Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain, beginning late tonight or tomor- row; not much change in temperature; lowest tonight about 45 degrees; moderate winds. Temperatures—Highest, 63, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 43, at 5:15 am. today. Full report on page A-12. Closing New York Markets, Page 13 Entered as second class matter 00 post office, Washington, D. C. 00 85th YEAR. No. ,940. FORD SIT-INS WELD GATES, HOLD PLANT AS PEAGE PARLEYS REOPEN IN DETROIT 1,400 of 2.000 Workers at Kansas City Assembly | Unit Affiliated With C. 1. 0., | Leaders Claim. | | GENERAL MOTORS TALKS | SEEK NEW SETTLEMENT Chevrolet Sit-Down Strike Ends as | Employes Leave—Chrysler and Lewis Due to Confer Again To- day on Deadlock—Others to Return to Jobs. BACKGROUND— Strife in automobile industry began last December with sit- down strike of C. I. O.s United Automobile Workers of America against General Motors Corp. This trouble scttled, U. A. W. then pushed it into a lake. company truck were wrecked a ch WASHINGTON, D. C, Pickets Smash Police Car Strike rioters at the American Gas Machine Works, at Albert Lea, Minn., yesterday stoned and clubbed this police car, Another police car and a machine nd set afire. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. turned to Chrysler, where strike was called March 8. Third big automobile manufac- turer eyed by growing U. A. W. was Henry Ford. Yesterday at as- sembly plant at Kansas City a sit- down began over the seasonal lay- off. WILMINGTON RIOTS MARK WALKOUTS Violence Flares as Unions Threaten to Call Qut All Laborers. BULLETIN. WILMINGTON, Del, April 3 (). —Mayor Walter W. Bacon an- nounced today that the strike called by the Central Labor Union had been cancelled, effective at 2 o'clock this afternoon. E5 the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY. switch gates shut of automobiles tod as the first sit- ¢ directed at a Henry Ford | o the second day. ly shouting band mber 1.400 and | the Com- | Organizat i assembly April 3.—Welded n freight car loa The plan 2000 of F: shut down y seniority riaht men discr sonal layir There was no vis let down a the three Cit no: 3 | By the Associated Press. The strikers | WILMINGTON, Del., April 3.—Brick m the top floor of throwing, window smashing and other buildir industrial rth east sector by the Central Labor Union to enforce Ford a settlement of a truck drivers’ strike. Eleventh-hour efforts of Gov. Rich- ard C. McMullen and Mayor Walter C. which | Bacon failed to prevent the strike from freed brought them back.” Switchyard Gates Welded. Switchyard gates through the slaves, 1 CONGRESS TOVOTE - ON“SIT” STRIKES Senate Expected to Act| Monday and House Thurs- day or Friday. BY the Associated Press. Administration leaders acquiesced | today to demand that both Houses | of Congress vote next week on the | bitterly-argued sit-down strike issue. | The Senate faced the question in a | direct form—approval or rejection of a blunt condemnation of sit-down | tactics, offered by Senator Byrnes, ' control bill. | | The House expected to vote Thurs- | day or Friday on a demand for an | investigation of sit-downs Democratic chieftains predicted ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION BLOODY BATTLES RAGING ON TWO FRONTS IN SPAIN Fighting Centers Around Bil- pao in North and Cor- doba in South. GOVERNMENT RUSHES TROOPS TO MOUNTAINS Success Near Basque Capital Would Give Franco Control of Ports. BACKGROUND— Spanish civil war, starting last July, has outlasted all expecta- tions. Last Fall defeat of Govern= ment forces was predicted in al- most every quarter, with rebels controlling virtually all of the country. Gen. Franco's army at one time was knocking at the gates of the Capital and its fall was expected momentarily, but in- spired Loyalistsgrallied, and, start- ing an oflensive of their own in the past few weeks, have driven the Insurgents back in mad retreat. B3 the Assoctated Press. Two of the bitterest, bloodiest and | most important battles of the Spanish | civil war raged on widely separated fronts today. In the northern sector near Bilbao, the Spanish government rushed mobil- ization of all available fighting men to repel a big insurgent advance and sent its militiamen up a 4,600-foot mpuntain peak to block one segment of the assault Far to the south in Cordoba Province, opposing