Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1937, Page 6

w. A—6 weww THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, SENATE TAKES UP - COAL BILL TODAY ‘Indications Are Measure Will Pass Chamber Tomorrow. BY J. A. O'LEARY. ‘The Senate was to begin today con- 2=#lderation of the Vinson-Guffey bill “'to stabilize prices in the bituminous coal industry, with indications the . measure will pass by tomorrow. L Senator Guffey, Democrat, of Pennsylvania, is scheduled to launch s .the debate on the bill this afternoon, “*following Senator Wagner's discussion of present-day labor problems. Although the labor provisions on : Which the Supreme Court invalidated s~ the original Guffey coal act of 1935 - had to be eliminated in revising the smeasure, supporters of the bill believe ~-the remaining prjce-fixing features will go far toward improving future working conditions among the miners. Conferences are under way in New ~ York now seeking to work out a re- newal of the expiring labor agreement ' 'between the operators and representa- tives of several hundred thousand miners. Senate Approval Expected. < The bill passed the House March 11, And is expected to receive Senate ap- * proval, with amendments. In bringing the measure out at this session, the ~House Ways and Means Committee recalled that when the 1935 act was being considered, counsel for the mine ~“workers stated that even if the labor provisions of that law failed to stand sup, the workers still wanted the rest of the control act because “it stabilizes —1the industry.” The new measure has been drafted to meet the constitu- tional requirement. In reporti Z the measure a few days £#g0, the Senate Interstate Commerce »Committee pointed out that the prob- --¥ems and afflictions of the soft-coal industry have been the subject of a score of congressional inquiries during Zbe last 24 years, == In stressing the need for the legis- “aation, the committee declared the ~.condition of the industry has been w«seaused by overdevelopment, resulting *Sin overproduction, which, in turn, has led to a bitter struggle for markets and merciless competition. The wage earners in the industry have been the “outstanding victims” of the competitive warfare, the com- . Mittee reported, because labor consti- tutes 60 per cent of the total cost of production and is practically the only flexible cost factor. The bill sets up a national bi- tuminous coal commission, with power to establish minimum prices, on the recommendation of boards to be o-aet up in different parts of the coun- ~«try. The coal-producing areas would be divided into 23 districts, with a board for each district. Excise Tax Provided For. An excise tax of one-half of 1 per rent on the sales price is provided . for, which will raise more than suffi- cient revenue to meet the cost of administering the eontrol plan. In order to make the control plan ef- fective, the bill would impose an addi-~ tional tax of 19'2 per cent of the sales Price or market value at the mines on any coal produced or distributed in violation of the minimum price regulations and fair-trade practices. Senator Davis, Republican, of Penn- sylvania indorsed the bill in an open- ing speech late yesterday, in which he stressed his belief that the per- sonnel of the proposed commission will be an important factor in determining the success of the control plan, “I favor this bill,” said Davis, “be- cause I belleve it necessary that the Nation shall now choose whether we assist the coal industry to organize 1tself through the regulation of a pow- erful commission or allow it to become the stage for riots, lawlessness and labor disturbances such as this coun- try has not known in many years.” Leader in Father Divine Movement Accused by Girl B the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, March 31.—The United States district attorney’s office has issued a complaint accusing John ‘W. Hunt, 33, a leader in the Father Divine movement, of violating the Mann act by bringing 17-year-old Delight Jewett from Denver to his pretentious Beverly Hills home. Until the case is taken before the grand jury, probably today, authori- ties were reticent about details. In- vestigators who would not be quoted by name for the present said, however, the girl asserted Hunt told her in Denver she had been designated as the new Virgin Mary and Beverly Hills was to become the new Bethlehem. Hunt and two other white followers of Father Divine, colored religious leader, were convicted last Fall of dis- turbing the peace with noisy meetings at the Hunt home. Among the com- plaining witnesses were Lionel Barry- Nicky Gets a Subscriber Nine-year-old Nicky Arundel, a new and young entry in the Capital’s publishing field, is shown as he obtained an order from Senator McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada, yesterday when he in- vaded the Capitol to sell subscriptions to his paper to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. —A. P. Photo. JAPANESE CRISIS FORGED BY ARMY Parliament Dissolved in De- fense Row and New Elec- tion Necessary. BY the Assoclated Press. TOKIO, March 31.