Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, lowest temperature about 48 de- gress tonight; tomorrow cloudy, rain and colder afternoon and night; much colder Monday. Temperatures—Highest, 67, at noon today; lowest, 48, at 6:30 a.m. to- day. Full report on page A-2. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. L. Non-Profit Hosp To Cost $5,000,000 Proposed No. 33,205. RUSSIA REPORTED URGING!MMEDIATE STRESA PARLEY 0 SECURITY SYSTEN Soviets Propose Germany Be Left Free to Attend if She Pleases—Favor Col- lective Arrangement. CO-OPERATION OF U. S. FOR PEACE IS SOUGHT America's Fate Linked to Europe, Official Press Holds—Eden Pre- pares to Wind Up Talks—Re- po “» for Far East Pact Plans Are Officially Denied. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 30.—Joseph Stalin and Maxim Litvinoff told Brit- ain's peace envoy today, according to information from Moscow reach- ing official quarters here, that Russia recommends the powers proceed to the Stresa conference with the European security system as planned, permitting Germany to join or stay out as she| likes. The Russians told Capt. Anthony Eden, it was understood, that the Soviets prefer such a collective sys- tem instead of a group of elliances on the continent. BID FOR U. S. AID LAUNCHED. Eden Winding Up Parleys With Soviet Chiefs. MOSCOW, March 30 (P.—The Boviet press, often the mouthpiece of the government, launched today what many observers believe to be a frank bid for United States’ co-operation in the preservation of European peace while Anthony Eden of Great Britain and Foreign Commissar Maxim Lit- vinoff continued their talks over a luncheon table at Litvinoff's country home. “America’s fate is bound up wil that of Europe,” said the government's organ for heavy industry, Za Industri- alizatziu, declared, adding that “sh could not avoid becomin; s European war.” Details of Talk Awaited. ‘While Capt. Eden was preparing wind up the momentous Russisil conversations, continuing his peacegP trip to Warsaw and homeward, the public here still awaited official news: of his discussion yesterday with Joseph Stalin. No government com- munique had been issued. Meanwhile the press declared its belief that at least leading eapitalistic [§ circles in the United States “realize || that war can be postponed only through accord of United States policy with that of other parties interested in the protection of an European status quo.” Germany Accused Again. In its first direct comment since | Eden's talks began, the government organ Izvestia resumed its charges that Germany is anxious to seize the Ukraine. Observers viewed it as sig- that the press declared . was standing firm for tern security pact. Eden, British T's country house; miles from Moscow. g Lord Chilston, British Ambassado to Moscow, and other British and} Russian personages, While it was not formally scheduled as a conference, it was understood that the luncheon was followed by a continuation of the taiks which-have been in progress for the last two days. Pact Denial Offered. Whiie authoritative quarters said the Russian and British statesmen considered inviting the United States to help five other nations safeguard the peace of the Far East, the Rus- sians officially denied that a Far Eastern pact had been' discussed. The meeting was called primarily to discuss developments emerging from Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler's an- nouncement of German army - con- scription and the Franco-British pro- posals for European security. British quarters said Capt. Eden will have to report on his exploratory talks with Joseph Stalin and Maxim Lit- vinoff, foreign commissar, before the British can act on any possible agree~ ment to meet the danger of war. ° Observers said the Anglo-Russian talks revolved around methods of com- posing Russo-German differences on the proposed Eastern Eurcpean secur- ity pact, British participation in an agreement without Germany if the latter nation declines to enter and joint action through the League of Nations when the French raise the question of Germdn rearmament at the Council session April 15. JAPAN DOUBTS PACT NEED. Far East Locarno Treaty Is Held Unnecessary. TOKIO, March 30 (#).