Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1935, Page 1

(U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Partly cloudy with local night and possibly tomorrow; not much change in temperature; moderate winds. Temperatures—Highest, 9 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 70, at Full report on page A-2. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 33,282 . Wa post offi L YODANE JURORS DUETOGET CASE THIS AFTERNOON State Assails “Blackmail”| Defense in Closing Argu- ment to Jury. COUNSEL FOR WOMAN DENOUNCES ACCUSERS Pugh Says Love for Another and | Avarice Were Motives of Banker's Secretary. BY W. H. SHIPPEN, JR. Stafl Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Ma., June 15—The Lydcane case rapidiy approached & climax early this afternoon with the | prosecution assailing the “blackmail” | defense offered by #rs. Anne Lyd- | dane and askinz the jury to find her guilty of conspiracy (o murder, while | defense counsel stressed the “dis- | reputable character” of her principal | pccusers. Closing arguments were begun with the cpening of court this -nnrumz—i with each side limited to an hour and { the officially reported plan for reor- | hi: 45 minutes. The jury of 12 middle- | aged men is to oot the case siortly | after these are concluded. | If found guilty, the slender, blond defendant faces a penalty up to 10| vears' imprisonment or a fine of | $1.000. She can either be fined or | imprisoned, or both, under Maryland | law, Faces Second Charge. State’s Attorney James H. Pugh. summing up for the prosecution, | charged love of another man and avarice were the motive of the 31- year-old bank secretary, who is ac- cused in this trial of plotting with Washington hoodlums to do away| with her husband, Prancis (Slom) | Lyddane. She also faces another in- | dictment charging she conspired against the life of Mrs. Josephine Beall, wife of Arthur Beall, the Darnestown garage man. with whom the State charges Mrs. Lyddane was in love. Pugh emphasized evidence to show Mrs. Lyddane had been in love with Beall, father of three children, and was benefactor of a $15.000 double- indemnity insurance policy on the life | of her husband, the premiums on which she often paid. The State’s attorney also stressed the importance of the so-called “Googy” note, declaring the State has traced it to its source. Ha insisted that circumstantial evidence definitely links the note with Mrs. Lyddane’s typewriter. The note was found on John (Googy) Carnell, and urged haste in ‘going through with the deal.” Accuser Admits Role. Carnell, Mrs. Lyddane's chief ac- cuser, is a former Rockville bartender and salf-styled petty racketeer, who already has pleaded guilty in the alleged conspiracy and turned State’s evidence on a promise of immunity. The note found on him was to have been turned over to John Martin Boland. another police character, who was tried the first of the week before three judges, the verdict being with- held for fear it might influence the Lyddane jury. Two others are yet {0 be tried. Harry | ¥lmer Thomas, former convict who | also turned State’s evidence, and Edwin J. Davis. Two experts have opinions that the typewriter markings | on the “Goofy” note and on the | Lyddane machine are identical. A Bureau of Standards paper analyst also has testified the ncte was written on paper identical to that in Mrs. Lyd- dane’s office and that red seals found on the envelope were used by Mrs. Lyddane in her capacity as a notary | public. | “The motive,” Puzh said, “iz clearly | evident from the evidence. For three or four years Mrs. Lyddane ran around | with a married man, the father of | three children. | ““As to her contention that she paid hush money. What did she have to hush up? Everybody knew of her af- fair with Beall. | “The character of Mrs. Lyddane’s accusers has been assailed. They have (See LYDDANE, Page 3.) . CONVENT CARETAKER IN MARYLAND SHOT Found on Sisters of Visitation Grounds, Near Bethesda, by Wife. Thomas A. Norris, 50-year-old care- taker at the nome of the Sisters of the Visitation, was shot through tne chest and seriously wounded in a barn on the grounds of the convent near Bethesda, Md., early today. Norris lapsed into unconsciousness befcre making a siatement to reiatives or police. Officials at Walter Reed Hospital declare his condition to be “doubtful.” His wife, Mrs. Anniz W. Norris. told officers her husband arose about 41 o'clock this morning, as was nis cus- tom, and went to the