Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1935, Page 2

# ing children: NEW DEAL FACING RISING OPPOSITION Many Answers in Prospect for Contentions of Backers. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Criticsm of the New Deal is increas- ing throughout the country. As a consequence defenders of the admin- istration usually ask the critics: “Do you want to go back to Hoover .days? Do you want to go back to the old system? Why not suggest an al- ternative or something constructive? Why tear down without offering a way to build up?” These questions are fair, and critics | ought not in any way to evade an- swering them. The chances are that in the next 12 months plenty of an- swers will be forthcoming. Members of Congress who are going to defend their votes in opposition to the New - Deal, as well as candidates for seats of the New Dealers, will find the fore- going queries to be the kernel of the public reaction to criticism. Let us, therefore, take each one of the ques- tions and report the answers which most opponents of the New Deal here- abouts would make: 1. Do you want to go back to Hoover days? Nobody wants to go back to the low point of this depression in the Summer of 1932. But if there is to be any examination of the record | before 1932, it may be that there will be lots of people who would like to go back as far as Coolidge days, any- way. For wage levels were then| higher and earnings better than in| any year since. The New Deal has! not yet restored the wage levels of those days. None Wants Fraud System. 2. Do you want to go back to the “old system”? Nobody wants to go| back to fraud or misrepresentation or any dishonest practices, if that is meant by the phrase “old system.” But if by “old system” is meant the building up of America during 150 years so that the highest standard of living in the world could be en- joyed bY millions of people, then a return to the old system would be desirable indeed and cannot come too soon. 3. Why not suggest an alternative | or something constructive? The an- swer is that the files of the executive | offices and the files of the different | departments of the Government and the emergency agencies are piled high | with constructive suggestions from everybody who could possibly have special or expert knowledge in a given field. But the administration has repeatedly rejected suggestions | from persons who believe funda-| mentally in the profit-and-loss sys- | tem. Unless a suggestion fits in| with the New Deal's ideas of State| socialism it is usually rejected. The few good things about the New Deal which have conformed to ortho- dox economics, particularly in the field of credit, as the Federal Housing Ad- ministration, the Federal Home Own- | ers’ Loan Corp. and the Reconstruc-| tion Finance Corp., had their origin in statutes passed before the New Deal came into power. The amplification | of these laws came about as a resuit | of pressure from the people and has | proved their real value. To the extent | that these laws have been well admin- | istered, the New Deal deserves praise, but where political influence has been permitted to creep into administrative { matters the severest condemnation should be registered. 4. Why tear down without trying to build up? The answer to this is that | it is necessary, first of all, to tear| cown the socialistic philosophy which | permeates the New Deal, for, unless | that is proved fallacious, no construc- tive suggestions can be offered. It's| a fundamental theme which runs| through the whole New Deal and the | administration is certainly consistent | in demanding that all suggestions con- | form to its pattern. | Change Up to Average Man. How can state socialism be proved | unwise? The answer to this is that the average man will decide that ques- | tion when he finds that the unbal- | anced budget and the failure to provide | adequate revenues cast doubt eventu- | ally on the soundness of our currency. | To put it another way, the decline of | real wages and the decline of the pur- | chasing power of the dollar are the same thing. As prices rise on costs | of living, as tax revenues are proved insufficient, there will be disillusion- ment on the subject of state socialism. There is another influence which is bound to reveal the fallacies of the state socialism idea. It is the action of the Federal courts in declaring such steps unconstitutional. And as the unconstitutional legislation is grad- ually weeded out, the New Deal will not have an opportunity, except by a constitutional amendment, to put its ideas into effect, by which time the | country will have to make up its mind whether recovery, which seems in- | evitable, was because of or in spite of | the New Deal reform measures. (Copyright. 1935.) $1,000,000 COLLECTION OF PLANES EXHIBITED American-Made Aircraft for Sport, Business and War on Dis- play at Detroit. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, July 20.