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IN ELEGTION FRAUD Government Turns to 75 Indicted in Kansas City Scandal. By the Assoclated Press. KANSAS CITY, February 23.— Fleven out of the first 14 persons sum- moned to trial on charges of vote fraud conspiracy awaited sentence to- day as the Federal Government turned to the original list of 75 indicted for more trials. The “score” to date is: Seven con- victed, 4 pleading no defense and 3 on which a jury was unable to agree. Six Democrats and one Republican have been convicted of conspiring to defracd more than 200 voters in two of Kansas City’s 460 precincts by bal- lot box stuffing, ballot tampering and intimidation last November 3. A jury yesterday convicted all five defendants before it. One was John A. Luteran, a Democratic precinct cap- tain, who was identified by his at- torney, William G. Boatright, during questioning as a member of the “goat faction.” The “goats” are the fol- lowers of the powerful Democratic or- ganization leader, T. J. (Boss) Pender- gast, as contrasted with the “rabbits,” Democratic followers of Representa- tive Joseph B. Shannon. Shannon was & witness before the grand jury. A previous jury convicted two men but were unable to agree on three other defendants who may be re- tried. The three Republicans and one Democrat who pleaded no de- fense, placing themselves at the mercy of the court, will be sentenced Thurs- day along with the seven convicted. Judge Merrill E. Otis’ most extreme choice could be a $5,000 fine or 10- wear sentence—or both. “We are ready to go ahead,” United States District Attorney Maurice M. Milligan said as he eyed the names of the next group of six, three Democrats and three Republicans. Judge Otis, against whom Luteran was quoted by a witness as voicing & vague threat, gave considerable at- tention to the precinct captain in his Jury instructions. “Luteran conducted himself in such a manner that both Republican and Democratic women told you they were terrified of him,” the judge said. Spain (Continued From First Page.) with an insurgent drive from South- ern Spain.) A coastwise advance of southern forces was reported started toward Valencia after capture of Malaga two ‘weeks ago. (The Madrid dispatch relating to tnsurgent efiorts to take Viver was sharply censored.) VALENCIA IS BOMBED. Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. REPRISAL. HERE'S retribution in this world after all, quite a few persons are deciding on the basis of a tale going around at tail and gossip parties. The story really begins some months ago. There was a party one Sunday night, a quiet affair with a few people present until an interruption came in the form of a visit by the police. “You've been reported as disturbing the peace,” the officer told the host. “By whom?” asked the host, who already knew the answer. “Your next door neighbor,” officer told him. The police looked around, decided the whole report was malicious, apolo= gized to the victim, and went away. The host felt like going over, poking the neighbor in the nose and really disturbing the peace, but eventually decided to leave the matter to time. Time got around to evening the score just the other day. The man who did the reporting, in the course of seeking a date with a girl, hap- pened to mention that he knew Mr. So-and-So. “So do I1” said the girl, quickly adding two and two, “and I was a guest at his party when you called the police.” ‘The story is being told around, Aesop-like, as reflecting what hap- pens to those who hate their neighbors. * Xk X X SABLES. Mrs. John Mitchell Waters, sr., ©of Wesley Heights attended a tea the other day wearing the sable cape which husband John bought on their recent trip to Russia. It was rather warm, and as the crowd grew greater the heat was more noticeadle. Furs were thrown back and still Mrs. John clung to her cape. Some one suggested that she take it off as it must be very warm; “Take it of,” ez- claimed Mrs. Waters. “I should say not. It took 20 years to get those sables on my shoulders, ¢:d hot or not—there they stay!” * ok X % SOCK. SOME'I'!MES. by his own confession, Frank M. Bahler is the kind of | chap who acts first and then thinks— | thinks how foolish it was. The other night was such a time. | Coming 1ate to his home in Arlington, | Va. Mr. Bahler walked through & | darkened hall, planning to turn on his | first light of the night in his study. the lhowever‘ when he saw a strange face looking at him just ai the entrance to the study. Damage Is Slight as Bebels Recon- noiter in City. VALENCIA, Spain, February 23 (#). ~—Insurgent air fleets dropped incen- diary bombs on the Port of Valencia today in two separate raids. With an insurgent ground spearhead threatening to break through to the sea 34 miles north of this temporary | seat of Spanish government, insurg- ent planes droned over the port sec- tion of Valencia first at 2:30 a.m., then at 7:30 am. The damage from the incendiary bombs which they dropped was saM Mr. Bahler did not pause to con- | sider the situation. He just swung a hard right to the jaw of that face. Not until his hand crashed against | the panel of the closed door did he | His plan went awry, horribly awry, | to have been slight, however. | realize that the face was his own, Authorities believed the main pur- pose of the raiders was to reconnoiter. HARD FIGHTING AT BAYONNE. . Government Claims Troops Ciosing in on Rebels. BAYONNE, Franco-Spanish Fron- tier, February 23 (#).