armies still were locked in a furious struggle for the possession of a rich mining country. But here, the insurgents were on the defensive ‘The success or failure of the in- surgent drive in Northern Spain was construed in many quarters as likely to have a decisive effect on the future of insurgent Generalissimo Francisco Franco, particularly in view of recent losses in the Guadalajara sector north- east of Madrid, Should he capture Bilbao, more than 200 miles north of Madrid on the Bay of Biscay, he would be in a position to control all ports along the Northern in Kansas sporadic disorders marked the start of Democrat, of South Carolina, as an gpanish Coast and cut off ready ac- | a strike of the building trades called | amendment to the Guffey-Vinson coal | cessibility of supplies for government troops there. In the Cordoba sector government troops launched a double attack de- signed to trap 15000 Spanish and Italian insurgents in what was said | SATURDAY, railroad the rear of t last night ganize fo and food, would be m any assembled cars. a mass meeting to o 2 of bedding said all efforts vent moving out 1tly unaware ppeared at the ner pail in hand He was turned back by a man who | &aid | “‘Hell, bu vou ain't gonna work for a long time.” | Homer A. Kelley, who identified } himself as a commiiteeman for a xlr_“: organized Ford plant chapter NEARLY 100 SEARCH FOR MISSING WOMAN going into effect. Union leaders said they intended eventually to “pull out” | every one of Wilmington's 3,500 or- ganized workers. The walkout began several hours after police arrested two union officials on warrants charging assault and bat- tery and threats to do bodily harm, They were released in bail. As Saturday is a holiday in many industries, it was not possible to learn to what extent the Central Labor Union strike call had been obeyed. Windows Are Smashed. ‘Windows of a number of central city buildings were smashed. Brakes of a parked chain store truck were released | and the vehicle smashed into a build- | | ing near Eleventh and King streets. | No serious injuries were reported. Pickets paraded in front of the Wilmington trolley car barns, urging operators of street cars and busses to join the walkout. The strike tightened the tie-up of | trucking and brought out workers in Mrs. Ella Stone, Mother of Several Children, Disappears From Glen Burnie. | Br the Associated Press | GLEN BURNIE, Md. April 3.— Beveral police, 30 Boy Scouts and about 40 neighbors joined today in the search for Mrs. Ella Stone, 75- year-old mother of several children, reported missing from her home since noon yesterday. Anne Arundel County officer asked to aid in the search late yester- day. On the same day Mrs. Stone disappeared Mrs. Marie Gunther found murdered on a Stony Creek farm between here and Baltimore. COURT ASKED TO FORCE DIETZ D. C. TAX RETURN were City Heads Say Alleged Racing |for local drivers and $27 for helpers, | Information . Proprietor Has Not Filed Schedule. The Commissioners asked District Court today to compel William (Jew Boy) Dietz, 1732 Hobart street, de- scribed by police as proprietor of a city-wide racing information service to gamblers, to file a personal property tax return for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937 In a mandamus suit, the Commis- gioners said Dietz repeatedly has been requested to file a return, but has *“neglected or refused to do so.” They requested that he be ordered to file a complete return of his personal property, both tangible and intangible. He has not paid any personal property taxes for the current year, they stated. ‘The suit was brought by Corpor: tion Counsel Elwood H. Seal and his aide, James W. Lauderdale. Dietz, whose real name is said to be Abe Plisco, was arrested a month ago when police and Treasury men raided the headquarters of his National Tele- cast, Inc., in the Albee Building from which racing information allegedly was disseminated throughout the city. MAN, 72, DIES—IN_S_URF Heart Failure Fatal to Illinois Resident While Swimming. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 3 (P).