Evening Star Newspaper, October 14, 1936, Page 1

.WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; little change in temperature; moderate east to southeast winds. Temperatures— Highest, 68, at noon today; lowest, 56, at 10:30 p.m. yesterday. Full report on page A-11. Closing New York Markets, Page 22 84th YEAR. No. SOVETS DEAND NEUTRALTY BODY NEET THS WEEK Envoy to London Insists on Action on Charges of Pact Violation. PARLEY OF DIPLOMATS FOLLOWS SECOND NOTE Week Declared Ample Time for Fascist States to Reply to Recent Accusations. BACKGROUND— Outbreak of Spanish civil war between Fascists and Leftists in July found governments of Europe divided in their sympathies, with the three Fascist governments— Germany, Italy and Portugal— favoring the insurgents, and Socialist and moderate governments Russia, France and England—sup- porting legally constituted Madrid government actively or passively. Agreement for non-intervention in the Spanish conflict obtained under leadership of France, but last week Russia accused the Fascist governments of violating accord, and threatened to with= draw from Neutrality Committee unless military assistance were dis= continued. BULLETIN. MOSCOW, October 14 (P).— Soviet Russia has demanded estab- lishment of a virtual blockade of Portugal by the British and French navies to halt supplies of arms for Spanish insurgents, officials dis- closed tonight. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, October 14—Soviet Rus- sia’s Ambassador, in a personal visit | to the British Foreign Office, de- manded today, informed sources said, that the International Neutrality Committee be summoned this week to act on Moscow's charges of flag- rant Fascist violation of the “hands | off Spain” accord. Ivan M. Maisky, the Ambassador, | who returned from Moscow only last night, lost no time in personally as- suming charge of Russia’s case against Italy, Germany and Portugal, which it has accused of sending military aid to Spain’s insurgents. He descended on the foreign office while the British cabinet assembled | across the street and called on Lord | Plymouth, British chairman of the non-intervention group. Emphasis on New Demand. ‘Thus he lent personal emphasis to a8 new and formal Russian demand for action to isolate the Spanish War. The Ambassador was accompanied | by M. Kagan, Soviet member of the | Non-intervention Committee. They reached the foreign office shortly after the second Russian note within a week had been delivered to Lord Ply- mouth. It was understood Ambassador Maisky flatly informed Lord Plymouth | that Russia considered a week ample time for the Fascist states to reply to the Soviet charges, detailed at last Fri- day’s committee session. Later, Prince Otto von Bismarck, the German member of the Non-in- tervention Committee, also visited the Toreign office. Some sources described the Soviet communication as a virtual ultima- tum. Cabinet in Session Two Hours, Non-intervention was among the fmost pressing problems which faced the British cabinet in its meeting to- day. The cabinet, meeting for the first time since July, was in session for more than two hours. Later Prime Minister Stanley Bald- win was received in Buckingham Pal- ace by King Edward in their first meeting since Parliament adjourned for the Summer. Informed sources, who declared de- tails of the message were not dis- closed, asserted the note ended on the ominous note of “——or else.” ‘Withdrawal Threatened. Russia previously threatened to withdraw from the neutrality agree- ment unless measures were taken to assure non-intervention by European nations in the Spanish conflict. The Soviet hinted then such withdrawal might result in military aid from Mos- cow to the Socialist Madrid govern- ment. Maisky, in returning to London “from Moscow, was reported to have ‘brought new instructions to attempt to force the committee into action. ‘The committee suspended its ses- sions last Friday to allow Germany, Italy and Portugal time to answer Russian charges the Fascist nations were sending aid to Spanish insurgents #gainst the Madrid government, No date for the next committee meeting was set at that time. Russia, in the new “ultimatum,” apparently disregarded an Italian im- plication the Rome government would