Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1937, Page 2

A—-2 %% ANTHTRUST LAW REPEAL FEARED Borah Voices Opinion in De- bate on Guffey Soft Coal Bill. BY J. A. O'LEARY. Pear that the Guffey soft coal con- trol bill may lead to gradual repeal of the Sherman anti-trust law if the eode provisions and marketing agree- ments authorized in the measure are exempted from the Sherman act was voiced in the Senate today by Sena- tor Borah, Republican, of Idaho. “I have no objection to the descrip- tion of fair trade practices outlined in the code section of the bill” said Borah. “What I object to is taking it out from under the Sherman law. Next will come the textile industry, then the steel industry and we will be operating under commissions, with the Sherman law repealed.” Senators Barkley of Kentucky and Minton of Indiana, Democrats, took issue with Borah's interpretation of the exemption clause. Minton said it does not repeal the Sherman law, but broadens its scope. Borah wanted to know why the ex- emption is necessary if the code mem- bers are not expectec to engage in monopolistic practices. Barkley said they not only are not expected to en- gage in such practices, but are pro- hibited from doing it Passage of the bill is expected late today or tomorrow. Commission Given Power. The Senate voted yesterday to al- low the proposed Bituminous Coal Commission to appoint some of its personnel without regard to civil serv- ice. Senator White, Republican, of Maine protested against the civil serv- lce exemption feature, but admitted e had n> hope of preventing it. The House, ir passing the bill two weeks 8go, had excluded from civil service the secretary, clerks to commissioners, attorneys and such special agents, technical experts and examiners as the commission may require The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee went a step further and plso excluded from the civil service requirement ‘‘managers and employes of the statistical bureaus hereinafter provided for.” Any employes hired by the commission other than the groups mentioned would have to be appointed fn accordance with the civil service and classification acts. White Hits Tendency. “This is another instance where we are permitting the employment of an unlimited number of persons by the organization created by the bill without an: gervice laws,” the Senate was told by White, a member of the Civil Service Committee. The Senate adopted a series of committee amendments yesterday, but left controversial ones for debate today. On motion of Majority Leader Rob- {nson, the House provision placing & tax of one-half of 1 per cent on the rale price at the mine was changed to a tax of one cent on each ton. This placed the tax on the quantity instead of the price. This levy will defray the cost of administering the act. Can Fix Maxim'un Price. Acting through 23 district heads throughout the country, the commis- sion would fix minimum prices. It also would have power to fix maximum prices whenever such action was deemed necessary to protect the con- Fsumer, To make the regulatory fea- tures effective, provision is made for establishment of a marketing and price-area code. In addition to the small administrative tax, there would be another tax of 1972 per cent levied on the coal of producers if they remain | out of the code. Code members would be exempt from this tax. TRAFFIC VIOLATION LAID TO WRONG MAN X. W. Hensley Complainant, Not Alleged Offender, in Drunk- Driving Case. In its account of an accident March 8 involving automobiles operated by E. W. Turton, 37, of Garrett Park, Md, and E. W. Hensley, 47, colored, | 2111 Flagler place. The Star stated | erroneously that Hensley had been | charged with driving while drunk. | Records at the second precinct show that Hensley, a clerk at the city post office for 18 years, was| the complainant in the case, and| that it was Turton against whom | the charge was lodged. No charge | was filed against Hensley. The Star regrets the error, which | was made in obtaining the police re- port of the accident. FIRST SALMON CAUGHT Maine Fish, Bought for $35, to Be Given Roosevelt. AUGUSTA, Me,, April 1 (#).