Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain tonight and tomorrow; warmer to- night, much colder tomorrow- afternoon and night; lowest temperature tonight about 54 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 56, at noon today; lowest, 46, at 1 a.m. today. Full report on page B-12. Closing New York Markets, Page 22 85th YEAR. No. 33,861 SPartial Reorganizing Report |A\[T() MAY OFFER GENERAL MOTOR MEETS STRIKERS AT PEACE PARLEY WITH GOV. MURPHY Officials Open Conference “Without Condition or Prejudice” to Seek End to Labor Trouble. MORE TROOPS ARE SENT TO KEEP ORDER AT FLINT Union Counsel Charges County Prosecutor Violated State Law by Participating in Injunction Case While Owning Shares of Corporation's Stock. By the Assoclated Press. Representatives of General Motors and United Automobile Workers con= fer with Gov. Frank Murphy in strike peace parley at Lansing, Mich. Nine hundred additional National Guardsmen move toward Flint to join 1,400 already in strike zone. Michigan legislative committees eonsider proposals to investigate strike. General Motors employes out of work as a result of labor dispute esti- mated at 114,000, By the Associatea Press. LANSING, Mich,, January 14— Officials of General Motors Corp. and of the United Automobile Workers, whose strikes have slashed deeply into the company’s automotive pro- duction, met for the first time today across a conference table in the of- fice of Gov. Frank Murphy. Gov. Murphy, who requested them to meet him “without condition or Yrejudice” to seek “an immediate and peaceful termination” of the strikes Which have thrown 114,000 General Motors wage earners out of work, pened the conference at 11:08 a.m., %asum standard time. Before the meeting started, Larry Davidow, union counsel, charged that Joseph R. Joseph, Genesee County prosecutor, violated Michigan statutes by participating in a case in which an injunction was sought against strikers in General Motors plans in Flint. Davidow, who did not parti- cipate in the conference, said Joseph owned 61 shares of the corporation’s stock. Even as the men sat down behind locked doors here to seek a solution in the tense strike deadlock, additional National Guard troops ordered out by the Governor reached the city of Flint —*“hot spot” of the strike—to assist civil authorities in maintaining order. Leaders Are Silent. There was no fraternizing as the representatives of opposing sides in the dispute met outside the Governor’s office in the State capitol. The lead- ers had “nothing to say” as they filed through the double doors and there was no intimation as to how long the conference might continue. The Governor hoped that in this face-to-face meeting the leaders of corporation and union could arrive et & basis for peace negotiations which hitherto have been blocked by opposing stipulations. General Mo- tors declined to negotiate until “stay- in” strikers vacated their positions inside the plants; the union asked written guarantees that the corpora- tion would not attempt to remove equipment or resume operations. Unusual precautions were taken to assure privacy of the gathering. The entire executive suite was cleared of visitors on orders of Gov. Murphy. News men and camera men Were sent into the halls, and even outer doors were closed. A delegation of Flint business men presented the Governor a petition bearing the names of 11,000 persons described as being employes of Gen- eral Motors pleading for swift com- (See STRIKE, Page A-5.) EDWARD MAY VISIT HUNGARIAN FRIENDS Expected to Leave Enzesfeld Castle for Short Stay at Estate Near Budapest. By tke Assoclatea Press. ENZESFELD, Austria, January 14.. ~—The Duke of Windsor, it was dis- closed today, may leave Castle En- gesfeld, his retreat since he abdi- cated the British throne, to be the guest of Hungarian friends near Bud- apest. Priends of the former King said it ‘was understood he would be a guest 8t a castle near Budapest, at least for @ short time, and then would return here. Baron Eugene de Rothschild, his host, already has left for Paris, and -the baroness is planning to follow in @ few days. Vienna newspapers re- yported the duke is devoting his eve- ning hours to practising Austrian ‘waltzes on an accordion he received for a Christmas present. Despite a sore hand, he spends many hours skiing in the Tyrolean Hills surrounding the Rothschild estate, EDISON MAKES PLANS Will Start Duties at Navy De- partment January 18. ORANGE, N. J., January 14 (P).