Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1937, Page 2

NAVY ANNOUNCES - COMMAND SHIFTS “Big Four” Remain in Posts. Rear Admiral Richardson to Come Here. The Navy's “big four” afloat re- main at their posts in the changes in fleet commands, announced today by ‘the Navy Department. President Roosevelt on Wednesday approved the ahifts, effective in June, but Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn remains as com- mander in chief of the United States Fleet, Admiral Claude C. Bloch sta. as commander of the Battle Force, | Admiral Harry E. Yarnell will continue 48 commander in chief of the Asiatic Fleet and Vice Admiral William T. “Tarrant stays as commander of the Scouting Force, The shake-up brings Rear Admiral James O. Richardson, commander of destroyers of the Scouting Force, to ‘Washington as assistant chief of naval ‘operations. Rear Admiral William S. +Pye, the present assistant chief, will ‘take Admiral Richardson's berth afloat. Rear Admiral Harold R. Stark, chief of the Bureau of Ordnance at the ‘Navy Department, will go to duty as commander of Cruiser Division 2, ‘and his place here will be taken by Rear Admiral Andrew O. Pickens, chief of staff of the commander in chief of the United States Fleet. Admiral Woodward to D. C. Rear Admiral Walton R. Sexton, & member of the General Board here, becomes commander of destroyers of the Battle Force, relieving Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward, who will tome to the General Board for a time and then become commandant of the 3rd naval district at New York, re- lieving Rear Admiral Harris Laning, who goes on the retired list on No- vember 1. Rear Admiral Harry L. Brinser, commander of Cruiser Division 4 of the Soouting Force, comes here as .president of the Board of Inspection and Survey, Navy Department. He will relieve Rear Admiral John D. ‘Wainwright, who will go to command Battleship Division 3. Rear Ad- miral Joseph K. Taussig, former assis- tant chief of naval operations. now eommander of Battleship Division 3, will become commander of Cruisers of the Scouting Force. In that post he will relieve Rear Admiral Edward B. Fenner, who goes as com= mandant of the 13th Naval District at | Bremerton, Wash. The present com- | mandant there, Rear Admiral Thomas T. Craven, goes on the retired list August 1. To Relieve Admiral Watts. Rear Admiral Wat T. Cluverius, eommander of the Base Force, will be- come commandant of the 4th Naval District at Philadelphia, relieving Rear Admiral William C. Watts, who goes to command the Base Force. Rear Admiral Walter §. Anderson, who has returned to this country fol- lowing service as naval attache at London, becomes ‘ommander of Curis- er Division 4. Rear Admiral Julius C. Tovnsend, commander of Cruiser Division 2 of the Battle Force, will command cruisers of that force, relieving Rear Admiral Walter N. Vernou, whose new assignmant has not yet been an- nounced. Rear Admiral George F. Neal, com- mander of Minecraft, Battle Force, will head the Pacific Coast Section of the "Board of Inspection and Survey. Capt. David Worth Bagley. brother- {n-law of former Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, now Ambassa- dor to Mexico, commanding destroyer Squadron 20 of the Scouting Force, be- comes commander of mine craft, Bat- tle Force. Capt. Bagley has been chosen for advancement to rear ad- | niral. Capt. Puleston to Retire. As previously announced, Rear Ad- miral Ralston Holmes, chief of stafl “of the commander, Battle Force, will | become director of naval intelligence, “yelieving Cget. Willlam D. Puleston, “who retires June 30. Capt. Herbert Fairfax Leary, direc- “Yor of fleet training, office of naval operations, Navy Department, relieves Rear Admiral Holmes afloat. Capt. David M. LeBreton, chief of staff to the commandant of the 14th Naval District at Pearl Harbor, T. H., ‘becomes chief of staff to Admiral Hep- burn, relieving Rear Admiral Pickens. Capt. LeBreton has been chosen & rear admiral, Vice Admiral Edward C. Kalbfus femains as commander of battleships of the Battle Force and Vice Admiral FPrederick J. Horne stays as com- mander of aircraft of the Battle Force. The Navy Department said that | “other flag officers remain in present | fssignments afloat and ashore.” CUBA SIGNS TREATY ! HAVANA, February 20 (#).—Cube and Great Britain signed yesterday their first reciprocal trade agreement. Gen. Rafael Montalvo, secretary of state, said the pact was “the first ‘point of a vast constructive program of foreign commercial policies—poli- cies which we hope will affirm our growing importance in world trade.” He added that “These policies will guarantee our interests and will create for the republic and its products the world-wide acceptance Cuba merits.” Details of the Anglo-Cuban agreement were not made public, pending rati- fication of the treaty by the Cuban Benate. —_— Elections (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) eratic landslide, things were “fixed from the Governor down.” That he slso said “we” will oust Federal Judge Merrill E. Otis, now presiding at the trial. and United States District Attorney Maurice M. Mulligan, who is prosecuting it. That some vote counters were in- timidated. ‘That ballot boxes were stuffed—or