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* JAPAN THREATENS SUCCESS OF PARLEY Delegates Will Refuse Dis- cussions Unless Parity Demand Is Met. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 7.—Japan an- nounced flatly today she demanded ab- solute naval parity with the United Btates and Great Britain. The an- nouncement threw even more gloom sbout the internafional conference opening Monday. It was this Japanese demand which caused the break-up of an unsuccess- ful preliminary conference early this yéar between the United States, Japan and Great Britain, To enforce their position, the Japanese said no other question can be discussed until their demand is met. Their country is now on the short end of a 5—5—3 ratio with Great Britain and the United States. The Japanese position was conveyed to the British admiralty at a con- ference which the Oriental delega- tion asked specially. Japan, the delegates clearly stated, is not prepared to accept any pro- posals for exchange of a building pro- gram unless there is a definite agree- ment on the question of total ton- nages. Demands Not Answered. The British representatives did not answer the Japanese demands and made no commitments. It was ex- plained at the Japanese headquarters that the action was taken because of the feeling the British and others might be under a misapprehension re- garding the Japanese viewpoint on & common upper limit of tonnages. By & common upper limit, the delegates explained, they mean an actual, not a theoretical, equality of fleets. Negotiations between the five great powers attending—France and Italy in addition to Britain, the United States and Japan—will either lead to an agreement replacing the Wash- ington and London naval limitation treaties, which expire next year, or to a naval building race, observers are agreed. The British will confer separately tomorrow with each delegation to lay the groundwork for the talks. Although a breakup of the parley is freely predicted in some quarters, the complications are so grave they may eventually drive the sea powers to- gether into continued limitation be- cause of fears of the alternative. Beset With Complications. The conference, the third naval par- ley held since the World War, is beset with international complications, in- cluding the war in Africa, the Sino- Japanese question, and tenseness in Central Europe. Deliberations will open in the Lo- carno room of the foreign office, with ‘ Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin de- livering the address of welcome. Heads of the various delegations will reply ! with brief addresses. America’s delegation, headed by Norman H. Davis, has indicated he will weigh all proposals with an open mind, but is détermined not to sacri- fice any of the country’s interests. ‘The conference is expected to last for several months. Although the British and American delegations did not express their stands on the Japanese demands, there was every indication that they will continue to oppose a change in the existing status of navies, and will seek to reach a compromise despite the strong Japanese attitude. The Japanese delegates executed unusual maneuvers by inaugurating * seperate advance discussions with the British and French in advance of the formal opening of the conference Monday. Program Is Outlined. Although they had previously talked over the usual formalities, Admiral Osami Nagano and Matsuzo Nagai, the chief Japanese delegates, requested & new conference at the British ad- miralty and voluntarily outlined an aggressive program, designed to achieve actual equality with the Brit- ish and American navies. A well-informed source stated the Japanese would definitely reject any such proposal as that discussed early this year by Sir Ernie Chatfield, Brit- ish admiral, and the Japanese vice admiral, Isoroku Yamamoto. Under that plan Japan would achieve the equivalent of a 5—5—4 ratio within six years. ‘That proposed compromise, said ,Japanese sources, made & bad im- pression on Japanese naval circles. The Japanese delegation informed the British they also did not favor & mutual exchange of future’ building programs unless an agreement was reached for common upper limits which would give Japan equality. Admiral Nagano conferred briefly with the French naval commander- {n-chief, Admiral Durand Viel. A French spokesman declared an “unknown element,” the German navy, would play an important role in the conference, and would have a strong effect on the French attitude. The American, Italian and French delegations will call on the British group tomorrow afternoon. HUNT FOR REDFERN WILL START TODAY Thiee to Fly Over South American Jungles Seeking Man Who Vanished in 1927, By the Associated Press. GEORGETOWN, British Guians, Degember 7.