Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1935, Page 2

A—2 ®x¥% RELIEF ROLL PURGE PUSHED BY FERA. Virginians Refuse Work on Farms, Say Reports. South Dakota Cut. By the Associated Press. . The Federal Emergency Relief Ad- ministration today pursued its plan o striké from the relief rolls all per- sons who turn thumbs down on jobs. “Any persons on relief who refuses | What’s What Behind News In Capital Army Not as Excited as Navy at Taik of Reds Within Ranks. BY PAUL MALLON. The man behind the Tydings-Me- Cormick sedition bill is Navy Secre- tary Swanson. He got steamed up recently about the Reds circulating propaganda amcag his sailors. The a job,” said Lawrence Westbrook, as- ‘ stoker who brought him to the boil- sistant relief administrator, cut off immediately.” The decision was anncunced after complaints were heard that at Win- chester, Va., and in counties nearby, farmers offer jobs and “are laughed | at by loafers at stores and filling sta. } tions, who say they are ‘on relief’” | The South Dakota Relief Admin- | istration ordered State and Federal | relief stopped until the harvest help | requirements are filled “will be | . Labor Supply Held Ample. Agriculture Department officials said that while a slight harvest labor | shortage was possible in some States, | the supply throughout the country is | “ample.” ! The supply of farm labor July 1/ was set at 95.7 per cent cof normal end the demand 80.5. ‘We have instructed all State ad- | ministrators to purge relief rolls as rapidly as possible.” Westbrook de- clared. Announcing that he was “debunk- ing” assertions that numerous Balti- | more relief recipients had rejected jobs, Harry L. Hopkins, administrator, recently made public a study asserting | that only four persons had turned | down jobs without good reasons. Sim- | ilar complaints also have been nu- merous in the berry-picking area of New Jersey, but Hopkins' investigators | insisted they were not justified. | First State-Wide Move. Relief officials said State admin- | sstrators frequently had resorted to | cutting off whole counties from the | iole at harvest time, but that South Dakota marked the first time this had been done to an entire State. Cemplaints that those being sup- ported by relief money demanded high wages were especially frequent under the C. W. A. It was begun with the P W. A. minimum wage of 40 cents | an hour in the South, ranging up to 50 cents in the North, but the min- imum rate later was abandoned be- cause of Southern protests that it was impossible to cbtain enough farm labor. HARVEST REVOLT FOUGHT. By the Assoclated Press. PIERRE. S. Dak. July 23.—Nine- teen thousand heads of families were removed from South Dakota relief yolls last night in a drastic move to force them to seek employment in the harvest fields. Spurred by farmers’ complaints that dole recipients had declined to go to work gathering grain, officials ordered a suspension of all State and Federal relief until the shortage of farm labor is fully supplied Joining seven other Midwestern States that have taken similar. though less sweeping measures to insure ade- quate help during the all-important harvest. Deputy sioner Philip L. Ketchum sent a stop notice to all county relief directors in South Dakota. Approximately 20,000 farmers, who have been transferred from relief rolls to the Rural Resettlement Administra- tion and are receiving subsistence or rehabilitation loans, will not be af- fected by today’s order. | Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin were taking steps to crush the so-called *revolt” of relief clients in rural areas. Relief recipients generally advanced Welfare Commis- | | MacArthur ing point was Comdr. V. L. Kirkman, | who is head of a new Red-chasing squad in the Navy. You may have noticed that the Army does not appear to be equally excited about Reds in its branch of the service. War Secretary Dern wrote a letter approving the bill, but this was done at the instance of Mr. Swanson. The real Army slant on the move was given privately by Chief of Staff to Congressmen. He is supposed to have told them he con- sidered the bill unnecessary, if oot silly. It is understood MacArthur, “the best soldier in the Army,” has a way of handling Reds, which does not re- quire a law. Legal Experts Write Laws. If people knew more about the way laws are made, the statute books would not be as thick as they are. Most laws originate just where the sedition bill did, in the mind of a person of influence, who has an idea to meet a specific situation. Such people, even Congressmen, usually cannot write laws themselves. That job is turned over to experts in legal verbiage. b—-f/’:‘\ When the draftsmen get through with it the Congressmen do not al- ways know what the law means. In fact, no one knows exactly until the Supreme Court starts interpreting it, and sometimes the members of the court itself disagree. In this case the draftsmen did not say simply that any one who circulates Communist propaganda in the Navy should go to jail. They tried to write a legal definition of subversive