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CONGRESS WEIGHS N. R A EXTENSION Fear Act May Be Declared Unconstitutional Un- less Renewed. BY-DAVID LAWRENCE. ‘Members of Congress are becomin, gravely concerned over the fact tha the national industrial recovery act, which expires in June, unless renewed, may be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States. | Hence discussion as to what shall take its. place becomes pertinent. Many members think the wisest thing to do is to extend the present act and wait for the court’s decision be- fore attempting to write a new law. The so-called Harrison bill, desired by the N. R. A. lawyers, is much more drastic and far more extensive than the present law, so if the Su- preme Court declares the present statute invalid certainly there would not be any use in going ahead with the Harrison bill. Even the plan which has been get- ting support at Capitol Hill in the last few days—namely, to pass a simple resolution extending the pres- ent law for nine months—may prove futile, for it is likely that before Congress adjourns this session the Supreme Court will have spoken. Under such circumstances, assuming an adverse decision, the whole N.R. A. would collapse, the good and the bad. This would strike a serious blow at the whole theory of the New Deal in trying to stretch the Constitution to covers matters properly belonging to the States. Unions Stand Fast. The sensible thing to do, of course, is to salvage the many advances that have been made toward prohibiting unfair trade practices and to encour- age the States to tackle labor prob- lems on an equitable basis. But until the union leaders are balked by the explicit language of high court deci- sions, they will not permit the mem- bers of Congress whose votes they control to relax one bit the efforts being made still further to enlarge | the scope of Federal legislation deal- ing with labor disputes. Temporizing with vital national questions is, however, a political habit. Everybody who still believes we have a Government of laws and not men, & Government of constitutional prin- ciples instead of a Government of expediency and arbitrary whim, can- not but be impressed with what the highest court of the State of Wiscon- &in and now the highest court of the State of New York have sald as to abdicating State powers with respect to the N. R. A, and with what the United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals in the second district at New York “has said about Federal rights to regulate employer and employe re- lations. There is pending also in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the sixth district a case that is bound to become historic in its significance, for it is the controversy involving the rubber companies and unions at Akron, which recently agreed on ‘a truce till the courts could decide the main issues. Clause 7-A Endangered. A careful study of these decisions, indeed, a perusal of the argument presented within the last 10 days at Cincinnati in the rubber cases, has made upon this writer the indelible impression that if Government coun- gel, including Donald Richberg, can- not present to the Supreme Court of the United States any more con- vincing argument as to what it is that gives the Federal Government the right to interfere in matters that “affect” interstate commerce but are really business within a State, then the whole structure of 7-A, that is, the clause on collective bargaining by Federal rule, will fall to the ground. The issues are not very complex. A long stream of United States Su- | preme Court decisions have, as late as 1934, said that “manufacture” is not interstate commerce. The rub- ber compenies claim the employes now being covered in orders by the Labor Board are not engaged in in- terstate commerce. If they are, then the Federal board can supervise elec- tions, tell the companies in question to recognize the majority for pur- poses of bargaining, thus excluding the minority from the negotiations, and we would have the Chevrolet con- troversy at Toledo, for instance, ab- solutely subject to the Federal Gov- ernment’s power. Refuse to Discriminate. In Toledo, for instance, the com- pany is willing to treat with any rep- resentatives of employes. It is not refusing to bargain collectively, but it will not discriminate against one group of employes in favor of an- other group of employes. Studying the transcript of the pro- ceedings at Cincinnati, the writer finds that the three judges asked some pointed questions of Govern- ment counsel seeking enlightenment on what it is in rubber manufacture or labor relations in that industry which constitutes a “burden on the free flow of interstate commerce.” Government counsel offered thg theory that a strike might ensue, that a