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NEW DEAL TREND HIT BY SPEAKER Virginia Institute Hears Writer Cite “Unseen Revolution.” By the Associated Press. UNIVERSITY, Va. July 8.— Nicholas Roosevelt, former Minister to Hungary, now an editorial writer for the New York Herald-Tribune, expressed the fear which was, he said, shared by many Democrats and Re- publicans, that an almost unseen revolution has been attempted in the United States, in opening discussions in the second week of the Institute of Public Affairs, ‘The significance of American mem- bership in the international labor affice was being discussed in another conference by Prof. James T. Shot- well of Columbia University, Dr. John B. Andrews of the American Associa- tion of Labor Legislation and the leader of the group, Spencer Miller, Jjr., director of the Workers' Education Bureau of America. Pearl Buck Speaks. Backgrounds for co-operation and conflict in the Pacific areas were sketched in before another round table by Miss Pearl Buck, noted novel- ist and Pulitzer prize winner. and Comdr. Archer M. R. Allen of Wash- ington. The kind of autocracy needed to “put into effect a planned economy” is close akin to tyranny, said Mr. Roosevelt. And in pleading guilty to the charge of being a “Tory,” he stated that in time we who stub- bornly defend the American system will be shown to be the true liberals, and those who, in the name of plan- ned economy, are demanding ‘“‘radical reforms” will appear as the real re- actionaries. “Let us by all means discuss pro- posed remedies for our troubles. Let us improve our political machine whenever possible. Let us amend the Constitution if, after full discussion, this proves desirable and the amend- ment promises genuine benefit to the country as a whole. , “But let us refuse to accept meekly the undermining of the structure of e American democratic system by those who follow the false gods of planned economy. I do not ques- tion the sincerity of those who desire to make over our form of government #o0 that it may the easier control our economic system. But I question their wisdom and I challenge their right to attempt these reforms subtly and even covertly.” Opposes A. A. A, Mr. Roosevelt expressed skepticism as to the wisdom of the philosophy of the curtailment of production and its expansion to embrace economic nationalism. He opposed whole- heartedly the “principle of regi- mentation as involved in the A. A. A. as contrary to the spirit of America and fraught with grave political and economic dangers. ! “Through all the New Deal legisla- tion,” he continued, “there runs a new philosophy—new, I should say, in American life, but very old in Europe. It is the philosophy of centralization. It rests on the assumption that it is not only the right but the duty of the central government to exercise powers oyer the whole industrial, financial apd agricultural life of the country. :“In modern language this is called nned economy. In more honest days it was called autocracy.” HARROP PREPARES SESSION PLATFORM Farmer-Labor Party Head Says Long May Be Choice for Presidency. By the Associated Press. OMAHA, Nebr., July 8.—Although this was the first day of a political convention called by Roy M. Harrop, national chairman of the Farmer- Labor party, to unite his forces with third party advocates, he planned to devote today to conferences to com- plete the convention program and name a keynote speaker. Harrop predicted delegates from 30 Btates would attend the meeting for the purpose of organizing a strong campaign in favor of an “Americay prosperity plan which will make money and credit the servant, and not the master, of mankind.” But early today no delegates had arrived. Senator Huey Long of Louisiana was named by Harrop as the likely choice of the convention as its ‘presi- dential nominee. He said he expected & Kentucky delegation, due here to- morrow, to nominate Senator Long. Harrop, in a proposed platform, sug- gested that the convention adopt planks designated to raise the stand- ard of American living to a point where every family will be guaranteed & return of at least $2,500 a year. —_— PROPERTY IN CULPEPER LEFT TO TWO HERE Ritchie Graham Winn and Miss Louise Winn Nephew and Niece of Late Mrs. Grove. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star, CULPEPER, Va. July 8—By the will of Mrs. Elizabeth C. Grove, ad- mitted to record in the office of the Circuit Court, a home on East street here is left to a nephew, Ritchie Gra- ham Winn of Washington, D. C. A niece, Miss Louise Winn, also of ‘Washington, receives business prop- erty on Davis street and one-half of wn Yurniture in the East street house, together with all china and silverware. A diamond ring and a pink cameo pin are bequeathed to two other nieces, respectively, Ruby Winn and Elizabeth Matthews. John T. Winn, a nephew, is left the testator’s full Interest in some property in Orange, and Ruth Ellen Hall and Henry Winn are each left $500. Cash in the amount of $1,000 each 15 left to three sisters, Miss Cleopatra Bell, Mrs. Minerva Matthews and Mrs. Susan S. Winn. who also are joint heirs of the residuary estate. ADVICE COSTS $4,200 PHILADELPHIA, Juy 8 (P— Grandfather John McGowan was will- ing to trust the bank with his $4,200, he told police, but his grandson told him it “wasn’t safe.” McGowan drew out the money and put it in a'bureau drawer. When he awoke yesterday morning both money and grandson were gone. A ‘warrant now charges larceny to John Scan- lon, 19, . What’s What In Capital Emphasis on Brewster’s Charge Is Counter to Tradition. BY PAUL MALLON. OLITICS has always been run here on & friendly basis. The boss of a party and all the sub-bosses take care of their friends. Ii is a traditional custom, for instance, for a President-to hand out political favors to Congressmen who support him. Sometimes these favors are offered before the Con- gressman has voted on a particular question, and the deal assumes some of the aspects of a gentle barter. Everyone knows about this, but no cne is supposed to talk about it, cer- tainly not the Congressman. There is an unwritten law against it. If the Congressman peaches, he becomes somewhat like an employe who tells on the boss for having offered him a favor. The rare snitcher rules him- self out as far as any future favors are concerned. iyt : Ji It looked as if this pleasant work- ing agreement was upset the other dzy when tne House directed its Rules Committee to find out if agents of the President offered any favor or disfavor to Democratic Congressmen for their votes on the holding com- pany bill. However, you may relax and rest assured that tradition is not being cast to the winds. Some of the Democratic Congressmen are get- ting tired and fussy, but they have not reached the stage where they will do any important tattling, whether or not there is any ground for it. You cannot expect them to line up outside the Rules Committee today on any proposition like that. Stress Pustles Every One, What threw every one off was the stress given to an assertion by Repre- sentative Brewster that a presidential agent threatened to stop a relief project in his district unless Brewster voted the way the President wanted. (This has been denied by the agent, Thomas Corcoran). Mr. Brewster's statement does not place him exactly in the category of a preacher. In the first place, he is & Republican. In the second, an overlooked portion of his statement gave the reason behind it quite fully. He said he was making the charge because he did not want anything to happen to interrupt the relief project. Thus stop work on the experimental, if not vision- ary, project for any legitimate reason. So the least that can be said of Mr. Brewster was that he was a preacher with a logical purpose. But the charge was subject to such serious interpretations that it caught the House leadership off guard. An investigation had to be ordered for face-saving purposes, if no other. Capitol Hill Gossip. Now, a lot of Congressmen are con- firmed gossips. They buzz stories around among themselves and do not always get their facts straight. If you listen to them now, you will hear that a vacant judgeship in a Far Western State may have been offered to one Representative, who accepted; that & new judgeship in a Midwestern State is supposed to have been sug- gested to another Representative, who rejected it. Then there is the second-hand tale of still another who felt that two banks in his district might be closed if he voted the wrong way. There are good reasons for believ- ing that the first-mentioned Repre- sentative will get the Far Western judgeship, but whether it has any- thing to do with the holding com- pany vote is another matter. There seems to be mo substantive basis for the other two rumors. All in all the yarns do not sound logical. A judgeship is a high offer for one vote; also, bank examinations are presumed 10 be on a non-political basis. Tax Plan Languishes. No one In Congress has been able to get up much steam for President Roosevelt's indescribable new tax plan, except Senator La Follette. “The Pres- ident has announced that he wants action at this session, but, as all Con- gressmen point out among themselves, he did not say positively. There is no question that the Ways and Means Committee would lay the plan on the first vacant shelf he could find, were it not for the jact that a certain promise has been made to La Follette. This promise is only that the committee will take up the question at this session and endeavor to settle it. Few insiders would be surprised if the