Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1935, Page 1

(U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast) Fair, slightly warmer tonight; tomorrow fair and warmer; possibly local thunder- showers late tomorrow afternoon or night; gentle winds. Temperatures—Highest, 82, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 62 at 5 a. woday. Full report on page A-7. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 9,10 & 11 No. 33,300. 3500 70 GET J0BS ONNEW PROJECTS HERE ON JULY 13 President Approves Allot- ment of $2,017,083 for City Public Works. $25,000 LIMIT IS SET FOR CLASSIFICATION Enterprises Costing More Will Be Under Jurisdiction of P. W. A. Set-up. Coincident with President Roose- velt's announcement this morning that he has placed his personal ap- proval upon the recommendations re- ceived Monday from the Federal Allot- ment Board for $2,017,083 worth of work relief projects in the District of Columbia, Commissioner George Allen announced that he expects to start employment of about 3,500 men on July 15. Of most national interest in con- nection with the work-relief program was the action of the President this morning in establishing classification limits to determine whether projects shall come under jurisdiction of the Public Works Administration or the Works Progress Administration. In this respect the figure of $25,000 was set as thne determining factor, with projects costing more than this amount to fall within the jurisdiction of the Public Works Administration, while those of a lesser dollar value would be handled by the Works Progress Adminisiration. In this latter group, also, will {4l | non-construction projects of a type designed to assure employment prin- cipally to clerical. professional and white collar classes. The President repeated his expecta- tion that the peak of employment to be provided by program will be reached in November. Rules Controlling Loans. ‘The President continued his defini- tion of the work by saying that all applications involving loans for con- struction of public works shall be suo- mitted to the Public Works Admin- istration. Also, that applications for Entered as second class matter post office, Wasnington, D. the $4,000,000,000 | C. Justice William Suddenly Member of U. S. Court| of Appeals Had Been Il a Year. Jurist, Intolerant of Delay, Presided at . Famous Cases. Stricken with a heart attack while preparing to leave his home for the court house, Associate Justice Wil- liam Hitz, of the United States Court of Appeals for the District, died shortly before 9 o’clock this morning. Friends of Justice Hitz. who was 63 years old, sald his death came al- most immediately atter the heart at- tack. He had been in poor health tor more than a year, but refused to leave his work for a badly needed rest. Chief Justice George E. Martin of the Court of Apggals canceled a scheduled session of that tribunal lupon learning of the death of the | associate justice. The District Su- | preme Court adjourned all sessions | until Monday. Was 20 Years on Bench. A native of Washington, Justice Hitz had served as a jurist for the past 20 vears. As unconventional as he was efficient, he tempered his ad- ah WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1935—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. ###% of Heart Hitz, 63, Dies Attack JUSTICE WILLIAM HITZ. —Harris-Ewing Photo. ministration of justice with an un- derstanding compassion that endeared him to all his assoclates. Appointed to the bench of the Dis- trict Supreme Court by President Wil- son in 1916, he presided over the oil trials growing out of the Harding administration, the trial of G. Bryan Pitts and his associates, and other celebrated criminal cases. Intolerant (See HITZ, Page 3.) PRESIDENT SIGNS “0PEN BAR" BILL ‘District Buyers Can See Liquor Mixed—Must Sit for Drinks. The bill permitting the “open bar” | in places where alcoholic beverages are served was signed today by Presi- dent Roosevelt. The bill, known as H. R. 5809, and which amends the act governing the sale of alcoholic beverages in this city, does not compel the mixing of drinks in public, but permits those who pre- fer it. | President Roosevelt made it known several days ago that he would sign this measure, saying he preferred the loans and grants for public works| mixing of drinks where they can be projects defined by him as within the Jurisdiction of P. W. A. should be filed at the office of the P. W. A. State director in the State in which it s proposed to build the project. Mr. Roosevelt added that projects for slum clearance and low rent hous- ing shall be carried on by the housing division of the Public Works Adminis- tration as heretofore. To clarify further any misunderstandings the President has directed that any appli- cation for allotment rejected by