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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy tonight; tomorrow prob~ ably showers, not much change in tem- perature; moderate south and southwest Temperatures—Highest, winds. noon tod: lowest, 63, at 5 Closing N. Y. Markets Pages 17, 18, 19 an 33,2 No. 81. post office, Wa ANNE LYDDANE'S TRYST WITH BEALL REVEALED BY WIFE Near Tears, She Tells How | She Found Couple Night Before Baby Was Born. ACCUSED WOMAN CALM AS TESTIMONY UNFOLDS% “She Laughed in My Face” Wheni Discovered With Husband in | Driveway, Witness Says. BULLETIN. ROCKVILLE, Md. June Mrs. Anne Lyddane took the wit- | ness stand in her own behalf this afternoon and described herself as the victim of blackmailers. She denied she had ever approached John (Googy) Carnell to get her husband killed. BY W. H. SHIPEEN, JR., Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md. June 14.—The State rested its case against Mrs. Anne | Lyddane today, shortly after Mrs. Jo- | sephine Beall, mother of three children. had told the jury and a hushed court room that she had chased the pretty ‘bank secretary from the driveway of her home at Darnestown on the night before the birth of her youngest child Mrs. Lyddane, whose trial on charges of conspiring to do away with her hus- band, Prancis (Slom) Lyddane, now is in its third day here, is accused in another indictment of plotting against Mrs. Beall's life. The latter once named Mrs. Lyddane as co-respondent in a divorce suit against her husband, Arthur Beall. Darnestown garage man &and base ball plaver. The suit was withdrawn later after a property settle- | ment, The accused bank secretary retained her composure throughout Mrs. Beall's | dramatic, half-sobbing testimony. A &lim blond who does not look her 31 years, Mrs. Lyddane calmly faced her accuser. 14— | Found Couple in Driveway. Mrs. Beall said she found her hus- band and Mrs. Lyddane on a June night three years ago in an automo- bile parked in the driveway of the Beall home. She said it was the night before her youngest baby was born and that her husband had to restrain her while Mrs. Lyddane drove away “laughing | in my face.” » | State’s Attorney James H. Pugh led | Mrs. Beall through her story with a ! few questions and Defense Counsel Stedman Prescott declined to examine | her beyond her original statement to | the jury. The defense began presentation of | its case immediately after the State rested, but only one witness, Rich- mond Green, president of the Farm- ers’ Banking & Trust Co., who em- ployed Mrs. Lyddane as secretary. had been heard when court recessed for lunch. Mrs. Lyddane was accused yesterday of a plot on the life of her husband bv John (Googy) Carnell, Rockville bartender, former Washington police- man and self styled “petty racketeer.” Carnell was indicted along with three other Washington police characters, but pleaded guilty and turned State’s evidence after promises of immunity. A “threat” note found on his person is among the most important evidence in the case, the State having made repeated efforts to show it was written on Mrs. Lyddane's typewriter. Insurance Agent Testifies, The others under indictment in the alleged plots are Harry (Rags) Thomas, former convict. and Edwin | J. Davis, who has served time for bootlegging. John Martin Boland al- ready has been tried, but the verdict | was withheld. In renewed effort to prove motives of avarice and love for another man, the State followed up the testimony | of Mrs. Beall by putting an insurance agent on the stand, who testified there | was a $15,000 double indemnity policy | on the life of Mrs. Lyddane’s husband. Lyddane avowedly believes in the innocence of his wife and accompanies | her daily to the trial. She was| dressed immaculately in white, from head to toe, this morning and showed no traces of the strain of the trial. Mr. and Mrs. Beall, despite testimony | that he and Mrs. Lyddane were seen | together in- recent months, were | reconciled three years ago and have been living together since. Paper Expert Testifies. R. E. Lofton, Bureau of Standards paper analyist, was the first witness | at this morning's session. He de- | clared the envelope of the “Googy Dote” was from the same paper stock | (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) 11 HURT IN RIOT IN OMAHA STRIKE 2,000 Loot Store, Damage Cars and Batter Police Autos Be- fore Subdued. By the Assoclated Press. OMAHA, June 14.