shutdown would be nationally disastrous and that it would curtail output and lead to dangerous conse- quences. But the court wanted to know whether the Federal Govern- ment would have the right, if all mat- ters “affecting” interstate commerce were subject to regulation under the commerce clause of the Federal Con- stitution, to interfere with an em- ployer when he found it necessary to dissolve his corporation because he wasn’t making any money. This, too, 1t might be argued, could affect out- put in interstate commerce and pro- duce a damaging effect if resorted to by many companies. Could the Fed- eral Government force a company to stay in business? If the Government regulated labor elections, could it also insist that workmen must accept definite wages imposed by a Federal authority? Farm Phase Cited. ‘There were other points raised as to what might be meant by “affecting” interstate commerce. One judge in- quired what was the difference be- tween telling the farmhands who har- vested wheat that they must not stop work or-that they- must accept ecer- tain rules imposed by the Federal Government, because the wheat might be shipped later into other States and become interstate commerce, ‘and the present case of employes on rubber tires, which product, when finished might eventually become & part of interstate commerce? Government, counsel said each case ‘would have to stand on its own facts and that unsettied labor conditions did “afféct” interstate commerce, Be- yond the flat statement that this is 80, the Federal attorneys were unable to cite a single precedent to support and engsged Iargely theory which has nothing to do with the law as decided heretofore. E (Copyright. 1935.) What’s What Behind News In Capital President Curbs Con- gress by Compromises. Bonus Prospect. BY PAUL MALLON. HE President has deftly man- aged to get Congress back on the right road since his re- turn from Florida. He is han- dling it like a balky mule, using the feed bag judiciously instead of the stick? ‘The mule has learned it can get hay when it shies. It is thus being fed a bonus bill and certain program com- promises. The master apparently ap- preciates the necessity of this, and is willing. In fact, these two seem to understand each other better than heretofore. Progress is, therefore, cer- tain, even if tedious. In the arrangement of this new relationship you can now get @. Jairly good line on the route to be Jollowed jor the remainder of the -session. It indicates the essential features of the 1935 Roosevelt legislative program will be enacted within 90 days. Glance at Prospects. A swift glance inside at the pros- pects will show you the following: The Harrison bonus compromise will pass the Senate substantially as it is. The House will reluctantly accept it and so will the President. Taxes will be left until later. Near the end of the session, an administration bill will be offered to continue certain expiring excise taxes, not including those on checks. The liberals in both houses will make an effort to attach many soak-the-rich taxes on this bill. In the end, inheritance taxes may be in- stituted, but not much else. There will be no general increase in taxes. ‘The Eccles bank bill will be plucked from the grasp of Senator Glass and passed substantially as desired by the administration. A few minor conces- | sions will be made. i The N. R. A. will be continued, al- though in moderated form. It will | require three weeks to get through the | Senate, but there appears to be little | chance for the opposition to block it, or to alter it materially. The fight against it is bogging down, at least for the time being. Despite all current rumors to the contrary, President Roosevelt will in- sist on the holding companies’ bill | and will get it, after making some concessions. The final form prob- ably will extend the time for abolish- | ing holding companies, or else sub- | stitute Government regulation. Social Security Outlook. ‘The social security program will be | approved in virtually the same funda- | mental form as it passed the House, | but with several technical readjust- | | ments. The A. F. of L. crowd is lobbying hard for the Wagner Labor Board bill and the Black 30-hour week, but neither bill has much of @ chance. The liberals have joined to lobby for the Wagner bill, but admit they will have difficulty get- ting it to a vote. Something like it may be written into the N. R. A. bill. The anti-lynching bill is doomed. | The A. A. A. crowd is consorting with Southern Democrats in an effort to revise the A. A. A. amendments and save them, but the chances are not good. The only railroad legislation | which will be passed is the bus and | truck bill. At the last minute, the | administration will try to continue Eastman's authority and may