Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (0 8 Weather Bureau Porecast.) @ Frir and slightly warmer tonight; to- morrow generally fair and continued warm; gentle winds. Temperatures— Highest, 92, at 4:15 p.m. yesterday; low- est, 72, at 6:30 a.m. today. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Full report on page A- C No. 33,316. PROTESTANTS Hi BY RELCH'S DRIVE: ANTI-SENIT PU AT HEAD OF POLE Catholic Church Politics Not Only Foe of State, Hitler’s Government Warns as Campaign Widens. ‘ OUTBREAKS REPORTED | BEFORE JEWS’ SHOPS Banners and Newspaper Head- lines Warn Hebrew Residents to Leave—Berlin Marriage Li- cense Bureaus Berated for Not Forbidding Intermarriage. By the Associated Press BERLIN, July 19.—Indications of 8 Nazi drive against politics in Ger- many’s Protestant churches as- well as in the Roman Catholic were seen today simultaneously with the ap- pointment of an avowed anti-Semitic s head of the Berlin police. Count von Helldorf was named president of the force to succeed Mag- nus von Levetzow, who resigned under the criticism that he had failed to chase the Jews out of Berlin, or at least restrict them to the ghetto. Roman Catholic priests were warned egainst taking part in politics by Reichsfuehrer Hitler's Voelkischer Beobachter On top of all this the National Zeitung at Essen, which is regarded as the personal mouthpiece of Gen. Hermann Wilhelm Goering, minister of aviation, premier of Prussia, and head of the secret police, warned Protestants that opposition to Reichs- bishop Mueller and “German Chris- tian” Nazis could expect as hard a fight as the Catholic hierarchy. Interchurch Fights Scored. “One may be sure.” the newspaper declared. “that the watchful eye of | the state will be directed not only against political Catholicism, but that it equally intesely observes the cur- rents inimical to the state which are gaining ground in parts of the Protest- ant confessional movement.” It was Count von Helldorf who. in 1929, organized the first anti-Semitic demonstration on the Kurfuersten- damm, where several Jews were beaten up this week in anti-Semitic out- breaks. He wps appointed by Wilhelm Frick, minister of the interior, following a stormy meeing of Nazi -party-ledders ! and officials. Anti-Semitic Drive On. An official statement, issued follow- | Ing the maeeting. declared: “It is the honorary task of the (Nazi) party, the police and the city admin- istration to co-operate and preserve the character of Berlin and make it worthy of being the capital of the Nazi Reich.” An anti-Semitic campaign mean- | ‘while developed openly. In Schoenen- ! burg. a Berlin suburb, banners were | stretched across the streets anounc- ing. “We do not want to see any Jews | in Berlin,” “Out with the Jews,” and similar messages. The official Nazi news journal Nsx attacked the Berlin marriage | license bureaus with a headline: “Is racial shame still tolerated in Berlin?” | Although no legal decrees exist which forbid the intermarriages of Aryans and non-Aryans, the city administra- tion was berated for not forbidding such marriages at registration. New anti-Jewish outbreaks cropped up in the northern district of the city, | where customers were chased down | side streets and manhandled. A group of howling youths attacked customers coming {rom one large Jewish-owned ice cream plant last night. Eye witnesses said purchases ‘were snatched from the hands of cus- tomers and thrown into their faces. | Members of the Hitler youth or-| ganization and Storm Troopers—not in uniform—were reported much in evidence. Although Gen. Goering's anti-priest | order, issued by the chief of Ger- many'’s secret police after a conference | with Hitler in the Bavarian moun- tains, had been anticipated, it aroused great concern among Catholics here. Catholic circles asserted that Goer- | ing had opened the door to extensive | Nazi spying among Catholics, and that | every priest would be reported to au- thorities if he seemed to say anything against the regime. Goering based his action on re- peated assurances that Nazi-iSm con- stitutes a safe bulwark against bol- | shevism. With nostilities having reached a point which Catholics interpreted as an open breach between their church and the government, priests said they would immediately exhort their