barn a short distarce from tneir home to feed the cows and horses. The woman cdeclared she left the house about 4:30 am. to join her husband and found him lying in the path beside a pump hcuse midway be- tween. the barn and the home. He said: “I'm shot. I'm shot.” Mrs. Norris stated her husbaud be- came unconscious before he could speak again. Police investigating the shooting are holding a .22-calibre rifie with which Norris was wounded. It was found in the harn where the shoot- ing occurred and where Norris and his 14-year-old son Alvin had left it after using the weapon to kill rats last night. . In addition, they are holding a hatchet covered with a substance be- lieved to be blood. Norris lost no blood in the barn, and it was said by officers that if the stains on the ‘hatchet proved to be blood it would indicate that he might have used (the instrument to defend himself, A - given positive | showers to- 2, at 3:15 5 a.m. today. Entered as second class matter shington, D. C ah WASHINGTON, D. C, E. W. Mitchell, Aide to Roper, Ousted on Refusal to Resign Balked Shift to Legal Post, Commerce Sec- retary Announces. By the Associated Press. Secretary Roper today announced that Ewing Y. Mitchell, Assistant Sec- retary of Commerce, has been dis- missed “upon his refusal to tender his resignation.” Mitchell was one of the original Roosevelt-for-President men in Missouri, President Roosevelt, meanwhile, ap- pointed John Monroe Johnson of South Carolina to succeed Mitchell. “The President and the Secretary of Commerce,” a department state- ment said, “with the view to obtaining mare effective supervision of certain bureaus in the Department of Com- merce having to do with engineering and transportation problems, are con- templating naming a new Assistant Secretary. “They particularly desire a man of broad engineering and administrative experience. “With this in mind, Mr. Mitchell, an attorney, has been asked to resign as Assistant Secretary and accept a legal position. Upon his refusal to tender his resignation. his services as Assistant Secretary have been ter- minated.” Reports have been current for sev- eral weeks that Mitchell had been asked to resign and had refused. Va- rious reasons had been given, including ganization. Mitchell has declined to E. W. MITCHELL. comment recently, but a statement was expected shortly. ’ ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING E! POST, IN FOURTH STRATO ATTEMPT, WINGS WAY EAST |Lifts Famous “Winnie Mae” Off Burbank Field at 7:25 A.M. (E.S.T.). |WEATHER IN MIDWEST {REPORTED UNFAVORABLE Forced Down on Three Previous Trips, World Girdler Hopes to Reach New York in 8 Hours. By the Associated Press. BURBANK, Calif., June 15.—Wiley | Post roared away from Union Air | Terminal here today on his fourth SATURDAY, JUNE 15, DITION o Star 1935—THIRTY PAGES. ###% “By September, 1934,” the depart- attempt to span the continent in a ment said, “it became evident that | record-setting stratosphere flight to Mr. Mitchell’s aptitudes were not along | New York City. the necessary executive lines and the | The noted airman, piloting his Secretary of Commerce then requested | famed 5-year-old “Winnie Mae” at his resignation. Mr. Mitchell pro- | altitudes ranging between 6 and 7 | tested against resigning, saying he had | miles above the earth's surface, hoped uncovered serious derelictions in ad- | to reach Floyd Bennett Field in New ministration of several bureaus in the department. Thereupon, the Secre- tary agreed to delay his request for resignation in order to give him (See MITCHELL, Page 2.) BOY'S BODY FOUND CHINESE APPEAL INNEW YORK RIVER FOR AID ON TREATY !Search Begun June 6 Ends Envoy in England Charges in Bronx Recovery 10 Miles From Playground., By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. June 15--The body of little Jackie Kaul, 5. was recovered from the East River today. ending a when the boy disappeared from a playground in fashionable Sutton place on Manhattan's East Side. The body was identified by missing boy’s father, John Kaul. The body, taken from East River in the Bronx, roughly 10 miles from where he was last seen, was viewed in the Fordham Hospital morgue by the father. He collapsed after mak- ing the identification. Recovery of the body ended a police | search that has progressed on two | theories since the child's disappear- ance. One theory. believed by his i mother, was that he had fallen into | the ri Police also believed he | ve been seized by a