Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, probably occasional showers tonight and tomorrow; warmer tonight, lowest temperature about 46 degrees. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 50, at noon to- day; lowest, 36, at 2:45 . today. Full report on page B-: The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Closing New York Markets, Page 18 84th YEAR. No. 33,792. Entered as second class matter post office, Wasitington, D. O. @h ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Star WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1936—SIXTY PAGES. #%# Yesterday’s Circulation, 144,436. (Some returns not yet received.) P) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. 200,000 ACCLAIM ROOSEVELT ON RETURN TUMULTUOUS WELCOME tCURITY BOARD “«GRAND PARTY,” SAYS|TOHRENHERE, VICTORIOUS PRESIDENT 40INBALTIMORE < Voteless Crowd Greeted as ‘Neighbors. 100,000 GATHER ABOUT STATION| Hilarious Tribute 4 Follows Him to F White House, “Neighbor” Franklin D. Roosevelt, Wictor in an epochal presidential cam- Ppaign, came home today to an up- roarious welcome by some 200,000 of his fellow citizens of the voteless Capital—a reception that impressed him as “a grand party.” A city accustomed to seeing Presi- dents come and go belied its blase reputation as thrilled thousands from all walks of life staged scenes remi- niscent of the Lindbergh reception or the return of Washington's first pen- nant-winning ball club. Voiceless in national affairs, the dis- franchised Washingtonians made up for this deficiency by voicing a mem- orable, tumultuous acclaim to their President and adopted citizen. The President returned the compli- ment by addressing his cheering ad- mirers as “my friends” and as “old neighbors.” “Iam very glad to come back among you, my old neighbors,” he said to a throng, estimated as in excess of 100,- 000, massed in front of Union Station. “I formed the very good habit of coming to Washington when I was 5 years old and I am glad that the habit will not be broken during the coming four years. Proud of Capital. “I have seen Washington grow dur- ing this half century and I am very proud and happy as an American in this wonderful Capital of ours, for it is not only the most beautiful city in all the world, but I think it is one of the grandest cities to live in, in all the world. “This is a very wonderful greeting that you have given to me on this wonderful day, so I am thankful to you and I hope to see much of you in the next four years.” Later, moved by the almost hysteri- cal demonstration at the White House, he exclaimed: “This is wonderful, wonderful,” and, again, “It was a grand party, wasn't it?” ‘To newspaper men who greeted him &t a press conference in his office, the President repeated that the spon- taneous tribute was “simply grand.” He added, “It was a perfectly thrilling affair—and I appreciate it.” Asked about his remark at Union Station to the effect that he started visiting Washington when he was 5 years old, he explained he came here &t that age to spend the Winter, Speaks From Open Car. At the station the President spoke from the rear seat of an open White House automobile, in which also were his son James and the latter’s attrac- tive wife. The President’s wife and Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, his moth- er, had motored to Washington last (See PRESIDENT, Page A-4.) ROOSEVELT MARGIN CLOSE T0 10,000,000 Over 12,000 Election Districts Un- reported—Vote Now Ex- ceeds 41,000,000 ‘With more than 12,000 election districts still unreported, President Roosevelt’s popular vote plurality was close to the 10,000,000 mark today as he arrived back in Washington. Latest figures available showed the President having 25,909,546 votes, as compared to 16,049,201 for Gov. Alfred M. Landon of Kansas. In Congress the administration will have a Senate majority of 75 Demo- crats to 17 Republicans, and a House majority of 334 Democrats to 89 Re- publicans. These figures show a Sen- ate gain of 5 seats and a House gain of 13 for the administration forces. Democrats were sure of 26 of the 33 governorships at stake this year, with one more victory possible. ‘CHIC’ SALES’ CONDITION REMAINS ‘UNCHANGED’ BY the Assoclated Press. HOLLYWOOD, November 6— Charles (Chic) Sale, comedian, en- tered the sixth day of a critical at- tack of pneumonia today, his condi- tion “unchanged.” The 51-year-old actor was kept under an oxygen tent at Good Sama~- ritan Hospital with two doctors in constant attendance. “Mr. Sale’s condition is still criti- €al” it was announced. His 10-year-old daughter, Mary, a dancer, was scheduled to arrive by plane from New York today, Her twin brother, Charles Sale, jr, also was called home from the University of California’s Davis farm. ‘. President Roosevelt as he responded to greetings when his train arrived today. Commissioners Hazen (left) and Allen are shown with the President. GARFINCKEL DIES; STORE: FOUNDER Merchant Here Many Years