Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Occasional rain, with rising tempera- ture tonight and tomorrow; lowest tem- perature 46 degrees; colder tomorrow. Temperatures—Highest, 59, at 5:30 p.m. vesterday; lowest, 37 at 3:30 a.m. today. Full report on page A-13. Closing New York Markets, Page 18 — 85th YEAR. No. 33 Entered as second class matter ] 30, post office, Washington, D. O. CHRYSLER STRIKE SETTLED, HOUSE 1S T0LD BY RABAUT; PEACE PARLEY ON Representative Says Peace Will Be Announced This Afternoon — Lewis Motorist Meet Murphy. FEDERAL CONCILIATOR IN STRIKE CONFERENCE C. 1. 0. Leader Says He Will Try to Contribute “Constructively” to Problem—Pressman Accom- panies Him—Attorney Is With Motor Magnate. BACKGROUND— Chrysler labor troubles began when United Automobile Workers of America, a Committee for In- dustrial Organization affiliate, asked recognition as exclusive bargaining agents for firm's workers. This Chrysler refused, but met with the union for discussion of labor prob- lems. Sit-down strike was called March 8. Chrysler obtained court order to evict strikers. Order was 1gnored and strike continues. Situation in Detroit was intensi- fied 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. Yesterday Gov. Murphy revealed he had succeeded & bringing Walter P. Chrysler and John L. Lewis, C. I. O. head, to- gether for a parley today. BULLETIN. Representative Rabaut, Demo- erat, of Michigan told the House today the Chrysler automobile atrike in Detroit had been settled and that the settlement would be announced officially at 3 p.m. BULLETIN. LANSING, March 24 (#).—Gov. Murphy’s automotive strike con- ference adjourned at 1:30 p.m. un- til 3 o'clock this afternoon. Mur- phy's only comment was that the conference so far has “been satis- factory.” None of the other con- ferees made any statement. BY the Associated Press. LANSING, Mich, March 24— Walter P. Chrysler, one-time ap- prentice boy, and John L. Lewis, former coal miner, met with Gov. Frank Murphy of Michigan today in &n attempt to settle an automobile labor dispute that has thrown more than 80,000 persons out of work. From Detroit came word seven offi- ¢ials of the United Automobile Work- and | @b WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1937—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. %sk** }PRESIDENT MAPS PARLEY - ON“SIT-DOWN” SITUATION Roosevelt Reported to Have Agreed to Meet Congress Leaders on BY the Associated Press. Informed Senate sources said to- day President Roosevelt had agreed to meet | discussion of the sit-down strike situa- tion when he returns from Warm | Springs, Ga., this week end. Earlier Senate Majority Leader Robinson had suggested such a con- ference if the situation “does not | clear up.” The suggestion coincided with an Rules Committee had arranged a hearing next Wednesday on his reso- lution for a sweeping investigation of the sit-down strike situation. Senator Robinson said ‘“condi- congressional leaders for a | announcement by Representative Dies, | Democrat, of Texas that the House Return From Georgia. tions relating to the sit-down strike are approaching a crisis. If the sit- uation does not clear up, in my judg- ment it will be desirable for legislative authorities to confer about the end of this week.” “I do not believe it would be helpful to attempt to anticipate conclusions.” Attorney General Cummings is will- ing to leave the question of legality of sit-down strikes to “others,” he said today at his press conference, Questioned as to the administra- tion's attitude toward the situation, Cummings said he preferred to let others “argue” the matter. Dies introduced the measure yester- day after taking the House floor to " (See ROOSEVELT, Page A-2.) BULLETIN SALEM, IIl, March 24 (#).—The Salem Hospital today reported it had been informed 18 persons had been killed and 5 injured serionsly when a special chartered bus crashed into a bridge abutment twe mile west of here and overturned today. BLUMGETS 36215 CONFIDENGE VOTE |Wins Mandate of Chamber. Moves to Clean Up Clichy Riot Aftermath. | BACKGROUND— People’s Front government, head- ed by Premier Leon Blum, came into office last Spring after elections in France, which saw sharp shift to Left in political composition of country. Premier Blum has remained in power by virtue of alliance of the Communists with other Left parties. He has warned that he will remain in office only so long as the Com- munists support the People’s Front and will not accept support of Rightists in order to retain power. Recent riots at Clichy, workers® suburd of Paris, resulting from pa- rade of Rightists, were fatal for fve persons. BY the Assoclated