flocks to await the outcome of the annual conference of all German bishops at Fulda early in August. Catholics in- dicated that the bishops probably would lay down important precepts for their guidance in the controversy. . PRESIDENT T SPEND WEEK END ON BAY Leaves Late Today for Annapolis, and Yacht Sequoia—To Re- turn Sunday Night. Preisdent Roosevelt plans to spend another week end about Chesapeake |- Bay on the yacht Sequoia. The President will leave the White House late- this afternoon by auto- | mobile for Annapolis, Md., where he will board ship with the intention of returning to the White House after ‘dark Sunday. He will be accompanied by the At- General and Mrs. Cummings, losing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 ! peror 9. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. %Channel toBeCut | ' Deeper to Greet | Visitors “Uptown” Original ldea of Boats Docking Near Lincoln Memorial Revived. Carrying out the original plans for the water gate facing the Lincoln Me- morial, H. P. Caemmerer, executive secretary of the Fine Arts Commis- sion, today announced that Georgetown Channel on the District side will be dredged ships carrying distinguished visitors to the Capital by water in the future can be welcomed to the city aboard their | ship, which would be docked® at the stone seawall. Caemmerer indicated that work on the deepening of the channel is likely to be started within the near -future, although he would not state definitely when. Work already has been started on | the development of Columbia and Roosevelt Islands. FTHIOPIA PUSHES WAR PREPARATION Determination to Win if Conflict Comes Seen After Emperor’s Plea. (Coperight. 1935, by the Associated Press.) ADDIS ABABA. July 19.—Wide- spread military preparations for the general mobilization order which is believed imminent were reported throughout Ethiopia today, following Emperor Haile Selassie’s speech in which he warned his subjects that it was better to die free than to live conquered Specific details of the military step were not available in the capital, but a new note of determination was seen in the attitude of the general public, following the Emperor's intimation that war with Italy was almost in- evitable. Fourteen thousand persons already have joined the new patriotic associa- tion, Amour Four La Patrie—“love of country”—formed at last nignt's big meeting of adherents to the Emperor’s plea for unity. Unconfirmed reports of a new inci- dent on the northern frontier were received, but the foreign ministry was unable to gain a certified report on the details on what may have hap- pened. People Enthusiastic. The Emperor’s firm declaration that Ethiopia would never accept a man- date or protectorate of any nature was enl jastically received by the people and seemed effectively to dispose of reports abroad that such a plan to avert war was under consideration. Addis Ababa was quiet this morning. The Emperor’s assurance that resident foreighers were in no danger and the measures already taken for their se- curity had a quieting effect, although Italians continued to stream out from the capital. The black-bearded King of Kings and Conquering Lion of Judah turned his personal attentions immediately to his army, announcing the promotion of several officers with whom he of- fered to shed his own life blood, if need be, for independence from Italy. The prevailing tropical rains guarded against any immediate outbreak of hostilities, but American and European residents of this high-set capital, towering above the boggy lowlands, where convinced that all hopes for peace after the rainy season ends in September were relinquished. Emperor's Personal Pledge. Foreigners took some consolation ' the crowds. Every pair of poliéemen | yyrations of governmental relief havé| ton ginners of Texas. from a personal pledge by the Em- that, whatever happens, no harm would befall their lives or prop- erty at the hands of Ethiopians. There was some that Addis Ababa, which heans " (See ETHIOPIA, Page 3) ETHIOPI A'S MOVE MEANS WAR IN ITALY‘[ Emperor's Exhortation Seen In- dication He Will Not Yield to Demands. By the Associated Press. ROME. July 19.