—Rioters injured 11 persons, looted a grocery, damaged street cars and battered police squad cars before order was restored by the police with tear gas and riot guns in renewal of disorders incident to he two months’ old street car strike in South Omaha. The police estimated that a mob of 2,000 sympathizers took part in to- day's riots. TOLEDO, Ohio, June 14 (®— Union electrical workers who called off a strike at plants of the Toledo Edison Co. a week ago started an- other one today and re-established their picket lines. The strike a week ago lasted 18 hours and was ended at the request of international officers of the Elec- trical Workers’ Union. A union committee, headed by Oliver S. Myers, business agent, issued a statement expressing dissatisfac- tion with negotiations between union officials and representatives of the company. | Monmouth, 87, at a.m. today. Entered as second class matter shington, D. C. Tells of Tryst MRS. JOSEPHINE BEALL, —Harris-Ewin, hoto. @h WASHINGTON, BRITISH AND NAZIS AGREE ON TERMS FOR NAVAL TREATY German Strength Will Be 35 Per Cent of London’s, Officials Say. HITLER SENDS MESSAGE EXPRESSING AGREEMENT Pact Will Be Operative Regard- less of Attitude of France and Italy. CONCLAVE ENDED, SHRINERS DEPART {Huge Pageant Attended by 100,000 Culminates Con- vention in Capital. Having said favewell to Washington in a blaze of glory last night, the weary but happy thousands of Shrine pilgrims today were evacuating rapidly the oasis of their cclorful sixty-first conclave, described by officials as the greatest in Shrine anvuals. The Nobles of the Mystic Shrine gave the Capital a hina: salaam with a | glittering nocturnal program of pag- eantry, street revelr; and an atter- midnight pyrotechnic display prob- ably eclipsing anvthing of its kind | evar held here. The grandeur of last night's show thrilled more ihan 130.000 men, wom- | en and children who banked both sides of Pennsylvania avenue inr the pretentious but somewhat slow-mov- ing parade and pareant and who ‘hen adjourned to Pifieenth sireet for a Mardi Gras-hke “dance of al na- tious™ and the startling fireworss on che nearby Monumen® grounas. Staged Under Festoons of Lights. The four-and-a-half hour vageant and preliminary ;arade of uniformed Shriners were staged teneath {~stoons of vari-colored ‘'ights stretcred like ropes of iridescent pearls across the Averue and ander perfect moon-lit skies that contrasted sharply with the storm clouds of th= nieht before. ‘The 10-part pageant itself—main feature of the final snow—drew upon the romance and co.or of all history for its material. The scenes shifted from the sands of the Sahara ‘c the snowdrifts of Volley Ferge, trom the arenas of Rome io the battleficld of from dragon - nfested China to the ice-foes of Little Amer- ica, from Robin Hood and Maid Marian in the green forest to a stage coach robbery in the days of the Wild West. It was something new in the line of pageantry, the brain child of three | Washington Army officers—Maj. Gen. Amos A. Pries, retired; Col. Harry 8. Kimberly and Col. Harry Coope. Be- cause of its newness, all was not as smooth as it might have been and les- sons were learned that will be valu- able in event so amibitious a project | is undertaken again. There were long delays between scenes, during which spectators on hard benches, curbs and window ledges grew restive. Only spectators in the immediate vicinity of the scheduled stops for the mobile stages could hear or see the actors | in their special plays, and these stops | were too far apart to afford many on- | lookers a view ofthe featured per- formances. ticable to present some of the acts on both sides of the stage, and in these instances only those on one side of the Avenue saw what was taking place. Amplifiers Break Down. Another unfortunate incident was | the apparent breakdown of the ampli- fiers between Ninth and Tenth streets | when the big attraction, “The Myste- ries of Egypt.” appeared. As a con- sequence the large cast of this pro- duction moved on without giving their (See SHRINERS, Page 6.) .POST’S HOP DELAYED Heard Field Attendants Have Nothing From Flyer. LOS ANGELES, June 14 (#).— Wiley Post apparently had decided early today to postpone his sched- uled stratosphere flight to New York | city. Attendants at Union Air Terminal at Burbank, where the flyer keeps his plane, said they had not heard from either Post or his advisers since mid- night. They said it appeared he |would not take off on his fourth | attempt to fly across the country. Local weather conditions were not |the best, and fog began collecting | shortly before daybreak. Heat Fatal to Woman. ENGLAND, Ark, June 14 (#).