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U.S. STAND SEEN AS PERIL TO PEACE Britain’s Lone Fight for Treaties Is a Rebuke to American Isolation. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The spectacle of Great Britain, alone of the major powers, standing up for the preservation of peace while the United States, sponsor of the treaties to outlaw war, sits silently by except for a perfunctory appeal, long will be remembered as the answer to those who think idealism has made any real strides under the New Deal. Everybody knows which country is the aggressor in the present dispute. Britain has pointedly warned Italy. The United States refuses steadfastly to discuss the merits of the case. Rome, therefore, construes the American ap- peal as expression of & plous hope rather than as an indication that the United States will use her moral force against a violator of the Kellogg- Briand treaty. This, after all, is the essential point in preventing war and Norman Davis, Ambassador-at-Large, once indicated that the United States Government might take such a viewpoint in world affairs, but his speech was promptly assailed by the isolationists and noth- ing further has come from President Roosevelt to support that practical view of war prevention. Hull Is Disciple of Wilson. The purpose of Presideni. Woodrow Wilson in helping to create the Assemn- bly of the League of Nations was to af- ford a forum through which world opinion could be expressed, through which, indeed, the moral force of man- kind could bs made articulate without the red tape and camouflaged words of diplomatic notes and exchanges. Great Britain has spoken. The sen- timent in England against belng drawn into a war is just as strong as it is inside the United States. But the British know that a supine attitude can only lead to greater con- fiict in Europe than an Ethiopian war. Secretary Hull is a Wilsonlan Dem- ocrat. But the Department of State today is directed by President Roose- velt. He has been persuaded by the economic nationalists in his en- tourage, the people who broke up .he London economic conference, that it is better for the United States to do nothing and say nothing in world af- fairs which might remotely drag the American people into a controversy even of words. Economic Discrimination Possible. But the sight of a weak nation be- ing trampled by a strong nation hardly can be viewed by the Govern- ment of the United States without formally disavowing the signature she placed on the Kellogg-Briand treaties. If America means never to lift her wpice for peace when such word is needed, then other governments will soon discover that American rights abroad are worthless and can be trampled upon at will. Nations that cére little about their rights in the end find humiliation and economic discriminations that bring results worse than war in misery and unem- ployment. | Long before there was a League of Nations the United States Govern- ment was accustomed to speak out whenever there was a threat of gen- eral war. This was prompted not merely by a desire to preserve trade, but in the interests of humanity as a whole. If the conflict over Ethiopia should draw Great Britain into the struggle, would America be able to ship goods uninterruptedly to Italy? Would it be possible to export foodstuffs and other supposedly non-military articles to European countries which sided with one or the cther group of belig- erents? Our experience in the last World War showed how, from a posi- tion of strict neutrality, the United S8tates was forced to a participation in the war. Test of League at Hand. Looking back now, cause it had never before realized how far-reaching would be the im- plications of a supposedly local con- flict. Today we know how a Balkan crisis precipitated a world war. There are proposals for the settle- ment of the Ethiopian controversy which commend themselves to fair- minded persons. They answer the cry of Italy for room for expansion commercially. But they do not an- swer a possible lust for conquest or a stubborn militarism born of auto- eratic powers at Rome such as the XKaiser possessed at Berlin 21 years ago. The test of the League has come, but also the test of the moral force of peace-loving nations like the United States. America need not be- come a belligerent by speaking her mind now, but she may become a bel- ligerant against her own will if there’s dnother European war. The only practical problem is which course will really help to prevent war. Italy will never venture to carry out her ambij- us program in Ethiopia against sll ‘world opinion, including America and France. .. It will be interesting to see whether New Deal foreign policy soon will underge a change or remain in- tnsely nationalistic and self-centered. Mr. Roosevelt has the decision in his own hands and probably is weighing at this moment the wisdom of throw- ing American influence into the scales for world peace. Chicken Without ‘Feathers Tickles : Fancy of Owner Will Be Easy to Cook, She Tells