Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1936, Page 2

RENT COMMISSN PUNDRANSFRE Citizens’ Federation Also Opposes’ Magistrate Court System. Opposition to bills for creation of & rent commission and establishment of a limited system of magistrate courts was registered by the Federation of Citizens' Associations, meeting last night at the District Building. ‘The group also protested against some features of the House bill to| amend the District code to restrict the indeterminate sentence law and make definite sentences mandatory for second and third offenses in felony cases. All three actions were taken on recommendation of George E. Sulli- van, chairman of the Laws and Legis- lation Committee. The latest rent commission bill of Representative El- lenbogen, Democrat, of Pennsylvania, he sald, differs from earlier bills in that it would exempt new buildings from the effects of the act. Should Apprise Public. “If those who claim that a con- #piracy exists among a special group to fix rents in violation of the anti- trust law believe their claim to be well founded, they owe it to themselves and all good citizens to apprise the pub- lic authorities thereof, and obtain a prosecution under the law to remedy such condition,” his report said. “It is not believed that such claim should be made the basis for a law of the character now proposed, aside from the manifest unconstitutionality of the same if formally enacted.” ‘The federation declared “unsound” every argument advanced in favor of the magistrate court system, as pro- posed by Corporation Counsel E. Bar-‘ rett Preityman and the Commission- | ers. While facilities in the present Police Courts are inadequate, it was | argued that this will be cured by the | construction of a new Police Courts building, as provided in the 1937 ap- propriation bill. ‘The federation held adoption of the “discarded” justice of peace system | would be decidedly a “backward step.’ “Shocking and Revolting.” The code amendment bill, the fed- | eration was told, would provide that | 8 second conviction of felony should | carry a prison sentence for the full| term provided by law for the specific, crime and that for any subsequent | conviction for a felony the punish-| ment would be imprisonment for not | less than 15 years. The federation favored elimination| of indeterminate sentences for second | or subsequent offenses, to give the' Judge definite right to make definite sentences. but disapproved any pro- , Vision which would withdraw from the judge decision as to length of the prison sentence. It held such a change would be “shocking and revolting” and | cause juries to refuse to convict. The federation debated at length : the bill for compulsory semi-annua - mechanical inspection of all motor ve “ hicles at public testing stations, but deferred action to the next meeting. Committee Won't Approve. Sullivan sajd his committee could not approve, as now drawn, the bill for changes in the Juvenile Court system. On recommendation by Chairman Ll Harry N. Stull of the Education Com- | mittee, the federation urged funds for acquisition of land west of the Powell Junior High School for a playground for the Columbia Heights area, at a cost of some $297,000. Naming of some District school in ham, for many years a civic leader, Wwill be urged by the federation on the Commissioners and Board of Educa- tion, on motion by Stull. J. F. Du- hamel of the Association of Oldest In- habitants, outlined the civic career of Topham, formerly a delegate from the North Capitol Association and a for- mer leader in the Society of Natives, Board of Trade and other groups. The vote was unanimous, Dr. Charles B. Campbell of the Medical Society was authorized to seek elimination from the bill passed by the Senate to prescribe use of a silver nitrate or other solution in the eyes of new-born babies, an amend- ment by Senator Copeland of New York, which states the law “shall not be construed to apply to persons treat- ing human aflments by prayer or #piritual means as an exercise or en- Joyment of religious freedom.” He said this clause would nullify effect of the law. BUS LEAVES ROAD; 20 ARE INJURED Vehicle Plunges Into Canal in Attempt to Avoid Hit- ting Auto. By the Associated Press. NIAGARA FALLS, March 7.— ‘Twenty persons were injured tonight ‘when a bus of the Canadian-American Bus Line bound for Detroit from Buffalo swerved from the road to avoid & collision with another car. Several were believed seriously hurt. The injured were taken to hospitals. The driver of the bus said he veered from the road into the Old Love Canal to avoid striking a car which halted suddenly and turned from the highway into a side street. There was little water in the canal. Co-Ed Must Choose Non-Smoking Mate To Inherit $16,000 Widow Also Prescribes a Non - Drinking Protestant, By the Associated Press, BROOKLYN, N. Y., March 7—A Brooklyn widow's will offered for pro- bate today provided that her college <€o-ed daughter be disinherited if she marries other than a Protestant who shuns liquor and tobacco. A petition filed in Surrogate’s Court valued the estate at less than $16,000. -~ ‘The will, that of Mrs. Minetta Hice Baxter, who died February 7, provided that Flora Leonore