—Italian unofficial circles asserted today that Emperor Haile Selassie’s exhortaticn to his people to “fight to the last man” ren- dered certain an armed settlement of Italy’s dispute with- Ethiopia. These sources interpreted the ad- dress as an indication of the Emperor's | determination not to yield to Italian demands. No official reaction could be obtained, however. The possibility arose, meanwhile, of final diplomatic negotiations between Rome and Addis Ababa. The authoritative foreign affairs re- | view, Affari Esteri, said the contro- versy could be solved peacefully if thiapia would accept solutions which ventually will be proposed. IS AMERICA FINISHED? Have We Come to the End of Our Rope? Far from it! New, rich fields of industrial development are awaiting cultivation. Old and worn-out equipment needs replacement. There is plenty of work to'be done. What are these opportunitie. “Star will discuss the situation in a series of articles which begins Sunday in the editorial section of The Sunday Star, and whieh will appear ther BT A B Ch the so that large| WASHINGTON, RIOTING SPREADS RITCHIE ASSAILED AS LAVAL'S FOES! BY HIBERNIANS ON (LAH WITH POLIGE - ROOSEVELT SLAP Mounted Officers Repulse Convention “Insulted” Crowds in Streets “Subtle Attack,” Says of Paris. Statement. DISPUTE OVER CUTS |EX-GOVERNOR HOLDS IN SALARIES CAUSE! NEW DEAL ON ROCKS| D. C, FRIDAY, 1 | | | | | | by| | “Internationale” Heard as Thou- | sands Demand Premier Quit | Post—Many Flee Scene. | Buckley of Massachusetts Only One in Interviews to Com- mend Marylander. By the Associated Press. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 19.—Flying squads of BALTIMORE. July 19.—The wrath police smashed into demonstrators in of the Irish swirled around the head | the Place de 1'Opera today, and a of former Gov. Albert C. Ritchie to- number of men were seen struck down. | day after his most recent assault on Several thcusand demonstrators, the New Deal. The banquet meeting many with clenched fists raised in | of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, in | | Communists'’ salutes, had swarmed | convention here, became an uproar into the Place de I'Opera, shouting: last night as Ritchie asserted in an| “Police With us! Laval resign'" address the New Deal “has not| The surge of demonstsators smashed worked.” into crowds of frightened women shop- One person alone of those who| pers at a department store on one voiced their opinions commended of the corners of the famous Parisian Ritchie in what was regarded as his| square. | notice he would be amenable to the | | leadership of conservative Democrats. | | That one was Thomas H. Buckley, | Hundreds on Guard. ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION - Despite the onrush, police showed | little activity In barring the stream of demonstrators toward the main por- tion of the place, but hundreds of mo- bile guards with carbines trooped their horses across the street and blocked the way. The demonstration, against salary and pension cuts as ordered by Premier Laval, had been banned by the police. | All through the day curious hun- dreds had walked through the Place de I'Opera, but the police had kept them moving. Suddenly, at about 6 p.m. the place was filled with thou- sands of demonstrators, who roared out the Communist song “Interna- tionale” and raised their fists in the Communist salute as they sang. | The fighting suddenly became gen- eral all around the opera as police tried to stop the demonstration. The demonstrators chanted “Our salaries!” and the rhythm of the chant alternated with the words of the “Internationale” on all sides of the famous square. Leading agitators were arrested by | the police, who, augmented by mobile guards, moved in to quench the dis- turbance, which the government had banned. Women Are Arrested. A number of women were among those arrested. State auditor of Massachusetts and | national editor of The Hibernian, who gripped the former Maryland Gov- ernor's hand and said: “We in Massachusetts know what the administration is. It has treated our State scandalously in the matter | of relief funds.” Others Against Ritchie. But Representative Martin L. Swee- ney, Democrat, of Ohio, former na- tional president of the Hibernians; George Riley, California State presi- dent, and George W. Harkins, also of California, lined up against Ritchie. Fifteen minutes after Ritchie spoke Sweeney issued a