Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Snow this afternoon and possibly early tonight; slightly colder tonight, minimum temperature about 28 degrees; tomorrow, fair. Temperatures—Highest, 52, at § p.m. yesterday; lowest, 33, at noon today. Full report on page B-2. Clumg New York Markets, Pl(e 16 85th YEAR. FILES “STRIPPED” BY G. M. OFFICIALS, PROBERS ARE TOLD Material Pertinent to Senate Inquiry Removed, Em- ploye Reveals. No. WORK OF PINKERTONS AGAIN IS DISCUSSED La Follette Questions Witness on | Location of Offices of Detec- tive Agency. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Files of Alfred P. Sloan and Wil- liam S. Knudsen, president and ex- ecutive vice president of General Motors Corp., were stripped of all material pertinent to the Senate in- vestigation, the La Fallette Civil Liberties Committee was told today. This occurréd after the Senate authorized the inquiry into labor espionage last June, but before a committee subpoena was served last September 10, it was testified. H. W. Anderson, chief labor rela- tions officer of General Motors, stripped Knudsen's files, he informed the committee. A General Motors attorney said Sloan's fles were purged by his secretary. Anderson took his action on his own initiative, because of the in- quiry, he said. For himself, he added | he never kept any material of this nature on file. Louis D. Seaton, a subordinate of | Anderson, testified he stripped hm own files since June. Only Bills Submitted. The testimony followed Senator La | Follette's observation that no docu- ments had been turned over to the | committee since service of the sub- poena, except bills of the Pinkerton | and other agencies. | 33,894. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. . As Cellar Fire Property After all the excitement died down at the C. L. Wolcott home, 19 West Kirke street, Chevy Chase, Md., and the smoke from the fire in the cellar had blown away, and the Wolcotts and bridge guests were eating their ice cream last night, it was discovered that Mrs. Elizabeth Vose’s pocketbook was stolen and the strange man with the handkerchief over the lower part of his face was not Jack at all, but a bandit, Everybody was too excited about the fire to pay any attention to the pocket- books of the guests, lying on a small table near the door, except MacGregor, the Wolcott’s Scottish terrier, who can be ferocious on occasions, and was credited today with saving the pocket- books of the other two guests from the intruder. To begin at the beginning, Miss Helen Wolcott and her three bridge @h WASHINGTON, Masked Man Takes Pocketbook Disrupts Party Scottie Dog of C. L. Wolcott in Chevy Chase Credited With Saving Other of Guests. guests were serving the ice cream in the kitchen about 10:30 o'clock last night when they smelled smoke. At that juncture, the front door was thrown open and a young white man, masked but unarmed, rushed in. Mrs. Ralph McCoy, 609 Rolling road, wh was in the front room sniffing out the source of the blaze, thought it must be her host's brother Jack in a practical joking mood. “Oh, look at Jack,” she exclaimed, “how funny he looks with that handkerchief over his face.” She had not seen the intruder seize one of the pocketbooks which belonged to Mrs. Vose, 405 Edgewood avenue, Silver Spring, but she did notice MacGregor dash furiously at through the front door. By this time Mrs. Wolcott, who was (See BURGLARY, pag'e A-4) b M.C. AND UNION Handling of Grievances Is First Topic. BACKGROUND— General Motors strike which began last December, throwing more than 100,000 men out of work, became struggle between John L. Lewis’ Committee jor Industrial Organization and great motor firm. But back of C. I. O’s entry into organization of auto workers were grievances of latter against em- ployers as set forth in letter sent G. M. January 4 demanding better “I guess it's because this investi- gation was voted last June,” Ander- son said with a smile, and then told | of the “purges.” Merle C. Hale, predecessor of An-’ derson, was called as the first witness | today. | Retracing General Motors’ initial engagement of the Pinkerton service early in 1934, at which time the United Automobile Workers were be- | ginning an organization drive in plants of the corporation, Senator La Follette questioned Hale closely about ins!ruc-l tions given and arrangements made with Ralph Dudley, vice president of | the agency. “You knew, I suppose, that the spe- eial Pinkerton office taken in the Huff- man Building in Detroit was adjacent to the union offices?” Senator La Fol- lette asked. Pinkerton witnesses tes- tified last week that such an office had | been opened as a convenient means of | working conditions, more pay. Also demanded was recognition of United Automobile Workers of America as sole collective bargaining agency and this became paramount issue. It was settled partially and tempo- rarily by truce of last Thursday, which provided negotiations to begin in Detroit today looking toward permanent peace. BY the Associated Press. DETROIT, February 16.