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A2 s LONG FIGHT SEEN ONNRAMEASURE ‘Clause to Regulate Business in States to Bring Sharp Debate. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Careful reading of the proposed resolution to extend the N. R. A. till next April has brought indications of aubstantial opposition from both those who really want the N. R. A. con- Yinued and from those who are un- Blterably against yielding to the Fed- ‘tral Government the power to regu- Jate hours and wages in American Andustry. Senator David Walsh of Massachu- setts, Democrat, has put his finger on one of the vital clauses of the com- promise resolution, which says that codes of the N. R. A. shall not be ap- plied to persons engaged in businesses wholly within a State. He thinks this would break down the whole N. R. A., because businesses wholly with- in a State would have advantages over those engaged in interstate com- merce, and that units would be or- ganized to separate business done in- side and outside a State. This is precisely, however, the prob- lem that N. R. A, has faced from the teginning. and is one of the reasons for the collapse of enforcement. There is no justification under the Consti- tution for the usurpation by any Fed- eral agency. even in times of emer- gency, of powers that are restricted | to the States themselves. Confident of Court Backing. Senator Walsh is confident that past decisions of the Supreme Court of the ‘United States uphold the Federal right to include business inside and outside a State in its laws. But this is simply a New Deal theory, set up by taking fragments from past de- cisions and fitting them together to | make them mean something which, ! =taken separately, they never were in- | tended to cover. Many Senators, how- ver. including Senator Wagner of New ~York. its principal exponent, have ac- cepted the doctrine because it hap- - Fens to fit in with their desire to give =the Federal Government complete ~Rower to regulate employer and em- plove relations. There is significance, incidentally, in the announcement of Speaker Byrns that the House would not act till the Senate did and that. if what the Senate did to the proposed N. R. - A. resolution was not satisfactory, the House would correct it. .. This clearly indicates that a storm is brewing and that the fight over the TN. R. A, is by no means over. The House is much more responsive than the Senate to presidential dictator- ship, and hence it would not be sur- prising if the House bill were unsat- isfactory to the Senate and a pro- | . longed debate on the conference re- | port ensued. | Must Accept Resolution. | Since the N. R. A. dies on June 16 | unless affirmative action is taken by both houses, it will become increas- . Ingly important for the administra- est of the situation take whatever resolution does get through the Senate. Otherwise, | business will be in a cloud of greater | would filibuster against it and prevent | INg 1o settle the matter without Italy | care of the deficit.” uncertainty as it waits for the Con- gress to act, and, judging by the suc- cess of the anti-lynching filibuster, it | 1s not beyond the realm of probability Sat all that a lengthy debate on*N. R. ! ‘A. can be staged by vigorous oppo- | nents of the measure. Senator Walsh of Massachusetts is | right when he says, “It seems to me clear that all competing members of | &n industry must be regulated or none ; 8hould be regulated,” and that’s what } the trouble is with the N. R. A. It| has no constitutional sanction to reg- | + ulate businesses inside a State, and it cannot obtain that authority by subterfuge or circumvention. ~The ,lawyers who advise business know this, but many members of Congress prefer 4 for political reasons to ignore it. Hence «the uncertainty must continue till the | What’s What Behind News In Capital Senate Filibuster En- joyed — Anti-Lynch- ing Bill Doomed. BY PAUL MALLON. | HE ins and outs of the anti- lynching filibuster were not appreciated in the Senate gal- leries. From there it looked like .any other dull debate. But down on the floor nearly every one had a good time, You could see it in their faces. Vice President Garner, the Texan, walked around with a cigar in his mouth, grinning incessantly, Senators slyly absented themselves from roll calls occasionally and playfully poked fun at each other in debate countenance of Floor Leader Robin- son wore a slightly pained expression, suggesting a remote inner emotional conflict between the necessity of get- ting down to business and the ineffa- | bility of the situation. What they all knew, that the gal- leries did not know, was the fact that only a few of the nominal adminis- | tration leaders, who were supposed to be for the bill, were really for it, While President Roosevelt was pri- vately twitting them during the first few days of the filibuster, they weie more or less laying themselves flat so the filibusters would have no trouble walking over them. Q8 Fon s st 1y SuoR S oF There were several reasons for the lack of real interest in the bill itself. | One was that it was thought to be| improperly drawn. At least, it rep- resented a somewhat radical view- point on the subject. Many of its friends privately thought it was un. | constitutional, Furthermore, the leg- islative situation was such that it | never had a chance and nearly every insider knew it. Only the | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1935. 