—Wal- ter Crossman, Bangor angler, hooked the first salmon of the 1937 season 8t dawn today from Bangor’s noted #almon “‘pool.” The Maine Sportsmen's Fish and Game Association purchased the 13- pound fish for $35 for presentation to President Roosevelt. Congress in Brief . TODAY. Eenate: Moves toward vote on Guffey- Vinson coal-control bill Judiciary Committee continues hear- §ngs on Roosevelt court bill. House: Coneiders District appropriation bill. Labor Committee resumes hearings on proposed inquiry into labor con- ditions in shipbuilding and other in- dustries. Agriculture Committee continues study of parts of farm tenancy bill. Judiciary Committee continues hearings on anti-lynching legislation. Rules Committee continues study of proposed sit-down strike inquiry. . TOMORROW. Senate: ‘Will not be in session if Guffey coal bill passes today. Judiciary Committee continues hear- ings on President's court bill, House: Continues cebate on District appro- priation bill. Agriculture Committee meets 10:30 am. Interstate and Foreign GCommerce Committee meets 10 a.m. . reference to the civil | Washington Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. OT long ago we wrote a purzle piece to this effect: Take any number composed of three digits, one to nine in- the order of the digits (287). Subtract the resulting number from the first one (answer, 495). Now reverse the remainder (594). Add them and you Furthermore, you'll get the same figure in the end always—1,089, so long as you don't make the first and last digits the same (as in 212). | not knowing why all this should be | true, speaking in terms of purest | mathematics. | Now comes to the fore Mr. R. H. gineers, War Department, with a fas- | cinating set of equations to prove that 1,089 is as inevitable as the an- swer “'4” when you add 2 and 2. “Condition 1. Choose any three- digit number having unequal first and third digits. “The general expression XsX:X: is se- “Condition 2. Reverse the order of digits and subtract the resulting num- ber from the original. “Thus, XsX:X1 Wayside EQUATION. clusive (782 for example). Reverse get 1,089. With painful modesty we admitted | Hayes of the office of the chief of En- Behold: lected to represent such a number. —x “If the original number is greater than the reversed-digit number Xs | must be greater than x. Then, in subtracting the first digits, x. must be | increased by 10 by “borrow g" a unit | from x, just as in a simple arithmeti- | cal subtraction. If x. designates the | result, the expression (X:+10)—Xs=X« . (1) may be written for the frst step | digits, since x: in the original number | was decreased by one in the first step | it will be necessary to “borrow” 10 from x: in order to subtract xa of the reversed number. If this difference be designated xs, the expression (x:—1) + 10—x:=xs from which x:=9 may be | written for the second step. | "In the subtraction of the third digits. since xs of the original number | was decreased by one in the second | step and designating the difference xs, | | the expresion (Xe—Il)—Xi=Xs. . . (2) may be written for the third step. “The procedure is thus developed to | this point: “Condition 3. Reverse the order of digits in the number representing the difference under condition 2 and add i to this difference. Thus: XsXsXi —XiXsXs X9 X¢ + X9 Xe ““Now solve equations (1) and (2) above, simultaneously. Thus: (1) | N 2) | "Adding, the terms x, and x; will cancel—leaving X«+xe=9 final step, we have— XaXaX: —XiXaXs X9 X¢ +X9 Xs 1089 “Since Xi+Xe=9 9+9=18—"carry” one X+ Xe , plus 1=10 “Thus it is proved by principles of elementary arithmetic and algebra, to- | gether with the merest trace of de- | ductive reasoning, that the result must always be ‘1,089’ under the conditions of the problem, irrespective of the se- lected values of xi, x and X..” Now, if you're stil with us, we'd like to call to your attention the fact that the figure 736 when reversed makes 637, which, subtracted from the original leaves 99. Ninety-nine plus 99 gives us 198, and then where are we? The same holds true for 231,635 and a lot of other combinations. May- be one of the Hayes equations takes care of that, too, the trouble being that we wouldn’t know, should it hap- pen right before our eyes. Our last word on the subject: there an aspirin in the house? * % % % WORKERS. Since the publication of that tale about Mr. L. P. Chittenden, who found his car washed and polished one morning and never had dis- covered who did the job or why, only three young men have called at his house and modestly admitted that they performed the good deed, would be willing to accept a fee for same. Is * X % % SALARIES. N THE State budget just passed by the Maryland Legislature the Gov- ernor, whose constitutional salary is $4,500 a year, has voluntarily accepted a cut to $3,556. His secretary, Robert Irwin, a former newspaper reporter, is down on the books for $4,399. As there usually is in politics, there Maryland has his living expenses, home, servants, automobile, secretary and a yacht furnished by the State, items which the legislators estimate mount up to almost $30,000 a year. Mr. Irwin, so far a5 we know, has to worry