Press. | mier, Leon Blum, rode out an all- | confidence and an “‘exposition truce” | between fighting Rightists and Left- | 1sts. Cool-headed through the hours in which the uproarious Chamber of | PARIS, March 24—France’s pre- | night storm of parliamentary passion | | today to win a smashing mandate of | ers and the Committee for Industrial | Deputies resounded with shouts of | Organization, some of them abandon- ing a strike conference with Chrysler Corp. executives, were en route to Lansing Whether they were to form a union “board of strategy” for discussions “treason” and “‘assassin,” fist waving and desk banging, Blum set out to clean up the aftermath of the fatal | Clichy riots, present to the world a : successful world's fair and hold in firm check the political machinations | I with Lewis, the C. I. O. chieftain, was | of Col. Francois de la Rocque's mili- | not disclosed. Homer Martin, U. A. W. A. presi- dent, headed the group. Others were Richard T. Frankensteen and Wil- liam Munger, both international of- ficers; Adolph Germer, a C. I. O. rep- Tesentative, and George S. Wilson, O. E. Zimmerman and Charles Thomas, | heads of Chrysler local unions. Had Conferred With Lewis. Martin, Frankensteen and Germer conferred briefly with Lewis at Detroit this morning, and the group was re- | ported to have decided on the trip to Lansing after a call from the labor | leader. i Asked if a settlement of the dispute that has left more than 60,000 Chrys- | ler workers and some 20,000 in other | automotive plants idle might be| reached today, a spokesman for the | group said he believed it was ‘“very near.” Their departure interrupted the | union’s negotiations with two Chrysler Corp. executives—something which neither the sit-down strikes of March 8, which resulted in the union mem- | bers possessing eight Chrysler auto- | mobile plants, nor the m]uncugn pro- (See STRIKES, Page A-2.) CLOSING OF BRIDGE DELAYS VIRGINIANS Key Bridge Forced to Carry Full Morning Load Through Ridge Road Repairs. By a Btafl Correspondent o1 The Star. ARLINGTON, Va, March 24— Both Arlington County and Wash- ington police were kept busy today unsnarling traffic tie-ups around Key Bridge after closing of Arlington Ridge road between Arlington Me- morial and Key Bridges to permit in- stallation of a sewer line into Arling- ton National Cemetery. The two bridges, the principal gate- ways to Washington from Arlington County and a large portion of Fair- fax County, are taxed almost to ca- pacity during rush hours in thg morn- ing and afternoon. With the’ closing of Arlington Ridge road, leading to the Arlington span, the traffic load of Key Bridge was about tripled, ac- cording to Sheriff Howard B. Fields. Sheriff Fields last night ordered the road closed at the suggestion of War Department officials supervising the laying of the sewer line. The road is expected to be re- opened before Government workers start their return home later today, it was announced. New Encyclical Planned. VATICAN CITY, March 24 (#).— Semi-official Vatican sources disclosed today that Pope Pius XI plans to issue _« 3n encyclical on the church situatio] *in Mexico, dated on Easter Sunday.f® 35 tant Nationalists. After an all-night struggle, which at | times verged on violence, his People’s | Front government won a 362-215 vote | of confidence. | The motion of support expressed | confidence the moustached premier and his cabinet would “assure liberty for all and respect for the law so neces- sary to internal peace and the normal | conduct of democratic institutions.” Peace Believed Reached. When Edouard Hetriot, president of | the chamber, adjourned the session amid the clamor of shouting deputies and slamming desk-tops, a peaceful conclusion seemed to have been reach- ed in the tense situation arising from the Leftist-Rightist riot in Clichy, the | workers’ suburb, March 16 when five persons were killed and about 300 in- jured during a battle in which police fired on crowds of Communists. Pent-up rivalries of the Right and Left burst open just before the vote of confidence when Communist Depu- ' ty Maurice Honel of Clichy mounted the rostrum to speak. He was saluted with cries of “There is the provocateur assassin!” He tried to talk above the uproar. Communist Deputies rushed toward the Right side of the Chamber, but were blocked by husky ushers. A squad of Nationalists, or Rightist opponents of the Blum government, answered the taunts of the Leftists by marching down before Blum's bench in the center of the House. They challenged their opponents to battle, but the ushers again intervened. Session Suspended. Herriot suspended the session until the clamor subsided and