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AD. 3% ROOSEVELT CALM DISCOUNTS UNREST Friction Held Due Chiefly to Temperatmental Attitude of Young Crusaders. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Roosevelt has indicated to eallers recently that he has no doubt at all about the outcome of the elec- tiog next November. His confidence 1s said to be fortified by a new serenity toward his tasks, developed out of three years of hard work and out of a basic feeling now that, irrespective of mistakes and criticism, the direction of the country has been forward. Persons who have conversed with Mr, Roosevelt say he shows little sign of deep worry and that he has a more noticeable self-assurance about the ultimate working out of his programs and policies than at any time since he took office. This attitude is not described as buoyancy, but rather as maturity and poise. Any one who studies the presi- dential function from yehr to year cannot but be impressed wigh the mul- tiplicity of detail that envelops the Job, and yet Mr. Roosevelt has seemed to relish the detail. His retentive memory on facts that have been brought to his attention long ago and which crop up in discussions of pending problems is remarked upon &s one of his best assets. Large Margin of Error. Mr. Roosevelt is, of course, still a paradox to his critics. He is repre- sented at times as resenting criticism and again as being rather influenced by it. His inconsistencies in public policy are not explained by him either to his associates or to the public. Pos- &ibly Mr. Roosevelt feels that the whole period of transition from depression to recovery permits him a large mar- gin of error. The picture of what Mr. Roosevelt | really thinks and does is somewhat | obscured by the partisan natureof the | defenses that are frequently dffered in | his behalf. Those who have had an opoprtunity to talk objectively with him about the whole course of events in recent years indicate that he has a good deal more realization of where he has made his mistakes than he is generally credited with pgssessing. For example, Mr. Roosevelt now shows considerable concern about a| balancing of the budget and a fiscal | program that will insure confidence. It was no accidental comment by Sec- retary of State Hull in his speech last week about the fact that the dollar had been kept steady in the last two years. Significantly enough, Mr. Hull did not attempt to speak on currency stabilization in-any casual manner. He pointedly repeated a remark of Secretary Morgenthau to the effect that the world would find America ready to discuss stabilization when the rest of the world was ready to do so, Carried Full Approval. | =The Hull address was carefully pre- :red in advance, notwithstanding the ct that it was delivered before a| political gathering. Unquestionably, | the speech had the full approval of the President and the Secretary of the | Treasury. From this incident and from what| is being said privately in administra- | tion quarters, there seems little doubt | that Mr. Roosevelt would like to have | the business people of America believe at he is as anxious for stability as ey are, and that, while he would | ver allow the impression to grow up | at some of his reforms were just a #op to radical opinion in the depths of | Repression, there can be no doubt| m what he has said lately about own administration that Mr. Roosevelt would like to feel that he | had at least made a start toward the larger programs of social reform which Be thinks must be undertaken by America if we are to keep pace with | gocial reform throughout the world. | Mr. Roosevelt’s primary difficulty, of | eourse, is that he has given much fhought to the broad perspective of #ocial reform, but has not applied him- s8lf to the winning of his opponents d especially the large number of nest-minded citizens with positions of business responsibility who do aot rggard his reform measures at this time as constructive, but as destructive. Mr. Roosevelt’s answer, to be sure, Is that reform which is delayed never gets started. But it may well be remarked, on the other hand, that reform is best achieved when it is put into operation by the very people who are impatient of its embarrassments. . Opposition Not Cohesive. ‘The President’s composure and his feeling about the coming election s sald to be derived in no small past from the fact that the political op- position to him is not cohesive. His friendly talk with Senator Borah re- cently was a gesture of approval of a candidacy which Mr. Roosevelt re- gards as in line with his own progres- sive ideas. The President likes to con- vey the idea that the struggle at the moment is not between parties, but be- tween those who want reform and those who are blocking it because it may deprive them of pecuniary advan- tages. “Unfortunately, the President is more or less cloistered and he is un- aware of how much progress can really be made toward social reform if his administration were to be made up of men with a practical idea of how to administer governmental tasks. To- day the administrative side of the Gov- ernment is the weakest factor in the Roosevelt administration. The friction, lack of co-ordination end feuds and jealousies have been characteristic perhaps of some past administrations, too, but the chief difficulty under the Roosevelt regime .5 that the administrative type is rare while there is an abundance of young crusading officials whose tempera- méntal attitude frequently makes im- possible the kind of consultations that would be most useful in seeking to wark out tangled questions that re- quire a knowledge of human nature as well as actual economic operations. DOCTORS SHIFT ORGANS -OF 2V/2-YEAR-OLD BOY By the Assoclated Press. OAKLAND, Calif., March 12.