Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Occasional rain and warmer tonight and tomorrpw; lowest temperature to- night about 42 degrees; much colder Friday. Temperatures—Highest, 54, at 2:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 39, at 6:15 a.m. today. Full report on Page A+6. Closing New York Markets, Page 15 85th YEAR. No. NCHGAN LT ARRMINGATFLNT TOBARNENROTS Given Gov. Murphy’s Orders to “Preserve Peace” in- Strike Center. STATE EXECUTIVE CALLS PARLEY OF OPPONENTS Civilians Relieved by Arrival of 1,200—Martin Accepts Bid to Conference. BACKGROUND— John L. Lewss' campaign, which gathered force last year, for ver- tical rather than horizontal organ- ization of labor occasioned.occu- pational strikes and walkouts in the automobile industry, where his Commattee for Industrial Organi- zation undertook first to organize labor in opposition to established unions affiliated with the A.F.of L. United Automobile Workers, a C. 1. O. organization, demanded that it be recognized by General Motors Corp. as the sole bargain- ing agency for the automobile workers. Flint, Mich., center of oc- cupational strikes, scene of riots Monday night when strikers clashed with city police. Federal intervgn- tion in prospect. By the Assoctated Press. FLINT. Mich,, January 13.—Twelve hundred officers and men of the 126th Infantry, carrying full combat equip- ment, detrained here shortly before 8 a.n. today, prepared to carry out Gov. Frank Murphy's orders to “preserve peace and order” in this automotive center where bloody rioting marked the General Motors strike Monday. At almost the same time Gov. Mur- phy sought to bring representatives of both sides to the controversy to- gether in a meeting at the State Capi- tol tomorrow. Flint’s civilian .population, greeting National Guardsmen for the first time in such a situation, viewed the arrival of the troops with outward relief. The soldiers, Infantrymen, Artillerymen and Cavalry, were the first of a con- centration of approximately 2,000 Guardsmen, who; the Governor said, + would protect the rights of both strik- | ers and the general public. 12 Rifle Companies Arrive. On the troop train arriving this | morning were companies from Adrian, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Coldwater, Big Rapids, Grand Haven and Iona. Another contingent previously had ar- rived from Adrian by truck. Included in today’s arrivals were 12 rifle companies, a medical detachment and the regimental band. Command- ing is Col. George L. Olsen of Grand Haven. Only a small group of spectators was at the railroad station as the men detrained in frosty weather. Army trucks transported most of them im- mediately to an old school building near the police station, where they will be quartered. Others were taken to the National Guard Armory. The movement into the city was quietly executed. It was understood no patrol duty in the strike district ‘was immediately contemplated for any ' security today. They watched war in | of the soldiers. This was in keeping with Gov. Murphy’s statement when he announced plans to dispatch the National Guardsmen to this city. 500 Workers From Toledo. At the State house it was said the Governor had been informed that there were 500 auto workers in Flint from Toledo, Ohio. In the Ohio city it was said that 1,000 members of the U. A, W. A. there and several hundred members of the United Rubber Workers of America from Akron had driven to Flint. Michigan State police were stop- ping motorists near Monroe, Mich., on the two main highways leading from ‘Toledo and ascertaining that they were not armed before permitting them to proceed. . Murphy requested William S. Knud- sen, General Motors executive vice president, and Homer Martin, pres- ident of the United Automobile Work- ers of America, each accompanied by two associates, to meet in Lansing at 11 am. (E. S. T.) tomorrow with the Governor and James F. Dewey, Fed- eral labor conciliator. Martin announced he would accept the invitation. Should .Kundsen ac- cept it, it would be the first meeting of the opposing sides in formal confer- ence since the start of the strikes. Pending the outcome of this con- ference, Gov. Murphy ' requested Joseph R. Joseph, Genesee Count (Flint) prosecutor, to withhold serv- ice of “John Doe” warrants for the arrest of the several hundred strikers remaining in the Fisher Body, No. 2, (See STRIKE, Page A-3.) — o MIAMI GAMBLES WHILE OFFICIALS STUDY LAW Coins Operate Roulette and Dice Games in Same Manner as in the Past. By the Assoclated Press. .MIAMI, Fla., Jamuary 13.