— Heat has claimed its second victim in Arkensas this year. Mrs. Charlie Kessinger, 45, died at her home here following a sunstroke . while working in & cotton feid. A farmer died of a sunstroke earlier in the week. Ira Bashein, who graduated from West Point two years ago, was in- dicted today by the District grand jury for threatening to bomb the White House. The former Army officer, who is now serving time in the District jail for disorderly conduct, has been pro- nounced insane by District alienists. His indictment, the first one here for dent, presumably was = By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 14.—High British sources today confirmed the fact of an agreement between Great Britain and | Germany on the terms of a bilateral treaty restricting the German Navy to | 35 per cent of the under-age British naval strength. Reichsfuehrer Hitler's assent to the terms was formally communicated this morning to Sir Samuel Hoare, British foreign secretary. at a conference with Joaquim von Ribbontrop, Hitler's armaments expert Some naval authorities asserted that would be actually only 17 per cent the size of the British Navy at present in view of the great proportion of the | Moreover, it was imprac- | making threats egainst the Presi-- | British fleet composed of over-age ves- [ sels. It was understood, however, that the | treaty contemplates the replacement | of Great Britain's over-age vessels within the limits prescribed by the Washington and London naval treaties. Attitude of France. An important aspect to the Anglo- German agreement is, it was indicated, that it will be operative between the | two countries regardless of whether it | is accepted by France and Italy. The | United States and Japan raised no ob- | jections, but replies suill are awaited ! from Paris and Rome. | If other powers entered a naval building competition in excess of the limits contemplated under the pres- ent treaties, both England and Ger- | many would simultaneously be re- | leased from their mutual agreement. | Although Prance and Italy are not bound by treaties except in the build- ing of cepital ships, it is understood that a release clause in the Anglo- German agreement has been framed to protect Germany adequately in the event of a naval armaments race | in_smaller warships and submarines. The. British government still is hopeful that the Anglo-German agreement can be incorporated into | & multilateral pact including Russia | in addition to the present naval treaty powers. It is understood that the Russian government has been kept informed and that an Anglo-Russian naval conference is contemplated at a future date. Agreement Drafted. ain, Germany will limit her navy |in each category of fighting ships to 35 per cent the British strength. The actual drafting of the new agree- ment is being undertaken imme- diately. Great Britain, by completing the pact, leaves herself open to charges from France of aiding Germany in further wrecking the Versailles treaty. Britain's part in the further weak- ening of the already tottering treaty of Versailles was defended by the Times, in an apparently inspired edi- torial. “Although in practice it (the agree- ment) involves a tacit disregard of the treaty ot Versailles” the edi- torial said, “yet inasmuch af it wili substitute a new agreement for the prosecution of disarmament clauses of the treaty, it will constitute an im- portant advance in the process of getting peace established upon the firm ground of agreements freely concluded. There are parts of the treaty of Versailles which it is best to ‘forget about’."™ 'LEAVE RESTORATION House Civil Service Body Acts Favorably on Measure Aiding U. S. Workers. ‘The House Civil Service Committee today favorably reported bills restor- ing 30 days’' annual leave to Govern- ment employes and granting annual sick leave of 15 days cumulative to 120 days. These measures are expected to come up for action in the House the first of the week, with the prospect that they will be promptly passed. ‘The Civil Service Committee also granted a brief hearing to employes of the Capitol and Senate and House Office Buildings, who have circulated 8 petition which now has more than 300 signatures requesting that they be placed under the retirement system. Wallace Bassford, formerly secretary to the late Speaker Champ Clark, was spokesman for the Capitol em- ployes. Chairman Ramspeck assured them that favorable action would be taken next week on their bill. which he anticipated would be promptly ap- proved by the House. No opposition has been expressed to this measure. West Point Graduate Indicted For Threat Against President Immuu his commitment fo St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. tives turned the Secret Service case over to the United States at- Roosevelt: “I, West Point grad, Jume, 1933 will bomb your rters. . Be careful. I have been job. Am des- perate. Will commit desperate deed to- secure economie security. - - ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 15 S0 KNOX RENOVATES G. 0. . INILLINOIS MAY BE GANDIDATE |Party May Turn to Key under these terms the German Navy | In the agreement with Great Brit- | BILL IS APPROVED | State Leader for ’36 Campaign. EFFORT TO CLEAN UP- ELECTION LISTS MADE Chicago Publisher Says Issues Will Be Fought on Level “Far Above Partisan Lines. