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" A2 ww: RICHBERG KEYNOTE CLARIFIES POLICY Qutline in Speech at Rutgers to Form Basis of Court Action on Regulation. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Every now and then, Donald Rich- berg, director of the National Emer- gency Council, makes a speech on some phase of the administration’s activity, but in none has he outlined so com- prehensively and clearly the economic philosophy of the New Deal as in his speech at Rutgers University, just de- livered. Mr. Richberg's argument is of tran- scendent importance because it will form the basis of the whole appeal of the Roosevelt administration in the Federal courts that its power to regu- late commerce inside or outside a State be sustained on the ground that all business nowadays “affects the free flow of commerce.” “If the system of private enterprise is to be maintained,” says Mr. Rich- berg, “it should be abundantly clear that the- excesses of competition and the excesses of profit-making must be prevented by social discipline. If this can be worked out by the co-operation of agriculture and trade and industry by associations of common interest and a co-ordinating supervision of public authority, we shall be able to preserve the maximum of private ini- tiative and individual liberty which is possible in the complexities of mod- ern industrial civilization.” Necessity of Planning. To accomplish this, Mr. Richberg adds thgt “planning and organization are necessary” and that “we cannot leave the job wholly to chance and private experimentation,” and he points out also that the individual who is a true lover of liberty in the twen- tieth century “is not the man who in- Fists on maintaining a theoretical free- dom to ruin himself and his fellow- men by unrestrained self-seeking.” Now the most interesting aspect of Mr. Richberg's address is that one can concur wholeheartedly in the noble objectives which he outlines, one can sympathize wholly with the importance of putting loftier motives into the hearts and minds of business men who are competing with one an- other, and yet feel considerable doubt as to how the “co-ordinating super- vision of public authority” can actually be accomplished in the face of reali- ties in the National Capital even under the New Deal. For instance. in the very same speech Mr. Richberg speaks of the benefits of the national industrial re- covery act and says that “any valid criticism must be directed not at the law but at its administration.” Again and again, that key word— personnel—or that key idea., which relates to administrative sense and | y, comes up to plague the st and reformer. Disinterested Supervision. How, for example, in an administra- tion which has made a practice of recognizing those Democrats who sided with the Roosevelt candidacy before the Chicago convention of 1932, or those who have played a part in Democratic politics, as opposed to Re- publican politics, can the public be assured of disinterested supervision? The same thing holds true with reference to influence upon Govern- ment action by persons of political prominence, who, as lawyers, engage in work here which plainly reflects their party connection. For a time this was frowned upon and an effort was made to compel Democratic Na- tional Committeemen to resign from their posts if they kept Government Jobs. but, with the Postmaster General retaining that office as well as the chairmanship of the Democratic Na«~ tional Committee, it has been difficult for the rank and file to believe the Roosevelt administration was at heart | much interested in abolishing political | pull and influence. The raids which have been made on civil service and the way in which Congress has insisted on patronage are so much like what has happened under Republican administrations that any observer who really would like to see governmental authority applied, even to a limited extent, to help in the adjustment of eco- nomic problems, cannot but see dif- ficulties and impossible barriers ahead. from the political side, which tend to nullify the precepts of Mr. Richberg's fine address. Restriction of Liberty. Mr. Richberg’s major point is that liberty should be restrained because it might mean license: that is, license to commit fraud and misrepresent or otherwise deceive. His contention is summed up in this sentence: “Faced with the clearly evil effect uUpon many men of an exercise of igdividual liberty, a legislative re- straint upon wrongdoing, for the purpose of protecting the freedom of others to do right, cannot be chal- lenged as an interference with con- stitutional liberty.” The only fly in the ointment is that a definition of what is right or wrong should be made by the courts and not by administrative officers in a bureaucracy, and that, when legis- lative restraints are applied, they should be applied by the Federal or State or civil governments, each in its respective domain. _The fight