succeed. The railroads are making a drive for the bankruptcy bill, but the recent Supreme Court decision may be ade- quate to take care of that situation. A direct shipping subsidy bill is slated for passage in about the form originally suggested by the adminis- tration. It is being pushed quietly by Postmaster General Farley. Sharecropper Bill. ‘The Bankhead sharecropper bill has a slim chance, but will probably fail. So will the Copeland pure food and drug bill. All naval improvements proposals made by the administration will pass. No silver legisiation or money inflation legislation will be seriously considered (Townsend, Dunn, Lundeen, etc). ‘The roll of dead or dying items also includes the Guffey coal nationaliza- tion bill, the Farley investigation and the Wheeler Government ownership for railroads. Senatorial cloak rooms have been gossiping about the possibility that Senator Pat Harrison may become czar of base ball in place of Judge Landis. There is no question that the matter has been discussed, although no definite offer has been made to Harrison, All he will say is that he is for Landis. The term of the judge’s czardom is indefinite. The situation seems to be that some of the base ball magnates want Harri- son, but do not know what to do about it. Railroad men swear that the two or three hundred millions being set aside by Mr. Roosevelt for grade crossings will just make a good beginning. ‘Their data indicates there are 200,000 crossings at which more than 1,500 persons were killed last year. To eliminate them all would require $15,- 000,000,000. The relief fund will be concentrated on the most dangerous ones. | Corporations Tax Topic. The idea of punitive taxes on big corporations is being vaguely dis- cussed, but probably nothing will be done on it this session. It would not be surprising if the Communications comul?i:flnn shortly announced the appointment of Max Gardiner, an outstanding lawyer, as special counsel for the A. T. & T. in- vestigation. The annual mock edition of the Harvard Law School, recently issued, carried the following mote: “Prof. Feliz Frankfurter wishes to announce that he is no longer run- ning the administration and will not be responsible for its debts.” President Roosevelt and other Gov- ernment officials recently received a series of resolutions supposed to have been adopted April 25 by the New York Young Republican Club. They noted among the names of those to whom the resolution was addressed that “of “Representative Henry T. Rainey.” Speaker Rainey died last Summer. (Coprright. 1935.) —_— 163,280 Visit Germany. More than 163,280 British subjects visited Germany last year. A | polis Electric Railway would result THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, APRIU 29, 1935 RA“.RUAD UN TRIM. Radio Heiress on Cruise ON.C. C. CHARGES Commission Firms Assessed No Rent, Federal At- torneys Allege. Charged with giving indirect pref- erences to local shippers, the Penn- sylvanis Railroad was placed on trial in District Supreme Court todsy for an alleged violation of the interstate commerce regulations. Assistant United States Attorney Harry L. Underwood told the jury the Government will attempt Lo prove the railroad allowed two Water street commission merchants to occupy premises controlled by the road with- out paying rent. He contended the effect of this was to give the com- mission merchants, both customers of the railroad, & preference over other customers who received no rent con- cessions. ‘The commission merchants indicted with the railroad and scheduled for trial in the near future are Chlowe & Davis, Inc, and Max Shapiro. A third merchandising concern, Leven- thal and Oxenberg, Inc., was also indicted and pleaded guilty recently, paying a $2,000 fine. It was expected the railroad, rep- resented by Attorney G. Bowdoin Craighill, will take the position the commission merchants were unable to | meet the rent and that they allowed them to occupy the quarters with- out meeting the payments rather than force them out of business. The road will deny this amounted to the giv- ing of preference. D, C. ENTERS FIGAT, FORW. B. & A LINE! Prettyman Cites Loss to| Glenn Dale Sanitorium if Service Ceases. Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, April 29.—Claiming that abandonment of operations by the Washington, Baltimore & Anna- | in a serious loss to the Government of the District of Columbia by rea- son of having built tubercular sani- taria at Glenn Dale, which ultimately will represent an investment of $2,.