Neighbors, Stirred by F rgak. Special Dispatch to The Star “LEONARDTOWN, . Md., September 13 —Poultry circles in St. Marys Oounty are in something of a flutter oter a featherless chicken belonging to . Raub Drury, wife of an Airedale, ., fishing captain. Mrs. Drury says the chicken's nudity is an advantage from her point of view, because she won't need to pick 1t before cooking the fowl. By explaining that the chicken has béen featherless since it was hatched 1ast April, Mrs. Drury spiked rumors the bird might have been caught in ofie of Chesapeake Bay's northeasters. ;Farmers of the vicinity are specu- lating on the possibility of breeding chickens so ‘easy to cook. +The chicken itself probably is spec- wlating on the vicissitudes of Winter. ) the voice of | America in 1914 was a feeble one be- | Mallon on Vacation; Resumes Column in The Star Sept. 24 Paul Mallon'’s column, “What's What Behind News in Capitol,” will be resumed as a daily fea- ture in The Evening Star S¢p- tember 24, when he returns to ‘Washington from his vacation CONSTITUTION DAY IS TIMELY TOPIC Church, Patriotic and Civic Groups Urged to Discuss Meaning. Constitution day is expected to be the subject of church services and meetings of patriotic and civic groups prior to the celebration of that his- toric date Tuesday evening. In an effort to create interest in the observance, Maj. C. C. Griggs, presi- dent of the District Society, Sons of the American Revolution, has re- ;questgd the clergy and various organ- izations to call attention to Consti- tution day in public throughout the week. “It is hoped all patriotic and civic organization will pay homage to the Constitution at their luncheons or meetings during the week,” Maj. Griggs said, “and all school officials and educators will take such action as is possible to present the importance of our Constitution to the rising gen- eration.” Asks Pledge to Flag. Pointing out the slogan of 150 | years—“The Constitution must and shall be preserved”—is still before us, and “it is our duty to preserve what the fathers created,” Maj. Griggs has urged that every meeting open with the pledge to the American flag and the singing of “The Star Spangled Banner” and close with “America.” The Constitution Day Committee headquarters in the Bond Building has been practically swamped with letters assuring support of the cele- bration, which will include a parade on Constitution avenue and a pageant on the Monument Grounds. Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, general chairman, announced today the Army and Navy Bands will take part in a musical program during the pageant. | Other features will be a fireworks dis- play, novelty dances and addresses. Rehearsal Held. The Children of the American Rev- olution, one of the groups to partici- pate in the pageant, held a rehearsal yesterday. One hundred of the young patriots will present a “living picture” of the Constitution, attired in colorful costumes and carrying early Colonial and State flags. Taking part in the rehgarsal were Mrs. James H. Harper, State director, C. A. R.; Mrs. T. J. Holzberg, Mrs. E. L. Myers and Mrs. Henry Sawtelle, all of the C. A. R.; Miss Elizabeth Barnes, Mrs. Robert McNeil, Mrs. Lloyd Biddle, Mrs. F. Swiggett, Miss Elsa Peterson, Mrs. J. Harris Franklin and Mrs. Eleanor Speer. . The C. A. R. group will hold a final rehearsal Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Monument grounds. Besides Army, Navwy and Marine units, others who' ‘have announced their intention of taking part in the are the Jewish War Veterans, utterances MISS INGALLS SETS NON-STOP RECORD Almost Eclipses Hawks’ Speed in Fast Trip Across United States. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 13.—Petite Laura Ingalls today held the women's West-East transcontinental air non- stop record—a mark that the per- sistent flyer had twice before at- tempted and failed. Just before midnight she set her Lockheed-Orion monoplane down on Floyd Bennet Field, 13 hours 34 min- utes and 5 seconds after leaving Los Angeles. Seven minutes faster time and she would have tied the non-stop record for both men and women held by Frank Hawks. She might have turned the trick if her radio compass had been functioning. It went out of commission, she said, Jjust west of Columbus. Because it was not working she overshot Floyd Bennett as far as Mitchell Pleld, cruising to lose alti- tude, and then turned back to claim the record from Amelia Earhart Putnam. ‘The former vaudeville dancer, who turned fiyer just after Lindbergh flew the Atlantic, said she thought her record was “fine.” Irvin S. Cobb Says: Toothless League Can Whistle But That Does + Not Stop Wars. SANTA MONICA, Calif., Septem- ber 13.