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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO! D. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1937 ** A—-3 — BLAST SINKS SHIP KILLING MASTER Seaman Also Badly Burned in Explosion at Nor- folk Pier. Bs the Assoctated Press. NORFOLK, Va., April 2—An ex- plosion wrecked and sank the Gulf Oil Co.’s 33-ton fueling tanker, Gulf Lass, at the dock here today, killing its master and burning a seaman. Thomas Henry Russell, 51, of Berkley, master of the 57-foot boat, was killed as the blast shot part of the deck house upward and enveloped the tanker in flames at 7:30 am. Thrown overboard with Russell was Gideon Sawyer, his face badly burned. An employe at the Gulf Oil Co. plant, L. F. Hanbury, rescued Sawyer, tossed in the water, dazed and blinded. Russell's body floated on the water near him Bursts Into Flames. A moment after the explosion the boat burst into flames and quickly sank to the bottom at the Berkley dock. Boats from the nearby naval sta- tion and Coast Guard post hurried to the scene and South Norfolk firemen threw water on the burning super- structure still above water. The craft was used to fuel ships in Hampton Roads. Capt. Walter P. Cardozo of the Navy yard tug, Daisy, who was near- ing the Gulf Oil dock, gave an eye- witness account of the explosion. “I | looked up just in time to see the bodies of two men blown from the pilot house on the Gulf Lass,” he said “Both men fell into the water near the tanker and were taken out by rs who swam out from shore. A few seconds after the explosion e broke out on the Gulf Lass and burned until she settled to the river bottom, “The Gulf Oil siren sounded the stress signal and shortly afterward men and coast guardsmen were on the scene.” Witnesses said the injured man was able to give a brief account of what happened before being taken to & haspital. He said he had just turned on a switch and that the explosion occurred when the engine started. 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De Soto, Chrysler, Nash, Stude- baker, Lafayette, Pontiac, Reo, Hupmobile, Packard 120, Olds= mobile, Auburn and Lincoln— $10.50 to $12.25 (3,000 to 3,500 pounds). Hupmobile, Cadillac and Buick, $12.25 to $14 (3,500 to 4,000 pounds). Other models of Chrysler, Buick, Packard and Cadillac—$14 to $15.75 (4,000 to 4,500 pounds). Lincoln, Pierce-Arrow and other models of Packard and Cadillac— $15.75 to $22.75 (4,500 to 6,500 pounds). The rate for commercial vehicles is figured on a weight limit scale ranging from under 1,500 pounds to over 12,000 pounds. The rate for the various types per 100 pounds would be as follows: Not over 1,500 pounds—75 cents. Between 1,500 and 2,000—$1.00. Between 2,000 and 4,000—$1.25. Between 4,000 and 6,000—$1.50. Between 6,000 and 8,000—$1.75. Between 8,000 and 10,000—$2.00. Between 10,000 and 12,000—$2.25. Over 12,000—$2.50. The income tax bill exempts members of Congress and other elected or appointed officials of the Federal Government serving a def- inite term from the tax. The ex- ception is made in the case of those who live here. D. C. Bill (Continued From First Page.) some of the major features of the measure if the points of order are sustained. The revolt against the action of the Appropriations Committee actually started yesterday, when the House be- gan general debate on the supply bill. Three members of the Legisla- tive Committee, including Chairman Norton, served notice that when the bill is read for amendments they would attempt to have 12 of the riders elim- inated on points of order. Joining Mrs. Norton in the protest against the riders were Representatives Nichols, Democrat, of Oklahoma and Brew- ster, Republican, of Maine. Compromises Spurned. Efforts to iron out the differences were made after the House adjourned at a conference between Mrs. Norton, Nichols and Chairman Collins of the Subcommittee on Appropriations which framed the supply bill. The discus- sion lasted for more than an hour, but neither side would agree to a compromise. At its conclusion Collins issued a statement in which he said he ex- pected points of order to be made against provisions which are contrary to the rules and lack merit, but pointed | day” out there should be no “serious ob- jection” to various items in the bill from the Legislative Committee. Collins’ statement follows: “If there are legislative provisions | which are contrary to the rules and which do not have merit, in the judg- ment of the members of the Legisla- tive Committee, I should rather expect nd should not feel in the least sur- prised or disappointed if a member of that committee should make a point of order against such provision or pro- visions, “I am sure the members of that Appropriations. The purpose of each | is to provide and legislate for the Dis- trict in a fair and equitable and busi- nesslike way. Free to Review Provisions. “If the members of the District Committee wish to make