—Japan considers a general security pact cov- ering the Far East similar to Eu- rope's Locarno treaty unnecessary, Amusements .. Church News Service Order: Short Story . Society ...... Sports- Allen Names Group to Consider Suggestion onP. W. A. Project. Development of a great Washington medical center, uniting facilities now provided by the several private hose pitals and medical schools, and de- | signed to afford for the small salaried | man, care now beyond his financial | reach, was proposed today by Com- missioner George E. Allen. Rough estimates placed the ex- pected cost at between $5,000,000 and | $6,000,000. Allen’s proposal is that such a hos- | pital center be built as a self-liquida- | ting project under Public Works tunds | as a non-profit, non-sectarian and | non-racial institution. The idenities | of the private agencies entering into the plan would be preserved in an arrangement for continuing their own boards of trustees in a unified control. Private Project. Allen said this is not a District idea would be left in the hands of hospital owners and others interested. He suggests a private corporation as the agency to conduct the building and management of the institution. ‘The present plants of the hospitals and medical schools of private institu- were present! | gt tions entering into the program would | be disposed of after the new center had been built and placed in operation. | The Commissioner said he recog- | nized there are difficulties to be over- | come, but advanced his proposal as | “ideal and well worth shooting at.” He has three objectives: To make available to the small-salaried worker hospital care which he cannot now afford, but which the wealthy can buy and which the indigent are given at public expense; development of a medical center to pool resources of all private medical colleges to advance methods of practice, and provide work "~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 6. ch ital Center WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening |..C. AUTHORIZES EMERGENCY RAIL FREIGHT CHARGES COMMISSIONER ALLEN. government project and details of his| = KARL CORBY. ('CONORDECLARES - SALES TAX LEGAL ‘Maryland Attorney General | Gives Ruling in Letter to Governor. | By the Associated Press. | | ANNAPOLIS, March 30.—Attorney | General Herbert R. O'Conor today | d that the 1 per cent gross re- ipts tax bill—which was drawn by im—is constitutional. He made the ruling in a letter to Gov. Nice, and in the same breath dded that he was not “passing upon | wilndom and policy of the pro-: sed law.” | f The measure was drawn by Attorney | peneral O’'Conor at the request of | teceislators after that form of tax was| tRevised by harassed members of the | neral Assembly who were seeking p end a five-day deadlock over how raise relief funds. Reiterates Opposition. the meantime, Gov. Nice re- ted his opposition to the tax, ex- lining that he did not feel it would sufficient revenue to meet Fed- relief demand. The Governor advocated passage of the 2 per v. Nice said that “if I sign this | tawill be late today, and I will nly because I have no other gtive. I have opposed this right along and I have d the straight 2 per cent sales E% I cannot fail to provide relief. | (would be suicidal.” attention was called to asser- hat the gross tax measure will ovide the $5,000,000 annually deral Government accepted as te's contribution to relief. re is no doubt about that,” Governor. “It will produce n we have pledged to the Gov- . ates have been made that the ceipts levy will produce about . To this sum would be #88350,000 diverted from the in- keritalige tax, leaving the total still the $5,000,000 figure, WORKER DOOMED DW, March 30 (#).—A. Ba bookkeeper in the Moscow Bank, was sentenced to death for embezzlement of the de- inds. er employes, including the pf the bank’s branch in the ion, were sentenced o razimoff allegedly was the group convicted of em- D000 rubles (the ruble is bout 51.5 cents). Fades for 120. West Australia, March 30 ‘was abandoned yesterday off the west coast of d as resulting partly situation created dolph Hitler's an- German conscription. reservists were posted vining period wel well in pening date of last ule was general { ts as e e nouncement o Crack corps, on the eas a three-month ed con- ition of ik, minigter ot war, ‘ ab INFURNTURE INE Manufacturer Tells Hearing, | However, Industry Has Not Suffered. N. R. A’'s code rule was described to Senate investigators today by a furniture manufacturer as” having neither helped nor. harmed his in- dustry. Robert W. Irwin of Grand Rapids, Mich., was the witness—the first manufacturer heard by the Finance Committee since Chairman Harrison introduced the new administration bill for extending the recovery unit two more years, This measure, subject to much re- writing by the committee, already has drawn the fire of such N. R. A. critics as Senator King. Democrat, of Utah. | No Improvement Seen. Irwin told the committee and the smallest audience of the hearing to date that he did not “think the in- dustry is in any better condition than it was before we had the code.” As a member of the National Com- mittee for the elimination of price- fixing and production control, Irwin general sales tax to meet rellef | said his industry's business was only | s. 40 per cent of what it was in 1928-29. 