against invasion of con- stitutional rights is not at all against proper restraint by a legislative body, but it is a questioning as to which governmental authority—Federal or State—should assume jurisdiction. If restraints go beyond an existing Fed- eral or State Constitution, it is usual- ly argued that the proper amend- ments adopted in the orderly way should be championed. Most of the complaint today by those who have had their constitutional rights in- vaded is that the effort has been made by subterfuge or circumvention, and not by the exercise of the legislative power actually granted by the people to governmental bodies. (Copyright, 1935.) e el 25 RAILROADS POOL $450,000 AD FUND Improvements in Western Trans- portation to Be Told in Newspapers. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 28.—Twenty-five Western railroads have prepared to open an aggressive campaign, chiefly through the medium of newspaper ad- vertising columns, to win back lost passenger traffic. Harry Guy Taylor, chairman of the ‘Western Association of Railway Ex- ecutives, sald that a $450,000 pool had been appropriated to call the public’s attention to the strides made in mod- ernizing railway service on all roads west of Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans. A “Newspapers will be the first line of attack,” Taylor said. Most of the appropriation will go to the press of 250 large Western cities, the first ad- vertising to be scheduled for April 16. What’s What '| Behind News In Capital Hoover Seeks Nominating Veto Power, Democrats Watch Douglas Attacks. BY PAUL MALLON. EVERAL of Mr. Hoover's influ- ential friends are ready to come out for him for the Re- publican presidential nomina- tion any time he says the word. At least two of them have told him so. Yet the chances are 100 to 1 that he never will say the word. The way that situation is diagnosed authoritatively by the party doctors in their private consulf ns here is this: If the party should rise and ask for Mr. Hoover's nomination he would ac- cept, but no one, including Mr. Hoo- ver, expects that situation to develop. His purpose in asserting his party leadership now is to prevent his op- ponents within the party from wrest- ing control from him. He wants to perpetuate certain basic money and other principles which some of his opponents within the party would Jjust as soon forget. Wants Veto Power. What he really wants, therefore, is not the nomination, but a veto power over the nomination. At least this is what the best private authorities con- fidently believe he is working toward. | The Eastern party leaders have been looking lately into the possibili- | ties of two men for the nomination: | Senator Vandenberg of Michigan and Gov. Alf Landon of Kansas. There |are & lot of other names being men- tioned publicly, but these two are the only names which have aroused any real interest with the people who count. Landon was here a few days ago on relief matters. He was dined by Senator Capper, but only Kan- sans were present. He is a good party man, and a long-shot bet on either him or Vandenberg would not be joolish. the convention is likely to develop into a sharp contest among half a dozen or more “favorite sons.” | nominee, but the Hoover influence might be important in making the final choice. { Douglas Says Sharp Things. | The country may not be paying much attention to speeches recently made by Lewis Douglas, but some of President Roosevelt's political asso- ciates have been. The ex-director of the Roosevelt budget has been saying | some sharp things about New Deal financial policies. The speech he last | made, at the University of Pennsyl- | vania, was particularly pointed. { In that connection there has been | some quiet talk about the possibilities | of Mr. Douglas in a political way. It |is known he has no personal ambi- tions. But if some one of his viewpoint should press Mr. Roosevelt from a conservative Democratic side, while Huey Long is clawing from a radi- cal side, the friction might gen- erate some real warmth in the currently cool Democratic political situation. Of course, nothing can be done by any New Deal opposition in the Democratic Convention, but, in the election, two independent Democratic candidates would at least make it in- teresting. Rumor dust stirred up on the inside about a new running mate for Mr. Roosevelt has now settled. At least the Roosevelt politicos are running around with wet brooms trying to settle it. The same ones who were suggesting six months ago that Cac- tus Jack Garner's preference for re- tirement should be respected are now whispering that he will be drafted for re-election and will consent. Too Many Want Job. One reason they are so eager to settle the matter is the fact that Gar- ner’s expected retirement aroused the ambitions of too many who want the job. Apparently every Democratic officeholder thought he should be the vice presidential candidate. Another rumor which the