—Gam- + bling under State license attracted night club patrons today while en- forcement officials studied legality of “coin-operated” roulette and dice games, Licensed for $1,000 each under the “other devices” section of Florida's law legalizing slot machines, roulette wheels spun and dice clicked on green baize tables in a downtown, bay front club last night. Dice or roulette balls were vended to patrons depositing a half-dollar coin in a small mechanical device affixed to the edge of the tables. After the patron received his dice 33,860. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, January 13.—Mar- tin Johnson, famous African explorer, who was hurt in an airliner crash north of Los Angeles yesterday, died at Good Samaritan Hospital today of his injuries, The big game hunter, one of 12 Kurt in the crash which killed one other .| passenger, had suffered a concusion, Etractures of poth legs, multiple frac- | tures of both jaws, fractured nose and severe shock. | He was brought to the hospital early | today after receiving emergency treat- | ment last night in a ranger lookout station 100 yards from where the Salt ‘Lake City-Los Angeles airliner pan- | caked at 11:10 a.m,, Pacific time yes- terday. | With his wife Osa, his" companion on many African safaris with movie cameras, Johnson was on his way to fill a series of lecture engagements in | Southern California. ~Mrs. Johnson | _@h Plane Kills Martin Johnson * And One Other, Injuring 11 Martin Johnson, African explorer and lecturer, as he was taken from the wrecked Western Air express airliner, which crashed on a mountain near Los Angeles. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13,.1937—THIRTY-SIX PAGES.##%% He later died. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. suffered concusion and a fractured right knee in the accident. The Johnsons were to have ap- peared last night at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in an illustrated lec- | ture on “Borneo.” After sponsors learned of their injury, 3,050 ticket purchasers were given refunds. HOPKINS EXPLAINS §790,000,000 RELIEF PLEA OF PRESIDENT House Appropriations Unit Informed of Need to Finance Recovery. BUCHANAN IS SILENT ON PROBABLE ACTION Chairman May Attempt to Pare Sum—Against Loan Power of Resettlement, By the Associated Press. Harry L. Hopkins, works progress administrator, appeared before a House Approptiations Subcommittee today to explain President Roosevelt's request for $790,000,000 to finance “recovery and relief” for the next five months. Consideration of the appropriation measure was begun as Western and other congressional blocs planned a campaign to increase the amount to the billion mark. Others on Capitol Hill were seeking to reduce it. The first words spoken by Mrs. Johnson when she recovered from the | shock of the forced landing on a 2,600- | | foot mountain ridge were, "Where‘s! |my husband? Is he badly hurt?”| Johnson at the time was delirious and | | screaming from pain and shock. | Johnson was 52 years old, a native | of Rockford, Ill. His travels that took him to the far corners of the earth started when he was only 14 years old. | H. H. Hulse, Chicago, suffered a | fractured right elbow and right ankle. | | His condition was said to be fair. ! | R. T. Anderson, assistant manager | and son of the owner of the Bueltmore | 1 (See CRASH, Page A-2) EUROPE STUDIES -~ SECURITY PLANS War Are Mapped by Powers. BACKGROUND— When Spanish civil war broke out last July in Morocco ‘rebels advanced quickly to mainland and began slow process of -encircling Madrid, One by one practically all important cities were taken by Fascist foes of Socialist-Communist regime and fall of Madrid was looked forward to as signal of vic- tory for rebels. Actual storming of Madrid began last October, but em- battled Loyalists withstood attack | better than any one expected and | city remained untaken. Both sides | are in need of morale-sustaining victory, so new, hard fight jor cap- ital city looms. By the Assoclated Press. Europe’s powers groped for their own | Spain rage on to vicious heights, still safely within its own borders. Britain turned concentrated atten- tion to her vast rearmament and home defense plans. Officials studied “'facts" about the reported insurgent | seizure of big British-owned copper mines in Spain and the forced sale of their product to Germany, but took | no action. | France hoped for the success of a new plan to stop intervention in Spain by strict land and sea supervision of | “volunteer” and munitions movements. iBritalu approved, but demurred at | taking the initiative in any actual | blockade. The views of Spanish