Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow, generally fair and continued warm; gen- tle winds, mostly southwest and west. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 88, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 67, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page A-2. Closing New York Markets, Page 18 " No. 33,671 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. he b WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1936—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. ®%x% WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 55000 IN DROUGHT| [ Vierors amd Vamquishea | |GORE ISDEFEATED AREATOGETW.P.A. JOBS N WEEK; PRICES SOAR AGAIN Half Number to Be Re-em- ployed in 24 Hours, Wil- liams Says, as U. S. Speeds Relief. DEATH TOLL MOUNTS TO 72 IN SWELTER BELT ‘Weather Officials Hold No Hope for Substantial Relief—Heavy Buying on Chicago Grain Mar- ket Sends Corn and Wheat SEN. T. P. GORE. REP. JOSH LEE. GOV. MARLAND. BILLION DEFENSE PLAN FOR BRITISH Prices Up. BACKGROUND— America’s Midwest has been caught in a cycle of searing, de- structive droughts during recent Years. Major ones occurred in 1930 and 1934. On latter occasion, Federal Gov- ernment extended aid in the form of cash, foodstuffs, employment, lower transportation rates and oth- er devices. This year, as catastrophe threat- ens to surpass those of previous years, relief program is being co- ordinated under special presidential committee, including Wallace, Tug- well, Hopkins and others. By the Assoctated Press. Aubrey Williams, deputy W. P. A.! administrator, announced today that | 55,000 destitute farmers in five Mid- western drought-stricken States would | be employed by the W. P. A. within a *week or 10 days at the most.” | Williams estimated that nearly half | this number would be employed within 24 hours. | He said the W. P. A. would employ | 20,000 in North Dakota at the rate of 2,000 a day, under direction of Thomas H. Moodie, State administrator at Bis- marck. . In South Dakota, he said, 17,000 | would be employed at an average of | 2,800 a day, under direction of M. A. Kennedy, State administrator at| Pierre. Montana Gets 6,000 Jobs. Jobs for 6,000 are called for in Montana, he said, at the rate of 400 | a day, with Joseph E. Parker, State | administrator at Helena, directing. In Wyoming 2,000 men are to be | employed at the rate of 706 a day, | under the direction of Will G. Metz, | State administrator at Cheyenne, Wil- liams said. Minnesota’s schedule calls for the | employment of 7,500 at an average of | 800 a day, under direction of Victor Christgau, State administrator at St. Paul. From the stricken area came word there was no hope of substantial relief within the next 36 hours from the record heat and prolonged aridity. Death Toll 72. At least 72 deaths had resulted from the sun beating down mercilessly for six consecutive days on the area ex- tending from the rich corn belt of Illinois and Indiana to the wheat fields of Kansas, the cattle ranges of Wyo- ming and Montana and the great crop- producing States of the Dakotas and Minnesota. As the temperatures rose to heights reaching 120 degrees, crop losses aounted with accompanying rapidity. Already damage has been estimated at 1$300,000,000. In North America’s major grain Imarkets, prices resumed their sensa- tional upward trend, started three weeks ago when the serious extent of the damage became known, and halted but slightly since by profit taking. The Chicago Grain Exchange re- pported corn gained 4 cents and wheat 3, to reach once more the highest prices since 1934. No relief was sighted. Meteorologists generally predicted, instead, a con- tinuation of the fair and torrid weath- er that has spread death, misery and destruction across the midcontinent. United States Aid Promised. But desperate Western planters re- ceived good news that President Roose- velt was swinging the Government into action behind a program designed to carry 170,000 farm families and their harassed live stock through the crisis. ‘Temporary allocations of $393,000 to #ix drought-stricken States have been made by the Resettlement Administra- tion pending release of new funds for relief in the area. The allocations by States follow: North Dakota, $125,000; South Da- kota, $150,000; Kansas, $50,000; Ne- braska, $20,000; Montana, $35,000, and ‘Wyoming, $13,000. President Roosevelt announced late yesterday they would receive aid through W. P. A. work and subsistence Joans and grants, while small cattle breeders would receive Federal loans to save their foundation herds. 