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COURT CREDTED NTHTRADEGAI Business’ Confidence Traced ~to Supreme Tribunal = N. R. A. Decision. - "% BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Asusmess is getting better and better. nd this is happening notwithstand- i the hodge-podge which Congress has made of legislation. Why, it may be. asked, is business improving sud confidence returning in the face of threats to the economic structure by Néw Deal laws? “*Mhe answer is that the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27 last in a unanimous opinicu re- affirmed the fact that we are still functioning under a written Constitu- tion and that the rights of the indi- vidual will be protected to the full extent of judicial power against usurpation by Government. “The far-reaching character of the Sehechter case decision and the stimulus it has given to business and ifjdustry was not as widely accepted immediately after the opinion was rendered as it is today. There is on e¥ery side now an admission by busi- @ess men that the real reason they af¢ going ahead is because they feel the Supreme Court will hold invalid the balance of the New Deal program a&'it touches on property confiscation, misuse of the taxing power, and at- tegpts to do by indirection that which 1§ expressly forbidden by the Consti- tution, Previous Comment Recalled. Lest it be contended that the reason for the confidence underlying busi- ness progress today is just an after- thought on the part of business men, the reader is referred to excerpts from dispatches written by this correspond- ent immediately after the Supreme Court decision, when business was still in a Spring slump and when the out- Jook for a Summer drop had been generally forecast by economists and Commentators on business subjects. Thus, on May 30—three days after the Supreme Court decision—I re- ported the following: “Business throughout the country 45 responding with sensational vigor | to the impetus given by the Suprem Court’s definition of constitutional Government. “Long-term financing can now be done. Commitments can now be made. The rules to be followed are those in a written Constitution. Arti- ficiality has been dealt a solar plexus. From now on recovery by natural means is not only possible but it will afford a release to pentup energies of American trade and commerce. For there is no means of measuring the damage to business morale which uincertainties over the constitutional- ity of New Deal laws have bruugh_t. Today business breathes the fresh air of healthy competition. “For a few weeks there may be tome confusion due to a readjust- inent to the new circumstances, but on the whole, husiness will move for- ward in the direction of a steady end substantial recovery.” Two weeks later—June 14—this cor- respondent in a further analysis of information derived from different perts of the country wrote the fol- Jowing: “Enough time has elapsed since the Supreme Court decision on the N. R. A to survey the effect on American business and. industry, and it is growing clearer every day that the decision has given an impetus to trade which is likely to be reflected {n an increasing volume toward the end of the Summer and in the Au- tfumn. From all parts of the coun- {ry, business men aere Teporting a re- vival of confidence and a renewed activity. Momentum Is Real “The truth is, American business and industry have a real momentum now and even the prospect of im- pediment from Congress does not seem likely to break down the re- €overy movement.” ! Take a look at the various busi- hess indexes of production, the sta- tistics and bank checks and clear- ances, the increased velocity of trans- pctions and the reports of sales this Summer, as compared to last Sum- mer and it is evident that we are on the threshold of a business re- vival such as we have not had in the five years of depression. The one big blot on the picture is the presence of nearly 9,000,000 persons on the unemployed list and the obvious fail- ure of the New Deal to put the idle to work. The New Deal is compelled to wait | for business and industry to get going in order to absorb these unemployed. Unfortunately, past history shows that business often starts to improve and shows a spurt long before there are jobs created to take care of all the unfortunate. This merely means that, if business had been given an oppor- tunity a year ago to go ahead, there would have been more people employed today. Restrictions Mean Delay. What’s W hat’s What ind N Behind News . In Capital Youth Movement Lead- ers See Voters of To- motrow as Problem. BY PAUL MALLON. PLIFT reached a new altitude U record here this week, un- beknown to the world at large. While Congress has been monopolizing news space with such trivialties