—Ovideo’s dyna- mite-battered garrison lunged at a tightening ring of government be-j siegers today and proclaimed itself “invincible.” Bloody door-to-door fighting raged in the center of the Biscayan provin- cial capital, said a government radio | Teport. | The ancient city’s streets echoed to | the blasting handiwork of Asturian | *“dinimateros”—raw-boned, devil-may- care miners who bolstered infantry attacks with makeshift dynamite bombs, President Juan Antonio Aguirre of the Basque national regime, said 10,000 government troops were closing in on Col. Miguel Aranda’s compara- tively small insurgent detachment, ‘which has been bottled up in the city for three months. Insurgent officials estimated the at- tackers’ losses at 4,000 men. The new insurgent radio station at Oviedo broadcast a message from the “second Alcazar”—recalling the 72-day siege of 1,200 insurgents in the Toledo Alca- Ear before rescue last September 27. It was a deflant contradition of gov- ernment reports. The Oviedo barracks and surround- | ing buildings—targets of artillery and | planes—were smoking ruins. The | city's bull ring, which once rang to cheers for brightly costumed torea- dors, bristled with the guns of govern- reflected in the dark panel in the rays | of the street light outside. * x x * STYLE. M!SS PEGGY DUNDAS of London, | England, was guest of honor at | & brilliant cocktail party given by & | Connecticut avenue matron recently. | Now Miss Peggy travels much and s reputed to know her styles. So every one was style conscious for that par- ticular afternoon. Mrs. George Phil- lips, one of the guests, who loves to wear gardenias, bought two large, white blossoms for the party. The dress she finally decided to wear, how- ever, had two artificial gardenias under the chin—so it was impossible to wear two more on the shoulder. Finally, in desperation, Mrs. Phillips ripped off the artificial flowers and deftly pinned the gardenias in their place. Miss Dundas eyed the flowers. She looked again and after the third cocktail those standing nearby heard her say to the astonished Mrs. Phil- lips: “Look where you have your gar- {denias and I am still wearing mine on the shoulder. I guess it is true— you know they say on the continent that the American women are 'way ahead in styles.” She changed the position of her own flowers, and unless she reads this column she will never know that gar- denias under the chin was just an incident born of necessity and carried out in desperation. * x X X SORRY. Pm CARTER sometimes says things she never writes, we are happy to tell you. For nstance, on Sunday she said to ment captors. A city reservoir and an asylum also fell. Poll Taken on Authors. A recent poll by a London literary review disclosed the three most pop- ular authors in England are Bernard Bhaw, H. G. Wells and Lord Dunsany. Congress in Brief ‘TODAY. Senate: Considers reciprocal trade act ex- tension. Joint committee studies Government Teorganization bills. La Follette Committee studies in- terferences with collective bargain- Mrs. Harry Daniel: “Where's your party?” “That was yesterday afternoon,” said Mrs. Daniel hours late.” It turned out to be all right, how- ever, for they sat down then and there and had a cozy little party of their own. “You're just 24 x ok * % ing. House: Considers District of Columbia leg- islation. Foreign Affairs Committee discusses permanent neutrality legislation, Agriculture Committee continues hearings on farm tenancy legislation. TOMORROW. Senate: Probably will continue debate on reciprocal trade agreement resolution. District Committee meets, 10:30 a.m. q SETTLED. A New Deal family from the Southwest arrived in Washington and set up housekeeping in the fashionable northwest. It was the third marriage for the Missus and the second for the Mr. with offspring from each domestic ad- venture. With the increase of popularity which is sure to follow wealthy newcomers who aspire to society, the phone was constantly ringing, to the dismay of the colored maid, who mever could remember all the names. So after a family huddle—Irene Juno us—the good papa took out the adoption papers which gave one name to the entire brood and swept @ lot of names off the name plate on the front door. < THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO 11 AWAIT SENTENCE | [ W ashingeon | STEEL UNIONIZING SHOWDOWN NEAR Half of Workers in Chicago Are Reported Already Organized. BY the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 33.