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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature; lowest temperature tonight about 46 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 63, at 5 p.m. yesterday; lowest. 42, at 5 am. today. Full report on page A-20. New York Stock Market Closed Today No. 33,225. U.S. TAKES CHARGE OF RELIEF FUNDS SPENT N GEORGIA Present State Head Named to Superintend New Federal Set-up. $1,700,000 GRANTED FOR AID DURING APRIL Direct Assistance to Suspend on June 1—Ickes’ Fight With Foes Grows. By the Associated Press. The administration of relief funds in Georgla—whose Governor yester- day said President Roosevelt was a radical and predicted a third party in 1936—was taken over today by the Federal Government. The announcement was made by Harry L. Hopkins, the relief adminis- trator, whose relations with Gov. Eugene Talmadge of President Roose- welt’s “other State” have been some- what strained. Hopkins recently took over Federal relief activities in Louisiana. Earlier, similar action had been taken in Ohio following charges of a “political ehakedown.” & Projects Are Held Up. The relief administrator’s announce- ment followed an assertion yesterday by Secretary Ickes that Senator Long, | Democrat, of Louisiana, had “halitosis | of the intellect.” Simultaneously, the | public works administrator held up | Tour works projects in Louisiana and also canceled four projects in Georgia after saying he does not “know how to do business” with Gov. Talmadge. In taking over relief funds admin- Istration in Georgia, Hopkins named Miss Gay B. Shepperson, present State relief administrator, as head of the new Federal set-up. Later he granted Georgia $1,700,000 for April relief. Hopkins announced that after June 1 no Federal funds would be given for direct relief in Georgia, which, he said, | “will become the responsibility of the | Btate and local governments.” He had called on Georgia to con- tribute $3,000,000 to relief during 1935, but the State Legislature adjourned withiput making a relief appropriation. ‘Yestéfday Hopkins said Talmadge had not attempted to secure the appro- priation. The action in the Georgia and Louisiana cases launched the Gov- ernment on an intensified effort to force into line States whose relief or works measures are declared unsatis- factory: After striking at Long and Tal- madge, officials threatened also to cut off relief grants wherever States and communities fail to contribute what is considered an adequate amount to- ward a $563,000,000 fund to support unemployable persons during the next 12 months. This fund is sought to supplement the Government's $4,000,- 000,000 work-relief appropriation. Hastings Flays Administration. Senator Hastings, Republican, of | Delaware said in the Senate the! Roosevelt administration was “playing | politics” with relief funds in its policy | toward Tllinols, Pennsylvania and | Georgia. Chairman of the Republican Sena- torial Campaign Committee, Hastings said the real reason for the action was that the State administrations “refuse to believe what the New Deal demands they believe—that Mr. Roose- velt is anointed from on high.” “The Roosevelt administration,” . Hastings told the Senate, “is starting in early to play politics with the huge sum voted it, not for the perpet- uation of a political machine, but for relieving honest distress thmughoutI the country. “A rose by any other name smells just as well, and conversely, politics played at the expense of human misery, no matter what the excuse, #mells badly and is nauseous to every right-thinking person in the country. ‘It is obvious that the Roosevelt administration, before it launches on a repetition of buying votes as it did in the last elections, intends to punish those who refuse to be brought into ready approval of the crazy-quilt schemes of a ruinous national admin- istration. “It is lamentable that, in venting its spleen against political enemies, unfortunate citizens must be denied a measure of the relief Congress voted for every one who is distressed without first finding out whether they sub- scribed to the unsound and rapidly failing policies of the New Deal. The American people will not long stand for this kind of thing.” Ickes' Ally in Battle. As the Louisiana Legislature today passed Senator Long’s bill to give a State board supervision over Federal expenditures, and Talmadge attacked President Roosevelt as an ‘“extreme radical.” Hopkins and Secretary Ickes “moved together against them. Hopkins disclosed he had placed a man of his own choosing in charge of Louisiana relief, and accused the Georgia Governor of having failed to make a real effort to keep public schools open in his State. Long, replying to Ickes' attack, is- sued a statement in Baton Rouge last night likening President Roosevelt to a king and Ickes to a jackass. “The King and his Ickes are both dead and won’t lie down,” he said. “It will take a funeral and that's all over but the singing.” He indicated he would return to ~(Continued on Page 12, Column 5. MAILMEN USE PLANES Strike Calls 100 to Nice for De- liveries With Aid of Maps. NICE, France, April 19 (#).