Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1935, Page 2

"By the Associated Press. A;Zt THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MAY 5, 1935—PART ONE. ITERMAL STRFE SEEN N STRKE Unorganized Employes Ask Company to Reopen Chevrolet Plant. TOLEDO, Ohio, May 4.—Internal strife among 2,300 idle employes of | the closed Chevrolet Motor Co. plant appeared today in the strike involv- ing approximately 33,200 automotive | workers. i Unorganized employes of the plant, | where a strike was called April 23 by | the United Automobile Workers’ Union, circulated petitions drafted by | a newly formed Independent Em- ployes’ Association, asking the man- agement to reopen the factory. Nicholas Klein, counsel for strikers at the Chevrolet and Fisher body plants at Cincinnati, said William Green. president of the American Federation of Labor, told him by tele- phone that he was considering a strike of federation units in the auto- mobile industry. unless the Toledo situation is promptly settled. Green Makes Denial. This was denied by Green in Wash- - Ington, but Klein reiterated his state- ment, declaring “that's what was told to me.” Klein added. “I suppose it was & matter of policy.” Edward F. McGrady, first assistant “to Secretary of Labor Frances Per- . that negotiations precede kins: Thomas J. Williams, Federal conciliator, and Francis J. Dillon, A. F. of L. organizer, returned to De- troit today. Fred Schwake, business agent of the local union. told McGrady that he would not advise the union mem- bers to return to work after the union took no action on a proposal ad- svanced by the conciliators last night. Dilion said the proposal he pre- gented provided for the resumption | of negotiations when the men re- turn to work. Schwake and other union leaders repeated their demand resumption of operations at the plant. Details Withheld. ‘ | Details of the proposal were not made public, McGrady, before leaving, said he | believed there was “nothing further” “they could do here. Ray Northrup, an employe identi- fied with the Independent Employes’ | Association, was injured slightly to- day as he sought signatures to the petition within the union's picket lines | surrounding the plant. Police said | -approximately 50 pickets pursued and beat, him, Union strikers formed a picket line " at the home of Fred Seiger, president of the new organization, and barri- caded his doorway to prevent prospec- | tive petition signers from entering. | Police forced the pickets to re-! move the obstruction and to reform | their picket line on the opposite side of the street. Seiger said he expected to increase the number of signatures on the as- sociation’s petition from “790 to about 2,000." “We will-find out how many men “"actually belong to the union.” he * strike but a lockout forced by a small | , signed contract, said. “If the employes had been al- | lowed to vote we would have been ‘back to work now. Closed by Lockout. “The plant was not closed by a minority of empioyes belonging to the ! union. The union is causing em- pleyes a loss in wages that could not be equalized in two years even on | the increased wage scale offered by u;\e company in its counter-propos- als” | “No other corporation in the United } States is giving its employes a chance | , Can the Parties Live Without Pa- | pearson's administration of the Virgin | to reinvest their earnings in the company,” he said. “If we kill the, goose that lays the golden eggs, we ! are crazy.” The Automobile Workers’ Union, | A. F. of L. affiliate, is demanding a blanket wage in- creases, “improved” working condi- tions and seniority rights. The pe- tition of the independent association calls for acceptance of the company's counter-proposal, which included . blanket 5 per cent wage increase, = resentatives e mAnss e, aat e rigid enforcement of seniority rule established by the Labor Relations Board, conferences with employe rep- t on company-employe | questions and no discrimination | against any employe because of serv- ice on the Executive Shop Committee. | The latest General Motors subsid- | fary unit closed by the Toledo situa- | tion is the Chevrolet-Fisher body | plant at Buffalo. Plant officials said | instructions were received today to close down until a settlement is reached at Toledo. The Buffalo unit employed approximately 1,200. 30,000 DUE TO STRIKE. Activity In Pacific Northwest Indus- | tries Grows. | SEATTLE. May 4 (#).