woman the | might hi | of frustrated maternal instincts. Fisherman Sees Body. The body was discovered today by | Salvatore Lia fishing at the foot of Tiffany street, the Bronx. He sum- | moned a policemar who brought it | ashore. The lad was last seen playing with | |a ball found today in the pocket of | | his blouse. His mother feared from | the start that he had been drowned, and police and volunteer searchers | dragged the river, using grappling hooks under the piers southward from | Sutton place. When Detective Thomas Crane went to the Kaul home to report the find- | ing of the body, Kaul drew him into | the kitchen. After listening to Crane’s | description, he urged the detective not to mention it to Mrs. Kaul. Tells of Medal. Japanese Violate Nine- Power Pact. By the Associated Press LONDON, June 15.-—-China'a “last hope”—an appeal to the Western pow- ers for help—created deep concern to- | frantic search which began June 6 day as Japan was reported massing ! time). troops along the Great Wall for an advance on Peiping. The Chinese Ambassador, Quo Tai- Chi, visited the foreign office to dis- the Sino-Japanese crisis yester- and diplomats said he asserted J s _penetration of North China was a “flagrant” violation of Jhe nine- power Washington treaty of 1922, In the face of this charge, a proc- lamation of the policy of the new foreign secretary. Sir Samuel Hoare, was awaited anxiously. Waits Watchfully. While no official comment was im- mediately forthcoming, it was under- stood Great Britain would maintain least pending an exchange of views | with other signatories of the nine- | power States. Diplomatic quarters interpretee, Am- bassador Quo’s call as a forerunner of urgent representations by China to all Western signatories of the treaty. seeking guarantees of China's sov- ereignty and administrative integrity and reaffirmation of the “open-door” principle, The Times pointed out that, under the terms of the pact, the United States, Belgium, Great Britain, China, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and Portugal agreed to “respect the sovereignty, independence, territorial and administrative integrity of China.” The newspaper asserted that the Chinese government was complaining that “recent action of Japanese mili- pact, including the United | tary authorities is a breach of the | treaty.” The detective insisted the grief- stricken mother should be told. and | in naming the identifying items he mentioned the Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal on Jackie’s shirt. “Oh, John!” she cried to her hus- band, “it's Jackie. I pinned the medal on him.” Mrs. Kaul, shaken by the news, said she always has had a dread of water, a dread shared by Jackie. ROOSEVELT SIGNS D. C. FISCAL BILL $40,548,000 Measure Continues Federal Payment of _ $5,700,000. President Roosevelt today signed the District appropriation bill carrying $40,548,000 for the fiscal year begin- ning July 1. The bill continues the Pederal pay- ment to the District at the present basic figure of $5,700.000. appropriation is about $173,000 above the total recommended by the Budget Bureau. The measure carries about $2,500,000 more than the District ap- propriations for the current year, but this was largely due to the necessity of meeting the return to basic salaries of District employes. The bill provides for no unusual public improvements, the principal ones being two viadvcts. One would eliminate the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- road crossing at Michigan avenue and the other the Franklin street northeast crossing of the Baltimore & -Ohio tracks between Eighth and Ninth streets. ‘The total Ambassador Quo has made several recent calls on the foreign office in connection with Japan's North China demands. NOTE DELIVERY DENIED. Hull Says China Has Not Invoked Treaty With United States. By the Associated Press. Secretary Hull said today that China had not delivered a note appealing to the United States for assistance or invoking the nine-power treaty as a result of Japanese demands and moves in North China. He was commenting on press dis- patches from London that the Chi-| nese government had dispatched notes to both Great Britain and the United | Btates in a desperate effort to stave off threatened Japanese aggression and violation of its sovereignty. Officials here said they could not say what the Chinese government might do in the future. JAPANESE FGRCES INCREASE. TIENTSIN, China, June 15 (A)— Japan poured