Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Burea Showers this afternoon and tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy; not much change in temperature. Temper: 81, at noon today; lowest®72, at 8 a.m. today. Full report on Page A-9. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 No. 33,549. post office, Wa: u Porecast.) atures—Highest, Entzred as second class matter shington, 1. C. h WASHINGTON, D. C, SWEEPING NEUTRALITY IS APPROVED BY SENATE; BRITISH ASK SANC Speedy House Action Now ~ Sought. WHITE HOUSE FOR MEASURE | 7 Points Covered; in Compromise Resolution. | By the Associated Press. ‘ A seven-point resolution designed td ' TIONS ¢ London Appeal To U.S. for Aid Disputed Here President and Aides Silent on War Menace. By the Associated Press. Although both President Roosevelt and the State Department refused comment on the Italo-Ethiopian situa- tion today, it was learned authorita- tively that Great Britain has made no appeal to this country to review its policy in view of war dangers. A report to that effect from London (not carried by the Associated Press), cccasioned the denial. Ray Atherton, charge d'affaires In 7 of Cabinet| Ask Stern Course. TRADE-MONEY CURBS URGED London Considers | Plea to U. S. for Help. | J (Copyright. 1935 by Associated Press) | | LONDON, August 21.—Seven leaders safeguard American neutrality in event | London, reported on his conference ' of the British cabinet today tentatively of a foreign war was adopted today 'late yesterday with Sir Samuel Hoare, | approved a policy demanding financial by the Senate. | British foreign secretary. It was in- |and economic action against Italy if Attempts already were under way ! dicated this merely reviewed the Brit- | that country attacks Ethiopia, to assure House action. President Roosevelt was reported in favor of the move, coming as it does | at a time when the Italo-Ethiopian situation is posing grave questions for European governments in particular. Stirred into action by ominous war ish attitude in the crisis and gave th> United States full information on a! developments. The ministers had been called #nto s special, informal session by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. They con- It has been said authoritatively that ferred two hours. the United Statcs, up to the present, has engaged in no diplomatic con- versations which would in any way Their decision, although tentative, calls for a strong British stand at Geneva, in the forthcoming League of #igns abroad and a filibuster by Muni- , commit this country to any course of Nations session, for financial and tions Committee members, the Senate speedily indorsed the Foreign Rela- | tions Committee compromise resolu- | tion. H Measure a Compromise. Representing a compromise between 2 more drastic program advocated by the special Munitions Investigating | Committee headed by Senator Nye, Re- | publican, of North Dakota and the State Department attitude, the reso- lution provides: A mandatory embargo on exports of arms, munitions and implements of | war to all belligerents in a foreign conflict. A system of licensing munirions manufacture and export as a perma- nent policy of this Government, along the lines of the Geneva arms treaty of 1925, ratified earlier in the session by the Senate. A ban against American ships clr-‘ rying arms or munitions under em- bargo to any belligerent port or to any neutral port for reshipment to bel- ligerents. Authority for the President to pro- hibit American citizens traveling on | ships of belligerent nations, except at | their own risk, with 90 days allowed for citizens to return home from war areas. Authority for the President to pre- vent ships, foreign or American, from carrying men or supplies to belligerent Vvessels at sea, Would Curb Submarines. Authority for the President to re- strict or prohibit the entry of bellig- erent submarines into American waters or ports. A national munitions control board to administer the program, consisting of the Secretaries of State (as chair- man), Treasury, War and Commerce, and the chairmen of the Senste and House Foreign Relations Committees. The likelihood of action by the House had increased earlier when a delegation of nine House members as- | sured President Roosevelt of a ma- | Jority there if a vote can be Rad. | Those who called at the White House included Representatives Sis- | son, New York; Ludlow, Indiana Kloeb, Ohio; Biermann, Iowa; Mav- erick, Texas, and Kopplemann, Con- necticut, Democrats; Tobey, New | Hampshire, and Christianson, Minne- sota, Republicans and Sauthoff, Wis- consin, Progressive. In acting on the legislation the | Senate had temporarily laid aside | the Guffey coal bill. Chairman Pitt- | man of the Foreign Relations Com- mittee obtained unanimous consent to lay aside the coal