Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (D. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy, possibly local showers tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature; gentle to moderate south- west winds. Temperatures—Highest, 92, at 5 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 75, at 5 a.m. today. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17, 18, 19 Full report on page B-16. Entere as second class matter No. 331329- post office, Washington, D. . LOBBYING WITNESS ADMIFS HE URGED "WHISPERING'DRIVE Cramer Says He Suggested Starting Rumor President Was Insane. AIM WAS TO DESTROY NEW DEAL, QUIZ HEARS Meanwhile Utilities Head Reveals He Paid $500 to Learn Way Around Washington. By the Associated Press | Efforts by a New Jersey advertising | man to start a “whispering campaign” | that President Roosevelt is insane were disclosed today by the Senate Lobby Committee. E. P. Cramer, who described him- gelf as an advertising man of Plain- field, N. J., and a small stockholder in the Electric Bond & Share Co., | testified he was “annoyed and chagrined that I had any connection with it." | “Are you ashamed?” asked Senator Schwellenbach, Democrat, of Wash- ington. “Certainly.” He said the suggestion was made as part of a program to defeat the New Deal. Never Saw President. Questioned sharply by Chairman Black, the witness said he had ‘“no, basis” for believing the President was insane and that he had never seen him. | He added that. the same thing was done “against Hoover” by Charles Michelson, Democratic publicity chief. “Who said he was crazy?” Black asked “Mr. Michelson.” *“Do you swear that?” “No,” Cramer replied, laughing. Cramer said at first his suggestion had not been carried out. It was de- veloped that in the past few weeks a “whispering campaign” had been started that Mr. Roosevelt was in ill | health. | Mr. Roosevelt laughingly took cog- | nizance of it at press conference Newspaper men generally sent out dis- patches then that the President was in excellent health. Cramer said he was not sure his ef- | forts and the “whispering campaign” | were “cause and effect.” \ Had Supplied Detailed Program, Cramer previously had told of sug- I HOUSE VOTE AGAIN REFUSES 10 KILL HOLDINGCOMBINES “Whispers” E. P. CRAMER, As he told the Senate Lobby Com- mittee today of the suggested whis- pering campaign against President Roosevelt. . P. Photo. Roll Call Gives 54 Majority in Rejecting Utilities Compromise. By the Associated Press. Continuing its opposition to Presi- dent Roosevelt’s wishes, the House re- fused again today to accept the pro- | @b WASHINGTON, D. C, WORKS PROGRAM 'RUUSEVEH HOPES FOR ADJUSTMENT OF AFRICA DISPUTE |Statement Is Interpreted as Moral Support for League. [MASS RECRUITING BEGUN | IN CAPITAL OF ETHIOPIA Action Follows Advice to Haile Selassie by High Chiefs War Is Inevitable. By the Associated Press. || Hope for adjustment of the dispute ] ' between Italy and Ethiopia was ex- put 1,420 laborers to work on 56 high- | pressed by President Roosevelt in & way jobs at “security” wages, thus| public statement today as the League jnaugurating the drive of the Dis-| |/ of Nations began consideration of the trict Works Progress Administration | | controversy. | “At this moment,” said the Presi- dent, “when the council of the League | tional men, taken from the District of Nations is assembled to consider | relief rolls, seized picks and shovels to | ways for composing by pacific means | tackle with a vim long-needed work | the differences that have arisen be-|on two Federal projects. About 100 | tween Italy and Ethiopia, I wish t0 were given employment at Bolling | voice the hope of the people and the | Government of the United States ' that an amicable solution will be found and that peace will be main- tained.” Moral Support for League. | Many observers immediately in- | terpreted the statement as putting | the moral support of the United | States behind the League's effort. The President’s move was regarded fn some quarters as an attempt to assist Great Britain, which heretofore | has taken the lead in urging a peace- | ful solution. British Ambassador, conferred yester- day with State Department officials. The President’s statement followed a number of State Department efforts to encourage a peaceful settlement. U. S. Interest Expressed. When the Emperor of Ethiopia on July 3 appealed to the United States to examine ways and means to in- sure Italy’s adherence to the Kellogg- | Briand peace pact, Secretarv Hull formally expressed American interest !in the world-wide maintenance of peace. ‘Without reference to the merits of the