Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1935, Page 2

A—2 &% PROCESSING TAX HELD SALES LEVY Adverse Court Decision May End Benefits Exclusive to Farmers. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Because the words ‘“processing taxes” have a technical meaning and the aversge man doesn't stop to in- quire what a “processing” tax really 1s, the public opinion today that ought to be more aroused at this misuse of the taxing power than over any other article of the Federal Constitution may be said to be passively indifferent. But the Federal courts are full of | cases and some Monday afternoon | when the Supreme Court hands down an opinion, the whole country will suddenly become aware of what these processing taxes mean, and the ad-| verse decision—for it seems certain to | come—will cause far more of a flurry | than did the N. R. A. decision in the | poultry case. What are processing taxes? It is a safe bet that four out of five persons | who have read the phrase have never | sought to find out but have taken it for.granted that it is just like any other tax on an article like cigarettes or beverages. Big Difference. But there's a difference. The taxes we have known for generations are levied on the finished article and are used to support the whole Govern- | ment. The ‘“processing taxes” are imposed on a farm article when it Jeaves the producer to go into the first | step of processing or transformation on its journey from producer to mid- dleman and finally to distributor. | The money collected goes to the farm- | ers only and is not used to meet gen- eral expenses of Government. i The processing taxes run something | like this: Wheat, 30 cents a bushel cotton, 4.2 cents per pound; hogs, 2. cents a pound; corn, 5 cents a bushel; tobacco, about 4 cents a pound, vary- ing with the types; sugar, 'z-cent a pound, and so on. Who fixes the taxes? Congress? Not at all. The Secretary of Agriculture does it. The formula he applies is prescribed by Congress and uses the period from 1910 to 1914 as the basis of ‘calculations. Let us take wheat for example. If the wheat price in the open mar- ket was 80 cents a bushel and a price | Behind News In Capital Political Heat Turned on in Lobby Probe BY PAUL MALLON. HE beads you see on the brows of Congressmen these days are not due entirely to the litical heat wave. Excellent cooling| systems at the Capitol are not ade-| quate to combat the record tempera. tures being raised by the Senate com- The basic motive behind that inves- | tigation has not been a secret. The| New Deal Congressional Board of Strategy decided, more or less openly, Wheeler-Rej v bill, after the House | defeat, was tu dig up and broadcast | the transgressions of the power peo- ple. It was arranged that Senator | investigators had built a publicity | backfire which would make it hot for | those Congressmen who opposed the | New Deal version of the bill. deavor has been more than the most enthusiastic New Dealers ez- Pected. Some Are Yielding. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1935. Creditors Are Storming N. R. A. To Collect Old Code Bills Thousands of Dollars Remain Unpaid in Salaries, Rent, Equipment and Other Expenses of Defunct Body. The N. R. A. today wrestled with a steady stream of inquiries from cred- itors of mow defunct code authorities concerning unpaid salaries, rent and equipment bills left in the wake of the Supreme Court’s adverse Blue Eagle decision. y Thousands of dollars in debts had been run up by the authorities when the court nullified the recovery ad- ministration’s code-making power and thus made further operation 1llegal. The N. R. A. declares the debts were honestly incurred, with full in- tention of payment, but the sudden cessation of activity because of the court decision swept away all hope of collecting the assessments neces- sary to pay the bills. In one case a code authority which set up an elaborate suite of offices here collected $33.000 in assessments and closed up owiag $2,000 in rent and the salaries of 15 employes. In this case the code budget never had been approved by the N. R. A, Supported by Assessments, During the active days of the N. R. A. the authorities were supported | by assessments against members of What’s What Wilts Lawmakers. T weather, but to a certain po- mittee investigating the utilities lobby. | that the only way to save its original Wheeler would delay the bill unti the | The initial success of the en- Any one who has been WAtching | in, particular industry they repre- Congressmen closely the last few days| conteq but these assessments are no | The leading New Dealers say that a couid almost see a few of them wilt. dozen or more House members have | already indicated a desire to change | 1cager valid. Salaries mounted into the millions, and pay checks for higher officials of some authorities ran as high as | their votes, before the Turkish bath|gg0q0, exceeded in the Federal