—The Japanese Army, charging leaders of major political parties with obstructing “vital” laws for national defense, forced the dissolution of Parliament today and threw the empire into & new political crisis. The dissolution was ordered by Em- peror Hirohito on the advice of Premier Senjuro Hayashi and made a general election, in which charged army domi- nation of the government was expected to be made an issue, mandatory within 30 days. ‘The new crisis arose suddenly with the stormy seventieth session of the Diet due for only a few more hours of normal life. Realizing there was no chance of pushing through the bills they con- sidered vital for national defense, the army leaders, in co-operation with the navy, brought pressure to bear on the premier to advise the Emperor to order the dissolution, affecting the Lower House. The demand was presented to Hay- ashi by Gen. Sugiyama, the minister of war, and Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai, the minister of the navy. The government announced the new election would be called April 30 to choose 466-members for a new House of Representatives. A continued state of unrest was expected to last throughout the month's campaign, stirred by political leaders’ charges that a fascist-inclined military clique was attempting to dominate em- pire affairs. Nearly 40 bills, some, such as the steel industry control and national fuel bills considered to be of major importance, the Army charged, had been blocked by “a lack of sincerity” on the part of members of the lower House which left doubt “whether they intended to contribute to the welfare of the empire.” $802,400,000 Budget. Before they took the drastic action, however, the Army and Navy had succeeded in pushing passage of the record $802,400,000 budget, of which more than half, or $401,700,000, went to the Army and Navy. After the dissolution was ordered, the Government declared “in order to overcome the present crisis both at home and abroad, the Government and the people must earnestly co- operate.” Reiterating the Army charges of “lack of sincerity” and delay of “vital measures,” the statement added: “In ? You need Herasol to e worte From the intes- tinel troet. more, film actor, and Mrs. Jan Garber, orchestra leader's wife. DENTAL THE ACID-NEUTRALIZING DENTIFRICE HEXASOL SALINE LAXATIVE CREAM and follow the Squibb Plan by which MOST TOOTH DECAY CAN BE P REVENTED for those who pr;\ftr a powder . . . SQUIBB TOOTH POWDER b the circumstances, the Government decided to appeal to the conscience and judgment of the people in the only way of fulfilling the principle of constitutional government. The Gov- ernment was therefore forced to dis- solve the lower house.” Lincoln (Continued From First Page.) years she made many valuable docu- mentary contributions to the Library. Other evidence of her interest in her famous father-in-law was her dona- tion to the New York Avenue Presby- terian Church of a Lincoln Memorial Tower dedicated in 1929. President Lincoln attended that church during his period in the White House. She and her husband also gave the picture of Mrs. Lincoln which hangs in the Executive Mansion. Friends declare her to have been a very handsome and brilliant young woman Coming to Washington at an early age with her father, who was in the Senate during the Lincoln and John- son administrations, she met Robert Lincoln during the early part of his father's first administration. They were married in 1868 at Senator Har- lan’s home near Seventeenth and H streets. Young Lincoln served on the staff of Gen. Grant during the Civil War and later was Secretary of War under Presidents Garfield and Arthur. He was one of the last Ministers to Eng- land in the administration of Benja- min Harrison, whose wife was & very old friend of Mrs. Lincoln. While in England, Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln lost their son, Abraham Lin- col, 2d. Robert Lincoln had the unusual experience of being present at three presidential assassinations. He was in Ford’s Theater when Booth mur- dered his father; he arrived at the station just when Guiteau shot Gar- field and was at the Buffalo Exposition in 1901 when McKinley was mortally wounded by the anarchist Czolgosz. He later refused to attend any presi- dential functions because of the “cer- tain fatality” when he was present. Mrs. Lincoln leaves two daughters, Mrs. Charles Isham and Mrs. Robert J. Randolph, both of this city, and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be private, with burial in Ar- lington National Cemetery. Roman General Still Popular: Calus Marijus, the famous Roman general who died in 86 B.C, is still 50 well-remembered in Provence, France, that the name of Marius is still a popular name given at bap- tism. MINEAGREEWENT EXPRES TONGHT Difference of 50 Cents in Daily Rate Reported Bar- ring New Contracts. BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 31.