Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer tonight; lowest temperature about 35 degrees; gentle westerly winds. Temperatures—Highest, 48. at 4:45 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 33, at 7 a.m. today. Full report on Page B-2. Closing New York Markets, Page 16 85th YEAR. No. — e 33,908. Entered as second class matter post oftice, Washington, D. C. STEEL INDUSTRIES PEACE ASSURED AS 190000 EMPLOYES GET 40-HOUR WEEK Six Companies Also An- nounce Pay Increases, While General Strike Ten- sion Is Eased. WARSHIP CONSTRUCTION OBSTACLE IS REMOVED Women Continue to Hold Two Woolworth Stores in Detroit by Sit-Down Protest—Miners in Pennsylvania Stay Under- ground in Dispute. B the Associated Press. A conciliatory attitude by employe and employer alike eased the tense- ness of disputes along the far-flung strike front today pposing forces clashed over wages, hou union recognition and other jssnes without resorting to physical Violence. In many instances indus- trial management exercised only passive resistance to the sit-down strike method. Picketing generally was carried on in orderly fashion. The Carnegie-Tllinois Steel Corp.'s decision to bargain with the Commit- tee for Industrial Organization sig- naled the first such move in years be- tween the steel industry and organ- ized labor. , Conferees reported a co-operative spirit existed at the initial wage parley between Philip Murray, high C. I. O. official, and Benjamin F. Fairless, president of the steel corporation. Pay Boost for 190,000. Six steel companies almost simul- taneously announced pay boosts and a 40-hour week for some 190,000 work- ers. They were the Republic Steel. Youngstown Sheet & -Tube. National Stecl, Bethlehem Steel, Inland Steel and National Tube. The Pittsburgh Steel Co. later an- nounced it will institute a $5 mini- mum daily wage rate, effective March | 16. in its plants at Monessen and Al- lenport, Pa. The company said the increase would affect more than 7,000 employes and added that other rates and condi- tions of work will be “equitably” ar- ranged. The Sharon Steel Corp. of Youngs- town, Ohio, employing 3,000 workers in the Mahoning and Shenango Valleys, glso announced a 10-cent-an-hour wage increase for its employes today. Company officials and employe repre- sentatives continued to discuss the 40- hour week at Sharon, Pa. Sharon Stecl is allied with the Pittsburgh Steel Co. The settlement opens the way for the Navy to get steel needed for war- ship construction, the stumbling block | heretofore being the unwillingness of the steel industry to comply with the 40-hour work-week provision of the Walsh-Healy act, which applies to Government contracts in excess of $10.000. Although new strikes broke out and old ones persisted, Hugh S. Kerwin of the United States Department of La- bor considered the strike situation “normal for a recovery year.” An- other department official, Edward F. McGrady, said the sit-down technique has magnified labor disputes. Women Hold Two Stores. More than 100 sit-down strikers, most of them women, held two F. W. Woolworth Co. stores in Detroit. Both establishments were closed and strikers barred company officials from one. A union official said the strike might be extended to all of the firm’s 2,000 5-and-10-cent stores in the Na- tion unless the dispute over wages and hours is settled by Saturday. Sit-down strikers at the Timken- Detroit Axle Co. and the Ferro Stamp- ing Mfg. Co. both in Detroit, were | ordered by a court to show cause why they should not evacuate the plants. Negotiators for General Motors Corp. and the United Automobile Workers of America reported at De- troit a national minimum hourly wage was the lone obstacle to adjournment of their conference. Tomorrow the union will confer with the Chrysler Automobile Corp. The sit-down form of strike went underground when 350 coal miners chose to remain 350 feet under the gurface in the workings of the Jami- son Coal Co. mine at Uniontown, Pa., | when their day’s work was done. Relatives and friends brought food and clothing, which were lowered to the strikers by night shift workers. 2,500 Hosiery Workers Out. ‘The American Federation of Hosiery ‘Workers said more than 2,500 em- ployes quit work at eight mills in Berks County, Pa. Union recognition was the issue. The Walton Shoe Co. announced # pay boost had induced 1,400 em- ployes to return to work at its six plants in Chelsea, Mass. Some 107 blind employes went on strike for increased pay and improved ‘working conditions at a factory oper- ated by the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind at Pittsburgh. At North Chicago, Ill., scene of two (See STEEL, Page A-3.) _——— BILL HITS “STAY-INS” Would Make Negotiations Illegal ‘While Strikers Occupy Plant. LANSING, Mich, March 2 (#).