Evening Star Newspaper, May 27, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast) Fair and slightly warmer tonight; to- morrow increasing cloudiness, showers to- morrow night or Wednesday; gentle south- erly winds. Temperatures—Highest, 80, at noon today; lowest, 54, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on Page A-5. Closing N. Y. Markets Pages 17, 18, 19 Entered as secol post office. Wa No. 33,263. nd class matter shington, D. C. ch ¢ Foeni ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING E DITION o Star WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, MAY 27, 1935—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. L L The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. SATURDAY'S Cireulation, 123,434 Some Returns Not Yet Recel (®) Means Assoc SUNDAY'S Circulation, ed Pre WE DO OUR PART 132,629 ved TWO CENTS. SUPREME COURT WIPES OUT CODES REJECTS N. R. A. SET-UP; FRAZIER-LEMKE VOIDED At Section 3 of Act Held Without Precedent. POULTRY CASE POINT AT ISSUE Right to Make Law Denied Business Groups. By the Associated Press. N. R. A. codes were wiped out <* Brandeis Reads Unanimous > | | | UNANIMOUS DECISION | D. C. OLD-AGE BILL 4 MORE MEASURES D BY HOUSE Ellenbogen Unemployment Insurance Approved in Short Order. Decision. constrRucTioN oF Two ROOSEVELTHAD FEARS FOR ACT Billions Loans Affected by Ruling. . | in Farm | By the Associated Press. The Frazier-Lemke act grant- | NEW SPANS AUTHORIZED All 5 Pieces of Legislation Are | | Passed Without Debate, Within Period of Half Hour. I 1In rapid succession the House today {passed the Norton old-age pension { bill, the Ellenbogen unemployment in- surance measure end three other Dis- trict bills. Nine other District bills were on | the House calendar TH | | | The Norton bill provides pensions |ing a five-year moratorium for }payin_g off _fa_rm mortgages and |affecting billions of dollars "“ Two other bills passed authorize the | construction of two new bridges and | |indebtedness was held unconsti- HUMPHREY []USIER;&'&«;?M today by the Supreme an underpass across New York avenue | In a decision read by Associate today by the Supreme Court. WILLIAM E. HUMPHREY. The decision was unanimous. The court ruled unconstitu- tional section 3 of the industrial recovery act, under which Con- gress delegated to the President authority to make codes. It held this authority had not for Washington's indigent who have | reached the age of 65. rortheast, in the area between Florida and West Virginia avenues. | t ruled on One of the bridges, however, will be | FOR YoU! 1 CAN DO ESAME | RbaakdRs 2t O TRA SO IZENS’ MILITARY | NING CAM — | KIDNAP CLUE SEEN IN" HANDKERCHIEF FOUND NEAR SCENE 'Monogram “G” Leads to | Theory It Was Weyer- haeuser Boy's. I 'KIDNAP DEALINGS ARE i LEFT TO CHILD’S FAMILY Relatives Plead With Officials, Fearing fer Safety of Lum- ber Heir. By the Associated Press TACOMA, Wash.,, May 27—Find- 1ing of a boy's pocket handkerchief, bearing the monogram “G” in hand- embroidered blue silk thread, near a path near the Annie Wright Semi- nary, gave authorities a possible clue today to the way in which 9-year-old George Philip Weyerhaeuser was kid- naped Frida The handkerchief was found by re- porters and private investigators in a | trampled patch of grass beside the been sufficiently limited or de- fined. The tribunal also ruled that “where transactions have merely an indirect effect on in- terstate commerce the control rests with the States.” Poultry Case Is Issue. Chief Justice Hughes read the de- cision to a closely attentive court | room. In detail, he discussed condi- tions which controlled the making of codes—leaving the President free, he said. to adopt such measures as he‘ thought for the public welfare. There had never before been such delegation of authority, he empha- sized. The court made its ruling in the Schechter poultry case from New | York, selected by the Government to | test its power to regulate wages and hours of workers through the more than 500 N. R. A. codes of fair compe- tition. With Donald R. Richberg, N. R. A. | chief who argued the case sitting 10 feet before him in a packed court room, Mr. Hughes held 96 per cent of the live poultry marketed in New York came from other States. “The defendants are slaughter house operators,” he added. “They do not sell poultry in interstate commerce.” The Government, Mr. Hughes said. stressed the “grave national crisis” confronting the country. No