—With the “zero hour” approaching in the threatened general strike of lumber workers Monday, labor unrest in Pa- cific Northwest lumber, beer, garment and shipping industries became active today. Five thousand men were cn strike in “advance walkouts” today from ‘Washington and Oregon mills and, unless unionists and operators can agree on wage and hour demands, | 30.000 additional lumber workers are :up to strike in the Northwest Mon- ay. The sawmill and timber workers' union demands an increase in basic pay from 42'; cents to 75 cents an hour, a six-hour day, 30-hour week. Employers contend thev cannot eco- nomically meet the scale. Negotiations were under way at Longview, Wash. Strike Picket Shot. ‘The question of sympathy walkouts by longshoremen will be decided at a | meeting in Portland, said Dewey Ben- nett, secretary of International Long- shoremen’s Association. The assogia- tion is already on record in support of 1,200 striking oil tanker seamen. ‘The Northwest Brewing Company ebtained an injunction restraining in- terference with its truck drivers and business by strikers. Silver Vitro, | strike picket, was shot in his right | knee by a guard in a riot yesterday. Vitro is a member of the Teamsters’ | & Auto Truck Drivers’ Union. ‘Two Seattle garment companies still were picketed after a peace con- ference failed when the companies de- clined to discharge employes who had refused to join the strike. HELD ON MAIL CHARGE SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 4 (P).— | Four more persons were arfested here | teday and charged with fllegally using the mails in connection with the sending of send-a-dime chain letters. Max. Grossman, Miss Helen Evans, Clem Evans, her brother, and Henry | . Frankel were arrested. Two others, Thad Ahor and Pelix Garcia, were arrested yesterday, All were re- ported to be employes of Grossman, & bar operator. | Strauss of New York City is chairman | | of the Council Program Committee. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. Voters’ Officers | Above: MARGUERITE M. WELLS, | Below: ANNA LORD STRAUSS. LEAGUEOF VOTERS TO MEET TUESDAY New President to Preside., Patronage to Be Topic at Banquet. | The National League of Women ! Voters will hold its fifteenth annual meeting in Washington this week at | the Hotel Washington. State presidents and specially ap- | pointed other leaders from 38 States | will meet with the national board in | the regular biennial General Council. | Sessions, the majority of which will | be executive, will begin Tuesday at the Hotel Washington and continue through Friday at noon. It will be the first national meeting presided over by Miss Marguerite M. Wells of | Minneapolis since her election as| president last Spring. Miss Anna Lord | Patronage Topic The keynote of the council sessions will be the league’s two-year cam- | paign to secure better trained men and | women in public office. Chief of the night at a public dinner to be ad- dressed by Senators Arthur H. Van- denberg, Republican, of Michigan, and Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Democrat, of first public hearing of the congres- | ‘Wyoming. The dinner topic will be | tronage?” Miss Wells will preside. | Mrs. George Gellhorn, St. Louis, chairman of the league's special cam- | paign, will introduce the speakers. The dinner arrangements are in charge of & committee from the Vote- less District of Columbia League of Women Voters, comprising Mrs. Gardner Jackson. chairman, and Mrs. Harold C. Copening, Mrs Ruth Hop- | per, Mrs. Herbert Budlong, Mrs. | Wilder Spelding, Mrs. Charles Wes- ton, Mrs. Willard Lund, Mrs. Joseph | MacKenzie and Mrs. Thomas J. Howerton. Reservations may be sent | to Mrs. H. C. Corpening, 1885 Plymouth street. Others To Speak. ‘The program provides for further discussion of the personnel and pa- tronage problems by Professor Harold Lasswell ot the University of Chicego and Louis Brownlow, director of the Public Administration Cicaring House on May 8 and a taxation presentation by Dr. Simeon E. Leland of the Uni- | versity of Chicago. | Dintinguished woman officials in | | | Washington, particularly those ad- ministering co-ordinated Federal-State projects in which the league is espe- cially interested, and the members of the Voteless District of Columbia League of Women Voters will be guests of honor of the national league at a reception the afternoon of May 9. The delegate body will be received by Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt on May 7 at 5 o'clock and there will be an informal supper party at the Dodge garden houss on Tuesday. DOUGLAS WILL BE CANDIDATE AGAIN Arlington Commonwealth's At- torney Announces He Will Seek Post for New Term. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., April 27.