— A Dbill before the Michigan Legislature today would make it a felony for either party in a labor controversy to enter negotiations while striking employes “illegally” occupy the prem- ises of employers, State Senator D. Hale Breake, a Republican, introduced the measure. ] LY @h WASHINGTON, 'President Submits N.R ! Holds It Key to U. S. Problems . > A. Stu(i:v BY the Assoctated Press. President Roosevelt told Congress today it could find a key to many in- dustrial problems in the success and failures of the defunct National Re- covery Administration. Sending to the National Legislature a 240-page report of his Committee on Industrial Analysis, appointed | April 1, 1936, the President said that | “in my opinion, it will point the way | to the solution of many vexing prob- lems of legislation and administration in one of the most vital subjects of national concern.” | The committee made an analysis { of the aims, organization and accom- | | plishments of the National Recovery Administration which was invalidated | by a Supreme Court ruling in the Spring of 1935. Praise and blame of N. R. A. activ- | ities were mixed in the review signed | by Prof. J. M. Clark of Columbia Uni- | ity, William H. Davis, New York y; George M. Harrison, presi- dent of the Brotherhood of Railway Controls of Similar Type Should Be Limited to Few Important Indus- tries if Tried Again, Survey Says. Clerks, and George H. Mead, Dayton, Ohio, manufacturer. No recommendations as to specific legislation were made, but in its con- clusions the group said: “Both for legal and for economic reasons, any program similar to that of N. R. A. needs more definite stand- ards than N. R. A. possessed, and, as already suggested, the important ques- tion concerns standards for any future action of this sort that may be taken.” Then the committee discussed pos- sible standards for hours, wages, fair practices and anti-trust laws in in- dustry. “The long-run normal standard as to hours should be one representing the most effective balancing of the | workers’ time between producing more goods and enjoying more leisure,” the report said. “This means that, whenever more | goods would be worth more to the worker than more leisure, hours should | (See N. R. A, Page A-2.) TRADE UNIT SEES FOOD‘MONOPOLIES |Federal Commission Asks Power to Bar Mergers. Large Firms Cited. BY the Asscclated Press. The Federal Trade Commission | asked Congress today for power to| prevent business mergers tending to lessen competition. This recommendation was made in a report on an investigation of the Nation's food industries. “In the study of the handlers, man- ufacturers and processors of agricul- tural products.” the report said, “the commission has observed the existence | in various industries of a high of monopolistic control which, in some S has been derived, in part at by methods contrary to the or spirit of the law. “In some cases, no doubt, tive enforcement has been | responsible. In other cases | itself appears to | ment, * = = History of Corporations. “The history of various corporations | * * indicates that their present dominant position in their respective | industries has been obtained largely | as a result of consolidations and merg- | ers or acquisitions of the capital stock or assets of other corporations.” The commission cited General Mills in the flour milling industry, Armour & Co. in meat packing, Continental Baking Co. and National Biscuit Co. in the bakery field. National Dairy | Products and the Borden Co. in milk and several large grocery chain store systems. Other recommendations included: Grain—That all deliveries of grain on futures contracts be made from | public warehouses under Federal regu- lation, with uniform storage rates | fixed by a Federal agency; that the Interstate Commerce Commission re- | quire railroads to operate their ele- | vators as public warehouses at fixed rates; that brokers, commission men, officers and large stockholders of com- panies doing a brokerage or commis- sion business in futures for customers be prohibited from speculating in grain futures, Warehouse Licensing Study. Cotton—That study be made of Federal licensing of warehouses, of cutting the unit of futures sales from 100 to 50 bales, and of the feasibility of determining cotton grades and | staples at the gin. | Cheese—The commission said it is | ineffec- in part the law require amend- considering a further study to de- | | termine if the Wisconsin Cheese Ex- | change at Plymouth, Wis., is violat- ing the anti-trust laws. | Tobacco—That the flat Federal tax | on cigarettes be changes to a gradu- ated rate based on the manufacturers’ net selling prices, in order to encour- age competition. Potatoes—That the Department of Justice take action against “monopo- lies and rackets” in some of the larger markets, especially New York and Chicago; that producers éscape some of the ‘“excessive charges” for credit by borrowing from Federally- sponsored production credit associa- tions. Grain Warehousing Situation. The commission said ‘the grain warehousing situation in Chicago, coupled with a Chicago exchange rule requiring all futures contracts be delivered in Chicago, has “favored manipulative squeezes and corners | and often forced an uneconomic | | movement of grain to Chicago in | l 1 Missing Boy, | Base Ball James Brady, Jr. Met as He Nears Nationals’ Camp 12 Greeted by Legion- naires in Orlando. Twelve-year-old James T. Brady, jr., whose enthusiasm for base ball presumably led him to depart for the Senator’s training camp at Orlando, Fla. Twelve-year-old James T. Brady, jr., run away son of the solicitor at the Veteran's Administration, was taken under the wing of American Legion officials this afternoon as he stepped off a train at Orlando, Fla., where he had gone to watch the Washington Club begin its Spring training. Nationals and a pitcher in his own right, will be permitted at least three or four days in Orlando to look over his favorites before his father returns him to his home here. The father, James T. Brady, sr., planned to leave for Florida this aft- ernoon with a friend, probably by plane. He decided this after receiv- ing a telephone call from Howard Rowden, adjutant of the Florida De- partment of the Legion, that Jimmy had been found. Stayed Jump Ahead. While the boy sped southward by train, hundreds of persons, including legionnaires, police and railroad offi- cers, looked for him along the route. Jimmy, however, was just a jump ahead of them all along the line. He changed trains at Jacksonville this morning and shortly afterward | order to make delivery.” $2,500,000 for An appropriation of $2,500,000 for the new model ship basin testing plant is included in the Navy appropriation bill reported to the House today. The bill includes also $265,000 for improvements to the power plant at the Washington Navy Yard by an additional turbo-generator for which the needs is acute to meet a 23 per cent increase in the kilowatt load since 1934, and which is constantly increasing. The bill disallows an estimate of $1,000,000 for enlarging Bancroft Hall at the Naval Academy, which was joined with a proposal to increase congressional appointees to the acad- emy from four to five. The depart- ment later concluded that five ap- pointments would provide too great an inflow of new officer material and recalled both proposals. ‘The Appropriations Committee con- sidered a budget request for an in- crease of 47 in the personnel for the Navy Department, and has granted an increase of 31 out of the 47 positions, with a stipulation that 25 of these \ (See BOY, éage A-2) Testing Basin Included in Navy Supply Bill shall be filled by persons now among 30 who are employed under N. R. A. appropriations. These 25 will be continued in their jobs with a non-competitive exam- ination. ‘The ship model basin appropriation was cut from an estimated cost of $3,500,000 by providing the use of land already owned by the Government and by elimination of proposals for accom- modations to test aircraft. This model testing plant, approved by act of May 6, 1936, was intended originally to be located at Cabin John, Md. The com- mittee contemplates that the plant might well be built on the property partly occupied by the Naval Research Laboratory at Bellevue, D. C. Such a course would save the provision of many facilities already available at the existing station. The plans and detailed estimates studied by the committee disclosed projects which are in duplication of facilities existing at the laboratory of the National Advisory Commiittee for Aeronautics at Langley Field, Va. - Jimmy, an ardent follower of the WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, TUESDAY, DUGE ORDERS VAST ARMS INCREASE IN REPLY 10 BRITAIN Decrees 37 Years of Military Fitness for Every Man in Kingdom, LIMITATION OF ARMS IS HELD “IMPOSSIBLE” Fascist Council Will Turn Next to Laws to Force Italians to Wed. BACKGROUND— The Spanish war is still raging in Europe, threatening to involve other nations as Germany and Italy open- ly espouse the cause of the Rebel Fascists. Great Britain tries to steer her usual middle-of-the-road way through the crisis and presides over the fortunes of a Neutrality Com= mittee. The situation is tense. On the peace side of the ledger there is little progress discernible. The League continues to mark time; there is no eflort at disarmament through international conference in sight. Into this picture last week Eng=- land injected another element of war fears by announcing she will spend $§7,500.000.000 on war defense in the next five years. It looked like the beginning of another unbridled arms race in Europe, already dan- gerously ready to fight, observers said. - | BY tre Assoctatea Press. ROME, March 2.