Evening Star Newspaper, June 17, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast) Generally fair and slightly warmer to- night; tomorrow cloudy and warmer, fol- lowed by showers and cooler at night. Temperatures—Highest, 82, at noon to- day; lowest, 58, at 5:15 a.m. today. Full report on Page A-4. L 4 The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. ¢ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday’s Circulation, 134,501 Closing New York Markets, Page 14 No. 33,650. P.W.A. AND GANAL DELAY ACCORD ON - DEFICIENGY BILL Other Provisions Agreed On, Including District Alley Authority Funds. HOUSE MUST BALLOT ON DISPUTED ITEMS Exclusive of $300,000 for Slums, Measure Contains $900,000 for D. C. Agencies. Congressional conferees agreed to- day. with two exceptions, to all items in the $2,370,000,000 deficiency bill, including a Senate amendment to con- tinue the District Alley Dwelling Au- tnority. ‘The bill now goes back to the House for ballots on two Senate amend- ments which the conferees did not approve: One authorizing $300,000,000 for a public works program and an- other providing for a new study of the Florida ship canal project. The House was expected to agree to the former, but probably will demand another Senate vote on the canal proposal. The House may act today on the | conference report, which allows the | Alley Dwelling Authority to use un- expended balances, together with re- ceipts derived from its own operations, to meet expenses during the fiscal year beginning July 1. Omitted in Original. | As the deficiency bill originally | passed the House, it omitted provision | for the alley agency, set up by Con- | gress to conduct a 10-year program of slum clearance in Washington's in- habited alleys by buying these sites, renovating them and then selling or leasing the new properties. The Budget Bureau recommended an appropriation of $300.000 for the alley program during 1936-7, but the House rejected this request on the| theory that Congress had intended to | confine the agency to its original ap- propriation, used as a revolving fund. | It developed, however, that without | additional congressional action the alley dwelling authority would be pow- erless to use its revolving fund after June 30. The Senate amendment ac- cepted today is a compromise, making | available about $250,000 of unex pended balances and receipts, but! with no new appropriation. $900,000 for D. C. Agencies. | Exclusive of the alley-clearance pro- vision, the bill contains appropriation items totaling about $900,000 for agen- cies within the District government. { Among those operating without sal- | ary from June 15 to June 30 are Cor- | oner A. Magruder MacDonald and his staff at the morgue. The deficiency amounts to $450 in this case, as the year's pay roll for the morgue involves | $10,600, while last year’s appropria- | tion carried only $10,150. The cor- oner’s staff now consists of six full- ' time men. Agree on Relief. House conferees agreed to a Senate | amendment to turn the $1,425,000,000 | provided for relief over to President Roosevelt instead of appropriating it | to the Works Progress Administration. There were indications that the House conferees would recommena yielding to the Senate on the public works fund, but they were expected ‘o insist upon rejection of the ship canal proposal. The Florida delegation it- self is split on this proposition. This would throw the controversy back into the Senate, which has al- ready voted several times this session on the $150,000,000 project in northern Florida. e N DEBT SETS RECORD AT $34,331,355,867 Addition of $2,643,000,000 Sends Figure to All-Time High. Deficit $4,684,940,227. By the Associated Press. The Nation's gross public debt | Jumped $2,643,000,000 to a new all- time high of $34,331,355,867 today as the Government's largest peace-time financial transaction was recorded on the daily statement of the Treasury's position. The spending figure for the year be- ginning last July 1 through June 15 was put at $8,492,474,029 and pulled the deficit for the period to $4,684,- 940,227, But the transactions on June 15 als0 lifted the Treasury's cash balance by $1,119,397,160 over the previous day to leave $3,434,653,537 in ready cash on hand. Involved in the June 15 turnover of cash and securities was a new borrow- ing of $1,106,000,000; an issuance of $1,025,000,000 in securities to retire maturing obligations; the issuance of $50 bonds for payment of the soldier bonus in the approximate amount of $1,600,000,000; the payment of interest on the public debt amounting to $70,- 000,000, and other routine Treasury transactions involving receipts and ex- penditures of about $65,000,000. Treasury officials said the amount of the public debt will decrease steadily 8s veterans’ bonds are redeemed. Pay- ments would be made out of the large cash balance. . i | | e FRENCH-SYRIAN ACCORD TO TERMINATE MANDATE By the Asscclated Press. PARIS, June 17.