—The latest thing in fast and luxurious aircraft, a collection valued at $1,000,000, went on display today at the opening of the all-American aircraft show. The ex- hibition is being held at the city air- port and will continue until July 29. The newest model planes for sport and business are shown, as well as some of the new fighting planes, small in size and big in speed. Many prominent figures in aviation are arriving for the show. Sportsman pilots will stage a race , from Cincinnati to Detroit Tuesday. Later, professional speed pilots will make cross-country dashes to the ex- hibition field. Calhoun Fund The Star acknowledges receipt of the following additional contributions * to the relief fund for the family of - Bterling Calhoun, coloreé man, who + died while trying to save two drown- C. Beks = i.. Anonymous Cash J. B. . Clerks and messengers of special delivery section, City Post SR SRR ¥ ] 990.38 Grand total weeeeeeeenn-.-$1,021.73 ¢ | cursory answers have been made to | not understood by many of his legisla- What’s What Behind News In Capital Roosevelt Seen Aiming at Legal Issue in 1936 Campaign. BY PAUL MALLON. N THE surface it apepars that the vaunted publicity and po- litical strategy of the New Deal has gone stale. Only the growing crescendo of opposition argument. No campaign to offset it effectively has been attempted. The New Dealers appear to be content to follow a passibe policy of rebuttal. The President has, in the past siz months, made fewer speeches than Silent Cal did in his most taciturn moods. President Roose- velt has dropped a few off-hand replies at his press comferences twice a week, but has shunned all current radio and speaking invita- tions. He has submitted to Congress & difficult legislative program, the po- litical wisdom of which is doubted or tive leaders. He has insisted on keep- ing Congress here to enact the pro- gram at a physically inopportune time, when the weather and the| strained tempers of legislators make such a course appear to be illogical. It’s a Political Picture, This does not seem to make sense to | the average outsider and most of the TOKIOSENDS SHARP REPLY T0 RUSSIA Says Manchukuo’s Claims Remain Unaltered—~Re- sents “Ahuse.” By the Associated Press. TOKIO, July 20—The Soviet's hard note to Japan on July 1 protest- ing violation of its territory evoked an equally sharp reply today. Foreign Minister Koki Hirota's note said Manchukuo's claim to the delta island of Santsyaochow, at the con- fluence of the Amur and Assuri Rivers, near Khabarovsk, remained unaltered. Ambassador Constantin Yourenef! delivered the Soviet's strongly worded note to Tokio after a number of frontier incidents. The Soviet Union said Manchukuoan gunboats had penetrated Soviet waters along the Amur River and that frontier guards had been fired on. The July 1 note said continuation of the incidents “may have very seri- ous consequences in the relations of the U. S. 8. R. and Japan and on peace in the Far East.” The Soviet's representations in re- spect to territorial claims were “in- | conceivable to the Japanese side,” | Hirota’s note said. Hirota’s reply, bristling with charges of untruth and misrepresentation, also insists upon the right of Manchukuo gunboats to traverse the Amur chan- nels. The reply further ceclared the So- viet accusations of Japanese troop insiders, but to the few at the top who have been let in on the long- range program, it is not as confusing as it sounds. It may appear to be an impossible political picture puzzle, but the pieces generally fit in if you know the combination. | violations of land beyond the frontier | were “either unfounded in fact or can only be regarded as an attempt to disguise the tssue where the re- | sponsibility lies on the Soviet side.” | “The Japanese government being vitally interested in the preservation of peace and order on the Manchu- kuo-Soviet frontier,” the note con- cluded, “it maintains strict instruc- tions to the Japanese authorities in Manchukuo to insure no violation of the frontier. Should a similar unto- ward incident happen the Japanese You can find one combination in what is happening in the courts. ‘These decisions you are now read- ing about are only preliminary. The real issues about the constitutionality of AL A. A, T V. A, etc, will be raised in the Fall after Congress ad- journs. That is when the Supreme Court will render the final opinion. What this opinion will be is not now | known, but most good lawyers suspect it will not be entirely favorable to the New Deal. While the lower courts are now dif- | fering, Mr. Roosevelt is trying to get legislation from Congress which will accentuate the legal issue (Wagner | law, Guffey bill). The constitution- | ality of these also will be decided by | the Supreme Court before the next | election. Consequently, both in the courts and in Congress, Mr. Roosevelt is heading up toward a legal issue which may dominate all others. What he will do about it will not