Gov- were established and supported by industry and only their budgets ap- proved by the recovery agency. A few authorities had large credit balances when their operation ceased. Meanwhile, fearful lest the Federal Government lose tax revenue, the acting collector of internal revenue at Philadelphia sought from the N. R. A. complete information on per- sonnel and pav rolls of 32 code au- thorities which operated in Pennsyl- vania. A memorandum seat Collector Wil- liam J. Kyle today included informa- tion on all the authorities except those of these industries: Plate glass, artificial limbs, jewelry, hair cloth and rolling mills. Fines and Fees Collected. ‘While creditors sought their money, the Compliance Division of the N. R. A. turned over to the Treasury some from industries during operation of the codes. The Legal Division of the admin- istration, now headed by Jack Scott |of Deaver, Colo., who succeeded Blackwell Smith. advised the Com- pliance Division that fees collected in good faith were not returnable. Emasculated by the Supreme Court, Congress and Controller General Mc- Carl; the N. R. A. has little to do now except receive inquiries, most of which it cannot legally give an | answer to. $200,000 collected in fines and fees | AIRPORT DILEMMA WAITS HOUSE VOTE Situation Confused as Bill to Sell Military Road Faces Decision Today. ‘Washington's airport situation to- day was in a greater state of con- fusion than at any time in its trouble- some history while all the interested parties awaited congressional action, expected this afternoon, on the amended McSwain bill which would dump the whole problem into the 1ap of Arlington County. The amended McSwain bill, pos- sibly to reach a House vote today,| provides for the sale of Military road, crux of the airport fight, to Arlington County for $1 and for the closing of the road for 10 days to give county officials time to reach a final decision on the airport question. Officials of the Bureau of Air Com- merce and the Commerce Department await some definite congressional ac- tion on the Military road matter with considerable anxiety. Eugene L. Vidal, director of the bureau, and the | officials under him who are charged | with air transport safety admit they are in a dilemma over the local air-| Disputed Ai other existing highways in the area porters of the proposal to close Militas highway traffic. POTOMAcC Dept. of Agriculture EXPER|MENTAL FANA Military road, bone of contention in the present airport fight, and to life at Washington Airport contend that the Columbia pike and Arling- ton Bridge approaches to Washington are sufficient to handle existing NEW DEAL PUSHES - TARIFF PROGRAM Luther Returns to Reich With Hull’'s Offer of Reciprocal Pact. By the Associated Press. Confronted”with a demand for the abolition of the law on whicn it | bases its reciprocal tariff policy, the | New Deal today gave every indication of going on with the program. | In fact, authoritative sources dis- | closed that the United States has offered to conclude a rew reciprocal | trade agreement with Germany. Sec- retary Hull made the offer in a note handed to Dr. Hans Luther, German Ambassador, before the latter left | recently for Berlin, i Luther Due Back August 2. | Luther is due back in Washington | with Germany's reply August 2. Hull's | note answered overtures for a trade | agreement made by Luther. It in- formed Germany the United States will be glad to conclude a reciprocal pact if basic agreement is reached that it will conform to what is termed the Roosevelt “equality of treatment” | policy. Officials here have felt that rport Road HIGNWAY BRIDGE are shown In this diagram. Sup- ry road as a means of ending hazard port matter. Control Held Inadequate. Vidal has stated publicly that air transport operations at Washington Alrport are unsafe as long as Military | road remains open and virtually stands committed to closing of the local air- port to air transport operations unless a permanent solution is reached. He feels that the present control of auto- mobtle traffic by signal lights and flag- POLITICAL FUNDS CHARGE HELD TRUE oods, The demand for abolition of the reciprocal tariff law was voiced in the Senate yesterday by Senator Mc- Cawan, Democrat of Nevada. He introduced a resolution to repeal the law, under which the President can lower or raise tariff by as much as 50 per cent in negotiating trade agree- ments, which do not require the con- MAY BEKIDNAPER torture goes any further. However, at least 35 must change, if the New | Deal is to win. This will take some time, if indeed it can be accomplished | The prospects were greatly enliv- ened by the strong majority rolied up in the House for the New Deal T. V. A amendments last week. Every in- of $1.10 was found to be needed so as to give the wheat grower the same | purchasing power in terms of clothing | or industrial goods as he enjoyed in | pre-war years, then the tax would be | set at 30 cents a bushel. The Govern- | ment pays the farmer this sum. His | prices are supposed to rise because | less wheat is produced when acreage | is restricted. | The theory that a bushel of wheat | should buy the same amount of goods as it did in the four yvears between 1910 and 1914 is called giving the | farmers pre-war “parity.” Can Tax Above Parity. ‘But the whole set-up is rather loose A tax can be levied for only one year 4t a time. If prices reach the desired level during that time there is no obli- gation on the Secretary of Agriculture to reduce the tax before the next year starts. Nor can he be prevented from continuing the taxes even if prices go above parity. This is what has stirred up the tobacco industry where the prices given the tobacco grower are above parity already. In the case of ‘wheat the miller pavs the processing tax and passes it on to the next in line as an extra cost and finally the consumer pays it in higher prices for bread. The packers pay the process- ing taxes on hogs and the refiners pay the sugar tax. It is hard to tell who in the end really pays the tax between the first processor and the consumer and in other cases it is passed on wholly to the consumer in the form of higher prices. Sometimes the high price scause a resistance on the part of buyers and there are less products moved to mar- ket. But it would take extensive re- search into the whole problem of marketing to find out just what dam- 2ge the processing taxes have done to all those who handle farm prod- ucts and to the consumers, Money Rents Idie Land. The revenues are used by the A. A. A to “rent” a part of a farmer’s land. The theory is that the Gov- ‘ernment assumes control of a certain number of acres, formerly planted in ‘wheat or cotton or corn, as the case may be. The check goes on condition that planting is held within the limiv set by the Government. This control is an essential feature of the plan to prevent overproduction. Back of the whole idea is the belief that if production is restricted there will be no glut on the market and hence the price will stay up. The conception has been used by indus- trialists and, indeed, many of them ‘wanted the N. R. A. just to enable them to limit production and keep “4heir prices at an artificial level. The problem of administering the “rental and benefit” payments® is .colossal. Some payments, for in- stance, are being made this year to wheat farmers in the Northwest who Jmake no acreage reduction at all, but who have promised to rent their “acres next year for money given them ‘this year. Also with respect to hogs, farmers couldn’t raise a full crop if they ‘wanted to do so, because there isn't sider realized the swerving implica- tions behind that vote. Furthermore, the power people themselves are glum. They do mot know how to combat this sort of thing. One confessed mournfully a few days ago that he thought the jig was up; that it is only “a ques- tion of what Congress will do to us.” Power Lobby Slips Up. ‘What is helping the New Deal game along is the fact that -the power lobby, as usual, overplayed its hand in| some instances. A typically idiotic| incident is one which happened to| Chairman Rayburn of the House committee in charge of the legisla- tion. He has never told about it, but about & month ago he received over 100 letters from the small town of Denison, Tex. All were virtually identical in wording and all urged him to defeat his own bill Rayburn acknowledged these let- ters, and was surprised to find that 52 of his acknowledgments came back undelivered because the post- man could find no such persons living at the addresses givem. A check-up indicates that many of the names were those of persons no longer living or who had moved away from town. Some were chil- dren, under voting age. Another slip-up cccurred when | workers of a utility plant in a Texas city were ordered to write letters against the bill. The company sup- plied the stationery and stamped en- velopes. Most of the employes tucked bare sheets of pap:r into the en- velopes and sent them to Congress- men at Washington. One of the | Congressmen who thus received a | blank piece of paper investigated and | found out what hdppened. Intrigue Seen on Hill. Ordinarily, you may expect 8 quick acquittal. But the Congressmen who are investi- gating themselves W finc out whether they have been unduiy influenced by the power lobby or the President's lobby, are so cxcited over this issue that they are unsheathing knives against each other srd eyeing each Intrigues and counter-intriiues have sprung up behird the ‘nvesti- gations to an uaprecedented extent. For instance, some New Deal Rep- resentatives in the House are cut- ting ground undermeath the House investigators. They do not trust that inquiry entirely. Secretly they are digging up data against their colleagues and furnishing it to the senatorial investigators instead of to their own investigators. One