Prominent in Civic and Other Activities. Julius Garfinckel, 62, a leading ‘Washington merchant for many years, died here last night of pneumonia following & brief illness. Mr. Garfinckel recently had re- turned from abroad with his nephew, William Townsend Pheiffer of Ama- rillo, Tex. Mr. Pheiffer arrived here by plane on Thursday from the West when informed of his uncle’s illness. Mr. Garfinckel was the sole owner of Julius Garfinckel & Co., one of the city’s leading department stores. The department store will be closed all day tomorrow out of respect to the memory of Mr. Garfinckel. Funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoon, at an hour to be determined later at the All Souls’ Unitarian Church, at Sixteenth and Harvard streets, with Dr. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, the pastor, presiding. Mr. Garfinckel kept to himself to such a degree that only the barest out- lines of his history are known, even to the handful of men who knew him most intimately. And these friends could not be said to have been really “close” to Mr. Garfinckel. A bachelor, he lived alone in the Hay-Adams House, having only a few interests outside his business and car- ing nothing for social life. He did not cultivate friends, but those few he had revered him for his qualities as & citizen and business executive. Mr. Garfinckel’s sole recreation was horseback riding and he was a familiar figure on Washington bridle paths. He owned a big thoroughbred hunter. Despite his retiring disposition, Mr. Garfinckel belonged to several clubs and was a director of the Riggs Na- tional Bank, Emergency Hospital and the Potomac Electric Power Co. He was & Mason, a member of Temple Noyes Lodge, No. 32. Likewise, he was. & member of the Wi n Board of Trade and the United States' Chamber of Commerce. Probably Mr. Garfinckel's greatest interest, other than his business, was in his church, All Souls’ Unitarian. Especially was he interested in church activities for young people, believing strongly in the importance of religious (See GARFINCKEL, Page A-13.) —>Star Staff Photo. PRESIDENT BACK IN OFFICE ROUTINE Press Told How His Election Forecasts Missed—Trip Discussed. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Roosevelt returned to his desk in the executive office of the White House today to give his full attention to the Nations business. The President said that, despite his activities during the campaign, he felt “perfectly fine.” He added, how- ever, that his voice is a little raspy and that he hopes he is through with speech-making for a long time. During his press conference the President was asked if he would make known his personal forecast of the outcome of the election, which he told newspaper men sometime ago he had written on a piece of paper and sealed in an envelope. He reached in his pocket, indicating that he had expected this request and saying, “I regret to say I was way off,” revealed the following facts: The President said that the first forecast -he made was January 30 last, before either party had nomi- nated its candidate. In that he wrote down, “Democratic electoral vote, 325; Republican electoral vote, 206." Forecast Is Revised. The President said he began later and on June 5, just three weeks before the Democratic convention, he wrote down “Democratic electoral vote 315, Republican electoral vote 216.” He let this stand until August 2, just after he had returned from his Cana- dian visit, and on this occasion, he more confidence when he wrote, “P. D. R. 340 and A. M. L. (Landon) 191.” Last Sunday, just or. the gve of eléc- tion, the President boosted his figures that -1t appeared he. would . have to apologize for not being .a better gueaser. Some newspaper.man-in the group asked him what frightened him in making such a prediction just before the election, and he quickly answered, “I guess it-was my well-known con- servative tendencies.” The President said there is a strong (See YOUNG, Page A-6.) Auto Halted for “Speeding” Listed as Peru Ambassador’s Capt. P. J. curolln“.heplr%owflla said today he would report the “And, with that, the officer said, Permanent Employes to Be Added to Build Up Neces- sary Records. FORM DISTRIBUTION TO START BY NOV. 16 Officials Are Confident Task Will Be in Hand by January 1. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Pressed for time, but confident they will have the task well in hand by January 1, the Social Security Board disclosed today that about 300 perma- nent employes will be added to its Washington staff and at least 400 to & Baltimore force for the purpose of building up necessary records for ad- ministration of the Federal old-age benefits program. With the co-operation of the Post Office Department, the board is plan- ning to have in the hands of all em- ployers by November 16 & form which asks the nature of business, number of employes and other identifying in- formation. Return of this to the Post Office Department is requested by No- vember 21, and the employer then will be assigned an identification number. Following closely will be employe forms, distribution of which is planned for November 24. These also are to | be returned as soon as possible, De- cember 5 being the deadline objective, with the hope that distribution of identification cards to individuals may be well under way before January 1. Employe Application Form. The employe application form seeks to make identification conclusive by establishing date and place of birth and full names of parents. Such in- formation as church or labor union affiliation or membership in other or- ganizations is not sought. Both employers and employes will given identification numbers in & similar to those practiced by private insurance companies or for automobile licenses. Divided into three sections, the numbers will be keyed for sections of the United States, for general employment groups and for individuals. The cards to be issued to individuals will be of white card- board with a blue background and red letters. It will fold compactly into 1 by 8 inches. The taxing provisions for this part of the social security program call for & levy of 1 per cent on employes’ wages for the three years beginning next January 1. The tax will be be imposed only upon the first $3,000 of the individual's yearly income and the employer will contribute an equal amount for each employe. In 1940 the rate jumps to 1) per cent and the graduation by one-half of 1 per cent continues at three-year intervals until the rate reaches 3 per cent. Labor Federation Plans. In connection with the taxing plans, it was reported today that the Ameri- can Federation of Labor will renew attempts this Winter to have Con- gress make the tax payable entirely by employers. Labor contends that employes, as eventual consumers, will pay the full burden of the tax in any event and that an initial levy would mean double taxation. This issue, along with unemployment relief and MARITIME STRIKE | UP T0 PRESIDENT Confers With Officials to Decide Next Step in Deadlock. BY the Assoctated Press. Possible intervention by the Gov- ernment in the maritime strike that has tied up West Coast shipping and serjously interferred with East Coast traffic hinged today on conferences between President Roosevelt and the and Secretary returned to Wasbington last night to direct set- tlement negotiations from her office here. The Maritime Commission was reported to be standing by until sum- moned for a conference with the President. The President announced at a press conference this morning that he would consult with the Secretary and the commission this afternoon. Efforts of Assistant Labor Secretary Edward F. McGrady to settle the dis- pute at San Francisco have so far been unsuccessful. The maritime commission's representative on the Coast—Rear Admiral Harry G. Ham- let—was scheduled to resume his in- quiry today into the causes of the strike, Huntington T. Morse, his assistant, will arrive at San Francisco today, after making a personal report to the ;lrmme commission here Wednes- y. STRIKE DEADLOCK GROWS, Both Sides See Only HopPes Resting in President. SAN FRANCISCO, November 6 (#). —The Pacific Coast’s general maritime strike entered its second week today with no sign of a break in its para- lyzing grip. Assistant Labor Secretary Edward F. McGrady, unable to bring peace between ship owners and 37,000 (See SECURITY, Page A-6.) Summary of Amusements. C-8| Puzzles Army, Navy.C-12| Radio ... Comics -C-11| Short Story. C-2 Editorial- .._A-10 | Society Finance ....A-17| Sports Lost & Found A-3 | Woman' Obituary --_-A-12 THE ELECTION. Senators’ personal views expected to Midwestern fronts. NATIONAL. Page A-9 Nation-wide boom reflected in busi- |} ness reports. Page A-1 President may decide action in mari- time strike. Page A-1 Deadlock continues in effort to settle maritime strike. Page A-1 Dnmelthnldlpn-eon!em;m back to work. Page A-1 800 employes to be added to social se- curity staff here. Page A-1 3 transcontinental airlines may use Baltimore as base. Page A-13 Lindbergh flies new plane he helped to design. Possibilities of revamped cabinet are considered. Page A-9 FOREIGN. Execution of Communist stirs pro- tests. Page A-3 Pive nations agree to humanize sub- warfare. (See STRIKE, Page A-5.) Today’s Star . | Two county police suspended in bond ragket probe. Page B-1 Mrs, Loring broken-hearted on anni- versary of murder. Page B-1 Ickes amd Delano to ask President to bar abattoir. * Page B-1 Armistice day celebrations get under way here tonight. Page B-1 District Court refuses to nullify Renio divorce. Page B-1 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. ‘This and That. Page A-10 Page A-10 Page A-10 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 win headline games. Page D2 More freedom In use of forward pass 18 being urged. Page D-3 Williamson foot ball ratings for week are given. Page D-3 Noted golf prophet refuses to have pro