Baxter, 16, be cut Off completely if she disobeys. In event she violates specification, the éstate is to be split equally between the Munsang College, Hongkong, China, and the Coliege of the Osdrks, Clarks- ville, Ark. Trivial Things That Make a World Riding to New York Man Goes 1,200 Miles In Wrong Direction. By the Associated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO. — Beverino Moura Fonseca, eager, he sald, “to do something startling,” set out from Joao Pessoa, capital of the northeast- ern Brazilian state of Parahyba, “to travel on horseback all the way to New York.” He got to Rio de Janeiro—1,200 miles south of his starting point— before learning he was riding in the wrong direction. Rooster Kills Man. MANILA, P. 1—Esteban Gal- dones is dead because he engaged in the ancient pastime of cock Aghting. Galdones had prepared his fight- ing cock for the pit. He attached the usual killing spur to the bird's leg. The cock attempted to get loose and in the struggle Galdones was cut. A leg artery was severed by the spur and the man bled to death within an hour. Finds America Inspiring. SOUTHAMPTON, England. — Poet Laureate John Masefield arrived home with & new respect for the United States, where he had been touring. “Social conditions are infinitely better than they were three years ago,” he sald. “Contrary to some reports, I did { not find Amerca uninspiring. In many ays it is one of the most inspiring places on this planet.” Newspaper Men Seek Freedom. PEIPING, China. — Newspapermen of North China have formed an as- sociation with the announced aim of “freeing the Chinese press from all its existing shackles.” The association urges abolition of censorship and the provision of ade-| quate safeguards for newspapermen. of whom many have been assassinated in recent years. No Mass for King George. LONDON.—Although many memo- rial services were held, no requiem mass was said for King George. Cath- | olics followed the precedent set by Cardinal Vaughan when Queen Vic- toria died. The cardinal held it would be wrong to appear to claim the Queen as & member of their church, as they would be doing if they per- | formed for her rites that were exclu- ively applicable to Catholics. Shaw “Driving Permit.” COLOMBO, Ceylon.—A chauffeur, Iproduced a certificate from George Bernard Shaw. It was a much- i crumpled piece of paper. { “M. Perera,” Shaw had written, | excellent car. He is a first-rate driver, | careful, but loses no time. And quite i pleasant and obliging.” | _ Sald the judge: “A certificate from { Bernard Shaw is worth something.” Sailor Faints at Funeral. LONDON —Praising the fine dis- cipline and bearing of naval crews which drew the gun carriage bear- ing the coffin at King George’s fu- neral, one newspaper pointed out that one of the sailors fainted as the cortege passed Hyde Park cor- ner. For a distance of a mile the man was supported b ytwo of his comrades so skillfully that people in crowd were unaware anything was amiss, Then he recovered and was able to march unaided. Centenarian Bridesmaid. CHELTENHAM, England.—A brides- maid of 100 attended a wedding at Winchcombe, a village near here. She | was Miss Frances Norris Winter and the bride was her great-niece, Frances Annie French. The centenarian bridesmaid, who braved bitterly cold weather to .travel to the register office, started off the wedding breakfast with a double whis- ky, then made a speech of congratu- lation to the bridegroom. “I had a very jolly day,” she told her friends. ALARM IS EXPRESSED BY LONDON TIMES Paper, Usually Mirror of Official Thought, Assails Hitler's Move. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 8 (Sunday). —The London Sunday Times, usually the mirror of official British thought, ex- pressed frank alarm today at Adolf Hitler's abrogation of the Locarno pact and his remilitarization of the Rhineland: “It is difficult mot to think,” the paper sald, “that in Europe’s dan- gerous drift since 1932 yesterday’s events mark the most grave and most alarming and perhaps an irrevocable stage.” ‘The Times admitted that Germany was “weighed down by fear,” par- ticularly fear of Russia, but it flayed Hitler for tearing up treaties and sneered at what it called his “strike first, talk afterward” methods. 3 “How can you walk confidently and quietly with & man who may box your ears unexpectedly at any moment and may force new copditions upon you while you are still dazed?” the paper asked. ‘The Observer, less pessimistic the Times, saw in Hitler’s mq'm for an Italo-British guarantee Franco-German peace a chance restoring harmonious relations tween Italy and the League of Na tions. honor of the late Washington Top- | arrested on a traffic violation charge, | ‘has driven me for four days in his | New Deal Supporter’s Clients Lobby Probers Sacrificed by %* Mullen Told Their Part of Quiz Was Over. Goes on Trip. Then His Clients Called in Try to Justify Tele- gram Seizure. BY CARLISLE BARGERON. ‘The Senate Lobby Committee, faced | with an outbreak of indignation over its seizure of some 5,000,000 telegrams, sacrificed the clients of President Roosevelt's 1932 Viiddle Western cam- paign manager in an effort to justify its procedure, it has been learned on unimpeachable