1. 3. SALES AGENT JALEDBY TRULLO San Domingo President Is Blamed for Act by Italy Also. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. | A serious diplomatic incident in which the United States may become | involved has occurred in San Do- | mingo, where the Italian consul, | Amedeo Bartletta, was arrested early in April and is being held incom- municado by the Dominican author-| ities. i Barletta is an Italian citizen. Be- sides being honorary consul of Italy he also is representing two American | business concerns, the Dominican | Tobacco Co., & subsidiary of the| Penn Tobacco Co, and the San| Domingo Motor Co., the distributing | agency of General Motors. 1 President Rafael Trujillo, who is trying to emulate his close friend, former Dictator Geraldo Machado, | ordered the arrest and imprisonment | without trial of the Italian consul, | charging him with conspiracy against | his life in connivance with the Dominican opposition party. 1 Gift of Car Started It. The charge arose from the fact| that Barletta, as representative of the | General Motors, had given an auto- | mobile to the would-be revolutionaries. | * According to the official reports re- | ceived in Washington, this happened: Trujillo's opponents wanted to hire an automobile from Barletta's com- pany. This was refused. When they pleaded that they could not pay for | & motor car they were told that they could purchase it on the installment plant. This they did. The next day soldiers of the Presi- | dent of the Dominican Republic came to Barletta’s house and arrested him. | Since, he has not been permitted to communicate either with his lawyers or with the Italian Minister, Nicola Macario, who came from Havana in order to save his subordinate. According to official reports from an Domingo, the real reason for Bar- letta’s arrest is that he refused to sell the Dominican Tobacco Co. to Tru- jillo's henchmen. The Domin.can President, who al- ready has complete monopoly over | 1922 Fight Recalled. the telephone, the ice and the meat But perhaps an important factor | companies in the republic, wanted to may be partly explained by relating | obtain control over the tobacco com- a story which has just come to light | pany, too. Barletta owns 50 per ceut about what happened in the 1922 of the stock and refused to sell ou senatoriai fight over the anti-lync- Hense the charge that he was plotting ing bill | to overthrow Trujillo, which enabled The Senate Judiciary Commit- |the authorities of San Domingo to tee. then controlled by Repub- |arrest Barletta. licans, decided the bill was uncon=- According to the Dominican laws, st:tutional and killed it. A Repub- |any individual guiity of conspiring lican leader was irate when he |against the safety of the republic— heard about it. He went to the |and Trujillo is the republic—will be chairman and said the bill must be |arrested and his property confiscated. | reported o the Semate floor for | Since the arrest of Barletta the in- consideration no matter what the |come of the Dominican Tobacco Co. 1s committee thought about its con- | being paid into the treasury of the | stitutionality, Unless it was, hi§ | Dominican government. This means | constituents would defeat him for |that the Dominican authorities are re-election, he is supposed to have |confiscating a revenue which belongs said. | partly toan American concern. Thereupon, six or more committee | Ambassador Rosso here and his members were persuaded to change | counsellor, Marquis Rossi Longhi, their minds and approve the bill, with | Dave had several conversations with the understanding that the Democrats | Officials of the State Department try- | i ssa v is having to intervene directly in the | :,";nf’_m,giv‘},y'2;,5:;‘;‘;‘,}1;‘_ " Dominican Republic. They did not | Tnere is no evidence that anything | ake any official representations, but like. that was done this time, but it is{ Merely discussed the matter con-| probable that, in the end, Senators on | C€rRing the Italian government, as| both sides of the issue similarly will | Barletta is an Italian citizen and et cike had G b representative