along on the $4,339. * ¥ X % ANKLE. Washington citizens made a deep impression upon a visitor who just left town. Completely natural, he found them, and the story which he tells to give his description the greatest emphasis concerns a girl with a sprained ankle. She was sitting just across the aisle from him at a local theater the other night. Between the acts, her ankie bothering her, the girl decided to do something about it. What she did was as simple and unaffected as blinking her eyes. First, off came her shoe; then her stocking. Nert she unwound the bandage. That done, she sur- veyed the ankle, twisted it tenta- ) ‘In the subtraction of the second | “Applying this expression to the | dental attention, it was announced. is & hitch to this. The Governor of |place up in Pennsylvania THE EVENING WAGE LAW PARLEY COVERS 8 STATES Labor Department Officials to Confer With Repre- sentatives Today. BY the Associated Press. The Supreme Court decision vali- dating State minimum wage legisla- tion set Labor Department officials to- day to studying the possibility of a model minimum wage law for all States. Officials called the department's Minimum Wage Committee to meet April 8 and study whether a model law is desirable or whether present State acts should be amended in the light of the court's opinion. The ccurt validated the women's minimum wage law of Washington State. Dependent on committee recommen-= dation, department officials said, rep- resentatives of 18 States which have women's basic pay acts may be in- vited here to confer on the general subjet of minimum wage legislation. First department reports were that eight States whose wage laws were revived by the court’s decision wculd attend the committee meeting. Miss Louise Stitt, supervisor of the min- imum wage division, said, however, they had been notified only that the committee planned to study the qies- tion. Conclusions of the committea Will determine, Miss Stitt said, whether a conference of all minimum wage States will be called. Gerard D. Reilly, the department's acting solicitor and chairman of the Wage Committee, said there is a question about what principle for fix- ing minimum wages would be riost generally acceptable. A District of Columbia law calls for a minimum based on a “fair and decent” standard of living for wornen workers. Its provisions, Reilly said, have been considered easier to ad~in- ister than those of the New York minimum wage law, providing fcr a reasonable return for services ten- dered. States whose minimum wage jaws are similar to the New York law in- clude New Jersey, New Hampslire, | Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Illifois, | Connecticut and Ohio. Other States which have passed minimum wage laws include <ali- fornia, Colorado, Minnesota, Msrth Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, ‘Washington, Wisconsin, Rhode Isiand | and Nevada. Sidney Hillman, head of the Textile Workers' Organizing Committee, dise cussed minimum-wage legislation and the Wagner labor relations act vith President Roosevelt yesterday. On the eve of a world textile con- ference in Washington, Hillman said he told the President he hoped the campaign for union members in the industry would go on “without any strikes or industrial disturbances.” C.C. C. CAMPS SHOW DECREASE OF 12| Ninth Enrollment Period Reveals Health Improvement in This Area. Opening today of the ninth enroll- ment period in the Civilian Coneerva- tion Corps found a decrease in the number of camps in the 3d Corps ! Area, including the District, from the maximum of 212 to 201, it was an- nounced at Corps Area headquariers. The enrollments will continue antil April 20. There has been a steady imptrove- ment in health conditions throughout the C. C. C. as a result of efforts directed toward good feeding, clothing and housing, along with medical and The office of the surgeon genaral, charged with looking after the health of C. C. C. enrollees, reported the oc- currence of disease among enrollees during the last fiscal year is at the lowest point in the history of the corps and the death rate in the C. C. C. was lower than that among men of similar age groups throughout the registration area of the United States, tively this way and that and slov'ly began the process of redressing it— this time a lot tighter than before. It was all very pleasant and our operative was much, much im- pressed. Thinks, indeed, that ne may come here to live the simple life. * ok K X EXPENSIVE JUNK. Speaking of Maryland, perhaps you haven't noticed it, but a reasonable percentage of those ugly junk heaps have disappeared from the Washing- ton-Baltimore roadside of late. One