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A—2 = FRENCH BLOCKADE NETST3FRONUS. 25 Arrested Claim They Were Going %o Visit Spain as “Tourists.” BACKGROUND— Led by England in an effort to prevent the Spanish civil war from embroiling all Europe, 29 powers * have agreed on a non-intervention policy. Repeated charges have been made “that the Spanish struggle was re- solving into a battle of the “volun- “teers” of Germany and Italy with the insurgents against the Madrid Loyalists bulwarked by troops of France and Russia. PERPIGNAN, France, March 27 (®) —Claiming they were going to Spain as ‘‘tourists.” a group of 13 Americans and five Canadians were Jjailed tonight for further questioning by French authorities as “suspected volunteers” to the Spanish Govern- ment army. Accompanied by three Hungarians, two Irishmen and two Rumanians, members of the group asserted they arrived in France aboard the Queen Mary and Ile de France. Later. they said, they went to| Narbonne, were received by a Span- ish anti-Fascist official, and de- . parted on a small fishing boat for Spain. The French coast guard haited the boat. Passports Barred Entry. Officials said the Americans had | passports stamped “not valid for travel in Spain.” They were led by | an American who said he was Joe Dallet, 30, of Cleveland. He pro- tested the band was going to Spain only as *‘tourists” and not to fight. Names of the Americans, their ages ranging from 20 to 34, as given by authorities were: Gene Kosesax of Lorain, Ohio; * Harold Blaksley, Toledo, Ohio; Va- | chel Blair, Cleveland, Ohio; Bela | ! Wimmer, Welch (State not given); © Joseph Fleischireger, Philadelphia: ~Lavrence Morton Frigman, New York I City: Gaylord Carnell, New Brighton « (State not given); Rudolph Loch = Bartlesville (State not given); Louls | = Gneppe. Philadelphia; Seymour Her- « man, New York City; William Way- < land Borer, Philadelphia; Joe Far- = kasovski Morved, address not givén; | I William Gordon, Montreal; Sundsten | ‘Teuan, Toronto; John Dendy, To- | ronto: Alexander Maclare, Montreal, and Peter Ambrosiak, Montreal Ballet, who wore a leather uni- form, acted as spokesman, and told | the rest of the men not to talk. 1 DALLET COMMUNIST. Was Party Candidate for Mayor of Youngstown, YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, March 27 (#).—Joe Dallet, 30, a Communist or- ganizer here for several years, left Youngstown a few weeks ago for Spain. Associates expressed the belief that | Dallet was the Jeader of the group de- | tained by French authorities as “sus- | pected voluntees”. to the Spanish government army. ~ o Dallet was the Communist candidate for Mayor of Youngstown and spoke at many political rallies. TELLS OF-SON'S TRIP. Vachel Blair en Route to Job in Spain, Father Says. | CLEVELAND, March 27 (#)—Ben- Jamin H. Blair said tonight his son, | Vachel L. Blair, 22, held by French | authorities with 12 other Americans | | service orders. Readers' Guide and News Summary The Sunday Star, March 28, 1937, l PART ONE. Main News Section. SUPREME COURT. 5 Ashurst closes door to compromise on court bill. Page A-l Senator Glass to oppose court bill in radio speech tomorrow. Page A-2 Governors of four States join court fight. Page A-2 Court may hand down Wagner act de- cision tomorrow. Page A-4 Norman Thomas backs Roosevelt court proposal. Page A-4 Letters from readers give court plan views. Page A-4 LABOR SITUATION. Administration adopts hands-off policy on sit-downers; Chrysler agreement not yet reached. Page A-1 Coal miners turn to pay discussion. Page A-3 Green issues call for war on C. I. O. Page A-3 Socialists study labor union discus- sion. Page A-8 FOREIGN. Japan rejects British proposal to limit gun calibers. Page A-2 France bars 13 Americans from entry into Spain. Page A-2 | Tennessee court upholds rights in city power plants. Page B-2 | NATIONAL. Ships rush to aid of leaking U. S. freighter. Page A-1 Mrs. Bingham, at divorce trial, tells | “cruelty” episodes. Page A-1 | Brookings report opposes executiv control of funds. Page A-10 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Corcoran opens 15th biennial display of American painting. Page A-1 Federal-American depositors to get | new dividend. Page A-1 Weather casts chill over aspirations of | Easter promenaders. Page A-1 Representative Focht dies suddenly in taxicab. Page A-1 Civil engineer held in apartment shooting of close friend. Page A-1 Canadian governor general to come here Tuesday. Page A-9 Church groups to aid in survey of needy “employables.” Page B-1 | Seal to fight invalidation of official parking signs. Page B-1 McCarran makes new plea for low- | salaried workers. Page B-1 | Fatal shooting of Russell boy by chum | held accidental. Page B-1| SPORTS. Cardinals are held to lone bingle as Griffs win, 2 to 0. Page B-6/ Bowie is being preened for start of Maryland racing season. Page B-6 Giants