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* THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢. FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1935. L TOPRESS FOR VAGNERBLL i Decides to Ignore Court De- cision in Order to Increase Membership. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Organized labor, the most powerful pressure group in the National Capi- tal, has decided to ignore the deci- sion of the Supreme Court of the United States and insist that Congress enact the Wagner labor disputes bill BY rephrasing the preamble slightly, the labor leaders have insisted that the bill has been changed to meet constitutional objections. But it is plain that what they have in mind is to force the measure through in the hope that advantages gained between | the time of passage and the vear or two needed for a test by the high | court will give them membership in- | creases The new preamble states that inter- ruption of business operations due to labor disputes constitutes a direct in- Jjury and obstruction to the free flow of interstate commerce. The chief reliance is on the so-called Coronado cases and again on the Shreveport case. all of which was carefully shown by the unanimous opinion of the Su- preme Court 10 days ago to have no bearing at all on the effort to regulate labor relations Debate Seen in Senate. It is doubtful whether the lawyers At the Department of Justice would contend that the proposed Wagner bill is constitutional, but such is the po- jitical power of the labor group that passage by the House seems assured A debate on the conference report may be expected in the Senate. Here are the reasons why the Wag- 1l is in direct opposition to the Supreme Court decision: in the Schechter case the court laid down the rule that workers engaged in a business itself intrastate 11d not be regulated as to wages and hours by the Federal Congress. Second. the court pointed out that | the Shreveport case was one in which | & “common ' was affected by transactions such as rate-making in side a State, and then went on to s that cases involving “common car- | could not be held to apply to s wholly within a State. such and production Conspiracy Is Cited. specifically peinted 0 cases were Vio- 1aws iLvolv- to in e inierstate commerce. In the Coronado cases labor unions not only conspired to prevent the actual shipment of goods between States but went so [ar as to com: t acis embracing the de- struction mirne property Fourth. the Supreme Court aas held time and again in previous aacisions that the friction between an employer and emplove and questions of union membership were :n no way related to the movement of goods in in tate commerce, but that such disputes when applied ‘0o common carriers or busiresses plainlv engaged in inter- state commerce 1ught come witain the Federal jurisdictipn to regulate The latest word as ‘0 what does or cces not | constitute interstate commerce con- cedes that some trensactions may “af- fect interstate commerce,” bur ndded that all transactions inside a State somehow affected interstate commerce and the test was a direct injury or con- spiracy to commit 2 direct injury and that regulation of wages and hours in & business itself not a part of inter- | state commerce Was not such a direct effect but & remote and inairect effect Constitutional Objections. | . the cour at the C lations of the ing A conspiracy There are other constitutional ob- Jections to the Wagner bill apart from those involved in an attempt to make the commeice clause of the Constitution include the right to regu- | late emplover and emplove reiations. There is, for examole, no quesiion but that the stipulation that employers €hall be forbidden 1o do certain things which emploves are not forbidden to do constitutes an “arbitrary” and *capricious” use of power by Congress within the meaning of those words in many past dccisions of the Su- | preme Court. Conzress may have the right to exercise certain powers. but not arbitrari If it is asseried by Congress any then the law may be declared lid under tne so- called due process clause of the Con- stitution which says nobody can be | deprived of his pioperty withou: being lawfully compensated The new Wagner bill makes it a violation of the statute. subject to heavy penalty, if an employer ‘“re- fuses to bargain collectively” and then leaves to the finding of a Federal board what is meant by such refusal. Thus the previous Labor Board in a written