as taxation, banking and the solanum tube rosum, a na- tional youth movement has been put under way with intentions of really moving somewhere. ‘The announced purpose is for the Federal Government to furnish lunch money and carfare to poor school kids; also to give needy high school graduates $15 a month to go to col- lege, and poor college graduates $30 & month to work on their master's degrees. But it was evident at a gen- erally reported meeting of the State directors here that the prime movers of the scheme have grander ideas than merely taking over edu- cational subsidies formerly handled by cities, States and private en- dowments. Indeed, no one at the meeting said much about care fare or lunch money, but told of how they were going to spare the rod and yet not spoil the kiddies .under a new Federal system. They said their scheme originated with Mrs. Roosevelt, but from the way they talked it was apparent that Postmaster General Farley also must have had a hand in it. ‘The most comprehensive revelation of what the youth movers have in the back of their minds was offered )y Charles Taussig, chairman of the ational Advisory Committee. His remarks were prepared in advance ing them, he returned them to his pocket. They were not given out in mimeographed form, as most speeches of Government officials usually are. To Mr. Taussig, the youth move- ment was a chance to corerct all boys and girls in morality, integrity and democracy. Because he read his remarks, you could not tell whether he used democracy with a big or little “d.” But that probably was not confusing to the newly ap- pointed State directors. In fact, Mr. Taussig gave them a further broad hint when he told them that their job and duty was “to main- tain a direct contact with the electorate of 10 years from now.” “Teach the youth free thought, free speech and universal education,” said he, “but remember that the youth of the Nation will controi the destiny of the country through its votes,” Uncle Sam as Cupid. 1t can eastly be denied now, but Mr. Tausslg also dropped arother blue- plate morsel which was not on the bill of fare. and girl should be given the opportu- nity to ‘marry “at the mating age.” He did not make clear how the Fed- eral Government is going to play Cupid, although he was obviousty thinking far beyond the $27,000,000 spend in educational subsidies. Prob- ably he was thinking of the $13,000,000 yet unallocated out of the $50,000,000 already set aside for the youth move- ment. He gould buy a lot of bows and arrows for $13.000,000, but if he does he will have to decide what the mat- ing age is and whom to shoot. A sug- gestion has been made that he start off with old maids past 80 who have not yet realized, apparently, that there is a mating age. Hitler and Mussolini are under- stood to have faced this problem early in their game and decided that it was too big for them. They side-stepped it by merely offering bounties and encouragements for marriages and babies at any age. The baby angle was avoided by Mr. Taussig, as there seems to have been an overproduction in that industry in the past, from an economic standpoint. At least, there are millions more of ex-babies now than there are jobs and the problem cannot be solved by plowing them under. This is at least one point on which Mr, Teussig’s problem aiffers from that of Messrs, Mussolint and Hitler. Educators View With Alarm. 1t s understood that many serious- minded educational leaders, who can- not see as far as Mr. Taussig, are now looking daggers at the national youth movement. Aubrey Willlams, executive director of the movement, hinted at this underlying distrust when he pointed out at the conference here that it “could very easily become a Also, in accordance as the New Deal by unnecessary restrictions keeps va- rious businesses from obtaining capi- tal or interferes with the investment of funds through laws that are defla- tionary and threaten confiscation, the most essential requirement of recov- ery—new capital—will be delayed in getting into action. The damage done by delay is two- fold—the unemployed are kept from getting jobs and the taxpayers gen- erally are compelled to foot a huge Telief bill in the interim. Never was there a more convincing demonstration of the unsound eco- nomics and half-baked theories which they recently tharacterized experi- mentai legislation, and never has there been such a conclusive proof of the economic wisdom of our fore- fathers in safeguarding through a written Constitution the American system of responsible individualism. (Copyright. 1935.) WILD DRIVERS WARNED DODGING IS TO END Missourian in Newspaper Says “Keep in Your Place—My Nerves Are Frazzled.”. By the Assoclated Press. KANSAS CITY, August 22.