emptied. B That an “order” was received that #100 more votes are needed.” One witness at the trial- of the second group testified she heard a defendant voice threats as bond was being posted. The witness, Mrs. Callie Olark, Democratic precinct judge, said Luteran told her an “old lady squawked” and “I'm going to get her for this.” Mrs. Clark testified that Luteran was “bossy, nobody can get along with him,” and that he once told her: “String along with me and every- thing will be all right. Don't ever tell that we emptied those ballots in the pasteboard box.” a4 Washington Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. ADIEU. REETING friends on a train passing through Washington proved pretty costly for Col. Rosenham Beam, Army Air | Corps, and Mrs. Beam. The greetings and farewells, it seems, were postponed a few seconds too long and the first indication Col. Beam had that things were not just as they should be was when the train entered the tunnel and sudden dark- | ness indicated it was too late to jump. No amount of pleading would in- duce the skipper of the train to make & landing short of his first scheduled stop—Richmond. At nearly 3 am. the Beams returned to Washington, sadder, wiser and poorer to the extent of some $14. * k¥ ¥ FORMULA. Speaking at the last luncheon of the Junior Board of Commerce, Col. William P. Upshur of the United States Marines described the ideal of all after-dinmer (or luncheon) speeches by strikingly comparing them to women's dresses. “They should be long enough to cover everything and short enough to be interesting,” said the colonel. * Xk ¥ X YEARNING. ‘CHEF ANTON GORLOFF skissled the pot of Bortsch across the gas range and baritoned a good “Home, Home on the Range.” in such & nos- talgic way that our operative lead with a right question and a left hook | to his scribbing pad. Anton is a genuine Cossack, a for- mer lieutenant of cavalry. For six | years he toured France as a star eques- | trian with a circus. “Six hundred ’pcople in that circus,” he said. Com- ing to this country, he made his way to the coast and a movie contract as | @ horseman. He likes being a chef, but given his choice, he would take a stock farm and the training of hunters. He | doesn’t sing that barge puller's song, but you should hear him do, “Give a Man a Horse He Can Ride.” * % ¥ % TONIC. TH'ERE have been stories galore in | this world of people who use tooth paste on shaving brushes and | vice versa, but a girl who knows Blake Lancaster turns him in a3 a victim of a variant of this old theme. Discovering his hair to be unruly, young Mr. Lancaster, rushing to keep an engagement, decided to make a last-minute correction with a nearby tonic. Pouring out a generous portion in his hands, he doused his head and | started rubbing vigorously. Instead of glistening with the docile sheen he had expected, Mr. Lancaster looked up to find his head covered with a | beautiful lather. Now he keeps the | shampoo and tonic in separate com- | partments of the cabines. * x x x EGGS. iNExT time Lieut. Col. Sam How- | ard. U. S. M. C,, has a little a | tomobile accident he’s going to be sure the other car doesn’t contain eggs. It leads to complications. Tues- day morning, the day of the snow, Col. Howard was taking his youngster to school. Smoking a cigarette, he | momentarily looked away from the road to brush off a spark from the cigarette. When he looked up there in his path was another car. He put on the brakes, but the going was slip- pery and he slid gently into the other fellow's buzz buggy, putting a slight dent in a fender. The usual conversation piece fol- lowed. Sam offered the other driver a couple of dollars to get his fender fixed, but he was puzzled when the other driver lifted the trunk lid of his car and peered around in the trunk for quite a while. Sam’s car hadn’t hit the trunk. Finally they got mat- ters straightened out, and passed call- !ing cards. “Why did you look in the trunk so long?” asked Col. Howard. ““Well, you see, I'm an egg dealer and I had a load of eggs in that trunk. I wanted to see if any of ’'em were busted. It might cost more to have that fender fixed if all my eggs were cracked.” * ok ok ¥ CONSTANCY. Jennie Goodman, who finds life an education all the time and a song most of it, reports a dis- covery that fits into both cate- gories. It is a shoe shop which is deco- rated with a sign that proclaims: “Shine § cents. Before the war, during the war, and after the war.” It sort of justifies faith in the permanence of things, at just the time when such faith seems to be slipping out of the world. ————— 700 FIGHT TO HOLD CREST AT BLACK HAWK By the Associated Press. NATCHEZ, Miss, February 20— Focal point of the Mississippi River flood fight shifted downstream today to the vicinity of Black Hawk, where 700 men battled to hold a “softening™ earthern barrier. Tension eased along the 35-mile stretch between Deer Park and Bougere, scene of a dogged struggle to bolster cracking and caving levees. Engineers believed the battle there had been won, but the area still was under strict surveillance as the river'’s crest pushed further toward the Gulf of Mexico. Gov. Richard W. Leche of Louisiana, after inspecting the embattled levee line along two parishes of his State, declared the “dikes will hold,” and belief Louisiana would es- cape damage. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, WARRANT RUSHED INSLAYING ARREST Suspect Named as Killer of Kansas City Man in Ex- tortion Attempt. By tbe Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, February 20.—Two officers rushed to St. Louis today a warrant charging Edwin (Tuffy) Huckenstine, 21, with the “symphony in red” apartment slaying of Gayland Linhart, 33, here Monday night. Police Director Otto P. Higgins said Huckenstine had been named as the man who shot Linhart after attempt- ing to extort money from him under threat to expose Linehart's alleged unnatural relations with a male youth. Huckenstine denied any connection with the slaying when arrested at St. Louis last night. One of the men who involved Edwin Huckenstine was Leroy Moore, 22, & taxicab driver. Higgins announced a signed statement by Moore in which he told of taking Huckenstine Monday night to the apartment of Linhart, a railroad agent. As the result of a statement taken from Wilford Potter, 18, police an- nounced they were seeking an asso- ciate of Edwin Huckenstine. After the slaying, Vernon Webb, 19. was found in the apartment, and Higgins said he admitted having engaged in unnatural associations with Linhart. J udi.ciary (Continued From First Page.) tional amendment giving Congress power by a two-thirds vote to re- verse Supreme Court decisions invali- dating laws. A congressional election would have to intervene. “Under this amendment,” he said, “there would be no hasty action. judgment. And unquestionably the Congress would give more careful consideration in the repassage of an act declared tnconstitutional by the riding the veto of the President of the United States. “Administration spokesmen claim that this process would take too long and that it is necessary for them to act quickly and usurp the powers of the court. * * * “In view of this recent election, if the President of the United States | would put his influence back of an | amendment such as this, it would be }nnfied in a very short time. Ap- | parently, there are those of the Presi- | dent’s advisers who suggest that such & measure could not be enacted and I say to them that if the recent elec- tion was not a mandate for social reform, as I believe it was, then it is | time for all of us to find out who won the election. * * * “And 1 am for a liberal Constitu- tion. ment is the fundamental expression of the people’s will. I know some- thing of the modern complexities. But I do not think the creation of a political court will solve them.” Wheeler contrasted Attorney Gen- eral Cummings, who supported the court program in a Sunday address, with the late Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, original appointee to the position. “Walsh would never have advised the President to pack the Supreme Court,” he said. “And if his Presi- dent had advised Congress to do so. he would have had to look for a new Attorney General.” Representatives Cox, Democrat, of Georgia and Guyer, Republican, of | Kansas, also criticized the program in addresses last night, while Representa- | tive Hill, Democrat, of Washington | iauded it as constitutional, democratic and American. Cox declared enactment of the pro- posal would make the Constitution a | | meaningless scrap of paper. Guyer called the court a “target of vindictive passion, assailed by politicians whose sinister design is not to destroy it " directly, but to corrupt it by ‘packing’ | | its personnel to control its decrees.” Sibley Statement. Other developments: President Harper Sibley of the United States Chamber of Commerce, (the chamber's magazine), said there was abundant evidence the chamber membership adhered to a 1928 policy declaration that the legislative branch should not attempt to “usurp or limit” the judiciary’s functions. Attorney General Cummings, vaca- tioning at Palm Beach, Fla., declared the program would be enacted within | three months and then “every one will be discussing the advantages of the new system.” Fred Brenckman, Washington rep- resentative of the National Grange, wrote all Congressmen questioning the merit of increasing the size of the court. i Mrs. Frederick Manning, dean of Bryn Mawr College and daughter of the late William Howard Taft, said she agreed with President Roosevelt there should be an age limit for Fed- eral judges. “My father would have preferred a legal retiring age, I had heard him say,” she said. “He retired at 72, when he resigned.” Dr. Hugh S. Magill, president of the American Federation of Investors, which was active in the fight against the utility holding compeny bill two years ago, declared himself and the organization against the program. “Such a law would, in effect, enable the President to pack the Supreme Court with justices who presumably would conform to his will,” he said. Trade (Continued From First Page.) trade practices. They would be ex- pected, however, to state definitely just what practices were permitted, and officials said this would do much to eliminate confusion regarding fair practice laws. The agreements would be voluntary and, it was said, would not strike di- rectly at the “chiseler.” Authorita- tive