bill—unfinished | business—for consideration of the neutrality resolution approved by his committee yesterday. U. S. Aid Not Asked. . Meanwhile, with official attention | going to the threatening Italo-Ethi- | opian situation, but President Roose- | velt and Secretary Hull saying noth- | ing, it was learned in informed quar- ters elsewhere that no foreign govern- ment had approached Washington with any suggested course of action. ‘This Government is holding hands off, | but remaining watchful of develop- ments. Senator Lewis, Democrat, of Illinois, opponent of the resolution, proposed a substitute to defer action on neu- trality until next session, but permit- ting the President, if necessary, to handle the question by executive orders | in the interim. Pittman upheld the resolution, dis- closing that his subcommittee and the | State Department agreed the question | of restricting credit to belligerents was “too involved” to pass upon at this session. “In view of the fact this resolu- tion is so protective,” he said, “there would be little reason for a country to borrow money here. “The whole question of existing debts owed to us and legislation al- ready enacted barring loans to those (See NEUTRALITY, Page 3.) DE LABOULAYE SAILS TO REPORT ON PACT French Ambassador, Accompanied by Wife, Plans Vacation After Paris Talk. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 21.—Andre de Laboulaye, French Ambassador to the United States, sailed for home today to report on conversations he has had i i i action. At his regular press conference, at- tended by an unusual number of for- eign correspondents, President Roose- velt simply smiled at a series of ques- tions on the foreign situation and on neutrality, and said there was noth- ing to say at this time. LAVAL IS SEEKING 10 LIMIT STRIFE Urges Italy to Confine Action | to Disarming and Po- licing Ethiopia. By the Associated Press. PARIS, August 21.—Premier Laval is negotiating secretly with Premier Mussolini in an effort to limit war against Ethiopia, if he cannot prevent ity it was learned today. s Laval Hopes; if'the worst comes to the worst, that military action can be confined to Ethiopian disarmament and the policing of frontier strips. He sent Baron Pompeo Aloisi, Italy's representgtive at the abortive tri- | power conference in Paris, back to Rome with a new idea of France's appreciation of Italy’s friendship. Urges Middle Course. Aloisi carried Laval's hope that Il Duce would take the middle course between conquest of Ethiopia and the British plan of concessions and thus avoid a break with France. The French premier allowed An- thony Eden, Britain's representative, to try firmness. but he let Aloisi see that France disapproves of threats. “It is a mistake to anger Il Duce" said one high official. “The only safe method with him is common | sense and soft words.” intends to keep both the| Laval British and Italian friendship, even if war breaks out, by crediting each | side with whatever merits he sees in_the views of each. He is also determined to save the prestige of the League of Nations as far as possible, by preventing it from arousing Mussolini to violent deflance. Arbitrator Is Named. The Arbitration Commission on the Ualual incident, a clash of Italians and Ethiopians last December, named Nicolas Socrate Politis the fifth arbi- trator. He will not be summoned until later. The discussion resumed where it was deadlocked at Scheveningen, the Netherlands, last July 9. Present were the Ethiopian expert, Prof. Gas- ton Jeze; the Italian expert, Silvio Lessuna; the American expert, Dr. Pitman Benjamin .otter, and Dr. Albert G. de la Pradelle of France. EXPLOSION HURTS TRIO | Home Blasted as Result of Man's | Attempt to Die by Gas. CHICAGO, August 21 (#). — Nicholas Wunderlich, 22-year-old or- chestra_leader at Hammond, Ind.; his wife, Wanda, 22, and John Kovach, 54, were injured early today when a gas explosion shattered Kovach's two- story frame home. More than 100 neighbors, frightened by the blast, ran into the streets. A dozen were thrown from their beds. Police Capt. Bart Moran said Kovach admitted he removed a plug from a gas main in the basement in a suicide attempt. The accumulated gas was. ignited by the pilot light on a range. | economic sanctions. This idea will be taken up by the | crat, of Oklahoma, for the Committee | full cabinet tomorrow in an emer-ion Agriculture, which has the same | gency meeting. ‘Throughout the day there were in- dications Great Britain might seek Ametican co-operation outside Geneva "for a solution of the Italo-Ethiopian crisis, While Washington is being kept ir- formed of developments. an authorita- tive source said, no appeal to America to review its policy on the Italo- Ethiopian situation Las been made Kellogg Pact Move Seen. It was indicated. however, that