rated just as good a chance as Cards in flag race. Page B-7 Two records fall as Y. M. C. A. wins A. A. U. swimming honors. Page B-8 Maryland nine subdues Vermont, 6 to | 5, in opening clash. Page B-8 | Crompton's Mary Barry is home first | in point-to-point race. Page B-9 Allen, world horseshoe champion, will | talk to D. C. fans. Page B-10 | W. C. D. A. tourney to end bowling | season here with bang. Chance Ray, after seven defeats, wins | in Tropical Park.upset. PageB-11 | MISCELLANY. | ‘Washington Wayside. Page A-2 | Lost and found. Page A-3 Obituary. Page A-8 Vital statistics Page A-9 “rratfic ‘convictions. Page A-12 | City news in brief. Page A-12 | PageB-12 | { | | | PART TWO. Editorial Section. a5 “suspected volunteers” to the Span- | ish government army, was en route to Spain to take an industrial position. | The elder Blair said the youth was| recruited with others a month ago by | the so-called American Society for Technical Aid to Spanish Democracy. Young Blair was a Western Reserve University senior, majoring in political science. Frank Rogers, in charge of the Technical Aid Society's office here, L said its purpose was “to free Spanish * workers who could join the military «orces of their country.” CO-OPERATION PLEDGED. i laims Intention of Sending Men to Spain. | ROME, March 27 (#)—The Italian | “government—disclaiming any inten- - “tion of violating the non-intervention agreement—was declared by informed | .persons today to have assured Great | Britain it will refrain from sending | aore volunteers to Spain. | This assurance, reported delivered | by Count Dino Grandi, the Italian Ambassador, to Foreign Secretary An- thony Eden in London, was qualified in government circles to include the statement, “unless other nations tart to do so again.” . “Divisions, like battleships, are al- | . “Ways in readiness for any eventual- ~#ty, but there is no intention of send- .+hg them to Spain,” official spokes- £ en said. H Charge 30,000 With Rebels. ¥ (The Spanish government at Val- | | “™ncia has charged that upward of .\80,000 Italian troops are fighting in Jinsurgent ranks. Italy had denied that any regular Italian troops are in Spain, saying that only volunteers are fighting for Franco. (Large numbers of Italians have been routed in recent engagements northeast of Madrid. In TItaly, how- ever, the average person believes everything is going well with the in- surgents, the press presenting a rosy picture of their “victories.”) N MAN GAS STATION MANAGER | ROBBED AND ABDUCTED iorud Into Taxicab, He Says, > After White Bandit wos e Seizes $140. »» Charles R. Sangster, manager of a s line station at Thirteenth and L {strests, reported to police last night “fhat he was robbed of between $140 +and $150 by a white man who forced “Rim to leave his place of business and *tpok him away in a taxicab. .+ According to Sangster, the man Z‘came into his station about 9:30 p.m. ~and at the point of a gun conducted him through an alley to the cab. After driving to Seventeenth and R streets Sangster said he was relieved of the money and forced out. “Jtaly Disc 215 Ocean Flights Made. ’ On its third anniversary, it was snnounced that the Germsan plane service across the South Atlantic had | “fnade 215 flights, about 50,000 letters -are now carried each week and the .fight from Germa v to Santiago de ““Chile has been reduced to 1}mr days. Editorial articles. Pages D-1-3 Editorials and comment. Page D-2 Civic news. Page D-4 ‘Women'’s clubs. Page D-5 Military and veterans’ news. Cross-word puzzle. Resorts. Winning contract. Stamps. Educational. PART THREE. Society Section. Society news. Pages E-1-9 Well-known folk. Page E-4 Barbara Bell pattern. PageE-9 PART FOUR. Feature Section. News features. Pages F-1-4 John Clagett Proctor. Page F-2 Dick Mansfield. Page F-2 Radio programs. Page F-3 Amusements. Page F-5 Automobiles. Page F-6 Aviation. Page F-6 High lights of history. Page F-6 Children’s. Page F-7 PART FIVE. Financial, Classified. D. C. store sales soar. Page G-1 National business gains. Page G-1 Staples continue climb. Page G-1 Stocks narrow (table). Page G-2 U. S. bonds steady to firm (table). Curb list mixed (table). Classified advertising. Pages D-5-6 Page D-7 Page D-8 Page D-8 Page D-8 Page D-8 Page G-3 Page G-4 Pages G-5-13 : Easter Lilies Seized. CORK, Irish Free State, March 27 (#).—Easter lilies, offered for sale by the banned Irish Republican Army, were seized today by police. Authorities had rcfused to issue permits for lily sales. Farley Bars Vacation ‘Club’ Chain Letters Plan of Atlantic City Business Men Is Thwarted. BY the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, March 27.