Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1935, Page 2

TEVLRALN - TONULLIYTESTS Business to Be Left Without a Guide Unless Other Suits Are Started. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. ~ Virtually all the cases in the courts today involving the constitutioaality of N. R. A—and there are about 350 of them—will be useless as a guide to " business if the new national mndus- trial recovery act is passed. The implicaiion of the move for dismissal oy the Department of Jus- tice of the Relcher lumber case is . that, if there aie to be any tests the | preference of the administration is that they should rest on the new . law, which, it is assumed, is worded i In such a way as to meet alleged de- fects in the present statute. Even if those who have lost cases . In lower courts should take them up on appeal to the Supreme Court the | impression neie is that the adminis- tration will not regard adverse ver- dicts as any cmbarrassment. For it will be contended by the adminstra- tion that the defects now have been corrected and hence obedience to codes "should be on the basis of the new , rather than the oider statute. Some Parallel Exists. Approximately 327 cases involving , the constitutionality of the N. R. A. ;were in {he United States district ‘. courts on March 27, and about 29 cases were .n the Circuit Courts of Appeals and three before the Su- . preme Court of the United States. ; It is frue that some of the issues to be fouzht nut will be of some aid because the ianguage of the new pro- posal for the N. R. A. doesn't differ from the law now in force, which expires in June. But the belief is Tgrowing that :he decision of the Su- ~preme Court on January 7 last in the . 80-called “hot oil” cases really makes ~4t unlikely that the Department of “Justice will cver press for decision in the highest court most of the cases -.that have arisen under the present *‘statute governing the N. R. A, New Tests Probable. This is because the Supreme Court | -said Congress could not delegate its | .-#uthority to an executive agency in the vague way in which the national “Industrial recovery act is at present “written. If, by citing the Supreme Court's ’decision on January 7, one case is dismissed, it is likely that most of the remainder will meet the same fate. ‘The proposed national industrial re- covery act, which, if passed, would succeed the present law, will probably ! result in a number of new tests in the lower courts. But this means that the whole process must be done over again and argument .repeated on many of the same points that were made against the present law. This business of abandoning the present statute is like scuttling a ship, and the administration is coming in for some bitter criticism by businesses that have accepted codes and co- operated with the N. R. A. in good faith in the belief that the statute was constitutional and that dissenting members of each industry could some- how be compelled to accept code pro- visions. . Now it turns out, after considerable -expense and trouble, that the whole legal basis of the N. R. A. was flimsy and doubtful all the time and that the legal questions will have to be tested out anew with an entirely different sort of statute. Section 7-A Involved. Some of the cases now in the Cir- cuit Courts relate to collective bar- | gaining and section 7-A, as it was| .embodied in public resolution No. 44, which created the National Labor Re- lations Board. The lower courts have criticized the interpretation which the Labor Board has put on collective bargaining and particularly on ma- Jjority rule, but no case has as yet reached the Supreme Court. The + Guide Lamp case, decided last week “in Chicago by the Circuit Court of _Appeals, denies that the Labor Board » has any authority to issue orders that *the majority shall constitute an ex- clusive bargaining agent, but the " Labor Board, like the N. R. A. itself, is looking forward to the new Wagner labor disputes bill to be passed before the present resolution of Congress expires. 8o it's a general run-around for business which just about fights through the courts to victory against what appears to be unconstitutional legislation when the Roosevelt ad- istration counters with a new law that supersedes the existing statute and starts the wheels of litigation all over again. . (Copyright. 1935.) TRAIN NAMED “REBEL” G., M. & N. Railroad Ends Fight Over Designation. JACKSON, Miss., April 2 (#).