204,000 Families Need Aid. The President estimated 204,000 farm families—the bulk of them in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wyoming and Montana—were in need of some form of immediate cash relief. He said 60,000 were being employed on W. P. A. well digging, dam building and farm- to-market road construction projects nt an average weekly wage of $15. He disclosed 2,800 men were being hired daily in South Dakota, 2,000 in North Dakota, 800 in Minnesota and between 300 and 400 in Montana. Mr. Roosevelt said subsistence loans would be advanced to 50,000 families through the Resettlement Administra- tion in addition to 70,000 already re- ceiving such aid. Means of assisting 34,000 others must be worked out. He also announced plans to adjust “dust bowl” farmers to new enter- prises. Next month, the President said, he Three New War Estimates Are Filed in House of Commons. BACKGROUND— Great Britain led in the fight for world disarmament until re- armament of Germany and Italian threat to sever the “lifeline” of the empire through the Mediterranean brought home England’s weakness on the sea and in the air. Deter- mined to preserve its supremacy, British government undertook to build up an invincible navy and air force, scrapping the ideal of dis- armament and dependence on the League. Move for huge defense force has met resistance. By the Associated Fross. LONDON, July 8.—Three new esti- | mates, filed in the House of Commons, billion-dollar defense program. The government informed Parlia- ment it would ask additional appro- | priations of $100,000,000 or more to bolster army, navy and air forces | ready to meet any threat. The total of the new askings was not disclosed when the estimates were tabled in the lower chamber. Members expected to learn the exact | amounts Thursday. Informed sources predicted the new requests would be for between £15,000,~ 000 and £25,000,000 ($75,000,000 and $125,000,000) in addition to the reg- ular and extra appropriations already approved by the Commons. Big Boost for Navy. Broken down, the new askings would boost the navy fund somewhere in the neighborhood of $50,000,000, and & similar approximate amount to the air force appropriation, and increase the army cash balance about $25,000,~ 000. The total amount of the British de- fense budget, on the basis of prelimi- nary information, would thus be brought to approximately $990,005,000, divided as follows: Navy (total), $451,150,000. Already approved, $401,150,000. Estimated new asking, $50,000,000. Air Force (total), $267,450,000 Already approved, $217.450, Estimated new asking, $50,000,000. Army (total), $271,405,000. Already approved, $246,405,000. Estimated new asking, $25,000,000. As Parliament made ready to con- (See DEFENSE, Page 4.) - TRIP HINTS CHANGE IN AUSTRIAN POLICY Vienna Vice Chancellor Departs for Official Visit to Premier Goemboes of Hungary. ' By the Associated Press. VIENNA, July 8—An important foreign policy step, perhaps toward an Austro-German rapprochement, was foreseen today with the departure for Budapest of Vice Chancellor Eduard Baar-Baarenfeld of Austria. He is making the trip as an official visit to Premier Julius Goemboes of Hungary. Under the Rome pact—signed by Austria, Italy and Hungary—a signa- tory cannot undertake a change of its foreign policy without the consent of the other two. Observers believed Italy's approval was obtained before even the slightest overture was made to Hungary and before the vice chancellor was dis- patched on his visit to Goemboes. FRENCH STRIKERS OUSTING PLANNED Government and Labor Join in Three-Step Program of Persuasion. BACKGROUND— Lejtist charges that opponents are plotting a bloody uprising for Bastille day had cdused rioting and disorders. Premier Blum's dissolu- tion of the Croiz de Feu was fol- lowed by its reorganization as “So= cial” party. The Rightist resiste ance to Left wing continued to ez~ press itself in labor occupying face tories. 8y the Associated Press. PARIS, July 8—Government and labor joined today in a concerted ef- fort to evacuate business places oc- cupied by striking workmen. Roger Salengro, minister of the in- | terior, enlisted assistance from labor | States district attorney here pointed Great Britain today toward a | unions to redeem his promise to the | prosecutor of the Charles F. Urschel ‘ | Senate the government “will not tol- | kidnapers, had a substantial lead on | | erate” further occupation of factories | the by strikers. With the approval of Premier Leon Blum, Salengro outlined to union leaders a three-step program of bring- ing a halt to the refusals to work. He said the steps were: 1. The strikers will first be asked | by the unions to evacuate their places. 