points of order on items in this bill which, in their opinion, do not have merit, then it is their duty to endeavor to elim- inate such provisions from the bill, and there will be no quarrel with me or the Appropriation Committee be- cause of such action. I do not, how- ever, expect, and should be very much surprised, if members of that commit- tee, despite the merits of propositions, should make points of order simply because the matters were not present- ed by that committee. There is not a proposition in my bill which that committee is not free to review and to legislate upon snbsequently, either in confirmation or by way of modifica- tion. “I have endeavored to co-operate with the District Committee through- out the hearings, and I am sure there should be no serious objectior.s on ;}:leir part to the various items in this L The principal target of attack will be a rider transferring jurisdiction over Gallinger Municipal Hospital and the new tuberculosis sanatoria at Glenn Dale, Md., from the Board of Public Welfare to the Health Depart- ment. Face Points of Order. Points of order also are to be made egainst the following legislative pro- visions: Transferring 20 municipal play- grounds to the community center de- partment of the public schools. Forbidding the Commissioners from increasing the tax rate on real estate in the coming fiscal year. Transferring the office of the super- intendent of licenses from control of the assessor to the superintendent of weights, measures and markets. Directing the Public Utilities Com- mission to make an investigation of the “reasonableness” of telephone rates. Permitting the Commissioners to award contracts for repair work. Giving the Commissioners control of the new Police Court Building. Gas Tax Diversion Opposed. Diverting gasoline tax revenues to support the Department of Vehicles and Traffic and the Department of Trees and Parking, as well as to pay for snow removal. Authorizing an investment of $750,- 000 of water revenues in United States securities. Preventing salary increases of em- ployes receiving more than $2,000 a year as a result of reallocations. Precluding public school teachers from doing clerical work outside the class room. Sales Resistance. CENTER CITY, Minn. (#).—The death of Oscar Peterson revealed his extraordinary method of keeping auto- mobile salesmen away. In his garage was found a car pur- chased 20 years ago and never used. Frank Lorens, who sold Peterson the car, said: “He bought that car from me for the sole purpose of keeping salesmen from bothering him. He could tell them he already had a new car.” Concert Tonight. The Boys' Band of the Elks Club will open its Spring concert season at 8 o'clock tonight with a program in the auditorinm of McKinley High School. Capt. Taylor Branson and assistants Ambulances nog o) Supin it nw. Columbin¥ossz 817 11 &t. s Atlantic 6700. A Prof. John Zimmerman will be zum conductors. t the same desire to | | improve conditions in the District as | do the members of the Committee on PEERY DECLINES 10 MIXIN STRIKE Virginia Governor Will Take Action Only if Situation Gets Out of Hand. By the Associated Press. Gov. George C. Peery said he was prepared today to take any action he deemed expedient should local au- thorities become ‘“‘unable to handle the situation” at Covington, where 1,300 employes of the Industrial Ray- on Corp. are idle because of a strike. Meanwhile, three officials of the Resettlement Administration were en route to Newport News to investigate | a strike by 27 hod carriers asking | higher pay at the agency’'s Homestead Housing Project there Miners from Wise, Lee and Dick- enson Counties heard Representative John W Flannagan, State Senator Robert W. Daniel and David Stevens | of Pittsburgh, member of the Inter- | national Executive Board of the | United Mine Workers, in a “Mitchell rally at Norton yesterday Flannagan Replies to Glass. The meeting coincided with a holi- day—John L. Lewis day—celebrated | by other miners through the Ap- palachian region, while negotiations | were under way in New York to effect | a new contract between the union | and operators. Flannagan devoted the major por- tion of his address to a retort to Sen- ator Glass’ radio broadcast assail- | ing President Roosevelt’s court pro- po:als. W. D. Anderson, Legislative Council Federation of Labor, who had com- plained to Gov. Peery that he was “shadowed” on a recent trip through | the Clinchfield coal region, said he | had been told the Civil Liberties Com- mittee of Congress probably would in- vestigate charges that union or-| ganizers are “guards and spies” of | coal companies in Dickenson County. John Hopkins Hall, jr, Virginia commissioner of labor, said about 90 per cent of Virginia's 13,500 coal miners are organized. The 1,600 em- ployes of the Clinchfield Coal Corp. at Clincho, Dickenson County, and Dante, Russell County, represent the | only large single group not organized, | said Hall