authority. And after it had done so, its shrewd chairman, Senator Black of Alabama announced confidently to the press that “our case is complete, we are prepared to go into the courts” to defend the action to stop the seiz- ure, brought by Silas H. Strawn, Chicago lawyer and prominent Re- publican. The lawyer whose clients were sac- rificed is Arthur Mullen, who was Democratic national committeeman from Nebraska until the uproar about prominent Democratic politic- ians practicing law here developed in 1933. Along with others, he re- signed his party affiliation, but has continued to exercise the same party influence. After the committee had heard | last Monday one of his clients, an official of Henry L. Doherty's sub- sidiaries, Mullen was told by Senator Black that he could go ahead on & contemplated trip to Florida, which he | did. Three days later, when the | storm had broken, Black unexpect- edly called five Doherty employes | | from within and near Washington, | and from them he elicited testimony which he said justified the commit- | tee's action in seizing the 5,000,000 | telegrams. The expianation now is that a| “misunderstanding” existed between | him and Mullen. Doherty Among Clients. Doherty is foremost among the cli- | ents listed by Mullen in the lawyers’ imamml. He inaugurated the Presi- dent’s annual birthday balls, donat- {ing $1.000,000 at the time, but on this occasion, slightly more than two | years ago, caused the Columbia Broad- casting System some inconvenience | because no arrangements had been | made for him to appear at the White House and introduce the President, who was speaking on the program, as it had been assumed he would do. | He showed up at the Columbia studios | after the President had spoken and | | instead of introducing him, simply | made a brief talk telling how the pro- gram was intended to help the infan- tile paralysis victims. The story of the hectic week of | the Lobby Committee is chronologi- | | cally as follows: It opened Monday following stories printed here and there over the pre- vious few months that it was to con- | duct a most spectacular campaign | against the New Deal's opponents. These stories in various form, but on which Senator Black refused to comment even to newspaper men most close to him, pictured the committee investigators as having seized the tele- grams and checked the telephone calls of anti-New Dealers and as plan- | ning to conduct spectacular raids upon such offices as those of the Liberty League, the United States | Chamber of Commerce, the Sentinels | of the Republic and the National As- | sociation of Manufacturers. Whether | | these stories correctly reflected the { committee’s doings and plans is not i known. 1In at least one instance they ' { were printed in papers which are | avowed supporters of the New Deal. Witness Was Surprise. With this expectation in the minds | of the reporters, the witness Monday | was, surprisingly enough, an official | of a Doherty subsidiary, accompanied by Mullen as Doherty's attorney here. | At the morning session it was devel- | oped he had sent some 20 telegrams opposing, at the last session, passage of the holding company bill, and had signed the names of various people. When it was sought to make him admit he had forged the names of these people he refused to answer. In the afternoon he reappeared and testified his sister had just telephoned all of the people whose names were used and they had authorized the use of their names, so no forgery was in- volved. At the conclusion of this hearing, Mullen was told by Senator Black that | | were here on the scene say the ref- ARTHUR MULLEN, that was all concerning his clients and that he could take a trip to Florida. He left Monday night. On Tuesday an appraiser of utilities testified in a comparatively dull hear- ing that their physical value today would only pay off their bonded in- debtedness, but an item which didn't attract general attention was an ac- count of the appearance in New York of Strawn and his conference with | other opponents of the New Deal seeking joint action against the com- mittee's action in the mass seizure of telegrams. “Qutbreak of Indignation.” On Wednesday the significance of what the committee had done in this respect became widely apparent and there was the so-called “outbreak of indignation.” The Black committee called off public hearings and gave the day over to studying ways in which to meet the attack. On Thursday there was a parade of Doherty employes, Mullen’s clients, from Washington and nearby citles, | designed to justify the committee's procedure. The witnesses were Charles E. Foster and A. R. Thornson, officials of a Doherty subsidiary in Philadelphia; N. G. Williams, division sales manager, of Washington; John Beard, salesman, of Hagerstown, and A. J. Arris, salesman of Frederick, all, it is pointed out, quickly accessible. In general, they testified, they had sent telegrams and got their friends and relatives to send telegrams, pro- testing the passage of the holding company bill. Then they testified about the “burning” of coples of mes- sages. The associates of Mullen who erence to destruction of messages | was to “inter-office” memoranda. Na- turally, these witnesses