—Termination of France’s mandate over Syria was vir- tually decided today. French foreign office and military representatives reached an accord with Syrian delegates. The agree- ment provided Syria and the Lebanon . Republic shall be “independent re- publics allied with France” and named “the Levant States” and French troops would remain in Syria. : \ | leged, | previously made by the United States | fendant. Entered as second class matter post office, Washingt on, D. C. ah WASHINGTON, Senator Duncan Fletcher Dies After 27 Years’ Service Here ® Shared Second Place in, Length of Service With Smith. Duncan Upshaw Fletcher, 77, senior Senator from Florida, died of heart disease at his home here at 10:30 a.m. today. With him at the time were Mrs. Fletcher, their daughter, Mrs. Nell Smith-Gordon, and Dr. F. A. Swart- wout. The Senator’s office announced his death, saying it was due to coronary thrombosis. The Florida Democrat was chair- man of the Senate Banking and Cur- rency Committee, veteran member of the Commerce Committee, authority on ships and shipping, and with Senator Smith, Democrat, of South Carolina, shared second place in length of serv- ice in the Senate. Both entered in 1909. Senator Borah is dean of the Senate, his service dating from 1907. The death of Senator Fletcher, one of the pillars of the New Deal, re- moves from the Senate the second of Florida’s two veteran Senators. His colleague of almost 20 years, Sena- tor Park Trammell, died about s month ago. LOOPHOLE CURBS NUMBERS TRIALS Judge Orders Acquittal on Ground No Receipt Was Passed. A serious loophole in District gam- ing laws was pointed out by a directed verdict of acquittal by District Su- preme Court Justice E. Dickinson Letts in a numbers game trial today. The court held that since no receipt was passed for the numbers bet al- the defendant could not be considered to have transferred a lot- tery ticket to the policeman said to have made the “play.” Numbers game violations hitherto have been prosecuted under a statute prohibiting the sale of “policy” and lottery tickets. Application of the statute to the numbers game was tested recently in the United States Court of Appeals, and in a decision which was hailed by officials as a sig- nal victory the court upheld applica- tion of the statute to this form of gambling. Carbon Real Ticket. However, in its opinion, the appel- late tribunal recognized a distinction Supreme Court between the original record of the bet, which is kept by the operator, and the carbon eopy receipt given to the player. The copy, the Supreme Court said, was the lottery ticket because it entitled the bettor to & chance of winning a prize, while the original was merely a record of the transaction. On a basis of this distinction, a large | number of Washington’s numbers op- erators have turned to the method of evading the law, which was proved by Justice Letts’ decision today. Officials admittedly were worried by the court’s ruling, which is expected seriously to hamper the vigorous ef- forts being made by police to stamp out the numbers game, which takes hundreds of thousands of dollars from the pockets of Washingtonians yearly. True Bill Listed Charges. The case in which the ruling was made involved an indictment against Jesse Edgar Rogers, newspaper vendor at Fourteenth and F streets. The true bill charged that a policeman made a numbers play with him on May 4 and again on May 8. He was arrested on the latter date. The opening statement to the jury by the prosecutor alleged that the Government would prove that marked money was found on Rogers at the time of his arrest, together with his notation of the bet. It was admitted, however, that he gave no carbon copy as receipt of the alleged transaction. On a basis of this statement, De- fense Attorney Charles E. Ford moved for a directed verdict of acquittal, pointing out that no lottery ticket was passed and that the notation of the bet, allegedly found on Rogers, did not entitle the bettor to a chance of winning a lottery. Justice Letts upheld this contention and told the jury to acquit the de- e Liege Disorders Renewed. BRUSSELS, June 17 (#).