Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy tonight; tomorrow gen= erally fair; slowly rising temperature; gentle east winds tonight, becoming vari- able. Temperatures—Highest, 75, at noon today; lowest, 67, at 6 a.m, today, Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 15, 16,17 - ah Entered as sec No. 33,336. FREENASONRY XD ON SATURDAY I HALED BY NAZS Abolition of More War Vet- | erans’ Organizations Is Also Announced. DISSOLUTION OF LODGES DIRECT BLOW AT JEWS Hitler's Newspaper Declares Move “Finishes Special Chapter in World History.” By the Associated Press. BERLIN, August 8.—The end of all Free Masonic lodges in Germany and the abolition of more World War | veterans' organizations nounced today. Reichsfuehrer Hitler's newspaper. Voelkischer Beobachter, stated that on Saturday the last Masonic lodges in the Reich, the State Lodge of Sax- ony, the Dresden Great Lodge and the “German Brethren Chain” of Leipzig will be dissolved. Secret police today dissolved the veterans' “Steel Helmet” formations in Berlin, Brandenburg, Pommerania and Eastern Mark, the territory along the western ridge of Pomorze, Poland. The dissolution of the veteran units was accomplished on the basis of the law of February 28, 1933, for the pro- tection of the people and the state. The property of the Steel Helmet units was seized were an- Attack Against Jews. After dissolution of the old Prussian | Free Mason Lodge July 21 and the gradual disappearance of smaller lodges in a year-long campaign, the | Free Masons in Germany—first so- called “state enemies"—thus would be wiped out completely. Hitler's organ, asserting the secret aim of Freemasonry was a Jewish world republic, said the forthcoming dissolution would “fnish a special chapter in world hisiory. and the guardian of the Nazi :ieal would be alert.” Jews accused of trying to hide their race to escape anti-Semitism appeared to stand in the center cf Nazi deter- mination to purify German blood. Der Angriff, newspaper of Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, minister of propa- ganda, directed an attack against Jews covering up by b:coming Chris- tians and asked how much longer the Protestant church would continue to baptize Jews. Protestant Pastors Cited. The newspaper named two Protest- &nt ministers 1n Berlin who, it said, have baptized 14 Jews since the Nazis have come to power. “Today the youngest boy knows the orthodox Jew cannot v n.ade a believ- ing Christian through a handful of water,” said Der Angriil. “The secret police aiso have known baptized Jews to use willingly the baptismal certificate tor what is little more than a swindle, in that former Protestant Moses Finkenstein after a year becomes Catholic Moses Finken- stein. His personal record later shows he came from the ranks of Protestantism to Catholicism.” Despite this, said the newspaper, gome Protestant ministers continued to baptize Jews, but “we have con- vinced the largest part to have no more hope in Israelites.” One provincial newspaper suggested that all Jewish stores should bear signs identifying them as such. “Many Germans are determined not to buy from Jews, but are they in a position to carry out this desire?” it asked Refer to New York Mayor. “A Jew working under cover is the most dangerous. How a Jew would act if he had power we saw in the case of La Guardia, New York's Jewish | mayor, who tried to prevent a German | from conducting his trade.” (Nazi speakers in New York re- cently asserted that Mayor Fiorello H La Guardia had some Jewish blood | after he refused a license to a German | masseur on the grounds that Amer- icans had been discriminated against in the Reich.) | How to hold down prices was still puzzling officials, while two more | Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) veterans’ units disappeared—one by edict and the other “voluntarily.” One butcher shop was closed at Herborn because its proprietor boosted the price of sausage. Nine shops were threatened with forced closures, but | the other eight merchants agreed to | lower their prices. | How to Arrest Jews. | Directions on how to arrest Jews | post office, Washington, D. C. %U_nfriendly Senate Committee ' Threatens ond class matter ‘Soak Rich’ Tax Plan Six Democrats Can Count on Three Republicans in Demanding Modifi- cation in Draft of Legislation. BY JOHN C. HENRY. | complete encouragement from Sen- The highly critical attitude of an|ators Hastings of Delaware, Metcalf unfriendly Senate Finance Committee | of Rhode Island and Keyes of New faction, which may become a com- | Hampshire. Thus is formed an in- mittee majority, was growing rapidly | surgent group of nine Senators with today as a threat to enactment of | at least three cthers on the Demo- | the “soak the