—The “big push” of John L. Lewis’ Committee for Industrial Organization—union- izatlon of the Nation's 500,000 steel workers—goved nearer a showdown today. Lewis and his supporters regarded the General Motors’ strike settlement as the opening wedge of their plan to unionize mass-production workers and prepared to come to grips with steel for the first big drive in the industry since 1919. The last concerted attempt to or- ganize steel workers failed after & strike marked by rioting on a wide front and mobilization of State and Federal troops. Lack of Unity Blamed. C. 1. O. leaders here attributed the failure of the strike to lack of unity among the various participating unions and were determined to avoid the weak spots of the 1919 drive. Nicholas Fontecchio, C. I O. field representative in the bustling Calumet area, immediately south of Chicago, said the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee had enlisted more than half of the region’s estimated 60,000 workers and soon would be ready to meet all other districts in a national convention. “The celegates themselves will de- cide the course, on a Nation-wide basis,” Fontecchio said. “I assume tney will demand recognition of their union, shorter hours and increased wages, “We expect to make these demands of the America.n%:;n and Steel Insti- tute, the parent’ y of the steel in- dustry.” John Brophy, executive director of the C. I O, also said a steel conven- | tion will be held soon and offered the | prediction the steel industry would | announce a general wage boost in anticipation of the move. The in- dustry granted a 10 per cent raise last November. Dety Gov. Hoffman. | While plans slso were being drawn | at Pittsburgh, where fully 50,000 | workers are employed by Carnegie- | Tlinois Steel Corp., the C. I O. pre- | pared to organize in Néw Jersey despite | Gov. Harold G. Hoffman's warning | that companies’ property rights would | be protected. | | When Lewis formed the C. I. O. to | organize workers by industries and | with the American Federation | of Labor over the craft organization | issue he mentioned the steel industry | most prominently as his goal for mass | | production unionization. | Fontecchio sald the final failure of the 1919 strike was due to “the fact |that the unions were organized by | crafts and there were so many of them | that they couldn't get together.” “SIT-DOWN” STRIKES SPREAD. | | Several Settlements Reported, How- | ever, in Detroit. DETROIT, February 23 (#)—An | epidemic of Detroit strikes spread again today as several settlements ‘were reported. Brief sit-down strikes in two plants of the Briggs Manufacturing Co., makers of automobile bodies, were | among those settled. Workers in the | trim department of the Mack avenue plant halted work for 45 minutes to- day in a protest of United Automo- bile Workers against a ‘“speeding up” of production. The company said no concessions were made. Explanations of the distribution of recent pay in- creases ended a brief sit-down last night in the Highland Park plant Thirty employes of the Star ports liquor for the Michigan Liquor Commission, struck today, shutting off supplies to State stores in seven counties. Drivers and checkers were demand- helpers and guards asked 70 cents. The men said the present maximum wage was 50 cents an hour. At the Atlas Barrel & Cooperage Co., 10 out of 20 employes demanded wage and hour adjustments. Settlements were announced in four other strikes, including that in the Fry Products Co., wWhere Walter L. Fry, president, “sat down” in op- position to the striking employes. ‘Three plants were closed by employ- ers following preparation of demands by workers. More ground remained to be covered than has been traveled so far as ne- gotiators for General Motors Corp. {and the United Automobile Workers of America entered their second week of conferences today. WAGE INCREASES ANNOUNCED. Electric Auto-Lite Co. Signs Contract With U. A. W. TOLEDO, February 23 (#).—The Electric Auto-Lite Co. announced to- day wage increases of 6 and 8 cents an hour for 2,000 employes with the signing of-a 1937 contract with the United Automobile Workers' Union, PEACE PARLEY TODAY. ‘WAUKEGAN, 111, February 23 (). —Solution of the week-old sit-down strike at the Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. rested today with conferees who answered Gov. Henry Horner’s call for a peace parley at the State capital. Company officials and representa- tives of the strikers departed last night for Springfield, but the issue that had balked other projected com- ciliation meetings—refusal of officials to treat with what they called “out- side organizers”—remained unsettled. Among the “outside organizers” named by President Robert J. Aitchi- son of the corporation was Meyer Adelman, an organizer for the Com- mittee for-Industrial Organization. MARTIAL LAW LIFTED. INDIANAPOLIS, February 23 (P.