Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1936, Page 5

HOUSE EXPECTED T0 FORM EASILY Election of Speaker and Clerk All Needed to Count Vote. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Despite fears to the contrary, with an all-time record majority, the House in the Seventy-fifth Congress, which meets January 5, will have ample time to organize before the electoral vote is counted January 6, as required by statute. Before the election, when it was claimed that the Republicans would win back many House seats, and with the third party threat, leaders were eoncerned whether a combination of Republicans and third party might not be able to hold up House organiza- tion and thus prevent prompt count- ing of the electoral vote. By the twentieth constitutional amendment, which eliminated the *“lame duck” session, the date of the opening of the new Congress is set for January 3 instead of March 4. As next January 3 happens to fall on Bunday, Congress passed a special law postponing the opening day—for the year 1937 only—until January 5. Bankhead Appears Certain. ‘With no contest in sight for the speakership or clerk of the House, it seems likely that Representative Wil- liam B. Bankhead, the present Speaker, will be promptly re-elected and that South Trimble of Kentucky, ‘who has served 14 years as clerk, will also be retained in office. The elec- tion of House leader, which promised & fight, need not be decided until after the electoral vote has been counted, nor need the roster of committee as- signments be compiled and approved. All that must be done is to provide the House with a Speaker and clerk, be- fore it meets in joint session to count the presidential vote and promulgate the official announcement. The procedure, on which the House parliamentarian, Lewis Deschler, is now at work, is as follows: The clerk calls the House to order and the chaplain offers prayer. The clerk then calls the roll of members by States for the purpose of finding & quorum present. Nominations for the office of Speaker are then called for. If there is more than one candidate the clerk appoints tellers, and the roll is called for election of the Speaker. The clerk next announces the elec- tion of Speaker and then appoints a committee to conduct the Speaker to *“the chair.” The clerk then designates & member to administer the oath of office to the Speaker. The Speaker addresses the House and then the oath is administered to the Speaker. The Speaker, in turn, administers the ocath to the members. Election of Officers. A resolution is next offered calling for the election of officers of the House—the clerk, sergeant at arms, door-keeper, postmaster and chap- lain—all elective offices. The parlia- mentarian is appointed by the Bpeaker. Then a resolution is offered to no- tify the Senate that the House is organized with the Speaker and clerk elected. Another resolution is of- fered instructing the clerk to motify the President that the Speaker is elected for the Seventy-fifth Con- gress. The Speaker next appoints a delegation from the House to join with a similar delegation from the Senate as a joint committee, to no- tity the President that both houses of Congress are ready to receive any communications he may see fit to make. A resolution is offered to adopt the rules which the House makes to gov- ern its proceedings and another res- olution fixing the hour for daily meetings. May Offer Resolution. A resolution -may be offered to elect the membership of committees, but this will probably go over until a later date. It is expected that a caucus of House Democrats will be called by Representative Edward T. Taylor of Colorado, chairman of the caucus— with a service record of 28 years—for either Saturday, January 2, or Mon- day, January 4. At that caucus can- didates for party leader will be dis- cussed, together with the slate of committee appointments. An agree- ment may be reached or these phases of organization may be laid over for 8 subsequent session of the caucus. If they are still held in the party caucus, they will not be brought up in the House. ‘The next step in the House is to provide for the counting of the elec- toral vote by a resolution calling for a Joint session of House and Senate members in the House chamber at 1 pm. January 6, as provided by statute, pursuant to the Constitution. ‘This provides that the President pro tempore of the Senate shall preside, that two tellers shall represent the House and two shall represent the Senate, that the clerk of the House shall open the sealed envelopes from the several States and hand them to the President of the Senate, who an- nounces them. After the formal reception, record- ing and announcement of the electoral vote, there will be a resolution of- fered for deceased members and the session adjourns. Strike (Continued From First Page.) with Secretary Hull, Assistant Secre- tary of State Welles and other Argen- tina-bound diplomats aboard, put out from its New York pier, but was forced to anchor off the Statue of Liberty during the afternoon and early evening by order of the United Btates Shipping Commission. The ship was found under-manned and six more seamen were required before it put to sea. It obtained four of the men it needed from the incoming steamer Walter D. Munson. The strike of insurgent members ©f the International Seamen’s Union also forced the New York and Cubs mplete line of standard * and S American made watches youte” alwars greeied with w re with » 4 alle—ith 7o cbEAtION Iollu 4 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Hull Embarks Despite Pickets Secretary Hull as he paused momentarily at the gangplank yesterday in New York before boarding the S. S. American Legion, bound for South America, while maritime strike pickets marched at the pier. could be hired. At the left, on the gangplank, is Mrs. Hull. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Mail Steamship Co. to cancel yester- day’s sailing of the liner Oriente and caused & two-hour delay in the de- parture of the Grace liner Santa Elena. Cancellation of the Oriente's regular trip to Havana was announced after line officials had tried vainly for nearly six hours to replace between 170 and 200 strikers. The Oriente, sister ship of the ill-starred Morro Castle, had booked 82 passengers, a score of whom left before the sailing was cancelled. As the passengers walked glumly down the gankplanks they were con- fronted by pickets who bore signs| warning against sailing with “scabs. o The line said the Oriente would leave | today if a crew could be signed on. Santa Elena Clears, ‘The Santa Elena cleared the harbor with three substitute electricians hired to replace men who had joined the general maritime strike voted in New York Friday night. She was bound for San Francisco with 151 passengers, including Representative Ralph O. Brewster of Maine. The American Merchant, of the American Merchant Line, also sailed late yesterday after cancelling all passenger bookings. Secretary Hull and his party board- ed the American Legion a half hour | before the time set for sailing. He arrived at the Munson Line's North River pier in & motorcade of six cars, accompanied by a police escort. The procession drove quickly past two picket lines representing opposing factions of the International Seamen’s Union. One group of pickets bore strike signs. They were picketed in turn by anothér group of union mem- bers who have denounced the general maritime walkout as unauthorized. Neither group made any demonstra= tion as the official cars rolled into the pier shed and deposited their oc- cupants at the gangplank. Presence of a special police detail of a half hundred men, together with the adoption of special precautions to prevent unauthorized persons from | boarding the ship, lent an air of sup- pressed excitement to the sailing. Hull Didn’t Know. Once in his cabin, Secretary Hull| issued a statement dealing with his peace mission, but had little to say about the strike. “I have been too busy with foreign affairs to give it much attention,” he said. “I did not know that this ship might be affected by any strike trouble.” Joseph Curran, chairman of the insurgent New York strike group which overruled officers of the Inter- national Seamen’s Union in voting strike action, estimated 16,000 ship workers have walked out in Gulf and Atlantic ports outside New York. He claimed three to four thousand strikers in New York. Miss Perkins, calling Curran’s com- mittee a “rump” organization, accused him of exaggerating the extent of the East Coast tie-up. Her observers, she said, found the figures too high. Concrete Program Mapped. She expressed confidence in As- sistant Labor Secretary Edward F. McGrady's efforts to settle the West Coast controversy, but asked if inter- vention by the President would be necessary, she said: “I don’t know.” She gave assurance that the Labor Department is working on a concrete program, but declined to outline the plans. In San Prancisco the Joint Policy Committee of striking Pacific Coast maritime unions last night lifted the blockade on vessels away from but bound for home ports, including seven ships tied up in Honolulu. Their action came as Government conciliators started a new move to bring strikers and employers into peace negotiations on a “clean slate” basis and both sides studied a codrt decree ordering the United States marshal to discharge a banana consignment from a strike- bound ship at San Pedro. The new peace move came after T. G. Plant, shipowners’ spokesman, re- iterated his willingness to reopen ne- gotiations providing the unions, would not insist upon certain conditions as & premise. . McGrady immediately Llonel Servuce Statlon Visit Our Railroad Headquarters. The finest hobby shop in this and ready r train for Christmas. EXPERT WORKMANSHIP—\VE CALL FOR AND DELIVER FREE INSPECTION—FREE ESTIMATES . conveyed his offer to union leaders. Federal Judge Paul J. McCormick signed the court order in Los Angeles after the consignee of the banana shipment asked a writ providing for their discharge as perishable cargo. San Prancisco ship owners said they knew of no contemplated court actions by other consignees. A new strike of shipyard workers complicated the San Francisco situ- ation. A. T. Wynn, head