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SUPERIOR EDITING HELD RADIO NEED Swing Tells Affairs Institute Present System Is Danger to Democracy. By the Assoclzted Press. CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va., July 14. ~—Raymond Gram Swing, former edi- tor of The Nation, toid the Institute of Public Affairs today that the radio may destroy American democracy un- less its programs are better edited and political broadcasting is separated from commercialism. The radio presents “public affairs in such a muddle of confusion that listeners are unable to cope with the fiood ot material,” while another dan- ger lies in the “sale of radio time for political purposes,” he said. Swing, radio commentator on American affairs for the British Broadcasting Corp. and commentator on European affairs for the Columbia | Broadcasting Corp.'s School of the Air spoke on “Public Opinion in a Democracy.” Political Problem “Thorny.” The present method of handling public affairs. he said, leads listeners to con:ciude that they are “too diffi- rult to think through.” Sale of radio time for political pur- poses is a “thorny problem.,” Swing Washington | Wayside | Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. GAY DIVORCEES. N OPERATIVE returned to the office today with tears in his eyes, having heard a soul- searing tale about two young divorcees who work in Washington. It was Saturday night and very hot |in their apartment and neither had a date, so they sat in their nighties and amused themselves blowing soap bubbles. | Just as ihey were recovering the | soap bubble blowing expertness of | their childhood, with excited “ahs” |and “ohs" one of them spoiled the | party by letting a particularly prom- declared. “But the principle that radio com- panies may derive revenue from sell- ing political time is fundamentally re- pugnant to democracy, for it limits the radio to political interests which | have money to pay for the time, and that at once makes ability to pay the test of time.” | He expressed “sympathy’ casting companies, which time free of charge three years, but which cannot afford to do so on elec- tion year. when so much more time is demanded Cease to Be Democratic. “The truth remains,” he added, “that the moment broadcasters sell time for political purposes, they cease to be democratic. If newspapers were to cease publishing political news un- less they were subsidized by politi- cal parties, they, too. would cease to be democratic institutions.” Lambdin Kay. general manager of Station WSB of the Atlanta Journal, voiced the opinion that the American system of broadcasting merited “ever- Tasting credit for patriotically, mili- tantly and intelligently plugging along in the public interest, . convenience Bnd necessity, despite the tempting material rewards for abuse of this power beckoning at every hand.” Radio has brought a new type of folitical convention into being. Swing asserted Conventions Not Deliberative. “The political conventions of this vear were not deliberative. They were not representative bodies, made up of chosen persons who met together to | discuss choices and then to make them. They were nothing but gigan- | tic studios for broadcasters, with the | <elegates aciing as supers, yelling 2heir heads off to provide that great wounterfeit for enthusiasm called hoise. ¥ “There ought to have been discus- sion at Cleveland, for one of the ma- jor parties was going through the confusion and perplexity of changing leadership and modifying control. But it wasn't done because you mustn't| ebate on the air, you must hide dif- | | | ™ for broad- give their erence of opinion and make the mil- ions believe the party is united.” | THE WEATHER : District of Columbia—Mostly cloudy and warmer, possibly local thunder ghowers tonight; tomorrow generally fair: cooler tomorrow afternoon or night: moderate southwest shifting {o north winds. ; Maryland — Mostl and | iightly warmer: possibly local thun- fler showers tonight: tomorrow gen- erally fair. except local thunder show- brs in extreme West portion: cooler tomorrow afternoon and night. Virginia—Scattered thunder show- rs probable tonight and tomorrow; | E;armsr tonight, cooler tomorrow aft- | noon and night. | West Virginia—Generally fair to- night and tomorrow, except scattered | thunder showers tomorrow afternoon; | continued warm, except not quite so warm in North portion tomorrow. River Report. ‘Potomac cloudy, Shenandoah clear | today. cloudy Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature. Baromete: yesterday— B 5. ,ipm Inghey Record for Last 23 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, R8. noon today. Year ago. 89. ' Lowest. 70. 6 am today. Year a Record Temperatures This Year. Highest. 105. on July 10. Lowest ‘0 on January Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest. 97 per cent. at 5 a.m. today. Lowest. 