of the largest, near Laurel, consisted principally of abandoned cars and has been hauled away post haste. There is no civic reason for this—merely the fact that steel business is booining again and junk yards are paying $7 to $9 & ton for old metal. * x % % WHY NOT? WE HAVE heard of innumersable people who like to do their sing- ing in bath tubs, a few gentlemen who enjoy shaving while in the bath, using special mirror effects to accomplish i 2 Yk the deed, and now we wonder how much business was being done by a recently | espied by Don Dugan of the Capitol Police force. A sign in front of it read “Rooms, Meals, With Baths,” bringing to mind a vision of a soap-lathered citizen crunching away on pie a 1a mode. * %k SAVED. Although they did not fit into plans for the landscaping of the Mall, or else interfered with the view between the Capitol and Lin- coln Memorial, recently more than 40 trees of various sizes have bezn | wage earner, transplanted by the Parks Depari- ment, among them two oaks of especial interest. One is the Con- fucius oak, which sprang from an acorn a one-time Congressman gathered from the grave of the Oriental sage, and the other is the Rutherford B. Hayes oak, planted by the former President when he was serving in Congress. Another dtem that was moved successfully was a Japanese zelkova, and, for that matter, still is. L STAR, WASHINGTON 18 POLIGE SHIFTS EFFECTIVE TODAY Department Transfers Are Announced by Maij. Ernest Brown. Eighteen transfers in the Metro- politan Police Department became ef- fective at 8 a.m. today. The changes involve the following privates: Joseph P. Comiskey, assigned to duty as precinct detective and trans- ferred from the traffic division to the fourth precinct; Luther C. Wise, made a tenth precinct detective; Richard J. Felber, assigned to duty as pre- cinct detective and transferred from the Detective Bureau to the third precinct; Irving Rosenburg, assigned to duty as precinct detective and transferred from the first to the twelfth precinct; Willlam B. Satter- thwaite, relieved from further assign- ment as precinct detective and trans- ferred from the second to the third precinct; Robert L. Jones, relieved from further assignment as precinct detective and transferred from the tenth to the sixth precinct; Henry Rinke, relieved from further assign- ment as precinct detective and trans- ferred from the eighth to the ninth precinct; Nelson G. Thayer, relieved from further assignment as precinct detective and transferred from the twelfth to the second precinct. Other privates transferred were Foster J. Rowen, dismounted from motor cycle and transferred from sixth to second precinct; Joseph H. Hunt, second to sixth precinct; Clar- ence E. Brant, second precinct to traffic division; George O. Burkley, jr., made motor cycle patrolman, to remain in traffic division Precinct Detective Bernard F. Day was transferred from the fourth to the second precinct. Also transferred were Pvts. Earl D. Alber, ninth to second precinct, Ed- win P. Tucker, seventh to second precinct; David Gorman, eighth to second precinct; Robert A. Williams, ninth to eighth precinct. Pvt. Clarence J. Butler's transfer from the twelfth to the second pre- cinct was made effective March 28. MARKET AID TOLD BY HUTTON PARTNER Assisted by Stock Specialist in Obtaining Data, Geran Testifies. BY the Assoctated Press. A partner of W. E. Hutton & Co. testified before the Securities and Ex- change Commission yesterday that in 1935 he was assisted by a stock spe- cialist in getting certain market in- formation for his firm. Counsel for the commission con- tended the action was part of an al- leged conspiracy by the New York brokerage house to manipulate com- mon stock of the Atlas Tack Corp. Carroll V. Geran, the witness, stead- fastly denied the manipulation charge and insisted the information he ob- tained was not in violation of the New York Stock Exchange rules making a stock specialist’s book strictly con- fidential. Commission Counsel Gruber pressed Geran for an admission that the De- troit office, which was instrumental in the Atlas stock operations, wanted to know how much stock it would have to buy on the way up if it tried to “rig” the market. D. C. Taxes (Continued From First Page.) automobile owner and various types of businesses, with spe- cial attention to insurance companies, theaters, corporations and parking lot operators. These bills constitute the major portion of the tax revenue program planned by Chairman Collins of the House Subcommittee on Appropria- tions, which framed the 1938 District supply bill. Collins introduced eight bills late yesterday and plans to offer one today which