—Three men in the in- terfor of the Guiana jungles will begin & {hree-day airplane search tomorrow forPaul Redfern, American aviator Wwho has been missing for eight years. Pllot Art Williams, Co-Pilot Harry ‘Wendy and their backer, Edward Hill, will:fly over 700 square miles of wild territory in search of the man who vanished ‘in 1927 on a flight from Brunswick, Ga., to Rio de Janeiro. The three made preparations today 8t Wanatoba, near the intersection of the boudaries of Brazil and the British end Dutch Guianas. They believe Redfern is living with some little- known Indian tribe in the hinterland. 71 BELOW AT YUKON FAIRBANKS, Alaska, December 7 (P).—Record-breaking cold gripped in- terior Alaska today. Fort Yukon, Alaska, on the Upper ‘Yukon, reported 71 below zerq, low- est December reading in the recorded history of the 61-year-pld trading post. THE S Livermore Takes Son East Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Livermore Barbara, Calif., where the latter’s PRIVATE PENSION DEFENSE PUSHED Senator Keyes Hopes That Congress Will Exempt Existing Systems. work out e plan to preserve private pension systems in industry, in con- nection with the old-age insurance fea- expressed yester- day by Senator Keys, Republi- can, of New Hampshire. Keys 45 a member. of the special joint sub- committee of the House and Senate appointed just before adjourn- ment of the last session to study the private pen- sion problem. Senator King, Democrat of Utah, chairman of the joint group, plans to call meetings shortly after his return to the city in about two weeks. When the social security law was being written at the last session, the Senate adopted the Clark amendment, which would have allowed the Social Becurity Board to exempt an industry from the old-age pay roll taxes if the board found that the industry was operating a retirement system with benefits equal to or greater than the governmental system. House and Sen- ate conferees, however, were unable to agree on the provisions of the Clark amendment, and it was drop- ped from the bill with the under- standing the joint committee would be appointed to tackle the problem again this Winter. In view of the fact that the pay- Senator Keves. security program do not begin until January, 1937, it was felt no time would be lost by putting off further consideration of the Clark amend- ment. Under the Government plan, the pay-roll taxes to pay the old-age pen- sion are to be borne by both employes and employers, starting at 1 per cent from each group in the calendar year per cent from each in 1949 and there- after. to the first $3,000 of an annual salary. The employes would be eligible under the Government plan for old-age ben- efit payments upon reaching 65, the amount of the benefit depending on the wages earned after December, 1936. Supporters of the Clark amendment pointed out during eonsideration of the social security program that many AJ. GEORGE L. BERRY, Fed- eral co-ordinator for indus- trial co-operation, will dis- cuss the current and future relationships of Government and in- dustry in an address to be broadcast at 10:3) p.m. tomorrow on the Na- tional Radio Forum, sponsored by The Star. Maj. Berry can be heard locally on Station WRC and elsewhere on other outlets of the National Broad- casting Co. ‘The address will follow the opening toniorrow of a conference which Maj. Berry has called to consider industry’s future relations with Washington. The subject is “Industry’s Problems, Today and Tomorrow.” Maj. Berry's career has been one of widely varied experiences. Born in Coast, where he secured employment as u printer. At 21 he was. still holds. He served during the Werld War as a major with the raiiroad construction engineers, In 1918 President Wilson named him to the American Industrial Commission to co-ordinate the Allies” war industries. Maj. Berry now owns and Fairbanks’ 50 degrees below sero| Eastern Iast night equaled its De- sember record of 1913. Maj. Berry is not new in Gove [ at the Kansas City Airport yesterday, en route to New York from Santa charged with wounding her other son, Jesse Livermore, jr., 16. Hope that Congress will be able to | BY the Associated Press. ture of the social security law, was | was “too vague and indefinite.” Hern- roll taxes for this part of the social | 1937 and increasing gradually to 3| These taxes Would apply only | Berry to Talk in Forum 'WILL DISCUSS RELATIONSHIP OF GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY. Te 'nessee, he moved to the West) president of the Internatioral Print- |; ing Pressmen’s Union, an office he| tes | and Livermore’s son Paul, 12, shown mother, Mrs. Dorothea Longcope, is —Copyright, A. P. Whirephoto. GEORGIA SEDITION LAWHELDINVALID 11866 Statute Ruled Out in Herndon Trial—Supreme Court Test Seen. ATLANTA, December 7.