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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.)’ Showers and cooler tonight and tomor- row; gentle winds, mostly east and north- east. Temperatures—Highest, yesterday; lowest, 55, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on Page A-3. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 76, at 5 pm. No. 33,.236. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Ch WASHINGTON, D. S EN ME l_|B[R AI.S) Litvinof f Asks Chaco Mediation, REFUSE TO HEAR GHAVEZ TAKE OATH Five Leave Chamber as Protest Over New Deal Fight on Cutting. BORAH ABSENT PRIOR TO SPECTACULAR SNUB Action Without Precedent—Nor- | ris Bitterly Criticizes Admin- istration Tactics. By the Associated Press. In open “resentment” against the administration’s opposition to the re- election of the late Senator Bronson Cutting, New Mexico Republican-In- dependent, five Senate liberals walked out of the Senate chamber today when Dennis Chavez, Cutting's suc- cessor, was administered the oath of office. They were Senators Johnson, Cali- | fornia; Norris, Nebraska; Nye, North | Dakota, Republicans; La Folle!le,‘ Progressive, of Wisconsin, and Ship- stead, Farmer-Labor, of Minnesota. A sixth, Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, who was understood to have | been a leader in the “protest,” ab- sented himself from the chamber be- fore the swearing-in ceremony. Chavez was given the oath by Vice President Garner. He succeeded Cut- ting, who defeated him last November, but who was killed in an airplane crash recently in Missouri. Norris Condemns Fight. Off the floor, Senator Norris de- clared: “I left the chamber when Senator Cutting’s successor was sworn into | office. This was the only way in my | helplessness that I could show my | condemmation of the disgraceful and | unwarranted fight that was made to | drive Senator Cutting out of public office. “The determined opposition of the Democratic National Committee and | its chairman to defeat Senator Cutting | for re-election to the Senate is the | greatest case of ingratitude in history. j “It is a blot upon the record of the Roosevelt administration.” Most of the six liberals were open supporters of Roosevelt for the presi- | dency. So was Cutting. It was Cut- | ting’s action in leaving the Republican party to support Roosevelt for the | presidency that caused Norris to make the “ingratitude” remark. 5 Action Without Precedent. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, May 20.—Maxim Lit- vinoff of Russia urged settlement of the Chaco War through mediation, keeping the League of Nations cove- nant intact, as the League's special assembly met today to consider the South American conflict. The Soviet commissar for foreign affairs. who is presiding, opened the deliberations with a tribute to the late Marshal Joseph Pilsudski of Po- land. The League Council, also called into session today, did not immediately reach the Italo-Ethiopian dispute, but recommended abolition of control ex- change transactions und modification of clearing compensation agreements to permit normalization of interna- tional trade. The fact that Litvinoff, Soviet com- missar for foreign affairs, presided at Keeping League Pact Intact Ethiopian Dispute Due to Be Discussed as Geneva Council Opens Session. Russia Takes Lead in Parleys. the sessions of the Council, the eighty- sixth formation of the League, was viewed as striking new evidence that Russia has returned completely to the comity of nations. Litvinoff will serve as president of the Council deliberations until next September, and hence will have im- portant initiative in handling the po- litical affairs submitted to the League. A special committee will meet this week ‘to devise penalties for na- tions which endanger peace by re- pudiating their international obliga- tions. This problem was a legacy of the Council session last month, which adoptea the resolution criticizing Ger- many for her rearmament activities in violation of the military clauses of the Versailles treaty. On the eve of the meeting, Ethiopia moved to insure that her dispute with “(Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) GIRL'S BODY FOUND UNDER TON OF DIRT Discovery Is Made in Cave She Had Dug With Play- mates Near Home. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 20.