Evening Star Newspaper, July 5, 1935, Page 1

(D. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and continuea warm tonight and tomorrow, followed by local thundershow- ers tomorrow afterncon or night; gentle winds. Temperatures—Highest, 83, at noon today; lowest, 72, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page A- Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17, 13, 19 No. 33,302. ETHIOPIA'S APPEAL T0°U. 5. FOR HELP IS STUDIED BY RULL Secretary Will Not Approach President Until Note Text Arrives. PUBLICITY ANGLE IN MOVE IS CITED HERE Emperor Believed Wishing to Call Situation to Attention to Cut Off Aid to Italy. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Secretary of State Hull today was studying carefully the appeal of Em- peror Haile Selassie of Ethiopia o the United States, pact to assist bis c amtry in its aiffi- culties with Italy. ‘The appeal was handed to American Charge d'Affaires William Perry George at Addis Apaba yesterday George cabled thc State Lvpart- ment that Emperor Sclassie had sum- moned him to the ralace vesterday and made an ora! request that the United States ccrsicer wavs and means to induce ILialy to live up to its obligations under ihe pact. After the interview, George ieport- ed, according to the Associated Press, he was handed a lengthy written statement setting forth the “king of king's” views of he Italo-Ethiopian dispute and reouestiug the [ciendly offices of the American Govzrament in achieving a peaccful solution This note, reported from Addis Ababa to comprise five pages, has not yet been received at the department, but George’s summary was received today. It is unlikely that Hull will approach President Roosevelt on the matter until the full text has arrived here. To Confer With Advisers. Hull is determined not to form any hasty conclusion and before formulating any definite policy in addition to the President will con- sult his advisers in charge of the Western European and the Near Bastern divisions in the State De- partment. In official quarters it is believed that Selassie’s appeal was instigated by his foreign mentors in Addis Ababa and is likely to have more of & publicity than a diplomatic im- portance. It is pointed out that Em- peror Selassie skilfully chose the Fourth of July as the date to re- lease his appeal to the United States. invoking the Kellogg 11. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Carried 2,000 Feet By Balloon, Man Falls to His Death By the Associated Press. ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich, July 5—William T. Henderson, Toledo aerialist, had shot 2,000 feet skyward in a hot-air balloon to entertain the Fourth of July crowd with his parachute daring. He adjusted his parachute equip- ment, settled himself on his trapeze perch, and looked down to find Fred Cardoni, 30, of De- troit clinging desperately to a long guide rope beneath the bal- loon. “How did you get shouted Henderson. Cardoni muttered something about being caught in the rope | | at the take-off. “Wrap some of that rope around your feet,” shouted Hen- derson, “I'll try to get you down.” “How long will it take?” gasped Cardoni. “About 10 or 15 minutes,” re- plied Henderson. “That's too long,” yelled Car- doni. “I can't hold on.” The rope slipped through his | | hands and he fell. His body | | landed in a field about 1,000 feet | | from the point of ascension. | there?” PERRY WINS TITLE: BEATS VON CRANM | English Star Recaptures i Wimbledon Cup in Three Sets. WIMBLEDON, England, July 5 i#) —Fred Perry, dashing British star of | the courts, captured the all-England | tennis championship for the second successive year today, defeating Baron Gottfried von Cramm of Germany. 6—2, 6—4, 6—4, in the final round. Although Von Cramm battled the| Briton every inch of the way, he never | had a chance against the black-hajred | champion. At every vital point, Perry had the shots he needed to win, and Von Cramm consistently was caught | flat-footed by the Briton’s smashing| drives. Perry, a heavy favorite from the start, lived up to his reputation as the world’s greatest amateur. He dominat- ed the match throughout. His victory enabled Great Britain to | salvage one of the two major Wimble- | don titles. The other, the women's 1 singles championship, definitely is lost to the home land, for the finalists tomorrow will be America’s two great | feminine aces, Helen Jacobs, United | States champion, and Helen Wills | Moody, former world title holder. b {White House Conference Held to | known to feel that if the New Deal | Furthermore, the Ethiopian ruler was fully aware of the United States’| Teluctance to get mixed up in the| Point score of the first set: Ethiopian-Italian row, since last ' Perry 44295655—40—6 ‘Winter his Geneva representative had | Von Cramm 11473473—30—2 been told unofficially that there is no Point score of the second set: possibility whatsoever of American in- | Perry 3434244244346 tervention in that conflict. | Von Cramm...5051400412—22—4 The United States, like Ethiopia,| Point scores of the third set: Italy and most of the other nations of y‘ Perry 243106804 45—46—6 the world, are signatories of the Kel- | Von Cramm..415 8 464163 —42—4 logg pact. But since the Japanese ag- | Teaming up beautifully, the crack gression against China in 1931, it has | British pair of G. P. Hughes and C. become more than evident that the R. D. Tuckey won the first set of Kellcgg pact is nothing but a solemn | their quarter-final round match from promise of all nations not to fight each Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn, other for the sake of self-aggrandize- | prospective American Davis Cup ment. There is no possible means of | doubles team, 6—4. The Americans «coercing any nation to keep its pledges. | broke through Tuckey in the first America’s Experience. |game, but the British stars later | cracked both Americans’ service. Van The American Government has tried | d " " . to use the Kellogg pact in vain since S Ll el g UL | e 1931, and the only results it has ob- | oy ore) von the second set, 64, Japan. a - % | advantage that proved decisive. Some of the American diplomats |~ The Americans took the third set, who still have faith in that peace in- | g 5 breaking the service of both strument, maintain that it would be | Britons easily, then captured the foolish for any nation to raise thel fourth set and the match, 6—2, after question of that pact as long as the | tney struck their stride and concen- European nations cannot be brought | trateq on young Tuckey to outclass tlogether to form a common and sSin- | the Britons, cere front against the aggressor. In the finals Allison and Van Ryn Under the circumstances, it appears | will play the Australian duo of Jack to diplomatic observers hignly improb- | Crawford and Adrian Quist, who able that this country will allow itseif | eliminated the young Californians, to be drawn again into a controversy | Donald Budge of Oakland and Gene and left “to hold the bag alone” as| Mako of Los Angeles, 6—2, 13—11, has been the case in the Sino-Japanese ' 6—3. «conflict. High officials point out that the League of Nations, of which Italy and | Point Scores of Title Match. ’ Other Tournament Results. Other scores: Ethiopia are members in good stand- 1ng, has a powerful machinery to pre- vent an aggressive war, if it chooses to do so. The League can enforce an | embargo which would be extremely damaging to Italy and would render her powerless to wage a long war against Ethiopia. Hence, the Ethi- opians would have a better chance to defend themselves by applying to Geneva. It has become evident, how- ever, that the League will do nothing to defend Ethiopia. Consequently, the chances of the United States coming out in favor of that independent African empire are less than nil. All these facts are well known to Selassie and in sending his appeal to the United States he had in mind (See ETHIOPIA, Page 3.) WHEAT PRICES SLUMP FIVE CENTS A BUSHEL Chicago Liquidation Accompanies Fears That Canada May Dump Huge Surplus. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 5.—Wheat prices dropped 5 cents a bushel today in a ‘wave of liquidation that accompanied expressions of fear on the part of some traders that the Canadian govern- ment’s grain policies might be changed abruptly, with the dumping of Can- ada’s huge wheat surplus on the world market a possibility. With July wheat falling to a close of 81 cents a bushel, the market broke the maximum permitted by trading Tules for one day. The late decline in prices followed tumbling of Winnipeg wheat to the minimum price permitted by the Ca- | nadian government. The trade ignored a statement from Premier Bennett of Canada that there would be no sacrificing of t.hem%: ';nlmun'l grain in international ets, Mixed doubles, quarter-final round: Adrian Quist, Australia, and Jad- wiga Jedrzejowska, Poland, defeated Vivian McGrath and Joan Hartigan, Australia, 3—6, 6—3, 6—1. /Wcmen's doubles, quarter - final round: | _Mme. Rene Mathieu, France, and Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling, Germany. cefeated Mme. Josan Sigart de Meule- meester, Belgium, and Mrs. P. D Howard, Great Britain, 6—4, 83—, Freda James and Kay Stammers, Great Britain, defeated Mrs. R. E. Haylack and Miss J, S. Kirk, Great | Britain, 6—3, 6—0. TODAY’S GAME OFF Rain Causes Postponement—Dou- ble-Header Tomorrow. Washington’s base ball fans may see Nationals and Yankees clash in two games at Griffith Stadium tomorrow for the price of one, this afternoon’s engagement having been postponed because of rain. The week end dou- ble-header will start at 1:30 o’clock. "JAZZ BAND" An Ultra-Modern Love s:ory By‘ Wyatt Rundell A former jazz musi- cian who has arrived as a popular author. Starts