be decided by him, but by the Supreme Court. Whether he will advocate a constitutional amend- ment to strengthen Federal au- thority or a milder course depends on the coming decisions. At any rate, anything said on this subject now will be obsolete in a few months. Roosevelt’s Strategy. The other fundamental phase be- hind current “illogical” procedure is merely a continuation of the pasic strategy Mr. Roosevelt adopted with Congress six months ago. He has made little effort to conceal the fact that he wanted Congress to do two years’ work this year and why. Congress is a forum for the opposi- tion. When it adjourns the Presi- dent dominates the Washington scene. If he can get enough legislation uow to last until after election, the com- ing January session of Congress will not amount to much. He can get rid of the boys in short order, and thus avoid the necessity of having it on his hands in a campaign year. The legal issue has arisen since Mr. Roosevelt started on that legislative course, but it has not changed his | purpose. 1f the Supreme Court treats his New Deal kindly this Fall, he can still get away with a brief Jan- uary session. If it does nmot, all the current criticisms and attacks can be centered into that one issue and carried into the campaign. In view of these situations the Roosevelt strategists (meaning largely Mr. Roosevelt himself) consider that it would be a waste of ammunition to unmask their defense guns now. From all standpoints it is obviously too early. Furthermore, Congress is stili looking over Mr. Roosevelt's shoul- der. When it adjourns the President’s transcontinental tour will start. This will be the opening salvo of the '36 campaign. From then on the firing from the masked publicity batteries government will endeavor to effect a speedy, amicable settlement. | “Accordingly the Japanese govern- ment finds it difficult 0 comprehend | | the real motive of the Scviet govern- | ment in directing unwarranted abuse | against the acts of Japanese authori- ties in Manchukuo and, moreover, | in apparently seeking to attract wide public attention by giving sensation- al publicity to exaggerated misinfor- | | mation in this connection.” PROMINENT G. 0. P. WILL VISIT HOOVER| Gov. Harry W. Nice and Col. Frank Knox to Be in Palo Alto Group. | By the Associated Press. PALO ALTO, Calif., July 20.—Dis- | closure that a number of prominent | | Republicans would be week end guests of former President Herbert Hoover | brought speculation today whether | the gathering had any political sig- nificance. Mr. Hoover, who will play host a his Stanford University campus home. | remained silent, however, agd others | | at the pretentious residence said there was no political significance to the | visits. The guest list includes Gov. Harry | W. Nice, Maryland, and Col. Frank Knox, Chicago publisher. Both have | been mentioned as possible chub—( lican presidential candidates in 1936. Two others prominent in the Re- publican party, former War secxe-l tary Patrick J. Hurley and former | United States Solicitor General James | M. Beck, also were expected. It was said at the Hoover resi- dence that the guests were coming merely to pay their respects to the former President. EX-COWBOY TO TEST GIANT WAR PLANE Boeing Pilot to Send 15-Ton Air Cruiser Into Dive to Prove Ship. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, July 20.—A former Mon- tana cowboy will have the final word on the performance of the giant aerial battle cruiser which the Boeing Air- plane Co. has just completed for the Army Air Corps. He is 32-year-old Leslie R. Towers, tall and stringy test pilot-engineer. Since 1927 he had tested every ship produced by the firm and never has had a crack-up. When Towers takes the four- motored bomber into the air for its maiden trip, he will climb her to 20,000 feet and then shove the 15-ton cruiser into a roaring power dive. Towers was a cowpuncher until he got the urge for flying. He will be in the pilot’s seat when the giant bomber starts for the Army testing grounds at Dayton, Ohio. THIEVES ROB MOTORIST WHO AIDS WOMAN of the New Deal will be increasingly heavier. Longer Session Expected. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, July 20.