controversy, Hull said then that the United States was extremely hopeful both nations would seek every recourse to arms. | RECRUITING STARTED. gesting to the Electric Bond & Share | vision in the utility bill to abolish Addis Ababa Action Follows Advice Co. a detailed program in an effort to defeat the New Deal. | “unnecessary” holding companies. ‘The vote against the Rayburn mo- by High Chiefs, He was a surprise witness. He was | tion was announced as 155 to 209. That By the Associated Press. Questioned about a letter he wrote to C. E. Groesbeck, chairman of Electric Bond & Share, suggesting the plan for beating the New Deal. When Black first asked him about recommending a whispering campaign he denied it, but finally conceded it, however, when Black placed in the Tecord a letter Cramer had written to Groesbeck March 28 saying, in part: “I suggest that the ‘officers and di- rectors of the company take the lead- ership in organizing or at least formu- lating a plan for organizing the se- curity holders of America for the pur- | post of destroying the New Dea! and | giving America a sane and honest program in its place.” Urges Suspicion Be Created. Among the subjects he suggested | the organization take up was: | “A ‘whispering campaign,’ designed | to create popular suspicion that the New Deal, and especially one New Dealer in chief, are either incompe- tent or insane, discrediting them in | the same way that Michelson (Demo- cratic publicity director in 1932) so successfully discredited Hoover.” | Questioned sharply by Black, Cra- mer agreed there were “no bases” for | believing the President was insane and that he had never seen him. “So far as you knew it was false?” Black asked. “I don’t know,” Cramer replied. “Had you heard any such statement from any doctor?” “Certainly not.” Agrees It Was Mistake. “You intended it as a pure fabriea- tion?” “I intended it as an analagous to | the campaign against Hoover.” Cramer agreed his suggestion was a “mistake” and “unsound.” “Despicable?” Senator Schwellen- bach suggested. “Yes, I don't agree with 1t at all.”® Meanwhile, the House Rules Com- | mittee received testimony from Ber- was a majority of 54 against. Previously the House rejected the abolition clause by a 70-vote majority, 146 to 216. Today was the first time a roll call was taken, however. This action was taken in refecting a motion by Chairman Rayburn of the Interstate Commerce Committee to in- struct House conferees on the legis- lation to agree to the section approved by the Senate by a ope-vote margin. Threat This Session Given. Rayburn had said if his motion were rejected “we may not” complete action on the utility bill this session. Representative Huddleston, Demo- crat, of Alabama, said the issue be- tween the House and Senate bills was | “orderly execution or mob murder.” ‘Testimony before the Senate Lobby Ccmmittee today of efforts fto start a “whispering campaign” that President Roosevelt was insane was read to the House while Rayburn had the floor to make his motion. Then Huddleston asserted he felt the utmost indignation “at the in- sinuation against the President,” but asked: “Why did the gentleman from Texas have that read at this time? Is it his intention to further inflame public sentiment?” Calls It Unconstitutional. Huddleston said the abolition sec- | tion was unconstitutional, would cre- ate unemployment and ‘“take bread out of the mouths of men.” Before the vote today Speaker Byrns overruled a point of order against Rayburn’s motion made by Chairman O'Connor of the Rules Committee, which originally refused to allow a separate record vote on the holding company question when the bill was before the House. O’Connor said he was presenting the point-solely to get a rule and estab- lish a precedent. Reviewing the controversy that has ADDIS ABABA, August 1.—Mass recruiting for the Ethiopian Army began today in the capital. The recruiting was preceded by a military review and a mass meeting in front of the ministry of war. The action was taken following a war council by the high chiefs of Ethiopia, who were reported to have Sir Ronald Lindsay, the | told Empercr Haile Selassie they be- | lieved “it may be too late now to | prevent war.” Warriors are Eager. One source said the Emperor was gravely concerned by mounting evi- warriors were eager for open hostili- | ties at once to avenge what they re- | garded as an Italian “slur” on their | acient kingdom. Haile Selassie, apparently anxious to do nothing to increase the tension, rebuked sternly some of the more rash leaders, who were understood to | have urged a breaking off of diplo- | matic relations with Italy. The