committee discovered about two weeks hence that the matter is too big to be handled so expeditiously. ‘There is a strong chance that a sud- den adjournment of Congress may be effected when all other pending busi- ness is cleared up. Brown Digs Up Data. The man behind the interrogators in the Virgin Islands investigation is former Director Brown of the Bureau of Efficiency. For two months prior to the present inquiry Brown has been conferring from time to time with senatorial investigators. He has sup- plied much data hostile to Gov. Pear- ;on, ‘who is an old political enemy of is. A leading utility lobbyist met a Government lobbyist in the Capitol corridor & few days ago. The Gov- ernment man ironically congratulated the utilities agent on his victory, say- ing: “You utilities certainly turned the heat on our Congressmen, didn’t you?” The utility lobbyist ardently denied this, and also suggested as a sly dig, Doylwaar WouL0 }IIY ve that he saw no evidence of pressure on the part of ‘the Government to in- fluence Congressmen. “Of course not,” said the Govern- ment man. They shook hands, and the utilities lobbyist observed, in : “Boy, what a couple of liars we are.” (W.Pu.) G 1936 [SSUE SEEN INNOTEONCOAL Roosevelt’s Letter to Hill Ignores Unanimous Deci- sions of Court. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Roosevelt has just written a letter which bids fair to furnish the principal issue of the 1936 campaign, The issue is whether a President of the United States, sworn to uphold the Constitution, and members of Con- gress, taking an oath to support the same Constitution, have a *right, in the face of clear and -unmistakable decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, to continue to foist upon the people laws that are plainly unconstitutional. Mr. Roosevelt'’s own legal officers— the Department of Justice—have re- fused to say publicly that the Guffey coal bill is constitutional. The Presi- dent himself concedes that there are doubts in his mind, but insists that the legislation should be passed and that the Supreme Court take the re- sponsibility for declaring a Jaw in- valid, Radical Departure. This is such a radical departure from the accepted understanding of the duty of a President of the United States throughout American history that it will, for generations to come, be in itself regarded as a precedent. Hitherto Presidents have signed bills or Congresses have overridden presi- dential vetoes when there were really some doubts on constitutional grounds and when there had been no clear- cut decisions on which to base a judg- ment in advance of court determina- | tion. But in the present instance, all one has to do is to read the 8-to-1 deci- sion in the famous child labor case and substitute the word “coal” for the “products of child labor” and there can be no doubt what the Supreme Court would say in appraising the Guffey bill. To help the reader understand the issue in the Guffey bill—for it is something any layman can grasp, whether he knows anything about law or precedents—all that need be known is that the proposal undertakes to levy a 25 per cent tax on any coal company which refuses to accept a code governing wages, hours and working conditions. The companies that comply get the tax rebated. The companies that refuse must pay the tax. The 25 per cent tax is, of course, ruinous and would put out of busi- ness coal companies that refused to accept the code. Coercion Attempt Blocked. This form of Government coercion or attempt to use the taxing power to achieve a social objective was re- pudiated by an almost unanimous Supreme Court opinion, written by Chief Justice Taft, which said: “In the light of these features of the act, a court must be blind not to see that the so-called tax is im- posed to stop the employment of children within age limits prescribed. Its prohibitory and regulatory effect and purpose are palpable. All others can see and understand this. How can we properly shut our minds to it? “It is the high duty and function of this court in cases regularly brought to its bar to decline to recognize or enforce seeming laws of Congress deal- ing with subjects not intrusted to Congress, but left or committed by the supreme law of the land to the control of the States. We cannot avoid the duty, even though it requires us to refuse to give effect to legislation de- signed to promote the highest good. Court Cites Harm. “The good sought in unconstitu- tional legislation is an insidious fea- ture because it leads citizens and leg- islators of good purpose to promote it without thought of the serious breach it will make in the ark of our covenant or the harm which will come from breaking down recognized stand- ards. In the maintenance of local ul{—‘ovemment, on the one hand, and the national power, on