Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau ¥orecast.) Fair and continued cold tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 32 degrees; fresh northwest and north winds. Temperatures—Highest, 46, at noon today; lowest, 33, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page A-3 Closing New York Markets, Page 14 85th YEAR. No. 33,935. Entered as socond ciass matter post office, Washinsten, D. C. ~ @h WASHINGTON, D. C, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MONDAY, MARCH 29, ¢ Foening Star 1937—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. ***x* The only evening in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. aper SATURDAY'S Circulation, (P) Means Associated 135,957 (Some returns not yet received.) SUNDAY'S Circulation, 149,196 TWO CENTS. Press. COURT UPHOLDS MINIMUM WAGE LAWS WITH RAIL LABOR, FRAZIER-LEMKE ACTS ':.Collective Bargainjng Legal REVERSES RU”NG In Virginia Railway Opinion , UF F[]RMER B[]I]Y Indications of Court’s Views on Wagner | Relations Act Studied; Farzier- Lemke Acts Are Held Valid. IN- ADKINS AND NEW YORK CASES Decision Overthrows Action Which Denied Congress Right to Fix Women’s Pay in District of Columbia. FOUR JUSTICES CONCUR WITH CHIEF JUSTICE Opinion in Washington State Case Also Is, in Effect, Reversal of Position Taken by Court in In- validating Similar Act in New York. BY JOHN H. CLINE. Taking an almost unprecedented &tep of specifically overruling an earl- ter decision, the Supreme Court today upheld the constitutionality of the Btate of Washington's minimum wage law for women and children. The vote was 5 to 4. Ey the Assoctated Press. The Supreme Court unanimously upheld today provisions of the railway labor act, requiring railroads to en- gage in collective bargaining with | their workmen in an effort to settle | industrial disputes. Justice Stone delivered the unani- mous opinion, which was studied by | administration leaders for possible in- | dications of what the court’s views would be on the Wagner labor rela- tions act The Wagner act, involved in other litigation, does not apply to railroad workmen. The railway labor decision was delivered in a case brought by the | Virginian Railway Co. against a group of its employes who belonged to the American Federation of Labor. MILKPRIGEFIXING LAWISSISTANED |Virginia Establishment of | Market Upheld by Su- preme Court. The opinion by Chief Justice Hughes | said “our conclusion is that the case of Adkins vs. the Children’s Hospital should be and is overruled.” The Adkins case, long regarded as a legal landmark, denied to Congress the power to fix minimum wages for women in the District of Columbia. The ruling in the Washington State case is also, in effect, a reversal of the position taken by the court when it invalidated a similar law in New York Btate last year. Justices Roberts, Brandeis, Stone and Cardozo sided with the Chief Jus- tice in upholding the legislation. The dissenters, Justices Sutherland, Van Devanter, McReynolds and Butler, had been joined by Justice Roberts in the adverse ruling on the New York law. Close to Public Interest. “What con be closer to the public interest than the health of women and their protection from unscrupulous and overreaching employers?” Chief Justice | Hughes asked in speaking for the ma- ' Jority of the court. “And if the protection of women is & legitimate end of the exercise of State power, how can it be said that | the requirement of the payment of a minimum wage fairly fixed in order to meet the very necessities of existence is not an admissible means to that end.” The Capital immediately hummed with speculationr over whether the de- eision would have any effect on Presi- dent Roosevelt's proposal to enlarge the tribunal if justices over 70 do not retire. Realignment Speculation. Coming in the midst of the contro- versy over this proposal, designed to secure a more liberal interpretation of the Constitution, the unexpected rul- ing in the Washington case 2lso aroused speculation as to whether it forecast a permanent realignment of the so-called conservative and liberal division in the court. Most of the criticism of the tribunal during the Senate Judiciary Commit- tee’s hearings on the President’s plan has been aimed at the five conservative members of the court. One