—Armored cars were sent into the streets of Liege to maintain order today in a fresh out- break of strike violence. The cars reinforced police patrols in putting down disorders during which automobiles were overturned and strikers attempted to raid a small arms factory. SENATOR FLETCHER. Fletcher deserted a Georgia planta- tion for an education and legal career in_the late 70s and was graduated “(See FLETCHER, Page 10.) DEMOCRATS MUM ON FUNDS DRIVE Farley Letter to Postmaster Bared by Representative Halleck. Democratic chieftains had nothing to say today regarding charges of Representative Charles A. Halleck, Re- publican member of the House Civil Service Committee, that postmasters are being solicited for New Deal cam- paign contributions. There is a Federal law against so- licitation of political funds from civil service employes and there are depart- mental regulations against such solici- tation in Government buildings. Farley in New York. Postmaster General James A. Far- ley, whose name was affixed to a cam- paign letter which Halleck said was sez.t to a fourth class postmaster under civil service, was in New York today, en route to the Democratic convention in Philadelphia. He was quoted as saying any rejoinder to Halleck would have to come from Democratic Na- tional Comimttee headquarters here. Charles Michelson, National Com- mittee spokesman, said he had no comment to make “at present,” but he did not close the door to possibil- ity of a statement later today. At the Civil Service Commission it was learned that all departments ex- cept the Post Office Department has administrative regulations against presidential appointees holding mem- bership or office on a committee that solicits political funds and against cer- tain other political activities. Postal Regulations Lenient. The Post Office Department regula- tions are more lenient, permitting “reasonable” political activity by postmasters who are presidential ap- pointees. The Postmaster General is the judge of the ‘“reasonableness” of such activity. In making the letter public, Halleck asserted “the entire postal service is being mobilized as a political machine by the New Deal.” The letter accompanied an “allot- ment” of 25 “presidential nominator” tickets to be sold at $1 each for the benefit of the campaign. Halleck declared the letter “illustrates the manner” in which the postal serv- ice is being used to promote the re- election of President Roosevelt. “Today,” he asserted, “America’s post offices are campaign head- quarters.” The letter, on official stationary of the Democratic National Committee and dated June 11, was addressed to the postmaster under his official title and read: “Dear Friend: Mr. James A. Farley has arranged to finance the entire national campaign by selling presi- dential nominator tickets at $1 each in every section of the country. No other contribution will be requested from you during the presidential campaign. “As one who has a special interest in the success of President Roose- velt's campaign for re-election, we are forwarding to you an allotment of tickets to sell to friends in order to complete the quota, Efforts “Appreciated.” “The result of your personal efforts will be acknowledged and appreciated by the National Committee. “The names of those who have the honor of recording themselves as (See DEMOCRATS, Page 10.) Liberty Bell to Toll on Eve Of Convention in Philadelphia By the Associatea Press. PHILADELPHIA, Jute 17.—The Liberty Bell will be tapped at a re- ception for Governors of more than a score of States attending the Demo- cratic National Convention on the eve of the convention opening. Following a dinner Monday night the Governors and other notables gathered for the big political show will be escorted by a brilliant military guard to the reception at Independ- ence Hall. Speakers will include Gov. George H. Earle and Mayor S. Davis Wilson, as well as a number of the visiting executives. Their speeches and the tapping of the Liberty Bell will be broadcast. Meanwhile, those in charge of con- vention arraagements pronounced the city in readiness for the crowds of visitors and worried principally over the demands for convention hall tickets. Representatives of the National Committee estimated ticket requests at 300,000 “No hall in the world can house the crowd that wants to get into this con- L} vention,” said Charles N. Christman, director of the Municipal Auditorium. Announcement of convention pro- gram details by W. Forbes Morgan, secretary of the National Committee, outlined the week's business schedule for delegates. Principal events include the keynote address of Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky, Tuesday night; reports on credentials, permanent orgamiza- tion and rules, Wednesday; adoption of a platform, Thursday, and nom- ination of candidates for President and Vice President, Friday and Sat- urday. The nominees will be formally noti- fled at an outdoor program in Fraak- lin Field, a stone’s throw from Con- vention Hall, on Saturday night. The program to abrogate the rule requiring