statement, in which Riley and Harkins concurred, assert- ing the former Governor's remarks were “an insult” to the convention and “a subtle attack” on President Roosevelt. Ritchie had criticized governmental expenditures, urged a balanced budg- et, a “sound and stable currency” and called for adherence tp the Con- stitution. Sweeney said he resented “the ex- Governor of Maryland's cheap politi- cal tactics in ‘waging an attack upon the adiinistration and taking advan- tage of the occasion when several hundred men and women of Irish| birth and descent were assembled to, | tice.” JULY 19, 1935—THIRTY PAGES. g Star Some Returns FH¥ SomeHow 1 SORT OF FEEL LIKE NAPOLEON! s u'u//////// // N w W Y — Passing of Money Is Révéaled By Army Lobby Quiz Witness SE WA S i 1 Silverman’s Lawyer, on Stand, Says He' Gave Envelopes to Speicher Attorney. McSwain Sees Plot Evidence. BY REX COLLIER. After testimony by a lawyer for Joseph Silverman, jr.. that he turned sealed envelopes containing money over to a lawyer for Frank E. Speicher and that he talked with Speicher over the telephone at a time when the latter was ¢ “fugitive from jus- Chairman McSwain of the House Military Affairs Committee de- clared today the testimony, if true. indicates there was “a conspiracy to obstruct justice” in the Army lobby- ing investigation, \ | session to discuss what action should be taken. The committee brought out from Rvan testimony that six blue enve- lopes contain six or seven hundred dollars in all were handed to Harold Schneuer, who was, the witness said, “in touch with Speicher.” Agents of the Department of Jus- tice at that time were conducting a Nation-wide search for Speicher, wanted for questioning by the grand jury which more than a year ago criticized lobbying conditions at the Sensational statements during vig- | War Department. orous questioning of Thomas Jeffer-| Ryan declared he acted as agent son Ryan, New York atlorney who has for Joseph Silverman and A. Mitchell The mounted guards. shortly after | listen to what they expected to be an represented Silverman, prompted the Palmer, former Assistant Attorney | 6:30 p.m., began trotting their horses in-a circle back of the “opera, the hoofs of their mounts steadily forcing the crowd to retreat. Palicemen, in flying wedge forma- tion, drove into the spectators on foot, captured agitators and pulled them out. Actual fighting began at about 7 p.m.. when police were seen to pummel those who resisted as one crowd of hundreds of persons was routed and driven into the Place Gaillon, close to the Opera. Women yelled from windows, work- | ing girls. homeward bound after their day in the shop, were caught in the crowd and cried and screamed. Some of these girls were seen run- ning aimlessly in efforts to escape from | gpy constitutional amendment to scrap B the Associated Press the opposing forces of demonstrators and police. As the demonstrators marched into the place. many of them carried their fists aloft in the Communist salute. They shouted: “Police with us!| Laval resigns!” | Hundreds were arrested in the con- | tinuous series ‘of police dashes into | historical and scholarly address.” “The New Deal has had its trial.” Ritchie said in his address. “The New Deal has not worked and it is on the rocks.” After defending the Supreme Court and the Constitution as “long-estab- lished principles * * * which have worked for a century and a half and will keep on working if we preserve them.” Ritchie outlined briefly the course which he feels the United States should take. | Matters for States. | “We do not want the Executive to, legislate and we do not want Congress to regulate matters which apply wholly 1 | within the individual State.” he said. | “We do not want and we do not need these or any other fundamental insti- | tution of our American system of government and democracy. “Let us * * * direct our attention for the future to building upon the basis of the Constitution and to plan- ning and thinking in conformity with | what the Constitution permits. | “I believe it is true that the min- | committee to adjourn for an executive | (See SILVERMAN, Page 4.) Ior ‘guards who went in to the mass | created what might be called a new of humanity came out with a prisoner. | mentality on the part of the people The big proportion of