Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. . (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 34 degrees; warmer tomorrow. Temperatures—High- est, 53, at noon today; lowest, 37, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page A-23, Closing New York Markets, Page 22 84th YEAR. No. 33,799. tered as second class matter ::“ office, Washington, D. C. The WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Staf WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1936—SIXTY-EIGHT PAGES. #%# REBELS BOMB BARRACKS|GHEST WORKERS AFTER LOSING 6 PLANES|REPORT §5%,142 IN FIGHT OVER' MADRID) ATNOONMEETING Proje—cfi-s Fall on Defenses of Capital. DARING RAID DAY’S SECOND| | Loyalists Prepare for Renewal of Field Fight. PRGN Yo BACKGROUND— Siege of Madrid by insurgent forces, which has been in progress Jor weeks, gives promise of contin= uing indefinitely as Spanish rebel- lion mears end of fourth month. Reinforced Laoyalist supporters of popularly-elected Leftist govern- ment have stubbornly defended eapital, although President Manuel Azana and his cabinet have estab= lished themselves in Barcelona. Presence of Italian and German Jorces on side of Fascist rebels and of Russian and French on side of Loyalists demonstrates international importance of the struggle B> the Assoclated Press. MADRID, November 13.—Madrid's | Montana Barracks and the whole line of fortifications in the vicinity of Segovia Bridge were bombed in a daring insurgent air raid late today— several hours after government planes had won a spectacular victory in a battle over the capital. ‘Three Fascist tri-motors, guarded by six pursuit planes, roared out of & dense cloudbank in the western sky at 3:20 pm. and spilled 14 huge bombs. { Five of the projectiles hit Montana Barracks, where several thousand | government troops are quartered. Other screaming missiles, dumped | by the air raiders, fell on the line of | fortifications. Two of them explodedi in a built-up sector, wrecking three 2-story houses. | Black billowing columns of debris and smoke shot into the air as the | raiders, having completed their mx.t-l sion of death and destruction, fled to| the west. Ten Socialist pursuit planes im- mediately roared into the skies and| engaged the six Fascist escort planes in a spectacular aerial battle—the | second dog fight over Madrid of the| day. { The enemy planes, however, tak- ing advantage of the dense clouds| which shielded their approach, made | their escape. Raid Follows Air Battle. . __| The raid came on the heels of a| Mmass aerial battle in which the gov- ernment announced it had downed six planes. Thousands of Madrilenos saw two | planes crash in the first battle, one | within the city itself. The government | announced both were insurgent ships | and said four others had been forced | from the air during a chase ove: in- surgent lines which followed the| spectacular “dog fight.” The prompt attack by nine govern- | ment planes, defense ieaders declared, | prevented another bombardment of the | city. It also demonstrated the insurgents no longer can fiy over Madrid un-| scathed. Previously, the government's air base was so far from Madrid that at- tacking planes could get away from the city before government craft arrived. Now, however, the government has established a temporary air base near | Madrid, its whereabouts a carefully guarded secret. 70 Planes Protect Capital. More than 70 pursuit planes, defense officials asserted, have been detailed to the protection of the capital. All sre of modern construction, each armed with from two to four machine guns, and each manned by an experi- enced pilot. Confidence of the defense junta (See SPAIN, Page A-4) HOEPPEL, FROM CELL, ASKS ‘SQUARE DEAL Convicted Representative Rails at “Russian Attitude” Which “Envelops” Him. B) the Assoctated Press. RICHMOND, Va, November 13.— The Richmond News-Leader printed today 8 facsimile of a letter bearing the name of Representative J. H. Hoeppel, a prisoner in Henrico County Jail here, saying that “perhaps a little publicity may lessen the Russian atti- tude which charges the atmosphere in which we are enveloped. The letter, dated in the “Henrico County jail,” where Hoeppel and his son, Charles, have peen held since last Saturday as fugitives from justice, asked: “Can you conceive any reason why I should continue to be held ‘incom- municado’,” and closed with “yours for s square deal in the Old Do- minion.” It was addressed to the “Editor, News-Leader” and received bv the newspaper by special delivery from the jail. The California Representative and his son were scheduled to appear in Pederal District Court for a new hear- ing at noon today on an order for their removal to Washington. Court Refuses Plea. B the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, November 13.