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NAZISACTTOEND NEUTRALITY BILL ALL OPPOSITION: SENT T0 CONGRESS New Decrees Issued Against | Representative McReynolds Masons, Jews and Sile- | Presents Measure to Keep sian Confessionals. U. S. Out of War. By the Associated Press By the Associated Press. BERLIN, August 17.—New decrees to crush further the possibility of anti-Nazi opposition were issued to- day against Free Masons, the Confes- sional (Protestant opposition) Church Synod of Silesia, and Jews. Hans Hinkel, Nazi commissioner for culture, with Dr. Paul Joseph Goeb- bels. propaganda minister. announced striet regulations for reorganising Jewish cultural groups into one “Life Union of Jewish Cultural Societies.” Provision was made for their close supervision. Jewish artists, it was indicated, can perform only before these groups, end individual organizations must join the union before September 15. Afterward, the union will be super- vised by Hinkel. Confessionals Dissolved. Semi-officially. it was announced through this wav “the national So- A comprehensive plan designed to help keep the United States out of war was presented to Congress yes- terday in a bill by Representative Me- Reynolds, Democrat, of Tennessee. The chairman of the House Foreign | Affairs Committee and close personal | triend of Secretary Hull sald he would | not describe the measure “as an ad- | | ministration bill because I haven't that | authority.” | “Ever since Congress met,"” he added, “I have been besieged by people for ! hearings on various pleces of neu- trality legislation. This bill was draft- ed by several persons and was intro- | duced as a basis for neutrality action | at the next session.” He added it had been discussed with a number of administration officials. | Already Working on Bill. As his bill went in, it was reported a Senate Foreign Relations Subcom- cialist state is giving non-Aryans all | mittee was about to agree upon a possibilities for their own cultural and | three-point neutrality bill which would | artistic life.” | halt shipment of arms to belligerents, Secret police in Breslau ordered the | keep Americans off ships of belligerent | Confessional Synod of Silesia dissolved on the ground it had misled the pub- lic. This may be the first step to- ward undermining the Confessional groups in the same way the Stahi- helm, war veterans' organization, has been dissolved. | Members of the synod have con- ristently fought the Nazi program for unification of the Protestant church, headed by Reichsbishop Ludwig Muel- ler. May Herald New Drive. Church circles believed the action may herald a new drive against dis- sident Protestants. Silesia, which is mostly Catholic, has few Confessional members compared to other districts. With a decree by Wilhelm Prick, minister of the interior, Masonry be- came dead in Nazidom. He called for immediate disbandment of all existing lodges throughout Germany, including the Saar. | Frick acted under a decree issued by the late Prétident Von Hindenburg | for safeguarding the people of the ! state. charging the lodges have en- gaged in “subversive activities.” He ordered confiscation of property of all lodges. The step had long been ex- pected New Office Proposed. expressed by Walter | in a Belief was Darre. minister of agriculture, book published today that the office of | every German marriage clerk should have a superintendent of breeding at- tached to it. | In his volume. “The New Nobility of Blood and the Soil,” Darre demanded appointment of the superintendents | or guardians of breeding to make sure | that #11 marriages shall be eugenically above reproach. i Nobody need feel shocked,” he sald, | *if we evoke experiences in breeding | animals for our guidance in this mat- | ter. Certainly human dignity is not | offended if animal breeding and hu- man breeding are compared to each other.” Urges Four Classes. Darre urged that candidates for marriage be divided into these four classes 1. One class consisting of only 10 per cent of the girls who are pro- nounced fit for marriage each year, made up of maidens whose marriage in every respect seems desirable and ! hence should be given every possibie essistance. 2. A class, which Darre believes will be by far the largest. composed of girls to whose marriage there is fun damentally no objection from the vie: point of possible offspring. 3. To be comprised of girls who morally and legally are fit to marry, | but whose hereditary predisposition indicates they should have no chil- dren. Their marriage is to be per mitted only if guarantees can be given they will have no children. 