united loyalty of the rases, or tribal chieftains, was emphasized in a | | manifesto issued after secret session in the palace court- yard, asserting that no mandate of any nature over ‘Ethiopia would be accepted. Liberty or Death. “It is liberty—unfettered liberty— | or death,” one chieftain told the Associated Press. “One signal of fire from the hilltop of Addis Ababa and a million men will spring to arms.” . More troops from distant mountain and desert strongholds were en route north, One contingent arrived last | night and camped 10 miles from this (See ETHIOPIA, Page 16.) FORMER JU ER JUSTICE DIES ,cmc.go Jurist, 68, Succumbs to WITH SUNDAY MORNI THURSDAY, LAUNCHED HERE, GIVING 1,420 JOBS 56 Highway Projects Put Under Way at “Secur- ity” Wages. FEDERAL OPERATIONS TAKE 160 OFF RELIEF Commissioner Allen Jubilant Over| Break in Delay of District Undertaking. The “go ahead” signal, given at 8| am. today throughout Washington, to substitute employment for the dole. | At the same hour about 160 addi-| Field and another 60 found work at the Washington Navy Yard. Commissioner George E. Allen, who heads the local drive to take 16,000 employables off the relief rolls by No- vember 1, was jubilant over the fact his work plans, held up for weeks un- til Federal money was available, were being put into execution at last. With | other officials of the W. P. A. staff in tow, he started out later in the day ! to see how his “boys” were getting along on their jobs. Forces to Be Increased. As rapidly as funds are available | to extend the W. P. A. program in the District, the labor forces will be increased in numbers. Practically | all the men starting out today are to be paid the minimum security wage of $45 a month. They will average 35 hours for a five-day week, or a maximum of 140 hours a month. Twice a month, pay day will roll around. In the next 10 days, the District4 W. P. A. expects to deplete the re- | lief rolls by 3,000 or more. The ex- tensive improvements at Bolling Field will absorb at least 700 laborers. while | the work at the navy yard will eventually provide jobs for 1,000 men. Alarm clocks were set at an nrly‘ means to settle the dispute without hour in the nearly 1,600 homes fur- nishing labor for the start of the| works program, for the men had lo‘ reach the sites “on their own.” Most of the+56 jobs, which involve 45 lo- cations, are in the extreme outskirts | of the city. Commissioner Allen late yesterday gave further impetus co the works NG EDITION AUGUST 1, 1935—FIFTY PAGES. WELL, SAM!-WHAT HAVE YoU To SAY ABOUT BREMEN FLAG ¢ Foening Star FH¥ THAT AWFUL AFFAIR? [ The only evening paper in Wash}i,ng'ton with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. UP) Means Associated Press. "OF COURSE 'y SORRY ADOLF BUT 1 HAVE HEARD oF WORSE THINGS Yesterday’s Circulation, 121,283 Some Returns Not Yet Recelved st et e TWO CENTS. SECRETARY MU ONTAK ANALYSS AT SENKTE QU2 Morgenthau Withholds Roosevelt View as Har- rison Asks Explanation. TREASURY HEAD ADMITS BILL MUST BE FINAL Brief Statement Warns Agains’ New Expenditures Outside Budget Limitations. BY JOHN C. HENRY. U..S.REPLY READY FOR NAZIINSULT' Effort to Prosecute All Who Tore Bremen Flag to Be Assured. [ By the Associated Press | The State Department’s reply to the German government, giving as- surance of an effort to prosecute per- sons who ripped the Nazi emblem from the liner Bremen, was believed | to be ready for presentation today. | The diplomatic reply to a protest | from the Reich government will be handed to Dr. Rudolf Leitner, Ger- | man charge d'affaires. While Acting Secretary Phillips did not reveal the contents of the note, | it was learned it will relate briefly | the efforts of the .New York Police | Department to guard the German ves- | sel and subdue the crowd last week. ‘The note also will point out that some of those who participated in the | incident have been arrested. Whether | the reply will contain an apology— ‘Midget Money Bill Tabled by House Coinage Committe | Rejected on Grounds it Gives Too Much Power to Treasury. By the Associated Press. The administration’s bill for the coinage of new half-cent and mill pieces was tabled by the House Coin- age Committee today on the ground it would convey too much authoriuy to the Treasury. The midget money had been pro- | posed by Secretary Morgenthau to facilitate payment of State sales taxes. President Roosevelt himself had sug- gested designs for the coins. Chairman Somers of the House committee said a special subcommit- tee has been appointed to study the matter further and “if the Treasury can show a real need for a particular coin, we shall