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. CHICAGO, June 14.—Illinois is the keystone State of the Middle West for |the G. O. P. A Republican victory in the national campaign next year | which did not include the electoral | votes of this State would be an amaz- | ing thing—probably an impossibility. | When this is considered in the light |of the situation which has existed here since 1930 it is clear that the Republicans have a lot to do to put | their house in order. Col. Frank Knox, who came to Illi- | nois only four years ago, has quietly | been going about the job of renovat- ing the party in this State. Shot to pieces in Cook County (Chicago) and | even downstate with factions, the job is a big_one. As publisher of the | Chicago Daily News and at the same time keenly interested in politics, Knox has been helpful in getting to- | gether the heads of various factions. | He has a natural bent for organiza- tion. And at the same time that he has labored with the job of rebuilding the party in the State Knox has come to be considered a possibility for the Republican nomination—one of the three or four men in the Midwest to whom “the party may turn for national leadership next year. Col. Knox laughs off suggestions that | he is a candidate for the presidential | nomination. Nevertheless, there is! a growing sentiment for him. Friends, not only in Illinois, but throughout many of the Middle West States and in the East and South are doing a lot of the necessary ground work to build up a candidate who can go to the national convention' next year | with a sizable group of delegates. Tllinois Support Seen. If Knox is to be a candidate, and | there are plenty of signs that he' will, he may have a tough time get- ting the solid support of the Illinois | delegation. It will not be all beer ! and skittles to bring that about. | However, there is at least one of the | leading Republican leaders in the | State with whom I talked who believes that Knox can have the Illinois dele- gation if he becomes a candidate— and there are probably others who believe the same. The fact that he is a newcomer to ! Tllinois has both its disadvantages and | its advantages. There are those who | say they do not see how he rates the | support of Tlincis for President; that | he has neither proved himself as a vote getter or an administrator. On the other hand, he has the advantage of no entangling alliances in the past with the various factions of the party |in the State. On that ground, he may be the man to rally the Republicans | into a united group, something that is | sadly needed in Illinois. | In the meantime Col. Knox is bent | | on cleaning up the situation in Chicago. | | He insists that there are in the neigh- | | borhood of 200,000 fraudulent regis- | | trations of Democrats in Cook | |County. If these names can be stricken from the lists, the Republicans will have a real chance to carry| Chicago next year. Downstate can be carried for the Republicans. The | registration lists are to be combed | | with a fine tooth comb during the next | few months in the effort to clean them | | Efforts have been made in the re to get through a new elec- tion law. Controlled by the Demo- | crats, the Legislature so far has turned a cold shoulder. Encouraged by Parley. Like over Republicans in this sec- tion of the country, Col. Knox has | been greatly encouraged by the hap- penings at the Midwest “Grass Roots” | Conference in Springfield. He believes | that other similar regional conferences (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) BONDHOLDERS BUY W.B. & A. SHORT LINE All Parcels Are Sold at Auction. Baltimore-Annapolis Link * Brings $1,000. By the Assogiated Press, ANNAPOLIS, Md, ‘June 14.