—The moval of Rq’:rnenuuve John H. Hoeppel and his son from Richmond A to Washington to start s jail sentend), Ja ° i [ Mussolini to Close Courts And Substitute State Boards Legal Profession to Be Socialized in Sweeping Change on Which Com- mittees Are Now Working. BACKGROUND— In the administratfon of justice shortly after Mussolini became pre=- ‘mier the four courts of cassation were reduced to one and many minor courts were suppregsed. This was one of a series of reforms that changed huge deficits to surpluses and marked a beginning of govern= ment financial strength. Ev the Assoclated Press. ROME, November 13.—Premier Mus- solini has decided to abolish existing Italian courts of law, substituting state committees and socializing the | legal profession, official sources dis- closed today. Attorneys- described the project’ as “one of the most important changes in twentieth century jurisprudence.” A committee of eminent lawyers and officials from the ministry of justice is working out the details to replace the courts with the state boards, authoritative quarters asserted. ‘The committee’s report is expected to be finished soon, when it will be handed to the ministry of justice for action. Abolition is also planned for the special tribunal for defense of the state. This court was established 10 years ago after an 18-year-old youth attempted to assassinate the Italian Premier at Bologna in 1926. It was first instituted for five years and then renewed for another five. ‘The court, created to protect the life of Il ‘Duce and government of- ficlals, condemned half a dozen men to death on charges of conspiracy against the premier. Among them was | " (See MUSSOLINI, Page A-3) FOREIGN BUYING CONTROL STUDIED President Sees Danger to Currency and Exchange on U. S. Stocks. By the Associated Press. President Rooosevelt said today the Federal Reserve Board was studying | the question of the possible need of legislc‘ion to control foreign buying of American securities. Responding to questions about the | rising stock market at his semi-weekly press conference, the President said foreign investments in the American market, if accumulated to a certain point, were a potential danger, not only to domestic currency and ex- 4 change, but to every other Nation's currency and exchange. Mr. Roosevelt emphasized the ques- tlon was only in the study stage and said the Treasury would be asked to! investigate it also when Secretary | | Morgenthau returns to Washington next week. New Legislation Possibility. He sald Chairman Marriner S. Ec- | cles of the Federal Reserve Board had informed him yesterday that new leg- ] islation would be required if control measures were deemed necessary. | The President would not comment on the stock market rise, saying Eccles and Chairman James M. Landis of the Securities and Exchange Com- | mission were better acquainted with | the technical language of the market | than he. ! He said Eccles had told him of | large foreign buying of American | securities. He said when such buying gets beyond a certain point the un- certainty of when these investments might be withdrawn served to put such investments in the “hot” money | class. Mr. Roosevelt added it was always & disturbing factor in the foreign exchange and credit situation. “Runaway Stock Market.” Asked if Eccles or any one, else with whom he had confe: re- cently had discussed what a news- man termed a “runaway stock mar- ket,” the President said that phase had never been touched on. The President noted that currencies and go}d reserves of European nations had béen affected in the past by certain private groups or syndicates. He mentioned the attacks on the French franc in the past three or four years. But he asserted this form of cur- rency disturbance had been virtually taken care of by the recent American, British and French monetary accord and the question now was what other factors might be entering into the situation as possible upsetting in- fluences. JAPANESE PLANES AID NORTH CHINA ATTACK Fresh Assaults on Wide Front Against Suiyuan Forces Re- ported by Soldiers. Wy the Associated Press, KALGAN, Chili Province, China, November 13.