rich” tax plans of the | cratic side possible adherents to their Roosevelt administration. cause. Thus far, six committee Democrats | Election Stiffens Attitude. | have placed themselves squarely cn record as opposed either to certain | 1 e specifc e section or to the entire tax Program. | g;is"o¢ the Rhode Island election on both as outlined by President Roosevelt | v ec4ay undoubtedly will stiffen their and as approved by the House. These |, friengly attitude toward the pend- . certain to insist on some con-| g by Interpreted as an outright | cessions to their views, may count | hue to New Deal policies in gen- with surety on three Republican | o.a) “this election serves as a partic- | members of the committee in any at- |y ja)y accurate barometer of the feel- tempt to force modifications in the | yngq o constituents of the three New | Senate committee draft of the legisla- Englanders mentioned. | tion. | A review of the record brings out The Democrats who have revealed theif antagonism 1o the tax program |S0me facts in substantiation of the are Senators King of Utah, Walsh of | cORclusions outlined above. Massachusetts, Gore of Oklahoma, ©On July 25 Senator Walsh, speak- Byrd of Virginia, Lonergen of Con- | ing in the National Radio Forum, de- | necticut and Gerry of Rhode Island. | clared: “A taxation system that con- From the Republican side of the 21- fiscates through estate and inheritance man committee, they may count on (See SENATE, Page 5) | sions to blind persons. CONFEREES AGREE: DROP LA PLAN Social Security Bill Wins Approval Without Pri- vate Pensions. BY J. A. O'LEARY. i Failing to work out a last-minute compromise on the Clark private pen- sion amendment, House and Senate conferees this afternoon decided to drop this feature from the national social security bill. This brought about a agreement on the far-reaching meas- ' ure, since the effort of the Senate group to preserve private retirement systems has been the only remaining issue for several weeks. Although the Clark proposal has been abandoned as a part of the se- curity bill, this action was taken with the understanding that House and Senate Committees will be ap- pointed to try to work out a separate bill at the next session to meet the principles involved. Ratification Necessary. The action of the conferees must go back to the House and Senate to be ratified before the social security. bill can be sent to the President. The House will approve the report as a matter of form, but in the Senate a | final battle in behalf of the Clark amendment is probable unless sup- porters of that proposition are ap- peased by the proniise of the conferees to study the probiem further at the next session. Both the House and Senate have already adopted a preliminary con- ference report containing an agree- | ment on everything else in the se- | curity program, so that if the Senate yields on the Clark amendment, pas- sage of the bill will be completed. The Clark amendment was intended to allow the Social Security Board to | exempt an industry from tne employe- | employer pay roll tax to finance the Government old-age insurance plan, if the industry operates a retirement plan equal to or better than the Gov- | ernment system. Supporters of the | amendment have argued that there | are many such private plans, adopted | voluntarily by industries and that | thousands of employes would be in a | less favorable position if these plans | were dropped when the Government plan goes into operation. Other essential features of the social security program previously | agreed to include: | Federal grants to the States to| match State payment of old-age pen- | sions to persons already 65 who are | in need and have had no opportunity to build up an old-age insurance an- nunity. A basic plan for unemployment in- surance, designed to induce the States | to adopt such laws, by levying a Fed- | eral pay roll tax and then allowing | deduction from the Federal tax of any similar tax levied by the States up to 90 per cent of the Federal levy. Federal aid tc the States for. pen- complete Federal aid for a variety of social welfare functions, including home care | for dependent children, treatment of | crippled children and public health | work generally. Action on Local Bills. As soon as the House and Senate take final action on the conference were published in the Schwarzekorps | report, Chairman King of the Senate (Black Corps), organ of the Schutz | District Committee will ask his com- Staffel, blackshirted Nazi picked | mittee to report out the three House guards. bills necessary to apply the social se- The newspaper said private persons, | curity program to Washington. The even though not empowered by certifi- | 0id-age and blind pension bills are in cate, were