2. If they refuse, the government will make a similar request. 3. If the workers still refuse to re- cede from their positions, the govern- ment and labor will join in persuasive measures to halt the occupation. Other Measures Withheld. “The government will employ other measures only if all efforts of per- suasion fail,” the minister told the labor leaders. Salengro’s plan to bring labor peace | to strife-torn France drew threats of a Communist split from support of the Blum cabinet as the extreme Left wing interpreted the interior minister’s promise as a warning force might be used against strikers. “Reaction will interpret these words as announcing the use of force against workers,” the Communist newspaper Humanite declared. “The least that can be said is that Salengro did not weigh his words.” . Radical-Socialists, however, ap- plauded the minister’s declaration through their newspaper, Ere Nouvelle, and warned the Socialist premier the Senate “expected the Government to keep its word.” Blum’s own newspaper, Le Populaire, refrained from comment other than observing Salengro’s statement was made under continued questioning by a Rightist member of the Senate. A decrease in the number of strikers was reported officially, with the num- ber of workers still away from their jobs set at 83,327 throughout the nation. Directors Locked Up. Two directors of the Citroen auto- mobile factory near Chaumont were reported locked up by strikers when they refused demands to dismiss two engineers. The directors were released after three hours, government officials asserted. Finance Minister Vincent Auriol out- lined plans before the Chamber of Deputies for revision of the laws of the Bank of France. The measure, & Socialist reform pro- posal designed to end financial control by an inner group known as the “two hundred families,” would replace the board of regents by a new committee of directors. Most Powerful Locomotive Ready. ERIE, Pa, July 8 (#).—The most powesful single-unit Diesel-electric locomotive built in this country was ready today for tests. Driver Admits Hiring Sldyers Of Rich Brother of Employer By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, July 8.—Indiana State police began a search today for three men who Capt. Matt Leach said, were named last night by Heber L. Hicks, 38-year-old Cincinnati chauf- feur, as the slayers of Harry L. Miller, retired Cincinnati fire captain. Leach announced at Seymour, Ind., last night that Hicks had confessed he employed the three men to kill Miller and said the murder occurred lthfl]fi"l cottage at New Trenton, Ind. Miller’s dismembered body was found in Kentucky recently. The torso was found near Eminence, Ky., and the head and hands, imbedded in a box of cement, were found in a lake near Carrollton, Ky. Hicks' confession, Leach said, ex- onerated Miss Flora Miller, 66, the murdered man’s sister, who had been held by State police for several days, and she was released. Robbery was the motive for the murder, Leach said, and he added that Hicks told him he had $120,000 worth of securities, belonging to Mil- ler, in a safe in Cincinnati. Miller was killed June 11, Hicks told State police, but he insisted (See DROUGHT, Page 3.) * hpyumntheootugayhenam murder took place. The body, minus the head and hands, was found June 19 and the head and hands were found June 28. State police obtained the statement from Hicks at Seymour last night after several days of dodging around the gtate with him and Miss Miller in an effort to avoid service of & writ of habeas corpus to bring about their release. The statement said Miller did not die until his slayers were almost to the Kentucky line and the body was dis- membered after they reached that State. Freinds of Miller identified the head and hands and although’ the murdered man's sister viewed them four times she never made a positive identification, Several days ago State police ar- rested Miss Miller and Hicks, when they went to the New Trenton cot- tage. They denied knowledge of the murder and after a Marion County (Ind.) jailer had permitted an un- authorized interview with Miss Miller Capt. Leach moved his prisoner o another AS NEW DEALERS LEAD IN PRIMARY Lee in Forefront of Race. Marland Fights Smith for Run-Off Place. HERBERT HYDE AT HEAD OF REPUBLICAN TICKET McKeever and Kellough Battle for Second Berth in Oklahoma Senatorial Contest. By the Assoclated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, July 8.