in- "surgent Gen. Francisco Franco were | awaited, | Schacht Cancels Trip. | In Berlin Reichminister Hjalmar | Schacht, who had intended to visit Paris this week as an economic am- bassador, canceled the trip and put plans for a Franco-German trade | treaty in the hands of subordinates. There was speculation that some unexpected angle might have come up which would make the Schacht | trip, at this time, seem premature. A Franco-German economic pact might lead to a deep-seated settle- ment of the political quarrels betwees the two nations, aggravated for six months by charges and countercharges of intervention in Spain. Uncensored reports described the desperate straits of 800 Fascist in- surgents defending Oviedo, for six months a city of siege in Northern Spain. Spanish Fascists hailed them as heroes of “a second alcazar.” Fascist armies strove to rescue th Non-combatant refugees streamed Moves to Check Threats of . | death would be made immediately. KIDNAPING VICTIM STABBED IN BACK Long Knife Hunted as Im-| portant Clue in Matt- son Case. | By the Associated Press. TACOMA, Wash., January 13.—Law officers hunted a long knife today as | one of the most important clues to the | identity of Charles Mattson’s kidnap- killer. | The knife was used in inflicting a deep wound in the kidnaped boy's back before he was slain by a blow | on the head. Reports of the stab| wound came from several reliable | sources. | The same sources said the wound Wwas narrow, apparently made by a long, slim blade. They said either a | carving knife, stiletto or large penknife | had been used. The wound was one of the chief | reasons for the autopsy performed un- | der orders of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Monday night. Physicians, funeral home employes and all others who had reason to view the body closely were warned to say | nothing of the wound. Abused Before Death. None of the sources would state definitely that 10-year-old Charles had been attacked by a pervert dur- | ing his captivity, though they did ad- mit he apparently had been subjected to beatings and abuse for several days before his' death. H In examinations made Monday | when the body was found, physicians | discovered ample evidence to prove Charles fought desperately for his life. The body was covered with bruises and scratches and the fingers were spread as though he had scratched with all his strength, Officers found no definite evidence he had clawed the man’s skin deeply enough that the marks migh be rec- ognized. Autopsy physicians did not disclose whether bits of skin had been found under the child’s finger- nails along with the clay imbedded there. Nathan Withholds Comment. Harold Nathan, head of the Fed- eral agents here, refused to comment on the knife hunt, but reasserted the bureau’s policy of “investigating everything.” He said rumors from Texas, California, Missouri and sev- eral places in Washington State were among those followed closely. He de- clined to say whether agents from here had been sent to any of those places. Officers said today no official report of the cause, time and placg of Charles’ The legal requirements that a death (See SPAIN, Page A-5.) By the Assoctated Press. PEIPING, China, January 13.—An estimated 50,000 onlookers watched five narcotic peddlers executed today on the ‘broad steps of the world- famous temple of heaven. The executions were the second in China’s anti-narcotics crusade and :IEI'Q performed with gruesome fan- are. The thousands of witnesses watched intently but with no sign of emotion as the condemned men, shackled and bound, were forced to kneel in front of the rifie squads and be killed with bullets through their skulls. The killings started with a bonfire of 10,000 ounces of assorted narcotics which were seized after the “be cured by New Year or die” drive started. After the contraband had been burned, the shackled prisoners were dragged to the scenc and forced to pose for photographs for use by the authorities in their crusade. “Take all yo.u want,” one vietim 50,000 See 5 Put to Death For Drug Peddling in China (See KIDNAPING, Page A-3.) shouted hysterically. The others cringed in silence. The bodies were dumped uncere- moniously into crude coffins stacked nearby and carted to the municipal “cemetery for criminals.” Large sacks of red pills, advertised as a cure for the habit but generally regarded as habit-forming themselves, were heaped onto the flames. Big packages of other narcotics were thrown in sfter them—some in clever disluises. Displays showed the contraband concealed in fake electric drycells, sewn 1in pillows, packaged in innocent- looking cartons marked “tea” and hidden in other containers with label of harmless goods. After the executions, anti-narcotics authorities reiterated their recent warning that addicts would be given another chance to prove themselves cured “but the clean-up is underway and will steadily inerease in severity.” 