of the Italian govern- " | 1t is not very often that any one puts | Tien" ““‘Zh"". "m"‘“"r ‘{"’_‘" ek anything over on R. F. C. Chairman | Decause the interests of two Ameri- Crowning of Queen Features Gov. H. G. Kump of West Virginia as he crowned Mlle. Nella Veverka, daughter of the Czechoslovakian Minister, queen of the twelfth annual DISTRICT RELIEF PLANS WEEHED $314,000 Deficit May Force Reduction of Disburse- ments to Needy. Faced with & deficit of $314.000 in relief funds for this month, District officials set to work today to see what cuts in disbursements could be made, but declared they were confident the Federal Emergency Relief Administra- tion would meet whatever actual sucrtage developed toward the end of the month. Informal assurance that additional Federal funds would be forthcoming was received this morning by District officials from the Federal agency after reports were circulated that more than 80,000 persons “faced privation” with- in 11 days. “No one will be left to arve,” District officials declared, even though we may find we cannot cut down expenses enough to take Funds now in hand will last until nearer May 25 than May 13 or 14, they said. 22,000 Relief Cases Here. The District now has some 22,000 relief cases, representing 57,000 per- sons rather than 80,000. For May operations the District asked for a grant of $991,990 and re- Sheénandoah Apple Blossom Festival on the steps of Handley High School, in Winchester, yesterday. Blossom Festival BLOSSOM PAGEANT DELAYED BY WIND Parade Will Be Only Event of Shenandoah Festival Today. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va, May 3.—High lights of the twelfth annual Shenan- doah Apple Blossom Festival suddeniy narrowed down to one big event today, the triumphal parade of “Queen Shen- andoah” and her court, scheduled for 2pm Decision not to present a gigantic spectacle, “Dawn, a Pageant of Spring- time,” was reached by Garland R. Quarles, manager of that part of the festival, because of chilling north- eastern winds. The program was to have been at 11 am. on the Handley High School campus. Rain fell last night, but stopped be- fore daybreak. However, skies con- tinued menacing, and cold, bleak winds were held too risky for children in light costumes. Quarles’ decision was upheld by members of the Pesti- val Executive Committee, who decided to present the entertainment at 3 p.m. Saturday unless again prevented by unfavorable weather. The pageant was, to have been pre- sented yesterday afternoon for the first time immediately after the coronation of Mile. Nella Veverka, daughter of the Czechoslovakian Minister, as “‘Queen Shenandoah XII"” and was to have been given the second time to- day. The queen and her court attend- ants had arranged to attend the pageant. Instead, they went on a tour of apple orchards, in which a few scattered blossoms linger. She and her party then were guests at an officia! luncheon, held at the home of Mrs. Lewis H. Hyde. It was given by the festival organization for the queen and her court and her parents, Dr, and —Star Staff Photo. COMPLAINT ON SCHOOL DISMISSED BY BOARD Allegation of | | ments Thrown Out by Federal Trade Commission. The Federal Trade Commission has “dismissed without prejudice” a com- plaint against Helen M. Cook and | George A. Cock, trading as the Postal Correspondence School, which was based on the allegation that “mislead- ing and exaggerated statements” were | used in advertising the institution. Mrs. Cook is the president and her husband direcior of the school, in the | Earle Build'og. which specializes in preparing persons planning to take | civil service examinations ‘The commission entered its order of dismissal on April 30, it was made known today. 1.5, DEFIGIT GAINS BUT DEBT DROPS | Debit Side Still Far Short of President’s Estimate of $4,869,000,000. By the Associated Press. Misleading State-| Jesse Jones, but the other day a New York slicker accomplished the im-| possible. The R. F. C. received an application | for a loan from a New York firm | dealing in cider, vinegar and similar harmless household liquids. The firm | said it had a warehouse full of such bottled goods. An inspector looked it | over and the R. F. C. approved the loan. | A few days later, Mr. Jones read in| y8upreme Court saves the politicians can companies are involved in this incident. Trujillo Adamant. The combined efforts of the Italian Minister to Cuba and the Dominican Republic together with those of the American Minister, H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld, may succeed in settling the incident without stronger measures, So far, however, President Trujillo is adamant and not only refused to ceived $688,631. The sum granted was The Government's deficit has climbed | about $50.000 more