying to Make “Reds” of Redskins. By the Assoclated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, March 19.— Former Gov. Henry 8. Johnston charged yesterday that the Indian Bureau is trying to make “reds” out of America’s redskins. Johnston arose in the State Senate, of which he now is a member, and leveled a charge of Communism at John Collier, commissioner of Indian Affairs. “The way John Collier is running that agency it looks like he is trying to make a band of Communists out of every tribe, Johnston said. The Senate passed a resolution ex- pressing confidence in Oklahoma tribesmen and condemning those who fail to treat them with “the respect to which they are entitled.” aide) and Edwin A. Lamke. It is published by Brookings Institute. Another indication of the trend toward Government bigness is the fact that Government personnel is supposed to have increased by nearly 100,000 under the New Deal. 19352 liberally. Then it was put back just where it had stood before and the door relocked. But hard is the way of the transgressor, as they soon found out. | neers, McClintic and Marshall. In 1908 the company was the second largest firm of its kind, with a capacity of 144,000 tons. In 1928 that had in- | creased to 298,000 tons, he said. McKinley touched briefly on the | building of the Panama Canal, for which McClintic-Marshall furnished 46 lock gates. L. A. DETTERER NAME | ERRONEOUSLY USED Star Corrects Inadvertent State- ment—Another Man Was Arrested. “There was medicine mixed in the jar, and the quality of the medicine | was to make people sick. Scarcely had they tied up the jar and replaced it than Emmeline and Matilda began to feel the full effects.” Then Mother Arrives. 1809 Child Heroines Soothed Consciences by Confessions ‘Such Things as Stealing Jam and Los- ing Temper Were High Crimes ks of Long Ago. | Forgive them my fault. Send for Emmeline and Matilda and restore | them to your favor.” Then there was the inspiring tale of Clarissa, Emma and Maria. They were sisters. Maria was 4 years old, the others 7. Their uncle had left them two tickets to the art museum. One must stay home and little Maria was picked on since she was not old enough to enjoy it anyway. But the arrangement was condi- tional. Clarissa and Emma both had faults. The first had a temper and the other was lazy. It was decided by their mother that if either dis- played these faults during the inter- vening week her ticket would go to the little sister. Such a Good Girl. Both were very, very good that week and their mother complimented them but Clarissa’s conscience was bothered. | | | | & & (e MY e “My dearest parent,” she said, “while I may not absolutely have forfeited my claim I have been very near to it twice. interesting story when my brother Charles came in and snatched the book from my hand. I felt my passion rise but I recollected the ticket and calmly reproved him for his rudeness.” The mcther rose to this dramatic situation. “The frankness of youf confession, my dearest daughter,” she said, “en- tities you to some praise, and your efforts to repell your passion when it | was rising give you a fairer claim to | the prize than if you had felt no temptation to anger. The first ticket is yours, my child.” And thus Mrs. Wakefield lets.the curtain fall on the lily-white child- hood of 1809. HEARD REILLY CLAIM LIFE IMPRISONMENT I was earnest in reading an | CLASS A LIQUOR | PERMITS LIMITED A. B. C. Board Sets Prece- dent by Setting 400 Maxi- mum—Restrict Transfers. Convinced the District has enough stores selling bottled liquor, the Com- missicners yesterday defipitely limited the number of class A permits which may be issued by the Alcoholic Bev- erage Control Board to 400. The action was taken on recom- mendation of the A. B. C. Board. There now are 400 permits outstand- ing, with 41 permits pending which may not be granted until some exist- ing permits are given up or revoked. The Commissioners also ruled that existing permits may not be trans- ferred if there is a consideration to be passed between the dealers. This is the first time the Commis- sioners have set a limit on the num- ber of any class of permits other than a temporary limit fixed for the past Christmas holiday season. That ac- tion was for the purpose of keeping out-of-town dealers from entering tis | market merely to capture some of the holiday business. House District Committee, opposed en- actment of two amendments to the District liquor law proposed by Rep- resentatives Beiter and Dirksen. The Beiter bill would substitute a glass- window arrangement for the present “hidden-bar” plan insisted upon by Commissioner Allen, and the Dirksen A permits to one for each 1,500 resi- dents in an area. |FAMILY GONTESTS MRS. DAVIDSON WILL Statlers Sue to Void Bequest of $500,000 Estate to Her Husband. | By the Assoctated Press. CARTHAGE, N. C., March 19.