give the matter more consideration.” Somers and his committee objected to the bill because it did not say specifically what coins the Treasury program by announcing the approval| gpicy was not demanded—or an ex- | could issue. ! of 13 additional project proposals to furnish employment to 220 men at a | cost of $169,056. These nrojects have | yet to go through the red tape of the Federal W. P. A. before they can be | officially stamped “approved” and the | money turned over by the Treasury. E. W. A. Wiped Clean. The immediate effect of the high- pression of regret, was not learned. Lehman Receives Request. The request of the State Depart- ment to Gov. Herbert H. Lehman of New York for an investigation of the incident was received by Gov. Lehman in Albany today. | The Governor replied immediately, | saying he had been informed by dence that tens of thousands of his, yesterday's | | way program: had happy results today | In the Department of Highways. Ac- | cording to Director H. C Whitehurst it wiped clean the slate of the. old Emergency Works Administration of the nearly 1,500 paid from that source from relief funds for work on the streets. ‘The program was got under way to- day without formality. The men went | to work at the regular hour and wer: | to be kept seven hours on the iob | with a half hour off for lunch. There | was an eagerness displayed, however, which spoke well for the ultimate | success of the program. The 56 foremen in charge of the? city-wide street and road improve- ments are men experienced in highway work and come from the regulat force of the local department. The work routines were furnished the foremen last night, with a result that each gang of laborers starting work today knew exactly what had to be done. Most of the work consists of grading and secondary street improvements. | Some of the projects are more or less a continuation of work already under - way, the only change being to put additional men on them to speed up work and spread employment. More Important Jobs. Among the more important projects is work being done at Forty-fourth and Dexter streets in Wesley Heights and Forty-fifth street and Hoban road, near Foxall Village. Forty-fourth street will be cut ¢hrough virgin terri- Mayor F. H. La Guardia of New York |that a report had been forwarded to Washington by the city authorities and that che Governor assumed noth- ing more wa: required of him. | The Germar note of protest said the Bremen incident constituted an insult to Germany. | | President Roosevelt, at his semi-| | weekly press conference yesterday de- | clined to comment on any phase of | the incident. In connection with/ Jewish organizations' protest against| the German government's religious at- titude, the President indicated he con- sidered Acting Secretary Phillips’ re- ply as having amply expressed the | Government's views. This reply to the Jewish group expressed sympathy for | any one denied religious liberty. | Deutschland Flag Struck. | The Hamburg-American liner | | Deutschland sailed from New York for | Germany early today, its Nazi swas- tika flag struck, after police guarded the pier. Another German ship, the North German Lloyd liner Europa, was scheduled to arrive in port today. Capt. Heinrich Dau of the Deutsch- |land would not say if the swastika | flag was struck because of any fear there would be repetition of the viol- ence that marked the sailing of the liner Bremen Friday night. “If it's down, it's down,” he shrug- ged. | PRISON ATTIRE FOUGHT Asked by newsmen if the commit- tee's decision probably meant “we won't have any Chinese colns this session,” Somers laughed and nodded PRESIDENT GIVEN D. C. DIVORCE BILL | Senate Agrees to House Amendments Liberalizing | Law for Separations. | Congressional action on the bill to liberalize the District divorce law was completed this afternoon when the | Senate agreed to the House amend- ments. This sends the bill to the White House to be signed. Final action was taken on motion of Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New York, who introduced the bill originally in May at the request of George C. Gertman, representing the District Bar Association, and Martha R. Gold, representing the Women's Bar Association of the District. Charges Extended. Under existing law, infidelity is the only ground for an absolute divorce. The bill broadens the law to allow an absolute divorce also in cases of de- sertion for two years; voluntary sepa ration for five consecutive years, an final conviction on a felony involving moral turpitude and sentence to jail for not less than two years. Originally the Senate bill also would have