favorite. Page D-4 FINANCIAL. Bond prices narrow (table). Page A-17 Freight loadings far above 1935. Page A-17 Jersey Standard votes extra. Page A-17 Btocks active, steels down (table). Page A-18 Curb list gains (table). Page A-19 Page A-19 Page A-2 Page B-7 Page B-9 Page B-12 Page B-14 JIM, You'D BETTER Roosevelt Man Runs $8,000 Shop Bet Against $2 ThenCan’tGotoD.C. Station to Greet President. ‘The $8,000 delicatessen which Na- jeeb Neam, Syrian proprietor, still owned today after betting it against $2 on President Roosevelt's re-election kept the ardent Roosevelt admirer from greeting the chief at the station today. ‘While thousands lined the streets to wave at the President, Neam had to content himself with a radio ac- count of proceedings, picked up while he marketing for supplies for his “I would like to go,” he said. “T've seen him lots, but I never met him.” Had Landon been voted into office, however, Neam would have been free ta leave his business because the store would have belonged to Forest V. (See BET, Page A-5.) FACTIONS CHARGE PLOT ON FRANCE Fascists and Communists Accuse Each Other of Exerting Influence. BY the Associated Press. PARIS, November 6.—French Fas- cists and Communists accused each other today of attempting to influence the army and navy in a revolutionary plot against Premier Leon Blum's So- cialist government. Each faction demanded quick meas- ures to put an end to what was de- scribed as “danger to the public peace.” The charges were scheduled for debate in the Senate this after- noon. The Chamber of Deputies, mean- while, gave solid support to Blum's proposals for revision of provincial finances, voting & preliminary bill unanimously. Heated accusations were flung be- tween the Communist delegation in the Senate and the followers of Col. Prancois de la Rocque, head of the Fascist Social party. The Rightists declared their inten- tion of inquiring into the influences behind the singing of the “Interna- tionale” and the raising of clenched fists (the symbol of communism) by the personnel of naval arsenals at Brest and Cherbourg during a recent visit by a government official. ‘The Communist newspaper Humanite REBELS REPULSED INMADRID THRUST Women Join Men in Counter Attack at Carabanchel. Capital Is Shelled. BACKGROUND— Since the beginning of the Span- ish rebellion, last July, foreign na- tions have watched ts carefully, seeing in the struggle significance to all Europe. The ebellion was started in Morocco by troops which opposed the extreme regime of the Socialist-Communist coalition of Leftists. The conflict spread to the mainland, and since that time successive insurgent vic- tories have brought them to the gates of Madrid. BY the Associated Press. MADRID, November 6.—Madrid’s last-ditch fighting men and women pushed back a Fascist thrust from suburban Carabanchel this afternoon while insurgent shells battered the capital’s edges. Insurgent reports of a revolt in the streets of Madrid were flatly denied. Fascist troops penetrated the Madrid side of Carabanchel, 4 miles to the south, in furious fighting early today. This afternoon, however, they were re- ported to have retired under a heavy government bombardment and coun- ter-offensive. Planes Straf Recruits. Five enemy fighting planes, bearing the marks of government patrol craft, swooped low over Castellana Boule- vard during the morning, their ma- chine guns spitting at columns of militia recruits who were drilling on the highway near the hippodrome. The recruits threw themselves to the ground and only a few were wounded. The government said two more in- surgent war planes had been shot down in the Alacala de Henares and Leganes sectors during the morning. The terrific artillery duel west and south of the city shook Madrid bujld- ings and shattered windows. The crash of shells was heard throughout the capital as govern- ment troops holding front line trenches a mile and a half west of Cuatro Vientos Airport and insur- gents intrenched at Alcorcorn ham- mered away at each other with heavy cannon. Government authorities said the Madrid counter-offensive had produced marked results. Streets Are Deserted. Shells which burst in the outlying sections of Madrid came from a Fas- cist battery at Alcorcorn, 8 miles from the capital. __Screams of terror rose from citizens (See FRANCE, Page A-4) (See SPAIN, Page A-6.) Britain Asks Rebels to Shell Only Military Objectives BY the Associated Press. LONDON, November 6. —Great Brit- ain has asked the Spanish Insurgent Junta at Burgos to confine its bomb- ings to purely military objectives, it (Authoritative sources in Paris also denied the report of a joint interven- tion agreement.) Nevertheless, it was stated Great Britain is gravely disturbed by the peril to both it own nationals and to the Spanish non-combatants in Madrid. Barlier today the’London Daily Mail stated that Great Britain and France had made a joint eleventh-hour appeal der ulation in Madrid. The effort was made “to save Madrid from destruction by bombs and many thousands of the civilian population from horrible deaths,” the paper stated. It added, however, little hope was held the appeal would prove effective. After telephone calls to Paris, For- NATION-WIDE BOOM IS REFLECTED IN BUSINESS REPORTS 10 Per Cent Increase in Wages Granted Many Steel Workers. CHRYSLER ANNOUNCES BONUS OF $4,000,000 Millions Added to Employes' Funds as Huge Dividends Are Everywhere Reported. BULLETIN, PITTSBURGH, November 6 (#). —The Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. today announced an increase of 8% cents an hour in the basic daily pay for its plant in nearby McKeesport. NEW YORK, November 6 (#).