—A fly- ing squad of 100 postmen was rushed here from Paris today to distribute Nice’s mail, with the aid of maps of the Riviera resort, after a strike of 200 mail carriers had paralyzed the service. The local men went on strike yes- terday claiming they weye overworked by the distribution of campaign tracts for the coming municipal elections. All the strikers were suspended from guty. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. ch ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g Slar WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1935—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. 45-Minute Speech on Gallows Denounces Accusing Woman Kentuckian Heckles Vic- tim of Criminal As- sault as He Dies. Housewife Sees Execu- tion After She Denies His Charges. By the Associated Press. SMITHLAND, Ky., April 19.—After he had talked 45 minutes to 1,500 citizens of Smithland and Western Kentucky, who had gathered to see him die, William De Boe was hanged for criminal attack here today in the court house yard. After denouncing the chief prose- cuting witness, Mrs, Marjorie John- son, as a “cold-blooded murderer,” the 23-year-old Paducah, Ky. man went to his death calmly. Nine separate times the doomed man shook his manacled hands at Mrs. Johnson, whose whereabouts in the crowd had been indicated to him, and denounced her in clear, ringing tones. The prosecuting attorney, Alvin Lisinby, who was instrumental in hay- ing De Boe convicted, was likewise at- tacked as a party to a “terrible mis- carriage of justice.” “Why don't you speak?” He shout- ed at Mrs. Johnson. “Are you satis- fied to stand there, say nothing, and see me die? You should be here in my place.” _The woman's face remained expres- sionless until De Boe, in his final 16-Year-0ld Girl Is Killed Speeding To See Hanging By the Associated Press. KUTTAWA, Ky, April 19.— Miss Neviline McClaren, 16, of Earlington, Ky., journeyed toward Smithland early today to - see William De Boe hanged, but be- fore she arrived she died—of a broken neck. Death came instantly when a car in which Miss McClaren was riding with six other persons turned over at a curve south of here. The others were injured only slightly. outburst, yelled, “if I had had $500 I wouldn’t be on this scaffold. She would have taken the money and said nothing.” “Not if you had offered me $1,000,” the woman replied in shrill, strident tones “Oh, yes. You'd have taken the money and let me go.” Again came her ringing denial. A third of the crowd which saw the man drop to his doom were women. De Boe, in his rambling speech, criti- cized them for being present. He also shouted words of hate at Randolph Johnson, husband of the woman he was convicted of attacking. De Boe several times patted the sheriff’s shoulder and asked if he were talking too much. The sheriff told him he was “entitled to his say.” At one time he shouted to the “(Continued on Page 2, Column 5. [ONGS ASSENBLY DEFESI . ORDER Enacts Legislation to Put Works Spending Under State Rule. By the Assoclated Press. BATON ROUGE, La., April 19— The Louisiana Legislature at Senator Huey P. Long's orders today threw down the gantlet to the Federal Government in the Senator's P. W. A. fund control fight by finally en- acting legisiation to place expediture of Federal work funds under State supervision. The General Assembly’s indorse- ment of Long's insistence that Louisiana cities and parishes be re- sponsible to the State for projects on which P. W. A. funds are spent was written when the Senate House legislation carrying into effiect the Senator’s wishes. The vote was 29 to 10. Since Becretary of the Interior Har- ola L. Ickes recently declared that, if the legislation passed, Louisiana P. W. A. grants would be stopped, the action of the lawmakers amounted to a crossing of the rubicon for Long in his wrangle with Washington over who will handle Louisiana’s share of work funds from the '$4,880,000,000 relief act Opposition Is Squelched. There was hotly voiced opposition that the unemployed who might find work through Federal projects might be disappointed through stoppage of the flow of Federal money, but Long's floor leaders called the supposition “absurd,” and the 10 anti-Long Sen- ators were quickly outvoted. Long was in high humor as the Upper Chamber placed its final ap- proval stamp on the relief