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. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness tonight; tomorrow mostly cloudy, possibly followed by show- ers at night; not much change in temper- ature. Temperatures—Highest, 91, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 60, at 5:30 am. oday. Full report on page A-2. Closing New York Markets, Page 16 No. 33,662. Entered as second ciass matter post office, Washington, D. C. ah WASHINGTON, D. C, McCARL BLAST S|NEGUS 10 APPEAL NEW DEAL UNITS AS TERM ENDS < ~ . | “Tax - Consuming” Agencies End Demanded POLITIC PLANS ANNOUNCED Services Offered to Byrd Committee—Will Study, Europe’s Finances. BY J. A. FOX. Calling for abolition of many, if not all, of the “emergency agencies,” which he described as “tax-consum- ing in the extreme,” Controller Gen- eral John A. McCarl, who is stepping out of office tomorrow night, said in a formal statement today that he may “take some part in politics.” McCarl, who has been controller general for 15 years, plans in the fu- ture to resume the practice of law, but he has not definitely shaped his program. He was admitted this morn- ing to the bar of the United States Court of Appeals. With McCarl's tenure practically expired, attention was centered today on the question of a successor, but President Roosevelt left for Hyde Park Saturday night without giving any indications of his intentions in this respect. Several names have been suggested, but so far as it is known the Presi- dent is not even near a decision. Richard N. Elliott, assistant con- troller general, will assume the duties pending appointment of a new head of the General Accounting Office. Favors American System. In his statement, which he ampli- fied at the first and only press con- ference he has ever held during his term, McCarl emphasized that he firmly believes that the American sys- tem of Government must be pre- served. “No one could serve 15 years as controller general of the United States without the aid of a firm belief in both the wisdom and the practicabil- ity of our system,” he said. “With me, it is not just a belief. It is some- thing more akin to a religion.” McCarl did not indicate what his “political activity” would consist of, but explained that his services will be available to the Byrd Committee set up to study Government reorganiza- tion, and added significantly: “A systematic and sensible reorgan- 1zation of the regular governmental agencies and activities would result not only in a vast monetary saving, but ‘would eliminate duplicate and conflict- ing operations, bring together related functions, simplify procedure and in every respect make for better admin- istration. “This is a legislative problem and I am in hopes that the next Congress may be so cgnstituted that there may be assured not only a systematic and thorough reorganization of the regular agencies, with proper consolidations and eliminations, but that the many, if not all, existing special or ‘emerg- ency’ agencies which, due to their nature, were loosely and extrava- gantly set up and are tax-consuming dn the extreme, may be promptly elim- inated, with such of their functions as may be proper for temporarily carry- ing on, assigned to the more economi- cally organized regular establish- ments.” Plans Trip to Europe. McCarl said also he planned event- ually to make & trip to Europe “to ob- serve at first hand the operations and effectiveness of at least two or three other systems there in vogue for legis- lative control over public moneys, but the days just ahead promise so much that should be of such serious judg- ment and concern to all of us that there will be no trip to Europe.” He said also that he has been asked Ap write of his experiences and obser- vations in his long term of office and that he may do this eventually. With the exception of a trip home to Ne- braska, his headquarters will be in ‘Washington for some time, the con- troller general explained. The Court of Appeals convened in & special general term today to hear United States Attorney Leslie C. Gar- nett move for McCarl’s admission. He was sworn in by C. Newell Atkinson, assistant clerk, and then thanked and was congratulated by the three jus- tices present at the general term, D. Lawrence Groner, Harold M. Stephens and Chief Justice George E. Martin. Accompanied by Garnett. He was accompanied to the court house by Garnett and O. R. Mc- Guire, an attorney in the controller general's office. McCarl distributed copies of his statement to newspaper men who thronged his offices when it was an- nounced that he was to have a press conference. As each man came. in, the con- troller general shook his hand and then, standing beside his desk on Wwhich there was a huge floral piece, (See McCARL, Page 3.) LANDON TICKET TO GET “FULL BORAH SUPPORT” By the Associated Press. COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho, June 29.