—The shine is worn off his motor car, James W. Stobaugh warned “wild drivers” in & newspaper notice last night. “I no longer shall make my car jump sideways, backwards, do flip- flop curves, etc, to get out of the way. If you see Missouri 3-167 com- ing down the stm Just kneleph.m your proper place you wi wve no broken headlights, smashed fend- ers or broken windows. My nerves mwnrnta-!h.*" and he read them, but, after deliver- | He said every young boy | which the youth movers are going to | THE KUHN IS HONORED BY CHAMBER VOTE Named Honorary Member of Bethesda Body for Aid in Drive for Busses. Oliver Owen Kuhn, managing editor of The Evening Star, was elected to honorary life membership in the Bethesda Chamber of Commerce last night in an expression of that organi- zation's gratitude of the “priceless service” he rendered Montgomery County citizens in obtaining a better transportation system for the area northwest of Washington. Declaring that Kuhn, more than any other person, is responsible for the results accomplished toward “transportation betterment in the western suburban district,” the di- rectors of the trade body unanimously adopted the resolution providing for his election in an honorary degree. Offered by Sacks. ‘The measure, which was offered by George P. Sacks, president of the Bank of Bethesda, and enacted after being seconded by Samuel E. Stone- braker, past president of the Cham- ber of Commerce, reads as follows: “For a number of years the citizens of this community, civic organizations and more especially the Bethesda Chamber of Commerce, have been en- deavoring to improve the transporta- tion of the Bethesda area of the west- ern metropolitan district and render more sightly and attractive that great arterial boulevard, Wisconsin avenue, the connecting link between the West and the North and the Nation’s Cap- ital, by the elimination of trolley poles and tracks, “Some three or four years ago, strenuous efforts were indulged by resourceful agencies, many contacts made and sincere endeavor made, anticipating civic betterment, im- proved transportation and general oeautification and elimination of dangerous hazards, but without avail. Won Aid of Press. “It was just one year ago that this Bethesda Chamber of Commerce in- augurated an intensive study of this problem, and without stint of mental or physical endeavor, accomplished what had heretofore been lacking. the wholesome, persistent support of | the press. “Without hesitation or fear of con- tradition, I assert that it is the un- biased, sincere opinion of citizenry in | general and I believe of this cham- ber as well, that without the aid of daily representations to the public, our transportation problems might still be an unsettled issue. “There is a citizen living in our midst, however, who is more re- "sponsible than any other for results | | accomplished to date tending toward | | transportation betterment in the | western suburban district, and al- | though this citizen worked silently. | but without limit, nevertheless he gave unsparingly in time and advice, | and it was his contacts and the in- | | fluence he brought to bear, it was | the many disclosures he edited, the | publication of illustrations he caused |to be made, it was the conferences | he engaged in and the placing of | current events before the people which ‘ummltely aroused that measure of | enthusiasm and action which termi- nated in definte findings and de- cisions, and I have references to: “Mr. Oliver Owen Kuhn, citizen of Montgomery. S Service Termed Priceless. “And whereas, Mr. Oliver Owen Kuhn has rendered to the western suburban area a priceless service, to citizenry in general, a long-sought improvement, and to this chamber a demonstration of sincere and loyal | co-operation, “I hereby submit the following resolution, to wit: “That the Bethesda Chamber of Commerce nominates and elects to membership in this body in honorary degree, without fee and for life, our worthy and esteemed benefactor, Oliver Owen Kuhn.” The directors also adopted in further expression of their appreciation a resolution commending The Evening Star and its officials for the part it played in the citizens’ campaign to abolish the electric rallway and re- place it with modern bus service to the Capital. » The second resolution praised The Star for the “wholesome, civic, loyal manner” in which it championed the interest of the citizens and contri- buted “so magnificently in priceless approach culminating in elimination’| of unsightly tracks and poles, and the substitution of modern bus transpor- tation system.” “The citizens of this area recognize,” the measure states, “that it was through the instigation of The Even- ing Star Newspaper which edited dis- closures and published illustrations and current events which ultimately aroused that measure of enthusiasm and