—TItaly decreed 37 years of military fitness for every man in the kingdom today in a mailed fist |answer to the challenge of Great | Britain's vast defense rearmament. | Ordering virtually a lifetime of | “integral militarization” for its citi- | Zens—throughout the ages of 18 to 55 | | —the Grand Fascist Council “defi- | nitely” scouted even the “remote pos- | sibility of armament limitation” and | fashioned a five-point program to keep | Italy strong. ! Proposed laws which would force | Italians to marry, have children and produce soldiers will be discussed by | the council tomorrow night. Giuseppe | Bottai, the minister of education, then | | will outline the proposals, which would | | embrace confiscatory taxation for the | childless At the same time, official com- 1‘munique issued after the near all-| night session of the governing body of fascism stressed the “realistic” co- operation of Italy with the Fascist bloc of nations, particularly Nazi Ger- many. In addition to what was generally considered the direct answer to Brit-‘ ish rearming, a veiled hint to Britain | | to consider Italian power in her for- eign program was seen in the coun- | cil's comment on the Anglo-Italian | gentlemen's agreement. 2 | while the Grand Council declared | it considered the accord clarified, the relations between the two nations in the Mediterranean, the limitation of | the clarification to that specific area was deemed significant. Italy, the council emphasized, de- | sired to collaborate with those na- | tions which demonstrate a desire to | | collaborate with “Fascist Italy.” | How the huge program, totally sac- | rificing the civil state to the military | if necessary, was to be financed the (See ITALY, Page A-4) INITIAL DISPUTE FINAL CAMDEN, N. J, March 2 (A)— Advisory Master Alexander Trappe | | granted a divorce to a man who com- plained that his wife was tattooed | | with a cupid and three initials. They weren't his initials, the husband said, and his wife was not tattooed when they were married. Summary of Page. | AmusementsB-18 i B-13 A-12-14 Financial - -A-15 : ‘Woman's Pg. B-12 Lost & Found-. A-3 Obituary ----A-10 FOREIGN. $2,000,000,000 secret Reich debt is bared by S. E. C. Page A-1 Arms limitation now impossible, Duce says, on rearming. Page A-1 | Leftists seize 30 alleged spies in | valencia. Page A-2 | | Tokio won't fear U. S. for three years. | | Navy head says. Page A-% NATIONAL. | Roosevelt sees key to problems in N. R. A. study. Page A-1 Naval appropriation bill is reported to House. Page A-1 Midwest shaken by series of slight temblors. Page A-1 | tration of a $69.000.000 bond issue to !term financing for the German em- | satisfy interest claims arising between | | closed for three days today because of | . | Commissioners | Delia Pynchon, Navy supply bill carries ship-testing basin funds. Page A-1 Logan reveals support of Roosevelt court reform. Page A-1 “Entombed” miners continue sit-down strike. Page A-4 Steel peace pact stops Walsh-Healey act troubles. Page A3 Van Sweringens misused holding com- panies, Wheeler charges. Page A-3 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Canary to broadcast with Marine Band today. Page ‘A-1 Missing boy believed heading for base ball training camp. Page A-1 Three affected by carbon monoxide in Library annex. Page A-1 Boy, 10, is twenty-ninth traffic victim; three persons hurt. Page A-3 Dr. Cox’s $50,000 damage suit against Emergency dismissed. Page A-10 Ice cream workers get wage boost in union agreement. Page B-1 Senate subcommittee named to study Juvenile Court bill. Page B-1 Two Police Court judges' terms ex- pire; 40 seek posts. Page B-1 Contracts let for Capitol air condi- tioning. Page B-1 L] ¢ Foening Star MARCH 2, 1937—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. %%x* LAN SAKES, JIM ) | COULDN'T WE HAVE L' BRYAN \ ONSTI \ A'NEEDED REST? A\ S The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s (Some retu: s Associated Press. Circulation, 143,605 rns not yet' received.) TWO CENTS. New Deal Democracy Is Just One Stuffing After Another! 