opinion held that refusal to reach an agreement of fixed dura- tion was hardly a good feith nego- | tiation. It is obvious that an em- ployer who rejected all the demands of his employes could be accused of “refusing” to bargain collective! Many members of the House see the flaws in the proposed measure, but President Roosevelt has indicated he will support the bill and hence its passage may be looked for in the near future Mr. Roosevelt's advisers are telling him again that the Wagner bill is free from constitutional objection and that the court can test it later on. By a simple ruse in phraseology, the measure has been changed sufficiently to give excuse for another period of legal uncertainty, and thus an era of industrial disputes may be ushered in which will be unprecedented. The attitude of congressional lead- ers on the Wagner bill will furnish & test of whether the Supreme Court's unanimous opinion really meant any- thing to the New Deal and whether | the next year is to see a continuance | of the effort to circumvent the Con- stitution instead of a direct proposal to amend the Constitution in the way provided in that document. (Copyright, 19 ) PATIENCE EXPENSIVE 41st Police Tow, However, Causes Motorist to Revolt. PHILADELPHIA (#).—Patience may be a virtue to most folks. but it'’s only an expense to S. F. Hansell. Porty times his automobile was towed away by police and impounded for illegal parking. Forty times he paid a $1 fine and $5 in towing and storage fees. Tow No. 41 was too much for | Hansell's pocketbook. He revolted in | Magistrate Jacob Dogole’s court, and | got his car back for nothing. Lightning Causes Death. During a storm near Alberton, South Africa. lightning severed an electric power cable, carrying 3.000 volts. The cable came in contact with & barbed wire fence, and when 8. J. Kruger touched the fence as| he entered a yard he was 1mmedlluly1 electrocuted. What’s What Behind News In Capital Subtle Propaganda Is Spread by New Deal in Handouts. BY PAUL MALLON. HE New Deal press agent sys- tem has been denounced as an octupus strangling all truth, | and praised as a device to turn on the light of publicity. Those who have come most closely in con- tact with it have found it is funda- mentally neither. It functions at its best and its worst in the publicity headquar- ters of the Bureau of National Parks, Interior Department. There the delicate and subtle propa- ganda emanates daily. The only reason you have not heard about it is that most panting correspond- | ents neglect to read such world- | shaking handouts as, for instance, the recent one from that source slugged : “Prize winners at eating contests.” The text of this malicious and in- | sidious effort to mislead the press fol- lows in part “Two woodchucks, known to Yel- lowstone Park rangers as Tillie and ‘Gluttony’ Gert (the quotation marks are those of the press agent), won top honors at a recent test banquet which ded everything from ‘soup to Tillie consumed three blue- berry pies. four large candy bars, two Kelly rolls, half a dozen sandwiches, and finished with two packages of salted peanuts. Five minutes after completing this bountiful meal she was back asking for more.” If you have not tried yet. the vi- cious subversive effort continues sluttony’ Gert did away with ten ks of no mean size, four bars a sack of cookies, and topped it off with three d-boiled eggs to aid digestion. Still not satisfied, she took to nibbling grass when the food gave out.” The handout admits that both Til- lie and Gertie lived No doubt this will be construed as an effort to extend purchasing power by encouraging overseating “Animal Codes” Another Topic. The propaganda approach is more direct in another handout from the same source, headed: “Animal Codes of Fair Competition.” Apparently the animals had not at that ized they were unconstitutional. but, at anyv rate, the official propaganda announcement says: “Codes of in fair competition are prescribed the latest movelty in contests initiated in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Ground squirrels are the contest- ants. The objective 1s to see which can carry the greatest number of peanuts in its cheeks. “Ordinarily an average ground squirrel, weighing half a pound, has a carrier capacity of 32 half nuts or 16 peanuts. But with their sporting blood aroused, capacity limit has been extended to more than 50. To date the record hoider has stowed away 64 half peanuts and the runner-up 