—End- ing a controversy of several months over selection of a name for the South’s first streamlined train, 1. B. Tigrett, president of the Gulf, Mobile & North- ern Railroad, anounced yesterday that the train will be called “The Rebel.” When the name was first proposed for the new train, which is scheduled to be put into service over the G.,, M. & N. line between Jackson, Tenn., and New Orleans, protests were received from U. D. C, and other similar organizations. Tigrett said the name had been selected because it suggested ‘“some- thing radical or rebel-minded.” JUDGE KOONS TO SPEAK Women's Democratic Group Meets Friday Night. ‘The study unit group of the Wom- en's Democratic Educational Council will hold a dinner meeting Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Women’s City Club. Mrs. Lester J. Pollock, director, will preside. Judge Walter A. Koons, regional counsel of the Public Works Adminis- tration, and formerly assistant attor- ney general of Texas, will discuss the voting laws and early history of Texas. Lenten Service Under the Auspices of the Washington Federation of Churches Epiphany Episcopal Church Tomorrow at 4:45 p.m. Preacher: Dr. R. H. Miller The public is invited. S What’s What Behind News In Capital Republican Senator Nye Aids Roosevelt on Neutrality. BY PAUL MALLON. OMETIMES the meeting of great minds, which are far apart, is almost miraculous. The latest example is the proposal which thé more or less Republican Senator Nye is now sponsoring in the Senate to revise our historic sea policy. He wants to have Congress authorize the President to withdraw protection from American citizens who endanger the neutrality of this country by venturing into war zones. The truth is President Roosevelt had that same idea privately a few months ago. It went so far that the State Department drew up a report recommending that he suggest such legislation to the Congress immedi- ately. of the precarious European situation and the fact that our outworn sea policy got us into the last war. But just at that time the Senate was incensed over Mr. Roosevelt’s recommendation for American ad- herence to the World Court. When the Senate rejected the Court pro- posal, the White House manipu- lators put their heads together and agreed it was no time for Mr. Roosevelt to bring up the neutrality issue. It was filed away in the Ar- chives temporarily. Now that Nye has suggested fit, State Secretary Hull has rushed into print with a promise that he will be only too glad to co-operate with the Nye Committee in drafting such legis- lation. Grateful for G. O. P. Proposal. It may be that nothing more im- | portant than a telepathic miracle is involved in this strange bridging of political gaps. Perhaps Mr. Roosevelt did not get a Republican to champion | the cause and fool the Senate. That | is not important. | There can be no question that this is one Republican proposal which will | be gratefully received at the White | House. 1 ‘o8 », cou- ple of well-known diplomatic masters like Herr Hitler and Comrade Lit- vinoff is more than another sordid European romance. It furnishes the | real explanation behind several un- explained German events. The British have been mum about it. You can never believe anything from the German press, but the dip- lomatic mail pouches arriving here recently indicated that the way Hitler | handled Sir John Simon was proof | enough that the unkissed Puehrer has been studying diplomatic romance on the side. He spoke at length to Sir John on the menace of communism. He re- fused to enter any mutual asgistance | pact to which Moscow was &- party. | He was willing to limit his navy to | one-third of Britain's. But he wanted, among other military things, enough | of a sea force to guard the Baltic against the danger of a Russian naval attack peculiar diplomatic business, Her Joreign office has never liked the Bolshevists. It realizes Hitler is trying to play on this dislike of the Russians for his own purposes. Britain is not a greenhorn at this The Russians realize that also. ain’s Anthony Eden with even greater ardor. All Soviet traditions were bro- ken when Litvinoff significantly pro- Pposed a toast to the King of England. As for Hitler his technique disclosed again that the real war danger is not where it has always been, on the Franco-German border, but on the other side of Germany. As for Britannia, she must choose which of two unwelcome suitors she wants. The chances are it will be Russia. Labor More Peaceful. Behind all the threatening labor headlines you see the labor situation is more peaceful than at any time since the New Deal started stirring it up with innovations. The forgotten strike truce is more or less an established fact. It was proposed months ago by Mr. Roosevelt and snubbed by labor, but the deal he made with the Lewis-Green forces recently to reorganize the N. R. A, has served to put it unofficially into effect until June 16, at least. You can see that eflect behind the action of John Lewis in calling off the coal strike. Coal was the key industry, and a strike would have touched off steel, textiles, Tubber and autos. Now that coal is settled temporarily, you can rest easy about the others. ‘The rank and file groups out in