4. To be composed of girls against whose marriage there are fundamental objections. They must be rorbmden‘ to wed, Darre said. for otherwise “the conception of German marriage will be dishonored.” Discussing illegitimate children, Darre said, “From the viewpoint of | improvement of the race the firat| consideration is that of hereditary | | the United States of the securities of nations and forbid foreign warcraft | and submarines to use American ports as supply bases. Reports were the Senate's bill would make those restrictions mandatory in ! the event of a conflict. | McReynolds’ bill included the same | first that the President by proclama- | tion declare he felt such action nec- essary in the interests of peace. Bill Broader in Scope. But the House committee chair- man’s plan would go further and let the President issue a proclamation against the sale or purchase within ny belligerent foreign country. It| alse would let him forbid direct loans tu such countries or to organizations or associations representing them. Likewise, under the McReynolds bill, vessels of belligerent nations which could be shown to have passed as American ships could be kept out of American ports. Domestic or foreign ships which had carried Amers ican munitions to warring countries could be interned in American ports for the war duration. Stiff penalties, reaching a maxi- mum fine of $10,000 and a five-year | prison term, or both, could be im- | posed upon violators of the restric- tions. ‘The McReynolds' bill would let the | President issue his proclamation if he found the stipulated acts might involve the United States in inter- national complications, or if its is- suance would help keep the United States out of war. Probe ¥7lcinr}tmued From Pirst Page) utilities bill, he will have only the Senate committee to worry about. But the presentation of the i formation to the House Committee is | destined to prove somewhat embar- rassing to Hopson, simply because he objects to such “personal affairs,” as he describes them, being emblazoned in newspaper headlines for a curious public to read. Elusive for Week. Hopson sparred with the House committee for nearly a week, endeav- oring to escape disclosing his income He insisted he was not a wealthy man, and said reports to the effect that between $2,000,000 and $3.000,000 a vear found its way into his bank ac- count were grossly exaggerated. Finally. Hopson did admit receiv- ing $50,000 last year from the As- sociated Gas & Electric. and be- tween $300.000 and $500,000 from his “personal companies,” but the com- mittee was not satisfied with that information. It wants detailed in- | | formation, not only for last year, but for all the years he was engaged in building & utilities empire. { Hopson has promised to comply with the commiitee's request, and submit a detailed statement when he turns to the witness stand. At same time, he will turn over state- ments revealing the names of persons and concerns who benefited financiaily | from the Associated's drive against | when value, that is, origin, and only in the | the utilities bill, and a complete list second place does there enter the| question of legitimacy or illegitimacy.” | of the banks which loaned the com- pany $1,000,000 to finance the cam- paign, | Newspapers Involved. f THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (“.,' AUGUST 18, 1935—PART ONE. Meat Strikers Heed “Call to Arms” Hundreds of housewives and their husbands gathered at a mass meeting at Detroit and cheered speakers who told the Women's League Against the High Cost of Living to “get out and picket all the butcher shops we can find.” | ideas, but in each instance required | tramck, where the strike against meat prices began. Photo shows gathering in an East Side park, not far from Ham- —Copyright, A. P. Wirephcto. HOWELL BARRED FOR RAINTRAES Chicago Man Dropped From U. S. Contract Markets by Commission. By the Associated Press. Thomas M. Howell. wealthy Chi- cago grain trader, was barred yvester- day for two years from trading on United States contract markets, charged with having cornered the corn | market. This is a violation of the grain fu- tures act. His trading privileges lapse September 13, In Chicago, his attor- ney said the decision would be ap- pealed to the United States Circuit Court, The Grain Futures Commission. composed of Secretary Wallace, Sec- retary Roper and Attorney General | Cummings. in announcing the de- cision, ordered the 15 exchanges deal- | ing in grain futures to refuse trading privileges to Howell. The commission announced #t had found Howell guilty of manipulating the price of corn in 1931 by conceal- ing his transactions in the market, by making false reports and by failing to report. Charges were filed against Howell last November by the Secretary of Azriculture and oral arguments were heard by the commission here in June Report Required. Under regulations, the acquisition of 500,000 bushels of corn in any one future must be reported to the