—Conferees of General Motors and the United Au- tomobile Workers in a two-hour meet- ing today laid the groundwork for ne- gotiations they expect will settle the final points at issue in the recent widespread automotive strikes. The first actual negotiation, they decided, will be on the setting up of | machinery, nationally and locally, for | the handling of grievances brought to attention of corporation officials by OPEN SESSIONS |Setting Up Machinery for PRESIDENT SPURS FARM TENANT AID Tells Congress “Action to Provide Security” Is Imperative. | By the Assoclated Press. President Roosevelt told Congress today “action to provide security” for the Nation's farm population is im- perative. Sending to the legislators a report of his Special Committee on Farm Tenancy, the Chief Executive declared “‘we can no longer postpone action.” “Most Americans believe,” Mr. Roosevelt said, “that our form of gov- ernment does not prohibit action on behalf of those who need help.” Necessities Emphasized. The committee, he sai , emphasized these necessities: “First, action to open the doors of | ownership to tenants who now have the requisite and ability and experi- ence, but who can become owners only with the assistance of liberal credit, or. long terms, and technical advice. “Second, modest loans, with the nec- essary guidance and education to pre- , vent small owners from slipping into tenancy and to help -the -masses of 4t the very bottom of the lgnmnunx ladder increase their standards of liv- | ing, achieve greater security and be~ | | gin the upward climb toward land ownership. “Third, the retirement by public the man, who retreated suddenly tenants, croppers and farm laborers | ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, 5 NATIONS AGREE 10 [SOLATE SPAIN AND END WARFARE International Committee Ap- proves New Proposal for “Hands-off” Policy. DEADLINE SET FOR BAN ON AID FROM OUTSIDE Plan of Accord Hastened When Italy and Germany Show Favorable Attitude. BACKGROUND— While Spanish factions are bat- tling in apparent deadlock in civil war strife, begun last July, leading nations again are pressing “hands- off” policy. The first non-inter- vention attempt failed to satisfy England and France because of evidences of outside aid being given insurgent forces. Suspicion espe- cially was cast to Italy and Ger- many after repeated reports that troops from both nations have been observed in conflict in Spain. Berlin and Rome denied such charges. Yesterday Premier Blum issued virtual ultimatum to Italy that France no longer would tolerate open invasion of Spain. This re- sulted in immediate calling of ses- sion of International Non-Interven- tion Committee. | E¥ the Associated Press. LONDON, February 16.—Twenty- | six nations approved a neutrality com- mittee proposal today to halt the flow | of volunteers and munitions into | warring Spain by Saturday midnight as a rush of military recruits over the Spanish border apparently de- veloped in France and Italy. With the exception of Portugal, every nation on the international “Hands Off Spain” Committee ratified the deadline set for midnight Febru- ary 20. They also accepted a super- visory enforcement plan to become | effective March 6. The committee delegated the Portu- guese question to its subcommittee recommendations. The chancellerles of breathed easier as Germany and Italy fell into line at a surprise subcommit- | tee meeting last night. They joined |England, Russia and France in | stamping approval on a determined plan for “Prench Am- bassador Charles Corbin warned that | his government no longer would tol- |erate interference in Spain. ‘ Three Recommendations Made. | The subcommittee, with only Spain's peninsula neighbor, Portugal, dissent- | which last night handed down the | Europe keeping U. A. W. officials and organiz- | | agencies of land proved to be un- |ing, made three recommendations for | suited for farming and assistance to |ending the threat df the civil con- ers under surveillance. “I don’t know as I did,” Hale said & first, but after further thought re- called that Pinkerton officials had discussed such an office with him. Had Bi-weekly Conferences. Hale said he had bi-weekly con- | ferences with a Mr. McMullen, head | of the special Pinkerton office, about | information gathered, but left pro- | cedure entirely to those “experienced in running a detective agency.” “Did you make any investigation as to whether this sort of information could be obtained at less expense{ than that asked by the Pinkertons?” { “Well, I estimated that this method | would cost about $2 per plant per | day. This did not seem excessive,” Hale replied. Evidence before the committee shows that the Pinkerton service cost General Motors considerably more than the rate estimated by | Hale. “You knew, didn't you, that Pinker- ton was getting much of their infor- | mation from employes in your plants?” | “Yes, in a broad sense,” Hale an- swered. | Indirect Billing Cited. “You didn't want it known among your employes that you were collect- | ing this kind of labor information, did you?” La Follette asked, referring to the indirect reporting and billing practices employed. i Hale said this was only partly the explanation. _'mmlng to Anderson, Senator La (See LA FOLLETTE, page A-2.) — PARTIAL HOLIDAY FOLLOWS SNOWFALL Schools Close Early—Flakes to Continue Probably Until Early Tonight. A steady but fast-melting snow— which may continue through the early evening—today prompted school officials to declare a half holiday throughout the public school system. An order releasing all pupils in elementary and high schools at 1 p.m. ‘was issued by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent. ‘The forecaster said the snow prob- ably would continue this afternoon and possibly “early tonight.” Although the temperature was high enough to melt the snow this morn- ing, the forecaster predicted “slightly colder” for tonight, with a minimum of about 28 degrees. Tomorrow is expected to be ‘fair, with moderate north, shifting to fresh northwest winds. The mercury dropped to 39 at 7:30 a.m. today. Yesterday's “high” was 52 at 5 pm. It was 35 at 10 o'clock this morning. Air traffic in and out of the Cap- ital was disrupted by the snow. Ships ordinarily scheduled to stop here con- tinued to their destinations without landing. From Camden to Richmond transports were flying “over the top,” or above the snow. The snow was general in this area, being reported | union representatives. Authoritative sources said the union | officials had been assured that General Motors would move, as soon as neces- | sary arrangements can be made, for | dismissal of injunctions obtained by the corporation against sit-down strikers and union leaders. William S. Knudsen, executive vice president of General Motors, said the conferees had made a preliminary | survey of the demands outlined by Homer Martin, union president, in a letter January 4. Will Meet Daily. The conferees agreed to meet daily at 10 am. and 2:30 p.m. each side to be represented by three officials, although others may join the | group at times. Representing the U. A. W. A. regu- larly will be Wyndham Mortimer and Ed Hall, vice presidents, and John | Brophy, a director of the Committee for Industrial Organization. The cor- poration’s representatives were not an- nounced. Confronting the conferees as they assembled this morning were six points omitted in last week's peace agreement ending the strikes and paving the way for return to work of more than 100,000 General Motors employes. Martin headed the union delegation of five, which was the first to arrive in the conference room on the fifth floor 0i the General Motors Building here. Knudsen and four associates joined them about the massive mahogany conference table and took positions in the huge armchairs arranged in the room, shortly after 10:30 a.m. (East- ern standard time). Extended Parleys Doubted. The General Motors executive has expressed belief a settlement of dis- puted points would not require ex- tended conferences. A principal source of difficulty in an agreement may be the differing views of corpo- ration and union on which issues may be negotiated on 2 national basis and which General Motors considers must be settled by individual managers of its 69 automotive units. In the letter to corporation execu- (See STRIKE, Page A-5.) [ the familtes living thereon in find- | | | ing homes on good land. | “Fourth, co-operation with State | and local agencies of government to | improve the general leasing system.” | Grave Problem. | The President said action along such | lines “should furnish a sound basis | for beginning a program for imj - | g v v iz i \ 3. An sgreement to put the super- | ing the present intolerable condition of the lowest-income farm families. A He asserted the only solution to the | problem is “a Nation-wide program under Federal leadership and with communities and individuals.” | Discussing the report, the Presi- dent said it revealed “a grave prob- lem of great magnitude and com- plexity.” “The American dream of the family-size farm, owned by the fam- ily which operates it, has become more and more remote. “The agriculture ladder, on which an energetic young man might ascend from hired hand to tenant to inde- pendent owner, is no longer serving its purpose.” He pointed out that two of every five farmers are tenants, while on some farm lands the ratio is as great as seven out of every ten farmers. The tenant population has been (See FARM TENANCY, Page A-2.) R HUGHES DELAYS HOP NEW YORK, February 16 (#).