62 per cent. at noon today. Tide Tables. | (Furnished by United States Coast and | Geodetic Survey.) | ‘Tomorrow. High 4:49 | Low The Sun and Moon. Sun. today tomorrow . today_ 2 Automobile lights must sne-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation In_{nci i hes n t Capital (current month to date): i September _. tober _. ovember December Weather in Various Cities. Temp. Rain- Baro. H'h Low fall Weath's 96 96 72 0.08 Cl Stations. Rbuene. Tex lbany. N. %<3~y R E] 0.0:2 94 10 2086 1( 22990 94 225990 S 23FRIARINE e New York. N. Y. Oklahoma ' City. Qmaba, Neb Ehiladeinhia Eroenix. Ar £tsbus L J/ASH. D. RRREN er ising bubble burst while she remarked, ‘A couple of gay divorcees at the Nation's Capital on Saturday night!” They both went back to their read- |ing * x ok X AUTO LAUNDRY. The picture of Washingtonians washing and polishing their cars along the banks of the stream in Rock Creek Park is one that a visiting New Yorker will not soon Jorget. On a drive through the park tMe other day he looked on with the deepest interest at citizens rub- bing and wazring at their cars. His eventual comment, his Washington host figured, would be something worth remembering. He thinks mow that it was: “I think,” said the visitor, “that you have here the most beautiful auto laundry in the world.” G A LA RECHERCHE. HARKING back a year or two it might be recalled that this torrid spell is “not so hot,” as illustrated by the following incidents Some two years ago, when the United States Weather Bureau kiosk was standing in the park across from the National Theater the thermome- ter began to climb to record-break- ing heights one Summer day. Of- ficially the instrument was limited to 110 degrees and when it reached 106 degrees a crowd gathered, many hope- ful and others expectant, that when the limit of 110 degrees was exceeded there would be an explosion. The mercury climbed to 107, 108, but when it hit 109 degrees a thundershower came along and the records and the thermometer remained intact. In a hot period a few years ago the heat was intense enough to start the automatic fire extinguisher in the show window of a downtown depart- ment store. sl CAMERA MEN These fellows who snap a candid camera at you when you are walk- ing along the streets and then hand you a card so you can order a picture are fast workers. They take several hundred pic- tures a day. Eight or nine “side- walk camera men” are working in Washington. One of them told us there were two rival companies in the field. Sometimes a man working for one company and the employe of an- other talk together in a friendly manner—fraternize in the trenches, 30 to speak. The sidewalk camera business has been in vogue in Washington two years. It flourished in New York and Atlantic City before that. It has also spread to Western cities. Be- lieve it or not, ’tis said a good camera man can make 900 side- walk snapshots a day. * x x % REHEARSAL. RESIDENT of Northeast Wash- ington was awakened out of his slumber Sunday morning by the oddest noise that ever woke him, or maybe any one else. In his half-con- | scious state, he could not tell whether he was dreaming he was hearing a broadcast of a ball game or actually listening to one. “Ball four. the voice. The citizen turned over, rubbed his eyes, looked at his wrist watch and found it was 8:30 am. A ball game at such an hour was impossible, but Gehrig walks,” said | there was the voice droning on: “Strike two.” The mystified citizen looked out | the window in the direction from which the voice came. Sitting there all alone in the world of his dreams was a lad of 10 “broadcasting” through an improvised microphone an imaginary base ball game. It was such fun that the “audi- ence” hung on right to the end of the game. YO dure hardship in the pursuit of his * X * ¥ ANGLER. UR dyed-in-the-wool fisherman | sport, but few anglers would care to match Harvey L. Cobb of the Press Building in that respect. A ripple on the water is quite enough to make i him seasick, yet he seldom turns down a fishing trip. Recently Cobb and several friends spent two days angling at Oregon Inlet, N. C. On the first day they barely had begun casting when Cobb did his customary act—over the side of the boat. Next morning the skipper was taking orders for breakfast, when Cobb put in: “I'll have a large platter of bacon and eggs, half a dozen biscuits, cof- fee and whatever else you can think of that might go with a fisherman’s breakfast. When the grub is ready let me have a look at it. Then throw it overboard.” —_— Cuban Minister Approved. HAVANA, July 14 (#)—The Senafe approved yesterday the nomination of Count Nicolas Del Rivero as Cuban Minister to Austria and the Vatican City. A 1 is noted for a willingness to en- | THE EVENING U.3. JURORS STUDY WENDEL KIDNAPING Wilentz Spends More Than Hour in Discussion With Panel. By the Associatea Press. NEWARK, N. J, July 14.