Today on Page B-5 I in The Evening Stas WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JULY NEW DEAL STUDIES PROPOSAL T0 TAX MIDDLE INCOMES 4TH TOLL OVERU.S. Broadening of Levies on Rich Considered to In- crease Revenue. FOES CALL PROGRAM “POLITICAL) GESTURE” Map Strategy to Enact Bill This Session. By the Associated Press. New Deal circles are studying the advisability of broadening the tax-| the-wealth program to reach into the middle income brackets as well as| the $1,000,000-a-year class. Some legisiators and experts are taxes are levied only on the very wealthiest persons the revenue would not live up to expectations. The disclosure came after a White House conference in which plans were laid to enact the tax plan this ession, despite Republican demands that the whole question go over to a special session in the Fall. Meanwhile, critics of the plan were giving an Inkling of the arguments they will use when it comes to the debate stage. Senator Metcalf, Re- publican, of Rhode Island, in a Fourth | of July address, called on the country | | to “register a powerful objection to the levying of confiscatory taxes in order to gain the political support of Socialists and radicals of every stripe.” | Hearings Begin Monday. i The American Liberty League called | the President’s plan a “transparent political gesture.” Chairman Doughton, Democrat, of | North Carolina, of the House Ways and Means Committee, who attended | the White House conference, said| some legislators “feel we can get' some additional revenue without in- justice to business.” | He disclosed that the question of | extending tax revision to lower brackets than previously indicated | had been discussed. | Doughton’s committee will begin | hearings Monday, with Treasury ex- perts on the stand. No specific tax | bill will be before the committee. Doughton said, “We want to get fujl | information. before framing a oill.” President Roosevelt's tax message mentioned no specific rates on in- heritances, individual incomes or gifts. However Senator Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippi, has laid a schedule | before the Senate Finance Committee. | Leaves Medium Incomes Untouched. This would not alter present rates ;on incomes below $1,000,000 a year. It would apply to taxes ranging from | 60 per cent of $1,000,000 incomes to 80 per cent of all over $10,000,000. The present rate on all incomes over | $1,000,000 is a flat 59 per cent. The | inheritance taxes, a new departure in modern American tax procedure, would range from 4 per cent on $300,000 to 75 per cent on all over $10,000,000. Some legislators are known to feel that such taxes would raise only a comparatively small sum. Represen- tative Samuel B. Hill, Democrat, of Washington, chairman of a tax sub- committee of the Ways and Means Committee, estimated that .even if $1,000,000 incomes had been taxed 100 | per cent lsst year the revenue would | not have been “enough to count from | a financial standpoint.” Doughton expressed the opinion that the tax program would be passed in time for Congress to adjourn by | September 1. /ALFONSO INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT | Former King Bruised on Forehead | When Car Turns Over. By the Associated Press. FOLLONICA, Italy, July 5.—Former King Alfonso of Spain was slightly injured today when the automobile which he was driving turned over whil> en route from Rome to Leghorn. His injuries were confined to bruises on the forehead. His aide-de-camp suffered a fractured collarbone. Their injuries were dressed at once with the assistance of passing motorists. The former monarch and his aide were given a lift by a motorist and were driven to Follonica, where they were given medical treatment. The accident took place near the Pecora Bridge on the ancient Via Aurelia. A tire blew out, and the car in overturning hit a pole. The injured aide-de-camp is Conte De Los Andes, former minister of finance of Spain. Alfonso telephoned his friends in Rome that he was all right and that after having luncheon at Leghorn, he would take an afterncon train to Genoa. COMMUNICATION BOARD HITS ‘DOUBLE POSITIONS’ Says Officers Cannot Do Duty to Several Companies in Refus- ing Wire Requests. By the Associated Press. . The Communications Commission said today that no officer or director of a company can adequately perform his duties if he holds a position on the board of two or more concerns. | Press said the national toll of dead | casualties in the District, indicated he | lowed here. | seven years. From 1928 to 1934 the ¢ Fpening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION FOURSCORE. HURT HERE, WITH HIGH Officials Consider Stricter Ban on Fireworks in Washington. TRAFFIC FATALITY DUE TO CELEBRATION Eight Other Deaths in Maryland and Virginia, With National Record Heavy. A holiday fireworks accident toll of four-score injured in Washington and vicinity today caused officials to con- sider a stricter ban on fireworks here, while reports from farflung parts of the the Nation told of three killed and thousands injured in pyrotechnic | celebraticu of Independence day. There was one death here in a traffic accident and eight other deaths attributable to the holiday in Mary- land and Virginia. The Associated from all causes was more than 200, largest since 1932. Would Ban Explosives. Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown,| alarmed over the number of fireworks may recommend outlawing of all pyro- technics—even the so-called “safe and sane” variety. An early check showed more than three times as many hurt by fireworks this year as in 1934. Some threescore were treated at hospitals for burns, as compared with 20 last year. | Maj. Brown said a number of chil- dren were reported burned by so-called “harmless fireworks.” Only the so- called “harmless” variety is now al-| The police chief ordered his precinct commanders to make full reports to him by Monday on the number of | fireworks arrests here in the last few days. Nation's Toll of Accidents. The Independence day casualty list for the Nation, while the largest since 1932, was well under the average for the previous seven years. From 1928 to 1934 the July Fourth accidental | death total was 1630, an average of approximately 233 deaths for each year. The Independence day casualty list, while the largest since 1932, was well | under the average for the previous July Fourth accidental death total was | 1,630, an average of approximately 233 deaths for each year. Yesterday's death list, compared with the 177 recorded last year, the fewest since 1929, and 483 killed on the Fourth in 1932, the costliest in re- cent years. The Midwest, with 82 deaths, led the holiday mortality roll. Only 10| deaths were reported in the mountain | States, New England had 10 also, the Mid-Atlantic group had 29, the South 28, the Southwest 28 and the Pacific Coast 14. Three Fireworks Dead. Only three deaths were directly at- tributed to fireworks, an Associated | Press survey showed. The majority of deaths were due to automobile ac- cidents and drownings. Autos killed 83 and 79 were drowned. New Jersey reported 325 persons | treated in hospitals for fireworks burns, while Chicago police received reports of only 25 persons so injured. St. Louis had 312 known fireworks victims. Chicago counted 1 of the 3 killed directly by fireworks. The victim was Chester Bullwicki, 17, whose windpipe was collapsed by a firecracker which exploded on his chest. Another fire- works fatality occurred in Kansas. Boy Killed Watching Race. A 12-year-old boy was killed at the Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey speedway when a wheel of a racing automobile spun loose and felled him. Two young Toledo, Ohio, sisters drowned together in the Maumee River. Three automobile racers were killed in Penn- sylvania and a fourth in Georgia. A hunting fatality in Oklahoma and a gasoline explosion in Iowa added to the toll. Lightning killed one person in Indiana, heat two in Minnesota. Hundreds suffered various degrees of burns or lost fingers, toes or eyes in premature explosions of fireworks. A tabulation of Fourth of July accident deaths for the six years, with their causes, showed: i1 The single local death was due to a traffic mishap. William Edward Price, 30, of 1210 De Witt avenue, Alexandria, Va., was killed shortly after midnight when he lost control of his automobile and ran it into a parked car in the 2600 block of Nichols avenue southeast. He was taken to Providence Hospital in a passing automobile, operated by Cecil E. Rhodes, of 465 I street southwest and pronounced dead on arrival. At Annapolis, John Easton, 15-year- old colored boy, was crushed to death beneath a wagon he was driving, when the horses became frightened from firecrackers and bolted. His sister, Lillian, 9, who was riding with him, was critically injured. The casualty list from distant points in Maryland and Virginia included Vernon C. Judge, 40, national promo- tion manager of the National Broad- casting Co. in New York, who died of heart failure while swimming at Betterton, Md. Judge, who lived at | trict | start, a step which would go beyond al. | unemployment insurance law, such as & | dbmestics. The unemployment insur- West Englewood, N. J., had gone to the bay resort with a party of friends. Jefferson Lewis, 60, colored, of the 400 block of Fourth street southeast, was in a serjous condition today in Gallinger Hospital from Injuries re- ceived last night when struck by a B CMON HENRY, GET BUSY--THAR'S GOLD IN THEM THAR HILLS! SECURITY CHANGES BACKED BY KING Chairman to Support City Heads in Amendments to Social Measure. BY J. A. O'LEARY. Many of the changes in the Dis- unemployment insurance | advocated by the Commissioners and | local organizations will be supported | by Chairman King of the Senate District Committee, he announced today. “Quite a number of amendments should be made in the measure,” the | Senator said, “and I am inclined to| favor amending it substantially. or in most cases. along the lines sug- gested by the Commissiones.” | ‘The Utah Senator said he reached | this conclusion after devoting nearly | — all day yesterday to a detailed study | of the unemployment plan as it came | from the House. He emphasized he| was expressing his personal views, | since the committee has not met!