Evening Star Newspaper, March 23, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Fair, with lowest temperature about 40 tonight; tomorrow, cloudy, showers; not much change in temperature, Temper- atures—Highest, 57, at 5 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 38, at 4 a.m. today. Full report on page B-7. Closing New York Markets, Page 16 85th YEAR. No. 33.929. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. O. ah ¢ Fhening ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1937—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. MOLEY FAVORS AMENDMENT IN BACKING COURT ) RAYMOND MOLEY, Vigorously Attacks Roosevelt Plan | for Reform. 1 R | VETO OF CONGRESS | ACTS IS SUPPORTED Ex-Brain Truster Holds Legislative Power Was Intended. Partial text of Moley's state- ment appears on Page A-4. BACKGROUND— To insure validity of New Deal acts, a number of constitutional amendments have been suggested. Among these are amendments to delegate to Congress control over commerce and labor relations (1o avoid the present limitations on Congress imposed by the phrase “interstate commerce”) and to de- fine specifically the Supreme Court's power of invelidating acts of Con= gress, a power which is not men= tioned in the Constitution. Presi= dent Roosevelt, however, pointed to the slowness with which the course of constitutional amendment moves when he asked Congress February 5 to enlarge the judiciary. He had in mind particularly the child labor amendment, which has been under consideration for 13 years. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Prof. Raymond Moley, ardent New | Dealer and former chief brain truster | of the Roosevelt administration, to- | day advocated a constitutional amend- | ment to improve social and economic conditions and attacked vigorously the President’s court bill. Appearing before the Senate Ju- | diciary Committee and a large crowd which gathered to hear his testimony, Prof. Moley said: | “I believe that there is a better way to achieve the objectives toward which the President is striving. That way is amendment.” | The time is ripe. Moley told the committee, “for a basic and funda- mental restatement of the law to make possible the attainment of the humane | objectives of progressive thought. Let | us make democracy work by working through the instruments of democ- ey Legislation by Court Favored. Moley was the first witness to tell the committee he thought the Supreme Court should exercise legislative pow- ers and that the framers of the Con- stitution intended the justices sheuld perform this function. In response to a question Senator Neely, Democrat, of West Virginia, who is supporting the bill, Moley said: “I think the original intention was | that the Supreme Court should be | one of the policymaking agencies of the Government. In that capacity, it necessarily has to be both a politi- | cal and judicial body. Certainly it | &hould exercise legislative power through the process of determining | the constitutionality of acts of Con- | gress.” | Moley added he thought the | framers of the Constitution intended 1o give the court power to veto con- gressional statutes. Discussing the President’s plan for iIncreasing the Supreme Court, Moley gald “it is frankly admitted that the real purpose of the plan is to secure within the letter, though I submit, not within the spirit of the Consti- | tution, a court that will lift out of doubt a number of New Deal meas- ures now in process of preliminary adjudication and to provide in ad- | vance for favorable action by the | Supreme Court upon a number of | Mmeasures not yet formulated.” Dislikes Many Decisions. Moley related to the committee his | own dislike for many of the decisions of the Supreme Court holding New | Deal laws unconstitutional. He showed | that he had, in the magazine he pub- [ lishes, attacked again and again the | court and charged it was "judlcm“ supremacy” and the use of arbitrary | powers. Speaking of the President’s proposal, Moley said that he viewed it not so | much with alarm as with a deep regard that after a period of many years, during which progressive ideas have been taking shape, a plan has been injected into the situation which is both wholly inadequate and destruc- tive of the institutional consistency of the Republic. He said that it may obstruct progressive development in | the future as well. He said he was opposed to the plan because he did not believe it will achieve the job that is immediately before the ccuntry because it is based upon emergency or crisis-psychology, because it does not offer a permanent solution and because it will still leave the Congress without specific powers (See COURT, Page A-5.) UNITED FRUIT SHIP ON FIRE IN BOSTON Vessel in Drydock—Apparatus Rushed to Prevent Spread of Flames. BY the Assoclated Press. BOSTON March 23.