—Attorney General David T. Wilentz spent more |than an hour before the Federal grand jury today and said upon leav- ing that he had discussed with the jury the entire Paul H. Wendel kid- naping case. ‘The prosecutor of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, who was executed for the Lindbergh baby kidnap-murder, would not give details of the grand jury discussion of the Wendel case, which was a sequel to the Lindbergh kidnaping. Wilentz said he had been summoned two or three days ago to appear today. Julius 8. Riffel, foreman of the grand Jjury, requested his appearance by tele- phone but did not tell him for what purpose, he said. Another Session July 27. Today's session was to have been the last for the present grand jury, but because of the pressure of pending business, court officials said another | session would be held July 27. A committee of Federal grand jurors | conferred one day last week with Federal Judge Guy L. Fake in what was reported to have been a discus- sion of possible Federal action in the Wendel case. Wendel, a disbarred Trenton lawyer, | signed a statement for Ellis Parker, | s chief of Burlington County de- | tectives, that he kidnaped the Lind- bergh baby. The statement resulted in a three- .day delay in the execution of Bruno | Richard Hauptmann for the kidnap- ! slaying of the Lindbergh child to permit a Mercer County (Trenton) grand jury investigation. “Confession” Repudiated. Later, Wendel repudiated the “con- fession” before Wilentz, who prose- cuted Hauptmann. Parker and his son, Ellis, jr.. were irdicted in Kings County (Brooklyn), N. Y., on charges of kidnaping Wendel and taking him to Brooklyn, where he alleged he was “tortured” into signing the statement. Gov. Hoffman, close friend of the elder Parker, had reopened the in- vestigation of the Lindbergh case | while Hauptmann waited to die in the electric chair and refused to honor an extradition request from New York for the elder Parker. Wendel, through counsel in New York, said he would seek to have the | case considered by Federal authorities. 'A. P. LOSES APPEAL IN WATSON CASE Labor Board Upheld as Court | Orders Press Service to | Reinstate Employe. (From yesterday's 5:30 edition.) | ©v the Associatea Press. NEW YORK. July 13.—The United | States Circuit Court of Appeals for | the Southern New York district today | upheld the United States Labor Re- ‘htxons Board in ordering the Associ- | ated Press to reinstate a discharged employe, Morris Watson. Written by Judge Martin T. Man- | ton and subscribed to by Judges | Thomas W. Swann and A. N. Hand, the opinion said: “We think the order was validly made by the board and must be en- | forced.” | The opinion said that the court was agieed the Associated Press was en- gaged in interstate commerce. It added the labor relations act “does not hamper the legitimate right of the employer, who may discharge his em- ploye for inefficiency or any other cause agreeable to him. provided he does not use the power of discharge as a weapon for interfering with the | right of employes to organize and bar- gain collectively. “The employer retains full control of the right to bargain with his em- ployes over the wage he shall pay and working conditions he shall furnish. He remains the master of the oper- | ation of his business.” | The Associated Press appealed the | ruling of the board directly to the XCh’cun Court of Appeals. The board | charged the press association with | “unlawfully” discharging Watson, a reporter, |EDGE HEADS CAMPAIGN | WORK IN NEW JERSEY by the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. J., July 14—Walter E. Edge accepted the chairmanship of the Landon-Knox campaign in New Jersey yesterday at what Republican State Chairman Henry W. Jeffers, sr., termed a “harmonious” meeting of the Campaign Committee. The former Ambassador to France and one-time Senator appointed a subcommittee to work with him. He |named Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, Arthur T. Vanderbilt of Newark, Lloyd B. Marsh, Passaic County clerk; Mrs. Murray H. Coggeshall of Morristown, president of the State Republican Women’s Club, and Donald G. Col- lester of Paterson, president of the Young Republicans of New Jersey. The years. It is politics warm President in Alice Longworth, tracks in this congested area. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, A view from the southwest corner of the intersection of Fourteenth street and New York avenue, showing the work now in progress to change street car routes and eliminate some The dotted lines denote the in- stallation of new tracks and curves, while the black line shows the only track that is to be kept intact 2 | vicinity are to be removed or moved for alignment with con- All other tracks in the JULY 14, 1936. How Street Car Rerouting Will Affect Fourteenth Street nections. TWORED PARADES - AREHELD N PARS “People’s Front” Victory Is Celebrated on Bastille Anniversary. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 14—Two red parades swarmed througn Paris today as France celebrated the anniversary of the fall of the Bastille in 1789. The marchers were celebrating not only the revolution which overthrew the monarchy, but also the victory ot the “People’s Front” in the elections six weeks ago. Police and mobile guards, watchful lest the celebrations develop into riots with Nationalists, broke up a series of petty clashes. Mobile guards were called for brief actions in Bar-le-Duc and Lilie. In the capital the People’s Pront processions converged on the Bastille following a great army parade through the length of the city. The soldiers were reviewed by President Lebrun and, for the first time in history, a Socialist premier, Leon Blum. Masses of Red Flags Wave. In the civilian processions masses of red flags, with the Communist hamme > and sickle emblem in the center and tricolor patches on one corner, waved above the marchers’ heads Men, women and children swung along together. Truckloads of Communist children joined with their elders in singing the “Internationale” and shouting “Sovict everywhere!” Red predominated in the costumr many marchers wearing red hats, red | shirts and red skirts. Many of the women had decora | their dresses with three arrows, | symbol of the People’s Front. Communist cells (units) carried Those to be shifted are located at Fourteenth and H streets, where there is an unnecessary curve, and south of New York avenue, so that the Fourteenth street line will be perfectly straight. All preliminary work will be done in advance, and the new connections will be that street car service will be i morning hours. —Star Staff completed in a single night so nterrupted only during early- Photo, Diagram by Star Artist. Assignments of Haycock, Holmes and Smith Made Public. Supt. of Schools Frank W. Bailou today made public the administrative | assignments of the three recently ap- | pointad headquarters officers Robert L. Haycock. first assistant superintendent, will have charge of | all elementary schools and the De- | partments of Elementary School Su- | pervision and Educational Research | Assistant Supt. Chester W. Holmes is assigned to jurisdiction over all junior high schools and vocational schools, evening and Summer schools, the statistical office, emergency edu- cation and the Department of School Attendance and Works Permits. | Assistant Supt. Hervey A. Smith's jurisdiction is the Wilson Teachers’ College. all senior high schools, the Community Center Department, high | school cadets, the clerical service room | and W. P. A. projects | Dr. Ballou pointed out that assign- | ments refer only to the white school divisions, and that in cases where white and colored officers have joint responsibilities the assignments do By the Associzted Press. Calling John §. Famnsworth by a nickname — “Themer” —the Naval Academy year book for 1915 said: “Had he lived in the days of the old Navy. I doubt not that he would have been famous for desperate deeds |, and hairbreadth escapes. “His daring and reckless conduct has been the utter despair of the exec- utive department during his little four- year sojourn at the academy. Young- ster year a smoking ‘pap’ sent Johnny for his first cruise on the Reina Mercedes, which punishment had just been revived by the new administra- tion “Since then. his career has been checkered with periods of “sea duty.” Amcng all of his wild deeds. one in particular stands out alone and above. “Who has not heard of the mid- night ride of Paul Revere and the equally daring ‘midnight raid of | Johnny Farnsworth, or the mystery | of the missing pap sheets?’ “He had the O. C.'s (officer in 'BALLOU ANNOUNCES | “Daring, Reckless,” Said Naval DUTIES OF 3 AIDES Y oqrbook of Farnsworth in ’15 | charge) guessing that time and almost slipped through for another touch- down. : | “Aside from these escapades, in | which there was little really wrong. John's career has been filled with the usual round of pleasure and enjoi- ment. He is a fusser in a qualified | sense and can pour tea with Lhe best | of them. | “He is savvier than his class stand- | ing would indicate. but his knowl- cdge expresses itself in ways other than by the usual recitation room route. His diagram of curves for range corrections is a notable ex- ample of original thinking. Thence the name ‘Mayevskie.' “His multiple has suffered princi- pally from his preference for argu- ment over merely receiving a good mark."” The quotation from poetry beside the picture of Farnsworth in the year- book was from Milton “He can, I know, but doubt to think he will.” his time traveling, but lived mostly here and at his home in Cincinnati, Ohio. He had been here for several not modify those heretofore made to days and had spent the night sleep- the whose duties are continued. Farnsworth (Continued From First Page.) Farnsworth conversed with reporters The Department of Justice agents stood quietly among newspaper men until after the arraignment. There was no oral testimony of any kind Farnsworth told reporters after the | brief hearing that he knew nothing | of any confidential papers, but that some papers relating to naval mat- | ters had been stolen from his home in Chevy Chase, Md, while he was living there about a year ago. The charge, he said, is “a lot of hooey.” He said that, as nearly as he could remember, the theft occurred last July, but that the papers stolen, while were his personal property and had been obsolete for many years. He admitted having shown the documents to several persons, afterward. He denied they were of a confidential nature. Farnsworth also admitted having dealt with the Chinese and Japanese governments regarding naval aviation matters and said he had submitted ;plans of his own to the Chinese gov- |ernment relative to its military air forces, with the understanding he Chinese Army to put them into effect. later made a proposition to the Jap- he said. At intervals during the last several years, Farnsworth said, he had been a representative of the United Amer- ernment. He said he was not repre- senting that company at the present time. Farnsworth said he spent much of National Scene BY ALICE LONGWORTH NDER the present system of holding the nominating conven- tions in June, there is no way to avoid the tedious Summer of political skirmishing that the country undergoes every four generally recognized that activity during July and August is largely a matter of marking time until the weather cools off and up. One argument is that even if the conventions were held at a date nearer election it would only mean a longer pre-convention fight. Another is that it would give a great advantage to a office, who was seeking a second term. He would have the opportunity to tour the country before the opposition had selected its* standard bearer. On the other hand, it would be difficult to campaign with sustained fervor without a defi- nite adversary and program to attack. Some time one of the major parties should take the risk, cut the knot of custom, call its convention in September and make an in- tensive six to eight weeks' campaign. (Coprright, 1036.) anese government of a similar nature, | =~ & | writing relating to the national de- ican Bosch Co. and in that capacity | had dealings with the Japanese gov- ! I i | tice. they were official Navy documents, ' and | declared the theft took place shortly | would receive a commission in the | colored headquarters officers, |ing on a desk in a downtown office Jjust before he was picked up by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion. He said he was asked to go to the F. B. I. and went voluntarily. Farnsworth’s arrest followed a long vigil by naval intelligence officers and agents of the Department of Jus- His every move for many months has been carefully watched, officials indicated ‘The identity of the Japanese naval officer. to whom Farnsworth allegedly sold the document on May 15, 1935, was being carefully guarded. As sistant United States Attorney Robb intimated, however, his name is known to American naval authorities. He was said to have left this country. however. Officials were doubtful if charges could be placed against him under existing statutes. Farnsworth, who was dismissed from the Navy in 1927 for conduct “tending to impair the morals of the | service,” is allaged to have held at least one meeting in Washington with the Japanese officer. Robb said Farnsworth in recent vears had divided his time between Washington and St. Louis, Mo., being kept under surveillance in places. The complaint attached to the war- rant alleged specifically that Fams- worth on May 15, 1935, did, “with in- tent and reason to believe that the | same was to be used to the injury of | the United States and to the advan- | tage of a certain foreign nation, com- | | The negotiations fell through and he | municate, deliver and transmit to an officer and agent of the imperial Jap- anese navy a certain document and fense—to wit, a certair book entitled ‘The Service of Information and Se- curity,” a confidential publication of the United States Navy.” Questioned After Arrest. It is understood Farnsworth was held during the night at headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the Department of Justice, where he was questioned until late this morning. The United States code section un- der which the dismissed naval officer was charged fixes a penalty upon con- viction of “not more than 20 years' imprisonment” for ‘“unlawfully dis- closing information affecting the na- tional defense.” In time of war the offense is pun- ishable by death. State Department officlals said the affair probably would not be brought to the attention of the Japanese gov- ernment through diplomatic channels. Farnsworth graduated from the Naval Academy in 1915 and served two years of duty afterward. The Naval Academy year book of 1915 said of him: “His daring and reckless conduct has been the utter despair of the| executive department during his four- year sojourn.” J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Justice Department’s Bureau of Investigation, said Farnsworth's activities were not connected with those of Harry Thomas Thompson, sentenced on July 3 to serve 15 years’' imprisonment after con- viction in Los Angeles of selling confi- dential fleet data to a Japanese agent. Born in Illinois on August 13, 1893, Farnsworth was appointed to the academy in 1911, . In the Autumn of 1927 he was tried by a general court-martial at the both | | | Philadelphia Navy Yard on charges | of violating regulations issued by the Secretary of the Navy and of “scan- | dalous conduct tending to the destruc- tion of good morals.” He was found | guiity and recommended for dismissal. | On November 2, 1927, this sentence was confirmed by President Coolidge Officials said the first charge was concerned with