—As the result of a rare surgical operation, Gary Roethler, 23 years old, born with internal organs in his left lung, was recovering today. 4 surgeon, who requested his name be “withheld, found to his astonish- ment the child had been breathing with only one lung since birth. . 77 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. G, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1936 Track Proposed for District if Congress I(Qe’galizes Racing What’s What Behind News in Capital Britain Hopes to Avoid Early War by-Playing Double Role. BY PAUL MALLON. VERY word now being spoken in Europe seems to have at least two meanings. Anthony Eden told the world the other day that Britain is honor bound to come to the defense of France and Belgium if they are attacked. This sounded like a threat to Germany and a promise to France and Belgium. It was generally so interpreted. To the wise diplomatic owls here, it also contained an opposite mean- ing. It was a subtle warning to France that mo British Tommies are going to help her to toss the Germans out of the Rhineland with bayonets. The Tommies will move only in case of “attack.” Thus the current diplomatic war progresses with words as weapons, and generally two-edged ones. The game is simple: Britain is playing ventrilo« quist, whistling with France and sing- ing with Germany. It is a practical game designed to avoid early hostil- ities. It will probably be successful. The French will not dare to start anything alone. The French are not well prepared for offensive warfare. Their secret plans have centered in making their border impregnable. They have an enormous numerical superiority over the German armed forces, but their masses would be unreliable in offensive warfare on foreign territory. Also, Russia is not sufficiently dependable from a military standpoint to be relied on. She has the Japanese on her mind. France, to fight, must have England, and England is going to be wisely elusive, J I l My 2 The hidden lurking danger of the immediate situation is not what has | been done so iar, but what may be #t- tempted by the League of Nations. The League is dead, but burial has been neglected. France may move to have the League arise and invoke economic penaitics (sanctions) to force Hit- ler's withdrawal from the Rhine- land. This would infuriate Der Fuehrer, and undoubtedly lead to border incidents. Events are disclosing that our iso- lationist Senators were not far wrong in maintaining successfully for the past 18 years that sanctions lead to war, not peace. Stock Market Lesson. The stock market went up because of European war threats last year. It went down because of similar ru- mors this year. And on both oc¢a- sions, no one of authority expected a war, The answer to this is the answer to Wall Street. Stocks follow the news only when they desire to. If they want to go in the opposite direction, they do so. The correct explanation for the recent drop was mot the war, dut the fact that prices were too high. Buying eased of. Wary customers were awaiting a reaction before making investments. If the market had not fallen he- cause of the war rumors, it would have fallen because President Roosevelt said | something or other that day, because your cat had kittens, or any other reason why, except the right one. The Personal Element Enters, A contributory cause behind the; current telegraphic troubles of the lobby investigators is a personal sit- uation. Chairman Black has a fac- ulty for getting under the skins of his adversaries more than any other noted senatorial investigator in modern his- tory. He seems to use a scraping knife where others used swords. The late Tom Walsh was equally aggressive, but meticulously legal about everything he attempted. Former Senator Jim Reed was equally sarcastic, but a good fellow underneath. So was the late Sen- ator Caraway. Black is unable to distinguish toes, He steps on ali, even those of his senatorial colleagues. The prize line of the lobby debate was offered by Senator Schwellenbach. Observing that some witnesses had burned their telegrams and then exer- cised their constitutional right to pro- test the seizure of telegraph company records, he shouted: “They have sub- stituted the Oonstitution for the incinerator!” Federal Reserve Board Gov. Eccles had nothing to do with the Roosevelt taz program, but