more troops into Tient- sin and Peiping and massed forces near Shanhaikwan today as two series of demands confronted: Chinese | authorities. Fresh representations were made to Chehar Province authorities as a result of the detention at Changpei Wednesday of four Japanese. Gen. Ho Ying-Chin, Chinese min- ister of war, went to Nanking and plunged immediately into conferences with government leaders concerning the original demands for elimination of anti-Japanese elements in Hopei Province, Japan’s newly arrived troops took | stations in the Tientsin and Peiping garrisons, ostensibly as replacements. Cutter Rescues Scientists On Disabled Ketch Off Coast By the Associated Press, BOSTON, June 15.—The Coast Guard cutter Faunce brought the dis- able ketch Atlantis of the Woods to run 200 miles unerringly to the po- sition of the Atlantis. & \ ‘The oceanographic boat has been dredging more than 32,000 feet beneath the surface of the ocean, bringing up for the first time fossils broken from | York in seven or eight hours. Post, wearing his “man from Mars"” stratosphere suit, lifted his ship off | the ground at 4:25 am. | Eastern standard time). Take-off Without Incident. The take-off was without incident and Post dropped his detachable land- ing gear about as he neared the end of the runway. He will land the “Winnie Mae” on & special skid forming a part of | the plane’s beily, | Daylight was just peeping over the field as he took off, and a hazy fog cloaked the upper levels just above the ground. (7:25 am. | West. particularly in the Chicago region. were not favorable, but Post was determined to make the trip today without further delay. He planned to follow the “great circle route” via Omaha and Chicago. Larry Therkelsen, National Aero- nautic Association timer, said the of- | ficial time of Post's take-off was 4:27 am. (7:27 am. Eastern standard Post soon was out of sight, | heading East. | Three Attempts Fail. Post, who twice has flown around the world in his plane, has encoun- tered repeated misfortune in his stratosphere flights. | Forced down by mechanical dif- | ficulties on his previous. three trips, Post was, ready fer-a—fourth nttempt | two days ago. Then the Winnie Mae | developed magneto trouble just as he | was warming up for the take-off. The fiyer seeks to demonstrate the feasibility of stratosphere flying for | commercial type planes, stressing the | benefits of speed and cheaper gperat- i her attitude of “watchful waiting,” at|ing costs in flights through the higher altitudes, While he declared that possibility of shattering Col. Roscoe Turner's ex- 1sting transcontinental speed of 10 hours 2 minutes is merely incidental to his experiment. Post hopes to fly the route in 8 hours or less. ‘EIGHT LIVES LOST Dam Threatened as Streams Set Records—Power Plant Crippled. By the Associated Press SAN ANTONIO, Tex., June 15— Floods that have claimed at least half a dozen Southern Texas streams today, leaving thousands homeless. Scores of persons were missing and the damage to railroads, highways, crops and homes was unofficially esti- mated in the millions of dollars. Of the known dead five were un- identified Mexicans at Del Rio on the Mexican border, two were un- identified colored men at Kenedy and the other was Lasaro Barrientez, who lived at Victoria. Fed all night by more rain and ris- ing tributaries, the Nueces dashed out two highway and two railroad bridges at Uvalde, and all persons living along the river between Uvalde and the | Gulf of Mexico were told to evacuate. The Colorado rolled down on Aus- tin after it had demolished a high- way bridge and swept away part.of the power plant at the Buchanan Dam site near Marble Falls. Appre- hension was felt for a big municipal dam at Austiv, Rising to its highest level since 1288 at Junction, the Llano River dashed away at a $115,000 concrete and steel bridge on Highway 9 south of Mason. Sl sy WALKER RENAMED TO EMERGENCY POST Office Has Been Re-Established as Organization Separate From 0ld N. R. A, By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt today reap- pointed Prank C. Walker of New York as executive director of the National Emergency Council. This office has been re-established as an organization separate from the old N. R. A, The President also sent to the Sen- ate nominations of the following to be State directors in Couneil | _ Weather reports from the Middle | IN TEXAS FLOODS | The only evening in Washington wit Associated Press aper the News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, Some Returas Not Yet Recet () Means Associated Press. AS THE GOVERNCRS’' CONVENTION PICTURES IT. (OMAHA RIOTS END WITH 47 INJURED Death in Car Strike. Militia Refused. By the Associated Press. OMAHA, June 15.