nominees to receive a two- thirds vote of the convention, ex- pected to be recommended by the Rules Committee, promised a contest on the convention floor. Morgan said: “T understand some of the Southern delegates will oppose the change, and it is possible they will :nmhgtpfmmmwmmdtmsamh- DG, MEETING PLANNED BY PROGRESSIVES 10 DECIDE COURSE La Follette Announces Par- ley to Follow Democratic Convention. THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE IS HINTED BY COUGHLIN Platform Views to Be Revealed Tomorrow, Radio Priest Predicts. By the Associated Press. Senator La Follette, Progressive, of Wisconsin, said in a statement today & conference of Progressives would be called after the Democratic convention to consider what action to take in the 1936 campaign. The statement did not mention di- rectly any third party. It said: “In response to many inquiries con- cerning action by Progressives in the coming election I wish to say that shortly after the national conventions Talmadge Pledges Election Support to Democratic Party By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, June 17.—Gov. Tal- madge today pledged support to the Democratic party nominees at the Philadelphia Convention. In a speech before the State Democratic Executive Committee the Governor said: “My heart and my prayers go to Philadelphia with the splendid men and women named here to- day. “I hope I can agree with the platform adopted there. “I will support whatever candi- dates and platform adopted at Philadelphia. “I am a party man. I stand for the principles of my party. My fight has been within the Demo- cratic party and it is there to stay.” The Governor has opposed the policies of the New Deal for many months. & representative conference of Pro- gressives will be called to consider what action should be taken in the campaign.” La Follette has supported New Deal policies in general. He backed President Roosevelt for election in 1932 Senator Norris of Nebraska said he expected to attend the conference called by La Follette. The veteran Nebraskan said a con- ference of progressives “naturally fol- lows” the conventions of the two major parties. “I think most of the progressives are going to support President Roose- velt for re-election,” Norris added. Third Party Hinted. Meanwhile, puzzlement over the consequences of a possible third-party campaign for the presidency—as well as curiosity as to the concealed identity of a potential candidate—nourished a quick growth of political conjecture today. Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, who brought the third - party possibility to light, but shied from naming names, contented himself for the pres- ent by asserting: “If this man (the possible third- party nominee) runs, Landon will run a poor third.” The Detroit radio priest, who went to the New York headquarters of his National Union for Social Justice to make his announcement, smilingly de- clined to express an opinion as to whether a third-party drive could un- seat the Roosevelt administration. 25,000,000 Voters Claimed. ‘The possible candidate’s platform, however, he said, “will engage the attention and merit the support of at least 25,000,000 voters.” Almost coincidentally in Chicago Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith, holding the reins of the late Senator Huey P. Long’s Share-the-Wealth Clubs, proclaimed a “loose working agree- ment’ with the followers of Dr. Francis E. Townsend, Father Cough- lin’s union and the forces.of Repre- sentative Willlam Lemke, Republican, (See POLITICS, Page 4.) BODIES OF 3 MEN FOUND NEAR SHIP Party Searching for Gold Believed ‘Wrecked on Reef After Long Flight. By the Associated Press. NASSAU, June 17.—Reports from Inagua Island in the Eastern Bahamas today told of the finding of the bodies of three white men beside a small vessel wrecked on a reef. A meager description of the craft indicated it might be the Girl-Pat, an English boat, which was reported stolen from Grimsby, England, six weeks ago by a party of men who came to these islands in it to look for buried gold. The three dead men were buried on the cay, in the Eastern Samana group, by the crew of the Acklins Island sloop Dove, who found them. The Girl Pat, a modern 25-ton motor vessel in the North Sea fishing trade, put out from Grimsby, England, on April 2, presumably bound for her regular catch. However, 10 days later she appeared off the northwest coast of Spain, took on supplies, left her chief engineer ashore, and vanished, leaving behind s $1,175 bill for supplies. On June 10 the Girl Pat, flying 8 distress signal, was sighted off French Guiana. When the captain of another vessel hove to, the men on the mystery ship said they had no fuel or food. H i