person- ally favors it because it would help him in his credit work. His inter- ° esting view is supposed to be that the accumulation of larger business reserves interferes with the work- ings of a central monetary author- ity. From this you may glean an idea as to what he has in mind. Internal Revenue Commissioner Helvering should have received more peka to help in its preparation. The inan responsidle for Mr. Roosevelt wearing black buttons on a fAll dress waistcoat did not re- ceive any public attention, but got plenty of it privately from the President. He is Irving MacDuffle, Georgia colored valet, who has been with Mr. Roosevelt for many years. He plans to go back to Georgia to retire at the conmclusion of his ‘Those Gary's organs, including his stomach, | revenues given out by the spleen and Intestines, were in his left | were padded too much in lugg. The heart had been pushed over | ang skinned too much REPUBLICANS NEED SENATE WATCHDOG Bill Providing Penalty for Employers Influencing Votes Slips By Unseen. BY CARLISLE BARGERON. There is liable to appear in the help wanted columns most any day now the ad “Wanted: A vigorous Republican watchdog in the Senate. Pay, $10,000 & year and mileage.” After trying it8 best for weeks to attract attention, apparently the story of how the Democrats rushed through another one of their “reign of terror” measures is to attract attention. It was a bill sponsored by Senator Van Nuys of Indiana, avowedly designed to prevent employers from influencing their employes in the next election. It provides that “it shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to influence or attempt to influence through fear or intimidation the vote of any person employed by them, in connectior: ‘with any election at which presidential “r vice presidential electors or a Senator or & Representative in, or a delegate or resident commissioner to Congress are to be voted for.” It provides & maximum penalty of $5,000 fine or five years in jail. Passed Without Roll Call. The bill passed the Senate without & roll call on February 4. It is now about to be reported out by the House Judiciary Committee, and House lead- ers say frankly they intend to pass it In the meantime no discussion has at- tended it, it has received little or no publicity in the newspapers. There are four Republicans on the Senate Judi- clary Committee which reported uhe bill to the Senate. Of them, the mincs of Senators Borah and Norris run this way. Senator Dan Hastings has to carry so much of the Republican op- position on his shoulders that it cs- caped his attention. Senator Austin of Vermont frankly knew nothing of the bill until it was called to his attention yesterday. It also escaped the aiten- tion of Senator King of Utah, who, al- though a Democrat, usually watches such things as this. It was passed by the Senate in what is called the “morning hour,” when that body passes one bill right after another if no Senator objects. The | clerk intones rapidly: “Senate Bill | No. 2134 and if no Senator says | “over,” meaning that it should be held | over until another time, it is declared passed without a roll call. The roll call an hour or so previous shows all the Republicans present, that is, all those who might be expected to in- quire about a biil of this kind, except Dickinson. Vandenberg had answered to his name and, of course, McNary, the leader, was present. King was not present. Democrats Are Pleased. It is apparent that some of the Re- publicans at least knew of the import of the measure, but their general phil- | osophy these days, frankly stated, is not to run counter to what they con- zider the mood of the rank and file. ‘This was their reason for not launch- | ing a vigorous fight on the Black Lob- by Committee’s wholesale seizure of telegrams. The Democrats, when asked about the bill, chuckled over the plight of their Republican colleagues and | asserted gleefully that they would not have opposed the bill had they | known fully about it, as some of them | must. “How,"” the Democrats asked, “can they be put in the light of opposing & measure to keep the employers from coercing their workers?” Blanket in Scope. presence of his employes, or let them know of his feeling, that his busi- ness would be ruined by the re-elec- tion of Mr. Roosevelt, would be liable. ‘The question of just what consti- tutes “intimidation on the part of the boss” is a wide-open one, it is pointed out. For example, many manufacturers are already putting charts in wage-earners’ pay envelopes showing just how much of their money goes for taxes. 