—While police, Boy Scouts and neighbors beat ad- joining swamplands and reed-grown lots in a two-day search for 8-year- old Shirley Evans, she lay dead be- neath a ton of earth 250 yards from her home. Her body was found to- day buried in a cave she and her playmates had dug in a building ex- cavation. It was found after 10 minutes of digging, lying against the cement wall of the foundation of an apartment building under construction. District Attorney Charles P. Sulli- van of Queens County said the girl was in all likelihood caught in a land- slide. He said search for a possible assailant will be continued, however. Discovery of the body came as, a result of the suggestion of Taylor Put- ney, jr, hisiory instructor at New York University, who lives in the apartment building occupied by the Evans family, at 82-16 Thirty-fourt avenue, Jaekson - Heights. Putney remembered that his own Senator Johnson told reporters: | “Our affection for Bronson Cutting was such that our resentment against | the contest filed against him—which | was 20 utterly without merit—was so great that we simply did not care to see his successor, the author of that contest, sworn in.” The action of the liberal group was without precedent in Senate history. Each strode silently out of the chamber in different directions as Senator Hatch, Democrat, of New | Mexico escorted the 44-year-old | Chavez, a former member of the House, to the vice presidential dais | for the ceremony. All Return After Ceremony. All returned to the chamber after the ceremony was over. Before being sworn, Chavez was in- troduced around the chamber by Sena- tor Hatch. Several of his Democratic colleagues gathered around his desk to offer con- gratulations after Chavez had been | escorted to a seat in the rear between Senators Bilbo, Democrat, of Missis- | sippi, and Truman, Democrat, of Mis- | souri. Representative Dempsey, Democrat, | of New Mexico was in the Senate | chamber for the brief ceremony, | HUGE NAVY BILL REACHES SENATE Record Peace Appropriation Faces Fight by Nye, Who Hits ‘“‘Racketeers.” ’ By the Associated Press. The Senate came today to debate on the record regular naval appro- priation bill for peace times—a $460,- | 000,000 measure which passed the House with a thundering chorus of “ayes” last month. Though observers expected the Sen- ate to pass the bill, there were evi- dences of a possible fight. Chairman Nye, Republican of North Dakota, of the Munitions Committee was up in arms against it. Making a speech last night in Terre Haute, Ind., he declared that it comes on the heels of an Army bill setting a peace-time ;ecord and a “ship subsidy” maritime i1l “In each of these three cases,” he said, “the call for support is invari- ably in the name of national defense. “National defense has become a racket for profit and Uncle Sam is being taken for a ride by racketeers who are profiting from these mad na- tional defense races.” The bill provides for laying down 24 more ships toward a treaty strength by 1942, the addition of 11,000 enlisted men and contracting for 555 new airplanes. . SHIPBUILDERS’ STRIKE VOTE IS CONSIDERED Sympathy Walkout Both Coasts Agitated to Support Camden Union. By the Associated Press. CAMDEN, N. J, May 20.—A gen- eral strike call for shipbuilding work- ers in both East and West Coast plants is being agitated in sympathy with the strike of New York Ship- building Corp. employes, entering its second week today. Plans for a walkout vote were dis- cussed yesterday at a meeting in Camden of the general Executive Board of the Industrial Union of Ma- rine and Shipbuilding Workers of on 6-year-old son, Taylor, had joined with other children in the digging of the cave Friday afternoon. The excavation is on a vacant lot formerly used by the neighborhood children as a playground. “On Saturday,” said Putney, “when | 40 recall also some of the representa- | we learned of Shirley's disappearance, we didn't dream she would be found | so close to here. However, I urged the policemen to dig about the founda- | tion. They did to some extent, but (Continued on Page 2, Column 7. | GEORGIA VICTORY OF DRYS CERTIFIED Official Figures Disclosed Hard Liquor Lost by 243 Votes. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, May 20.