signed. ening Star WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1936—FORTY-TWO PAGES. #%#% OH,BOY, I'LL = — ’H//,,;;,”\ 0 ( Dl A, "’05 Foe e e LA BRITISH CABINET ENDS SANCTIONS, Commons to Hear State- ment of Italo-Ethiopian Policy Tomorrow, BACKGROUND— Mussolini, exalting in the con- quest of Ethiopia, has demanded the League of Nations nmot onmly lift sanctions, but also asknowledge an- nezation. When this is done, Il Duce will condescend to consider resuming co-operation with Eu- ropean nations. The League must remounce the “principle of mnon-recognition in the situation created by the war,” Vittorio Cerruti, Italian Ambassa- dor to Paris, was declared to have told Yvon Delbos, French foreign minister. By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 17.—The British | cabinet placed the final seal of authority on the government's reces- sion from sanctions today. Commons will hear the announce- ment of the new Italo-Ethiopian policy tomorrow. Parilamentary circles expected the British support for the withdrawal of sanctions from Italy would be linked with a demand for guarantees that I1 Duce will not discriminate against the erstwhile sanctionist countries when trade channels are reopened. Ooincidentally, Sir Samuel Hoare, new first lord of the admiralty, assured Commons today the government will not abandon Malta. He scouted reports that the Medi- terranean naval base would be dis- continued because of its proximity to Italy, and said the admiralty intends to maintain the fortified island as its principal naval base in the Mediter- ranean and as headquarters for the Mediterranean fleet. “We have no intention whatsoever of evacuating Malta and shall take every practical means of making its defense secure against any possible attack,” he said. The main fleet hastily evacuated Malta last Fall just before the out- break of hostilities in Africa, and has not returned in force since. The gov- ernment just has concluded exhaus- tive maneuvers to determine if the island could be invaded by the enemy. Following today’s cabinet session, which lasted one and three-quarter hours, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Commons that “all aspects” of the Ethiopian affair would be re- viewed in tomorrow’s debate. Replies to Liberal Query. His statement was in reply to Geoffrey Le M. Mander, opposition Liberal, who asked what steps the government proposed to take to carry out its obligations under article 10 of the League covenant. In order to pave the way for the discussions at Geneva during council and assembly meetings late this month, it was considered likely the British sanctions policy would be communicated soon to League of Na- tions’ powers. Anthony Eden, foreign secretary, and Sir Samuel, whom Eden succeeded after a Franco-British proposal to settle the East African war, dropped into oblivion, were reported in agree- ment on the proposal to abandon the war penalties, the first accord between the two men since they parted com- pany December 18, when Hoare re- Authoritative quarters declared the foreign secretary, who led the League of Nations’ struggle to apply sanctions against the Fascist nation for her condemned aggression in Ethiopia, was not considering seriously demands of some newspapers that he resign. Such a step, these sources asserted, was considered most unlikely. Australia and Canada were believed to favor the ending of sanctions. South Africa took the opposite view, reaffirming adherence to the Loague through Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog. The Swiss Federal Council favors lifting of sanctions from Italy, Vice President Guiseppe Motta announced last night. -—— HEIRESS ASKS DIVORCE Muriel Vanderbilt Phelps Charges Cruelty. RENO, Nev, June 17 (#).—Mrs. Muriel Vanderbilt Phelps, heiress mf two of America’s largest fortunes and & society leader on both sides of the continent, filed suit here today to di- vorce Henry Delafield Phelps of New- port, R. I. She charged cruelty. [ Mrs. S I S \ B f [ Dies in Crash || LIEUT. C. K. MALLORY. BETHESDA NAVAL OFFIGER [SKILLED Lieut. C. K. Mallory and Ra- dioman Burned to Death in Plane Crash. Lieut. Charles K. Mallory. 27. Bethesda. Md., and Radioman W. C.