—Fire broke out today on the United Fruit liner San Bruno, docked in East Boston. Four alarms in rapid succession called fire- Nghting apparatus from many sta- tions. ‘The vessel was in drydock at the Simpson Shipyards in East Boston and fire officials, fearing a possible general conflagaration on the water front, rushed fireboats as well as land apparatus to the scene. Another steamer, the S. 8. Evange- line, lay beside the San Bruno in the shipyard and fears were felt that the flames might envelope the craft. ’ Telling Senators he doesn’t like the administration’s Su- preme Court bill. —A. P. Photos. “I view this proposal not so much with alarm as with a deep regret.” “The time is ripe for a basic and fundamental restatement _of the law—" ROOSEVELT HOPES TOBARNEWTANES SLEEPING HUSBAND KILLED BY GAS AS WIFE TAKES LIFE Coroner Holds Theory in Death of Couple in Room- ing House. WOMAN’S NUDE BODY FOUND ACROSS BED Teaves Note Professing Mutual Love for Each Other and “the Baby.” Discovery of the bodies of a cab driver and his wife in ‘a gas-filled room this morning led Coroner A. | Magruder MacDonald to announce he suspected murder and suicide. | An investigator who burst into the | room found that the crevices of the door and windows and the keyhole had been plugged with towels, while Ras streamed from the open jets of a stove. A nearly empty liquor bottle lay on a table The tragedy occurred on the third floor of a lodging house at 1345 L street, where the couple, tentatively identified as Mr. and Mrs. Norris Shelton, rented a room two days ago, registering from Seat Pleasant. Leaves Last Message. In a scarcely decipherable note, scrawled, according to Dr. MacDon- ald, as the gas overcame her, Mrs. Shelton, who was stretched unclad on the bed beside her husband, left her last message. Pvt. B. F. Howze of the second precinct told police it went thus: “We still love each other. love the baby. Give the picture to mother. Virginia.” The picture apparently referred to showed the couple smiling on a baby, vhose present whereabouts are un- | known. The photograph rested on a | bureau. The note was addressed to the woman's mother, although her name was not given. Her address was written as Marion, Va., Route 1. Bolstering the homicide and suicide theory, Dr. MacDonald said he thought the man was asleep and unaware of what was going on when the gas jets were opened. There was no sign, ae said that the man had stirred while he inhaled the lethal gas. Mrs. Shelton, however, said Mac- Donald, moved from the bed and ap- parently sat at a desk to scrawl her note before she returned to the side of her dylng husband to die beside him. . 8he was a comely brunette, about i years old. Her husband, dressed in shorts and an undershirt, was ap- parently 30 or 35, Married Only Recently. Despite the reference to the baby, Shelton was married only one or four months ago, it was said at the Seat Pleasant house where Shelton lived until last June with his stepfather and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Edlin. A driver’s license found in the man’s pocket led police to believe he was a cab driver, and investigation at the | hack inspector’s office showed there | was a licensed hacker named Norris | Shelton. The bodies were found by ‘We both a man whose identity was not ascer- tained. 150 Die as Steamer Sinks. { Will Frown Upon Attempt | to Raise Levies Unless Unavoidable. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, 8tafl Correspwlient of The Star. ‘WARM SPRINGS, Ga., March 23.— | President Roosevelt expressed hope here today that there would be no ad- ditional taxes added to the present | burden of the American taxpayer at| this session of Congress. The President did not go so far as| to say there is no apparent need for | new taxes when asked directly by news- | YUNNANFU, Yunnan Province, China, March 23 (#).