will complete his program. Four of the eight bills are virtu- ally duplicates of the so-called Mapes tax from 2 to 4 cents a galion. Another places a weight tax on motor vehicles. A third establishes an income tax as & substitute for the present tax on in- tangible personal property, and the fourth provides an inheritance tax. Taxes Parking Lots. The four new bills will require: Parking lot operators to pay a tax on a graduated scale, ranging from $20 to $450 a year, based on the ca- pacity of the lots. Insurance companies, to pay a 2 per cent tax on net premium receipts as well as an annual fee of $20 for filing annual statements. Corporations to pay & tax of 1 mill per $1 on capital stock and 2 mills per $1 annually on paid-up ecapital stock and surplus. Motion picture theaters and com- bination motion picture-vaudeville theaters to pay & 2 per cent tax on gross receipts monthly. An increase in"admission prices in such theaters because of the tax specifically for- bidden. The ninth bill expected to be in- troduced today will revise upward and make uniform the present taxes on public utility corporations. ‘The income tax bill is identical with the Mapes bill for the same purpose. It would require every single person with an income of $1,000 a year or more, and every married person whose income is $2,500 or more, which is de- rived in the District, wko i living with husband or wife, to file & return with the District assessor. Every individual having & gross in- come of $5.000 or more would be re- quired to file a return. . Graduated Scale Provided. ‘The tax schedule set up in the bill would be as follows 1 per oent of the net income not exceeding $2,000; 1.5 per cent of the income in excess of $2,000, but not exceeding $5,000; 3 per cent of the net income in excess of $5,000, but not exceeding $10,000; 2.5 per cent of the net income in excess of $10,000, but not in exce: : of $15,000; 3 per cent of the net inconie in excess of $15,000, but not exceeding $20,000; 3.5 per oent of the net incc, : in ex- cess of $20,000, but not exceeding $30,000; 4 per cent of the net income in excess of $30,000, but not exceeding $50,000, and 5 per cent of the net income in excess of $50,Cv0. Bingle persons or married persons not living with husband or wife would be exempt from taxation up to $1,000. The income of a married person liv- ing with husband or wife would be exempted up to $2,500. The exemp- tion for dependents would be $300 ' [ 10} 8y President Roosevelt and Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada, as they got togetnrer for an “off-the-record” chat yesterday at Mount Vernon. While the President and his guest were telking things over, Mrs. Roosevelt took Lady Tweedsmuir on a sight-seeing stroll through the historic mansion. THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1937. "W LORD TWEEDSMUIR VISITS ANNAPOLIS Midshipmen Parade for Ca- nadian Governor General on Final Day of Stay. B7 the Associated Press. An inspection trip to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md, opened | the final day's program today of the state visit of Lord Tweedsmuir, Gov= ernor General of Canada A parade of the regiment of mid- shipmen was arranged in his honor. Afterward, the King of England’s per- | sonz1 representative in Canada agreed to deliver a brief address. Lord Tweedsmuir told the midship- men the British and American Navies are united in the same purpose—"the preservation of liberty and peace.” “Every addition to your Navy s an extra addition to the security of the world,” he added. Referring to what he termed the close friendship between the British and American sea services, he recalled that more than a century ago the two countries had “some very regret- able differences of opinion.” “But whether we were antagonists or allies,” he continued, “I think we | always respected each other.” Returning to Washingtor. in tima for luncheon at the British Embassy, the Governor General was invited to visit the Capitol to receive the greet- iings of congressional leaders and to | observe Congress in ression. Secretary Perkins was hostess at a luncheon for Lady Tweedsmuir and | Mrs. Roosevelt. Tea at White House. A tea was the final affair at the White House for the Canadian visitors before they go to a dinner given in ,®neir honor by Sir Herbert Marler, the jCanadian Minister, at his Legation. Prom there Lord and Lady Tweeds- | muir will board their special train to- | night for the return trip to Ottawa Visits to Fort Myer, Arlington Na- tional Cemetery and Mount Vernon | and & state dinner at the White House were the high lights of their busy pro- | gram yesterday. Roosevelt Lord Tweedsmuir