assist Spanish Fascists if Russian Communists went to the aid of the Madrid administration. Probe Proposal Pending. “The committee has pending before §t a Soviet proposal to appoint an in- vestigating commission which would determine whether foreign aid were T (See RUSSIAN, Page A-4) ' JEWS REFUSE OFFER Palestine Requires 8,000 Immi- grants in Two Weeks. JERUSALEM, October 14 (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) —The Palestine government has consented to issuance of 8,000 fmmigrant labor certificates on condition that- the immigrants enter the country by November, it today. refused to ageept the condition lald down by the government, contending was impossible of fulfillment, 33,769. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington. D. C. @h ¢ Foeni ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION q Star WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1936—FIFTY PAGES. *# Fgfling to Wed U. S. Heiress, Duke Lists Debts of $700,000 @ Leinster’s Assets Nil as Planto Marry Falls Through. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 14.—The seventh Duke of Leinster, with gross liabilities listed at nearly $700,000 and assets nil, told a receiver in Bankruptcy Court today how he went to America in 1928 “with the idea of marrying somebody rich.” The duke, appearing for public ex- amination on demand of his creditors, testifed he made the trip “deliber- ately” with the idea of recouping his bank balance, but that the plan fell through after he had been in touch with two prospective brides. No names were mentioned. The receiver reserved judgment in the case after the duke had admitted there had been “quite a lot” of peti- tions against him in bankruptcy court. “Yes, 49 in all,” the receiver re- marked. The duke disclosed he had entered the American heiress market, stipu- lating the woman he would marry would have to pay all his debts. Two women entered the scene as possibilities. Negotiations with the first were broken off after “only a few weeks,” he said. Negotiations with the second lasted “six months.” The 44-year-old Duke was married DUKE OF LEINSTER. in December of 1932 to Mrs. Raf- faelle Van Neck of New York. That was about a month after his engage- | ment to the second “possibility” broke down, he said. His first wife, who died last year, was May Etheridge. They were di- vorced in Scotland in 1930. The duke told the receiver he had {(See DUKE OF LEINSTER, Page A-2) PEAGE PROMOTED, PRESIDENT SAYS Speaks at St. Louis in Dedi- cation of War Me- morial. Roosevelt Text, Page A-15. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, October 14.—President Roosevelt faced a huge crowd on the city’s memorial plaza today and de- | clared the United States by its re- covery, good neighbor and commercial | policies was “promoting the course of peace throughout the world.” Dedicating a memorial building to the World War soldier dead, which has just begun to rise in skeleton form, the President said: “We best honor the memory of those dead by striving for peace, that the terror of the days of war will be with us no more.” The President, who had just fin- ished & seven-speech campaign in Kansas and Missouri’ and was to re- sume his re-election drive in Illinois later in the day, motored through flag-covered streets lined deep with welcoming citizens. Cheers and steam whistles greeted him on the drive. Monuments to Sacrifice. “We in America do not build monu- ments to war,” he asserted. “We do not build monuments to conquest. We build monuments to commemorate the (See PRESIDENT, Page A-3.) WOMAN LOST AT SEA Freighter Hunts in Vain for “Miss Babbitt,” California. NEW YORK, October 14 (#)—The Luckenbach Steamship Line New York office said today it had been advised a woman passenger giving the name of Miss Marian Babbitt, who boarded the freighter Dorothy Luckenbach at San Francisco, had been lost overboard. A search of several hours off the coast of North Carolina by the freighter was in vain. The Luckenbach offices here did not have Miss Babbitt’s home address. Summary of Page Amusements A-20 Army-Navy. A-8 Serial Story.. B-8 Short Story.. B-5 Society .. B-3 Sports -1-3 Lost & Found A-3 [en— ‘Woman's Pg._.B-15 Obituary ..