— Gov. M. Clifford Townsend todsy signed an order lifting military rule from the labor-torn City of Anderson, automobile accessory center, effective at 3 pm. (Central standard time). The order provided for the with. drawal of 170 National Guard troops from Anderson at that hour. SIT-DOWN IN SHIPYARDS. GROTON, Conn., February 23 (#).— A “sit-down” strike was called today at the shipyards of the Electric Boat The Electric Boat Co. has buuit submarines for the Navy and at is engaged in construction of fi:ndmcnnmdhneon- ‘more. .m%un"vmxn wfinnbr,-m_mmhm"m il efféct.” Compsny officials denied ¢ strike was fully erganised, Terminal Transfer Co., which trans- | ing 75 cents an hour. Warehouse Honored RECEIVES DEGREE FROM EOLLINS COLLEGE. HARRY M. WARNER, President of Warner Bros. Pictures, who received the de- gree of doctor of humane let- ters from Rollins College, Florida. The degree was con- ferred in recognition of his contributions to culture and science through the medium of the motion picture. EVIDENCE DELAYS RUBINOFF SUIT Miss Garcia’s Attorney Wires Judge of New De- velopments in Case. BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 23.—Trial of Peggy Garcia's $500,000 breach of promise suit against Dave Rubinoff, the violinist, was postponed today until tomorrow morning when neither Peggy nor her counsel, Bernard H. Sandler, appeared in Supreme Court, where the trial was to be resumed. ‘The adjournment was granted by Supreme Court Justice Salvatore A Cotillo when he received a telegram from Sandler, in Roanoke, Va., stating | that he would return tomorrow with evidence and witnesses “materially beneficial to plaintiff’s cause.” The telegram read: “Have been pursuing my investiga- tions here in Garcia vs. Rubinoff. Have unearthed valuable evidence and wit- nesses materially beneficial to plain- Hf’s cause. Have appointment with Dr. Rucker who brought plaintiff into world, thus proving her age as 12 at time of first marriage, which is void | under Virginia law. In the interest of justice, please grant plaintiff an additional day’s adjournment and will proceed with trial Wednesday morn- ing.” Denied Previous Marriage. Last Friday, under cross-examina- otin by Abraham J. Halprin, Peggy steadfastly denied she had ever been married in Virginia, declaring that her only ceremony in which she en- gaged was six months ago to Michael La Rocca, & young Manhattan busi- ness man. Before she became Mrs. La Rocca, the blond ex-check room girl charged in her suit, Rubinoff seduced her after promising to marry her. It was while Halprin was cross- examining her that word was received from Roanoke by Halprin, telling of her marriage to Taylor Vance Guinn, a Roanoke taxi driver, in 1925. De- spite this, Peggy continually denied the marriage, saying that a girl adopted by her father had used the same name in a wedding ceremony. She continued to deny the marriage, even though Justice Cotillo spent sev- | eral minutes in a whispered confer- ence at the bench in which he warned | her of perjury. The latest development in the case disturbed Justice Cotillo, who, after | granting the adjournment, added tartly: “If necessary, we'll sit out from 10 o'clock tomorrow until 12 o'clock tomorrow night. It is not fair to those concerned. The defend- ant is & man of professional reputa- tion in the community and has been put to much inconvenience.” La Rocoa Not Under Arrest. Before leaving the bench Justice Cotillo said: “I want the press to correct one false impression. La Rocca, the hus- band of Miss Garcia, is not under ar- rest, and no action of that sort is con- templated.” La Rocca and Eugene Finnegan, an assistant district attorney of New York County, spent more than an hour with Justice Cotillo in his cham- hers today. Finnegan had previously said that he was investigating pos- sible perjury and bigamy complaints against Peggy. It is expected that Peggy's birth certificate and testimony by her father and other members of her family will prove the high lights in her attempt to substantiate her previous stories on the stand, when the trial resumes tomOrrow. BY the Assoclated Press. WAYS, Ga., February 23—In this South Georgia community on the banks of the Ogeechee River, Henry Ford will carry to fruition his dream of an ideal industrial community sur- rounded by farms able to sustain it. As part of his broad program