Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1935, Page 2

HOPKINS STRIVES FORW.P. A. FUNDS Lacks $300,000,000 of Sum He Wants to Spend. Johnsor: Critical. With Controller General McCarl working overtime to provide the press- ing financial needs of a work-relief program already a month behind echedule, Administrator Harry L. Hopkins today still lacked about $300,000,000 of the amount he pro- poses to spend on W. P. A. jobs. - On Hopkins, who was forced to abandon his earlier hopes of providing 8.500,000 jobs by November 1, rests he necessity of putting 437,850 per- sons to work each week between now | and the end of November. It is a for- midable task even for so optimistic & campaigner as the works progress ®dministrator, but he claims the big bulge will come in employment be- tween October 28 and November 12. Another side of the picture was pre- sented by Hugh S. Johnson, former N. R. A. administrator, who declared that at the present rate of re-em- ployment, there might still be 6,000,- 000 jobless when business returns to pormal. That would seem to indi- cate he has little faith in Hopkins® avowal that PFederal contributions to the direct dole can be wiped out by PDecember 1. $955,000,000 Allowed by McCarl. Controller General McCarl, who has been greatly handicapped in his struggle to countersign Federal work relief funds, has made available to the various State programs a total of $955,193,463 to date. W. P. A. eventu- ally expects to use $1,250.000,000 fcr‘ its current program, although nt‘ headquarters officials claim there is| no set figure. State administrators, unfamiliar with Federal procedure, complicated the work in McCarl’s office and many programs had to be returned and re-| submitted. Then, too, Hopkins' pol- | icy of seeking presidential approval of twice the number of projects &s| there was money to go around con- | tributed to the general delay. Nearly $800,000,000 of projects ap- proved by Fresident Roosevelt still are under study in the controller general’s office. That situation, however, need not delay the carrying out of the pro- gram. Hopkins has enough funds on hand to meet all immediate needs and the remainder can be made avail- able as the program gains momentum. State Heads Have Choice. State administrators are empowered to select from the list of approved projects the work they believe best fitted to immediate conditions. The rest will remain in a pool of “reser- voir” projects which may be revived because of changes in employment conditions. With employment figures for this week incomplete, latest reports listed only 1,310,733 jobs, or 2,189,267 short of the 3,500,000 objective. Meanwhile, Gen. Johnson, who was interviewed in Washington, took a gloomy view of the situation. “You can see from a glance at the figures that re-employment is not keeping pace with recovery,” he said. He had reference to the rather glow- ing picture painted by President Roosevelt and Secretary of Labor Perkins. “I don't deny that re-employment is increasing,” he said. “There is a dispute over unemployment figures, but say there were 12,000,000 at one time, and that the total is now down to 9,500,000. Business has meantime gone back 60 per cent of the way from the low point. ‘Work Hours Held Longer. “If a 80 per cent recovery has| absorbed only 2,000,000, you are going to have at least 6,000,000 unemployed when you get all the way back at the very least.” Johnson said one reason for the situation was lengthening of work hours through departure from coda standards. He claimed there would be hundreds of thousands of addi- tional jobs today if the hours had not been lengthened. As evidence of the lengthening of hours he pointed to the Labor Depart- ment repcrt showing that factory pay rolls had increased 24.3 per cent in September, 1935, over September, 1934, What’s What Behind News In Capital New Dealers Stumped on What to Do Next; G. O P. Getting Money. BY PAUL MALLON. PERSONAL poll has been made among the best New Deal minds on the question “What comes ,after the breathing spell?” The answer seems to be that nobody in the New Deal knows. At least no mind could be found with any ideas regarding new reforms beyond those already started, although there are plenty of yet unexpressed thoughts harbored by New Dealers for expan- sion of the reforms already initiated. For instance, the money muddle will have to be straightened out eventually, but