4 | behind closed doors. | By the Associated Press. | plete a prescribed course are com- | and the district attorney and the trial Comment Is Refused. Hopkins, who handles billions, was accompanied by Corrington Gill, as- sistant administrator and statistical expert. Neither would comment in advance of the hearing, which was | Chairman Buchanan of the com-| mittee asserted before the hearing| convened that there was “no secret” about what the $790,000,000 was in- tended for. He said $655.000,000 would go to W. P. A.; $80,000,000 to the Resettlement Administration; $20,000,000 to the Treasury Depart- ment ‘and $35,000,000 to other Gov- ernmental agencies for relief pur- S, Declined to Predict. Buchanan declined to predict what | action the committee might take, but | there was a possibility he might| attempt to pare the $790,000,000. He | said he favored elimination of the Resettlement Administration’s lend- | ing powers. | The latest report showed 2,284,000 persons were receiving W. P. A. wages | on December 12. Another 860,000, in- cluding Civilian Conservation Corps members, were on relief rolls in other departments. Al Mr. Roosevelt has expressed the hope re-employment soon would make it Dpossible to peg relief rolls at 2,000,000. e ROOSEVELT, JR., NAMED RESERVE PETTY OFFICER CAMBRIDGE, Mass., January 13.— Maintaining the family’s naval asso- ciation, Pranklin Delano Roosevelt, jr., son of the President, today be- came a chief petty officer in the Har- vard Battalion of the United States Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. Members of the corps who com-| missioned as ensigns in the United | States Naval Reserve. The tall son of the President, who | is a Harvard senior, was recently dis- charged from the Massachusetts Gen- eral Hospital. MURDERERS SAVED ALBANY, N. Y., January 13 (P).— Gov. Lehman commuted to life im- prisonment today the death sentence of three youths sentenced to die to- morrow night for a New York City hold-up slaying. The three, all colored, are Went- worth Springer, 17; Lawrence Jackson, 18, and Robert Taliaferro, 19, who were convicted of the murder of a :l‘;);zkeeper in a hold-up which netted The Governor said two judges of the Court of Appeals dissented con- cerning the conviction of Taliaferro on the grounds of reasonable doubt, judge recommended that if commu- tation were granted Taliaferro, all three defendants be treated alike. Summary of Page. Amusements. A-9 Army, Navy. B-7 Comics - B-11 Editorial ...A-10 Financial .. A-13 Lost & Found A-3 Obituary ...A-12 FOREIGN. Powers study plans to avert threats of ‘war. Page A-1 New complications increase pains suf- fered by Pope. Page A-4 NATIONAL. Rescurers picture tragedy of plane crash fatal to one. Page A-1 Congress studies governmental reor- ganization plan. Page A-1 Independent hackers idle, plan gen- eral taxi strike. A-1 Hopkins explains $790,000,000 relief plea of Roosevelt. Thomas W. Page succumbs in Char- lottesville at age of 70. WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. D. C. real estate men amazad at fiscal statements. Page A-1 Taxi strike threat lessens as commis- sion hears grievances. Page A-1 Man kills three in family, hurts 2, dies under train. Page A-1 Cummings and Hazen discuss jail ol n. Page A-2 Americans feared held as hostages in Sianfu. Page A-4 Joint study fiscal relations discussed. of Reorganization raise advocates. Democrats select four new members of House District committee. Page B-1 Seamen predict protest march to Capital, ‘MM & HERE. S EVERY INDIVIDUAL UNIT NECESSARY. NOW YOU PUT iT TOGETHER! The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 145,424 (#) Means Associated Press. THAT VAST REORG ANIZATION PUZZLE! MADNESS BLANED | INTRPLE SLAYIG Man Kills Wife, Son, Daugh- ter; Hurts Two—Dies | Under Train. (Picture on Page B-1.) Apparently motivated by & sudden, maniacal frenzy, a 65-year-old Mary- | lander killed his wife and two of his children, wounded a younger daugh- ter and her fiance and leaped to his death beneath a freight train last night after the wholesale slaying at his home, 100 feet across the District line on Queen’s Chapel road. Victims of the triple assassination committed by Corbin E. Boarman, retired telephone lineman, were ap- parently killed almost instantly by