than the April . grant. The difficulty over a deficit ‘f" Reyonalthe 1 000U S0 :‘:’x arises in jpart from ‘the fact that the |00 the first 10 months of this fisca April grant had to take care of a year, but still shows little signs of deficit of $211465, carried over from 'reaching the $4,869,000,000 estimated March, and the fact that a deficit of by President Roosevelt, unless there nearly $83.000 was carried into Ma; 'rr!om'A;ix i carried Into MaY | hould be an unprecedented increase | Elwood Street, director of welfare, !in spending between now and July 1. said these deficits were developed in | Strangely enough, however, there spite of strenuous efforts to cut down Was a decrease of $149.000,000 in the the cost of relief and a reduction of public debt during April, but this was #from their dilemma and business from 11ts incubus. ! Court Decisions Explicit. s The clause which would exempt {businesses “wholly within a State” sfrom codes is not satisfactory to op- iponents of the N. R. A. either. For :!hc.\' think it plainly implies that the JFederal Government has authority sover businesses partly within a State «8nd partly outside a State, when, as | {8 matter of fact, Supreme Court de- | itisions have explicitly held that the newspapers that the man to whom | il (“. v liberate the Italian consul but will not permit any one to see or talk to him. The State Department is concerned | about this matter which might neces- | sitate an active intervention on the part of the Italian government in San Domingo. So far, Mussolini has taken no ac- tion, neither has he threatened to send a warship to the Dominican republic. | Following advice, he is waiting for | Trujillo to be convinced that high- % he had made the loan was under arrest for violating the liquor laws. A imanufacture or production was not »8ubject to regulation by the Federal +Government and that only when goods | smeved in transit or were part of a | check-up revealed the warehouse was | filled with disguished liquor. | The R. F. C. is now wondering what | to do with its wet collateral. iselling operation across State lines il - » icould they be included in Federal | DAall;en HCRaty Ligh ) jurisdiction. | The mail man at the White House | ! The announced effort by Senators | Was not overburdened after Mr. Roose- IWalsh and Barkley to amend the | Velt's latest fireside chat. The explana- 1 Harrison-Clark resolution for the ex- | tion is that the White House did not itension of the N. R. A, to make it | €Xpect him to be. The President in- jcover all businesses both within and | tended to make a calming speech. No| awithout the States, would certainly | banking crisis was at hand. He said ibring to a head all the undeflymg}nothing particularly exciting. The mail 1opposition to the N. R. A. and raise | Which came in was about four to one 18 constitutional issue far more definite | PProving. Most of the objections came ‘than was the case with the original | {rom persons apparently opposed to \national industrial recovery act. the bill abolishing hclding compani.s. | ‘To get a clear court test, it might The unexplained reason why Mr. .be better to eliminate all definitions ,or exemptions as to business inside or outside a State, and let the original language stand the court test. For the 'preamble to the law points out that the Federal Government has sought to control operations in business and industry that substantially “affect” interstate commerce or constitute a burden on the free flow of interstate commerce, Borah Protest Seen. 3 Another subject of controversy that ‘will appear when the debate begins is involved in the proposal to make a special group of the mineral resource industries, such as coal, oil, gas, iron, copper, etc. It is stipulated in the resolution that these industries shall continue to be subject to the price- fixing power. As a matter of fact, Senator Borah’s outcry against mo- nopolies applies far more in the large industries, where price-fixing is to be permitted on raw materials, than in the small service businesses which | have been the victims of code regu- lation. It is not likely that the Idaho Senator will view without protest the clauses that seek to maintain any price-fixing by the Federal Govern- ment in any form. 1Copyright 19: STUDENTS TO RALLY Catholic Mission Crusade to Draw Many to Cumberland. Delegates from Washington and | Baltimore high schools, academies and colleges will be in Cumberland, Md., tomorrow to attend a three-day convention of the Catholic Students’ Mission Crusade, which is under the eneral direction of the Rev. Louis C. aeth of Washington. This event will make the first time in the history of the Baltimore Arch- diocese that Cumberland will be host to a dicceasan mission convention. Roosevelt chose to make