—Georgia’s | insurrection law, enacted in 1866, was ; held unconstitutional today in the case of the colored Communist, An- gelo Herndon, and the prospect de- veloped for a test of the statute in the United States Supreme Court. | Superior Court Judge Hugh M. Dor- | sey found the law invalid because it don was convicted under the statute in 1932 after he had organized 1,000 families, 600 of them white, in an appeal for relief, and. his punishment was fixed at 18 to 20 years on the chain gang. Following today's decision Herndon E was released under $8,000 bond, which | will continue in force for 20 days, | during which the State may appeal. | If the State fails to act, he will go | | free. | Assistant Solicitor General Ed A. | | Stephens said an appeal probably | would be taken immediately to the BERRY OPTIMUSTIC ONEVE OF PARLEY If Conference Fails, Later One Will Succeed, He Says. BACKGROUND— Official of orgamized labor, Maj. George L. Berry served with N. R. A. Upen invitation by President Roosevelt, on September 28 he be- oreperasions " sirually ‘omeoman " ly one-man successor to N. R. A. On October 4. he disclosed plans for great in- dustrial parley, sent out invita- tions to groups and individuals to meet here this week. Speaking either distaste or distrust, most powerful industrial associations re« fused flatly to participate in con= ference. By the Associated Press. With his invitations shunned by & wide section of industry, George L. Berry predicted yesterday that if to- morrow's industrial conference failed to meet squarely the problems of tax- ation, public debt and unemployment, “a later one will.” The invitation of President Roose- velt's co-ordinator for industrial co- operation was rejected by the United States Chamber of Commerce, Na- tional Association of Manufacturers, Automobile Manufacturers’ Associa- tion, American Iron and Steel Insti- tute and Cotton Textile Institute. Contemplating the meeting ahead, Berry said: “I have been composing human dif- ferences for 30 years, and have learned to face success or failure with a smile. “Right Will Prevail.” “I know that in this cause, as in others where human problems are concerned (and I hold that industry’s only purpose is to serve human needs), the right will ultimately prevail. “If this conference does not meet squarely the problems of unemploy- ment, taxation and public debt, as t?;;’ol'vl.nl industrial policy, a later one Berry was not all pessimism, how- ever, on the eve of the conference which he called to get the views of industry and labor on how recovery could be hastened. More than 3,000 persons had ac- cepted invitations, he said, and added: “While T realize it will be a tre- mendous task to compose their dif- ferences, I have not the slightest doubt -but that the Industrial Coun- cil will be able to agree on some of the fundamentals of a national in- dustrial policy, and to find statesmen within its ranks with a broad vision of the general needs of business and the requirements of human need.” “U. S. Must Take Leadership.” Berry emphasized his view that the ship in evolving any recovery plan. “I have been deeply gratified by the confidence expressed by many who ticular solutions to the problems 'but were looking to me to evolve from this conference a program and lead- ership to carry the Nation toward a stabilized and lasting prosperity,” he said. “That is the keynote of these meet- ings. must be found and must recognize the rights of all the elements in in- dustry. “Any other plan of action, failing to include human rights, and ignoring the Government’s natural leadership in the Nation's affairs, is but a tainly fail.” “NEW N. R. A" OPPOSED. | State Supreme Court. Defense at- torneys have announced their inten- | tion of carrying the case to the Su- preme Court of the United States if necessary. The State appears equally adamant. Herndon was jubilant as he packed | his grips and left the jail. His bond | was provided by the International La- | bor Defense. “If I go free T will return to New York,” Herndon said. | Communist literature was found in | his room at the time of his arrest | and he was charged with trying to | set up a colored republic in the South. Judge Dorsey held the insurrection law violated the constitutions of the United States and Georgia. Herndon has been the champion of | radicals and liberals throughout the | couniry in recent months. Defended | Airst by the International Labor De- | fense, his case lately has been han- | dled on a “united front” basis with support of liberals, trade unionists | and radicals. | concerns have long-established retire- ment plans. Their contention was that when such plans are equal to or better than the Federal system, they should be exempted from partici- pating in the Government system. Other Senators on the joint sub- committee to study the question are Clark of Missouri, George of Georgia and La Follette of Wisconsin. Tue House members are Representatives Doughton of North Carolina, Hill of Washington, Cullen of New York, Treadway of Massachusetts and Bach- arach of New Jersey. MAJ. GEORGE L. BERRY. ernment service. He has been with 82 Per Cent of Firms Vote Against Proposal. NEW YORK, December 7 (#).