and President drove back together from Mount Vernon, giving them an op- | portunity for a 45-minute private | conversation. Smiling amateur photographers took full advantage of a rare occurrence yesterday—a chance to “snap” the President and his honored guest. —A. P. and Harris-Ewing Photos | | for each child under 18 years of age | portation in interstate commerce of and for each additional persons who is actually supported and entirely de- pendent upon the taxpayer. Every non-resident whose income is earned in the District would be re- quired to file a return, but those who live in States where incomes already are subject to a State tax would be given credit for the amount paid to the State. Virginia has an income tax law, but Federal employes are exempt from payment of the State income tax. Maryland, on the other hand, does not have a State income tax la Under the Collins bill, if a resident | of Virginia who earns his salary in| the District has to pay a tax of $25 under the Virginia law and would have to pay a tax of $30 under the | proposed District income tax, then he | would be required to pay only $5 to the District, in keeping with the credit plan. Pederal employes not living in the District would be exempt. Since Maryland has no income tax, all of its residents whose income is derived in the District would be re- quired to pay the full tax. The credit allowance would not be applicable, however, to persons from States whose income is derived from the District, if those States do not grant similar credits to District resi- dents under their income tax laws. ‘The proposed tax on corporations is designed as a tax for the privilege of doing business. It would affect every domestic and foreign ocorpora- tion doing business in the District. In the case of a foreign corporation the tax would be based on the portion of the stock represented by the prop- erty owned or used in the District. If the capital stock increased, the cor- poration would pay in proportion to the amount of the increase. | The bill stipulates that each share | of stock having no par value shall be considered to have a value of $1 or such value as fixed by the corporation | for sale or the value deter iined by the tax assessor. There would be no tax on capital and surplus stock rep- resented by property used exclusively in interstate commeroe. Corporations | failing to file & report on the value of their capital and surplus stock would be liable for a fine of $100 in addition to $5 for each day of delinquency, plus interest. The bill relating to insurance com- panies requires them to pay an annual license fee of $25, and prescribes as & penalty for failing to procure a license a fine of $100 for each day a company 15 engaged in business without & license. The compenies also are re- | quired to file an annual statement | with the superintendent of insurance | of their operations. A $20 filing fee | also is required. Revocation of the license would be the penalty for failing | to file the annual statement. Divide ds Exempted. The companies, in addition, would be required to pay a tax amounting to | 2 per oent of the policy and member- ship fees and net premium receipts on all insurance contracts on risks. Ex- empted from this tax would be | premiums returned on policies can- | celled or not taken, premiums paid for reinsurance where the same 8re | "o nong guvdam. The party was paid to companies licensed to do busi- | ness in the District, and dividends paid in cash or used by policyholders in payment of reneval premiums. Registration fees for private motor vehicles would be 35 cents for each 100 pounds. The schedule for com- mercial vehicles would be as follows: Not over 1,500 pounds, 75 cents & hundred pounds. Over 1,500, but not over 3,000 pounds, $1 per hundred pounds. Over 2,000, but not over 4,000 pounds, $1.25 a hundre” pounds. Over 4,000 pounds, but not over 6,000 pounds, $1.50 & hundred pounds. Over 6,000, but not over 8,000 pounds, $1.75 per hundred pounds. Over 8,000, but not over 10,000, $2 & hundred pounds. Over 10,000, but not over 12,000, $2.25 a hundred pounds. Over 12,000 pounds, $2 pounds. Motorcycles would pay $5 & year fee, and bicycles $2 s year. , Bolid-tired motor vehicles would pay '50 & hundred | persons or property for hire o\ °r regu- lar routes or between a fixed t rminal would pay as a registration fee an amount bearing the same proportion to the fee which would otherwise be payable as the number of miles oper- ated by such vehicles during the calendar year of registration bears to the total number of miles operated by such vehicle in the District and elsewhere during such year The minimum, however, would