of the principal contentions of administra- tion witnesses was that, since a law is presumed to be constitutional, the opinion of four members of the court that a particular statute is valid should lead the others to give it the benefit of the doubt and approve its legality. It was pointed out, however, that the present decision involves a State law, and does not necessarily indicate the majority of the court is now willing to give the Federal Government the broad legislative power the President deems necessary to effectuate the ob- | Jectives of the New Deal. The decision on the New York law last June 1 caused President Roosevelt to remark that a “no man’s land” had been established by the -ourt in which neither the States nor Federal Gov- emment could function. Again, in opening his personal fight for reorganization of the Supreme Court, Mr. Roosevelt referred to the New York decision in these words: “It pleased the ‘personal economic predilections’ of a majority of the court that we live in a nation where there is no legal power anywhere to deal with its most difficult practical problems—a no man’s land of final futility.” ~ Unable to Be Reconciled. Discussing the ruling in the Adkins case, Chief Justice Hughes said: “With full recognition of the ear- nestness and vigor which characterized | the prevailing opinion in the Adkins case, we find it impossible to reconcile that ruling with these wellsconsidered declaratigns.” He was referring to the argument in the minority opinion in the New York case. “What can be closer to the public interest than the health of women and their protection from overreaching and unscrupulous employers?” Hughes continued. “And if the protection of women is a legitimate end of the ex- ercise of State power, how can it be said that the requirements of the payment of the minimum wage fairly (See MINIMUM WAGE, Page A-2) [} ~ The constitutionality of a Virginia statute fixing the price of milk and | setting up the so-called Arlington- | Alexandria milk market was upheld | by the Supreme Court today. The opinion was unanimous, but | Justices Van Devanter, McReynolds, | Sutherland and Butler did not assent to that portion of the ruling giving the | State power to fix minimum and max- | | imum milk prices. | | The deciston, delivered by Justice 1Cnrdom, is important in Washington | | since the suit was filed by the High- | |land Farms Dairy, Inc., 1616 First | | street southwest. This dairy operates | | a large creamery here for pasteurizing | {milk "bought in Virginia and Mary- ‘land. which in turn is sold to Luther | | W. High, who operates & number of | retail milk and ice cream stores in |and near the District. | Minimum Prices Set. After establishing the Arlington- Alexandria Milk Market, the Virginia Milk Commission prescribed minimum prices for that area which were greater | than those charged by High. ! The commission threatened to seek | an injunction against High when he continued to sell his milk at the old price, but no proceedings were insti- | tuted to this end. However, High sued the commission for an injune- tion to restrain the enforcement of | the act. The statute was upheld by a | three-judge District Court, and High and the dairy corporation brought the case to the Supreme Court. Delivering the court’s opinion, Jus- tice Cardozo said: “The power of a State to fix a mini- mum price for milk in order to save producers and with them the con- suming public from price cutting so destructive as to endanger the sup- ply, was affirmed by this court in Nebbia versus New York.” High did not contest the soundness of the ruling in the Nebbia case, but contended the Virginia statute was open to objections not raised in that proceeding. One of these, it was contended, was that the Virginia Legislature unlaw- fully designated authorty to the Vir- ginia commission. Justice Cardozo pointed out, however, that this objec- tion had been decided in favor of the commission by the Virginia Supreme Court in arother case. Another objection—that the statute placed a burden on interstate com- merce, also was overruled by the Su- preme Court. In this connection, Jus- tice Cardozo said, High's fears are “visionary.” License Complaint Denied. The high court also ruled that the statute was not invalid for failing to prescribe the standards to be applied by the commission in granting licenses or refusing them. “No inference is permissible that any one was intended to be excluded because of favor or caprice,” the opinion stated. “One who is required to take out a license will not be heard to complain in ad- vance of application that there is danger of refusal. He should apply and see what happens.” High had not asked for a license, it was pointed out. Set June 30 as b3 the Associated Press. WILMINGTON, Del, March 20.