shooting, beating or cutting. They were: Mrs. wife, William Prancis Boarman, 21, post- | graduate student at the University of | Maryland. | Margaret Boarman, 26, employed by | a local bookbinding company. Believed Suddenly Insane. Lying seriously injured in Sibley Hospital today with a bullet wound in her arm and a possible skull frac- ture, was the other daughter, Mary | D. Boarman, 25. Her flance, William | F. Ryan, jr, 25, of 2612 Twenty- eighth street northeast, escaped with superficial gunshot flesh wounds. | ‘Their lives were probably saved when | Boarman'’s revolver jammed after he fired the first shot, police said. Prince Georges County police, called | to the scene at about 6:30 p.m., ex- | pressed the theory today that the| elderly man had suddenly become vio- | lently insane. After questioning | friends and neighbors of the senior (See KILLINGS, Page A-4) EXPECTED BABY OFFERED | TAMPA, Fla, January 13 (#)—A couple in distressed circumstances of- fered yesterday for adoption a baby they are expecting in about two weeks. ‘The Tampa Tribune, which publish- ed thg offer, said the parents asked that their names be not disclosed and added that already a dozen Florida families had bid for the child. Investigators said the couple has two other children and that the father, crippled from an accident, has been employed several months, The man and his wife were quoted as saying they wanted to give the baby a better home than they could pro- vide. They asked that the adopting family defray medical expenses. Prances Boarman, 60, the; . | Secretary Perkins outlines improving status of U. S. workers. Page B-1 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. This and That. Page A-10 Answers to Questions. Page A-10 ‘Washington Observations. Page A-10 David Lawrence. Page A-11 Paul Mallon. Page A-11 Constantine Brown. Page A-11 Dorothy Thompson. Page A-11 Headline Folk. SPORTS. Record fields mark golf boom, U. S. G. A. head discloses. Page A-17 Eastern ball clubs follow Cards in establishing farms. Page A-17 Terry flouts critics in predicting Giants’ success. Page A-18 Vines tops Tilden’s pro tennis rank- ings for 1936. Page A-18 Odds against Cards and Hoyas in bas- ket ball tonight. Page A-18 Manufacturers chief losers in golf’s 14-club limit rule. Page A-19 FINANCIAL. Stocks irregular (table). Steel pace maintained. Curb list down (table). Page A-15 Discount rates lifted. Page A-15 Bonds off moderately (table). Page A-14 Page A-15 Power output gain. MISCELLANY. City News in Brief. Page A-11 | Attacks Plan Former Controller General McCarl today assailed Presi- dent Roosevelt’s proposed re- organization plan for Gov- ernment departments. D.C. TAX| STRIKE THREAT LESSENS Independents Pressing for Inauguration Tie-up to Get Hearing. Possibility of a general taxicab strike during the inauguration seemed remote today as several hundred idle independent drivers—unable to enlist the support of large associations— found the Public Utilities Commission ready to hear their protests against low rates and other grievances. Despite the fact police reported a strike already in progress and ar- rested nine drivers for disorderly con- duct after they allegedly interferred with the operations of non-striking drivers, spokesmen for the disgruntled hackers informed District officials no walk-out had been called. A check-up by the hack inspector's office revealed, however, that approxi- | mately 300 drivers had “laid off” to attend a mass meeting this afternoon, | at which plans of procedure will be formulated. Committee to Be Named. Brewing for several days, the “strike” became a reality about 1 a.m. today when the independent drivers gathered in Columbia Typographical Temple, 425 G street, to air their troubles and appoint a committee to confer with the utilities commission. Immediately after the meeting car- loads of dissatisfied drivers patrolled the streets, distributing handbills urg- ing hackers at work not to carry pas- sengers and pointing out the “strike is on today.” “Stand tight! Don’t give in or re- peat the mistake of June, 1935," the circulars read, having reference to the unsuccessful attempt to have fares raised prior to the Shriners' conven- tion in 1935. The circulars also told the drivers to REPORT AMAZES REALESTATEEN Fiscal Study’s Appraisal Data on City Called Un- representative. ‘Three Washington real estate men | expressed amazement today on learn- ing from the fiscal relations report that they were credited with the ap- praisal of real estate properties in Washington which indicated, accord- ing to the repqrt, that the ratio of assessed to true