legislation. He moved from one part of the Senate floor to the other, snapping out direc- tions. The Senate, in breath-taking speed, | likewise finally enacted bills giving Long's machine complete control of Louisiana’s election and vote-counting machinery, ousting an anti-Long office holder -and prohibiting the City of New Orleans, whose governing officials are arrayed against Long politically, from readjusting its indebtedness in Federal Court. ‘The House had a holiday on Good Friday, but is scheduled to meet to- morrow to concur in Senate amend- ments to the score or more bills before the session is adjourned sine die. Long, irked because Secretary Ickes said he had “halitosis of the intellect,” issued a statement last night declar- ing Ickes is “dead and won't lie down.” «SILK HAT” HURLEY DIES Widely Known Political Figure Was Mayor of Salem. NEWPORT NEWS, Va. April 19 (#).—John F. (Silk Hat) Hurley, 91, five times mayor of Salem, Mass., died last night at the National Soldiers" Home at Hampton. Mr. Hurley was widely known in political circles. He organized the “Silk Hat Democratic Club.” At his last birthday party given at the Chamberlin Hotel, Old Point, he ex- hibited a letter from President Roose- selt congratulating him on his 90th birthday anniversary. He was known personally to several Presidents and a large number of political leaders. BRODKINGS DATA SPURN.R.A.FIGHT | Fate of Recovery Law Be- lieved in Doubt Due to “Retarding” Charge. By the Associated Press. Critics seeking to ebolish or dras- tically change N. R. A. found new ammunition today in a report by a group of Brookings Institution inves- tigators, who declared the Blue Eagle Coming so soon after Hugh S. Johnson had urged Congress to “scrub our infant vigorously, but don’t throw the baby down the drein pipe with the dirty water,” the report served to emphasize anew the con- flict about N. R. A. Johnson's energetic defense of N. R. A. and the report find- ing that the Blue Eagle wage plan was a “mistake,” cast additional doubt, in the opinion of many ob- servers, on the fate of the recovery law, which is to be determined by this Congress. | The Brookings Institution report has not been released officially, but copies of major portions of it have signers of the report include Leon C. Marshall, a member of the Blue Eagle Recovery Board itself. Others on List, Others listed are Leverett S. Lyon, School of Commerce and Finance of assistant N. R. A. administrator; Lewis L. Lorwin, recently appointed to the staff of the International Labor Office at Geneva; Charles L. Dearling, who has served N. R. A. as a motor code administrator; Charles Terporgh, former professor of economics at Antioch College and now on the staff of the Federal Re- serve Board, and Paul T. Homan, former Cornell economist. Even after the codes had raised wages. the report found, the gain as averaged out for all employes was about the same as the increase in the cost. of l!ving attributable to the pro- gram. The report hit trade practice pro- visions and declared N. R. A. had (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) COAST GUARD SEEKS SHIP WITH 9 ABOARD Yacht Unreported Since It Left New York for Bermuda Six Days Ago. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 19.—Coast Guard vessels were under orders to- day to watch for the American yacht Pilgrim, unreported since it left New York for Bermuda Saturday with nine persons aboard. The Pilgrim is an 85-foot auxiliary schooner and, according to clearance papers issued last week at the cus- toms house, is owned and commanded by Harry Adams. Only two yachts by her name are listed for these waters by the Coast Guard. One is the 85-foot Pilgrim IT of William F. Elkins, Philadelphia, which is equipped with wireless and normally carries a crew of eight. The other is a 75-foot craft registered in the name of Donald C. Starr, Boston. Baby, Living Without Throat, Will Be Fed 7 Years by Tube By the Associated Press. NEWBURGH, N. Y, April 19— Tiny Robert Earl Linsig—the only child in recent medical history to live more than two weeks without an esophagus—leaves St. Luke’s Hospital today for his parents’ home, in nearby Marlboro. Robert, born two months and two days ago, weighs 8! pounds and has been kept alive by forced feeding through a tube inserted in his stomach. Dr. W. Barton Harris, the Linsig tamily physician, said today the child would have to have all his food through the stomach tube for the next seven years. “The child is normal in every way except for the lack of an esophagus,” he saild. “He should thrive and grow, though all his food will have to be inserted through the tube in his stomach. “He has proven himself normal and happy and particularly adaptable to the unusual conditions