-A-14 POLITICAL. Borah seems sure victor by 30,000 votes. Page A-1 Henry Ford voices hope Landon will be elected. Page A-1 Byrd says Landon would increase spending if elected. Page A-5 Jeffersonian Democrat calls Landon “savior in crisis.” Page A-7 Knox seeks Carolina vote and flays “boondoggling.” Page A-7 Persons refusing campaign data sub- poenaed by probers. Page A-2 NATIONAL. C. 1. O. bars truce pending A. F. of L. suspension action. Page A-1 Dancer admits he wrote Mrs. Lorimer extortion letters. Page A-1 President in St. Louis today for war memorial dedication. Page A-1 Three killed in plane crash as craft loses wing. Page A-1 Rev. John Wesley Hill dies in New York while on visit. Page A-4 Agreement to fix prices charged to nine concerns. Page A-8 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Herndon, brought-here from Omaha, pleads guilty to larceny. Page A-1 New evidence in Loring case presented grand jury. Page A-1 ‘Washington girl, 18, dies of Alexan- dria automobile injuries. Page B-1 Commissioner Allen lauds President before Young Democrats. Page A-2' Engineering Society told public ‘works should be timed. Page A-2 "| Celanese strike waits as parley shifts to New York. Page A-5 Virginia girl indicted in slaying of her brother-in-law. Page A-11 Boy, hit pleading for pet, to ask writ for dog catcher. Page B-1 D. C. traffic light schedule slated for readjustment. Page B-1 F. C. C. reaffirms grant of increased power to Station WOL. Page B-1 Prospects seen for another District Na- tional Bank dividend. Page B-1 suit due next week. Page B-1 4| Duke fails to wed U. 8. heiress, $700,- *AMERICA FIRST," 1S LANDON'S PLEA Patriotism Comes Before Party Fealty, Kansan Tells Michigan. Landon Text, Page A-17. Py the Assoclated Press. ABOARD LANDON SPECIAL, En| Route to Grand Rapids, Mich., Octo- | ber 14—Traveling across Michigan | today, after receiving the indorsement of Henry Ford, Gov. Alf M. Landon | said today that “when any one, it doesn’t matter who, is trying to change our form of government without the | consent of the people Americans re- member only that they are Ameri- cans.” “We are Americans first and always before we are Republicans, or Demo- crats, or anything else,” the Repub- lican presidential nominee told a Flint, Mich., audience from the rear platform of his train, “This is why party lines have been broken down in this campaign,” he said. A crowd that had awaited the ar- rival of the train pressed about the Landon car when it halted at this automobile manufacturing center. There were cheers when the Kansas Governor stepped onto the platform. Many of the spectators were children. Landon emphasized in his talk that | “we want them (our children) to have a better chance in life than we did.” Denies Recovery Achieved. He said pay roll deductions would start next year under the social se- curity act and build up a “huge fund” at the disposal of Washington. “Another issue,” he said, is that of “unemployment relief.” “How dare any one say there is re- covery in this country,” he asked,| “when there are 11,000,000 unemployed depending on relief.” The Governor said the crowd dis- played “the deep interest” shown in the “grave issues” of the campaign. He waved at crowds gathered along (See LANDON, Page A-4.) Today’s Star FOREIGN. 000 in debt. Soviet issues new ultimatum on Spain. Page A-1 De la Rocque accused of caching arms. Page A-4 Germany ringing self with concrete and steel. Page A-10 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. Alice Longworth, Page A-2 This and That. Page A-12 Answers to Questions. Page A-12 Stars, Men and Atoms. Page A-12 David Lawrence. Page A-13 Paul Malion. Page A-13 Jay Pranklin. Page A-13 Dorothy Thompson. Page A-13 Constantine Brown. Page A-13 FINANCIAL. Bonds turn downward (table). Power output off slightly. Price rise curbs steel demand. Stocks resume advance (table), Curb list uneven (table). Cotton consumption soars. SPORTS. G. W. faces “razzle-dazzle foot ball from Arkansas. Page C-1 G. U. and C. U. meeting unusually heavy teams. Page C-1 Successor to Stengel agitating Brook- lyn fans. Page C-1 Purdue-Chicago rivalry to end. Page C-2 Little denies charge East lags in foot ball, Page C-2 Cougars-Trojans provide -feature game of week end. Page C-2 Fleld day carded for fair- golfers of _Capital. c-3 Maryland open title golf event on at Manor Club. Page C-3 MISCELLANY. Washington Wayside Page A-1 Page A-21 Page A-21 Page A-21 Page A-22 Page A-23 Page A-23 44-; Page A-2 Dog catcher faces trial Tuesday in|Betsy Caswell. alleged assault. Page B-1 | important visitors from abroad went | has been progressive although he has | is passionately devoted. He is the | eratic opponent. If any do, however, BORAH SEEMS SURE VIGTOR OVER ROSS BY 30000 MARGIN Failure to Indorse Landon Ticket Irritates G. 0. P. in Idaho. SENATOR SUPPORTED WITHIN BOTH PARTIES Flat-Footed Backing for Party’s Nominee Might Cost Him Senate Seat. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. BOISE, Idaho, October 14.—Bull- dog Bill Borah versus Hound Dog ‘Ben Ross. That's the Senate race which is interesting millions of Americans far beyond the confines of Idaho. The odds are distinctly in favor of Borah, the senior Senator and Republican nominee, and against Gov. Ben Ross, who has been elected three consecutive times chief execu- tive of Idaho. The general opinion, and this is found in Democratic as well as Re- publican circles, is that Borah will win by 25,000 to 30,000 votes. Borah, short and stocky, nationally and internationally known, one of the “irreconcilables” who did most to defeat the ratification of the Versailles Treaty and American entry into the League of Nations, is stacked up against the long and lean Ross, who is quite unknown outside of Idaho except as an opponent of Senator Borah's. Borah has elected to discuss national issues in this campaign. Ross is determined to make the issue turn on State affairs. Independent Figure. For 30 years Borah has been a member of the United States Senate, almost a lifetime, certainly an adult | lifetime, During those years he has played an important role. As chair- man of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he was an unofficial secretary of foreign affairs, to whom as quickly as they did to the State Department. In all those years, how- ever, Borah has been an independent figure, independent of party ties, al- though he has always remained within the Republican Party. He never forsaken the fundamental prin- ciples either of party or of the Con- stitution and its spirit; to which he last of the so-called progressive Sen- ators to remain faithfml. He continues 80 today, although he has not brought himself to open commitment to the party’s national ticket, headed by Gov, Landon. . The fact that Borah has not given open indorsement to the Landon ticket has caused irritation and criti- cism in the ranks of the dyed-in-th wool Republicans of Idaho. Some among them are bitter in the extreme. For it seems apparent to them that with his aid in the Landon campaign they could carry Idaho and that other Western States would be power- fully influenced to support the Re- publican standard bearer. So strong is the resentment that there is talk of some of these Republicans aban- doning Borah in this election—even to the extent of voting for his Demo- they will be numerically few, for Borah has become an institution in Idaho. People Proud of Him. Through his great abilities he has drawn credit to the State. Its people are proud of him, even when they dis- agree with him. When he has raised ned in Washington—as he has often done—they have said to themselves “That's Borah,” and they have taken a certain amount of satisfaction in the stir he has created, although he may have inveighed against something a Republican administration desired. His character and devotion to prin- ciple have had their reward. When Borah’s present attitude of aloofness is sifted, several possible reasons for his non-indorsement of the Landon ticket reveal themselves. (See LINCOLN, Page A-10.) MISPLACED HEART CALLED WASTED ASSET Youth Barking for Carnival Thinks He Ought to Have Place Among Attractions. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, October 14.