Roosevelt broom wielders want to settle is the recent one that Senator La Follette might be the running mate. A very uncomfortable time is being had by the Roper Business and Advisory Council. It appointed a subcommittee to report on the Roosevelt utility holding company bill. Its members are all against the original bill, but would find it somewhat embarrassing to make public a report saying so, especialiy in view of Mr. Roosevelt’s message to Congress. To make life more miserable for them a well-known business lobby here is pressing them to make their views public. They probably will wait until Congress acts on the bill and then make their report. A Roosevelt political scout recently returned from a trip around the coun- try analyzing Roosevelt'’s political standing. His report indicated there were defections here and there, but that, in the main, everything is quiet. (Copyright, 1935.) FRANCE SEES PARLEY RESULT AS INEVITABLE Foresaw Inability of British to Change Hitler Policy on Rearmament. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, March . 28.—France ex- pressed no surprise yesterday at what was interpreted as the failure of Sir John Simon, British foreign secretary, to change the ideas of Reichsfuehrer Hitler regarding European * peace policies. Official circies suggested Sir John's visit might be useful in convincing the British that Hitler is too uncomprom- ising. Foreign Minister Laval had been cold foward the visit. The Reichsfuehrer’s ety over *he “Russian peri leased government circles because it was in- terpreted as indicating that French friendship for the Soviet is capable of exerting "“'"'X"-“‘“?"’ anxi- As things are working around now, | In| that case no one could predict the THE EVENING STAR, AERIAL COLONIZING SCHEME LAUNCHED Ship Sails Today With Men and Materials for Small Pacific Islands. - (Editor's mote—This is the first story of Junius Wood on the Pacific airline colonizing expedition, now under way with the sailing of Mr. Wood’s ship from San Francisco. Other stories of this interesting and romantic erpedition will be pre- sented by The Star from time to time.) BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. SAN FRANCISCO, March 27 (N.A. N.A.)—Fears that a strike might par- alyze Pacific Coast shipping stimu- lated loading of the North Haven, argosy ship of the Pan-American Airways, into frantic activity. Extra gangs of stevedores were put on the job, and by 6 o'clock last eve- ning, the last of the cargo which had filled the big pier warehouse almost to its roof, ranging from toothpicks to tractors, Diesel engines, motor launches and long creosoted poles, had been stowed in the holds or se- curely lashed on deck. The ship awaited only the signal today to cast off its lines and clear. The freighter will carry 6,000 tons of cargo, 44 avaition technicians and 74 construction men, who are to locate air bases and colonize lonely Pacific islands for the long hops, which, for the first time, will permanently link North America and Asia by air. Trip Cut to Three Days. It is expected that the giant clipper | planes will be flying this Summer, | | though they will not carry passengers | until the course has been thoroughly tested. When that time comes—and | even earlier for mail and express— Manila and South China, which now |are three weeks from the United States, and, in the days of New Eng- land’s proud clipper ships, were as many months, will be only three days away. Any delay for the plodding freighter which is to lay the ground- work for all this might set the first flights back for months. Other obstacles must be overcome, some for technicians and engineers to solve, and others, more ponderous, for statesmen to discuss. The little islands across the Pacific, itself vaster than the entire inhabited area of the globe, will be America’s listening posts to | Asia. Clipper planes will travel back | and forth on this new air highway. | cerrying precious cargoes, observant passengers and cameras—and a sin- gle camera can rouse the patriotic fervor of a Japanese policeman or | militarist. : | Already protests. though not diplo- | matically official, but by officiails, have | been widely voiced in Japanese news- | papers against the new Pacific com. { mercial air service. Those who pro- test see the shadow of the American | | Army and Navy in the background, | and insist that the undertaking is an invasion of Japan's domain in the Pacific and the preliminary for a line of aerial defense and aggression |in the Orient. 8,500-Mile Course. The entire course, to connect up with Sino-American aviation lines al- ready existing in China, will be more than 8,500 miles long. Its first base { will be in the Hawalian Islands, some | 2,400 miles from San Francisco. Then | come Midway Islands, 1,380 miles: | Wake Islands. 