has “substantially” retarded recovery. | found their way to Capitol Hill. The | economist and former dean of the| Washington University and former | D.G. TAX ADEQUATE, RICHARDSSHOWSIN BROAD ANALYSIS Per Capita City Burden Ex- ceeds That of Many, Com- parison Reveals. STATISTICS EMPHASIZE HIGH ASSESSMENT HERE Actual Sales Examined to Show Valuations About 100 Per Cent of Purchase Price. Property owners here are carrying a per capita city tax burden that exceeds the average for 19 cities of the country ranging from 100,000 to 2,000,000 in population, District As- sessor William P. Richards revealed today in a report to Commissioner Hazen on studies of comparative taxa- tion. The per capita tax levy of the District is $34.04, as compared with $20.81 average for the 20 cities (in- cluding Washington), Mr. Richards found. This was higher than 13 of the 19 cities. In total tax levy per capita the District’s $34.04 exceeded or approximated that of nine of the cities, when their State and county taxes and debt payments all were |included. (See table accompanying | this article.) The high level of property assess- ments maintained in the District was clearly illustrated in the survey. Tabu- lations were presented by Mr. Richards showing that the assessment total for | the District was greater than 16 of | the cities, 3 of which are larger than | the District. Thorough Study Made. The assessor’s conclusions are the result of months of examination of official reports of taxing authorities of the group of cities he selected for | comparison and were made in connec- | tion with the Commissioners’ study of the adequacy of the local tax burden. | The per capita tax levy figures and | other results of the study offer con- vincing proof the District carries a | tax load that compares favorably with the tax level for the group of cities, Mr. Richards informed the Commis- sioners. Other points outlined by the as- | sessor were: 1. While other cities, by law, have requirements of full value in property assessments, in actusl practice the assessments average but 50 per cent of full value, as shown in statements of tax officials of the cities. 2. District assessments are as near 100 per cent as it is possible to go, as illustrated in a table comparing actual sales made here with the as- :iessment.s against the same proper- | ties. | 3 The District leads the fleld of | the cities studied in the amount of property exempted from taxation, the total here being three times as large as in 14 of the cities. 4. Tax burdens of other cities are boosted by the existence of huge city debts which draw heavily on revenues Washingtorn has followed a pay-as- you-go practice and has no debt ex- cept for the $5,500,000 advanced by the P. W. A. recently. Rate Here Is Lower. As for the tax rate taken alone, Washington is the lowest in the list. “The conclusion is that the Dis- trict, in paying its present rate on full value, carries the same tax burden as illustrated in the average of other cities where the rate is double and the base one-balf that of the District,” Mr. Richards said. ‘The 19 cities with which the Dis- trict tax burden was directly com- pared are Philadelphia, Detroit, St. (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) BULGARIAN REGIME HEADED BY TOSCHEFF Civilian Diplomat and Historian Commissioned to Form New Government. By the Associated Press Foreign Staff. SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 19.—King Boris today commissioned the civilian, Andrea Toscheff, diplomat and his- torian, to form a new government to succeed that of Petko Zlateff, which resigned yesterday. ‘The King conferred with political leaders until late last night trying to form the basis for a cabinet to re- place the one which resigned yester- day after the government seized sev- eral opposition leaders and hurried them off to interment on St. Anas- tasia Island, in the Black Sea. (Dispatches from Paris said Michael ff. minister of finance in the Zlateff cabinet, was hurrying home presumably to take part in‘the consultations concerning formation of & new cabinet.) Yesterday's cabinet crisis was pre- cipitated by the resignation of three of Premier Zlateff’s ministers, who withdrew from the government in protest against the arrests of the op- position leaders. e BANDITS, 16, SENTENCED Soviet Convicts First Minors Un- der New Decree. MOSCOW, April 19 (#).—~Two 16- five years’ imprisonment at Piatigorsk mmmuflmne.rormnqu belonging to & gang of 3 Their sentences were the first under a recent decree lifting immunity from minors. A 12-year-old member of the gang is-to be tried separately. Slayer of Ex-Wife Dies. HUNTSVILLE, Tex., April 19 (P).