the other, our country has been able to endure and prosper for nearly a century and a Rall = e “Grant the validity of this la nd all that Congress would need do hereafter, in seeking to take over to its control any one of the great num- ber of subjects of public interest, juris- diction of which the States have never parted with and which are re- served to them by the tenth amend- ment, would be to enact a detailed measure of complete regulation of the subject and enforce it by a so- called tax upon departures from it. To give such magic to the word ‘tax’ would be to break down all constitu- tional limitation of the powers of Congress and completely wipe out the sovereignty of the States.” And that's precisely what the Guf- fey bill, 1f enacted into law, would do —give to the Federal Government, under the guise of a taxing power, the right to regulate production con- ditions in an industry which again and again has been declared to be wholly within the right of the States. Ignores Court Decision. The President, in his letter to Rep- resentative Hill, chairman of the sub- committee of the House Ways and Means Committee, ignores entirely the unanimous decision of the Su- preme Court of the United States in the Schechter case when he says: “Admitting that mining coal, con- sidered separately and apart from its distribution. and the flow of interstate commerce, is an intra-State transac- tion, the constitutionality of the pro- vision, based on the commerce clause of the Constitution, depends upon the final conclusion as to whether pro- duction conditions directly affect, pro- mote or obstruct interstate commerce in the commodity. “Manifestly no one is in & position to give assurance that the proposed act will withstand constitutional tests, for the simple fact that you can get not 10, but a thousand differing legal opinions on the subject.” * But if Mr. Roosevelt asked any group of competent lawyers who had ro interest in either side of the coal controversy he would not get any di- vided view. He would get a unani- mous opinion. And judging by the way the Supreme Court in the Schechter case disposed of the argu- ment about production “affecting in- terstate commerce,” the Guffey bill will also get a unanimous repudiation by the Supreme Court. The Attorney General of the United have so little faith in the constitu- tionality of a measure as to decline BOLAND FILES SUIT ON PAPER'S STORY Convicted in Lyddane Case, He Sues Publishers and Four Individuals. By a Staff Correspondent of The Btar. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 8.—Suits to recover a total of $14,995 were filed in Circuit Court today by John M. Boland as an aftermath of a story published in the Washington Herald purporting to disclose the secret de- liberations of the court following Bo- land’s trial for conspiracy to murder Francis 8. Lyddane, husband of Anne Lyddane. The sults were brought against American Newspapers, Inc., publisher of the Herald; Michael W. Flynn, Ray Helgesen, officials of that paper, and Pat Frank and David Lee, re- porters. Boland, who was sentenced to three years and nine months on the con- spiracy charge, and is now confined at the Maryland House of Correction, brought the suits in the amount of $2,999 against each of the defendants in the proceedings. Published June 12. ‘The story used as a basis for the suits was published in the Herald on June 12, 1935. It purported to reveal that Boland had been convicted following his trial on the murder conspiracy charge. The court, however, announced at the time that it would withhold its findings, 50 as not to influence the jury sched- uled to sit in the trial of Mrs, Lyd- dane on a similar charge. The Boland decislon was not an- nounced until Mrs. Lyddane’s trial had been completed several days later, and the jury had been dismissed after announcing it was unable to agree on a finding in her case. Citations were issued for the five defendants in Boland’s suits by the court requiring them to show why they should not be adjudged in con- tempt for publication of the story. American Newspapers, Inc., was fined $5,000, while Frank and Lee were sentenced to serve 90 days in jail. The two reporters have appealed tha decision. Service was not obtained on the citation againat Helgesen, night city editor of the Herald, and Flynn, managing editor. Grievance Is Given. Boland set forth in his suit that he was “a person of good name and credit and deservedly enjoyed a good reputation as an honest and law- abiding man, by reason whereof he was respected and esteemed as an honest and honorable citizen.” He also declared “he never conducted himself so as to occasion or justify the publication of the article,” which he described as “a scandalous and defamatory statement.” He declared that he had suffered “great humiliation, anxiety and dis- tress of mind.” The suits charged that the defend- ants meant and intended “thereby to charge that the plaintiff had been convicted of a criminal offense for which he may be committed to the penitentiary, whereas, in fact, he had not at the time of publication of the article been so convicted and/or found guilty.” LAUNDRY FORFEITS $20 ON LABOR LAW CHARGE The Tolman Laundry Co., through Donald F. MacKenzie, assistant treas- urer, forfeited $20 in Police Court today on one count of violating the female eight-hour labor law. The forfeiture was on recommenda- tion of the corporation counsel’s office. The complaint charged that Mabel Jones, Rixie Jackson, Ivory Johnson, Adele Briscoe and Evelyn Lee had been employed longer than the eight hours prescribed by law. On a second count, which charged that the women had been employed longer than prescribed in a printed schedule displayed at the plant, the company official was permitted to enter a plea of guilty and the sentence was suspended. opinions, the kind he can use or omit at will. For the key to the President’s mind is to be found in this bold confession in the letter to Mr. Hill: “I hope your committee will not permit doubts as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to block the sug- gested legislation.” But can members of Congress, who, too, have taken an oath of office, concede that, no matter how palbably unconstitutional & bill happens to be, it should be passed anyway? This method of defying or ignoring the Supreme Court in repeated instances will furnish the issue for 1936. It is a question of fundamental loyalty to the Constitution or nullification by legislative fiat. And undoubtedly Mr. Roosevelt thinks that by making the court take the whole responsibility for declaring acts of Congress invalid, s public sentiment against the Su- preme Court will be built up and re- sentment expressed at the polls. The President did not reveal what he had in mind in his May 31 press conference as to future steps. But now it is revealed. He has set out to undermine the prestige of the Su- preme Court of the United States and start a political drive for a constitu- tional amendment giving the Federal Government complete distatorial powers over production, manufactur- ing and distribution, irrespective of State rights or boundaries. By the Associated Press. TODAY. Senate. Begins debate over “death sentence” in public utility bill. Considers resolution for $150,000 investigation into lobbying. Territories Committee resumes Vir- gin Islands investigation. May be working on A. A. A. amend- ments or banking bill. Territories Committee continues hearings on Virgin Islands investiga- tion. House. S Begins debate on T. V. A. amend- h:gwl'. E TOMORROW. House. Continued consideration of T. V. A. bl o ) STAR, WAsmGTON, D. €, MONDAY, JULY 8, 1935. PREMIER LYONS 0 ARRIVE TODAY Australian Prime Minister and Wife Will Dine at White House. By the Associated Press. The prime minister of Australia, Joseph Aloysius Lyons, and his wife are dining at the White House to- night. Had they put off their visit a bit, they would have been served a state dinner hot from an electrified kitchen, with all the latest gadgets. As it is, they will be the last not- ables to be served a state dinner frcm the old kitchens now on the verge of ‘The new bandshell to be used by the National Symphony Orchestra for a series of concerts from a barge in the Potomac River is nearing completion beside the Arlington Memorial Bridge. ‘The ribs are being laced together and will be covered outside with canvas. The inside will be lined with boards, shellacked on both sides to reflect the sound. The shell will be 33 feet deep, 30 feet tall and will cover a stage 60 feet wide. There will be attached in the rear three rooms on each side, for the use of the musicians for tuning their instruments and as cloak rooms. As soon as it is completed this week it will be placed on the barge, expected to arrive at tne bridge tomorrow. The construction is & joint project of the National Capital Parks and the District reiief or- ganization. The first concert will be presented Sunday. CHESAPEAKE SPAN GRANT LIMIT SET Ickes Says Marylanders Must Raise 55 Per Cent of Cost. Administrator Ickes told a delega- tion of Marylanders today the State Bridge Authority would have to raise 55 per cent of the cost of the proposed $10,000,000 bridge across Chesapeake Bay before he would again consider awarding & P, W. A. grant for the re- mainder. Ickes' edict was construed by the Chesapeake Bay Authority as an ulti- matum, but the members did not feel that he had closed the door, as they believe ways may be found to raise sufficient money to meet his terms. The delegation, including members of the Bridge Authority and Mayor Howard