4 charge of $1 for issuance of bills of “What effect would the 30-hour week have?” asked Senator King. “If you cut down a man's produc- tivity, you will lower the living stand- ards of the people,” Irwin said. “Would it be a burden on indus- trv?” inquired Harrison. “Not on industry, but it would be | on society, because if hours are re- duced, and wages maintained, prices of all commodities would be in- creased,” the witness replied. Chief criticism of the N. R. A. ex- tension bill was aimed at lan- guage permitting exemptions from the anti-trust laws and broad provisions defining interstate commerce. Even Chairman Harrison conceded the bill would be changed in many ways by the committee he heads, particularly in its provisions touching on monopoly. Senator King empha- sized there had been no ‘‘determina- tion” on the bill. “A drive is being made by Donald R. Richberg and others,” King said, “to secure a law that is more drastic than the present one. Instead of eliminat- ing the obnoxious features, apparent- ly they would perpetuate them and give the Government greater power over industry.” War on Price Features. A strong bloc within the Finance Committee was determined to remove all price and production control fea- tures from the law and strip N. R. A. down to wage and hour regulation. Senator Black, Democrat, of Ala- bama, contended the present law “made it a crime to sell too cheaply, but not a crime to sell too high.” He demanded either that competition be permitted to keep prices down or else that the Government limit profits. Black and other critics of price fix- ing were aroused by testimony late (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) is eager to push the motorization rapidly. The first test will be in the full dress maneuvers in June. Each reservist is obliged to serve 21 days every three years. Thé course comprises intensive physical training, by | route marching and target practice, designed to bring all reservists up to date. An infantry division on the hike ‘was good for an average of 15 miles & day before motors replaced muscles. The radius of action of a motorized division still is problematical. Theoretically, the French say, & division on wheels should cover. about | da; 100 miles & day, but much depends upon the type of trucks used and the condition of roads. The French sre the secrets of the CODE HELDNOAID Roads Are Denied Right to Horizontal Increases, However. RATES WILL APPLY UNTIL JUNE 30, 1936 Commission Split on Decision. Farm Products Exempt From Boost. By the Associated Press. American railroads were denied the right to make a horizontal increase in freight rates today, but at the same time were authorized by the Inter- state Commerce Commission in a split decision again to add emergency charges to existing rates. The emergency charges will apply to a large part of the freight traffic of the country until June 30, 1936. | They are similar, said a commission resume, except in amounts, to those which were authorized in 1931 and which ended September 30, 1933. The decision was reached by a vote of 5 to 4. Commissioners Meyer, McManamy, Lee, Mahaffie and Splawn | took the view the railroads are con- fronted by a grave emergency which warrants some measure of relief for the next 15 months. Believe Rates at Ceiling. Chairman Tate and Commissioners Atchison, Porter and Miller dissented, asserting they believe railroad rates now are at “the ceiling of reasonable- ness,” and that increase of a general nature would ma.e them unreasonable and tend to defeat their own purpose by alienating traffic from the rail- | roads. | The emergency charges in general | on carload traffic will be 7 per cent of | the total line haul transportation | charge, subject to a maximum of 5 | cents per 100 pounds. On a long list of commodities, however, specific max- | imum charges of less than 5 cents are