action which terminated in definite findings and decisions.” questionable undertaking.” ‘What makes the educators leery is the fact that, if the Government is merely going to subsidize education of the paverty-stricken, it already has an agency equipped to handle the sub- sidies (the Bureau of Edycation in the Labor Department). This movement is an entirely new setup, with fresh State directors and new staffs in each State, drawing salfries and paying office expenses. These administrative costs, if saved, would afford a lot of lunch money. They might enable the Federal Government to feed all the 700,000 high school students who dropped out last semester instead of the 212,000 it now proposes to feed. (Incidentally, the high school prin- cipals are to decide which 212,000 children are to be fed 488,000 are to be denied.) But no sympathy will e wasted on the foremoet educators who are doubt- ers. They are just too darned un- educated to know that “palitics” is highly important subject, even if not included in the curriculum of most and which CUMMINGS TO VISIT “SCOTLAND YARD” Justice Department Head Also to Stop in Other Nations to Study Methods. By the Associated Press. Attorney General Cummings, whose Justice Department units include the “G-men,” will leave for Europe next Wednesday to study “Scotland Yard. Like the Federal Bureau of Inves- tigation, the British “Yard” and its famed criminal investigation division, are under the direction of a cabinet offieer. Justice spokesmen said “Scotland Yard” has been following the F. B. I's example lately, in seeking college- trained recruits. o The Attorney General will study courts and criminal administration in three countries of Europe. A pleasure trip to Italy will con- clude his tour. - Sailing on the George Washington from New York August 28, the Attor- ney General will be gone six weeks. Mrs. Cummings and Mr. and Mrs. J. Bruce Kremer of Washington will travel with the Attorney General. s ——— ————— part on the jact that he is presi- universities which fancy themselves up-to-date. Note—Mr. Taussig is the most phenomenal of all New Deal phe- nomena—a Wall Street brain trust- er. He whs ome of the original group of inmer ecomomic advisers “to the President, and worked from _his ofice at 111 Wall street. His specialty was Cuba and sugar, an accomplishment Tfl probadly in dent of the American Molasses Co. He has mever been a professor or an educator, but long has worried about the youth Fascist or Communist or g EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO! N, D. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1935. ) “Perfect-Sla'ying” Figures # Left: Mrs. Gladys Glena Falr, who was found slain at Long Beach, Calif,, in what the police term a “perfect crime.” Lower: Evan A. Fair, husband of the victim and a chef at San Francisco. Right: Mrs. Florence Boykin, 52, sister of Mrs. Fair, shown in Hall of Justice at San Francisco as she was questioned. Mrs. Boykin visit- ed her sister shortly before her death.—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. SISTER OF SLAIN WOMAN IS HELD “Perfect Crime” Probe -Is' Centering in Hunt for Pistol. By the Assoclated Press. LONG BEACH, Calf, August 22.— Investigation of the “perfect crime” slaying of attractive Mrs. Gladys Glena Fair, turned to San Francisco today, where Mrs. Florence Boykin, | 52, a sister, was detained by police for _questioning. The sister, ordered detained in a police message sent by C. M. Murphy, | captain of detectives, was located last night in a San Prancisco hotel. She submitted readily to questioning and accompanied officers to police head- quarters. | Capt. Murphy said San Francisco | officers had advised him that Mrs. Boykin admitted having paid a two- hour visit with her sister here Monday night and returned to San Francisco the next day. Missing Pistol Is Sought. Capt. Murphy, who classed the slay- ing as a “perfect crime,” said the in- | vestigation centered around a missing | .32-caliber pistol—the same caliber believed to have been used in the slaying—owned by Mrs. Boykin. Mrs. Boykin, Murphy said, related that she had owned a .32 pistol for several years but lost it in Los An- geles last Monday. She said she reported the loss to Los Angeles police, but a check of the records there failed to disclose such a report, Murphy said. He‘ added that several .32 cartridges were found in Mrs. Boykin's possession last night. | Bullet Hole in Head. - Mrs. Fair, 34-year-old stenographer employed at the Naval Board of In- spection and Survey, was found dead in her apartment here Tuesday, a single bullet wound in the back of Eer head. The body had been dragged across the apartment to the bath 100m. Search continued for a tall, well- dressed man reported seen Monday night in front of Mrs. Fair's apart- ment, WANG’S RESIGNATION REPORTED WITHDRAWN Premier's Reconsideration Said to Have Averted Serious Crisis in China. By the Associated Press. NANKING, China, August 22.