another handed methods might be dangerous. It is feared, however, that, if the | President of the Dominican republic | does not show more intelligence, com- plications may arise soon. SONGS AND DANCES FEATURE FESTIVAL Neighborhood House Is Scene of | Colorful Program and May Pole Dance. Neighborhood House, 470 N street southwest, was the scene of a May 1,000 cases accomplished last month. Refusing to be unduly alarmed over the present situation, Commissioner Allen declined to make an appeal for more money and directed District re- lief officials to make a thorough study of what further economies could be effected and lay a plan before him Monday, when he will return from the Kentucky Derby. May Reduce Payments. If other economies cannot be found and if the present program must be slashed because of the lack of funds, either some people now on relief must be dropped or the amount of relief | only a drop in the bucket of the total | public debt, which is far over $28,000,- 000.000. ‘.llhough unusual, was easily ac- counted for, however, by the fact that the Government has been paying out cash to redeem a sizable block of Lib- erty bonds and maturing short-term obligations insteed of borrowing more money to meet them. The cash has come from the general fund. | Thus, April saw the public debt fall from $28.817.000,000 to $28,668.000.000. | Meanwhile the balance in the general {fund, from which came the cash, dropped $511,000,000. It was drawn pon, too, for current expenditures. The April slash in the public debt, payments must be reduced, officials Ul fireside chat at this time was that festival yesterday afternoon and eve- said. Street said he believes general ex- penses have been cut down as much as possible, and that if no more money is provided, there would have to be drastic changes in policies. He said Washington was the only large city where relief costs did not rise dur- ing the past Winter. Fears of a heavy cut in relief pay- ments arose Thursday when officials held up 600 checks for $8700, for supplementary relief, such as shoes, grocery orders, but Commissioner Allen yesterday directed that they be sent clothing, dental care and some extra | he wanted to stress the speed at which he expected to put out his new relief money. The primary idea was to encourage business in that way, by thus creating a little inflationery business psychology. Nevertheless, most New Dealers privately believe the President will be unable to spend the money as fast as he expects to. They base their belief on past experience. Few know it, but a domestic air- craf¢ company is building a test bombing plane for the Government with a promised flying radius of 3,000 miles at 225 miles an hour, carrying 2,500 pounds of bombs. If we are doing it, others must be also. This may depreciate the value of | the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as national defense barriers. It sounds fantastic, and probably is, but our military intelligence has heard reports that Germany has a new “fouling” system which may stop a flying airplane motor dead by waves from the ground. These foul- ing rays are supposed to be more or less effective against all gasoline motors up to extraordinary heights. Just how it is done still remains to be explained, but no new war poison has ever been concocted for which an antidote could not be made. Proud of New Set-up. Mr. Roosevelt is very proud of his new relief set-up. He took a long time working it out in detail. One of the best laughs of the congressional session was the House debate in which Secretary Ickes was lauded by Congressmen, many of whom dislike him intensely. They know he will have a chance to get even with them o’ their local works profects the ning, a beautifully costumed program of songs and dances presented by the children. A May-pole dance was staged in the sylvan theater in the rear of the settlement. Prominent persons from all sections of Washing- ton attended the affair. Yesterday’s program, which will be | repeated today, consisted for the aft- ernoon of a playlet, “Spring,” by the “Babyettes”; a dance by “The Little Yellow Chicks”; selections by the Toy Orchestra; a dance by “The Flowers,” an operetta, “Queen of the Garden,” | and the May-pole dance. In the evening there was the usual “Bringing in the May,” in the garden | of the settlement; “Old Devonshire Mayor’s Song,” May-pole dance, “The | Gee Whillikins,” a short extrava-!