| since hearings were held by the sub- committee composed of Senators Copeland of New York e&nd Capper of Kansas. It is probable the District meeting | will be deferred until next week to | await the decision of House and Sen- ate conferees on those features of the national bill which affect proposed | local amendments. Gradual Pay Roll Tax. Senator King made known that he will favor applying the employers’ pay roll tax gradually, at 1 per cent the first year, 2 per cent the second year and 3 per cent thereafter. The | House local bill imposed the 3 per cent tax on District employers at the the national plan and the trend of State laws. The Senator also saic¢ he would ap- prove changing it:e period of unem- ployment benefit payments from 26 weeks to 16 weeks & year, which is taken as an indicauion that tne Dis- | trict government cortribution «o the fund of a sum cyua! to 1 per cent of the employers’ pay roiis, also may be eliminated. The Senate chzirmon also is in favor of giving employers credit by reduc- ing the tax oelow 3 per cent when they have a good reccrd for keeping men steadily ut work. The House bill provided only for an increase in the tax above 3 per cen: when employ- ment is not stabilized. Argument on Relief. The Districf government tax to supplement the employers’ tax was adopted in the House on the argu-| ment that unemployment insurance | would lighten the District relief bur- | den. The Commissioners say. how- ever, that a large number of those on relief are persons whose occupations would not ordinarily come under the ance plan would not apply to persons employing less than four employes. The Commissioners also have asked that the District plan be handled by a local rather than a Federal board. In studying the technical details of the local social security bills yester- day, Senator King called into con- sultation Edwin E. Witte of the Com- mittee on Economic Security and one of the advisers to the Senate Finance The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. , 1935—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. Star Yesterday’s Circulation, 110,342 Some Returns Not Yet Received RN (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. COMMITTEE ASKS POLIGE PROMOTION SYSTEM SHAKE-UP Group Digesting Report on Crime Urges Interstate Detective Force. CITIZENS’ ADVISORY BODY IS ADVOCATED | Commissioners’ Unit Wants Sharp Curb Put on Habitual Crim- inals’ Parole. BY DON S. WARREN. Establishment of a permanent Citi- zens' Advisory Committee on Crime development of a small interstate body of detectives, and revision of the system of police promotions and rat- ings were recommended to the Com- missioners today by a committee named to digest the crime report re- | cently drawn up by a subcommittee of the House District Committee. Other high lights in the draft re- leased today by Commissioner Hazer are recommendations that Stringent restrictions be set up against the release on parole of “habitual criminals.” Precinct captains be held def- Uncle Sam Meets Prosperity With Huge Cash Output Mints Make 608,414, WAGNER_M_EASURE 207 Coins and Bureau | “Must” Labor Bill Now $40,000,000,000. 1 Law—Court Tests Face New Board. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Expressing the firm belief that the By the Associated Press To “improved business conditions.” | slot machines, chain letters and sales taxes, Treasury officials today attrib-, bill | uted in large measure one of the big- | provisions of the Wagner labor bill| gest years in the history of the Nation's | should serve as an important step to- mints. | ward the achievement of just and An unusual demand for small coins | Peaceful labor relations in industry. resulted in the mints turning out a | President Roosevelt today signed this ROOSEVELT SIGNS ' Committee on the national bill total of 608,414,207 pieces, valued at | $39,131.127, during the fiscal vear end- ing last Sunday, that compared with | only 46,634,250 pieces valued at $3,499,- | 125 in the previous year. | Meanwhile, the Bureau of Engrav- ing & Printing said in its annual re- port that it made paper money and v-See MONEY, Page 3.) J.J, BERNET DIES; . & 0. PRESIENT Brief lliness Proves Fatal| to Van Sweringen Rail Executive. By the Associated Press. J. J. Bernet, president of the Chesa- peake & Ohio and Pere Marquette