—Gov. E. W. Marland and Gomer Smith, Na- tional Townsend Old-Age Pension Club vice president, took the spotlight today in the battle royal for the Demo- cratic United States senatorial nomi- nation that eliminated blind Senator T. P. Gore and placed Representative Josh Lee in the forefront. Marland and Smith contended close- ly for second place in the Democratic senatorial tabulations of yesterday's primary election. Lee, humorist and former University of Oklahoma pro- fessor, will be bracketed, against the winner of second place in a run-off | primary July 28. Tabulation of unofficial returns showed Representative Lee gradually increasing his lead over the field. Gore, veteran of 19 years in the Senate, ran fourth and conceded de- feat. Marland Leads Smith. Marland held a small, slowly widening lead over Smith today. In | 2,677 precincts out of the State’s | 3,411, he polled 94,383 votes to Smith's 192,363, Lee had 132,383 votes at the | same stage and Gore 74,038. | Herbert K. Hyde, former United | and Republican senatorial ticket, | while Horace McKeever, Enid lawyer, |and Robert W. Kellough, Tulsa at- torney, were in a spirited race for the Jolhcr run-off berth. | With 1,064 precincts reported, Hyde | | had a vote of 12,804, McKeever 4,628 |and Kellough 4,199. i “People Have Spoken.” “The people giveth and tae people taketh away,” sald Gore, who had served the State in the Senate for 19 years. “The people have spoken and | I keep silent. I thank each and every friend for what they have done in my behalf.” Lee, youthful and energetic, won | his run-off place with a surprising | burst of strength. Pulling heavily in city and rural | precincts alike, Lee, stanch New Dealer, took a commanding lead early and continued to top the eight-man race as returns rolled in. Marland, also a New Deal advocate, trailed in the early returns, but pusnea ahead of Smith, with the added asser- tion, “I'll take no part in third-party movements.” Rogers Appears Victor. Running against a field of 15 Dem- ocrats, Representative Will Rogers, Oklahoma’s Representative at Large, appeared early to have won the Dem- ocratic nomination for a third term. Early returns indicated three other Democratic Representatives might escape the run-off primary. They were Representatives Wesley Disney, Jed Johnson and Sam Massingale. The other four Democratic Repre- sentatives seeking re-election appar- ently faced run-off contests. They were Phil Ferguson, Jack Nichols, (See GORE, Page 4.) CADMAN HOLDING OWN Radio Preacher Still in Critical Condition, However. PLATTSBURGH, N. Y, July 8 (). —Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, fighting peri- tonitis and a ruptured appendix, was reported today to be holding his own, although still in a very critical con- dition. Prederick L. Cadman, son of the in- ternationally known churchman, said: “We feel a little more encouraged, but it will be three or four days before the trend can be determined. “We feel that we have the very best medical help and that he could not have better treatment.” Dr. Cadman has been a patient in the Champlain Valley Hospital since he was stricken Sunday night. Mem- bers of the family spend brief intervals at the bedside. Airmail Inquiry Expected to Be Left Unreported Ristine Findings Confi- dential, Says Attorney General Cummings. ‘The long-awaited Ristine report on the airmail investigation by the Jus- tice Department is destined to remain secret indefinitely, Attorney General Cummings said today. In fact, he added, he does not think it will ever be completed. In any case his present intention is to regard the findings of Col. Carl O. Ristine as con- fidential and not subject to public in- epection. Cummings recently advised Post- master General Farley by letter that the Justice Department had found no evidence of criminality in connection with the award of airmail contracts under former Postmaster General Brown. The Government, acting on Cummings’ advice, has settled out of court 5 of the 15 airmail suits filed by aviation companies in the Court of Claims. The Attorney General said Ristine is continuing his duties as special as- sistant in charge of the airmail in- vestigation pending final disposition atmremflnmxumflru. | Circuit Court here today. ening Stae The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. (#) Means Associated Press. Yesterday’s Circulation, 131,760 (Some returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. S0 LONG,BILL! 1 MAY BE SEEIN You! INSPECTOR PLEADS GUILTY INBRIBERY Charge Reduced to Misde- meanor in Arlington County Sewer Case. Srcctal Dispatek to The Star ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., July 8.