Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; little change in temperature; gentle northerly winds, be- coming variable. Temperatures—Highest, 86, at 1:45 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 69, at 6 am. today. Full report on page A- 4. Closing N.Y. Markets,Pages 16,17 & 18 Enteres Dost o BREWSTER OFFER T0WORK FOR BILL TOLD BY RANKIN Maverick Also Testifies He| Planned to Get Death Clause Votes. 33,313. ice, MISSISSIPPIAN REPEATS PHONE-TAPPING CHARGE | Insists That Probers Search Rec- ords of Members of Congress to Explore Lobby. | BULLETIN. Testimony that names signed to telegrams sent to members of Congress in opposition to the util- ity holding company bill were se- lected from a telephone directory at the direction of a utility com- pany representative was given to- day before the Senate Lobby Com- mittee. J. A. Fisher, manager of the Western Union office at War- ren, Pa., said he had sent approxi- mately 1,300 such messages. | on him that in spite of his blindness as second class matter Washington, D. C. Schall Blindness Car’t Nullify Rule, Robinson Protests| Senate Leader Fights His Insertions in the Record. By the Associated Press, Protesting against what he termed the “moral obliquities” of Senator | Schall, Republican, of Minnesota in inserting allegedly defamatory matter in the Congressional Record, Majority Leader Robinson today served notice the Minnesotan would have to “con- form to the rules.” | Robinson’s outburst was prompted | by the Minnesotan's request to have a speech by a Minnesota editor and a ‘Texas newspaper editorial read into | the Record and to have one of his own speeches read by the clerk. Robinson declared he would insist | on the right to object to parts of them found unsuitable to the Record. This brought from Schall the plea that “if I had my sight I could read that | speech without censorship.” ; Schall's denial that he had inserted | objectionable material in the Record | was met by a charge from Robinson that last week he called a “very high official” of the Government a “maniac.” He had reference to Schall's description of President | Roosevelt as a “megalomaniac.” Robinson protested that Schall BY the Associated Press Testimony that Representative | Brewster, Republican, of Maine ex-| pressed the opinion he could ‘obtain 25 Republican votes in the House for | the provision in the utilities bill to| abolish “unnecessary” holding com- ‘panies was received today by the House Rules Committee. This was given by Representatives Rankin, Democrat, of Mississippi, and Maverick. Democrat, of Texas, to the committee named by the House to investigate lobbying for and against the utilities bill. Brewster later voted against the abolition provision desired by Presi- dent Roosevelt. He precipitated the | lobby investigation by asserting that Thcmas G. Corcoran, R. F. C. at- torney, threatened to stop construc- tion of the Passamaquoddy tide-| harnessing project in Maine unless | the Representative supported the | President. | Repeats Tapping Charge. Rankin also repeated to the com- mittee charges that his telephone | wires were tapped during cansndera-\ tions of the utilities bill in the House. | He said he turned the information | over to the Justice Department and | the Communications Commission. “And keep in mind,” he suggested, “that the telephone companies were working right in with the power {n- terests against this bill.” Maverick said Brewster had given assurances he was for the abolition provision and for that reason was in- vited to a meeting of House members supporting the measure. Brewster testified last week he had | not made up his mind on the issue prior to the meeting about June 17 in Corcoran’s office and that no one but Corcoran knew his position at that | time. | Maverick saig no one was invited | to the R. F. C. meeting, which he | arranged, until he had ascertained the person invited was for the abolition | clause. “I asked him if he was for the Benate bill and the death sentence,” the Texan testified, adding he had talked with the former Maine Gov- ernor on several previous occasions and found they saw alike on the power issue. “He said, ‘Yes’" “When I saw Mr. Brewster walk through the long line (in the teller vote by which the abolition provision | was defeated) I like to have fell out | of my chair,” Maverick said. Maverick said Brewster agreed at the meeting to make a half-hour speech for the “death sentence” and suggested writing a letter on the sub- ject. | The Texan said Brewster appeared ' enthusiastic and in earnest in his stand for the Senate bill and gave no other indication “unless I am weak-minded and couldn't see it.” Maverick added that he never was approached by a lobbyist for the power companies. Declines to Guess. } Pressed by committee members to | name lobby suspects, Maverick in- sisted, “I don't think that's fair, to call somebody’s name just because