—An overloaded Steamer sank today on Kunhu Lake, south of here, carrying to their deaths 150 passengers and members of the crew. —_— $125,000 Fire at Fort Smith. FORT SMITH, Ark., March 23 (). —Fire early today destroyed the three- story Porter Mirror & Glass Co., manufacturers of plate glass, at & loss estimated by officials at $125,000. | cial circles. paper men at a press conference here today. At any rate, Mr. Roosevelt, who while here has been watching Capitol Hill, indicated that unless it is absolutely necessary he will frown upon any at- tempt to impose additional taxes. In this same connection, it is known that he has been in touch with Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and that the latter was reflecting the views of the President as well as his own when earlier in the week he announced publicly that there was movement to impose new taxes. Proud éf Next Year’s Budget. The President also is hopeful that the new budget will be far below the gloomy predictions made last Fall by outsiders, particularly those in finan- He makes no secret of his pride in how the budget for the next year is being handled. The President will point with pride, when the time comes, to his ac- complishments in connection with the next budget, particularly in view of how many critics said last November when the budget was in the making that the total would actually run four or five hundred million overboard. In the opinion of the President, a budget totaling between six and seven billion is actually balanced when it runs overboard not more than one or two hundred million. Of course, in calculating his budget " (See ROOSEVELT, Page A-4) INAUGURATI(SN DAY PAY FOR WORKERS IS PASSED Senate Approves Measure Affect- ing Per Diem Employes of U. 8. and District. ‘The Senate today passed a resolution under which per diem employes of the Federal and District Governments will be paid for Inauguration day. It had previously passed the House and goes to the President for signature. Government employes generally were excused from service that day, and on such occasions per diem work- ers lose a day's pay unless Congress takes such action as it did today. Summary of | Page. | Amusements A-11| Radio | Comics -_..B-12 | Short Story--B-11 | A-8 | Society B-3 Financial _._A-15 | Sports Lost & Found A-3| Woman'’s Pg. -B-9 | Obituary _.._A-10' | ! Page. SUPREME COURT ISSUE. Moley advocates amendment instead of court “packing.” Page A-1 Roosevelt feels sure of victory in court fight. Page A-1 STRIKE SITUATION. Chrysler and Lewis to discuss peace tomorrow. Page A-1 Thomas, in Forum, offers industrial peace plan. Page A-6 Richmond bag plant strike ends as workers win pay boost. Page B-1 NATIONAL. Texas inspects all schools for gas con- ditions. Page A-1 Wallace calls court plan method of assuring progress. Page A-2 FOREIGN. Italy denies troops have been sent to Spain. Page A-1 Moscow-U. 8. A. air base at Pole re- ported Societ plan. Page A-1 71-year-old Duchess of Bedford miss- ing in plane. Page A-2 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Doom of District racing bill pre- dicted. Page A-1 Used car dealers charged with flout- ing inspection laws. Page A-1 Couple found dead from gas in room- ing house. Page A-1 Score of detectives may be put back on “beats.” Page A-2 Juvenile court bill opposed by D. C. Bar Association. A-2 Symphony may get $5,000 donation at luncheon tomorrow. Page A-10 Mrs. J. A. Selby appeals for aid for 3,000 D. C. employables. Page B-1 Faults in Woodrow Wilson High heat- ing system to be corrected. Page B-1 Roosevelt cadets win band and bat- talion honors. Page B-1 f I ) \“V N NN ARRR .\\\\\\\\\1\\ RN JA \Dl \'\r \\ ) Y TEXAS INSPECTS SCHOOLS FOR GAS Safety Experts Begin Hunt for Conditions That Killed 455. | By the Associatea Press NEW LONDON, Tex., March 23.