—The Nationa. Association of Manufacturers announced today that 82 per cent of firms participating in a Nation-wide poll hau voted against enactment of Federal legislation similar to the na- tional industrial recovery act. The question submitte¢ was: “Do you favor legislation continuing in any form the principles and policies of the N. L R. A.?” More than 10,000 replies have been received, the association stated. The question called for a straight “yes” or “no” answer. The companies whose replies have been analyzed employ nearly 3,900,000 wage earners, the association said, adding that the figure represents more than one-half of all the manufactur- ing employes in the United States. KENTUCKIANS DOOM U.S. AGENT’S KILLER Crippled Mountaineer, 50, First to Receive Death Penalty Under New Law. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, December 7,— The first man to receive the death penalty under the new Federal law, George W. Barrett, 50-year-old crip- pled Kentucky mountaineer, today was found guilty of first-degree murder by & Federal court jury for the slaying of a Federal officer. The verdict carries s mandatory sentence af death hanging. He was convicted by a jury in minutes for the killing of Nelson Klein, Government agent, at Corner, Ind., last August 16. was shot down as he and another Hederal operative attempted to arrest Barrett on a charge of stealing auto- mobiles. Barett’s defense was that he thought the Government men were feudists from Clay County, Ky. seeking his life. . The quiet-spoken défendant, look- 65 FAMILIES MAROONED Government must take the leader- | have said they could offer no Jar- | I hold that such a program | shadowy substance and must cer- | UNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 8, 1935—PART ONE. Distraught Mother Before Collapse B e .. SEEKSLIMIT | - TOUTLTYTESTS {Courts to Be Told U. S. Will Not Intervene in Stock- | holders’ Suits. By the Associated Press. In two swift moves yesterday the Government pressed a campaign to| limit impending tests of the constitu- | | tionality of the dtility holding com- | | pany act to its own lawsuit. Attorney General Cummings in- structed district attorneys to inform all courts that the Government would not intervene in utility stock- | holders’ suits involving the legislation | and questioned whether such cases | might be collusive. The Securities Commission almost simultaneously asked the District Su- | preme Court to delay action on seven | utility suits seeking to restrain en- forcement of the act, pleading that these cases be held in abeyance until | | the United States Supreme Court de- termined the law’s validity in a Gov- ernment suit agalnst ' Electric Bond | and Share Co. Early Ruling Asked. Cummings and the 8. E. C. joined | in calling for an early interpretation of the act’s constitutionality by the | high tribunal, & hope expressed Fri- day by President Roosevelt at Warm to proceed along the lines chosen by the Government, which contends the | Electric Bond and Share suit con- tains virtually all questions needed to | be tested. | There are at least 48 suits brought by utilities from which the utility ‘xpo\nt of view offers possibilities of tests of many different questions. The holding companies were expected in ' informed quarters to resist the Fed- eral strategy and insist that their cases move forward in the regular le- | gal current. The Attorney General stressed the oft-repeated view of the Government | that registration under the act in it- self will not burden the utilities. But many of the companies hold it the| first step, which might lead to their destruction as “unnecessary.” Suits Recent Development. | ‘The stockholder suits have been a | comparatively recent development in | the chesslike legal xn.lneuvennz.