— Charles Edison announced today he would start his duties as Assistant Sec- yetary of the Navy January 18 and ‘withdraw from active participation in “Thomas A. Edison, Inc., and affiliated enterprises. ‘The son of the late inventor, Thomas “K. Edison, has been granted a leave of absence from the companies during his tenure of dhe office to which President Roosevelt appointed him. The appoint- Entered as second class matter post office, Washingten, D. C. @h ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1937—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. Given Senate by Brookings/ w)\\y yrenp Committee Announces Public Hearings Will Be Held for Officials of Lending Agencies Concerned in Data. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. ‘The Senate Special Committee on Reorganization of the Administrative Branch of the Government today received in executive session a partial report with recommendations from the Brookings Institution, which was employed jointly by the President's Senate and House Reorganization Committee to make a comprehensive study of the Government organization. The Senate committee announced that public hearings will be held for any officials of the lending agencies regarding which recommendations are made in this partial report during the week of January 25.° The House leaders expect late to. day to pass the two resolutions al proved by the House Rules Commit- tee sponsored by Chairman Buchanan of the Special House Committee on Reorganization, which provide for setting up of a new special House committee of seven members with authority to bring in privileged iegis- lation and which would join with a similar Senate committee with in- quisitorial powers on Government or- ganization. The lending agencies covered in the recommendations of the Brookings In- stitutions presented orally as well as in a printed report to the Senate com- mittee today, include Farm Credit Ad- ministration, Federal land banks, Fed- eral farm mortgage corporations, ine termediate credit banks, production credit corporations, production credit associations, banks for co-operatives, regional agricultural credit corpora- tions (in liquidation), emergency crop and feed loan section, joint stock land banks (in liquidation), credit unions, commodity credit corporations, Federal Housing Adminstraton, Federal Home Loan Bank Board, home loan banks, Home Owners Loan Corporation, Fed- eral savings and loan associations, | (See REORGANIZATION, Page A-3.) FRANCE IS READY FOR TRADE PARLEY Decides to Negotiate With, Reich Without Demanding Political Guarantees. BACKGROUND— Main jactor in European rela- tions for many years has been con= flict between Germany and France. After Franco-Prussian War, feeling smouldered over Alsace-Lorraine and other issues until new war was inevitable. It came in 1914. Al- though World War has been over 20 years, repercussions are still felt. Germany felt crushed by the Ver- sailles treaty and in recent years has begun ignoring it, causing new French complications. Outbreak of Spanish war, in which French and German sympathies were, as usual, on opposite sides, increased an- tagonism between powers. E the Associated Press. PARIS, January 14 —France agreed today to meet Germany half way on the question of an economic agree- ment. Informed persons sald the Socialist government had agreed to open economic negotiations with the Nazl third Reich without demanding. first, a series of German political pledges. ‘That decision hurdled the main stumbling block to the proposed trade accord by which France hopes to re- turn Germany to Western European | collaboration. The Germans have insisted that| economic negotiations come first; a political settlement later. Premier Leon Blum has determined to meet Germany half way and will announce a modified plan January 24 before a People’s Front meeting at Lyon. ‘The French press, in part, considered the changed position so outstanding as to make it “unnecessary to emphasize the importance of this event in world politics.” Other portions of the press gloomily observed that, when a conditional ad- vantage was granted Germany, the condition usually was lost in the end. Trade Treaty Objective. A Franco-German economic treaty providing a new and simplified clear- ing system was reported to the be the first objective of the negotiations to stimulate commercial exchange. (A Berlin communique yesterday stated officially experts already were negotiating for an economic accord.) France was considered generally to be seeking every means of holding a friendly Germany from isolation by easing the Reich's economic stress. (See FRANCE, Page A-4.) e ‘Wrestler Injured in Crash. ALLENTOWN, Pa., January 14 (®). —An automobile collided with a bus 3 miles west of Allentown, injuring Eddie Malone of Columbus, Ohio. Malone said he was driving to New York to wrestle in a featured match tonum. at the I'ippodrome. He re- ceived 'a deep laceration on the fore- head and possibly fractured ribs. Leaders in Advertising For the FIFTH consecutive year The Star has printed a greater volume of advertising than any other newspaper in the United States. (All figures from Media Records, Inc.). The Year 19319;‘ The Washington Star__22,975,043 The New York Times._21,755,814 The Detroit News_.