I might have seen him in the gallery| and suspected him of being a lobbyist. “I don’t want to make any mis- take,” he said. The committee has sent letters to| all House members asking such in-| formation. | Members listed previously by Rep- resentative Rankin, the leader of the| unsuccessful campaign to back up President Roosevelt in the House, as being present at the R. F. C. meeting were Representatives Knute Hill, Democrat, of Washington; McFar- lane, Democrat, of Texas; Maverick, Marcantonio, Republicans, of New York; Schneider, Progressive, of Wis- consin; Moran, Democrat, of Maine; Zioncheck, Democrat, of Washington; Brewster and himself. Maverick added Representative Bcott, Democrat, of California to the list as well as Charles West, White House_contact man, Solicitor Dozier Devane of the Power Commission and Benjamin Cohen, P. W. A. attorney, ‘who helped Corcoran draft the orig- inal Wheeler-Rayburn utilities bill. Several of them expect to testify. “Lobbyists don't approach me,” (See LOBBY, page 3.) Readers’ Guide l | | | | Amusements . Comics . Cross-word Puzzle ... Editorials 5 Finance .. Lost and Found. m V tal Statistics . ‘Washington Wayside. A-T .Womens Feltures B-10, B-12 | nerves,” he added. “canaot shield himself behind an unfortunate affliction MOVE T0 ADIOURN TABLED IN HOUSE Little Excitement Created When Deen Seeks to End Session Tuesday. By the Associated Press The House today tabled, 111 to 48, a resolution to force adjournment of this session of Congress on next Tues- day. The resolution—not debatable—was offered by Representative Deen, Demo- crat, of Georgia. Immediately one of the Democratic leaders, Representa- tive O'Connor of New York, moved it be tabled. That undouhtedly kills it. Speaker Byrns announced O'Con- nor’s motion had carried on a voice vote, but a standing vote was demand- ed. On that, the count was 111 to 48. | The vote was almost strictly on party lines, six other Democrats vot- ing with Deen and against the motion | to table. Two Republicans joined | the Democrats, Just before Deen offered his reso- lution, Representative Woodrum, Dem- ocrat, of Virginia made a brief speech in which he said he agreed “100 per cent” with these who thought Con- gress should “speedily adjourn.” House Democratic leaders agreed | that if any one man on Capitol Hill held the kep to adjournment it was 0t Deen, but Senator La Follette, Progresswe of Wisconsin. La Follette, they recalled, was proml.sed flatly that if he would permit speedy adoption of a resolu- ticn extending $501,000,000 in nuisance taxes which otherwise would have expired June 30, he wouid be | | given an opportunity—this session—to | vote on another bill increasing taxes | against the wealthy. Bill to Be Pressed. Representative Samuel B. Hill, | Democrat, of Washington, chairmaa of the Ways and Means Subcommit- | tee in charge of the tax program, | reiterated today there was no inten- | tion of dropping the bill, at least in the House. Some others said, however, that later La Follette might be asked to release the House Democrats from their pledge. The Senator thus far has insisted on action this session. Simultaneously, Representative Ran- | kin, Democrat, of Mississippi issued a statement asserting he would oppose adjournment until the tax, utilities holding company and the Tennessee Valley Authority bills are enacted, “no matter how lustily the enemies of these measures applaud suggestions for immediate adjournment.” Warns of Constituents. ‘“Congressmen talk about frayed “Their nerves are not frayed at all compared to what they will be when the people get through with them if they adjourn Congress with these important meas- ures pending.” The White House maintained strict silence on the adjournment move. Likewise, there was no confirmation whatever at the White House of re- ports that Mr. Roosevelt had dis- cussed adjournment in his week end visit with Democratic leaders at the Jefferson Island Club. It was the general understanding that the President wants the earliest (See ADJOURNMENT, Page 7.) | the amendment. he WASHINGTON, SOCIAL SECURITY BILL IS REPORTED WITH CHANGES !Clark Private Pension Sys- tem Goes to House for Decision. 