no one has any clear notion yet as to what can be done. Coming reorganization of the Federal Reserve Board may strengthen new credit and banking policies along lines already projected, but no new legisla- tion is now considered possible. The social security program will be ex- panded next year, or the year follow- ing. The AAA crowd has not the slightest notion what it will do if the Supreme Court throws out the process- ing tax system, or what the ultimate permanent farm policy will be. LAND SAKES’ WILL [EVER TRAIGHTEN This does not mean that there are not a lot of fragmentary notions flut- | tering about the inner vacuum. Fore- | most among these are various plans for heavier high-bracket income taxes, a permanent relief program, etc. Most are considered to be po- litically unfeasible for the immediate future. The next move seems to de-l pend on time and tide. Reorganization Proposal. Only people with good memories | will recall that President Roesevelt | sent letters months ago to Senator | Harrison and Chairman Doughton | asking them to have their staffs work on N. R. A. reorganization during the recess. The only stafls they have are the tar experts employed by the Joint Congressional Committee on Tazation. This staff appears not to have given a thought to the N. R. A. In fact, nothing has been done in the way of a study, and Doughton will not be back from the Philippines junket until De- cember 20. Note—The largest question in con. gressional circles now is what would happen if the Philippine boat sinks. | The Vice President, Speaker and many influential leaders are aboard. Also there is idle but amusing speculation as to how President Roosevelt would go about holding a speclal session, for instance, to declare war, with most of his congressional bigwigs in the Far East. Rumors about a $5,000,000 Republi- 2an campaign fund to beat Mr. Roose~ velt are only rumors yet, but the ulti- mate amount probably will be many times that sum. Republicans are get- ing real green money now for the first time in five years. Many indi- viduals adversely affected by the New Deal program seem to be eager to contribute, some fxing their contri- bution at the amount of their cur- rent quarter’s income tax payment. Movie Publicity. The New Deal has monopolized movie publicity for the past three years, but the Republicans are also edging into that now. One movie producer is filming a story based on the Constitution. Also the G. O. P. headquarters is contemplating a series of shorts, first of which is entitled “Freedom at the Cross Roads.” while employment had gained 10.1 per cent. —r CARGO OF SOY BEANS BREAKS 3-YEAR RECORD 47,000 Bushels From Illinois Farms Shipped Via Montreal to Foreign Ports. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 26.—The steam- ship Barrie cleared the port of Chi- cago for Montreal yesterday, carrying 47.000 bushels of soy beans—the first export shipment of that crop to leave Chicago in three years. The consignment, from Illinois farms, will be transferred at Montreal end shipped abroad, Bartlett, Frazier & Co., its consigners, said. Chicago brokers said about 500,000 bushels more would be exported within the next 10 days. Yesterda§'s shipment, officials said, signalized an expected development of a new export fleld. Heretofore Eu- ropean markets have purchased soy beans from Manchukuo, Korea or Japan. The American product, however, has been placed on an export parity with the Asiatic product. ——— PAPER JOINS CHAIN ‘TWO RIVERS, Wis., October 26 (P). =The Two Rivers Reporter and Chronicle announced yesterday that by a reorganization, effective Novem- ber 1, it has joined the group of newspapers headed by the Superior Evening Telegram, of which Morgan Murphy of Superior is president. Mark R. Byers will continue as edi- tor and publisher of the Reporter and Chronicle. BAND CONCERT. By the Soldiers’ Home Band®Or- thestra at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o’clock. John 8. M. Zimmerman, band master; Anton Pointner, associate leader. March, “The Rifle Range”....Lincoln Overture, “As You Like It”....Langey Entr'acte, (a) “Ave Maria” (re- quest) Bach-Gounod (b) “A Tale of Two Hearts,” Roberts Potpourri (on Irish melodies), “The Shambrock” Intermezzo, “Asf Waltz suite, “Woodland Dreams” (Reve de Bois) ‘Waldteufel Finale, “Put on Your Old Gray Bonnet” “The Star-Spangled Banner.” - The answer to the flight of gojd from Europe