for this little town 18 miles from Sav- annah, Georgia's chief seaport, the Detroit automobile manufacturer an- nounced today, an automobile parts factory will be erected. “Well have an industry here,” he said. “A draftsman is at work now on preliminary plans. Automobile parts will be haven't determined what kind. It all depends on what fits.” The plant will employ the people of this community, which formerly be closely affiliated with Ford’s newly completed manual arts school here. “We will aim, as we do in our other plants, to have the proper proportion of people of all ages,” said the manu- facturer, whose Winter home on nearby Richmond Plantation was fin- ished a few days ago. -pnrtlnhrfnlncvhefierhe s farm jointly or in his own UESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1937. COMMITTEED. K. Boy, REVISED EUA[ Blu_ Johnny Starts on Trieycle, Changes to Bus to Go to Mount Vernon. Compliance Tax Increased to 19V Per Cent by House Group. B the Associated Press. Legislation to revive Federal regu- lation of the soft-coal industry won its first major test in the new Con- gress yesterday. The House Ways and Means Com- mittee voted, 19 to 6, to approve & revised version of the invalidated Guffey-Vinson control law. The committee, members said, in- corporated in it -even sharper en- forcement teeth than the old act con- tained. * It increased a so-called com- pliance tax from 13% per cent to 19%; per cent. This tax would apply to the sale price of coal at the mines of producers violating the act. Excise Tax Reduced. The committee reduced from 1% per cent to % per cent, however, an excise tax designed to provide funds for administration. Coal experts said this would save the industry approxi- mately $8,000,000 annually, compared with the cost of the former law. All producers would be subject to the % per cent tax. Price-fixing lies at the heart of the new measure. It provides creation of 23 district price-fixing boards em- powered to establish minimum prices for coal produced in their areas. Such prices would be subject to review by the National Bituminous Coal Com- mission, which also would be em- powered to fix maximum prices if necessary to protect consumers. In place of the labor-regulating pro- visions of the original Guffey act, on which the Supreme Court based its invalidation of that statute, the new bill contains simply a statement of collective bargaining policy. Goes to House Next, From the Ways and Means Com- mittee it will go shortly to the House floor. Chairman Charles F. Hosford, jr., of the National Bituminous Coal Com- mission termed the revised bill much stronger @han its predecessor. Under it, so-called “captive” coal (produced by a concern for its own use) would be exempt from the opera- | tion of a soft coal code and producers of it could not be subjected to the penalty tax. However, Hosford told reporters this exemption would apply only where the corporate entity of the producing and consuming com- pany were identical. “The provisions of this law cannot be evaded simply by resorting to the device of a subsidiary corporation,” he declared. C. E. Smith, another commissioner, sald this would mean the Bethlehem Mines Corp, a subsidiary of the Beth- | lehem Corp., would be required to comply with the code or pay the “com- pliance” tax. | Split Along Party Lines. Although the names of committee members who voted against the bill | were not made public, some said the | split was largely on party lines. Representative Crowther, Repub- lican, of New York, said the opposed the bill not only because he was doubtful of its constitutionality, but because he regarded it as a forerunner | of an “Infestation” of such laws and | bureaucratic government. | __ Representative Vinson, Democrat, of | Kentucky, co-author, asserted: | “I believe the bill meets every test | of the law.” | Chairman Neely of a Senate Inter- | state Commerce Subcommittee named to study the bill, said his group prob- ably would be called together today | or tomorrow to consider action on it. La Follette (Continued From Pirst Page.) ‘Blginnw and Plint during the recent strike was described by Joseph B. Ditsel, another U. A. W. member, | Who told of members of a union dele- Inuon being attacked by vigilantes in those citles. Recounts Experiences. Ditzel took the stand first to recount some of his experiences as a member of the General Motors Works Council in a Chevrolet plant in Toledo. After the management refused any real bar- gaining, Ditzel said, and rebuked him | for a suggestion that men be paid extra for Sunday work, he quit the council. . In 1935, Ditzel continued, he joined the automobile union. During the recent strike, Ditzel said he was sent to Saginaw to work. Go- ing over to Bay City with a union delegation, Ditzel then told of being