Judge John L. Connors, Federal | conciliator, said a settlement of the textile strike at Covington did not ap- pear imminent. Action, he said, prob- ably would be delayed “a week or 10 | days at least,” and added. “No efforts are being made to settle the strike at | this time.” Gov. Peery informed the Roanoke Chamber of Commerce that he would not interfere with the strike at Cov- ington. The chamber had wired the Gov- ernor a request “that you notify us as to what steps you will take to pro- tect property rights in Virginia when so violated by unlawful methods.” The civic organization said its request was prompted in view of the Coving- ton labor trouble and the fact “Roan- oke and vicinity is a large industrial center.” APPROVAL IS GIVEN NAVY PROMOTIONS Roosevelt Agrees to Board Ad- vance of 187 to Rank of Lieu- tenant Commander. President Roosevelt today approved the promotion of 187 lieutenants to the grade of lieutenant commander and 270 lieutenants (j. g.) to be lieuten- ants. In taking this action, the Chief Executive approved the recommenda- tions of a Line Selection Board which has been in session at the Navy De- partment since March 8. It was con- vened by order of Secretary Swanson and Rear Admiral Henry E. Lackey, director of the Shore Establishment Division, was its president. Serving with him as members were Capt. Ralph A. Koch, commanding the U. S. S. Seattle; Capt. George V. Stewart, head of the Naval Post- Graduate School, Annapolis; Capt. Arthur L. Bristol, jr., commanding the Naval Air Station, San Diego, Calif.; Capt. Francis A. L. Vossler, on duty at the Naval Academy; Capt. Abel T. Bidwell, on duty in the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department; Capt. William D. Brereton, jr., attached to the office of Naval Intelligence at the department; Capt. Charles M. Yates, also on duty in the bureau, and Capt. William W. Wilson, inspector of ord- nance, in charge Naval Powder Fac- tory, Indianhead, Md. The board’s recorder was Lieut. Comdr. Paul W. Steinhagen, on duty in the Bureau of Navigation. chairman of the of the Virginia Handicrafts Are Tested. Handicrafts, including rug-making, modeling, fretwork and handloom weaving are being . sted in London as cures for nervous troubles. Enroll for Spring Classes Now Forming in GERMAN r.nmu Converllllnnll Berlitz Method NA(MBII 0’70 "l'nvclcu' Courss” 4 L OF LAN IIAT”C'I'H G. M PEACE TALKS Flood Scene Provided by OPENED IN DETROI Seek End to New Strike Troubles—Chrysler Par- ley Delayed. BACKGROUND— Present year brought increasing labor trotbles to U, S. John L. Lewis’ United Automobile Workers’ sit-down strike at General Motors plants affected 100,000 workers. The strike ended in a truce in Feb= ruary. Then trouble was threat- ened by U. A. W. in Chrysler plants, resulting in strike there March 8. Negotiators are still working on this dispute. Wednesday night mnew strikes broke out in G. M. C. plants, work- ers claiming the company had vio- lated its agreement in the opera= tion of the shop steward system. BY the Associatea Press. DETROIT, April 2—Resumption of strike settlement negotiations between Walter P¢ Chrysler and John L. Lewis was deferred today until Saturday, as efforts to settle new disputes in General Motors plants were inten- sified. William S. Knudsen, executive vice president of General Motors Corp., and Homer Martin, president of the United Automobile Workers, met in an attempt to quiet sporadic storms that beat about the General Motors~ U. A. W. A. agreement reached just three weeks ago today. With Knudsen were Harry W. An- derson, industrial relations head, and Floyd O. Tanner, director of manu- facturing. Martin's aides were Wyn- ham Mortimer and Ed Hall, union vice presidents. A series of sit-down strikes, de- scribed by union leaders as spon- taneous and unauthorized, closed all nine plants of the Chevrolet Motor Co. at Flint, Mich., today. Approximately 15,000 General Mo- tors workers were idle in Flint, as union leaders prevailed upon sit-down strikers to leave the Fisher body plant and two plants of the Yellow Truck & Coach Manufacturing Co. at Pon- tiac, Mich. Settlements also had been announced of strikes begun yesterday in two Chevrolet departments at | Flint, but those peace moves were off- set by new strikes that closed the entire factory. Dissatisfaction Seen. There were some indications the rank and file of the U. A. W. A. mem- bership was dissatisfied with the pro- visions of the agreement which set forth procedure to be followed in col- lective bargaining and in dealing with employe grievances. Union officials contended that the | strikes were spontaneous protests by the workers against the refusal of plant foremen to recognize shop stew- ards. The company contended the strikes were clear violations of the agreement, which provided that there should be no interruption of work un- til all other methods of settlement had been exhausted, and no strikes without authorization