didn’t have copies of telegrams which they ad- mitted they got their relatives and friends to send opposing the holding company bill, these associates explain. And they contend that if the com- mittee wants to see copies of these messages it has only to ask the Con- gressmen to whom they were sent. Ways to Get Messages. But Black asked at least one of these witnesses if it was not a fact that the “only way” the committee had of getting copies of these mes- sages was to takg them from the files of the telegraph companies, and the witness replied that was: the only way he knew of. At the conclusion of this hearing Black went on the Senate floor and charged the committee was being sub- jected to a newspaper campaign de- signed to destroy it. but the commit- tee would proceed courageously, never- theless. Incidentally, he disclosed in this speech that he considers the Liberty League, the Sentinels of the Republic and what he called the “Guardians of the Constitution” fair prey for the committee, on the ground that they are engaged in lobbying. Two of these organizations are openly fighting the New Deal. The “Guard- ians of the Constitution” is not known | by this writer. Black described these organizations “as & screen” behind which “certain groups could intervene in national affairs and run within the law.” The predicament of the committee recalls that in which the Nye Muni- tions Committee found itself several ‘weeks ago. When it got into matters relating to the Wilson administration, its two Democratic members threat- ened to resign, and on the floor of the Senate it was subjected to a most severe attack. Nye, seeking to defend the committee’s action, said that when the word was passed around about its being in trouble the members of the Morgan banking house, sitting at the committee table, “exchanged notes and smiled.” CABINET BY HIROTA NEARING SUCCESS Three to Be Chosen to Replace Ministers Disapproved by " Military Men. By the Associated Press, TOKIO, March 8.—Koki Hirots, Japan’s veteran foreign minister, was believed to be nearing success early today in his struggles to construct a new government. Friends said he expected to be able to line up sufficient ministers to give him a complete cabinet by nightfall— providing the nation’s military leadérs approve the names on the list. Hirota, designated premier after the attempt of assassins last week against members of Premier Okada’s cabinet, was expected to submit his nomina- tions to Lieut. Gen. Juichi Terauchi— his nominee for war minister—for ap- proval. Hirota already has run counter to the army’s tastes in a preliminary choice of ministers. He had a slate all chosen, then discovered that the military men disapproved of three of his choices. All three are Liberals and Hirota's friends. One of them, Shigeru Yoshi- da, he had chosen to succeed him- self in the foreign office. The other two are Naoshi Obara, whom he want- ed to be minister of justice, and Hirosh! Shimomura, whom he had in- vited to serve as iinister of colonies. FLYING CADET BURNED Take-Off Crash at Langley Field Fatal to W. M. Reeder, 25. FORT BRAGG, N. C, March 7 (®)—W. M. Reeder, 25, a cadet at Langley Field, Va., was burned to | discretion gf Congress. DOG BRINGS IN $220 Lost Purse Recovered by Pet Trained in Carrying Groceries. MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif, March 7 (#).—Mrs. Hazel Criswell trained her airedale to carry packages home from the grocery store. Today the dog, Peter, deposited on the win- dow sill of Mrs. Criswell's home & pocketbook, containing $220 in bills. It was identified as one lost by Mrs. M. H. Thomas. Peter is going to have a big, meaty gnawing bone every night for a long time—at Mrs. Thomas’ expense. Chinese Like Polo. | by wire between lawyer and client and LOBBYING PROBERS | 7#e stars p. c. PLAN COURT FIGHT Senators Are Undaunted by Terrorism Charged by Critics. BACKGROUND— Practice of 10bBying in halls of Congress is as old as Congress it- self. Periodically, members voice protests against activities of cer- tain interests, dbut others go on year after year without molestation. Since New Deal came to power administration openly has advocat- ed legislation inimical to private ownership of utilities, with big holding companies being under. most direct fire. Powerful and wealthy, these companies fought back with pressure of argument and protest. Last Spring House and Senate each named committees to investi= gate lobbying. Resumption of hear- ings by latter group finds interest concentrated around issue of com- mittee’s right to examine telegraph company files. BY REX COLLIER. Undaunted by charges of “terror- ism” flung at it by critics of promi- nence, the Senate Lobby Committee was making plans over the week end to fight back this week in the courts and at the Capitol. Chairman Black considers such pro- tests as those made by Silas H. Strawn in court and by Jouett Shouse over the radio as attacks directed at the sacred rights and powers of the Sen- ate. He plans to answer them by broad claims of senatorial authority. ‘Through testimony in open hearings, he will seek to provide further “justi- fication” for the committee action in examining some 5,000,000 private tele- grams in quest of