persons said, however, those re- fusing to sign might lose benefits in the exchange of information among participating industries. No attempt will be made to fix prices, but officials said it might be possible to bring about voluntary undetstand- ings under which business men would agree not to sell ~low cost. Anti-trust laws would be revised to authorize the agreements. ‘The two-way program, although nar- rower than the N. R. A, is in line with Mr. Roosevelt’s assertions that eovery agency wers good. A There would be time for considered | Supreme Court than it would to over- | writing in the Washington Review | A. U. Founders Honored years ago. Jounders’ day banquet. Left to These three trustees—their ages totaling 276 years—partici- pated in the original meeting to found American University 45 They were honored last night at the university’s 96, of Baltimore; Albert Osborne, 87, of Washington Grove, Md., and Judge Hosea B. Moulton, 93, right: Dr. Charles W. Baldwin, of this city—Star Stafl Photo. DR. BEARD 15 GOOL 10 AGENCY SHIFTS (Historian, While Not Op- posed to Reorganization, Doubts Effectiveness. Dr. Charles A. Beard, noted his- torian and close observer of public administration trends, said in an in- terview last night he agrees in gen- eral with President Roosevelt's govern- mental reorganization recommenda- tions, but questions whether anything is to be gained by the proposed over- hauling of the separate agencies. Emphasizing that he is not opposed | to the President’s plan, Dr. Beard | | said he questioned whether any greater efficiency or economy would | result from the consolidation pro- | | posals, which would affect the nu= merous boards, commissions, admin- | istrations, authorities and agencies !now part of the executive branch. | These Federal agencies would be | placed under departmental heads un- | der the President’s plan. | Questions Education Move. Dr. Beard said that, for example, the Office of Education should not e | placed under a Department of Social | | | | 1 recognize that that instru- Welfare, as proposed in the President’s | législation under consideration. | recommendations to Congress. He be- | | lieves the Interior Department would | | be the logical place. “But I'm merely raising a few ques- | tions,” he explained. “If I had my | choice between getting all these things | done or discarding the whole plan, I'd | | want to see the plan go through. And | I believe Congress will pass it.” | | Dr. Beard spoke last night at a con- | ference held by the Washington Chap- ter of the Society for the Advance- ment of Management in collaboration | with the Committee on Public Admin- | istration of the Social Research Coun- cil. The conference, held at the | Raleigh Hotel, was attended by more | {than a hundred manufacturing and | merchandising executives, industrial | engineers, investigators and others. ; | Regulation Study Urged. He emphasized the need for more study of the place of public corpora- tions and regulatory agencies in the sphere of administrative set-up, the relation to the administrative depart- | ments to the legislative and the place of the legislative investigation in ad- ministrative control. He said the time seems ripe for establishment of an institute of public administration. Dr. Beard was introduced by John | M. Carmody, who yesterday was con- | firmed as administrator of the Rural | Electrification Administration. Other | speakers at the conference were James | E. Scott, chief of the operations divi- | sion of the Porest Service; Col. George | D. Babcock, management engineer for | the Rural Electrification Administra- ‘ tion; R. W. Rigsby, assistant executive | officer of the Farm Credit Adminis- | tration; C. B. Uttley, luperintendent‘ of the division of post office service; Eugene S. Leggett, acting executive director of the National Emergency Council, and Dr. Harlow 8. Person, consultant in business economics and management. Steel (Continued From Pirst Page.) denied, however, that the administra- tion was considering use of this plant if private manufacturers continued to ignore Navy demand for steel. They said the plant was equipped only to turn out armor plate, while steel now needed for ship construction is of another type. ‘Wanted to Retain Plant. In protesting to the House Naval Committee against legislation by Rep- resentative Smith, Democrat, of West Virginia to authorize the sale, the Secretary of the Navy said the Gov- ernment wanted to retain the plant “ijn view of present world condi- tions.” Mr. Roosevelt said at & press con- ference yesterday that the Govern- ment would be forced to act soon to obtain steel needed in the construc- tion of several vessels. He expressed approval of the mini- mum wage and maximum hour pro- visions of the Walsh-Healey act, By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI February 20.