Farnsworth's “having pecuniary dealings with an enlisted man in violation of lawful regula- tions” and that the second charge had to do with “inducements to per- jury.” Officials at the Navy Department, in explaining the charge resulting in | Farnsworth’s dismissal from the serv- | | ice, said it was alleged he borrowed | | approximately $100 from an enlisted man and then induced the latter to sign a false statement to the effect | that no such loan had been made. | While in the Navy Farnsworth was ' interested especially in aviation. He re- | turned to the academy in 1922 for a | course in aeronautical engineering, and attended the Massachusetts Institute | of Technology in 1923. He was assigned to the seamanship department of the academy in 1925 for temporary duty in connection with | aviation, but left to join the aircraft carrier Wright after four months. The Navy said Farnsworth was a student at the Naval Air School at ! Pensacola, Fla., in 1920, remaining | there through the next year as an instructor. In 1926 and 1927 he was | in command of a squadron base at Norfolk. At Carvel Hall, in Annapolis, it was said Farnsworth had been an “infre- | quent guest” there from time to time, staying for two or three days at a time. | It was pointed out he has not been registered there for the last six| months. | | The academy authorities said they | | had been cognizant of his presence in | Annapolis, but would make no further | statement. Officials of the naval intelligence office declined to comment on the case beyond admitting they had kept Farnsworth under surveillance for more than a year. They referred all questioners to the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice. It was known, however, that the confidential papers mentioned in the complaint on which the warrant was issued were publications which are cir- culated only among a limited circle of high naval officers. It was reported that one of the acts which led to Farnsworth being placed under surveillance was his attempt to secure some confidential papers from the wife of & high ranking naval offi- cer stationed at the Naval Academy at Annapolis. | AIRPORT FUND DENIED SOMERSET, Pa, July 14 (#).—The City Council refused to appropriate $5,000 for the purchase of an airport site, where W. P. A. and Department of Commerce officials promised tne Government would spend $167,000 giv- ing 200 men employment for 10 months. ‘The councilmen gave no reason for their action. They previously had re- fused to appropriate $16,000 for the same purpose. Government officials say a modern airport is badly needed in this section of the Allegheny Mountains. [ “SONG SERVICING” OFF KEY AT TIMES Hollywood Agency Official Tells P. 0. Details of Fixing Up Lyrics. That the *song servici is not all melody and glamour seemed pretty evident today as a solicitors hearing at the Post Office Depart- ment took a serious turn, with Henry R. Cohen. chief of staff of the Uni- versal Song Service of Hollywood. ex- plaining the business details of fixing up lyrics and sometimes melodies in shape for publication As principal defendant in a suit involving the right of Universal to use the mails, Cohen’s testimony ap- peared to indicate that all is not always harmonious even in his own organization, what with professional lyric writers sometimes disagreeing and customers frequently demanding a return of their fees. Universal offers to assist amateur song writers for a standard fee of 850, which is sometimes handled in part payment. Offers to Refund Payments. Cohen didn't smile as he went into these tedious affairs. Even the son titles introduced in testimony, show- ing what Universal does for dissatisfiad customers. reflected a spirit of gloom One was “Cause I Got No One Who Cares for Me” and another “Empty Arms,” Things brightened up momentarily though. when Cohen was allowed to give a musical demonstration on the plano which had been hauled into the hearing room As'a sample of what Universal has to offer in the way of tinkling melodies, he played the strains of a tune he had designed to fit the words of “My Happiness Depends on You.” The first lines of the revised lyric read: “I'm not a Valentino or a Gable. Although I'd like to be if I were able That’s why I lay my cards on the table, My happiness depends on you.” banners with the names of the fac- tories in which their members work | Over most of the routes of march few policemen were to be seen. Their main forces remained out of sight, | while 10,000 carefully selected mem- | bers of the Leftist party kept ther | marching forces orderly. | Paraders Estimated at 500,000. | The total number of paraders was | unofficially estimated at more than | 500,000. | As they passed a stand where a chorus of 300 voices sang revolution: songs, the marchers saluted huge pic- ures of the famous Leftists, Voltaire, | Rousseau and Jaures. ! They also saluted pictures of Rouget de Lisle, composer of the “Mars lais~,” and of Eugene Pottier, compos of the “Internationale.” Police estimated the crowds had swelled to 750,000 when Premier Blum, | accompanied by his wife and an offi- cial party, mounted