'MEASURE SETS UP SEPARATE AGENCY Pay Roll Tax to Apply to Em- ployers of Eight or More Per- sons—Grants Are Modified. After nearly a month of delibera- tion, House and Senate conferees this aiternoon agreed on all differences in the far-reaching national social se- curity program, except the Clark amendment to preserve private retire- ment systems, which will be taken back to the House for further instruc- tions. Agreement was reached on all the other main controv rsies as follows: The Senate amendment was agreed | to allowing States to adopt the sep- arate company reserve plan of unem- ployment insurance if they prefer that | to the State-wide pooling of all pay roll taxes. Provides Reduction. The Senate amendment authorizing | reductions in pay roll tax for unem- ployment insurance to employers who stabilize work and keep their men steadily employed. A compromise made under which the unemplorment insarance | pay roll tax will appl, to emuloyers of eight or mor> pcisons, instead of the House provision oi 10 persons or the Senate provisicn cf four persons. In this conneciion, the Senate bill | also provided that *i: tax would apply | only to the salares of those who work for 13 weeks or moce during a year, | but the agreemen' fillows the House provision of 20 weess o1 more. ‘The Russell amendment directing | the Federal Government to make | grants up to $15 a month for the next two years to citizens of States which | have not enacted old-age pension laws | to match the Federal money, was modified to apply only to those States which have constitutional barriers against levying State taxes for that purpose. It was further provided that in such States money spent by cities and counties for old-age pen- | sions could be counted as matching the Federal grant. Independent Agency. ‘The House was successful in having the Social Security Board made an | a independent agency instead of branch of the Labor Department. The Senate amendment nulhanzing Federal grants to match State pen- | sions for the blind was adopted and | liberalized to eliminate the require- ment that persons be permanently blind. It also eliminates any age | limit on persons entitled to blind pensions. The Norbeck amendment authoriz- | ing pensions for Indians was knocked | out. ‘The fight over the Clark amend- | ment is not over. Even if the House instructs its conferees against the adoption of this amendment, indica- tions are that supporters of the amendment in the Senate also will make every effort to stand firmly for The Clark proposal was adopted in the Senate by the de- cisive vote of 51 to 35 and there is . almost certain to be a battle against yielding on this question. The Clark | | amendment authorizes the Social Se- curity Board to exempt from the pay roll taxes on employers and employes | for old-age insurance if the board finds that an industry or company 1s operating a private retirement plan equal to or better than the Federal insurance system. May Meet Again. The conference report will go tc the House first for approval of the agree- ments on all other parts of the bill. A separate vote probably then will be taken on the Clark amendment. The partial agreement will then go before the Senate for ratification. If both the House and Senate adhere to their differences oyer the Clark amendment the confgrees would have to meet again on thal issue. Several of the agreements reached by the conferees on the unemploy- ment insurance section have an im- portant bearing on the District un- employment insurance bill, such as the right of States or District to re- duce taxes as a credit for steady em- ployment, the right to adopt the separate reserve system, instead of pooling all employer contributions and between eight persons as the standard for applying the tax. As it came from the House the local bill did not allow any reduction in tax for stabilization in employment and required the pool system, with four persons as the standard for applying the tax. The Senate District Committee has been waiting for the national bill to be completed. Recovery Sign Seen as Women 1 gnore Session for Business By the associated Press. SEATTLE, July 16—There may be fewer delegates this year at the Busi- ness and Professional Women’s annual convention, but the national president said today it's because the business depression apparently is “on the way out.” Mrs. Geline MacDonald, head of the women’s group which formally opens its convention here tonight, seemed pleased, however, over a pos- sible falling off in delegates. “Many women have written me they | son: are so rushed with business that for the first time since 1929 they will be unable to attend,” she said. “It looks as if the depression were on the way cut.” Speakers at the vention group meeting last night dealt largely with the organization’s campaign to }luvommnmmummfi right to employment held by men and unmarried women. Miss Charl O. Williams, fleld secretary for the Na- tional Education Association at Wash- ington, D. C., and first vice president of the women's organization, was one of the speakers. Mrs. Bowman of Richmond, Va., reported that Idaho has a policy against married women holding ap- poinuve office and that Oregon has been reported considering the same ban where the busband makes a rea- living. said 42 Governors answered her questionnaire about women in public | sity office and that Maryland led in ap- pointive woman officials with 208. Referring to efforts to keep married ‘women out -of employment, Miss Wil- liams said “Whatever discriminates against any group of women inates against all women.” - 5 pening Star ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, TUESDAY, JULY WHY DON'T YoU GIVE UP THAT MAGIC STUFP> AND GO BACK TO YOUR 1932 7 \ PLATFORM ? 