| ganza: an operetta, “The Pirate’s Um- | brells and another operetta, “Seven Old Ladies of Lavender Town.” Tomorrow the entire ensemble will parade in N street, which will be roped off for the occasion. Music will be provided by the United States Ma- rine Band. A queen, whose identity remains a secret until half an hour | before coronation, will be crowned. { Donkeys Set Pace. Donkeys are being used to set the pace for camel trains on the Sahara. | merce meeting here, his coal cuenuf were a few blocks down the streets at the N. R. A. asking continuance of the code. An Ohio machine manufacturer has reported to the New Deal his English competitors are so filled with orders they cannot take another order this year. This indicates what the dura- ble goods industry is doing in Eng- land. But the Ohioan cannot get any of the British business because out. —e Stores Run on Railroads. Fitted up as stores, 15 railroad cars are running on the Northern, White- Russian and_Baltic, Kursk, Kazan and Western Railroads of Russia. The traveling stores carry food and indus- trial products, and serve railroad workers, farmers and lumber camps in small communities far from hte usual trade centers. These railroads plan to add more such cars and other lines are expected to adopt the idea. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT TO-DAY | | Price §1 ] at The Evening Star | the duty, ocean freight, etc., amount next two years. While a lawyer was denouncing the N. R. A. before the &t Com- to 40 per cent. He wants to know what to do: « 1038.) i Business Office, or ' by ‘mail, postpaid l.‘___..-—o,‘n Form—— e NGME seereescessssscsssnssassnne ) Street sfesseccassapuassassisgses The month’s decline in outstanding | obligations, of course, was but a nib- ble into the sum total of the debt. For the period from June 30, when the fiscal year began, it showed & net increase of $1,614,000,000. Meanwhile, the deficit edged up- ward. When the books were closed on April 30, after the first 10 months ernment had spent $2,768,000,000 more than the sum of its revenues, despite the fact that the latter were For the month of April it received $227.000,000, as compared with $182.- 000,600 in April, 1934. For the 10 months, revenues were $3,090,000,000, well over the $2,487,000,000 added up on the credit side a year ago. Expenditures this year aggregated $2,965,00,000 for what the Treasury terms “general” or “ordinary” outlays covering the routine cost of running the Government departments, and $2,893,000,000 for emergency purposes, a grand total of $5,3859,000.000. For the first 10 months of the last fiscal year, the totals were $2,591.000.- 000 for general expenditures, $3,230, 000,000 for emergency purposes, total of $5,822,000,000. A Citizen’s Handbook The Euvening Star Offers Its Readers A complete description of the Federal establish- ment—470 pages, illus- trgted. “I wish it were possible for every home in the Nation to possess it.” ALBEN W. BARKLEY, United States Senator from Kentacky. | [} | | ] ] J of the current fiscal year, the Gov- | well above the receipts of a year ago. | | Committee Named to Draft | Bills Affecting Utilities and Collections. Proposed increased taxation on railroads and a new method of col- lecting taxes on deposits of bank | | customers were approved today in principle by the Commissioners. ‘They directed a committee of Dis- trict officials, who proposed the | changes, to draft three separate bills | for the new tax plan and these are to be sent to Congress as amend- ments or substitutions for the Capper | bill. The committee consists of Peo- ple’s Counsel Willlam A. Roberts, Auditor Daniel J. Donovan and As sessor William P. Richards. A highlight of the proposal as to the utilities is that there be A 10 per cent tax on dividends paid to persons holding more than 10 per cent of ‘the voting siock- of the utili- ties. and street railway companies, Gross and Net Taxes. In addition to this tax it is proposed |to assess a tax of 4 per cent on the on the net income of these firms. | The companies now have assessments | of either 4 or 5 per cent on earnings. The committee estimated that the | new taxes on the utilities would bring | in about $1,500,000 more in taxes. | The Commissioners approved the proposal that the tax on bank deposits | be reduced from $5 per $1.000 to $4 per $1,000, but that the banks be used as tax collecting agents for the Dis- When the tax was due the banks would take the necessary funds out of deposits of their customers. This is designed to reach many de- positors who have not been reporting their deposits. and the committee be- lieves several hundred thousand dol- lars more will be collected, while those who have been honestly reporting de- posits will benefit by a 20 per cent reduction in the rates. Would Reduce Exemptions. ‘The new tax plan for street rail- | roads would cut down the amount of their real property holdings, which | are exempt from taxation. The com- | mittee found the railroads own real property amounting to $39,000,000. If all the land was assessed at the cur- rent rate, the tax would amount to $300,000, they said. The Baltimore & Ohio