- they sailed on the Santa Rosa April 2 (This is the first of three stories in- tended to give a simple erplanation of the $4.820.000,000 work-relief program. | By the Associated Press. | The Government is about to start a | drive aimed at providing jobs for | 3,500,000 persons now on its relef | rolls. | To do this—and to carry on relief | during the dole-tq-jobs transition— Congress has told President Roosevelt | 500,000, E. Barrett Prettyman, cor-| poration council for the District, op- posed such action at & hearing this | morning before the Public Service water for arid land, to attempt to Commission. Appearing with Mr. Prettyman were Maj. Paul A. Hodgson, assistant en- | Elwood | | Street, director of public welfare. The | ers, mechanics, skilled craftsmen, such gineer commissioner, and Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy also were represented, Protests against the abandonment were filed by the Brotherhood of Elec- trical Workers on behalf of 500 em- | ploves of the road, who would be thrown out of work. as well as by | communities along the Washington and Annapolis branches. Glen Arden Protests. One of the protesis, containing 204 names, was from Glen Arden, Prince George’s County. Maj. Hodgson declared there were 1000 persons at the sanitarium now, 700 being patients and 300 members of the staff and other workers. Many of these, he said, live in Washington and commute over the W. B. & A. He said 6,500 tons of freight were hauled over the W. B. & A. last year and if the road is abandoned and the freight hauled by truck it would mean an in- crease in expenses of at least $3,500 a year. Maj. Hodgson also pointed out that practically all the patients were char- ity patients and consequently mem- bers of their families and friends must have cheap transportation to visit them. He said one of the reasons for selection of the Glendale site was the fact that the railroad runs within 150 yards of the main entrance, with a spur to the storage warehouse. Increased Business Foreseen. Mr. Street declared that now was an inopportune time for the railroad to quit, in view of the fact that the District is now building additions to cost $1,500,000, which means increased business in the hauling of workers and materials. Attorney William L. Rawls, who represented George Weems Williams, receiver for the W. B. & A., declared the company was run last year at a loss of about $150,000 and its loss so far this year, he said, is more than $30,000. Mr. Rawls declared the bondholders had made cash contributions in order to keep tie road operating. The re- fusal of the last Legislature to con- tinue the exemption of the road from taxes will cdst it $70,000 a year. There is some hope that the Army and the Navy may unite in a move to buy and operate the section from Naval Academy Junction to Annapo- lis because this line serves the Naval Academy and Fort George G. Meade and because through it rail connec- tions can be supplied from Fort Meade and from Annapolis to the Baltimore & Ohio and the Pennsylvania rail- RELIEF WORKERS.STRIKE Ask Increase in Food Allowances at Edmonton, Alberta. EDMONTON, Alberta, April 20 (). —Pickets and police were out in force today as a strike of relief workers, called in an effort to gain & 15 per cent increase in food allowances, cash relief and other concessions, went into effect without any show of vio- lence. Eighty-five relief recipients, in- structed to report today for five days’ work failed to show up. Congress in Brief By the Associated Press. ‘TODAY. Senate. Debates motion to take up anti- lynching bill. Banking Committee continues hear- ings on omnibus banking bill. Interstate '~ Commerce Committee studies holding company bill. House. - Takes up omnibus banking bill. TOMORROW. On the floor—Probable continuation of debate on motion to take up anti- he can spend $4,880,000,000. | This huge sum, almost more than | | the mind can grasp, will be used to | build roads and sewers, to provide | curb duststorms, to build homes, to | carry electric lines to farms and to do | many other things. Work will be provided for day labor- {as carpenters and bricklayers, and clerks, architects and other members | of the “white collar” class. To Use Relief Rolls. The President has announced that as far as possible the people who will | receive wages for doing this work will e taken fram present relief rolls. They will have a job and they will receive a pay check instead of direct | relief in the form of money or goods. | ‘They will pay their own rent, instead | | of the Government paying it for them. | | But jobs, the Government hopes, ialso will be created for others be- | | sides those on relief. It argues that | | to build roads, cement and gravel | must be produced and transportec, | Off for & honeymoon cruiss to Los Angeles via the Panama Canal, Mr. and Mrs. Cummins Catherwood of Millbrook Farm, Pa., are seen is the former Virginia Kent, daughter of Atwater Kent, radio manufacturer, Works Program Held Test Of Forced Recovery Theory Those on Relief Rolls May Profit No More Than Labor