com- mission. During the existence of the 1931 July corn future, officlals said, the commission had an agreement with the Chicego Board of Trade. of which Howell was a member, that a trader acquired 5.000,000 bushels an investigation would be made The Government charged thflt How- ell traded in 1931 July corn futures through 17 accounts in eight firms, only two of which were in his name. Through these accounts Howell was said to have bought almost 9,000,000 bushels of July futures, forcing the ! price up 14 cents a bushel for three 1 days. Charges Against Howell, Government attorneys alleged How- ell bought under his own name 4,993,- 000 bushels, escaping an investigation. Through the other accounts, it was alleged, amounts less than 500,000 bushels were bought until his hold- ings reached the peak Howell’s attorneys argued he ac- tually sustained the price of corn for three months for the benefit of the farmers, and that his actions saved the market from collapse. 1In two other cases recently the com- mission has suspended traders. In Russians Explore Polar Zone T By the Associated Press. | MOSCOW, August 17.—News of | what was declared to be the first ex- ploration of a mysterious region near | the top of the world where some un- known force is sald to turn vessels off | their course was received in radio messages today from the Russian ex- | ploration’ ship Sadko. It is In this zone that the legendary | Gillis (or Gilles) land is said to exist and the messages asserted that the | Sadko expedition had sighted on the | horizon what it was thbught might be | this land. (An English captain named Gillis | sailing northeast from Spitzbergen in 1707 sighted an island whieh he named after himself, but left no further rec- ords concerning it. It was reported sighted at various other times, but of recent years geographers have consid- ered that the island was White Island, one of the Spitzbergen group. This island was visited by a Norwegian ex- plorer in August, 1898.) North of 81st Parallel. The mysterious region of unknown | forces lies north of the 81st parallel of latitude, northeast of Northeastland. | | second largest island of the Spitz- | bergen group. Soviet scientists have reported that ! ! all vessels which previously tried to| | edge of the ice. Where Ships Cannot Be Steered penetrate the region were turned mysteriously from their course be- fore they could enter it. ‘The case of the Norwegian sub- marine Nautilus was cited an ex- ample. The Nautilus. records here indicate, swerved unaccountably west- ward as she approached the zone in 1931, and although she had been steering northeast she returned to Spitzbergen from the West. Other Craft Affected. ‘The Soviet icebreaker Krassin, which | reached & point near 81 degrees 30 minutes north latitude likewise ex- perienced an unaccountable change in direction, being turned to the southward. Soviet records show that still another vessel, the steamer Knip- ovich, reported a similar experience. George Ushakoff, head of the Sadko Expedition, said in a radio message “We crossed the southern border of the blank spot and approached the We were surrounded by a heavy mist and the visibility was 50 poor that we ecould not send out our planes for observation. “However, for a few minutes the | mist 1tfted and we saw on the horizon | what looked like land. We are re- maining here in an effort to ascertain whether land really exists.” Hoover (Continued From First Page.) I i Roberts of Pennsylvania and Harlan Fiske Stone of New York. Mr. Hoover, according to persons who talked with him in New York, offered no information, pro or con, as to his own availability for renom- ination. On the contrary. he avoided direct discussion of that subject. His discussion of qualifications for the Republican nominee was taken to im- ply an objective viewpoint, however It was taken to suggest that, while; burning no bridges behind him, Mr.| Hoover was actually thinking in terms | of others. Indeed, one who learned his views at first hand, got the im-| pression he had the Middle West in | mind when he talked of the “West.” | The former President made it clear, | | it is explained, that his primary con-| | cern now is in the Republican plat- form. As the party's titular leader, | he wants to be sure, first of all, that |1t takes a position definitely to the right of the New Deal. It was largely | to that end that he encouraged the | holding of regional Republican con- | ferences. He left no doubt that he! | was gratified at the orthodox turn of | On the contrary, they weicome his activity as working not only toward the common desire for an orthodox convention and platform, but also to- ward minimizing the discordant ele- ments and booms. Comspicuous fol- lowers of Mr. Hoover, for example, would be expected to hesitate to