—Lawrence W. Douglas, who is completing his first term as com- monwealth's _attorney for Arlington | County, announced yesterday that he would be a candidate for re-elecuon} in the Democratic primary on August 6. ‘Two opponents are already in the field against Douglas. Emery N. Hosmer | was the first to throw his hat in the | ring for the county legal office, follow- ed shortly afterward by John Paul Jones. Although the time for filing for the primary does not expire until June 7 the fight for commonwealth’s attorney appears to be confined to the three men, in the opinion of those who usually are well-informed about local politics. WALSH WILL SPEAK Senator David I. Walsh of Massa- chusetts will be the principal speaker at a meeting of the District Division, Intercollegiate Organizations of Amer- ica, Friday at 8:30 p.m. in the ball room of the Raleigh Hotel. ' Senator-elect Rush Holt, Represen- tative Virginia Jenckes and H Win- ship Wheatley, president of the Dis- trict Bar Association, also have been asked to address the meeting. i All students, former students dnd graduates of all colleges and univer- sities living in or near Washington are invited to l"“ | Hotel. further objectives outlined by Presi- | SAFETY CAMPAIGN OPENS TOMORROW Intensive Drive Mapped to Save Life and Limb in Capital. HIGHWAY LIFEGUARD PLEDGE: I pledge to observe Washing- ton’s Trafic Laws in letter and spirit . . . to drive safely, sanely, cautiously and courteously . to indulge in no recklessaess at the expense of limb, life or prop- erty. NAME ADDRESS (Fill in and mail to Wm. A. Van Durer, District Director of Traf- fic.) treersssssseseiceecnne Washington's trafic safety educa- tion campaign will be inaugurated to- morrow at 1:45 p.m., when Traffic Di- rector Willlam A. Van Duzer, general | chairman of the committee of Dis- trict officials and civic leaders in charge of the drive, will speak over the radio and explain the committee's objectives. Van Duzer is scheduled to speak over Station WRC at 10 o'clock to- morrow night. Mrs. Franklin D. | Roosevelt also will discuss the cam- paign in a radio address before the International Society for Crippled Children, meeting at the Mayflower ‘The campaign is designed to dent Roosevelt in calling for a cpncen- | trated drive to cut the Nation's trafc toll. Every Washingtonian, from 6-year- olds on up. will be asked to take the safety pledge and become “highway life guards.” The slogan of the campaign, “Live and Let Live” will be sounded throughout virtually every home, church and building in the city. At least six times each day during the drive, fresh warnings against careless driving, jav walking or disobedience of other traffic regulations will be sent out over the radio. Speakers will go into all schools. civic and business organization meetings and_churches to impress the public with the great necessity for observance of traffic rules. The assistance and co-operation of every organization they represent has | been pledged by committee members. ISLANDERS STORM PEARSON INQUIRY . Charge of Food Being With- held and Threats Mark First Hearing. By the Associated Press. ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands, May 4—Hundreds of excited islanders, | discussions will take place Wednesday | including members of the clergy and | local Legislature, stormed the United States District Court today for the Paul sional inquiry into Gov. M. Islands. With Attorney Edward J. Colgan | presiding, assisted by Isador Gold- strom and Harry Young, the crowd gathered around a table as several men and women were called upon to air their grievances against the ad- ministration. Charge Food Withheld. Throughout the hearing man and woman laborers made direct criticisms of Alonzo Moron, commissioner of public welfare, charging he refused to give them food sent from Wash- ington during 1933 and 1934 for dis- tribution among the poor despite their tales to him of starvation. One woman with five children as- serted that Moron drove her from his office, refusing to issue a ticket which would entitle her to a week's supply of food in the face of her re- cent discharge from the Muncipal Hospital. The majority of natives told the investigators that as soon as mention was made of their affiliation with the Roosevelt-Garner Democratic Club help was denied them. Threat Is Alleged. A public works laborer, Alphonse Hedrenton, told the board that the foreman of his department threat- ened that any laborer joining a pa- rade of the Democratic Club here would be thrown out of work, and later carried out his threat, dis- charging several. ‘The laborers intimated that fraud existed in the Public Works Depart- ment in that whenever a laborer worked three days at 96 cents a day six days’ pay would appear upon the check, but the laborer upon present- ing it to the Finance Department for payment would receive only three days’ pay. Goldstrom questioned the laborers concerning the balance of money due from such checks, but they were un- able to offer any explanation, insinu- ating merely that the department withheld it. UNION INCORPORATED 'BY FATHER COUGHLIN Objective of Social Justice Group to Extend Knowledge of American Ideals. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, May 4.—Incorpora- tion papers for the National Union for Social Justice, founded by Rev. Pather Charles E. Coughlin of Royal Oak, Mich., wers filed today with Becretary of State George 8. Myers, The incorporation papers included the following statements: “The purpose of the organization is to extend the knowledge of Amer- ican principles and ideals, and to re- duce those principles and ideals to practice, “To uphold and defend the right of private ownership of property within the United States, but always subordinate to the inalienable su- premacy of human rights. “To protect the masses of people within the United States against the greed and domination of, and expleita- tion by, MT interests.” FOR EARLY ACTION Senate Subcommittee Will Decide Whether to Re- store House Cut. BY J. A. O'LEARY. ‘The Senate Subcommittee handling the 1936 Naval appropriation bill will decide early this week whether to re- store reductions made by the House in the budget estimates for beginning new ship construction. Although no action will be taken until the executive hearings end to- morrow or Tuesday, there were indica- tions yesterday of considerable senti- ment to put back the budget estimate for ship construction and machinery, which the House changed from $100,- 000,000 to $88,310,000. It is probable the conclusion of the Benate group will depend on the ad- ministration’s position. House Cut $27,000,000. As it passed the House about 10 days ago, the bill carried approximate- |1y~ $458,000.000 for all expenses of operating the Navy for the coming | year, which was a reduction of about $27,000,000 below the budget esti- | mates. The reductions made by the House Committee affected the items {for armor and armament and avia- | tion as well as the curtailment ih the | amount for starting new ship ron- | struction. Aside from the question of how much should be allowed for staiting the new construction, however, pro- vision has been made for other sub- stantial expenditures in 1936 for con- tinuing ship construction previously | undertaken. | The bill provides for beginning construction of 24 ships of various types. These are #ll of a replace- ! ment character and are part of the general plan to bring this country's | Navy up to treaty strength. In pre- | paring the bill originally, however, | the House Committee took the view | that, with another international con- | ference to be held during this calen- | dar year, this Government might wish | to defer commencement of new con- | | struction pending that conference. | The House Committee's recommenda- tion to cut in half the estimate of $29,380,000 for starting construction | of the 24 replacement ships was put forward with the thought that such pression of faith and hope in the | principle of limitation of armaments on the eve of the proposed conference. No Hazard Seen in Wait, The House Committee pointed out that a new agreement might not dis- | pel the need for | most, if not all, of the new construc- ever, that it saw no hazard in the delay and added that, if the admin- istration should elect not to defer the construction, there would be noth- ing to hinder a start, aithough it would most likely be necessary to ask for a supplemental appropriation early in the next session of Congress. the discussion refers are 2 cruisers, 15 destroyers, 1 aircraft carrier and 6 submarines, The fund in the pend- ing bill under the heading of “in- $88,310,000, also covers continuation of construction on destroyers and submarines started in the current fiscal year out of an emergency ap- propriation act. Further expendi- | tures also are scheduled to be made funds allotted to ship construction | under the industrial recovery legis- | lation. Under the heading of armor, arma- | ment and ammunition the House bill | carried $32,485,000, a reduction of $4.815.000 below the budget estimate. When the naval bill reaches the Senate it is probable that some of the | priations will meet with opposition from some of the progressives. REILLY ASKS $22,398 ' AS HAUPTMANN FEE ihwyer Obtains Court Order Against Wife of Lindbergh Kidnap Prisoner. By the Associated Press. | Reilly, who recently urged the New | Jersey State Bar Association to in- | vestigate the handling of the Haupt- | mann defense fund, today began a Supreme Court action to collect the $22.398 he claims is due him in the case. The portly chief defense counsel of the Lindbergh kidnaping trial obtain- |ed an order directing Mrs. Bruno Richard Hauptmann to show cause why she should not be enjoined from disposing of funds now in her posses- sion until Reilly’s claim has been disposed of. | The lawyer, who was dismissed frcm the case on April 3, declared Mrs. Hauptmann has collected $15,000 | through public appeals, and has re- fused to advance any of the $22,398 which he seeks. | HISTORICAL bOCUMENTS ARE FOUND IN STABLE | | Orders Pertaining to Pardon for Dr. Mudd, Who Attended Booth, Discovered in Florida. By the Assoclated Press, KEY WEST, Fla., May 4.