the P. W. A. shall be submitted immedi- ately to the Works Progress Adminis- tration and that projects other than those defined as being within the jurisdiction of the P. W. A. shall be submitted to the Works Progress Ad- ministration. The President’s work definition, as stated today, does not govern applica- tions involving projects falling within the jurisdiction of any other Federal agency. These applications will con- tinue to be handled as they have been up to the present time. The Presi- dent’s explanation of this statement defining the types of applications and work to be considered by the agencies was, he said, signed by the Federal Emergency administrator of Public ‘Works, the Works Progress adminis- trator and the executive director of the National Emergency Council. Asked if a Federal worker would be allowed to join the American Federa- tion of Labor, the President said he (See WORKS, Page 4.) - VESUVIUS ERUPTS; PART OF CONE GOES Naples Rushes to Windows in Alarm at Roar—Lava, Sparks Light Heavens for Miles. By the Associated Press. NAPLES, July 3—Mount Vesuvius erupted with a tremendous explosion early today, blowing a piece of its cone high into the air. Lava was flowing copiously from the aperture, but remained inside the big crater. Soon afterward, another opening ap- peared at the base of the cone, lava flowing from it also. The explosion occurred before daybreak, and the dis- charge of burning lava and sparks lighted up the heavens for miles. Res- idents of Naples rushed to their win- dows in alarm at the roar. - The Vesuvius Observatory issued a statement minimizing the danger, as- serting: “Vesuvius is in a phase of notewor- thy activity which, however, can be termed ideal inasmuch as discharges of steam, gas and sparks are occurring in the interior of the crater, thus pre- venting accumulation of strong vapor ressure. “The phase of the eruption is ex- tremely active today, as a consequence of which the bottom of the crater is tull of rivers of fire.” ‘Today’s was the first eruptive activ- 1ty of Vesuvius since June, 1933. No Late Eclitions Tomorrow Because of the holiday t}lere w1|1 be no 5:30 or Sports Final Editions of The Star tomorrow. Night Final subscribers will receive the Regular Edition. | seen by the buyer and that it would be best for customers to see the label. Effective at Once. ‘The bill becomes immediatiely effec tive with the President’s signature. Chairman George W. Offutt of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is- sued a word of warning that under the change in the liquor law, drinking of hard liquor still will be permitted only when guests are seated at tables. Guests at licensed places may not consume hard liquor drinks while standing before counters or seated be- fore counters, he said. This provision of the liquor law, Offutt said, will be strictly enforced. If this is accom- plished, he believes there will be no return to old-time bar room con- ditions. Wine Service at Counters. Only beer and light wines may be consumed at counters. Offutt sail under the abolition of the “hiddeh bar” proprietors of licensed places could mix and pour drinks at tables as well as at service bars. A notice of the change of law will be sent by the board to licensees. Offutt has abandoned his proposal to require mixing of drinks at special mixing bars because of the opposition of Commissioner Allen. NATS AND RED SOX TIED, 4-4, IN SECOND Triples by Bolton and Cronin Feature Early-Inning Rallies. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BOSTON, July 3.—Triples by Bol- ton and Cronin featured early inning batting rallies, and the Nationals and Boston Red Sox were deadlocked, 4 to 4, in the second inning of the final game of a series here this afternoon. Hadley for the Nationals and Welch for the Red Sox_were ineffective. MRS. ROOSEVELT DRIVES HERE FROM CONFERENCE | Unrecognized by Pennsylvania Boy, She Introduces Self on Autograph Request. By the Associated Press. BUCK HILL FALLS, Pa. July 3.— Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, driving her buff open car and wearing a white band around her head, motored away from this mountain-top resort today, returning to Washington frqm a four- day resettlement conference. Ten-year-old Jackie Vrieze ap- proached Mrs. Roosevelt without rec- ognizing her and asked if she would show him Mrs. Roosevelt—“I want to get her autograph,” he explained. She introduced herself and gave it. Hoboes Offer Prosperity Plan In Form of 6-Month Vacations By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 3.