Power Created. “Extraordinary conditions may call for extraordinary remedies,” he said, “but the argument stops short of at- tempting to defend action outside of constitutional authority. “Extraordinary conditions do not create constitutional power.” The court declared Congress had not provided sufficient restrictions and had not laid down proper rules to guide the President in approving codes. In the oil cases, in which the court held Congress had given the President too much power to regu- late transportation of oil. the Chief Justice held the “range of discretion” was the important thing. He said Congress had set up the Trade Commission to determine what sre unfair methods of competition IS HELD INVALID BY SUPREME COURT |Tribunal Rules President Exceeded Authority in Trade Body Case. By the Associated Press. Overruling President Roosevelt in his removal of a Federal Trade Com- missioner, the Supreme Court held to- day “the President does not have illimitable power of removal.” The case was that of William E. Humphrey, former Republican mem- ber of Congress, who was removed a | short time before his death. The only reason given was that “the aims and | purposes of the administration with lespect to the work of the commission can be carried out most effectively with personnel of my own selection.” Justice Sutherland read the court's unanimous ruling that commissioners may be removed only for reasons | stated in the trade commission law— ivefficiency. neglect of duty or mal- :((—asance in office.” ‘McReynolds Concurs. Justice McReynolds agreed with the effect of the ruling given by Suther- land, but stated his own views sep- arately on the question of presidential powers of removal. Sutherland said the commission was | created by Congress as an administra- | !tive body exercising quasi-legislative | and quasi-judicial duties. “It must be free from Executive control,” he said. “We think the President does not have illimitable power of removal.” The President’s power of removal, the justice said, depended on the | character of duties being performed | and that holders of partly legislative | and partly judicial posts could be re- | and to regulate them. Section one of |\ ,ved during office only on grounds | the recovery act, he declared, Was ggaieq in laws creating the agency. | much broader. Adding section three | “gycoutors of Humphrey's estate had | authorized machinery for carrying out brought suit for $3,043 in salary as due the purposes|of section one. { from the date of his removal to Feb- Authority Delegation Hit. | ruary 14, 1934, when Humphrey died. The case now returns to the Court of Mr. Hughes said this “authorized | cjayms for determination of this claim | new and controlling prohibitions Justice Brandeis, i a case brought by the Louisville Joint Stock Land Bank against William W. Radford. sr. The Federal District Court for | Western Kentucky and the Sixth | Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the legislation affecting farm| | debts estimated at $12,000,000,- {000 by the Minnesota attorney ! general. Ruling Unanimous. The Supreme Court’s ruling was unanimous. Other courts had divided on the act, some upholdiog it and others ruling it unconstitutional. In signing the bill, forced through | | Congress in the closing hours of the 1ast session, Prasident Roosevelt said | it probably would need amendment. The law provided that if cfforts to scale down a farmer's debt to a fig- | | ure he could pay should fail, the prop- erty could not be foreclosed on during | five years if a “reasonable rental” was paid by the owner. Also, the act enabled a farmer to obtain full title to his property by pay- ment of its appraised value at the end of the five-year period, regardless of the amount fixed in the morigage. ! Termed Loosely Drawn. | Like the railroad retirement act | which the court declared unconstitu- | tional in a five-to-four decision, the | Frazier-Lemke law was forced through closing hours of the last congressional session by use of filibustering tactics. Also like the railway law, President Roosevelt in signing the measure term- ed it loosely drawn. After defaulting on payments on & $9,000 mortgage held by the Louis- ville Joint Stock Land Bank, Rad- | ford refused an offer of $9,500 for his | property when the bank tried to buy | it in. By paying $325 annually, he | invoked the Frazier-Lemke act to re- tain his property with an option to clear his indebtedness