5 16, 1935—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. FH¥ Jfff[/W/«M PRINOPLES POTOMAC SAVINGS | 10 PAY DIVIDEND Closed Bank Makes Plans to Distribute Quarter of | Million to Depositors. | | | | More than a quarter of a million dollars will become available to de- positors of the closed Potomac Savings Bank in the form of an additional dividend of 12'; per cent, beginning | tomorrow morning at 1406 G street. | This was announced officially today by Norman R. Hamilton, receiver of the Potomac Savings and four other | insolvent banks, with headquarters in the old District National Bank. Depositors mus: cail at the G street address, the cid District National | Bank office, and bring with them two documents—the past card of »fficial notification, and thet conservator's | certificate. Depositor: will not be | paid thefr dividends unless hoth of | these documents are piesented at the bank window, Rcceiver Hamilton em- | phasized. 8,000 Claims Ouistanding. Payment will be made oa 8,000 ! claims, in instailments Post cards| are being mailed cut individually to| the depositors, tellir them just when | | to call at the bank. The first Broup‘ | of about 1,000 perso.s received their post cards teday, rotifying them to| | call at the nank tomorrow. Daily from now on group: of post cards \'ill be mailed, aboct 1,000 a day. The 8,000 claims which have been | | proven will find waiting for them l\ total of $253,767. Checks are not ready for those depositors who have tailed to prove their claims. This will make a total of 621 pe cent dividends out of the Potomlc Savings Bank, which formerly oper- ated at M street and Wisconsin ave- | nue in Georgetown. The total deposit liability of this | tank when it suspended during the bank holiday in March, 1933, was $2,378,217.22. Several depositors have | not yet proven claims, which makes | | the 50 per cent dividends actually paid out, less than half of the total | ceposit liability. | Stock Assessments Out. | Receiver Hamilton is paying the | second dividend of 12!, per cent with- out resorting to funds from stock assessment, because the courts here have held that double assessment does not lie against shareholders of this bank, since it was chartered in the State of Virginia, which has no double liability. Receiver Hamilton also stated today that he could pay another dividend from the closed District National Bank if court contests over liability | of stockholders can be cleared up. | The District has paid 50 per cent. Statement of quarterly condition of the embattled Park Savings Bank made public today, by Receiver John P. Moran, shows remaining assets of a book value of $1,289,886.53, but an estimated actual value of only $500,000. Liabilities to depositors at the date of suspension of this bank in March, | 1933, totalled $3,299,516.39 out ol' which depositors have received only 20 per cent, or a total, up to June 30, of $560,180.07. Bank Has Paid 80 Per Cent. Receiver Moran reported that the Departmental Bank, which was closed in July, 1932, and has paid dividends of 80 per cent, amounting to $61,- 666.81 now has remaining assets of an estimated value of $55,000. This bank never borrowed from the R. F. C., but has collected from a stock assessment of $106,060 funds amount- ing to $53,303.85. The North Capitol Savings Bank, Moran reported, has remaining as- sets estimated at $365,100, after pay- ing dividends of 25 per cent, amount- ing to $235,036.47. This bank, which was closed in July, "1932, borrowed from the R. F. C. $269,400, and has repaid $180,900. ‘The closed Continental Trust Co., which was merged with the Commer- cial ‘National Bank, and became in- solvent only when the Commercial failed in February, 1933, was listed by Receiver Moran as having remaining | 'NEW DEPARTMENT assets estimated at $476,116. Student Paraders Killed. MONTEREY, Mexico, July 16 (#)— n«:mwmmfim Univer- Congress were killed mnymmmu-mu paraders. meeald-mnuudlnu'unn zalez fired without any apparent motive as the students passed. Gon- by other l L Burglars Request Woman to Silence Dog, Then Work On By the Associated Press. BARRIE, Ontario, July 16— Mrs. Minnikin today was ready to concede that she did her dog an injustice by silencing his bark- ing. She quieted the pet at the be- hest of a well-dressed stranger, who hinted the noise disturbed five men working at a bakery next door. The five men, police now know, were removing a safe and its contents from the bakery, un- noticed by anybody but the pro- testing dog. JOHN JOY EDSON'S 1 | i | DEATH IS MOURNED Funeral to Be Thursday for Banker and Beloved | Civic Leader. A city which he loved and which, in turn, revered him for his outstanding services as citizen and financier today | mourned the passing of John Joy| Edson, venerable apostle of good humor