Britain wculd welcome an invocation | of the Briand-Kellogg pact by the United States. Baldwin presided over the parley. called to precede a special meeting ot the cabinet tomorrow. He acted direct- ly after he, Sir Samuel Hoare, foreign secretary, and Anthony Eden, minister for League of Nations affairs, hagd conferred with the leading members _the government opposition and colonial representatives, Ramsay MacDonald, who hurried back from Scotind thiy morning, ar- rived at Downing street by automobile and looked glum as he entered the session. Neville Chamberlain kept his eyes cast down, apparently in deep thought, | a8 he entered the doorway leading to the inner chambers where the British government's policies are framed. Many Rumeors Heard. Many rumors circulated. One. found | to be without foundation, was that sll | ! leaves in the army and navy had been | | stopped. A similarly foundationless | rumor, two days ago, was that the | naval reserves were being called up at | Portsmouth. Shortly after the last of the seven ministers had entered 10 Downing | street the police cleared the street of | all sightseers. Senator Pope, Democrat, of Utah. one of the leading American advocates of the League of Nations, was invited to Lord Cecil's home shortly after the latter had conferred at the foreign office with Eden. Senator Pope and Lord Cecil had a long conversation on the present situation. Later Pope will go to Paris to see Premier Pierre Laval and to Geneva to watch the meeting of the League Council. State Department Informed. The State Department today had up-to-the-minute British views from Ray Atherton, American charge | d'affaires, who forwarded a full re- port to Washington after another con- ference last night. Britain has yet made no formal move to enlist Amer- ican co-operation, but it is believed a way is being prepared for this fol- lowing the cabinet session tomorrow. 8o far it is understood that Ather- ton acted strictly as a reporter con- veying the British government's views to Washington. The Kellogg pact W&s not mentioned in the conversa- tions. Atherton will be invited to the foreign office again before the cabinet meets. Llnyd George was closeted with Sir Samuel Hoare, foreign secretary, and Anthony ' Eden, minister for League affairs, for .65 minutes. The usually talkative World ,War premier was tight lipped on leaving the foreign office and made no response to re- Quests to comment on the situation. Among the dignitaries who called at the foreign office were the acting high commissioner for Canada, Col. G. P. Vanier, Stariley M. Bruce, Au- stralian high commissioner, and James Parr, high commissioner of New Zealand. ; 5 Bir Herbert Samuel, Liberal leader, conferred last night with the foreign (See U. 8. AID, Page 3.) Long Island Becomes Jungle As 175 Monkeys Escape Pen By the Associated Press. MASSAPEQUA, N. Y., August 21.— Led by the redoubtable “Capone.” 175 monkeys escaped today from Frank Buck's jungle camp on Sunrise high- way, near here. One of Buck’s employes had entered the monkey's stronghold to do some repairing. He stretched a plank from retaining wall to the moat which sur- rounds the artificial cliffs in which the animals live. While the employe was busy “Capone,” bully of the colony and instigator of all sorts of trouble, dash- ed across the plank. A gibbering band of his subjects followed. After suffering minor scratches and bites, employes succeeded in bloc*n‘ the escape after 175 monkeys had crossed the plank. Two of the ani- mals were captured. The chattering horde scampered Nassaii County police were asked to bring 'em back alive, since Buck, who Island monkey authorities ad- through regular diplomatic channels | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SEPARATE SILVER AGTION 15 SOUGHT BY SENATE BLOC Bill on Calendar Would Re- place Discarded Tax Amendment. OPPOSITION MAY McCarran Says Tactics lAre Not Relished, but Situation De- mands Consideration. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Senate consideration of a separate measure, by which the purpose of the McCarran silver amendment in the $250,000,000 tax bill would be carried out. is the price to be asked by mem- bers of the Senate silver bloc in re- turn for allowing approval in the Senate of the conference report on the revenue legislation, it was learn- ed today. The McCarran amendment, which | would repeal certain sections of the silver purchase act of 1934, was ac- cepted during Senate consideration of the tax bill, but was thrown out in | conference. There is pending on the | Senate calendar, however, a separate bill introduced by Senator McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada, and reported favorably by Senator Thomas, Demo- | content as the discarded tax amend- ment. Consideration of this measure, not on the