1,242 miles; | some 1.400; Manila, 1,500, and the | China coast, between 600 and 700. All except the last, are possessions of Guam, | WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY MARCH 28, 1935. e B e WAGNER BILL HELD BRITISH ROYALTY Testify at Crime Probe Hearing ___(Continued From Pirst Page) collision, etc., should not be tried directly on a charge of the police {'officer.” Prettyman presented then a series of plans for remedying:the so-called defects. Chief among them were these: 1. Elimination of requirements for | information by the assistant corpora- tion counsels in minor police and traffic regulations, and that such cases be tried on the charge of the police officer. 2. Requirement that charges by po- lice officers be automatically trans- ferred to the docket book at police court and require disposition by the Jjudges. 3. Establishment of precinct mag- istrate courts to try minor cases and to hold over under bond or bail in major cases. 4. Elimination of the right to jury trials where they can be eliminated. Prettyman discussed the magistrate plan, at length, and said he is op- posed to nolicemen serving as wagis- trates. He ~xpressed the belief that the magistrates should be selected from Washington's large “reservoir” of retired Army and Navy officers and Govérnment employes, who are de- occupy their tme and attention The committee Prettyman completed his testimony until 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. Eleventh Precinct Defended. The record of the eleventh precinct | was defended by Dr. George C. Haven- | ner, president of the Anacostia Citi- zens' Association, at the second public session of the committee last night. He was particularly critical of the reported description of Inspector Al- bert J. Headley that No. “third-class precinct.” Havenner pointed out that less major crime is committed in the eleventh precinct than-zay other, and stressed the need of an increse of from 25 to 30 in its personnel. The precinct also should be split, he declared, be- cause of the large area it now covers. Arthur Clarendon Smith, president of the Federation of Business Men's Associations, told the committee that | administration of the United States attorney’s office is the most glaring weakness of law enforcement in the District. “We must bring offenders to trial | the United States, some so small that few persons know of their existence. pins which some time may be useful, rhe American Navy, in years that are past, took possession, and now a use has been found for them. Hawaii is firmly anchored to the United States. The Midway group, lying on the international dateline, where the days change, already is oc- cupied by men who operate the relay station of the American Commercial Pacific Cable Co. The American Air- ways will colonize another island in the group. The Wake group of three islands United States by the ‘cruiser Charles- ton during the Spanish-American War in 1898. The land area of the Wake group is less than 3 square miles, though they surround a lagoon, 113 miles long, which is ideal for sea- planes. 266-Acre Island. Wake Islanu was surveyed by Lieut. Comdr. Samuel W. Kind, commanding the Whipperwill, and now Hawaiian Delegate in Congress, in 1924, and, about the same time, an expedition from the Field Museum of Natural History was there. Prof. Wetmore christened the other two islands Wilkes and Peale. The airplane col- ony and equipment will be on Wilkes Island, 266 acres in size. The museum expedition found wreckage and a stone fireplace, sup- posedly from a German ship, Labelle, which went ashore in 1866. More im- portant, it found two tin-roofed Jap- anese houses, a tank and storehouse of Japanese settlers on Peale Island. No fresh water is on the island, and they are supposed to have left in 1908, but Tokio may advance a claim to the islands on the ground of previous colonization. A flag pole erected by the Army transport Thogas and an- other Japanese house were found on Wilkes. Guam is held by the United States. under jurisdiction of the Navy. Its inhabitants are Chamorras, with the exception of less than 100 naval officers and men. In Mandated Area. The United States governs, educates and cares for them, but the island lies among the Japanese South Seas man- dated islands from the League of Na- tions. With other powers repudiating the treaty of Versailles, Japan, no longer a member of the League, will not create a precedent by ignoring the mandate and declaring the island ter- ritory hers. Guam, then and possibly now—if mandate means area £nd not isolated islands—will be like a man who has a house in the middle of another man's farm which he has difficulty in reaching without being shooed off as a trespasser. The North Haven should reach Honolulu in 10 days, stop a day or so and continue to Midway. After two weeks of unloading cargo and starting construction there, 35 construction men and 10 technicians will be left behind and the ship will continue to ‘Wake, where the process will be re- peated. A smaller number of experts | Like the thrifty citizen who picks up | and Guam were first seized