—Stormy eco- nomic tides swooshed around the foundations of New York’s hobo col- lege today, but commencement plans were completed with academic forti- tude. Ralph E. Dalton, head of the col- lege and no slouch when it comes to cooking Mulligan stew, said it would confer five diplomas Friday—maybe six, if Bozo Clarke gets out of Bellevue Hospital in time. Deftly cutting mortarboards out of old newspapers in preparation for class day, Prexy Dalton asserted re- lief methods have all but knocked the props from under hobodom, and the knights of the road have turned softies. ) VON CRAMM PLAYS PERRY FOR TITLE German Defeats Budge to Reach Wimbledon Tennis Finals. By the Associated Press. WIMBLEDON, England, July 3— Baron Gottfried von Cramm, German Davis Cup player, eliminated Donald Budge of Oakland, Calif., today to gain the final round of the all-England singles tennis championship with Fred Perry, the defending title holder. After putting up a remarkable of- fensive against the German player in the first two sets, Budge fell into er- rors and was set down in four sets, 4—6, 6—4, 6—3, 6—2. Perry accounted for his arch British | Empire foe, Jack Crawford of Aus- tralia, whom he met in the final of last year’s championship. ‘The black- ‘baired English star split the first two sets with Crawford and then crowded on pressure to close out against him the fourth, winning by scores of 6—32, 3—6, 6—4, 6—4. Victory Lacks Thrill. Perry's victory lacked the thrills provided in the Von Cramm-Budge match, but the champion all the way gave the impression that he was the master when he wished to take charge of the situation. Crawford fought doggedly right to the end, rallying to win two games after trail- ing 2—5 in the final set. ‘Wilmer Allison and Helen Jacobs, seeded fourth in mixed doubles. were eliminated in the fourth round by F. H. D. Wilde and Kay Stammers of Great Britain, 6—3, 3—6, 6—4. In the same round Perry and Doro- thy Round defeated C. R. D. Tuckey and Margaret Scriven of Great Brit- ain, 3—6, 6—3, 6—1. At first the nearest thing the royal box could claim from a royalty stand- point was the former King of Siam, who was smoking & cigar almost as big as himself. Queen Mary, however, arrived later. Other Match Scores, Other scores: Men’s doubles, third round— G. P. Hughes and C. R. D. Tuckey, Great Britain, defeated C. E. Malfroy and A. C. Stedman, New Zealand, 6—3, 6—3, 5. Enrique Maier, Spain, and Sidney B. Wood, jr, New York, defeated Harry Hopman, Australia, and Daniel Prenn, Germany, 6—3, 3—§, 6—1, 6—8, 8—86. ‘Women’s doubles, third round— Kay Stammers and Preda James, Great Britain, defeated Mary Heeley and Dorothy round, 6—3, 6—4. Evelyn Dearman and Nancy Lyle, England, defeated Mme. Sylvian Hen- rotin, France, and Mrs. Dorothy An- drus, Stamford, Conn., 6—3, 6—4. Mixed doubles, fourth round: Gottfried von Cramm and Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling, Germany, de- feated Miss H. M. Hardwick, England, and Norman Farqubarson, South Africa, 7—5, 6—4. Mixed doubles, third round: H. W. Austin and Adeline Yorke, England, defeated Miss F. K. Scott, England, and Walter Musgrove, South Africa, 6—4, 6—2. —_— Japan Launches Big Sub. KURE, Japan, July 3 (#).—The Japanese Navy's 1-7, 1,900 tons of the latest word in submarine building, was launched today at the Kure Navy Base. It is the seventh and last of a class of far-cruising submarines, said to be capable of crossing the Pacific and returning without refueling. “They've lost the feel of the road since they've been getting home relief. They don’t ride the rods}like they used to,” he complained. He turned to the subject of his commencement address and a 13-day hobo convention to follow: “T will call for a five-day week, the four-hour day and insist on six months’ vacation for every man. It's & simple and easy way to end the unemployment problem.” Aside from directing the college’s hazy curriculum, Dalton is executive officer of the Mulligan Foundation, & neighborhood food fund. Stew I3 served regularly in the college’s base- ment office in Lower Manhattan, L} ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION CUBA WILL DEPORT [TCITIZENS OF U. 5. HELDASAGITATORS Investigating Party Seized on Ship Declared to Be Undesirable. GROUP, PAPERS TAKEN, IS IN DETENTION CAMP Americans, Led by Clifford Odets, Playwright, Declare Mendieta Is Fearful of Inquiry. HAVANA, July 3 (#).