administration list of | “must” legislation, is the objective of the silver bloc. Unless the wishes of this group are | met, a silver filibuster is almost certain in the closing hours of the session, it | was indicated. Anxious for Action. Although Senator McCarran de- clined to tip his hand completely, he said today he is very anxious to get action on the silver bill. “I'm working on the proposition right now.” he said, “and I can't tell | you just yet what we will do. I'd prefer | having a separate measure rather than | an amendment. to the tax bill. I don't like filibustering tactics at this stage of the game, but I do want some action | on this silver situation.” | Senator Thomas, however, went & step further in declaring, “There are 110 of us ready to make speeches on | | the silver question if Senate leaders refuse to consider our proposition elther as an amendment to the tax bill or as & separate measure. We don't intend to give up on the matter with- out some fight.” ‘The provisions of the silver - pur- chase act which the bloc seems to re- peat are the sections levying & tax of 50 per cent on all profits on silver transactions, authorizing the Presi- dent to nationalize all silver owned within the United States, and au- thorizing the Secretary of the Treas- ury to regulate domestic silver deal- ings through a license system. Further Delay Possible. In addition to the danger of trouble | from the silver bloc, the tax bill re- | port may run into further delay from | those who supported the Borah amendment to ban further issuance of tax-exempt Federal securities. This, like the McCarran amendment, was thrown out in conference. It was adopted in the Senate by a vote of 40 to 39, with the Idaho Republican in- dicating he might take some verbal action if the Conference Committee should see fit to abandon the proposal. Immediate action on the revenue conference report, however, is being delayed pending completion of the majority report by the technical con- sultants of the conferees. Repre- sentative Doughton, Democrat, of North Carolina, head of the House conferees. said he hopes the report will be completed by this afternoon and that it may be called up in the House tomorrow. Senator Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippi, head of the Senate con- ferees, already has announced that the report will not be considered in the Senate until disposition is made in the House. It is believed, however, that such consideration is being de- layed until virtually everything else on the “must” list is cleared away, the feeling being that the Roosevelt re- quested legislation to “soak the rich” is to be the final straw to break down the present session of the Congress and allow the legisiators to return to their homes. Minority ‘Attitude. In spite of the reconciliation of differences between majority con- ferees of both House and Senate yes- terday, the Republican minority still refuses to take any part of the “blame” for the revenue bill. To make their position certain, there- fore, Senator Metcalf of Rhode Island, Representative Treadway of Massa- chusetts and Representative Bachrach of New Jersey, Republicamr conferees, issued a blistering statement against the measure last night and refused to sign the conference report. Terming it an “absurdity,” they (See TAXES, Page 5.) Readers’ Guide Women’s Features . ’.B- 10-11 START FILIBUSTER | | | 1 [ WAS MAKING. GREAT PROGRESS ¢ Foening Sar WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1935—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. UNTIL HE CLIMBED ({5 ON BEHIND ME! The only Associated Yesterday’s Some Retur) $2% N A\, Q N\ A QRN NN NN NN UTILITIES BILL HEL ILLEGAL BY DAVIS 1924 Presidential Nominee Wrote Opinion for Cities Service, Officer Says. BY JAMES E. CHINN. | John W. Davis, Democratic presi- | dential nominee in 1924, wrote an opinion for Cities Service holding the | Wheeler-Rayburn utilities bill uncon- | stitutional. William B. S. Winans, con- troller of the company. revealed today to the Senate Lobby Committee. Winans made the disclosure when called to the witness stand to receive orders from Chairman Black to make available to committee investigators all records of Cities Service and its 160 subsidiaries. He also revealed that $12500 had been paid Joseph P. Tumulty, the late President Wilson's secretary, for his legal services. Altogether, Cities Service itself, Winans said, spent more than $100,- 000 in fighting the utilities bill. Howard C. Hopson of the Associated Gas & Electric Co. was temporarily released from the witness stand for the examination of Winans, Threat Made to Get All Records. Chairman Black told the Cities Serv- i ice controller that committee investi- gators had encountered difficulty in procuring certain records of his com- pany and warned him that