| Gray, Wharton, Tex., were burned to| death today when their naval plane | crashed from an altitude of 100 feet shortly after their take-off from the naval air station at Norfolk. Va.. ac- cording to an Associated Press dis- patch. The Navy Department here reported Mallory's plane “hit slipstream” of another plane. This, it was explained. means the craft was caught in the wind and partial vacuum created by‘ another ship which had just taken od ahead of it. The men and the plane were at- tached to the heavy cruiser In- dianapolis. It burst into flames upon | striking and the men were dead before | aid could reach them. They had been engaged in starting tests. A full investigation will be made during the day. Naval records show the home ad- dress of Lieut. Mallory was 405 Fair- | fax road, Bethesda. He was born December 9, 1909 at | Syracuse. N. Y., and was graduated | from the Naval Academy in 1932. He served aboard the Chicago, the New Orleans and at the Naval Air Sta- tion, Pensacola. Mallory was ordered | to aviation training March 1, 1935, | and officially received the designation of naval aviator in February of this year. His father is Lieut. Comdr. Charles K. Mallory, U. 8. N,, retired, of New. York City. Lieut. Mallory was attached to VS Squadron 11, attached to the cruiser Indianapolis, to which he reported for duty in April. Naval records show his widow's address as Mrs. Dorothy Pratt Williams Mallory of New Orleans. The lieutenant’s plane caught fire, the department was told, both occu- pants being killed. Radioman Gray was born in El Campo, Tex, Novem- ber 13, 1913, and enlisted in the Navy at Houston, Tex., October 20, 1933. Gray's home was in Wharton, Tex. ®) Means Associated Press. MILWAUKEE COURT SETS SPEED MARK District Officials See 377 Cases Disposed of in Day. Lawyers Absent. BY JOHN H. CLINE, Staff Correspondent of The Star. MILWAUKEE. Wisc., June 17.— The spectacle of a police court func- tioning without benefit of criminal lawyers was unfolded here yesterday before the astonished eyes of six vis- iting Washington officials. For two and a half hours the visi- tors sat in District Court, which cor- responds to the Washington Police | Court, and watched a single judge dis- pose of 377 cases—something of a record even for Milwaukee Not once during the entire pro- ceeding did the Washingtonians hear the familiar words: “I object, your honor,” and only one lawyer entered the court room during the session. Several factors enter into this court’s amazing efficiency record, but the principal one is the personality of Judge George E. Page, who does not hesitate to sacrifice some of the finer legalistic conceptions in the in- | terests of speed. Judge Page studied law at George Washington University at the turn of the century, while working in the District. A big man physically, he literally dominates his court room, and wit- nesses, defendants and policemen share alike in merciless tongue | lashings if they attempt to quibble in the course of their testimony. Judge Page does the questioning (See MILWAUKEE, Page 5.) M'CORMICK LEAVES CHARITIES $305,000 Widow Given $1,000,000 Life In- | terest in Suburban Estate and Chicago Home. B~ the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 17.—From his es- tate of $18,000,000 Cyrus H. McCor- mick, called the “Harvester King,” left $305,000 to schools, churches and charities, letters of probate issued to- day showed. McCormick, retired chair- man of the International Harvester | Co., died June 2. McCormick’s widow, Mrs. Alice Hoit McCormick, received a bequest of $1,- 000,000, and was given, also, a life in- terest in the McCormick suburban estate, Walden, and their home on Chi- cago’s “Gold Coast.” To each of his two sons, Cyrus and Gorden, the harvester manufacturer left $500,000 and provided that trust funds of $1,000,000 should be created for each. Three educational institutions share in the McCormick millions. Princeton was given $50,000. Be- quests of $10,000 each were made to Washington and Lee University, at Lexington, Va., and to the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, ‘Hampton, Va. Other philanthropic bequests gave $25,000 each to the Presbyterian Hos- pital, Chicago, the United Charities of Chicago, the Fourth Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Theo- logical Seminary of Chicago. Paris Fears March of 700,000 Armed Fascists in French Crisis| BACKGROUND— People’s Front party, victorious in April elections in France, chose Leon Blum, Socialist leader, pre- mier. New government, beset with Ainancial and labor troubles, gained partial victory when “folded arms” strike was broken. Heated debates in chamber and further threats of devaluation of carrency have brought about crisis, with “Fiery Cross” veterans’ organization, threatening civil war. ‘By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 17.