— Doye Arnold, 28, was executed in the State's electric chair early today for the murder of his former wife, Zelma Arnold, in 0 for interest and principle, whereas | |F | COULD ONLY ENLIST THoSE FIGHTING QUALITIES, D.C. REPRESEN- TATION WOULD COME WITH The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 1 32,716 Some Returns Not Yet Received. (P) Means Associated Press. STITUTION HALL PATRIOTS’ DAY, 1935. MEMORIAL RITES LD BYD. AR Members—Mrs. Becker Is Named President General. Having swept Mrs. William A. Becker of New Jersey into office as three years, Daughters of the Ameri- can Revalution today, Good Friday, turned to memorial services at Consti- tution Hall, and planned to make pil- grimages to Arlington National Ceme- tery and Mount Vernon this afternoon. Mrs. Becker was elected in & spirited contest with Dr. Flora Myers Gillen- tine of Tennessee by a vote of 1436 to 619. which was not announced until nearly midnight last night. Mrs. Recker carried into office her entire slate of candidates for national officers. Seven vice presidents gen- eral, who were on neither the Becker nor Gillentine ticket, were selected out of eight candidates. The eighth was appointed a vice president general. Installation Tomorrow. Mrs. Russell William Magna, retir- ing president general, tomorrow will turn over the reins of office to her successor at installation ceremonies in Constitution Hall. Mrs. Magna, who had supported Mrs. Becker, her class- mate at Smith College, enthusiastically congratulated her as the vote was announced last night. Dr. Gillentine, the loser, made a | gracious speech to her successful op- | ponent, and warmly congratulated her. Enthusiasm and excitement of last night'’s session gave way this morning to the solemnity of religious memorial | services, as Mrs. Magna led the or- ganization in impressive tribute to “Daughters of the American Revolu- tion who have entered into life eter- nal April, 1934-April, 1935.” Mrs. Magna, after paying tribute to the departed Daughters, lighted the first candles in their memory. Tribute to Dead. Individual tributes were paid the deceased former national officers, State regents and chapter regents. ‘Taking part in this ceremony were Mrs. Eleanor Washington Howard, Miss Zoe M. Beal, Mrs. Val Taylor, Mrs. Frank Hamilton Marshall, Mrs. William Herron Alexander, Mrs. Eu- genia Washington M. Bradfield, Mrs. Graham Lawrence, Mrs. Robert H. Gibbes, Miss Janet Richards, Mrs. Asa Ciay Messenger, Mrs. Julian G. Good- gue, Mrs. Willlam Henry Belk, Mrs. Charles K. Johnson, Mrs, Loren Ed- gar Rex, Mrs, John W. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Livingston L. Hunter, Mrs. Ar- thur F. Wheat, Mrs. John W. Daniel, Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey, Mrs. Charles E. Herrick, Miss Em Moore, Mrs. Stanley Forman Reed, Mrs. George Madden Grimes, Miss Bonnie Farwell, Mrs. Luther Eugene Tomm, Mrs. John M. Beavers and Mrs. W. E. Wallace. . The chaplain general of the so- ciety, Mrs. Raymond Grant Kimbell, arranged the impressive memorial, which opened with an organ recital by Mrs. James Shera Montgomery, followed by the Lord's prayer led by Mrs. Kimbell. Included on the was sing- ing by Mrs. Flora McGill Keefer, ‘mezzo soprano, and the National Quar- tet gave selections from the oratorio, “The City of God.” Immediately following the services in the hall, the President General, ac- companied by the delegates to the (Contihued on Page 5, Column 1. MISS INGALLS AWAITS FAVORABLE WEATHER Hopes to Take Of on Second Attempt at Record in a Few Days. 3 By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, April 19.—Laura Tribute Paid to Deceased their president general for the next | Nazis to Invoke Death Penalty as Curb to Pacifism Held Needed in War or| Emergency to Guard ““Spirit>’ of Reich. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, April 19.—The death pen- alty, it was announced today, will be | invoked in Nazi Germany to extermi- | nate pacifism in time of war or na- tional emergency. The German Board of Jurisdiction said capital punishment would be | made a feature of the law for “pro- tection of the ‘spirit’ of the German defense force,” which is being formu- lated to supplement the existing mili- tary law. “One of the three articles,” the board announced, “is directed against the de- structive work of pacifists and anti- military organizations. Persons al ranging meetings as well as people at- tending will be punished.” NAZI BOND FAILURE PROTESTED BYU.S. 