the members | who receive it. Too many had rather “new flower.'” would be evacuated promptly on an | of the crowd offered no resistance, | merely shouting against the (ovem-i mental decrees, singing the “Interna- tionale” and retreating when the ‘r police charged. Suddenly mobile police guards in motor trucks started to pour into the | square, augmenting the heavy force | | already there. The truck motors | roared as the guards streamed down the avenues leading into thg Place de L'Opera. Great crowds of demonstrators were | forced off the square and into the boulevards. They cried: “On to the | Place de La Concorde!” HOT WEEK END SEEN: 94 TODAY PREDICTED! Heat Expected to Be Felt To- [ night and . Continue [ Into Sunday. | The Western heat wave was rolling n on Washington today, with a maxi- | mum high of about 94 degrees ex- | pected this afternoon and probably even higher temperatures tomorrow, | the Weather Bureau forecast. | ‘Tonight here is expected to be | “pretty warm” and the hot weather | is expected to continue through tomor- row and into Sunday, with no decided | change in sight at present. s? Where do they lie? The | ing indefinitely. s eafter in The Evening Star. be on relief than at work. 1 “We should guard against this in our future relief plans. The old, the | crippled, the blind, the handicapped, | the unemployed must be cared for. | “We should recognize that we can- not sbend our way back to recovery.| No nation ever has done that. I do| not deny that our national spending | has done appreciable good. * * * Spending Must End. ~ “But a nation cannot go on spend- It cannot spend | enough to bring about recovery. The amount of employment is not sufficiext | for that. The increased purchasing power does not last long enough. Pay | day comes first. | “It is also true that we cannot go on | spending more than we take in. Bal- ancing the national budget may not be a spectacular thing to talk about, but it is an essential thing to do. In| Washington they have almost stopped talking about it, and certainly they are not attempting it. “So, a cardinal principle of the | future must be the balancing of the | national budget. “Qur tax policy should be a sound one, National expenditures have been and are so vast that we' must expect high taxes for many years to come. We will have to pay dearly for our i | | National Government under the terms RELIEF SWINDLERS FACE PROSECUTON COTTON CONTROL ACT HELD INVALID U. S. Court Says Law Is Thinly-Veiled Produc- tion Curb. 'District Attorney Asked by City Heads to Act | Against Ten. District Attorney Leslie C. Garnett was asked today by the Commissioners to take criminal action against 10 re- lief recipients alleged to have got on the rolls through false pretenses. This is the first time the District government has turned to criminal The injunction was granted to D.C.| prosecution to put down chiseling on Wallace, Gunter ginner, who sued on | the District relief rolls. It is a climax behalf of himself and all other ot | o g drive racently started to prevent | dissipation of relief funds to persons On June 25 Judge Bryant denied 8 | not deemed worthy, or to cut down al- temporary restraining order on the | owances to others found to be too ground that the Government was not | high. disposed to prosecute the ginners at| District officials preferred charges that time for failure to comply with of false pretense in the 10 cases sub- lh_tr O:fl- A : i mitted to the district attorney. ay he said, in a written opinion: ¥ “I think that the law is cleasly and IFake’ D —— SHERMAN, Tex., July 19.—Federal | Judge Randolph Bryant today ruled the Bankhead cotton control act un- constitutional. He signed an order granting an injunction against its enforcement. the unusual and extraordinary circum- | cases purport to show that in some | stances present in the case, I think | cases relief recipients used fake names that an injunction should issue upon and that in others they had private the giving of proper security. | employment which they concealed “It is only a very thinly disguised | from case relief workers. In one case, attempt to regulate the production of | it is charged, the rellef client had a cotton under the pretext of the exer- | bank account of $200, unknown until cise of the taxing power of the