be $35 The bill to tax pa..in. lot owners, lessors or managers, prescribes the | following graduated schedule of fees, based on the capacity of the lots Lots having a capacity of over 10 cars and not exceeding 20, $10 a year Lots having a capacity of over 20 cars and not exceeding 30, $20 a year Lots having a capacity of over 30 | cars and not exceeding 50, $60. Lots having a capacity of over 50 cars and not exceeding 75, $70. Lots having a capacity of over 75 cars and not exceeding 120, $80 a | year | | 80 per cent above the regular scale. | the Lots having a capacity of over 120 | cars and not exceeding 175, $125 a year. Lots having a capacity of over 175 | cars and not exceeding 250, $175 a year. Lots having s capacity of over 250 cars and not exceeding 350, $350 a | year. Lots having a capacity of over 350 cars and not exceeding 500, $350 & year. Lots having a capacity of over 500 cars, $450 a year. Rules to Be Drawn. The bill subjects the parking lots to the rules and regulations of the | Commissioners and prescribes revo- cation of the license for violations. The assessor’s office is charged with administration and enforcement. The inheritance tax, which also is identical with the one proposed in the | Mapes bills, imposes a tax rate on transfer of all estates of decedents, in- cluding all tangible property, intan- gible property and real property owned by a resident of the District or owned by a non-resident which is situated in the District. The rate, which is imposed upon net values, begins at 1 per cent of estates not in excess of $50,000 and jumps upward at the rate of 1 per cent to s maximum of 15 per cent of estates of more than $5,000,000. PARTY MARKS CHANGES IN JUSTICE DEPARTMENT Gordon Dean Bucceeds Henry Suydam as Cummings’ Public Relations Man. Gordon Dean, transferred from the Criminal Division of the Justice De- partment, today succeeded Henry Suy- dam as public relations adviser to At- torney General Cummings. Department officiais and newspaper men who cover its activities joined Tuesday in a “hail and farewell” party held in the apartment of Assistant Attorney General Brien McMahon at Hay-Adams House, with Cum- mings and a number of his assistants among the guests. Suydam, who resigned to join the Newark News editorial staff, was un- able to be present on account of the death of a relative outside the city. Dean was felicitated on his new as- signment by executives of various | branches of the depertment. He will | have Suydam’s’ title of special execu- tive assistant to the Attorney General. T. 8. Grape to Sail for France. ‘Theodore 8. Grape, president of the Distisst Federation of Business Men's Amsociations, will sail from New York tomorrow aboard the Ile de PFrance with other American business men to study the methods of the French Wine Growers’ Associstion. The group will zpend three weeks inspecting vinyards, wineries and business houses in France a8 guests of the Wine Growers' Aaso- Vehicles used exclusively for trans- ciation. \ t MAYORS REQEST B RELEF FUND Want $700,000,000 More | Than President’s Figure | in Balanced Budget. | The United States Conference of Mayors asked President Roosevelt yes- terday to recommend a $2,200,000,000 | work-relief appropriation for the fiscal year beginning July 1. | This would be nearly $700,000,000 | more than the President has said ihe | budget can carry without being out | of balance. | | The Mayors expressed hope that | the entire sum would be asked of | Congress at one time so W. P. A.| officials could plan a full vear ahead. | Their request was delivered by Mayor Piorello La Guardia of New York. | Its presentatian recalled tnat the President has stated the questiun of a balanced budget is an open one “for | the very good reason that this Gov- ernment does not propose next year, | any more than during the past four | years, to allow American families to | | starve.” | 2,800,000 Jobs Needed. | La Guardia told the President | $2,200,000.000 is necessary to RIVE‘ work to 2,800,000 persons who are | able to work but cannot find jobs in ! private industry. ' In the week of February 20, the last date for which figures have been made public, the Works Progress Ad- | ministration employed about 2,160,000 | persons. W. P. A. expenditures for the first seven months of this fiscal | year indicate a 12-month total of around $2,000,000,000. Mr. Roosevelt is scheduled to send | new relief recommendations to Con- gress within the next 10 days | La Guardia did not say whether the President gave him any en- | couragement. W. P. A. Administra- | |tor Harry L. Hopkins was another | White House visitor and he and the | mayor chatted together