—A differ- ence of 50 cents between what soft coal miners want and what the opera- tors want to pay them daily was the chief barrier today to peace in the industry, confronted with the possi- bility of a stoppage in operations. When representatives of both sides in weeks-long conversations on the subject of a new contract entered a conference room this morning, some 400,000 miners began their last day of work under an agreement expir- ing tonight. Thursday is a miners’ holiday. Protracted sessions are the rule in parleys over new contracts in the coal industry, and today's was ex- pected to last far into the night to climax work over a table top where miners’ and operators’ pencils began scratching February 17. Difference Over Wages. Essentially, the only difference be- tween the two sides lay in the miners’ insistence on a $6 basic daily pay and the operators’ demand that the current rate of $5.50 be renewed. Payment for overtime was another issue to be decided, but major stum- bling blocks to complete accord were removed yesterday with withdrawal of demands by the miners for vaca- tions with pay, a work guarantee and & work week of 30 hours. Remaining on the job to lend as- sistance if he could was Edward F. McGrady, chief assistant to Secretary Perkins in arbitrating labor disputes and known to officlal Washington as the administration “trouble shooter” in labor contract circles. Roosevelt Intervention Possible. himself was considered possible if a strike threatened in the vast soft coal fields. He lent his assistance in 1935 when an orderly, brief walk-out oc- curred. Matters have been considerably sim- plified for the joint committee of miners and operators now charged with the duty of reaching an agree- ment if possible. In February the miners demanded a cut in the work week from 35 to 30 hours, & 15-per- cent pay increase, two weeks' vaca- tion and a guarantee of 200 days of work each year. They also asked time and a half for overtime. Only the two demands—the in- crease in pay and the extra com- pensation for overtime—remained. Demand of Operators. The operators, for their part, had demanded a boost of 5 hours in the crease in pay. It was learned that John L. Lewis, requests because he felt the new Guffey coal control bill would not be in effect soon enough to allow the operators to cover them. The proposed agreement would cover all mines in the great Appala- chian flelds, reaching from Central Pennsylvania to Northern Tennessee and producing about two-thirds of the country’s soft coal. Other soft Appalachian agreement, KUHN ASKS LA GUARDIA TO LEAVE COUNTRY BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 31.—Fritz J. Kuhn of Detroit, national leader of the Amerika-Deutscher Volkbund, ad- dressing a meeting of German-Ameri- cans here last night, suggested that Mayor F. H. La Guardia, Samuel Un- termyer and Representative Samuel Dickstein leave the United States. “Go out of our country, we don't need you here,” he said, referring to those who had criticized activities of the organization he heads, which is sympathetic to the Nazi regime in Germany. Keep the Heat You Pay for Inside the House Builders everywhere hail new Delco Automatic Furnace Delayed Fall Payment Plan for Spring Buying If heat is escaping up your chimney, it is exactly as though you were try- ing to heat a number of additional useless rooms . . . and paying the extra fuel cost. The Delco Automatic Furnace keeps the heat you pay for inside your house. It cuts chimney tem- peratures as much as 350 degrees. 