61. visiting tourists supply the prov- ender.” (Note the statistics.) of Copies Issued. observer will notice again the use of the overconsump- tion philosophy in this indirect effort to influence public opinion. To realize the proper scope of it, you must con- sider that thousands of copies of such stuff are handed out by Government press agents daily. The expense of it all is footed by taxpayers. The material here cited is mot exactly a fair example of the gen- eral run of handouts, but it affords the opportunity to estimate ac- curately the value of same. To find nine-tenths of them. vou will have to look into the waste baskets of the Washington corre- spondents, where they rightfully be- long. g Thousands Any casual Press Agent Neglectful. innocent steps they take are as serious. For example, the The Jjust | Federal Communications Commission press agent has made no announce- ment of the fact, but the commission has sent out to field agents a con- fidential order instructing them to re- port any “unwarranted or libelous attacks on public officials.” This order was sent out five months ago, in January. So far, there is no evidence that the com- mission has taken any action against anyone for “unwarranted or libelous attacks.” It has made no effort, for instance, to suppress Huey Long, whose attacks are cer= tainly considered by the adminis- tration to be both unwarranted and libelous. The commission disclaims censor- ship intentions, and no one can pin it down to any violations of its dis- claimer. The situation is that it has issued orders which afford a good | opportunity for censorship, All New Dealers are reading with sharp interest an article which ap-| peared in the obscure quarterly pub- | lished by Columbia University Polit- ical Science Quarterly. It was writ- ten by Prof. Ogburn. who was news six months ago, when he retired from the N. R. A. Consumers’ Advisory | Board and returned to private think- ing at Chicago University, His current thought is that Pres- ident Roosevelt has a hold on the poor fellow such as nmo President ever had. His deduction is that as most people are poor, most are for Roosevelt. The way Prof. Ogburn tries to prove it is by analyzing the 1932 vote. He studied three types of voters, large city, small town and rural, in Illi- nois. In each group he discovered | that the lower income voters cast | their ballots for Roosevelt. He | checked up on the rent they pay, and | thus reached his conclusion. What he failed to find out is how they will vote in 1936. Bonus Withdrawal Political, The decision of congressional bonus | leaders not to press their cause at this session may be traced to firm political roots. They will deny it, but they knew very well that they could get a bonus bill (Harrison com- promise or better) at this session. Foremost in their mind was mone- R , the time real- | ‘! Not expected to be in session. | Next year is | the proper time to pass THOMSON SHOOTS 14 T0 LEAD OPEN Sarazen Loses Excellent Start, Lags 3 Behind. Krueger Pressing. | By the Associated Press. OAKMONT COUNTRY CLUB, | Pittsburgh, , June T.— Gene Sarazen, the favorite. lost his putting touch after a spectacular start today and finished with a 74 for his second round in the United States open golf championship. This gave him a 36- hole total of 149. 3 shots behind new pace-setter, long-hitting Jimmy Thomson of Long Beach, Calif. Thomson duplicated his initial 73 for & total of 146 Thomson carded birdies on five but was in traps on as many as his golf ran the scale. Jimmy three-putted two greens, but otherwise was brilliant on them Alvin (Butch) Krueger of Beloit, Wis., the “dark horse,” who led the field day's field with a subpar 71, showed no signs of cracking up by reason of being under heavy pressure. He shot the outgoing nine of his second round in 37. even par. The young semi-pro base ball pitcher had birdies on the first and seventh. but lost a stroke on each of the short holes. Olin Dutra of Los Angeles, the de- fending champion, was only able to slice a stroke off his first day's score as he posted a 76 for 153, leaving him ven shots behind the pace-setting homson, Early in the day the lead passed temporarily to Al Espinosa. Akron, Ohio, veteran, who scored a 76 for a total of 151 Although scores skyrocketed again generally, the favorites began to get the range and shake off their opening- day jitters Johnny Revolta, Milwaukee sharp- shooter, subdued the outgoing nine with a sub-par 35 this morning. Re- volta started play nine strokes behind | Krueger. | Jchn W. Campoell ot Philadelphia, who had an 84 for his first round, tore up his card ana withdrew after 11 strokes over par on six straight holes | "The hazardous Oskmont layout was swept by a brisk wina, adding to the difficulties of *hose facing a_struggle to get inside the low 60 and t'es, to which the field for tomorrow’s final 36 holes will oe limitea showing yesterday's round, 18-hole score and the 36-hole x) Indicates amateur Al Espinosa, Ahror. 