—Postal authorities nipped today what promised to be another Nation- wide “chain letter” spree. A group of Atlantic City business men operating a vacatfon club as a means of enhancing business for the resort was prepared to flood the country with ‘“chains” that maybe in the end would enable a person in- vesting 25 cents to take & vacation at the seashore, expenses pald. The first person receiving any one letter from the club was to pay 28 cents for a membership. He, in turn, would secure five other members at 25 cents a head. Remember? Prom Washington today came word | sibility for world-wide naval compe- Page B-10 |, THE JAPANESE REIECT GUNCALIBER LIMIT Tokio’s Reply to Proposal of Britain Is Handed to Ambassador Clive. BACKGROUND— Lifting of limitations on mave armaments occurred December 31, 1936, as result of Japan’s denuncia=- tion of the Washington naval treaty of 1922 in December, 193¢, and the failure of the subsequent London Naval Conference a year ago to conclude new quantitative restric- tion on naval building. Quantitative limitation arrived at in form of agreement between United States, England and France to limit warship guns to 14 inches, contingent upon Japan's adherence by April 1, 1937. Italy also had promised to adhere if Japan did so. By Radio to The TOKIO, March 27.—The reply of the Japaneése government, formally rejecting the British proposal that Japan join the other naval powers in limiting the caliber of guns on capital ships to 14 inches, was handed to 8ir Robert H. Clive, British Ambass: dor, by Naotake Sato, foreign min ister, at the foreign office here today. ‘The note said Japan could not agree to qualitative, without quantitive, lim- | itation, as set forth at the time of Japan's withdrawal from the London Naval Conference last year. Japan’s refusal to join the United States, Great Britain and France In limitation of guns to 14 inches in accordance with the terms of the Lon- don agreement, to which Italy prom- ised to adhere if Japan would, means that all powers may mount 16-inch guns, or even larger. Crafty Maneuver Seen. The Domei News Agency quoted | Japanese naval officials as saying that | the British proposal, “made with the | full knowledge of Japan's attitude, must be regarded as an ingenious and crafty diplomatic maneuver to shift on to Japan's shoulders respon- tition and utilize Japan’s refusal as | an excuse for their own enormous re- | armament program.” | Domei gave the text of the note handed to Clive today as follows: | “The Japanese government sees no reason to change Japan's position, as announced at the last London Naval Conference, that qualitative limita- tion without quantitive limitation is| unacceptable, and therefore regrets to | inform the British government that it | is unable to accept the proposal to| limit the caliber of guns on capita! | ships to 14 inches, without being ac- companied by quantitive limitation.” The naval officials quoted by Domei were of the opinion that the latest London agreement would not restrain naval building. According to them, | Japan considers that quantitive lim- itation must be given first considera- tion in naval disarmament and quali- tative limitation second. | Treaty Signed Without Japan. | ‘The officials recalled that Japan had proposed quantitive limitation at | the London Conference of 1936 on the | basis of the principle of non-menace and non-aggression, but that Britain and the United States “would not agree and Japan was forced to with- | draw from the parley.” After Japan's | withdrawal, the British, Frenoh -and | Americans concluded & treaty, of| which limitation of the gun caliber of | battleships was the most important | qualitative feature. “As Japan earlier expressed unwill- | ingness to join the new treaty,” the Japanese officials were quoted as say- ing, “the present refusal to accept | gun-caliber limitation therefore fol- lows naturally.” According to the news agency, they believe that qualitative limitation can be effective only if it follows quantitive limitation, and “thus it is natural for Japan to consider the new London treaty entirely unacceptable, particu- | larly the gun-caliber clause.” (Copyright, 1037.) | NEUTRALITY HELD ESSENTIAL. | Alternative Is Navy We Cannot Afford, | Says Nye. BOSTON, March 27.—8enator | Gerald P. Nye, Republican, of North Dakota today declared the only al- ternative to a strict neutrality policy was & “Navy we cannot affor Adoption of neutrality policy, he told the Boston Chapter of the For- | eign Policy Association, “is very, very | essential to American peace.” | The Senator said his neutnmy! plan, which virtually eliminates any | association by the TTnited States with | & warring nation, probably would | interfere with foreign trade. | Trade Not Worth War. | “But,” he said, “in the light of our | past experiences, all our foreign trade | is not worth going to war.” He also said, “Foreign wars might | have a moral challenge to us, but that must be determined and ac-| cepted by the people of the country rather than by one ..an.” » “And,” he added, “I hope Congress, wher. this is such s challenge, shall determine what