—After Judge Walter T. Mc- | Carthy ruled the bribery charge against | him a misdemeanor, Louis Bishop, a | former county sewer inspector, plead- ed guilty to the charge and was given | a one-year suspended jail sentence in | The judge sustained the plea of Frank L. Ball, attorney for Bishop, | that a technicality in law prevented | the charge against the inspector who | pleaded guilty to having received a | $500 bribe from being classed as a felony, as the indictment against him read. Ball's contention that Bishop was an employe, but not an officer of the county, a distinction which de- termined the nature of the charge against him, was upheld. The suspended sentence, given on recommendation of Commonwealth’s Attorney Lawrence W. Douglas, was in line with Judge McCarthy's decis- ion on a guilty plea entered yesterday | by Nicholas C. Nichols, member of an | Erie, Pa., construction firm who plead- ed guilty to having given Bishop the $500 “gift of gratuity. Nichols received a five-year sus- pended sentence on recommendation of the Commonwealth attorney yes- terday. Both men withdrew previous pleas of not guilty. They were indicted by | an April grand jury of the court after | being arrested in March. The in- dictment charged that Nichols gave Bishop the $500 bribe in connection with erroneous reports filed by the inspector for work performed by the | contractor’s firm during construction | of a part of the $2,700,000 county- wide sewer system. The alleged incorrect report was said to have caused the county to overpay more than $5000 for one sewer line. The overpayments. were deducted on subsequent estimates. MRS. WHITNEY SUED BY LEESBURG BANK Mrs. Nina Carter Tabb Also Named in Action to Col- lect $5,000. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va, July 8—Suit to collect $5,000 with interest, from Mrs. Nina Carter Tabb and Mary Eliza- beth Whitney (Mrs. John Hay Whit- ney), has been filed in Loudoun Coun- ty Circuit Court by the Loudoun Na- tional Bank of Leesburg. ‘The suit, filed through W. A. Metz- ger, attorney for the bank claimed collection on a negotiable note for $5,000 signed August 13, 1935, and payable in six months. Collection had “heretofore been de- manded and refused,” the suit claimed. Notice was served June 27 by S. P.{ Alexander, deputy sheriff of Loudoun County, and & copy of the motion was posted on the Whitney door July 1, ia the absence of the defendant. The interest runs from date of the note last August 13, and the suit also asks costs, and attorney fee of 10 per cent. —_— MERCURY DUE TO NEAR HIGH FOR SEASON TODAY Expected to Climb to 95 Degrees. Fair and Warmer Is Forecast. The mercury was expected to climb toward the season’s high mark this afternoon. The temperature probably will reach 95 degrees, a maximum not equaled for several weeks. The ' current forecast called for “fair and warmer weather tonight; tomorrow generally fair and continued ‘warm.” The high 88 and the low grees, y afternoon was morning 67 de- e Travelers Are Warned. (#)—The United States consulate today issued a warning that United States currency may be con- fiscated from travelers in Poland. It said that almost every day some American traveler arrives in Berlin complaining that his money was confiscated by Pglish Auumrmes. | 94 Rockefeller Nears Century Goal With Cake, 97 Candles Financier to Celebrate ! by Eating Slice. | Health Good. B the Assoctated Press. LAKEWOOD, N. J., July 8 —Ninety- | seven candles shone today on John D. Rockefeller’s birthday cake, with one slice reserved for the aged financier himself. “Of course, he'll eat some,” said a member of his househcld. “There’s no reason why he won't eat cake, be- cause he eats everything he wants.” | This declaration added emphatic | though unofficial support to a state- ment issued by the muitimillionaire | for his birthday anniversary: | “My good condition of health is simply a miracle to me.” With members of his family and a| few friends gathering to join in a| quiet celebration of the event, today was another milestone in Mr. Rocke- feller's march to his goal—a century of preparation, after which, he once | said, he “shall begin to really live.” i For the first time in many years, (See ROCKEFELLER, Page 2.) | ETHIOPIANS FACE ‘WASS REPRISALS' Italian Flyers Reported Sent to Avenge Slaying of Ten Comrades. Py the Assoctated Press. ROME, July 8—Italian military airplanes were reported today sent out to make “mass reprisals” against an Ethiopian district in which at least four Italian flyers were slain June 26. Among those killed was Maj. An- tonio Locatelli, famous pilot and a member of the Balbo mass flight to the United States in 1933, and Gen. Vincenzo Magliocco, assistant chief of aviation in East Africa during the ‘war. ‘The victims, occupying three air- planes, had been