'Dodd Delivers New Note on Dawes Paper Payments. | By the Associated Press. A new vigorous protest against Germany's failure to make interest payments approximating $2,000,000 due American holders of Dawes bonds on April 15 has been made by the United States. Secretary Hull announced today that William E. Dodd, American Am- ‘bassador to Berlin, delivered the pro- test in the form of an aide memoire at the German foreign office yester- day. The United States previously had made & number of formal and verbal protests against Germany’s failure to pay as being discriminatory against Americans. Text of Note. The new American note said: “The Government of the United States has seen with regret the an- nouncement that the coupons of the Dawes loan which fell due for pay- ment on April 15, and which do not fall under the provisions of special agreements or clearing arrangements whereby the holders may receive full payment in their respective currencies, will be served only by an offer of pay- ment in registered marks. “In effect, this means that holders other than American holders will re- ceive full payment and that American holders will be tendered payment in reichsmarks utilizable only for re- stricted purposes and convertible into dollars only at a considerable discount from the face value of the coupon. Total Is $2,000,000. “The amount necessary to assure full service of this direct obligation of the German.government bearing specific guarantees of priority of transfer into foreign currencies and of non-discriminatory treatment is slightly in excess of $2,000,000. “The loan was floated under un- usual auspices of international co- operation and the American sub- scriptions were an essential contribu- tion to the re-establishment of Ger- man currency and finance in 1924. “The solemn faith and credit of Germany were voluntarily pledged by the German government that pay- ments on the bonds would be met and met without discrimination for or against any holder.” VANDENBER SEEN ISHPEDFG.0, Canvass Shows Strength. Leaders Claim Issue Is Secondary. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. “What the Republican party needs is not so much an issue as a man.” 8o one of the most astute Republic- | an Senators summed up the political situation from the G. O. P. stand- point today. A canvass of Republicans shows | that many of them are coming to the | conclusion that Arthur H. Vanden- berg, Senator from Michigan, stands out as the leading presidential possi- bility of the party. In this view, more and more of his own colleagues in the Senate concur. The recent trip East of former President Herbert Hoover, titular leader of the party, coupled with the presence in Washington now of Wil- liam Allen White, veteran Kansas editor, and other Republican editors, has served to Republican politics to the fore. ¢ G. 0. P. Must Find Leader. The Democrats, in the opinion of Republican leaders and Republican editors, have made and are continuing to make plenty of issues for the cam- paign of 1936. It is up to the Repub- icans to find a presidential candidate who can rally the party and make it possible to show its strongest front next year. For publication and quotation the Republicans have talked of the need of developing issues and of keeping personalities out of the picture for the present time. They may continue to talk along such lines. But the friends of the men whose names are mentioned in connection with the presidential nomination are already at work. It is generally conceded that the G. O. P. must win back the West if it is to get anywhere in the 1936 Without the Western States, and that means the States of the Middle West as well as those be- yond the Mississippi Valley, it would be impossible for the Republicans to elect their candidate. Many Names Mentioned. In addition to Senator Vandenberg, the men most frequently mentioned for the Republican nomination in that part of the country are Frank Knox, publisher of the Chicago Daily News; Gov. Aif M. Landon of Kansas and Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon, Republican leader of the Senate. There has been a movement on foot, too, for Senator William E. Borah of (Continued on Page 3, Column 7.) —_— SCHULTZ CASE EVIDENCE IS REPORTED STOLEN Tarbell: Reveals Theft During Trial of Beer Baron for Tax Evasion. By the Associated Press. SYRACUSE, N. Y., April 19— George S. Tarbell, former assistant United States district attorney for the Southern district, today told a Federal court jury of the theft from his office of documentary evidence against Ar- thur (Dutch Schultz) Flegenheimer. Tarbell was called by the Govern- ment in the income tax evasion trial of the ex-king of the Bronx beer racket. Questioned by Seymour Klein, spe- cial prosecutor from New York, Tar- bell said he had active charge of the Schultz investigation during 1933. A steel cabinet had been “jimmied™ said Tarbell and the papers stolen. Reich Plans War by Poison, Soviet Air By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, April 19.