will come naturally if the European war scarecrow is buried soon. Much of the gold may return to its native haunts, because it was not sent here in the payment of debts to any large extent. In effect, we are acting only as a safety deposit vault, The return trip should have no more real economic significance than the trip over. The liberal wing in Congress is strong for Borah—but not for the Presidency. Privately they say they will rally behind him for re- election in Idaho if Postmaster General Farley tries to hold him off. Yet they declined to comment publicly on his recent anti-trust platform suggestion, confidentially criticizing it. This situation seems to apply to Senators Norris, La Follette and others like them. The Supreme Court has a new wrinkle. Two attendants sit flanking the bench of the justices. Whenever any one falls asleep in the audience, they look™ at each other, arise, sit quietly beside the culprit and nudge him. The other day a Government attorney was listening intently to the business before the court (at least he says he was) but he held his hands over his eyes to help him concentrate. ‘When nudged, he emitted a surprised “ump,” which momentarily disturbed the dignity of the attendants as well as every one else. (Copyright. 1935.) REJECTED ARMY CORPS APPLICANT IS POISONED Death Is Ruled Suicide and Not Result of Experiments on Self. By the Associated Press. DENVER, October 26.— Deputy Coroner Gus Economy said last nignt that investigation convinced him the poison death of Robert G. Legerton, 21, was a suicide and not the acci- dental result of an experiment to build up immunity to poisons. Economy said he learned that Leger- Transient friends of Legerton had told officers the young man claimed graduated Wenrich | doses of poison would build up im- € )| per cent: performance, 75 per cent. EQUINE PAGEANT FORMALLY OPENED U. S. and Chile Compete for Honors With 12,000 Attendance. BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, Jr. Flags of the United States and Chile swung down the green meadows of Rock Creek Park in the hands of a 10th Cavalry color guard this aft- ernoon and came to rest in the official box of District Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen, signifying the inaugural of perhaps the most spectacular equine pageant ever offered to horse lovers in this region. ‘While the 3d Cavalry mounted band struck up a martial tune, the solemn opening ceremonies of the first inter- American horse show set on its course a meeting which will bring together Olympic horsemen from two countries, members of the American Olympic pentathlon squad and a host of hand- picked hunters from Virginia, Mary- land and the District. Special Exhibitions. Augmenting the military and civil- ian jumping tests and the hunter classes each day are to be special ex- hibitions of foxhound packs, dressage demonstrations by Maj. Hiram E. Tuttle of the Olympic team and half a dozen other features designed to lend color anc variety to the card. Even without these aids, the Prix des Nations competition alone would be of sufficient brilliance to pack every inth of the accommodations for 12,000 people mapped out on the Rid- ing and Hunt Club grounds on the East-West Highway. Galloping over a complicated course studded with 412 and 5 foot fences, the international riders will give local audiences a taste of an entirely new | type of drill. Then, over slightly| modified but almost as difficult fences, | they will meet in rivalry some of the best civilian horsemen in the country. | Maj. Bradford Out. Maj. W. B. Bradford, captain of the Olympic forces, announced today that he will be unable to compete in the international classes, due to a fractured rib, but this country will be | represented by Capt. E. F. Thompson | on the famous Tanbark; Capt. C. W. | A. Raguse on Ugly, Capt. C. C. Jadwin | on Ansonia and Lieut. R. W. Curtis | on Don. | Events of Today. ‘The program today: 1. Opening ceremony. Presentation of colors with band and escort to the | colors at 1 p.m. 2. Hunter class: Conformation, 25 | | | | 3. Exhibition of Riding and Hunt Club hounds. 4. Jumping sweepstakes, opex to all. Course B. Time, 1:20. jumps, 4 to 5 feet. 5. Exhibition of dressage horse. 6. International team jumping. Course C. Trophy for three-day com- petition. Time of course, 1:30. 