—John Duster, 24, a milk wagon driver, was shot to death and at least 50 persons today nursed injuries as an aftermath of the | third successive night of rioting in the Omaha car strike. The authorities reported the situa- tion under control early today. Dewey McCoy, 35, was reported near | death from bullet wounds in the head and chest and William Hutter, jr., son | of a former Sarpy County sheriff, was | dangerously injured. The condition of | seven others was deseribed as serious. The rioters burned six street cars Auring the nigHt and stoned the police in’ several seetibns. | A check of the injured, among them | several women and three policemen, showed early today that 31 were suf- fering from buckshot wounds and the others were hurt by police clubs or were struck by missiles. Forty-one policemen who received treatment for | scratches and bruises and who re- turned to duty were not counted among the casualties. Duster, who fell in the first blaze of fire from police riot guns, lay for | several hours in a morgue before his body was identified by a brother-in- law. Duster is survived by a widow and a small daughter. TROOPS GUARD PLANT. | Six Injured in Strike Flare-up at Freeport, Il FREEPORT, II.. June 15 (#).—The Stover Manufacturing Co. piant here was under control of 200 National Guardsmen today after a brief strike flare-up that left six injured. Four companies of guardsmen were ordered out late vesterday to establish Milk Wagon Driver Shot to' !Electrifies Fence To Keep Children Out, Pays Fine By the Associated Press, BALTIMORE, June 15.—Raymond Hemsley, 20, of Baltimore County, found a wire fence chargzed with elec- tricity an effective barrier to school children. but his scheme brought him | up in Police Court with a sharp rebuke and a fine. Hemsley testified in court last night he ran a wire from a 110-volt kitchen socket to the fence to keep Herbert. 8, and Violet, 10, children of Ernest G. Fincham, from crossing his land Herbert’s hands were burned when he grasped the wires. ‘The children, who unsuspectingly encountered the electrified fence en route to school, were in Police Court | 'ast night, but did nct testify Fin- cham said he found his son in a dazed condition on the ground by the fence. Magistrate Henry Routenberg. ac- cusing Hemsley of setting a “possible death trap,” fined him $6.45. PERIURY CHARGED TOLASKA WITNESS Attorney, Convicted of Con- | spiracy, Shouts “Per- secution.” By the Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY, June 15.—A few minutes after Ben B. Laska, Denver attorney, was convicted of | conspiracy in the disposition of the Charles F. Urschel kidnap ransom, his star defense witness, Mrs. Molly O. Edison, also a Denver attorney, was arrested on a Federal charge of perjury. The arrest, immediately after the sealed verdict against Laska was read, a barricade about the plant, after 100 |came as & surprise to the crowded | court room. eight lives rolled down the valleys of | | strikers clashed with deputy sheriffs guarding the shipment of finished products of the plant. None was hurt seriously. MILK TRUCKMAN SOUGHT. MILWAUKEE, June 15 (#)—Au- thorities today sought a milk truck driver missing since the first day of the three-day-old walkout of members of three American Federation of Labor unions at two dairies here. The strike issue was the closed shop agreement. Mrs. George Ruprecht reported to police she had not heard from her husband since he left home Thursday morning, the day the strike was called. Milwaukee police and officials with- in the Milwaukee milkshed, mean- while, endeavored to check violence along the picket lines, marked by the bombing of one milk truck and the theft of two others. (Picture on Page A-3.) WEEK END WILL BE HoT, WITH POSSIBLE SHOWERS Season High of 92 Yesterday Probably to Be Followed by Similar Marks. A hot week end with possible showers is .the Weather Bureau's prediction for the District. Following up the season’s high of 92 set at 3:15 p.m. yesterday, the mercury is expected to climb into the low 90s again this afternoon. Thun- der showers may bring some relief late today or tonight. ‘Tomorrow will be cloudy, with not much change in temperature. Showers last night caused a 10- degree drop, but it warmed up rapidly this morning, being 79 at 10 o'clock. Readers’ Guide Lost and Found . Radio Real Estate...B- Serial Story. 