—The Statier family yesterday launched its fight on the purported will of Mrs. Elva Statler Davidson, which leaves half-million-dollar virtually all her personal estate to her husband, H. Bradley Davidson, jr., of Washington | and Pinehurst. | Acting in behalf of Ellsworth Stat- ler of England and Joan Marie Statler, 3-year-old millionaire, Tuscon, Ariz, | child, J. M. Broughton, Raleigh at- torney, filed a caveat to the will. It alleges simply that the will filed last Saturday by Herbert Seawell, Carthage attorney, is not the valid last will of the 22-year-old heiress, found | dead of carbon monoxide gas in her | garage at Pinehurst February 27. The effect of the caveat is to sus- pend all proceedings under the will until its validity is determined. The earliest possible time at which the case may be brought to trial is | next May 13. Ellsworth Statler, as was Mrs Davidson. is an adopted child of the ‘lu:e E. M. Statler. Joan Marie, who | already has over a million dollars in her own name, is a grandchild of the hotel magnate. The will was made on February 15, 1935, a few wecks after the Statler heiress’ marriage to Davidson, who was 20 years her senior and the father | of three children by a previous mar- | riage, which was dissolved by divorce. | MITSUI SEES REVIVAL The Commissioners, in letters to the | bill would limit the number of class | GRAND JRY PROBE O0F DAVY ORDERE Ohio Prosecutors Receive Affidavits on “Shake- down” Charges. By the Assoclated Press. | COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 19.~A | grand jury investigation of Federal Relief Administrator Harry L. Hop- kins’ charges that Gov. Martin L. | Davey's Campaign Committee solicited | funds from firms selling goods to the | Ohio Relief Commission was ordersd | today. | AfAdavits supporting Hopkins' as- | sertion that he had “incontrovertible | evidence” to back up his charge of a | “shakedown” were received by Attor- | ney General John W. Bricker, a Re- | publican, and Donald J. Hoskins, Franklin County prosecutor. | Hoskins said the county (Columbus) grand jury, now in session, would take up the case Thursday. ’ United States Attorney Francis | Canny of Dayton took charge of a | check-up of relief records to determine whether Federal statutes had been | violated. Bricker withheld comment on the affidavits but Hoskins announced the names of witnesses to be summoned included Francis W. Poulson. State Democratic Executive Committee chairman. Poulson, in reply to Hopkins® charges, said he had solicited funds to meet a deficit from the Davey cam- paign and offered no ‘“apologies.” Toledo Contributions Claimed. Frazier Reams, Lucas (Toledo) County prosecutor, made public the Hopkins affidavits, which asserted that thousands of dollars had been col- lected in Toledo and in other sections of Ohio by the managers of the Davey gubernatorial campaign One of the affidavits was signed by Kenneth P. Aller of Columbus, a sec- ond by Thomas E. Jones, also of Columbus, and a third by William R, McNamara of Camp Chase, Ohio. Jones, in his affidavit, said that in seeking funds in Toledo he received $500 from Sam Davis of Toledo and that December 16 he proceured $500 from J. W. Jameson, general manager of the David Davies Co. He said that he also collected $500 from a repre- sentative of the Great Lakes Terminal Warehouse Co, Hoskins had said the three would be among the witnesses summoned be- fore the grand j McNamara is superintendent of the surplus com- modities division of the State Relief ission, Jones is his assistant and r is a Columbus trucking company operator. Confers With U. S. Attorney. | Shortly after Bricker received the affidavits he conferred with Canny, Ray O'Donnell, assistant United States district attorney ker’s first assist- ant, Dale Dunifon: Hoskins and Hos- kins’ first assistant, Ralph J. Bartlett. They remained behind locked doors for more than an hour, after which Canny said: “We have thought best, in the in- terests of whatever there is in this case, not to make public the contents of the affidavits at this time “I am not saying 2t this time” Canny said, “whether there is a Fed- eral case.” Anything he might do. Canny added, would be independently of Adminis- trator Hopkins. He said no regular Federal grand jury would be in ses- sion in Cincinnati until June., but there will be one in Dayton in May. Bricker asserted he had no author- ity to act as yet. He cannot conduct an inquiry into the relief controversy unless specifically delegated to do so by the Governor or the Legislature. Several Employes Resign. At the same time C. C. Stillman, Federal relief administration chief in Ohio, disclosed that several employes of the relief division have resigned Japanese Capitalist Says Depres- sion Ended and Scouts War. CHICAGO, March 19 (#).