—A serious crisis in the affairs of the Chinese government appeared averted today, when the Rengo News Agency reported that Premier Wang Ching- Wel, who resigned August 9, had withdrawn his resignation at a meet- ing of the Central Executive Commit- tee. The announcement was taken to in- dicate that Wang will retain both the chairmanship of the Executive Yuan and the post of foreign minister. CRUSHED BY TRUCK Norman Richardson Seriously In- jured About Stomach. Caught between a brick wall and the rear end of a transfer truck as it backed into an alley on Twentieth street near S, Norman Richardson, 24, colored, South Washington, Va, suffered torn abdominal muscle and possible internal injuries today. He was taken to Emergency Hos- pital, where his condition was de- etermined. Moves toward vote on Guffey coal bill. ’ Lobby Committee continues exami- nation of Howard C. Hopson. Houze: Considers miscellaneous business. Forelgn Affairs Committee holds a;rhu on Senate-approved neutrality TOMORROW. Senate: CENTRAL AMERICA MANEUVER SCENE “Fleet Problem No. 17” to Be Worked Out Off West Coast. By the Associated Press. The Navy has decided to work out “fleet problem No. 17"—understood to be the defense of the Panama Canal —next May off the west coast of Cen- tral America. .The decision, said Col. Henry L. Roosevelt, Acting Secretary, follows “the well-established custom of hold- ing annual fleet maneuvers in different strategic areas and American terri- torial waters contiguous thereto.” War games were held in the Canal area in 1031, in the Pacific off the ‘West Coast in 1932 and 1933 and in the Caribbean and Narragansett Bay in 1934. Fundamental Principle. Defense of the canal, which cuts off thousands of miles from the water distance between the East and West » has been a fundamental prin- ciple of American strategists. The ‘| Navy high command is known to favor digging another as a precaution against its being blocked up or de- stroyed. The voyage of the battleship Oregon around South America during the| war with Spain played a large part in creating sentiment for the canal. The fieet, however, failed to achieve its goal [ast year of passing through the canal within 24 hours. Col. Roosevelt and Admiral William H. Standley, chief of operations, inti- mated that protests by Japanese newspapers and American pacifist groups against holding this year’s maneuvers in the Pacific had nothing to do with choosing & more Eastern site. No. 16 Worked Out. “Problem No. 16” was worked out this Spring in_ the triangle between Puget Sound, Alaska, and Hawaii, and Standley said “it is a natural thing to hold maneuvery in a definite area— we seldom hold” them in the same place tv > years.” He added that Admiral Frank B. Uph: , commander in chief of the Aciatic fleet, had not seen in Japan newspapers protests on his good-will visit to Yokohama the day the ma- neuvers began. In making public “general infor- mation I thought might be desirable at this time,” Standlex added that the Navy also planned to.send a heavy cruise division back to the West Coast around South America for the first ceremonial visit & .ce a destroyer di- vision's voyage in 1907. The Atlantic Coa:t also will have an opportunity to see some units of the fleet for the first time since last year, when President Roosevelt re- Viewed it off New York. Northern ports will be visited in RAILWAY PENSIONS TAX IS APPROVED House Committee Takes Favorable Action After Holding Up Measure. By the Associated Press. The House Ways and Means Com- | mittee today approved a tax measure | intended to raise money for payment of pensions to the Nation's railroad workers. President Roosevelt had indicated he | wanted the legislation this session. | The bill previously had been held up | in committee awaiting word from the | | White House. | | The committee, voting approval, 18 | | to 4, agreed to raise the total pro- iposed tax on rail employers and em- ! | ployes to 7 per cent. This would be divided equally between a pay ro'! tax | on the carriers and an incomc tax on workers. Originally the bill provided for a 4 per cent pay roll tax on employers and a 2 per cent tax on workers’ earnings. | Bill on President’s Desk. Legislation replacing the railroad | pension system held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court is on President Roosevelt's desk, but it contains no provision for taxes to pay the ben- efits. As the FMouse Committee approved | the tax bill, the Senate Finance Com- | mittee witnessed a clash between rep- resentatives of the roads and employes over a similar measure. \ | Timothy Shea, chairman of the | Railway Labor Executives’ Association, indorsed the tax bill and testified em- | ployes were willing to contribute 2 per | cent of their earnings. But R. V. Fletcher, vice president and general counsel of the Associa- tion of American Railroads, told the committee the law killed by the Su- | | preme Court contained “precisely the same pension scheme or plan that is contained in the bill which has passed the Congress, coupled with the meas- ure you are now constdering.” 