—The body of Norman Jefferson, 72, of Hinsdale, Ill, was found in the surf at Las Clas Beach yesterday and a physician said he had died of heart failure while swimming Jefferson was & lontraumn was | retired building | the building trades, but several key unions asked their international head- quarters for instructions, doubting the power of the Wilmington Central | Labor TUnion to compel a general walkout. Among these workers who did not immediately answer the call were the ;t:‘mlry car employes and members of | the typographical union in the eity's W0 newspapers. The union did not include milk and bakery wagon drivers in the general strike order, and deliveries of these necessities continued. Trouble Over Pay Raise. The trouble developed from a strike | started March 15. In an effort to | obtain increase in pay and new work- |ing arrangements, drivers and helpers employed by long-haul truck operators who had not granted the Philadelphia union scale went out. They were ask- ing for $48.50 a week for long-haul drivers and $28 for helpers, and $34 with an eight-hour day and a six-day | week. | A few of the employers agreed. | SRR | 3,525 Pennies in Collection. \ XENIA, Ohio, April 3 (#).—Grocer | R. E. Caplinger's hobby—he calls it “centsible"—is adding to his colle¢- tion of 3,525 Indian head one-cent pieces. He began the collection when he was a grocery clerk and aimed at acquiring 250 coins of each date. | may be one of the great mass slaugh- scant opposition to the House measure. It was approved yesterday by the Rules Committee after a conference betweea | Chairman O'Connor and the President. | Efforts of both Democratic and Re- publican spokesmen to sidetrack the | prickly issue in the Senate finally coi- | lapsed . yesterday after five hours of | acrimonious debate. Robinson Sees Passage. Democratic Leader Robinson said he | believed a satisfactory arrangement on |the Byrnes amendment could be | reached early Monday and that the | | Guffey bill then would pass without | delay. | He had led a stubborn battle to refer the amendment to a committee | or to consider it apart from the coal | | bill, surrendering only after Senator | Bailey, Democrat, of North Carolina | | had objected to every substitute | proposal. | “I want to vote on this issue right | now,” Bailey declared. “The Senate can't afford to delay or compromise | on a fundamental question of law {and order.” | Although no Senator defended the | legality of sit-down strikes, Senators Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana; Wag- ner, Democrat, of New York; Borah, Republican, of Idaho, and others in- sisted that a declaration of policy against the strikes had no place in | the Guffey bill. . “It is not necessary to declare as | T (Sce SIT-DOWN, Page A-2) | 'WINDSOR WEDDING PLACE IS HINTED | But Friend of Mrs. Simpson De- nies Site Will Be the Chateau de Saint Saens. BY the Assoctated Press. | ROUEN, France, April 3.—The Journal De Rouen said today it was reliably informed the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Warfleld Simpson would be married at the Chateau de Saint Saens, near Rouen, which is owned by the Duke of Westminster. 1 The newspaper said the chateau was |selected as the wedding site because Queen Mother Mary planned to at- {tend the ceremony and wished to | avoid a long trip to Austria or & more | distant point in France. { B the Associated Press. | FLINT, Mich, April 3—Homer | Martin. president of the United Auto- mobile Workers of America, who came to Flint to pacify striking Chevrolet | Motor Co. employes, said todav strike | sentiment is subsiding among union | members. | “Our members are beginning to | realize that this kind of procedure is {not only harmful to the corporation, | but also is detrimental to their own | organization,” he said. { “We look toward the future with | hope and confidence for an amicable relationship with the corporation ;based upon real collective bargain- ing.” A conference of union officials with Arnold Lenz, manager of Chevrolet operations in this area, on grievances that caused the strike began this morning. Martin said it seemed “absolutely certain” that wfi \r EStrike Sentiment Is Subsiding In Union Ranks, Martin Says joperations would resume Monday morning. Commenting on reports he planned | & “purge” of Communists and radicals { within the U. A. W. A. Martin de- clared that “there are only a few Communists within our organization” and that “the labor situation always has been in the hands of the union itself.” “I don’t believe there are 25 active members of the Communist party among our 300,000 members,” he