—Prohibition- ists, with a lead of 243 votes, were| officially certified today as the winners | of Wednesday's prohibition repeal ref- | erendum in Georgia. Secretary of | State John B. Wilson, certified the | results to Gov. Eugene Talmadge as| follows: For repeal, 81,891, Against repeal, 82,134. Previously. reports had come to At- | lanta that contests would be filed by| repeal advocates in two counties of | the State, Calhoun and Colquitt. Wil-| son said he had not been notified offi- | cially of any contests. The secretary of State also had the returns of the referendum legalizing | beer and wine and he expected to tabulate thesc votes later in the day. Unofficial returns showed that both beer and wine were legalized by safe majorities. Truck Drivers Strike. PHILADELPHIA, May 20 (P).—A truck drivers’ strike started at dawn today in the Dock street narket near the water front, hampering produce trading. Seventy policemen were sent to the scene after a crowd of several hundred strikers and sympathizers gathered. T.V.A. CHAIRMAN CRITICIZES AUDIT Morgan Declares “Improper Comparisons” Made in McCarl Report. By the Assoclated Press. Arthur E. Motgan, T. V. A. chair- man, told the House Military Com- mittee today an annual audit of T.'V. A. by Controller General McCarl's of- | fice showed throughout “evidence of a lack of complete investigation of | the facts.” The audit, he said, disclosed “ex- | tremely unrepresentative and im- proper comparisons.” The tall, angular witness hit re- peatedly at the report as the commit- tee reopened its hearings on a bill to broaden T. V. A. operations. Morgan said had McCarl named some competent, practical individual to scrutinize T. V. A. field operations, as was requested by the T.V. A. di- | less criticism of the administration’s vast power yardstick in the Tennessee | Valley. | “Until a qualified man is put on | the job,” he said, “I think such things are out of place " Maverick Defends T. V. A. At the outset. Representative Mav- erick, Democrat, of Texas said that since the T. V. A. directors had been | recalled for hearing, presumably be- | cause some of their previous testi- | mony was unsatisfactory, he wanted tives of the “power trust.” who failed to give some of the information he wanted. “This is nothing but a fishing trip we are on now,” Maverick said. “But I want to get out all the fish we can. I don't think T. V. A. is being treated fairly.” Reopening of the hearings on the bill, which already has passed the Sen- ate by a big majority. was forced by committee members who are bitterly opposed to the authority’s operations. exceeded its legal powers. Expenditures Criticized. A powerful element, fighting to kill the bill, aimed to ask T. V. A. direc- tors why their agency should buy cows, why it needs airplanes to trans- rort employes and about its expendi- tures and purchases in general. Though these committee members were confident they could kill the measure, Chairman McSwain, Demo- crat, of South Carolina, has said he thought the committee would approve it by a close vote. It would give the authority specific permission to sell electricity, which an adverse court ruling said was lacking under the existing act. It would per- mit T. V. A. to regulate resale rates and to buy up private power facilities for the distribution of its power. In addition, it would let the author- ity issue up to $100,000,000 in bonds. The present limit is $50,000,000. “(Continued on Page 3, Column 7. Woman Slain, Son Hurt. COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 20 (P).— William Keplar, 32, remained in a serious condition today from hatchet wounds inflicted by his stepfather, John Van Gundy, 58, who, Police Lieut. Thomas Scully said, confessed he killed Mrs. Gundy, 52, and attacked Keplar yesterday. The office quoted Van Gundy as say- ing in a signed confession “I was tired of keeping her son (Keplar), who ?haan't worked since I have known em.” To Have Been By the Associated Press. YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio, May 20. —Identification of the model for the famous painting “Mona Lisa” as Isa- bella d’Este, famous lady of the Renaissance, was reported today by Dr. Raymond S. Stites, professor of aesthetics at Antioch College. Stites’ identification contradicts ref- erence books which have accepted a report by an Italian writer, Glorgio Vasari, that the portrait was that of Mona Lisa, wife of Plero Francesco Del Glocondo. Vasari made his report 40 years after the death in 1519 of Leonardo da Vinci, painter of the “Mona Lisa.” Dr. Stites said Vasarl presumably obtained his information from a manuscript by an anonymous