—About 200 men, identified by suthorities as Italian civilians and sailors from an Ttalian man of war at anchor here, stormed a motion picture theater to- day and routed the audience with gunfire, ammonia bombs anc clubs. They slugged two Russian film projection operators showing & Rus- sian-made picture dealing with the Italian conquest of Ethiopia and seized the film. One suffered a broken arm, the other a'gash on the head. Before Chinese police, British set- tlement suthorities, Japanese marines snd Italian officials arrived at the the flood without serious | objectives sought b the esrlier re-|Isis Theater, on the border of the International Bettiomans, the mob hed 3 Italians Storm Chinese Cinema | And Seize Ethiopian War Film SENIORITY RATING URGED BY BABCOCK Would Rank Competitive Test Group Higher Than Non-Competitive. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Plea for preferential, seniority rating for Government employes who came into the classified civil service through competitive examinations, over emer- gency employes who may be blanketed into an extension of the civil service by executive order, or by non-com- petitive examination, was made yes- terday by E. Claude Babcock, presi- dent of the United Civil Service Em- ployes, at the hearing before the House Civil Service Committee. Chair- man Ramspeck announced in adjourn- ing the hearing until Tuesday that he hoped to conclude the hearings on this bill next Wednesday. Babcock spoke. he said, exclusively for civil service emploves of the Fed- eral and District governments, whose personal interests are affected by the | “Whether the present employes in ’ these non-civil service jobs were origi- | nally appointed because of political, friendly, fraternal, religious, blood re- lationship or other reasons.” he said, “as individuals they stand in a better situation than the average civil service | employe to obtain increased comud-; eration in any reduction in force. | After obtaining status, these non- | civil service employes can and will | transfer to other parts of the service.” Suggests Amendment. He said that the civil service em- ployes feel the extension should con- tain some guarantee that the “influ- ence” which resulted in the employ- ment of the non-civil service group will not adversely affect the employes | who entered through competitive ex- ‘. amination, when any reduction in force becomes necessary. He sug- | gested such an amendment to the | Ramspeck bill under consideration, | which proposes to extend the civil | service. He emphasized that such a | method is employed generally by rail- roads and other large industries. Babcock pointed out that on De- cember 27, 1935, more than 10,000 non-civil service employes acquired a competitive civil service status, under | provisions of the soil conservation | act, without examination. Babcock, who was the principal witness before the committee, called attention that the records show that for entrance into the classified civil service there have been 14.5 appli- cants for each appointment and only one out of every six eligibles has been appointed. “If competitive examination proce- dure is installed and directed, the fatalities among present employes will be enormous,” he emphasized, “and the service will have to stop, change itself and start again.” Passage Recommended. He said that the present employes | in the civil service recommend pas- sage of the Ramspeck bill, without time limitation, and with the amend- ment to protect the present employes in reduction of force. He urged that Congress pass & nan-competitive bill, including the proviso on reductions by seniority; that Congress simply re- peal the civil service exemption clauses of the various organic acts, with the reduction of force change. This method, he argued, would permit the President to use the competitive, non- competitive or blanketing procedure, ‘whichever considered advisable in the case of any particular agency. Other witnesses yesterday were Wil- liam B. Bergman, administrative as- sistant and chief clerk of the Navy Department; Leo George, for the Na- tional Federation of Post Office Clerks, who favored open competitive exami- nations, and John F. Middendorfer, legislative representative of the Na- tional Association of Special Delivery Messengers, who claimed they are “the forgotten men” in the Govern- ment service. He urged they be in- cluded in the extension of the civil service. | fl'nchd the interior of the place and ed. ‘The gang arrived in automobiles and forced its way into the theater. Leaders dashed into the projection room and attacked the operators with pistol butts and clubs. The remainder of the gang, mean- while, fired revolvers and threw am- monia bombs, stampeding the largely Chinese audience to the street. When the film - first was shown & month ago there werg Italian diplo- matic protests. Chige autHorities forced its withdrawal and sharp cen- sorship to satisfy Itallan demands. A few days ago the announced the film weuld be “under cial government permission.” ’ FEBRUARY 20, 1937. AMERICAN U. PAYS PIONEERS TRIBUTE Senator Bridges Addresses Founders’ Day Banquet. Debaters Win Honor. American University yesterday cele- brated founders' day by honoring three pioneers at a banquet by an- nouncing that & debating team from the college will go abroad next Spring, and by winning a debate and a basket ball game. At the banquet Senator H. Styles Bridges of New Hampshire sharply attacked the present administration's | system of relieving unemployment. He declared “billions™ of dollars, which had been spemt for temporary relief | had accomplished no permanent solu- tion of the unemployment question. | “We might as well have dropped that money in the Atlantic Ocean,” he declared. 