and hard work. | The 89-year-old banker, philan-| thropist and civic leader died peace- \ fully late yesterday 2t his home, 1324} Sixteenth street, after an illness that | tervened and arrested Wood, who | had confined him to his residence re- | | cently. Heart complications hastened ! the end. Members of his immediate | family were at the bedside. Having once expressed a wish to be | buried in Arlington National Cemetery ment near the graves of his Union comrades of ihe Civil War. Friend of Lincoln. Always a patriot, with an intense love of his country and its institutions, Mr. Edson was proud of his war serv- ice. He told friends of being awak- ened on a battlefield by President Lin- coln, who inquired if he were not cold. Abashed by the surprise visit of the | commander in chief, the young soldier stuttered out that he was “comfort- | able"—although he was quite other-| wise. Later he became better ac- quainted with Lincoln and also was a friend of every President since Lin- coln. Tentative arrangements call for| funeral services Thursday at 2 p.m. in | the Swedenborgian Church of the Holy City, at Sixteenth and Corcoran streets. A number of Mr. Edson’s inti- mate friends will be honorary pall- bearers. Mr. Edson’s wife died a dozen years ago. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Edson, of this ity; | six grandchildren, Edson Alden Edson, Gilbert Edson and Mrs. Elizabeth Ed- son Butt, all of this city, and John | Joy Edson, 3d; Bennett Edson and| (See EDSON, Pnge 4) BILL IS INDORSED Senate Committee Favors Con- servation-Interior Plan Over Protest. By the Associated Press. Over the vigorous opposition of the Agriculture Department and farm and business organizations, the Senate Public Lands Committee today ap- proved the bill to concentrate all Fed- eral conservation activities in a new department to be known as the De- partment of Conservation and Works. The measure, introduced by Sena- tor Lewis, Democrat, Illinois, snd strongly favored by Secretary Ickes, who would have charge of the new department, was amended to make bureau shifts by the President sub- ject to approval of Congress within 110 days after a transfer was mlde. instead of 60 days. Glider Record Claimed. OROVILLE, Wash,, July 16 (#)—A 1. MIDSHIPMAN JALED IN BERLIN Seized Durmg Anti- Jewnsh Demonstration After He | Resents Beating Women. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, July 16—E. W. Wood of New York, a midshipman of the United States battleship Wyoming was ar- rested in the anti-Jewish riots in Kur- furstendam Boulevard last night and spent the night in jail. He was re- leased today after paying a fine of 50 marks—about $20. Several hundred American midship- | men spending a holiday in Berlin wit- | nessed the riots. Wood turned up at his hotel todsy with a vivid taie of how he was arrested by police after watching a woman knocked down with | bare fists. Wood said he got into a fist fight | when solicited for comment on such | action, he expressed disgust. Wood said he was standing on a cafe terrace when the woman was| felled. Another woman protested. the American said, whereupon she, tco, was knocked down. Asked for His Views. ‘The big man who struck her turned | to Wood, he related, and asked: “What do you think of that?” When he voiced his disapproval the man persisted: “What are you going to do lbout ite” The fist fight started. Police in- could not say whether his adversary | was seized. Wood, formerly a private organist | for J. P. Morgan, is also & composer | of popular music. Anti-Semites rushed Jews night and early today, putting what | the press called a “damper on grow- | ing Jewish arrogance.” The usual evening promenade in this fashionable west end section was | upset considerably before an emer- gency squad finally succeeded in quiet- ing the excitement by guarding a number of Jewish restaurants. Curious crowds, however, moved about: early today discussing the inci- dents, in the course of which one Jew was knocked unconscious and several | | show windows were broken. The riots followed the sentencing of six Jews and six Aryan women yes- terday to concentration camps for slleged intimate relations. Strict orders were issued today by Storm Troop leaders for a hands-off attitude in future anti-Semitic dem- onstrations in Berlin. “Alien and Jewish elements are trying to bring the Storm Troops into disfavor,” the order statea. “Even though the behavior of people of the foreign race must be discountenanced most strongly, the Storm Troops must nevertheless mai:..ain_discipline and (See RIOTS, page 2.) — YANGTZE FLOOD SINKS Hankow Populace Relieved, but | Dykes Are Still Weak. HANKOW, China, July 16 (#)—The great Yangtze River began to recede today from its record high level of the last two weeks, relieving some- what the apprehension of the flood- menaced populace. The city was still endangered, how- ever, as the dykes were weak, and reports from upriver sections told of a new downpour. | | home | | plans were being made today to give from coffee houses and restaurants on | the one-time soldier a military inter- | the Kurfuerstenda®im boulevard last | cedure for The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated ‘Press News and Wirephoto Services. A.A A TAX1 U Yesterday’s Circulatio; Some Returns Not TWO CENTS. S ILLEGAL, . S. APPEALS COURT IN BOSTON ASSERTS Split Decision of 2 to 1 Holds Processing, Floor Levies Unconsti tutional. UDGES SCORE DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO SECRETARY Congress Fixed No Rules for Him, But Permitted Laws by Decree, Tribunal By the Assoclated Press. BOSTON, July Declares. 