in Private In- dustry, Backers Assert. | one of two clashing theories. | swing” by Autumn. s 7 from New York. Mrs. Catherwood —A. P. Photo. and to extend electric lines, wire must | be made. Therefore, it says. the works drive will provide jobs for a large number of people in private industry. Men who fought the large works expenditure took a different slant at 4he problem. An unbalanced budget, they said, tended to paralyze business. They said Government economy would create confidence, which, in turn, would lead private industry to expand and put the un- employed to work. Test of Theory. Thus the works drive may be re- garded, in a sense, as a vast test of | With some exception, Congress has | given the President a pretty free hand ine carrying the program out. He has enlisted the ald of some 60 Gov- ernment agencies to prepare and su- pervise the work. In his radio speech last night he called upon the Nation to see that it is kept free of graft, chiseling and inefficiency. Many details of the plan remain to be worked out. Scores of confer- ences are being held daily ir the Capital to thresh out problems which continually crop up. The President reiterated that the program will be expedited and he | predicted that it would be in “full (Tomorrow's story will explain types of work projects planned.) 191517 F STREET S0LD FOR $450000 Out-of-Town Interests Ac- quire Nine-Story Building. 1 One of the largest transactions in- volving commercial property made in | Washington in several years was com- | pleted today with the announcement that the American Building, 1315- 1317 F street, has been sold to out-of- town interests for $450,000. Sale of the building, located in one of the Capital's best business blocks, was made for Ciry A. Hardee, receiv- er of the Federal-American National Bank & Trust Co, by Morton J. Luchs, vice president of Shannon & Luchs Co. The name of the purchaser was not made public. The building, which has an inter- esting history, is nine stories high, and bullt of brick and stone. It is an office building with stores on the ground floor, and was one of the first in the city to be constructed along fireproof lines. The building was formerly owned by the Baltimore Sun Publishing Co., which maintained an office on the first floor. Then it was sold and oc- cupied by the American National Bank when the institution was organ- ized about 25 years ago. The Ameri- can National consolidated with the Federal National Bank, and the insti- tution moved to Fourteenth and G streets. It was then that the first floor of the old building was remod- eled for stores. —_— Many large apartment houses are being built in Shanghai, China. The Government at Work Che Euening Star Educator ALBERT E. ROGERS. MAY DAY DECREE ISSUED PARIS, April 29 (#)—The min- istry of the interior issued a decree yesterday forbidding all outdoor .dem- onstrations May day throughout the nation. The reds replied with a schedule of 50 indoor meetings in a ring of workers’ suburbs incircling the city and similar meetings in 60 other French cities. The decree was designed to prevent rioting which has broken out on past May days. Communists, - who sre forming a united Red front with Socialists, announced they would post pickets around factories which re- main open May 1. No general strike has been called. Offers Its Readers The only complete and authoritative description of the Federal Govern- ment now available. “It is a work of great value”— Charles G. Dawes, former Vice President of the United States. f___—_o,‘, ""’--"-"I at_The Evening Star Business Office, or by mail, postpaid NEME cecereacvrcsscncancsconnes 1 | Street ... Lo e e e e e e e e e e .o I 3 | I State..... 1 GEORGE V SERVICE | T0 BE HELD HERE King’s Jubilee to Be Marked by Thanksgiving Rites in Cathedral. By the generous invitation of Bishop Freeman, the Thanksgiving service for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the accession of his majesty, King George V, will be held in the Washington Cathedral on Monday, May 6, at 11 am. The form of the service will be based on that to be held in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, the same morning. All subjects of his majesty are in- vited to this service. Special -allot- ments of seats are being given to the British Club, the Canadian Club, the English Speaking Union, the 8t. David's Society, the 8t. Andrew’s Society, the Clan Maclennan and the Daughters of Scotia. Any members of these associations who wish to come to the service are advised to apply to their respective secretaries in the first instamice. Tickets will be avail- able also for any one entitled to a British or Dominions passport who may call at the chancery of the British Embassy on May 1, 2 or 3 between 9 am. and 7 p.m. In addition, a number of seats will be available for the general public, who will be most cordially welcome at the service. Applications for the tickets for these seats should be made a8 s0on as possible to the Washington Cathedral office. Moun!, St. Albans, which will distribute them within the seating capacity available, a day or two prior to the service. MIL Reno’s Followers Refuse to Accept Minority Which He Calls Communistic. By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, April 20.