6 Per Cent Declared Ample. Edwin Krauffter, counsel for the railway labor groups, said a 6 per cent tax total was ample and would prevent the Government from having to con- tr'ibute additional funds for 10 years at least, After that, he said, the tax | probably should be raised to a total of 10 per cent, and after 25 years, pos- | sibly to 15 per cent. Chairman Doughton of the House Committee told newsmen it was the understanding there was “to be no obligation on the Government” and that the benefits would be scaled down | | ROOSEVELT AIMS Col. Knox Predicts Spread | 1936 national election would have to HELD AUTOCRATIC in Farm Riots, in New York Speech, By the Associated Press. BATAVIA, N Y., August 22.—Col. Frank Knox, Chicago publisher and possible 1936 Republican presidential | candidate, appeared before a gather- | ing of Upstate New York Republicans | for the first time last night and de- clared President Roosevelt’s ultimate aim was a “substitution of an auto- cratic government for the type of government the Constitution gave us.” Col. Knox's assertion followed a prediction by State Republican Chair~ man Melvin C. Eaton that “farm riots which recently flared in Missouri over attempted foreclosures of farms, are but a forerunner of other more seri- ous riots in the farming sections of the country that will follow, and must follow as a result of New Deal poli- cles.” . Blow at Individual Liberty. ‘The autocratic aim of the President, Col. Knox said, was proved by Presi- dent Roosevelt’s “assault upon the Judicial power of the Government” de- | spite his statement in his inaugural | address that the Constitution in its present form was adequate to meet ex- traordinary needs. Addressing 10,000 persons attending the annual rally of the Genesee| County Republican organization, the Lincoln League, Col. Knox said amidst cheers that the President’s “assault upon the judicial power of the Gov- ernfnent” was a greater blow at in- dividual liberty than any issue “ever | presented in any campaign since the country was born.” His address was preceded by a speech by Eaton, who struck at what he called “New Deal maladministra- tion in the Nation and Democratic misrule in this State.” Termed “Modern Barnum.” Eaton's remarks followed by a few hours a luncheon address in which he referred to President Roosevelt as| “modern Barnum in the White | House, dragging into the public spot- | light the wierd policies of the Tug-‘ wells, Moleys and other members of the brain trust.” Col. Knox seized upor the Presi- dent's inaugural address to prove his | claim the Chief Executive hopes to change the Constitution. “Let me read.” the colonel said, “a short quo- tation from President Roosevelt's in- augural address of March 4, 1933, as follows: ‘Ou Constitution is so sim- ple and practical that it is possibly always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrange- ment without loss of essential form. It has met every stress of vast expansion of territory, of foreign wars, of bitter strife, or world relations. I am pre- pared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures that the Na- tion in the midst of a stricken world may require.’ “That is as sound today as when Roosevelt said it.” « Already Fears Punishment. "N‘o issue was ever presented in any campaign since the country was born,” he said, “which so directly affects the | individual liberty and welfare of each | citizen as this issue made by President | Roosevelt and his brain trust asso- ciates in their assault upon the judicial powers of the Government. “Already they show signs of fear of punishment by an aroused people, but even should they, temporarily, with- draw from the issue they have made, | their underlying purpose has been | made clear. We know they ultimately | propose the substitution of an auto- ernment the Constitution gave us.” Col. Knox predicted the Roosevelt | administration would be defeated be- | cause no popular government had ever | been able to withstand the “disastrous | effect” of increased taxes and in-| creased living costs operating simul- | taneously. He insisted necessary reforms could be accomplished “under a Constitu-| tion that preserves intact the essential | doctrine of State's sovereignty,” which | he called “essential to the preserva- tion of the Union itself,” and added “we need no