by repurchasing for $4.445, the price fixed by ap- praisers. The Louisville bank contended the act took property without due process of law and was not a bankruptcy | measure. On these grounds it ap- pealed to the high tribunal. Sup- porters of the act contended the measure was justified by the financial | distress of farmers. i DIES FOR CHILDREN | to bring about rehabilitation of indus- | try” and correction of abuses. | He asked if Congress could delegate | The Department of Justice, speak- | Californian Sinks as They Are ing for the President, contended the | court in two cases had held the Chief | Executive had power to dismiss a presi- | dential appointee. Pulled Aboard Rescue Vessel. SANTA_MONICA, Calif., May 27 used by the Pennsylvania Railroad exclusively to carry its tracks from the main line to sidings in a newly- developed commercial area in the vicinity of West Virginia avenue. The other bridge and underpass will be de- signed for pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Asylum Name Changed. The fifth bill will change the name { of the German Orphan Asylum Asso- | ciation to the German Orphan Home. bate and within a period of half an | hour. Few amendments were made to each. District Committee tor purposes of clarification, —_— HEIR TO TINPLATE FORTUNE IS FOUND William B. Leeds, Jr., Makes Port After Search by Fed- eral Craft. By the Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE. Fla. May 27.—William B. Leeds, jr.. millionaire sportsman for whom President Roose- velt directed a search by Navy and Coast Guard craft, reached here safely today after being missing overnight in a small fishing boat on a trip fromr Miami to Bimini. The heir to the tin plate fortune said he and his crew of two succeeded in negotiating the 50 miles from Miami to Bimini last night, but that when they reached there in his 26-foot cruiser Little Moana, the ocean was too rough for him to proceed into port. EX-TREASURER ASKS DEFICIT AUDIT DELAY In Office 24 Years, Cook County Former Official Wants Tirge to Check on $414,000. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 27.—County Treas- urer Robert M. Sweitzer, on call to appear before the Board of Commis- sioners today to answer to allegations |of a $414,000 deficit in tkhe county | clerk’s office during the 24 years he held the post, was expected to ask for a “reasonable” time to check the audit. Questioned about the matter yes- terday, Sweitzer said he did not be- All five bills were passed without de- | All were proposed by the | to business groups the power to enact | | s Jaws they deemed advisable. The| They were the removal by President | e answer was no, he asserte | Wilson in 1920 of Frank S. Myers. | sacrificed his life. im a8 county dierk, attbh ne Congress, Mr. Hughes emphasized. | Portland, Oreg., postmaster, and the | Richter was one of more than 30 | gidn Syame’oyo et JOcHEn, o cannot. delegate to the Presidént the | ousting by Prasident McKinley in 1899 | persons who were plunged into the | g " bt B R Tight to do whatever he thinks desir- | of Ferdinand N. Shurtlefl. general ap- | waters of Santa Monica Bay yester- }-u“ll R u{;z:':emulmzi able. He said Congress had not speci- | praiser of merchandise at New York.|day when a fishing platform col- | time to oathty mvs:fi ey t; ittle fied adequate restraints on the Presi- |~ Counsel for the Humphrey executor lapsed. Sucitier sald. He added ;e ;Iz;"t dent’s power, and held: | contended neither ruling controlled| The man struggled valiantly to keep . “The President in approving & code | the present. case. because it was the | his two ohildren above water. He sank | 1AV & lawyer and didn't need one. lieve he would pay any money today to Michael J. Flynn, who succeeded MCARL DEFENDS T.V.A.COST AUDIT \Reveals Letter Answering | Norris Criticism of | His Attack. ) i | Defending the controversial audit of the Tennessee Valley Authority ex- penditures, a spokesman for Controller General McCarl said today that “the | general accounting office has no friends to favor and no enemies to punish; its duty and single purpose are to uni- formly apply the law to all, and in the matter of the financial transac- | tions of officials of the Tennessee Val- lev Authority and the audit thereof of the records should and must speak for itself.” The statement was made as the controller general made public a copy of a letter he had written Senator Nor- ris, progressive Republican, of