—M. Khripin, chief of the Soviet military air force, Chief Declar chance to Ger- TWO CENTS. SECURITY PASSAGE TODAY PREDICTED BY HOUSE CHIEFS New Proposed Changes Due to Be Defeated by Administration. STEAMROLLER CHARGE MADE BY REPUBLICANS Millions for States to Pay Cost of Operating Job-Insurance Plan Approved. BULLETIN. Still standing firmly behind the administration, the House today refused to strike from the social security bill the section levying taxes on incomes and pay rolls for old-age annuities. By the Associated Press. ‘Three more attempts to write major changes into the social security bill were in store in the House today. Administration leaders predicted the House would reject them all, pass the bill and send it to the Senate before night. In an attempt to do this the House was called into ses- sion an hour early. The House swiftly and without con- test approved the section of the bill authorizing use of $4,000,000 next fiscal year and $49,000,00,000 each year thereafter for allocation to States to help pay the cost of administration of State job-insurance laws. Then Representative Sauthoff, Pro- gressive. of Wisconsin attempted to remove the $6-a-month limitation on the amount the Federal Government may grant to States for aid to de- pendent children. His amendment got 19 Republican. Progressive and Farmer-Labor “ayes” on a standing vote and so many “noes” that Representative McReynolds, Dem- ocrat, of Tennessee, who was presiding, did not even bother to count them, announcing the result as 100 to 19. An amendment to authorize Federal expenditure of $9,950,000 for aid to State agencies which help the blind was proposed by Representative Jen- kins, Republican, of Ohio. The “one man who has been for- gotten” in the administration’s bill, he said, is “the blind man with the tin cup who stands on the street corner.” Blind Held Provided For. Chairman Doughton of the Ways and Means Committee, however, said Jenkins' amendment had been “fully” discussed by the committee and “it f | was agreed that the blind already are humanely and adequately taken care of.” Thereupon the Democrats rejected Jenkins’ amendment, 100 to 54. ‘Then, swiftly, the House approved the title limiting Federal aid to $6 a month and authorizing annual ex- penditures of $24,750,000 for depend- ent children. While Republicans cried “steam- roller” the Democratic machine turned | back 26 proposed amendments in | rapid-fire style yesterday, including | the Townsend $200-a-month pension | plan and the sweeping Lundeen plan | for the Federal Government to pay at least $10 a week to the unemployed, the aged and helpless. The three tests forthcoming today were on proposed attempts to: 1. Eliminate the sections levying taxes on salaries and pay rolls for old- age annuities. 2. Strike out the taxes for unem- ployment insurance. 3. Send the bill back to the Ways and Means Committee with instruc- tions to raise the Federal contribu- tion for old-age pensions for the needy from a maximum of $15 a month to $20. The backers of those amendments conceded privately. They were de- feated before they ever offered them. | But they said the amendments would be offered just the same. Republicans favoring the tax chang- es argued the bill would put a greater burden on industry than it could bear. One section of the bill levies taxes which by 1949 would reach 3 per cent on wages and 3 per cent on pay rolls. The money would be used to build up an eventual $32,000,000,000 fund, out of which annuities of as much as $85 a month would be paid to taxed workers after they became 65. That section, it is estimated, would cost employers and employes—each paying half—$278,800,000 in 1937 and $1,877,200,000 in 1950. In addition, an eventual 3 per cent tax would be levied on employers of more than 10 workers for unemploy- ment insurance. That tax would be $228,000,000 in 1936 and reach $906,- €00,000 by 1950, estimates say. Held Crushing Burden. “These titles impose a o burden upon industry mdruauhplg: labor,” the Republican members of the Ways and Means Committee con- tended in their report to the House. The Republicans were not partic- ularly hopeful, although they refused to give up. Yesterday, their organ- ized attempt to increase from $15 to $20 a month the maximum Federal contribution for pensions to needy aged who have not contributed taxes came nearer to handing a defeat to the Democratic leaders than any other amendrfient. The vote was 144 to 80 against it. Because of that comparatively nar- row difference, out of a possible total House vote of 432, the Republicans intended when the parliamentary time came to try to send the bill back to the Ways and Means Committee. If that motion should carry, it would be tantamount to a House vote for in- creasing the Federal contribution. Short Story Society ..