said. “We are not Communists and we never will be and we shan’t become severely exercised by the fact that 25 of our number are Communists. “The union is an economic organ- ization and not political.” Of the recent strikes in General Motors plants, Martin said the out- break which began Thursday in Pon- tiac and Flint was “the first major disturbance since the beginning of the truce on Februazy 11.” & 24 ters of the war. Cordoba, about 150 miles south of Madrid, is an important supply base for the insurgent forces. Insurgents were reported to have retreated more than 15 miles after an unsuccessful siege of Pozoblanco. Northern supporters of the Valencia , government also started a new cam- | paign against Oviedo, long-besieged provincial capital in the Asturias sec- | tor, heavily shelling insurgent posi- | tions in the city. Tanks, armored cars, planes, big guns and hand weapons were brought T (See SPAIN, Page A-12) Gas Shipment For Insurgents Laid to Reich By the Associated Press. VALENCIA, Spain, April 3.— The Spanish government issued a statement today declaring large quantities of poison gas were be- ing loaded at Hamburg, Germany, for shipment to insurgents. The government declared its information came from “official sources.” BERLIN, April 3 (#).—A Ger- man government spokesman said today that a statement from the Spanish government at Valencia | | regarding purported poison gas shipments to insurgents from Hamburg was “too ridiculous to deny.” Summary of Page | Page | Amusements_C-16 | Lost & Found A-3 | Art .- - B-3| Music B4 | Books - B-2 ! Obituary - Church | Radio News.__B-5-6-7 | Society Comics -----A-13 | Short Story Editorials ___ A-8 | Sports _._A-10- Financial .._A-13 ' Woman's Pg. B-! SUPREME COUR?1 ISSUE. Court bill foes to continue testimony until April 17. Page A-2| STRIKE SITUATION. | Disorders mark Wilmington strike; spread threatened. Page A-1 Both Houses to vote next week on sit- down strike issue. Page ,A-1 Bit-down strikers weld gates, hold Ford plant. Page A-1 FOREIGN. Bloody battle rages in mountains near Bilbao. Page A-1 NATIONAL. Mrs. Bril flees to escape process servers. Page A-2 Winant sees trade pacts needed to aid textle workers. Page A-12 Use of public works money proposed in controlling prices. Page A-1 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. D. C. bill sent to Senate with 17 riders eliminated. Page A-1 Wealthy Lynchburg man held under bond in double murder. Page A-2 Woman fatally injured when struck by street car. Page A-1 Labor leaders meet to discuss prob- lems in Virginia. Page A-6 D. C. bill provides branch library at school. {\ Page A-16 ) 6 6 7 : il 8 | was built in Portsmouth, N. H., in | | Paul Mallon. APRIL 3, WHAT'S THIS—THE LATEST STRIP TEASE? 1937—FORTY ¢ Eoening Star PAGES. #%% The only in Washin, Associated (P) Means Associated ERNAN STEAWER HELPLESS AT SEA Ship Takes Water, Steering Gear Disabled—Vessels | Speed to Assistance. BY the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK. April 3.—The City of Norfolk advised Radio Marine today that the German steamer Borkum was in distress in mid-Atlantic and that at least two steamers were speeding to her assistance. The City of Nolfork, a coastwise steamer, wirelessed at 4:53 am. (E: ern standard time) that the German | steamer gave her position as 40.2 de- grees longitude and 3521 latitude. Her steering gear was out of commission, she reported Radio Marine said the steamer Co- lombie, about 200 miles away, re- sponded to the 3 O S of the distressed ship. The steamer Zealandi estimated she would reach the Borkum by 4 p.m. | The Coast Guard, which received | the same information as Radio Ma- rine, said it also was advised that the | ship was taking water through her | plates. | Lloyd's register lists the Borkum as of 3,670 gross tons. She was built in 1922 at Emden and is owned by Nord- deutscher Lloyd. Her home port is Bremen. She is 369 feet long and has a beam of 50 feet Radio Marine Corp. reported at 7:45 a.m. (Eastern standard time) that the Borkum was still sending distress sig- | nals because its receiving radio equip- ment was out of order and the opera- | tor had no way of knowing his signals were being picked up. The Borkum probably carried 25 to 30 men. FIRST OF IDLE FLEET IS SENT TO DRY DOCK BT the Associated Press. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., April 3.