—At- eral air records, had postponed a pro- his speed planes on a secret flight. They said unfavorable weather re- ports influenced the former movie pro- ducer not to make the trip he had in mind. He had ordered a twin-engined monoplane fueled and ready at dawn. Hughes hurtled his tiny single- motored speedster from Los> Angeles to Newark Airport & month ago in 7 hours 35 minutes—an average of 5% miles a minute—to set a new trans- continental record. Shot Woman Pinned to Floor 12 Hours by Body of Dead Man BY the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, February 16.—Mrs. Leonora M. Viel, 37-year-old divorcee, was found in her home here today critically wounded, with a dead man lying across her body. She told police she had lain in that position more than 12 hours. Mrs. Viel had been shot below t.h: heart. Police officers, summoned to the home by a phone call from an un- identified person, quoted her as saying the shooting occurred about 10:30 last night. She said the slain man was Cook, crew of a radio car, and Sergt. George Dixon responded to the mys- terious telephone summons. They sald they found the house locked but heard & woman scream “I've been shot!” They broke in through a 200 miles beyond Pittsburgh and @f=r south as Knoxville, Tenn. .& window and found Mrs. Viel on 5 | the assistance of States, counties ' tendants at Floyd Bennett Field said | Howard Hughes, lanky holder of sev- | Pposed take-off at dawn today in one of ; | flict’s spread across the Pyrenees to | | the rest of Europe. 1. Midnight of February 20 to be | the deadline for each country to ban its voluntary aid to either Spanish faction. 2. The same date to mark comple- | tion of the committee’s plan to stop | lhipmem of both men and guns to Spain. visory plan into effect by March 6. The decisions were reached after France delivered a virtual ultimatum to her fellow committee members to end their bickering and warned Italy | she would not stand for “open in- vasion of Spain.” The decisions meant 26 powers were ready at last to lace & tight “sanitary cordon” around Spain. Portugal Oppesition Ignored. The five major powers of Britain, France, Russia, Germany and Italy ignored Portugal's opposition to establishment of frontier guards on her territory and determined to police (See SPAIN, page A-3.) Summary of Pnge.‘ Amusements C-12 Comics __....C-7 Editorial -A-8 Financial .__A-15 Lost & Found A-3 Obituary -..A-10 NATIONAL. | Sloan and Knudsen files “stripped,” committee is told. Page A-1 General Motors and union meet for peace parleys. Page A-1 McCarran pushes Senate action on Retirement plan. Page A-1 Green assails U. M. W. expulsion order as “Hitlerism.” Page A-1 La Follette committee continues Gen- eral Motors quiz. Page A-1 Mystery veils attack on naval officer’s wife. Page A-1 G. O. P. vote theft trial opens in Kansas City. Page A-3 President to probe dismissal of colored midshipman. . Page A-3 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Masked man takes pocketbook under cover of fire. Page A-1 Worried mother causes arrest of al- leged red-haired bandit. Page A-1 President dubs Farley “46-to-2 Jim” at party love feast. Page A-2 hmworth awaits :enunclng in espio- Page A-2 D. C bar bllltl President’s judiciary plan in resolution. Page A-4 Three trusties flee Occoquan Work- house in prison truck. Page A-7 Karl William Corby leaves bulk of estate to wife. Page A-5 Engineer and van driver die as crash derails train. Page A-§ D. C. Alley Dwelling Authority and park funds approved. Page B-1 House group considering new budget procedure for D. C. Page B-1 Col. Cooper’s “malicious prosecution” suit Page B-1 Licensing of hookmakers suggested as blow at raging bill. Page B-1 McCarran to press for early hearings on pay bill, 1 by House committee. B-1 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1937—FORTY-TWO PAGES. ¢ Fhening %im’ SPEAKING OF SPHINXES! The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. % ok ok ok Yesterday’s Clrcnhhu, 143,489 (Some returns not yet received.) CHURCH VICTORY SEEN IN GERMANY Boy, Seized on Mother’s Tip, Admits Part in Hold-Ups 2 Others Held Another H unted as Gang {Full Capitulation Indicated | Is Probed—Broadcast Describing ‘Red- by Hitler’s Restoration of Election Control. ! BACKGROUND— Resignation a few days ago of Reich’s Evangelical Church Cour- cil, designated by Nazi officials to co-ordinate the church, brought to head anew Germany's conflict between church and state which has been going on since 1933, when Chancellor Hitler appointed an army chaplain, Rev. Ludwig Muel- ler to bring the church in line. Four years of conflict, church observers say, have brought the oppositional Confessional Synods closer together. B> the Associated Press. BERLIN, Pebruary 16.