— Miss Ethel du Pont and Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr., will be married Wednes- day, June 30. Announcement of the date was made today by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene du Pont, parents of Miss du Pont. The marriage will take place in the afternoon at Christ Protestant Epis- copal Church. A reception will be heid at the Du Pont home. The engagement of Miss du Pont to the son of President and Mrs. Roosevelt was announced last No- vember 14. Roosevelt, Jr., and Miss du Pont The tribunal affirmed a ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals directing the railroad to engage in collective bargaining. The Government also emerged vic- torious in several other important de- cisions handed down today. ‘The court unanimously held consti- tutional the revised Frazier-Lemke act authorizing a three-year moratorium on farm mortgage foreclosures. It unanimously upheld the Govern- ment in its effort to punish George W. Norris, Broken Bow, Nebr., grocer, for | perjury growing out of his primary | campaign against the veteran Sena- tor George W. Norris of Nebraska. | It unanimously held constitutional (See BARGAINING, Page A. CHRYSLERPARLEY - ROGRESSIS S Relaxing of Demands Ru- mored as Peace Sessions Are Resumed. BACKGROUND— Sit-down strike began in plants of Chrysler Motor Co. March & in answer to company’s refusal to rec- ognize United Automobile Workers of America as sole collective bar- gaining agency for workers. Cor- poration and union were discussing other labor troubles at time of strike, and these parleys continue. After strike continued almost three weeks without peace in sight, Gov. Murphy last week called Wal- ter P. Chrysler, head of auto firm, and John L. Lewis, chairman of the Committee for Industrial Organiza- tion, parent organization of the auto workers’ union, into confer- ence at Lansing. BULLETIN. LANSING, Mich, Marche 29 (). —still deadlocked on the degree of recognition to be accorded the United Automobile Workers' Union of America in bargaining relations, the conferees seeking to end the Chrysler Corp. strike, recessed at 1 pm. today after a two-hour session. They planned to reassem- ble at 2:30 p.m. BY the Associated Press. LANSING, Mich.,, March 20.—High officials of the Chrysler Corp. and the United Automobile Workers re- newed their attack on the deadlocked issue of exclusive recognition, un- deterred by the departure of John L. Lewis. Walter P. Chrysler, chairman of the Chrysler Board, was present when the conferees re-assembled for their tenth session this morning. The conference entered its sixth day with the possibility that an agreement may be reached “at any time.” Gov. Murphy said the representatives of the corporation and the union are not far apart. When Lewis, generalissimo of the Committee for Industrial Organiza- tion, left for New York last night he said he had arranged with Homer Mar- ton, U. A. W. president; Lee Press- man, general counsel of the C. 1. O, and Richard T. Prankensteén, major domo of the Chrysler strikes, to ad- vise him by telephone of all develop- ments. “They have the powers necessary to negotiate a settlement of the strike,” he said. Gov. Frank Murphy, who brought the titans of the corporation and the labor group face to face six days ago, expressed the belief the absence of Lewis would not prevent the conferees from reaching the long-deferred agree- ment. Martin, discussing a possible Su- preme Court decision on constitu- tionality of the Wagner labor rela- tions act, said the. opinion “could have no possible bearing on the union’s stand in the Chrysler strike. This is not an interstate matter. We have a majority and the majority will pre- vail.” None of the union or Chrysler dele- gation was willing to cormment further and Chrysler spokesmen had