— Ezra R. Whitla, Idaho Republican national committeeman and a mem- ber of the National Campaign Com- mittee, said he was “firmly convinced” today Senator William E. Borah “will wholeheartedly support Landon and Knox.” ‘Whitla predicted also “the Prairie States will decide the election” and . ACTIVITY | JOHN A. McCARL. CANTONESE ARMY REPORTED BOMBED Nanking Planes Are Said to Have Attacked Southern Force. BACKGROUND— Southern Chinese leaders, aroused by constant encroachments of the Japanese, demanded joint action between the northern and southern forces. Following the demands with action, troops of Kwangsi and Kwangtung moved northward and threw up a line of defense along the Hunan border, behind which they were ready to make a stand against the Japanese. In Northern China the drive was considered more in the nature of a revolt than a defense against Japan. Ey the Associated Press. The military planes of Chiang Kai- | Shek, dictator of China’s central gov- ernment, were reported today to have rained bombs on the Kwangsi~Kwang- tung provincial armies of Southern China. . Circuitous advices reaching Hong- kong from Nanking indicated Gen- eralissimo Chiang, threatened with civil war in the shape of an ostensible anti-Japanese military movement, di- rected by leaders of the Canton (southwest) government, struck boldly to gain the upper hand. Kwangsi Concentrations Blasted. Six bombers, the reports said, blast- ed Kwangsi concentrations near Wingchow, then dropped projectiles on Kwangtung army trenches in southern Kiangsi province. But the southern militarists were adamant. » Gen. LI Chung-Jen, taking com- mand of the fourth army of the south- west's anti-Japanese “salvation expe- dition,” said his mission was two-fold: To “resist Japanese aggression and remove all obstacles in the way—in- cluding national traitors.” Japanese authorities demanded apologies and reparations from the Chinese officials of Fengtai for an alleged assault on a Japanese citizen. According to official Japanese sources, the Japanese in question tried to rent a house in Fengtal, but was seized and beaten by Chinese soldiers who dragged him to their barracks. A Japanese gendarme reported he tried to rescue his countryman, but was denied admission to the barracks. On the sea, the southwestern forces sent gunboats foaming toward the Island of Hainan to block a reported Nanking attempt to occupy that mountainous base. Southern officials arrested 10 col- lege professors and accused them as Central government “Fascists.” Mutinies Reported. Canton heard new reports of Cen- tral government troop mutinies, but foreign observers accepted them with reserve. They were flatly denied-at Nanking, and officials laid them to “Japanese propaganda.” Nanking government officials, like- wise, contradicted reports abroad that Inner Mongola had deserted China and joined Japan. They said Mon- golia still was regarded as an indis- putable and integral part of the Chinese Republic. The grave smuggling controversy, which reached a high point last week with Chinese customs cruisers firing on Japanese freighters, resulted in new Japanese naval warnings. Chinese were told they must cease such activi- ties, under pain of naval “action.” Base Ball Head's Father Killed. CHICAGO, June 29 (#).—Samuel Grabiner, 84, father of Harry Grab- iner, vice president and secretary of the Chicago American League base ball team, was killed today when he was struck by an Illinois Central train on the far South Side. FOR JUSTICE FROM LEAGUE IN PERSON Selassie Works on Draft of ‘Plea to Be Given To- Morrow. TERRITORY ACQUISITION RECOGNITION QUESTION Speedy “Funeral” Services Are Planned for Sanctions Against Italy. BACKGROUND— The League of Nations, attempt- ing to stop Italian aggression in Ethiopia, barred financial and to a large extent trade relations with Italy, seeking to bring Italian withdrawal through economic pres= sure. The sanctions failed of their pur= pose and now the League is pre- pared to consider lifting the sanc- tions. The United States has already pointed the way by ending the arms embargo. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, June 29.—Emperor Haile Selassie’s spokesmen announced today the conquered Negus would personally address the League of Natiens Assem- bly in an eleventh-hour appeal for “justice.” The Assembly will meet at 5 pm. (11 a.m. Eastern standard time) tomorrow in Geneva’s municipal auditorium. Selassie, now known by his Italian conquerors as “Signor Tafari,” worked on the text of his appeal in the seclu- sion of his hotel suite today. It will ! be delivered in French. The Argentine delegation, which took the initiative in calling tomor- row’s Assembly session to deal with the sanctions question, intended to visit him late today. Recognition Question Arises. Speedy funeral services, with 8 min- imum of oratory, were planned for the anti-Italian sanctions. But the ques- tion which agitated statesmen was whether the Assembly would indorse the doctrine of non-recognition of territory acquired by force. Such action, which would at least imply disapproval of Italy’s annexation of Ethiopia, was believed to have been the subject of conversations today be- tween the Argentinian Manuel E. Mal- bran, Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos of France and Foreign Secretary Anthony | Eden of Great Britain. Earlier, British and French diplo- mats, leading the “death to sanctions” campaign, conferred on the general situation and reached conclusions de- scribed as “extremely satisfactory.” Proposals to debate the Locarno question, thrust into the tangled Eu- ropean problem when goose-stepping German troops marched into the Rhineland last March, were definitely shelved for the present. Hitler Reply Awaited. Although the Nazi denunciation of the mutual security pact was listed on the League’s agenda, diplomats agreed debate was impossible until Chancellor Hitler of Germany replies to the British questionnaire asking details of his suggestions for a new peace framework. Premier Leon Blum of France, ac- companied by Delbos, entered the League arena for the first time since the People’s Front government came into office at Paris. Blum and Delbos discussed the gen- eral situation over the dinner table last night with Eden and lingered in debate until nearly midnight. League circles looked for close co-operation between representatives of the two nations when the Assembly convenes tomorrow. ‘That body—officially convoked to decide its opinion en the Italo-Ethi- opian War—already possessed another task handed to it by the League Coun- cil, the problem of initiating possible revision of the covenant. One conclusion appeared certain: Cancellation of the economic and financial penalties voted eight months ago against Italy for aggression in Ethiopia. “Save the League” Guiding Theme. Another conclusion gained new ad- herents: Refusal to recognize Italian annexation of Emperor Haile Selassie’s kingdom. Delegates heard the slogan “Save the League” as the guiding theme for the assembly’s deliberations. An official memorandum arrived from Rome, declared to describe the present situation in Ethiopia “for the guidance of the League Assembly.” (Pascist officials and newspapers predicted a general attitude against sanctions, listing more than a dozen nations against the penalties and only one—the Union of South Africa—in favor of continuing the “punitive” measures, (In addition to various Latin-Ameri- can countries, the mations termed in favor of suspension of sanctions were: Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Rumania, Greece, Turkey, Spain, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Austria and Hungary.) will the future bring? Business Looks Ahead Rising security markets, quickened trade and ex- panding production have made a good record in the last half year but unemployment remains and the contro- versy over Government financing grows. Business finds new problems in Federal regulation and taxes. What effect will the election have? What These vital questions and' many others will be ex- amined by nationally known commentators of the As- sociated Press and North American Newspaper Alliance in The Star’s Mid-Year Business and Financial - appearing tomorrow. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION LAN'SAKES, JIM, You PUT ON THE MOST - WEARIN’ SHoW SINCE BILLY BRYAN WASA goy! AFTER A DAY OF REST! U. . DROUGHT UNIT WILL MEET TODAY Scattered Rains Fail to Halt Spreading Heat Wave. Crops Shrivel. £y the Assoctated Press. The Government’s Special Drought Committee of six was called to meet this afternoon by Jesse W. Tapp, chairman, as scattered rains failed to check an intense heat wave spread- ing from Alabama and Tennessee northwestward into the Dakotas. Tapp said the committee would discuss immediate efforts to assist families in the North Central drought States and study reports on the con- ditions and needs of live stock. 106-Degree Heat Recorded. J. B. Kincer, crop expert of the ‘Weather Bureau, said the heat wave now in progress across the plains av- eraged from 100 to 106 degrees and was drying up light rains as rapidly as they fell. Showers over the week end in South Dakota and the Great Lakes region brought no relief, whatever, Kincer said, since the ‘heaviest precipitation was only about one-half inch. Tem- peratures in the drought section, he sald, were averaging 9 to 10 degrees above normal. [ The Weather Bureau said local thunder showers this afternocon and tonight were possible in the Central and Northern parts of Illinois and In- diana, Lower Michigan, Wisconsin, and Missouri, Jowa, and Eastern Minne- sota. The weather in North Dakota and South Dakota was generally fair and a moderation in temperature throughout the area was expected to- mMOITOW. SHOWERS PREDICTED. But Only “Drenching Downpour” Will Aid Crops. CHICAGO, June 27 (#).—Midwest- ern farmers scanned the skies today for signs of crop-saving rain. Meteorologists predicted showers and cooler weather for many parts of the arid midcontinent. But their forecast raised no false hopes. Experts con- tended a “drenching downpour” was needed to stem the protracted drought that has shriveled vegetation, dried streams and spread wide destruction through flelds of small grains. Long-awaited precipitation was re- ported yesterday in scattered sections of the Dakotas, Minnesota and Mon- tana, but in most cases it was too light to be of more than temporary benefit, 110 in Missouri Town. Extreme heat and hot winds beset the Prairie States from Montana to Indiana. The mercury reached 110 at Brookfield, Mo. All-time record highs for the date were reported at Kansas City, Mo., and Topeka, Kans., with readings of 107 and 106, respectively. Glendive, Mont., recorded 107; Grand Island, Nebr., and Sioux (City, Iowa, 104; Evansville, Ind., and Dodge City, Towa, 102; Springfield, Ill, and St. Louis, 100. Drought-belt farmers whose pro- duce had been destroyed turned to & St. Paul, Minn., meeting to see what the Government would do in the emergency. Administrator Harry Hop- kins called W. P. A. officials of the affected States to a conference there tomorrow to draft plans for relief of distressed farm families—estimated by one Resettlement Administration offi- cial to number 75,000. A program of water conservation against future droughts was also shaped for discus- sion. A meeting of Governors of five sun-seared States, originally set for today at Bismarck, N. Dak., was post- poned pending developments at St. Paul. Many farmers in the Ozarks re- sorted to hauling water. Deteriora- tion resulted in rising prices for produce. Evansville, Ind., producers (Sec DROUGHT, Page A-1) MRS. BRYANT MUST DIE = AT AT ipo! ¢ Foening Shar MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1936 —THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. *x&x* 0 Midshipman’s Fall | From Hammock on| Wyoming Is Fatal Naval Academy Student Dies in Hospital at Portsmouth, England. By the Assoctated Press. PORTSMOUTH, England, June 29.— Preston Smith, a United States mid- | shipman, died in the Royal Naval | Hospital today of injuries received in | a fall from a ship’s hammock aboard | the U. S. S. Wyoming. The coroner ordered a post-mortem | examination, which will be conducted | tomorrow. . Smith was treated in the Wyoming's sick bay until the warship left for Gothenburg, Sweden. Smith was born in Birmingham, Ala, in 1916, and was appointed to the Naval Academy from the Naval Reserve. His father, Sidney Preston Smith of Birmingham, has requested the body be sent to Alabama. The Wyoming, with the Arkansas and the Oklahoma, arrived at Ports- mouth on June 19 and sailed on Saturday for Gothenburg, Sweden. BRITAIN T0 SEEK " TREATY REVISON Plans to Invoke Escalator Clause of Naval Pact for - Destroyers. By tre Associated Press. LONDON, June 29.