— Rigid inspection of every rural school in the vast East Texas oil field area was the expected aftermath today of the disastrous London School explo- sion—caused, experts agreed, by ac- cumulated gas. School doors were shut as safety | experts began a search for possible similar conditions that killed 455 here. Extreme caution pervaded the area, especially after Gordon C. Hawley, chief engineer of the State's Fire In- surance Department, told a military court of inquiry yesterday he had lo- cated another school in the vicinity endangered by escaping gas. Gas Escapes Under School. “A test a few hours ago,” Hawley told the investigators, “at the Carlisie School, near here, showed gas was escaping underneath the place at the rate of 720 cubic feet a day, all of which makes this occasion all the more omnipotent.” Engineer L. B. Newsum of the State Fire Insurance Department aided in discovering the Carlisle leak. “If & superficial inspection gives re- sults like that,” he said, “what will a general inspection give? This is just an average school.” Dr. E. P. Schoch, Texas University chemist and authority on explosions, said all signs pointed to an accumula- tion of gas under the basement floor as the cause of the London tragedy, worst of its kind in the Nation. Other witnesses testified that school officials switched from use of a com- mercial gas to a free supply, obtained by piping into the residue lige of an oil company last January. Gas radi- ators heated the school. The Military Board did not make (Bee BLAST, Page A-4.) Coronation Programs Arrive. NEW YORK, March 23 (#).—Fifty thousand copies of the official souvenir program for the coronation of King George VI have arrived for sale in the United States, Today’s Star ‘ Senate to vote today on extension of Capitol. Page B-1 House hears Plumley assail lack of controller. Page B-1 Thomas forecasts rejection of Jacobs fiscal formula. Page B-1 Senate passes Navy appropriation bill for $522,847,808. Page B-7 EDITORIALS 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 Jay Franklin. Page Mark Sullivan, Page Delia Pynchon. Page SPORTS. Griffmen laud pitching comeback of Weaver. Page A-12 Bosox held Cronin will play. Page A-12 A’s not to be pushovers, Connie as- serts. Page A-12 Perry's tennis success puzazling to Tilden. Page A-13 Sleuths win A. A. U. basket title from W.P. A Page A-13 Matchmaker Ahearn sees plot in run- outs. Page A-13 Odd experimenting in grid rules due. Page A-14 >>>>>?)>>> Do D D@NMN®PmM fearful FINANCIAL. U. 8. bonds improve (table). Acceptance rates raised. Stocks score recoveries (table). Curb specialties gain (table). Banks sell U. 8. bonds. Hudson profits rise. A-15 A-15 A-16 A-17 A-17 A-17 MISCELLANY, ‘Washington Wayside. Service Orders. Traffic Convictions. Vital Statistics. City News in Brief. Young Washington. Nature’s Children. Dorothy Dix. Cross-word Puzzle. Letter-Out. Page A-2 Page A-138 Page A-18 Page A-18 Page A-18 Page A-18 Page B-2 Page B-9 Page B-12 Page B-13 7l THAT CANT Moscow-U. S. Air Service Base At Pole Reported Soviet Plan The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 143,758 (Some returns not vet recetved.) %%k k () Means Associate {‘ at Top BY the Associated Press. MOSCOW. March 23.—0. J.| Schmidt, noted director of the Soviet Northern Sea Route, has left Moscow | amid strict secrecy. it was learned | today, to go to Archangel and take | | charge of & polar air project believed | to include a daring plan for an airbase at the North Pole. | Such a plan has been under dis- | cussion since the Summer of 1935, when Sigismund Levaneffsky, Soviet | fiyer, was forced to turn back from a | projected flight from Moscow to San Francisco across ‘“the roof of the | world.” | | Several noted Soviet aviators re- | !cent]y reported it was feasible to land | at the pole and establish a midway | | base between Moscow and San Fran- cisco for future flights. Levanefisky, himself, returned three ;Pil()ts Have Declared Half-Way Station of World Is Feasible. Schmidt Heads Project. years ago from several months of study in the United States which, some be- lieved, was connected with some such project. Officials, while secretive about Schmidt's mission, would not deny the air base proposal was nearing completion | It was reported unofficially that Schmidt quietly boarded an airplane for Archangel shortly after he had participated in farewell ceremonies for Pilot P. G. Golovin, who took off | from Moscow yesterday with Rudolf Island as his announced destination Several other airplanes, it was re- ported would follow to Rudolf Island as soon as the weather clears up. In- cluded in the projected expedition, it was said, are the Pilots Vodopyanoff, Molokoff and Alexeiff. A Winter party | (See POLE. Page A-2) | TROOP SHPMENTS 10 SPAIN DENIED |Italy Tells Britain Cadiz Contingent Was Made Up | of Doctors and Nurses. | BACKGROUND— | Spurred by fears Spanish