2 BILLION SECRET REICH DEBT BARED. S. E. C. Reveals Huge Sum in 0. K.’ing $69,000,000 Bonds to Pay Interest. The Securities Commission told American holders of German se- curities today that the Reich gov- ernment had an unrecorded or “secret | debt” of about $2,000.000,000. The commission’s unusual action in disclosing this debt accompanied an announcement that a German regis- pay interest on foreign debts became effective today. The German government, the com- mission said. had refused to include the $2,000,000.000 debt in the registra- tion filed with the commission. It added that the debt was being re- | vealed so that American purchasers could make an “intelligent appraisal” of the new interest bonds. Stop Order Held Unwarranted. While the commission felt that it was important to inform Americans of | the huge debt's existence, it said re- fusal to register it did not warrant a stop order being issued against the bond issue. The debt which the Reich refused | to reveal, the commission said. in- | cluded advance tax certificates, short- | ployment creation program, automo- bile highway construction and rearma- ment costs. The Reich took the position, the commission said, that the unrecorded obligations were of a temporary na- ture The interest bonds will be offered to | July 1, 1934, and December 31, 1936. ‘The original bonds were sold in this country prior to passage of the John- son act prohibiting the floating of loans by nations in default on debts connected with the World War. A German law prevents payment of interest in money outside of that na- (See GERMAN, Page A-2.) B Emperor’s Child Il TOKIO, March 2 (#).—The exclusive school for peeresses, patronized by the daughters of the Emperor, was ordered an epidemic of influenza. The Em- peror's 7-year-old daughter, Princess | Taka No Mivya, is slightly ill. Today’s Star launch new safety campaign. Page B-1 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page This and That. Page Answers to Questions. Page Political Mill. Page - Stars, Men and Atoms. Page David Lawrence. Page Paul Mallon. Page Mark Sullivan. Page Jay Franklin. Page Page A-8 A-8 A-8 A-8 A-8 FINANCIAL. Rail bonds improve (table) Page A-15 | Daily oil output drops Page A-15 Stels lead stock rally (table) Page-A-16 Curb specialities rise (table) Page A-17 Trade loans again higher Page A-17 Earnings favorable Page A-17 SPORTS. Catcher Hogan hailed as “key man” of Nationals Page A-12 Pairings add interest to Star basket tourney. Page A-12 ‘Wood, tennis vet, Tilden’s Davis Cup choice. Page A-13 Dunne’s win over- Straiges shows Leonard’s cunning. Page A-13 Dundee flashy in comeback victory . over Duca. Page A-13 Great Long Island quint here for two big games. Page A-14 George Washington nine cards some big games. Page A-14 Terps aim to win own track meet this week end. Page A-14 MISCELLANY. Young Washington. Page A-5 SLIGHT TEMBLOR City News in Brief. Service Orders. Vital Btatistics. ‘Traffic Convictions. Nature’s Children. Bedtime Story. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Crossword Puzzie. Letter-Out. Page A-6 Page A-7 Page A-7 Page A-11 Page B-6 Page B-8 Page B-12 Page B-12 Page B-13 Page B-14 Crooning Is Limited On Radio in Britain To 1 of 3 Numbers | | | By the Assoctated Press | LONDON, March 2.—The Brit- ] ish Broadcasting Co., convinced there has been too much croon- | | ing, took steps today to limit the number of throaty singers on English airwaves. While declining to define the difference between crooning and straight singing, the company, effective next Monday, limited dance bands to one croon for every three numbers. SHAKES MIDWEST Kentucky-to-Michigan Area Suffers Little Damage. No Loss of Life. BY the Associated Press. Earth tremors ran through the Mid- west down into the South today, rattling dishes on late breakfast tables, jarring buildings, knocking pictures askew on living room walls. Frightened citizens rushed to tele- phones, swamping newspaper switch- | boards with calls for information. But | nowhere was there a report of injury. Property damage was slight. From Louisville, Ky., recently rav- | aged by floods, north to Detroit on | the Great Lakes, a series of shocks, starting at approximately 8:50 a.m. (C. S. T.), were reported from many cities and towns. Ohio Feels Quake Most. The tremors seemed to nudge South- ern Ohio hardest. Chairs moved in | offices in Cincinnati, windows shook as five distinct shocks were registered. Dr. Nevin M. Fenneman, professor of geology at the University of Cincin- nati, termed the movement a “slight earth tremor,” accompanied by a rum- ble, and as distinct in Cincinnati as the repercussions of the major earth- quake that shook Charleston, S. C., in 1884. The shocks lasted 2 minutes in Co- lumbus, Ohio. Schools were dis- missed in Zanesville, Ohio. Nothing Serious, Says Geologist. Relief of tension in upper crusts of rock, “a natural reaction,” caused the tremor, Wilber Stout, Ohio State geologist, said. “These things are common. There is nothing serious about it,” he said. Buildings swayed at Moundsville, W. Va., and the shock seemed to have been felt, with varying intensity, over a wide path to the Great Lakes. Plane Contract Placed. LOS ANGELES, March 2 (®).