—French Leftists clamored today for quick governmental action against 700,000 armed Rightists accused of preparing to march on Paris. From Leftist quarters came the as- sertion that “the Fascists” were ready to make such a march in order to pre- vent the People's Front government 4 from carrying out its program of legis- lation. Meanwhile strikes broke out in North Africa today, alarming officials. A strike movement flared through Morocco and Algeria, accompanied by a steep rise in the prices of commodities. Wheat, for example, jumped in price from 75 to 130 francs a quintal ($1.35 | to $2.34 a bushel). atives In Algeria were reported to have molested motorists. Deputies Paul Saurin and Louis Enjalbert asked the ministry of the interior to “use every means” to quiet the striking natives. The strike movement also increased at home, in Lyon, Bordeaux and Mar- seille, despite a quick approval by the | Senate of two bills advocated by Pre- | | mier Bium. Warning of “political aetion” by the (See FRENCH, Page 4.) { (Some returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. EDUCATION BOARD CALLED TO DISCUSS QUIZ BY BLANTON Mrs. Doyle Orders Special Session to Consider Letter to Teachers. COMMENT REFUSED BY SCHOOL OFFICIALS Legislator Seeks Information on Religion, Political and Other Beliefs. A special meeting of the Board of Education will be held tomorrow afternoon to consider the question- naire sent to the 3,000 teachers of Washington by Representative Blan- ton, Democrat, of Texas, asking for information on their religious, political and other beliefs and preferences, Mrs. Marion Wade Doyle, president of the board, announced at the Uni- versity of Maryland, where she delive ered an address today, that the special meeting is regarded as necessary. Earlier in the day she deferred calling the special session until she could | confer with other members of the board. | “I have called the meeting,” Mrs. Doyle said, “so that the teachers may have some expression from the Board of Education before going on their va- cations “As for the questionnaire itself, I shall have something to say tomor- row.” Blanton inquired into the teachers’ | belief in God, their reading of com- munistic matter and their students | toward communism. Only a part of the teachers had re« ceived their questionnaires today, None of the school principals or offie cers had received the document, al- though all of them expected it to are rive today. Comment Is Refused. Mrs. Doyle declined to comment on the questionnaire, as did several otlers of the board. The same attitude was taken by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, super= | intendent of schools | “I'll have hing to say until the board meets.” Henry 1. Quinn, a mem= ber, commented. ‘The Teachers’ Union expects to take up the questionnaire tomorrow also, although no special meeting has been | called. While refraining from making pub- !lic comment on the subject, it was | indicated that several members of the board regard the series of questions as an “invasion” of rights of indi- | vidual teachers and of the rights of the Board of Education. At least two members signified they | will vote to instruct the teachers to | use their own discretion in answering | the query and to ignore it if they see fit At the same time some of the teach- ers indicated they would await ine structions from the board before ane swering the Texan's questions. Document Sent Yesterday. Blanton began sending out the docu« ment yesterday. The questionnaire was mailed with the explanation that to answer it would save the time of “us"—meaning the House Subcommit- tee on District Appropriations—in hearing verbal testimony of the teachers Among the questions asked were: “Do you believe in any of the doc- trines of Communism? If so, which? “Do you believe communism is given any favor or support in the schools? “Do you believe in God? “Are you a member of the N. E. A.2" Dr. Edgar C. Higbie, president of Wilson Teachers’ College, who retired a few weeks ago as head of the District Education Association, a branch of " (See EDUCATION, Page 2.) TERRORISTS ATTACK " HOME OF CHILDREN Windows of Institution in Amer- ican Colony on Plain of Sharon Shattered. By the Associated Press. JERUSALEM, June 17.—Terrorists fired on a children’s home in the American colony on the Plain of Sharon today, but the inhabitants escaped unhurt. A rain of bullets Smashed the win« dows of the home. Near Jaffa an Arab was killed and several others were wounded after they had ambushed a British police car. (The Palcor Agency reported last | night that tension was high in Pale estine in anticipation of today's ane niversary of the execution of Arabs convicted of murder in connection with the anti-Jewish riots of 1929.) (In the last eight weeks, since Arabs started a campaign against Jewish immigration, 30 Jews and 54 Arabs have been slain, the agency stated. The Plain of Sharon is on the coast of Palestine, extending about 40 miles in length. It was famous in ancient times for its roses.) Readers’ Guide Page. 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