| Stockholders have sought to enjoin their companies from registering, where the companies themselves ap- parently were intending to do so. Concerning these the Attorney Gen- eral said: “In light of the action taken by the Government to safeguard the rights and interests of both registering and non-registering companies, it may be questioned whether such stockholders’ suits are brought in good faith and are free from collusion, as is required under equity rule 27 as interpreted by the Supreme Court.” Asserting that a “multitude of un- necessary suits” alsoc have been brought by utilities against Govern- ment officials, the plea in the Dis- trict Court said: “No public interest will be served by pressing for a decision of this is- sue in a multitude of suits. On the contrary, such a course of action will tend to clog the courts, overtax the facilities of the Government and make against that orderly and economical disposition of the controversy that is the Government’s aim.” ‘The Government’s move apparently ended, for the time being, at least the possibility of a co-operative selection of test suits by the two sides. Tobacco Restricted. Live Turkey Torn Apart Scramble at Princess Anne Mrs. Frances Loring, with her husband, G. A. Loring, right, and Robert W. Hicks, criminologist, is seen +as she posed for a photograph a minute before she fainted on the street after an interview last night with Hicks concerning the murder of her daughter, Corinna. Mrs. Loring fainted and fell to the sidewalk in front @ J of Hicks’ home at 1502 Vermont avenue, Lorihg fCOXL({hUQd Pirst Page.) of Corinna’s hand Hicks used a pho- tograph clearly showing the teeth marks. This photograph also was shown to Mrs. Loring. Mold “Perfect Likeness.” He said the mold, which has been prepared with great care and is an al- most perfect likeness of the girl's hand, will be treated with chemicals to give it a life-like appearance and bring out the marks of the bite. Hicks took wax impressions of the teeth wounds im- mediately after the girl's body was| found and will use these impressions in preparing his model. | He believes the model will be used later tor comparison with the teeth marks of possible suspects. He said he didn't question Mr. Lor- ing at all last night, but that he had interviewed Richard Tear, Corinna’s fiance, about 10 days ago. Tear, he said, came voluntarily for the inter- view. Firm in-his belief that the key to the mystery of the girl's murder is hidden between the covers of 1.000 pages of testimony taken during the investigatien, Lieut. Itzel returned to Baltimore for the week end to study the record and perfect the strategy. he expects will lay bare all the gruesome ! details of the crime, perhaps this week. Itzel Disappointed: Itzel concluded the fourth week of | the investigation yesterday with the, statement that he was “disappointed in not gaining today specific infor- | mation he had hoped for.” He indi- | cated, however, it would be obtained. | Although he declined to disclose the nature of the information, he left newspaper men with the impression that it was of prime importance and possibly the forerunner of the first definite “break” in the case. Itzel will return to Upper Marlboro | tomorrow. As he left for his home, it was; learned from excellent sources that flagrant discrepancies have been un- covered in the testimony of several| persons around whom the investiga- | tion has revolved. Efforts will be made tomorrow to| learn whether the discrepancies were | the result of faulty memories or were | deliberate falsehoods. It was also learned authoritatively | that Itzel has thrown out as imma- | terial much of the material in the | bulky record. Itzel spent two hours yesterday questioning for the second time Earle Bass of Washington, who formerly | lived in Mount Rainier and once was | a suitor of the slain girl. The ques-| tioning did not develop anything of | value, according to Itzel. | Three other witnesses who had in- | formed Itzel they would come to| ‘Upper Marlboro did not appear. One of them, a Mount Rainier man who said he possessed valuable informa- tion, will be seen tomorrow, the Balti- more detective said. The man lived near the Loring home at one time. Neither did two colored wood- choppers appear for questioning, although they were scheduled to see Itzel early in the morning. Chief Eugene Plumer of the Mount Rainier police has been assigned to bring them to Upper Marlboro tomorrow. Itzel wishes to learn from them if they saw any strange persons nearby the evening of November 4 when they cu tdown a tree in the batkyard of the Loring home. ———— ST. LOUISAN ACCEPTS City Counselor Hay to Take Pen- sion Investigator Post. 8T. LOUIS, December 7 (#)—City Counselor Charles M. Hay said today he would accept appointment by Pres- ident Roosevelt as vicé chairman of a Federal commission to investigate pro- posed railroad employes’ pensions, He said he would resign his city post. telephone netification yesterday the posi- tion was open to him and that the De- partment of Labor had recommended his appointment to the President. as2, , will be of a major nature. 