—Clifford N. Lewis, out for a drive, saw a woman The building that s being built in the courtyard of the Interior Department Building to house the cooling towers for air conditioning of Secretary Ickes’ department. of 5000 gallons a minute. The building shown here is about 60 per cent completed and will be finished in about a month. At that time air cooling will be in effect throughout the Interior Department Building, whereas now it is installed only on the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh floors. Besides housing the cooling tanks and compressors, Interior's building within a building will also contain The towers, the Department’s motion picture cutting room and film vauits. now in operation, cool a minimum ~—Star Staff Photo. HUEY LONG LEVELS GUNS AT NEW DEAL Senator Says Administra- tion Is “Tyrannical” and “Outrageous.” By the Associated Press. Senator Long, Democrat of Loui- sians, took two occasions yesterday, his first day back in the Capital from recent legislative triumphs in his home State, to denounce the “high-handed, tyrannigal, outrageous” Roosevelt administration and to de- clare again Louisiana’s “independ- ence.” The Senator spent a busy day, first slashing at the sdministration from the Senate floor, and last night fac- ing & microphone to continue his tirade of denunciation. | “There never was known such & | high-handed, tyrannical, outrageous | system of government, since the days | of Nero, or during the days of Nero, as has been perpetrated by this out- landish system of Roosevelt’s brain trust-bureaucratic-alphabetical con- glomeration of everything except sense and justice,” Long said. He said Congpess had given over to the President so many of its powers that it “ought to be ashamed | to draw money as lawmakers any | longer.” Defiant on P. W. A. Issue. (0. WELCOMES YOUNGDEMOCRATS Four Kansans Desert From Party in Discontent With Patronage. By the Associntod Press. TOPEKA, Kans, July 20.—The Kansas G. O. P. opened its arms in welcome today to four leading young Democrats who deserted after tongue lashing the national administration and praising the State’s Republican Governor, Alf M. Landon The deserters, all members of the State organization of Young Demo- crats, gave dissatisfaction with Federal patronage in Kansas dnd “needle: piled up” debt which “the young men and young women eventually must pay” as their reasons New Victory for Landon. At the same time friends marked the incident as another victory Landon, Democracy’s nemesis in Kan- sas, and claimed support for the incip- ient Landon-for-President boom. The young bolters termed Landon regime “unique in the Nation for it soundness.” Under Landon Kansas budget has been balanced and a pay- as-you-go policy followed. Fred Seaton, chairman of the Kan- sas organization of Young Republic- | ans, quickly grasped the opportunity to welcome the four, vho were Clar for Long was particularly defiant, as he had been con the Senate floor, because the Government had cut off Public Works Administration funds from Louisiana. He gave a long review of his finan- cial record in his home State and declared “if we need any money we can sell the bonds of the State of Louisiana on the open market with- out asking the Federal Government to lend us any P. W. A. money.” “Qur hope les in the ultimate victory for the share-our-wealth plan,” Long declared, saying the President had “gummed up the old- age pension plan we had.” Packed galleries in the Senate heard Long proclaim “Louisiana is not in the Roosevelt column, and you | couldn’t put it there if you spent the whole five billion dollars down there.” He asserted the State would file suit in the Supreme Court—and would ICKES SEES POWER FIGHT COLLUSION: Concentrated Attack on P. W. A. Projects Charged by Secretary. Armed with what he termed docu- mentary evidence of collusion, Secre- tary Ickes plunged into the power fight today with a charge that pri- vate utility companies are making a “concentrated attack” on municipal power projects financed by P. W. A. money. He declared some ‘“central | source” is responsible for 22 widely | separated legal attempts to frustrate | he Government's power program. Ickes is prepared to go before the special House committee investigating | the power lobby to furnish evidence | gathered by his legal department if | called on, it was said at P. W. A, In his public charge, he did not dis- close the source from which, he| charges, the suits emanated, but it| was understood he is prepared to do| so when the time comes. The P. W. A. chief’s charge was based on a review of the widespread | litigation by Henry T. Hunt, his gen- | eral counsel. Ickes' move today was the latest development in the struggle being | | waged over the power issue. “In virtually each of the 22 cases,” he declared, “the legal language of legal documents presented against the municipal power projects is similar insofar as questions of constitution- | ality are concerned.” | “In some instances,” he said, “it is | identical.” Similarity of Language. General Counsel Hunt said simi- larity of language indicated the utili- ties’ arguments were “drafted on forms | or instructions emanating from some | central source.” Of the 22 bills filed attacking the constitutionality of the P. W. A. power program, 18 were in Federal courts and 4 in State courts. The Govern- ment has won nine suits, Hunt re- ported, and three have been woh by the utility companies. Nine motions to dismiss are pending and in one case, at Middleboro, Ky. the Kentucky Court of Appeals allowed an injunc- tion on the ground that the bond ordinance was subject to referendum. “Some of the suits are obviously brought for delay,” said Hunt, citing | litigation backed by the Oklahoma Utilities Co. against the proposed | Hominy, Okla, power plant. After losing in the State District Court, he said the company appealed to the State Supreme Court. “Instead of perfecting its appeal” Hunt added, “the company then brought suit in the District of Colum- bia Supreme Court, where it lost. The death of a justice of the Court of Appeals has delayed final disposition.” Hunt reported that the total num- ber of P. W. A. loans and grants to Whether this strategy will succeed or_!nl in any particulars, or whether it is a wise course may be a debatable subject, but at least it explains many things which are now otherwise un- explainable. The President is said to have convinced his Capitol advisers of the wisdom of this course during conferences on the way to and from Jefferson Island last week end. That is why they returned to Capitol Hill with the word that they thought this session of Com- gress would last a long time yet. However, they did not seem to be very eager about it, although they did start some activity to push the taz bill along. Later, a front man at the Treasury surveyed the congressional situation and reported confidentially to the President that “only heroic efforts” would keep Congress in session until the tax program is enacted. Calls McIntyre “Saboteur.” - One left-wing Congressman has his desk a pair of wooden shoes known lying in the street. Horrified, he stopped his car and ran to her aid. As he stooped to lift her, two men pressed revolvers in his back. While they took $56, the woman ran. finance competitive municipal facili- ties 1s 31, Thus it appears, he said, that all such projects have been at- tacked by the utility companies ex- cept nine. Claims of Attackers. He reported that the attack of util- ity companies was made on the ground the Constitution does not confer power on Congress to appropriate national funds to finance such local and com- petitive facilities, and “its power to select projects for financing vested in the President is an unconstitutional ! | Counsel WILLIAM H. COLLINS, Former assistant United States attorney here, whose appointment as special counsel for the House Rules Committee investigating lob- bying for and against the utility holding company bill, was an- nounced yesterday by Chairman O’Connor. Collins is now engaged in private practice. He acted as prosecutor in the Mary Baker and ‘Wimbley cases several years ago. ~—Harris-Ewing Photo. Lobby (Continued From First Page) | bill campaign records in 26 States| after the Senate investigation was announced. Beach told the committee yesterday he ordered the records destroyed in 60 or 70 branch offices over the coun- try “on my own responsibility.” He added, however, he had informed his immediate superior, O. E. Wasser, controller of A. G. E, that he was going to issue the orders and Wasser “didn't say no and didn't say yes.” Later he asserted he had “acted too quickly” and had “made an error in judgment.” Wasser may be called. Railroad Lobby Charged. There was no indication today as to whether the Black Committee would investigate charges that a na- tional railroad lobby had assigned officials of various railroads to each Congressman from New York to see that they are “kept under the proper | influence” at all times. Chairman | Black declined to say whether these charges, made by Labor, a union publication, would be investigated. In reply to the charge, J. J. Pelley, president of the Association of Ameri- can Railroads, said committees of | rail officials had been formed to en- gage in “altogether legitimate” activ- ities. These consisted, he said, in| giving facts about the railroad situa- tion to “the public, including mem- bers of Congress and State Legisla- SRR PR S FIVE PERSONS HURT IN STRIKE DISORDERS Guardsmen Quell Riot on Pacific Coast in Charging With Fixed Bayonets. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, July 20—New violence mingled with added employment and voiced hopes for settlement in the delegation of legislative power.” Un- lawful departures by the administra- tor from the provisions of the recovery act also are charged. Hunt said that the Government had Mo.; Plainview, Tex., and Okla. The private companies have suc- ceeded in blocking projects thus far in Concordia, Mo.; Greenwood County, 8. C, and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Seventeen Pigs in Litter. Penelope, & sow, has produced a record litter of 17 pigs at Wirral, ‘England, Pacific Northwest lumber strike mud- dle today. DRIVE T0 BEGI FORLINCOLN LN Petitions Will Be Circulated in Western Montgomery County. win—to prevent the Federal Govern- ment from setting up boards within the State for the disbursement of funds. He said educational boards and other agencies had been created | for this purpose “without constitu-' tional authority.” Plays to Galleries. Long amused the galleries, which | began. But the reaction of Senator Connally, Democrat, of