now pays $27.600 and the Pennsylvania Rail- road and its subsidiaries $57.600. The ‘committee would allow some exemp- tions from taxation for bridges and other structures, but would strike off the exemption list numerous other properties. trict. HEARING IS TODA Arguments Pro and Con on Municipal Court Choice Offered. Arguments for and against the ap- pointment of Armond W. Scott, col- ored attorney, to the bench of the Municipal Court will be heard by a Senate judiciary subcommittee at the Capitol at 4 o'clock this afternoon. His nomination by President Roose- velt last week, to succeed Judge James A. Cobb, also colored, was followed by the filing of protests and requests for a hearing. The subcommittee also has before it letters and petitions in- dorsing the appointment. The hearings will be conducted by Senator King, Democrat, of Utah. Other subcommittee members are Senators Dieterich, Democrat, of Ii- linois; Van Nuys, Democrat, of Indi- ana; Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, and Austin, Republican, of Vermont. PUPILS EXAMINED 50 Colored Children Given Health Tests First Day. ‘More than 50 colored children, pupils of the Deanwood, Burrville and Smothers Schools, were examined at the Northeast Community Health Center, Fiftieth and Grant streets northeast, during the first day of the Summer health round-up which opened Wednesday. ! This clinic, the only one in the far section, is operated by the CTY HEADS BACK S WORKERS HERE NEW TAX POLIIES SHOW 1971 GAN 2222 Mrs. Ferdinand Veverka. 50,000 to See Parade. As noon approached additional thou- sands poured into the “apple capital” to witness the other high light of the day, a triumphal parade called the “trail of the pink petals” Police estimated the crowd at 50,000. Dr. Lewis M. Allen as chief marshal, the line was divided into six grand divisions, and it was estimated 5,000 marchers would follow him through streets gay with flags and bunting. ‘March Report Puts Total at| 97,388—N. R. A. Rank Increases Most. Government employment moved up Washington's public utilities and the | sharply again here in March, when and w the net addition of 1.871 workers put | the total executive force at 97,388, “Queen Shenandoah” and her prin- cesses, on three ornate floats, had 19 American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts as escorts and 29 bands were distributed through the line. Fifty or more artistic floats, with festival colors of green, pink hite predominating in elaborate decorative schemes, were to form two divisions. Others included marching delegations representing civic, educa- This “franchise” tax is directed | at holding companies which control | 1he loczal gas, electric power, telephone | gross revenues and a tax of 6 per cent ' the monthly report of the Civil Service 4io10) and patriotie societles. Commission showed today. | Expressing a desire to go through The increase was 1,262 in the per- | with the full. rich and elaborate cere- | money in spite of a misty rain, Mile. ‘6"‘,;""1"; t’e‘:r‘;p:::;"“"’ nks, and | yoerka was crowned yesterday aft- ernoon, In the field, the permament (or | Pelted by Rain. emergency) force gained 575, to reach| gt a5 the ceremony was conclud- 505,031, and the temporary, 1,926, to|ing the mist broke into a steady rain. advance to 82,499, making a District- but Mlle. Veverka, calied b\ many. fes- field aggregate of 684,918. tival visitors “Queen Nell,” turned and | flashed a winsome smile and graciegs There was: a' corresponding rise In ' pow and occupied the great throne the pay roll for the entire establish- chair as _raindrops pelted her. She ‘ment, which totaled $100,730,579. | was flnu\;tms with her unaffected The principal pick-up locally was CHarms and her witticisms concerning the weather, and took in the situa- at the National Recovery Administra- | tion with & philosophic reasoning. tion, where 112 permanent, and 501! She won the hearts of the passing | temporary employes were added. Next | throng and was acclaimed. came Commerce, where in both groups, G;?!eraflfiu;:;“g ;V':“pwf::m:’; there was an increase of 478. due| Upward of 200 young people were principally to the demands of the grouped around the queen during the current agricultural census. Labor | ceremony as members of the royal showed an upward move of 286, and | court. They included 33 princesses | there were other additions generally | from colleges of Virginia. West Vir- along the line, although Interior ginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and dropped 159. | the District of Columbia: maids of Out in the field. the Tennessee Val- | honor, military escort, bodyguards, ley Authority picked up 2,158 workers, | heralds and pages. The Glee Club of nearly two-thirds listed as permanent; Harrisonburg State Teachers' College