of the interna- tional officials. They insisted that the company had adhered scrupulously to the agreement. Some union officials said they be- leved the feeling among the workers would be improved if shop committees, limited to nine members by the agree- ment, were enlarged to provide for representation of all departments. Martin described the new strikes as “temporary disturbances which will work themselves out as understand- ing and co-operu.tion is established through collective bargaining.” He joined other union officials in declaring that every effort would be made to end the misunderstandings. Shop Stewards Issue. The Flint strikes followed the election of new shop stewards, which contributed to the misunderstanding over who should be recognized as the accredited representatives of the | employes. The Chevrolet strikers congregated in plant No. 4, the motor assembly department, which is a key plant for all Chevrolet operations. Between 400 and 500 men were occupying that plant with handfuls of pickets at the various gates. No conferences had been scheduled. Gov. Frank Murphy announced the postponement of the Chrysler-Lewis conference before he left Detroit for Lansing today. He explained that Lewis had been detained in the East by negotiations between his United Mine Workers and the bituminous coal operators. Chrysler was re- ported to be engaged with company affairs. The Governor said he would confer today with other representatives of the Chrysler Corp. and the U. A. W. A, but it was considered unlikely that any settlement of the Chrysler strike, which began March 8, could be reached without the presence of Lewis and Chrysler. The negotiations have been deadlocked on the issue of sole recognition. Two thousand men paraded out of the main plant of the Yellow Truck and Coach Manufacturing Co. at Pon- tiac this morning, ending a sit-down strike that began at 9 a.m. yesterday. Recognition of union shop stewards was the issue that precipitated that strike. The Yellow Truck and Coach Co. is partially owned by General Motors, but corporation officials claimed it did not come under the G. M.-U. A. W. A. agreement. Terms of the settlement were not announced. Strike at Pontiac. “A few hours earlier, strikers had evacuated the Fisher Body plant at Pontiac, which had been occupied since Wednesday night. Charges of discrimination against union work- men was given by spokesmen for the strikers as the cause of that sit-down. Production will be resumed in the Pontiac Fisher plant and in the Pon- tiac Motor Co. plant, which obtains body from Fisher, Sunday night and Monday morning, Despite the settlements in Pontiac, approximately 108,000 automobile workers were idle. Sixty thousand of them were employed in the strike- bound Chrysler plants; 20,000 by the Briggs Manufacturing Co., which supplies bodies to Chrysler; 14,750 in the Flint Chevrolet Plants; 1,100 in Fisher Plant No. 2 at Flint, which makes bodies for Chevrolet; 10,000 in Lubrication haleys 2020 M ST. N.W. Let Haley’s Do It Right! Broken Main Residents of Northeast Washington, many of whose homes were without water for several hours last night, watched Water Department employes work to repair a broken main in the 1000 block of Rhode Island avenue northeast. Gushing from the ground between the curbing and sidewalk, the miniature flood uprooted a tree, tore up several feet of concrete walk and flooded streets to a depth of about 6 inches before workmen repaired the line about 4 am. The break occurred at 10:30 o’clock last might. The crowd above is shown at the corner of Tenth street and Rhode Island avenue northeast. —Star Staff Photo. the strike-bound Hudson Motor Car Co. plant in Detroit, and 2,200 in the struck Reo Motor Car Co. plant at | Lansing. Labor troubles confronted General Motors of Canada also. A meeting between the management and the U. A. W. A to avert a threatened strike in its plant at Oshawa, Ontario, was called today in the office of David A. Croll, Ontario minister of labor, at Toronte. Agreement Is Seen. The United Automobile Workers announced that the local manage- ments of the Yellow Truck and Fisher plants at Pontiac had agreed to abide by any understanding on employe representation reached at the con- ference between Martin and Knudsen at Detroit. The union said the Yellow Truck management also had agreed to mini- mum wage scales of 75 cents an hour for men and 65 cents for women after six months of employment, and had consented to meet once a week with a committee of employes on grievances, or at any time an emer- gency arose. The Pontiac Fisher plant manage- ment, the union said, agreed to ne- gotiate on complaints of speeding up the assembly line and to make “mutually satisfactory” adjustments of complaints that some jobs were inadequately manned. The agreement also included, according to the union, reinstatement of a company police- man who had been discharged, and four days' notice of transfers of