threatened by a vigilante group and being escorted by police back to Sagi- naw. Among the vigilantes, the wit- ness testified, was a Chevrolet fore- man, Jack Carpenter, from Toledo. Back in their Saginaw hotel, still with a police escort, Ditzel said one of the union group was beaten up and kicked in the hotel lobby while he was hit with a blackjack. Finally, he said, the grqup was put in a taxi and taken to Flint with a police escort. With vigilante cars Ideal Farm-Factory Community To Be Built in Georgia by Ford - “Everything around the school and the future of those edu- cated here. We'll turn out skilled mechanics and their services will be sought eagerly by others.” Boys and girls will be taught agri- culture and industry in the manual arts school as part of their academic training. manufactured, but we | - parents sought his whereabouts. 18 tricycle lost during the course of an unannounced pil- grimage to Mount Vernon yesterday, 3-year-old Johnny Lumhsden, jr., climbed into his red wagon today and solemnly promised his parents he’d make no more holi- day tours without permission. Playing in the yard of his home 2t 814 Independence avenue south- | west yesterday, Johnny suddenly was overwhelmed with the desire to travel. So without a word to his mother, he set out on his tricycle. As he neared the A. B. & W. bus terminal at Eleventh and D streets, however, he decided to continue his tour by motor, so dismounted. Aptly enough, for George Wash- ington's birthday he chose a Mount Vernon bus. Providence stepped in to aid the young pilgrim, for he en- tered simultaneously with. a mother Johnny Lumsden, jr., 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Lumsden, who celebrated Washington’s birthday anniver- sary by making a long pilgrimage tg Mount Vernon while his | —Star Staff Photo. and her small son. Johnny joined the unsuspecting party and since he is t0o young to require a fare, the driver— also unsuspecting—ellowed him to continue. ‘When the bus arrived at Mount Vernon, however, Johnny remained steadfast in his seat while the mother and her son alighted. The driver called to the woman that she’d left her son. “He's not my boy,” she replied. ‘With this turn of affairs the driver took charge, and Johnny was returned | to the Washington terminal. The bus | station’s responsibility didn’'t end at| once, however. Johnny ate ice cream and bananas, but wasn't very helpful about where he lived. Then the police were called, and the truant, delighted with his adven- tures, was soon in the arms of his| anxious parents. | | trailing them, Diztell testified that | the union car finally was sideswiped | and three occupants badly injured. | Two of them still are in a hospital, he said, nearly four weeks sfter the occurrence. Travis Is Quizsed. Travis was brought to the stand next, with questioning first directed | at the Chevrolet strike in Toledo in | 1935, the occasion on which Assistant | Secretary of Labor Edward F. Mc- | Grady was shadowed by Pinkerton | detectives working for General Motors. | Remarking that the committee had | been left in a “mystic maze” by Gen- eral Motors officials on the real re- | sponsibility within the corporation for framing and applying labor relations policies, Senator La Follette asked | Travis if local plant managers had | completed agreements with the union in any instances. Tra' it cited several cases of local officers being forced to | submit even minor issues to Detroit | headquarters of the company. Charging that eneral Motors espionage cut union strength in Flint in 1935 from 26,000 to 122 paid-up members, Travis told the committee that he then was forced to carry on organization work in such secrecy that he met workers in unlighted rooms at night. Recess Likely for 10 Days. The committee hopes to complete its open examination of General Mo- tors labor policies in today's sessions, with a recess planned for about 10 days before opening new inquiries with the increased appropriation. Yesterday the committee concen- trated on anti-ugion practices Fisher Body plants in Baltimore, hear~ ing testimony of intimidation from Michsel Gallo, William Pearlman, Glenn Rowland and Peter De An- gelis, all of whom are members of the United Automobile Workers. In substantially the same stories, each of the four told of being threat- ened by fellow workmen with knowl- edge of officials of the plant and finally of being escorted off the prop- erty by company guards. Although the point was made in each case that the men were not deprived of their employment badges, they re- ceived notices from Personnel Director Walter J. Canavan not to return to work after the strike ended. Gallo and Rowland both quoted Ray N. Wismer, plent manager at Baltimore until February 1, as say- ing he would “not tolerate” unionism in his