closed de- | bate after Honel ended his speech un- | heard. Government sources emphasized that Blum would restore order impartially during Parliament’s “exposition truce.” (The Paris International Exposition opens May 1.) They indicated, however, the gov- ernment was ready speedily to dis- solve Col. de la Rocque’s French social party if investigation confirmed re- peated Leftist charges that it is a re- constitution of the Fascist-inclined Croix de Feu. Bythe / ciated Press. JERSEY CITY, N. J., March 24— The Union Packing Co. announced to- day it had taken its 200 employes into “partnership,” and would distribute profits among them monthly. A statement issued by Joseph Gross, president, and Louis A. Falk, secretary- treasurer of the chain of 50 markets in North Jersey, New York, Rockland County (N. Y.) and Long Island, said: “By the terms of our proposal, no manager or employe is asked to l*e ! RACE BILL TAKEN FROM CALENDAR iFoes Predict No Further Action This Session After Recall. BY JAMES E. CHINN. By unanimous vote, the House Dis- | trict Committee today recalled the controversial racing bill from House calendar. Action was taken in executive ses- sion, one of the few held by the com- | mittee at the current session of Con- | gress. Chairman Norton, however, in« | dicated there would be many more such in the future to avoid “trouble.” The committee also decided not to consider the racing bill again before April 15. At that time, consideration will be given to a propasal to refer it to & special subcommittee for fur- ther consideration. Bill's Doom Denied. Chairman Norton declared the com- mittee’s action did not kill the bill. Predictions were freely made, by its | opponents, however, that no further action will be taken on it at the pres- ent session. Mrs. Norton pointed out | that the only objections made to the bill in committee were that public hearings had not been held on it. The committee also favorably re- ported a bill designed to prevent blind- ness in children by requiring a prophy- lactic treatment of the eyes of infants at birth. The original measure was amended, however, to remove a pro- vision which would have exempted faith healers. Representative Nichols, Democrat, of Oklahoma, the committee approved renewal of the investi; tion of the Jacobs three-point fiscal relations plan, but on a broader scale than originally contemplated. It will em- District government in the interest of efficiency and economy. | Kennedy to Head Group. A special subcommittee of five or seven members will be appointed by Chairman Norton to revive the study. Representative Kennedy, Democrat, of Maryland will be named chairman of the new subcommittee. Race Evils Evidence Ready. Representative Bates, Republican, of Massachusetts, one of the leaders in the fight against the racing bill, ar- rived at the meeting armed with let- ters from officials of his home State showing the evils of racetrack betting there. The letters stressed particu- larly the shortages in municipal ac- counts of five cities and towns in the vicinity of a track. Excerpts from the letters are to be included in the minority report of opponents of the District measure. dore N. Waddell, director of ac- counts of the department of corpora- tions and taxes of Massachusetts, fol- lows: “I have your letter of February 10 relative to the race track bill. It seems too bad that easy money at- tracts so many people. In Massachu- setts we were getting along in a very comfortable way for a number of years. However, in the past two or three years we have had a shortage in New Bedford amounting to $32,000, which we believe was due to two (See RACING, Page A-4) MOUNT RAINIER SCHOOL CLOSED BY PIPE BLAST None Hurt as Return Hot-Water Line Explodes in Base- ment. B> u 8taff Correspondent of The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md., March 24. —Explosion of a return hot-water Pipe in the basement of the Mount Rainier Elementary School led Mrs. Catherine T. Reed, principal, to dis- miss classes shortly before noon today. Steam flooded up from the base- ment when the pipe exploded and school officials, uncertain as to the amount of damage, called a fire drill. When the 250 pupils lett the building it was decided to excuse them for the day. No one was hurt. 200 Packing Plant Workers Are Taken Into Partnership any investment whatever. The em- ployes become partners in our busi- ness to the extent of 15 per cent of the profits.” Falk said he hoped the undertaking “might prove a way out for the best of the country if it follows suit.” ““We may be altruists,” he said, “but we can't see why one person should earn $1,000,000 and another $20.” The company has