the country may continue to explode now and then, but the big boys here have promised to keep their coats on. easy to avoid is the fact mines have been working overtime in recent weeks piling up stocks. Some estimates place the coal above ground at a six-month supply. This same condition prevails in textiles, where mill owners would accept a strike almost as placidly as they did last Summer. Auto produc- tion has passed the peak. In rubber, strikes will not be called in more than three or four plants where the work- ers are well organized. Regardless of what labor asserts, its organization is very weak in steel, automobiles and rubber. Johnson’s Senate Hopes. Friends of Gen. Johnson have ad- vised him that he has been away from home too long to run for the Senate. That is why he has been visiting Oklahoma frequently of late. Some unofficial feelers have been put out in the State regarding his candi- dacy. There is no question that John- son would like to run if the situation is encouraging. An American diplomat who re- turned from Europe recently said that the people over there are more interested in Huey Long than in any other American figure, including Mr. Roosevelt. They seem to think Huey will be our Hitler, which shows how much ghey know about the United States: No one here is weepihig about the . |1oss of the Versailles treafy. For years ¢ Haste was necessary in view | More recently they have played Brit- | THE EVE COMMUNIST TRIAL MAY CHANGE LAW Conviction of Eight Persons in California May Cause Legislative Turn. By the Associated Press. SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 2— Conviction of eight Communists of conspiracy to violate California’s criminal syndicalism law was expected today to stimulate action on amendments to that law in the State Legislature as the defense pressed for a new trial. Superior Judge Dal M. Lemmon will hear tomorrow the retrial motion on behalf of the eight, convicted yester- day by a jury that freed six other Communists of the same charge. If the new trial is denied, sentences, which may result in prison terms of 1 to 14 years for each, will be imposed. Reaction Expected. An immediate reaction was antici- pated in the Legislature, where bills are pending both to strengthen and liberalize the criminal syndicalism act, which has been a controversial sub- | ject for years Assemblyman Wililam Hornblower said he would support amendments forbidding the return of conspiracy verdicts in criminal syndicalism cases. The eight were convicted only of con- spiracy and acquitted of actual syndi- | | calism. i f they were guilty at all,” he said, | “they were guilty of actual violation and not conspiracy.” Assemblyman Martin, author of several anti-Communist bills, praised the result of the four months’ long trial. Acquitted Group Takes Part. The six acquitted defendants issued i a signed statement branding the ver- dict as “unjust, insane and without | rhyme or reason.” “If any of us were guilty, all were,” |one of them, Jack Warnick, com- mented. Special Prosecutor Neil R. McAllister | hailed the verdict as “a step backward for Communism, not only in Cali- fornia, but throughout the Nation.” The 14 defendants, all admitted Communists, were among & group ar- rested in Sacramento last Summer in | raids upon Communist headquarters shortly after the general strike in San | Francisco. FUND LACK BLOCKS CODE ENFORCEMENT | N. R. A Officials Cite Refusal of | Industry Members to Pay ’ Assessments. By the Associated Press. National Recovery Administration | | oficials said informally yesterday that | | efforts to enforce codes were being | | crippled by the refusal of many mem- | a | bers of industry to pay assessments to | | their code authorities. | In most instances, officials said,| | the refusals are temporary, pending | isuonger indications of what is going | | to happen to N. R. A.: others, said to | | be fewer in number, have refused to | pay simply because they do not wish to participate in code activitles. To date the lack of revenue has not | caused any code authority to close up, | | s0 far as officials know. but a number of them have substantially curtailed | operations. | 'N.R. A has estimated the code au- thorities require funds at the rate of | about $41,000,000 a year. Several hun- | dred authorities are now in existence and their staffs and members sun into | | the thousands. 