provided. No additional charge is thorized on less than carload trafic where the haul is for greater distances the charges range from 1 to 11 cents, according to distance. Farm Products Exempt. No emergency charges are author- ized for farm products in general. Fresh vegetables, fruit, cattle, sheep, hogs, milk, lumber and fertilizers are included in the exemption. Emergency charges are authorized on coal and coke ranging from $ to 15 cents per net ton and on iron at re treated spe- cially in commission rate cases. On lake cargo coal and iron ore it is spe- cified that a single increase shall apply even though there may be two rail hauls separated by water move- ment. Under the 1931 emergency charges the railroad applied separate surcharges on each rail haul. The charge on petroleum products |is fixed at one cent per 100 pounds. | On sand, gravel and certain kinds of | stone a maximum of one cent per 1100 pounds is authorized where the | line haul rates are $1 per ton or over. | No charge Is permitted where the | rate is less than $1. Switching charges ilre to be increased 10 per cent. 1‘ Bill Charge Disapproved. A proposal of the railroads to make |lading was disapproved. | - The majority report did not give any estimate of the additional revenue | the railroads would probably derive, | but in his dissenting opinion Commis- sioner Miller said it “would appear to afford about one-half of the addi- tional revenue estimated by the car- riers in their proposal.” The carriers estimated the addi- tional revenue they were asking at $170,000,000 a year. - — M’GEE DEATH VERDICT UPHELD BY HIGH COURT Kidnaper of Mary McElroy Under Sentence to Be Hanged May 10. By the Associated Press. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., March 30. —Walter H. McG e, the first kidnaper to be sentenced to death in the United States, must pay with his life for the ransom abduction nearly two years ago of Mary McElroy, daughter of the city manager of Kansas City, the Missouri Supreme Court decreed today. ‘The court held that the “proof suffi- ciently substantiates the verdict of guilty,” and that the “record proper discloses no error.” The court set the execution for May 10 in the Jackson County Jail, at Kan- sas City. Hanging is the methed of execution in Missouri. Miss McElroy was abducted from her South Side home about noon late in May, 1933, held for nearly 30 hours and released on payment of $30,000 ransom by her father, H. . McElroy. Walter McGee, leader of the kid- napers, was the only one of those con- victed to receive the extreme penalty. MOVIE DOPE RING New York Suspect Declared to Have Supplied Stars. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 30.—Some of Hollywood’s prominent screen stars were supplied regularly’ with narcotics by Barney Price, Federal agents said today, following the arrest of Price, whom they described as a “front man” for & large dope ring. 2,277.T0 BE DEPORTED DENVER, March 30 (#).—Oolorado Colorado counties, and are ready to for distances under 220 miles, and | Star WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1935—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. FELLERS, KaNsas 1S READY For. A BUMPER The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 130,154 Some Returns Not Yet Recel UP) Means Associated Pre: IN THE SPRINGTIME—YOUNG MEN'S FANCIES TURN TO— SEEK RODSEVELT'S Thousands En Route to Capital To See Cherry Trees in Bloom AID ON WORKS BILL Congressional Leaders Feel Only Pressure Can End Ickes Dispute. BULLETIN. House leaders decided today that unless there is a change in the Senate situation by Monday the House will accept the work relief bill, including the limitation ob- jected to by Secretary Ickes. By the Associated Press. Congressional lesders planned to ask President Roosevelt today to use his influence in an effort to end the eleventh-hour controversy delaying final action on the $4,880,000,000 work- relief bill. - ‘They sald only presidential pressure could settle the dispute touched off yesterday by Secretary Ickes’ objec- tion to & requirement that one-third of the $900,000,000 set aside for loans and grants to States and political sub- divisions be spent directly for wages. Informal polls by Democratic lead- ers indicated that House and Senate conferees, who wrote the requirement into the measure when they met to prepare the bill for final congressional action, had not changed their views. Ickes, the public works administra- tor, was said