—The poor little League of Nations was born without teeth and, unlike certain other premature ar- rivals, never got any. It can't bite or growl even—it can only whistle. And while whis- tling may stop a surface car, it has stopped very few wars. In this Ilatest mix-up it starts out to wave a fu- rious Italy’ compromises in- stead on a white flag. 8o Old Man Mussolini just keeps rolling along with the campaign for civilization and all those ofl flelds—not in the order named. Even so0, let's not get too alarmed for fear that most of Europe will be- come involved before the Ethiopla messiness is done with. No matter how willing the boys may be to work up another nice julcq world war, they’ll begin cooling off when they find out we're not prepared to pay:for this next one. You see, we took that degree in the lodge once. Amnd the burnt child dreads. the repudia- tions. (Copyrispt. 1935, by the Nogth Americen AF.G.E CONTROL WON BY BABCOCK Six New Officers Go in With Re-election of President. BY J. A. FOX, Staff Correspondent of The Star. CINCINNATI, September 13.—With administration forces in complete control of the organization machin- ery, the American Federation of Gov- ernment Employes today stood in ad- journment after a hectic four-day convention here. The session was climaxed Wednesday by the biennial election that witnessed the elimina- tion of six officers, the retirement of another and the replacement with a group satisfactory to E. Claude Bab- cock, who again was named for the presidency. Babcock, winner by a vote of 160- 33 over Paul T. David of the Ten- nessee Valley Authority at Knoxville, carried his slate into office by simi- lar majorities. His faction defeated Miss Esther Penn, secretary; crushed the opposi~ tion to Cecil E. Custer seeking re- election as treasurer, and voted into office six new vice presidents, drop- ping five incumbents and adding one additional. Seven vice presidents were re-elected. Mrs. Heffner Victor. Miss Penn was defeated, 135-49, by | Mrs. Bernice B. Heffner of the Vet- | erans’ Administration at Detroit, who | was the selection of a caucus from the split Washington delegation and the field. The new vice presidents are Ira Y. Bain, Internal Revenue Bureau, and | Carroll Dimond, Adjutant General's "Office, both of Washington; Miss | | Henrietta Olding, New York, and Miss | Rena Smith, St. Paul—first women | to be chosen for this office—and C. L. | | Edwards of Atlanta and Charles R. | | Anderson of St. Louis. Miss Smith is a district manager for the Civil Serv- | ‘Washington Post No. 8, and the Elks. | | ice Commission, the first woman also | | ever to get a post of such responsibil- | ity in the commission. She is a for- | mer District resident. The St. Paul area was not previously represented in | | the Federation Council. | Bain and Dimond succeed David R. | | Glass of Cherrydale, Va., and Elmer H. Bailey, sr., of the Interior Depart- ment. Bell, retiring, was elected “charter president” in view of his| association with the organization | since its first days. Bailey, who had announced he would not run, entered | the list when balloting started, out | was defeated. | The same contest also witnessed the defeat of John L. Donovan, president | of District Lodge, N. R. A, who at | one time appeared as a candidate for | the presidency, and F. A. Walked 0(\ | Norfolk. Michael D. Schaefer, the other District vice president, was re- elected. After David lost out for the presi- dency, he was nominated for a vice presidency also, but lost to C. L. Ed- | | wards of Atlanta. Edwards succeeds | | Irving Coulter of Pensacola, who had been tagged for defeat by the Babcock | faction, and was not nominated. | Miss Olding Also Wins, | Miss Olding won from C. Grant | Prick of New York, who also was at odds with the administration, and had | | sought to withdraw. Michael J. Hines | of Leavenworth was the other incum- | | bent to fall by the wayside, Anderson winning from him. The other vice presidents re-elected were: John P. Green, Boston; John F. Daniels, Philadelphia; James P. | Campbell, Cincinnati; Edgar Carpen- | ter, Detroit; Perry Myers, Seattle, and James Burns, San Francisco. The treasurer election was an all- District fight, Custer being opposed by Ira B. Scott, head of the District Fed- eration. The former won as easily as the rest of the ticket, 138-36. In none of the contests, however, was as much feeling exhibited as those for president and secretary. Babcock had stated definitely either he or Miss Penn would have to get out, and the secretary countered by mustering up as much opposition to Babcock, and sentiment for David, as | she could. . This line of attack included the cir- culation yesterday of letters from Chairman Ramspeck of the House Civil Service Committee, scoring Bab- cock’s activities. These drew a con- ciliatory response last night from the federation president. On one charge by Ramspeck that Babcock’s astftude toward some mem- bers of Congress had hindered em- ploye legislation, Babcock expressed regret that “my efforts in behalf of the program of the organization have cffended any one.” He insisted, how- ever, that he would continue to work | as he had done in the past. In one letter, Ramspeck rejected an invitation to the convention and said the lateness of the date on which it was sent led him to believe it had not been