—An “investi- gating commission” of 17 Americans, apparently considered by the Cuban government to be agitators rather than investigators, probably will be deported tonight after 24 hours in Cuba, constantly in detention. The Immigration Department an- nounced the Americans, led by Clif- ford Odets, young playwright whose “Waiting for Lefty"” is a stage success, would be sent out of the country, most likely tonight. The department added that Ward Line officials said they preferred not to take Odets and his friends back to New York and that if they were not deported on the steamship Oriente of that line, on which they arrived last night, they would be sent away on the next available ship. ard Line Officer Cites Tickets. dley Thomas, general agent for the Ward Line, said, however, that the government had informed him it had not yet decided when to deport the commission. Asserting he had no knowledge of his company's reported refusal to convey the members, he said: “If the government orders us to take them back. we must do it, whether we want to or not.” “Besides, they all have round-trip tickets on our line.” Thomas added. Held Undesirable Aliens. Reliable sources said the govern- ment considered the visitors’ mission to be more of agitation than of in- vestigation. Therefore they were deemed undesirable aliens. Police bore down on the Oriente when she docked last night and sur- rounded the commission, named by the League of American writers. They were held in a salon of the ship until 11 pm., when they were removed to the dock, searched and relieved of all their papers. Officers then started to move the group, including five women, to L& Punta Prison, but their orders were changed and the Americans were taken to the detention camp, across the bay from Havana. Immigration officials and port police had been confused as to who had jurisdiction. Not Allowed to Stay Aboard. Odets asked that they be permitted to stay aboard the Oriente, but he was informed that immigration laws for- bade it. After crossing the bay to Casa- blanca, the commissioners marched up & hill between lines of police to Tis- cornia, 1 mile inland. There all were placed under guard in a large deten- tion hall. Among them was oné passenger on the Oriente, Israel Wallach of New York, who protested that he was not a member of the commission. Police said they had evidence to the contrary. For three and a half hours the Americans were not permitted to com- municate with the United States, but finally an officer of the port police allowed Odets to send a cable to his father in Philadelphia. Mendieta Declared Afraid. At first it was believed that the Americans would merely be refused permission to land. Conrad Komorow- ski, correspondent for the Nation, pro- tested: “Our delegation feels that President Mendieta is afraid of an impartial in- vestigation. Otherwise we would have been permitted to land and continue our study of conditions in Cuba.” Manning Johnson, one of the two Negro members, was pulled from his chair by an officer when he disre- garded an order to move into a cor- ner. Other members of the commis- sion include Paul Crosbie, representa- tive of the American League of Ex- Service Men; Herman Reissig, pastor of King’s Highway Congregational Church; Celeste Strack, National Stu- dent League; Lucille Perry, represent- ing the Provisional Committee for Cuba; Dora Zucker, Jose Santiago, representing a number of Latin Amer- ican clubs; Nathan Shaffer, Interna- tional Workers’ Order; Mary Gruber, American League Against War and Fiscism; Frank Griffin, International Labor Defense, and Elma Waldman, National Student League. 24 Others Picked Up. Police picked up 24 other persons, including eight women, near the pier, saying they were suspected of being & Communist Reception Committee. Crosbie charged the.police ucked authority to hoard the ship because it was “American tertitory.” The of- ficers replied chat when the party entered the 3-mile zone off Havana, it was subject (0 Cubun laws. Readers’ Guide Page. B-12 .A-3 .B-8 .B-8 Amusements .. Cross-word Pugzle . Editorials Finance ... Lost and Found . Mallon .. Radio . Serial Story .. Service QOrders . Short Story Society .. Washington Wayside . Women's Features ..... 4 HUSBAND STABBE T0 DEATH BY WFE Former Marine Killed Try- ing to Enter Room of Estranged Mate. A coroner’s jury this afternoon was hearing evidence in the fatal stabbing early today of Frank B. Patterson, 40, former Marine Corps mess sergeant, by his estranged wife, Mrs. Esther E. Patterson, 35, when he attempted to break into her second-floor room in the 300 block of H street northeast. As the former Marine tried to kick in the room door to gain entrance, Mrs. Patterson reached through a panel he had kicked out and plunged a small paring knife into his chest. Patterson, whom police say had been drinking, had gone to the H street address from his residence, in the 200 block of P street, to find his 15-year-old daughter, Gertrude, who had left her father and three younger children to go to her mother. The girl refused to come out of the room, police said, whereupon Patter- son announced, “I will come in and get her,” and started kicking on the door, Collision Stops Dash. Staggering down the steps after being stabbed, Patterson was placed in a taxicab by friends and started to- ward the hospital. The trip was in- terrupted, however, when the taxicab collided with a street car at Fourth and F streets northeast. The party was shaken up, but no one badly in- jured, police