Floren- tine. The professor's examination of the manuscript, he said, disclosed no mention of Mona Lisa, only a refer- ece to a painting of Mona Lisa’s hus- band, Piero Francesco, by Leonardo da Vinci. Identification of the model for “Mona Lisa” as Isabella d’Este, the Marchioness of Amntua, was regarded by Dr. Stites’ associates here as one America., [] A of the most valuable pieces of arch- Model for “Mona Lisa” Shown Isabella d’Este eological detective work this year. It followed years of research in the libraries and art galleries of Europe, he said. First clue to the identity of the model was found by Dr. Stites in the letters of Da Vinci. He said he found a profile study of Isabella by Da Vinci in the Imperial Museum gt Vienna and another impressed in tHe painter’s signef ring, which is in the royal ar- chives at Mantua. Unsatisfied with the comparison of profiles with the original “Mona Lisa,” although “striking _similarities” had been found, Dr. Stites, with the aid of Rufus Miles of Columbus, Ohio, identified a statue of Leonardo as a profile of Isabella. The statue is in Berlin, ! The findings also are considered sig- nificant, added Dr. Stites, because they tend to disprove the theories of mod- ern itrists that Leonardo was afflicted with a form of insanity which prevented him from loving women. Dr. Stites said that during his re- search he obtained evidence to show that the painter often had correspond- ed with Isabella and had been in love with Cecilia Gallerani, Countess Ber- gamo, but that she married another, (] ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION rectors, there would have been much | They charge the authority has far | Representative May, Democrat of | C, N.R. A.I5 KEEPING 2,000,000 ON J0BS, RICHBERG ASSERTS Tells House Committee 10 Months’ Extension Plan Perils Recovery. GRAVE LABOR TROUBLE SEEN IF CODES EXPIRE Reveals Mine and Textile Difficul- ties Held Up Pending Decision on Blue Eagle Bill. By the Associated Press. An estimate that 2,000,000 wage earners would be thrown on relief if the N. R. A. were allowed to expire was given the House Ways and Means Committee today by Administrator Donald R. Richberg. “There isn't any question,” he add- ed on questioning, “that we also would be facing some very grave industrial troubles.” ‘The Senate has passed a bill ex- tending the life of N. R. A. for 10 months. This is unsatisfactory to the administration, which wants a two- year renewal. Some legislators have expressed fear this conflict might de- lay final passage of an N. R. A. meas- ure past the date of expiration of the recovery agency—next June 16. Textile Trouble Feared. Richberg disclosed that on April 1 he went to the chairman of the Sen- ate Commerce Committee and urged introduction of the N. R. A. extension measure now under consideration in order that some of the uncertainty might be removed. As a result, he explained, a truce was effected in the soft coal industry. If the N. R. A. dies June 16, he warned there also would be a difficult situation in the textile industry. The recovery chieftain said that on the basis of 2,850,000 shown by tne January, 1934, census to have been put to work through the N. R. A, the | present figure probably would be up- ward of 3,000,000. But, he added, taking into account the seasonal em- ployment not figured in those figures, “it probably would be nearer three | than four million in the aggregate.” Cites Benefits of N. R. A. | Richberg defended the N. R. A. as | the committee thai the agency had brought up Federal wage levels and | increased purchasing power meas- surably. = “To extend tHé Ect only nine and | one-half months under the pressure | of those opposing the N. R. A."” the chief of the recovery agency testi- fled, “actually invites continuing op- position, non-compliance and litiga- tion for the purpose of persuading | next session.” Committeemen listened closely as | Richberg stood at a small speaker’s | stand, addressing them earnestly and describing the Senate's extension bill | as “demoralizing.” Provision Called Inadequate. “The provisions of the resolution are unworkable and inadequate to ac- complish its desired intention,” Rich- berg asserted. Ways and Means Committee Demo- crats already have indicated they | favor the two-year extension requested Richberg told the committee: “An extension of two years is ab- | solutely necessary to maintain ade- | quate