Nebras- ka, defending the audit. which had | provoked harsh criticism by Norris and | the statement that McCarl's attitude on the vast power project appeared to spring from his reputed presidential aspirations. In taking cognizance of criticism to this extent. McCarl was making a sharp departure from custom, inas- much as previous assaults have always passed unnoticed. ‘The McCarl letter to Norris was in | | response to a letter from the Senator | questioning the audit.” | “Your impression.” McCarl wrote. | | “that the matters therein were of such | nature or had been so improperly questioned in the audit as unjustly to cast reflection upon the honesty or ef- | ficiency of the directors of the Author- ity gave me serious concern. While those with whom I have been asso- ciated on this work for nearly 14 years not infrequently have suffered abuse that normally would be expected to induce ‘treatment in kind,’ I have | vet to learn of official action by one | of them calculated to unjustly accuse | or to in any manner, unnecessarily question the honesty—of official ac- tion. They must question any pay- ment from public moneys not shown | to have legal support. It is their duty, but all improper payments are not | based on dishonesty. Some are based | | | V\Cominued on Page 2, Column 5.) 12 CUBANS ON TRIAL | | Two Followers of Redical Leader | Face Possible Death. MATANZAS, Cuba, May 27 (#).— | sought. may add to or subtract from the pro- visions. Section three is without precedent. It sets up no standards &side from general aims.” | Raising the question of whether the | poultry transactions were in inter- state commerce, Hughes said firmly they were not. Affect Held Only Indirect. As to whether interstate commerce was “affected,” Hughes said there was & distinction between direct and in- direct effects. “Where the transactions are merely Indirect on interstate commerce the control rests with the States,” Hughes ruled. | Chairman Harrison of the Senate | Finance Committee, handling N. R. A. legislation, came in while Hughes was | reading the decision. Richberg, al- ready present. listened intently with his chin resting on his hand. The small Supreme Court room was crowded to capacity as Hughes read | rapidly. Senators and others promi- | nent in Government affairs were among those present. Many were forced to stand in the rear of the| court and many were unable to. gain admission. If the Federal Government had power to determine wages and hours of employes in internal commerce of the States, Hughes said, Government could control other elements of in- dustry. It had no such authority, he added. House Group Votes Extension. The decision came at a time when the House Committee concerned had agreed tentatively to recommend ex- tension of the N. R. A. for two years, inviting conflict with the Senate over | 4 (Continued on Page 5, Column 2. intention of Congress that the Trade Commission be independent of the President. Appointment Law Reviewed. Sutherland reviewed in detail the law under which Federal trade com- missioners are appoitned and their duties, emphasizing some are of quasi- Jjudicial character. The opinion said the power of the President in removing Federal trade commissioners was restricted to the grounds which Congress had fixed. Justice Sutherland asserted the tenure of office fixed in the Federal Trade Commission act prevented re- moval of commissioners during the term of office except on the grounds named by Congress. To have the commissioners hold office at the will " (Continued on Page 5, Column 5.) SCHOOL STRIKE TRUCE Student Leaders Allow Partici- pation in Final Exams. MADISON, Ill, May 27 (#).—Stu- dent leaders today called a truce in the Madison High School strike so that the 300 participants could return to their classes for final examinations. The students walked out May 14 when the School Board dismissed Supt. E. W. Hoeb and took no action on the contract of Principal 8. M. Sprout. Annual commencement exercises are scheduled for Wednesday, but leaders said most of the 35 graduating stu- dents would not appear because Dr. R. A Marshall, School Board president, is to present the diplomas. Dr. Mar- shall cast the deciding vote for Hogb's dismissal. just as they were pulled aboard a | rescue vessel. | All the others thrown into the wa- ter were believed to have been res- | cued. SUDETEN PARTY GAINS PRAHA, May 27 (#).