Railroads, died at his home in Cleve- land this morning after a brief illness. Mr. Bernet was the chief operating officer of the Van Sweringen railway properties in the East. | He was 67 years old and had risen in the railway business from a minor employe. The funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Agnes’ Cnurch in Cleveland. Surial will be there. Death was attribited by his as- sociates to “a seneral wearing out.” He suffered a general breakdown two weeks ago, but even some of his intimate friends did not realize the seriousness of his condition. Wanted to Be Blacksmith, If Bernet had realized his boyhood ambition he would have been a black- smith, as was his father. He tried his hand at it until the elder Bernet informed his son, “you'll never be a blacksmith. Go try some- thing else.” John heeded his father's advice, turned to railroading and eventually became successively president of three of the great American railroad sys- tems. In the third of these executive posi- tions, president of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad to which he was chosen in 1929, Mr. Bernet became the right hand man and chief railroad adviser to Van Sweringen brothers in their efforts to merge a number of railroads into one vast system of some 15,000 miles, With some 40-odd years of railroad experience behind him, Bernet had become known in the industry as a (See BERNET, Page 7.) |Army Will Test Hailed as Speediest Ever Built By the Associated Press. A giant “flying battle cruiser,” hailed as the fastest and longest range bombing plane ever built. will be tested soon by the Army Air Corps at Wright PField Dayton, Ohio. The War Department announced today that the Boeing Aircraft Co. had completed construction of the first plane after more than a years work and that the huge craft would undergo test flights ;n open competi- tion with other types in the near fu- ture. The tests are expected to stamp the four-engined, all-metal plane, known as “model 299" as the most formidable aerial defense weapon ever offered this country. Military secrecy shrouds many of 1ts features, but Boeing officials have reported to the War ent that the new p will _meet or exceed Giant Bomber, specifications demanded by the Air legislation, one of the “must” measures for this session of Congress. It was passed to diminish the causes of labor disputes burdening or ob- structing interstate and foreign com- merce by creating a national labor re- lations board to guarantee labor the right to bargain collectively. This legislation, which puts into effect the greater part of the provi- initely responsible for what hap- pens in their districts, even though headquarters units are co-operat- ing. Complete rewriting of the Dis- trict criminal code, and study of { the District's minor criminal pro- | cedure—that is, cases prosecuted | by District officials as distinguished | from the United States attorney. No Raid “Tip-off” Found. The Commissioners’ committes | found there was no “tip-off” in the | now famous unsuccessful gambling {Taid at 117 B street southeast. The | committee made no recommendation | regarding Capt. Joseph Morgan, but said it appeared he had been “un- diplomatic” in a statement he s re- puted to have made to them that some one remarked to him “his men were grafters, all except one, and that that man was too dumb.” The Commissioners’ committee con- sisted of Corporation Counsel E. Bar- rett Prettyman. Assistant Engineer | Commissioner Howard F. Clark and George W. Offutt, chairman of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. The body was directed to review | the full report of the House Crime | Committee, as well as the report made by Inspector Thaddeus R. Bean sions of the famous section 7-A of the | yhg retired July 1), on the fifth pre- old N. R. A, was signed by the Presi- | dent during the forenoon in his study on the second floor of the White House. No ceremony marked the signing. He used two pens and these he will present later to Senator Wagner of New York, who sponsored the bill, and William Green, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor. ‘The President expects to name within the month the new board, re- placing the present Labor Relations Board which goes out of existence, the Associated Press reported. Organization Stipulated. ‘The bill gives the labor organiza- tion chosen by the majority of em- ployes in a plant the right to speak for all the employes. and forbids em- ployers from interfering with the self- organization of employes. The labor board may order employe elections if there is a dispute over what organization or individual repre- sents a majority of employes in a plant for collective bargaining. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, calls the act “labor’s Magna Charta.” In- Gustry generally opposes it. and its enactment probabiy will result in a long series of court tests of its con- stitutionality. Steel, automobile and rubber manu- facturers already have let it be known they intend to challenge the act in the courts if and when the new labor board hands down any decisions against them. Biddle Formally Resigns. Coincidentally, Francis Biddle of Philadelphia formally submitted his cinct raid case and other conditions |in that precinct. No Individuals Considered. After the committee was named some three months ago, Commissioner Hazen said he was not asking this committee to deal in recommenda- | tions as to individuals. At the time it was reported Hazen was planning to transfer Capt, Morgan to desk duty. The recommendation for a Citizens' | Committee on Crime differs from the proposal of the House Crime Com- | mittee, which urged creation of an | official commission, instead of a citi- zens’ advisory group. Prettyman and his associates said the duty of the proposed advisory group would be to study constantly all phases of law enforcement in the District through both Federal and local agencies, to | formulate suggestions for improve- ment, and to promote co-ordination | between the several branches “If such a committee did no more | than serve as an interested check | upon law enforcement agencies, with | unofficial sources of information and | suggestions, it would be worth while,” | the committee said. Precinct Laxity Claimed. The Commissioners were told there should be “a more compelling re- sponsibility” upon precinct captains. “Our impression from our interviews with police officials,” the committee | said, “is that there is a decided feel- | ing that the mere reporting of a sit- | uation to headquarters is a clearance | for the precincts.” The committee resignation to President Roosevelt as|said this should not serve to relieve chairman of the present National La- | & captain from maintaining law in his bor Relations Board, which goes out of existence at the end of this month. Because of personal reasons, Biddle informed the President that he could not be considered for membership on the new Labor Board. He plans to re- turn to the practice of law After the signing the President pre- pared the following public statement, in which he expressed nis confidence in the purposes of the legislation and in which he voiced his hopefulness in the good results which would follow: “This act defines, as a part of our (See LABOR, Page 4.) 24 HURT IN TRAIN ACCIDENT IN WEST “Empire Builder” Plunges Into Washout and Eight Cars Jump Tracks. By the Associated Press. BAINVILLE, Mont, July 5—The Great Northern RKallway's Empire Builder, transcontinental passenger train, plunged into a washout anc was Corps. These included: A speed of 200 to 250 miles an hour at 10,000 feet altitude; an oper- ating speed of from 170 to 220 miles an hour at the same altitude; endur- ance at operating speed of from 6 to 10 hours, and a service ceiling of from 20,000 to 25,000 feet. The aerial battle cruiser has a wing span of approximately 100 feet, length of 70 feet, height of 15 feet and gross weight of about 15 tons. It is a streamlined, midwing type, equipped with four Hornet engines of more than 700 horsepower each, and has retractable landing gear. It car- ries all of the latest types of flight instruments, including an automatic pilot, two-way radiotelephone ment and s radio “homing” device. - Alr brakes on it for the first time in C) derailed early today, injuring 24 per- sons, at least wo seriously. Eight cars of tne 16-coach train jumped the tracks, four of thcmn roll- ing over, The engine remained up- right. . The accident occrrred at 2:20 am. shortly after a cloudhurst washed | away 1,000 feet of truck. First re- ports were that a wall of water swept down a hill, just ateai of the west- bound fiyer, prevettingy the opera- tion of the block signal system. ‘The train, ‘raveling at a moderate rate of speed, lurchzd to a jolting stop, the passengers seid many per- sons, sleeping at the time. were iaurled from their berths. All main line traffic on the Great Northern was tigd up in this vicintty as wreckers work: on what was pected to be & 24-hour rep [ | precinct. This was applied particu- larly to gambling places, disorderly houses, illegal liquor sales and vice on the streets. “An inability to cope with known law violations indicates lack of capac- |ity which a captain should have. Such inability should be deemed cause for demotion for the good of the service,” the Commissioners were advised. “We believe a drastic change in this attitude would increase police efficiency.” The proposed interstate detective force, which would involve co-opera- tion by Maryland and Virginia, is designed to deal with serious crimes affecting the different jurisdictions and to eliminate handicaps noy faced because of lack of co-ordinatiol 12 Men Asked for Force. 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