influence. The result way apply equally to any sweet- heart who twrites a letter to a sailor urging him to skip out for a dance. Also it may apply to any newspaper editor publishing in- terviews with a War Department critic like “Billy” Mitchell. A fine of $1,000 and two years in jail is provided for any one thus at-| tempting to influence the apparently uncertain minds of the lads before the mast. Boatmen Puzzle Hopkins. None of the Government publicity men has been issuing any statements about the crowd of boatmen who came here the other day from a Great Lakes port. The boatmen told a strange tale, created a problem. For years, about 200 of them have been working for contractors on barges, dredges and heavy machinery. clearing river channels and improv- ing harbors, The other day some of them were called in by a contractor who said: “Boys, I am sorry, but. on Au- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, 1. C., TUESDAY, JULY 23, 193 GOV. NICE TERMS NEW DEAL INSANE Plea for National Sanity Made in Talk After Hoover Parley. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO. July 23.—Out of a huddle with fcrmer President Herbert Hoover came Gov. Hary W. Nice of Maryland yesterday to at- tack the national administration as “totally insane.” ‘The Governor, mepiioned as a pos- sible candidate for the Republican presidential noiwation in 1936, | pleaded for a “refurn to national | sanity” in addressing ¢ Union league | | Club luncheon. | He declared tuere is need for “courageous action in stopping ex- travagance, enforcing economies and in reducing taxes so that the indus- tries, particularly tue smaller ones, may survive.” “Tax Burden Near Criminal.” Announcing his aadress, the Re- | publican County Ceatral Committee | said he would “arrive fresh irom a | political ~ conference ~ with former | President Hoovar. Gov. Nice spent | the week end with Nir Hoover end former War Secratay Patrick J. Hur- | | | ternationalists a decided edge for the | red-headed Donald Budge of Oakland, U.S. WINS DOUBLES AT WIMBLEDON Allison and Van Ryn Ad- vance Country by Defeat- ing German Players. By the Associated Press. WIMBLEDON, England, July 23— Wilmer Allison of Austin, Tex., and Johnny Van Ryn of Philadelphia de- feated Baron Gottfried Von Cramm and towering Kay Lund of Germany in five sets, 3—86, 6—3, 5—7, 9—7, 8—86, today in & Davis Cup interzone tennis doubles match and gave the United States a 2-1 lead over Germany in the.international series. The victory gives the American in- final session of the series tomorrow to determine England’s opponent in the challenge round. It means Germany must capture both singles matches. On the other hand, Uncle Sam's forces need only one more victory to advance to the challenge round. The final singles contests will pit Calif., against the talented Von Cramm, while Allison will take on young Heiner Henkel. In the opening singles Budge registered a four-set ley on the Russiaa River, north of San Francisco. “It is little short of criminal to! burden with taxes the people of to- | | day for the avowed perpetuat.on of a political regim2,' Gov. Nice told the club here. The depression i/as world-wide, he | said, but “under Republican adminis- | tration and with coustructive poli- | | cies conforming ‘o prescribed consti- tutional practices, recovery was on the way in June, 932 only to be set | back by the election.® “All of the rest of the world has moved teward recovery. America alone | has lagged behind * * * It was this | uncertainty of the public mind that | enabled professional and political | quacks to intrigue, with their cure- alls, the imagination of a depressed people. * * * | Courageous Action Essential. | “The first essential requisite in the correction of this situation is coura- geous action in stopping extrava- | gance. enforcing economics, and 1n re- ducing taxes, so that the industries. particularly the smaller ones, may survive, e =% “The day of diminishing returns | from taxation, regardless of the form | of the tax, is at hand.” Gov. Nice de- clared. “Already countless cities and a number of States have scen their credit diminished. if not destroved The credit of the Federal Government is vast, but it is not inexhaustible. * * * HOOVER SEES MORE G. 0. P. PALO ALTO, Calif., July 23 (P — More “social” visits of leading Repub- | licans with former President Herbert | Hoover increased political speculation today. Guests of Mr. Hoover yesterday were Gen. Nathan MacChesney of Chicaga and James M. Beck, Solicitcr General in the regimes of Presidents | Harding and Coolidge ! Paul Sexson, Mr. Hoover's secre- | tary, reiterated the calls had no po- imml significance, but like that of | Gov. Harry W. Nice of Maryland, last ' CALHOUN'S WIDOW GETS $715.70 MORE Boxing Show Adds $215 to Fund | and secondly, they managed to co- gust 1, I've got to lay you all of. I've got a Government dredging contract and I have to take my workers from the relief rolls, so for Hero—Theaters An- nounce $500 Fund. A total of $215.70 will be turned 1 can’'t use you fellows any more.” two reagons for not