value here is low. ‘The three real estate men, Morton J. Luchs, Edward K. Jones and Lan- sing Valk, said they appraised, at the request of the fiscal investigators, 14 properties and found the ratio of as- sessed to true value generally high. ‘The report itself indicates conclu- | | sions as to Washington’s assessment level were reached after careful ap- praisals of 76 properties of varied types. The report indicates the ap- praisals in each case were made as follows: “The appraisals and reports on tax payments were made by men who have successful appraisal experience and knowledge of real estate and tax conditions in their respective cities. This assured a uniform approach and the preparation of considered and hon- est opinions as to the value of typical properties. With the co-operation of representatives of certain Federal gov- ernmental agencies which find it necessary to employ qualified apprais- ers extensively, the men selected to do the work in each city were chosen from a list of appraisers possessing wide and successful real estate ex- perience and high standing in their communities.” Names Listed in Footnote. Local appraisers so chosen are in- dicated in a footnote as being Luchs, Jones and Valk. Between them, if develops, they appraised a total of 14 properties. The report does not state definitely the source of any other ap- praisals, although it gives 76 proper- ties as to the Washington total. Luchs still has the original appraisals, which he showed to The Star. Jones had retained only two. Valk could not locate his originals. The report also states: “The ap- praisers were asked to list from 10 to 25 identical or nearly identical prop- erties, with their opinion of the value in each case. For the most part, the properties listed were selected in vari- ous sections of each of the cities. Thus the opinions of value represent a wide range for different types of property.” Neither Luchs nor Jones submitted such listings, while Valk listed about 35 properties in the Marietta Park section, where he appraised a semi- detached and a row house, and 15 in Chevy Chase, where he made his third appraisal, that of a detached house. Made Five Appraisals. Luchs made five appraisals for the committee. He covered a wider varie- ty of properties than either of his associates. He appraised a half-mil- lion-dollar commercial building on downtown F street, a row house in Petworth, walk-up apartment on Wis- consin avenue, semi-detached home on Cathedral avenue and a detached home_ in Chevy Chase. His reports on the four pieces of residential prop- erty showed a ratio of assessment to (See TAXIS, Page A-2) By the Associated Press. FORT KNOX, Ky. January 13.— ‘The first bars-of golden bullion that are to make this the world’s greatest gold depository were brought in and unloaded today under conditions that smacked of World War days. There was an estimated $200,000,- 000 of gold, but nobody saw it. It was all wrapped up. The few specta- tors whose credentials had been scru- tinized and rescrutinized saw ma- chine guns and Treasury guards-and United States soldiers in the new com- bat cars of the 1st Cavalry, mechan- ized. Brig. Gen. Daniel Van Voorhies, commandant of Fort Knox, and Mrs. Nellle Tayloe Ross, director of the Mint, and other Treasury officials were on hand for the initial shipment. Mrs. Ross declined to say how much gold came today or when other shipments would arrive to complete the job. One official said there was “a good deal more” than generally had been be- E I (See FISCAL, Page A-6.) $200,000,000 in Gold Bullion Arrives at Kentucky Vault As the first shipment arrived today a train pulled in, consisting of a couple of freight cars, a tank car and several passenger cars, and guards galore. It led the way, for soon the nine-car train from the Philadelphia Mint slipped into the Fort Knox siding. There were nine mail cars and five passenger cars to it, and more pped the precious metal parcel post and is going to pay the Post Office’ Department for hand- ling it, but the Treasury, backed by the United States Army, didn't trust the Post Office Department to keep the package safe. Before arrival of the first shipment members of the 1st Cavalry, mech- anized, armed with submachine guns and side arms, blocked a space about 150 yards radius around the siding. Here and there combat cars, each carrying machine guns, hovered around. Then huge trucks, each with a (See GOLD, Page A-6.), (Some returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. WTARL ASSAILS PRESIDENT'S PLAN FOR GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION Former Controller