Representative who is doing that ‘enough feed. But they get “benefit"” checks just the same. Like a Sales Tax. ‘The A. A. A. insists the farmers get all these benefits, just as the manu- facturers get a tariff, and that, while the consumer is penalized, it is not too severe. But like the old flexible tariff, of which some member of the tariff commission said, “it was like an elbow that flexed only one way,” so might it be said of processing taxes— they are never reduced or removed when once they are impesed. Processing taxes are really a sales tax of about $¢ a year on every man, woman and child in the Nation. They force city people to pay farmers for the privilege of enjoying higher- priced food. They finance an in- crease in the cost of living. (Copyright. 1935 ) FAIR MANAGER QUITS LOS ANGELES, July 16 UP).—Zack position at San Diego, ang the entire managing staff resigned yesterday. . Farmer gaye among his reasons for resigning: “The continued San Diego antip- have dominated in the corporate set- W ‘asseris he has evidence indicating that some of his colleagues are on the pay roll of utilities companies as attorneys. He promises to “rock the Capital.” A second Representative is trying to find proof that onc of the House in- vestigators has a tiother in Maine for whom Representative Brewster has been seeking a postmastership. Coughlin Strangely Silent. Some of President Roosevelt's politi- cal friends have been looking lately into the Summer :atirement of Father Coughlin from tie political arena. They wonder whether it is just for the Summer, or how lcng. It is customarv for the radio priest to stop broadcasting during the Sum- mer months. No suspicions were aroused by that. Buc you may recall that he started last Spring on a campaign to speak ai mass meetings in the 12 States with the largest votes. Only four such mectings were held. A fifth is planacd at Chicago, where Father Coughlin 15 suing the Park Board to get Soldiers’ Field. But ap- parently the other seven are off. His Washington office says there are to be no further meetings, that all Coughlin’s plans are tentative, that he has not even any tentative plans which would be of interest to the public dur- ing the Summer. From s better cource comes an authoritative hint that Coughlin's plans for the Fall (cutside the radio indefinite. g field) are highly 5 (Copyright. 1935, by Paul Mallony [3 when the defendants; are permitted {0 judze their own cases, | ernment only by the President’s pay. The N. R. A. today admits its own helplessness to provide settlement of the debts, for the code authorities Administrator James O'Neill is to resign September 1 to return to the active vice presidency of the Guaranty Trust Co. of New York. SLUM CLEARANCE BY .5, WILL COON Ickes Says Court Decision | in Cincinnati Will Not Halt Plans. Secretary Ickes said today he had no intention of withdrawing Federal condemnation proceedings in Wash- | ington and other cities for slum clear- | ance purposes as a result of the deci- sion of the Cincinnati Circuit Court denying the power of the Federal Gov- | ernment to condemn land for housing projects. He disclosed also today that he was considering filing condemnation pro- ceedings for & housing project in Min- neapolis, despite the court ruling which blocked the $1,600,000 project yester- day in Louisville. “There is Do rea- son to believe a court in another juris- | diction would render the same deci- gion,” Ickes said in explaining his rea- | sons for going ahead with other pend- | ing condemnation proceedings. | Such proceedings are pending not Chicago. Policy Decision Waits. decided definitely about the Minne-, apolis case, explaining it was & mat- ter of decision on policy which wuuld' have to be given more consideration. He said 3 per cent of the property owners in Louisville had blocked the housing project in that city. The Public Works Administration initiated condemnation proceedings in Washington after having received op- tions from 67 per cent of the property owners. The site for this project is in the vicinity of the Army War Col- lege. posed project in Washington, | Rhode Island avenue extended, the | housing division has no need to re- |sort to condemnation proceedings. This involves a large tract of land owned largely by one estate which has given an option. Not te Abandon Any of Program. After studying the Cincinnati court decision Ickes said: “Even if we have to abandon some projects there will be plenty of demand for housing | money elsewhere.” He added that he was not planning to abandon any of the program as a result of the | decision, which attacks the constitu- tionality of Pederal land acquisition for housing. He indicated at the same time that he has no present plans for ap- pealing from the decision to the United States Supreme Court. “That is large- 1y up to the Department of Justice,” he explained. The fact that Ickes believes courts in other jurisdictions