joining in the | harvest—the pay was less than the | 40-cent-an-hour scale on Federal | The bargemen took up a collection to send the delegation to Washington to ask what sense there was in a projects; fear they could not return | v ri them of to relief after the threshing. e A over to the widow of Sterling Calhoun | as the profits of the benefit boxing | show held last night at Griffith Sta- dium, it was announced today by Pro- | moters Joe Turner and Goldie Ahearn. | victory over Henkel and Von Cramm disposed of Allison in straight sets. Solve Von Cramm’s Lash. ‘There were two vital factors in the American’s triumph today. First, taey finally succeeded in solving Von Cramm’s whip-lash, high-bounding service, in the all-important fifth set, ordinate their fore-court offensive effectively Von Cramm played the most spec- tacular tennis of the quartet and ap- | peared to have broken the American’s | teamwork. Lund did his part in holding his own terrific service every time, otherwise he was mostly useful moppIng up at the net after his part- | ner paved the way with angled shots. | Both Americans played spottily, al- | though Van Ryn was particularly un- | steady at volleying and lost many crucial points. His service was broken | in both vital games of the first and | third sets which the Germans won. | Apparently believing the veteran | American pair had the match in the | bag, only about 500 spectators were in the stadium as Allison and Van | Ryn and their opponents warmed up | for the match today. | Congratulates Opponent. Allison congratulated Von Cramm again for the German's victory over the Texan in vesterday's singles | match which enabled Germany to pull ' level with the United States at one match apiece. “That service of vours is the tough- est I ever tried to handle with the ! possible exception of Ellsworth Vines’ and Johnny Doeg’s,” Allison told Von Cramm. The Germans opened the doubles match with a quick win of the first game behind Van Cramm's terrific service, which Allison in three attempts failed to return, but the Americans squared matters on Alii- | son’s delivery, demoralizing the Teu- tons with a volleying game. The towering Lund held the third game after twice being deuced, pounding ihe last two points between the Amer- icans, who were ‘caught flatfooted on | opposite sides of the court both times. Von Cramm bore the brunt of the Germans’ offense, at times covering the entire court and permitting Lund to handle cnly the simplest kills. Van Ryn and Von Cramm held their de- liveries without difficulty. KEG LIQUOR PLAN IS FACING DEBATE Bill Setting Up New Control| Agency Due for House Action | | dustries out of the doldrums. | radical Railroads . Key to Heavy Industries 1 l Needs and Potential Capacity to Consume Are Put at Note—The skeptic says America has few opportunities ahead; the depression always will exist; people never will be more prosperous, But the real American sees only the greatest of opportunities for ail business, Many flelds await de- velopment. The ingenious Amer- ican has but to apply the same courageous spirit which always has dominated American industrial and economic life to realize to the full- est on the Nation’s industrial po- Ltentialities. Is the skeptic right or is the patriotic American? What are these opportunities that await to be realized upon? People generally may realize the fundamental soundness of our m- dustrial and economic life and the many opportunities ahead. The Star presents in a series of seven articles, of which this is the third, a true picture of the present situation. | bial mackerel, the railroads in this country have remained consistent in one important respect: namely, that of being a key customer of the heavy industries of the Nation. Today, worried by threats of Gov- ernment ownership, harassed by com- petition from highways, the air and | the waterways, but encouraged by prospects of more stringent regulation of these competitors, the railroads give promise of inaugurating a new period of buying that may pull the basic in- Their | needs and their potential capacity to consume without delay have been cur- | rently estimated in the neighborhood of $10,000,000,000. Two factors are bringing this pro- gram of Increased buying steadily nearer. One is that of obsolescence, which has taken heavy toll of stand- | ard rallroad equipment during the past five years. The other is that of | competition from other carriers not | oppressed by such heavy overhead burdens and at the same time blessed with more imagination than the som- | nolent railroad administrations have shown for many years. That this latter condition finally is intruding itself into the consciousness of railroad officials has become ap- parent during the past year in the | modernizations introduced. | The most important link in the dis- | tribution system of the country, the railroads never have been able to re- | duce their costs of operation to & point where this distribution could be carried out cheaply. A principal fac- tor in these costs has been use of heavy and obsolete equipment, with