1t develops that House Republicans, although not hoping to stop the bill, at least intend to see that it attracts attention. Two of them plan to bur- lesque it. Representative Perkins of New Jersey has introduced a bill in this light making it unlawful for any one connected with the government to tell or sugegst to any one else how to vote. This, it is explained, would de- stroy Postmaster General Farley’s use- fulness. And Representative Ransley of Pennsylvania plans to introduce & measure making it unlawful for any- body to tell anybody else how to vote. The funny thing about it is the dif- ficulty the story had in attracting at- tention in the press. Several days ago & press association sent out a copy- righted report on it, but in the late afterncon, in that twilight sone be- tween the late afternoon editions and the morning papers. The result is that it attracted little or no attention. Also, David Lawrence has mentioned it once or twice, but incidental to his tneme that there was no Republican opposition in the Senate. Yesterday editors began getting onto it and wired their correspondents to look into the matter. ROOSEVELT ENJOYS NO-SPEECH DINNER Joins “Little Cabinet” as Guest of Honor—Informal Chat Follows Banquet. President Rooseveit was the honor guest last night at the annual dinner of the “Little Cabinet,” composed of undersecretaries and assistant secre- taries of the various Governments de- g i BoBE.CS Fifg g?!?iség ehi Lawyers pointed out, however, that | the measure is blanket in scope and | that any employer who said in the| Engineer’s drawing of the $2,000,000 race course proposed by Walter E. O'Hara for construction at Benning, D. C., if Congress approves a bill USELESSAGENGES INGURYLADKGHED Byrd Committee Will Call Five Leading Experts as Board of Advisors. BY J. A. O'LEARY. The Senate inquiry into proposed reorganization of Government depart- ments was launched today, with a de- cision by the special Byrd committee to call in five leading experts on the subject to act as an advisory board. The committee also voted to pre- pare a comprehensive questionnaire, to be sent to all Federal agencies. It was further indicated that some | fact-finding agency would be engaged | by the committee to perform the mass of detail work that will develop as the survey progresses. Byrd Named Chairman. The first action of the committee was to elect Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia as chairman. The Vir- ginian sponsored the resolution under which the committee was appointed, contending a substantial saving in Government expenditures could be ob- tained by reorganization of activities. Senator Byrd said he could not dis- close the names of the five persons the committee has in mind as expert ad- visers until he ascertains whether they will serve. He indicated, how- ever, that they are already familiar with the subject. The questionnaire, he said, will ask for data regarding increases in per- sonnel during different periods, and also will invite suggestions as to con- solidations that might be considered, with a view to eliminating overlap- ping of functions. The resolution was broad in its terms, covering emergency agencies created within the last few years as well as the regular departments and committees. The committee is di- rected by the resolution to determine to what extent agencies overlap or conflict, and what changes could be made in the interest of “simplification, efficiency and economy.” Question Net New. ‘The question of reorganization is not & new one on Capitol Hill. At inter- vals for many years the subject has been taken up. In 1922 and 1923 a joint congressional committee delved into the problem. It was again made a part of the economy legisiation of a few years ago. At that time power was delegated to the President to authorize transfers and co-ordination of agencies by the issuance of executive orders, which were to take effect within a certain time after their submission to Con- gress, unless disapproved. In June, 1933, some changes were made by ex- ecutive order. The re-organization power in the economy act, however. was limited to two years and expired about a year ago. ‘The present committee has until the convening of the new Congress m January to make a report. In addition to Chairman Byrd, the members are Senators Robinson of Arkansas, Demo- cratic leader; Senator McNary of Oregon, Republican leader; Senator O’Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyoming, and Senator Townsend, Republican, of Delaware, IMPROVEMENT SEEN WITH FALSE TEETH Use of Two Sets After Extractions Predicted in Final Session of Clinic. Extracted teeth soon will be re- placed by two sets of false teeth, Dr. Elmer E. Hachman of Baitimore told the closing session of the Five-State Post-Graduate Clinic yesterday. Demonstrating the necessity of re- placing teeth immediately after re- moval, Dr. Hachman said the first false set would be temporary, to be replaced by others as soon as the condition of the gums would permit. Such treatment, he declared, largely prevents recession of the gums, leaves no ridge on which to pl YOUTH HIT BY BULLET Colored Boy, Passing Garage, Is Struck Accidentally. Mrs. Harriett Ann Blanchard, who married a Confederate Army captain while she was still a young girl and fought by her husband's side on the battiefields of the War Between the States, died last night at, her home, 3103 Thirteenth street. She cele- brated her 88th birthday anniversary two weeks ago. Death came suddenly while Mrs. Blanchard was seated in the living room of her home discussing war memories with friends. She had been & witness om many major battles. Mrs. Blanchard, whose maiden name was Harriett Talley, was born in Rich- mond, Va, on February 29, 1848. At 14 she married Capt. Dawson A. Blanchard, the son of Gen. Albert Gallatin Blanchard, €. 