—Fresh attacks against Suiyuan forces by Chahar soldiers and Mongolians were reported in North China today. The invaders— t.:k“w by J:]:cnue airplanes—at- ed over a wide front, the - reports (Recent advices reaching Kalgan and Peiping told of thousands Chahar provincial soldiers VING COST' BASIS FOR'PAY OPPOSED Should Affect Only Minimum Wage Scale, Presi- dent Says. BY the Associated Press. Commenting on the proposal of |some steel companies to fluctuate wages with the cost of living as de- | termined by the Labor Department | index, President Roosevelt said today the cost of living was a factor to be considered only when applied to a! minimum wage. It should not be considered as a factor, he added, if it is to curb the improvement of wages. Discussing the question at a press conference, the President said living costs should not be the controlling factor ifi fixing wages in places where the cost of living is very low. He added buying power also entered into the picture, Anncunced by Steel Firm. The cost-of-living basis for wage determination has been brought to the front by the announcement of the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co. and other large concerns that wages are to be increased, but will fluctuate within certain limits as the cost of liv- ing goes up or down. The cost of living is to be determined by the Bu- reau of Labor Statistics. ‘Two Carnegie-Illinois employe rep- resentatives are in Washington seek- ing from Secretary Perkins a ruling on whether employe representatives | have a right to sign a binding agree- | ment with the company incorporating | such a wage plan. | The company offered a 10 per cent ‘wage increase, but asked employe rep- resentatives to sign an agreement per- mitting adjustments according to liv- ing costs. The range was limited to 5 per cent. The employe representa- tives here object to the proposed ad- Justment agreement as s condition to the wage increase. Charges to Be Studied. Perkins agreed in a con- ference with the two representatives of company unions yesterday to study two cnarges which they lodged against their employers: First, that the steel company had discriminated against one of the representatives, George A. Patterson, an employe of the South Chicago plant, and, second, that the proposed increases are invalid when signed only by union officials without ratification by the union mem- bership. { Patterson attended the conference with Elmer J. Maloy, Duquesne, Pa., | chairman of the Pittsburgh-Youngs- | town council of the Carnegie-Illinois ' company union. | Maloy said he and Patterson had conferred with John L. Lewis head of the Committee for Industrial Organ- ization now engaged in an organiza- tion campaign among steel company workers. Lewis arranged the confer- ence with Secretary Perkins, Maloy said, but he does not expect to hold any further meetings with him. Designated as Arbiter. Gecretary Perkins learned for the first time at the conference yesterday that she had been designated as arbiter in cases of dispute between company representatives and em- ployers and that her decision is final. Maloy asserted that the companies are using “coercion” to induce com- pany union representatives to accept the proposed agreement by telling them that they would not get the wage increase unléss they also accept the cost-of-living basis for future regulation. “We won't acoept the permanent (See STEEL, Page A-6.) Pin Ball Shown in Court “Chance or Skill” Argument legality. p. asked the manent which Ji granted Jast July prevent selzing its 2,500 pin ball games located the city. United States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett, who ordered seizure of all the 10,000 such games scattered about Washington which pay off in any manner, consented to test the legality of the machines in & court of equity ton. c round | happen,” Glass declared. 30.28 Per Cent of Goal Reached—Busy Week End in Prospect. 