allowed absolute divorce for cruelty, habitual drunkenness, or PENSION BUILDING WORK AGCEPTED Deficiency Bill Conferees Agree Also on $45,000 Health Item. BY J. A. O'LEARY. Remodeling and enlargement of the old Pension Building. in Judiciary Square. was agreed upon this after- noon by House and Senate conferees on the second deficiency bill, when they resumed work after having adopted eadier a compromise item of $45.000 for the District Health De- Restoration of the Pension Office Building item was a victory for the House. The Senate group advocated some other location in order to leave Judiciary Square available for future court buildings, but finally yielded. The bill authorizes $4,700,000, of which $2,000.000 will be available this year, to add two new wings and to remodel the present Pension Building, to pro- vide adequate space for the General Accounting Office. Amendment Accepted. The House conferees accepted the Senate amendment giving the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Commission $800,000 to continue the parks development plan authorized in the Capper-Cramton law, the money to be paid back to the Federal Government in future years by Dis- trict taxpayers. The House also agreed to the $150,000 for the Water De- partment, payable from water reve- nues. to replace old pumps at one of the fltration plants. The Senate amendment seeking $: 0.000 to air condition all of the Capitol Building and the House and Senate Office Buildings will be taken back to the House for a separate vote before it is finally settled. There are a few disputes remaining to be set- tled before the conference agreement is complete. Moves Brought Conference. The Senate Appropriations Com- mittee recommended a new General Accounting Office, to cost $11,150.000. on the square east of the Senate Office Building, but after the Senate had rejected this plan it also struck out the provision for remodeling the Pen- sion Building. This was done to put the issue in conference, wirere further consideration could be given to the plea of District court officials and city planners that improvement of the Pension Building would prevent the carrying out of a plan to group future court buildings in Judiciary Square. Although the Senate recommended hat the District be allowed to spend $59,120 to inaugurate Health Officer George C. Ruhland’s plan for im- proved health protection, some re- | duction in the amount in conference | was expected in view of the fact the | House previously had opposed in- Sharp inquisition of Secretary Mor- genthau by Chairman Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee failed to- day to force the Tre head into any analysis of the pe | ure or any committal the bill as reported to the House To persistent questioning by Sen- ator Harrison and several other Demo- cratic members of the committee, Mor- genthau declined steadfastly to admit | the expected revenue adequate or to !explam why the House Ways and | Means Committee departed ~ | President Roosevelt's recommendations. | Following appearance of the Secre- tary the committee heard Newton D. Baker, former Secretary of War, who was representing a number of char- itable organizations in support o empting corporation gifts to char: from their taxable in Although the Hol Means Committee has agreed to - port an amendment to the House tax measure granting Baker followed his ori to solicit Senate favor of President Roosevelt last nounced his opposition to the exem tion and the House bill was rep Tuesday without it. | Must Accept Bill. During his questioning by H: Morgenthau declined to sa the House bill disregar: velt's recommendations, t ry would have to be sat filed with the measure as enacted o fr ex- he had read a brief pre pared statement warning against new expenditures outside budget and expressing hope the revenues from the tax bill would be applied against the deficit and the national debt. Morgenthau was accompanied be- fore the committee by Robert H. Jack son, counsel o° the Internal Revenur Bureau, and several other advisers His testimony, begun with readi=g of his prepared statement, followed 2 picture-taking ceremony in which h posed with former Secretary of Wa Baker. “The bill as introduced by the House does not conform to the Presi- dent’s recommendations, in the opin- ion of many of us,” Chairman iar- rison said after the statement was read. “Can you tell us how the House bill might be considered to conform? Asks to Dodge Analysis, Pointing out that each congressiona committee and the Treasury all have their own exzperts on taxation, Mor genthau begged to be excused from an attempt to analyze the House