—Full capitu- lation of Nazis to rebellious Protestant ministers was indicated today by Adoif Hitler’s restoration of control to the Evangelical Church electorate. If the decree was carried out in ac- | cordance with an interpretation at- tributed to the Deutsches Nachrich- | tenbuero. the official German News | Bureau, it would mean the first major | defeat for Hitler in his determination to bring all phases of life under totali- tarian control of the Nazi party. In the face of a reported resurgence of opposition to dictatorship in church affairs—which already has caused | ministers to suffer persecution—the w Reichsfuehrer empowered Hans Kerrl, | reichsminister for church affairs, “to prepare for an election of a general synod” to direct Evangelical Church affairs. Hitler admitted failure of a Reicn | committee to bring about “unity in the | German Evangelical Church.” His | gaden retreat near Munich would | | make partial peace on a front that | has presented most persistent threats | to Nazi rule. The semi-official interpretation ad- mitted no defeat, however, but rather (See CHURCH, Page A-3.) SR e T Blum Given Tariff Power. PARIS, February 16 (#).—The Chamber of Deputies voted full powers to Premier Leon Blum today to regu- 1937. Today’s Star Page. | Two House subcommittees join in D. C. fiscal session. Page B-1 Woman is twenty-first traffic victim of year. Page B-1 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page This and That. Page Answers to Questions. Page Political Mill. Stars, Men and Atoms. David Lawrence. Paul Mallon. Mark Sullivan. Delia Pynchon. Jay Franklin. SPORTS. Spring camps still thrill Mack, sports world marvel. Page B-7 Tap-off ban speeds play, robs game of color. Page B-1 Yanks, merl, Giants, Cards, Cubs in flag fights. Page B-7 Dogs held lubjec! to caprice of fash- ion. B-§ A-8 A-8 A-8 A-8 A-8 A-9 A-9 A-9 A-9 A-9 Page Nestell rated bright “white hope” of ring. “Page B-8 Fans don't share Brown’s: optimism against Louis. Page B-§ Defeat by Thil in Paris lrk.l Lou Brouillard. Page B-8 Gevinson gains prestige despite loss to Pena. Page B-8 FINANCIAL. Copper boosted to 14 cents. Page A-14 Oil output soars. Page A-14 Utility, rail bonds gain (table) Page A-15 Stocks irregular (table). Page A-16 Curb list mixed (table). Page A-17 Steel orders pile up. Page A-17 MISCELLANY. ‘Washington 'Wayside. Page . Page A-7 Page A-6 Page A-13 Page B-§ Page B-11 Page B-12 B-10 0-1 Page C. A-2 Haired’ Bandit A mother’s suspicion that her son had done something wrong apparenutly was confirmed today, as police held the | 19-year-old youth in the belief he was ; the ‘“red-haired bandit” who, with | two accomplices, has been harassing | Washington merchants for the last | two weeks. | The suspect—Richard Carl Parks, 6916 Willow street, Takoma Park, D. | C.—was taken into custody late yes- | terday after his mother, Mrs. Richard f Morley, went to police headquarters be- | cause she heard a radio lookout for a youm fitting her son's description. He | | admitted his part in several hold-ups, according to Detective Lieut. John ! Fowler. Two other youthl—one of them Jol- Leads to Arrest. eph 8. Daneri. 21, of 114 Quincy place northeast, believed by police to have | been the driver for the gang—are un- | der arrest, while a fourth. who fled | from his home last night, leaving a | collection of rifles and revolvers be- hind, is being sought. Every available detective was out looking for the bandits yesterday when Mrs. Morley, her face lined with | worry, appeared at the office of De- tective Chief Bernard W. Thomp- son, who had been directing the offi- | cers working on the case. Nervously, Mrs. Morley told the detective chief she was.afraid her son hnfl been using narcotics and she was lSte BAN‘Dfl' Plxe A-3) MYSTERY SHROUDS UMW, HTLERH P) Means Associated Press. ATTACK ONWOMAN CHARGED BY GREEN overture yesterday from his Berchtes- | late tariffs by decree until December, | in Honolulu After Al- leged Assault. By the Associated Press, | HONOLULU, February 16.