— Bethlehem Steel Corp. announced today an increase of 5!; cents an hour in basic labor wages, effective November 16, “with equitable ad- Justment in other rates of pay.” BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 6.—The business panorama glowed with news of higher wages higher dividends, heavy freight movement, advancing prices for metals and selected secur- ities today. Copper rose to the highest price in six years, a few stocks reached new tops since 1929 or 1930. Columbia Steel Co., U. S. Steel's Pacific Coast subsidiary, announced a 10 per cent wage increase for its 5,000 workers, as negotiations for wage ad- justments for the remainder of more than 200,000 U. S. Steel workers went on in Pittsburgh. Chrysler Announces Benus. Chrysler Corp. in Detroit announced & $4,000,000 bonus for some 67,000 employes, to be paid the week of December 14. Directors of Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey), meeting in New York, ordered an extra dividend of 75 cents a share in addition to the regular of 50 cents, making a total disbursement of about $32,750,000 to shareholders. After announcing the dividend declaration, President Teagle also dis- closed that the company was making a special contribution of $4,500,000 to the corporation’s thrift plan for eme ployes, in addition to its regular con- tribution to the plan. The American Iron and Steel In- stitute reported that employment in the steel industry in September broke all records for the industry with 526,700 workers on pay rolls, com- pared with 522,400 in August and up 23 per cent from September of 1935. In Chicago, the Board of Standard Oil Co. of Indiana ordered an extra cf $1, and the regular dividend of 25 cents, a total of some $18,500,000. The stock market ran into profit- taking selling after the sharp rise of the past two days, but not until sev- eral issues had reached new recovery tops. The movement of freight over the Nation's railways, as reported for last week, showed a less than seasonal dip of 0.2 per cent from the previous week, and a gain of 19.4 per cent over the same week of last year. The Associated Press seasonally adjusted index of freight movement rose to 79 per cent of the 1929-30 average, & new top since June, 1931, The American Telephone System re- ported 109,000 new stations installed in October, compared with only 62,600 in that month of last year. Retail Trade Rise. Indications of an extraordinary rise in retail trade in October were provided by sales reports of major chain store organizations. F. W. Woolworth Co. led with sales of $26,733,094, an increase of 14.3 per cent over October, 1935. J. J. New- berry Co. had an October sales gain of 18.1 per cent. Included on the roster of companies showing higher earnings or adopting more liberal dividend policies were American Gas & Electric Co,, Purity Bakeries Corp., Van Raalte Co., Super- heater Co., Curtis Wright Corp. and ‘Wright Aeronautical Corp. STEEL WORKERS GET RAISE. BY the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, November 6.— Columbia Steel Co., Pacific Coast sub- sidiary of U. S. Steel Corp., has ane nounced a wage advance averaging around 10 per cent on the company's total pay roll. Common labor gets the largest share of the increase. Higher paid workers are advanced less than the average. The agreement will become effective November 16 and operate for one year. It was intended to compensate the employes in advance for an an- ticipated rise in the cost of living and was based on the cost of living index of the United States Bureau’of Lébor Statistics as of July 15, It provides that should the index rise above the anticipated 10 per cent, the employes’ compensation would auto= matically increase another 5 per cent. Should the index decrease the compene sation would automatically decrease. The agreement affects about 5,000 men, 500 of whom come within the higher brackets. Men earning 38, cents an hour now will receive 48 cents and men earning 41 cents will receive 80 cents an hour. GENERAL RAISE SEEN. BY the Associated Press. | PITTSBURGH November 6.—Philip Murray, director of the steel organiza- tion drive, today forecast a 10 per cent wage increase for practically all steel workers within two weeks. Notices of the raise will be posted (See BOOM, Page A-2)