making an obser- | vation flight over the Wallega area. | They landed fh a district frequented by fierce and hostile tribesmen. ‘The natiyes attacked the group, de- stroying the planes and killed the 10 occupants. Priest Reports Massacre. A priest, Rev. Father Barollo, a pas- senger, escaped and carried the news of the massacre to Addis Ababa. Other victims included Col. Carlo Calderini and a mechanic named Prosso. ‘The official communique telling of the affair did not explain the fate of the others who must have been in- cluded in the party. It described the attackers as irregular Ethiopian sol- diers. The official statement said the air mission previously had landed at other points in the district and had been welcomed cordially by the population. “Mass Reprisals” Ordered. The news did not reach Addis Ababa (See ETHIOPIA, Page 4.) { ment of the royal arsenal at Wool- BLAST IN ARSENAL KILLS 5 BRITONS Official Is Among Dead in Woolwich Explosion. Fire Raging. £y the Associated Press. LONDON, July 8—An explosion ripped through the research depart- wich late today, killing five persons, | one a department official. One other employe was seriously. Fire departments from the town, a metropolitan borough of London, | aided arsenal squads in combatting flames, which broke out after the blast. | The war department, for the time being, did not disclose the cause of | the explosion at the great arsenal, | which is a key factor in the empire’s | huge scheme of defensive rearma- | ment. | Likewise, the extent of the damage was not known. War Office Announcement. The announcement merely said: “The war office regrets to an- nounce an explosion occurred in the | research department of the royal arsenal at Woolwich this afternoon | which caused the death of five per- | sons.” injured | The Woolwich Arsenal is located 9 | miles from London. In addition, there are extensive barracks for the royal artillery, the royal Army Service Corps, etc., and a dockyard. Royal gun and carriage factories, the royal ammunition factories, and | the royal filling factories are located there, as is the Royal Military Acad- emy. Largest in Britain. It is the largest arsenal in Great Britain, covering 593 acres and em- ploying 14,000 men in normal times. The military academy, known to the service as “The Shop,” is located on the common, south of the town. U. S. TO BE MEDIATOR IN BOUNDARY FIGHT Ecuador and Peru to Submit Case to Roosevelt for Arbitration. By the Associated Press. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, July 8.— The dispute between Ecuador and Peru over the location of their joint bound- ary will be submitted to President Roosevelt for arbitration this Fall, the foreign office announced today. The protocol for arbitration, it was stated, was signed yesterday in Lima, Peru. It provides arbitration accord- ing to law, Peru and Ecuador each to name three delegates, who will meet in Washington September 30, 1936, and Peru and Ecuador to maintain the status quo along the boundary until President Roosevelt decides the exact line. The delegates will be: For Ecuador, Homero Viteri Lafronte, Alejandro Ponce Borja and Jose Vicente Trujillo; for Peru, Francisco Tudela, Arturo Garcia Salazar and Victor Andres Belaunde. Royal Air Force Inspected By Edward By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 8—King mwudl inspected the Royal Air Force by air today—flying in his own airplane on a tour of several airdromes. With him, in the blue and red ship, traveled the Duke of York, heir-ap- parent to the throne. The King, as chief of the air force, wore a light blue uniform with the new British fleld service cap. He wore & mourning band on his arm. The Duke of York was similarly uniformed. It was the sovereign’s fourth flight since his accession to the throne in January. Previously he had flown from Sandringham to London, from London to Southampton and from Devonshire to London. Today he started from Windsor. The first half of the tour was at Northolt, where the King’s personal pilot, Flight Lieut. Edward Fielden, brought the | hour. plane to earth on scheduled time to the minute. The King opened the cabin door and jumped lightly to the ground. ’ in Own Plane His majesty was welcomed by Air Chief Marshal Sir Edward Ellington, who presented several high officers of the Royal Air Force. The King then inspected the aircraft and crews of three fighter squadrons. Edward showed interest in the di- rection finding station. He was given a demonstration with an airplane in flight. In other departments, where some of the major secrets of the air defense are housed, only the King, the Duke of York and a few high