1-2-3 | Laska, voluble defender of Kkid- napers, the twentieth person convicted | for a part in the $200,000 Charles F. Urschel kidnaping, spluttered: “It's one of the most inconsistent prosecutions in America. It's perse- cution, pure 2nd simple. Says Oath Violated. “That jury rever went out and con- sidered the evidence. It had its mind made up. Each and every one of those | jurors took an oath to listen fairly to | all the testimony and they did not | do it—they violated that oath.” Mrs. Edison, shocked and tearful at | the verdict, appeared stunned by her | arrest, She immediately pleaded not guilty. Laska sprang to her defense shout- | ing: “This is an outrage. There’s noth- ing to it. They're prejudiced against me and everybody who tries to help me.” as arraigned and Big Shrine A variety of interesting parade—the beautiful new b in this superbly printed section—a worthy sou- venir of the great Shrine Conclave. SOCIAL SECURITY CHANGES WEIGHED Efforts Will Be Made to Complete Revisions for Senate Vote Monday. BULLETIN. The Senate today approved com- mittee amendments to the social security bill allowing States to adopt the separate company reserve plan of unemployment insurance and including pensions for needy blind persons. BY J. A. O'LEARY. The Senate will act today on minor changes in the social security program of the administration and then try for final passage Monday or Tuesday, after controversial amendments have been | disposed of . | Efforts to change the bill will be | made by those who view it as too con- servative or too liberal, but indications are neither group will succeed. Chair- man Harrison of the Finance Com- mittee hopes to pass the measure in substantially its present form and send it to conference with the House on the additional features the Senate com- | mittee added. Senator Long, Louisiana Democrat, served notice on his colleagues yvester- day that on Monday he would bring in share-the-wealth amendments, seek- | ing to liberalize the old-age gratuity payments by taxing fortunes. | Hastings Has Changes. | _Senator Hastings, Republican, of Deleware. on the other hand, regards the compulsory old-age annuity and unemployment insurance sections as unconstitutional and probably will move to eliminate those features. Long. refreshed by a day of rest after his filibuster against N. R. A took the floor for a short speech late yesterday. He emphasized that he is not fighting the social security bill, but belittled ihe old-age gratuity pen- sion provisions as a “pauper” plan. He said he will move to reduce the pension age from 65 to 60 ana offer a tax plan to get the money from those whose fortunes are one hundred times the amount the average family owns. He sald his tax would apply to for- tunes in excess of $1,700,000, the rates to be graduated upward from that point. The Louisianan contended that | instead of the $49.000,000 authorized to meet the Federal nment’s hal{ | ENTITLED TO SEAT Elections Senate Committee Passes on Holt's Eligibility. The Senate Elections Committee voted 10 to 4 today that Senator-elect Rush D. Holt, Democrat, of West Vir- ginia, would be entitled to the Senate seat to which he was elected when he reaches the age of 30. That will be on June 19 This Week's Events and Thursday Night Pageant In the Rotogravure Section of Tomorrow's Sunday Star hotographs—the dings—produced In Tomorrow's Sunday Star DPlace Order With Your Newsdealer at Once Mailed in land and V: , 10 cents, ~ um%l other stalrcgnah.nd Canada, { cents. Orders by mail with payment will be accompanying handled. Phone orders not acceptable, as all mail subscriptions are payable in advance. 129,729 ived TWO CENTS. (ONGRESS CHIEFS PUSH PROGRAM IN SATURDAY SESSION Senate Takes Up Social Security, House Mis- cellaneous Bills, PASSAGE OF N. R. A. REMOVES OBSTACLE President Signs “Stop-Gap” Meas- ure—U. S. Commerce Chamber Warns of “Uncertainty.” By the Associated Press Calling botr Houses of Congress into an unusual Saturday session, New Deal jeaders sought today to prod them into a race to clear the many hurdles confronting the Roosevelt pro- gram The Senate was way ahead of the | House on the administration’s list of “must” legislation—and the leaders of the latter branch were striving to catch up. but in neither chamber was | there much optimism that the goal of adjournment