9,547 GIVERS ENROLLED BY FOUR UNITS IN DAY Feature of Luncheon Gathering Is Indictment of Crime as One of Four Enemies. Gifts to the Community Chest total 16,281, and amount to $598,- 142.79, workers reported today at the second campaign luncheon meeting at the Willard Hotel. Declaring that this was good prog- ress, but “we are not moving ahead as fast as we should,” Coleman Jen- nings, campaign chairman, called upon the workers to make strenuous efforts over the week end so as to bring in a “grand” report at the next | meeting Monday. The four solicitation units today reported a total of 9,547 gifts amount- ing to $147,780.13. ‘The grand total to date of $598,- 142.79 is 30.28 per cent of the total goal of $1969,000, which the cam- Ppaign hopes to reach by November 24. Reports by Units, Reports today by units follow: Spe- clal Assignment, today, 68 gifts, amounting to $57,843; to date, 426 gifts amounting to $418,251, which is 73.3 per cent of its goal. Group Solicitation, today, 1,897 gifts, amounting to $18,377.13; to date, 2,965 gifts, amounting to $50,711.26, which is 12.55 per cent of its goal. Government, today, 6461 gifts, amounting to $51,664; to date, 10,820 gifts, amounting to $90,317.88, which Greenbelt resettlement project this | is 12.45 per cent of its goal. Metropolitan, today, 1,121 gifts amounting to $19,896; to date, 2,070 gifts amounting to $38,862.65, which is 21.10 per cent of its goal. A feature of the meeting today was indictment of the character Crime, one of the four “public enemies” against which the Chest campaign this year is directed. Crime enacted by Maurice Jarvis, made a ‘“defense” of himself and was bitterly indicted by Mrs. Harper Sibley, chairman of the Woman's Division, Mobilization 1 city, five solicita- tion units pressed forward with their See EST, Page A-20.) CORPORATE TAX LAW CHANGE IS FAVORED | Senator Glass Expects Some New Action on Undistributed Surpluses. BT the Assoclated Press. Senator Glass, Democrat, of Vir- ginia, said today he thought “there ought to be some changes” in the Federal tax on undistributed corporate surpluses. He added he had not yet considered introducing such amendments him- self, and that he could not predict the probability of their enactment. “Nobody knows what is going to “No kind of forecast can be made with any ocer- tainty about the next Congress.” He sald further he had not yet “given any thought” to the question of extending the President’s authority to devalue the dollar still further. The authority expires early in 1937, unless renewed by Congress. Glass conferred briefly with mem- bers of the Senate Appropriations Committee, of which he is chairman, but declined to comment on the com- mittee’s probable action during the coming session. Summary of Comics .- Editorial Finance .- Lost & Found A-3 Obituary ...A-12| NATIONAL. Control plan for foreign buying of U. 8. stocks is studied. Page A-1 Untiversity Club Building may be pur- chased to house C. 1. O. Page A-1 President opposes “cost of living” wage basis. Page A-1 President Roosevelt issues Thanksgiv- . ing gday proclamation. Page A-1 Woman asserts “Moses in woods” is her own child. Page A-3 Business-labor conference to consider industrial legislation. ' Page A-8 Celanese plant at Cumberland closed by textile strike. Page A-8 Wife commits suicide in Matanuska Valley. Page A-9 Retail store collections show in- crease. Page A-19 FOREIGN. Rebels bomb barracks after air fight over Madrid. Page A-1 Premier Mussolini to abolish courts of law for state boards. Page A-1 Minister Salengro accused of being deserter. Page A-8 Italian-Soviet diplomatic feared. Sports .. Woman's Pg.. break is : Page A-3 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. ‘This and That. Page A-10 Answers to Questions. Page A-10 David Lawrence. Paul Mallon. Constantine Brown. Jay Franklin. Headline Folk. Page A1l Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. wthwfi crease housing projects.. . Page A- District W. P, A. rolls to be reduced before January 1. Page A-1 Nude pedestrian causes hubbub st downtown . corner, Page A-1 Page A-11 | Betsy o HOUSIG PROETS JAY BE EXTEDE | President’s Visit to Green- belt Expected to Bring Results. | President Roosevelt’s visit to the afternoon may result eventually in ex- pansion of this type of housing and relief labor activity. | A spokesman for the Resettlement | Administration represented Adminis- | trator Tugwell as anxious to convince | the President that such developments | justified their high cost. Dr. Tugwell, he said, would like to see unemployed | workers put to building “a great num- ber” of suburban housing units for | low-income families. | The outlay for the nearby Mary- land project, largest of three under construction throughout the country, probably will approximate $9,000,000. Officials admit this is somewhat ex- orbitant, but feel that the amount of employment it affords warrants the expense. About 5,000 men have been | given work on the Berwyn develop- ment. Some Loss Expected. Resettlement does not expect to re- cover all of its expenditure, by any | means. It is pointed out that tenants cannot be expected to bear the added cost necessitated by mass employment and the rush to complete the job. Possible significance of the presi- ONE DEAD IN WRECK 22 Others Hurt as Gasoline Train Hits Brick Truck. PROVIDENCE, R. I, November 13 (#).