nevertheless entitled to shape. Changes are expected, how- | “arrest Jews temporarily, even if they | ever, in the Ellenbogen unemployment didn’t commit a severe crime.” bill, considered too drastic. Man in Shirt Sleeves, Barred From Elevator, to Go to Court By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 8—David Alper was plenty hot today, all be- cause he tried to keep cool. He was ready, by his own declara- tion, to carry to the Supreme Court his contention that he can ride in elevators without first donning a coat. The shirtsleeved collector, a 26- year-old . six-footer, was so insistent, in fact, that he landed in court yes- terday, charged with disorderly con- | duct. | For a half hour he had refused to get out of an elevator at the Fashion Center Building, in midtown, and the operator had darkened the car rather than carry him upward. “I have ridden in my shirtsleeves the strapping young man proclaimed, “in the St. Moritz, the Barbizon-Plaza, ;he Empire State, Radio City mx nearly every other smart building in town.” “Be that as it may,” retorted George Gilbert, elevator starter, “we have a rule in our building that men in shirtsleeves are not permitted to ride in the passenger elevators.” Gilbert then told Alper where he could find elevators which carried f.eight and coatless humans, but Al- per held his ground—held it, that is, until a policeman dragged him forth. Magistrate Hulon Capshaw with- held his decision until both sides could submit briefs. Awaiting his finding were Alper and other champions of masculine emanci- pation from fashion’s dictates in hot weather. So, too, were the Fashion Center Building’s elevator operators—who don't wear coats with their unifornf. EMPLOYES, LEAVE UPINHOUSETODAY Both Bills Are Expected to Be Passed Without Opposition. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. House leaders expect that the two bills restoring the 30-day annual wave and 15-day sick leave to Gov- ernment workers will be passed today under the special rules reported two weeks ago. They may not, however come up until late in the day. Chair- man O'Connor of the Rules Com- mittee i privileged to bring up spe- cial rules in whatever order he may determine. Speaker Byrns said this morning that the conference report on judge- ships probably will be the first meas- ure considered by the House. annual leave bill then will be taken up. followed by the sick leave meas- ure, according to O'Connor. One hour of debate is provided in each rule. Asks Companion Measures. Representative Young, Democrat, of WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION BUSINESS RENEWS TAX BILL ASSAULT AS HEARINGS END Senate Finance Committee Will Begin Drafting Tomorrow. HEAVY ATTACK MADE BY CHAMBER OFFICIAL Alvord Urges Further Study of Revenue Problem Before En- acting Measure. After a final assault from business leaders, the Senate Finance Com- ‘mmee today concluded its hearings on the administration tax bill and Chairman Harrison announced execu- | tive sessions would begin tomorrow tc | consider revisions. | Senator Harrison declined to ex- press any opinion on whether the bill will be greatly iewritten from the form in which it was approved by the House. However, the tenor of ques- tioning by several committee members | has indicated that changes are in store for the legislation. Meanwhi'e, the tax fight broke out |on the Senate floor where Senator | Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan, asserted that the proposed inherit- | ance levies would drive the Ford | Motor Co. “into the hands of Wall | Street.” | Declaring he spoke for himself and not for the Fords, Vandenberg called | the inheritence levies “confiscation” and said: “Bluntly, it (the Ford Co.) will be driven into the hands of Wall Street, or its equivalent; and the money- | changers, who have striven vainly in | years past to achieve this end. and whom this administration says it pro- poses to drive from the temple, will have been handed the | which in no other manner could be obtained.” Sees Tax Taking Most of Estate. Assuming the Ford Co. is worth half a billion dollars and that Henry | Ford's total estate will be $300,000,000, | he said, the proposed inheritance levy, lon top of the existing estate tax, would take $270,000,000 of that. In an effort to complete committee | consideration of the legislation Har- rison said the executive meetings will continue through tomorrow afternoon ‘perhlps in the evening, and again | Saturday. The committee hopes to | Teport the measure to the Senate in iunn for cansideration there on Mon- | day or Tuesday. | The broadest attack on the bill to- | | dominicn | | | | | WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1935—FIFTY PAGES. ¢ Toening Star