—The National Farmers Holiday Association was definitely on record today in favor of a third political party, but a minor- ity group rejected the proposal, saying such a party would be “only another capitalistic” organization. Formation of a new national politi- cal party “expressing the desires of farmers and laborers” was advorated by the holidey group in resolutions | adopted at the close yesterday of i's annual convention. The action was taken in the face of a speech before the group last Saturday by Senator Huey Long who disclaimed any in- tention of third party alignment. Asks Leaders to Meet. Guided by its militant president, Milo Reno of Des Moines, the Holiday Association asked that to bring about & new political body “all leaders of progressive groups meet in a confer- ence at the earliest opportunity.” A short time after the resolution was approved & group of dissenting delegates met in another hall and made known their stand. Speakers at the minority meeting branded Reno, Senator Long and Rev. Father Charles E. Coughlin of Detroit as “tools of Wall Street” and refused to indorse the association resolution. They themselves were pronounced “Wall Street racketeers and hench- men of Soviet Russia” by Reno in a bitter clash which resulted in their withdrawal from the association meet- ing. The argument began when dele- gates headed by Fred Hoppe of Rich- land, Nebr., sought approval of a re- port which advocated among other things, repeal of the A. A. A. and all sales, processing and special Laxes. Called Communists. “This meeting is not going to be taken over by a bunch of Com- munists,” Reno shouted as Hoppe and his followers departed. Along with the third party proposa! the Holiday Association indorsed pro- duction-for-use as a substitute or the profit system and a statement con- demning the Democratic administra- tion’s attitude toward labor and ag:i- culture, SIDWELL FRIENDS EXECUTIVE NAMED Patrons of School Will Meet New Assistant Principal This Week. Albert E. Rogers, whose appoint- ment as assistant principal of the Sidwell Friends School was announced today by Thomas W. Sidwell, prin- cipal and founder, will be presented by Mr. Sidwell and the faculty. who will be at home to patrons at the city branch of the school, 1809-1819 I street, Thursday from 4 to 6 o'clock. On the next day an open house will be held at the suburban branch of the school, 3901 Wisconsin avenue, from 3 to b o'clock, at which Mr. Rogers again will'be present. Mr. Rogers is a graduate of Haver- ford College and holds a master of arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He has had six years’ teaching experience at the William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, and six years at the Friends School, Moorestown, N. J. The Sidwell Friends School was founded in 1883 by Mr. Sidwell, and has classes extending from the kin- dergarten through high school. At the city branch there are classes from the fifth to the twelfth grades, and at the suburban school, classes ex- tend from the kindergarten through seven grades. An eighth grade is to be added for 1935-6, FORMER A. P. MAN DIES William H. French, Public Rela- tions Counsel, Expires. PITTSBURGH, April 20 (P —Wil- liam H. French, veteran former news- paperman and public relations coun- sel for the Carnegie Steel Co. for 16 years, died today after a heart at- tack. He was 62. French, a native of New Haven, Conn., went to school in New York and studied law at Yale before be- coming & member of the Associated Press staff in Boston. Prom 1906 to 1919 he was correspondent - of the Pittsburgh Bureau of the Associated Press. He had been il for several months. His widow; Mrs. qrvives. . TANTFARMERS SEEK THIRD PARTY Anaa Xing PFrench, |4 RAYMOND T. BAKER. Harris Ewing Photo. RAYMOND T BAKER EXPIRES AT HOME Wealthy Social Leader Had| Career in Politics and Diplomacy. A career which started in the gold | mines of Nevada, moved into the! political and diplomatic circles of the | United States and Europe, and was climaxed by wealth and social leader- | ship in Washington ended last night | with the death of Raymond T. Baker. Mr. Baker, a former director of the miat, had been i1l for about six weeks | at his home at 2300 Foxhall road, this city. Born in Eureka, Nev., in 1878, Mr. Baker was a son of the late George Washington Baker