to feel that compelling States and communities to spend one- third of loans and grants for direct wages would block certain types of projects. Land and material costs in some cases were described as such that one-third payments for wages would be impossible. Would Change Language. Leaders said Ickes thought the re- quirement would be acceptable, how- ever, if its language were changed | to specify that the one-third be spent for “direct or indirect work.” Labor that went into the manufacture of materials could be included under such ‘& provisions. The P. W. A. chief's protest caused the House to postpone final action on the bill. Leaders indicated that, if the conferees should lean toward changing the controversial provision, the House would be asked Monday to send the works measure back to con- ference. Otherwise the House may get a chance Monday to vote for the bill with the disputed language still in it. 5 Chairman Glass of the Senate conferees displayed no inclination yesterday to yield to Ickes. During the conference he had advocated re- quiring that 50 per cent of the loans and grants be spent for direct wages, and he said he certainly would not g0 lower than a 3313 per cent re- quirement. Copeland Stands Firm. “If we are going to have a work- relief bill, we ought to have a worl relief bill and not something else, commented Senator Copeland, Demo- crat, of New York, another conferee. Senator Robinson talked with the Senate committee after Speaker Byrns and Chairman Buchanan of the House Appropriations Committee informed him of Ickes' stand. It was reported afterward, however, that the committee favored no further con- ference unless the House insisted upon it. An aide of the P. W. A. adminis- trator told reporters it would inter- fere with municipal power projects particularly, because “there is always opposition to them and it would be impossible to show that one-third of their cost would go for direct labor. Ickes' stand followed intimations from Secretary Wallace that he dis- approved of the George amendment, which would make it permissive for the President to make benefit pay- ments to farmers out of the huge fund. Tax Lapse Feared. It was later established, however, this clause. . were known to hold hope that the President could be prevailed upon not deport them to their native countries, | MADD Gov. Ed Johnson announced yester- y. Continuing his drive to clear aliens from Colorado’s relief rolls, the chief executive said he was conferring with immigration authorities on im- A Despite the threat of overcast skies and rain late in the afternoon, thou- sands of visitors and motorists are | expected to view the cherry blossoms in their Spring glory around the Tidal Basin tomorrow: | While claborate arrangements were being made to handle traffic jams at approaches io Potomac Park, officials of the parks announced that night illumina‘ion of the blossoms will be missing this year. With more than 100,000 visitors | anticipated cn excursion trains, the | Park Police and the Metropolitan De- | tails stationed around the basis and | at intersections leading to the park. An appeal for the slashing of the “red tape” to enable the last-minute setting up and use of the floodlights around the Tidal Basin to {lluminate the cherry ‘rees was made by the Keystone Automobile Club. The mo- | tor group offered to contribute to & fund to pay for the current. | Tens of thousands of visitors who are coming here will be deeply dis- appointed if the blooms are not illum- inated at night, the club said in a statement. {100,000 Expected Tomorrow and Police| Make Elaborate Arrangements ‘ to Handle Traffic. | C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent | of the National Capital Parks, ex- | plained that lights to illuminate the | cherry trees at night were ordered | from the Potomac Electric Power Co. by the special committee that handled | the cherry blossom festival last year. | The electric light comovany, it is ! understood, has never been paid a bill | for $1,100 for the current used. Fin- nan said his office is"not responsible for the debt, it having acted merely | as the agency for the Festival Com- | partment planned to have special de- | Mittee and aided in installing the | lighting equipment. The committee | is not functioning this year. | Paik police will be on duty be- neath' the trees fringing the Basin to see that the regulations prohibiting .m t Off of branches or blos- | soms are rved. Clockwise traffic | will around the Basin. A detail of 27 Metropolitan officers will work in shifts at the intersections | | of Seventeenth street and New York nue, Eighteenth and D streets, ineteenth and E streets, Fourteenth t and Constitution avenue and \sFourteenth and Water streets. BELGAN DEPUTES BACK BAN ON 01D \Premeir's Devaluation by {25 Per Cent Sustained. ! Senate to Act. | (Copyright. 