nothing to say about the Wagner act. Lewis’ presence was required in (See CHRYSLER, Page A-5.) Wedding Date Miss du Pont is the second of the four children of Mr. and Mrs. du Pont of Greenville, Del. Her father is a member of the board of the E. I du Pont de Nemours & Co. and a cousin of Lammot du Pont, president of the company; Pierre 8. du Pont, chairman of the board, and Irenee du Pont, & member of the board. Dinner Arranged. Ushers for the wedding of Miss Ethel du Pont and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr, will be entertained at a dinner | into custody for questioning today a! | where Miss Gedeon's mother, | stocky. in New York Saturday, but this early (See WEDDING, Page A-5.) SUSPECT IS SEIZED BY INVESTIGATORS OF TRIPLE MURDER Brother of Gene Tunney Makes Arrest in New York Mystery. OFFICERS SPIRIT MAN AWAY FOR QUESTIONING Dog Only Is Spared by Killer in | Apartment of Pretty Ar- tist's Model. BY the Assoctated Press NEW YORK, March 29.—Police in- spectors Thomas Tunney and Rudolph | McLaughlin, investigating the Easter | triple slaying of pretty Veronica Gedeon, 20-year-old artists’ model; her mother and a man roomer, took man identified by them only as “‘Lohis” or “Frenchy.” Tunney, a brother of Gene Tunney, former heavyweight champion, said the man was taken in a tenement house at 223 East Fifty-third street, directly across the street from the spot Mrs. Mary Gedeon, 54, operated a furnished rooming house until last December. | The man was taken by the officers to the East Fifty-first street station. | He was described as being short and Shortly after his arrival a squad of officers took him away in a | car. l | Girl Was Strangled. Miss Gedeon, known professionally to artists for whom she had posed as “Ronnie,” was strangled and beaten | to death some time after 3 a.m. Easter morning and her nude body thrown across a bed under which the body of her mother was crumpled. s In another bed room adjoining the living room of the Gedeons' unpreten- tious apartment lay the body of Frank Byrnes, the roomer, fatally stabbed six times on the left side of the head | with some sort of a sharp instrument. | The Gedeon apartment is on the fourth fioor of an unpretentious build- ing at 316 East Fiftieth street, on | fashionable Beekman Hill, only a block | and a half from the apartment house where Mrs. Nancy Titterton was killed last April by John Fiorenza, uphol- sterer's assistant, who recently was electrocuted. Man Sought Since Yesterday. Tunney was grim-faced and non- committal as he and McLaughlin brought the suspect into the station. They made no statements, but ad- | mitted the man had been sought since | yesterday. Only a few hours before the two officers had returned from North Adams, Mass, where they went yes- terday to talk with William Lewis, 32, an acquaintance of Miss Lucille Biac- co, another model and friend of Miss Gedeon. They sought Miss Biacco to learn more about the activities of tne slain Ronnie. Lewis, they said, told them he had not seen her since last November. A telegram, purportedly from Lewis to Miss Biacco, found in the Gedeon apartment, sent them to Massachu- setts. Fifty picked detectives, working under the direction of Deputy Chief Inspector Francis J. Kear, pieced to- gether fragmentary clues to the slayer Dr. Thomas A. Gonzales, chief medi-~ cal examiner, estimated that the kill- ings had taken place between 7 p.m. Saturday and 4 a.m. Easter Sunday, and that Mrs. Gedeon was the first (See MURDERS, Page A-2.) Summary of Page. | Amusements B-16 | Radio . Comics --. B-12 | Soclety _ B-3 Editorials -- A-8 Short Story B-13 Financial . A-13 | Sports A-10-11-12 Lost & Found A-3 | Woman's Pg. B-10 Obituary -._.A-6| FOREIGN. Fascists launch drive to capture rich mining area. Page A-5 NATIONAL. McKellar replies to Hughes' letter on Supreme Court. Page A-1 Changes to be made in diplomatic corps. Page A-1 Inspector investigating mine blast fatal to nine. Page A-4 Stricken freighter reported winning battle against sea. Page A-2 Congress to take up crop insurance and coal bill this week. Page A-3 Vandenberg proposes change in child labor amendment. Page A-4 SUPREME COURT ISSUE. Labor policy awaits Wagner act deci- sion, possible today. Page A-1 STRIKE SITUATION. Lewis to assume charge of miners’ pay negotiations. Page A-2 Chrysler and union seen relaxing de- mands in parley. Page A-1 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Miss du Pont and Franklin Roosevelt, jr., to wed June 30. Page A-1 Glass to speak on court bill tonight; Robinson tomorrow. Page A-1 Record-breaking crowd expected at Easter egg-rolling. Page A-1 Virgimia milk price-fixing act upheld by Supreme Court. Page A-1 Page. B-11 | the embassy at Rio de Janeiro. ! fery at present is on a holiday and MAC, | THINK THOSE FELLOWS ARE T00 OLD To ROLL EGGS! ON THE WHITE HOUSE GRASS! DIPLOMATICCORPS CHANGES PENDING President Expected to An- nounce Shifts in Service This Week. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. President Roosevelt will announce this week a number of changes in the diplomatic service. While the key posts in Paris, London and Berlin are not affected yet, certain Ambassadors and Ministers will be shifted from their present posts to others where their services are considered more val- uable. Among those affected is Ambassador Jefferson Caffery., who 1s slated to leave his post in Cuba to take over Caf- | will go to Brazil at the expiration of his furlough. | His successor in Havana will be Minister Butler-Wright, who now is representing the United States in Czechoslovakia. New Post for Schoenfeld. Arthur Schoenfeld, United States Minister to the Dominican Republic, is slated to become Minister to Fin- land. Henry Norweb from Bolivia is replacing Schoenfeld as Minister to San Domingo Tony Drexell Biddell, Minister to Norway, will be elevated to the rank of Ambassador and sent, in all prob- ability, to Poland. Ambassador Cudahy will either get another post or resign. It is probable that in the course of this Summer a number of changes in the more important ambassadorial | posts will be made. Ambassador Robert Bingham will retire after the coronation of King George. There are a number of candi- dates for this plum of the diplomatic service. Joseph Davies, the present (See DIPLOMATIC, Page A-2.) Today’s Star Critics of Jefferson Memorial plan an- swered by Boylan. Page B-1 Catholics urge opposition to war at peace conference here. Page B-1 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page This and That. Page Answers to Questions. Page Washington Observations. Page David Lawrence. Page Paul Mallon. Page Dorothy Thompson. Page Constantine Brown. Page Lemuel F. Parton. Page SPORTS. Sington’s stock rises as batting eye clears. Page A-10 Cy Slapnicka proving base ball worth to Indians. Page A-10 Griffs lead all rivals in Dixie exhibi- tions. Page A-10 Court to referee Braddock boxing muddle. Page A-10 FINANCIAL. U. 8. bonds ease (table). Steel activity climbs. C. & O. net improves. Stocks narrow (table). D. C. telephone revenues up. Curb list mixed (table). MISCELLANY. ‘Washington Wayside. City News in Brief. ‘Young Washington. Letter-Out. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Nature’s Children. Bedtime Story. ‘Winning Contract. Crossword Pussle. 4 ddddddds © DD DD o ® P Page A-13 Page A-13 Page A-13 Page A-14 Page A-14 Page A-15 Page A-2 Page B-6 Page B-6 Page B-13 Page B-10 Page B-10 Page B-11 Page B-11 Page B-11 PageB-12 1 50,000 Seen at W hite House For Easter Egg Rolling Fete | Afternoon Attendance Indicates Rec- ord, Guards Say—Mrs. Roosevelt Mingles W Pictures on Page B-1, A record-breaking crowd at the ‘White House egg rolling was indicated | today as more than 20,000 children and adults frolicked over the White House lawn under a bright sun. | Guards who counted the guests said | they expected more than 50,000 per- | sons before the entertainment is over. President Roosevelt was expected to | appear on the south portico at 3 p.m. | |to extend an Easter greeting and speak & few words into a microphone. Earlier, Mrs. Roosevelt made two appearances. On one occasion she circled the lawn with her 5-year-old grandson, William Donner Roosevelt, | and shortly afterward came out on the portico to accept the gift of a large | Easter bouquet. Little “Bill" Donner wore a brown | snowsuit, blue coat and beret and carried a fuzzy elephant. It was his first visit to an egg rolling. When a little girl shyly offered the First Lady an egg Mrs. Roosevelt gave it to Bill. “Do I eat it?” he asked. ith Guests. “Not just now,” his grandmother