of the Bay District Metal Trades Council, said 6,000 boilermakers, shipfitters, rivet- ers and machinists walked out yester- | day, comnlnuunz employers had failed to live up to “agreements.” A spokesman for one of the two yards affected said there was no writ- ten agreement with the unions in ex- istance and that the number of men on strike was far below the figure given by Wynn. Several hundred men stormed the | Oakland warehouse of the Central | California Poultry Producers’ Co-op- erative in Oakland and beat two workmen there. The plant had been affected by a strike of 1400 local warehousemen who are affiliated with striking longshoremen. California’s Governor, Frank F. strikers and their families would be on the basis of “individual merit” and that no aid would be extended single men. “We will not permit women and children to starve regardless of the reason behind their privation,” he said. There had been no applica- tions, he went on, for additional re- lef in the ports. Spain’ (Continued From Pirst Page.) the ground they said they captured three tanks. Roads leading toward Madrid were packed with legionaries and Moors marching to the front. As they marched forward, Socialist artillerymen occasionally dropped shells among them—but most of them were duds. The main attack centered around | the vast military camp in the Cara- banchel area. There the insurgents claimed the capture of the Aviation School Barracks, the military radio station with its four lofty towers and an infantry encampment. SOCIALISTS MASS TANKS. to Withstand Counter-Attack. MADRID, November 8 (Sunday) (#) —Socialist militiamen, fighting off Fascist forces marching against the capital, massed tanks and guns today to withstand an insurgent counter- attack expected at dawn. Thousands of refugees milled about in their search for havens as a number of insurgent shells scored hits on their houses on the outskirts of the capital. The militiamen, girding themselves for the morning struggle, took heart from the successful resistance last night to Fascist onslaughts at Villa- verde and El Campamento, north of Carabanchel Alto and south of Madrid. (This dispatch was sent from Mad- rid at 2:25 a.m. Sunday, Madrid time, 9:25 p.m. Saturday, E. 8. T.J In a desperate battle, the militia- men held off the Fascist onslaughts and, slowly driving back the insur- gents, made gains of more than a mile. Tanks Figure in Clash. Machine guns and tanks, supported | by new fighting planes, figured in the | bitter clash. Batteries of Socialist guns within the city limits poured shells toward the Fascist lines, bringing home to the Madrid population how near the enemy was to the capital. ‘The government, from its new pro- visional capital in Valencia, urgea its supporters to continue the defense of Madrid. Following & cabinet meeting, it is- sued an official communique in which it stated its departure did not mean abandonment or retreat. Rather, it nld. the government was OFFICIAL Prepare Insurgent section of the country. Repair MODEL CRAFTS CO. 1616 K St. N.W. ME. 2369 Merriam, announced State relief to | transferred to Valencia to maintain diplomatic relations and to co-ordi- nate the anti-Fascist fight throughout Spain. In Madrid the defense junta was in | sesslon late in the night discussing War measures. Seek to Prevent Pillage. Guarantees against pillage and crime during the crucial moments of defense of the capital were issued to- night by the Defense Council which took over jurisdiction after the Social- ist cavinet fled to Valencia. Gen. Jose Miaja, heading the de- fense regime, announced that “the government is confident its forces will uphold law and order in these cru- cial moments while fighting forces will continue to resist invasion and viork for the defeat of the enemy. “Measures will be employed to pre- vent any attempt at pillage or sacking | | and any other form of crime will be ! | severely punished. “The civil population must be will- ing to undergo any form of privation rather than take advantage of the situation for selfish purposes while | our troops are fighting at the front. “I expect loyal co-operation from | every one. There shall be no re- treat. On the contrary, the militia will continue to fight until the enemy is conquered.” The Military Committee took com- mand of Madrid defenses after flight of the civil government and hope the capital's defenders would consent to surrender the city without further defense was expressed by diplomatic sources. An agreement under which prison- ers and hostages would be exchanged, together with an insurgent guarantee of no reprisals without a fair trial, was being negotiated. The government later established headquarters in the Benicarlo Palace at Valencia, where the ministers met | in secret session. The council of defense included | four Socialists and four Syndicalists and two each from these party | groups: Anarchists, Communists, Gen- | eral Workers’ Union, Left Repub- licans and Republican Unionists. Field headquarters for the Soclllm general staff were set up at Taracon, approximately 50 miles southeast or the capital. Authority Given Gen. Miaja. ‘The fleeing ministers gave full au- thority to Gen Miaja to take what- ever steps he deems necessary to de- fend the capital from the insurgent attacks. Gen Sebastian Pozas was named commander of defending forces as insurgents concentrated their attacks 4 miles from the city limits. Council members in Madrid, mean- while, debated plans for the city’s de- fense in lengthy sessions. The mem- bers did not announce their decisions. Defending militiamen were ordered to “fight without quarter, without truce.” Developments in the 72 hours, | the war ministry predicted, would tell NOVEMBER 8, HULL OPTIMISTIC ONPEACEMISSION Better Economic Conditi- - |» in American Republics Aid to Cause. B the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 7.