Home Owners’ Loan, 237; Federal sang a Czechoslovakian hymn during Housing Administration, 149, and an intermission. The Handley High Treasury, 245. School Band, Winchester, plaved the The usual heavy slashes took place in Post Office and Interior, due to retirements and seasonal changes, re- spectively, and Farm Credit also cut off 331. | . | {HOPKINS’ RELIEF PLAN TO STATES Czech national anthem at the close of the ceremony. Rev. Father Robert E. Hannon, pas- tor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, | administered the oath as prelate of the church. Col. Brantz M. Roszel was minister of state and placed the | royal robe of cloth of gold over the | Queen's shoulders. The key of the | city, made by John W. Nail ®f wood FACES ACID TEST ‘ from the Civil War battlefield of Cedar Creek, was presented by Mayor C. R. Anderson to Miss Mary Elizabetk | __ (Continued From First Page.) Ebert, princess for Winchester, and she, in turn, to the Queen. | House of Representatives Wednesday | Cadets of the Massanutten Military & | Academy, Woodstock, Va., acted as SCOTT APPOINTMENT | blare of trumpets announced her ap- bring the measure 10 & Vote again Was | 1 ogcp from within Handley High School down the broad central stair- | way leading to the esplanade under | an arch of steel. Standing fust in front of the cadets were the princesses, attired in costumes of white lace and large picture hats trimmed with pink | roses. The Queen’s long train of cloth | of silver was borne by Miss Jane Cather and Miss Dorothy Hawthorne. | The crown was carried on a white | satin pillow by Miss Elizabeth Steck | Arthur. The maids of honor, Miss | Fenton McGuire Nelson and Miss Nancy Devereux Bowly, likewise were expected before next Tuesday. A sharp criticism of the Legislature came last night from Robert J. Dun- ham, chairman of the State Relief | Commission. | “In effect,” he asserted, “the Legis- lature says to Federal authorities that |for the period of April 15-July 1 the State of Illinois, third richest in the Nation, has declined to do anything for the people on relief. Hopkins *“cracked down” about the | same time that the Senate Appropris tions Committee, beginning a general | investigation of his handling of re- | in white lace with large poke bonnet *| Georgia school situation. | lief, called upon him for an expla- nation of his methods of dealing with States. Blames Politicians. He said at his press conference yes- terday that Illinois’ failure to put up the money requested was due to the efforts of “two newspapers” and a minority of politicians. He added he had no plans to take over the Illinois relief administration. Hopkins expressed confidence that the State eventually will meet his re- quest. “I know the people of Illinols want to do something for the unemployed,” he said. He indicated Federal funds would go | forward to another recalcitrant State, Pennsylvania, on the basis of an agreement that appeared in sight here. : g‘; States in addition to Illinois received no allotments as initial May relief grants were announced, but offi- cials explained this was only because the amounts to be given them had not yet been worked out. Hopkins turned down a request for funds to pay teachers’ salaries in Georgia. He blamed Gov. Eugene Tal- | madge, bitter Roosevelt critic, for the | | “It's his responsibility entirely, and if he wants the teachers paid he knows how to do it,” the relief administrator sald. —_— HOSPITAL PLANS 0. K.’D Foundations at Glenn Dale Are Estimated to Cost $210,000. The Commissioners today approved | hats. MRS. J. K. W'CLINTOCK NAMED CLUB PRESIDENT Mrs. James Kent McClintock was elected president of the Twentieth Century Club yesterday at a meeting in the Y. W. C. A. Building. Other officers elected are: Miss Jane Randolph Young, first vice pres- ident; Mrs. Geoffrey Creyke, second vice president; Mrs. Stephen Clop, re- cording secretary; Mrs. R. Thomas West, corresponding secretary; Mrs, William Charles White, treasurer, and Mrs. Howard J. Nichols, assistant treasurer. Miss Elizabeth L, Wightman, Mrs. Ernest R. McComas, Mrs. Virgil B. Jackson, Mrs. Charles Will Wright and Mrs. D. Kerfoot Shute were elected to the Board of Directors. The luncheon scheduled for May 16 at the Willard Hotel has been post- poned indefinitely, it was announced. By the Associated Press. TODAY. Senate. Debates bonus bill. Banking Committee continues hear- ing on emnibus banking bill. House, specifications for the foundation for the $1500,000 Adults’ Tuberculosis Hospital to be built at Glenn Dale. northeast Northeast Self-Help Co-operative in Md. The work has an estimated cost of $210,000. Bids from contractors ‘will be asked soon. 9 Debates omnibus banking bill. ‘TOMORROW. House. A Continues debate on omnibus bank- ing bill.