and Mary Hall Baker. The family left Nevada while Baker was a youth and moved to California where he received his edu- cation and began the practice of law. The lure of the gold flelds. however, | took him back to Nevada and he be- | came prominently identified with de- ALFRED 1. DU PONT DIES IN' FLORIDA Former Explosive and Chem- ical Manufacturer Had Colorful Career. By the Associated Press, JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 20— Alfred I. du Pont, 70, organizer and former head of the Du Pont De- nemours & Co., explosive and chem- ical manufacturers, died unexpectedly early today at his estate, Epping Forest, just outside Jacksonville. Du Pont suffered a heart attack last Thursday but had rallied. His physician said he appeared to be re- covering but he was striken again last night and died a few hours later, In 1902 Du Pont purchased the Du Pont company and organized it in its present form. He retired from that company a number of years ago. In 1926 he came to Florida. At the time of his death he was one of the largest landowners in the State and was active as president of the Florida National Bank of Jacksonville. He was a native of Wilmington, Del. Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Jessle D. Ball; a son, Alfred Victor, of Wilmington; five daughters, Mrs. Herman Rouff of Germany, Mrs. Reginald S. Huidekoper of Washing- ton, D, C.; Mrs. Elbert Dent of Phil- adelphia, Mrs. Victor Llewellyn of England and Miss Denise du Pont of Sweetbrier College, Va. ALL TITLES EARNED. WILMINGTON, Del., April 29 (/). —Captain of industry, philanthropist, politician—Alfred Irenee du Pont, who died today at his estate near Jacksonville, Fla, earned all these titles during his long and colorful career. From the time he took over the entire management of the huge Du Pont organization in 1902, until he severed relations in 1916 with the E. I. Du Pont de Nemours Co., which he organized along modern lines, and even for years afterward, his power s’n the wealthy Delaware family was elt. The 70-year-old member of the family, born in 1865. took over the firm on the death of Eugene Du Pont. Reorganized Firm. velopment of the mining industry in | that State. His next step was into | politics and his Nevada activities | resulted in his appointment as warden | of the Nevada State Prison at Carson | | City. | Sent to Russia. | In 1912, Mr. Baker came East to | work for the election of Woodrow Wilson to the presidency. After the success of this campaign, he was | named secretary to the United States | Ambassador to Russia, George T.| Marye. He went to Petrograd in 1914 | to assume this post. He returned to the United States in 1916 and in 1917 | was appointed by President Wilson to: | be director of the United States Mint, | holding this office until 1922. In 1918, he was made a member of the United States Gold Commission. |~ Mr. Baker was a Democratic candi- date for the United States Senate | from Nevada in 1926. but was de-| feated by Tasker L. Oddie. | In 1918 Mr. Baker married Mrs. | Margaret Emerson Vanderbilt. The couple had one daughter, Gloria | Baker. Thev were divorced, however, |at Reno, Nev. and on DecembgrI | 4. 1928, Mr. Baker married Mrs. Del- | | phine Dodge Cromwell. A daughter also was born of this marriage, Anna Ray Baker. | _ Wife in Europe. Mrs. Baker and their daughter have | been in Europe for some time. They | were notified last night of Mr. Baker's | death. With him during most of his illness were & brother and sister-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. George Baker of | San Prancisco. Other survivors are his mother. another brother. Harry Baker, and a sister, Mrs. John Grissim, all of San | Francisco. Funeral services will be held at the home on Foxhall road tomorrow at 5 pm. Rev. Dr. Ze Barney Phillips. | | chaplain of the Senate, will conduct | the services. Burial probably wiil be |in Nevada, it was said. Mr. Baker was president of the Schaeline Banking & Trust Co. of Reno, chairman of the United Nevada Bank and vice president of the Anglo & London-Paris National Bank in San Francisco. He was a member of the Metropoli- tap, Chevy Chase and National Press | Clubs of Washington, the Bohemian | Club of San Francisco and the Reno | Country Club. |COMPENSATION SUIT IS UPHELD BY COURT Supreme Tribuna) Clarifies D. C. Law—Permits Firm to Seek Redress. By the Associated Press. In an opinion clarifying the District of Columbia compensation law, the Supreme Court ruled today that Charles M. Doleman, administrator of the estate of his son Robert, can sue Harry Levine for damages. The son, an employe of the Potomac Electric Power Co., was killed in Jan- uary, -1933. while working at Lincoln road and R street northeast when he was struck by an automobile owned by Levine and alleged to have been driven by Harry Barner. His widow, Mary, obtained compen- sation from the power company under the District’s compensation law. Both the company and Charles Doleman then brought $10,000 suits against Levine for damages. ‘The District Court of Appeals held that under the act the power com- pany could sue, but that Doleman’s suit should be dismissed. QUINTUPLETS PLACED ON SOLID FOGD DIET By the Associated Press. CALLANDER, Ontario, April 29.