1935, by the Associated Press.) BRUSSELS, March 30.—Premier | Paul van Zeeland won a smashing Ivicbory in the Chamber of Deputies | today on his policy of suspending the gold standard and devaluating the belga, and immediately turned to the Senate to learn the fate of his pro- gram. The Chamber upheld the new Pre- mier by a vote of 107 to 53. The Senate Committees of Finance and Justice, sitting jointly, approved the Government's currency plan by & vote of 12 to 2 today and likewise approved the Government's request for special powers for one year. The cabinet decided to demand a vote of confidence today in order to push ahead it. bills devaluating the currency by 25 per cent and prolong- ing the government's special powers. ‘The cabinet planned to resign if it was defeated. Van Zeeland answered his critics with repeated references to President Roosevelt’s program in the United Stats. While it was felt that Belgium’s desertion of the gold bloc inevitably would be followed by increased pres- sure on other members such as Italy, Switzerland, Holland and France, many responsible quarters believed that the temporary instability might paradoxically turn out to be a step toward international security. By the Associated Press. GALLUP, N. Mex, March 30.— Navajo women would rather face the evil spirits of the dead than make a speech, but, just the same, they are the actual rulers of this largest of American Indian tribes. Mrs. Laura McCabe, who at 43 is the only woman leader among the 45,000 Navajos in Northwestern New Mexico, declared today the women give the orders. They wouldn't dream of holding tribal office or taking part in council powwows, but before any important decisions are made “the men always confer with their wives first,” Mrs. Mc- said. ‘abe wants no high office, SOUTH IS COMBED X 'Memphis Is Focal Point of * Search for Kidnaper and Aide. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 30— Manhunters of five States, their fingers near machine gun triggers, took to the highways and hideouts of the South and Southwest. today in search of Texas' No. 1 outlaw, Raymond Ham- ilton. The focal point of this “shoot-to- kill” search was Memphis, where Ham- ilton and an unidentified companion, believed wounded, left two terrorized hostages yesterday after a mad 250 mile ride through Mississippi. Prentiss Bank Robbed. Hamilton, a fugitive from the elec- tric chair in Texas. and his companion robbed the Bank of Bluntville at Pren- tiss, in Southern Mississippi, Thurs- day. The two wounded a sheriff, dis- armed posses, kidnaped M. E. Smith, county farm agent, and Ralph Bay- liss, a merchant, eluded peace officers and National Guard troops and drove into the heart of Memphis yesterday morning. 2 The kidnapers logked their victims in the rear compaztment of Smith’s own automobile, it beside a large hotel and disappeared. After receiving & telegraphic “tip” that the bandits were headed for the Ozark Hills of Northeast Oklahoma, Departmept of Justice agents at Tul- sa and State officers raced to that area. Navajo Women Run Their Tribe, But Won’t Compete for Offices “Navajo women are timid, bash- ful,” she said in careful English, astonished at the suggestion squaws should compete for offices with the men and make political speeches. But shy and timid though she may be in public; the Navajo woman is boss of her domestic life. It is she who may divorce her husband by tossing his saddle out of the hogan. In addition, the squaw has privi- leges denied white women in some States.. She owns property. Her chil- dren belong to her clan and upon her death her daughters inherit her prop- erty. 8he does the work, tends the sheep, thears the wool and weaves it into blankets. She handles nearly all of tary | the barter with Indian traders and trols _the. family's meager, supply ;Imn..,. ',,. ! FORRAYHAMILTON ived. TWO CENTS. MINE AGREEMENT CONTINUING SCALE AVERTS WALKOUT N. R. A. Proposal to Extend Present Wage After April 1 Is Accepted. JOINT CONFERENCE TO STAY IN SESSION Efforts Will Be Made to Obtain New Pact by June 16 for Soft Coal Fields. By the Associated