de- clare themselves candidates so long | as the door was open to his own re- nomination. The two orthodox ele- ments expect to have little difficulty agreeing on a piatform—a party philosophy—whatever their possible disagreement over a candidate The former President himself Is described as having no illusions about the opposition to his being renomi- nated. He realizes that some of the opposition antedates his defeat at the polls in 1932 and some to the associ- ation of his administration in the popular mind with the more tragic days of the depression. It is clear, however, that if he is, or becomes, sat- isfled he cannot, or should not. be re- | nominated, he will certainly be anxious to see his policies, or philosophy vindi- | cated, first in the Republican conven- tion and then at the polls. Every test of sentiment in the Re- publican party indicates that the trend is strongly for the nomination of an orthodox Republican. Even the | poll of some 4,000 Republican leaders have been held | throughout the country taken t:yI | the conferences that |50 far and believes this tendency is | Robert H. Lucas, former executive di- | operating to head off the radicals in | Fector at Republican national head- his own party | quarters, narrows down to the same i : | Priends of Mr. Hoover point out | Analysis. On the face of the returns | | GUFFEY COAL BILL PASSAGE IS SEEN Measure Pushed Through Senate With Vote in House Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. KNOX VSIS * ISHEHEST COURY Publisher -Tells Charleston G. 0. P. Tribunal Is Re- fuge of Liberty. By the Associated Press Amendments rained down yesterday CHARLESTON, W. Va.. August 17. upon the President’s Guffey coal bill | —Col. Frank Knox. Chicago and but Democrats pushed it through the | Manchester, N. J., publisher, told & preliminary storm virtually unaltered | Republican gathering tonight the real and set a final House vote for to- | jssue in the next national election morrow. | campaign is to “save the Supreme Even some House opponents of the | Court” at the polls and “forestall an- measure said 1t would pass and word | other arbitrament by the sword.” came from a high Senate Republican| Col. Knox, who has been mentioned leader that that branch. too, would|es a possible candidate for the Re- approve the bill before Congress ad- ! publican nomination for President in Jjourns. | 1936, declared the Supreme Court is The bill calls for presidential ap-|the “last refuge of protection of the pointment of a national bituminous | rights and liberties of the individual* coal commission to enforce codes fix- | and said it was saved once by the ing wages, hours, trade practices and ' Cjvil War. prices for soft coal production. Pro-| Attack en Tribunal. ducers who accept the code would| Earljer, in an interview, he said the get a 90 per cent drawback against & | goeia] security bill and the Guffey 15 per cent tax on the value of their | cog] stabilization measure are at- coal, | tacks of the National Administration | on the Supreme Court “Until the present administration Mitchell Scores Vietory. Yesterday it weathered half a dozen attempts to change some of its major provisions. But it gave to Repre- sentative Mitchell, Democrat, of Ten- | nessee, his biggest victory in his fight to get relatives off Federal pay rolls. | He offered an amendment to forbid coal commission members from hiring | close blood or marriage relatives “It is shameful and shocking, the extent to which men appointed to high offices put their kin on the pay roll,” Mitchell said Representative Knutson, | can, of Minnesota, chimed in "There isn’'t & bureau in this town that isn’t loaded up with whole fami- Republi- o1 ARRESTS CURB PARK TERRORIH Wholesale “Bum’s Rush” Follows Brutal Assaults in New York. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, August 17.—A growing wave of terrorism in the city's parks appeared tonight to have been curbed by & wholesale police round-up of bench warmers. Aroused by a vicious attack on a voung Queens preacher in Central Park early Tuesday morning, the po- lice high command sent out a dragnet that brought in 561 park loiterers within 48 hours. Many of the prisoners were innocent down-and-outers, but more than 100 were found to have police records. The large-scale “bum's rush” fol- lowed a series of brutal assaults which left two women dead from stab wounds and numerous other viclims maimed by hold-up men. Situation Serious. | The situation became so serious that only the most stout-hearted citizens dared venture into the parks after |dark. Instead of finding & cool breath of fresh air in the hot Summer | night they were apt to finc themselves | being throttled by a pair of footpads, springing out of the shadows. Signt were posted on the bulletin boards of Teachers' College, Columbia