—Preliminary | returns today from Czechoslovakia's provincial Diet elections showed that the Nazi “Sudeten German” party had repeated its success of the national elections of May 19, obtaining votes in the various provinces twice as strong as the largest Czech party. In the Bohemian Diet, the Germans won' 17 seats, compared to the 10 gained by the largest Czech party. Readers’ Guide Page. Amusements .,.........B-18 Cross-word Puzzle......B-14 ve....A-10 ....A-18-19 ..A-11 o A2 ..B-11 B-9 ..B-10 Seee...B-2-2 .A-14-15-16 . B-6 R12-13 Lost and Found. Paul Mallon .. Radio Serial Story Short Story Society .... Vital Statistics . Washington Wayside ‘Women’s Features WEST POINT BILL PASSES Congress today completed action on the Sheppard bill to increase the corps at West Point by about 50 per cent, and sent the measure to the White House for President Roosevelt's signa- ture. B the Associated Press. The secret serveice conceded today that advances in science have made counterfeiting a more threatening racket than ever before. Statistics prepared by Chief Willlam H. Moran showed there were 999 ar- rests and 688 convictions for this of- fense in 1930, while in 1934 there were 2,751 arrests and 1,603 convictions. Officials said that in the past the counterfeiting of currency, regarded as much more profitable than the man- ufacture of spurious coins, was done by hand and that but few criminals were able to do it. The identities of these outlaw craftsmen usually became known after a time, often because of individual quirks that made their products rec- ognizable. ‘But, officials declared, the perfection of photo-engraving processes has enabled the underworld to turn out illegitimate currency in a much more efficient manner. Practically all the counigrfeits pro- duced now are photo-en Perfection in Photo-E ngraving Held Aid to Counterfeiters Twelve followers of the late Antonio Guiteras, radical leader, including two women, went on trial today before a council of war. The prosecution will ask the death penalty for two defendants, Rafael Crespo Tamayo and Paulino Perez | Blanco, charged with killing a soldier in the recent battle in which Guiteras was slain by government troops. Operatives said the counterfeiting racket developed considerably during prohibition days. Sumgglers often were paid off by the gangster import- ers with sprious bills, and the wide use of photo-engraving in the manutac- turing of fake liquor labels helped spread knowledge of this art. Development of more varied and faster means of transportation has made it easier for criminals to rove without detection. Treasury officlals sald that one means counted on to help stem the tide 1s a policy of making fairly fre- cuent alterations in paper money. For example, changes have been made in the past in the texture of the vein- like strands running through the paper. Testifying before the House Appro- priations Committee, Moran said that courts were “absolutely” too lenient with those convicted of counterfeiting He also attributed the rise of this racket to inattention citizens in examining money handed® them. Hitch-Hiking Ghost Blamed for Crash; By the Associated Press CHICAGO. May 27.—It wasn't | | just a ghost of the common ceme- tery variety, William Tankezicia, 24, said he saw, but a hitch- hiking ghost, who “leefed from sightless eyes and jerkéd a bony thumb” in the most approved style of begging a ride. And that, William told High- way Patrolman Peter Brown of suburban Willow Springs, was the reason he swerved his father's car sharply as he passed a ceme- tery, striking a post and over- turning. But when Brown and the bruised youth scoured the grounds they found nary a trace of the pedestrian apparition and William was booked on & charge of disorderly conduct. LIFE OF MELROY KIDNAPER SPARED Governor Commutes Death | Sentence of McGee in Abduction Case. By the Associated Press. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. May 27— | Gov. Guy B. Park today heeded the plea of Miss Mary McElroy and com- muted the death sentence of Walter | McGee, her kidnaper, to life in prison. ! McGee was the first person in the United States to be given the extreme penalty for kidnaping. | Miss McElroy. daughter of City Man- | ager H. F. McElroy of hansas City, was kidnaped from her home two years ago today and held for 29 hours in a Kansas basement | Her kidnapers originally asked $60.