'CHOATE DENIES WINE M PROVES WITH AGE§ | F. A C. A Chairman Announces | Labeling Regulations Effective June 1. By the Associated Press. The adage that “wine improves with age” was disputed yesterday by | Joseph H. Choate, ‘jr., chairman of | the Federal Alcohol Ccatrol Adminis- tration, as he announced regulations | for labeling wine effective June 1. | The new rules covering both domes- | tic and imported wines, require that labels state the brand of wine, class and type, and net content. If domestic, the name and address of bottler or packer and the place bottled, must be stated, with certain exceptions. If imported, labels must bear the address of the importer. In fortified wine, the alcoholic con- tents in percentage by volume must be on the label. Only vintage may carry any state- ment of age on the container. Vintage is defined as a wine made from crushed grapes of one year's crop in one area, D. C. “BABY BOND” - TOTAL IS $376,425 Sales Over U. S. $38,012,982 in | March—44 in One City Pur- chase $100,000 Worth. ‘Washingtonians have bought “baby bonds” totaling $376,425, it was an- nounced by'the Treasury Department jointly with the Post Office Depart- ment. Sales of these United States saving bonds during the month of March for the whole country totaled $38,012,982, the official statement said. Since this Men Fight After Father’s Decency G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1935 Plea ||ROPER BECOMES ~ [MARYLAND ENDS Declaring he “saw red” when jeered by his wife’s friend, Walter Emerson (right), revealed details of a fistic encounter with Barton W. Sewell (left) when the latter drove up to the home of Emerson’s mother-in-law, ac- companied by Mrs. Emerson (center photo). The three and Mrs. Sewell were principals in a sensational divorce tangle. Emerson said he had implored his wife and Sewell to stop being seen together for his children’s sake, but that Sewell jeered at him. FIST FIGHT LATES INDIVORCE TANGLE Emerson Bruises His Hands Socking Sewell After Lat- ter Denies Plea. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, April tween the male principals in the tled Beverly Hills socialites today. Displaying two puffed hands, Walter Emerson, former actor and writer, told |a story of a violent encounter. in which he said he knocked down Bar- —A. P. Photos. Threat of April 1 ' Suicide-Slaying ' Goes Unfulfilled Hoax Is Indicated ; Warning to Radio } “Messenger.” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 2.—April first passed yesterday and the mysterious “E. C. H.” apparently had not carried The threats were carried in a series | of letters to “The Messenger,” who | conducted an advice-to-the-troubled ;Emermn-Sewell divorce tangle star- | proadcast period (from Radio Station WHN). “The Messenger” revealed yesterday ! he had persuaded his mysterious letter-writer at a rendezvous Saturday to abandon the plan. | Arrangements were made for the | in| ARPLANES INU.S, TOINCREASE FAST | Private Ships to Multiply Tenfold in Few Years, Vidal Declares. | ‘The number of privately owned air- 2.—HOW | out an ominous threat to take his own 'planes in the United States will in- | ultra-modern wife swapping brought life and that of his 9-year-old son. lon an old-fashioned fist fight be- | crease tenfold within the next few years, Eugene L. Vidal, director of air commerce, predicted in an address | {ing clubs of colleges and universities in all parts of the country at the | opening session of the Pirst National | Intercollegiate Flying Conference to- | day at the Lee House. \ This growth, Vidal said, will result from the production of safer, lower- ton W. Sewell, his erstwhile sports-| boy to live with a friend of “The Mes- | Priced airplanes now being developed man-friend, “four or five times.” Sewell’s version was that Emerson had hit him with a gun. They fought early yesterday on the driveway of the home of Mrs. Jane Sholtz Emerson, estranged wife of | Emerson, and her mother, Mrs.| | Blanche Sholtz, formerly of Denver. Mrs. Scholtz Keeping Children. | Mrs. Scholtz was named custodian of the three Emerson children sev- | eral weeks ago when Judge Ben Lind- sey figuratively threw up his hands in disgust and denied sensational counter divorce petitions sought by the Emersons. Relating his version of the fight, Emerson said: “I had gone over to my house to see my kiddies. My oldest boy, Wally, had telephoned that no one was home except the children and the serv- “As T was leaving the house, a limousine drove up with Sewell at the wheel, my wife at his side and her mother in the rear seat. “After explaining the purpose my visit I pleaded with my wife an of d cther. 1 pointed out though we were separated and both | still desired a divorce she is still my | | senger,” who himself insisted anonymity. | The father refused to consider offers of financial assistance or a job for on by the Department of Commerce, | coupled with a great stimulation of private fiying by college aviation clubs, organizations of sportsmen of weicome to delegates from the fly- | himself, “The Messenger” said. pilots and similar groups. SHRINE MEMBER Imperial Potentate Williams to Attend Rites Tonight at Mayflower Hotel. Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper today became a member of Almas Temple of the Shrine, to bead & class of more than 80 candidates who will be formally inducted into the secrets of the order tonight at the Mayflower Hotel. Secretary Roper was called upon at noon at his office in the Department of Commerce by a distinguished group of Shriners who are preparing for the Imperial Conclave here in June, Potentate Williams in Group. In the delegation were Dana S. Williams of Lewiston, Me., imperial potentate of the Shrine in North America; Leonard P. Steuart of this city, deputy imperial potentate, who will be elevated to potentate at the convention in June; Robert P. Smith, potentate of Almas Temple and di- rector general of the Shrine commit- tee preparing for the convention, and John C. Koons, a member of Almas ’:"erymple and personal friend of Secre- Roper. ‘The imperial potentate of the Shrine, who is going over plans for the na- tional convention with local Shrine leaders, will take a prominent role to- night when he makes his “official” vis- itation” of Almas Temple, which he -| characterized today as one of the old- est and most outstanding of the 159 | temples of the Shrine in North Amer- ica. Shriners to Parade. Prior to the special ceremony at the | Mayflower Hotel tonight there will be a colorful parade from Almas Temple, at Thirteenth and K streets, to the hotel, including all the uniformed bodies of the temple in full regalia and the Almas Temple Band. The class of in the parade. | Imperial Potentate Williams and other Shrine officials will review the \pnnde at the Mayflower, and then lun part in the special ceremony, | which will be closed to all except lembers of the order. 'PROPERTY RECOVERY more than 80 candidates will march The revelation left unanswered a question whether the threat was part | of a grim April Fool's day hoax. The direful letter-writer had in- sisted in his series of missives that he saw no reason for living. RUBBER WALKOUT { TROUBLE LOOMIN Sheriff at Akron Obtains 1,000 Special Deputies to | Meet Threat. | €ewell to stop going around with each | that even | By the Associated Press. AKRON. Ohio, April 2.—Three Senator William G. McAdoo of California, president of the National Aeronautic Association, also predicted | the United States is “on the eve of a great aeronautical development.” He hailed the coming attempt by Pan- :Arnencln Airways to bridge the Pa- | cific by air as one of the outstanding | air_developments of the decade. Brig. Gen. James E. Chaney, assist- nt chief of the Army Air Corps, | voiced the opinion that development of a national intercollegiate aviation ‘The Supreme Court declared invalid vrganization will stand “as an im- | Vesterday an Arkansas law which ex- 1 portant milestone in aviation develop- | tended from two to four years the time { ment.” | in which owners could redeem prop- | Col. Harry H. Blee of the National | erty sold for delinquent assessments Aeronautic Association presided as!to meet improvement district obliga- chairman at the opening ceremonies, | tions. which William D. Strohmeier of Am-| The act, passed by the State Legis- herst University, chairman of the Un- | lature in 1933, had been sustained by | dergraduate Committee on Collegiate | the State Supreme Court in a case | Aviation, was elected as temporary | brought against Coburn C. Kava- | chairman for the opening business | naugh, Little Rock property owner. session. | A previous act provided that an After a conference luncheon at owner of property sold for delinquent the Lee House, the delegates were to | assessments in an improvement dis- | | inspect a display arranged oy .the | trict could recover title at any time | National Advisory Committee for | within two years at the price the LAW IS HELD INVALID Supreme Court Voids Arkansas Act Extending Time of Back Tax Payment. By the Associated Press. wife and owed it to our children to | major rubber companies cleared their | Aeronautics at the National Academy | property brought at the sale plus cer- | stop seeing Sewell. Sewell Laughed and Jeered. “Sewell laughed at my pleas and made several uncomplimentary re- | marks. He insisted he would go with my wife until she turned him down. “Then Sewell leaped out of the car and started swinging his fists. I saw red. Today I am only conscious of bis face leering at me. I just kept swinging until T came to my senses. “Sewell struck me first, I remember. And then I began swinging until I knocked him down—feeling that each blow was a blow in defense of my cwn children who have been de- nied me.” Sewell's story, given through his at- torney, Jay Rinehart, was: “Emerson tried to shoot me but the gun jammed. He struck me over the head with the gun and that's the manner in which I was hurt. I finally succeeded in taking the gun away from him.” Police, summoned by neighbors, arrived about this time but no report was made of the altercation. 