lobbying evidence, Injunction Hearing Wednesday. Right of the Senate to subpoena from the Western Union Telegraph Co. private telegraphic correspondence of the Chicago law firm of Silas H. Strawn and associates will be upheld by special counsel for the committee at a hearing in District Supreme Court ‘Wednesday on an injunction suit filed by Strawn. Committee investigators, working in | conjunction with clerks of the Federal Communications Commission, failed to find certain telegrams of the Strawn firm among the millions perused dur- ing the last several months. Appar- ently this was because the blanket subpoenas served on Washington offi- clals of the two telegraph companies early last year covered only telegrams sent and received in Washington. Most | of the Strawn telegrams were sent and | received in Chicago. Strawn, a Republican, and Shous Democrat, charged the committee prying into confidential correspondence even ‘“between husband and wife.” In his suit, Strawn contends this is an unconstitutional invasion of per- sonal privacy—that the committee is on a “fishing expedition.” Harris Special Counsel. Crampton Harris, former law part- ner of Senator Black, has been ap- pointed special counsel to protect the committee's interest in the injunc- tlon sult brought by Strawn against ‘Western Union and thus, indirectly, against the committee. Authority of the committee, under the resolution creating it, is very broad. It is not restricted to an investigation of lobbying against utility legislation, as many persons believe. It has com- plete authority to investigate efforts of any kind, including the power “to investigate and report upon the polit- ical contributions and activities” of such firms and individuals. Under this authority the committee is inquiring into activities of the American Liberty League, the Cru- ders and various other organizations which have conducted so-called “lob- bying” campaigns by mail, wire or personal solicitation. Telegrams Reported Copied. In this inquiry committee investi- gators are sald to have copied tele- grams sent by or to Shouse, John J. Raskob, Alfred E. Smith and other leaders of the Liberty League, which is waging a drive against certain New Deal acts and policies. All three may be summoned before the committee to explain statements in this telegraphic correspondence. It is understood the Strawn firm's messages are desired in connection with the investigation of the Liberty League. One or two members of Strawn's firm are reported to have been active in supporting the league. Strawn, former president of the United States Cham- ber of Commerce, has been a severe critic of the Roosevelt administration. o PRESIDENT TO ATTEND CATHEDRAL SERVICES By the Associated Press. Keeping to their annual observance of the Sunday nearest the President’s inauguration anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt will attend church this morning at Washington Cathedral. The sermon will be delivered by Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, who has issued per- sonal invitations to Vice President and Mrs. Garner and members of the President’s cabinet and their families. Right Rev. Dr. James M. Maxon, Polo is becoming popular among Chinese Army officers, Bishop of Tennessee, also will be present. Taxes to Be Forum Topic SENATOR GEORGE TO REVIEW REVENUE LEGISLATION. EVIEWING REVENUE LEGISLATION” will be the topic of Senator Wal- ter P. George, Democrat, of Georgia, when he speaks in the National Radio Forum at 10:30 p.m. tomorrow. The forum program is arranged by The Evening Star and broadcast over a Nation-wide hook-up of the National Broadcasting Co. The drafting of & tax bill is one of the chief remaining tasks of the Ppresent session of Congress, and Sen- ator George is well vérsed on the subject through a long period of service on the Senate Finance Com- mittee. In accordance with one of his con- stitutional functions, the President last week sent a message to Oongress, outlining the revenue needs of the Government. The message contained certain general suggestions as to how additional fevenue could be obtained, but also ted out that the formu- lation of . taxes is subject to the (13 Members jof the House Ways and Means Committée, w) tax meas- urés originate, eonfer- (4 ' SENATOR GEORGE. ences to draft & program, and Iater the subject will be taken up by the Senate Finance Committee, U Tax Payments In House debate on the District bill Priday Representative Blanton of Texas, referring to eight pages that he had inserted previously in the Congressional Record to show tax bills of Washington newspapers and some Washingtonians, called on Washington newspapers to “print in their papers . . . the taxes they pay this District” in order to let the people of Washington know “what these newspapers pay on their ‘valuable properties.” The tax dats concerning The Star, as inserted by Mr. Blanton in the Record, show: 1. That real estate owned by The Star is valued at $2,249,586, upon which there is paid an annual tax of $33,743.80. 2. That personal tangible property owned by The Star is assessed at $453,092, upon which it pays an annual tax of $6,796.38. 3. That intangible property owned by The Star is assessed at $2,2906,512, upon which it pays an annual tax of $11,482.56. 