jts | consequent high toll of fuel, high cost of roadbed maintenance and genera! inefficiency. | Of recent months, however, the rail- roads have torn a page from the imag- | inative aerodynamic designing of the automotive industry. The result has | been a succession of experiments in stream-lining of locomotives and | coaches, th construction of equipment | of light weight steel or new alloys. in | use of electric or Diesel electric loco- | motives and other innovations which | well may open the door to a new era in railroad transportation Along with the expenditures which the railroads are making in a grad- ually increasing amount on new type equipment go those being forced by replacement and maintenance. A pic- ture of these needs may be drawn BY JOHN C. HENRY. HROUGH a history that has been as spotted as the prover- | | | from studies of the Federal co-ordina- tor: The average age of 51425 locomo- tives on Class 1 railroads is 20.7 years. | adopted, processors BANKHEAD'S AAA CHANGE APPROVED Probe of Petitioners’ Books in Tax Recovery Suits 0. K.’d by Senate. By the Associated Press An amendment to the A. A. A. bill to permit the Government to examine the books of any one seeking to recover processing taxes was approved today by the Senate. The proposal was offered by Senator Bankhead, Democrat, of Alabama, as an aftermath of the Senate decision to leave the courts partially open to processing tax recovery suits Under an amendment previously who have not passed the taxes on to the consumers or producers will be permitted to sue for recovery, but suits by those who have passed them on will be barred. Amendment “Much Desired.” Bankhead said his amendment was “much desired” by the administra- tion. Senator George. Democrat, of Geor- gia, who designed the “compromise amendment under which tax suits would be permitted on a showing the levies had not been passed on. op- posed opening processors’ books to Federal agents “It will subject the litigant to all kinds of annoyance when he seeks | to bring his claim into court,” the | Georgian asserted “I don't see any harm this amend- ment can do to any honest man who s trying to recover processing taxes he feels were wrongfully collected,” argued Senator Norris, Republican, of Nebraska. McCarran Change Tabled. ‘Their own age and the development of lighter ali-metal cars have made re- placement of most of them economi- cally advisable. Already. the rail- roads have planned a 10-year pro- gram of installing a newly-developed type of air brakes on freight cars. ex- penditure of $290.000000 being con- templated for this incidental program. There were approximately 25.700 passenger-carrying cars on Class 1 railroads in 1934. Of this number, 8.600 were all or mostly of wood con- struction. Twenty-two hundred din- ing, parlor and sleeping cars and about 9,000 Pullmans also are in service, all of them rapidly approaching obso- lescence as the railroads continued through the past years without mak- ing replacements. Of pressing need is the buying of new shop equipment at an estimated cost of about $1,300,000.000. “During the 10-year period ended with 1929 the Class 1 railroads expended an average of $400.000.000 a year on lo- | comotive repairs alone.” the Railway Age says. “This is the largest single account of railway operating expenses, and it has been estimated that mod- ern shop equipment could effect a reduction in this expense of from 10 to 15 million dollars annually.” Curtailment of expenditures on maintenance of way and structures has reached a rock bottom and an analysis of train accidents per loco- motive mile, published by Railway Age, shows that the accident redue- | tion, which started in 1925 and con- tinued without reverse until 1932 turned into a slight increase in 1933 Continuance of such an unfavorable trend will force increased safety ex- penditures. and it is estimated that approximately $1,000,000.000 would be necessary tc restore the fixed prop- erties of railroads to their high stand- ard of physical condition of 1929. New developments in signal facili- More than 90 per cent of this rolling | ties offer a fertile fleld for capital stock is obsolete, replacement of 40,000 | expenditurees. The Railway Age s units of modern design and economy | “Appropriations for such impr | would involve expenditures of $2,750,- | ments, amounting to at least $20,- | | their jobs. As this was written, Re- | Calhoun was the colored man who lost | Today. 