said. Mrs. Roosevelt spoke briefly into a microphone and expressed her pleasure that the weather was favorable and & large crowd had turned out. She said: “Good morning, everybody, both here and on the air. It is a beauti- ful day in Washington and every- | thing out on the south lawn looks as | though the children would have a very lovely day, and I hope they will, | and I want to wish every one a very | happy Easter time “Yesterday being over, we hope the | happiness of the season will extend through these Easter holidays and everybody who is here 1 hope will have a very happy time. The Presi- dent will be out later in the after- noon.” She had ventured out without a hat | or coat and laughling remarked she was getting a bit chilly in the wind and thought she had better get back indoors. Mrs. Roosevelt was expected (See EGG ROLLING, Page A-2.) LEWISHITS GREEN IN'SIT-DOWN ROW Attack “Cowardly and Con- temptible,” C. I. 0. Chief Says. - By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, March 29.—John L. Lewis today called William Green's condemnation of sit-down strikes “characteristically cowardly and con- temptible.” The chairman of the Committee for Industrial Organization, return- ing from conferences with Walter P. Chrysler in Detroit, said this was his answer to Green's statement yes- terday that sit-down strikes are “il- legal” and to be avoided by loyal American Federation of Labor mem- bers. “The Green statement is char- acteristically cowardly and contempti- ble,” Lewis toid newspaper men as he returned to the conferences here on the soft coal wage negotiations. “Sells Breed Down River.” “He again sells his own breed down the river and receives the thanks of the National Association of Manu- facturers. “‘He bends the pregnant hinges of the knee that thrift may follow fawning,’ ” he said. The quotation comes from the sec- ond scene of the third act of “Ham- let.” The passage, as Shakespeare wrote it, reads: “No, let the candied tongue lick ab- surd pomp, “And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee “Where thrift may follow fawning.” He insisted he had nothing more to say on labor questions of the day. He brushed aside reporters who sought to ask him about the progress of his negotiations with Chrysler for settlement of the strike of automo- bile workers in Detroit. Lewis refused to comment on either the Chrysler strike or the coal wage negotiations. CHLD LABOR B CHANEE LRGED Vandenberg Would Modify Amendment to Read “For Hire.” BY the Assoctated Press. Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan proposed to Congress today a modification of the pending child labor amendment to eliminate the ob- Jjections raised against the proposal. His proposal would cut the age limit from 18 to 16 and provide plainly| that Congress would have authority to | legislate against child labor only where it was labor “for hire.” | The child labor amendment has| been before the States since 1924 Supporters of the Roosevelt court bill have cited it as their chief argument | that constitutional amendments take | too long to ratify. His amendment, Vandenberg said, | “seeks to eliminate the major ob- |, stacles which have largely contributed | to the delay or failure of ratification | by the States heretofore.” Under his proposal, he added, the Government would “still be doing everything to eliminate the commercial exploitation of children, but will have eliminated possible misunderstand- ings.” “Two major objections have pre- vented ratification of the pending amendment,” Vandenberg said. “One objection is that the age of 18 is too high to correctly define ‘children.’ The other objection is that the power to ‘regulate’ may be expanded far beyond the intended control of the commer- cial exploitation of child labor. “The third objection has come from farmers who felt the original amend- ment would prevent them from using their families for farm work. By putting . the words -‘for hire’ you eliminate that objection.” —e Recovering From Hiccoughs. TICONDEROGA, N. Y., March 29 () —Charles Braymer, 47, of White- hall, victim of a hiccoughing attack that has lasted more than 200 hours, At the same time Green issued hi (8ee LEWIS, Page | was said by his physician to be near- WKELLAR CHARGES HUGHES OFFERED ONLY “EXCUSES” Demands Chief Justice