— The Kisnop, first of the 54 ships of the | 77 in the idle fleet at Fort Eustis to | undergo inspections looking to recon- ditioning, arrived at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. yester- day and will be placed in dry dock | Monday, it was announced by officials of the shipyard. The ships are to undergo cleaning, painting and survey. The Kisnop 1919, and has a net tonnage of 53874 tons. She is approximately 410 feet in length. She was constructed for | the United States Shipping Board to | meet the war-time emergency. Many | of the ships in the idle fleet have not | been dry docked for as much as 16 | years. Today’s Star Mass meeting to formulate definite relief program. Page A-16 Traffic survey here proposed by Sena- tor Gibson. Page A-16 Charter sought for new Federal Sav- ings & Loan Association. Page A-16 EDITORIALS AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page This and That. Page Answers and Questions. Page Stars, Men and Atoms. Page David Lawrence. Page Page Page bbbdboRond Mark Sullivan, Jay Franklin. Delia Pynchon. R R MISCELLANY. ‘Washington Wayside. Vital Statistics. ‘Young Washington. Traffic Convictions. City News in Brief, Crossword Puzzle. Nature's Children. Bedtime Story. Betsy Caswell. Dorothy Dix. Letter-Out. Service Orders. SPORTS. ‘Wright makes hay while 8ington sits in shadows. Page A-10 Griffs rated surprise entry in flag race. Page A-10 Braddock, Louis preparing to enter training. Page A-10 Birmingham beaten, but Alperstein fights for title. Page A-11 Wiffy Cox sticks in Augusta golf tour- nament. Page A-11 D. C. rollers fire at prizes in national Page A-11 ¢ WONAN IS K World Broadcast To Be Made May 12 By King George V1 Bs tre Associated Press. LONDON, April 3. —King George VI will participate per- sonally in an elaborate world broadcast a few hours after his coronation May 12 The British Broadcasting Co. today announced plans for the broadcast It said all empire prime ministers and the viceroy of India would follow the King to the microphone to laud him in an around-the-world relay en- titled “The Empire’s Homage." LLED BY STREET CAR Mrs. Mary M. Shloss, 58 Mother of I. N. S. Writer, 38th Traffic Fatality. M. Shloss, 58, of 1926 Calvert street, mother of Leon W. Shloss, International News Service correspondent, was fatally injured to- s Mrs. M day when struck by a street car at | Eighteenth street and Columbia road Mrs. Shloss was pronounced dead on arrival at Emergency Hospital, where she was taken in a private car. Police said she was crossing Eight- eenth street, just below Columbia road, when she was hit by the street car. of the one-man type, operated by J. S. Higdon, 1630 G street | southeast 38th Fraffic Death. The death is the thirty-eighth traf- fic fatality here this year. Last year at this date, 23 persons had been killed in traffic accidents. Mrs. Shloss, a native of Butler, Pa., had been living in the Capital since 1918. She recently moved to the Calvert street address after living for some time with her son in Silver Spring, Md. Eight other persons were injured in traffic accidents reported during the past 24 hours One of the most seriously hurt was Betty Stansbury, 10, of 807 F street northeast, who received a broken collarbone when, according to the police report, she ran into the side of a moving automobile near her home. She was taken to Casualty Hospital. Police said the car was operated by Elsie Statter, 38, of 2117 Fourth street northeast, Car Runs Off Road. George J. McCloud, 21, of 1613 O street, suffered severe cuts to the face and bruises of the left leg and arm when his car ran off the road and struck a tree at Sixteenth and Emerson streets today. Police quoted McCloud as saying he went to sleep at the wheel. He was treated at Gar- field Hospital. Four of the other victims were pas- sengers in taxicabs. Two of them, Bertha Mclntire, 49, of 3000 Connecticut avenue, and Kate Smith, 40, of 3100 Connecticut avenue, suffered shock when the taxicab in which they were riding was in colli- (See TRAFFIC, Page A-2.) — Plane Aids Sick Sailor. NEW YORK, April 3 (#) —Flying a hundred miles out to sea, a Coast Guard plane last night removed a sick sailor from the freighter Mon- tanan, off Cape May, N. J. The sailor, Diomicio Santos Rodri- guez, 30, of San Francisco, was un- conscious when brought ashore and taken to a