tendered in good faith. Babcock answered that the invitation had been late in gomg out, but that others to officials also had peen. He is to speak from the same platform with Rams- peck in Atlanta next month, he said later. In this connection a report that Babcock had incurred the ill will of Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Ten- nessee, who blocked the leave bills, was supported today when an opposi- tion source gave out a copy of a let- ter McKellar had written a member of the federation who had inquired into the circumstances surrounding passage of & postal bill. “Mr. Babcock had no more to do witly passage of the 40-hour bill for post office custodial workers than he did for creating the moon,” the Ten- nessean wrote. “If the matter had | depended upon Mr. Babcock I would have seen him in the nether regions before the bill would have passed.” Adoption of Amendment. The convention ended in a fighting note with the adoption of a constitu- tional amendment prohibiting inde- pendent action by constituent lodges in seeking legislation. Assailed by some delegates as restrictive, James G. Yaden of Civil Service Lodge, chairman of the committee from which it recommended, said it would cure “double-crossing.” Charging that some- members of the federation had hurt the leave bill, Yaden assested that “had it not been for interference by members of this organization in the. closing days of Congress the two leave bills would now be law.” Another tonstitutional amendment will allow the federgtion to take into membership civilian employes of county, State and municipal govern- ments. While the other delegates were on in all probability, take up the the N. R. A. Lodge, against 4 SENATOR McADOO, L 4 McAdoo (Continued From Pirst Page.) frequently plays the Senator's favor- ite, “Champagne Waltz,” recalled ever having seen the Senator with Miss Cross. y After Congress closed, the Senator lingered on here, except for a few days at the Cleveland air races, dining much alone and often in company witn J. F. T. O'Connor, controller of the currency. At Senator McAdoo's fequest, Miss DORIS CROSS. —A. P. and Harris-Ewing Photos. Cross was given a special appointment | in the Public Health Service a little more than two years ago, She was assigned to co-operative | studies in rural health and was sent to Winston-Salem, N. C., where she eval- uated methods and practices of county health nurses. Public Health Service officials said she had proven “hard working, faith- ful and exceptionally efficient.” s0 much so that they had been consider- ing arranging a speclal scholarship for | her to work at Columbia University. Miss Cross is known to her friends | as serious-minded, studious and re- ligious. She is sald to be a member | of the Seventh-Day Adventist faith. She is described by friends as “of medium build,” dark brown-haired, and “not more than 5 feet 2 or 3 inches tall.” Miss Cross was graduated from San Diego high schools in 1927. Later she took a nurse’s training at Santa Bar- bara and since that time has been engaged in social service work. Senator McAdoo met her at Santa Barbara. Security fof Every bne 0ver7765 Old-Age Insurance Objective 6,000,000 to Come Within Scope of Title, Two of Act—Payments Start in 1942 Under Complicated Formula. (This is the third of a series of articles discussing the social se- ,ceurity program.) BY JOHN C. HENRY. Most ambitious of all the programs contemplatec under the new social se- curity act is that of the Federal old- age insurance scheme outlined in Title II of the law. Planned as a complementary pro- gram to the Federal-State old-age agsistance idea, this wholly Federal program goes beyond the basis of need and attempts to set up a meas- ure of genuine security for virtually every petson gver the age of 65. At the present time this class of the pop- ulation of the country totals about 7,000,000 persons, with approximately 1,000,000 of these already benefiting from State pensions or from F. E. R. A. grants, The other 6,000,000 are the ones who will come under the scope of Title IL. Because of the nature of their em- ployment and the complications of the tax system designed for this pro- gram, certain groups are exempt from this provision of the law. These fol- low: Agricultural labor, domestic service in a private home, casual la- bor not in the course of employer's trade or business, officers or members of crew of vessel documented under laws of the United States or any foreign country, employes of the United States Government or any State or political subdivision, employ-. ers of non-profit institutions of char- itable or religious nature. Formula Complicated. Starting payments on January 1 1942, this title sets forth a compli- cated formula by which pension amounts are to be compiled. To begin with, a perfon must be 65 years old before receiving payment; he must have earned, in some employment not among those specifically listed above as @empt, ab least $2,000 total wages between December 31, 1936, and the date of