7. Jumping contest by the United States Olympic modern pentathlon team. Course A. 8. Hunt teams. Trophy. Couforma- tion, 25 per cent; appointment, 15 per cent; performance, 60 per cent. Course A. Height of jumps, 32 to 4 feet. 9. Fencing contest by the United States Olympic modern pentathlon team. 10. Jumping class, open to civilians only. Time, 1:10. Course D. Height of jumps, 4 to 4 feet 3 inches. 11. Closing ceremony. G. P. 0. VETERAN DIES, STRICKEN IN ELEVATOR Robert R. Dillard, 58, Employe for 30 Years, Succumbs of Heart Disease. Stricken with a heart attack in an elevator of the Government Printing Office, where he had just finished his day's work, R~ --t R. Dillard, 58, as- sistant foreman in charge of linotype machines, died suddenly yesterday. He had heen employed in the printing office for more than 30 years. A resident of Washington for 37 years, Mr. Dillard lived at 2854 Con- necticut avenue. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Maude L. Dillard, and & son, Raymond L. Dillard. | which have good chances to run “in | tickets on the second horse will get | secona and third prize each. Height of } 1w Court were: W. M. Deemer, 68 224 AMERICANS DRAWNINSWEEPS First Round in Lottery Fin- ished—%$6,490,356 for Prizes. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, Irish Free State, October 26.—Americans received more than 43 per cent of the prizes today in the first round of the sixteenth draw- ing of the Irish hospital sweepstakes. When the draw was adjourned for lunch, 224 American names had come out of the huge drum which had revolved all through the morn- ing on the long stage in historic Dub- lin City Hall. ‘The names of 40 horses and a to- tal of 520 tickets had come out of the drum when J. O'Sheehan, the sweeps official who reads out each name, address and number, called a halt for food. Nine on Favorites. The names of oniy two of the first five favorite horses were drawn at that time, but Americans got a total of nine tickets on these. Seven drew Law Court and two Finalist, both of the money” in the Cambridgeshire, to be run Wednesday at Newmarket, England. All who draw horses are assured purses of about $1,825 whether their particular horses win or not. Preceding the draw, O'Sheehan an- nounced that the money already col- lected for the Irish hospitals during | the existence of the sweeps totaled £8,781,564—about $43,500,000—while the total prizes, including the present craw were £29,003,246—nearly $150,- 000,000. The present prize fund totals £1,- 221,987 ($6,490,356.17) and is divis. ible into 13 units of £100,000 each. To each holder of a ticket on the horse which wins the Cambridgeshire will go £30,000 ($147,300). Holders of £15,000 each ($73,650), while the third horse will win £10,000 ($49,100) for its holders. In addition there will be 10 residual prizes of £2,198 and 14 shillings (about | $10,792) and 1,300 consolation prizes of £100 ($491) each. The 13 units into which the total prize was split were allowed a first, Ninety-Seven Horses. Prizes were drawn against a list of | 97 horses, many of which already had been scratched. Lucky Penny of Brooklyn, who drew Llanarmon, was the first ticket | | drawn from the mass of counterfoils whirling in the drum. a non-runner. Americans who received tickets on Llanarmon is | Colby street, Philipsburg, N. J.; F. L. Dufly, 4449 North Seventh street, Phil- | adelphia; Ellis Lyonds, 41 Cottage | road, Glen Cove, N. Y.; Joseph Brett- | schneider, 500 Grand street, Brook- | lyn, N. Y.; “Jim,” 1223 Dayton ave- | nue, St. Paul, Minn.; J. Bosch, 1727 | Pacific avenue, Alameda, Calif.; “Al- | ways Trying,” 43 Batavia street, Bos- ton. Tinalist, another of the “first five,” was the thirty-third horse drawn. A ticket on this horse went to an un- identified holder at 8534 Sixty-seventh road, Forest Hills, Long Island. Another ticket on Finalist was drawn street, New York. —_——— WHISTLE FOILS ROBBERY CHICAGO, October 26 (#).—The noon whistle at a factory near the lunch room of Alex Gedvilas saved him from a robbery yesterday. Just as two gunmen entered the whistle sounded and hungry work- men rushed toward the Gedvilas bean- ery. The gunmen fled. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm. Monday at Hysong’s funeral home, 1300 N street, followed by burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery. e T KENNY FUNERAL RITES Deceased Was Mother of Mrs. Kate Keller of Washington. Funeral services for Mrs. Bertie Acker Kenny, mother of Mrs. Kate Keller of Washington, were held Thursday at her home in Verona, Va. She was buried in Woodbine Ceme- tery, Harrisonburg, Va. Mrs. Kenny, daughter of Charles F. and the late Mary Nefl Acker, was born in Rockingham County in 1872 and lived there until her marriage in 1916. Surviving, besides her husband and father, are four brothers, Grover, W. W., John and R. M. Acker, and three sisters, Miss Sallie Acker, Mrs. Keller and Miss Mary Acker. Sweitzer Trial Ordered. CHICAGO, October 26 ().—Judge John €. Lewe, overruling defense ob- jections to the State’s bill of particu- lars, yesterday ruled that Robert M. Sweitzer, former Cook County treas- urer and county clerk, must go to trial Monday on a charge of withholding $414,120.41 in public funds from his successor as county clerk. el Small Boy, Caught On Anilers of Deer, Carried Into Woods By the Associated Press. Kept for use. A prince, Edmund Lowe, film actor, and Louise Fazenda, comedy actress (above), and George O'Brien and Churchill (below), were among the keeping a long vigll in their Malibu arrival of the raging forest fire which film colony. POET HITS SCHOOL OATH Sandburg Declares “Constitution | Has No Finality.” ROCHESTER, Minn, October 26.! (#)—Carl Sandburg, Chicago poet, criticized the teachers’ oath of al- | legiance to the Constitution in a talk before the Southern Minnesota Edu- | cation Association's convention yes- terday. “The Constitution has no finality,” he declared, attributing to Benjamin Franklin the statement that doctrines formulated in the Constitution rep- resented for every man a compromise. SLAYER AGAIN HUNTED | River to Be Searched for Gun in | for “Bookery,” 114 East Thirty-second | Speer Killing, Boston. BOSTON, October 26 (#).—Search for the slayer of Dr. Elliott Speer, youthful headmaster of Mount Her- | mon School in Northfield, more than a year ago, was revived publicly Lutl night by the State Police. | Capt. John F. Stokes, chief of State | detectives, said a diver, carrying two powerful underwater lights, would | begin exploration of a hitherto over- looked section of the bed of the Con- necticut River in Northfield for the shotgun used in the slaying. AUTO SHOW PUZZLE CONTEST THIS IS PUZZLE NO. 19. Add a letter to each word shown in the left-hand column and rearrange the letters to spell a word for which the definition is given. Insert the new word below the definition and place the added letter in the last column oppo- site the new word. If the puzzle is solved correctly, the added letters will spell the trgde name of one of the twenty-one (21) automobiles shown in the list below, to be exhibited at the Sixteenth Annual Automobile Show of Wash- ington, D. C., from November 2 to November 9, 1835, inclusive, at the Calvert Exhibit Hall, 2601 Calvert street northwest, opposite Hotel Shoreham, under the auspices of Washington Automotive Trade Association, which, with the co-operation of The Star, is conducting this contest. LINCOLN DODGE FORD HUDSON HUPMOBILE LAFAYETTE LA SALLE? AUBURN BUICK CADILLAC CHEVROLET CHRYSLER DE SOTO The first puzzle appeared on October 8. The last will be published Oc- tober 28. Previous puzzles will be found in the files in the business office of The Star. Solve each puzzle, and not earlier than October 29, but not later than midnight, October 30, send all of the than twenty (20) words “As to Why an Automobile Show Should Be Held in Washington, D. C.,” to the Washington Automotive Trade Association, 1427 1 street northwest, Washington, D. C. It 1s not necessary to send in the actual puszsles, but it is compulsory that the entries. show the new words. The new words will not be given out or published, and no entries will be returned. the Automobile Show, as follows: First prize, $50 and $25 and 8 tickets; third prize, $1¢ and 6 tickets, and 25 PONTIAC solutions with a reason of not more In case of ties duplicate prizes will be awarded. Winners will be announced in the Automobile Show Section of The Star on November 3, 1035, Questions should be addressed to motive ‘Washington 1427 I street northwesigWashington, D. C. | war are being held in bondage by his wife, the former Marguerite many screen stars who have been Beach homes awaiting the possible threatened the entire Malibu Beach —Wide World Photos. BOLIVIAN PROTEST SLORES PARAGUAY 20,000 War Prisoners Are | Held in Bondage, Says Appeal to League. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, October 26.