—One person was killed and 22 were injured when a gasoline train of the Warren-Bristol Branch of the New Haven Railroad crashed into a truckload of brick at Barrington this morning. Al Defano of Pawtucket was in- stantly killed. The motorman in the cab of the interurban train, Alf Tardie of Providence was seriously injured. The train carried a load of workers. Defano was driver for a Pawtucket contracting firm. Most of the injured remained at the scene of the accident. Today’s Star .| Virginia truck crash kills one, in- jures two. Page A-1 Pin ball machines brought te court in legality battle. Page A-1 Community Chest drive goes for- ward. Page A-1 | Supreme Court Justice Brandeis 80 | C. W. Banker defends cemetery bond issue before S. E. C. Page B-1 Commissioners plan fight to finish against abattoir. Page B-1 Hearing to air restrictions on offensive business plants. Page B-1 Auto club attorneys will confer with Gov. Nice. V' Page B-1 Method of triangle and lines evolved for chemical problems. Page B-8 SPORTS C. U, Maryland and A. U. are ready for homecoming games. Page C-8 Georgetown travels to New York to meet tough Manhattan. Page C-8 G. W. s fearful of speedy backs of Catawba invaders. Page C-9 Princeton given shade over Yale in annual grid classic. Page C-18 Astor Clarke nearly catches leader in ace duckpin league. Page C-11 MISCELLANY. ¥ ‘Washington Wayside, Young Washington. Nature's Children. Bedttme Story. Vital Statistics. City News in Brief, Caswell. Page A-14 Page B-13 Page B-13 Page B-13 Page C-4 Page C-12 Page D-5 Dorothy Dix. Page D-§ ‘Trafic Convictions. FINANCIAL. United States bonds ease (table). Page A-21 Retail sales climb. Page A-21 Corporate profits higher. Page A-21 Stocks irregular, steels gain (table). Page A-22 Curb list narrow (table, Page A-23 Preight loadings ease. f§ . Page A-23 Page At Car, Rams Fist ! Nude Man Halts Through Glass Smashes Windows as || Driver Watches in Dismay. A motorist on his way to work halted his sedan at Seventh and D | streets this morning and looked with astonishment on the pedestrian who | had leaped into his path with arm up- | raised in a commanding gesture. | The motorist’s astonishment was not | lessened by the fact the man in front of him wore no clothing except a pair of shoes. The motorist was trying to figure out what to do in a situation like that when the pedestrian dashed around to the side of the car and rammed his fist through the window. Glass showered in the driver's lap. While the motorist tried to regain his composure, the nude man knock >d out s second, then a third window. At this juncture the motorist awoke to action. He threw his car ‘n gear and stepped heavily on the gas. Meanwhile, a crowd was collecting and rush-hour trafic backed up be- | bind the corner. The nude man, by- | standers said, dashed to a small de- livery truck parked before a welfare agency and jumped inside. Some- body ran up and shut the door. bolt- ing it from the outside. The captive then swung his fists through the glass of & rear door. Patrolmen and police in two scout cars responded to several calls. They threw s blanket about the shivering, bleeding captive and took him to Gal- linger Hospital, where he was ad- mitted for mental observation. Hospital authorities identified the man as John P. Martin, 48. They did not learn immediately where he lived. He was suffering from scalp lacerations and lesser cuts about the arms and hands. Police were told that Martin was passing the corner when he began to attack passers-by without provocation. One of the men attacked picked up & bottle and hit Martin over the head. Martin, witnesses said, then began to shed his clothes as he ran back and forth across the street. He was down to his shoes when the unidentified motorist happened by. — RUMORS OF POPE’S ILLNESS DISPELLED Prelate Speaks for Solid Hour to 3,000 Representatives of Missionary Union. B the Assoclated Press. VATICAN CITY, November 13.