payment of pension. Next, counting only that part of his salary up to $3,000 per year, the total wages are determined. In other words, for a person earning $10,000 yearly for five years, the sum taken for computing the old-age pension would be only $3,000 per year, or a total of $15,000. On this total eligible wage, one-half of 1 per cent will be taken of the first $3,000, one-twelfth of 1 per cent will be taken for the next $42,000 and one-twenty-fourth of 1 per cent will be taken for all over the $45,000 mark. The amount thus reached will be the sum of the monthly pension. The minimum monthly pension is set at $10, while the maximum is established at $85. Table of Benefits. On the basis of the above formula, a sample table of benefits is computed as follows: A Penslons per month and 40 vears of emplymt. $:92.50 3780+ wiE Provision is made for the non-quali- fled individual by allowing & lump sum payment amounting to 3!, per cent of the total wage received by such in- dividual between December 31, 1926, and the date of attaining the age of 65. council subcommitiee has recom- mended that “charges” be filed. President Donovan of N. R. A. Lodge - tried unsuccessfully from the floor late yesterday to find out what the subcommittee had in mind, but could get no enlightenment. The lodge itself generally is at odds with the federation majority, and along with other lodges from emergency units has been assailed from time to time as being “radical” The coun- cfl, sworn in late yesterday by George Googe, Southern representative of the American Federation of Labor, will draft specifications for any charges that may be decided on. Donovan, smiling, told the convention he did not anticipate any trouble, and was going home. The federation, in winding up the sessions here, stands committed to a broad program of legislatioa for bet- tering working conditions, including higher pay-seales. The next meeting will be in Detroit. ) Supplemental to this title and its ! provisions for payment of pensions | goes Title VIII with the very essen- | tial provisions for taxation. For this particular program both employer | and employe in the eligible industrial | lines are to be assessed, the rates to be equal in both cases. to e up to $3,000 per year, is in ion to regular income taxes, and will be computed on gross income | 'tip to the $3,000 mark, and willmot ke allowed as a deduction in figuring net income for other taxa ¢ will be | collected at the source=in other words, by the employer—by deducting | the amount of tax from wages as and when paid. Rate Jumps in 1940, E In 1940 the rate will increase to | 132 per cent. In 1943 it will jump to 2 per cent. In 1946 it will become 2'; per cent and from January 1, 1949, it will continue at 3 per cent. Along with this levy on employes will go a companion tax at the same rate upon the gross pay rolls of em- | ployers. Thus, from 1949 on the Fed- | eral old-age insurance systeth will be drawing toll of 6 per cent on total wages in qualifying industries of the country. In the opinion of A. J. Altmeyer, member of the Social Security Board, | which has jurisdiction over this pro- gram, “this is the most colossal un- dertaking that this Government has ever embarked upon. It will involve ! | an_expenditure of four or five billion dollars when it gets into full opera- tion.” Collection of the taxes shall be a duty vested in the Bureau of Internal | Revenue, with the proceeds to be | paid into the United States Treasury. | As an aid in collectign, the act au- | thorizes the commissioner of internal revenue to solicit co-operation of the Post Office Department in the issuance of stamps or other devices which might be used as a collection medium. Reserve Account Set Up. In the Treasury Department there shall be ostablished an old-age re- serve account and an annual appro- priation is authorized for this account in an amount estimated as necessary for payment of the pensions. Outstanding as the major clerical task facing operation of the entire social security program is the require- ment in this Federal old-age insurance system of- maintaining a personal record for every employed person in the eligible occupations in the United States. Starting in 1937, this re- quirement will involve the establish- ment in Washington of a tremendous bookkeeping system wherein each in- dividual's age, his earnings and his tax contribution must be carefully compiled. As an added administrative item in this particular program will be the task of the United States Census who apply for registration on the pension list. - (Tomorrow'’s article will deal with the Federal-State unemployment compensation system.) FESTIVAL SPEAKER By the Kssociated Press. SOUTH BOSTON, Va. September 13—T.. C. Watkins, jr., chairman of the Speakers’ Committee, National Tobacco Festival and Pageant, to be held here late this month, said Wil- liam Collins, acting chief, Tobacco Section, A. A. A, would be the prin- cipal speaker at the affair. He will he jintroduced by Repre- sentative Thomas G. Burch