for the | with the greatest speed possible.” he declared. “The prosecution must be | vigorous and intelligent.” Smith also outlined several points his orgamnization believes vital to law | enforcement. These included the | necessity for spesdy administration of Jjustice. “Agreement” Criticized. In addition. Smith criticized the so- called “gentlemen’s agreement” to | force the retirement of Inspector Thaddeus R. Bean so Inspector Head- ley could be elevated to the rank of assistant superintendent, and declared steps should be taken to remove all semblance of political influence from the Police Department. H. Winship Wheatley, president of the District Bar Association, advocated elimination of many of the existing vestrictions on jury duty. The present law exempting women from compul- sory jury service, he said, should be changed to make them subject to jury duty the same as men. An effort was made by Representa- tive Dirksen, Republican, of Illinois, who presided in the absence of Chair- man Randolph, to get Wheatley's views on the United States attorney's office. He explained, however, his practice was almost entirely civil in nature. Sylvan King, chairman of the Joint Committee of all trade and civic or- ganizations, which have united in a movement for an increase in the police force, said the solution to crime and traffic problems would come with the increase of 141 officers. Hotel Squad Favored. Creation of a “hotel squad” to keep in touch with the various hotels was advocated by W. M. Kochenderfer, executive secretary of the Hotel Men’s Association. He said the present “hoodlum squad” placed on the hotel management the initiative for action against suspicious characters. Because of this, he explained, attorneys for the hotel men have advised them to be cautious in reporting persons, for fear that the hotgls might be liable for damage action. George K. Beasley, president of the Federation of Civic Assoclations, urged a survey to determine the ex- tert of gaming, bootlegging and prosti- tution and why present agencies have not been able to cope with these prob- will be left at Guam, and the practi- cally empty ship will continue to Manila, reload and return on the same route, leaving supplies, for which shelters - will then have been com- pleted, and six men on Midway and seven on Wake, including a physician, as permanent residents, and reach San Francisco in July, | Name ........ . Price $1 at! The Evening Star | Business Office, or 1 by mail, postpaid sirous of finding something to do to adjourned when | | in Washington,” said Richardson, “but | | he hasn't a chance to function as a | 1 is al The Euvening Star It explains the permanent departments of the Federal Government and the Alphabet Bureaus of the New Deal. Every American should read it. R R0, fmet ol vt City vevvnennnns Joeuhimts e > Ao | 1 o RO S : ] ] Prettyman Reveals Prosecution Details in D. C. Crime Hearing lems. He also advocated laws to curb the numbers “racket.” Inspector B. A. Lamp, in command of the Police Department Traffic Bureau, was called on by the com- mittee while he was on the witness stand at the afternoon hearing to sub- mit a report opn the “fixing” of traffic tickets. Motorists to Be Listed. The report will contain the names of motorists who have had tickets | “fixed” in the last year, the name of | the person who “fixed” them and the | tag numbers of the car owners. From this report the committee expects to learn the names of those who had in- fluence enough to have traffic tickets adjusted without forfeiting collateral or going to court. He also advocated control of pedestrians. Lamb was asked for the report after he had opposed the proposal for de- centralization of the Traffic Bureau and condemned the present efficiency | rating system on which promotions in the department are based. Ratings given police officers by | captains, Lamb declared, are m'.n]ly1 disregarded by the central rating board, composed of inspectors. He said the system was useless and should be abolished. Seth W. Richardson, former Assist- ant Attorney General and a recog- nized authority on parole and proba- tion laws, who followed Lamb on the witness stand, charged that the recent appointment of Frank R. Jelleffl to the District Parole Board was “per- fectly ridiculous.” Not Half-Time Job. “Mr. Jelleff is one of the finest men parole officer unless he gives up his | | business on F street and goes into the | parole business. It isn’t a half-time job. It is a full-time job.” Richardson stressed thé necessity of a full-time, salaried parole board, and described Washington as a “city of influence.” A parole law for the District similar to the Pederal law was advocated by | Richardson. 