W. Jackson of Baltimore, was headed by Senator Radcliffe, who acted as spokesman. Representatives Cole, Kennedy and Palmisano also urged Ickes to consider the project. Lecated Near Baltimore. The proposed bridge would cross the bay about 12 miles from Baltimore to Kent County. giving ready access from the Maryland metropolis to the East- tern Shore. The bridge formerly had been pro- jected as a private enterprise, but fail- ing to receive P. W. A. indorsement, the Maryland Legislature at its last session created the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Authority. ‘While $10,000,000 has been generally mentioned as the cost of the bridge, members of the delegation said today that no definite sum has been agreed upon. The delegation was accompanied by Abel Wolman, State P. W. A, engineer for Maryland, and John N. Mackall, work progress administrator for the State. Commerce Group Represented. The bridge authority was repre- sented by Albert D. Graham, Walter Hopkins and Ralph Greer. Walter A. Frey, chairman of the | Chesapeake Bay Bridge Committee of the Association of Commerce, headed the group from that organization con- sisting of Adam J. Hazlett, president; G. L. Touder, executive vice president, and W. G. Ewald, secretary. State Senator Arthur H. Brice of Kent County also was one of the speakers for the delegation. CUMMINGS REPORTS BAR PURGE PROGRESS Drive Against “Lawyer Criminal” Bears Fruit, He Tells Po- lice Chiefs. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 8— Attorney General Homer §. Cummings reported progress today in the Gov- ernment’s drive against the type of criminal lawyer who has become a “lawyer-criminal.” Cummings addressed the Interna- tional Association of Chiefs of Police. “It is a satisfaction to be able to report that real progress is being made -in the effort to rid the legal profession of its unscrupulous mem- bers,” he said. “There are some members of the bar, as I am well aware, who take the position that derelictions from pro- fessional ethics should not be made a subject of public discussion. “As far as I am concerned, I do not for a moment believe in remain- ing silent when such outrageous con- duct comes to notice. Because its members are supposed to be officers of the court, if not in protection of its own standing and prestige,gthe legal profession is under peculiar obligations to keep its own ranks as clean as the statutes and the powers of the various bar associations can render them.” LINCOLN PARK POLICE ARREST 10 IN FIGHT Battle of Boys Ends in Cells on Disorderly Conduct Charges. ‘Ten persons were arrested last night in Lincoln Park by park police and charged with disorderly conduct as a result of a fight between white and colored youths. Sergt. R. B. Jenkins of the park police said that five were juveniles and five were Police Court cases, as they were over 16 years of age. All arrested were white. Four of those slated to go to Police ~—S8tar Staff Photo. 4,000,000 “Unemployables” Still on U. S. Relief Rolls Officials See Little Chance for Change Until Works Program Peak Is Reached About November 1. By the Associated Press Acknowledging that little progress has been made in actually trans- ferring “unemployables from Federal relief to the care of the States, relief officials said today that about 4,000.- 000 such persons still are on the Fed- eral rolls. This number, which is about one- fifth of the persons depending in whole or part on Federal relief ac- tivities for support, is roughly the same as it was last December. At that time Harry L. Hopkins, now works progress administrator, enunciated a policy that all persons physically or mentally incapable of work must be returned to the care of the States by last February 1. Requirements Modified. Later Hopkins modified his require- ment. Funds for unemployables would be loaned States and cities un- able to take over the responsibilities, he said. Later he abandoned the at- tempt for the time, and officials said they expected the administration’s security program to provide for most of the dependent children and aged. The measure, however, still is in a congressional conference and it is expected that a year or more will be required to place it in operation. Officials said Hopkins now plans to supply most of the food and cloth- ing required by the unemployables | even after they are returned to the care of local governments. There is little prospect of their ceasing to be a Federal burden until after the work relief program peak is reached, around November 1, it was indicated. Then the twin moves—providing jobs for those able to work and trans- ferring the others to local care—will carry out President Roosevelt's desire to “end this business of relief,” offi- clals said. $1,619,100 Fund Asked. Meanwhile there was a new