—Great Britain began preparations today to formally notify Washington and Tokio she wants to inypke the escalator clause of the 1930 naval treaty for destroyers. The action was determined upon because of what officials believe to be the menace of submarines. Diplomatic quarters understood the notifications would be forwarded within a few days. Great Britain recently sought the consent of United States and Japan for the walver of destroyer limitations of the treaty which would have per- mitted her to retain 40,000 tons of overbuilt ships. The United States, however, ob- pected, informing the British that to use the escalator clause would be the proper way to escape the treaty pro- visions. Japan's reply indicated the esca- lator clause on submarines might be invoked by that nation. Today Japan formally notified Great Britain she would not adhere to the 1936 international naval treaty. The move was authoritatively char- acterized as a serious blow to British hopes of working out a universal naval treaty. It was stated that it might jeopar- dize some provisions of the new treaty signed by the United States, Great Britain and France, since certain pro- visions become operative only if Japan joins. ‘The foreign office announced: “The counselor of the Japanese Embassy called at the foreign office and left a memorandum in which it was stated the Japanese government did not, in the present circumstances, intend to accede to the London naval agreement of 1936.” e Four Picketers Held. CAMDEN, N. J., June 29 (4).—Police took four men from picketing crowds outside the R. C: A. plant today and charged them with inciting to riot. Readers’ Guide BOY SFES MOTHER BEATEN 10 DEAH Child, 7, Tells How He]| Talked With Slayer in Chicago Hotel. Py the £ssociated Press. CHICAGO, June 29.—Before the | terrified eyes of her 7-year-old wn,l who lay in bed beside her, Mrs. Flor- ence Thompson Castle, 24, a comely divorcee and entertainer, was choked and beaten to death today by a huge colored man who invaded her small room in a near North Side hotel. On the mirror of a dresser the killer had scrawled with his victim's lip- stick: “Black Legion. Game.” Beneath the writing was a crudely drawn skull and cross bones. After twice questioning the son, the police said they believed the slayer either attacked or attempted to at- tack his victim after slugging her. Before leaving, the intruder looted Mrs. Castle’s purse and scattered its contents on a fire escape. The slaying occurred on the fifth floor of the Devenshire Hotel, a 13- story building at 19 East Ohio street, near Michigan avenue, just a few blocks north of the Loop. James Castle, the son, who disclosed the slaying to the clerk in the near North Side Hotel, said the invader conversed with him while he was beating the mother to death. After the killer had fled down a fire escape, the boy, said he went back to sleep, not realizing his mother had been killed. But when he awcke later The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. (®) Means Associated Press. LEADERS PREPARE 10 OPEN CAMPAIGN ONMANY FRONTS President, at Hyde Park, to See Gov. Horner and Frank Murphy. LANDON CONTINUES WORK ON ACCEPTANCE Lemke to Set Up Machinery for “Clean” Campaign—Thomas to Open Series. By the Assoclated Press. With the shouting and the tumult of the national conventions a matter of political history, party leaders pre- pared today to open their 1936 vote drive on widely scattered fronts. Democrats, Republicans, Union partyists and others laid plans to capture the favor of the voters who will determine the course of national affairs during the next four years. President Roosevelt rested at his Hyde Park. N. Y., home after formally accepting the Democratic presidential nomination at a monster rally Sat- urday night in Franklin Field, Phila- delphia. The President planned meetings today with Gov. Horner of Illinois and with Frank Murphy, former De- troit mayor and now high commis- sioner of the Philippines. Series of Parleys. Some of Mr. Roosevelt's intimates saw in these conferences the beginning of a series of parleys from mapping campaign strategy. A meeting with National Chairman James A. Farley in Washington late this week was re- garded as a possibility. Other Democratic leaders scattered to their homes from Philadelphia ready to battle the “economic tyranny” assailed by Mr. Roosevelt in his ac- ceptance speech. Out at Estes Park in the Colorado Rockies the Republican presidential candidate, Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kan- sas, continued preparation of his ac- ceptance speech, which will be deliv- ered at Topeka July 23, formally open- ing his campaign. Gov. Landon had before him the Democratic platform and President Roosevelt’s acceptance