of the fifth Virginia district, Watkins said. The celebration will be held here September 26 and 27. e A gt New Anesthetic Harmless. A harmless new anesthetic is sald to have no ill-effects, as in the case of ether and others. The patient simply goes off into & dreamless sleep the blood, Bureau in confirming the ages of those | 30000, 5. SEAMEN 0 BE GIVEN J0BS | Aliens Will Be Replaced on| Mail Ships Under Bland Act. More than 30,000 American-born or fully naturalized sailors who in recent years have been lolling jobless in seamen's rests or subsisting on relief rolls in dozens of ports today were assured berths on ships holding ocean- mail subsidy contracts. At the same time an equal number Starting on January 1, 1937, there ' of alien seamen holding first citizen- | | shail be levied upon the income of | gnip papers, who have been crowding | | each qualifying individual a tax of | American seamen out of passage be- | 1 per cent. This tax, applicable only | cause of their willingness to accept a | lower pay scale, will be forced from their jobs, i This is brought -yn. by the Bland |act, which goes intd’ effect at mid- night, repealing. & 1018 immigration law whigh designated holders of first papers—*“the yellow tickets"—as citi- | | zens as far as workers aboard ship | | are concerned. The 17-year-old law | was passed during the stress of war, | when thousands of sailors were needed and not enough natives were avail- able. { Bona Fide Citizenship. Hereafter 67 per cent of all mem- bers of the crew in every department of every subsidized vessel will have | |to be bona fide citizens. All officers now must meet this requirement. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. VERBICT UPHELD ON 2 REPORTERS Circuit Court Refuses Ap- peal in Rockville Con- tempt Convictions. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 13.— A motion to strike out the verdict and set aside the jail sentences in the cases of David Lee and Pat Frank, Wash- ington Herald reporters who were con- victed of contempt following publica- tion of the court’s secret findings on John M. Boland in the Lyddane conspiracy case, was overruled - in Circuit Court this morning. Stuart 8. Janney of Baltimore, law partner of former Gov. Albert’ C. Ritchie, appealed to the court. to rescind its previous findings on the grounds that the evidence against Lee and Frank was not legally sufficient to sustain the verdict and that the two reporters had no opportunity to pre- pare their defense. Urner Answers Claim. Chief Judge Hammond Urner, who presided over the full Circuit Court NATIONALITY FIGHT DIVIDES' CABINET Three Views Developed by Proposal to Shift Nat- uralization Power. By the Associated Press. A three-cornered cabinet fight oven revision of the nationality laws popped into the open today simultaneously with a revelation that one disputed point was a proposal to shift from the courts to the Labor Department the power to naturalize aliens, The move, understood to have orig- inated with Lab6r Department offi- cials, would have widened considerably, the jurisdiction of Secretary Perkins. It was voted down by a subcommittes that has just completed a two-year study of the nationality statutes. The survey was made at the instance of President Roosevelt, who asked the | Secretaries of State and Labor and the | Attorney General to make recommen- dations for legislation to simplify and codify existing laws on the subject. Views Widely Divergent. So widely divergent were the views bench which heard the plea, declared, however, that the defendant had “ample opportunity to make any de- fense their counsel should have con- sidered desirable to present.” “The questions which have been argued in their motion,” he stated, “were given most careful consideration | be overruled.” | At the conclusion of the hearing Janney asked for permission to in- corporate an appeal from today's ruling in the appeal previously fled with the State Court of Appeals | blue-eyed, attractive In appearance | against the 90-day sentences re-| turned against two newspaper men. Judge Urner said in reply to Janney’s request that the latter ques- tion was a matter for the higher tribunal to decide. Verdict Was Published. Lee and Frank were convicted of contempt shortly after publication in the Herald of the alleged secret find- ings of the court at the trial of Boland, who was charged with con- spiracy In the sensational case in which Mrs. Ann Lyddane of Rock- |ville and four Washington police | characters were charged with plot- ting to murder Francis S. Lyddane, husband of the pretty bank secretary. Neither Lee nor Prank, who are at liberty under $2,000 bond each pend- ing the disposition of their appeal to the State court, appeared in court to- day. Janney, who addressed the court for nearly half an hour, said no evi- dence legally sufficient to sustain tne verdict against the defendants had been presented in court, and that there is nothing in the record dis- closing how the act of contempt had been committed. No Testimony