HUH! THEY DON'T KNOW A COMPLIMENT WHEN THEY SEE ONE-- WHY, HE WAS IN A PICTURE ALONGSIDE THE KINGFISH ! F¥F The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday's Circulation, 121,074 TWO CENTS. SENATE APPROVES BANON GOLD SUITS BY VOTE OF s34 {Measure Returns to House for Consideration of Amendments. (®) Means Associated Press. LEGISLATION ATTACKED AS “REPUDIATION” BILL Chief Change Would Allow Ac- tions Only if Brought Within Six Months. By the Associated Press | The administration resolution tn close the courts to gold clause suits against the Government after six |months was passed today by the | Senate. The vote was 53 to 24. ‘The measure, attacked by its ep- ponents as a “repudiation bill,” now goes back to the House, which al- ready has passed it, for consideration of Serate amendments. As approved by the House, the reso- lution would have shut off gold clause suits immediately. The chief change made by the Senate was to permit them for six months. Debated Less Than Day. Despite hot attacks on the meas- INGREASE COTON CROP IS REDITED 11,798,000-Bale Produc- tion Seen by Agriculture Department. By the Associated Press. In its first estimate of the 1935 cotton crop the Agriculture Depart- ment today predicted a total produc- tion of- 11.798,000 500-pound bales. 2,100,000 bales more than last year. Secretary Wallace simuitaneously announced “adequate credit facilities” would be made available for orderly marketing of the crop. The crop prediction apparently was larger than some officials had hoped, but Secretary Wallace said the ad- ministration saw no cause for anxiety. He added that if world consump- tion were maintained at present levels, foreign and domestic mills could be | ted to uire considerably in Ohio, who prevented action on the |day came from Ellsworth C. Alvord, | Sxbee T v excess of 11,000,000 bales of American leave measures last week and who | former special assistant to the Secre-| ..o since said he would not oppose the measure, expects to get time in op- position in order to protect his own position. This, he says, is that the sick leave bill and the annual leave bill must be passed as companion | measures. The annual leave bill increases the vacation period for Government em- ployes from 15 to 30 days, cumulative 0 120 days at the rate of 2!; days a month. The sick leave bill establishes the standard sick leave of 15 days, cumulative to 120 days at the rate of 1!y days a month, but with liberal provisos which permit an administra- tive officer, in case of - emergency sickness, to grant sick leave in ad- vance of its being accumulated. District Employes Exempt, Both leave bills specifically exempt from their provisions District public school teachers and librarians in the | public schools. The sick leave bill does not apply to the District Police and Fire Departments. Chairman Ramspeck of the House Civil Service Committee expressed confidence today that both of these bills, which he is sponsoring, will pass the House. Senate leaders have prom- ised prompt action when the bills go to the Senate in the hope of having them become law before Congress ad- journs. RAGING OHIO FLOOD PERILS ZANESVILLE Two Dead, $1,000,000 Loss as Coshocton Watches Water Rise. By the Associated Press. COSHOCTON, Ohio, August 8 —Flood waters of the rampaging Tuscarawas | and Walhonding Rivers, which have caused damage estimated at $1,000,000, surged together at their confluence here today and swept southward into the overflowing Muskingum, toward Zanesville. Heavy :ains continued last night, increasing the flood torrent that sped toward Zanesville, McConnellsville and Marietta. Zapesville officials ordered residents of two sections of the city to vacate their homes. Water 6 feet deep was running through hundreds of homes today in the six counties where the flood is worst. Two persons are known to have drowaed and another was miss- ing. In addition to these, two others died during the storm Tuesday night— one, who was struck by lightning, the other from a keart attack as a bolt struck a barn. At Massillon. 