8. A. The young couple’s honeymoon was a trip southward, during which they had to | pass through Union “Army lines and | narrowly escaped capfure. Was With Army of Tennessee, Remaining with her husband | throughout the war, Mrs. Blanchard found her early married life a series of dangerous military experiences Once she and Capt. Blanchard were separated from the Confederate Army and became reunited with their com- rades only after they hid themselves under tarpaulins on a rowboat, tra- veled 10 miles down the river near Memphis, Tenn., and broke through HEALTH SERVICE SEEKS DR. HALL Famed Parasitologist and Aides May Join Forces With Security Aims. The Public Health Service today neared completion of plans to trans- fer to dts jurisdiction from the De- partment of Agriculture one of the jeaders in the medical world's fight against parasites. Dr. Maurice C. Hall, conqueror of hookworm and world renowned para- sitologist, is expected to resign as . chief of the divi- sion of zoology of the Bureau of Animal Industry, post which he hes held since 1925, to intensify the Public Health Service’s studies of control of parasites which infest human beings, among the most common of which are the hookworm and tapeworm. Dr. M. C. Hall g PO ferred with him as soon as the move is approved by the Secretaries of Agri- culture and the Treasury are Dr. Eloise Cram, Dr. W. H. Wright, Dr. Magna Jones and John Bozicebick, Dr. Hall's most trusted assistants, Move Long Considered. ‘The move has been under con- sideration for more than a year. Its purpose is to broaden governmental health studies in accordance with the Federal social security legislation and to make for greater co-operation between the public health doctors studying parasites of human beings and the Agricultural Department doc- tors studying parasites of animals. At present, the division of soology of the National Institute of Health has a staff of only three, under the acting headship of .Mrs. Mabelle Nolan, a junior dermatologist. The division has done little since the death of its chief, Dr. Charles Styles, two years ago. The B. A. I division of zoology has 35 veterinarians and biologists on its staff. Discovered Worm Cures. Dr. Hall, who is president of the ternational Commission of Parisi- tologists, discovered the carbon tetra- chioride and carbon tetrachlorethe- lene cures for hookworm. To make site, which have defied all sanitary barriers up to now. ¢ Dr. Hall's interest has centered on legalizing horse racing. The plant would occupy 150 acres of ground and provide facilities for 65,000 spectators, (Story on Page B-1.) Woman Who Ran Union Lines In War of Sixties Dies at 88 Wed at 14 to Confederate Captain, She Accompanied Him in Campaigns From Virginia to Tennessee. the Union Army guard in a stage coach ride by night. Driving the horses while her hus- band, dressed in the gray uniform, concealed himself undeér a seat in the wagon, Mrs. Blanchard saved him from capture. Union soldiers boarded the coach and made a hasty search. but the young bride engaged in a bantering conversation to divert their attention. After the war was over, Capt. and Mrs. Blanchard made. their home in New Orleans for several years and came to Washington about 1885. Capt. Blanchard was a clerk in the Interfor Department until his death in 1906« Rode in Parade Here Recently. Mrs. Blanchard lived with relatives in New Orleans for a year after the death of her husband and returned to Washington in 1907. She has been & continuous resident here since then. Mrs. Blanchard was an honored guest at all Confederate Army reunions. ‘Three years ago she dressed in her husband’s old gray uniform and rode in a parade down Constitution avenue Funeral arrangements have not get been completed, but the body will de sent to New Orleans tonight for burjal there, probably on Saturday. Mrs. Blanchard is survived by a son, Dawson A. Blanchard of New Orleans, and two daughters, Mrs. Stella Glaze of Washington and Mrs. Blanche Williams of New Orleans. COPYRIGHT PROBE COMMITTEE SPLIT Deen Threatens to Quit After Senator Duffy Scores “Badgering.” Complaint of Senator Duffy of Wis- consin that he was being ‘“badgered” during his testimony before the House Patents Committee today provoxed a brief but fiery controversy in which Representatives Deen of Georgia and Church of Illinois charged that the copyright hearings were not being con- ducted with dignity. Pressed by Representative Daly in repeated questions on the Duffy bill, | Duffy flared and said he didn't “in- tend to sit here and be badgered by the committee.” “I'm going to retire from the com- mittee.” Representative Deen threat- ened as he complained that the wit- ness had been “lectured and argued with” in a discourteous manner. ‘While Chairman Sirovich sought to