'SOCIAL SECURITY | BREAK IS SOUGHT Byrns' Aid Enlisted as Zundeen | Tries to Force His Pen- sion Bill. By the Associated Press. Speaker Byrns was called upon to- day by House Ways and Means Com- mittee Democrats in an attempt to break a near-deadlock over the admin- istration’s social security program. His aid was asked as Representative Lundeen, Farmer-Labor, of Minnesota, filed a petition attempting to force consideration of his old-age pension, unemployment insurance bill. Byrns conferred first with Chair- man Doughton of the Ways and Means Committee and then went over to the House Office Building to talk with other committeemen. It was reported that the commit- tee was in a tangle over taxes involved in the bill for compulsory, contributory annuities and for unemployment in- surance. Some committeemen had ex- pressed a desire to eliminate those taxes from the bill or to reduce them or postpone their effective date. Schedule of Annuities. ‘The taxes for contributory annuities, as the bill now stands, would begin at 2 per cent of pay rolls on January 1, 1937, and increase to 6 per cent by 1949, one-half to be paid each by the employer and employe. In addition to that, however, the bill would levy an additional tax on pay rolls for unemployment insurance, beginning at 1 per cent on January 1, 1936, and increasing to 3 per cent on January 1, 1938. Some committeemen have con- tended that these taxes added to- gether would be too heavy a burden Upper, left to right: Arthur C. Smith, president of Federation of Business Men’s Associations; Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Anacostia Citizens' Association, and Sylvan King, chairman of joint committee seeking more policemen for the department, confer before testifying. Lower: H. Winship Wheatley, president of the District of Colum- bia Bar Association, pictured on the stand. —Star Staff Photos. RIGHT TREATMENT Addressing W. C. T. U., Sees Edgar M. Gerlach of the Justice Department today called upon the in State convention at Dumbarton M. E. Church to support the modern philosophy of treating prisoners from the point of view of “protection to the community.” 140,000 prisoners locked up in State and Federal prisons and reformatories, the speaker said that under the clas- | sification system now invoked in Fed- eral institutions, each prisoner is in- dividually studied to provide a basis for his treatment for return to society after release. Liquor Seen One Factor. Liquor, Gerlach said, was one factor each year in the United States. Members of the W. C. T. U. were advised by Mrs. Arthur C. Watkins, chairman of the Legislative Commit- tee. to become familiar with the Dis- trict liquor laws and regulations and | to report to the authorities any viola- tions which come to their attention. She said repeal was brought about by the “short memory of the old folks and ignorance of the young.” Elimination of liquor advertising on the radio was recommended by the legislative chairman, but she re- frained from advocating that the W. C. T. U. indorse any pending legis- lation, New Slogan Urged. * The State convention emphasized a new slogan, “Every Member Get a Member,” in & new drive to increase the size of the organization. The convention was presided ovee by Mrs. Jennie Bailey Wadleigh, president, and Mrs. Ida W. Ramsey, first vice president. Reports were heard from many officers. There was a devotional serv- on industry in a time of depression. Check Writer Acquitted. GERING, Nebr, March 28 (P)—A District Court jury last night acquitted Gordon B. Doyle, Custer, 8. Dak., hay buyer, on a charge of issuing $341.98 in no-fund checks. Doyle contended he did not issue the checks, payable to Mrs. Anna E. Gan- ser, with intent to defraud. Offers Its Readers This Worth-While BOOK Order today. | veds State...ee ice in the morning, a noontide prayer service, luncheon at the church and an afternoon program. ‘The principal speakers this after- noon were to b& Mrs. Samuel Lever« ing, discussing the Senate investiga- tion of the munitions industry, and Mrs. Ramsey, on a discussion of the organization's five-year, five-point program. INDECENT FILM RAID NETS ARREST OF 140 Operator of Motion Picture Ma- chine Held Without Bail for Hearing. By the Associated Press. ELIZABETH, N. J, March 28— Police raided a cafe early today, seized some alleged indecent films and ar- rested 140 men on disorderly con- duct charges. The operator of a motion picture machine with which the films were being shown was .booked as Fred Darling of White Plains, N. Y., an held without bail. - Salvator Spirito, charged with being the proprietor of the Cave, was’re- leased in $500 bail, on charges of conducting a ‘disorderly house. Police said tickets to the perform- ance were sold under the name. of INPRISONS URGED Justice Department Agent, Community Protection Need. Women's Christian Temperance Union | Pointing out that there were now | in the commitment of 65,000 prisoners | WRONG IN' SPIRIT lllinois Manufacturer Sees Enmity Caused Between Employers and Employes. By the Associated Press. James L. Donnelly, vice president of the Ilinois Manufacturers’ Associa- tion, opposing the Wagner labor dis- putes bill before the Senate