35 miles north of here, almost 60 per cent of the city’s area was under water last night and hun- dreds there were homeless. At Dover, south of Massillon, the flood waters were nearly 7 feet deep over, several blocks, and row- boats were removing residents from dwellings. The Tuscarawas River at Dover was 12 feet above normal and still rising, threatening a shutdown of the city’s electric light plant, and of the water works pumping stations here and at nearby New Philadelphia. Scores of dead cattle, sheep and pigs littered the streams. Virtually all rail- road service throughout the area was at a halt. Many highways were flooded so badly that they were im- passable. Several bridges and whole mumww tary of the Treasury and now repre- senting the United States Chamber | of Commerce. He formerly was legis- | lative counsel for Congress on tax | matters Alvord urged the committee to allow further study of the revenue problem before altempting to enact legisla- | tion, but went further to say that if the administration would confine its | efforts to restoring business prosperity | it would find new tax legislation un- | necessary. Present rates, he said, | would raise sufficient income under ! normal conditions. Excess Profits Levy Hit. ‘The first attacks today were directed | at the excess profits levy. | F. R. Gamble, representing the | American Association of Advertising Agencies, spoke first in opposition to | the increases, particularly as they would apply to such personal services | as advertising. | Alvord, the second witness, then scored vigorously the imposition of such a levy. “An excess profits tax on corporate earnings violates all principles of tax- ation normally accepted as sound,” Alvord said. “It is capricious, in- equitable and uncertain. It penalizes conservatively - managed enterprises in favor of inflationistic corporate finance. Even the excess profits tax of 1918, representing probably the best which could be devised, was admit- tedly unsound, unfair and discrimina- largely by fortuitous circumstances having nothing to do with income or ability to pay. Liability Not Definite. “The excess profits tax proposed in the pending bil' violates every funda- mental canon of taxation. ' Liability for the tax can be neither certain nor definite. The tax is based upon a purely arbitrary and fictitious figure, having no conceivable relation to the reasonableness of the income or the capacity to pay Liability for the tax is not determined by real values or existing facts. Luck in guessing fu- tute inconie is the governing factor. Taxation of this nature is merely a lottery. “The capital stock tax imposed by the 1934 act is exceedingly objection- able and should be amended to permit an annual declaration of value. But an attempt to use it as a basis for an excess-profits tax at the sharply graduated rates proposed in the bill is wholly without justification. Un- equal burdens, unfair discriminations, —_—— (See TAXES, Page 4.) Readers’ Guide Page. C-12 and discriminates against them and | tory. Tax liabilities were controlled | | | | bales. These loans are due February ' i ple resources | average abandonment, 13-Cent-a-Pound Minimum. In addition, he said the stocks of cotton helc by the Government. amounting to approximately 5.000.000 bales, would not be available to pur- chasers except at a price in excess of 13 cents a pound, and, therefore. this cotton would not come in competition with the new crop until prices reached that lev<l. “The administration sees no cause for anxiety in the present crop esti- mate,” Wallace “There are am- aile“le to carry the present stocks financed by the Gov- ernment for an indefinite period.” ‘Wallace said if, whe.. the new crop began to mo e in volume, there ap- peared a tendency for prices to be depressed, the administration would not hesitate to offer ample loans that would immediately absorb excess sup- plies. Strong pressure from the South has been brought for a loan of 12 cents on the 1935 erop. Twelve-cent loans on the 1934 crop now total $271,775.525 on 4,454,039 1, 1936. Condition August 1, 73.6 Per Cent. The condition of the crop on August 1 was 73.6 per cent of normal, indi- cating a yield of 1983 pounds per acre, compared with 60.4 per cent a year ago and a yield of 170.9 pounds last year. The 1924-33 average Au- gust I condition was 68.7 per cent and average yield 177.1 pounds. The acreage in cultivation July 1| was 29,166,000 acres, or 4.6 per cent more than last year. The 10-year 1925-34, was 24 per cent. That would make the ! area to be harvested 28,480,000 acres. Cotton Market Off. NEW YORK, August 8. —The cotton futures market declined 10 to 80 cents a bale today, as trading was resumed after the reading of the Agriculture Department’s estimate of the crop. The Government estimate, how ever, placing the indicated crop at | 11,798,000 bales, was only about 367,000 bales above the average ex- pectation of the New York Cotton Exchange members, as revealed by a | recent canvass. Before the reading of the report, prices had ruled 25 to 60 cents a bale higher, but these gains were quickly lost. The October delivery experienced the sharpest drop, at 11.16 cents, off 16 of a cent a pound. July, how- ever, at 11.06, was only off .02 of a cent a pound. HOG PRICE HITS $12, SAME FIGURE AS '29 Direct Shipments Dwindle, Forc- ing Dealers Into Open Market, Sharpening Trade. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, August 8.