—Taka- haru Mitsui, member of the famous family that controls Japan's banks, mines, manufacturing interests and warehouses, said yesterday he be- lieves the depression is ended. Mitsui, with his wife and child, ar- rived from New York en route to San Francisco after seven yvears in Berlin. “Japan doesn't want war with the United States,” Mitsui said, pointing | |out that this Nation is Japan's best. | customer. — = PACKING FORCES CUT /2,900 Laid Of in Omaha Since Stock Shipments Fell. | | | | | already approved by the Senate, call- because they had heard they were in- volved in the recent charges of “polit- ical corruption” made by Hopkins. Stiliman said he had not accepted the resignations and would not do'so until the charges have been “aired.” He would not name those who re- signed. Stililman, who took over the Ohio relief administration after Hopkins had announced he had “incontrovert- ible evidence" of political corruption in the Ohio relief set-up. said he ex- pected to reduce the relief personnel sharply because “some positions are not needed and we will eliminate them.” Meanwhile the battle between Gov. Davey and Hopkins, with its charges of criminal libel and political corrup- tion, raged toward a showdown in the Ohio Legislature today. The House took up a resolution, carried in its final edition the report of an accident in which an automo- bile driven by Rodney D. Harrison, |34, of Clarendon, Va, collided with | an automobile driven by L. A. Det- | terer, 1901 R street. Mr. Detterer | was slightly injured. Harrison, the | article stated, was pursued by police and arrested. But the article inad- vertently stated in its concluding to have abandoned his automobile and fled into the woods” and was arrested. This was erroneous. Mr. Detterer did not abandon his auto- mobile, did not make any attempt to leave the scene of the accident, was not arrested and the police did On Thursday, March 14, The Star | paragraph that “Detterer is alleged | They were right in the midst of | teeling these “effects” when Marga- ret’s mother returned and suspected | the cause. A look in the closet con- firmed her worst suspicions. | “Indeed, young ladies,” she said, “I am very sorry 1 have been so de- | ceived in you. I thought you would have disdained such improper con- duct. Gluttony and dissimulation are faults I cannot overlook. You are I desire you to remain until you have subdued these vicious habits. It is evident that Margaret has not par- taken with you or she would have been affected in some manner. I am going abroad for tea. I shall take her with me as a rewdrd for withstand- | no longer proper companions for my | daughter. I shall send you home, where | Hauptmann Guard Says Counsel| OMAHA, Nebr, March 19 (&) — Packing company officials yesterday Had Governor's Assurance | said curtailment of live stock ship- on Confession. | Government slaughtering operations ‘hu resulted in the lay-off of approxi- mately 2,900 workers in three Omaha | packing plants. From the maximum of 5.900 at work | By the Associated Press. | HUNTINGTON, W. Va., March 19.— Hovey P. Low of Clifton, N. J., who | guarded Bruno Richard Hauptmann in his trial for the kidnap-murder of | the Lindbergh baby, said last nl(ht; he had heard Edward J. Reilly tell his | client he had “personal assurance” the | New Jersey Governor would commute normal. ‘Women's Work Bill Passed. DOVER, Del, March 19 (#.—A ments to Omaha since the peak of | during October. the forces have been | | reduced to 3,000, which is 1,300 under | not make any attempt to apprehend him, as he was not violating the law. The Star regrets its unfortunate error. The Star carried a correction and apology in its first and second edi- tions the day following, Friday, March 15. In the course of remaking page 2 of a later edition the article was left out by mistake. The Star again corrects the er- roneous use of Mr. Detterer's name and again states that he was not in- volved in any violation of law what- soever. ing the temptation of such an ill example.” Finally the tortured little 7-year-old screamed for her mother. So Margaret Confessed. “Mother,” she said when the parent came, “I am not worthy of your kind- ness. I have abused your confidence | and behaved in a deceitful manner. I | seduced my playfellows to eat the with them but I did not like the taste. The Evening Star Offers Its Readers This Worth-While BOOK It explains the permanent departments of the Federal Government and the Alphabet Bureaus of*the New Deal. Every American should read it. Order today. | Name .ecoececeecsansesconsenasses 1 !m. S e takaaceeacs Bl Price §1 at The Evening Star Business Office. ot by mail, postpaid Margaret spent a sleepless, tearful | night with this great sin on her soul. | | sweatmeats and 1 would have shared | his death sentence if he confessed. Low, in Huntington at the request of a New Jersey family to direct a search for a missing man, quoted | Reflly as addressing Hauptmann in | the Flemington Jail, after sentence was imposed, as follows: “I know it's a tough spot you're in. Listen, Bruno, if you've got anything to say, now’s the time to say it. I've got personal assurance from the Gov- ernor of New Jersey that this business can be swung around to life imprison- ment if you'll talk.” “I got nothing to say, nothing to confess. I am innocent,” Low quoted Hauptmann as replying. Governor Denies Promises. TRENTON, N. J., March 19 ().