000|355 NEW FLOOR LEADER MOVE PERSISTING Demand for Replacement of Bankhead Unquieted by Plan to Return. BY WILL ¥. KENNEDY. Agitation among House Democrats for election of a new floor leader ceived a set-back yesterday with a nouncement that Representative William B. Bankhead will return to ‘Washington in January to assume the duties of his post, but it failed to silence the demand among some party chieftains thai another be chosen for the honor. Elected after a bitter fight at the opening of the present Congress, Bankhead has never served because of serious illness. He spent most of the first session in & hospital. His an- nouncement that he has recovered Star Staff Photo. fully and will take charge next month came in a letter to Representative Taylor of Colorado, who acted as leader during Bankhead's absence. Taylor, one of the oldest members of the House, was selected as a com- promise leader to prevent further factional fights among candidates for the post. Before receiving the letter from Bankhead, he announced he does not desire to continue as the acting leader and asked his fellow Democrats to relieve him of that arduous task. Likely Candidates Considered. There are many among the most prominent men in the House who do not believe Bankhead will ever be able to take over the exacting work as floor leader. They are forehandedly cone sidering who are the most likely can- didates for the post, if and when | Bankhead s forced to relinquish it, es- pecially in view of the fact that the Democratic perty in the coming ses- ison faces a difficult legislative pro- PRESIDENT GUARDS NDTREDANE OPE Roosevelt Leaves Little| White House Today for Chicago. By J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staff Correspondent of The Star. WARM SPRINGS, Ga., December 7—With his trunks and portfolios being packed to start northward to- morrow morning, President Roosevelt was busy tonight putting finishing touches on two addresses he will de- liver Monday. It has been learned the President’s speech at the convocation at Notre | Dame University Monday afternoon The sub- ject matter is being closely guarded. Leaving on a special train at 11! am, the President is scheduled to ar- rive in Chicago before noon Monday. | His special will go directly to the | stock yards, and he will motor a short | distance to the stock yards amphi- theater, beginning his speech with few preliminaries. Two Hours in Chicago. He is to be in Chicago two hours. After the speech, he and the members of his party will be guests of honor at a luncheon at the Saddle and Sirloin Club, a famous luncheon club. While the Chicago address is ex- pected to center on New Deal policies, past and future, he may also laud and explain the recent Canadian trade treaty, criticized within farm ornm-‘ zations. It has been indicated the President will repeat his proposal for a perma- nent A. A. A, and he may reiterate his position favoring lower farm mort- gage interest rates. The President’s special is sched- uled to arrive in South Bend early Monday afternoon. He will motor at | once to the Notre Dame University, where he will receive his honorary degree with ecclesiastical pomp. George Cardinal Mundelein is to pre- side. This convocation in the Presi- dent’s honer will be only the third of its kind in the history of this uni- versity, the other two being Mar- coni, the inventor, and Gilbert Ches- terton, English writer. Today he visited the nearby Civilian Conservation Camp en route for his daily plunge in the pool. In an in-| formal talk he asserted: “As times get better I hope we will manage somehow to dig up money enough in the Treasury to keep the C. C. C. go- | ing as a permanent institution.” 25,000 CROWD EXPECTED. Three Networks to Carry President’s Chicago Speech. CHICAGO, December 7 (#).—Amer- ican Farm Bureau Federation officials, preparing to welcome President Roose- velt Monday, predicted 25,000 persons would crowd the stockyard’s amphi- theater and adjacent halls to hear him. His address will be broadcast nationally over three networks. Mayor Edward J. Kelly will preside at the civic luncheon after the speech. A fellow guest will be Gov. Henry Horner of Ilinois. Some ironing out of’ Democracy's rough spots in prep- aration for 1936 is expected by observers. Speakers listed for the federation convention include Secretary of Agri- culture Henry Wallace. e TRUSTEES ARE PLANNED FOR POSTAL TELEGRAPH Court Directs Cause Be Shown Why Temporary Officers Should Not Aid Reorganization. By the Associated Press. \porary ted to facilitate the reorganiza- tioti"of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Corp. The