Ex- plain How Certiorari Cases Are Decided. SENATOR HOLDS SECRET METHOD “UN-AMERICAN” Declares Letter Did Not Meet President Roosevelt's “Challenge.” BACKGROUND— President Roosevelt precipitated bitter congressional controversy early last momth by submitting proposal for revamping Supreme Court. Issue, centering principally in Senate, has split Democratic majority and liberal bloc. As hearings proceeded before Judic- iary Committee, even members of court ventured opinions on plan. Senator Glass’ speech in oppo- sition to the President’s court bill may be heard tonight over Sta- tion WJSV between 10 and 11 o'clock. It is being broadcast na- tionally over the Columbia Broadcasting System. —_— By the Assoctated Press. Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, in the first administration reply to Chief Justice Hughes' letter on the Supreme Court, told the Sen- ate today the Hughes decument did not meet President Roosevelt's “‘chal- lenge.” McKellar said the Chief Justice's letter, in which he asserted an in- crease in the size of the court would “impair” is efficiency, was “filled up with excuses” for the tribunal's dis- missal of 87 per cent of the petitions for writs of certiorari. Mr. Roosevelt, in recommending his court reorganization bill to Congress, McKellar said, made the issue “per- fectly plain”—that “the court does not and apparently can not give about 87 per cent of the certiorari cases the attention that such cases are entitled to receive.” The Tennessee Senator severely criticized the Chief Justice for not telling “the people of the country” how the Supreme Court handles these applications for writs of certiorari He said it was “un-American” for the court to keep secret its method for disposing of these appeals. “These certiorari cases should be considered like other cases,” McKellar said. “Star chamber proceedings have been done away with in every en- lightened country. Secrecy of method in presenting facts is un-American and antiquated and should be done away with.” Hughes was asked by the Senator to write another letter explaining how the court examines the certiorari ap=- plications, Expected to Start Debate. McKellar's speech was expected to set off another Senate debate on the Supreme Court issue. Tonight Senator Glass, Democrat, of Virginia will make his first radio speech in four years to attack the court bill. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, will speak in behalf of the President’s plan tomorrow night. Senator Bankhead, Democrat, of Alabama meanwhile introduced a con= stitutional amendment to broaden the Federal Government's power over in- custry and agriculture. State convene tions elected in November would be asked to ratify it. The amendment would give power “to regulate the production, manu- facture, transportation and distribu- tion of agricultural and industrial commodities which affect, directly or indirectly, commerce among the States or with foreign countries.” Regulation of hours and wages in the production of other commodities would be left to the States. The Alabama Senator has not de- clared his position on the Roosevelt court bill. McKellar began by saying Hughes did not disclose why he had addressed his letter to Senator Wheeler, Demo- crat, of Montana, a court plan foe, rather than to Chairman Ashurst, Democrat, of Arizona of the House Judiciary Committee. He asserted Ashurst had “cordially invited the members of the court to testify.” Asserting that the court in 1935 dis- missed 731 applications for writs of certiorari, McKellar said Hughes had failed to disclose “how the records of these 731 dismissed cases are exame ined or passed upon or decided.” “In his letter,” the Senator added, “he gives no information whatsoever concerning the method of disposition of these cases. The process is still as much of a mystery as it has always been. The President does not know the method. The Congress does not know the method. The lawyers do not know the method and the court only knows the method and does not disclose it.” Certiorari applications are applica= tions for reviews of litigation by the court. Lists Dozen “Excuses.” Quoting the President as caying 87 per cent of the cases were denied without explanation, McKellar sald ing complete recovery today. | (See JUDICIARY, Page A-2)