— Pope Pius XI spoke for a solid hour today to 3,000 representatives of the Priests’ Missionary Union, dispelling rumors that the state of his health is serious. Witnesses said the Holy Father made the speech with but slight and natural evidences of weariness toward the close and that there was no change in his tread in walking into and away from the benediction hall. The heaviness of limb which ‘the Pope had experienced for some time was, however, apparent both before peech. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 141,535. (8ome returns not yet received ) UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. UNION SEEKS HOME OF CLUBAT$275,000 |U. M. W. Pushes Negotia- tions for Building’s Pur- chase for Office Use. BACKGROUND— Bitter factional strife over wheth- er workers in mass production in- dustries should be organized ac- cording to craft or along industrial lines into “one big union,” led last Fall to creation of Committee for Industrial Organization. Composed of Johom L. Lewis United Mine Workers and 11 other unions favoring the industrial plan, it was fought by American Federa- tion gf Labor's Ezecutive Commit- tee, headed by President William Green, and largely composed of heads of craft unions. When the C. 1. O. refused the Ezecutive Committee’s order, issued this Summer, to dissolve and cease its attempts at “dual uniomism,” 10 of the 12 C. 1 O. unions were suspended and mow face expulsion at the A. F. of L. convention in Tampa, Fla. Negotiations for purchase of the University Club building at Fifteenth and I streets have been begun by the United Mine Workers of America, through their president, John L. Lewis, it was learned authoritatively today. The purchase price is reported to be $275,000. While the purchase is being nego- tiated by the U. M. W, the building is expected also to provide national head- quarters for the Committee for Indus- trial Organization, which now has its offices in the Rust building. Disclosure of the proposed purchase added strength to the belief that C. I. O, of which Lewis is chairman, would be established on a permanent basis in opposition to the American Federa- tion of Labor. This conjecture is supported by re- cent developments on the labor front, as A. F. of L. delegates gathered in Tampa, Fla, for their annual con- vention and the U. M. W. Executive | Committee made ready to hold its an- | nual session here Monday. University Club Would Move. ‘The proposed purchase, which Proc- | tor L. Dougherty, president of the | University Club Building Co., admit- ted today was in negotiation, is ex- pected to be placed before the U. M. W. Executive Committee Monday for final action. If the deal is consummated, the University Club, which recently voted to merge with the Racquet Club, would move into the club house of the latter organization at 1135 Six- teenth street. The U. M. W. now occupies almost all the seventh floor in the Tower Building, about 18,000 square feet. ‘The University Club is a five-story building, but the lower floor could be made into two floors, adding addi- tional space, ample to accommodate the U. M. W, and the C. L. O. offices_ It is expected to be vacated wh the merger of the University and Racquet Clubs is completed, probably this month. Establishment of the C. I. O. as a rival to the A, F. of L. in the labor fleld was forecast this week by Presi- dent William Green of the federation as last-minute efforts to bring about Roosevelt Signs & peace between his organization and the C. L O. group failed to materialize. Lewis has never revealed what course he would follow in the event his union and nine others, now under by the federation's Exec- utive Committee for “dual unionism,” are finally expelled at the convention in Tampa. ‘With a break between the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O. definitely made, and & fresh organization offensive under (See U. M. W., Page A-6) Proclamation Calling Nation to Give Thanks BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Page D-12 N more abundant in faith and in se- curity.” The President also reminded the country that this “Nation passed through “troubled waters” and, there- fore, it is right to express gratitude that Divine Providence “has vouch- safed us wisdom and courage to over- come