—The .properties of the Washington, Balti- more & Annapolis Railway, one of the oldest interurban electric lines in the country, were sold at auction, par- cel by parcel, today from the steps of the Anne Arundel County Court House here. ‘The 33-mile double-track main line from Baltimore to the District of Co- lumbia limits was knocked down to Hyman-Michaels Co., Chicago scrap- iron dealers, for $139,000. The single track route of the Old Annapolis Short Line from Annapolis to Baltimore, subject to mortgages totaling $1,990,741.48, was bought in for $1,000 by J. J. Quinn, representing B. Bondholders’ 1 F 2 E > % f i 1 i i g g2 i £, Hy re 3 ’Eé F &f | g o o g 4 E o7 58 IF THAT. GET To o Star FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1935—FIFTY-SIX PAGES. 'S THE THE TRUTH, THEY G. O. P. Grass Roots Conference Likens Chairman Farley to Boss Tweed! The only evening in Washington wit R aper the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 130,541 Some Returns Not Yet Received (P) Means Associated Press. ROOSEVELT WINS DELAY IN STRIKE |Coal Operators and Miners Agree to Truce Until June 30. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Through the personal efforts of President Roosevelt, an agreement was reached today between repre- sentatives of the bituminous coal op- erators and miners to a truce to postpone the strike order for next Monday in the bituminous industry to June 30. By that date the President ex- pects the Guffey-Snyder coal wage bill to be enacted into law and its removal of the uses for a strike. The operators’ and miners' wage scale conference, which convenes here tomorrow, is expected to approve the | truce. Lewis Attends Conference. Attending the conference in the President’s office were John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers; Duncan U. Kennedy, representing the operators; Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania and Representative | Snyder of Pennsylvania, co-authors ot the coal-wage bill favored by the ad- ministration; and Maj. George Mur- | ray of the National Recovery Admin- istrauon. This conference lasted more than an hour. The President was given assurance by Senator Guffey that his coal-wage bill would be taken up in the Senate ‘Tuesday. Hearings Start Monday. Representative Snyder, co-author of the bill. also said that the Ways and Means Committee of the House next Moriday would start hearings on this | legislation. Mr. Snyder said the necessary ad- justments in the bill are being made s0 as to meet all constitutional require- ents. Negotiations for a new wage scale | started last February and finally broke | down about two weeks ago, when both sides admitted they were unable to effect a working arrangement to re- place the contract which expires June 16. Seeks Time for Bill. Mr. Roosevelt asked for the delay | until June 30, Lewis said, to permit | Congress to enaet the Guffey coal stabilization bill to create a “little N.R. A" for the soft-coal industry. Without that bill's price-control provisions, the industry could not af- ford to make new wage and hour commitments, many operators con- tend. STEINMETZ GETS 8 TO 16 YEARS IN WIFE’S SLAYING Bible Student Killed Her and Priest When He Found Them Together in Hotel Room. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, June 14.—Joseph Lieb Steinmetz, 22-year-old Bible student convicted of manslaughter in the slay- ing of his young bride when he found her partially dressed in the room of a drunken priest, was sentenced today to 8 o 16 years’ imprisonment by General Sessions Judge Charles Nott. The youth was not tried for the slaying of the priest, Rev. John J. Leonard, chaplain at the Morris Hall Home for the Aged, Lawrenceville, N. J, who was shot to death at the same time. The State has indicated it will not attempt to convict him in the latter death. . Reade;'s’ Guide Amusements Changing World Comies Cross-word Puzzle . Editorials Finance Lost and Found . ‘Washington. Wayside ...B-14 Women's m” .C-6-7 BULLETIN Secretary Dern today cleared Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois of | charges made against him by the | House Military Committee and re- fused to remove him as chief of the “Army Air Corps. | An official War Department state- ment said, however, the inspector | general's report on the Foulois case had found the chief of the Air Corps had given “exaggerated, un- fair and misleading statements to a congressional committee.” and on those grounds Secretary Dern will reprimand Gen. Foulois. (Earlier Story on Page B-8.) TAX PARLEY HELD - AT WHITE HOUSE |Conference Follows House | ~Group’s - Approval of “Nuisance” Extension. | By the Associated Press. | Taxation and monetary problems were considered in a significant White House meeting today, but no | immediate announcement was forth- coming. Before the conference, the House Ways and Means Committee approved | & two-year extension of present “nui- | sance” taxes estimated to bring in | $501,000.000 in the next fiscal