personnel, work out problems of | code administration, forcement * * * and to prevent the entire breakdown of labor and fair | trade practice provisions by chiselers who already are at work undermining the standards of fair competition.” Richberg agreed there might be honest opposition to the N. R. A., but “(Continued on Page 3, Column 3) HIGH COURT FAILS T0 PASS ON N. R. A. Farm Moratorium Decision Also Lacking at Week's Ad- journment. By the Associated Press. day until next Monday without pass- ing on the constitutionality of N. R. A. or the Frazier-Lemke farm mort- gage moratorium act. Only two more opinion days remain before the date when the court ex- pects to recess for the Summer. They are next Monday and June 3. Validity of N. R. A. is at stake in a case involving the A. L. A. Schech- ter Poultry Co. of Brooklyn. This litigation grew out of a prosecution for alleged violation of the code for the live poultry indusry. It questioned whether Congress had the right to delegate code-making powers to the President under the national indus- trial recovery act. The Frazier-Lemke case is also mo- mentous, potentially involving $16,- 000,000,000 in farm mortgages. The farm mortgage moratorium act per- mitted bankrupt farmers to obtain a court stay against foreclosure pro- ceedings, retain their property by payment of an annual rental fee and discharge the mortgage by payment of the appraised value of their land. “Enemy’s € Kiss” A New Story By Evelyn M. Winch Begins on Page B-7 of Today’s Star “Enemy’s Kiss” an aid to all businesses and assured | the Congress to let the act die in the | | by President Roosevelt. On that point, | strengthen en- | ment, ‘The Supreme Court adjourned to- | HGH .5 OFE THED SERRETY Army Official Is Reported | Accused of Accepting Lobbyist’s Favor. BY REX COLLIER. Shielding the proceedings with extraordinary secrecy, the War De- partment today was conducting behind closed doors at the Army War College | reservation an important court mar- tial, reported to be that of a general from a lobbyist. Although officials of the department refused to confirm or deny that the o Star MONDAY, MAY 20, 1935—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. CIRCUS DAYS! New Deal W anes, But F. D. Assured New Term in Data By the Assoclated Press. WELLESLEY, Mass.,, May 20.—The Roger W. Babson statistical organiza- tion today announced that a survey just completed indicated President Roosevelt would be re-elected in 1936, but that nearly half the persons ques- tioned said_they had lost confidence in the New Deal. The study, described as “the first pre-1936 political survey” completed by the organization “shows that Presi- dent Roosevelt continues to hold his strong personal popularity among the electorate. At the same time, however, the New Deal has suffered further | losses in confidence in the last year.” officer accused of accepting a favor| BANK ANB ]-ENAN-I- | | trial was being held, attaches at the post admitted a high officer was being tried before a military court assembled on the second floor of the Officers’ Club at Washington Barricks. ‘The court, upon meeting this morn- ing, voted to close the proceedings to press and public, The Star’s repre- sentative was advised, when he sought admission to the trial. Civilian Dress Ordered. It was learned that the high-rank- ing officers composing the court were instructed to appear in civilian clothes, 50 as not to attract undue attention. Courts-martial usually call for mili- tary uniforms, with sidearms, it is | said. The charges against the officer are understood to be the outgrowth of an investigation by the Inspector Gen- eral of the Army upon order of Secre- tary of War Dern, who acted after re- ceiving from the House Committee on Military Affairs evidence purportedly | linking the officer with a salesman- lobbyist whose activities were investi- gated by the committee and the De- partment of Justice. The accusations are said to involve a $2,000 loan made by the salesman | to the Army officer prior to an inquiry by the District grand jury into lob- bying conditions at the War Depart- The salesman was to have been questioned by the grand jury, but he disappeared before he could be served with a subpoena, more than a year ago. The loan was the subject of renewed investigation by the House committee last December, when the missing wit- ness was located in New York by De- partment of Justice