76—151 John Revolta, Milwaukee, 30 —75— 155 Harry Cooper, Chicago, 77—81 John Golden, Norton, Conn 40—79—81—160 Jake Fassezke, 78—86—164 x) Oliver M. Ransue Canton. Ohio, 39—38—77—87—164. George B, Smitn, Moorstown. N, J.,, 40—40—80—84—154 Clyde Usina, jr. West Palm Beach, Fla., 44—42—86—75—1€5. Carmen Bill, Cleveiand, 84—83—167. Leo Walper, Washington, D. C., 40— 45—85—87—172. Rod Munday, Santa Rosa 42—42—84—88—i72 John Campbell, Philadelphia. 45— 39—84—withdrew Horton Smith, Chicago, 73—79—152, Victor Ghezzi, Deal, N. J., 15—78— 153 James Zellers, Pontiac, Mich., 84— 81—165 \dler Harper, Norfolk, Va., 81— 75— Ohio, 158 39— Detroit, $0—38— 41 -43— Calif., *Sidney . 8288170 Lioyd Gullickson, Columbus, 86—82—168. Jimmy Thomson, Long Calif . 73—73—146. Mortie Dutra, Detroit, Jack Gordon, Buffalo. ~79—154 Al Watrous. Detroit, 75—80—155 Tom Kelleher, St. Louis, 82—78— 160. Joe Turnesa, West Hardtford, Conn.,, 78—83—161 Red Gann, 83—79—162. Jock Hendry. St J. W. Kenney, 82—81—163 Eddie Loos. Chicago, 80—83—163. S. Chin. Japan. 83—81—164 Wilson Crain, Massilon, Ohio. 85— 82—167 Tom Mahan. Boston. 81—86—167. *Leland Hamman, Paris, Tex., 84— 83—167. Peter 83—168. Jack K. Yusada, Japan, 86—83— | 169. *Al Andereggen, Chicago, 89—46— | withdrew. | Henry Ciuci, Flushing, N. Y., 83—41 —disqualified. Dan Goss, Birmingham, Ala.,, 87— 41—withdrew. Vincent Eldred, Pittsburgh, 75—77 ~—152. Olin Dutra, Los Angeles, 77—76— | 53 W. Noyes, jr, Ardsley, N Ohio, Beach, 152 Chattanooga, Tenn., Paul. 82—80—162. Sylvania, Ohio, O'Hara, Philadelphia, 85— 1 George Von Elm, Los Angeles, 81— | T4—155. ! Francis Scheider, Oklahoma City, 80 —178—168. ?"‘l’\n Parks, jr, Pittsburgh, 77—73 —150. 6;2:11 Eaton, Los Angeles, 81—80— QUAKE TOLL 60,000 SIMLA, India, June 7 (#).—Fresh reports from the Indian area dev- | astated by earthquakes estimated last night that the total number of deaths has mounted to 60,000. More than 100 villages were wiped out throughout the district about | Quetta, 130 miles long and 20 wide. | The death estimate included 24,000 | killed in Kalat state. Debates public utility bill. House: Considers N. R. A. legislation. Agriculture Committee studies A. A. A. amendments. TOMORROW. Senate. Probably will not be in session. House. = | tary inflation, not bonus. Also men- | tionable is the fact that if they passed | a bonus bill they would lose the issue, | and consequently the veterans’ vote. | campaign year, and | even the simpleton voters know that bonus bill is then, (Copyrighh. 1935.) [ 4 < Barrymore Returns to New York Suddenly canceling his plans to cruise to Haiti, John Barrymore Cuba, in & Clipper plane on his way to New York Edna Barrie and Beatrice Drake. a friend left), Barrymore. Mrs and immediately left by motor for their New York hotel. Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. The party, shown ference States Should Play Major Role. | 8pecial Dispatch to The Star MONTREAL, Quebec, June 7.—"In the light of the recent Supreme Court decision regarding the N. R. A., it is very wise that the social security bill now being considered by Congress leave the matter of extent of employe contribution and amount and terms of payment of compensation pa ments for unemployment to the States for flexible handling according to local conditions and needs.” said A. J. Altmever, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Labor, Washington, D. C. and chairman of the technical board of the President’s Committee on Ecoromic Security, speaking here to- day at the opening session of the two- day ‘meeting of the American Public Welfare Association. “The constitutionality of the social security bill is beyond question.” added Joseph Harris, also of Washington, assistant to Dr. Edwin E. Witte, ex- | ecutive director of the Committee on Economic Security, speaking in his chief’s place. “The social security bill is based. in its unemployment compensation pro- visions, on the power of Congress to t