by mid-July could be | attained unless some of the New Deal | FTogram is =crapped. | The Senate was taking up debate on ‘!h‘ social security bill with a view to | passing it early next week. while the !Hnusr today was handling miscella- | neous legislation | One source of woe to the leaders ( was past—the plan to extend until next April a codeless fraction of N. R. A. had been enacted into law. In the warmth of the year's hottest dav | the House listened without interest to |a brief final debate yesterday and | then passed the extension resolution along to President Roosevelt, 336 to | 31. He signed it immediately President Roosevelt today drafted an executive order reorganizing the modi- fied N. R. A It was expected that he would have | it ready to announce Monday morning | Donald Richberg, retiring N. R. A | head, was slatec for a late afternoon call at the White House, presumably | to aid in drafting the technical lan- guage of the executive order. Just what form of governing body | would be esteblished for the new agency continued uncertain, Warning by Sibley. | As the bill was zigned yesterda: | Harper sibley, president of the United ber of Commerce, was at- | | States Cham tacking the | tighten up the anti-trust laws threat. ens new “uneertainty” for He contended the language added to | the bill was “obscure” and “ambig- uous.” In a radio address. he advised busi- | ness men to turn to the Federal Trade ;Commlsslon for codes of fair trade practice to replace the N. R. A. agree- | ments, which the Supreme Court de- | molished. For years the Trade Com- mission has been engaged in setting up codes, covering some of the same practices N. R. A’s, but without labor provisions. “It is obvious,” Sibley said. “that | trade associations which wish to pre- | vent their members, or outsiders, from engaging in unfair methods may ob- tain the assistance of the Trade Com- mission.” At N. R. A —where some predict the pay roil will be slashed from 5400, workers to 1,500 or less—gloom pre- vailed. Many workers expressed only the vaguest interest in the data gath- ering and analysis which is to be a chief task of the agency. Anti-Trust Debate. | Most of yesterday's brief House ar- | gument—which bore not the slightest resemblance to Senator Long’s 1 nour filibuster in the S8enate—was over who thought first of the anti-trust laws. The actual situation was this | Weeks ago. the Senate adopted the Clark resolution, extending the old N | R. A. The Supreme Court held that | invalid, so the House took the code system heart out of the Clark resolu- tion and approved it. The Senate amended the House amendment. The question yesterday was whether ths House would accept the BSenate amendment. The Senate amendment was known as the Harrison-Borah anti-trust law enforcement amendment. Republicans in the House cla.mec they had sug- gested the same thing, but hai been | defeated in a House vote on June 7. | Democrats retorted, n the words of | Chairman Doughton of the House Ways and Means Committee: “That amendment edds nothing to and subtracts nothing from the House | amendment. hope it makes the Senators happ! The purpose of the Harrison-Borah amendment, as cxplained by Senator Borah, Republican. of Idaho. was to assure against relaxation of anti- trust laws, and to stipulate that any “yoluntary” and uneniorceable agree- merts—the only thing left of the old N. R. A—must include guarantees of the right of colective bargaining, maximum wage and minimum hour provisions and oans against child labor or unfair competitive practices. Hcuse Democrals insisted that those same things would have had to be (See CONGRESS, Page 3.) PRESIDENT DELAYS TRIP Heavy Business Schedule Cause of Change in Plans. President Roosevelt has abandoned plans for a week-end visit to the Jef- ferson Club in Chesspeake Bay for some fishing. A heavy business sched- ule was the cause. If the congressional situation per- mits, he is hopeful of going next week end to the Harvard-Yale crew races at WNew London, Conn. STRIKE IS CALLED VANCOUVER, B. C., June 15 (#).— The Water Transport ‘Workers’ Union of Canada called a strike for 7 am. (10 am. Eastern standard time) today. It affects some 2,000 men in port and coastwise shipping, in addition to 900 members of the Vancouver and District Waterfront Workers’ Associa- tion who walked out June 6 after the Shipping Federation of British Colum- bia claimed the association had broksa its six-year-old agreement on wages and working tions,