—Bolivia pro- tested against Paraguay's treatment of war prisoners in such scathing terms today that Geneva received the | distinct impression all problems of the Chaco war are not liquidated. Thousands of Bolivian prisoners of Paraguay, Bolivia's note to the League i | of Nations declared. The communication, which momen- tarily diverted attention from the Italo-Ethiopian war, said the prisoner problem, which the Buenos Aires Peace Conference was unable to solve, constitutes a “grave detriment to thousands of unfortunate men.” Estimating the number of prisoners in Paraguay at 20,000, Bolivia said their labor represents a big, steady source of revenue for Paraguay under “servitude or bondage similar to the constraint formally exercised by a lord or slave owner over human material.” The note added the refusal of Para- guay to release the prisoners repre- sents a means of bringing pressure to bear on Bolivia to “induce Bolivia to accept peace terms incompatible with Justice and honor.” Now that the Buenos Aires con-| ference has declared the Chaco war | ended, Bolivia contends, there is no valid reason “for keeping men as serfs or hostages when war has given place to legal and diplomatic contro- versy, the duration of which unfor- tunately was nos fixed by the Buenos Aires protocol.” Bolivia appealed to the world con- science to solve the vital problem of “social and moral salvage.” —_— ‘Woman Dies at 102 Years. SILVER CREEK, Nebr, October 26 (#)—Mrs. Elizabeth " Lacey, 102, who enjoyed good health until two days ago, died yesterday at her home here. She had been a resident of Silver Creek half a century. Irvin S. Cobb Says: Alcatraz Life Policy In- sures Health as Gang Guns Blaze. SANTA MONICA, Calif, October 26.—They live the life of Riley, these veteran gangsters of the old estab- lished firms, but they die the deaths of dogs. Their successors come and go. Let us hope they’ll keep on going faster than they keep on coming. With that St, Valentine’s day massacre emblaz- oned in red let- ters on the civic score board, Chi- cago still holds the lead for a single clean - up, but you can’t say HOUSE LOBBY QUIZ 10 RESUME SOON Hopson to Be Questioned on Income Sources in Utility Investigation. By the Aggociated Press. Chairman O'Connor of the House Rules Committee has announced that the House utilities lobby investi- gation would be resumed during the second week in November, with H. C. Hopson of the Associated Gas & Elec- tric Co. back for more questioning. The principal developments during the long recess In committee activity was the disclosure today that a sus- pected burglary of the investigation records had been reported to the Capitol police on October 9. File Cases Found The report was made following dis- covery that a door to the House Rules Committee on the third floor of the | Capitol was found open on October 7| and that a light was burning in the committee room and some of the | file cases were open. Police said to- day nothing was reported stolen and | it was their opinion that the roem: had been left open by a committee | employe or one of the cleaning women. | Records of the investigation are kept in the private office of Chairman 0O’Connor, not accessible to any prowl- ers who might have been in the Capitol room. Hopeon, sought for weeks by both Senate and House investigators before firally testifying last Sum- mer, will be questioned on sources of his income, funds for the | fiiat against the administration’s utilities control bill and expenditures in that battle, O'Connor said. The chairman added that the committee | had been supplied with figures it de- | manded on the company's expendi- tures and borrowings, but that it had not received those on Hopson's in- come. Te Be Checked Up. “That will be one of the first facts T am going to check up with our in- vestigators in New York,” said O'Con- UTILITIES READY 10 CONTINUE FIGHT Permanent Offices to Be Set Up Kere to Direct Test of Bill. By the Associated Press. ‘The Committee of Public Utility Executives today announced establish- ment of permanent offices here “to continue the fight” against the hold- ing company act. The committee, which heretofore maintained temporary offices in a downtown hotel, will move about No- vember 1 to an office building. Promising the constitutionality of the act will be tested promptly, Philip H. Gadsden, committee chairman, said: “If the act is declared