chance w. have to win more than a war and what prospects we have of winning peace.” The las!, war, he said, “Failed to win peace or any of the objectives then advanced as the reason the United States entered the strife.” “Freedom of the seas, safety of democracy and destruction of mili- tarism. We accomplished none of them,” he declared. Embargo Extension Urged. “Until Americans feel and know we can win peace, there is nothing worth fighting for.” The Boston Transcript quoted Nye as saying in an interview that the ari. embargo against Spain should be extended to include Italy and Germany. The Senator dismissed the Italian declaration that its ..ationals fighting in Spain were volunteers, asserting: “In a dictatorship such as Mus- solini’s, every phase of the Italian life is controlled by t.ie government. No Italian could volunteer for service abroad without its consent and ap- proval.” R PLAN SERVICES ON ROOF Stay-in Strikers to Observe Easter in Own Way. ST. LOUIS, March 27 (#).—About 200 stay-in strikers, who have occu- pled a plant of the Emerson Electric Manufacturing Co. since March 8, plan to hold Easter sunrise services on the roof of the building tomorrow norn- that Postmaster General James A. Farley had barred the club’s letters from the mails for the same reason the old-time chain letters were barred. ) ing. The services will be couducted by one of their leaders, Frank Schlie- man, who holds dally Bible readings for the strikers, SUNDAY" STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 28, Combats Racketeering A striking photo of Thomas E. Dewey, New York's special prosecutor, as he told reporters: “Racketeering can be stopped.” He had just gained conviction of seven men in a $2,000,000-a-year restaurant shake-down. from 213 to 385 years each Easter (Continued From First Page.) Templar annual sunrisé services in Arlington Cemetery. i The services at Arlington will begin| at 7:30 o'clock. Between 8,000 and 10,000 persons are expected, including delegations from Knights Templar commanderies in Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. | The grand master of Templars will be represented by Right Eminent Sir C. Byron Lear, grand sword bearer of the grand encampment. Past Grand Comdr. E. E. Thompson of the Dis- trict is head of the committee in charge. The Marine Band will head the march to the amphitheater. Religious services will be in charge of Rev. 8ir Knight James Shera Montgomery, grand prelate of the District and chaplain of the House of Representa- tives. | At the conclusion of the services a | cross of lilies will be placed on the ‘Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with full Templar honors. Sunrise services at 7 am. at the Sylvan Theater on the Monument grounds also were expected to attract a large crowd. Hymns will be sung by the Schola Cantorum of the National Capital Parks, under the direction of Maestro Arturo Papalardo. Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, canon of the Wash- ington Cathedral, will lead the group in reciting the Lord's Prayer. C. Mar- shall Finnan, superintendent of Na-! tional Capital Parks, will greet those attending, % Bishop Freeman to Talk. Bishop James E. Freeman will de- | liver the Easter day sermon at the| choral evensong service atv the Wash- ington Cathedral at 4 o'clock. Right | Rev. Charles Fiske, former Bishop of Central New York, will preach at the | celebration of holy communion at 11 | |am. Festival music will be furnished | | by the Cathedral Choir of men and | boys, directed by Robert G. Barrow. | “A Legend of the Grael,” a miracle | play by Douglas Horton, will be pre- | sented at the evening services at the First Congregational Church. At the | 11 am. services the Rev. Howard Stone Anderson will preach on “The | Easter Faith” | In his weather forecast Mitchell | said “some Easter parades may need | Winter clothing.” He added it prob- ably will be one of the coldest Eas- ters in many years. Easter Monday egg rolling on the White House grounds will start at 9 am. tomorrow. Children under 10 will be admitted, accompanied by one adult each. The grounds will be cleared at 5 p.m. Smudge Fires Still Burn. Meanwhile, the fight to save the | Japanese cherry blossoms from the | cold weather by keeping smudge fires going went on, with Finnan holding 1o his prediction that the trees will be in bloom between Aprli 4 and 11. Last night, workers tending the smudge pots were served coffee and sandwiches, through the co-operation of F. W. Hoover, general maneger of the Welfare and Recreation Associ- ation of Public Buildings and Grounds, Inc. The smudge pots will be kegti | goi: 7 just as long as the tempera- | | ture hovers near the freezing point, | officials declared. Some 60 civil service workers, both per diem and per annum, attached | to the National Capital Parks, are| keeping the smudge pot watch. George E. Clark, chief of the Maintenance | and Construction Division, and David Saunders, chief of the Horticultural Division, and their assistants, fur- nished men from their organizations | for the job. This is the first time | it has been necessary to protect the Japanese cherry buds. | & narcotic agent, The seven face prison terms ranging —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Ink Blamed as Farle Signature on Official Papers Disappears By the Associated Press. BOSTON, March 27.