civil | war would spread to other parts of | Europe, a committee of 27 nations has been laboring to choke off for- eign supplies and volunteers seeking to enter Spain. First steps were | abortive because the warring fac- tions refused to permit neutral for- eign observers within their terri- tories, Blockade by land and sea was finally agreed upon and is now be- ing placed in force. BY the Assoclated Press. LONDON, March 23—Italy in- formed Great Britain today in reply to urgent queries concerning the re- ported landing of Italian troops in Spein that the contingent which dis- embarked at Cadiz March 5 was made up only of volunteer doctors and nurses. No Italian troops have landed in Spain, the reply stated flatly. It was pointed out that foreign medical workers do not come under the ban on volunteers effected by 27 nations, in an accord of neutrality, last Febru- ary 20. Authorized sources said Great Bri- tain was satisfied with the answer on this point. Investigation Made. The continued reports that Italian troops have landed in great numbers in Spain since the control agreement went into effect wer- investigated separately by the British in an effort to avoid clogging the agenda of the Non-Intervention Committee. This group, of which Italy is & member, made ready today to go ahead with the land and sea patrol plan to isolate the conflict over the protest of the Valencia government. French official sources in Paris said the French and British foreign offices ‘were in close contact, apparently con- vinced that Premier Mussolini’s un- expected return yesterday from a visit to Libya was connected with the in- (See NEUTRALITY, Page A-2.) Dodge Plant Striker Held Company Spy, Expelled by Union BY the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 23.—Rich- ard T. Frankensteen, organiza- tional director of the United Automobile Workers of America, said today Carl Bennett, head of the sit-down strikers *“volun- tary police” at the Dodge plant, had admitted he was a “com- pany spy.” “Bennett has been expelled,” Frankensteen said. “He posed as a loyal union man and his pose fooled us.” DEATH OF RACING BIL IS FORECAST Measure Is Expected to Be Recalled From House Calendar. | BY JAMES E. CHINN. | Death of the bill to legalize horse | racing here was predicted today by several members of the House District Committee as a result of another and apparently successful movement to have it recalled from the House cal- endar for further consideration. Representative Nichols, Democrat, of Oklahoma disclosed he would make & motion at the regular meeting of the committee tomorrow to have the bill reconsidered, and expressed belief it would be adopted by unanimous con- | sent. He has paved the way for such action at a series of informal con- ferences with members of the com- mittee, both proponents and oppo- nents. Agree to Reconsideration. Nichols said he had conferred with all the 21 members of the committee with the exception of Representatives | Schulte, Democrat, of Indiana and Dirksen, Republican, of Illinois, and ' announced all were agreeable to hav- | ing the measure reconsidered. | Representative Bates, Republican, of Massachusetts, who has taken a lead- ing part in the fight to defeat the measure, predicted if it is recalled no | further action would be taken on it | at the present session of Congress. The bill now has a preferred status on the House calendar and is sched- uled to be called up Monday if it is not recalled. The latest move for reconsideration; d press. TWO CENTS. LEWIS TO TALK WITH CHRYSLER ONSTRIKE PEACE Meeting Arranged by Murphy for Tomorrow Show of as Union Maps Strength. HOPES FOR SETTLEMENT GROW: EVICTION CRISIS MAY BE AVOIDED Detroit Demonstration by U. A, W. Permitted by Offic ials After Changes Are Made in Original Plans. BACKGROUND— Present Chrysler labor troubles began when United Automobile Workers of America, a Committee for Industrial Organization affiliate, asked recognition as exclusive bargaining agents for firm’s workers. This Chrysler refused, but met wit. h the union for discussion of labor problems. Sit-down strike was called March 8. Chrysler obtained court order to evict strikers. Order was ignored and strike continues Situation in Detroit was intensified Saturday when U. A. W. threat- ened to call general auto strike if police did not stop evicting sit-down strikers in smaller and less powerful plants. BY the Assoclated Press DETROIT, March 23.