4. That The Star uses 1,622 the annual charge is $853.14. 5. That on 84 automobiles it paid a tax of $3,791 plus $84 for tags. 6. That a reduction in assessments of $13,053 on The Star real estate holdings has occurred since part of the arbitrary $130,000,000 of properties testified to by Commissioner Hazen.” ‘This reduction in assessments on Tenth street, the property now for automobiles. It did not represent any of the $130,000,000 “arbi- trary” reduction in city-wide assessment referred to by Mr. Blanton. Reductions in assessments have followed declines in real value. None of these reductions has applied to HOFFMAN OBJECT OF NEW ATTACKS G. 0. P. Assemblyman Charges Auto Inspectors Are Made Detectives. By the Assocated Press. TRENTON, N. J., March 7.—The attack on Gov. Harold G. Hoffman's intervention in the Bruno Richard Hauptmann case was reopened today with fresh vigor. Basil Bruno, Republican Assembly- man from Monmouth County, charged the Governor is using the State Mo- tor Vehicle Department as a detec- tive agency in his? search for clues to & “complete solution” of the Lindbergh crime. “And taxpayers,” he added, “have to foot the bill.” Bruno introduced a resolution in | the Assembly Monday night calling for investigation of the Motor Ve- hicle Department. has been assured of 27 votes for the measure and hopes to get the four more necessary for adoption. Car Inspectors Become Detectives, “The Motor Vehicle Department has been turned into a detective agency.” Bruno said. “We have & State Police Department for that pur: pose. *Why isn't the Governor satis- fled with the work they did ... If they want detectives in this work. they should use them, and not use motor vehicle inspector: Hauptmann, scheduled to die the week of March 30 in the electric chalr, was informed today by his counsel, C. Lloyd Pisher, that the Governor had no intention of grant- ing him a further reprieve “as mat- ters stand now.” The Governor said Thursday that if no new evidence was turned up by March 12 there would not be a sec- ond reprieve, Fisher said Hauptmann received the news calmly, reiterating his “hope” and belief he would escape the chair. March 12 Ends 90-Day Period. ‘The March 12 date marks the 90- day limit of the Governor's reprieve powers, dated from December 13, when Supreme Court Justice Thomas W. Trenchard fixed a new execution date after Hauptmann lost his appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States for a review of the Flemington | trial Fisher indicated today the defense might ask the Court of Pardons to consider Hauptmann's case again, basing the clemency plea on recent developments, including the statement of Alfred Hammond, railroad cross- ing watchman, that he saw the late Isidor Frisch, Hauptmann’s partner in the fur business, near the Lindbergh estate eight or nine times before the kidnaping. State authorities said they ques- tioned Hammond several times im- mediately after the kidnaping and at the time of Hauptmann's arrest. Hammond, they said, failed to identify pictures of either Hauptmann or Frisch. Defense Accuses State Authorities. “T was surprised when I learned of Hammond's recent statement,” Fisher said. but it was their duty to inform the defense of the evidence. I think the statement is highly important.” The defense attorney again charged the State authorities with failing to institute perjury proceedings against Millard Whited, Hopewell logger, whose statement conflicted on whether he did or did not see Hauptmann near the Lindbergh estate. The Governor, while conceding his reprieve powers expire next Thursday, nevertheless continued his personal investigation of the case today. ‘FEDERAL INTERNES’ COMPETITION OPENS 30 Appointments to Be Made, With Winners to Serve Offi- cials Without Pay. The National Institute of Public Af- fairs last night announced a compe- tition for 30 graduate appointments to “interneship training in the Federal Government” for the academic year 1936-37. The institute, which has offices in the Investment Building, is headed by Louis Brownlow, president of the Board of Trustees, and former Repre- sentative Frederick M. Davenport as chairman. The announcement stated that the interneship includes “experience as unsalaried full-time assistants to Fed- eral officials, arranged by the insti- tute,” as well as round-table discussion, graduate seminars and other features. Through its program, the announce- ment said, “the institute is en- deavoring to increase the attention to public affairs of the youth of America, to help in the development of higher standards and career opportunities in government sdministration, and to add to the academic preparation for public service the experience of work- ing with Government officials holding positions of responsibility.” Applications for the appointments and scholarship are to be addressed to the Scholarship Committee, National Institute of Public Affairs, 400 Invest- ment Building. Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree from & recognized institution of higher learning. Members of current sénior classes are eligible subject to receipt of their degrees by June 30, 1936 A He said today he | “It was mnot the duty of the | State police to convict Hauptmann, 000 cubic feet of water, for which 1933, “showing that they got their reduction in the assesced valuation represented demolition of a building being used as part of a parking lot Star property. LENDING AGENCIES 10 MAKE HUGE CUT Officials Estimate They Can Slash Billion Dollars From Funds. By the Associated Press. Officials of Federal lending agencies estimated yesterday they would be able to cut a billion dollars from the imounts that Congress had given them permisison to spend. A summary of estimates of the amounts officials said they hoped to be able to slash from their authoriza- | tions listed the following amounts: Home Owners Loan Corp., $800,- 000,000, Federal Housing Administration, | $100,000,000. Reconstruction Pinance Corp. and | Farm Credit Administration, between | 150,000,000 and $200,000,000. | _All of these amounts were sums | Congress authorized them to use. The | money has not been appropriated, however. By wiping out the authorizations, | officials said the agencies would not | materlally curtail their present activi- ties. H. O. L. C. officials are making & | detailed study to determine how much of its spending authority can be elim- | inated. ‘The corporation has used more than $3.000.000,000 to refinance | | urban home loans. It will discon-| | tinue lending on June 13. Improvement in repayments of H.| 0. L. C. loans was said to be one fac- | | tor supporting the belief that as much | as $800,000,000 might be eliminated TAX BILL DELAY TILL T5TH URGED House Members Anxious for Income Levy Total Before Showdown. BACKGROUND— President Roosevelt dlamed two circumstances for creating neces- sity of mew tazes; both of these were events not bearing New Deal blessing. Foremost was Supreme Court in- validation of A. A. A., with subse~ quent enactment of new farm pro= gram which will cost some $500,= 000,000 annually. Second was action of rebellious Congress in passing bill for cash payment of soldiers’ bonus over veto of President, an action which is expected to cost about $120,000,- 000 annually above previous esti- mates for gradual amortization of that obligation. Presidential suggestion for rais- ing new revenue was through taz on undistributed corporate profits, a method which seemingly would not aflect individual income as- sessments, By the Associated Press. A desire to await the March 15 yield from income taxes before de- ciding on the size of the forthcoming revenue bill was expressed yesterday by some members of Congress. They asserted privately that should improved business be reflected in a sufficiently large increase in receipts it might be unnecessary to raise as much as the $792,000,000 contemplated for the next three years in the Roose- velt program. Guarded hints also were dropped that the House Ways and Means Sub- committee might try to find some way to pare down the figure mentioned by the President even should income taxes be no larger than estimated. But accompanying these were strong indications that Mr. Roosevelt's main proposal for a graduated tax on un- distributed corporation earnings would be accepted by the subcommittee with modifications. $22,000,000 Not Estimated. ‘With the corporate tax revision de- signed to produce net additional Fed- eral income of $620,000,000 annually, a yleld of $150,000,000 from a pro- posed “windfall” tax on refunded and unpaid A. A, A. processing levies would bring in $770,000.000 in a year—only | $22,000,000 short of the sum requested by the President. Representative Vinson, Democrat, of Kentucky, a subcommittee member, said he thought he could convince his colleagues that the added cost of pre- payment of the bonus will not approach the $120,000,000 estimated by the President. Figures of the Budget Bureau an- | from the corporation’s authorization | The F. H. A. cut would be in the $200,000,000 authorization made for insuring modernization loans. | ! R.F.C. and the Farm Credit Ad- | | ministration officials still are seeking | | ways to trim their authorizations. | _ Chairman Jesse H. Jones of the R. | F. C. said no reduction would be made in authorizations for industrial or i ratlroad loans, but that there were | some other allocations which could be j eliminated without affecting the cor- | poration’s present activities. | The studies were undertaken at the direction of President Roosevelt, who estimated originally that between $500.000,000 and $1,000,000,000 of spending authority could be wiped out. . INQUIRY INTOW. P. A. | PAY EFFECT ASKED | Civil Service Standards and Pri- vate Rates Being Under- | mined Is Charge. By the Assoctated Press. An inquiry into the effect of W. P. A, on civil service standards and private wage rates was asked of Harry L. Hopkins vesterday by representatives of unemployed engineers and profes- sional men in New York City. They contended the Works Progress Administration “is undermining civil service standards and is exercising a dangerous and depressing influence upon wage rates paid to technical men in private employment.” The request was made by the “con- ference on prevailing wages for tech- nical men.” Hopkins declined to comment, but | Thad Holt, an assistant W. P. A. ad- | ministrator. said he was looking