—Postal inspectors today examined the commissions of recently appoint- ed postmasters in Massachusetts to determine how many had been signed by Postmaster General James A. Farley in “disappear- ing” ink. Inspectors explained that through a defect in green ink used in signing some of the com- missions the inscription faded when exposed to light and left a blank where the Postmaster Gen- eral's signature should appear. The commissions on which the signature has disappeared will be returned to Washington for new inscriptions. RACE AIDE HELD INNARCOTIGS CASE Head Starter Seized in Tex- as—Warrant Names Second Man. By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. March 27.— | Federal narcotic agents today arrested Joe Nelson in a downtown hotel on a fugitive warrant filed before United States Commissioner Paul A. Lockhart at the request of the Federal district attorney of New York City. J. J. Biggins, narcotic supervisor tor the San Antonio district, said Nelson was head starter at the last racing meet at Alamo Downs The agents said they also seized a quantity of smoking opium, an optum pipe, some other drues and two tin boxes of yen shee, a derivative or opium. Biggins said the Federal attorney at New York had wired here request- ing that Nelson's bond be set at 25,000. Warrant Issued in New York. NEW YORK, March 27 (P)—War- rants charging a conspiracy to violate the narcotic laws were issued by United States Commissioner Garrett ‘W. Cotter today for Raymond Pollard and J. J. Nelson. Assistant United States Attorney Joseph P. Martin, who obtained the warrants, described Pollard as a race horse owner and Nelson as a starter. Martin, who withheld details of the alleged conspiracy, said Nelson would be arraigned in San Antonio before being brought to New York. | ‘The warrants were issued on a com- plaint signed by Warren E. Stutzman, who alleged that beginning last August 1 the defendants negotiated for the purchase of nar- cotics to be delivered to various cities. The complaint named one George Corrigan, described as a “co-conspira- tor” but not @& defendant, who saia in an accompanying affidavit that he was prepared to testify against the defendants. Martin said Corrigan was serving # three-year term in the Lewisburg penitentiary on a narcotics charge. Fugitive Shot Dead. NEW YORK, March 27 (#)—Frank White, 40, colored, sought on an aban- donment warrant from Fredericks- burg, Va., was fatally shot last night by Detective Charles Barts, colored, who said he fired when White stabbed him in the right wrist. McGrady to Talk in Forum WILL DISCUSS STRIKE PROBLEMS TOMORROW NIGHT. DWARD F. McGRADY, As- sistant Secretary of Labor and Federal Government's chief “trouble man” when there is industrial controversy, . will discuss strikes and strike settlements in the National Radio Forum tomorrow at 10:30 p.m. The National Radio Forum is ar- ranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over the Nation-wide net- work of the National Broadcasting Co. Assistant Secretary McGrady has had wide experience, particularly dur- ing the last year, in dealing with controversies between workers and employers. He has been called upon again and again, since the advent of the “sit-down” strike, to go to the front lines and try to bring about agreements between the warring factions. { Before he became Assistant Secre- tary of Labor, McGrady was legisia- tive representative of the American Federation of Labor in Washington. He knows the labor problem inside and out A EDWARD F. McGRADY, ¢ 1937—PART ONE. FOUR GOVERNORS HAIL GOURT BILL Graves, Rivers, Leche and Johnson Join in Radio Appeal. BS the Associated Press. ATLANTA, March 27.—Four South- ern Governors joined tonight in a radio appeal for enactment of Presi- dent Roosevelt's court reorganization plan as the best way to solve conflic's between judiciary decisions and ad- ministration desires. ‘The four were Gov. Bibb Graves of Alabama, Gov. E. D. Rivers of Georgia, Gov. Richard W. Leche of Louisiana and Gov. Olin Johnston of South Car- olina, Speaking on a Nation-wide hook-up, Gov. Rivers, who campaigned on a pro-Roosevelt platform, said he fa- vored the President's program “be- cause the Supreme Court as now con= stituted seems determined to frustrate every effort” to “correct evils” in the existing social and economic system. He described the proposed changes as “unexciting and harmiess as & twice-told tale” and suggested