-..20,763,125 The Chicago Tribune. 20,444,045 The New York News___19,838 944 Washington Newspapers THE_STAR 22975043 2d Newspaper e 115519865 (Morning and llllldllr 11,347,932 3d Newspaper. 10,159,785 | 3aid in a terse statement. PORTER CONFESSES BATHTUB' SLAYING Suspect Reported to Have| Signed Admission After 24-Hour Quiz. (Picture on Page A-5.) By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, January 14.—Break- ing down after refusing for 24 hours to admit any guilt in the bathtub slaying of Mrs. Mary Robinson Case, Major Greene, stocky colored porter, signed a full confession of the crime early today, District Attorney Charles P. Sullivan announced. ‘The district attorney said Greene signed the confession at 5:25 o'clock, and three minutes later he was charged with the slaying. He said the porter, who was em- ployed in the Jackson Heights apart- ment building where the attractive 25- year-old housewife was strangled and beaten with a hammer before her life- less body was dumped into a bathtub Monday, would be arraigned today in Queens Felony Court. “Theft was the motive,” Sullivan “He was let into the apartment by her (Mrs. Case) on the pretext he was going to wash the windows. That was before 2 p.m., just how long I can't say.” Blood-smeared fingerprints on the apartment woodwork and a blood- | stained pair of trousers found in an | incinerator chute were the clues that led to the arrest of Greene at his Har- lem home 36 hours after the killing. A blood-stained hammer, also taken from the incinerator, was established by police as the instrument with which Mrs. Case’s skull was crushed. ‘The Negro told police his mother lived in Bartow, Fla., and his father | in Edton Park, Fla. Frank Case, 30-year-old Cornell Uni- versity graduate, now employed by a hotel supply company, found his wife’s lifeless body in the tub, which was covered by a sheet, when he returned from his office Monday night. GIRLS IN HOSPITAL Found Ill, Starvimg and Unclad in Cold Alberta Hovel. RIMBLEY, Alberta, January 14— (Canadian Press).—Three little girls, members of a family of nine found starving and all but unclothed in the bitter cold of Alberta’s brush country, were brought today to a hospital. The sisters, Lillian, 3; Herta, 7, and Alvina, 11, daughters of Gustav Zins, were in a serious condition. Lillian had pneumonia; the others, intestinal influenza. ‘With four other children, they were found by a doctor and a Royal Cana- dian Mounted policeman in a hovel 20 miles west of here, with only ragged fe:ther ticks to protect them from the cold. ‘The father had delayed calling the doctor because he had no money. Roosevelt Gets Bid to Attend Own Inaugural Writes His Regrets, Reconsiders—It’s Allin Fun. Amused at receiving an engraved in- vitation to attend his own inaugura- tion, President Roosevelt today in- structed his social secretary to send his “regrets” with an explanation that he would be “too busy.” When the secretary, catching the spirit of the situation, placed on the President’s desk a proposed declination of the invitation, worded in proper social form, the President pondered a moment and then jotted in ink across the bottom: “I have rearranged my engagements and I think I may be able to go. Will know definitely January 19. (Signed) F. D. R.” The President underscored the word “think” m the first sentence. A similar invitation to Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother of the President, prompted her to reply: “Mrs. James Roosevelt accepts with pleasure the invitation to attend the tary, explained that Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson sent the handsomely engraved invitations in the belief the President and his mother would like to have them for souvenirs. Picking up the invitation as he pe- rused his mail last night, the President (8ee INVITATION, ), MATTSON KILLER Bloodstains Expected to Show Car Was Used by Kidnaper. ‘SUSPECTS’ ROUNDED UP AS SEARCH IS EXTENDED Police, Following New “Leads,” Also Look for Knife Wielded in Stabbing Boy.” By the Assoclated Press. Federal agents examine blood- stained automobile as possible kidnap car. Officers hunt knife used to stab little victim, hoping for finger- Pprints. “John Doe” warrant issued to make kidnap-killer officially an outlaw. Clues and “suspects” reported in widespread areas, but official comment stified. California ex-convict ordered apprehended for questioning; fin- gerprints checked. Br the Assoclated Press. TACOMA, Wash, January 14— Federal Bureau of Investigation agents studied a blood-stained tire chain to- day as the latest clue in their search for the kidnaper and slayer of Charles Mattson. ‘The bloody chain was taken from a | stolen automobile recovered at Everett, Wash., near where the beaten body of the 10-year-old Tacoma kidnap vic- tim was found Monday. A Federal agent said tests had shown the substance staining the chain was human blood, but refused to say whether it had been proved to be Charles’ blood. State Patrol Chief ‘William Cole said other stains in the car were also human blood. ‘The automobile, stolen last Friday from Verne Williams of Everett and left parked on another Everett street sometime Sunday night, remained in the Everett police garage, where it was taken early yesterday. Detailed Check-up. Federal agents and State patrol- men checked every stain and mark on the machine to determine whether it was used to Charles’ body to the snowy hiding place where it was discovered. The householder who reported the machine to police said what appeared to be a bloody handkerchief was lying on the fender, and a pile of clothes, stained with something that looked like blood, was in the tonneau. One tire chain was with the pile of clothes and another beside the driver's seat, he added. The same source denied any wom- en’s underclothing had been found in the machine, as had been rumored. State patrolmen in the Everett dis- trict extended their search for clues to the Lake Serene district, some dis- stance from where Charles’ body was found. Chief Cole did not explain | the concentration of officers there. G-Men Silent. In Washington, D. C., meanwhile, J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Bureau of Investigation, in & brief interview said: “The same policy prevails. We won't discuss the case until we catch him.” Then he added quickly: “I don't mean him—I mean him or them.” While officers also sought s knife and studied clues reported almost hourly from widespread areas, Fed- eral officials took quick steps to prose- cute the killer. A “John Dee” warrant, issued by a United States commissioner late yes- terday, officially made an outlaw of the abductor who seized Charles, De- cember 27, passed up offers of the demanded $28,000 ransom and left his battered body where it was foumd by a hunter last Monday. COULD!T BE THAT JIM FARLEY WiLL BE THE RECORDS REFUSED N LABOR INQURY Tennessee U, S.-Steel Sub- sidiary Holds Data De- manded Private. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Counsel for the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Co., & subsidiary of the United States Steel Corp., today refused to produce employment rec- ords of the company for the Senate Committee investigating labor espion- age, headed by Senator La Follette, Progressive, of Wisconsin. Claiming the records have ho bear- ing on collective bargaining rights and the scope of the committee in- quiry, Attorney Borden Burr said the information therein contained is “essentially private.” Records of some “typical cases” of employment data are being submitted, Burr continued, along with much other material requested by the com- mittee. Karl L. Landgrebe, vice president, and Ernest L. Le May, assistant to the president, took the stand after Burr's formal statement to the com- mittee. Both denied company use of private detective agencies or espionage methods of any kind. Le May recalled solicitations by of- ficers of the Pinkerton Detective Agency on the matter of espionage, but insisted their proposals had been rejected. Communist Employe Called. John Barton, paid employe of the Communist party, was called next. Recently released from a tuberculosis hospital, Barton told of three arrests in Alabama. Although the Communist party is legal in Alabama, Barton said he was held in each instance for his political activities. On his second arrest, in January, 1936, Barton said a private detective, named “McDuff,” came to his home with Birmingham police. Entering without a search warrant and booking them for investigation ,the officers arrested Barton, his wife and a friend. On one occasion when Barton was under arrest, he testified, he was ques- tioned by a city alderman about Com- munist leaders in the country. The alderman asked, he said, if Mrs. Roose- velt. Heywood Broun and other “well known liberals” were Communists. Resulting from one of his arrests, Barton said he served 180 days for possession of communistic literature. Part of this time