bill. Harrison disclaimed any desire to embarrass the Secretary, but declared it “unbelievable” that the President could have recommended a tax plan without consulting the Treasury head. “Many of us desire to go along com- pletely with the President, but we find that the House bill has made major changes in such matters as the gradu- ated corporation tax.” Harrison added | At Morgenthau's request for time to consult his advisers, Senator Kinz, Democrat, of Utah interposed the declaration that it was his intention to pass on this bill at dictates of his own judgment of fiscal needs, regard- less of presidential or House decisions Barkley Defends House. Senator Barkley, Democrat, of Ken- tucky entered the discussion to defend ! House rights to draw a bill as they saw fit, similar rights also being vested | in the Senate. | “Do you approve House changes in the President’s desires on the tax pill?” Harrison asked Morgenthau di- rectly. “I don't consider it my duty to pass upon House actions,” Morgenthau re- plied in sidestepping the query. Harrison continued his questioning oy asking whether graduated corpora- tion tax or excess profits tax would raise greater revenue. To this, Mor- genthau referred the committee to held up conference consideration of 2 Heart Attack. tory south to Dexter street. Twenty-| 59 Communists Refuse to Eat, clusion In the regular District bill of one of his technical advisers, but nard B. Robinson, Chicago utilities official, that he had paid Robert Smith, Washington lawyer, $500 to | teach him his way around Washington | —how to use the Congresisonal Direc- | tory and the like. Robinson said he came to Washing- ton, representing the Associated Gas & Electric Co., to oppose the utilities bill. He said he gave Smith the $500 “for (See LOBBY, Page 4. 'SURVIVES BEAR ATTACK Sheepherder Shoots Self in Foot in Fighting 650-Pound Animal. MOSCOW, Idaho, August 1 (P).— Charged by a huge black bear, Bur- wick Pierce, sheepherder, lived to- day to tell about it—with nothing ‘worse than a wound in the foot from | his own rifle. H The bear, appearing to weigh about 650 pounds, was not stopped by bul- lets fired by Pierce as he fled. Then the rifie jammed and he dropped it accidentally. A bullet was fired into his foot. Seizing the weapon, Pierce fired once more from 15 feet away: Madrid Communists Quiet. MADRID, August 1 (#).—Police sault guards, armed with rifies, were stationed in the principal streets and squares of the capital, while mounted police held strategic spots. the differing Senate and House bills, Rayburn said the House conferees ob- jected to the presence of outsiders. Representatives Huddleston, Holmes, Republican, of Massachusetts, and Cooper, Republican, of Ohio, have bucked against attendance of Benja- min Cohen, P. W. A. attorney. “I brought this resolution in now,” Rayburn said, “so the dam might be broken. I believe if it is we can get a bill in two or three weeks. It is only fair and just that the dam be broken and a bill brought out imme- diately and not delayed into the next campaign.” | CHICAGO, August 1 (#).—Former Chief Justice Harry Olson of the Chi- iclgo Municipal Court died today at | his home of a heart attack. He was | 68 years old. His widow, two sons and a daughter survive. Young's Daughter a Mother. NEW YORK, August 1 (#).—A 9- pound son was born today at Poly- clinic Hospital to Mrs. Everett N. Case, daughter of Owen D. Young, chairman of the board of General Electric Co. . Exhilaration of Tobacco Laid To Body Fight Against Nicetine By the Associated Press. ‘TORONTO, August 1.—The sense of relief from fatigue and hunger that may follow the smoking of a cigarette, W. J. McCormick, M. D, reports in the American Journal of Hygiene is caused by the body’s effort to fight off nicotine. ‘The mechanism as shown by other scientists is this. The nicotine in the smoke acts on the sympathetic nerv- ous system, which thereupon induces the adrenal glands to cause release into the blood of some of the glocogen stored in the liver and muscles. Dr. McCormick experimented to learn whether this form of energy release ought to be regarded as a good thing for a person. He points out that eating gives a similar sense of well-being, due to carbohydrates from the food passing six men are being employed on this job, which means grading and grub- bing for the street extension and | breaking up old materials. | Two other jobs in American Uni- versity Park will provide outlets into | (See WORKS, Page 2.) PENNSY TRAIN KILLS SIX TRACK WORKERS Washington-Bound Express Hits Group Three Miles From ‘Wilmington. By the Associated Press. WILMINGTON, Del., August 1.