—De- pressed economic conditions in the 31 American republics are “gradually be- ing dissipated,” Secretary of State Cordell Hull sald today as he and other delegates from the United States boarded the 8. 8. American bLegion on their way to the Inter-American Peace Conference at Buenos Aires. Secretary Hull issued the following statement: “Our delegation to the Inter-Amer- ican Peace Conference is sailing today ‘with earnest hope for placing the rela- tions of this hemisphere upon a firmer basis of mutual trust and co-operation than ever before. Ground for Confidence. “There is good ground for this con- fidence. A strong feeling of mutual understanding prevails throughout the hemisphere and there is a growing realization by the peoples of the 21 American republics of their common interests in the peaceful and orderly progress of civilization. “The great republic of Argentina has extended an invitation to the other 20 American republics to meet in Buenos Aires to consider, in accord- ance with the suggestions of President Roosevelt, the means whereby Ppeace may best be safeguarded. “Although substantial progress has already been made by the establish- The ship was anchored near the Statue ol Liberty until siz more seamen |ment of conciliation and arbitration tribunals and in other methods of the story of Madrid's successful de- fense or fall. ‘Throughout the city reinforcements were rushed to garrisons and barri- cades were erected at strategic points. Desperate Socialist soldiers used sand- bags, paving stones, bundles of news- papers and virtually anything they could obtain to build blockades against the projected insurgent entry. A never-ending stream of refugees flowed into the city from nearby war zones, adding to the confused situa- tion in the capital’s interior. Author- ities requisitioned unoccupied houses and basements of apartment buildings for dormitories for women and chil- dren driven from their homes by the artillery and aviation bombardment. An official announcement over the government radio station instructed all apartment building superintendents to report vacancies in their buildings for possible use by refugees. Residents Fear Moors. ‘Throughout the capital, terrified residents wefe asking this question: “Will the Moors (insurgent legion- :nzru) kill us all? What will they 07" A portion of the city’s population began a hasty exodus for the eastern | seaports, where they hoped to find i havens from the expected Fascist as- sault. (Insurgent commanders reported recently their forces had cut railway communications between Madrid and the eastern Spanish coast by severing the railroad near Aranjez. Facist bombing planes were declared to have blown up the tracks in the vicinity of Castillejos and Algodor.) Outside the capital Fascist and Sorialist batteries sent a barrage of ehells into government and insurgent positions. The roar of the gunnery duel could be heard inside the city, gven to the central Puerto Del Bl Call for particulars re- garding this remarkable value. Representatives ‘Wayne Oil Burner. J. Edw. Chapman COAL FUEL OIL 37 N St. NW. 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The progress of each depends more and more upon the progress of others, and by mutual ef- forts there can be built a prosperous and contented community which is one of the best assurances for the maintenance of peace. “Personally, I am looking forward with particular pleasure to visiting South America. I have happy memo- ries of my trip to the Montevideo con- ference in 1933 and I expect to renew the many cordial friendships which were there established. “But, beyond personal considera- tions, I welcome with all my heart this new opportunity to collaborate with my colleagues of the other re- > w3 usw 7Y wsw BT o EY ww EESY vow Y wom Y vw “ - HSM dzfznza == = b 13 =y = = = 64 # -t # -+ = Sl = = all = = a = & = 4 # 0 = @ = dziiznsne T nzaz & = younger! = S = z@Enzyg ® YOUR CHARGE ACCOUNT INVITED publics 1n furthering the cause of Ppeace. “We go on this mission with hum- ble hearts and a resolute spirit, con- fident that further constructive ac- tion can and will be taken looking to the elimination of the scourge of armed conflict in the Western Hemis- phere.” TRUCK KNOCKS MAN ' FROM PARKED CAR Vincent Downs Injured When Plucked From Running Board by Passing Vehicle. 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