was spent in the city Jjail of Bessemer, where as many as 14 prisoners were kept in a single cell 10 Several persons were detained for by 7 feet. No bathing facilities were (See KIDNAPING, Page A-3.) Summary of Page. Amusements A-18 Army, Navy-A-15 FOREIGN. France changes policy toward trade parley with Reich. Page A-1 Efforts to release 21 Americans from Sianfu fail. Page A-1 French troops reported rushed to Madrid. Page A-4 NATIONAL. Porter confesses bathtub slaying of New York woman. Page A-1 Byrd committee studies Brookings data on reorganization. Page A-1 General Motors peace parley opens at Governor's office. Page A-1 Senator Wheeler hits Van Sweringens’ use of funds. Page A-3 Old law may halt Spanish war en- listing in U. 8. Page A-4 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. P. W. A. loan interest in D. C. fiscal proposal is cited. Page A-1 Stadium-armory model to be displayed at Capitol. Page A-2 Cummings’ proposal for $750,000 jail here is studied. S Page A-2 P. 8. C. told Bay Ridge act bars new ferry franchise. Page A-3 President presents Schiff Trophy to Comdr. McFall. Page A-7 Peery gets 500 letters protesting Edith Maxwell conviction. Page A-2 Mrs. Norton to present District racing bill today. Page B-1 Taxi strike dropped temporarily; sym- pathizsers sought, Page B-1 H (See LA FOLLETTE, Page A-6.) .| House D. C. Committee may begin fiscal study Monday. Page B-1 Bills would have commission revise D. C. law code. Page B-1 District racing bill presented in Congress. Page B-1 Justice Department reopens Henry murder probe. Page B-1 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. This and That. Page A-12 Answers to Questions. Page A-12 Political Mill. Page A-12 David Lawrence. Page A-13 Paul Mallon. Page A-13 Mark Sullivan. Page A-13 Headline Folk. Page A-13 SPORTS. Virginia to “chop off some heads” in A. A. U. official. Page C-1 Start declared of greatest importance in horse racing. Page C-2 Golf engineer convinced so many sand traps are unnecessary. Page C-2 Congressional to add nine holes with watering system. Page C-3 MISCELLANY. Page A-2 Page A-22 Page C-12 A-9 C-6 Cc-8 C-5 C-5 C-8 B-8 Cotton consumption soars. Page A-20 Low-yield bonds ease (table). Page A-21 Page A-21 Page A-22 Page A-23 Page A-23 Bullding continues rise. Auto stocks rally (table). Curb list mixed (table). Bank clearings drop, |Embassy Reports Failure The only evening paper in Washington witE the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 143,676 (Some returns not yet received.) ek Kk Mrs. Roosevelt on Inspection Holds Jail Community Peril Administration Efficient, But Institution Overcrowded and Physically Imperfect, After spending an hour going through the District Jail today, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt said she con- | sidered conditions at the institution a source of “danger” to the community. She added, however, that she “took her hat off” to the administrative offi- | cials of the jail. i “Because of the physical conditions here,” she declared, “the jail could be a perfectly terrible place were it not for excellent administration.” | d Mrs. Roosevelt, accompanied by Police Court Judge Edward M. Curran, was taken through the jail by Supt. T. M. Rives. 691 Prisoners Crowded. ‘With accommodations for about | 500, the jail now houses 691 prisoners | and this number has been higher. | Mrs. Roosevelt said she considered the jail a source of danger to the community because there are not (®) Means Associated Press. She Says. adequate facilities for examining and segregating prisoners with contagious diseases and first offenders. Over- crowding, she added, is one of the | serious shortcomings. TWO CENTS. IARRANFTER BLL TO READILS FEERAL ALARES Raise for All Under $3,600 Provides Minimum Wage of $1,500. CLASSIFICATION ACT EXTENSION INCLUDED System of Periodical Increases Is Also Proposed—Rating Method Repeal Is Urged. BY J. A. O'LEARY. Pay increases for all Government employes receiving less than $3,600 per year, a new method of handling effi- ciency ratings, and extension of the classification act to the field service and the new agencies are the high lights of a comprehensive salary ad- Jusfment bill introduced today by Sen- ator McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada. In addition to fixing a $1,500 mini- mum wage for all full-time adult em- ployes, it provides for a system of periodical increases within the galary ranges of the classification act by ad- vancing the employe once each year until the maximum rate for the grade is reached. The salary steps in each of the classification grades up to $3,600 are revised in detail in the bill. While there is no uniform