— Bottles and nipples were banished from the Dionne Hospital when the quintuplets became 11 months old yes- terday and spoons and mugs replaced In the next 10 years after he reor- ganized the firm and consolidated its various interests as the Du Pont de Nemours Co.. the organization’s assets increased from $15,000,000 to $32,000.- 000, with Alfred Du Pont as vice president. All machinery used in the com- pany’s manufacture of black powder was designed by him and the de- velopment of prismatic powder, as used by the United States Govern- ment in its large-caliber guns, is en- tirely the result of his ingenuity. His activities outside of this State and the Du Pont de Nemours Co. were wide, He purchased the Grand Central Palace, New York exhibition building, in 1918. The building was used in the advancement of interna- tional commerce, in line with Du Pont's theory that American buyers would be interested in foreign goods if displayed within their reach. Among his other business interests were four radium mines at Central City, Colo. He spent large sums in perfecting a radium testing and pro- ducing mi! d much of the radium produced was used in experiments for the treatment of cancer. He became prominent in State poli- tics shortly after becoming connected with the du Font powder interests. He allowed his control of the Repub- lican party in the State to slip away. however. and for several years took little interest in political circles until by a bold move in 1916 he regained control. In 1920 he retired from political life and since then has not been active. Held Large Interests. After he severed relations with the du Pont de Nemours Co. in 1916 he continued to hold large interests of its underlving organizations. He was president and principal owner of the Nemours Trading Corp.. which was demolished in 1920. He was one of the incorporators of the du Pont Se- curities Co, a $250,000,000 corpora- tion, which was organized in 1919 and for several years he held the con- trolling interest in the Delaware Trust Co. of Wilmington. Du Pont was married three times. His first wife was the former Miss Bessie Gardner of Wilmington. They were divorced in 1906. They had four children. A year after the divorce du Pont married Mrs. Alicia Bradford Maddox, who was his second cousin, in New York. She died three months after the marriage. In 1921, at Los Angeles, du Pont married Miss Jessie D. Ball of Lo§ An- geles and formerly of Virginia. MOTIVE IN IVAR SLAYING SOUGHT Many to Be Questioned to Solve Howard Death Mystery. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, April 20.—Into the shadowy past of Paul Ivar authori- ties today turned for a motive for his slaying. Although sheriff's officers said they were convinced Ivar, a gown: de. signer for Hollywood fllm stars,* wal killed by Willlam M. Howard, formet Navy Reserve ensign, they admitted thus far they had been unable to find a motive for the slaying or for the subsequent suicide of Howard. Also sheriff’s deputies said they hoped to learn from Henry Bolte, sociology instructor, something of a possible motive. Bolte was critically wounded before Howard ended his own life. “But in our efforts to uncover the exact motive we find ourselves in the middle of a web, the strands of which lead in maeny directions, and to many persons,” said Capt. Norris Stensland. “All those persons, ;very likely, will be called as witnesses; this week. There is one particular person who may furnish information on_cer- tain criminal cases in Hollywood, mostly relating to forgery and rob- bery that have been puzzling us.. He them. A new meal schedule was announced, as follows: 6 am.—Cod liver oil and orange Juice. 7:30—Coddled egg and milk. 11—Vegetables and fruits. 3 pm.—Cod liver oil snd orange Juice. §:30—Cereal and milk. ‘There are no night feedings. The infants are tucked into their cots at 6 p.m. for 13 hours' sleep. They rare- awaken, the nurses said. A is also expected to throw light od the lives of the principals in the- tri- angular shooting.” . Woman Runs Empty Schogl. CHESTER, Ill. (#).—Miss Marie Martin, the teacher, calls the roll at the Marlin Rural School each miorn- ing, but the school has no pupils; the students who enrolled last September withdrew or moved from the neigh- borhood. Miss Martin opens .and closes the school to maintain heg in- surance. .