said. Patterson then was placed in a truck and rushed to Cas- ualty Hospital, where he was pro- nounced dead an hour later. Mrs. Patterson several days ago had sworn out an assault warrant for her husband, charging he had struck her, but the wrong address was given on the warrant and police had been un- able to serve it, they said. Three other children, Bernard, 12; Richard, 10, and Lucille, 4, were at their father’s residence asleep at the time of’ the stabbing. The father went to the mother’s residence Mon- day night and took the four children over to the F street house with him, Ppolice said. Mrs. Patterson, according to police, came here from Quantico last March, where she and her husband had been living after his retirement from the Marine Corps. Patterson came here a few months later and was receiving a pension, it was said. Kept House for Man. Meanwhile, Mrs. Patterson, police said, had been keeping house here for Walter Allen, 56, whom the Pattersons had met while he was engaged in re- lief work at Quantico. Mrs. Patterson had kept the four children with her most of the time since coming to Washington, but the husband, from time to time, had taken them to stay with him. Arrangements were being made to- day to take the children to the Dis- trict Receiving Home. Meanwhile, Mrs. Patterson was taken to the Wom- en’s Bureau to await the inquest, (Picture on Page A-3.) ARTIST SELLS “SHARES” IN SELF TO TAKE TRIP Painter, 24, Offers Stock at $5 “Par Value,” Holder to Get Choice of Pictures. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, July 3. — Richard Crist, a promising young artist with a determination to do some painting in Mexico, offered shares in his talent to the public today at $5 each. “Stockholders” receive a business- like receipt from Richard Crist, Inc., acknowledging the money has been received for the purpose of “financing the journey of Richard Crist, artist, through old Mexico.” Upon Crist’s re- turn each stockholder may select one of his ofl or water-color paintings. Several years ago the 24-year-old painter won the American Traveling Scholarship of the Art Institute of Chicago and went to Mexico, paying his hotel bill by painting a landscape for the proprietor. He estimates about $150 will finance his present trip. Shortly after the “shares” went on sale Crist announced several pur- chasers, Six Mexican Bandits Shot. MEXICO CITY, July 3 UP).—Ad- vices from the State of Jalisco said today that six bandi‘s were killed there in a clash with federal troope. [ fe ¢ Foening Star Chemical Developed To Burn Bare Feet Of Ethiopian Troops By the Associated Press. ROME, July 3.—Based upon the fact that most Ethiopian soldiers go barefooted, the Italian Army has prepared & type of chemical which, sprinkled on the ground, will burn through even shoe leather. ‘The chemical can be sprinkled by tanks. During a trial of the substance near Rome a photographer inad- vertently started to walk across ground sprinkled with the chem- ical. An officer grabbed nim and rushed him to a watering trough. The soles of his shoes were burned away. HEARING ON FERRIS WRIT POSTPONED The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. WAR LOANS BAN GOSH-TH FIREWORKS CERTAINLY STARTED EARLY THIS YEAR ! > GNEN APROVAL House Committee for Bill Safeguarding U. S. and Allies. By the Associated Press. A bill to forbid American loans or | extension of credits to the government | or citizens of any warring nation was approved today by the House Foreign Aflairs Committee. The measure would not, however, | apply to a country engaged in war as an ally of the United States. | Describing loans and credits to| nations in armed conflict as the| “spearhead of the whole neutrality question,” Representative Kloeb, Dem- ocrat, of Ohio, author of the bill, told the committee he drafted it “from| the standpoint of attempting to do| something for the preservation of | white ctvilization, because I felt that| should another major war come upon us, and should we be drawn into it. it would threaten the very existence of Many Angles of Case Yet to Be Investigated, Says Prosecutor. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, July 3.—Recorder’s Judge Christopher E. Stein postponed a hearing today on a habeas corpus writ sought by William Lee Ferris, confessed slayer of Howard Carter Dickinson, after Prosecutor Duncan C. McCrea declared “theré are angles in this case we still have to investi- gate.” McCrea had planned to file first de- gree murder charges today against Perris and two of the three “party girls” held with him in the plot to entice the New York lawyer to ac- company them on the fatal ride and rob him of $134. The prosecutor said the warrants probably would he filed Friday at the habeas corpus hearing. “I am still convinced that Ferris was implicated in other criminal ac- tivities,” he said. “Our men are working day and night and our case will be completed soon.” Confessed Racket Aid. Florence and Loretta Jackson, sis- ters, who formerly danced in cheap cafes and burlesque houses, have con- fessed they aided Ferris in operating a “cocktail bar racket” to rob business men visiting Detroit. Jean Miller, the third woman held, will be used as a State witness, McCrea has said. The prosecutor revealed today that his questioning of Mrs. Violet Ferris, (See DICKINSON, Page 3.) KILLING SUSPECT HELD Goodrich Sought in Murder of 11-Year-0ld Girl. DETROIT, July 3 (#).