—Gov. Frank Murphy announced today that he expected Walter P. Chrysler and John L. Lewis to confer with him tomorrow at Lansing in an attempt to avert “extreme and costly measures, with possible u. Chrysler Corp. strike. nfortunate consequences,” in the .. The Governor, peacemaker in the recent General Motors strike, indicated he had assurance both men would accept his telegraphed invitations to a face-to-face mee | time). [Although protesting against the in Washington that he would be in Murphy and Chrysler. Lewis' I confer under duress present.” Nevertheless acceptance of Gt confer was contained in the following telegram The message was directed to Gov ting at 11 a.m. (Eastern standard tone of the invitati Lansing tomo; nnounced s to Your message suggests that and notwithstanding, I agree to be Murphy.] Gov. Murphy’s announcement heightened hopes for a peaceable solution of strife that had grown more ominous day by day In identical telegrams to the c hairman of the Chrysler Corp. board | and to the militant chieftain of the Committee for Industrial Organization, the Governor declared the State would “employ all necessary and available means to uphold public authority.” Expects Sheriff to Ask Aid in Evictions. His reference was to the writs of attachment issued by Ci reuit Judge Allan Campbell last Friday for the arrest of 6,000 strikers occupying eight | Chrysler Corp. plants in defiance of a court injunction C. Wilcox of “expected” Sheriff Thomas He said it was Wayne County would “request assistance of State authorities in execution of the writs.” “While respecting rights of workers and seeking to advance their proper interests by lawful means, forsake its responsibility. “In view of large interests at the telegrams said, State Government cannot stake, and desirability of ascertaining | whether adjustment is possible before taking extreme and costly measures with possible unfortunate consequences, I am requesting that you (Walter P. Chrysler and John L. Lewis) confer with me in my office at 11 o’clock on Wednesday, March 24, in joint effort to find prompt satisfactory solution without unwarranted delay in enforcement of court’s order. Retail Store Drive in New England Predicted by C.1.O. BY the Associated Press. BOSTC!. March 23.—Joseph Syl- via. Rhode Island chairman of the Committee for Industrial Organiza- tion, forecast today a drive throughout New England to organize retail store employes. Sylvia made his prediction as ap- | proximately 7.000 clerks in 95 Provi- | dence. R. I, shops returned to the | counters after a one-day strike which | paralyzed the height of the Easter | shopping display. | Opposing forces in the Providence | strike reached an agreement last night providing for increased vragesl | and recognition of the C. I. O. as bar- gaining agency for its members. | Counsel for store owners said 10,000 to 12,000 employes would get pay in- creases. Coincidentally came announcements of the settlement of three strikes, the continuation of two others and wage increases for more than 10,000 work- ers in New England industry. Sylvia's words followed recent pro- nouncements by C. I O. leaders in New York that they would launch & drive in New England to organize its 350,000 textile workers, a drive which one leader asserted “would succeed.” Shoe Workers Get Raises. Only a few short weeks ago upwards of 18,000 shoe workers received pay increases as they struck in leather cen- ters at the behest of a C. I. O. affiiliate. Sylvia, describing the settlement as “the best that could be hoped for” under the circumstances, predicted that every store employ vidence (See RACING BILL, Page A-2) | (See DRIVE, Page A-3.) Used Car Dealers Are Charged With Flouting A charge that used-car dealers in | the District are “flouting and dis- regarding” inspection laws by selling “piles of junk in the form of me- chanically unfit motor vehicles” was made today by the American Auto- mobile Association Distri¢t Motor Club. ‘This “widespread evasion of present inspection laws as they relate to used- car sales,” the motor club said in a statement, comes at a time when traffic fatalities are “rising to un- precedented heights, the hazard to life, limb and property is being augmented daily” by such sales. The club said its findings