—A story | | of assault recalling Honolulu's sensa- | tional Massie case was told and retoid | today by a Navy officer's wife under | protracted police questioning. Mrs. Bennett S. Copping, 24-year- old wife of a submarine commander, repomd she was dragged from her hotel cottage across 75 feet of open | yard into a garage and attacked. When Dr. Henry M. Akina, assistant city-county physician, announced after two examinations there was no indication she had been attacked, police questioned her through last night into the early morning hours today. Will Be Examined Again. Police Chief William A. Gabrielson said Mrs. Copping would be queaunncd third physical examination. ‘The young woman, who was born and reared in the Philippines, where she married Lieut. Copping seven years ago, remained calm under questioning and showed no sign of hysteria. She said, Gabrielson related, that as she left her hotel room at 5 o'clock yesterday morning, some hours after an all-day drinking party of Navy folk, a man suddenly appeared in the hallway and seized her by the throat with both hands. .Mrs. Copping said she lost con- sciousness, She said she recovered in the garage as her assailant was leaving, speaking to her solicitously. Unlike the assault upon Mrs. Thalia Massie, who said she was attacked {Naval Offlcer s Wife Grilled | again and that she would be given a | Union Without Fight, He Tells Newsmen. | By the Assoctated Press. William Green, president of the Amenun Federation of Labor, today assailed as “Hitlerism” the order for his expulsion from his own union, the United Mine Workers. *I won't take it lying down,” he told reporters after the Miners' Interna- tional Policy Committee had accused | him of “treason” in the General Mo~ tors strike and calléd on union officials to take away his membership. “I have committed no act that | would justify such treatment,” Green said. “I think in Germany Hitler sends them to concentration camp, doesn't he, when they oppose his will? “Here they expel you from your union.” John P. Frey, president of the Fed- eration’s metal trades department, stepped to Green’s side in the renewal of battling inside organized labor’s ranks. “The automobile workers strike was much more than a strike against Gen- eral Motors Corp.,” Frey said. “It was & strike against the American Federa- tion of Labor and its affiliated inter- national unions.” The auto strike was supported by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers and head of the Com- mittee for Industrial Organization, which is seeking to organize workers in each large industry into a single union. Lewis and Green once were close (8ee ASSAULT, Page A-5.) (See GREEN, Page A-2) How President Roosevelt helped to speed Dr. Rex Tugwell's dash by fish- ing boat and seaplane from Barbados to the New York hospital where his daughter lay critically ill of pneu- monia was revealed at the White House toda Tge father arrived at the bedside of his 18-year-old daughter yesterday morning after a Pan-American air- liner went off its route to pick him up from a slow-moving fishing boat at sea between Barbados and Trinidad ‘When Dr. Tugwell was first advised of his daughter’s serious iliness he lmmdhnwomdhemblemmub lane transportation from Barbados, mmzmmcwnmumlor President Roosevelt was seated in his study at the White House about 11 o'clock Wednesday night when he re- ceived Dr. Tugwell’s cablegram. A hurried inquiry disclosed there were a few Marine Corps airplanes Dearby, but their range was deemed too short to make the flight to Bar- bados in safety. Abandoning this idea, the President appesled to the -8 Pan American Airways, Roosevelt Aids Dr. Tugwell’s Dash to Ill Daughter’s Side| He was informed that if Dr. Tug- ‘ well could get a boat to Trinidad the northbound air liner due there the following day would be held for him. The President cabled Dr. Tugwell to this effect. The reply came back that this would be impossible because a slow fishing smack was the only boat avail- able and would require at least an- other day to reach Trinidad. The President was not discouraged, how- ever. He communicated with Robert Thatch and J. U. N. Pripp, Pan Amer- ican officers, who arranged to have Dr. Tugwell picked up from aboard the fishing boat at sea. This was accomplished after some expert and hazardous flying low over the water. Dr. Tugwell was landed in Trinidad Friday morning, where a regular air liner was waiting. All accommodations .were taken, but two Costa Ricans, learning of Dr. ‘Tugwell’s predicament, gave up their seats so that the father could con- tinue his journey without further in- Dr. Tugwell terday after & New York yes- -breaking flight. Won't Accept Ousting From | TWO CENTS. RETIREMENT PLAN FOR JUDGES OF 70 15 SPED IN SENATE Judiciary Committee to Get Measure, Approved by Subcommittee. {NO VOTE CAST AGAINST, BUT BORAH DEPARTS Minton Sees: Election as Mandate ‘t‘o Go Ahead” With Presi- dent’s Desires. Full Text of Semator Minton’s Speech in the National Radio Forum Appears on Page A-12. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ‘The bill authorizing voluntary re- tirement of Supreme Court justices on full pay at 70, passed by the House last week by an overwhelming vote, re- ceived favorable action today at the hands of a subcommittee of the Sen- ate Judiciary Committee. Senator McCarran of Nevada, chair- man of the subcommittee, said that while the vote was not unanimous, no one had voted against the bill. He added he would report the bill to the full committee at its meeting Monday. “I hope and expect that the full committee will take prompt and fa- vorable action on the bill and that it may be taken up in the Senate and passed next week,” he said. “Under the provisions of this bill members of the Supreme Court will have the same privilege of retirement | which the judges of the lower courts | now have. “I do not think that it is fair for the law to tell the Supreme Court Justices that they cannot retire.” Borah Leaves Meeting. At the meeting of the subcom= mittee this morning, McCarran said, there was a full and frank discus- | sion of the measure. Before the committee adjourned, Chairman Summers of the House Judiciary Committee joined the subcommittee. ‘The bill was ordered reported without | amendment. Senator Borah of Idaho, a member of the subcommittee, left the meet- ing before it was over. He was the member who did not vote. Borah said later he believed the age of retirement for Supreme Court jus« tices should be made 75 instead of 70. It is his contention that some of the ablest and wisest decisions rendered by judges in English and American courts over a great period of years } have been handed down by judges be= tween 65 and 75. He also objected w0 that provision of the retirement bill which would make it possible to call on retired Supreme Court justices for service in other courts. | “When justices of the Supreme Court retire,” said Borah, “they should retire, and not be subject to being sent around to try cases in the lower courts. If they cannot perform their duties as judges on the Supreme bench, because of age, there is no as- | surance that they could perform such duties in the lower courts. Besides, it would be an undignified proceeding »» send these members of the Supreme Court to serve in the lower courts.” | Prefers Retirement at 75. | The Idaho Senator would prefer, it is understood, a constitutional | amendment providing for compulsory | retirement of Supreme Court justices at 75 years of age. The other members of the subcome mittee present in addition to the chairman were Senators Hatch, New Mexico, and Norris, Nebraska, Sen- ator Logan, Kentucky, was not pres- ent, but he is favorable to the bill. There is a very defnite hope on the part of many members of Con- gress who opposed the President’s plan for increasing the membership of the Supreme Court that, if the voluntary retirement bill is enacted, several of the justices past the age of 70 then will retire. That, it is be- lieved, would result in easing the pressure for the President’s plan, and it might never be adopted. While the Senate subcommittee was at work on the voluntary retirement bill, the House Judiciary Committee held a meeting, but did not take up or discuss the President’s judiciary bill. Nor did it discuss the bill which it reported to the House last week authorizing the Attorney General to intervene in private suits where the constitutionality of Federal laws was | involved. Meeting Is ‘Social Gathering.’ This measure was not pressed to a vote in the House last week because | of objections from the White House. | The House Judiciary Committee ad- | journed to meet a week from Thurs- | day. When the House committee as- | sembled today, Chairman Sumners ‘suzgeaud that “we have a social (See JUDICIARY PI‘E A-2) . & P. PHONE CO. INDICTED IN BETS Charged With Abetting “Bookies” in Baftimore Through Un- listed Telephones. B3 the Associated Press BALTIMORE, February 16.—The grand jury indicted the Chesapeake & Petomac Telephone Co. today on a race-bet charge. Bail was fixed at $1,000. The indictment was on the usual printed form with 25 counts, charging violation of the law by possession, maintaining on premises and other types of violations. Judge Eugene O'Dunne yesterday, in pointing out testimony at an alleged gambling law violation trial of six unlisted telephones of the defendant, said any one aiding and-abetting the commission of & misdemeanor 18 & principal in oflenn in the eyes of the law,