1 Dr. Joseph M. M. Gray, chancellor of the university, at the close of the banquet, held at the Hamilton Hotel, announced the university had been honored by having two of its debaters selected by the National Student Fed- eration of America to represent the colleges and universities of the United States in a debate tour of England | this Spring. The debaters to make the trip will be Sidney Sachs, president | of the Student Council, and William Powell, both prominent in debates and student activities on the campus. They will sail for England April 21. Two Teams Wn. Students today were jubilant over twin victories yesterday—in debate | and in basket ball. Last night at the | gymnasium Coach Paul Smith’s basket | ball team defeated Bridgewater Col- lege, 38 to 30. American U. debaters, | coached by Dr. Orville Hitchcock, yesterday afternoon defeated Denison | University of Granville, Ohio, by vote of the single judge, Prof. W. Hayes Yeager of George Washington Uni- versity. Sidney Sachs and Charles Stewart of American U. took the neg- | ative on the question: “Resolved, TLat | Congress should be empowered to fix | minimum wages and maximum hours | for industry.” Denison was represent- | ed by Gail Oxley and Loren Souers. The debate was held at Mount Vernon | Seminary. | The oldest living trustee of the uni- versity, Dr. Charles W. Baldwin, who | who will be 97 years of age next month, came from Baltimore last night to speak for the pioneers of the | institution at the banquet. With firm voice and clear speech that could be heard easily throughout the banquet hall, Dr. Baldwin, who formerly was pastor of Ryland M. E. Church and Wesley M. E. Church here, told of the founding of the university 45 years ago. He quoted Bishop Hurst's “great pur- pose” to create a university t “would be Christian in every sense The charter provides, he said, that | three-fourths of the Board of Trustees | shall be members of the Methodist Church. but this, he said. does “not | make it & sectarian Institution.” Dr. | Baldwin said he hopes to live to be 100 years of age. Other pioneer | trustees honored during the evening | were Albert Osbhorne of Washington | Grove, Md., 87 years of age, and Judge Hosea B. Moulton of this city, 93 Pays Tribute to Pioneers. Dr. Arthur C. Christie, president of the Board of Trustees, paid tribute ' to the pioneers and declared all were still faithful in their attendance at meetings of the board. He said they | feel there is “no conflict between fine | religious idealism and intellectual in- | tegrity, freedom of thought.” | Chancellor Gray announced that American University has had the largest percentage of increase during | the past year of any college or uni- | versity In the United States. He said | also had a larger percentage of its ' graduates pursuing higher education | than any other school in the country. Senator Bridges charged that here in America what used to be known as true Democracy “has almost disap- peared.” He criticized the school of thought that believes in a “hazy fu- ture, control of production, and pen- alizing progress.” On the other hand he declared others still believed in progress, that thrift should not be penalized, that natural resources should not be exploited. and that op- | portunity should be created for the | youth of the land. Colleges and uni- | versities, such as American University, | he said, had a great opportunity in | training youth for future responsi- bility in solving national problems. ‘The invocation was pronounced by Bishop William Fraser McDowell. Barrett Fuchs sang, accompanied by his mother. | Among prominent members of the board of trustees present were Sena- | tor Townsend of Delaware, Edward | . olladay, Dr. B. W. Meeks, formerly | District superintendent for the Metho- | dist Church here; David Lawrence, newspaper man; J. C. Nicholson of | Havre de Grace and Miss Florence Hooper of Baltimore. o=y ICKES IS SUSTAINED IN BRIDGE DISPUTE District Court Holds P. W. A. { Withhold Funds for Construction. Justice Joseph W. Cox of District Court, late yesterday dismissed a suit by the Metropolitan Bridge Co. to compel P. W. A. Administrator Ickes | to consider its application for funds with which to build a tube and bridge across San PFrancisco Bay. | Holding that disbursement of P. W. A. funds is within the discretion of the President, Justice Cox said also that it is “not clear that the appilca- tion is even eligible for considera- tion.” ‘The company and its organizer, T. A. Tomasini, had told the court that | P. W. A. officials refused to consider the application on the ground that the company is a private corporation and that works funds may be dis- bursed only to public agencies. The concern contended it was & public corporation by virtue of a fran- chise secured from the Board of Su- pervisors of Alameda County, Calif, to build the tube and bridge and to collect tolls. A permit from the War Department also was secured. Congress in Brief recess. Senate Foreign Relations Commit tee considers neutrality legislation. May Ask Troops SHERIFF L. A. DOOLITTLE Of Lake County, 1. Strike tgoltrinuedimm Pirst