—Stained | in' age and rich in history, old docu- ments and papers recording early history of Fort Jefferson have been re- covered by the Army from an aban- doned stable on the military reserva- tion here. One book contained a copy of in- coming ordars from the adjutant gen- eral's office at Washington, wherein the pardon of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was decreed by President Andrew Johnson shortly before he went out of office. Dr. Mudd had been sentenced to the isolated fort, situated on an island 60 miles at sea, for setting the leg of John Wilkes Booth. S SPEECH TO BE ON AIR MAYFIELD, Ky. May 4 (#).—The address of Gen. Hugh Johnson here Monday night at 8:15 p.m. (central standard) will be broadcast over a N, B. C, nation-wide hook-up, it was learned today after Miss Prances Robinson, Johnson's secretary, .noti- fied officers of the Young Men's Democratic Club. The club is ar- ranging Johnson's rally. Technicians are en route here from Chicago to take charge of details for the broadcast. Thousands of visiters from Kentucky and the. Bve adjoining States are expected at the nly. a NEW YORK, May 4.—Edward A | a course would be regarded as an ex- | | | The replacement ships to which (e case but at Washington J. | i | | increases over current appro- | | | | ket, or | provide for the packing of cotton in OSCAR H. ROBSO! NAW B".'. |S DUE Robson Charged With Robles Ransom Notes EARLY VOTE SEEN ON BANKING BILL iByrns Expresses View as Wolcott Attacks Omni- bus Measure. | | By the Assoclated Press | Openly expressed fears that the JUNE ROBLES. ROBSON INDICTED N ROBLES PROBE Government Pushes Inquiry Into Abduction of Ari- zona Child. By the Associated Press. TUCSON, Ariz., May 4—The Gov- ernment obtained one Indictment to- day in the kidnaping case of little June Rcbles and quickly pressed on in its year-long investigation. | The indictment, charging the mail- | ing of threatening ransom notes, was | returned against Oscar H. (Buster) | proceeding with | Robson, former night club operator. by a Federal grand jury which was| tion, the commencement of which | Instructed immediately to continue its | the committee proposed to defer. The | study of the desert abduction. committee stated in its report, how- | Expected Indictment. “I expected they would indict me,” | grumbled Robson, former schoolmate | of the 7-year-old girl's father, “but why didn't they do the same with | somebody else. If I'm getting & bum | rap, somebody else should get it, too.” He has denied any connection with | Edgar Hoover, chief of the Bureau of In- vestigation, said his Department of Justice agents had established Rob- son’s writing as “identical” with that | crease of the Navy,” amounting to | !0 notes which demanded $15,000 ran- som. Federal officers received authority from Judge Albert M. S8ames for the grand jury to continue its investiga- tion. The fact the indicement alleged | during the 1936 fiscal year out of | only intent to extort was declared by close followers of the case to bear out statements of the Robles family that none of the ransom was paid. | Letter Gave Clue. | Nineteen days after the abduction in April. 1934, and while negotiations still were in progress. an anonymous air mail letter from Chicago led to the finding of the girl in a vermin- infested iron box sunk in the desert 9 miles from Tueson. A conviction on the charge in the indictment woud carry the possible penalty of 20 years' imprisonment and a $5.000 fine. Witnesses before the grand jury, which opened its investi- gation Thursday, included the child's fatner, Fernando Robles. | COTTON CONGRESS OFFERS U. S. ADVICE Says Policies Must Be Changed to Attract European Market. By the Associated Press. ROME, Mav 4 —The World Cotton Congress, in its closing session today. decided that the United States must whip its growing, shipping and marketing policy more into line with the demands of European spinners or see its European market look | ing several amendments which Secre- | dent personally, the council elsewhere for cotton. That attitude the American dele- | gate immediately