may render dif- ferent rulings was an indication that | he does not intend to let the Cincin- nati decision retard his $249,000,000 housing program. President Roosevelt already has approved $160,000,000 in housing projects in some 40 cities. Lend will be acquired by direct pur- chase, Ickes explained, when it cannot be acquired by condemnation. Whole Program to Go On. “The Cincinnati decision undoubt- edly will create difficulties in some areas,” the administrator said, “but it will not seriously retard the program as a whole.” P. W. A. has acquired five low-rent housing sites by direct purchase, which is not affected by the Cincinnati decision. Two of these are in Nash- ville, the others in Atlantic City, Miami and Milwaukee. Children Start Saving. Ten thousand children opened post office bank accounts in England in May. Senate: Continues debate on A. A. A. House: ‘Takes up private bills. Foreign Affairs Cummittee opens hearing on measure ‘c control trade in arms and ammunition. | Bovs at Bond's only in Washington but in Boston and | } Secretary Ickes said he had mot|% | Calhoun Fund ASSISTANCE FOR HERO'S FAM-| ILY PASSES $900 MARK. More than $600 has been received by The Star for relief of the family of Sterling Calhoun, unemployed col- | ored truck driver, who died last week in an unsuccessful attempt to rescue two drowning children. Since yesterday there has been re- ceived $10350. swelling the grand | total to $611.65. The Washington Daily News has received $295.20. The Salvation Army will administer The Star's fund and the Southwest Civic Association that of the News. Additional contributions not viously acknowledged follow | Mrs. H. C. Hunter____ E. R Miller z 4’ Contributor _ Anonymous George B Martin _ Charles T Tittmann Cash John 1~ Moore pre- $2.50 250 100 1.00 1000 1.00 300 1 00 5.00 5.00 1.00 100 100 100 200 1.00 1.00 Agaths B_E 500 Jim and Biil 00 ALK B 1.00 25.00 400 00 2.00 50 5.00 1.00 500 Anonymous Clarence M Butler - Anonymous s ymous _ Ernest Jackson . =00 200 ckr. Ernest C. C .00 Anonymous = Previously acknowledged Total .. A contribution cf $5 previously credited to the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church came from the Help- ing Hand Society of that church, The Star was informed today. UNLAWFUL OCCUPANCY men is inadequate, and this view is| Civil Service Body Says No D. J. Agents Join in Hunt in sent of the Senate 9 |are using combination passenger and | | shared by his chief, Secretary of Com- | e 1 merce Roper. Vidal and Roper also Disciplinary Action for consider the use of barriers, such as| raflroad crossing gates, as merely a| Postal Workers. temporary expedient and as un- satisfactory for permanent airport BY the Associated Press. use. Civil Service Commissica officials At the same time the Bureau of Air | said today a prolonged investigation Commerce is extremely reluctant to | had disclosed evidence of contributions close Washington to all air transporta- | to political campaign funds by postal tion except as a last resort to prevent | employes in Philadelphia, but that no | the loss of life. The bureau has the disciplinary action would be taken. | right to prohibit the use of Washing-| Harry B. Mitchell, president of the {ton Alrport by any intefstate air commission, said the inquiry was | transport airplane carrying passengers, | ordered as a result of an anonymous and already has used this power in | complaint charging certain officers of the case of unsafe airports at Ggeens- the Letter Carriers’ Association in boro, N. C., and Springfield, Mass. i:’himd(”ph.mh‘.nh io“ci{.\n&cwl;u- ” . ions from the carriers to or Neul Cedvie Al"‘,“' f the association’s legislative program To deny all passenger airliners the | gnq that the money had been turned right to land here. bowever Vidal| oyer to a political campaign fund. admits, would Je to strike a heavy Mitchell sald it also had been blow at the airlines ana to the thou- | sands of passaugers who use w“h»z‘"h""" Cehisuges o (e e ington Alrport. Wastington Airport | Yi80ry force in the Philadelphia Post How s {he ‘Easies terminal for Penn. | Ofce Were made & a result of sylvania Airlinss. whi L operates pas- | ~Political ccnsiderations. senger service tn F itsburgh, Cleve-| “Despite the fact the complaint land and Detroit srd airmail and | Was anonymous” he added in a state- passenger service wast of Deiroit to Ment, “the commission. because of the Milwaukee. It also is the terminal seriousness of the charges, decided an Ifor Central Airlines, operating pas- | investigation should be made. As a senger and mail service to Detroit. result, a joint investigation was made Not only would clo-ing of *he air- by the commission and the Post Of- port to these lines seriously cripple | fice Department. them, but it virtually would compel| “While this investigation showed abondonment of Wacnington Airport, that certain persons had contributed which receives its chief revenue from ' to a political party and had been the airlines. later promoted. it also showed that The Bureau of Air Commerce has|others had been promoted who had | | no power to restrict :he use of Wash- | not contributed, and that all the men ington Airport by sirmail planes|promoted had been in the postal serv- which carry nc paserngers or by air- | ive for a long time—ranging from 14 planes engaged in puwely local opera- | to 32 years. S nail olatie s Lanlabaot d;mmedhulexce lent efficiency ratings. Pl St ple and | pynning from 95 per cent to 100 per cent.” Mitchell added that, in view of the facts, the commission regarded the investigation as closed. The case is the recend of the sort airmail planes ou ali schedules. Sale of Road Opposed. Samuel J. Solomon, manager of Washington Alrport, today expressed the belief that sale of Military road | | to Arlington County would spell the doom of Washington Airport and for- ever rob Washington of the oppor- tunity of establishing a model air| there was a “purgwig”’ in the office of the collector of intirual revenue. Alvin T. Fix, the collector, and William E. Brown. assistant collector, The action by McCarran follows a Soviet-American trade pact an- Belief Bank Robber Is | nounced last week. American man- William Dainard. | By the Associated Press. TACOMA, Wash., July 16.—Depart- ment of Justice agents joined posse- men today in the search for the slayer of two Puyallup policemen while some authorities expressed the belief the | fugitive was William Dainard, alleged “brains” of the George Weyerhaeuser kidnaping. ‘With highways blocked by police searchers plunged through underbrusn in the Puyallup Valley hoping to trap the killer who shot the officers while they were seeking the bank robber. ‘The victims were Chief of Police Frank Chadwick and Patrolman Harry W. Storem. Two Justice Department agents joined the search, a fact which in- creased speculation on whether the slayer might be Dainard, alias Mahan Farmer Tells of Killings. The officers were killed in a burst of gunfire on a road outside Puyallup while they were seeking the man who heid up and robbed the Orting State Bank of $500. | ganese producers, in particular, have | attacked this pact, because it involves tariff concessions on Russian manga- nese. This, they held. meant “de- struction of American industry.” State Department officials replied that American manganese production em- ploys only 354 men and supplies only one-tenth of the domestic consump- tion. | Many Difficulties Seen. In regard to the German-American situation, officials here readily ac- knowledge that many difficulties stand in the way of an agreement if the German government persists in seeking “balanced imports and ex- ports.” Germany has been demanding that other countries buy as much from her as they sell te her. This has resulted in a network of special preferential agreements between Germany and other countries. Secretary Hull feels these agreements spell discrimination ! against the United States. An existing German-American trade treaty expires in October be- cause Germany is abrogating it then. in Philadelphia, where a year ago on bank robbery charges in four West- transport terminal there. Should the | were removed by Secretary of the The Reich's efforts to negotiate a new pact before that time are understood ported Chadwick and Storem raced 5 gpring from the thought that Ger- away to intercept the bandit. Near pgn goods may be subjected to higher ‘:" farm of John Urdea the officers qyties than goods from other coun- | drew alongside the robber's car. { Gea Urdea said the man got out of his | | car, walked around to the police auto- | mobile and suddenly opened fire. “There were no shots from the po- | lice car,” the farmer said. Then the | man jumped into his car and raced toward Buckley. Both officers died within a few min- fyrnish new proof that they can ) utes and less than an hour later the fulfill the tasks set by Der Puehrer killer's automobile was found near ' Hitler. Summer. Dainard Faces Robbery Counts. Dainard, an ex-convict, is wanted Shortly after the robbery was re- Riots (Continued Prom First Page) Must Wear Uniforms. “Berlin - Brandenberg formation therefore orders Storm Troops to re- frain from all demonstrations and | manifestations even when a member is wearing civilian clothes. All Storm Troops must, however. wear their uni- | forms outside office hours until fur- | ther notice. | ern Washington citjes. | Late yesterday afternoon, Police | Chief M. Jastram of Centralia re- ported & man resembling Dainard had been seen there in a soft drink parior. With respect to the second pro-| on| CHARGED TO TENANT i tle-Used Count Filed by Hotel Proprietor. A charge of uniawful occupancy, the first of its kind in the District, yes- terday took John Wade. 65, before | Court. Wade entered a plea of not | guilty and demanded a jury trial. | Wade was arrested upon the com- | plaint of Gecrge