afterward. La | Guardia later departed for New York | by plane | Grants’ Approval Asked. Az an immediate help in the un-| employment situation, La Guardia asked the President to approve grants | | from $150,000.000 available in the Public Works Administration’s revolv- ing fund for eligible P. W. A. projects, which he said the Government had asked cities to submit. He said mayors recognized direct relief to unemployables as the re- sponsibility of State and local gov-| ernments and opposed demands that | the Federal Government re-enter | the direct-relief fleld. As to local contributions to W. P. A. projects, the statement to the President said no rigid formula was possible. i g DESIGN SUBMITTED ‘Te Fine Arts Commission today re- ceived from the Labor Department a proposed design for & memorial tab- | let honoring officers of the Immigra- tion and Naturalization Service, who | lost their lives in the line of duty. Arthur Brown of San Francisco, architect of the Labor Department Building, made the design. The tab- let is to be placed in the lobby on the first floor at the northwest entrance. Employes of the service raised funds for the project. Brown plans to use part of the stone wall of the structure, with panels upon which will be inscribed in incised letters the names of the officers. Corset Hater Divorced. CHICAGO, April 1 (#)—Her hus- | band, Mrs. Lucille Rasmussen, 39, told |a Superior Court judge yesterday, liked her but hated her corset. Bo, she anid, he beat her whenever he detected | | her wearing it. She was granted & | Lady Carrot ( | xEmvee (Ducy) | My | x Jobakheta Guests at State Dinner. Members of the Governor General's barty present at the White House dinner included Mrs. Pape, lady in waiting; A. 8. Redfern, secretary: Col. H. Wil O'Connor, Lieut. 8. G. Rivers-Smith, and Capt. C. P. Camp- bell-Preston, aides-de-camp. Rankings guests were Vice Presi- dent and Mrs. Garner, Sir Ronald Lindsay, Ambassador from Great Britain; the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Mrs. Bankhead, the Secretary of State and Mrs. Hull, the Minister of the Irish Free State and Mrs. MacWhite, the Minister of the Union of South Africa and Mrs Close, the Minister of Canada and Lady Marler, the Secretary of War and Mrs. Woodring and Secretary of Labor Perkins. From the Senate. there were Sena- tor and Mrs. Pittman and Senator and Mrs, Borah. Representative and Mrs, Fish and Representative and Mrs Bloom were there from the House Entries for Tomorrow Bowie— Clear and Past RACE 4 furiongs. Araho ‘Lass (W estrope) Warlaine (Porter) = FIRST £1.000 bere ble and J H Whit . H. 8. Herkimer and E. SECOND RACE— $1.000, 5', furlongs Happy_ Hostess Grey Blossom (I May Music (McDermott) *More Poise (Barba)__ Trostar _(Gordon! *Story Time (Barl year-olds: elaiming: THIRD RACE—Purse. $1000; elaiming: 3-vear-olds and up: 6 furlongs Credulous (Westrope) Goody Goody (Root) xEngles Boy (Johnson) 2 Golden Key (Richard) xSpey Crest (Morris) xSaxopal (Green) xMerrily On (Eccard) | Queen Govans (M. Peters) xBarnstormer Chiliad _(Root xRoyal Tuscan (Shelhamer) x a Dona Duicin (Gordon) estrope) | (Barba) XWise Bun (Eccard) xGentleman (Cubitt) xDilwin (Parker) Pass_(E_Smith W. E_ John entry. a son and Miss E man maidensi 114 i * FOURTH RACE—3-year-old 1.000: 6 furiongs aGay Jack (Porter) Miss Wrack (Johnson) Clymene (M_ Peters) Kadlia (M. Peters) Gemwick (E. Smith) bAbbots Hour (Grige) Little Wrisk (Johnson) Playnot (Sheibamer) Fair Scout (I. Hanford) Love Potion (Deering) cBiscayne Blue (Saunders) Brief (Rosengarten) cLate Day (Morris) aBounding (M. Peters) bMilicent (Grigs) ad eman entry. ¢ Bomar Stable entry ottt i tototet b Metcall FIPAH RACE—4-vear olds claiming: $1,000° 6 furlongs. Master Lad '(Richards) Lemont ~ (Parke) xBuster Boy (Duffy) Surprise (Giibert) Pight Talk (Westrope) xS. Scudder (Gordon) and SIXTH RACE—Purse. $1.000:: 4-year-olds: 1 1-16 miles Canpra (Gilbert) x Headen Home Infilec (Decamill claiming: (Shelhamer) Minton pper KBalapin T x Church Cail (Shelhamer) Tichester (O'Malley) 5 SEVENTH RACE—Purse. $1.000: claim« ing’ 3-vear-olds: 1 mile and 70 yards Chief Mourner (Deering) I Some Bull (Gilbert) Strophe (E 8mith) Bright Bird (Eccard) Helen Bab (Root) x Boocap (Barba) x Tragedian (Shelhamer) x Pencader (Gordon) (Parker) X Chatteress (Root) Momentary (E X Raftles Problel xApprentice al Scratches Bowie— ith) * m_(Ducy) ek dlowance claimed. TODAY. Clear and fast. First race—High Torque, Spey Crest Headin Home, Emvee, Deep Wick ani Dedication. Third race—Aroused. Fourth race—Aglow. Fifth race—Honey Cloud, Quincy My Elsie and Vote Boy. Sixth race—Tichester Problem. and Rafle divorce. Seventh race—Tragedian.