University and St. Luke's Hospital warning that it was unsafe to enter | nearby Morningside Park, either in king through Central Park on his way to a subway station, Rev. John Dorn, 35, was set upon by two men who gouged his right eye so severely that it had to be removed. The next morning a 72 -old | workman, John Hayes. was walking | through the same park when a man jumped on him from a dark recess. They scuffied and Hayes was thrown | off a viaduct, landing unconscious 8§ | feet below. He was robbed of a small | sum. Editor First Victim. The first prominent victim in what | Mayor F. H. Laguardia has recog- nized as an “‘epidemic” of crime in the | parks was Henry Goddard Leach. megazine editor and president of the Poetry Society of America, who spent | some time in a hospital after being assaulted in Central Park last No- vember 21. His assailants escaped with a gold watch and $40. Most of the loiterers rounded up ‘Wednesday and Thursday nights were charged with vagrancy or disorderly conduct. Ten men were sentenced to 10 days in jail each today on charges of vio lating a seldom-invoked ordinance making it a misdemeanor to be in the lies—fathers, mothers, sons, daugh- | ters—yet, and even sweethearts. Whv, ! a good Democrat can't get & job any more.” Opposing the amendment, Repre- sentative Vinson, Democrat, of Ken- tucky, said he never had had a rela- tive on a pay roll. but insisted that “if we're going to do something like this we ought to have a general law rather than apply the idea plecemeal.” The House disagreed with him and ! by a 67-t0-26 vote accepted Mitch- | ell's amendment. | Attendance Is Small. | 'The bill failed to draw full attend- ance. Of the 433 members, a count once showed only 92 on the floor. | That included only nine members of the 34-man Pennsylvania delegation which is greatly affected by the legis- lation. The Republicans made another at- tempt to keep political patronage out of the new agency. Representative Mapes, Republican, of Michigan, tried to eliminate a provision that the coal commission's workers might be ap-| pointed without regard to civil service laws. Job-thirsty Democrats, however, howied him down with such volume | that Mapes dic not even ask a di- | vision vote. One amendment was added which members forecast might cause trou- ble. Presented by Representative Gris- wold, Democrat, of Indiana, it was | designed to give small operators a| bigger voice in the affairs of the| | 23 district boards which will admin- | | ister the coal and, with the approval of the national commission, fix max- imum and minimum prices. Advantage to Big Producers. | As originally presented to the House, the bill would have let district boards be selected by operators within that district on the basis of tonnage. Thus. big producers reputedly would have had more votex ‘The Griswold amendment. however, stipulated that the boards shall be of an even number, and one-half of , their producer members “elected by the majority in number of producers in the district. His amendment went in over com- mittee protest, 66 to 27 on a teller vote. { Representative Hobbs, Democrat, of Alabama proposed to put back in the bill authority for the Secretary of the Interior to buy up mines. That was in the first draft of the measure, but was knocked out by the Ways and Means Committee. *Yesterday, Hobbs' amendment was ruled out of order. He told the House he had offered it because “there are 15000 persons in came into power,” he told a meeting of State Republican leaders, “every Congressman was meticulous about the Constitution. That has chenged The present Congress has turned iis powers over to the Chief Executive and the Chief Executive has urged the passage of legislation when he admits, himself, it is of doubtful constitu~ tionality. “The last refuge.” he continued. “is the Supreme Court. If the Supreme Court goes, the rights and liberties of the individuals in America will be destroyed. Public’s Protection. “The Supreme Court is our only pro- tection against the whims of a tem- porary majority of the Ilegislative branch of Government and against the autoeratic powers of an executive.” The publisher advised the party members 10 remember at the next na- tional convention to be sympathetic toward the problems of the Middlewest farmer, declaring that there ean be no prosperity until “the farmer is given a chance {o make a living.” He declared the balance of power in the next election wili be held by the Mississippi Valley: that New England and the rest of the East will go Re- publican. NEW CRISIS FEARED IN CHINESE ROBBERY Demands by Japan Are Seen After Seven Are Killed in Hold-Up. By the Associated Press SHANGHAIL August sin dispatch quoted a as saving tonight upon China likely are a result of the looting of an express train Thursday. allegedly by “Chinese bandits.” Two more Koreans wounded in the hold-up died today, the Tientsin dis- patch sald. and another is expected to die. This brought the number of those killed in resisting the robbers of the Pieping-Mukden express to seven. Japanese military officers in North China were said to view the situation as increasingly serious. The Japanese press here forecast Sino-Japanese military co-operation aimed at checking the threatened in- vasion of North China by Chinese Communist armies. It was an- nounced the Japanese Army would establith a “special service” unit in the capital of Suiyuan Province, on 7.