Texas, was far from amusement. From a desk just a few feet away the Texan warned | Long angrily: “Don’t get funny with me, either here or any other place.” A few moments earlier Connally BY JACK ALLEN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md. July 20--Mu- nicipal officials and civic heads in mustering their forces today for a vigorous campaign favering construc- tion of the propesed Lincoln memo- | rial boulevard alo.g (ke route which the Old Trails road {~I'cws at present. Three principal 1casors for support- ing the route through this section of the county were advanced by the group of some 20 weii-known Mont- gomery leaders in resching their de- cision after a brief conference here yesterday with a aeicgation of Fred. erick County citizens. Nearly a dozen rpeakers agreed that setiing up the boulevard in any other site would rob many business nouses along the highway now in use of much trade, lower the value of real estate along that stretch and 1emove numerous places pruminent in Civil War history [rom the main tourist route. Resolution Adopted. Ground work for an intensive cam- | paign was laid afler a resolution ex- plaining the coaferees’ views was adopted. Petitions sre to be circu- | lated in the commuuities affected by the highway question, while clubs in | those sections will be esked to join in the drive. The need for haste was expressed by the Frederick delegation, which pointed ocut that the commission named by President Roosevelt to | study the boulevard question would begin to function next Wednesday and definite suggestions should be pre- pared quickly for presentation to that body. They explained that Bethesda, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Frederick, Emmitsburg and Thurmont stand in danger of losing their vantage points along the highway for considerable agitation is being stirred up in favor of building the road along an almost air-line route out Sixteenth street from Washington to Gettysburg, The Frederick group, which has been at work on the boulevard matter for some time, said that no method of financing the boulevard has been hit upon by the Federal Government, but they cautioned their listeners that those communities must form their battle lines now to be ready whenever funds may be made available. De Lashmutt Undecided. Only one of those present, former Police Justice Donald A. De Lash- mutt, who is chairman of the Public Utilities Committee in the Rockville Chamber of Commerce, failed to ex- press himself definitely in favor of retaining the present route. Judge De Lashmutt said he had not reached a decision in the matter, add- ing: “Personally I am not convinced that traffic through a town is as bene- ficial as most people believe. While I have made no investigation, I am confident a check-up would disclose that only a very small portion of our merchants’ trade comes from tourists.” Sydney H. Kar., president of the local Rotary Club, stated that he does not feel that the Federal Government will make any change in routes if it builds the proposed memorial highway. “Such a move,” he asserted, “would violate one of the aims of the na- tional administration, for it would im- poverish one community to aid an- had protested that the galleries, which ! were laughing at some of Long’s re- marks, were not in order. | “This is not a vaudeville show | western Montgomery County Were | ihouph it may seem to be,” Connally four | told the presiding officer. When Long concluded his speech there was the usual disorder as the pectators pushed toward the doors of the galleries. Connally again pro- | tested. “The show is over,” Vice President Garner shouted from the rostrum. “You can get out of the gallery.” Long based his remarks about de- nial of P. W. A grants on newspaper eports. He said he had not received | the announcement. Jokes of Ickes’ Discord. “I don’t know how the President or Secretary Ickes addresses me,” he said, adding that so far as Ickes was concerned “I have no direct diplo- matic contact with him.” “Our talking reminds me of a son- | in-law and a mother-in-law in| Louisiana,” he said. “They wouldn't | speak to each other, so when they had | 3 | “But the State of Louisiana isn't| concerned about these dire pronounce- ments. Now, just five months before | our State election, we are told Louis- | jana is to have no more P. W. A.| funds. Last year we allowed five | Representatives to come back here | who, because they were avowedly anti- Long, were to get P. W. A. funds. “But now it seems, like Benedict Arnold, the deserters will not get | their 30 pieces of silver. They have my sympathy, but not my support. They have my sympathy for having, | like myself, trusted a certain gen- tleman once too often.” RELIEF WORK PAY IMPERILS HARVEST Wheat Farm Wages Fail to Lure Help From “Soft” Jobs. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn., July 20.