—Life’s jrony is distressing to Kenneth Row- ley, 17-year-old itinerant carnival “barker,” whose heart is on the wrong side. Doctors say. this misplacement is “one case in 100,000,” but Rowley says his heart is no good as a side~ show attraction because it can't be seen and he hasn’t figured any way to dramatize it. “All I can do is stand outside the tent and build up other acts,” Rowley laments. “Sometimes it gets discour- aging. Me, with a guaranteed heart on the wrong side, spieling for phoney wild men.” GUARD KILLED IN WRECK Soldier Was Returning From Roosevelt Assignment. . ¥ The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s () Means Associated Press. T Ry e ke NO MO't Dancer Confesses Writing Mrs. Lorimer Extortion Notes Admits Plot to Collect $5,000 When Quizzed About Other Letters. Ry the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, October 14.—Reed | Vetterli, head of the Philadelphia office | of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said today PFrank Vittolo of Yonkers, | N. Y., had made a “full and complete | admission” of an attempt to extort $5000 from Mrs. George Horace Lorimer, wife of the editor of the Saturday Evening Post. Vittolo, 33-year-old unemployed adagio dancer and acrobat, is held in New York. Vetterli said the prisoner admitted sending two notes to Mrs. Lorimer, after he was taken into cus- tody in connection with extortion iet- ters sent seven prominent residents of New York and Rhode Island. Vetterli was in temporary charge of the New York office of the Bureau of Investigation at the time Vittolo was arrested last September 30. When ne came to Philadelphia he said he found evidence linking Vittolo with the Lorimer extortion notes, the first of which was sent last March 15. The first note demanded $5,000 or “take the consequences.” Federal agents said no money was paid. Mrs. Lorimer, head of the Repub- GRAND JURY HEARS NEW LORING CLUES Itzel Doubts Indictments to Result From Facts He Presented. BACKGROUND— On the eve of her marriage to Richard Tear, St. Elizabeth’s Hos- pital attendant, Miss Corinna Loring, 27, disappeared jrom her nearby Mount Rainier, Md., home. She was murdered that night, last November 4. Five days later her beaten and garroted body was found on Saddleback Ridge, near her home. No chmrges were ever preferred against several suspects. A county grand jury, comsidering the case last Spring, made no indictment. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., October 14—“New evidence” of an undisclosed nature in the murder of Corinna Lor- ing was offered to the grand jury here today by Lieut. Joseph Itzel, Baltimore detective, who has been trying to solve the baffling mystery for 11 months. Itzel was frankly skeptical that the new information he had for the Prince Georges Country grand jury would re- sult in an indictment. The detective entered the jury room at 11 am. . Accompanied by his assistant, De- tective Sergt. Leo Vogelsang, Itzel, who has led investigation of the crime, conferred with State’s Attorney Alan Bowie outside the jury room in the court house yesterday afternoon, but the detectives were prevented from appearing before the group by crowded docket. Itzel would not reveal the source or nature of his new evidence. He did reveal, however, that he had recently made several trips to Washington and Upper Marlboro for “conferences” on the celebrated case. Appearance Starts Rumors. The appearance of the two officers here shortly before noon yesterday started a series of rumors which ex~ cited speculation concerning possibil- ities of an indictment. Itzel's remark (See LORING, Page A-4) —_— GARNER TO GO ON AIR Vice President to Defend Presi- dent on Radicalism. NEW YORK, October 14 (#).—The MRS. GEORGE H. LORIMER. lican Women of Pennsylvania, laugh- ingly said today she was “too busy” with political affairs “to give the mat- ter any real thought and certainly no worry.” The second letter instructed her to deliver the money in her automo- bile. Detectives drove her car over the route designated by the writer, (See LORIMER, Page A-2) NORBECK SUPPORT GIVEN ROOSEVELT Republican From South Da- kota Cites “Recovery” and Farm Outlook. By the Associated Press. REDFIELD, S. Dak., October 14— United States Senator Peter Norbeck, Republican, and S. X. Way, former Republican national committeeman for South Dakota, in & joint statement today announced their intention to support and vote for the re-election of President Roosevelt. “Substantial recovery of business and the improved agricultural situa- tion” under the Roosevelt administra- tion were cited among other determin- ing factors that influenced their deci- sion, the statement said. Way, publisher of the Watertown Public Opinion and national commit- teeman from 1930 to 1936, and Sena- tor Norbeck have been allied in po- litical activity in South Dakota for almost 30 years. Norbeck has been in the Senate since 1920 and lists him- self as “a Theodore Roosevelt Repub- lican.” . His present term expires in 1938. Russian Sentenced to Die. ‘MOSCOW, October 14 (P).