Page.) some of the officers were driven from their positions. There was no recurrence of rioting during the early daylight hours and most of the sheriff's force of 200 spe- cial officers was withdrawn from the | strike scene. Still besieging the plant were a detachment of about 40 officers. A riot between the full force of deputies and strike sympathizers in a crowd of 500 persons near the factory grounds last night increased tension in the North Chicago community. Earlier the 82 “sit-downers” behind nailed doors in two buildings repulsed a force of 125 men under Sheriff L. A. Doolittle which attempted to evict them in compliance with the court order. Three strikers and as many deputies were injured, none seriously. Badges Torn Off. The second disturbance started when strike sympathizers ripped badges from several special officers, The deputies swung clubs and base ball bats freely. The cjowd dispersed after driving most of the deputies from their posts. Conciliators failed to effect a truce in their first conferences and asked contending parties to meet with Gov. Henry Horner's representative, State QUEZON T VISIT PRESIDENT SOON “Purely Domestic” Matters Affecting Philippines to Be Discussed. B the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 20.—Presi. dent Manuel Luis Quezon of th= Philippine commonwealth declined to- day to say whether futuge trade rels- tions between his country and the United States wouldsbe discussed when he visits President Roosevelt in Wash- {ington, but commented that “some | sort of a reciproca! trade agreement’ would be “mutually beneficial.” Quezon, heading a delegation of Fili- pinos, arrived from the West yesterda | en route to the National Capital. He plans to remain here several days. Domestic Discussion. “I have come to discuss purely doe mestic matters affecting the Philips pines.” Quezon said. “I am not at liberty to speak about the complets purpose of my trip until I have seen the President.” 3 He declined to confirm reporis he would seek to prevent the erection of United States tariff barriers against | Phillipine products when the islands become independent in 1946, indicat- ing the question would be one to be | threshed out later. Progressively increasing taxes on | Philippine exports to this country ara |provided in the independence act, Virtually all of the sugar producad in | the islands is shipped here and tha trade balance consistently has fa= | vored them. { Naval Bases Not Topic. | Quezon denied he would disct { establishment of naval bases on the | islands with the President Besides his two daughters, Aurora, 17, and Senaida, 16, he wag accom- panied by a number of Filipino offi- cials and Ma). Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur, former chief of staff of the United States Army, now muitary adviser to the Philippine government | Of conditions in the islands, Quezon said he felt that “everybody 1s satis- fled that we are making progress.” " B (Continued From Fira Page.) st Director of Labor Martin P. Durkin. | ‘The Governor said he would come here as a peace-maker if Durkin failed to settle the strike. Robert Pilkington and John O. Con- nor represented the United States De partment of Labor in the controvers: Meyer Adelman, regional organizer for the Committee for Industrial organization, appeared on behalf of the strikers, and Skerin, represented ! the company. The strikers began the demons! tion Wednesday, demanding recogn: tion of their C. I. O. Union, the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of America The corporation then obtained an order from Circuit Judge Ralph Dady directing the strikers to evacuate Their deflance of the injunction re- sulted in contempt citations. During the night the sit-downers tried sleeping in shifts, huddling under blankets for protection against the chill winds blowing off nearby Lake Michigan. The plant was unheated and unlighted. Many windows were broken when strikers hurled wrenches, bolts, bottles of acid, pullers and other missiles at Lake County officers in the first outbreak of violence. Dep- uties used tear gas and a battering ram in an ineffectual aitempt to dislodge the unionists. C. 1. O. representatives said they will ask Gov. Horner to order the company to turn on water inside the plant. Dr. A. E. Budde, who climbed through a window last night to give aid to one of the injured strikers, said sanitary conditions in the plant were bad and growing worse President A. J. Aitchison of the corporation discharged the strikers when they quit work. He said he would not discuss the issue of union recognition with C. I. O. organizers, but was willing to confer with the strikers. Nicholas Fontechhio, C. I. O. re- gional director, said the union had not called the strike. but would give the sit-downers its full support. Approximately 200 non-striking em- ployes were paid off yesterday at the company offices. CONKLIN PEN PLANT SHUT. Strike Is Called by United Auto Workers’ Union. ‘TOLEDO, February 20 (&) —Pro- duction at the Conklin Pen Co. stopped today, the result of a sit-down strike | called by the United Auto Workers' | Union, although the plant is not con- nected with automotive production. Representatives of the union who occupy the plant said they will not | surrender unless certain demands are met. Union men said the strike affects 115 workers who were organized by the Auto Workers' Union a month ago and who, they said, are asking union | recognition, for collective bargaining, & 40-hour week, seniority rights and wage increases varying from 5 to 25 per cent. STRIKERS HOLD 7 PLANTS. Six Other Firms Reach Agreements With Workers. DETROIT, February 20 (#).