such alterations were sometimes necessary “to bring the court abreast of public opinion.” The question confronting the people, Rivers added, “is whether laws passed by Congress and approved by the Con- gress in response to public demand” are to be interpreted according to the spirit of “liberty and democracy or in accordance with the personal crochets of outmoded judges.” Refers te Hughes' Letter. Gov. Graves, one of the first South- ern Governors to voice approval of the Roosevelt proposal, referred to Chief | Justice Hughes' recently published | letter saying additional justices of the Supreme Court would not increase its efficiency. “This illuminating statement of the Chief Justice showing such a remark- able dispatch of business makes one wonder why the delay in the impor- | tant cases concerning people com- pared with the dispatch in s0 many | cases concerning ‘things,’ " Graves as- serted. He said the Constitution is what | the judges say it is, the Governor con- tinued. “If this be true, then our Su- preme Court has become all supreme | and ho court.” Gov. Leche invited a united front of the three branches of Government, | executive, legislative and judiciary, for preservation of the “principles of the | Constitution.” | Gov. Leche said “the real basis of the present issue is neither legal nor con- stitutional but economic.” He said that “when banks, not poor | folks, got Federal money there was no | talk of ‘strain’ on the Constitution. | “It was only when relief was sought | | to be given at the bottom,” he contin- | ued, “when the Government money | was paid in sums of $20 and $30 a | month to the poor citizen, that the | | Constitution became affected. | | “When the economic royalty was pried loose from the receiving end it | was then only the great principles of | our forefathers became involved and | | the Constitution became endangered.” The Louisiana executive said the “old order” preached that the Supreme | Court is the “‘guardian of your liberties, yet did you ever stop to consider that | the watchman at your door for your | protection has but to turn about to! become your jailer”? Sees “Ever-Growing Demand.” Gov. Johnson said there was an! “ever-growing demand in my part of | the ‘country that the issue be @ecided at this session of Congress.” | “This is no time to return to the | | ancient doctrine of our enemies that | {1t is best to do nothing” he added. | | "It is the privilege of the over- ' whelming majority of the Nation,” said Johnson. “to expect that the National ‘Gc\lrnmlnt will carry out the man- | date expressed by the voters of our | Nation on three successive occrsicns. “This is true no matter what the issue may be. since no one can contend that in a democracy such as ours a | | minority can continue to block the will of the people so insistently and | | repeatedly expressed.” Says Action Demanded. “There may have been a time when plausible tongues could invent ex- cuses for procrastination. * * * That is not the case today. More than 28,000,000 people have expressed the emphatic opinion that the social and economic needs of the Nation must be met squarely and speedily. They call for action and demand to know why it is not given them,” he said. ‘‘We are atill too close to the abyss that confronted us in 1933 to be- lieve that we can close our eyes once more to the economic malad- Jjustments which brought millions of American people to the verge of pau- pery and siarvation.” CHILD'S BODY FOUND IN WALL OF HOUSE Large Pocket Knife Imbedded in Decomposed Remains, Wrapped in Dress. B the Associated Press. DANVILLE, Ill,, March 27.—Sheriff Harry George sald today that the de- composed body of a small child was found yesterday crammed in a small triangular niche in a farm house wall near Potomac. The body, Sheriff George said, was wrapped in a blood-stained woman’s gingham house dress. A large pocket knife, with one blade open, was im- bedded in the body, the sheriff re- ported. The sheriff said the body was found during remodeiing by Mrs. Otto Hulce, whose family recently moved into the house. Mrs. Hulce, George said, noti- fled Potomac Constable Louis Wil- liams, who called the sheriff. Sheriff George said the body would be taken to Northwestern University for scientific analysis in the labora- tories there. Danville physicians who examined the body were unable to tell the sex or age of the child, George said. They believed the child had been dead for about & year. CAPT. BAILE.Y TO RETIRE Capt. George W. Bailey, jr., Cav- alry, now at Walter Reed General Hospital, will be retired from the Army March 31 because of disability incident to service, the War Depart- ment announced yesterday. On that date Capt. Bailey will be formally relieved of his present as- signment and duty at Fort Bliss, Tex., and will be placed on the Army retired list. He will be sent to his home, Providence, R. I, it was