—A Tient- ' the northwest frontier. e 'SUICIDE PENS DESIRE TO JOIN WILL ROGERS Taxi Driver Shoots Self in Front of Theater—Waves News- boys Good-by. By the Associated Press CLEVELAND. August 17.—A taxi- cab driver who left a note expressing his desire to join in death “our dear Alabama dependent upon bituminous | friend. Mr. Rogers.” shot and killed coal mining for their living, and it 18 | himself as he sat in his cab in front my deliberate opinion that they will be put out of work in 12 months if this bill is passed.” His amendment contained provi- sions designed to permit relief for any miners who lost their jobs as a result of a downtown theater today. | Bailey Ozier, a pedestrian, sald he | heard the shot, ran to the cab and asked the driver. Jack Berman, 24, “why did you do that?"” He said Berman said: “I'm dis- $150,000 AIR RACE | - | The Senate committee, when it re- | November, 1934, Adrian Ettinger and | that he will have influence in the | Announced by Mr. Lucas, Senator Wil | of the Federal purchase of coal land. | gusted,” and waved to two newsboys sumes tomorrow, will continue to delve | Ewing W. Brand of Cleveland were | c0uncils of the Republican party just lam E. Borah, liberal Republican, of | parks after midnight without a per- FUND IS ANNOUNCED Money Already Assured, Elliott Roosevelt Says—19,000- ! Mile Course Fixed. By the Associated Press. l MUSKEGON, Mich., August 17— ! FElliott Roosevelt today announced he | had completed raising a fund of $150,- 000 to finance the 19,000-mile r! derby. scheduled to begin at Dallas, Tex., in September, 1936 I The President’s son said he would spend the week end in Washington | completing prelfminary arrangements for the race with officials of the Aero- | nautical Chamber of Commerce, of ‘Wwhich he is a vice president. Roosevelt said sponsors of the event, which will be held in connection with the Texas centennial celebration, be- lieve it will be the greatest in the | history of aviation. A first prize of $50,000 is to be of- fered, with $25,000 for second placs, $15,000 for third and $10,000 for fourth, Roosevelt said. Stopping places tentatively selected include San Antonio, Mexico City, | Panama, Lima, Peru; Santiago, Chile; | Buenos Aires, Rio de Janero, Pars, | Los Angeles, St. Louis, New York, New | Orleans, Houston and Dallas, RISK TO TAKE DATH Rhode Island Representative- | Elect on Way Here. PROVIDENCE, R. I, August 17 (#), —Charles F. Risk, elected on & Re- publican anti-New Deal platform, left tonight for Washington to be sworn in Monday as Representative from the first Rhode Island district. In Washington tomorrow Risk will confer with Bertrand H. Snell of New York, Republican leader of the House of Representatives, and Representative Joseph W. Martin, jr, of Massachu- sotts. He succeeds Prancis B. Condon, ap: pointed to the Rhode Isiand SBupreme Court, < into the efforts of the Associated to influence newspapers to join in the | fight against the utilities bill. After | that, the course of the inquiry is un- | certain, since Chairman Black is not | expected to develop any of the angles | already gone into by the House com- mittee. Coundel Denles Mystery. Moultrie Hitt, counsel for Hopson, | issued a statement last night denying | there was any “mystery about Mr.| Hopson's sudden appearance before | the Senate committee.” It came about, he said, because | O'Connor “appreciated the serious- ness of the predicament under which | Mr. Hopson was placed” and “agreed | to relieve my client from any obliga- | tion of the House subpoena so he could offer himself to the Senate.” It Hopson had answered a then unserved citation for contempt of the | Senate, Hitt contended he would, un. less released by O'Connor, have placed himself in contempt of the House. | As soon as O'Connor's release was obtained. Hitt added, Black was in- formed “that my client was ready to appear at any moment” and replied that he would convene the committee at_once. | e - BRITISH TROOPS SPEED TO QUELL INDIAN TRIBES | By the Associated Press. SIMLA, India, August 17.