000.000. ‘Two million freight cars are rolling | | 000,000 annually over a five-year pe- riod, will yield large returns, while an | the rails, their average age 16 years. | annual outlay of $10,000,000 is needed to make good the accrued deficiencies in signal maintenance.” | Arundel Cotter, writing in the Wall Street Journal, has this to say about possibilities of. equipment buying on the part of the railroads: “Railroads today are carrying some 60 per cent of normal business and their surplus of engines and cars, excluding those out of repair, appears to be insufficient to permit an in- crease to 70 per cent in the traffic without putting on additional equip- ment. A normal seasonal increase in the Fall may result in a shortage. A general upsweep of business almost certainly would. “New, modern equipment, moreover, would materially reduce fuel and maintenance costs. in some cases suf- ficiently to amortize the equipment | in a few years. All indications, 1n fact, point to the need of new equip- ment. Actual buying, however, may wait on the solution of three prob- lems. These are: Difficulty of financing purchases: uncertainty as to whether business will revive and thus necessitate purchases: finally, if a broad purchasing program is under- taken what types of motive power will be most economical.” An optimistic note in the railroad reckoning is sounded by Federal Co- | ordinator of Transportation Joseph | B. Eastman: “There are strong reasons to hope for much better railroad net earn- ings in the future. With revival of | business the net will probably im- | prove at a faster rate than the gross. | The drastic economies in recent years have been accomplished to a consid- erable extent at the expense of maintenance, and what has been de- ferred in this respect must be made good, but railroad managements have learned much through adversity and many of the economies will be per- | manent. “The railroads are still an essen- tial and by far the most important | form of public transportation, and | the prospects are that they will con- | tinue to be so." Tomorrow Mr. Henry will discuss the automobile and radio indus- tries. . Earlier today. for the second time in two days, the Senate tabled an amend- ment to the A. A. A.bill by Senate Mc- Carran, Democrat, of Nevada, to take away President Roosevelt's power to negotiate reciprocal trade agreements without Senate approval. The motion to table, made by Sena- tor Walsh, Democrat, of Massachu- setts, carried, 51 to 24. The vote came soon after Senator Norris had protested the McCarran proposal as an attempt to tack “ex- traneous matter” on the A. A. A. bill Immediately afterward the Senate by a shouted voice vote tabled an amendment by Senator Vandenberg. Republican. of Michigan seeking re- peal of the reciprocal tariff act en- tirely. Carey Offers Amendment. But that did not put the question | out of the way, for Senator Carey. Republican. of Wyoming promptly put forward an amendment to pre- vent trade agreements in the future with respect to agricultural products. Democrats voted almost solid'y for the Walsh motion to table. The only Democrats opposing were Adams of Colorado, Maloney of Connecticut Murray of Montana. Thomas of Okla- homa, Tydings of Maryland and Mc- ! Carran. Two Republicans, Norris of Ne- braska and Norbeck of South Dakota, and Senator La Follette, Progressive, of Wisconsin voted with the Demo- cratic majority Rising in the midst of debate Norris declared “it is something that hasn't anything to do with this question.” Fears Cloture Rule. “We have been discussing the A. A A bill for two weeks,” the Ne- braskan asserted Now comes in something entirely extraneous. If we continue this kind of parliamentary | procedure. it is going to bring us into a rule of cloture. which I hate to see. “But we are going to be driven |0 it | He declined to discuss the tariff | issue. raised by McCarran and Van- | denberg, Republican, of Michigan. | Aiming his fire at the recently nego- tiated agreement with Russia, Senator ‘Mccnrnn sought yesterday to subject all tariff arrangements to Senate ap- 1 | . | | proval. The Agriculture Department at | yes Boss Hopkins was still trying to | his life vainly attempting to save the | Bs the Assoclated Press. }I talians Demand | o My Snles S ade ‘Washington recently announced har- | vest hand wages averaged $1.41 a day for the country with a top of | $2.25. A “marked increase” in demand | was noted. It was placed as larger | find the answer. Just Big-Hearted. | Never agam can they call Uncle Dan. the Commerce man, a political | lives of two white children who drowned here recently. The gross profit of the card | amounted to $1.664.00, with expenses of $1527.34. in which the Boxing The question of permitting sale of liquor in kegs and barrels faced sharp debate in the House today. | Up for consideration was & bill setting up a new control agency to than usual because of improved crop | conditions and prospects. HEAT RELIEF FAILS | spoilsman. The other day he an- nounced the appointment of Harold King as commissioner of lighthouses as a reward for 33 years of service. It was such an important occasion that Mr. Roper's announcement con- TO APPEAR OVER U s | tained 250 words, pointing in con- +V: | siderable detail to Mr. King’s service. | When the announcement came e : out, nosey newsmen started check- Mass of Tropical Air Hangs On‘} ing to n':cevlam what had come D over the Commerce Secretary to C. ‘fremp;ra;:re May give away @ good job like thai. ouc 3 Commission’s share of 5 per cent is| replace the Federal Alcohol Control included. To the net profit of $136.66. Administration which went down in | Clark Griffith added $79.04 by return- | the