—Aggra- vated farmers already beset by rust | are bewailing a fresh grievance. While billowing grain fields await the harvest which, barring rust dam- age, promises the largest crop in years, | a labor scarcity popped up. | Critics blame it on “soft relief liv- | had been packed an hour before he, ence E. Williford of tary; Collins C. Caldwell of Di; | éxecutive committeemaa and former president; Jack Charvat of Topeka | publicity chairman, sad Gene Sul van of Atchison, chairman of county’'s Central Committee, and | presidential elector in 1932 Lure Seen in Promises. Meanwhile the Young Democrats sou gaps in its official ran Campbell of Wichita, president, inti- mated he believed the four were pr iyted by “glittering promises.” The revolters opposed appointment of Republican State Scnator Simc Fishman as field leciurer for t A. A. A. and deplored failure of Om: B. Ketchum, Democrat, opponent Landon at the last on, to lan the job of administrazor of the Fed eral works progress program. NEW PLAN OFFERS SHIP STRIKE PEACF Four-Point Proposal Submitt by Secretary Perkins—Yard Gates to Open. Press By the Ass: CAMDEN July 20.—Secre! of Labor Francis Perkins took a in settling the New York shipbuildi company strike Two Labor Department conciliator: working under her personal directio began interviewing strikers and com- pany officials in an effort to end th two-month-old walkout. While the: worked the opposing forces studied : -points proposal Secret Perkin had submitted by letter. Her fou points 1. The strikers return without crimination 2. The wage and hour agreemen dis- ly to arbitration board chosen by Secretary Perkins an the Secretary of the Navy. 4. All decisions of this board b retroactive to the date the worker return to thetr The com n W nounced it would open the gates o its yards Tuesday for all who wishec to go back to work. The decision was based on a proposal br Mayor Fred- erick Von Neida that the strikers re- turn with no contract or agreement. This the union cpposed. David Cole, secretary of the strikers’ Nego- tiating Committee, said the yard would not resume opers Tuesday “c- any other day” un the compan signed an agreement. In ‘Washington Kenny, Democrat, of New Je urged cancellation of the New company's naval coniracts if an i vestigation showed the firm responsi- ble for the strike. w Represent. TOTAL OF PATIENTS REDUCED BY BUREAU Check of Cases Asking for Fre Aid Curtails List Entering Galilnger. Careful checks being made by th Central Admitting Bureau for Hos- pitals has served for the second con- secutive month to effect a consider able reduction in the number patients admitted to Gallinger Muni; pal Hospital, Public Welfare Directo: Elwood Street announced yesterday The admitting bureau was estab- lished several months ago by th Community Chest, which is financing the bureau operations. The move was suggested by the Health Committee of the Council of Social Agencies and was sponsored by Street. The bureau makes a check of the fnancial conditions of each applicant for free care at both private and public hospitals and in some cases, ing” in comparison to the $2.50 a day | patients not entitled to free care are wheat shocking tasks which in by- | given treatment on a part-pay basis gone times found thousands “on the| puring June, 1253 patients were rods” and “blind baggage” swarming | admitted to Gallinger as against 1,- to the grain fields. Trying to counteract the tendency, relief officials bruskly ordered men off | the “free list” if they refused jobs.| Gov. Tom Berry in South Dakota| acted likewise. Some complaints | reached Roy St. Plerre, Fargo, N. Dak., | Federal employment director. % prefer relief, which pays 50 cents an hour,” said J. S. Jones, secre- tary of the Minnesota Farm Bureau. “Farmers generally pay $2.50 a day, | with board and room, but work the | help longer hours.” | Complaints cover wide areas. Jones suggested relief heads may “let up a bit” on work projects so farmers may absorb willing hands. [ 200,000 FLEE FLOOD 337 in May, Street was told by Dr Edgar A. Bocock, Gallinger su- perintendent. The welfare director attributed the decline largely to the work of the admitting bureau. The daily average number of pa- tients during June was 727 as against 757 in May. The percentage of bed occupancy for June was 78.6 at Gal- linger in comparison with 82.1 for the preceding month. ITALIANS DESERTING Fugitives Flee to Austria to Es- cape Military Service. INNSBRUCK, Austria, July 20 () —Fugitives seeking to escape Italian military service in the proposed cam- paign against Ethiopia are continuing to cross the border into Austria, it was said on reliable authority here today. The fugitives, however, are less nu- merous than a few weeks ago. (Dispatches from Innsbruck June 26 said that for a period of some time from three to five deserters from the | Italian forces on the Austrian border had been arriving daily at Innsbruck. They were arrested and questioned by Austrian authorities, but released after giving up their uniforms and military 4