night arrived at Miami from Havana, landing, They reached Newark Afrport this morning Barrymore said he and Miss Barrie had not discussed included Miss Elaine Barrie marriage. CIRCUS ELEPHANT RUNS MAD.KILLS 1 Girl, 9. Dies After Spreads Havoc at Performance. By the Associated Press CROOKSTON, Minn. June infuriated circus elephant. which charged the length of the “big top” vesterday, upsetting seats and spread- ing panic among 1.000 persons. killed a 9-vear-old girl spectator and left A score of persons nursing injuries. Margaret Ann Francis, who gaily had led her vounger sister Geraldine to seats in the bleacher section a few minutes earlier, was trampled bv the beast and died soon after in a hospital Injuries to the others. trapped when the bleachers collapsed. were con- fined mostly to cuts and bruises Geraldine, unhurt, except for a few scratches, was unable to remember how she was parted from her sister in a wild scramble for safety Crookston has a reputation as a “jinx” town among circus perform- ers. who recalled that 31 vears ago a Ringing Bros. circus had been bogged down and mired here for two days. They vowed never to return The next year, however. they sched- uled the town and encountered one of the worst windstorms in its his- tory. Tents were ripped to shreds wagons overturned and animals loosed The elephant, known as Virginia was captured easily by its trainer, William Woodcock. 31, of Ottumwa, Iowa, after the stampede at a per- formance of the Atterbury Bros. show Woodcock, ordered held for ques- tioning. as the show went on minus the elephant act. said the 18-year-old snimal had been suffering from a stomach ailment. It went berserk, he said. when it became frightened by a large dog which snapped-at it. Francis Stadsvold, county attorney, said he would recommend at a cor- oner’s inquest today that Woodcock be held on a charge of manslaughter. One hundred witnesses were called. The trainer denied reports of some 7.—An spectators that he had abused the prohibited executive officers of banks | animal before the performance, ex- plaining his use of a bull pike during a workout was probably misunder- stood. Live in Home 49 Years. Mr. and Mrs. E. Northcombe re- cently celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in the house near Bridge- water, England. in which they have lived for 49 years. TRAFFIC TIPS by the NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL Preparedness. A dangerous mountain road may really be safer than a wide, smooth, level highway. The average driver says to himself as he skims along the skyline of the high hill section: “What a place for accidents! Must be & lot of them here.” Whereupon he slows down and be- comes more cautious. He keeps & sharp eye out for all possible hazards. He doubles his alertness and thinks | about safety. In other words, he antic- ipates trouble and therefore usually doesn’t have any. The same thing usually happens when one has to drive during a storm. Statistics show that most highway ac- cidents occur on good dry highways in good Weather. The perfect road, because >f its very perfection, seems to lull our sense of caution. It's a pretty good rule in driving, to always expect the unexpected: to be ready for any emergency that may arise; regardless of where we are driving. Safe driving today is a man-sized job requiring skill, alertness, steady nerves and constant attention. [ Beast |Laboratory-Made itamins Seen by | Illinois Chemi Dr. Roger Adams 'Also Predicts Synthetic Dis- covery of Hormones. | By the Assoclated Press | CHICAGO. June 7.— Discovery of | synthetic vitam and hormones was | predicted today Dr. Roger Adams president of the American Chemical Society and head of the University of Illinois department of chemistry He made the prophesy in connection with commencement exercises for 350 graduates of the Chicago colleges of the State university Dr. Adams said the structure of vitamin A was known and although not vet synthesized its reduction product had been prepared in the lab- oratory. Structures of vitimin B-1 and vitamin B-2 have “been suggested and attempts to synthesize show promise of success in the near future,” he said. Of even greater importance were the hormones. or glandular execretions which initiate important body reac- tions, Dr. Adams declared. Hor- mones, more difficult to control than vitamins, were the object of concerted research by scientists engaged in or- ganic chemistry, BANKERS WORRIED OVERBILL'S DELAY Date When Officers Must [ Pay Up Only Nine Days Away. | By the Associated Press. Some bankers faced a perplexing | problem today. as the omnibus bank- | ing bill remained tied up in Congress. The banking act of 1933. which from obtaining loans from their own institutions, gav> them until June 16. 