an- Bounced. L Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. RECIPROCATION. WO young men found a friend in & downtown cocktail room the other night in rather bad shape. They decided to guide his wandering footsteps homeward. Arriving at his home, a walk-up flat, they puffed and heaved and strug- gled until they had dragged his bulky frame to the top flight. At that point the gentleman in dif- ficuity pulled himself together with s mighty effort, said in solemn tones: “Gentlemen, your solicitude for my welfare touches me so deeply I shall now show my appreciation by carry- ing one of you back down the steps.” Furthermore, he did. * % x EFFICIENCY. A Congressman whose name shall be unrevealed, received a let- ter from a constituent out West the other day, asking specifically what the h—— was going on in this city. The fellow is custodian of a Gov- ernment building in a small town. He decided construction of a cer- tain partition in the building would be an excellent way to provide ad- ditional office space. Wrote' to the department head about it. A few days later sent another letter, suggesting also that a wicket window would be neces- sary in the partition Some time later he received a reply, saying mo soap on the par- tition. About two weeks later came another letter, assuring him there would be no wicket built in the partition that wasn't going to be built. * CAUSE. I{ERETOFORE our only crusade has been for larger buiter-pats in res- taurants, but in view of a letter re- ceived by one of our operatives. we * % are considering & bit of picketing un- | til something is done about this. To wit, our operative wrote the street-cleaning department, asking why something wasn't done about arious papers, broken bottles, rags and whatnot she had observed lying around the Capital City of this fair Nation. Here was the reply: “This office would like very much to comply with your request to place trash boxes in your neighborhood. but it is against present policy to place these receptacles in residential sec- tions, as it has been found they are oftentimes abused by small storekeep- | ers and others in that they are not used for the purposes intended and rather than bettering conditions they are frequently made worse. “Because of decreased appropria- | tions for street cleaning work, the fre- quency of cleaning in the last few years has been gradually lessened and | this division finds itself unable to maintain past standards of cleanli- ness. ¢ * *" * % ox x VERNACULAR. LADY we know is worrying lest she went to the wrong schools or learned the wrong language when she believed she was studying modern Eng- lish. Recently she entered a restaurant and ordered two poached eggs. The counterman faced the kitchen and yelled, “Two dropped on dipped.” On another visit she tried fried eggs. “Adam and Eve on a raft” said the counterman, still bent on amazing our lady. Climax came when she walked into a groocery store and asked for 2 pounds of lard. A clerk turned to another and barked, “Grease me twice.” 8he got what she wanted each time. ok ox % LONG WAIT. WI"D never thought much about this until recently, but the more contemplation the more logical the thing seems. We refer to a certain young parent who remarked the other night that he could scarcely wait until his child reaches the age of comprehension, so he can tell it to shut up. * % % x NO EGGS. Apropos of tomorrow’s annual Easter egg rolling bout on the White House lawn, did you know that the celebration was discon- tinued during the war-time days of the Wilson administration because the food administrator decided too many eggs were wasted? The annual melee wasn’t restored until President Harding came into office. * x k % NOTES. IN THE absence of the sixth mem- ber of a coroner's jury the other day, a Star reporter was called upon to fill the breach. As he was covering the story for his paper and trying to assimilate evidence for judicial de- cision at the same time, he took volu- minous notes. When the jury retired to ponder the case one of the jurors said, “Let's see your notes. Nobody else took any.” He turned them over, the jury made a quick survey and in no time at all came back with a verdict. Coroner said it was one of the quickest on record, 80 quick the scribe had plenty of time left to make his deadline, dou- ble duty or no double duty. WINS SCHOLARSHIP NEW YORK, March 37 (#).