Cape May hospital. P.W.A.FUNDCURB ON PRICES URGED ijing to “Consumer” Proj- | ects Suggested—Eccles | } Asks Budget Balancing. By the Assoctated Press The administration proposed today the use of public works money in con- trolling prices as its latest answer to possible dangers in business recovery. Fiscal experts explained the Gov- ernment might cut the hazard of too- | rapid upswing of prices in the durable goods industries by reducing its pur- | chase of such goods as steel and | copper. | Instead. the money would be spent Ton projects intended to increase the | demand for consumers’ goods. President Roosevelt's declaration cf llhlfl new policy followed a series of | actions by high officials against the | potential perils of a business boom. Treasury officials previously had been studying the inflow of foreign ' money into the United States, which | Secretary Morgenthau called “a source of worry.” The Federal Reserve Board laid the groundwork for closer control of credit by requiring member banks to keep more capital on hand. Eccles Asks Budget Balancing. Chairman Eccles of the Reserve Board recently declared “inflationary price levels” would have disastrous effects, and called for budget balanc- ing. Secretary Roper asked business | to take independent action to prevent unwarranted price rises. President Roosevelt, saying prices of durable goods have swept upward | too swiftly, explained to & press con- | ference yesterday how public works expenditures might be channeled into | projects which would boost consumer | goods industries. Instead of spending for permanent | projects requiring large amounts of | steel and other durable goods, he said, | the Government should dredge rivers | land build earthen dams, spreading | purchasing power for foodstuffs, | clothing and similar consumer articles. | Administration economists said withdrawal of the Government from | |any particular market might make little difference in aggregate demand, | but still might exert some influence on prices. { Mr. Roosevelt's statement sent stock | prices tumbling $1 to $5, with durable | | goods shares plunging downward. Federal Reserve Board experts have advocated using relief funds as a bal- ance wheel against commodity price | trends for some time. Chairman Eccles suggested the Gov- | ernment curtail public works spend- | ing as private industrial expansion | (See BUSINESS, Page A-3) APRIL FOOL FUNSTERS FIND JOKE BOOMERANG Young Men Have Until May 9 to Pay for Grappling Iron After Suicide Note. BY the Associated Press. NORTH ANDOVER, Mass., April 3. —Two young men, who as an All| Fools day prank left & “suicide” note | and an old overcoat on a bridge, today discovered the joke was on them. Judge C. J. Mahoney continued the cases of Oswald Seyfferth, 23, and Frederick Berthel, 22, charged with disturbing the peace, until May 9 to give them the opportunity to pay for | a grappling iron police lost searching | for “the body.” | The note said: ‘“Please don't be | sorry for me Ann. I've broken your heart. Take good care of the kid.” “Faith Loans” by Rural Banker Make Farm Boys Neat Profit BY the Associated Press. CYRIL, Okla., April 3.—Farm boys counted 39 per cent profit today on “faith loans” made by a country bank- er in this Southwestern Oklahoma community. T. D. Call, executive vice president of the Bank of Cyril, loaned $1,800 to 45 youths who invested it in farm projects. ‘They gathered around & banquet table last night and their rec- ords showed they had turned it into $2,506.64. Call started the loans three years ago as a “community project.” ‘The only security he n?s is a boy's willing- e ness to work. He requires no interest the first year. | “This is sound business—not senti- ment,” Call explained. “As a commu- nity grows, so grows the bank. And helping farm boys is the best way I know to help a community grow.” He has loaned $3,700 in three years. He also helps the boys with business advice and bookkeeping. “The loans made to these boys are as liquid and as sound as any bank could make,” he declared. “The satisfaction I get in seeing the boys develop and the material progress it brinzs the community is my reward.” | Hospital evening paper gton with the Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 142,976 (Some returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. .C.BIL PASE BY HOUSE, WOVES