restore order, Church also declared that the committee was discourteous to Duffy and that he was going to in- sist on dignity in the hearing. Duffy, who had previously appeared Tuesday, was followed this morning by Wallace McClure, representing the State Department Treaty Section, who began his testimony yesterday. McClure, who said yesterday that the State Department is “four-square” behind the Duffy bill, stated that he understood the administration was be- hind this legislation as a means of clearing the way for entrance into the Berne Convention which would provide automatic copyrights on works of American authors in signatory coun- tries. In his opinion, he¢ said, the printing trade as well as other indus- tries would be benefitted by the inter- national treaty. BAND CONCERT. By the Soldiers’ Home Band Or- chestra at Stanley Hall at 5:30 p.m. today. John 8. M. Zimmerman, band- master; Anton Pointner, associate leader. By the Marine Band in the audi- torium of the Marine Barracks at 3 pm. tomorrow. Capt. Taylor Bran- son, leader; William F. Santelmann, second leader. et e MRS, MAREFOLEY DS N HOSPTAL Services for Wife of Elec- trical Engineer Will Be Held Tomorrow at 2 P.M. Mrs. Marie Kathryn Foley, 38, wife of Bancroft T. Foley, local electrical engineer and contractor, died in Co- lumbia Hospital yesterday after a short illness. Mrs. Foley had been a resident of the District and nearby Maryland for the last 15 years. The Foley home is at 500 Georgetown road, Battery Park, Md. Mrs. Foley had been active in charity work in Montgomery County. She was a member of the Garden Club and the Newcomb Club, both of Bat- tery Park. She also belonged to St. Paul's Lutheran Church here, Besides her husband, she leaves a daughter, Jane Frances Foley; three sons, Jack Bancroft Foley, Robert Theodore Foley and Bancroft T. Foley, jr.; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Clendenning, both of Huntington, W. Va.; two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Redwood, | Wheeling, W. Va., and Miss Eleanor | C. Clendenning, Huntington, and two brothers, Robert and Thomas Clen- denning, Huntington. Her parents, brothers and sisters are here for the funeral, ‘The services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Gawler's chapel, 1756 Pennsylvania avenue. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. e AIR TRAIN SETS MARK MOSCOW, March 12 (#)—Authori- ties announced today that a Soviet airplane with a glider attached had established a world altitude record for | ; air trains. | The train was stated to have gone to a height of 10,360 meters (34,989.4 feet). It was said also to be the| greatest altitude ever attained by a| glider, The glider was detached at the maximum altitude and descended in- | | dependently. Tax (Continued From First Page.) source for $620,000,000 of additional revenue, before considering any other levies. The administration also has in- dorsed the ralsmg of $517,000,000 over two or three years by broadened and lighter processing taxes and by a “windfall” levy to recapture refunded or unpaid A. A. A. processing taxes. Not “Wedded to” $620,000,000. wedded to the $620,000,000 figure,” al- though “it certainly does not want to lose too much of that particular esti- mate.” 000 is not obtained from the projected levy on undivided corporate earnings, he said, would have to be obtained from some other source, but “I don't know what.” “We never have been limited to the (President’s) three-point proposal,” Hill asserted. “We have the whole fleld if we want to go into it, but what the probability is, I don’t know.” He added: “We expect these things to take definite form before long that will enable us to write a bill.” Shiding Scale Favored. The chairman said the subcommit- tee expected more information tomor- row from Treasury experts that would enable it to discuss further the cor- poration tax issue and the proposed “‘cushion.” One subcommittee member, speak- ing privately, said that the corporate tax schedule that apparently has won the most favor to date would tax the first 5 per cent of undistributed cor- poration earnings at 15 per cent, going up to 55 per cent on 35 per cent,.or more, of such earnings. He said this would mean no reduc- tion in the $620,000,000 net yield, yet allow corporations to build up “rainy day” funds by turning undistributed earnings into reserves in the lower brackets and paying no more taxes on them than they do under existing tax -structure. The National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH R. HOOVER has changed from a creature of gloom to & child of joy, but he is still branded as the symbol of depression. ‘The iron went too deep. No skin graft of jollity can oblit- erate the mark. His speeches are sounder, wittier, more to mmt-ummmwmmm made by & New Deal adversary. If we had not endured the tedium of his former delivery while he floundered through four black years, or if W.Whld“m"wmhvwldnw be acclaimed the logical man to put our,national house in order. As it is, no matter how penetrating his criti- cism, how telling his hard-hitting humor, few ‘The subcommittee, Hill said, is “not | Whatever portion of the 8620,000.