—British | troops and planes were dispatched from here today in an effort to dis- perse 2,000 tribesmen reported to be concentrated in a threatening manner on the Gandab road in the north- west frontier province. The tribesmen were reported gath- ering with the intention of wrecking the road, which is of strategic value, Thursday 200 persons made an un- successful attempt to damage it and since then various eontingents have arrived to join them. | A number of army pésts partiel- pated in today's troop movements. One of the advance planes reported sighting the tribes. but poor visibility hampered operations, barred for six months. In Pebruary, 1935, Arthur W. Cutten of Chicago was barred for two years, beginning March 1. Cutten appealed to the Circuit Court of Appeals and a deci- sion is pending. HOWELL TO FIGHT ORDER. Attorney Says Law Does Not Include Past Manipulations, CHICAGO, August 17 (#).—Thomas M. Howell, who succeeded Arthur M. Cutten as the No. 1 operator in the country’s grain markets, will follow his fellow Chicagoan to the Federal courts to fight for trading privileges. Immediately on recelpt of word that the Grain Futures Commission In Washington today had barred the one- time telegraph operator, who fought his way up to become a giant of the grain pits, from all trading in contract markets after September 15, his at- torney, Sidney 8. Gorham sald: “There is no basis in the grain futures act for the action of the com- mission. - We will take the case to the United 8tates Circuit Court of Appeals and are confident the court will up- | bold us.” Asserting the case is parallel with that of Cutten, who reaped a fortune on the exchange, Gorham assailed the Washington authorities for ‘“stark foolishness.” The law, Gorham said, provided that the Grain Putures Administra- tion and the Secretary of Agrioulture might take “summary” action against any one guilty of manipulating the market, He asserted the law did not include any one who might have “manipulated the market in past years.”, ACHIEVES IMPOSSIBLE SANTA ROSA, Oalif.. August 17 (#), —William Henderson, protege of the late Luther Burbank, said today he had perfected & seedless muscat grape, Hitherto belleved impossible. the new grape bears “a high muscat flavor,” said Henderson and will be commercially desirable in the pro- duction of raisins so long as he remains “in the pic- i ture.” B8hould he declare himself nearly a year in advance of the nom- | inating convention, it is explained, | |1t would have to be in irrevocable | terms if the statement was to be ac- | cepted as final. Once the politicians | were convinced the former President | was entirely out of the question as a possible standard bearer, it is pointed out, his influence on party policies | would be at an end. There are three essential elements | in the Republican party today. The | broad division is between the orthodox Republicans, who clearly predominate | in the party councils, and the liberals. | The orthodox Republicans are, rough- ly, in two camps; Those who favor Mr. Hoover’s renomination and those who do not. Since both camps are striving to hold the party to the ortho- dox side, many in the non-Hoover | camp are not at all averse to Mr. | Hoover's recent show of activity. ENATOR: JOSEPH T. ROBIN- 804 of Arkansas, the Demo- cratic leader of the Senate, will discuss the accomplishments and record of the session of Congress just closing in the National Radio Forum Thursday st 10:30 p.m. The National Radio is ar- ranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over the networks of the National Broadcasting Co. The Democrutic leader of the Sen- ate in his address will deal with the legislation which has been passed since the Congress convened last Jan- uary. Many measures of importance have been put through, including the eco- nomic security bill, the work-relief bill and the President’s _share-the-wealth tax bill. Idaho is far in the lead of all others. | mit. Bees Delay Mails. However, he proves to be the only liberal among 10 candidates receiv- | ing substantial support, and, at that, 1o have only 16 per cent of the total vote in the poll. About 80 per cent of the voting in the poll is divided among conservative candidates. And, on the constitutional lssue pressed on President Roosevelt by Mr, Hoover, even Senator Borah is in concurrence, ‘While Col. Frank Knox, Chicago | publisher, has made headway toward the Republican presidential nomina- tion during the week, some of his friends fear he is “getiing too far out in front.” The New Hampshire dele- gation, first to be selected, has beenI all but pledged to him in advance, though with the reservation that it will not be officially instructed. Col. Knox's friends deny that he is ap- pealing more to the Hoover wing than to the other orthodox wing of the party. (Copyright. 