are based on an investigation, backed up by an official report from the Bureau of Standards, where a sample used car was taken to be inspected and found to be far below requirements. “We have every reason to believe,” the statement, signed by Russell E. Singer, general manager of the asso- ciation, continued, “that the practice is not confined to fly-by-night hand- lers of used cars, but also that know- ingly or urknowingly, the agents and representatives of reputable dealers in new and used cars are participat- Inspection Laws “It is not the purpose of this re- port to lay the blame for this deplor- able condition on any District offi- cial. We aim to turn the searchlight on a vicious system which daily en- dangers the lives of the citizens of this city. “Our findings were placed before a | special subcommittee of our Advisory Board, which directed that they be made public. This committee also di- rected that the matter be immediately called to the attention of the Commis- sioners of the District, the chairman of the Senate and House District Com- mitees, as well as to the attention of the Department of Vehicles and Traf- fic and the Police Department, so that remedial action may be taken.” The sample car, the statement add- ed. was purchased on the open market for $20. Towed to the Bureau of Standards, the machine was found to have defective hand and foot brakes, bad lights and other mechanical de- fects. “There are other points in the bu- reau report,” the statement said, “but this is sufficient to show that this car, sold on the open market and certified as to its safety condition, could never have passed the inspection require- ing in this unjustifiable racket. ments.” [ An early answer & 1is requested.’ During nearly three weeks of dead- locked negotiations on the United Automobile Workers’ demand for ex- clusive bargaining rights in Chrysler plants, the belief has grown that the dispute could be settled only by a face-to-face meeting of Chrysler and Lewis. The Governor's telegrams were dis- patched after a night of telephone conversations with parties to the dis- pute and with Federal Labor Departe ment representatives. James F. Dewey, Federal labor conciliator, was in De- | troit. “Show of Strength” Set. As the new attack was made on the strike stalemate, the law was prepar- ing for a “show of strength,” to be held in downtown Detroit under a compromise agreement with Mayor Frank Couzens, which was approved by the City Council today. The meet- ing will be held at 5:45 p.m. instead of 5 as originally planned, and in that portion of Cadillac Square near the County Building, instead of on Wood- ward avenue, in order to minimize traffic congestion. The U. A. W. A. announced speakers will include Richard T. Frankensteen organizational director; Wyndham Mortimer and Ed Hall, vice presidents, and Prank X. Martel, president of the Detroit and Wayne County Federation of Labor. Councilman John C. Lodge, former Mayor, cast the only dissenting vote today, as the Council, which refused a permit to the union yesterday, ap- proved the plans. Thousands Expected, The union’s™estimate of the number expected at the meeting ranged from 60,000 to 200,000. The avowed purpose was to “defend the right to strike” bty protesting police evicf of si (See STRIKES, Page A-3. NORWEGIAN SHIP AWAITS RESCUERS German Steamer Hamburg Re- ports It Is “in Sight” of Stricken Craft. BULLETIN, BOSTON, March 23 (#).—Coast Guard headquarters today an- nounced the cutter Chelan re- ported it had sighted the distressed Norwegian steamer Bjerkli 250 miles south of Sable Island. The Chelan reported the steamer was 50 miles south of where she was thought to be. The report did not indicate If the Bjerkli was in any immediate danger. BY the Associated Press NEW YORK, March 23.—Wallowing in heavy seas, the Norwegian steamer Bjerkli awaited help today from the steamer Hamburg, which advised the Radio Marine Corp. at 7:40 am. (Eastern standard time) it was “in sight” of the vessel, which last night issued a call of distress. The Hamburg did not give her own position, but that of the Bjerkli was estimated at some 500 miles east of Nantucket Lightship. At 6:28 am. an amateur operator at the key of a wireless set on the Bjerkli advised listeners the vessel was “low in the water” and still awaiting assistance, the Mackay Radio System reported. i