adversity.” Mr. Roosevelt declared our institu- tions have been maintained with no abatement of fgith in them and that HOPKINS ORDERS WP A. QUOTA HERE REDUGED BY 1,000 Commissioner Allen Also Is Directed to Cut Monthly Administrative Costs. NATION’S TOTAL IS DUE TO BE SLASHED 1,000,000 Federal Relief Load Is Past Peak, Administrator Says, in Forecast. BACKGROUND— Relief problem long has. been source of difficulty here. In No- vem, 1935, cost of direct relief was passed to District government, with only unemployables eligible. This year’s direct relief fund proved insufficient to meet needs, and District officials obtained ad- ditional appropriation of $830,000. Crisis was reached last December, when payments were slashed 25 per cent. This cut was restored after ad- ditional appropriation was obtained, but problem remained acute. Dur- ing the Summer, many cases were removed jrom the rolls because of shortage of funds. FPollowmg his prediction of yester- day that there would be 1,000,000 few- er relief cases on the W. P. A. rolls after January 1, Works Progress Ad- ministrator Harry L. Hopkins today directed Commissioner George E. Al- len to reduce the District W. P. A, quota from 6,500 to 5,500 by the first of the year. Allen also was notified to cut the monthly administrative costs of W. P. A. from $17,000 to $15,000. The instruction sent to Allen, who | heads the District W. P. A., were be- | lieved to be similar to notices sent by |Hopkins to works administrators | throughout the country. Hopkins' | forecast of the million reduction was made in connection with a statement | that the Federal relief load definitely | had passed its peak. Actually, the District has only 6,300 | persons on its works program now, but there is approximately the same ‘number on Federal W. P. A. projects |in the Capital. The orders received ‘iby Allen did not state whether Hop- |kins had directed a cut in the num= | ber on Federal projects here. Allen and his assistants voiced no concern over the impending reduc- tion. They explained there has been & gradual dropping off for some months as persons formerly on W, P. A. were absorbed in private em- ployment. They said they expected this to continue, although the peak load of unemployment in the past has developed during Winter months. 1,200 Seen Absorbed. Last Winter there were some 7,500 | needy and unemployed persons who were given jobs under the District W. P. A. and about the same number |on Federal W. P. A. projects here. | That would indicate about 1,200 per= | sons have been absorbed by private | industries from the District W. P. A. since last Winter. In numerous cases, however, it was explained, there have been transfers from District to Fed= eral projects. William C. Cleary, assistant deputy works administrator for the District, said nearly all of the projects now | have fewer men than are really need- ed to keep them going at full strength. (See RELIEF, Page A-4) MAXWELL HEARING CHANGED TO NOV. 23 Action on Venue Plea, Set for No- vember 16, Postponed by Judge Carter. BY the Associated Press. RICHMOND, November 13.—M. J. Fulton of Richmond, a member of Edith Maxwell's counsel, said today he had been notified by Judge Ezra T. Carter that a motion for a change of venue for the former Wise County school teacher accused of the murder of her father, would be heard at Wise November 23 instead of November 16. Judge Carter, who was designated by Gov. Peery to preside at the new trial awarded Miss Maxwell by the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, will hold court in Lee County next | week and so notified counsei the date of the hearing would be changed. Defense counsel is seeking a change of location for the retrial on the grounds that the 22-year-old woman cannot obtain a fair trial in Wise County, where she was convicted last November and sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment. Now... Says Charlie Michelson It Can Be Told The Publicity Director of the Democratic National Committee has written an article for The Sunday Star on the Democratic strategy of the past campa He talks about the publicity bud- get, the unnecessary radio speak- ers, the “typical prairie State” phrase made famous by Farley, the social security issue that looked worse than it really was and many other entertaining de- velopments as seen from the inside. Don’t Miss His Story in the Editorial Section of THE SUNDAY STAR