- | 000 for her release, but accepted $30,- 000. | McGee, identified as the leader of | the gang, was sentenced to death three | | months after the kidnaping, and his brother George was given life in prison. | Another member of the gang, Clar- | ence Click, is serving eight years, and | a fourth, Clarence Stevens, is .sull! SETTLEMENT NEARS | IN LUMBER STRIKE| Modification of Wage and Hour Demands Gives Impetus to Belief. By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Oreg., May 27.—Ac- tion of the Northwest Council of the Sawmill and Timber Workers’ Union in modifying previous wage and hour demands gave impetus today for a speedy settlement of the Pacific Northwest’s lumber strike. Abe Muir, executive of the Brother- hood of Carpenters and Joiners, parent union, announced the new de- mans calling for a 50-cent minimum and a 40-hour week maximum were “open to any one who sees fit to go into collective bargaining.” Previous demands had included basic wage scales ranging from 75 cents an hour down to 60 cents and provided for a 30-hour week. Muir also said the new plan did not entail a closed shop, but de- manded full recognition of the union in collective bargaining. First major activity to be resumed since the strike's inception three weeks ago is the Western Cooperage plant in Portland, employing 500 men. Reports were current that several small camps and sawmills also would open today. Turks Raid Jewish Office. ISTANBUL, Turkey, May 27 (&).— Polic2 today raided the office of a Jewish colonization association. ar- resting the manager and seizing rec. ords and passports of prospective emi- grants to Palestine. The reason was not announced, it was believed in | path. which the boy would have fol- lowed if he had decided short cut to his home. Efforts were being made to find some to take a TPOWER NAVAL TALK CONSIDERED British Study Conference | Call—German Parley Opens June 4. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 27~Well-informed quarters said today that the British | government was considering the pos- | sibility of holding a seven-power ! naval conference before the end of this year. This statement followed confirma- | tion of an announcement in Berlin | that Anglo-German naval talks would open here June 4. These talks are expected to determine whether Ger- | many and Russia could be included successfully in a round-table confer- | ence with the five naval treaty powers | —the United States. Great Britain, Japan, France and ‘ | Believes Parley i member of the Weyerhaeuser family to say positively whether the hande kerchief belonged to the boy. Boy Frequently Used Path. Friends said the boy frequently used the path on his trips to and from school. Scars on {he smooth bark and a broken branch of a madrona tree about 6 feet away from the handker- chief suggest2d the possibility that the kidnaper had used the tree to raise himself above a tall hedge to watch for the lad Fearful for the life of the boy, all law enforcement agencies today heeded the pleas of the boy's dis- tracted family and gave the abductors every opportunity to return him un- harmed The family pleaded with officials, apparently because of the sinister warning in the ransom note, which | gave them five days to comply with demands. This was the third day since the child was kidnaped and the note gave detailed instructions on how he would be returned. “Don’t follow them (the instruc- tions) and it will be sorrowful,” the letter said. The family indicated its willingness to make the $200.000 ransom pay- { ment immediately and sought & new means of reaching the kidnapers. Great Britain is regarded as adher- | = ing firmly to the view that a confer- | Another Notice Appears. ence of at least five powers must be| Another advertisement was in- held in 1935 as required under the ex- | serted in the classified columns of a piring London treaty and also under | Seattle newspaper, reading: the Washington treaty of 1922 in| “Due publicity beyond our control, view of Japan's denunciation last year | please indicate another method of of the latter pact. reaching you. Hurry, relieve anguished The Anglo-German talks will follow | mother.” on lines similar to the previous pre- | The notice was taken as in indica- liminary conversations here with the | tion that the first attempt to com- Americans, Japanese, French and Munite with the abductors of the Italians. These nations will be kept|9-year-old boy had failed. fully informed of the talks with the The kidnapers gave the immensely German delegates and later their | Wealthy timber