From State. In addition, he declared, there was nothing to apprize the defendant of the acts of contempt they were to | enter. Claiming that Lee and Frank had no opportunity to prepare a defense, Janney further asserted that the pro- ceeding violated their constitutional right and deprived them of their guarantee of due process of law. State’s Attorney James H. Pugh a'- | tended the hearing, but the court stated after’ listening to vanney's| argument that it did not wish to hear from the State. MARCH ON CAPITAL T0 DEMAND PROBE Deaths of Veterans in Florida Angers Robertson, Leader | { The Commerce Department now is moving to bring the percentage to 75, where it rested in 1928. The new law, enacted June 15 of | this year to become effective in 90 | days, affects the 282 mail-contract ships grossing 1,900.000 tons which | made one or more voyages during the | fiscal year 1934. These ships were paid $29,630,000 of United States funds from the Treas- | jury for carrying mail and in sub- sidies. Latest Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection figures place | the total number of sailors needed by larger United States ships, whether ocean-going or Great Lakes, at 183,- 563, exclusive only of masters. The 30,000 who will be put to work soon | is practically one-sixth of this num- | ber, and no officers are included in the 30,000. Late last year, In an exhaustive re- port, the Interdepartmental Commit- tee on Shipping Policy, appointed by the President to study needed changes in our merchant marine program, rec- ommended to Congress: “The committee feels that all Amer- ican companies should be manned as far as possible by American crews.” Since 1924 Commerce Department officlals have sought the Bland act. The legislation was given a spur by the Interdepartmental Committee's findings: “It is believed that by manning our ships with American citizens and by licensing or issuing certificates to cer- tan classes of the crew.a definite im- provement will be realized in discipline and efficiency.” For years, according to the Com- merce Department, organizations have made a practice of bringing alien sea- men. with three years’ service aboard | foreign vessels, to this country, where they obtain their first papers and ship aboard United_States boats. Ships’ articles today are dappled with these “3yc” men, who, accord- ing to the backers of the legislation contained in the Bland act, might be & menace in time of war. These holders of the “yellow tick- ets” could go on forever declaring their intention to become United States citizens without ever doing so, according to C. W. Sanders, director of the Sea Service Bureau of the Shipping Board, who told the House Immigration Committee: | “We have thousands who take out | their declaration papers, -their first papers, and they stay here and they become - citizens within three years, five years, seven years. If they do not take further ones out in seven years, they go before the court and after 10 minutes’ standing there, there is issued to him another first paper and they continue on for seven years again, -~ “There is no doubt that some of them become citizens, but the ma- of 1932 Caravan. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, September 13.— Royal W. Robertson, a leader of the veterans’ bonus army march on| Washington in 1932, announced here | yesterday a& new march will be organ- | ized to demand a congresional inves- | tigation of the deaths of former service men in the Florida hurricane. “We can prove that hesitation and | | lack of due regard for the welfare of | | the veterans in the camps on the | Florida keys resulted in their deaths,” | he said in a statement. Robertson asserted the veterans are prepared to prove “by testimony of hundreds of veterans that many of | them were literally shanghaied out of Washington at the behest of the administration and forced into the Florida camps to build roads for the State at $1 a day—work for which ‘tihe State formerly had paid $3.50 a | ay.” Robertson said he and his associates plan to hold meetings in various Western cities and then move East, gathering their followers en route, to | make a mass demand for a congres- sional inquiry. . Arts Club Meets. CLARENDON, Va., September 13 (Special).—Plans for the season's activities of the Arlington County Creative Arts Club were arranged at a club meeting Monday evening at the home of Miss Virginia Harrison, president, 1800 Kirkwood road. Mrs. Kathryn Lawrence and Mrs. Robert | N. Davidson gave piano solos and Mrs. | Hugh A. Allen and Mrs. Frank T. Tracy sang. Workmen Find $15 | Daily in Wrecking Old RailroadCars| Many Silver Dollars Hid- den in Chesapeake Beach Coaches. Special Dispatch to The Star. SEAT PLEASANT, Md., September 13.