speech as he worked over his own address to rally the Republican party to his standard. The Republican chairman, John Hamilton, mapped out a busy program of organization meetings and con- ferences. Representative Lemke of North Da- kota, presidential aspirant of the new Union party, announced at Burling- ton, Iowa, he would set up party ma- chinery this week for a “clean” cam- paign, in which the “money issue” would be paramount. Lemke said Union party headquar- ters would be opened in Chicago within the week. Lehman Question Unsettled. The question of whether Gov. Leh- man of New York would stand for re- election was still unsettled today after his breakfast meeting yesterday with Mr. Roosevelt. There were indications his answer might be withheld until late Summer—perhaps just before the State convention. and was unable to arouse her, he ran in terror to the hotel lobby. ‘The police found Mrs. Castle’s body, clad in a nightgown, across the bed. Two halves of a brick used by the killer were lying beside the bed, cov- ered with blood. A window to a fire escape was open. Mrs. Castle’s purse lay empty on the fire escape. ‘The boy told the police his father was James Thompson of Boston. He said he did not know the address. His mother, he said, had been di- vorced and later married & man he knew only as “Bud” Castle, who now lives in Los Angeles. ‘The police said they were unable to determine whether the victim had been criminally attacked. They said (See SLAYING, Page A-3) TWO-PLACE GLIDER RECORD IS BROKEN Californians Attain Height of 5,760 Feet During Elmira Soaring Meet. By the Assoctated Press. ELMIRA, N. Y., June 29.—Soaring to a height of 5,760 feet, Albert Slat- ter of Los Angeles, and John D. Bat- terson of Pasadena, Calif., set what is believed to be a new world record for two-place gliders at the seventh an- nual soaring meet here. The flight, made yesterday, es- tablished a new national altitude rec- ord for two-place gliders. Batterson and Slatter were in the air 2 hours and 21 minutes, landing at Tioga Point, Pa, 25 miles from | tion. here. Chester J. Decker of Glen Rock, N. J, 1935 junior champion, made the first “point and return” flight of the meet, soaring to Corning Beacon and back, a distance of 6.4 miles. In New Hampshire, a veteran Re- publican campaigner returned to the political wars when former Senator Moses announced his candidacy for the Senate. In the party primary in September he will oppose Senator Keyes, who seeks re-election, and Gov. H. Styles Bridges. ‘The Communist party, under lead- ership of Earl W. Browder, its candi- date for the presidency, started its campaign “to reach 10,000,000 voters” and “flood the country from one end to the other with red literature.” Norman Thomas, candidate of the Socialist party for the presidency, al- ready has started a series of speeches which will take him into every State before November rolls around. In addition to the presidential can- lidates, members of Congress who have deserted their Capitol Hill offices al- most to a man, were ready to meet their constituents back home and ask to be returned to Washington in Jan- uary. Stranded Ship Aided. SHANGHAI, June 29 (#)—The American tanker Finnanger reached the grounded oil ship Magnolia and took off its cargo, it was reported here today. Salvage tugs were believed to have arrived to aid the stricken tanker, a 9,600-ton vessel, which stranded Saturday on rocks west of Moppo, Korea. Duchess in Nursing Home. LONDON, June 29 (#).—The Duchess of Kent was in a London nursing home today for a minor dental opera- She motored to London yesterday from her country home in Bucking- hamshire. The wife of the youngest brother of King Edward is expected to leave the nursing home after a few days. Civil War Veteran, 99, Jilted By Fiancee on Wedding Eve By the Assoctated Press. OLD FORGE, N. Y., June 20— Jilted by his flancee on the eve of their wedding, Charles Jeannette, 99- year-old Civil War veteran, gazed philosophically today at the ring he purchased for the ceremony and re- marked: “I'l make use of that in the fu- Meanwhile, Mrs. Ella B. Manning, 55-year-old Albany widow who was to have become the old soldier’s bride, Old Forge Saturday night, less than 24 hours before time set for her he had arranged for yesterday. He ate his “wedding supper” with Margaret and Marian Ray, 8-year-old twins, as his guests. They were to h“ewhmlch Sreuiion® 127,038 (Some returns not yet receive SUNDAY" Circula TWO CENTS. TONGHEEK SOUGHT FOR COMMITHENT 