— Strikers continued today to hold seven manufacturing plants, where sit-down strikes have been started during the past week. Seven other plants reached an agreement with woskers to resume production. Plants in the hands of strikers were: General Cigar Co.—Held by 70 women who sat down at cigar-making machines Friday afternoon. Hygrade Mood Products Co.—Held by 140 women and 60 men in packing plant. Fry Products Co.—Automobile union executives claim plant is occupied by 600 employes. Bernard Schwartz Corp.—400 women hold plant in third day of strike. Mazer-Cressman Cigar Co.—400 un- organized women, holding plant, re- ceive assistance from C. I. O. ‘Webster-Eisenlohr, Inc.—Cigar fac- tory held by 500 women. Perro Stamping Co.—700 employes, affiliated with auto union, in control of plant. Strike settlements in six plants, including the Parm Crest Bakeries, sent hundreds of men and women back to work. Co-operation of the United Auto- mobile Workers of America and the C. I. O, with which it is affiliated, has been promised to many of the strikers who are thus far unor- | ganized, it was announced at uinon rters trlln." declared Bob Conklin, who op- erates a 1,600-acre wheat farm. | Conkiin "explained the smow if it | melted slowly on the ground would {sink in, while rain would be apt to run off too qu v | the greatest thing in | world," said G. C. Taggart, who ‘plamed 350 acres in wheat “If there's enough of it, it'll bring the wheat country back Panhandle Has Respite. Farmers in the Panhandle plains area had their first respite yesterday |in six days of blinding dust. They | hurried to their flelds to throw up | ridges of soil in an effort to hold their blowing lands should the “black bliz« | zards" return. Colorado reported a snowstorm | moving east of the Rockies. In Texas | & dust haze still hung in the Wichita Falls area Plans for a drastic soil erosion program received hearty approval of 1hrmeu meeting at Garden City, | Kans. They -will be presented at a five-State conference in Amarillo, lTex. next month. | _ The county commissioners at Dodge City, Kans., ordered owners of 19 fields subject to wind erosion to work the land in five days or the county would do it and assess the costs ! against the owners. The Kansas State | soil control law authorizes the com- | missioners’ action. I;ire (Continued From First Page.) the i [ clothes. thing." Others from D. C. Are There. The hospital is under jurisdiction ,of the Indian Service, Interior De- | partment. Two other Washingtonians, | & Miss Keaton, & ‘nurse, and & Dr. | Mauer, also are understood to be stationed there. Miss Speanburg, a native of Bee thesda, was in charge of the hos- pital, according to her mother. She had been at Point Barrow since last | September. Before leaving she was nursing at St. Elizabeth’s, where she was graduated in 1932 Point Barrow is within the Arctic Circle, some 15 miles north of the spot where Will Rogers and Wiley Post were killed in a plane crash in August, 1935. Communication facili- ties are poor, with only one ship a year landing there. Elected by Church. Officials at the Interior Department, alsc notified of the fire by radio= gram, said the hospital was erected by the Presbyterian Mission Board in 1 1927 and was taken over by the Gove ernment in September, 1936. | It served a population of 3.500 in | that area and was the only hospital ! within 200 miles of Point Barrow. It was said at the Interior De- partment that an appropriation of $100,000 will be sought immediately to construct a new hospital. The message to Interior corroborated | that received by Mrs. Speanburg. In | addition it stated all medical supplies and instruments were destroyed by the fire, which is reported to have started in the basement. No immediate need for anye | — RAIN IS FORECAST A rainy and moderate week end is the weather outlook for the District. The rain probably will arrive to- night, according to the forecaster, and continue tomorrow, with rising tem- peratures. Tonight's “low” is ex- pected to be about 40 degrees. ‘The mercury dropped below the freezing point this morning, reaching 30 at 5 o'clock. Yesterday's “high” was 51 at 2:10 pm. back to work after a two-day strike involving ahout 900 workers. Nineteen union men and sympa- thizers were indicted on riot charges at militia-ruled Anderson, Ind. - Na- tional Guardsmen arrested them after a brawl between unionists and non- unionists. Some 250 coal diggers quit work at West Frankfort, Ill, charging the West, Frankfort Coal Co. with violation of its contract with the United Mine ‘Workers' Union. The Executive Council of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor proposed a | peace conference with representatives Meat. cutters and truck drivers of | of the Committee for Industrial Ore thres Pittsburgh packing houses went ganization. [ ] )