1935, to pay up outstanding ob- ligations Officers who haven't taken up their notes by that date—just nine days off —would be subject to one year im- prisonment and a $5000 fine. while the banks they serve would be sub- ject to a fine of $10,000 plus the amount of the loan. The omnibus measure includes a section extending the deadline for three vears, but it was still in a Senate subcommittee for rewriting to- day and there was no assurance that legislative action would be completed by June 16. The bill has passed the House. Treasury May Wink. Chairman Glass said the question of a special bill to take care of in- | debted bankers had been discussed, | but no decision had been reached. Treasury officials. while unwilling tc comment publicly, indicated they would be inclined to “wink” at the situation after June 16 as long as the possibility remained that Con- Rress would extend the time for pay- | ment. | The bank officers, who still owed | $90,000,000 to their own banks di- | |rectly or by indorsement of others’ notes as of last December 31, remained | troubled. however. | _“A wink might not satisfy my di- rectors,” said one, “as long as the law remains. I'm good for my loan— eventually—but I can't pay it now. Loans Are Reduced. In testimony before the Senate Com- mittee, J. F. T. O'Connor, Controller of the Currency, reported that direct |loans to bank officers had been re- $60,000,000 last December 31, while loans bearing officers’ indorsements had dropped from $43,000,000 to $30,- 000,000. Some committee members suggested that the bankers affected should transfer their loans to other banks. Glass, however, said he was in favor of the extension, and was joined in this statement by Senator Townsend, Republican, Delaware, and others. QUiNTUPLETS REPORTED Mother Without Medical Aid. MADRID, June 7 (#).—Authorities investigated yesterday reports that rent reports said the five children came into the world without medical as- sistance and are thriving. - A l | duced from $93,000,000 in 1933 to | COAL MINE TERROR REPORT STUDIED Laffoon Withholds Com- ‘ ment After Probers Charge Labor Oppression. By the Associated Py FRANKFORT, Ky, June 7.—Gov Ruby Laffoon withheld comment on his special commission’s report that operators and officials enforce a reign of terror in the Harlan County coal fields The Governor said he wished to study the report thoroughly before he said anvthing. The commission de- clared the operators oppress labor to , amass fortunes. It advised ousting Harlan Sheriff Theodore Middleton Troops escorted Adjt. Gen. H. H Denhardt. commisison chairman, and the commisisoners through the coal fields after they took testimony here Among the findings they submitted to Gov. Laffoon yesterday were: That there exists mn Harlan County “a vir- tual reign of terror, financed in gen- eral by a group of coal mine operators in collusion with certain public offi- cials.” | Families Are Victims. That “the victims of this * * * are the coal miners and their families.” That “peaceable assembly and speech are scarcely tolerated That homes of union miners and organizers have been dvnamited and fired into, families evicted from their homes, ballot boxes stuffed, organizers arrested and held without bond and the United States flag “defiled in the presence of and with the consent of peace officers.” That Sheriff Middleton “is in league with the operators and is using many ‘n! his deputies to carry out his pur- | {poses. *'+ + He promised. if elected | (sheriff), that he would continue giv- ing to the people the right of free speech and lawful assemblage. Yet after all of this. he has proved faith- less to the trust” of the people. ree levy and collect taxes. Its power to make grants in aid to the States has been well established for over 100 years. The proposed pay roll taxes are not penalties. The Supreme Court has never held a real tax levy to be unconstitutional. The pay roll tax is an excise tax Wwithin the powers granted by the sixteenth amendment to the Constitution. Jobless Trend Traced. Dr. Altmeyer said further: “Unem- ployment, sickness and accident, old age and prematu death are the chief causes of social and economic