em- ployes to other departments. HOTEL STRIKE ENDS. Sit-Down Over,” Police Tell Workers. On other strike fronts, 200 em- ployes in the 21-story Book-Cadillac Hotel at Detroit stopped work yester- day but left the hotel voluntarily. City police appeared, informed strik- ers the “day of the sit-down is over, and within two hours the strike ended. Gov. Frank Murphy, in the dining “Day of room when the Book-Cadillac strike | began, was denied service, and left. Negotiations over the previous strike were . in progress at the time. Trouble developed among Works Progress Administration employes at San Francisco and Oakland, Calif. Some ceased work in a move ap- parently designed to call about 30,000 W. P. A, workers in the San Fran- cisco Bay area from their tasks. It threatened to reach State-wide pro- portions. A conference to that end was scheduled for Saturday and Sun- day at Oakland. Two small strikes broke out in Mil- waukee, Wis., and Sioux Falls, S. Dak., involving building trades workers. Chicago’s corporation counsel upheld the right of picketing in a case in- volving bowling alley pin setters. The home of a non-striking employe of the Stewart Die Casting Co. at Chi- cago was damaged. 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The city had 4,000 strike-idle. A 10-¢gnt-an-hour increase was | | granted 2,300 Granite City (Ill.) Steel | Co. employes. General Motors of Canada employes deferred strike action as arrangements for a conference were completed. Six C. I. O. officials and organizers were arrested at Lewiston, Me., on a complaint charging conspiracy to pre- vent shoe employes from working in the Lewiston and Auburn factories. John L. Lewis was warned by Crown Prosecutor Oscar Gagnon of Montreal, Canada, he would face arrest if he “brings his American labor tactics into Montreal.” The declaration followed | announcement that a Montreal unit of the C. I. O. had been formed. Coal (Continued From Pirst Page.) browed president of the U. M. W., one of the largest and most powerful labor | organizations in the country—sat with | other negotiators in a conference room here attempting to reach an accord. Two sessions, one last night, failed | to bring a settlement of differences | and finally the negotiators called it a day to meet again at 1:30 p.m. today. | Lewis said the operators had asked | for “more time.” “Evidently they want to think lt over,” he added. ‘Weeks of negotiation since February 17, had narrowed the distance be- tween the miners and operators. Original Demands. The miners originally demanded wage increases averaging 15 per cent, | a cut in the work week from 35 to 30 hours, two weeks vacation with pay | |and a guarantee of 200 days work | each year. The operators originally sought ROOF REPAIRS earefully made by skillful, expert roofing men. All work suaranteed. «FERGUSON 3831 Ga. Ave. COL. 0567 Enroll for Spring Classes Now Forming in | SPANISH mous Conversational Berlitz CHOOL QF LANGUA NAtional 0' ers’_Cours Fam THE BI Wi 3 Conn. Also_10_V Trav increase in the work week from 35 to 40 hours, with no change in pay rates. Some operators were willing to meet the demands, but the union would not allow any mines where workers carried U. M. W. cards to work until the entire industry signed a new agreement. With the exception of the members of the Progressive Miners of America in Illinois, most of the bituminous mines are affected by the Appalachian agreement, as the contract the con- ferees have been attempting to nego- tlate is known. STAINS CH EF CLUE INWOMAN'SDEATH Clothing of Suspect in Fataj Beating Sent to F.B. L i BY the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, April 2 —Relatives of murdered Mrs. Mary Gunther made arrangements for her funeral today while Pederal agents studied scanty clues in the case and a colored sus- pect waited in the Baltimore City Jail. The 55-year-old woman, found beaten to death near her home & short distance from the Baltimore City line, will be buried Sunday in a family plot on her farm, near the grave of one of her nine children. Clothing taken from the suspect was sent to Washington for an analysis of stains. An inquest, scheduled for to- day, was postponed until next Priday, when the Federal reports will be available. ‘The suspect was held incommuni- cado. He was brought to Baltimore from Anne Arundel County, where the crime occurred, after Gov. Harry W. Nice warned officers not to permit mob attacks on him. Members of the woman’s family said today that it was merely chance that she was driving along the road where she was killed. Ordinarily one of her sons drove the woman's hus- band, Herman, and a daughter to their work. The son's car did not have 1937 tags, which were necessary yesterday for the first time Mrs. Gunther drove them, her car having the new tags Mrs. Gunther had been active in welfare work among the poorer Negroes in the vicinity, her family said. 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