been in business 16 years. In 1935 it distributed cash bonuses of $14,000, Falk sgd. the | Acting on the recommendation of | brace a proposed reorgamization of the | One of the letters, signed by Theo- | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION BRITAIN BATTLES [TALYSTHREATTO PEACE OF EUROPE Maneuvers Against French and Russian Resort to Arms, DUCE THOUGHT PLANNING MORE TROOPS FOR SPAIN England's Cabinet Studies Refusal of Mussolini to Withdraw Present Forces. BACKGROUND— British-Italian relations strained ever since Summer of 1935, when British took lead in obtaining appli- cation of sanctions against Italy for her invasion of Ethiopia. War between Italy and England rested at the mercy of an incident as British war vessels swarmed in the Mediterranean. Partial amity returned, however, with signing of a Mediterranean accord between the two govern= ments, which provided for cessation of Italian movement of troops and war materials into Spain. Reports of breach of this agreement declare new Italian Army units have been landed at Cadiz and other Spanish ports. | BY the Associated Press. LONDON, March 24 —Great Britain maneuvered skillfully today to bulwark Italian threat that might bring France and Soviet Russia to arms. After a cabinet meeting it was un- derstood Great Britain planned to take no direct cognizance of strained relations with Italy. Rather, she will exert pressure to guarantee the ef- fectiveness of the European non-inter- vention agreement in Spain Reports that Premier Benito Mus- solini was considering sending more Italian troops to Spain caused alarm In some quarters as both the cabinet and the full 27-Nation Neutrality Com- mittee met in a stormy atmosphere. The cabinet studied the threat to neutrality and to European peace created by Ii Duce's refusal to with- draw Italian volunteers from the Spanish conflict—a situation which many observers feared had poten- tialities of plunging Europe rapidly into another crisis. Fear France, Soviet May Act. Should Italy obstruct isolation of Spain from foreign men and arms, particularly if :he should send more men into the civil war-torn nation, observers feared neither France nor Soviet Russia would stand idly by. Great Britain's determination to ease the tension was taken despite the menace to continued cordial relations with Italy which followed upon Mus- solini’s speech yesterday. There re- mained, however, the British policy of toleration of certain German and Italian actlvities in Spain, adopted earlier in the war to prevent it from spreading to the rest of Europe. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden re- ported on the dangers to Europe's peace at the weekly cabinet session to which Lord Plymouth, chairman of the Neutrality Committee, was sum- moned. Face to face with a triple threat to European peace, Britain acted to launch in full force a vast police plan to keep foreign arms and men from the Spanish civil wa: combatants. Lord Plymouth convoked his full committee for 4 pm. (11 am., East- ern standard time) today. Withdrawal Not on Agenda. He hoped to complete the selection of the committee’s agents—necessary to make sure that no further men or war materials reach Spain from abroad. The question of the with- drawal of volunteers already fighting the peace of Europe against a seeming | 'State Department Ap- proves Name of Suc- cessor to Luther. BY the Associated Press. BERLIN, March 24 —Dr. Hans Hein- rich Dieckhoff, chief of the American section of the German foreign office, it was learned today, has been named as the Third Reich’s next Ambassador to the United States. Although the formal announcement he will succeed Dr. Hans Luther has not yet been published, it was learned his name was proposed to the State | Department at Washington and ac- cepted A Wilhelmstrasse spokesman said the change was not connected with recent German protests and counter- representations from the United States over the “La Guardia incident.” Rather, the spokesman indicated, the time seemed ripe to replace Luther, (See DIECKHOFF, Page A-2.) ¢ Foening Star ORI W = AN RN o\ 'TWAS HE! The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services, () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. BroLeaits © 7 Nast— | Princeton Universit | Judictary Commit Berlin Names Dr. Dieckhoff To Become U. S. Ambassador DR. DIECKHOFF. WHEELER URGES CHLD LABORCURB Would Bar Shipments to States With Laws For- bidding Practice. BY the Associated Press. Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Mon- tana today proposed legislation to sub- ject child labor products “to the laws of the State into which they are | shipped,” as opponents of the Roose- velt court plan resumed their fight for & constitutional amendment instead of “packing” the Supreme Court. “I'm not introducing my bill to hinder the child labor amendment,” ‘Wheeler explained, “but because I'm convinced it would be held constitu- tional. “Much of the other desired labor and farm legislation, if carefully drafted, could be effected now and be held constitutional by the court as it is.” Wheeler designed his (See AMITY, Page A-4) Summary of Page. Page. B-8 [ Radio -...._B-10 Comics --B-15 | Society _ B-3 Editorial A-10 | Short Story _B-11 Financial .__A-18 | Sports___ C-1-2-3 Lost & Found A-3 | Woman's Pg. B-13 Obituary ___A-12 SUPREME COURT ISSUE. Foes of court plan ecriticized by Farley. Page A-4 Outbursts by spectators mark hearing on court bill. Page B-1 STRIKE SITUATION. Roosevelt maps parley on “sit-down” strikes. Page A-1 Secretary of Commerce criticizes sit- down strikes. Page A-2 NATIONAL. Law to cut fire insurance rates by reg- ulation in prospect. Page A-1 Wheeler proposes new child labor legislation. Page A-1 Officials concerned lest “boom psycho- logy” develop. Page A-3 Allred asks recommendations from disaster probers. Page A-12 FOREIGN. Britain battles Italy’s threat to peace of Europe. Page A-1 Dr. Hans Dieckhoff named to succeed Luther here. Page A-1 French seen taling steps for Franco’s friendship. Page A-1 Blum gets 362-215 vote for confidence in chamber, Page A-1 Planes from Royal Air Force hunt missing duchess. Page A-7 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. House District Committee recalls rac- ing bill from calendar. Page A-1 ‘Wife expected to testify as surprise witness in Davison case. Page A-4 Bishop Freeman urges progress in har- mony with traditions. Page A-12 Inspectors Lamb and Holmes likely to trade jobs. Page B-1 Police believe “baby” in suicide note may have been husband. Page B-1 ‘Washington children prepare for Eas- ter egg-rolling. ", Page B-1 Amusements War Department allots $199,000 for deepening channels. Page B-1 Two indicted in Najjum killing; girl not named. Page B-1 Sheriff says man confessed Virginia “sawdust murder.” Page B-9 EDITORIALS AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page A-10 This and That. Page A-10 Answers to Questions. Page A-10 ‘Washington Observations., Page A-10 David Lawrence. Page A-11 Paul Mallon. Page A-11 Dorothy Thompson. Page A-11 Constantine Brown. Page A-11 Lamuel Parton. Page A-11 SPORTS. Griffs’ fine hurling offsets triple play Jinx. Page C-1 Cubs need ome more ace pitcher in flag fight. Page C-1 Oxford crew beats Cambridge after 13 losses in row. Page C-1 Mack lauds Mexico as Spring training base. Page C-2 Tilden-Perry duel tonight lures tennis fans. Page C-2 Towa, Chicago appear grid orphans in Big Ten. Page C-3 FINANCIAL. U. 8. bonds improve (table) Page A-17 Electric power output down. Page A-17 Stocks ease after early rise (Table). Page A-12 Curb list higher (table), Page A-19 C. & O. earnings drop. Page A-19 United Cigar plan ready. Page A-19 MISCELLANY. ‘Washington Wayside. City News in Brief, Young Washington, Service Orders. Winning Contract. Vital Statistics. Traffic Convictions. Francesca McKenney. Dorothy Dix. Nature's Children. Men’s Fashions. Bedtime Story. Crossword Puzzle. Page A-2 Page B-2 Page B-5 Page C-8 Page B-5 Page B-12 Page B-11 Page B-13 Page B-13 Page B-14 Page B-14 Page B-14 Page B-15 Letter-Out. Page C-4 In the Hunt Country. /7| Page B-2 FRENCH GESTURE T0 FRANCO SEEN {Paris Awaits Madrid Fall Before Recognition of Insurgent Rule. BACKGROUND— Sympathies of French govern- ment in present Spanish civil war have leaned toward the Leftist Pop- ular Front government, now en- trenched at Valencia, although France took lead in conclusion of non-intervention pact and subse- quent formation of the Neutrality Committee. Rumors of British dickering with Gen. Franco, leader of the Spanish insurgents, also have been heard from time to time, but England has remained adamant against Italian and German intervention in behalf of the insurgents. Russia has recently appeared growing less active in support of Leftist government in the face of continued siege by Gen. Franco and his legions. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, March 24—France was re- ported in diplomatic circles today to be taking her first timid steps to woo the friendship of Generalissimo Fran- cisco Franco in the event the in- surgents win the Spanish civil war. The French government, high French diplomats said, was caught among the necessity to maintain neutrality, normal inclination to favor the Span- ish Popular Front, and the practical need for the friendship of any gov- | ernment in power in Spain. The fall of Madrid, these diplomats asserted, would cause France to end (See FRANCE, Page A-3) its | LAW MAY GUT RATE ONFIREINSURANC [ |Company Profits Investi- | gated in Commissioners’ ‘ Move to Reduce Rates. Prompted by revelation_ of allegedly | excessive fire insurance rates in the District of Columbia, the District Commissioners are expected shortly | to request specific authority from Congress to regulate such rates | District Commissioner George E Allen said today he has had an in- tensive investigation made of fire in- surance premiums, losses and profits in Washington. but he declined to discuss the nature of the findings to date. | “I may have something when the investigation pleted,” he explained. to say is com- Star learned that preliminary studies | of data over a long period of years indicate that for every dollar col- lected by fire insurance companies in this unusually fire-free city, about one-third actually is paid out annu- ally, on the average, for fire losses. The remaining two-thirds goes to the campanies for administrative and other costs and for profits Some States Impose Limits. | In Virginia and a number of other | States where fire insurance rates are regulated, however, premiums are fixed on a basis that permits the com- | panies to retain only about 50 per | cent of the money for costs and | profits. authorities assert | If the 50 per cent limitation were | applied to companies operating in the | District of Columbia, policyholders | here would receive a substantial re- { duction in premiums | Some officials are understood to hold | that the present law creating an In- | surance Department in the District | government confers sufficient au- | thority on the superintendent of in- surance to control fire insurance pre- miums. Such authority, if it exists, has never been asserted In order to remove all doubt as to | authority, therefore, it is believed Dis- | trict authorities will seek special leg- islation from this Congress establish- ing a rate-making bureau, findings of | | which would be subject to approval of the superintendent of insurance. | This plan would be somewhat sim- | ilar to that in force in Virginia. it is understood. The superintendent would " (See INSURANCE, Page A-7) . TRAFFIC S]GNAL BACK “Woke Up With It in My Bed,” Writer of Note Says. PHILADELPHIA, March 24 (#)— The police department today had re- ceived the stop and go arms of a traf- fic signal, missing since Saturday | night. A brief note, directing the | finder to notify police, added: “Here's your nasty old sign. I woke up with the thing in my bed on Sunday morn- ing.” Letter “E”> Avoided as Author Writes Book of 50,000 Words BY the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 24— Ernest Vincent Wright, 66, sat down to write a novel that would be differ- ent, tied down the “e” bar of his typewriter and completed the job— | 50,110 words. Let’s tie down the “e” bar and tell about it! Author Wright is a kindly, vivacious chap in Company D at National Mil- itary Barracks in this city. A World War musician, Wright's nobby always was to do unusual things. Alumnus of a famous Boston campus, class of 1889, Wright's classical foun- dation is thorough. Publication of a four-stanza com- position without a common fifth sym- bol, and acclaim of it as most odd, got him to thinking. And so Wright got to it, writing this unusual fiction composition. It difficult at first. Most pronouns would not do. “Just try it,” Wright said, grinning and pulling at gray hairs of bis trim, triangular growth on his chin. Four months and thirty days it took to do it all. It is amazingly smooth. No halting parts. A continuity of plot and almost i ins. ab at his manu- script, at random, say a fourth down, tion and find this as typical “Now I think that you should know this charming Gadsby family. So first I will bring forth ‘Lady Gadsby,’ known as such through Mayor Gads- by's inauguration, & most popular woman—tgking part in many a city activity, such as clubs and social af- fairs—also a loyal churchwoman with vocal ability for choir work and good capability on piano or organ. No woman could fill in in so many ways; no woman was so willing and quick to do so.” Wright calls his book “Gadsby— Champion of Youth.” It is about a mayor who consults youth in his ad- ministration. On and on it flows. No short cuts of words or phrasing is found, which in full would contain taboo symbols. First “Bob” was Wright's romantic swain, but a kibitzing companion said Bob was short for a word containing a taboo symbol, so it is ‘“Frank” now, not Beb. Writing this way is a good thing | for an insomnia victim to try. Now that it's down to that point at From other reliable sources The | Wheeler, Democrat, | the subject of discuss | ous emergency about 14,000 words from his introduc- | i | lie. which author: “finis,” Wright ought to win :s QUTBURSTS MARK HEARING ON PLAN 10 ADD T0 COURT Spectators Are Warned to Cease Exhibitions of Partisan Feeling. PRINCETON PRESIDENT SEES DANGER TO NATION Dodds Criticizes President for At- tempting to Make It Appear Crisis Exists. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Two outbreaks of partisan feeling among spectators during the question- ing of President Harold W. Dodds of by the Senate tee today resulted in to hold future hearings on the court bill in executive ses- For the first time since the hearings started, spectators applauded loudly when Senator Burke, Democrat, of Nebraska, objected to a question asked Dr. Dodds by Senator McGill, Demo- crat, of Kansas ne university presi- dent was appearing in opposition to the plan to increase the Supreme Court p. McGill had asked for a technical in- terpretation of a section of the Con- stitution. Burke, explaining that Dr Dodds was not called as a constitu- ¥ ested the questi Tts on the sub- When the applause subsided, Chair- man Ashurst, apparently surprised, politely rebuked the spectators. A moment Democrat, of New Mexi other Senators i This drew ministration audience, later, Senator Hatch, objected to pting McGill loud applause from ad- pporters in the Senator Logan, Democrat, of Ken- tucky obtained the floor and said “The chairman evidently is not hard-boiled enough. If this happens again, I am going to move that future sessions be held in executive sessions.” Guards Ordered to Act. Ashurst agreed, and instructed the guards to “politely but effectively” re- move any members of the audience who applaud in the future. Comment by Cummings. Attorriey General Cummings at his press conference today was asked to comment on the letter written by Chief Justice Hughes to Senator of Montana, in which he opposed increasing the membership of the Supreme Court. ‘All I have to say, and it is all,” said the Attorney General, “is that the statement of the Chief Justice is I hope it will be given as it will no doubt be lon as the debate study goes on.” Earlier Dodds, speaking out against President Roosevelt's proposal, had told the committee “the leader or party who makes two emergencies grow where only one grew before renders the Nation a grave disservice.” The univers president criticized Mr. Roosevelt for attempting to make it appear that a crisis exists in this country demanding immediate action on the court bill. He said a “danger- psychology” is being engendered. “We are told that broad unspeci- fied powers are needed at once.’ President Dodds continued, “because an emergency of horrific proportions exists.” The witness added: ‘Tempestuous gales are sweeping over world poli- tics and one democracy after another has given up their fight. Their de-~ mise was not sudden or instantaneous, but followed in each case a series of recurring emergencies, each one seem- ing to demand the surrender of some feature of popular government in favor of the Executive. “The Nazi victory in Germany was in accordance with the letter of the law, Article 48 of the German constitu tion. But it had been preceded by a series of executive decrees under the same article, each one chiseling a little (See JUDICIARY, Page A-4.) ORGANIZATION URGED FOR STOCKHOLDERS Douglas of S. E. C. Asks Bankers to Yield Control of Industry. BY the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, March 24 —Willlam 0. Douglas, a member of the Securi- ties Commission, suggested today cor- poration stockholders form a national organization to check up on corpora- tion management’s compliance with the interest of investors and the pub- He called upon bankers, in a speech before the New York Bond Club, to yield control of industry to the actual stockholders. “One method of abolish- ing financial royalism,” he said, “may be the development of some permanent national organization to which griev- ances (of stockholders) could be car- ried and which could effectively in- tervene. * * * “Remote control by an inside few of * * * fundamental economic and human matters is fatal. There can be in our form of corporate and indus- | trial organization no financial royal- ism which can long dictate or control these basic matters Plant Wins Nazi Praises. BERLIN, March 24 (#).—The an- nual report of the Hanover metal plant earned high Nazi praise today because its 540,000 marks ($216,000) expenditures for social service for its workers exceeded the 520,000 marks ($208,000) paid to its owners as stock dividends %z