plant, and Gallo told of the manager warning him that some of the union men would be “taken for & ride.” Atlanta Operative Heard. The committee also heard James T. Johnson, who once worked for Pink- erton in Atlanta, and Harry Dorsey tell of their activities in the Commit- tee of “Loyal G. M. Employes.” Both denied that the management knew of this group’s formation in advance, although Dorsey testified that Edgar C. Malpas, present plant superintend- ent, lent him the key to the station- ery on numerous occasions so he might have cards printed and ad- dressed to employes in support of the “loyal” group’s activities. Dorsey also testified that he spent about $180 for post cards and stamps for such notices. Called to the stand for a second time, Mslpas admitted knowing chnt_ Dorsey was soliciting employes in the “loyalist” cause. Farnsworth (Continued From First Pege.) | Proctor to advise him if he had any appeal from the ruling, the jurist told | him to consult an attorney, but later said he would have Farnsworth's ex- ception to his decision recorded so! that it might form the basis to an appeal. Justice Proctor instructed Assistant United States Attorney Samuel F. Beach to submit a statement contain- | ing the history of the case not later | than tomorrow, and to have a copy | of it served on Farnsworth in his Dis- trict Jail cell. He said he wanted | such a statement to guide him in im- posing sentence. Farnsworth indicated he intended | to retain other counsel and appeal. | Garnett Tells of Conversation. One of the high lights of the hear- ing was an account furnished by | United States Attorney Leslie C. Ga: nett of a conversation with Farns- | worth after he had pleaded “nolo contendere.” Garnett said Farnsworth asked per- mission to see him and was brought to his office. “I told him I was willing to assume that excessive alcoholism had weak- | ened his moral fiber so that he ac- cepted $20,000 from the Japanese gov- ernment,” Garnett declared. “ ‘Well, that's $5,000 a year,’ Farns- worth replied,” Garnett continued. “I told him we had proof that he | got 23 $100 bills in one day to cover his expenses from Ohio to Washing- ton, and he said ‘No, it was $3,000.’| He left my office in perfect good humor and seemed satisfied with his plea.” When the hearing began, Leahy asked permission for him and his associate, Hughes, to withdraw from the case. Justice Proctor, however, refused to allow the withdrawal until Famnsworth said he had discharged the | attorneys. Beach recounted the history of the case since Farnsworth’s arrest July 13, and said the defendant was thoroughly aware of all details of the charges. He presented an afidavit by Deputy United States Mashal Robert L. Bon- ham, who was present during the con- ference in s court house witness room & week ago yesterday, at which Farns- worth, Leahy, Hughes and Hughes' secretary, Caroline Wimsatt, were present. At no time, Bonham stated, did either of the attorneys or the secre- tary try to get Farnsworth to plead “guilty” or “nolo contendere” because of the disgrace a public trial might bring to his family. The court at- tache sald neither of the attorneys even mentioned Farnsworth's family. Beach concluded by charging that Farnsworth’s petition for permission to change his plea was “merely & trick in the hope he would catch the Gov- ernment unprepared. He is trifiing with the Government and he is trifi- ing with the court.” Farnsworth explained that the let- ter he wrote Justice Proctor last week asking to be allowed to withdraw his plea was caused by publicity given his case, although he had been assured that it would receive “only routine” mention in the newspapers. He said he was not blaming his attorneys so much for his plea as he was his family. He told the court that members of his family had said the publicity of a trial would interfere with the chances for promotion of a brother-in-law who 18 in the Navy. He safd he had never doubted his plea would be “not was hired by my family to save the family name at my expense. Now I to save it myself.” Asserting that he was not a spy, but merely represented himself to be one in order to sell a story to the Hearst newspapers, Farnsworth said that if put on the stand he would prove “80 per cent of the things the Government claims I did.” He added 3, Sees World Alone EDITH MAXWELL DROPS 2 LAWYERS Asks Woman’s Party to Withdraw Aid on Eve of Appeal in Patricide. On the eve of court action at Wise, Va., next Monday on her ap- peal from conviction of the murder of her father, Edith Trigg Maxwell has shaken up her defense counsel, it was learned today. Under the new set-up, Charles Henry Smith, Washington and Alex- andria criminal lawyer, will act as her only attorney. She has asked the National Wom- an's Party, which has been assisting her