unless the information is made available, all records of Cities Service and its vari- ous subsidiaries would be subpenaed and brought to Washington. Such a move, Winans explained. | would stop the business of the com- pany, and he was certain it would not object to the full examination of its records. Winans said he would furnish the committee later in the day the names of officials of the company and its subsidiaries who can be subpoenaed as witnesses. Winans was called primarily to pro- duce certain records wanted by the committee, but he was shelled with questions about the company's cam- paign against the utilities bill and his | own views on holding companies. Advertising Investigated. As soon as Hopson returned to the stand, Chairman Black questioned him about Associated's advertising cam- paign in the Chicago Hearst news- papers. Black read a telegram Hopson sent from Miami Beach, Fla., April 24 last, saying advertising in these papers would be “very helpful just now.” Black then questioned Hopson about a conference B. B. Robinson, Chicago securities salesman and the Asso- ciated’s contact man in Washington, had with two life insurance officials. Robinson, it was developed, had sent Hopson a telegram saying he was “making definite progress.” The questioning then reverted to Hopson's short visit to Washington several weeks ago while process serv- ers of both Senate and House lobby committees were searching for him, (See LOBBY, Page 5.) SHIP STRIKERS SCORE INJUNCTION ACTION New York Corporation Charged With Breach of Faith and Etiquette. By the Associated Press. CAMDEN, N. J., August 21.—M. H. Goldstein, counsel to striking employ- es, described the New York Ship- building Corp.’s application in Federal Court in Newark for an anti-picketing injunction as “an unprecedented breach of faith and etiquette to Vice Chancellor Francis B. Davis.” A similar action against striking union members is pending before the vice chancellor, who has conducted several hearings. “Vice Chancellor Davis has been eminently fair to all parties,” Gold- stein said. “Evidently fearful it has not established a case entitling it to the granting of an injunction by Vice Chancellor Davis, the corporation is attempting to arm itself against an adverse decision by running to the Federal Court.” Newark Federal Judge Guy L. the union members to their Hitler’s Will La, . State Secretary | Warns Germany Takes Sharp Issue With Liberal Views of Criminal Code. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, August 21.—Roland Freis- ler, state secretary in the Reich min- |istry of justice, announced today that Reichsfuhrer Hitler's will is the su- preme law of the land in Germany. He made this assertion in an ad- | dress before the International Penal Congress, taking sharp issue with the | liberal point of view in criminal law, | penal procedure and the execution of sentences, “For the national socialist state criminal law becomes the instrument of the national community which serves the purpose of the nation's | needs for cleansing and Protection. | * ® * It represents the supreme form | of Der Fuehrer's order, hence, the | suoreme expression of a sound na- tional consciousness.” FCUADOR SEATS | | | |Velasco Ibarra Is Jailed in | | Plot to Set Up Dictator- ship. | By the Associated Press. | QUITO, Ecuador, August 21.—An- tonio Pons, former minister of govern- | ment (premier), was sworn in as Pres- | 1dent of Ecuador today to succeed for- | | mer President Jose M. Velasco Ibarra, | arrested last night. Valesco Ibarra's attempt to become leaders repudiated him in favor of the constitution. Seizure of the President was accom- plished without bloodshed. Imprisoned with Velasco Ibarra were three aides, among them Col. Ricardo Astudillo. They were accused of being parties to the coup which at dawn today. Velasco Ibarra prepared for his dic- | tatorship by jailing opposition leaders. They zained their freedom, but he promptly imprisoned Frederico Intri- ago Arrata, chief of police of Quito, the capital, and the governor of the province. ‘The Senate adopted a resolution not to meet in session unless guaranteed protection and liberty to consider po- litical problems. Velasco Ibarra closed Congress and decreed a constituent assemlbly, & power not delegated to him under the constitution, to back up his proclamation of dictatorship. Velasco Ibarra was arrested by Col. Nicanor Solis, inspector general of the army. The colonel cited to the Presi- dent the authority guaranteeing Con- gress the right of regular function and demanded Velasco Ibarra’s resigna- tion. The President asked for three hours in which to weigh the demands. It was granted and Solis thereupon ordered the release of political prison- ers. Because of the noise incident to con- struction of a lafge, modern kitchen in the White