the speaker’s tribune in the Place de la Bastille. Followers of the People’s Front gov- ernment—including Socialists, Radi- cal - Socialists and Communists — massed into two huge marching col- umns in the factory suburbs. Thousands cheered the annual mili- tary parade which preceded the politi- cal celebration and filled the area around the Arch of Triumph with a martial display of tanks and field guns. Shouting. pushing crowds thronged the boulevard as the parade progressed. “Hurray for Blum! Hurray for the People's Front!” shouted the Leftists, “Hurray for the Army of France for the French!" shouted back Na- tionalists. A few scuffies occurred along the route but mobile guards lining the avenue shoulder to shoulder prevented an outbreak of disorders. ‘ Indictments (Continued From First Page.) business, only one of whom, Joan. i now living. Of the 10 indictments returned. four charge conspiracy to defraud and one alleged a general conspiracy by all six persons named. The gen- eral conspiracy indictment charged 98 overt acts in a continuous conspiracy from 1918 to 1932. Other indictments charged: Attempt to defeat and evade the payment of income taxes. Aiding and advising, counseling and procuring, in the preparation and presentation of false income tax returns. Conspiracy to aid, counsel and pro- cure, prepare and present false tax “Would you say that song is now a returns good professional poem”” the Govern- ment inquired. Tons of Records Seized. ! Federal agents said that in the “I would say it's perfect” Cohen course of their inquiry they seized answered. tons of circus records and files. They Universal offered to refund a $15 said the conspiracy was perpetrated down payment to the author of the principally by filing false claims for first and return $25 to the author of | depreciation some of which, they the latter after repeated efforts to added, were “inflated the same a< provide song-settings failed to please some statements made on circus bill- the customers. Disagreement on Value. Sometimes, Cohen said. he and Uni- versal's assistant lyric writer disagreed on the potentia! commercial value of submitted verse. By commercial value, Cohen explained, the song business means “it should lend itself to popular form.” There may be just an idea which on the surface doesn't mean a thing, he declared in speaking of sub- mitted lyrics. That's one way in which Universal comes in, in seems, in de- | tecting these ideas. A poem “Girl of the Dale,” written by Post Office Attorney W. C. O'Brien, and submitted to the organization when the Government was preparing suit against Universal, has possibil- ities, though it needed revision, Cohen maintained today. O'Brien has stated frankly that he doesn't think the poem has any merit. Objects to Song as Indecent. One song serviced by Universal was used in a picture, testimony revealed yesterday, but it made O'Brien blush when he read the words—to himself, not aloud. “Mr. Solicitor,” he broke out, “I object to this as indecent and unfit to be in the records of this depart- ment.” Defense counsel, who had appar- ' ently detected nothing wrong with the lyric, hastily examined the song and withdrew it, maintaining that cor- respondence in this connection, to show that Universal Song Service as- sists its clients in crashing the movies, served the purpose of the exhibit. Muttered opinion that O'Brien *“doesn’t keep up with the times,” how- ever, accompanied the formal state- ment that the author of the torrid melody—if it were torrid—received a total of $12.50 for his movie rights and that Cohen relinquished his claim to & percentage of the profits in view of the small amount. Cohen provided a musical inter- lude in the hearing when he played a | boards.” They said that one time an inven- tory of Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers’ Circus as carried on the books for depreciation purposes was found to be “100 per cent fictitious | These shows were absorbed by the | Ringlings. FORMER U. §. EMPLOYE. Rabner Resigned Internal Revenue Post in 1926. Nathaniel Rabner was employed as an auditor in the income tax unit of the Internal Revenue Bureau from March 11, 1919, to August 16, 1926, when he resigned voluntarily. He is listed as an accountant today with of- fices in the National Press Building. He lives at 7009 Wisconsin avenue, Bethesda, Md. Rabner himself could not be located. His secretary said he left today for a two-week trip. FISH RAIN REPORTED Waterspout Believed to Have Scooped Fish From Sea. MEXICO CITY, July 14 (®).—A dispatch to the newspaper El Grafico said today it rained fish in Agua Cali- ente. The brief prevailed, the news- paper’s correspondent reported, that a waterspout had scooped the fish from the sea, carrying them over the | town, where they were released dur- |ing a heavy rain yesterday. Prices | dropped with the unexpected supply of sea food, the dispatch said. composition, “Where the Sands of the Desert Roll,” which had been serviced for a local stenographer, Miss Alma Becker, 151 C street northeast, to her expressed satisfaction. Miss Becker | paid $30 for the assistance. »