communicated to HARRY L. HOPKINS. | ADVISORY COUNGIL 5" REASSURED President Confers With Group Made Restive by C. of C. Criticism. BY THEODORE C. WALLEN. (Copyright 18 President Roosevelt, in throwing the Department of Commerce’'s Business Planning and Advisory Council into the breach between himself and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, has found it necessarv to pla- cate restiveness in the council. it de- veloped yesterday. Several members of the council were gation of the council was invited to omnibus banking bill would let the | Federal Reserve Board control loans | to industries yesterday closed a week | of debate in the House. In a move to win support for the hard-fought administration measure, Democratic leaders yesterday planned | to lay it aside until Wednesday, when | it will be taken up for amendments. | In the mesntime minor legislation in- | sisted upon by many members is to | be considered—a move the majority jcmeu nope will ease _opposition | against it. | Predicts Early Passage. | Speaker Byrns expressed the belief that the measure would be passed by ‘ the week end and sent to the Senate, where opposition is even more pro- | nounced. In winding up debate, Represent- | ative Wolcott, Repuolican, of Michi- gan, a member of the Banking Com- mittee, analyzed the control the bjll would give to the Federal Raserve Board over rediscount .ates, reserve requirements and Government bond purchases and sales. and then added “I am fearful thiz bill operates | only as an entering wedge. and is the ‘mlml step to further legislation by which the central board at Wash- | ington can tell my bank in Port Huron whether it shall loan to a peper mill or brass works or a found- ry in my city, and if so under what conditions my bank may grant that credit. Eccles Denies Plan. | “I am afraid that even under th- provisions of this oill, the Pedera! Reserve Board in Washington—unde the domination of political control— can control the industries in Pot Huron.” Marriner S. Eccles, governor of th~ Federal Reserve Board. has deni~i that any such plan was in contem- plation. Wolcott, making no refer- ence to Eccles' statements, remarked that if his fears were true: “If one of my industries wants to borrow $10.000 for the purpose of ex- | tending its plant and putting men to work. and it happens that down in Florida or out in California there i< a like industry which owes the central bank a huge amount of money. it is only natural that the policy of the board will be to protect the Federal Reserve banks.” S 5 MURDERS LAID , on the point of resigning when a dele- | TO Two BHOTHERS | the White House on Thursday o off- Arkances State Police Hunt Pair. HOPKING 10 SPEAK EEE e FOR RADIO FORUM set the effect of the barrage against the New Deal from the annual con- vention of the Chamber of Commerce it is understood, was made aware of their feeling that up to then their recommendations were being ignored and hence their time wasted The President, facing the most di- rect attack yet to be made on the New Deal by organized business in- Two Bandit Gangs Also Sought. | By the Associated Press. | "LITTLE ROCK, Ark. May 4.—Ar- | kansas’ newly organized State pelice force. still in its inf: . fought today a full-grown crime wave produced by Will Reveal Administration terests. is said to have reassured the| two “quick-trigger” slayers and two Plan on Spending of $4,880,000,000. The Nationel Radio Forum which. in its almost seven vears of existence programs on the air. begins its Sum- mer schedule Thursday evening over the Naticnal Broadcasting Co.'s net- work, Harry L. Hopkins. who will direct President Roosevelt's $4,880.000,000 re- lief program, will be the speaker. that night, for the first time, he will reveal to the country the definite plans of the President’s “big three” to bring about better economic and social conditions in a common effort to put the Nation back on the road to prosperity. The Roosevelt adminis- dissatisfied members of his council that their views were highly valued and were not being offered in vain. Colleagues “Feel Better.” A member of the council said today that his restive colleagues were “feel- ing better.” when they left the White House. Some of them, it is under- stood. were again disturbed upon per- | has proven one of the most popular ceiving how their visit had been pub- | gare licized. It was explained yesterdav that, while the prevailing spirit in the council was to co-operate with the New Deal. the publicity failed to em- | bank bandit groups. | Supt. Gray Albright, branding two Missouri brothers as Arkansas’ Public Enemies Nos. 1 and 2. led his meager force into the State-wide search for | the youths whom he accused