amendment to the Con- stitution, destructive of individual| rights, to provide that justice be done our working people.” Asks Sound Farm Policy. He called upon the Republican | party to evolve a sound farm policy, | “which shall not depend upon scarc- | ity of food products,” because the be won in the Middle West. He sug- gested the party, in mapping its farm policy, consider the farm, not only as | a “food factory,” but also as a source | of raw material for use in industry,] and pointed out new markets for farm- | ers through growing crops, like soy if the tax bill did not raise sufficient funds. t Vigilantes (Continued From First Page.) “and forced to walk through the cen- ter of town ahead of the automobiles, whose occupants were yelling, jeering and honking horns. . “A woman and several children rushed out of the Nitzburg house as the crowd drove away and were left screaming and erying in the road. “I never saw such & night. Cars racing all over the county, and were those guys caught scared! “The Vigilantes either had their faces masked or blackened and some wore burnt cork mustaches. Most of them wore old clothes. There were about 50 cars.” All of the men seized were forced to kiss the American flag at some time during their captivity. Neither Santa Rosa police, the sher- ifl’s office nor the district attorney's office would comment immediately. Peace officers said they had received no official report. No one could be found to say where the tear gas was obtained. The action gjarted last night when the crowd gathered near a building downtown where a meeting of unem- ployed workers had been called. The Vigllantes decided to round up the sgitators whom they belleved had called the meeting to stir up trouble among workers in the county hop harvest, just = getting under way. Green was seized in the downtown area, Taking Green with them, the band iu quick succession seized Wolf, Ford and Meyér and severely manhandled them before extracting promises to leave the county by 3 p.m. While one group of Vigilantes then Nitzburg resie [} beans, which could be converted to industrial uses. Striking at the administration’s ex- penditures, he called upon the Repub- | lican party to “construct a program | of economic fundamentals,” predict- ing victory if it did, because “never in the history of popular government has any government ever been able to successfully withstand the disas- trous effect of two conditions oper- ating simultaneously. These two fac- | fors, which invariably lead to defeat | in a popular government, are in-| creased taxes and increased living costs. Both are now present and steadily growing more pressing. * * * | “Since Roosevelt entered the White | House the total increase in the na- tional debt has been $16,000,000,000. On this huge, unprecedented national debt we must pay an annual inferest charge of over $1,000,000,000.” Col. Knox told Upstate New York Republican legislators that New Eng- land, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Iilinois are ready to go Republican in 1936. “We must win over the Mississippi Valley,” Knox said. He said that with Mississippi Valley States within the G. O. P. fold, the party will have completed its come- back. | The outcome of the 1936 election depends solely on the farmers, Knox sald. ————— MRS. DU PONT NIPS RUSE PHILADELPHIA, August 22 (#).— A fake “call from the telephone com- pany” to Mrs. Francis I du Pont, member of the Delaware family, put | polife on the search for & band of | burglars today. Mrs. du Pont received the call yes- terday in Wilmington. The caller an- nounced himself as “from the tele- phone company” and added: “We just wanted to know when you are coming back to Philadelphia, so we can con- nect your phone.” Mrs. du Pont checked back. The call was fictitious, . | $74,000,000, $16.084750 ASKED FOR SECURITY PLAN House Appropriations Body Backs Major Item in Deficiency Bill. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Following substantially the recom- mendations of the Budget Bureau, the House Appropriations Committee to- day recommended that Congress ap- propriate $76,084.750 to carry out the newly enacted social security act dur- ing the remainder of tne present fisca! ear. | The recmmencati: was contained in a report accompanying the third deficiency bill of the present session the total involved in this supplemental appropriation measure being $92,961,- 299.74. Virtually all this sum is to be used in carrying out laws newly en- acted during the present session of Congress. In the case of the social security appropriation, the largest lump sum is being given directly to the new Social Security Board and amounts to $62,125,000. The Children’'s Bureau of the Department of Labor receives $6,312,500° and the Public Health Service, under the