—Hog prices jumped 10 to 15 cents again today to above $12 per hundredweight for the first time since August, 1929. The top paid was $12.06, while the bulk of good and choice medium weights went over the scales at $11.75 to $12. Receipts. were only 7,500, of which 1,500 came in direct. The fact that direct shipments have been dwindling lately has forced packers into the open market for the bulk of their supplies, sharpening -compe: tition. LY I To Retire ' | MAJ. GEN. BENJAMIN D. FOULOIS, GEN FOULOIS QUITS AS AR CORPS CHF Obtains Leave of Absence Until December 22, When | He Retires for Age. By the Associated Press Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois to- day ended a long and bitter contro- | versy between the War Department and the House Military Affairs Com- mittee by retiring as chief of the Army Air Corps. The War Department announced that Foulois, on his own application, was granted leave of absence until December 22. At that time he will be 64 and automatically retires for age Foulois, now on temporary leave, has had little direction of Air Corps | activities since the House Military Subcommittee demanded that Secre- tary Dern remove him as chief be- cause of charges of inefficiency, mis- | statements made to' an investigating | committee and other accusations. Dern refused the committee’s re- quest and had the inspector general of | the Army make a complete investiga- tion. On the basis of this report Dern cleared Foulois of the charges, al-| though he found that the general had made some misstatements to the com- mittee. IRVING TRUST OFFICIAL SUICIDE FROM BRIDGE Claude V. Allnutt on Leave of Absence for Seven Months Owing to Illness. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 8 —Claude V. Allnutt, 58, of Stamford, Conn., a vice president of the Irving Trust Co, leaped to death today from the George ‘Washington Bridge. The body landed in Washington Park, Several motorists informed au- thorities they saw Allnutt climb to the railing on the Manhattan side of the bridge and jump. The announcement of the. suicide was made by the port authority of New York. At the main office of the Irving Trust Co. a spokesman said Allnutt had been or. leave of absence for the past seven months because of illness. TWICE BANDIT CAPTIVE Correspondent Jones Reported in Hands of Second Group. PEIPING, August 8 (#).— Hopes for the speedy release of Gareth Jones, correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, - were dimidished today when the British Embassy was ad- vised that a second group of bandits now held him prisoner. Jones was kidnaped about a month ago. Sources in Kalgan, which the Em- bassy believes reliable, said that the second group of bandits had increased the ransom demand to 100,000 Mexi- can dollars, about, 000. ure from both sides of the party aisle. it went through with less than day's debate. Warnings from | critics that it would endanger Gov- ! ernment credit were denied by ad- ministration spokesmen yesterday. The final ballot came sifddenly today with- POLL NDEATES COLBLLDEFNT 552 | the last loophole left by the Supreme Court’s gold clause decision. In that case, the court held that holders of Government obligations promising to | pay in gold could recover if they could | show they were damaged by payment | in paper currency. ' Brought Up by Fletcher. The legislation was brought up yes- Doubt of Necessary Demo- | cratic Support Reported f Serious. By the Associated Press whether the measure would pass the inevitable consequence” of the Gov- Democrat, of Maryland, following a | rado, contended that in the celebrated | Means Committee and would pass the private contracts, but “no right to made on two questions: What the| Word is good only when it chooses, it no recommendation. ¢ Nebraska, said the right of a sov- cated they would vote against the knows there is no way to enforce pay- of the Republicans voting against the that “if we go much further in this cratic side. microscope.” Means Committee, with the tentative | O Minnesota, and Senator Connally. atter a talk with the President. When | %1€ the situation.” DEMOCRATS, 43. ing this afternoon, I don't know any- | FLETCHER A poll of Democrats on the Guffey terday by Chairman Fletcher of the House. ernment’s monetary policies which talk with President Roosevelt, pre- g 'd cases the Supreme Court had | House, | repudiate its own obligations.” vote would be if the bill were reported | Wil destroy not only its own credit, The actual figures were guarded €rei§n power to refuse to be sued was bill if it lacked full committee ap- & Ment.” bill under any circumstances, and COurse of constructive repudiation,” cit- Remaine: Deadiocked: Schall and Connally Clash. count there standing 14 to 11 against Democrat, of Texas, in which Schall Chairman Doughton of the Ways and | _ The roll call approving the gold- “We had a committee meeting this thing about it.” ~E | GERRY | coal bill was reported authoritatively Banking Committee with the state- First returns on the poil were dis- Congress had approved. | dicted the bill would be reported “this | held the Government had the right to ~ Two Questions Asked. { “If this Government,” he said favorably by the committee, and what | Put. what is more, its integrity.” .