— Lockheed Aircraft Corp. was under §526,355,428 NAVY ALLOTMENTIS 3ET House Appropriations Unit Lops $35,870,281 From Budget Figures. BY the Associated Press. The House Appropriations Commit- tee approved today a $526,555.428 al- lotment for the Navy Department for the next fiscal year. The appropriation included funds for the Navy's huge ship and airplane construction program for the year, | beginning July 1. The committee ignored budget de- mands that would have shot the sup- ply measure to a new peace-time high of $562,425,709. It lopped $35,870,281 from the budget figures. That kept the amount $1,547,104 less than the record peace-time appropriation for the current year. The committee cut $27,000,000 from the $157,000,000 requested for the new ship construction program, but this was described as merely a “de- ferment,” warranted on grounds that $56,000,000 of current funds to be un- expended June 30 will be carried over into the next fiscal year. The $130,000,000 additional appro- priation recommended by the House group compares with $168,550,000 ad- ditional appropriated for the current year, ‘Will Start 8 Destroyers. The money will be used to start 8 new destroyers and 4 submarines and to continue work on 2 battleships, | 3 aircraft carriers, 11 cruisers, 48 de- stroyers, 16 submarines and a gun- boat. For naval aviation the committee approved $49,500,000—an increase of nearly $11,000,000 over the present ap- propriation. The bill makes $14,186,000 avail- | able for purchase of new aircraft and provides for $15,000,000 in contract authorizations. Purchases contem- plated include 251 airplanes for re- placement purposes, 104 additional ships, 42 for the Naval Reserve and 2 non-rigid airships. The bill contains a legislative pro- vision to limit Navy manufacture to those of the primary training type. It would forbid Navy manufacture of engines. The appropriations were nd;usted' 50 the Navy might wind up the next | fiscal year with an enlisted force of 105,000 men, 5000 more than were approved for the current year, but 1,000 under the number sought in the | budget. Works Program Provided. The measure carries $5,627,000 for a public works program at Navy Yards and stations. The projects: ‘Washington, D. C., Navy Yard, im- provement of power plant, $265,000. Norfolk, Va., Navy Yard, power plant improvement, $45,000. contract today to supply six 10-pas- senger transport planes to Polish Air- ways this Summer for $315,000. Charleston, S. C., Navy Yard, power (See APPROPRIATIONS, Page A-3.) Canary of Yankee Doodle Fame To Appear With Marine Band Some startling revelations concern- | ing Pete, the canary that whistles “Yankee Doodle” came to light to- day as the accomplished bird tuned ' up his voice box in preparation {or‘ an appearance this afternoon with the | Marine Band in a radio broadcast. Pete, it seems, has gone 'Way up in the field of radio and theater. A reporter, searching for details of Pete’s broadcast this afternoon, dis- covered that the radio rights to Pete’s ‘warblings have been acquired by the National Broadcasting Co.; that the- ater rights have been taken up by Fanchon & Marco, well-known book- ing agents of New York City. Furthermore, Pete’s promoters—E. M. Jameson, 1237 W street southeast, and James Moran, who discovered Pete’s talents—are seeking an insur- ance policy for Pete from Lloyds of London. Moran, who makes recordings for a local music store, now holds a con- tract with Jameson for 50 per cent of Pete’s earnings. Moran expects to make Pete a national figure. Pete aiready is being treated as an established radio star. This after- noon at 3 o'clock, when he appears with the Marine Band at the Marine Barracks, he will have his own “studio.” And the musicians will be nothing more than stooges for Guest Artist Pete. ‘Whenever Pete shows signs of sing- ing, the 87 musicians will halt their PETE, In singing stance. sawing, puffing and pushing and Pete will be on the air alone. The broad- cast is scheduled for WMAL from 3 to 3:45 o'clock. Pete is to be heard with the band in its presentation of “In a Bird Store,” a descriptive fantasy. At one point in the score the musicians will sing “Let’s All Sing Like the Birdies Sing.” That's Pete's cue. LOGAN T0 SUPPORT COURT PROPOSAL, HE TELLS SENATE Judiciary Group Member Sees President’s Plan as Conservative Move. REORGANIZATION FOES MAP DEFINITE GROUP House Democrats Opposing Ex- pansion of Tribunal Seek Additional Recruits. By