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N.W. ®of BB 20 3 Zi T Kdwmeew Distzer X T8 BB Nw yal Heatl: 907 15th B NW. = flan g & G €09, 11th ME. 2315 2. M. Buft Co. Vienna, Va. . Marding rdiner D, b 2 . L. Hamburger Co. Mok RN Star Radio Co. 1202 MONROE ST. N.L Mariboro Electrical Suppi; [} Marlboro, lll.,' it 4 Co. Ine. Arthur X, T & T, P it Wi 1Y . Pinkett Mt. Rainier. Md. 8t. N.W. 414 Washington-Balto. Blvd, National Majestic Radi 508 11a'ee Nwe o Bqward Voland, Ina 1316 9th 8t. N.W, t. N.W, Intervention of President Roosevelt | length of the work week, with no in- | miners’ chief, had shaved down his | coal wage scales are based on the | that big stick. Collins (Continued From First Page.) of order under House rules, and mem- bers of the District Committee may raise the points against them when the measure is considered in the House. Prior to the executive session the committee favorably reported a bill to make illegal the ure of slugs or for- eign coins in telephone pay stations or any legal merchandise vending ma- chine, as well as three measures au- thorizing issuance of licenses to prac- tice the healing art to Drs. Prederick W. Didlier, William Hollister of New Bern, N. C., and Willlam Justin Olds, Front Royal, Va. The bill to make use of slugs and foreign coins illegal was sponsored by the Chesapeake & Potomac ’I‘elep‘hme Co., whose officials reported loss of thousands of dollars a yesar in the Dis- was said, jumped from $14400 in 1933 to $37,998 last year. Thomas Watches Events. Chairman Thomas of the Senate subcommittee on District appropria- | tions, said today he would keep an | open mind on the detailed items in the 1938 supply bill until it passes the House and reaches his committee. He 2180 is withholding comment until that time on the score of limitations and legislative riders the House committee placed in the bill. | " Local citizens will be given ample ;opportumty to be heard on any pro- | posed increases or decreases in spe- |cific items when the bill reaches the | Senate, Thomas said. He previously | had announced in a recent speech that |he personally thought the Federal payment would remain at the present lump figure of $5,000,000 for another year. As to the new taxes, that would have to be applied to District residents to make up the deficit under the House bill, Thomas said that would be a problem for the legislative com- mittees of Congress. Weight Tax for Cars. Four of the tax bills are patterned after those which have been spon- sored for the last five years by Rep- | resentative Mapes, Republican, of | Michigan. One provides for a weight tax on motor vehicles, another a 2-cent increase in the gasoline tax, a third an income tax as a substi- tute for the present lévy on intangi- ble personal property, and the fourth an inheritance tax. The other five bills, it was reported, will: Prescribe a franchise tax on the capital and surplus stock of corpora- tions. Place a premium tax on insurance policies. Impose a gross receipts tax on theaters and other amusement places. Require automobile parking lot owners to pay a privilege tax. Revise upward and make unpiform existing taxes on public utility cor- porations. 1 The four Mapes tax increase bills were reintroduced shortly after the new Congress convened and are now pending before a special subcommit- tee of the House District Committee created to consider special features trict by such practice. The losses, it | MARCH 31, 1937. The Goose Step in England s, This little sergeant major, on a farm in Kent, England, has put his troops on parade and they seem to be giving a pretty good account of themselves—but maybe it's the influence of —Wide World Photo. of the mow discarded Jacobs flscal relations plan. Chairman Collins of the Appropriations Subcommittee sald he planned to reintroduce similar messures, a5 well as the five others, largely as a psychological move to give support to the Mapes bills and to indicate to the House the desira- bility of revising the District tax structure. In its report on the appropriation bill Collins’ subcommittee declared the entire tax structure is “decidedly weak and fails to produce nearly the revenue of a modern tax system.” Millions of dollars, the report said, are lost annually because of this condition. Real estate is one of the few sources of revenue that escapes an additional burden under the subcommittee’s tax program. In fact, the appropriation | bill carries a legislative rider specifi- cally forbidding the Commissioners from raising the existing $1.50 levy. By preventing an increase in the real estate tax rate the subcommittee agreed with the Jacobs report that this source of revenue already is carrying too heavy a load. The House tomorrow will begin con- sideration of the appropriation bill, which carries a total of $45,228,024, of which the Federal Government ‘would pay $5,000,000, the same amount it did for the current fiscal year. ‘House leaders predict passage of the ‘measure Friday. BELLOC ADVANCES WARNING TO WORLD Lauds Chesterton's Fight for | Catholicism—English An- tagonism Reviewed. Combining a tribute to his old | friend, Gilbert K. Chesterton, with a warning to the civilized nations, Hi- laire Belloc last night addressed a dis- tinguished group at Holy Trinity au- ditorium on what he termed & message | from a Catholic to Catholics. | Reviewing the history of English |4 antagonism to Catholicism, the his- torian referred to Chesterton as & true and typical Englishman who took up the fight for Catholicism late in life, after his reputation had been firmly established. “Otherwise,” Belloc said, “he would have suffered extinction.” An important part of his address was devoted to & resume of Chesterton's personality and literary qualities. “Much of Chesterton’s strength,” he pointed out, “lay in his ability to write epigrams. The English mind is fond of these. He was a master of parallelism. Above all, G. K. C. had the feeling of fellowship, which is truly English. Though he fought well, he did not like fighting as such. He left the feeling of gently criticizing & friend rathter than of battling an enemy.” Belloc concluded with a statement that the rise of civilization in the modern world depends on its accept- ance of Catholicism, not necessarily adherence to the Church of Rome, but the adoption of the broad culture of Catholicism. Otherwise, he warned, civilisation must go down. It’s beaatifal! It’s accarate! It’s dependable! See this beautiful timepiece and you'll reakise why it stands in sueh high favor with Amen- It has 17 jewels, 8 stunningly feshioned esse and Bulove's gesrantee for PAY 50c WEEKLY 1004 F St. N.W. Al | THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fsair and slightly colder with lowest temperature about 36 degrees tonight; tomorrow fair with gentle to moderate north winds, becoming light variable to- morrow. Maryland and Virginia—Fair to- night and tomorrow; slightly colder in east and central portions tonight; to- morrow fair and slightly warmer in extreme west portion. West Virginia—Fair tonight; tomor- row increasing cloudiness and warmer; light rain tomorrow night. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear today. Report For Last 24 Hours. Temperature, Barometer, Yeaterday— Degrees. Inches. 4 pm. » S B $ % i Record For Last 34 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) gHishest, B8. at 4 p.m. yesterday: year 43. at 5 am. today; This Year. year dity Fer Last 24 Mou (Prom noon yesterday to noon t Highest, 67 per cent. at 8:30 a.m. today. | est,’ 15 per cent, at 2:10 p.m. yes- Tide Tables. (Purnished by United Btates Coast and | Geodetic Survey.) High Low _ Hith Low s The Sum and Rises. 8un 3 Sun Moon. today = tomorrow _ 554 today ___ _ 11:i15p.m omobile lights must be turned on one-half hour alter sunsel. Precipitation, Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date). Month. PRISONER APPLIES FORS1, O00REWARD Wims Wants Money Due for Conviction of Slayer of Horace Waters. By & Btaff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 31— Application for a $1,000 reward offered by the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners for information leading to the conviction of the murderer of Horace D. Waters, storekeeper of Germantown, in & holdup in January, 1932, was made before the board yesterday. The Claimant was George Eilmer Wims, colored, who is now serving a term for robbery in the Maryland Pen- itentiary, according to Chief William Garrett of the Montgomery County police. In & statement supporting Wims’ claim, Chief Garrett explained that the first information regarding Donald Parker, colored, who was convicted of the murder last November, came from Wims, who was in the penitentiary at that time and wrote to him regard- ing Parker’s participation in the hold- up. The reward was posted shortly after the slaying of Waters, January 13, 1932 According to Chief Garrett, it was Wims' prowess as a base ball player that led to his securing the informa- tion. During a base ball game at the penitentiary, Wims, who had played on several semi-professional colored teams in this section, scored runners with an extra base hit and was being cheered loudly as “Montgomery,” his nickname taken from his home county Learning that Wims came from this county, another inmate of the peniten- tiary mentioned Parker’s part in a fatal shooting of Waters. Wims al- most four years after the shooting occurred, passed the information along to Chief Garrett, according to the reports. The commissioners turned the mat- ter over to Albert M. Bouic, counsel for the board, for & recommendatio deferring action until next meeting Alumni Dance Friday. The annual Gonzaga Alumni Associa- tion dance will be held at the Warc- man Park Hotel Friday night, April 9 Proceeds will go to the Gonzaga schol- arship fund. Germany recently held a “Heros' Memorial day” for World War vic- You can give the porch hard wear ston. Buffalo, N. Charleston, Ghicaro. il Cincinnati. 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