| an established right and that “a man proval. From Senator Vandenberg, Repub- consequently calculated they must get 1Zzens will not buy Government securi- The measure remained deadlocked, | , Th debate was marked by a clash a favorable report to the House. likened giving informatim to the Means Committee learned of it he | clause resolution follows: ymorning and the bill wasn't even CUSTOMS WAR END | i3 U] A’ RUSSELL SCHWELLENBACH SHEPPARD SMITH THOMAS (Okla.) TRAMMELL VAN NUYS WAGNER WHEELER REPUBLICANS. 4. NORRIS NY] today to have raised grave doubts as to ment that it was the “logical, natural. cussed just after Representative Lewis, | Senator Adams, Democrat, of Colo- | afternoon” by the House Ways and | change the medium for discharging The poll of Democrats was being “Once establishes the theory that its it would be if the committee made| IR reply Senator Norris, Republican closely, but it was said that a majoi ity of the 319 Democrats had indi- who lends money to the Government |~ Some leaders were figuring on most i :n. of Michigan, came the assertion most of their support from the Demo- | 'i€s “Without examining them with a at Tosst temporariiy. 1n the Wass and | DeLNeen Semator Schall, Republican, Lewis made his forecast to newsmen | ~cxon, (0 “Putting pearls before said, “There has been no change in FOR THE BILL. named,” he said. “If there's a meet- | COSTIGAN DIETERICH s DUFFY FFEY ARRISON | G , X H Government and Danzig Officials HATCH Appear Ready to Accept Compromise. By the Associated Press. PROGRESSIVES, 1. FREE CITY OF DANZIG, August 8. LA FOLLETTE | —An end to the customs war between FARMER-LABOR. 1. Poland and the free city of Danzig was SHGH,,.S.L“:{,DM for. generally expected today as both sides AGAINST. appeared ready to compomise. | DEMOCRATS, 9. Danzig was believed to have ac- | ADAMS GLASS cepted with modifications a Polish | EYRD pian to give financial aid to the free | SOFPELAND city. Poland was understood to be light- Agsnm ening its demands for supervision of CAPPER Danzig affairs, set forth in the orig- DAVI: inal plan rejected by Danzig. | ciBson LOGAN LONERGAN FRAZIER NORBECK KING WALSH REPUBLICANS. 13, MCcNARY METCALP SCHALL Antoni Roman, Polish Minister to Sweden, and Stanislaus Pappee, Polish high commissioner for Danzig, after working late last night over the dis- pute, resumed their negotiations to- day. A rumor circulated that Danzig would cease “defying” Poland. TOWNSEND VANDENBERG | HALE WHITE JOHNSON Grand total against, 24 Pairs _snnounced — Dickinson. Repub- | lican, with Bilbo. Democrat. Missis- | sippi.” " positions _not d: H Democrat. West Virgini ings. Republican, Dela: Democrat, Missouri. Republican. New Ji .\ omas, Democrat. Utah. Tor. with Kees. Republican, New Hampshire. against. Attorneys Race Washington’s liberalized divorce law met with an enthusiastic reception today as attorneys for three wives raced to the court house for the dis- tinction of being first to file suit under the new bill. When the dust raised by the sprint- ing lawyers had cleared away an| examination of the court docket re- vealed that all three litigants had beaten the official opening time of 9| a.m. The order of filing was: . Mrs. Dorothy V. Quesada, 1932 Jackson street northeast, 8:45 a.m. Mrs. Mirlam C. Thomas, 3009 Twenty-fifth street northeast, 8:46 am. Mrs. Ruth N. Steele, 128 Eleventh street southeast, 8:50 am. Run Neck to Neck. With the women participating in a figurative m!flh. the actual race - to File First Suits Under New Divorce Law was staged by Attorneys Raymond Neudecker and Jean M. Boardman. formerly partners. First and second honors went to Neudecker, who out- maneuvered Boardman by the simple expedient of getting up a little earlier. Boardman, however, claimed a tech- nical victory, pointing out that Neu- decker’s clients already had filed limited divorce suits while his own client was filing an original proceed- ing. . Neudecker countered with the as- | sertion that he had represented Mrs. Steele before she went to Boardman. Both Boardman and Neudecker read that President Roosevelt had signed the bill in the late editions of yes- terday's newspapers. While Board- man retired early—only to ove: Neudecker began laying his plans for (8ee DIYORCES, Page 41,