'SYMPHONY DRIVE CONFERENCE HELD Chairman and Workers Make Report on Status of $100,000 Fund. The status of the National Sym- phony Orchestra’s campaign for & $100,000 sustainng fund was to be re vealed today at a luncheon meeting of committee chairmen and workers at the Carlton Hotel. The drive was launched March 15 and when solicitors failed to reach their goal after 10 days it was extend- ed for a week. Under the fund, musicians in the symphony would be paid a living wage and the orchestra would be able to participate in an enlarged program of Summer, Winter and students’ con- certs. ¢ One of the features of the program is a series of sunset concerts to be played on a barge anchored in the Potomac River off the water gate of the Lincoln Memorial Bridge. Mrs. Tracy Dows and Dr. Willlam McClellan, cochairmen of the General Sustaining Committee, and other cgm- mittee heads were scheduled to re| on the progress of their groups at the meeting today. | decks for a stormy spell of labor trouble today. but union leaders con- | tinued to take their strike votes and | remained silent. | Sheriff James T. Flower had 1,000 | special deputies at his call | workers at the Goodyear Tire & Rub- | ber Co. cast their ballots for or against | a strike. The Goodrich and Firestone | locals of the United Rubber Workers' | Union have set strike elections for | Sunday. 250 Guard Firestone Plant. | About 250 special guards, equipped | with helmets, tear gas and night sticks guarded the Firestone plant last night, a Pirestone spokesman said. | Special deputies also patrolled the | Goodyear and Goodrich plants, | Adjt. Emil 8. Marx of the Ohio Na- | tional Guard said he had received no | request for National Guard troops in event of a strike here, but he said he | had sent an observer into the city. | Sheriff Flower sald that if a strike move is made he will immediately warn citizens to stay clear of danger zones in the vicinity of the plants which will be patrolled by deputies and police. John House, president of the Good- year local, said the strike vote being | taken among union employes there | will be counted Wednesday night when the voting ends. He said the result will not be announced, however, until ;um have been held. Voting Continues Today. Between 2,000 and 3,000 votes have been cast, House said, and the voting will continue through today. Ralph Lind, secretary of the Cleve- land Regional Labor Board, watched | the situation from Washington and | continued his efforts to prevent a | strike. | Lind said that if the companies |would follow the National Labor Board’s order for a collective bargain- ing election the threatened strike could be avoided. The companies have appealed to the courts from this order. The union, claiming 12,000 members among the 35,000 workers at the three plants, is asking & 30-hour week and | recognition of the A. F. of L. — Oakie Sued for $50,600. LOS ANGELES, April 2 (#).—Jack Oakie, screen comedian, was sued for $50,600 damages yesterday by R. H. Cossack, who alleged he was seriously injured in an automobile collision in- volving the actor’s machine last Octo- ber. Cossack's complaint alleged Oakie was intoxicated and driving recklessly, figure represents the purchase price, the maturity value of the bonds sold amounts to more than $50,600,000. The bonds first went on sale March 1. The number of buyers was approxi- mately 70,000 The average amount invested was $503,15. Although New York City led in total sales, the real leader comparatively speaking, was said to be Mount Sterling, Ky. This town, which has & population of 4,350, had sales of $100,000 divided among 44 purchasers. —_— most of our diplomats have believed peace could not come to Europe as long as that document prevailed. However, the manner in which Hitler has destroyed it has shaken their hopes for the peaceful benefits of its destruction. An order soon to be issued by F. E. R. A. will confine work relief to one member of each family on relief. Where no man heads the family a to bought lately by folks impressed with the in- flation idea. (Copyrisht, 10350 ... ” AMERICAN | GOVERNMENT TO-DAY Frederic J. Haskin de This Worth-While BOOK It explains the permanent partments of the Federal Government and the Alphabet Bureaus of the New Deal. Every American should read it. Order today. [ =====Order Form~—=—=——"= Price $1 at The Evening Star Business Office, or by mail, postpaid City ..ovennnnaes i vee State..... { of Sciences: visiting Bolling Field and | tain charges, and a Little Rock street | | the Anacostia Naval Air Station, | improvement district issued bonds un- STORMY SESSION Legislature Concludes With House in Midst of Fight. By the Assoclated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 2.