House and the fact the work will necessitate shutting off the water and electric supply there soon, Col. Louis McHenry Howe, secretary to the President, who has been confined to his room in the White House for more than six months, today was moved to the Naval Hospital. Col. Howe, who has shown improve- ment throughout the Summer, has been placed in a large, air-cooled room in the hospital and has been assured of every comfort and convenience. Mrs. Roosevelt personally accom- panied Col. Howe in the White House limousine and said afterward that he was “happy and comfortable.” Col. Howe, although he had to be assisted from his bed to the automo- bile, joked about ;u transfer and his NEW PRESDENT dictator was frustrated when army | Velasco Ibarra intended to bring about | ENDOF ., RELIEF INYEARDEMANDED in Washington wit (®) Means Associated Pr evening gagfir e Press News and Wirephoto Services. Circulation, 121,521 TWO CENTS. GUFFEY BILL SPED A ADIOURNMENT SENTIMENT GROWS: |Early Vote Sought to Clear Way for End of Session Saturday. {WALSH BILL SHELVED IN COMMITTEE, 13-7 | House Keeps Pace With Senate by Hurrying Work on T. V. A. Amendments. By the Associated Press. With Congress bent on going home by Saturday night, administration leaders sought to summon their full strength today in an effort to whip | the Guffey bituminous coal stabiliza- | tion bill through the Senate. They hoped to speed debate—already peppered with challenges to the meas- ure’s constitutionality—and move to- ward an early final vote so as not to delay adjournment plans. Already in their dash toward ad- journment, the legislators have de- livered two jolts to major parts of the Roosevelt administration’s program. Some hours after a Senate-House Conference Committee had approved a new $250.000,000 tax bill whica embodied many ‘administration ideas. but left out the new inheritance taxes strongly urged by President Roosevelt, the House Judiciary Committee shelved another piece of administration legis- lation last night. Walsh Bill Pigeon-Holed. The committee, by a vote of 13 to 7., pigeon-holed the Walsh measure to impose N. R. A. standards on all firms | Discharge of Case Workers Asked by Lusk—City Urged to Lead U. S. l Abolition of relief by the District by | the end of the present fiscal year and | an immediate heavy slash in the relief staff was demanded today by Rufus | 8. Lusk of the Washington Taxpay- ers’ Protective Association at the first | | zession of the Commissioners’ hearings | on budget proposals for the next fiscal | year. | In cryptic sentences Lusk assailed extravagant and declared- there is no tnlurel to prove his argument. His outspoken statement was in spokesmen, who called on the Com- missioners for appropriations for a wide variety of improvements. School Wing Demanded. George P. Barse urged funds for | construction of a wing for the Paul | ditional class rooms and a gymnasium. Llewellyn Jordan of the Bridge Representative Howard Smith of Vir- ginia championed %lnn.s for replace- ment of old Chain Bridge at its pres- ent location at a cost that has been | estimated by District engineers at some $350,000. The Commisstoners favor this as opposed to the proposed high-level span, which would be much more costly. ‘William A. Maio, president of the Southeast Citizens' Association and Southeast Council of Citizens' Associ- the garbage transfer station from southeast. A J. Driscoll, for the Mid-City Citi- cingt station. Revenue Limit Noted. early end to relief with a declaration the 1937 budget should not exceed estimated revenues and complimented the Commissioners on having kept the realty tax rate at $1.50 for three years. He said his association recommended “with no ifs or ands attached to it” liquidation of the entire relief set-up by June 30, 1936. “In our judgment there is no more need for relief in the District today than there was five years ago,” Lusk said. “Conditions here are as good as we can hope for. If we can't get rid of relief now, when and how are we going to do it? stop some day.” in the District and that the city now has an opportunity of setting an ex- ample to the country by “being the first to eliminate relief.” Seeking to show extravagance and waste in relief administration, he pre- sented figures showing that in 1933 administrative salaries for relief amounted to less than 6 per cent of | past relief operations as wasteful and | depression in Washington and cited | direct contrast to petitions of other | Junior High School, to provide 10 ad- | Committee of the Board of Trade and | spokesman for nine associations in the | ations, requested funds for a long list | of improvements for the southeast, in- | cluding replacement of the Pennsyl- | vania avenue bridge and removal of | | zens’ Association and business men on | | Seventh street, petitioned for re-estab- lisiment of the old No. 2 'police pre- | usk opened his demands for an | Relief must | He argued that “times are normal” | which contract to do business with the Government This bill, which appeared on the “must” list reported to have been drawn up at Sunday's White Housc conference of legislative leaders, has passed the Senate, but unless the Judiciary Committee reconsiders, it is lost for this session. Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Massa- chusetts, in pleading for the bill as one that would write the “human quality” into Government contracts, had told the committee it was an “administration bill” handed to him personally “by the President.” Fought by Business. The bill had been fought by busi- ness ¢representatives who called it yrannical.” Chairman Sumners of Judiciary Committee, said: “It is too important a bill to be pushed through at so late a date.” While Democratic leaders sought to avoid filibustering or long fighting on the question of neutrality legislation aimed at keeping the United States out of any war abroad, backers of the Guffey bill and the Tennessee Valley Authority amendments sought speedy | action in the Senate and House, re- spectively. The Senate, by 51 to 20, had voted to take up today the Gufley bill to set up a “miniature N. R. A." to reg- ulate bituminous coal, but there were indications that the neutrality vote might have to be squeezed in ahead | of the other meansure. | 51-20 Vote Held Lightly. | Leaders did not regard the 51-20 decision as a conclusive indication of | the final outcome on the Guffey | measure, which the President insists should not be blocked by any doubts of constitutionality. Some leaders expressed confidence the Guffey measure—high up on the administration list—would be passed by the Senate without difficulty, but others were not so sure. They said the vote yesterday to consider the bill was not to be taken as a conclusive test of the Senate's sentiment. The bill would set up a national coal commission to arrange codes for the soft coal industry. Boards would administer wage, hour, fair-practice and price-fixing provisions prescribed in the codes. A 15 per cent tax would be levied on mine operators, They would receive a rebate of 90 per cent if they accepted the codes. Tydings Attacks Bill. Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland launched an attack on the bill yesterday. calling it a “legal monstrosity.” He also asserted it was “class legislation” and “class tax- ation” that will “be blown away like the Autumn flowers with the first wintry blast from the courts.” Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho is opposed to its price-fixing provi- | sions. Tydings said anti-trust laws | should not be suspended for coal. On this last point Senator Barkley, Democrat, of Kentucky said the coal industry never had-been accused of breaking the anti-trust laws. In the House Democratic leaders | arranged for a quick, final vote today on the T. V. A. amendments. After that the Senate must take a vote on them. This bill, representing a compromise (See CONGRESS, Page 4.) (See BUDGET, Page 4. Col. Howe Moved to Hospital During White House Repair new temporary home. Immediately on arrival at the hospital, he re- marked he was afraid he would miss the several push bells which were at his bedside in the White House. The shutting off of the water and electric supply at the White House will await the departure of the Presi- dent for his three-week visit to his home in Hyde Park, N. Y. The Pres- ident hopes to get away from Wash- ington about a week after the closing of Congress. ‘Those in charge of the construction work have given assurance that the water and electricity will be in opera- tion again when the President re- turns, late in September, to remain a few days before starting on his Jjourney across the continent to at- tend the formal dedication of Boulder Dam, on the Colorado River, and the San Diego, Gl‘fl.. Exposition., SOPWITH PLANS YACHT TO LIFT AMERICA’S CUP Negotiates for Endeavor II, to Be Four ‘Feet Longer, 20 Tone Heavier. By the Associated @ess. TORQUAY, £agland, August 21.— T. O. M. Scpwith, prominent British sportsman, s seriously considering building a new aid bigger Endeavour II with which he may challenge again for the America’s Cup, emblematic of the world’s yachting supremacy. The wealthy sportsman, who failed to lift the trophy in an ill-tempered series off Newport, R. I., a year ago, is negotiating with Nicholson’s Ship- yard for a class J racer which would be 4 feet longer than the original Endeavour and 20 tons heavier. The new Endeavour would have the same sail area as the old. Sopwith, steering his Endeavour in today’s race off the Royal Torquay Yacht Club, said he has not yet de- cided himself definitely on the new venture, 4