—Police headquarters here announced today they had been informed that Merton Ward Goodrich, sought since last September in the murder of 11-year- old Lillian Gallaher, had been ar- rested in New York. Poor Dancing a Nearly Gets Long Sock on Jaw By the Associated Press. Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana narrowly missed getting a sock on the jaw last night on the crowded ter- race of the Shoreham Hotel. He blamed it today on his poor dancing. Burr Tracy Ansell, young Washing- ton attorney, who swung at him but did not connect, told a slightly dif- ferent version of the incident. He said he resented Long’s approach to his table and that the Senator “ran” when Long’s friends held Ansell's arm ostensibly to prevent him from aiming another blow. Ansell is a son of Samuel T. Ansell, former judge advocate general of the Army, who is the complainant in & $500,000 libel suit now pending against Senator Long here. At his office this morning Long said the dance terrace was crowded and that he “supposed” he stepped on another dancer's foot while he was dancing. “You know,” he said, “I only dance about once a year and I am & poor dancer.” He added that he apologized to the man on whose foot he thought he had Juture white civilization.” He said he felt with President Roosevelt that war is provoked by political leaders. “Now if the leaders of these coun- tries who are now inviting war could realize,” he said, “that so far as the bankers of the world are concerned the doors of their vaults are closed * ¢ * in the event that they bring about another catastrophe, they are less likely to bring about that catas- trophe.” The bill would impose & maximum | fine of $10,000 and imprisonment up |to five years for extension of credit or loans. Several similar bills have been introduced in the Senate. POLISH MINISTER GUEST OF HITLER Nazi Spokesman Says Berlin Visit Means Discussion of Euro. Ppean Situation. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, July 3.—Picked Nazi guards of Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler stood at attention today as Foreign Minister Joseph Beck of Poland was received by high German Government officials. A foreign office spokesman said “the visit has been due for some time,” since Gen. Hermann Wilhelm Goering, minister of air, and Paul Joseph Goeb- bels, minister of propaganda, went recently to Poland. “Naturally, the Polish Minister will discuss pending European questions with our government,” he said. “We shall renew our objections to the eastern pact as proposed. That is but one of the topics that it is natural for us to discuss.” The economic situation in Danzig also was reported to hold vital inter- ests for Beck, and it was learned un- officially that Poland is somewhat worried over Germany's new naval agreement with Great Britain. nd Big Crowd peared at Ansell's table, Long said there was a large crowd of dance: “and I didn’t know just where I was.” He said he did not know it was Ansell until he read the morning paper. Ansell said he saw Long dancing when his party arrived on the ‘errace. About 10 minutes later, he said, Long sauntered over to his table with “onc or two men.” “I was angered by the intrusion,” Ansell said, “and rose but as I struck at him he dodged and one of the men with him grabbed my arm. Long then ran away. The man who grabbed me was courteous about the matter and it was i Ansell said it was the first time he had seen Long since the Senator two years ago attacked Gen. Ansell in a speech on the floor of the Senate ‘Young Ansell said he listened from a seat in the gallery, Now, he represents his father in the $500,000 libel suit brought against Long as a result of the speech. Long’s attack was aimed at Gen. Ansell's activities as counsel for a Senate committee which investigated (UP) Means Associated Press. Yesterday’s Circulation, 123,870 Some Returns Not Yet Received. TWO CENTS. UTILITY LOBBYING PROBES BY BOTH HOUSES FORESEEN Senate Committee Adopts Black Resolution to Conduct Quiz. COMPROMISE ON BILL PROPOSED BY WHEELER Roosevelt Refuses to Discuss House Defeat or Brewster Charges. By the Associated Press. Simultaneous investigations in both branches of Congress of lobbying for and against