insecurity. They have been dramatized by the depression, but they are always withus. Even in average normal times 8 per cent of the industrial workers are unemployed. In the slack year of 3 more than 14.000 workmen were killed at work. The annual wage loss from sickness for wage earners aver- ages $900.000.000. Half the people of the United States over 65 vears of are dependent upon public relief fur upon near At present over 1.000.000 €5 are dependent upon This 1 able-bodied o of the fz States have winner except systems of unemployme and old-age insurance cover on or 2 per cent of the emploved sons. The expenditure of £150.000.000 a month for pub) throughout the U es shows the inadequacy and insecu of th present system. These conditions mand a more adequate and equit procedure. The social security will go & long way toward mee that need “It cannot accomplish this all elf, however. Greater prosperity cessary. The social security will afford protection against larger economic vi des of and bad times in the future only part of the administrat gram. The work-relief act important for the media‘e tion, but it will not solve the prob- lem of individual security i run, toward which the bill aimed. All the provisions of that bill are complementary All Hazards Not Met, Harris added: “The social curity bill does not consider sic insurance. The committee on eco- nomic security has indicated that those proposals are to come later. “The sociai security bill does not meet all hazards or It still leaves and will leave public and private relief to meet in- dividual and exceptional situations “There is danger of demand that old-age pensions be extended to peo- ple of all ecoromic classes, regardless of need. The provisions of this bill limited as they are, for contributory old-age annuities are. therefore, espe- cially important. Their cost to the public treasury will be less than half the cost, in the long run, of straight d bill the good se- ss | old-age pensicns Cite Pitiful Case. | Regarding evictions, the commis- sioners said that “in one three-room dwelling in the town of Cumberland we found huddled together 11 children and 4 adults forced from their com- pany-owned homes because they had dared oppose the will of the operators, {In this same building preparations were being made to receive another family of seven children and their parents, who likewise had been forced to leave their homes because the father had expressed himself favor- ably to the labor organization.” The report cited testimony of Charles M. Barnes of Cincinnati and | New York, chairman of the N. R. A, Bituminous Coal Labor Board for South district No. 1. Barnes charged that the miners have mo free choice as to anything they may belong to. such as a church, lodge or any other organization. He also testified that “violations of code hours and wages were numerous and general and that only one operator showed any respect | whatsoever for the board.” | The commissioners unanimously agreed that two union leaders’ writ- | ten charges against the operators were fully substantiated, ‘except as to the number of peace officers in Harlan | County. William Turnblazer. United Mine Workers of America, district 19 | president, and Sam Caddy, district 30 | president, made the charges cover- | ing in part the matters mentioned by the commission. 'DOUGLAS RENEWS - NEW DEAL ATTACK‘ Former Budget Head Says 1t! | Parallels Step Taken by Russia | in Forcing Communism. By the Associated Press. STROUDSBURG, Pa., June 7— Lewis Douglas, former United States budget director, says the Roosevelt New Deal “parallels identically” the steps taken by Soviet Russia “in forc- ing communism on the people.” “Confiscation of gold and control of banks.” “socializing deposits as con- Five Reported Born to Spanish |templated under the present banking | bill,” and “spending to devalue the | currency.” were the parallels he cited | | last night in addressing the Manufac- turing Chemists’ Association at nearby | quintuplets were born to a mother in | SkY Top. the Lavapies section, one of the poorest | { neighborhoods of the capital. This, he asserted. is “precisely the Cur- | pattern which led Russia into com- munism and will lead the United States and Western civilization to | the same end if not stopped.” o) “It has been stated that the cost of this bill by 1950 would be $41.