—The | American Institute of Architects an- nounced today Matthew Lapota of Maywood, I, had been awarded the $1,400 Le Brun traveling scholarship for 1937. The award was made for Lapota's design for a college library. It en- titles the recipient to six months of travel in Europe for advanced study. ' GLASS RADIDTALK 10 BE TOMORROW Virginian to Speak in Oppo- sition to Court Bill From 10to 11 P.M. Senator Carter Glass, Democrat, of Virginia will make the second major radio address of his political career when he expresses opposition to Presi- dent Roosevelt’s plan for reorganiza- tion of the Supreme Court over the Columbia network tomorrow night from 10 to 11 o'clock. The broadcast will originate from his rooms in the Mayflower Hotel, and will be heard in this area over Station WJsvV. Senator Glass’ first broadcast took place during the closing days of the election campaign when he spoke vig- orously in support of Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposed monetary pro- gram. At that time, he was answered by former Secretary of the Treasury Ogden Mills, who' spoke in behalf of Herbert Hoover. Senator Glass was & member of the House from 1902 until the end of 1918 and was chairman of the Committee on Banking and Cur- rency. In that assignment, he acted as patron and floor manager of the Federal Reserve act. He also was chairman of the joint congressional committee reporting on the Federal Farm Land Bank act. He resigned from Congress in 1918 to become Secretary of the Treasurv in President Wilson's Cabinet and | 1esigned that post in 1920 when ap- pointed to the Senate by the governor of Virginia. The scheduling of Senator Glass’ radio address has necessitated can- icel]auon of a musical program Ly | Wayne King's Orchestra and post- | ponement of an episode of “Let Pree- dom Ring” series which usually oce | cupy the Columbia network at thiy | hour. —— 'THIRD FIRE IN DAY RAZES SYNAGOGUE 3Loss Is Set at $200,000 as Fifty | Detectives Seek Clues to Origin. B3 the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 27.—The We't End Synagogue was destroved today by the third fire discovered within it in less than 12 hours Rabbi Nathan Stern estimated the loss at $200,000 and added that the scroll of Torah, also burned, “had an historical value that made it price- less.” Deputy Chief Inspector Francis J. Kear at once ordered 50 detectives into the neighborhood to search for pos- sible clues to the mysterious ser.es of | fires. The synagogue was one block | away from Rodeph Sholom Synagogue which was marked with swastikas two weeks ago. Caretaker Albert Kinderman, who lives in the synagozue, told police of- ficers he was awakened by smoke at 1:45 am. and discovered a pile of chairs in the basement, under which newspapers were burming. He extine guished the fire and then found an- | other on a class room platform where drapes, & rug and two chairs piled to- | gether were blazing. This also was extinguished Shortly after noon, he said, he went into the main auditorium and found it in flames. The fire had gained such headway that, despite three fire alarms, there was no chance of saving the building. Rabbi Stern said he thought the fire | was incendiary. | “What else could it be?” manded. “The only person in the building was the caretaker. And weren't there two mysterious fires early this morning?" Fire Marshal Thbmas Brophy said he could not say for certain whetther the fire was set by an incendiarist, but declared “this certainly is a sus- picious blaze.” MAN PERISHES IN BLAZE, . 14 BUILDINGS BURNED | | Fire Wipes Out Entire Section of Town—Origin Traced to | Overturned Lamp. By the Associatea Press. BRASFIELD, Ark., March 27.—One | man burned to death early today in | a fire which wiped out most of the northeast section of this little town. Property destroyed included a 22- room boarding house, two stores, ten | frame houses and a garage. | A. A. Moss, manager of the Brown Lumber Co., identified the victir as Jake Higgins, Negro Moss said the conflagration started shortly before midnight in Higgins' | living quarters, apparently when he upeet a lamp. Chimes Sétr Made | Of Brake Drums Ring Out Today he de- Inique Instruments Con- structed by Baptist Preacher. By the Associated Press. ADDISON, N. Y., March 27.—An augmented set of chimes constructed from discarded automobile brake drums will ring out the joyous an- thems of Easter tomorrow in the Baptist Church of this village. Selected after long tests of scores of drums, the original set of 12 has been increased to 16 to have the half notes necessary to a well-rounded per- formance. Accompanied by a cornetist, the tones of “Abide With Me” will open a program played by Charles Cham- plain, who was taught to play the unique instruments by the Rev. Ken- neth E. Arnold, pastor of the church. It was a long and arduous task for }Mr. Arnold to select and tune the set, but it has paid good dividends. Not only has it increased attendance at the church, the smallest in the vil- lage, but it has been the means of ob~ | taining a new organ. Mr. Arnold recently played his un= | usual instrument on a Nation-wide broadcast program. He has rcc” ted hundreds of letters and more than $1,000 was realized from the sale of | pamphlets describing the chimes. Tomorrow the entire congregation of less than 100 will hear the Easter service and join their voices to the ringing notes of the drums. 4