Labor Committee, today said the “whoie spirit” of the measure was “to make enemies of employers and employes.” The bill would outlaw the company- dominated union, create a permanent Labor Relations Board and give the labor organization chosen by a ma- Jority of employes in a plant the right to speak for all employes. ’ Predication Scored. “This bill, contrary to what is the fact, is predicated on the assumption that the employer is not the employe's best friend, but is the employe's enemy—is one who is not to be trusted by the employe, even in mat- ters where the employe has confidence in his employer and desires to turn to his employer for counsel, advice, help or encouragement in this group activitiés,” Donnelly said. “The obvious purpose of this bill is to force the closed shop upon in- dustry with the aid of Government compulsion. Special Privileges Seen. “The bill is cesigned to confer spe- cial privileges exclusively on one group. The employer the unorganized | worker, the member of a minority union or of a plant employe repre- sentation Zroup are given no protec- tion. “This bill would place a premium on strikes, nullify employes’ contracts, destroy employe representation plans, force the closed shop upon employers, guarantee legal irresponsibility of la- bor organizers, provide for gag rule| of industry, insure domination of la- | bor boards oy o-ganized labor agents, provide for star chamber proceedings by labor boards and result in unlimited inquiries and investigations by Gov- ernment ‘agenis’ and snoopers.” — CAPT. BISHOP COMES | HERE ON JUNE 15| Succeeds Maj. Hodeson, Who Has| Served Three Years in Dis- trict Government. Capt. Hoel S. Bishop, jr. now sta- tioned at Philadelphia, will relieve | | Maj. Paul A. Hodeson as assistant en- | | gineer commissioner of the District June 15, under changes in assignment issued today by the War Department. Maj. Hodeson has served nearly three years with the District and has requested that he be assigned as a student at the Army War College. This has been granted. Maj. Hodeson wishes to be relieved | | June 15, so he can take a leave of | | absence prior to his assignment to | the War College, August 15. He has | been in charge of the construction | work of the District for Engineer Commissioner Dan I. Sultan. Capt. Howard F. Clark will become first assistant, replacing Hodeson and Capt. Bishop will be second, and Capt. Robert E. York, third. | BAKERY LABOR CASE | NEW TRIAL ASKED, ! Dorsch and Merchant Charge Ar- gumentative Instructions to Jury in Conviction. Argumentative instructions to the {jury and the failure of the court m! remove a juror claimed by the defense | |to have been personally acquainted | with one of the prosecution witnesses were charged today in a motion for 8 new trial in the cases of John L. Dorsch and James C. Merchant, Bakery Union members, who were convicted by a jury in Police Court last week of having placed acid on bread delivered by the Dutch Baker Boy, Inc., a non-union concern. The defendants, the former being | | & nephew and employe of Peter M. Dorsch, owner of a large bakery here, | were to have been sentenced today, but this was forestalled by the filing of a new trial motion by Attorneys Morris Abrams and F. Joseph Donohue. The arguments on the motion will be heard Saturday before Judge John P. McMahon, with Assistant Corporation Counsel James W. Lauderdale appear- ing for the Government. In the motion it is charged that Judge McMahon gave argumentative instructions to the jury, stressing evi- dence tending to support the prosecu- tion and eliminating entirely the evi- dence supporting the contention of the defense. CHEF AMONG 6 HERE WITH LUCK TICKETS Paul Wade of Shoreham Grille Room Draws Jack Drummer in Sweepstakes. Among six Washingtonians to hold lucky tickets in the Irish Sweepstakes is Paul Wade, 24, a chef at the Shore- ham Hotel grille room. Wade was notified yesterday that he drew Jack Drummer in tomorrow’s Grand Na- tional at Aintree, England. The ticket has an assured value of $3,975. A $40,000 residual prize was won yesterday by E. Wiley Gaflleld, 25- year-old unemployed architectural draftsman, of 921 E street southeast. At least four other Washingtonians drew tickets which may win as much as $150,000 in the race. “NIGHT WORKERS’ MASS” IS PLANNED BY PASTOR Rev. Dr. John Cartwright Plans Experiment at Immaculate Conception Church. Rev. Dr. John Cartwright, pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Eighth and N streets, an- nounced today that beginning next Sunday a “night workers’ mass” would be celebrated each Sunday at 2 am. - In the nature of an experiment, Dr. Cartwright said, the early mass will VISIT RODSEVELT President, Reaching Baha- mas, Receives Duke and Duchess of Kent. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., Mareh 28.