10 HOSPAL HER D. C. Authorities Order Him Arrested and Placed Under Observation. LEGISLATOR BELIEVED LOCKED IN HIS OFFICE Reporters Are Evicted at House Building, Then Permitted to Return. (Pictures on Page B-1.) BULLETIN. Kenneth Romney, House serg- eant-at-arms, confirmed the fact this afternoon that Representative Zioncheck was inside his office on Capitol Hill. A physician from the Towson, Md., hospital which Zion- check fled yesterday was closeted with the Representative shortly after 2 p.m. District authorities today planned the immediate arrest and commitment to an institution of Representative Marion A. Zioncheck, who was be- lieved to have returned to Washington and locked himself in his suite in the House Office Building after his escape yesterday from a hospital for nervous cases at Towson, Md. Headquarters detectives were ex- pected to arrest Zioncheck at his office. Meanwhile, Capitol police ordered 30 photographers and reporters from the building, on orders by Kenneth Romney, House sergeant at arms. Romney said later he did not mean to bar the reporters from watching Zioncheck’s door, and gave orders that they be allowed to return. “I want to do whatever I can to protect this man,” Romney said. “All I want is to see he gets a fair deal.” Disclaims Official Information. Romney said he had no official in- | formation that Zioncheck was in his office, but had heard many unofficial reports to that effect. Zioncheck’s presence could not be confirmed immediately by reporters, either. A man believed to be the Rep- resentative was glimpsed through win- dows from across a court and muffled footsteps were heard behind the locked doors. No one would answer the telephone or knocks at the door, and employes of Zioncheck’s office could not be reached. Decision for immediate arrest and commitment of Zioncheck was made at noon after a conference between Commissioner George E. Allen, Police Chief Ernest W. Brown, Acting Cor- poration Counsel Vernon West and Assistant Corporation Counsel T. Gillespie Walsh. Lunacy Hearing Indicated. Zioncheck, it was said, could be held for observation at St. Elizabeth's or Gallinger Hospital pending a lu- nacy hearing before a jury. The warrant charging Zioncheck with assault was sworn out by Mrs. Benjamin Scott Young, who rented her Harvard Hall apartment to Zion- check. Mrs. Young charges that Mr. and Mrs. Zioncheck assaulted her by forcibly evicting her from their apart- ment. It was indicated that District offi- cials would renew the lunacy proceed- ings against Zioncheck that were dropped when Mrs. Zioncheck obtained permission to have her husband trans- ferred from Gallinger to the Towson hospital last Tuesday. At Zioncheck’s office, no one an- swered the office telephones, and there ‘was no response to knocks on the door. Reporters from across the court saw a man resting at a desk. Zioncheck's secretary could not be located. A warrant for assault also is out against Zioncheck's bride of two months, but police have been unable to locate her. It has been turned over to officers at No. 10 precinct for service. Zioncheck's presence in his office on Capitol Hill was suspected when re- porters heard muffled footsteps within. One amateur sleuth saw a “man in shirtsleeves and suspenders” lounging at a desk. If it was Zioncheck, how- ever, he made no move to identify himself. Scaled Wire Fence. Maryland police have uncovered no trace of the fugitive, who scaled a TY-foot wire fence and disappeared with a burst of speed into the sur- rounding woods. The Representative is immune from arrest in the District under the rule to show cause why he should not be de- clared insane. The order was dis~ missed when Zioncheck was transe ferred Tuesday to the Maryland ine stitution. ‘The lunacy order was dismissed after Mrs. Zioncheck and her attorney, Max Ammerman, obtained permission to have him transferred from Gallinger Hospital to the Maryland institution, ‘While Maryland police have author- ity to arrest Zioncheck, they could not have him extradited from the District to be returned to Towson. Ammerman said he is convinced the assault warrants will not stand up in court. Thought Problem Solved. Local authorities thought they had solved the Zioncheck problem when they surrendered jurisdiction of the Representative to Maryland. After three weeks under mental observae tion at Gallinger, Zioncheck was taken in a straitjacket to Towson. Zioncheck’s escape yesterday was (See ZIONCHECK, Page A-3.) e Tia RAND PLANT REOPENS