—A Sit- nikoff, traffic director at the Gulke- vichi station of the North Caucasus Railway, was sentenced to death to- day, and six surviving trainmen to from 3 to 10 years imprisonment for a disastrous train wreck at the sta- tion September 12. ‘Three gasoline cars were over= . turned, setting fire to cars in & pase senger train, when a switching loco- motive stuck an incoming train. HERNDON BROUGHT BACK, CONFESSES Former Official of Fidelity Returned From Omaha by F.B. L William S. Herndon, formerly man- | ager of the Georgetown branch of the closed Fidelity Building & Loan Asso- | ciation, was lodged in the Distric} Jail today following his arrest in Omaha by agents of the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation and his plea of guilty to lar- ceny of $2,500. The 34-year-old Alexandrian, whose disappearance June 29 last led to dis- covery of shortages in his accounts, was brought back to Washington yes- terday by the G-men. Arraigned without publicity yester- day before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage, Herndon plead- ed guilty to absconding with cash totaling $2,500 on the day of his disap- pearance. The money was found miss- ing from a cash drawer of the George- town branch by Treasury bank exam- iners. Unable to Raise Bond. When Herndon was unable to raise $3,000 bond fixed by Commissioner Turnage, he was taken to the District Jail to await grand jury action. Ac- cording to Assistant United States At- torneys John J. Wilson and Howard Boyd, Herndon is accused of misap- propriation of $7,500 of depositors’ funds. Fred B. Rhodes, former president of the Pidelity Association, already has been indicted on 20 counts of larceny and 8 of forgery, to which he has pleaded not guilty. He is awaiting trial. Coincident with the arrest of Rhodes here on July 18 last, the association was closed by order of Treasury of- ficials, Apparently no connection has been found between the alleged acts of Rhodes and those of Herndon. Herndon's mysterious disappearance last June started a police search for him. He left a wife and baby at his home in Alexandria. After his ac- counts were found short, F. B. L agents secretly swore out a warrant on July 7 for his arrest on charges of misappropriation. They had conduct- ed a Nation-wide hunt for him. Once Lived in Midwest. Herndon had resided in the Mid- west some years ago, and the agents centered their search for him there. A few days ago he was found in Ne- braska. Details of the arrest were not immediately available here. According to Wilson and Boyd, Herndon is charged with destreying deposit slips and pocketing the de- posits and altering other slips to cover defalcations. He emptied the cash drawer, it was charged, on the day before scheduled arrival of Treasury examingrs. The investigation of Herndon's ac- counts was followed by a general ex- amination of the books of the associa- tion, with the result that Rhodes was arrested and the firm closed. - At the time the Treasury announced it had found “apparept irregularities and losses” which rendered the asso- ciation insolvent. A committee to protect the interests of depositors has been formed, and Treasury officials are endeavoring to straighten out the tangled affairs of the associatian. Too-Perfect Co-ordination Disqualifies .lr the Associated Press, e Flying Cadets lel on the outside of the “H” are de- Sy moving the “sick> and the foot is supposed to lights glow three dou- umber of measures the undfll’f-z‘: ::l: If it takes more than seven minutes could Circulation, 138,319 (Some returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. 