—Mary- land's storm-tossed 1935 General As- sembly came to an end early today. Sine die adjournment of the House was strictly in keeping with the rough and tumble 90-day existence of that body. It adjourned right in the midst of a bitter floor fight over a last- minute attempt to amend the liquor laws for Baltimore City and & num- ber of counties. In fact, sine die adjournment of the House was moved by Floor Leader Kent Mullikin, Democrat, Prince | Georges, to kill the liquor bill. The Senate adjourned in a dull way, after almost 24 hours of nothing but hard, routine work. Relief Problem Paramount. Paramount of all problems facing this General Assembly was that of financing relief. After weeks of dick- ering, State officials managed to strike a bargain with Federal relief officials under which the State pledged itself to raise $5,000,000 yearly—$3.- 500,000 for relief and $1,500,000 for old-age pensions Whether the Legislature solved the problem of raising that revenue re- mains to be seen. Opponents of the compromise plan finally adopted con- tended that the problem was not solved, that the Assembly would be called back into special session soon | to “settle it all over” again. Proponents of the plan contended that the revenue schedules would produce sufficient money to redeem the $5,000,000 pledge. Deposits Clalmed. The relief plan, as finally completed during the early hours of today, was: The 1 per cent tax on gross receipts. The earmarking of revenue from unclaimed bank deposits to be escheated to the State. The earmarking of revenue from licenses or ciaw machines for relief purposes. Diversion of funds from the 71 | per cent collateral inheritance tax and | the 1 per ent direct inheritance tax | from debt service accounts. Such di- | version would be allowed, however, only if and when the inheritance taxes yield the $350,000 required to | service the $8,500,000 emergency bond | issue. | Exemption of automobile dealers | from the zross receipts’ tax, but im- | position of a . per cent title ievy, which must te paid before automo- bile titles can be registered by the purchaser. A last-day attempt to revive the /2 per cent general sales levy col- lapsed vesterday in the face of a threatened filibuster. Other linportant Acts. | Included arnong the more important | bills enacted by the Assembly were: The biennial budget carrying ap- propriations of approximately $62,- 000,000 for the two-year period. The $£8500.000 bond issue bill The administration old-age pension bill The tracks A constitutional amendment elimi- nating the provision prohibiting lot- teries. It will be submitted to the next general election. A Dill setting up a separate State Police Department. “tax relief” measure for race | after the Pirestone and Goodrich elec- | | where fying demonstrations were ar- ranged, and cightseeing. The Aero Club of Washington will as union be hosts to the delegates at a ban- | ! quet and ball tonight at the Shore- | ham Hotel. " A second business session will be held tomorrow morning. The dele- gates will be the luncheon guests of | | the Rotary Club at the Willard Hotel | tomorrow. A final business session will be held tomorrow afternoon. 'LEGISLATURE SETS UP WENDEL FOUNDATION | ! New York Senate Approves Bill Creating Tax-Exempt. Corporation. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., April 2—The New York Legislature voted last night for | creation of a foundation to supervise | the fortune left by the Wendel sisters to charitable, benevolent and religious | organizations. | _The Senate passed the Quinn- McCreery bill incorporating the Wen- del Foundation as a tax-exempt cor- poration. The vote was 36 to 7. The bill now goes to Gov. Lehman for his signature or veto. Senator Joha J. McNaboe, New York City Democrat, reiterated the opposition he had previously expressed to the measure. Last Thursday Me- Nl.boxed told the Senate the bill was a “fraud.” e Tornado Razes 104 Houses. METROPOLIS, I, April 2 (#).—A Red Cross survey, completed yesterday, revealed 104 homes were_ partially or wholly destroyed by a tornado which hit here a week ago this afternoon. The Red Cross has donated $4,000 and $1,000 will be raised locally for rehabilitation work. Arlen Has “Klieg Eyes.” HOLLYWOOD, April 2 (#).—Suffer- ing from an infection of his eyes known as “Klieg eyes,” Richard Arlen, screen actor, was confined to his home yesterday. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate, Continues debate on food-drug bill. Munitions Committee hears smaller shipyards. Labor Committee continues hearing on Wagner labor regulations bill. Agriculture Subcommittee opens hearings on Prazler farm credit bill. House. Works on private bills. ‘Ways and Means Committee works on social security bill, Indian Subcommittee holds hearing on administration Indian bill. YESTERDAY. Senate. Debated Conference Committee ac- tion on work-relief bill. Opened debate on food-drug bill. Munitions Committee urged more drastic arms limitation, ‘and war profits legislation. House, Voted to send $4,880,000,000 public works-relief bill back to conference; passed soil erosion control bill. Agriculture Committee decided to reconsider proposed A. A. A. amend- | menta. < | der this measure. ! | ‘ BAD LANDS’. PURCHASED U. 8. to Name Recreational Area | | for Theodore Roosevelt. Two sizeable tracts in the North | Dakota “bad lands” are to be pur- | chased by the Federal Relief Admin- istration for recreational use and named for President Theodore Roose- velt, whose old ranch lies midway be- tween them. Harry L. Hopkins, relief adminis- trator, announced today that options 47,000 acres desired in Billings and McKenzie Counties, and thai a scenic drive, foilowing the Little Missouri River, would be built to conrect them. Plans prepared by Herbert Maier of the Oklanoma City office of the Na- tional Park Service, include cabins, riding trails, camping sites and a ho- tel concession to accommodate visitors. |3 HELD IN ALLEGED MURDER AND ROBBERY (Continued From First Page.) such a plot could not have been carried through. Police here said they received a “tip” about the plot when Carnell “did too much talking.” Detectives began to shadow Carnell and a watch was set up on the move- ments of the woman. Detective Sergts. Robert F. Barrett and Van D. Hughs said they saw her go to a lunch room several times to confer with Carnell. Third Man Implicated. Carnell was apprehended yesterday afternoon and, police say, implicated Boland and another man still at large. Carnell was disgruntied, he said. be- cause Boland “turned him around” in the division of money received. Car- nell said he had agreed to act as “contact man” between the woman and an assassin, but denied that he intended to go through with the plot. The bartender declared that after Boland and another man were brought into the plot, the woman gave the third man $500 and that he gave him only $50 of this amount and Bo- 1snd $200. When Boland was arrested on Pennsylvania avenue yesterday aft- ernoon he had a note describing the intended victim and showing the tag number of his automobile. Carnell said they had told the woman that her husband would be done away with on March 26. He said she expressed impatience when the plans were not carried out and re- peatedly urged greater speed. Hint Assassination Near. The three men had given her to believe that “Philadelphia gunmen” were in Washington yesterday ready to go through with the job. Police loday were conducting an intensive gearch for the third man involved by Carnell. Montgomery County au- thorities also questioned the husband of the Woman Carnell described as Montgomery County police yesterday afternoon as she was leaving the bank. She persisted in her denial of par- ticipating in a plot. Boland has a long record of ar- rests on charges ranging from drunk and disorderly to transporting liquor, setting up a gaming table and carry- ing & concealed weapon. had been obtained on 42,145 of the| PLOT AT ROCKVILLE | A bill creating the Chesapeake Bay | Bridge Authority and giving it au- | thority to borrow $10,000,000 to con- struct a bridge over the bay. Property Levy 22 Cents. The State tax rate on property was set at 22 cents per $100 valuation A bill allowing motorists to purchase automobile tags in their home counties. State Roads Commission control over funds from the gasoline tax for lateral roads in the counties was con- | tinued for two more years. The general reassessment of prope |erty for purposes of taxation, sched- ° vled for this year, was postponed for | two more years. The bill authorizing a “surve of State departments by a commission to be named by the Governor in ap= Propriation of $50,000 was granted. A department of State engineering | was set up. The State Roads Commission was ixulhorlzed to issue $2,500,000 in de- bentures for road purposes. | _A three-man conservation commis- sion, to be named by the Governor with consent of the Senate, was es- tablished. A bill providing for restoration of half of the salary cuts to teachers, providing the money is available, |OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST BILLION IN POWER SEEN Basil Manly, Member of U. S. Commission, Says Building Should Start Now. | By the Associated Press Commissioner Basil Manly of the | Federal Power Commission yesterday sald generating deficiencies in the | electric power field, revealed by the National Power Survey, offered invest- ment for nearly a billion dollars. Manly, director of the survey. said | much of this construction should be started now, either by private utilities or the governmental units. “Present cheap money available to private utilities indicate the ice may be broken in this field,” Manly said. Answers to Questions BY FREDERIC J. HASIQN Why? What? When? 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