16.—The United States Circuit Court of Appeals today held unconstitutional the processing and floor taxes imposea under the agricultural adjustment act. t. The court found that no such authority to impose taxes had been decisions of the Supreme Court. by receivers of the Hoosac Mills, wi The decision was subscribed to by Ji Morris. Judge George H. Bingham, It was chosen by United States atu to the United States Supreme Court of the Government in obtaining a fav of Judge Elisha H. Brewster. Collection of $700, Yesterday Judge Brewster had injunction preventing collection of the question of lhenr constitutionality. BAR HEAD RAPS DRIVE ON COURTS Loftin Opens Convention With Plea to Defeat Gov- ernment Whims. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, July 16.—The Na- tion's legal profession. launching !he; | annual convention of the American | Bar Association, today began a rigid prosecution and defense of new day problems. With hundreds of attorneys from all parts of the country in attendance, | President Scott M. Loftin led off with a waraing that “reverence for the supreme law of the land is necessary” if America’s present constitutional form of government is to continue. “If the courts are ever deprived of | the power to determine constitution- ality of statutes, no protection will exist to preserve primordial rights of | life. liberty and pursuit of happiness | to the individual citizen, nor to pre- | | vent tyranny of ezecutives and op- pression by popular majorities,” Loftin | declared. Asks War On Shysters. Admitting that disciplinary pro- “shyster lawyers” was in- efficient in many sections, Loftin said “this situation must be remedied through the courts.” He called on delegates to ‘“mobilize their forces ethical lawyers. Mayer C. Goldman of New York, and Judge Charles W. Fricke of the Los Angeles Superior Court, | called black sheep. Goldman advocated a system of | public defenders in criminal cases. declaring the increasing number of “lawyer criminals” who ally them- selves with criminals warranted cor- rection. Judge Fricke retorted that “the black sheep of the profession are the exception and not the rule” and added that privately employed coun- sel could be as honest and ethical as a public defender. ‘Wilentz Barb Modified. submitted a report sternly rebuking both the Bruno Hauptmann defense and prosecution counsel for purported breaches of dignity in handling the case, but the preliminary bar associa- tion conference group yesterday de- clined either to approve or disap- prove it. Attorney General David T. Wilentz of New Jersey, who prosecuted the case, in Trenton yesterday promptly termed the report unfair, and later the committee said a “modified” statment eliminating any reference to Wilentz would be drafted. Loftin in his annual address de- clared the “judiciary is the safeguard (See BAR, Page 5. Hauptmann Trial ‘Disgusting,’ By the Associated Press. J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Justice Department’s Bureau of In- vestigation, today termed the Haupt- mann trial a “disgusting spectacle” srd a “Roman holiday.” He thus registered vigorous agree- ment with criticism voiced by a com- mittee of the American Bar Associa- tion. The committee, it was dis- closed yesterday, will say in a report new glider altitude record of 5700|to the association, that “to treat a feet, or 4,300 feet above his takeoff,| smple trial as a public show * * * is was claimed here today for Lloyd Art- | to cheapen life itself.” man of Oroville, Washington State| Hoover, who directed the Justice College aeronautics student. agents’ part in the bunt that re- Taking off yesterday from Mount | sulted in the arrest of Bflmolll\lw- l!ullhlnpflml.ry(udetolhumlmnn!wm and murder Anmnmunfl'nhmn of the Lindbergh saldt “I worked on the case and I am convinced Hauptmann was guilty. But I think a man who is on trial for his life is entitled to a little con- sideration. “This thing of making a circus out of a murder trial is disgusting. I would be the first to pooh-pooh false dignity, but I think there are certain proprieties that should be observed.” “The press is rot to blame,” he added. “If you put on a freak show the press will