— Gov. Harold G. Hoffman said today he had made “no promises or com- mitments” in connection with the case of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. The Governor's statement followed a report that Edward J. Reilly, chief de- fense counsel, had told his client he had “personal assurance from the Governor of New Jersey” that Haupt- mann’s death sentence would be com- muted if he confessed. e Trip Over, Woman Hurt, LAKE MILLS, Wis. (®).—Just after she had posted a letter to her daugh- ter in Fulton, S. Dak., announcing she had arrived home safely, Mrs. August Neupert fell and broke her right wrist. She had been visiting her daughter. Liquor Dividend Distributed. OLYMPIA, Wash., March 19 (#)— A cash dividend of $400,000, first to be declared by the Washington Liquor Control Board, was distributed yesterday, 214 incorporated cities and towns and 39 counties receiving $200,- ing time for women in Delaware in- dustries was passed by the State Senate yesterday. The measure’ would permit plants (except in Wilmington) operating on a continuous schedule to employ women at night. The present law prohibits women working from 10 pm. to 6 am. Congress in Brief By the Associated Press. TODAY. Senate. Continues debate on work-relief bill and takes up deficlency measure. Finance Comrmittee resumes ques- tioning of S. Clay Williams on N. R. A Labor and Munitions Committees | study labor relations and war profits bills. House. Votes on cotton-control act exten- sion and takes up bonus. Foreign Affairs Committee hears William Bullitt. Ambassador to Russia. Labor Committee questions Francis Biddle on labor relations bill. Other committees continue hearings | on anti-holding company and new | bank legislation. | YESTERDAY. Senate. Debated work-relief bill. Judiclary Committee approved Black 30-hour-work-week measure. House. Considered cotton contro! act ex- tension. 1 000 and the State general fund an ¢ { Rules Committee set 11 hours for | bonus debate, | House bill to lengthen the legal work- | ing for an investigation of the State relief administration, Davey's charges of waste and inefficiency in it and the Federal relief aaministrator's charge that business firms seeking relief con- tracts were “shaken down” for $8,000 by Davey's campaign committee. The Governor awaited an answer | from the relief chief. whom he chals lenged to come to Ohio and stand trial on a charge of libel or prove himself to be a man “who hits below the belt and runs.” Called “Base Assassin.” | _ After filing the libel suit at Newark, Ohio, the Governor appeared before the Legislature last night and called | Hopkins “a base and foul character | assassin.” He demanded a “thorough investie gation” of Ohio relief administration and declared any “sins” are charge- able to Hopkins and Frank D. Hender= son, former State rellef director. The House chamber was crowded to overflowing and Davey was interrupted by cries of “Give 'em hell, Martin,” as he delivered a bitter indictment of Hopkins' regime. Asserting he was eager for Hopkins to stand trial, Davey added: “I want the people of Ohio and the Nation to know the truth, and the quicker the better. If and when this man, who is guilty of criminal libel, goes to trial, there will be a wave of popular indignation against his ne- fariods and cowardly action, the like of which we have seldom seen.” ‘ The governor indicated doubt about- any success of the national reco program as it affects unemployment The Democratic-controlled Senate approved an investigation by a come mittee of 10 legislators after voting down Republican attempts to have | Bricker, political foe of the Gov=- ernor, conduct the inquiry. Defeated, too, in efforts to make the committee non-partisan, Republi- cans charged an attempt would be- made to “whitewash” Hopkins' charg- es against the Democratic Governor, Worms Raised for Birds. CHICAGO (#).—From now on, life is going to be pretty soft for the birds in the Lincoln Park Zoo. They won't have to get up early any more to catch their worms. An “insectorium” which looks something like a chiffonier was ese tablished for them. In this the 700 will raise worms for the birds, and there’ll be two to four for each. -