officers were allowed to enter. His majesty had an impressive proof of how soon the fighting planes can be in the air. An alarm siren sounded and in three minutes, nine planes with crews and full fighting equipment were up. Another impressive spectacle was the diving of “Fury” machines from | & height of 3,000 feet at 300 miles an Later the King and his brother went to Wittering, where another large- |and John L. Lewis, scale demonstration along similar lines was held. ! LEWIS AND GREEN FACE SHOWDOWN IN STEEL DISPUTE ASA.F.OF L MEETS Executive Council to Act To- , day on Clash Between Leaders Over Organiza- tion of Industry. SUSPENSION OF C. I. 0. SEEN TEMPORARY MOVE Expulsion May Be Asked Later if Full Agreement Is Not Reached — Both Sides Issue Statements Defending Union Policies. BACKGROUND— Labor has two fights on its hands, one with the steel industry and one within itself. The latter is an outgrowth of the old issue of craft vs. industrial unionzation, with the A. F. of L. leadership favoring the former and John L. Lewis heading a faction supporting the latter. The Lewis group faction recently decided to push an organization drive in the steel industry, the de- cision precipitatng both of the above fights, as industry threw all its resources into resisting and the A. F. of L. leadership immediately called the aggressite Lewis to ac- count. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Carrying the weight of labor's most momentous crisis in years, members of the Executive Council of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor went intc closed session at 2:30 p.m. today. Before them was the problem of serving as judges in complaints which they had directed against the 12 mem- ber unions of the Committee for In- dustrial Organization and which those unions were refusing to answer. In brief, the major charge is that the C. I. O. has promoted dual unionism and is transgressing prerogatives of the A. F. of L. in pressing independ- ently its organization campaign in the steel industry. On the council's decision today may hang the fate of that campaign an< the future prestige of William Greer, rival factional leaders. Also involved is the important political effect which a sharp labor split would have in the coming presi- | dential campaign. Setting the stage for the council's deliberations was a last-minute battle of statements between Green and Lewis and reiteration by the latter that he would not honor the council with his presence. Other C. I. O. leaders ar: following his example. Smarting under this rebuff, and re- minded by Green of the “serious” | offenses of the C. I. O, the council | may vote suspensions of the C. I. O. unions from the A. F. of L., with the intention of voting their expulsion at a later date. Such a decision, of course, would constitute a sharp and conclusive break, divide the labor movement into two non-co-operating camps, minimize the effectiveness of the pending organization drive and have its effect on the labor vote in the November elections, on which the Democrats are counting. The most likely alternative is that the council will recede temporarily and postpone action on the alleged offenses. The rift already is believed too sharp to permit the council as a whole to condone the C. I. O. action and extend any co-operation in the coming organization drive. An omigous sign for those who were hopeful that the two labor factions l‘z\'ou]d “bury the hatchet” in the com= mon cause of & war with industry was plainly noted this morning as Green gave Lewis and the C. I. O. a public scolding and was answered in kind by (See STEEL, Page 5.) ANOTHER BD'RAH BACKER SAYS SENATOR WILL RUN McKaig, Mentioned as Candidate, Declares Idahoan to Seek Re-election. By the Associated Press. BOISE, Idaho, July 8.—Reports that Senator Willlam E. Borah of Idaho would seek re-election became more definite today as to the time he would announce, but the Senate veteran only smiled when asked to comment. The latest of the Idahoan's friends and associates to say he would run again was Ray McKaig, fleld agent for the Senator in his unsuccessful cam- paign for the Republican presidential nomination. “Senator Borah will announce Sat- urday that he will be a candidate of the Republican primary ticket for re- election to the United States Senate,” McKaig told newsmen. At the same time McKaig, himself mentioned as a possible candidate, announced he would not run, “since Borah will seek re-election.” Readers’ Guide Amusements Answers to Questions.. Death Motices - Editorial Financial News. ___ Lost and Found News Comment Features A-11 Washington Wayside..__.A-2 .Wonnn‘s(aze = Bl