into the charge that many cities were using | | W. P. A. paid engineers to replace | | regular employes. | The demand was made after a series of conferences with Holt and with Bruce McClure, director of the W. P. A. white collar division. The maximum W. P. A. pay for | technical and professional men is $94 | a month, and the committee asserted | that “the low wage rates offered wher- ever technical men are fortunate enough to find private employment are directly traceable to the outrage- ously low compensation fixed for simi- lar service under W. P. A" '3 ALARMS FALSE, MAN IS ARRESTED Policeman Charges He Saw Sus- pect Turn in Call After Being Traced Two Blocks. A man who indentified himself as 1 i | | avenue northeast, was arrested early today, & short while after he is al- leged to have turned in a false fire alarm at Seventeenth and F streets. He was being held at the third precinct. The man was arrested by Lieut. Arthur C. Belt of No. 3, who said he saw him turn in the alarm. Belt said he had followed Nelson for two blocks “because he was acting sus- piciously.” The alarm was one of three false calls turned in within a few minutes of each other. The first box pulled was at Eighteenth and D streets. It was followed closely by an alarm at Twenty-seventh and I streets, and s few minutes later the Seventeenth and P streets box was pulled. ADMIRAL BEATTY WORSE Condition “Gives Rise to In- creased Anxiety,” Bulletin Says. LONDON, March 7 (#).—A bulletin given out tonight said that the condi- tion of the admiral of the fleet, Earl Beatty, seriously 1l for several weeks, “gives rise to increased anxiety.” [ Gustave Nelson, 37, of 644 Maryland | the Veterans' Administration show, I > said, that the bonus could be pa:d over 10 years by annual installmen* of $189,000,000 drawing 3 per ce: compound interest. That is only §29 - 000,000 more than the $160,000,000 { which was included in the budget this | year for amortizing the bonus before | immediate cashing was anticipated. Surveying all these factors, some subcommittee members said it might be possible to get along only with the corporation and windfall levies, leav- ing until next year the question of dipping into other sources of revenue. They left no doubt that they con- sidered such a course preferable, in view of the approaching November | elections. Minority Awaits Showdown. As Democrats showed increasing signs of consolidating support behind the corporation tax suggestion, House Minority Leader Snell of New York asserted that Republicans would wait | to see just what kind of a bill the | committee agrees on before determin- ing to what extent the party will make an issue of it. But Representative Treadway of Massachusetts, ranking minority Wavs | and Means committeeman, asserted in a statement: | “Such terms as ‘cushion reserves | ‘windfall taxes,’ ‘floating accumulation taxes,’ and ‘equalizing processing taxes’ carry no real meaning in tax parlance. “They are purely political camouflage and window-dressing calculated to con- ceal an economically indigestible tax measure on the eve of a presidential campaign.” The Chamber of Commerce of the United States said in a review that the Roosevelt program would turn established methods of obtaining reve enue “upside down” and raise “im- portant” problems for taxpayers. Although withholding a final opin= ion on the program because its out- lines “are still too sketchy to permit of determining its broad sweep,” the chamber said there was “much doubt" of the feasibility of the suggestions. * The subcommittee, after four days of almost continual sessions, was mark- ing time until tomorrow, when it will resume its exploratory discussions of sources of more Government cash. At least another week was expected to pass before the members could start formulating a tentative measure to be used as a springboard for starting pub- lic hearings. Speaker Byrns said he hoped the House would be able to act on the tax legislation early in April, dispose of appropriation bills, including one for relief, and mark off the calendar for | May 1 adjournment. Du Ponts Benefit By $112,559 W.P.A. |Sewerage Project Critics of the adnfinistration’s P. W. A, spending program reported yesterday the amusing discovery that $112,559 is being spent in the Amerie can Liberty League’s backyard for a sanitary sewer which will benefit a number of millionaire &state owners, among them several members of the du Pont family. The project, known as “Brandywine Sewer Project No. 47,” calls for a sanie tary sewer line near Wilmington, Del., through an area dotted with estates of the du Ponts and their neighbors, who for years have had to put up with the inconvenience of septic tanks. The project was submitted by New Castle County for Westover Hills, a suburb lying just outside the Wilming- ton city limits. The new sewer will be about a mile long and will connect with the Wilmington sewer system. Among the sponsors of the project were Lammot du Pont, A. Felix du Pont, Ernest du Pont, Mrs. W. K. du Pont. Mrs. Charles Copelan, nee du Pont, and Mrs. W. W. Laird, nee du Pont. ‘The du Ponts were among the ore ganizers and principal supporters of the American Liberty League. (Copyright, N. Y. Herald-Tribune 1936.) « '