family five days 10 views will be asked on the question COMPIY With the ransom demand, of including Germany in the round- | Which contained 21 specific instruc- table conference. | tions for payment of the money. The | boy was kidnaped Friday. Russian Talks Later, | The note warned the family against British sources said the conference, | "f.’m;‘"g RUIIGES A Rets sfur fayicnh as contemplated in the London treaty, | OF (P ransom in Federal Reserve notes, unmarked, and said ominol would not necessarily involve Ger- .. s = Sixny wnd Rosce Ut tat ooy ] business, be business-like. the conference would have little chance | of success unless those countries were included. It was understood that the Russian preliminary talks were contemplated for a later date, after which it may | be possible to overcome French ob- | Publication of the note caused au- thorities to express fear negotiations for his return would be considerably hampered as a result, Publication Deplored. “It's terrible!” commented one high police official, who refused to permit jections to the recognition of Ger- | his name to be used. “It is an out- many’s navy which, necessarily, will | be in excess of the limitations imposed | by the Versailles .reaty. | rage and may prevent us from aiding the parents to get their son back safely for several days, if ever.” The authorities expressed complete mystification as to the source which MOUNTAINS COMBED | jupoied tre text of tne note, puo- FOR REVENUE AGENT | Post-Intelligencer, the newspaper in | which Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Weyer- Hunt for Man Who | haeuser, parents of the child, were | instructed to insert their reply to the | note Vanished With Big Sum of Money | Centers in Catskills. By the Associated Press. CATSKILL, N. Y, May 27—A searching party of State police was| sent out today to hunt for Mack Tru- | by, 38, missing internal revenue in- spector. Sergt. J. Walter Wheeler of the State police said he had been in- formed Truby was carrying a large sum of his own money just before | he vanished last Thursday, when he | failed to arrive at Torrington, Conn., to bring his wife home from a visit there. The search centered today in moun- | tainous and foothill territory. | | TAX CONFLI.CTS FOUGHT | Parley Here Will Try to Iron Out | Levies by Competing Units. CHICAGO, May 27 (#).—A new “tax revision council,” composed of eight Federal officials, eight State offi- cials and 80 city and county officials, will attempt to iron out tax conflicts by competing units of Government, it was announced today by Henry W. Toll, executive director of the Council of State Governments. Henry Morgentheu, jr., Secretary of the Treasury, was named as one of the Federal officials. The new council | will hold its first meeting in Wash- | mngton June 6 to 8. “One of the basic problems,” said | Toll, “will be to determine which | Governments aw able to collect par- part to be the ht of capital. ticular taxes most effectively.” I | _Instructions Officials said the original of the note, together with the envelope, on the back of which was scrawled the boyish signature of the missing boy, had been sent to Washington, D. C, where it was being studied by experts in the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice. Copies Made for Officers, It was believed, however, that copies of the note had been made for the various law enforcement agencies co- operating in the case. No word came as to whether the kidnapers had egain communicated with the parents after the advertise- ment in Sunday's Post-Intelligencer appealing to them to find a new method to reach the Weyerhaeusers. * Detectives continued to watch the post office here in the belief the kid- napers might again use a special de- livery letter to get their reply to the boy’s parents. Salient points in the ransom note follow: Demand for $200,000 in cash in bills of various denominations and un- marked. Five days in which to raise the money. Today was the third day. A warning that the Weyerhaeusers were not to notify the police or any private detective agency and to keep it out of the newspapers. Another warning to “Just follow the rules we will get along fine. Don't follow them and it will be sorrowful. For you, not for us. A slip on your part will be just too bad for some one else. A boast that police could not catch up with them and that they were educated and “fairly intelligent.” t the family would (Continued qn Page