—President Roosevelt cruised aboard the yacht Nourmakal in the clear blue waters of the Bahama Island group today on his annual fishing trip. Reaching the Bahamas yesterday, he received the Duke and Duchess of Kent, members of the British royal family, honeymooning in this region, who were introduced by Sir Bede Clif- ford, governor of the Bahamas, and Lady Clifford. Capital Contact Kept. Mr. Roosevelt kept contact today with Washington through temporary headquarters at the Miami Biltmore Hotel, where Marvin H. McIntyre, a secretary, was established with a stafl. On meeting the yacht Nourmahal of Vincent Astor at Cat Cay yesterday, the President left the destroyer Parra- gut for the fishing ship he has used in Southern waters for the last two years. He was garbed today in clothes which included a somewhat spotted white sweater and a fisherman’s hat, ready to try his luck for the game fish of this region. With McIntyre st the Miami head- quarters was Harry L. Hopkins, Federa! relief administrator, who has the last- minute instructions of the $4,000,007 - 000 work program before Congress. Operetta Witnessed. Last night they witnessed ti operetta “Pirates of Penzance,” prc- sented by a F. E. R. A. company fron: Key West. Mr. Roosevelt sent the followinz message late yesterday to Miami heac- quarters: “Escorted by U. 8. 8. Claxto: dropped anchor Cat Gey 10 this moru.- ing. Yacht Nourmahal already there At noon Governor of Bahamas, Sir Bede Clifford, and Lady Clifford, ac- companied by their guests, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, and by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wasey of New York, who own Cat Cay, called on the President. ‘The Farragut and Nourmahal expect to proceed southward this afternoon. Claxton returning to Miami, Beauti- ful weather. Smooth sea.” U. S. AND HAITI SIGN RECIPROCAL PACT Tariff Reductions Granted 13 American Products. m By the Associated Press. ‘The United States and Haiti signe 1 today a reciprocal trade agreement. The pact assures Haiti of the con- tinued duty-free admission into the United States of coffee, cocoa beans, bananas, sisal fiber, logwood and ginger root. and reduced duties on rum, fresh pineapples and preserved mangos and guavas. In return, Haiti granted tariff re- ductions on 13 American products, pledged itself to maintain existing rates on 19 articles and promised to reduce the tariff on lard, automobile tires and tubes, and radios when the Haitian financial condition improves. Most-Favored-Nation Pact. The treaty, another in the series of reciprocal pacts, is a most-favored- nation agreement. In the Cuban-American trade pact the duty on Cuban rum was cut from $5 to $2.50 per gallon and Cuba was granted a 20 per cent preferential. Because of reduction in the duty on Haitian rum to $2.50, the rate on Cuban rum thus becomes $3 per gallon. The State Department annoynced the rum tariff reductions are %on- sistent with the Roosevelt administra- tion’s policy of combatting bootleg- ging by facilirating liquor imports and reducing the price to consumers, Nearly 90 per cent of Haitian ex- ports to this country are already on the free list and, aside from rum, the only duty reductions granted Hai- tian products were on preserved man- |gos and guavas and pineapples. Exemption Granted. Haiti ‘vas also assured that sugar imported from that island on which a drawback cof duty is allowed will not be charged against the Haitian quota under the sugar control sys- tem now :n force. The total export trade value of the commodities, which will benefit by the agresment, amounted to $1.- 464,000 in 1929 and $623,000 n 1933, The agreement must still be ap- proved by the Haitian Congress and will go into eflect 30 days after it has been Droclaimed by the Presi- dents of the T'aited States and Haitl, — Demands Land Division. The Labor party in the Irish Pree lsu;e is demanding a new division of and. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate. Considers pink slip repeal. Finance, Munitions and Labor Com- mittees continue hearings on N. R. A. extension, war profits and Wagner Labor bill. Conferees hold second meeting on works-relief bill, Considers District legislation. Military Committee opens hearing on amending T. V. A. act. Agriculture Committee studies pro- posed A. A. A. amendments. YESTERDAY. Senate. Defeated La TFollette tax return publicity substitute. Passed three administration bills to strengthen naval defenses. TOMORROW. Senate. On floor: Routine bills on calendar, followed by agriculture appropriation bill Pinance Committee to continue hearing on N. R. A. legislation, 10 am. Education and Labor Committee to meet on Wagner labor bill, 10 am. Munitions Committee continuing hearing, 10 am. be for the convenience of printers, newspaper men and others workers who are out late Saturday night. Sqome years ago & mass was cele- brated at 4 am. at St. Patrick’s Church, but, because of falling at- tendance, House The private calendar will be up with more than 200 bills awaiting action. The conference report on the War Department appropriation bill also ¢ .