wreckage of N. R. A. | ing one-third of the rental cost of the The bill, as worked out by the House ;audium. | Ways and Means Committee. would | The Lichtman Theaters announced ' place the agency under the Treasury today the collection of $500 for Cal-| Department and permit the sale of | houn's family. It has been turned over | Jiquor in bulk to hotels, bona fide clubs to Dr. William J. Thompkins, recorder | and certain wholesalers. of deeds, and Garnett C. Wilkinson. | Secretary Morgenthau has opposed | assistant superintendent of schools, t0 | both provisions, declaring the agency | | be disbursed at their discretion. Of | should be independent, and that if the sum $401 was donated by colored | sale in kegs and barrels is permitted | citizens through collections at the an army will be needed to enforce the | They dug up a rumor that the The end of the semi-tropical weather | eonditions in Washington and else- where in the Eastern United States is | not vet in sight, according to the| Weather Bureau. The great moist mass of warm trop- ical air which has blanketed the coun- try for days shows not the slightest indication of moving anywhere, and Washington will continue to have typical Florida Summer weather today and tomorrow and possibly for several days after. This means warm, humid weather, with sporadic showers. Within the past 24 hours there have been thundershowers in every State east of the Rocky Mountains, the Weather Bureau reported, and #till the air remains warm and moist even at high altitudes. Today’s maximum temperature here §s expected to be about 95 degrees unless one of the many local thunder- Ehowers chooses to develop over the city, in which case the clouds may keep the temperature down to about 92. PANGBORN IS EXPECTED | | | | President had directed Roper to commend King. This was ardently denied by Mr. Roper's associates, who maintained that Mr. Roper was never such a spoilsman as he was supposed to be. Also, they explained, he is mellowing. The real explanation appeared to be that the Commerce Department desires to offset the established im- pression that it is a spoils center. There will be some more appoint- ments like King's. Inquiry Like a Court. Although the Black Lobby Investi- gation Committee is meeting in air- cooled offices, the witnesses come from | the stand looking as if they had come from an ice-water shower. The com- HERE IN NEW PLANE Ocean Flyer to Be in Interna- tional Air Tour to Nova Scotia. Clyde Pangborn, hero of flights across both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, is expected at Washington Afrport this afternoon in his new Burnelli transport airplane in which he is to lead an international air tour from New York to Sydney, Nova Beotia, before August 1. Pangborr: is said to be planning a| non-stop flight around the world in the big plane, refueling in the air at three points. The international air tour which Pangborn is to lead will start July 28, and will commemorate the 150th an- niversary of the founding of Sydney. Amateur pilots of both countries are expected to participate. Short Skirts Deplored. Modern short skirts are declared in mittee has developed an entirely new theaters, $50 was donated by the Wel- fare Committee of the Variety Club of Washington and $49 was contributed | notice that he will fight to have the{M | by the management of the Litchman | Theaters. | The Star has received $1,107.83, | which will be administered by the | Salvation Army. ATTACK ON BUILDERS CALLED UNJUSTIFIED Director of Associated Contrag- tors Discusses Findings of Senate Committee. Discussing the findings of the Sen- ate Labor Committee, which investi gated charges of wage “kick-backs on public projects, Edward J. Hard- ing, managing director of the Asso- ciated General Contractors of Amer- ica, took the view last night that “any broadside incrimination of Government contractors on this score is unjustifiable * * ¢ congressional technique, which long has been in use in the courts. Harding also pointed out that in | law. Representative Connery, Demo- | crat, of Massachusetts, has served | bulk sale provision stricken from the | bill. Already there has been much argu- ment over this point. Favoring bulk sale, Hugh J. Me- | Mackin, secretary of the National! Wholesale Wine and Liquor Dealers’ | Association, has charged there is a | monopoly of liquor production for | sale in bottles. This, he said, leads to | high prices which enable the bootlegger | to thrive. On the other hand, Michael Curtes, president of the National Association | of Retail Package Store Dealers, said the Government would lose millions of | dollars in revenue if bulk sales were | permitted. | COURT ORDERS BALK " A.A.A. TAX PAYMENT | U. S. Enjoined by Two Federal Judges From Collecting Levies England to be dangerous because they Testrict women's actions. Witnesses are barred from the hearing room. They cannot hear what previous witnesses have said. It the testimony of a man on the stand differs from that of an earlier witness, the first man is re- called and confronted with the contradictions. Discrepancies