the Assoctated Press. Senator Logan, Democrat, of Ken- tucky told the Senate today he would support President Roosevelt's court re- organization plan to “perpetuate de- mocracy and save the Constitution and the court.” Logan, a former judge, is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, where President Roosevelt must mus- ter every possible vote to obtain fa- vorable action on his proposal In his first expression on the issue Logan explained his decision to the Senate in a lengthy speech, in which he confessed his first impulse was to oppose the Chief Executive’s proposal for increasing the size of the Supreme Court unless older members retired “I have never posed as a prophet,” Logan said. “but the United States of | America cannot live unless we can some way to enact such laws as wili | bring protection. peace and happiness to all the people of the Nation. Cannot Find Better Way. “I have considered the matter as carefully as my limited knowledge will allow me to and I cannot find a be: ter way than that which has been sug- gested by the President.” Logan urged the President’s plan as | a conservative way to save the Con- | stitution and the court. He said he | found the proponents of a constitu- tional amendment. instead of the Pres- ident’s plan, included ‘“extreme lib- erals” who wanted to make radical changes Conservatives. Logan eontended, were aiding these liberals, “who would make radical changes in the Constitu- tion” by blocking the President's plan. | Events in Europe Cited. “Democracy will die,” he said, “if we fail tp find some way to guide it over | the storm and stress of the present period. We have seen what has hap=- | pened to democracies in Europe be- cause the governments could not be | made responsive to the will of the | people.” | Congressmen opposed to the admin- | istration’s court program, who have been only loosely united, switched their tactics meanwhile and decided to set up formal campaign organiza- tions. A group of House Democrats ar- ranged to appoint a steering commite tee to seek recruits among the many non-committal members. In the Senate recognized leaders are to be chosen, it was learned. in the place of a half dozen members who have been outlining the attack informally. Other Developments. Other developments in the court battle: 1. Harry L. Hopkins, W. P. A. ad- ministrator, declared “two or three elderly judges” could block social legislation unless the Supreme Court’s complexion is changed. 2. Senator Clark, Democrat, of Missouri, denied the 1936 election gave President Roosevelt a man- date for his court program. 3. The President signed into law the Sumners bill authorizing vol- untary retirement of Supreme Court justices at 70 on full pay. 4. Senator Vandenberg of Mich- igan, one of the Republican leaders who have been holding their fire, will deliver a radio address tonight. The approach of Senate committee hearings next week was ascribed by some opponents as one reason for a more closely knit organization. Democratic Representatives fighting the President’s program met last night to discuss strategy. Some de- clared at least 90 Democrats were | lined up, but that only about half that number attended the meeting. Hopkins Delivers Address. Hopkins delivered a radio address during the evening and was followed promptly to the microphone by Sen- ator Clark. “It is a plain fact at the present time,” Hopkins declared, “that unless the complexion of the Supreme Cours can be changed two or three elderly judges living in cloistered seclusion and thinking in terms of a bygone day | can block nearly all efforts of a popu- larly-elected President and a popu- (See JUDICIARY, Page A-4.) ROOSEVELT QUITS WORK FOR HOUR’'S AUTO RIDE Two Luncheon Guests Accompany Him—President Accepts Invitation to Speak. Attracted by sunshine and balmy air, President Roosevelt laid aside his work today to enjoy an hour’s automobile ride into the country. Mr. Roosevelt, who has been sticking to his desk for a long time, hur- ried through his luncheon, served, as usual, on trays at his desk, and had his guests, R. Walton Moore, Assistant Secretary of State, and James H. Price, Lieutenant Governor of Vir- ginia, accompany him. This afforded the President an opportunity to con- tinue his conversation with the callers and at the same time enjoy the fresh air. It was announced at the White House that Mr. Rooseveli has accepted an invitation extended by Sumner Welles, Assistant Secretary of State, to deliver an address on April 14 to the governing board of the Pan- American Union. This speech, inci- dent to the union’s observance of Pan- American day, will be delivered at noon at the Pan-American Building and will be broadcast. [4 [}