- 000.000.000. Only $12.000,000.000. how- ever, would come from taxes on em- ployers. This cost is too small. if anything. In the same time. wage losses on this basis would be $75.000,- RAIL PENSION BODY ASKED BY RAYBUR FLEXIBILITY URGED SENATOR DEFENDS IN SECURITY BILL ROOSEVELT, N.R. A Altmeyer Tells Welfare Con- | President Was First to Obey Court Decision, Says Lewis in Debate. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, A defense of President Roonsevelt and the principles of the N. R. A against attacks by their critics since the Supreme Court «decision in the Schechter case was made in the Sen- ate today by Senator Lewis of Illinois, Democratic whip. Mr. Roosevelt was pictured es the t to obey the decision, although {t estroyed the immediate operation of a system devised by the President for what he felt was the welfare of the re pression of all his eountrvmen “Where” demanded Lewis. “is one voice of those who were denouncing the President and prophesying every action of evil and destruction in the accusation of ‘unconstitutional con- duct,’ ‘despotic " and ‘tyrannical device to fn Constitution to call attent he people wh been al®imed by the in the innuenZos and accu President Roosevelt prompt recording of the opinion wa tions s gro eek inds of e Code Attitude Upheld. i ted that tr ident could have co of fair t fine and im ! as nothing." opini the d framed th codes and agreed in compact to thei prescriptions Lewis nd; Presiden press o ook to explain Partisan Polities Assailed. The cr ed by 1 charge that the President malefactors of had abused honor Now detestable t public ma FATHER SENTENCED FOR BABY'S DEATH “Internal Bath,” Administered as Punishment. Fatal—Judge Hits Law's Limit. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES. June 7—Esxpress ing regret that the 1aw did not permit him to impose a more severe pena Judge letcher Bowron sentenced Howard L. Colby. 26. vesterday to serve from one to 10 vears in the State peni- tentiary for the “internal batn™ death of his 2-year-old son. Grant Colby The death of his little boy.” Jud Bowron said, “seems to have a the defendant o more than if one his goats or Guinea pigs had ber | killed ™ Colby displayed no emotion as se tence was passed. He pleaded gui 10 mansiaugnter in connection w his son's death after a jury faied to agree at his murder trial At the trial the prosecution con- tended the boy's death resuited from Texan Would Create Nine-Man an internal bath administered by a Commission to Try to Draft Successful Law. By the Associated Press Creation of a special nine-man commission to try to find out a way of enacting legal railroad retirement legislation was proposed today by Representative Rayburn, Democrat, of ‘Texas. President Roosevelt has a recom- mendation from Attorney General Cummings that no attempt to rewrite the railway pension act, invalidated by the Supreme Court. be made at this session of Congress because of “the sweeping character” of the decision. In presenting a resolution calling court decision is largely predicated upon disputed questions of fact which do not appear to have been fully investigated heretofore.” Later, this language was witndrawn. At the same time Rayturn said hear- ings on the proposal would open Wed- nesday. The commission would be directed to report to Congress by Maich 1, 1936, after a “thorough investization of all pertinent facts for the nurpose of determining vhetner a sound re- tirement and annuity system made lrnr a commission, Rayburn said: “The applicable by law to carriers by rail- | roads engaged in interstate commerce | will promote efficiency and safety in | interstate transportation * * * and whether such 2 system is deuirable and in the public interest. The commission would comprise three Senators cnosen by the Vice President, three House members se- lected by the Speaker and three per- sons named by the President. s Escaped Convict Captured. EAST ORANGE, N. J,, June 7 (&) —Joseph Stoddard, who, witn three other prisoners of State Prison at Trenton, shot his way to fr-edom from the Trenton State Prison in 1931, was held by police today. was arrested after a battle with four policemen, [ ] He | ? hose attached to a water faucet. The State said the bath was given as pun- ishment for a childish mishap. FEA KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES “Ma" McGinnis gives “Pa” McGinnis a social-climbing headache trying “to keep up with the Joneses” . . . makes him toe the mark 24 hours a day. Some say it's the funniest thing in the funny papers. Section D, Page 4 A regular feature in The Star