OVER 10 SENATE 17 Riders, Including Some Vital to District, Ousted in Debate. $5,000,000 LUMP SUM RESTORED TO MEASURE Appropriation Reduced $111,000 Under an Original Total of $45,228,024. Press. BY JAMES E. CHINN. The 1938 District appropriation bill minus 17 riders and reduced $111,000 under an original total of $45228,- 024, moved from the House to the Senate today on its legislative jour- ney toward enactment. The measure passed the House last night, after surviving six hours of par- liamentary attacks and escaping a move by Representative Ford, Deme ocrat of Mississippi, to force its ree turn to the Appropriations Commite tee for reconsideration. The $5,000.000 lump sum Federal share recomended by the committee was returned All of the changes were due to the District leg: smmittee of the House, which, in its zeal to pro- tect prerogatives it charged ns Committee with the bill of s restored entirel department of traffic and veh: preclude the purchase of | mobile tags Points of Order Wreck Riders. Members of legislative com- mittee, work hammered away consiste legisia provisions with w measue was loaded, and or uccecded in having a majority of them ¢°moved s of order. Nichols, Democrat Oklahoma, played the principal role. and t credit for eliminating 13 of the riders Chairman N and Repres lican of Mai ocrat of M. Collins of the the | mittee on Appropriation, which framed the supply bill, vigorously fought some of the moves of members of the leg- islative committee, but smiled charac- teristically at the others. After the battle, in the empty House chamber Collins turned to newspaper men and said “Now wasn't that a pathetic spece tacle?” One of the principal targets of attack was a rider transferring juris- diction over the Gallinger Municipal and the new tuberculosis sanatoria at Glenn Dale, Md.. from the Board of Public Welfare to the Health Department. It was stricken from the bill on a point of order raised by Mrs. Norton. but parlia- mentarians are still in a quandary as to the exact status of the appropria- tions for these institutions. Collins said the situation is “all bawled up,” and will have to be straightened out in the Senate. Appropriation Wording Causes Mix-up. The undetermised status of the ap=- propriations for these hospitals is due to the fact that they were included in the bill under the Health Depart- ment instead of the Welfare Board Mrs. Norton's sustained noint of order removed the language “which, on and after July 1, 1937, shall be under the direction and control of the Health Department of the District of Colum- bia and subject to the supervision of the Board of Commissioners.” Since the law places these hospitals under control of the Welfare Board, some parliamentarians insist the law | will govern, and even though the ap- propriations are carried under the Health Department in the bill, the | Welfare Board will continue to con- trol them. Others, however, take the position that the Welfare Board will have control, but that the Health De- partment will direct the expenditure of the appropriations. In other words, the Welfare Board will have control and the Health Department the money. Collins explained that regardless of the outcome of the questionable status of control over the hospitals, the Health Department will determine who shall be admitted to the institu- tions because the bill as it gamed_thf (See D. C. BILL, Page A-2) \CAPPER RECOVERING AFTER OPERATION Kansas Senator “Doing Nicely” After Operation for Appendicitis. Senator Capper of Kansas was re- ported “domg nicely” today in Emer- gency Hospital following an operation there last night for appendicitis. The veteran Republican Senator be- came {11 shortly after dinner last night and summoned Dr. Frank Hornaday, physician at the Mayflower Hotel, where Capper lives. Dr. Hornaday ordered him taken to the hospital where the operation was performed at 10:30 p.m. by Dr. Daniel Borden, guest surgeon on the hospital staff. Senator Capper, who is 71, has been in the Senate since 1919. A member of the Senate District Committee, he has long been considered a friend of the Campital. BODY FOUND IN BAY Papers Identify Drowned Man Missing Several Days. PENSACOLA, Fla., April 3 (A).— The body of a man identifisd - papers in his pockets = of Howell, Mich.,, in Pensacola Bay smack Seminole. Safety Director Eu Cook had be:rium