since her conviction, to drop its legal efforts in her behalf. As a re- sult, former State Senator M. J. Ful- ton, who was engaged by the party, has been withdrawn from defense counsel. * Miss Maxwell's uncle, A. T. Dotson, also has withdrawn. These changes, reported at Rich- mond, were confirmed by Smith at Alexandria today. Smith, engaged in a case now being heard in the Alex- andria Corporation Court, said that he had been advised of the changes by telephone and that he has not had an opportunity to talk to his client since the defense realignment was made. “Until I have an opportunity to go to Richmond,” Smith sald, “there is nothing much that I can say about the case. It is true that the National ‘Woman's Party has been asked to sus- pend its activities in behalf of Miss Maxwell and that its attorney and Mr. Dotson have withdrawn.” Smith indicated that he will go to Richmond upon conclusion of the present case in the Corporation Court to-make final arrangements with Miss Maxwell for the proceedings Monday at Wise, Va. The court there will be asked to set aside the verdict and to grant Miss Maxwell @ new trial and a change of venue. — Sit-Down (Continued From Pirst Page.) been amicably settled by both parties and work will be resumed at 8 o'clock Thursday morning. “All parties have agreed to refrain from making any further statements or discuss the terms of the settle- ment.” President Walter L. Fry, who be- came the Nation's No. 1 boss sit- downer in retaliation for a strike of his employes last Friday, tumbled onto his cot in his office to get some sleep immediately after the settlement was announced. Fry declined to answer any ques- tions, but Glancy said the company president would end his strike and leave the plant later in the day. Some of the 110 employes who participated in the sit-down already have left the | premises, Glancy said, and the rest would- leave during the day. Glancy, who resigned last Decem- ber as chairman of the Michigan State Public Trust Commission, de- clined to elaborate on the settlement statement or to identify the employe representatives who paricipated in the conferences. Fry said yesterday he had refused to deal with organizers of the United Automobile Workers of America, but declared he was ready to meet with his own workers at any time. The union said then that Fry refused so meet the employes if they were ac companied by a8 U. A. W. A. repre sentative, The plant employes 350, mostly | girls and women. | In starting his sit-down Fry told | the _strikers: “If you won't work, then I won't 8o out and get orders to provide you with work. Something must be done to curb sit-downs. The uncertainty has the whole country on edge.” Comment from union officials end individual employes was not available immediately. Begins Mediations. Glancy began his role of volunteer mediator only yesterday. He said he had heard about the strike while in Cleveland on a business trip. On his | return to Detroit Glancy called on his | old friend, President Pry, “to see exact- ly what a sit-down strike looked like.” Glancy said he began contacting | people and “soon we had them into a conference. Now the strike is settled.” The strike started last Friday and yesterday the U. A. W. A. made public an open letter to Fry, which said: “Our girls who have been slaving for you at 33 to 36 cents an hour want & minimum of 60 cents an hour. The boys who have slaved for 33 to 65 cents an hour want a minimum of 75 cents an hour. “We want an eight-hour day, a 40 hour week, time and one-half for over- time, seniority rights, the right to coi- lectively bargain through a union of our own choosing, and weekly pay instead of twice a month.” Pry said the company went on a piece work basis at the employes’ re- quest last November, when a wage in- crease was granted. Employes of his company, he said, make from 36 to 68l2 cents an hour. Most of the workers operate sewing machines. The Fry plant operated on a reduced basis during the General Motors strike and the sit-down began the day it re- opened on full time shifts. “I think that industry will have to come to its senses and stop these strikes. I'm trying to show my work- ers—and all people—the other side of the picture. The shoe’s on the other foot now. They've got to make indus- try work for them.” The idea of a boss staging a sit- down strike may be funny to some people, but I'm sorty to say that I can’t see anything funny ahout it. “I'm sitting here because I would feel cowardly if I ran away under existing conditions. I'm staying here to protect my property and to find out what my people want.” LENTEN SERVICE Under the Auspices OF The Washington Federation of Churches Epiphany Episcopal Church TOMORROW AT 4:45 PM. Preacher: DR. EDWARD H. PRUDEN First Baptist Church THE PUBLIC IS INVITED