of the | dance hall murder of two men at Sheridan. Albright said he pelieves Clarencs and Freddie Busche of Ironton. Mo responsible for five murde': since January 1. | One of the six patrolmen wunde Albright was detafled to sid Norti- west Arkan:as officers in the rearc’: phasize the council’s reservations 10 o the pandits who robbed the Cift some of the specific measures, Some of the council members are also cham- On | jer members. Certain council mem- bers did not relish the implication that they were seeking to curry the favor of the other organization. | It was asserted unofficially yester- | day on behalf of the council that it the New Deal at the ex- pense of their business colleagues in | National Bank at Fort Smith yeste:- day of more than $22.000, and the gang which unsuccessfully atiempted a robbery of a bank at Hiwassee to- day. NEWSPAPE;RS | SMALL tration is determined there 3hall po4 jert with the President a reportl DECLARED PROSPERING be no delays in the 67 Government agencies that will handle the work- Telief program. |indorsing the soclal security legisla- : |tion in principle but with a pointed | National Hopkins' responsi- | comment on the difficulties of the | bility will be to see that there are | pgy ro]] tax. It was understood when no log jams at any point. As & €On- | the council members left the President sequence, his speech will be looked |that the White House would make forward to throughout the country as | puplic the council's statement on the | plans for the relief public works pro- gubject. While not concurring | gram will be well crystalized. | charges that the report had been “sur- In view of the many attacks which | pressed,” some of the members were are being made on the A. A. A. and | pyzzled that it had not been given out. its operation throughout the coun- Report on Bill. try. unusual interest likewise will| attach to the speech of Henry A.| It was said that the council also had completed for submission a re- | Wallace. Secretary of Agriculture, who on Thursday, May 16, will be the = Forum guest speaker. | port on the Wheeler-Rayburn “hold- | The A. A. A. has been under fire | ing company” bill and that the re- 1 from several directions in recent port pointed to the adverse potentiali- weeks. The administration has pend- | ties of the legislation. To the Presi- in | | Editorial Association Official Sees Fight Against Depression Won. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 4—R | Pritchard of Weston, W. Va, vice president of the National Editorial Association. said here today that ad- vertising lineage in small newspapers is up about 33 per cent. subscribers | are paying up back bills and the |small towns are moving forward toward business health | Stopping here between trains, en |route to New Orleans for the asso- | ciation's annual convention, Mr. h tary Wallace insists are necessary, clarifying amendments. These | submitted | pritchard told interviewers that the act be extended for two years as it | amendments have been attacked by stands, but without the enlarged pow- his Government, with recommenda- | some of the members of Congress, | ers which the administration has writ- tions the United States pay earnest | who contend they give dictatorial|ten into the propdsed new legislation. heed to indications embodied in powers to the Secretary of Agricul- | The Chamber of Commerce had al- resolutions adopted by the congress. | ture over all the farmers. The proc- | ready adopted its set of resolutions A report Dr. Henry Charles Taylor, American delegate, forwarded to ‘Washington outlined two possible courses for the Department of Agri- culture. They were: 1. “Abandon the foreign cotton market and find other activities for United States cotton farmers who | have produced for the foreign mar- | 2. “Proceed without delay to de- | velop a positive program for improv- | ing the quality of cotton grown and even bales, the samples of which will show accurately the quality of the whole bale and provide a means of | putting cotton into the foreign mar- ket which will make it possible for spinners to buy cotton of the quality they desire.” A series of resolutions adopted by | the congress today expressed general | dissatisfaction with present American cotton raising, marketing and baling methods, although it said the con- ference’'s committee would be willing to co-operate with the United States in settling its difficulties. —_— ILLNESS SPREADS . CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May 4 (P).