percentage of in- crease, 1t is estimated the average would be about $150 a year. Repeals Rating Method. The measure repeals the present method of handling efficiency ratings of employes, which McCarran called “unfair.” In its place the bill author- izes the classifying agency to ascer= tain in consultation with the depart- ment heads to what extent it is prac- ticable to determine efficiency rating, and may authorize the use of such Mrs. Roosevelt did not see the elec- | Ttings subject to the approval of the tric chair because a group of prison- | President. Any ratings so used, how- ers was eating in the mess hall vhen | she made her tour. She expressed | the belief, however, that the neces- | sity of using the dining room for a | bill, McCarran declared that the Fed- | eral Government, as the largest em- th chamber is a highly undesir- able feature. Women's Section Better. “The women’s section,” she said, “is the better part of the jail, with more light and air than the men's branch.” She said she saw food being pre- patred in the kitchen and that it ap- peared ‘“remarkably good.” Mrs. Roosevelt added she does not expect to make any recommendations as a result of her inspection. 2 AMERGAN TRAPED I CHIA to Rescue Group Cut Off in Sianfu. By the Associated Press. NANKING, January 14.—Assistant Military Attache David Barrett in- formed the United States Embassy to- day from Loyang of the failure of efforts to release the 21 Americans trapped in the revolt-stricken city of Sianfu. Barrett was ordered to Loyang, cap- ital of Honan Province, to direct the evacuation efforts as soon as the situa- tion in the walled stronghold of Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang’s Com- munist-inspired armies became acute. Reports filtering through the rigid censorship at Sianfu indicated both the rebels and the central govern- ment's puntive expedition were pre- paring for hostilities. Embassy officials, although they re- ported no progress in evacuation at- tempts anywhere in the widespread northwestern territory which the gov- ernment admits has come under Com- munist influence, still held out hope. ‘They said they were exploring every possible avenue of escape for the Americans, particularly those believed held in Sianfu as “hostages” to pre- vent bombardment of the Shensi cap- ital. Official routine, they indicated, would be discarded if such action in- creased thespossibility of getting the virtually imprisoned Americans to safety. ‘Wang Returns to Shanghai. SHANGHALI, January 14 (#).—Wang Ching Wei, former premier of China, returned here today after almost a year’s vacation in Europe. He was recalled from Geneva by Central government officials during the Sianfu crisis of last month, when Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was held prisoner by Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang. 0. LOAINTEREST URGED N REPORT Jacobs Plan Would Force| Payment and Harsher Terms. Under a provision of the fiscal re- lations formula in the recent Jacobs report, the District would be forced to pay the National Government 4 per cent interest on P. W. A. loans, al- though the original statute authorizing such loans waived the interest and sub- stituted harsher terms of repayment than required for other municipalities. The District, in other words, would be forced to meet the harsher terms imposed kecause the interest was waived, and then, if the report’s recom- cendations were carried out, would have to pay the interest, too. Interest Exemption. In listing “Services rendered by the Federal for the District government,” the report contained this paragraph on the interest feature of local P. W. A. loans: “The funds advanced by the Public ‘Works Administration to the District government for W. P. A. construction projects carry no interest charges for the first three years. Similar advances to the States and municipalities bear interest at the rate of 4 per cent per annum. It is recommended that the waiving of interest be withdrawn through statutory amendment of public act No. 51, May 6, 1935.” A citizen of one of the States, read- ing that part of the report, would be Jjustified in reaching the conclusion that the one difference between non- Federal P. W. A. allotments here and elsewhere is that the District is re- lieved of interest for three years. ‘That, however, is only a small part of the story. The rest of it is that, while the District pays no interest during the first three years, it is re- quired by special act of Congress to repay the principal at the rate of $1,000,000 a year, whereas other cities throughout the county are permitted (See REPORT, Page A-2) Pneumonia Drug Successful In Tests Made