de- velopment in the works drive. The Bureau of mines filed an application for $1,619.100 to chart subterranean water resources. The work, to be concentrated in dust and drought-stricken areas, would be carried out by geophysical methods, the bureau said. Officials added that this method, which em- ploys electricity, had been used suc- cessfully in locating water-bearing gravel beds in the Humboldt Valley of Nevada. “Geophysical work,” it said, “is being resorted to more and more in the solution of water and mineral re- source problems in situations where ordinary geologic methods either can- not be used for lack of outcrops or where geologic evidence is insufficient to provide a basis for clear-cut and definite conclusions.” $500.000.000 LOAN TOAID WORK PLAN Half Billion, at Low Rate of Interest, Intended to Finance Relief. By the Associated Press. A $500,000,000 loan ‘was asked by the Treasury yesterday in the first New Deal borrowing since the 1936 financial year opened a week ago. For this half-billion the Govern- ment offered to pay 133 per cent interest, a rate described by officials as unprecedentedly low. The secur- ities put on sale were 4-year 5-month notes, dated July 15 and maturing December 15, 1939. ‘The loan asked was the first portion of more than $4,000,000,000 in new money the Government must borrow if it spends the $8,520,000.000 esti- mated by President Roosevelt for this year and collects only $3,991,000,00 in estimated receipts. Preparedness for heavy work-relief expenditures was believed a factor in the financing. It was the first time new money had been borrowed in large sums since December, though there was & $738,000,000 refunding operation in June. Undersecretary Coolidge, in an- nouncing the operation, said “our cash is low and this seemed a good market to get the money.” The new notes will be issued in bearer form in denominations of from $100 to $100,000. METEOR EXPLODES KRASNOVISHERSK, Ural Ares, U. 8. 8. R, July 8 (#).—A meteor, which passed over this town in a fiery streak today, exploded with such force that it shook the houses throughout the district. Its passage, high over the town, was accompanied by = thunderous noise. The explosion, presumably be- fore striking the ehrth, occurred three minutes later while the sky was still marked with & smoky trail. | | | RIFTINA.F.OFL. ALARMS LEADERS Row Between Industrial and Craft Unions May Bring Policy Change. By the Associated Press. Labor leaders view with apprehen- sion signs of a threatened rift in the American Federation of Labor. The controversy is raging between industrial and craft unionists over whether workers should be organized by industry or by craft. Bitterness between the two groups has reached the point where some labor authorities contend a drastic change in the federation's policy may be necessary to preserve harmony. Plans for creation of a new federa- tion of industrial unions are said to be under way already. The most recent controversy has | centered on the executive council's action last Spring when it allotted sev- eral hundred employes of the Ana- conda Copper Co. mines in Montana to craft unions instead of the industrial union claiming them, the mine, mill and smelter workers. The unions considering withdrawal from the A. F. of L. have not been named publicly. TWO DIE IN CAR FIRE WHITEWATER, Wis., July 8 (#)— Two women were burned to death and a Wisconsin Assemblyman seri- ously injured early yesterday when the car in which they were riding missed a curve, rolled over seven times and caught fire. The dead were Miss Betty Ritter, 24, and‘Miss Mary Ceithaml, 23, both of Chicago. The man injured was Palmer Daugs, 32, of Fort Atkinson, Wis., a member of the State Legislature. Daugs, driver of the car, was_ re- moved to a hospital at Madison, where his injaries were reported to be serious. Court Writ Halts Proceedings Against Kentucky Guardsmen By the Associated Press. FRANKFORT, Ky., July 8.—Con- tempt proceedings against 15 State police and two National Guardsmen brought in Harlan County were halted today by a prohibitory writ obtained from the Kentucky Court of Appeals by Adjt. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt. The wrif, signed by Judge Wesley V. Perry, restrained Circuit Judge J. M. Gilbert from hearing at Pine- ville today the charges, which were the outcome of & temporary order ob- tained recently by Sheriff T. R. Mid- original writ, charged the State police and Guardsmen had been sent into Harlan County as part of a “political bargain” by Gov. Ruby Laffoon to assure the election of Thomas S. Rhea as next Governor. The sheriff meantime is under orders from the Governor to show cause here July 31 why he should not be removed from office as a result of charges made during the strife in the coal fields over attempts of the United Mine Workers of Americs to organize the field. Judge Perry set a hearing on the -| Denhardt writ for July 18 a¢ Russell- ville, * remodelling. Back in Hostess Role. Their coming late this afternoon on their way home from the Kirg's jubilee in London brought Mrs. Roosevelt back into the hostess role weeks after official entertaining was considered over. The White House presented an altered aspect from that usually viewed by distinguished visitors. A steam shovel was at its portico, and a fence, painted green to match the grass, barred the front door. Exca- vation must be done for underground storage rooms which will supplement the new kitchen. But the distinguished Australians. parents of 11 children, were counted on to understand such slight devia- tions from domestic normalcy. Will Call on Hull On Tuesday, the prime minister will call on the Secretary of State, the Vice President and the Speaker. and will be a luncheon guest of the British Ambassador, before leaving for Montreal Canada. Dispatches have hinted that Mr. Lyons may perhaps touch on trade problems while here. Incidentally, the prime minister has two things in common with a high official he may meet while here. One | is the middle name Aloysius, possessed by both Joseph A. Lyons and James A. Farley. ‘The other is experience with the posts. In 1929, Lyons entered the federal Australian cabinet as post- master general. '$32,000 PIRATES’ " L0OT ON BARGE Floating Monte Carlo Off Cali- fornia Robbed in Early Morning Raid. By the Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif., July 8 —Five pirates today boarded the luxurious gambling barge, Monte Carlo, chained its crew and escaped with what Ed ‘Turner, owner of the boat, estimated was $32,000 in cash and jewelry. The attack on the Monte Carlo. which became piracy on the high seas because the big steel barge is anchored about eight miles off shore, occured at 4 a.m., while most of the crew were asleep. Turner said the loot consisted of $22,000 in cash and $10,000 in jewelry, left as security by patrons of the Monte Carlo. The pirates came alongside in a fishing boat under the cover of a heavy fog. Some remained in the boat while five men boarded the Monte Carlo. The boarding crew carried chains and were armed with revolvers, rifles and sawed-off shotguns. The crew was quickly subdued. After the pirates escaped the Coast Guard was summoned, since the case is a Federal one, and the Long Beach police were asked to post guards at all likely landing piers. - 'FRENCH VETERANS AROUSED BY REDS Leader Issues Call to Stand By as Leftists Rally Forces for July 14. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 8.—Col. Francois de Ia Rocque carried & warning to thou- sands of his “Croix de Feu” followers today to stand ready for a “mobiliza- tion order” against the Leftist front of Communists and Socialists. The chief of the Nationalist vet- erans’ organization pressed on by air- plane in a country-wide speaking tour as the commanders of opposition “po- litical troops” also rallied their forces for Bastille day. Leftist leaders met in Paris to com- plete their plans for demonstrations next Sunday, the anniversary of the capture of the Bastille Prison July 14, 1789, by revolutionists. De la Rocque warned that his or- ganization may be called to move against their common front “tomor- row,” the next day or within a fortnight. The royalist “King’s Henchmen” signaled their return to action yes- terday by burning an effigy of the Leftist Pierre Cot in the public square at Strassbourg. Cot, former minister of air, is a follower of former Premier Edouard Daladier in the latter's new tie-up with the ex- treme Left. NORTHERN N.ECK PLAN T0 COME UP JULY 15 More Consistent Advertising Pro- posal Before Supervisors at Heathsville Meeting. Special Dispatch to The Star. HEATHSVILLE, Va, July 8— Boards of supervisors of the counties of the Northern Neck will meet in the court house here July 15 to or- ganize for promoting the interests of this section by more consistent ad- vertising of the Northern Neck. This proposal was made by Senator R. O. Norris, jr, at a meeting held at Warsaw last week. At the meet- ing to be held at Heathsville officers of the new organization will be elected. At a meeting held at Warsaw Wil bur C. Hall, chairman, and Col. Rob- ert Gilliam, secretary, of the Com- mission on Conservation and Develop- ment, and Mr. Brown of the American Automobile Association of Washing- ton gave valuable information about advertising. —_— Girl's Jubilee Task Ends. Seven-year-old Betty Butchart of , Scotland, has completed her Royal Jubilee task of entertaining at least 50 aged or bedridden people at their bedsides. She has given 54 sep- arate performances. She has sung, danced in her dainty frocks, and re- cited. L 4