Na- . recently to relief officials. tional Government. This power, if it| Information was given the district exists at all, is not committed to the | attorney's office last October. and he | told District officials at the time he of the Constitution of the United |saw no reason why prosecution should States, but is expressly reserved to the | not be started if satisfactory evidence | States.” was obtainable. Action was taken after an investi- gation in which conferences were | | held with Miss Alice Hill, relief di-| rector; Elwood Siccet, welfare duec-i tor; Arch Mandel, regonal F.E R. A, | director; Vernon &. West, assistant | corporation counsel, and Auditor Daniel J. Donovan. Large Sums Involved. A statement to the Commissioners by West said thc 16 cases involved persons who nad beea granted relief by private as we!l 4s public agencieés. Large sums of muacy were said to have been obtained by the misrepre- SWIMMER DROWNS; KNOWN AS VAUGHN Identity of Middle-Aged Man Sought—Body Is Recovered. A middle-aged man, whose name is thought to be Vaughn, was drowned this morning while swimming in the Potomac River about one-half mile | sentation. below Chain Bridge. His companions, with whom he had Just become acausinted. dia not koow| GOQDRICH IS GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE bubbles rising to the water's surface. They attributed the drowning to Pleads Guilty to Attacking and Murdering Detroit @irl, 11. ! and unemployment TAXRATEOF§150 5T BY BOARD $3,000,000 Surplus Expect- ed for D. C. Unless Social Bills Are Passed. Fixing the tax rate for the present fiscal year at $1.50 per $100 for real estate and tangible personal property. the Commissioners today estimated there would be a revenue surplus of approximately $3,000,000 at the end of the year. The estimate was made for figures filed by Auditor Daniel J. Donovan. Donovan explained, however, the estimated surplus does mot take into consideration any probable additional charges against revenues arising from bills now pending in Congress which may be enacted at this or the next session. These include the old-age pension insurance and blind pension measures. Some time ago the Commissioners arranged with congressional leaders for postponement until next Winter consideration of any possible revision of the District’s tax system. The $150 tax rate has pre- vailed for several years. TSALDARIS CABINET RESIGNS IN GREECE Monarchy Restoration Question Splits Ministers—Action Is Unanimous. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, July 19 —The Greek cab- inet resigned in a olock today. Premier Panayo'i Tsaldaris told his cabinet that, because of the differ- ences in opinion between the minis- ters due to the quediict of restoration of the monarchy the whole cabinet bad to quit. It was general'; expected that Pres- leader of the major'ty party, to form a new government. One group iu tie cabinet was | stated to have hean aessing Tsaldaris for an outright ceclaration as to whether he favored a monarchy or Tplnlnly unconstitutional. Owing to| District government files in the | the continuation of ine republic. HURTS FROM TRUCK FATAL TO GIRL, 7 Others 'Prepured to Leave Air- port Pool Parking Lot. Seven-year-old Ann Auffenberg, Hospital today of injuries received late yesterday when run down by a large oil truck near the parking lot of the Airport swiniming pool. ‘The girl, accompanied by a number of others from the Jewish Summer camp in Rock Creek Park, was prepar- ing to leave the parking lot in an automobile when she was hit by the truck. At Emergency Hospital, where she was taken in a taxicab driven by John C. Ressa, 1121 New Hampshire avenue, it was said she had suffered internal injuries. ‘The girls were taken to the pool earlier in the afternoon by Ben Eman- uel, 1630 Euclid street, and Saul Ash- kenazy, 1345 Randolph street. . Readers’ Guide (P Means Associated Pr Yesterday’s Circulation, 122,434 Not Yet Recelved TWO CENTS. PUBLIC MUST PAY COST OF UTILITIES LOBBY AGTIVITIES, PROBERS ARE TOLD | Associated Gas & Electric Co. Attorney Tells Senate Group Consumer Will Set- tle $700,000 Bill. |MIDNIGHT CONFERENCE OF WITNESSES REVEALEC ’Flnn Manager Says He Ordered Destruction of Evidence on Own Responsibility—Admits Action Anticipated Inquirt Into Holding Bill