year | beginning July 1. The parley continued for more than | half an hour. Secretary Morgenthau, Attorney General Cummings, Solicitor | General Reed and Herman Oliphant, Treasury counsel, were present with | President Roosevelt. Whether new legislation is to be proposed was not made known. Both gold and silver were indicated as subjects of the conversation per- | taining to the monetary system. There have been persistent reports |of an administration move to levy | an inheritance tax and increase the gift tax. | The committee made public these | estimates of what the taxes would produce next fiscal year, beginning July 1 Three-cent Iubricating oil, wort, $800,000: grape concentrate, $1,000: imported petroleum, $8.000,000; imported coal, $1,100.000; imported | lumber, $900,000; imported copper, | $800,000; tires and tubes, $27.000,000; | toilet preparations, $12,000,000; furs, $2,500,000; jewelry, $1,800,000: autc trucks, $6.300,000; other autos, $35,000,- 000; auto accessories, $6,200.000; radios and phonographs, $3,700,000; mechanical refrigerators, $6,800,000; sporting goods, $4,600,000; firearms, | 82,300,000; cameras, $340,000; matches, $6,200,000; chewing gum, $650,000; | electrical energy, $33,000,000; gasoline, | $170,000,000; telephone and telegraph messages, $20,200,000; transfer of bonds and conveyances, $14,300,000; transportation of oil by pipe line, $9,600.000; issue of bonds and stocks, $3,200,000; stock transfers, $15,000,000; produce futures, $2,700,000; admis- sions, $16.000,000. postage, $75.000,000; es—] clave. repaid. A $28,000,000; brewers' | PRESIDENT BANS “J0B PROSELYTING 'Salary Increases Forbidden for Six Months After i Transfers Are Made. President Roosevelt has stepped in | to end “job proselyting” in the Gov- | ernment. | In an executive order made public today the President directs that no agency may solicit the services of persons working elsewhere without the permission of their employing officer, and prohibits salary increases within six months where such transfers are allowed.- | It i the second time the Presi- i dent has felt called upon to act in this matter, former Budget Director Douglas broadcasting a notice in | February, 1934, that the President de- sired supervisory officials to be con- sulted before any of their employes were sought for other positions. There was, however, no pay raise proscrip- tion linked with the issue at that time. The same order aiso directs that apocintments for which the mwcum- | bents are to be paid oul of emeszency funds be designated either as L mpo- rary or emergeacy, and that the | emergency appointments be sxpressly limited to the date of expiraiion of the appropriation, and in no case go beyond June 30, 3937 In another order tie President ex- | tended for two years temporary ap- pointment of a large group of em- ployes at the General Acceunting Office whose time ctherwise would have been up June 30 This stuft was taken on to handle th~ increasa work necessitated by emergency expendi- | tures, and now is to e built up even more. PLANE 236 HOURS IN AR/ Key Brothers Continue Endurance Flight in “Ole Miss.” i MERIDIAN, Miss, June 14 (#) | The Ole Miss, endurance plane of Fred and Al Key, brother pilots, | droned its way past the 236th hour | mark of sustained flight at 8:30 am. (Central standard time: today. Ground crew officials got a scare | late yesterday. Ascending to 10.000 | feet, ‘the Keys decided to clean the | | gascolater, running between the main | gas tank and the motor. To do so the ignition had to be cut off. The motor was not cut in again until ! the Ole Miss had reached a level of | approximately 1,000 feet. Steve Hamas in Smash-Up. REGENSBURG, Germany, June 14 | (#).—Steve Hamas, New Jersey heavy- | weight, his wife and two others in a party touring Southern Germany, narrowly escaped serious injury today when their car skidded into a ditch on a sharp curve on the highway be- | tween Amberg and Schwandorf. The | | car was demolished, but none of the | occupants was injured. | This Week's Big Shrine Conclave and Thursday Night Pageant In the Rotogravure Section of Next Sunday's Star A variety of interesting photographs—the uced in this superbly jon—a worthy souvenir of the great Shrine Con- rinted sec- : In Next Sunday’s Star Place order with your newsdealer at once. Mailed in Maryland and Virginia, 10 cents, All other States and Canada, | kins, | shortly TWO CENTS. HOUSE APPROVES SENATE CHANGES INN.R. A MEASURE Resolution for Extension Is Sent to Roosevelt for Signature. REPUBLICANS CONCEDE DEFEAT IN OPPOSITION Michigan Representative Charges Passage Under Rare Type of Gag Rule, By the