the utility holding com- pany regulation bill appeared likely today after the Senate Commerce Committee had approved a Senate inquiry. Meanwhile, Senator Wheeler, Dem- ocrat, of Montana, an administration supporter in the utility fight in which President Roosevelt was twice defeated in the House, proposed a compromise on the provision desired by the Chief Executive to outlaw “unnecessary” holding companies in seven years. He suggested that two holding com= panies be permitted in each inte- grated, regional system of operating companies. Showdown Due Monday. A showdown is expected in the Sen- ate next Monday, when it will be asked to concur in the House action striking out this “death sentence” clause. It approved that provision by a one-vote margin. At his press conference today Presi« dent Roosevelt would not discuss di- rectly his House defeat. He quoted part of a poem and said a news man’s inquiry about whether works funds would be withdrawn from the Passa- maquoddy power project in Maine was foolish question No. 1. An assertion by Representative Brewster, Republican, of Maine, that he had been told money for the project might be withdrawn if he did not vote for the administration on the utilities bill precipitated the House de- cision yesterday to have its Rules Com- mittee investigate lobbying. The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee today voted for a similar inquiry by a special senatorial com- mittee with an appropriation of $150,000 When the resolution by Senator Black, Democrat, of Alabama, for a lobby investigation was reported to the Senate, Senator Long, Democrat, of Louisiana, began a criticism of the House leadership for not allowing & record vote on the “death sentence” in the utility bill A point of order raised by Senator Robinson, the Democratic leader, was sustained by Vice President Garner on the ground a Senator cannot reflect on the other House. Garner ruled it would not be “con- ducive” to co-operation between the two houses if members of each were permitted to question the motives of the other. “That hasn't been the practice of the other House with regard to me,” Long replied, but he added he would abide by the spirit as well as the letter of the rules. Long had said “administration stale warts” in the House had become “ree calcitrant” when they found an amendment in the bill to include the gas industry. “They ought to investigate inside the House,” he asserted, expressing the hope the lobby investigation would not be “a one-way proposition.” He contended the party platform favored regulating or destroying all holding companies, but the pending bill only singled out one industry. “We've made this great principle one of favoritism,” he said, “whereby we let others go free provided they helped us convict one of them.” Long said the “food monopolies, the oil monopolies and the marketing monopolies” should be included in the “regulation ard destruction.” Asked by Senator Lewis, Democrat, of Illinois what the investigation in- tended to cover, Senator Black said he favored a “full, fair and complete investigation. “There have been charges that a large amount of money has been spent to influence legislation and pre- vent passage of the holding company bill,” Black asserted. Wants Complete Inquiry. “Charges have been widespread that lobbyists have filled the galleries, coming here from all over the Na- tion. If the investigation is to be held it should be one prompted with the idea that it would be a full and complete inquiry by those who want a full inquiry.” “It is well we should investigate what influences have been brought to bear to keep Congress from acting the way Congress would act without them,” Long said. “Let's not make the investigation one-sided. It's in the public press that the power lobby is here. If I owned a power line I'd have been here and I would have had the right to.” Long pleaded that the investigation also be directed at the alleged use of administration influence through threats of withdrawing constructiom projects or patronage. v “Let’s investigate why Congress was .. afraid to go the whole route and strike * out evils we know to exist,” he added. The Senate probe resolution now goes to the Audit Committee, headed by Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of (See LOBBY, Page 4. e —— et YANGTSE AID RUSHED NANKING, China, July 3 (#)—The government ordered its National Eco- nomic Council today to rush reinforce- ments to the dikes of the Yangtse River, as the great stream continued to rise below Hankow. Apprehension was felt as a result of reports from Kiukiang that the river had risen sharply there after con- tinued rains. The level at Hankow the election of Senator Overtorn, trod. Asked how it happened that he ap- ) Long's colleague. i had risen another foot since midnight Tuesday. ’ .