report it as such. If you put on a dignified trial, I am con- vinced the newspapers will cover it as sdch. tion is to be vigorous stand.” “The bar praised in delegated to the Secretary of Agriculture by - in erasing the stigma cast by un-| laid | opposing views before the convention | on the subject of the profession’s so- | The Press-Bar Committee originally | the Constitution or by The Circuit Court’s decision was based upon a test case brought hich sought recovery of $81,694.48. udges Scott Wilson and George F. senior justice, dissented. The Hoosac Mills suit was one of many brought by textile corpora- tions who sought recovery of taxes paid on constitutional grounds. orneys as a test case to be carried cme& because of the initial success orable decision in the District Court 000,000 Held Up. hinted that this finding might be reversed by the Circuit Court as he ordered continuation of a temporary processing taxes from four New Bedford mills and a Fall River corporation. The collection of some $700,000,000 of processing taxes hinges upon “It is clear,” said the Court of Appeals decision, “that the main pur- pose of the act is to control and regulate the production of the so- called basic agricultural commodities the several States, through agree- ments with the producers and in con- sideration of what is termed rental or benefit payments, to reduce acreage or production for market sufficient to increase the current average price of such products to that elusive point where the returns to the farmer from the production of such commodities will purchase under present condi- tions the same amount of industrial products that the returns to the farm- | er from the same products would buy 1in the five-year pre-war period from July, 1909, to August, 1914. * * * Hearing in Fall Seen. Frank J. Wideman, Assistant At- torney General in charge of tax cases, said the Hoosac case would be heard before the Supreme Court “some time in the Fall * in any case, before the holiday: The decision will not stop processing tax collections, Wideman said. Two other direct tests of the A. A. A’s constitutionality, now awaiting | action of the Federal Court of Claims here, probably will be heard in Oc- tober, he added. The Hoosac Mills case may be con- solidated with these two, brought by Continenial Mills and Interlaken Mills, in the Supreme Court hearing. About 200 suits to stup tax collec- | tions are pending. These ask ‘njunc- tions and Government attorneys con= tend they do noi involve the con- stitutionality of the tax. The Circuit Court at Louisville will meet wmor- row to hear an appeal from three | Cleveland injunction suits against the A A A Gratification at the promptness of the Boston deci:ion was expressed by Chester C. Davis, toe A. A. A ad- ministrator. David said it probably wowd re- sult in an early ruiing by the Supreme Court on the taxes and the entire farm program. Officials were quick to say that the ruling would rot affect immediate progress of the adjustment programs. Cannot Invade Intrastate Field. “The power of Congress to regu- late interstate commerce does not authorize it to do so by taxing prod- ucts either of agriculture or industry before they enter interstate commerce, | or otherwise to control their produc- tion merely because their production | may indirectly affect interstate com- | merce. “The issue is not, as the Govern- ment contends, whether Congress can appropriate funds raised by general taxation for any purpcse deemed by Congress in furtherance of the ‘gen- eral welfare’ but whether Congress has any power to control or regulate | matters left to the States and lay a special tax for that purpose.” The court also set forth: “The power to determine what the law shall be, what property shall be af- fected by taxation, or regulation, and what standards shall govern the ad- ministrative officers in administering acts of Congress, has never been held to be an administrative function. “The power to impose a tax and to determine what property shall bear a tax can only be determined by (See PROCESSING, page 3.) Immediate Appeal Planned on A.A.A.; 150 Suits Involved Prompt appeal to the Supreme | Court of the adverse ruling on the Says Hoover, Backing Bar View | by a Circuit Court of Appeals at Bos- onstitutionality of processing taxes ton was promised today by Justice Department lawyers. Pending en opportunity to study the decision, A. A. A. officials de- clined comment. Previously, Govern- ment attorneys had said the case would be appealed regardless of the ruling, and that a final decision on constitutionality of the A. A. A. and the processing taxes was expected “before Christmas.” Attorney General Cummings and lawyers in his tax division said the Hoosac case probably would control more than 150 other suits now on file in various Federal courts attack- ing the processing taxes and asking refunds and injunctions against pay- ments, '