Press. ‘The soft coal industry and the United Mine Workers of America agreed today to accept N. R. A’'s proposal to continue present wage and hour contracts after April 1, thus averting a threatened walkout of nearly half a million miners. The present wages and hours are to be continued until June 16 unless a new agreement is reached before that time ‘The text of the agreement follows | “The existing Appalachian agree- ment and supplementary Appalachian region district agreement of April 1 1934, shall continue in full force and effect in all their provisions until June 16, 1935, in compliance with the request of the National Industriel Re- covery Board, or until such prior date on which a new wage agreement is negotiated between the parties sig- atory to the current Appalachian | agreement and its supplementary dis- trict agreement. Conference to Continue. “The joint conference of representa- | tives of parties to the existing Appa- | lachian agreement and supplementary | district agreements shall continue in ! session. The joint conference shall | endeavor to the full limit of its ability | to negotiate a wage agreement before June 16, 1935.” | Donald Richberg, N. R. A. chair- | man. announced the settlement during {a conference with a committee of | operators and minérs. All the soft !coal operators in the country whose | | contracts are related to the Appa- |lachian agreements, he had | agreed to the extension. | The mine workers had threatened a | stoppage of work .uniess new con- tracts were made by Monday. They | demanded a 50-cent increase in the | basic daily wage and a cut from 35 to 30 hours in the maximum work week. Operators Favor Extension. THhe operators offered renéwal of present contracts, and the two groups were deadlocked when N. R. A. in- tervened last Thursday. Operators generally expressed them- selves as agreeable to the extension, | particularly in view of pending legis- |lation in Congress. Both the Guffey !cml-comml bill and the Black-Con- i nery 30-hour-week bill, if passed, | would have a great effect on the in- dustry. One leading operator privately ex- pressed disappointment, however, that what he described as “all the work | we've done” on vage differentials now |likely would have to be done over | again. said, Order Promised Today. The N. R. A. yesterday had advised | representatitves of the operators and workers that an order extending all | provisions of the present bituminous !coal code to June 16, the date N. R. A. will expire unless new legis- lation is enacted, would be issued today. Richberg explained such an exten- sion would include some trade prac- tice provisions due to expire May 1 anc the labor provisions due to ex- pire April 1. Asserting the N. R. A. plan was a “proposal” and not an “ultimatum,” Richberg declined yesterday to discuss whether or not the Recovery Admin- istration would have the power to im- pose an extended code if the opera- tors and workers failed to agree. | JOHNSON CONTINUES | TO PARRY QUESTIONS Former N. R. A. Chief En Route to Chicago—Answers Father Coughlin Tonight. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, March 30.—Gen. Hugh S. Johnson paused for break- fast here this morning en route to Chicago, where he is to make another speech tonight at 9:30 o'clock (Cen- tral standard time) in his protracted air debate with Father Charles Cough- lin of Detroit. ‘The former N. R. A. chief changed his mind about taking to the airways and remained aboard the train that brought him from Tulsa, Okla., last night. Busy with grapefruit, Gen. Johnson and his secretary, Miss Frances Roh- inson, declined to comment on when or where in Oklahoma he plans to establish residence, or whether he seriously contemplates running for Senator from his native State. BLIMP WEAfHERS BLOW CAPE MAY, N. J,, March 30 (P).— The Coast Guard station here said early today an Army blimp from Langley Field, Va., had signaled that she was bucking a strong wind off Winter quarters lightship, but that she later advised she had weathered the blow and was proceeding back to her quarters.* CUBAN FACES EXECUTION HAVANA, March 30 (#).—Pifth distriet military headquarters said early today it had received no notice of a commutation for Miguel Fonseca Bellido de Luna, sentenced to death for possession of explosives, and unless it was received before 6 am. he would be executed then. .Fonseca was the first civilian con- demned to death b; military court since the war for independence 1