General Sees Machinery of Execu- tive Branch Unbalanced by Proposed Changes. BANKHEAD PREDICTS . APPROVAL BY HOUSE Speaker Expects Some Modifica- tions, Holds Program Based on Efficiency Rather Than Econ- omy—Secretary Wallace Voices Support After White House Call. President Roosevelt’s governmental reorganization proposal “would seem woefully to unbalance the machinery of the executive branch,” former Con- troller General J. R. McCarl charged today in a vigorous denunciation of the plan. Shortly before McCarl’s attack upon the presidential plan Speaker Bank- head predicted the House will approve the proposal, although possibly with some modifications. He emphasized, however, this was merely his personal opinion. Directing his criticism particularly at suggestions involving the Treasury | Department and the General Account- ing Office, the latter of which would be abolished under the plan, McCarl said the former would be given “a strangle hold on all other Govern- ment departments and activities of | government.” As for redistribution of functions of the accounting office, McCarl said the ‘suggution is a move to “emasculate | our independent accounting system™ | and is “camouflaged by an attack upon | the administration” of the system. Sees Loss by Congress. Approval of the proposal, he added, | would “revamp the respective jurisdic- | tions of two of the three co-ordinate branches of Government—with loss by | the Congress of means whereby to dis | charge its constitutional responsibilie ties to the country.” “On the whole, the President's recommendations are based on ef- | fciency rather than on economy,”, the | Speaker said in reply to questions as to whether any great saving in cost of | Government would result. There will be some economy through elimination of duplication and overlapping, he pointed out, but added that if all of the existing organizations are re- tained with personnel, there can be no very important reduction in cost. Questioned regarding the sivil serve ice, Bankhead said that as far as gete | ting rid of congressional patronage is concerned, he would be glad, because this is “a big headache.” However, as | & matter of fact, he pointed out, | members of Congress have been gete ting very little patronage. Bearing in mind the President’s ad- monition to act speedily, Congress | already has turned to consideration | of the vast and provocative reorganiza= tion plan. Resolutions Considered. ‘The House Rules Committee is con- idering this afternoon the two reso- | lutions introduced by Chairman | Buchanan of the special House Com= mittee on Reorganization. That com- mittee has recommended a permanent joint standing committee of the House and Senate to consider continually any questions involved in Government reorganization. One of the resolutions is for ap- pointment of such a new standing committee in the House and the other is for a change in House rules to per= mit appointment of such a joint stand- ing committee. Meanwhile, as some Democrats Jjoined Republicans in opposing por- tions of the President’s reorganization program, support for the plan came from Agriculture Department offi- | cials, including Secretary Wallace. F. A. Silcox, chief of the Forestry Service, and Ira N. Gabrielson, chief of the Biological Survey, accompanied ‘Wallace on a call on the President. One of the President’s proposals is to change the name of the Depart- ment of the Interior to the Depart- ment of Conservation, which presum- ably would absorb the Forestry and Biological services. Asked if this was discussed today, Wallace said, with a smile, “We haven't come to that yet,” adding the general outline of the scheme was agreeable to him and his two aides. Majority Leader Robinson of the (See REORGANIZATION, Page A-5) Tear Gas Routs Y.M.C.A.Center As Gun Goes Off Officers Debate Rule to Have Weapons Checked at Door. Attendants and members of the Y. M. C. A. had their first experience with tear gas yesterday when a Se- cret Service agent inadvertently dis- charged his gas gun in the institution’s health center. Going to the center for a sweat bath and rub down, the agent placed his gas gun on a locker shelf with his ‘tie and collar. While dressing he reached for his tie and jerked the gun, which fell to the floor. The fall discharged the weapon and flooded the center with gas. Hearing the explosion, members and attendants ran to the room but beat an even more hasty retreat. The fumes then spread to the main lobby and cleared it in short order. “Y” officials are thinking of ime posing & rule requiring guests to check their weapons at the door, \