—Workmen dismantling the old .Chesapeake Beach Railroad coaches at_the roundhouse near here reported that they are finding nearly $15 a day in currency, including mady silver dollars. The “cart wheels” they said, were found behind pipes, behind seats and numerous crgvices near the uprights, They also found pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters and half dollars. Old residents here said that in former days when a number of gam- bling places were operating at the jority of them take out intention pa- pers purely in order to get an Amer- ican status.” —_— Recovery Brighter. ery to continue for some time. beach silver was always used. ‘The L. W. Roesch Co. of Baltimore, | during the hearing. The motion will | of the Inter-departmental Advisory | Committee appointed by the three cabinet members to conduct the study that they were unable to agree on a report. The result was that both a majority and a minority report have been submitted to the Cabinet Com- mittee for its final action The exact points of disagreement among the subcommittee members and | the identity of the dissenters were not learned because of the secrecy with which they surrounded their labors and they refusal to reveal the con- tents of either report. That the proposal to make natu- ralization an executive rather than a Jjudicial function had been put for- ward and killed was confirmed, how- | ever, by Assistant Secretary of State | Wilbur J. Carr, chairman of the Ad- | visory Committee. | Question of Children. One of the points over which the Advisory Committee split in framin; its majority recommendations was | understood to have been a suggestion for amending the ‘present nationalit ! law 50 as to confer automatic citizer ship on only those children born out- side the United States whose parents both are American citizens. The present law confers citizenship in such cases where either the mother or father is a citizen. The proposed amendment, accord- ing to authoritative quarters, was | made a part of the majority recom- | mendations. It was intended originally that the Cabinet Committee should report its | findings to the last session of Con- gress, but the disagreements within | the subcommittee, added to the wide range of statutes covered, rendered this impossible. Assistant Secretary Carr said today, however, the ful committee should be ready to report to Congress next January. NAVY AGREEABLE T0 “FAIR” INQUIR. Maverick's Demand for Prol Brings Suggestion That “Mud- Slinging” Be Barred. By the Associated Press. A proposal that Congress investigat th> Navy brought prompt assuranc from high naval sources yesterdav that they held no fear of any inquiry which would not develop into *“mud slinging.” The demand for the investigation came from Representative Maverick, Democrat, of Texas, who challenged the Navy's efficiency and criticized its *._addling” in foreign and domestic affairs. A Navy spokesman contended part of the Navy's duty is to “support na- tional policies and national institu- tions,” and, therefore, the Navy “can’t help but be interested in national poli- cies and affairs.” Senator Bone, Democrat, of Wash= ington, member of the Senate Muni- tions and Naval Committees, said he thought it might be better to finish up the munitions investigation before any new inquiry was started. This inquiry is going extensively into naval matters. 'BALTIMORE NOTES ANTHEM BIRTHDAY 1,200 Troops Gather for Exer- cises on Anniversary of National Song. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, September 13.—More than 1200 troops representing Na- tional Guard units and veterans’ or- ganizations of the 13 orj States converged on Baltimore todey for a two-day celebration of the 121st an- niversary of the writing of “The Star Spangled Banner” and for the dedica= | tion of the 5th Regiment Armory here: The oldest and most colorful miM= tary units of the Eastern seaboar were represented. Included are the first company of the Governor's Foot Guard of Hartford, Conn, and the Richmond “Blues.™ Ceremonies commemorating the writing of the national anthem were held at Fort McHenry this afternoor and a military ball was scheduled for tonight. Members of the visiting units, the entire 5th Regiment and the crew of the U. 8. 8. Jacob Jones will be massed at the fort for “The Star Spangled Banner” ceremonies. The flag which inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star Spangled Banner” flew over Fort McHenry dur- ing the War of 1812 when the British attempted unsuccessfully to capture the fort and Baltimore. ———— CARNIVAL TONIGHT Riverdale Heights Benefit Will Continue Tomorrow. Special Dispatch to The Star. RIVERDALE HEIGHTS, Md, Sep- tember 13.—The joint carnival sponsor« ed by the Riverdale Heights Fire De- partment and the Stephen Citizens' Association will open tonight on the association's grounds on Edmonston road here. Several community projects will benefit from the proceeds. The affair will continue through tomorrow eve- ning. is dismantling the cars. After all of the usable material is removed the wooden coaches are upset and set after the drug has been injected into| Finland expects its economic recov- | afire. ' They are wrecking 36 coaches, to C. W. Duke Honored. ‘The Duke and Duchess of York have been made freemen of Perth, Scot- land.