— Fifty additional Harvard University students were reported ill today of the strange ailment which has stricken more than 100 students at the uni- t, business manager of the university, who has supervision over the students’ dining rooms, re- ported no indication that the ill- nesses might Wave originated in the college dining halls. The iilnesses are symptomized by sadaches pains in the nauses, he b stomach, snd have been diagnosed as | essing taxes, been denounced by the cotton textile industry representatives. Secretary Wallace is expected to come to the defense of the farm policies of the | administration and to point to the | benefits to the farmers under them. The National Radio Forum will be heard at 10:30 pm. each Thursday | night during the Summer season. The Forum is arranged by The Washing- ton Star and broadcast over the net- work of the National Broadcasting Co. | ‘LITTLE CONGRESS’ SEES SIGHTS IN NEW YORK CITY | Two Groups of U. 8. Employes| Entertained in Gotham—Lunch- eon Given Secretaries. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, May 4.—Two groups of governmental employes from Wash- ington, D. C., invaded New York to- day for sightseeing tours. One party of secretaries and clerks of Congressmen, calling themselves the “Little Congress,” which meets in Washington to debate measures pending before the National Congress, heard speeches by prominent figures at a luncheon. 'License Commissioner Paul Moss, representing Mayor La Guardia; Benny Leonard, former lightweight champion, and James Crowley, Fordham University foot ball coach, addressed the “Congress” of which J. O. Coleman is president. The other group was composed of 500 National Government employes, recruited from all parts of the Na- tion. The employes decided on the trip as & means to “get aequainted” |ceived more rec | textile manufacturer. | man is Wetmore Hodges. Business Planning and Advisory Coun- | cil would meet with the President and that the meeting had been arranged at the request of the council. Some of the members observed sub- sequently that the council had re- i ition from that visit than from all its other activities to date. The members of the Business Plan- ning and Advisory Council are ap-| pointed by Daniel C. Roper, Secretary of Commerce. lected as representative business men. The chairman is Henry P. Kendall, Its vice chair- Its views on current developments in the New Deal are reported to Secretary Roper in the belief that the more important of them will be brought to bear on leg- isiation and administrative propesals through President Roosevelt. —_— RESCUED IN BOAT FIRE Long Island Ceuple Suffer From Shock and Submersion. NORTHPORT, N. Y., May 4 () — Mr. and Mrs. Edward Carll of Hunt- ington, Long Island, were rescued from their burning pleasure boat, Desire, shortly before it sank off Eatons Neck, Northport, today. They were taken aboard a fishing vessel by its captain, E. Cullough, and later taken ashore. ‘The fire originated in the. carbure- tor and spread rapidly through the gas line. There was no chance to fight the flames that soon enveloped the 35-foot cruiser. The Carlls, who were en route to Greenport frem Huntingten, suffered Its members are se-! ‘ a suggestion that the national recovery | Tennessee Valley Authority “is but ore of the many great units in the | army which President Roosevelt has | mobilized against depression and eco- nomic evils.” “He has won the fight against the | depression,” Mr, Pritchard said, “and imposed in carrying | opposing some of the New Deal poli- | js now battling to remove some of out the policies of the A. A. A. have cies when it was anounced that the | tne evils which caused it.” ‘ s |VOTE FOR WOMEN ISSUE {AT FRENCH POLLS TODAY Municipal Elections Seen Indi- cating Trend in Next Year's General Balloting. By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 4.—A determined drive to get the vote for French women sounds the loudest overtones in to- morrow’s municipal elections, at which 11,500,000 voters will show France which way the wind blows for the 1936 general elections. In 38,000 towns and villages the voters will cast their ballots for 450,000 municipal and general coun- cillors. Abandoning their hitherto highly dignified campaign, Prench gists, emulating English and Ameri- can, have planned three public mani- festations, despite police orders pro- nibiting them. Pre-election violence developed dur- mng the last few days, although the campaign has been comparativel” mild. One policeman was killed at Bagnolet, and one meeting at Bor- deaux and two in Paris were broken up by police. Two Firemen Killed in Crash. ALBANY, N. Y, May 4 (#) —Two firemen were killed and four others were injured as a pumper truck and a battalion chief's car collided and overturned at a three-way street in- tersection here today. The men killed were Capt. Frank P. Miller, 48, and Thomas H. Rogers, -