Rogers, owner of & | small hotel in the 600 block of F street. Information given to police was to the effect that Wade was for- merly employed by Rogers and as a part of his salary, he and his family were allowed to occupy an apartment in the hotel. Wade's services were terminated some time ago, it was said, | but he refused to move, so Rogers took advantage of the heretofore unused law to force eviction, rather than to Municipal Court. The information upon which Wade | was arraigned was issued by Assistant District Attorney David A. Hart. WARRANT FOR MOTORIST Driver Faces Charge After Kill- ing Dog and Leaving Scene. TOPEKA, Kans, July 16 (#)— Joyce Williams is facing charges of leaving the scene of an automobile accident after the death of Peter, & prized wire-haired terrier belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Chester Woodward. A city warrant was sworn out against Williams on the strength of a license number obtained by a colared servant of the Woodwards. NTERNATIONAL problems con- fronting the world today will be discussed by Senator Key Pitt- man, Nevads Democrat, in the Radio Forum at 10:30 I National program { ton Star and broadeast by a coast-to- coast network of the National Broad- casting Co. ‘ Senator Pittman's background of nearly 23 years of service in the Sen- ate and hisposition as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee gives him an intimate knowledge of world affairs. In the near future Senator Carter Glass, Democrat, of Virginia, author- ity on banking legisiation, will speak in the National Radio Forum on the became ing bill is still awaiting Senate action. Senator Glass will speak on the forum Man Demands Jury Trial on Lit-| | county purchase the road and keep it open, it is regarded as probable that the airport may be subdivided and sold for commercial and industrial pur- | soliciting political contributions: three | Tacoma. under-officials wers suspended for a| Jastram declared the man appeared year without pay, ard one, for a | nervous while in the parlor and dis- Treasury Morgenthau on charges of | Centralia is about 75 miles south of | | “Responsible leaders must immedi- ately satisfy themselves that this order is being executed. * * * The order is | not intended to hamper the healthy poses. Solomon during the past few | month. years has had a number of offers from concerns and individuals who wanted Judge Rooert E Mattingly in Police bring a landlord-tenant case into| | to establish industrial plants, gasoline stations and other businesses on the alrport property, it is said. Should the present airport manage- | ment decide to go out of business as an airport, it is indicated, dismember- { ment of the property may begin at | once and Washington will be left with- | out a civil airport capable of handling | any form of air transport business. | COUNCILOR INSTALLED | Mrs. Grace Deitrich was installed as councilor of Golden Rule Council, No. 10, Daughters of America, at the Northeast Masonic Temple last week. Others inducted into office were | Ethel Anderson, vice councilor: Emma | Minor, associate vice councilor; Min- { vie E. Stuart, junior past councilor: Kate Preeland, associate junior past councilor; O. L. Simms, warden; Miss | Pauline Lewis, conductor; Harriet | Crump, assistant recording secretary: Eva Wood. financial secretary; Mary E. Risler, treasurer; Florence Lazaras, inside sentinel; Edna Harris, outside sentinel: Ollie Montgomery, trustee, end Mrs. Risler and Mrs. O. R. Young Tepresentatives to the State council. A. A A Officials Shifted. Philip G. Murpiy, former chief of the Commodities Purchase Section of the Agricultural Adjustment Admin- istration, today assumed a new post in the Farm Credit Administration. ROOSEVELT OUSTER MOVE MAY BE QUASHED Texas Democratic Club Expected to Drop Charge Against President’s Son. By the Associated Press. FORT WORTH, Tex. July 16— PFinal squeiching of an ouster move- ment against Elliott Roosevelt, first vice president of the Texas Young Democratic Club, was forecast today as it came before the organization’s Executive Committee. Raymond Buck, administration sup- porter and chairman of the committee, had predicted that the movement, started by s rebel group of rabid States’ rights adherents headed by Phil Overton, Dallas attorney, would be crushed and that “there likely would be action dealing properly with those who caused the dispute in Dal- 188" A resolution asking removal of the President’s son was voted down at & recent meeting of the Dallas Club. Overton's struck at young Roosevelt after he told the recent State convention at Amarillo he fav- ored constitutional amendments to further principies of the extinct N.R. A Young Roosevelt, now an empioye of the Texas Centennial Celebration forces, has expressed little concern | appeared hurriedly after purchasing | spirit of the Storm Troops. but is is- s drink. The chief said the suspect |sued to take from the opponents of was described as having a birthmark | National Socialism the opportunity for on his upper lip and Dainard has a | heaping slander and calumny upon scar there. the Storm Troops.” | ———— The anti-Jewish rioting of last night COMMUNITIES FIGHT | saie sinter oams ™" WAVE OF PARALYSIS Varian Fry, editor of the magazine Virginia Localities Take “The Living Age.” issued the follow- ing statement in connection with the Precautions, Prohibiting Child Meetings. Own about the matter. WOMEN’S VOTE FADES MANILA, P. I, July 16 (#).