Associated Press Racing against a Sunday night dead- line, the House today speedily agreed to Sénate amendments to the resolu- tion extending an abbreviated N. R. A. to next April 1 and sent the measure to President Roosevelt for his signa- ture. Passage came after only 40 minutes of listless debate. ‘The vote for the N. was 338 to 30. Not even the full hour of allowed debate was utilized, the Republicans apparently conceding that their ate tempts to defeat the huge House Dem= ocratic majority would be unsuccess- ful. R. A. resolution Rarified Type of Gag. When the special resolution azcept- ing the Senate amendment to the measure vas called up, Representative Michener, Republican, of Michigan remarked “Unless T am misinformed only one rule like this has ever been brought before the House. This is a rarified type of gag rule” The Harrison-Borah anti-trust amendment. said Representative Jen- Republican, of Ohio, “improves the bill." “We Republicans contend.” he as- serted, “that the N. R. A. either should be continued or allowed to die and not extend in this half-dead shape.” Jenkins added that the “President will never live long enough to stop wishing that he could withdraw the remarks he made about a constitu- tional amendment” replacing N. R. A, Most of the ialk was about the Borah anti-trust amendment. but the Demccrats, among them Chairman Doughton of the Ways and Means Committee. held that it “adds nothing to and subtracts nothing from the House bill.” The real purpose of the extension, Doughton asserted, was to ‘“give further time for a further study” of what could be done since the court held N. R. A. unconstitutional. The Borah amendment, which the Senate tacked on the N. R. A. bill after dawn yesterday, had been approved by House leaders yes- terday after a White House confer- ence. The Idaho Senator offered it to prevent what he would consider a too great relaxation of anti-trust laws in connection with voluntary agree- ments by business. The House leaders made a futile attempt yesterday to get unanimous consent for House acceptance of the Borah amendment. Representative Snell of New York, the minority leader, remarked: “I well appreciate the fact that a technical objection would only delay this measure a few hours. If I eould defeat it, I certainly would object be- cause a majority of the people on our side of the aisle are opposed to it. But | I shall not make a useless gesture.” hen Representative Rich. Repub- lican, of Pennsylvania, began a lecture to the effect that “it is time for the members of the House to begin think- ing for themselves.” Rich's Objection Hurdled. Chairman of the Rules Committee O'Connor quickly interrupted with & parliamentary demand under which Rich either had to stop talking or ob- ject. He objected. That simply delayed things, for 15 minutes later the Rules Committee met and approved the special resolution accepting the Senate amendment. After N. R. A.. the House program called for a short debate on the biil to extend the office of transportation co-ordinator, held by Joseph B. East- man. Bill Hits Complications. This bill, already passed by the Senate, was one of the “must” meas- ures on which Mr. Roosevelt asked speedy action in a conference with leaders yesterday. There was a complication in that task, for the House Interstate Com- merce Committee has amended the Senate bill, striking out an assessment levied on class 1 railroads to pay the co-ordinator’s expenses. If the House should approve that change, the bill would have to go back to the Senate. Two other measures on which the | President desires speed are the Guffey bill to regulate the soft coal industry | with a “little N. R. A" and the | Wagner labor relations bill. Demo- | cratic committee chiefs in the House | indicated they would seek to comply. AUSTRIA PREPARES FOR ‘NAZI SURPRISE’ Uneasiness Heightened by Re- ports Hitler and Habicht Are Reconciled. By the Associated Press VIENNA, June 14.—Another Nazi scare prompted Austrian police to take precautionary steps today toward pre- venting any action against the gov- ernment in the next few days. Secret police agents reported that the Nazis were planning a surprise for June 17, Adolf Hitler's ‘“name day,” with the demonstration expect= ed to reach 2 climax June 20, the sec- ond anniversary of the abolition of the Austrian Nazi party. 5 The uneasiness in Austria has been heightened by reports that Hitler and ‘Theodor Habicht, who was held large- ly responsible for the Nazi agitation in Austria a year ago, had been recon- ciled at Munich. After the failure of the 1934 Nasl putsch in Vienna, Habicht was in dise Xl'wlndfi‘l".