Treasury Depart- ment, will get $7,000,000. The office of education in the Department of Interior is allowed $647.450 and the | Bureau of Census is granted $300,000. $2,216,500 for Administration. Of the total allowed, only $2.216,500 is for administrative expenses for the new law, while the remainder, nearly is to be distributed in grants to States and the District of Columbia. The largest of these classifications of grants for the present year is that for old-age assistance and amounts to $37312,500. This sum is to be extended in an amount up to $15 per person per month to those States having old-age assistance laws which conform to requirements of the social security. According to testimony dur- ing hearings on the deficiency bill about 18 States have such approved laws at the present time, with 17 | more having laws not in complete conformance with the board require- ments. Grants for aid to dependent chil- dren will amount to $18,562,500 for the second largest gift sum in the bill. This money also will be ex- pended on a matching basis with the Federal Government contributing $1 for each $2 advanced by an approved State program. About 45 States and the District of Columbia already have systems. $2,250,000 for Blind. A similar plan for grants to the blind is allowed $2,250,000 under the appropriation bill, this being a match- ing plan, with the Federal Govern- ment contributing 50 per cent of total pension up to a $30 maximum total. Only 7 States out of 27 with blind pension laws come under the approval of the board requirements at present, ‘The total for the Children's Bu- reau is to be divided as follows: Ma- ternal and child-health services, $2.- 850,000; services for crippled chil- dren, $2,137.500, and child welfare services, $1,125,000. These activities all are authorized under the social security act. For administrative purposes in con- nection with social unemployment compensation laws, the bill appropri- ates $3,000000 to be divided up among the States with qualified un- employment insurance systems. The District will share in this upon the setting up of its recently created system. Vocational Aid Specified. From the total granted the office of education, $630,750 is to be allot- | cratic executive for *he type of GOV-| o4 t5 the States for co-operative Vo- cational rehabilitation of persons dis- abled in industry. The Public Health Service will devote $6.000.000 of its $7,000000 to grants for public health work. In cutting down from budget esti- mates, the House Appropriations Committee confined itself almost entirely to requests for administrative funds. The Social Security Board, for instance, was cut down from a requested $1,500,000 to $1,000.000 after considerable discussion of the matter at hearings on the bill. As outlined by A. J. Altmeyer, As- sistant Secretary of Labor, the board will have three administrative divi- sions, one for old age and blind bene- fits, a second for unemployment com- pensation and the third for research and planning. 626 to Be Employed. In response to questioning on the personnel of the security board, Alt- meyer told the committee: “For the first year there will be 372 in Wash- ington and 139 in the fleld, making a total of 511. There will be fewer at the beginning and more at the end of the year. At the end of the o there will be a total of 626 peo- ple.” 5 Members of the three-man board are to receive $10,000 yearly, while an_executive director would receive $9,500. All except lawyers and ex- perts, Altmeyer said, will come under the clggsification act. The average salaries will run below $3,000, he said. For extra administrative work the Children’s Bureau is allowed $200,000, the Public Health Service is granted $1,000,000 and the Office of Educa~ tion gets $16,500. 2 SLAIN, 3 WOUNDED IN GANG GUN DUEL Lottery Band Battles in Newark. Police Seek Three Who Fled in Car. By the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. J, August 22.—A gun fight broke out in the reputed headquarters of a Newark lottery gang today, and two men were killed and three critically wounded. The pollcs broadcast an alarm for three men. heavily armed, traveling in a car with stolen license plates. The dead men were identified as Vincenzo Trola and Frank Longo. Troia’s chest was riddled with bullets. ‘The wounded: Jerome Bevinetto, 41, shot in the left chest and the right side of the neck. Joseph Troia, 25, shot in the ab- domen and the left shoulder. Antonio Sunsaro, 39, shot in the abdomen. ) The three were taken to City Hos: pital, but their condition was so criti- cal detectives could not immediately question them. : Nine men rounded up in the vicinity of the shooting were taken to police headquarters. ‘When the police arrived at the acene, their first impression was that mmbeennflzhtm-:udn’