—The tution already was effective.” The commonwealth constitution pro- vides that the islands’ 300,000 women plebiscite to be held within two years | after the commonwealth is inaugu- rated. » 3 — MEETS LION ON STREET BERKELEY, Calif., July 16 (.— he teld police, by a moun- rioting: “I was informed at about 8 o'clock last night that there was an anti- Jewish demonstration in the streets. I hurried out and presently heard shouting toward the east end of Kur- "R‘:::“'“Huo‘;;;; P";“- — - fuerstendamm Boulevard 3 a. uly 16.—More ! Virginia localities ard orgamuzations| |, Crewe Tws oo . took precautions of their own today ‘When T got there I found a large against infantile parsiysis, prohibit- | rO%d lined up on both sides of the ing children from congregating in | Street. forcing each car which came numbers and closing or postponing | DY 0 run the gantlet, stopping all camps. | cars in which Jewish-looking men or The number of (ases reported in Women were riding, and dragging out the State since Juiy 1 today stood the Jews and beating them up at 122, and Heal‘d Department offi-| I saw one man brutally kicked and cials said a formal bulletin would be | 5Pat on as he lay on the sidewalk, a issued later today ca reports of new | Woman Was bleeding. a dirty tear- cases. Thirteen cases were formally | Stalned face, a man whose head was recorded yesterday. The Alleghany Board of Hea'th at & special meeting in Covington passed a resolution prohibiti::g shows or car- nivals from withcat the county from exhibiting in the country, prohibited children under 16 vears of age from congregating ani likewise prohibited children under 16 {i'm coming into the county. According to informa- tion received beie, t*e resoluton be- came effective immediately und will remain in force unul rescinded by the county healia authorities. MAN KILLED IN FLIGHT FROM BLAST HE SET OFF By the Associated Press. SPEARFISH, S. Dak, July 16— Bruce Mallory, 22, played with a stick of dynamite, the coroner decided yes- y. He placed a stick of the explosive in the hub of & wagon wheel, lighted the fuse and ran, but dropped dead 100 yards away as a strip of steel was driven into his body by the explosion. The coroner and deputy sheriffs re- constructed the accident after Mal- lory’s body was found on the Dalton ranch near Sturgis. AUTO TRADE INCREASES ST. LOUIS, July 16 (#.—A Nation- wide upturn in the volume of retail automobile trade and an optimistic future for the industry was reported here last night by the National Auto- mobile Dealers’ Association. Volume of retail sales in both new and used cars exceeds that of last year, the association reported on the basis of a postal-card survey of 259 dealers in 30 States ranging from Maine to Florids and California, | covered with blood, hysterical women | crying, men losing their temper at the | police or the Storm Troopers being icked or dragged off. women beggiag their men to keep out of the fight and crying and pleading. “Nowhere did the police seem to make any effort whatever to prevent the victims from this brutality. Oc- casionally they attempted to clear areas for motor traffic to get through | or w0 prevent the crowds from coi- lecting in front of certain apparently favored cafes. That was all. * * *” “Jude! Jude!” Shouts Mob. “All along Kurfuerstendamm the crowd raised the shout ‘Jude!’ when- ever ony one sighted or thought he had sighted a Jew. The cry sent the crowd converging on the poor victim who was asked for his identification papers. If he could not prove himsel! a good ‘Aryan’ he was insulted, spat on. roughly handled, and sometimes knocked down, kicked and beaten. “The cry ‘Jude!” would be raised at another point and the crowd would hurry off to a new victim. “At times a chant would be raised— I can’'t remember the German, but the chant was something like ‘get the hell out—blood running—noses—the best Jew is a dead Jew'—precisely likc a Christian liturgy, with a leader speaking the lines first and the crowd chanting them over again, line by line, after he had finished. Holiday Mood Prevails. “Everywhere the people were in holiday mood, in fact, one German youth sald to me, ‘This is & holiday for us’ Old men and young men, men in striped trousers and men in shirt sleeves, boys, storm troops, pelice. young girls of the domestic servant type, well-bred women and even some women in the 40s and over—all seem- ed to be having a good time,”