are then fought out before committee- men, who are all good haters of the public utilities. It is bard on the witnesses and | hard on the utilities, but every drop they shed is water on President Roosevelt's wheel. Old Friends Fall Out. Old friends on the Senate Banking Committee are falling out over the Eccles bank bill, so hot is the angry inside fighting. One venerable Sen- ator got so mad at an executive ses- sion recently that his false teeth rattled and almost fell out. The trouble mainly centers around a gentlemen’s agreement to stand by the committee bill. Senator Glass, on ‘M side, and 11932 the Associated General Con- | tractors of America advocated a pre- | From Four Firms. determination of prévailing wage | rates, so a contractor would know in advance what his labor costs would be if he bid on a Government project. This is one of the recommendations the Senate Education and Labor Committee made in its report yester- day. In his statement Harding also said he was gratified to note “that the committee takes notice of the fact that some Government agencies, in carrying on construction work under the day laboer system, fail to pay pre- vailing wages. Senators Byrnes and Bankhead, on the other, agreed to present no amendments on the Senate floor. They decided the bill represented a fairly goad compromise and therefore they would avoid further fghting. Chairman Pletcher upset the ar- rangement by announcing he would offer four amendments. (Copyright;1985.) By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, July 23.—The Govern- ment yesterday was enjoined by two Federal judges from collecting proc- essing taxes from four companies. Circuit Judge John B. Sanborn, on reapplication of the Larabee Flour Mills Co. of Kansas City from an ad- verse decision in the Western Missouri jurisdiction, granted a preliminary in- junction restraining collection of April and May wheat processing taxes, to- taling $467,000, with the provision it may be vacated by Judge Albert L. Reeves of Kansas City upon his return from Honolulu. In another court room Judge Gun- nar Norby signed similar orders on motion of attorneys for the Worch Cigar Co., Old-Fashioned Millers, Inc., and Hubbard Milling Co. Judge Nordby granted the temporary injunctions “pending determination of the legal- ity of the processing tax.” Judge Reeves previously refused the | request of the Larabee Company. L. . CARMLAND PRICE r l Elephant Fee of RS, WALEY GLAD IN MIDWEST JUNp ecter= HeeniBet A PRISON NEARS Sales Being Made at 15 to 33 Per Cent Over Year Ago. By the Associated Press. OMAHA, Nebr., July 23—A “back- to-the-farm” movement, which has brought increases in farm land prices | of from 15 to 33 per cent over a year | ago, today gave indications that pros- perity is finding its way back to the iddle West. | Real estate prices, always one of | the first signs of recovery, are boom- | ing throughout Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming, officials of the | Federal Land Bank here reported today. | The land market is best, they said, in Northern Iowa, Southeastern South Dakota and Eastern Nebraska. North- | ern Iowa land is up from 25 per cent | to 33 per cent over a year ago. | Farmers Are Buyers. More than 50 per cent of the land | buyers, the bank’s real estate agents reported, are farmers desiring homes. Cattle prices are up in the area and, with range land in much better con- dition than last year, grazing land in | ‘Wyoming, Western South Dakota and | Nebraska is coming into its own again. Hog prices also are up in the Mid- dle West. The Omaha hog market yesterday reached a high of $10.35 per hundred, the highest price paid since | September 20, 1930. Bigger down payments also feature the Summer land market in this area, the Land Bank officials said. $155 Per Acre. But the big thing about the land | boom, they said, is that land is selling. This was scarcely true at this time last year as land in the Middle West ‘was being seared by a burning sun in | one of the country's worst droughts. | QUAKES FORECAST TODAY Greenspan Predicts Possibilities in Three Separate Are: NEW YORK, July 23 (#).—Reuben Greenspan, a cheerful young man who teaches mathematics for a living and predicts earthquakes in his spare time, yesterday came came out of his Green- wich Village apartment with the an- nouncement that there will probably | and Eastern India. As a third strike, Greenspan ventured that there is “a possibility of minor tremors NG!TIMMI&' Alps Border Authorities Fail to Show Fears of Japanese Woman, En Route e Ancient Barbarians. By the Associated Press. ROME, July 23.