unconstitu- | tional, doubtless other legislation will be proposed. If it is declared con- stitutional, we must redouble our ef- forts to obtain amendments to the act which will make it regulatory and not destructive. “In the meantime, we recognize that until and unless it is declared unconstitutional, this act is the law of the land. We have accepted the invitation of the Securities and Ex- change Commission to co-operate and have advised Chairman Landis that our office in Washington will be pre- pared to facilitate the commission’s work in preparing the rules and regu- lations, etc., with a view toward mak- ing the act as little burdensome on the industry as possible. “It is important, however, that there should be no misunderstanding of the effect of this law. It is the most drastic and destructive piece of legislation which has ever been passed by Congress. If enforced as intended by its sponsors, it will dismember practically every large holding com- pany system and Jestroy in large part the investments of millions of men and women.” U. 8. BRIEF RAPS DAVIS. BALTIMORE, October 26 UP).— nor, who has just returned from a vacation trip. O'Connor said Electric Bond & Share officials would be called soon after Hopson's testimony was finished. | The chairman indicated the hear-| ings would be continued throughout | the recess. | “But that does not mean,” he added, “that we will be through by January. How long ;he hearings will have to run depends on developments as we go along, and we probably will hold some during the session.” WATSON'S INCOME TAX TO BE PROBED U. S. Interested as Result of In-| dictment of Former Campaign Manager. f Income tax returns of former Sena- | tor James E. Watson of Indiana are under investigation at the Internal Revenue Bureau, it was learned today. Officials at the Treasury declined to | discuss the case. It is said the Government is inter- ested in Watson as a result of the in- dictment at Chicago of Jacob R. Fin- kelstein, former campaign manager for have failed to report part of a $150,- 000 “gift” from B. J. Grigsby. radio manufacturer, and is reported to have said he divided the sum with Watson. The money is alleged to have been given for special services rendered by Watson to Grigsby in a controversy over radio tubes. Watson could not bg reached at his home here today for ible comment on the case. He is reported to have said last night that the investigation was “routine” and grew out of an “ordinary dispute” over income. TOURISTS DISPUTE REVOLT IN CRETE False Interpretation for Troop Moves Likely Cause of Reports. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, October 26.—Tourists re- turning from Crete reported today they had seen no signs of a revolt, rumors of which again were denied by the government. Officials said they had no knowledge of how “fantastic tales” of revolts had reached foreign circulation. One explanation advanced for the reports was they may have been in- spired by “false interpretation” of troop movements incident to the No- vember 3 plebiscite and the presence of more than the usual number of troops due to martial law. An extensive clean-up of Commu- nists was seen by observers. Ten were committed to the island of St. Eus- tratios and 50 others were held here. Earlier reports, not confirmed by the government, said at least 50 alleged Communists or other persons charged with being inimical to the monarchist regime, had been arrested since Gen. George Kondylis had come into power with the dissolution of the republic. The drive against Communists was regarded as the result of a demonstra- n:n in Constitution Square October 15. be lifted only when the opportune moment arrives.” Martial law was proclaimed October 10, when the monarchist regency came into powers RESETTLEMENT GROUP PAY DAY ANNOUNCED Administration Employes Now Are Promised Tardy Salaries Before November 15. All Resettlement Administration employes whose salaries have been delayed will be paid before November the boys around New York aren’t trying. Dame Rumor hath it that very few of the gentlemen in permanent resi- dence there are entirely satisfied with Alcatraz—the life is too confining, for one thing—but, even so, my guess is that Mr. Al Capone, snug as & bug under a rug, is kind of glad fact: That long-term policy and casualty insurance which Uncle Sam issued to him—with the clause permitting travel eliminated—stiil has