1.0 BARS TRUE INLESSAF L AT ON SUSPENSION Lewis Group Demands Clari- fication of Council’s Position. DECISION ANNOUNCED AFTER 3-HOUR PARLEY, Representation of Suspended Unions at Convention Held Vital Point. ‘The Committee for Industrial Ore ganization this afternoon refused to meet a “peace” committee of the Ex« ecutive Council of the American Fed- eration of Labor until the Council should clarify its position on lifting suspension of 10 unions of the C. I. O. ‘The decision was announced by John L. Lewis, chairman, after a three-hour conference with Max Zaritsky, author «of the “peace” proposal submitted to both parties in the labor dispute. “Mr. Zaritsky has acquainted us with the action of his convention in urging a basis for negotiation and reconciliation and he has presented us with copies of his gorrespondence with President Green of the fedeme tion,” Lewis announced. “An analysis of the correspondence reveals that the Exeeutive Council failed to advise of their action ap point one in the proposal, namely that the suspended unions should be al- lowed representation at the November conventian of the federation, Point Termed Vital. “We do not know the attitude of the council on this point, which is vital and essential. Consequently, the C. 1. O. withholds any further action pending clarifiation on this point by the council. “The C. I O. is in entire harmony with the proposal made by Mr. Zarit- sky's union.” Zaritsky was present during Lewis’ meeting with the press and disclosed that he plans to meet with the Exec« utive Council late in the afternoon. Lewis authorized him to inform the council at that time of the C. I. O, decision on the proposed “peace” cone | ferences. The council's decision on the pro- posal by the United Hatters, Cap and | Millinery Workers' Union, of which Zaritsky is president, was announced Monday night by President Green. | At that time, Green said the pro- | posed lifting of the suspensions in ore der to allow the C. I O. representa- tion at the convention had not been discussed by the council, but might | be one of the subjects for conversa tion if the proposed peace committees should meet. The council, he said, had decided only to agree to appointing such & committee “without commitments or stipulations.” With Lewis and Zaritsky as they went into conference were Philip Mur- ray and John Brophy, key executive officials of the C. I. O., and Charles P, Howard, president of the I. T. U, Statement in New Issue. As they began their discussion the mine workers released the new issue of their journal, containing the fol- lowing statement of policy toward peace efforts: “The Executive Counmcil of the American Federation of Labor will have to rescind its suspension action against 10 unions for the Committee for Industrial Organization and the Federation join and co-operate in ore ganizing mass production industries, f organized labor is to be in full agreement, as in the past. “Rumors of peace overtures on any other basis are untrue and without foundation. “There will be no let-up conse- quently in the drive to organize steel and other mass production industries by the Committee for Industrial Ore ganization.” -— U.S. TO GET NEW FLEET IN NEXT THREE YEARS Navy Statement Reveals Ships Being Built Include Three Aircraft Carriers. ‘The United States will have a new naval fleet in the next three years or so, comprising 3 aircraft carriers, 2 heavy cruisers, 9 light cruisers, 18 submarines, 9 destroyers of 1,850 tons each, 51 destroyers of 1,500 tons each and 2 gunboats, the Navy Department revealed in an official statement to- day. The vessels, which are being built in private and Government ship- yards, will replace vessels becoming obsolete. The aircraft carriers are the Yorke town, the Enterprise and the Wasp. The heavy cruisers, the Vincennes and the Wichita; the light cruisers, the Brooklyn, the Philadelphia, the Sae vannah, the Nashville, the Phoenix, the Boise, the Honolulu, the 8t. Louis and the Helena. ‘The gunboats, Erie and Charlestan, are about completed, the department said. SLAYER DOOMED AUGUSTA, Ga., October 14 (#).—A colored youth was under death sen- tence today for the slaying of Walter E. Barnard, his garage employer. Judge A. L. Franklin of Richmond Superior Court sentenced the convicted man, listed as Leonard Brown, to die in' the electric chair November 27. Barnard, who came here last April from Danville, Va., was killed at his downtown garage, and his body was found in the closet of an abandoned