agents. The sales- man agreed voluntarily to come here and he testified at length behind | closed doors. During the hearing two represent- atives of the committee brought from the salesman’s hotel room a small black satchel which members of the committee said contained “dynamite” in documentary form. The witness is said to have unfolded a lurid story of lobbying as practiced at the War De- partment by “high-pressure” salesmen and self-styled “friends” of high offi- cials. As one result o the lobbying testi- mony given to the committee, Secre- tary Dern recently administered “deepest censure” to Col. Joseph I McMullen, chief of the patents sec- tion of the judge advocate general's office, who was accused of accepting fees from firms doing business with the Army. It is known that Col. Mc- Mullen is not the officer on trial today. ' Committee Hits “Loans.” In a report to the House several months ago the committee criticized “loans or gifts” to “at least two War Department officials in high positions” and declared: “Lobbyists were employed by man- ufacturers almost solely by reason of their supposed ability to make special contacts with Government officials and to secure special consideration or advance information for their em- ployers * * *. “It is undeniable that corrupt busi- nes agents have sought and obtained special consideration and information from dishonest and weak Government officials * * *. Such improper and un- due influence is actually exerted in relatively few cases.” JUDGE TO BE WITNESS Appears in Court Tomorrow in Wife-Beating Case. Justice Jennings Bailey of the Dis- trict Supreme Court is scheduled to appear in Police Court tomorrow morning as a witness in the case of Andrew Ruskin, charged with strik- ing his wife. Justice Bailey was just coming out of the Columbia Theater at the time of the alleged occurrence and in- formed police he would voluntarily ap- pear against Ruskin, who is charged with assault. The case was to have been heard this morning, but the complaining witness failed to appear, [} BILLS UNDER FIRE {U. S. Chamber and Liberty League Center Attack on Two Measures. By the Associated Press. Two proposals favored by adminis- tration officials—the bill to strengthen | the Federal Reserve Board's control | over money and credit and the billion- | dollar Bankhead measure to aid tenant farmers—were under fire in different | quarters today. | _In a letter that went out to 1500 | member organizations, Harper Sibley, | new president of the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States, said the | banking bill would mean “virtual cre- |ation of a central bank” and would | give a few men in Washington “the power to precipitate disastrous infla- tion or deflation.” A statement issued by the American | Liberty League, meanwhile, declared | | “Russianization” of American agricul- ture into “a Government-sustained peasantry” would be the probably re- | sult of enactment of the Bankhead .| tenant aid bill. Politics in Banking Feared. Sibley's letter said it was in_the | “interest of business” that the Fed- | eral Reserve sections of the banking | measuré should be defeated. “The Reserve system would be changed to incorporate some of the worst features of foreign central bank- ing,” the Chamber of Commerce lead- | er asserted. “* * * principal among ,‘thcse are political domination * * * | and subordination of its operations to | partisan politics. “The real credit needs of commerce, agriculture and industry could be subordinated to the spending plans of the Nation.” Sibley expressed belief also that “centralized management of the Re- | serve system would be unsettling to business and would delay real re- covery.” Tenant Bill Called Socialization. His attack closely followed Secretary Morgenthau’s open advocacy of Fed- eral ownership of the Reserve system. The Bankhead bill, which proposes a billion-dollar corporation to assist tenant farmers and other agricultural workers in financing purchase of family-size farms, was described by the Liberty League as “a step toward socialization of agriculture.” The league statement said many tenants and share-croppers were not trained to manage fermers and that unless the Government used harsh measures, these farmers soon would be living on '. The only evening in Washington wit| aper the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. SATURDAY’| Circulation, SUNDAY'S Circulation, s 123,002 WE DO OUR PART 133,201 Some Returns Not Yet Recelived. (®) Means Associated Pre; BRITISH AMATEUR FAVORITES BEATEN Two Chief Threats to Little, Present Champion, Are Removed. By the Assoclated Press. ° ST. ANNE'S-ON-THE-SEA. Eng- land, May 20.