—A Pennsylvania express train killed six employes working on the tracks three miles south of Wilmington today. ‘The dead: Frank Dilno, Newport, Del.; Wielba Schiaverrelli, Belvedere, Del.; Carmelo Intelisano, Wilmington; rena, Newport, Del.; Frank Cateldo, ‘Wilmington, and Romeo Marsella, Wil- mington. The train, drawn by an electric Jocomotive, was bound for Washing- Charging Degradation. JERUSALEM, August 1 (Palcor Agency).—Because they believe the wearing of prison clothes is degrading to them as political prisoners, 59 Com- munists in the jails of Palestine have gone or a hunger strike, said an offi- cial communique issued today by the Palestine government. It was issued in reply to protests against harsh treatment and to coun- try-wide agitation on behalf of the hunger strikers, some of whom have gone without food for 15 days. ‘Thé government denied there is any discrimination between political and other prisoners. Readers’ Guide Amusements Comics. Cross-word Puzzle. Editorials . Finance. .. Lost and Found Mallon ... Sports. . Vital Statistics ‘Washington Wayside Women'’s Features...,..C-6-7 J | insanity extending over a definite period of years. The House struck out drunkenness and insanity, and further provided that in cases of cruelty a limited divorce could be granted with | authority left in the court to change it to absolute divorce upon the appli- | cation of the innocent party, if the| legal separation continues for two years or more. By its action today,| the Senate accepted the House's .changes. The bill provides that an absolute | divorce will not take effect until six months after it is granted. | all but a small percentage of the in- creased fund asked for by the health authorities. Nurse Corps to Be Built Up. The compromise figure Wwill enable the Health Department to make & start on its program of building up a nursing corps for dsease-prevention work, and to broaden the scope of school health inspection. The plea for additional funds for public health had the support of medical author- ities and many local organizations. Tunnelers Meet Under Hudson Tomorrow, “Holing Through” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 1.—Men, like moles, will meet tomorrcw under one of the world’s mightiest rivers. | On & back-breaking schedule, which | prohibits even a moment’s respite, Manhattan’s grimy “sandhogs” per- spired today to couple together two snake-like tubes beneath the Hudson exactly at 1 p.m. Priday. When they “hole though” they will have completed the Initial bore of the new midtown New York-to-New Jer- sey vehicular passage beneath the wide river. By half light, with the threat of death eternally at tneir elbow, the diggers have driven their mole holes from opposite sides of the Hudson with an aoccuracy of a fraction of an inch at & caisson off pler 7% They are three monihs ahead of the contract. Before them is ths “face” of the bore, like the end of a huge boiler, criss-crossed by an array of plat- forms, beams and swaying electric light cords. Against that face their only guarantee of life is air under Sheathing them is an iron cylinder lem an 31 feet in diameter, a prison of their own mnaufacture, but a shield against disaster. Today, on the working side of pro- tective airlocks, only a dozen feet separated the crews of the two tun- nels which will become one. Men with quids ot tobacco in their cheeks and muck boots cautiously approached of & job which the Was begun only September, Harrison turned to another point in | his examination of the Secretary. | “The Treasury, as long as I am | Secetary, will not take part in draft- ing income tax bill,” Morgenthau em- phasized at this point. “Previous Secretaries have advised (See TAX, Page 3.) CAR SERVICE RESUMED AFTER STRIKE RIOTS if Martial Law Threatened Omaha and Council Bluffs Fail to Curb Strife. | By the Associated Press. COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, August 1 | —Street cars began running between Council Bluffs and Omaha today for the first time since July 19, when the trolleys were stopped to end rioting. The cars were heavily guarded by non- strikers. Service was resumed after a briet interruption early today when strikers broke a trolley wire, shucting off the power. It was quickly repaired. Gov Clyde Herring of Iowa told Sheriff Perry he would declare martial law if local authorities are unable to prevent further violence. The street car strike here and in Omaha, involves 268 union employes. It began April 20 and has defied all attempts of settlement by arbitration. It was called after demands for higher wages and shorter hours had been re- Jjected by the company. .