1935.) Robinson to Review Session llfl‘m BOBINSON. | bers of the Hobo College of America | tonight announced plans for a protest | Square next Wednesday. | Ralph E. Dalton, self-styled presi- dent of the organization, described th bhobo as “a kindly, carefree person” vho has found the municipal lodging spend a night in one.” Dalton said he had been spending | the last few nights in the subway, riding from Coney Island to the jBr;n:u. “so 1 wouldn't get thrown into ail.” [ . STRIKE IS ENDED “'l'-uoring Company Head An- nounces Agreement. CINCINNATI, August 17 (#)—L. M. Shapofl, president of the Leonard Tailoring Co., reported ending of a strike of 300 employes today with a “satisfactory agreement” on demands for at least 10 per cent pay increase, s $16-a-week minimum and a closed shop. The workers walked from the plant Wednesday. The announcement mere- | ly said that “a satisfactory agreement has been reached” following a con- ference between officials of the com- pany and of the Amaigamated Cloth- ing Workers’ Union, PROBE IS ASKED Representative Cannon Blames Packers in Detroit Row. A congressional investigation of meat strikes in Detroit was asked in @ resolution introduced yesterday by Representative Cannon, Democrat, of against retail meat prices in that city were being financed by meat packers. He denied meat was selling at exorbitant prices, The resolution asked $5.000 to finence th‘s proposed inquiry, Incensed by the police drive, mem- | | demonstration to be held in Union | houses “'so lousy that no human could | Bill Termed Unfair. Representative Fuller, Democrat, of Arkansas said in a radio talk enact- ment of the Guffey coal bill would be | followed by demands for similar legis- lation “governing all naturel re- | sources and all public utilities.” Asserting that not only the weather ‘but many pending measures are mak- ing it hot for members of Congress,” | Fuller said. “any measure that xills | competition in trade, creates a monop- | oly, is mandatory in regulating every | act and conduct, including price- fixing, the hours and prices of labor, is unfair and unamerican.” “I can't believe,” Fuller continued, ‘dumb driven cattle’ on account of strike threats, as to enact this measure into law, contrary to their firm con- victions.” The Arkansan said 14 of the 25 members of the Ways and Means Committee, of which he is one, “openly say they will vote against it in the “It's high time we got back to normal conditions and American ways of living, laboring and transacting business,” Fuller said. “I favor balanc- ing the national budget, economy, and will be restored to normal conditions overnight if we will now cease radical government regulation and control.” PARALYTIC MAY WALK First of Series of Operations in Yonkers Proves Success. YONKERS, N. Y,, August 17 (#.— A paralytic cripple for the last nine years, Henry Spiak, 14, was recover- ing in Yonkers General Hospital today from the first of a series of operations designed to enable him to walk. ‘The operation was performed yes- terday after the boy’s father, Anthony Spiak, had reluctantly yielded to the advice of County Judge George W. Smyth. The elder Spiak at first had refused permission for the surgical treatment. a “that members of Congress can be so | influenced, convinced or treated like | living within our incomes. Agrical- | ture, industry and business unenllyl and slumped into the seat, muttering, “good-by, kids.” A note in Berman's pocket sald: | “Any of the oldtimers will tell you that at one time I was also a humor- | ist, and a lot of peopiz used to call me a great guy. The reascn I am performing this little act is because I am thoroughly disgusted with the | world. so I am joining our dear friend } Mr. Rogers. He was a good guy, t00.” 81 P;til);;ii;s 6o Under Hammer In New England Sadness Lacking as Most Of Houses Bought By Present Tenants. By the Associated Press. FISHERVILLE, Mass. August 17. —The “For Sale” signs were torn down tonight, and new owners took possession of most of the real estate property of this small mill town of | 800 inhabitants. Dwellings, business places and un- improved land totaling 81 parcels of real estate went under tht hamme: at a public auction which lasted sev- eral hours. Sadness, a characteristic of many public auctiogs, was lacking. how- ever, because most of the 51 houses sold went td present tenants. Some of the club house buildings and busi- ness property, however, were pur- chased by buyers from nearby towns The sale was conducted at the order of officials of the Pisher Manu. facturing Co., Inc., a cotton draperies mill and the principsl industry of this town for many years. The mill, officials sald, would continue to operate and provide employment to several hundred workers. For many years the workers rented the coms pany-owned houses and used com- pany owned recreational premises. Company officials sald the auction netted about $60,000. d