—As William Lawson | Little, jr., the broad-shouldered Cali- fornian, started defense of the British amateur golf championship today, two of his chief threats were removed | from the starting field of 224 home- bred and American contestants. The first major casualty of the fif- tieth championship involved blond and curly-haired Jock McLean, the pride of the Scots and rated second to Little in the betting. McLean was abruptly eliminated from championship, sending domestic hopes glimmering, by J. H. Bryant of Blackwell, a little known player in these parts, bearing a striking re- semblance to Slim Summerville of the I American films. Bryant took advantage of the highly favored Scottish champion's lack of control and nosed him out on the eighteenth green as McLean failed to get down an important long putt, Irish Champion Loses. Hector Thomson, also of Scotland and holder of the Irish champion- ship, the third choice of the betting fraternity, met defeat at the hands of R. D. Moore of Canada. Moore led four up at the halfway mark. Thomson, 21 years old, squared the match at the eighteenth, but was eliminated on the second extra hole. A high, cold wind swept the sea- side course, intensifying the already punishing conditions brought on by a heavy rainfall last night. Conse- quently, virtually all of the scores were high, none of the competitors even closely approaching par figures for the 6.666 yards, par 69 layout. The weather grew warmer as the sun peeked out from under rain- threatening clouds, favoring Little with slightly better conditions than some of his challengers had. First Round Results. First round results follow: J. H. Bryant, England, defeated Jock McLean, Scotland, 1 up, 18 holes. John Forsman, New York, defeated W. Pharayzn, England. 1 up, 19 holes. R. de Lloyd. England. defeated Douglas Grant, formerly of California, 1 up, twentieth hole Robert W. Knowles, jr.. Brookline, | Mass., defeated J. O'Donnell Higgins, Montreal, Canada. 5 and 3. Hon. Michael Scott, England, de- feated R. Myer, England, 4 and 3. Tony Torrance, England, defeated Lionel Munn, England, 3 and 2. F. Francis, England, defeated J. Kennedy, jr. England, 6 and 4. John de Forest England, defeated H. Buckland, England, 4 and 3. R. D. Moore, Vancouver, British Co- lumbia, defeated Hector Thomson, Scotland, 1 up, 20 holes. THREE ESCAPE INJURY WHEN FORCED DOWN By the Associated Press. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark, May 20— Byrnes Walker of Chicago and two passengers escaped serious injury to- day when their plane made a forced landing at Rogers, Ark., due to an| empty fuel tank, believed to have been “public bounty.” emptied at the airport here. And Injure 50 By the Associated Press. Fifty-two persons were killed in traffic accidents in 18 States as rain and fog spread over many sections of the Nation over the week end. Fifty were injured, several critically. Weather conditions were held re- sponsible for at least seven deaths. Others were charged to speeding, reckless driving and carelessness. Four drivers were arrested in con- nection with fatal accidents, three for questioning and one charged witn manslaughter. None was charged with intoxication. A grade-crossing accident took two lives near Meade, Kans. Two small children were killed as their fathers backed automobiles out of garages. Five of the dead were pedestrians. Several States reported an unusu- t Traffic Accidents Kill 52 - Over Week End ally quiet week end, with traffic accl- dents considerably below the usual number, Illinois reported eight dead and six injured for the Nation’s high. New York had six fatalities. Missourt had five and Texas six. A 21-year-old man was killed near Prestonsburg, Ky., when his automo- bile overturned in a heavy fog. At Boulder, Colo., a five-car col- lision on & hill killed Philip Mangan, 23, a Denver university student. ‘The toll by States: Arkansas, one; California, there; Colorado, one; Con- necticut, three; Illinois, eight; In- diana, three; Kansas, two; Kentucky, three; Louisiana, one; Massachusetts, one; Michigan, one; Mississippi, one; Missouri, five; Montana, one; New TWO CENTS. BONUS ARGUMENTS GIVEN ROOSEVELT