—Richard Hallibur- ton, the American truveler and a thor, who is trying to emulate Hanni- bal in “conquering Itsly” by cross- ing the Alps on an elephant, struck a snag when Itaiian authorities at the frontier point oi Gran San Ber- nardo told him hc would have to pay a deposit of 50 per cent of the elephant’s value. Halliburton was fced to return to Lucerne, Switzerlard, minus the ele- phant, to obtain funds for the cus- toms deposit—soinething Hannibal did not have to woirv atout. phant was left in cherge of a vet- erinarian from the nearby town of Aosta. Halliburton ‘etuined witn the money last night, nnich to the re- lief of the veterinarian, out the traveler still had @nother modern obstacle to overcome in his journey to Rome—the veterirarian must pass on the elephant: sanitary qualifica- | tions before it enrers Italy. No indication vas g'ven as to mod- | ern Italy’'s concepiion of the value of an elephant. FRED PERRY TO WED Tennijs Star Hopes He Will Be Married Within Fortnight. | LONDON, July 23 (#)—While de- | clining to comment on reports of a romantic attachment with Helen Vin- son, American movie actress, Fred Perry. tennis star, was quoted in the Herald yesterday as admitting he hoped “to be a married man” when he sailed for the United States within a fortnight. Nears vote on A. A. A, amendments. Lobby Committeée resumes hearings. House. Takes up lhquor control bill. TOMORROW. Senate: Will take up second deficiency bill HA A *Nfl is disposed of today. The ele- | to Alderson Home, Also on Train. By the Associated Press. TAKOMA, July 23.—The girl the Government convicted of kidnaping 9-year-old George Weyerhaeuser was | speeding across the country today on & journey, which will end at the Fed- eral Women's Prison at Milan, Mich. Mrs. Margaret Thulin Waley, 19, in the custody of U. S. Marshal A {J. Chitty and Mrs. Chitty. left here | last night aboard the Great Northern Empire Builder for the prison to which “I'll be glad when I get back there.” said Mrs. Waley, as she stéepped from the city jail cell in which she has | been confined since June 21. The plump, stolid young wife of | Harmon Metz Waley, now serving 4 | years in Alcatraz for the kidnaping, | showed little emotion except possible pleasure at the prospect of starting l‘hcr prison term. | On the same train with Mrs. Waley | there was riding another Federal wom- an prisoner, Mrs. Utsukichi Okawa, | an elderly Japanese of Takoma, bound for the detention home in Alderson. | W. Va., to serve three years on & | narcotics charge. Mrs. Okawa’s son gave Margaret a box of candy with | the request that she “look after | mother.” Willlam Dainard, alias Mahan, a, she has been sentenced for 20 years. | | ment program moved at a faster pace, | however, despite the delay occasioned | by the revived attack of the Nevadan | Most of the amendments were acted on Action taken yesterday included: 1 Approval of an administration amendment designed to validate the A. A A’s crop benefit contracts. Removal of price-fixing powers e Agricultural Secretary, powers which were sought to bolster market- | ing agreements | 3. Granting the President power to | limit import quotas of products inter- fering with domestic farm prices. Potato Crop Control. 4. Inclusion of potatoes in a broad crop control act. 5. Authorization to use $50,000,- | 000 in work-relief funds to retire mar- } ginal farm lands. { 6. Exemption of news pmint from | processing taxes, MISSING IDAHO B(;Y. 2, BELIEVED BEAR VICTIM Search of Woods and Brush Area by 300 Persons Fails to Produce Trace. | By the Associated Press COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, July 23.— Fear that bears had killed 2-year-gld | Bobby Rush, lost since Sunday in the | wild upper Sage Creek region, was ex- | pressed by M. R. Quarles, district game warden. A search of the heavily wooded and brush-covered area by 300 persons today failed to produce a trace of the child. ‘The boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B | Rush of Athol, Idaho, was left play- ing with other children while the par- | : iRy 15 indictment | ents picked huckleberries nearby. tugitive nap | Bobby was gone when the parents re- turned. BUS REGULATORY BILL BACKED BY HOUSE GROUP |and named by the girl during her trial as the instigator of the plot, still | was sought. He was last seen in Butte, | Mont., June 9. ety 'POLITICIAN SURRENDERS cused of Election Plot. DETROIT, July 23 (#).—Elmer B. O'Hara, chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee -and Wayne County clerk, surrendered to Record- er's Court yesterday to answer charges of conspiracy to “steal” the 1934 State election and perjury. O'Hara, who posted bond of $12,500, is one of the 54 Wayne County politicians named in a blanket indictment last week after an extensive one-man grand jury inquiry. Following his indictment the Demo- cratic organization in Michigan voted to “read him out" of the party and demanded his resignation as man, | | | Michigan Democratic Head Ac- | Interstate Commerce Committee | Favors Administration Measure. By the Assoclated Press. The House lnter:itute Commerce Committee today approved the ad- ministration bill for Federal regula- tion of motor *rucks end busses. Common carriers—those operating on fixed schedules between fixed points—are to pave Lheir rate sched- ules subject to Interstate Commerce Commission contrcl. Contract car- riers—those operauing by trip or con- tract—must file their n.inimum sched- ules with the commiseion. The legislation was expected to P up next week in the House. '