quite some time to run. 15, C. B. Baldwin, assistant resettle- ment administrator in charge of operations, has informed a delegation from the Resettlement Lodge No. 206, Federation of Government Employes. ‘The pay day. Delays were attributed to the classi- fication system angd the fact that some ‘employes have gone to work before recelving formal notification of their ‘appointments. g the Senator. Finkelstein is alleged to | John W. Davis and associate counsel in an attack on the utility law were charged by the Government today with “an ine._licable zeal to pervert the plain meaning and intent of the act in order to demonstrate its al- leged unconstitutionality.” The Government brief was the sec- ond in reply to an action in Federal Court in connection with reorganiza- tion of the-American States Public Service Co. of Baltimore. Davis, for- mer Democratic presidential nominee, is an attorney for the company’s trustees, who contend the holding company law is invalid. Burco, Inc., a creditor of the com- pany, also purportedly is opposing Davis. But the Government, acting as a friend of the court and not as a legal party to the case. has asserted Burco, in fact, collaborated in a “col- lusive” way with the Davis group in preparing an artificial test case, Hits Test in Abstract. Specifying it was discussing the constitutional question only “as a matter of courtesy to the court,” the Government noted the act has only started to work, and asserted it “can- not be fairly tested in its constitutional aspect while it still remains a law in the abstract and has not had a chance to operate.” The brief added: “The judicial process is not a ‘brooding on the presence in the sky.’ The judicial process, avoiding fare | flung generalities and theoretical ab- stractions, has always confined itself to specifically limited and concretely understandable issues in actual cone troversy.” The brief cited in detall the pur- poses of Congress for passing the act, and said: “Yet opposing counsel has scoffed at these recitals in order to divert attention from the realities from which the statute springs. “Without offering a scintilla of proof for his bald denial of the find~ ings of Congress, counsel for the truse tees would ask this court to set aside the considered conclusion of Congress, based on years of governmental inves- tigations, that the evils connected with the utility holding companies are widespread and persistent.” Commerce Angle Answered. Asserting the business of holding companies directly affected interstate commerce, the brief argued: “Whatever be the general limits on the commerce power, it is ciear that Congress is here dealing with a sube ject—like fraud, deceit and monopo= ly—where the courts will sustain the widest application of legislative power not simply to punish the use of the channel of interstate commerce for unlawful purposes, but to prevent those channels being used to create and perpetuate conditions which, exe perience proves, leads to lawlesse neas.. S S ¢ “In so far as we have been able to ascertain no exercise by Congress of | the power to exclude matter from the | malls has thus far been adjudged un- constitutional.” Claims under the fifth amendment that liberty or property is taken by the statute without due process of law were replied to with the statement that “it is firmly established that this clause does not protect the liberty to engage in a business that the legis- lative authority reasonably considers inimical to the public welfare, or the property interests of those who have entered upon such a business.” HELENA SHAKEN AGAIN BY 8 SLIGHT SHOCKS Residents Sleep On, Refusing to Be Alarmed as Earth Shocks Become Gentle. By the Associated Press. HELENA, Mont., October 26--This quake-weary city was jarred slightly yesterday by eight earth shocks, but many residents, now accustomed to them, ignored them to catch up on lost sleep. The shocks were not as severe as some of those which over a 1l4-day period killed three persons and caused widespread damage. Only one main business district remained segregated, as elsewhere normal activities were resumed. Clearing weather, replacing freezing temperatures, eased the work of caring for the homeless. Sweets Shipped to Veterans. MONTREAL, October 26 (#).—To keep Montreal sweet in the mouths of the American Legion, whose 1937 con- vention the city is seeking, 250 one- pound boxes of Quebec maple sugar