T0FORESTALL VETO [President Receives House Group, but Gives No Evi- dence of Changing Plans. LEGION ASKS VETERANS TO BOMBARD SENATORS Joint Session to Receive Chief Ex- ecutive's Message Set for 12:30 Wednesday. By the Assoclated Press. In an effort to forestall a certain presidential veto, the House Bonus Bill Steering Committee today presented to President Roosevelt a 12-page ar- gument for the Patman currency in- flation bonus bill, but Mr. Roosevelt gave no indication of any change in his determination to reject the meas- ure as forcibly as possible. Instead, the Chief Executive set aside the afterroon to put the finish- ing touches on his veto message. Representative Patman, Democrat, of Texas, author of the bill, accom- panied the Steering Committee to the ‘White House and outlined the points in the mimeographed statement left with the President. It began with the declaration that two points could be shown: “1. That each veteran who holds an adjusted service certificate is entitled to an amount at this time equivalent to the full face or maturity value of the certificate, although it is payable January 1, 1945, “2, That such payment can be made without detriment to the coun- try and without impairing in any way a sound monetary system.” “Godsend to Country.” The statement continued: “We believe that the country is convinced, after a thorough under- standing of the question among the veterans and non-veterans, that this debt is really past due, although pay- able in the future, and that it can be paid according to our proposal not only without detriment to the coun- try, but in a way that such payment would be a Godsend to the country.” The party leaders said the Presi- dent received them courteously, but there was no indication whatever of any change in his attitudef Congressional leaders, meanwhile, agreed to hear the President deliver his veto message at 12:30 Wednesday. | and the House without a roll call vote adopted a resolution setting the joint | House-Senate session at that hour. | Steiwer Is Opposed. | When Senator Robinson, the Demo- cratic leader, called the House re: lution up in the Senate, however, Sen- | ator Steiwer, Republican, of Oregon, blocked immediate consideration of it by a parliamentary maneuver. Unan- imous consent was required for con- decra!ion of the resolution out of | order, and Steiwer objected without | explanation. Its consideration later, | however, was taken for granted. | Steiwer, asserting he would force a vote on the resolution, told newspa- per men he was opposed to the joint | session to receive President Roosevelt's | veto because it was “against the Con- | stitution.” “The Constitution doesn't contem- | plate that the President should par- ticipaté in legislative matters,” Steiwer said. “I see no reason why the Senate should be there. It is not involved | unless the House overrides the veto.” The Steering Committee’s call was | made shortly after publication of an | American Legion appeal to veterans to bombard 12 Senators with tele- grams in an effort to get the Senate to override President Roosevelt's veto of the Patman bill. Pins Hopes on Two Senators. | The Legion pinned its hope of over- |riding a presidential veto on win~ | ning and holding at least two of these 12 Senators Democrats—Clark (Missouri), Cool- idge (Massachusetts). Dieterich (Illi- nois), Gore (Oklahoma), Murphy (Iowa), Pittman (Nevada) and Pope (Idaho). Republicans — Austin (Vermont), | Davis _(Pennsylvania), McNary (Ore- gon), Townsend (Delaware) and White | (Maine). Some of these Senators voted for e Patman bill and some against it. “It would seem,” said the Legion circular, “that the final answer lies in how two of the 12 Senators vote on the question of over-riding the veto, for if Senate vates run accord- ing to our recapitulation, the admin- istration needs only two of these votes to attain the 32 necessary to sustain a veto.” In anticipation of a possible back= fire from any of the 12 Senators on its list, a Legion official said: “To any one who feels we have mis- judged him, you can say that if they're right they won't mind; if they aren’t, they'd better put the shoe on.” Resurrection Is Seen. Meanwhile certain administration leaders in Congress predicted the bonus issue would be resurrected in | swift and surprising fashion after the expected defeat of the Patman bill. 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