With Mice BY THOMAS R. HENRY. An effective treatment for pneu- monia in mice was reported today from the laboratories of the Na- tional Institute of Health. While still far from the stage where it can be used in the treat- ment of human beings, the effects on the animals are so pronounced that the findings promise to constitute one of the outstanding medical de- velopments of the year. The treatment, developed by Dr. Sanford M. Rosenthal, consists of in- jections into the mice of & synthetic drug whose molecule is essentially the molecule of prontosil—which has come into much prominence in the last few months in the treatment of streptococeie infections in humans— split in half. Its chemical name is pars. Pneumonia is caused by a group of organisms known as pneum related to the streptococcl, yet react- ing in quite different ways. Approxi- mately 34 groups of these pneumo- cocci now are known. The first three groups are responsible for the great majority of pneumonia cases. When mice are infected with human pneu- mococei strains they invariably die in two or three days. They have no in- herent resistance. In fact, the in- fection spreads so rapidly that there is no time for the localization in the lungs, characteristic of human cases, before the animal dies. Thus, it was explained at the National Institute of Health today, the term “mouse pneu- monia” is somewhat misleading as & parellel to human pneumonia. Experiments _have demonstrated, (See INIA, Page A-2) & ever, would have to be open to in- spection by the employe. In support of early action on the ployer in the country, should en- courage private industry to establish better wage levels by bringing its own full-time workers up to a basis of “equity and decency, where the Amer= ican standard of living can be main- | tained.” McCarran also asserted that the cost |of living has been turning upward | during the past three years. He said | he is not unmindful of those in the salary level above $3,600, but that necessity and humanity makes a raise in the lower brackets imperative. McCarran Explains Bill. In explaining his bill, Senator Mc- Carran said: “Section 1 of the bill which I am introducing provides that the provie sions of the classification act of 1923 as amended shall be extended to in- clude field services, with such excep- tions as are noted elsewhere in the bill. “Section 2 makes certain that this bill shall not apply to those offices or positions already excluded from the classification act of the District of Columbia, such as apprentices, help- ers or journeymen in the recognized trades and crafts and foreign service officers who are already classified by the Rogers act. “Section 3 provides that where positions are found in the field ser- vices that are not fairly like positions under the present act within the Dis- trict of Columbia, that the classifica- tion agency is empowered to set up additional services and grades to fit the new type of position. This section, however, must have presidential ap- proval and shall be reported to Con- gress as soon as practicable. “Section 4 gives the classification agency authority to exclude certain positions from the classification act, such as work jointly financed by the United States and another govern- mental unit, local or State: positions filled by inmates of institutions, such as soldiers’ homes; positions without the continental limits of the United (See PAY, Page A-2) MAN IS FOUND DEAD WITH STOVE JETS ON Coal Company Employe Leaves Note Blaming Act on “Physical : and Mental” Illness. Resigning his job by telegram in one of his last acts, James M. Finney, jr., 35-year-old employe of the Dis- trict Coal Co., ended his life by asphyxiation late yesterday in his apartment at 230 Rhode Island ave- nue northeast. A note, which police said was ad- dressed to Finney's wife, Mrs. Ethel Finney, attributed the action to “physical and mental” illness. Mrs, Finney found her husband dead on the kitchen floor with gas flowing from open stove jets. The fire rescue squad made a futile at- tempt at resuscitation. A certificate of suicide was issued by Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald. COLDER WEATHER IS DUE FOR CAPITAL TOMORROW Rain and Warmer Expected To- night, However, Says Weather- man—Average Yesterday 43. Much colder weather is in store for ‘Washington tomorrow afternoon and night, .according to the Weather Bureau. Meantime, however, the District can expect rain and warmer tem- peratures tonight. The mercury probably will not fall below the 54- degree mark, the forecaster said. The “average” temperature yester- day was 43 degrees. The “high” and “low” for the day were, respectively, 47 and 46,