Battle. BULLETIN. The Senate Lobby Committee ad- journed this afternoon, subject to call of Chairman Black, after one of its members—Senator Gibson Republican. of Vermont—charged that the Associated Gas & Elec- tric Co. had paid no dividends to common stockholders for years, yet had “taken the good part of a vear's dividend” to spend $700.009 in an effort to defeat the utilitics holding company bill. By the Associated Press Testimony that the ultimate con- sumer wiil have to pay the cost of | the power company campaign again the utility bill was given the Senaz Lobby Committee today by William A. Hill of Boston. an attorney for th Associated Gas & Electric Co. The commitiec also heard testi- mony from U. E. Beach of Ithaca | N. Y., securities manager for As:o- | ciated. that he instructed compa; { managers all over the country la week to “destroy” all their ren bearing on opposition to the legis» tion. Conference Described. Details of a midnight conferen in a Washington hotel, at which nesses subpoenaed in the Senate 1 vestigation were said to have d cussed what information they wou give, were received earlier today. Beach, a middle-aged. bespectacle man in brown suit, said he ordered th destruction on his “own™” respons bility, although he had discussed | with O. E. Wasser, A. G, E, control! | at Ithaca. “I told him.* Beach said, “that had told my managers it was OK. | get rid of their records because. a far as I could see, we were throug with working on it (the utility bill) This was after the Senate investiga- tion had been ordered. “Didn't Wasser instruct you to orde: the destruction?” Chairman Black asked. “No. He didn't say ves and didn't say no when I discussed it with him.” A sharp conflict developed in the stories of the midnight hotel confer- ence told by two witnesses, but both agreed attorneys told them to “tel | the truth.” E. W. O'Brien of Erie. Pa., declared Attorney Hill read in detail at the Wardman Park Hotel here Wednesday | night the evidence given at the firsi | day’s hearing before the Lobby Com- | mittee. It told of the burning at Warren Pa., records of hundreds of telegrams sent to Representative Driscoll, Dem- ocrat, of Pennsylvania, urging defeat of the public utility holding company | bill. | Flatly contradictory evidence was given by R. P. Herron, Warren bond salesman, who had testified to using | ident Zaimis wouid ask Tsaldaris as city directory to get names for the telegrams. He denied Hill had read the testi- mony to him or had discussed the case at all. “I was tired,” he said, “and went Hill then was called to the stand. He said those present were O'Brien. G. K. Munsen, Washington attorney | and George Smith. another attorney. He said Herron came in and out. Package of Testimany. | He added Smith had done some ‘I"O(k for A. G. E. and Smith evi- dently had brought a package of com- {Child Bun Down as She and Mittee testimony for him He said he read over part of the | record while O'Brien and others were ‘ in and out of the room. At the outset of today's hearing, | O'Brien said he had discussed replace- 41631 Euclid street, died in Emergency | Ment of the purned telegrams with L. | 8. Shew, Western Union manager at Erie, after Shew told him the tele- grams were missing and Represent- | ative Driscoll had complained many | purported signers of the messages had asserted they did not authorize them. | “I said it was possible to get relay (See LOBBY, Page 5.) Western Union Co. Fined for Sending Protests to Court By the Associated Press. CHELSEA, Mass., July 19.—The Western Union Telegraph Co. of New York today was held in contempt of court and ordered to pay a fine of $500 for “publishing and delivering” telegrams, of protest to the District Court affecting cases involving alleged radicals pending before it. Telegrams from the New Theater League, in New York; from an Amer- ican Youth Congress, in Cambridge, Mass., and from organizations in Chelsea involving an actor and & Chelsea resident arrested at different Cutler summoned the company into court. ‘The various telegrams alleged the defendants were held on “framed” or “trumped up” charges and demanded their release. Attorney Arthur P. Hardy of Bos- ton, for the company, did not pay the fine and announced he would seek & writ of error from the Massachusetts ‘Supreme Court.