-4 SPANISH STUDENTS FIRE ON' JIMINEZ Leader Escapes Hail of Shot as Disorders Sweep Nearer Madrid. By the Associated Press. . MADRID, March 12—A police guard was shot and killed today dur- ing a daring but unsuccessful ate tempt to assassinate Prof. Luis Jiminez Asua, one of the leading So= clalists of Spain. ‘The, attempted assassination was part of the bitter warfare between Rightists and Leftists which fis spreading through Spain in & vast conflagration. ad Policeman Gisbert, bodyguasg*Yor Prof. Jiminez, was hit by five bullets when he interposed himself as & shield in front of the Socialist deputy. He dfed in a hospital. Jiminez was unburt, . All the men arrested were believed to be Monarchists. Mob is Blocked. Six civil guards, the state police of Spain, blocked a mob of Fascists which tried to force its way into Premier Azana's office. The six guards lined up across the main entrance of the ministerial building on Castellana Boulevard and warned the demonstrators that they would shoot to kill unless the mob backed away. The Fascicts withdrew reluctantly shouting: “Death to all Communists!” A Fascist student, Emilio Belloleill, died today of wounds he received Tuesday. He was the second student to die in the present disorders. Classes were suspended at the Uni- versity of Madrid in order to avoid further clashes. Extremists made new attacks on churches during last night at Granada, but police were successful in breaking up the mob. Among the churches the crowds tried to burn was the Chapel of La Cartuja. near the famous Jesuit residence of the same name. Many shots were fired, but no one was reported to have been killed or wounded. Various Rightists were ar- rested on charges of firing into the mob during the disorders. Serious distress among the farm laborers in five provinces of Central and Southern Spain led the govern- ment to take emergency measures for distribution of land in accordance with the law of 1932. Peasants Possess Lands. The Leftist government of Premier Manuel Azana ordered that the peasants be given possession of the lands temporarily until complete legal steps can be carried out. The provinces concerned are Bada- joz, Caceres, Cadiz, Toledo and Sala- manea. Conditions of actual hunger were reported in Badajoz. The Socialist mayor of the village of Betanzos compelled the landown- ers to contribute 10 per cent of grain in their storehouses to the relief of the needy. Jiminez was attacked by & group of four or five men who opened fire on the professor from an automobile as he was departing from his home to go to his 1aw clasSes at Madrid Uni- versity. The wave of church burnings, which marked the outbreaks in Southern Spain, crept nearer the capital with th: burning of a church at Buitrago, 40 miles from Madrid. This, coupled with disorders in the suburb of Vallecas, led authorities to redouble their precautions in the cap- | ital, which has been comparatively free thus far from troubles. Disarmament Threatened. | A complete and prompt “disarma- | ment” of Rightists, political sources said, would be the immediate resuit of the disorders. Leftist sources have been urging the government to search the homes of Rightists and to withdraw their li- censes to Carry arms. The ancient city of Granada, in Southern Spain, was the scene of & round-up of 200 persons. In the suburban Vallecas district of Madrid rioters ranged through the streets, looted four shops and burned a private home and & lum- ber factory, both owned by Rightists. Authorities maintained vigilance in Madrid, Granada, Cadiz, Toledo and other cities and towns, all scenes of strife. Anti-clerical disorders centered in Central and Southern Spain, causing many nuns to flee for the frontiers and others to seek shelter in privaté homes. A number of nuns were re- ported to have crossed the borders to Gibraltar, France and Portugal. — MARRIAGE PROBE ASKED ‘Wong Shong Been, recently of China, asked the “Honorable Supreme Court” today to look into the three marriages of his father, Wong Fook. He told the justices “an untruth” told by his father back in 1916, when the father feared immigration officials might discover “he had two wives at the same time,” had been used by officials to prevent nim from entering this country. ‘Wong Shong Been wants the court to find that he is the “foreign-born blood son of a United States citizen” and so entitled to entry at Seattle, Senate: . Debates Panama Caral toll revision Bill, 5 Banking Committee considers exten~ sion of privileges of trading in unlisted securities on exchanges. House: Continues debate on legislative ap- propriations bill. Interstate Commerce Committes hanm at 10 on rural electrification Ways and Means Subcommittee meets on tax legislation. > ‘TOMORROW. Senate: May take up packers and stock- yards bill. Judiciary Subcommittee, 10 a.m., hearing on & bill relating to price discrimination. Forefgn Relations Committee also expécted to meet, House: Considers commodity credit bill and