application, returnable Tuesday, was .made jointly by counsel for two bond holders’ ttees. g “# gram. Representative Rankin, Democrat, of Mississippi, who is both a prominent candidate for the floor leadership, if and when P:2khead is eliminated, and | is chairman of the World War Veterans "Cummltbee which will be active in the | fight for payment of the soldiers’ bonus, declared last night no effort should be made to elect a successor to Bankhead, especially in view of the fact that he has announced his in- tention to be actively the leader in the next session. Rankin openly declared Representa- tive O'Connor of New York, chairman of the Rules Committee, who was run ner-up in the Speaker and leadership fight at the opening of the present Congress, is the one interested person endeavoring to supplant Bankhead. “Of course, if there is an election for floor leader, I will be an active candidate,” Rankin said, “but I now see absolutely no reason for an elec- tion at this time. Will Bankhead has improved in health and will be back to take charge when Congress convenes. | As floor leader, he has the right to select and appoint his assistants, and there is no reason whatever for cer- tain members of the House attempting to undermine him and usurp his pre- rogatives. Secret Caucus Held. “This movement has been going on for some time and the O'Cenmor crowd held a secret caucus last year— s0 I am reliably informed—to lay | plans to oust Bankhead and put | O'Connor in his place. Some of them | have been trying to push this move- | ment forward ever since, and I think | that is where the agitation is coming from now. I am opposed to it and shall do everything I can to stop it.” Acting Leader Taylor protested that | he has every assurance that Bank- head will take over the job. He hime« self 1s in no sense a candidate for the post, never wanted it, but served at the request of party leaders to relieve strife and controversy following the tense contest at the opening of the present Congress. He carried on dur- ing one of the hardest periods in | legislative history and gives full credit to Representative Boland, party whip, and others who co-operated. He is desirous of being relieved in the com- ing session. There are some nine other names mentioned for leader in the event Bankhead retires or is superceded. Most prominent among these is O'- Connor, who is logically in line for the floor leadership and who made a faverable impression by the way in which he handled certain adminis- | tration “must” program measures in the first session. However, there are some veteran members of the House who still protest that O'Connor does not come within the seniority group and should wait his turn. O'Connor is now serving his seventh consecutive term while Bankhead is serving his tenth consecutive term. If O’Connor should become leader it would leave open the chairmanship of the Rules Committee to be filled by Representative Sabath, dean of the | House, who is serving his 15th con- | secutive term. Speaker Byrns and | Acting Leader Taylor are both serve Ing their 14th consecutive terms. Candidacies Renewed. All of those who were candidates either fer Speaker or floor leader at the opening of the Seventy-fourth Congress are mentioned among those who will again be candidates if an election is held in the coming ses sion, including Representative Rane kin, now in his eighth term; Chair- man Buchanan of the Appropriations Committee, in his twelfth term: pr— resentative Woodrum of Virginia,” in his seventh term; Representative | Rayburn of Texds, chairman of the | Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, in his twelfth term; Representative McCormack of Massa- chusetts, member of the Ways and Means Committee, in his fifth term, and Representative Mead of New York, chairman ef the Post Office Committee, in his ninth term. A pewcomer in the list of candi- dates is Representative Boland, who is credited by B and other lead- ers with having beén probably the most valuable man the last ses- sion in putting thi h the admine istration program. Boland has not personally announced ‘he will be & candidate, but his fri and some of the leaders say thatlif an election is held he should be very seri- ous consideration. Representative Cullen of New York, the Tammany leader, in' his ninth term, who was given the honorary | | . | title of assistant to the leader, is not 2 candidate but will have strong in~ fluencé in deciding any such election. He is ¢redited with having engineered the agreement by which Byms was elected Speaker, and Bankhead, floor leader, while Tammany kept control of the big bulk of patronage—or jobs at the disposal of the majority in the House,