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D. C, WEDNESDAY APRIL 7, 1937. 2 %% THE EVENING TAR, WASH GTON! 2 2 Twenty Years After—A Parade of Peace SISTER OF MODEL STAYS IN HIDING Police Guard Mrs. Kudner as 19,000 Scour New York for Sculptor. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 7.—The object of squint-eyed Robert Irwin's affec- tions fled from her Long Island home to seek sanctuary from the chance of another sudden and devastating rage today on the part of the man accused of the triple murders of Beekman Hill. As New York's 19,000 policemen searched faces on broad avenues and narrow oross streets in an effort to apprehend the suspect in the killing of Veronica Gedeon, artists’ and two other persons, Mrs. Ethel Kudner left her Astoria residence for an unnamed destination. Several detectives were detailed to guard her and others were assigned to her home. Theory of Policeman. Assistant Chief Inspector John A. Lyons said it was the psychopathic sculptor’s mad infatuation for the then Miss Ethel Gedeon, dating from 1932 when he was a roomer ir the Gedeon home, that led Irwin to take the lives of “Ronnie,” her mother, Mary, and a waiter, Frank Byrnes, at Eastertile. Ronnie and her mother discouraged Irwin's courtship of Ethel, since mar- ried to another man. Meantime, every lead obtained by police as to the whereabouts of the divinity student and one-time inmate of a hospital for the insane had proved fruitless. To round out their picture of the man's personality, de- tectives sought additional counsel from p: B . Inspector Lyon said Irwil was de- scribed by one doctor as a victim of dementia praecox with homicidal ten- dencies expressed in tendencies to throttle others. Veromica and her mother were strangled to death. “Choking” Mania Reported. “Irwin had a mania for choking people,” said Lyons. “The throttling habit asserts itself when he goes into a rage. When he is in the mood. he is a very dangerous person. and it would take five good men to subdue him. He is immensely strong and a good amateur boxer.” He added Irwin once attempted to assault criminally -a woman employe of an institution in White Plains, N. Y., where the sculptor held a $40 a month job. Police raced the clock in the hunt for Irwin, convinced that ultimately a depressive paranoia would lead the man to attempt his own life. Word was dispatched to rural areas to watch for him when fo r associates disclosed he liked farm work in the Spring. Boston police advised the New York department Irwin might be on the steamship Kent, out of Boston and due to dock at Baltimore Friday. SOUGHT NEW RELIGION. : Friend Discloses Plan of Irwin to 5 “Startle World.” BRIDGEPORT, Conn.. April 7 (&) —Anders Lunde, former friend of Robert Irwin, who is sought for the Easter morning triple slaying in New York, said today in an interview that the 29-year-old sculptor once wanted to ‘“establish a religion that would startle the world.” Lunde, who is 22, and Irwin were Zfellow students at St. Lawrence Uni- versity Divinity School. Lunde said he was “Bob's best friend,” and added, “He was a very fine chap and I liked him very much, as did most of the fellows that knew him.” The Bridgeport youth said Irwin's proposed new religon was to have been based jointly on communistic beliefs and Christian precepts. It was Lunde who arranged for Ir- win an appointment at the New York Museum of Natural History, where he | confreres that the expression, “nuts | sought & job. This appointment sent Irwin to New York during the Easter | week end, when Ronnie Gedeon, her mother and a roomer at their apart- ment were slain. The job-seeking was not a success. Lunde and his fiancee, Miss Eleanor Sheldon, had arranged to meet Irwin in New York Easter Sunday, but “he never showed up.” Lunde is a third year student at St. Lawrence. Al ELECTED DULUTH MAYOR C. Rudolph Berghult Defeats 8. F. Snively, in Office Since 1821. DULUTH, April T (#).—C. Rudolph Berghult, 31-year-old student of mu- nicipal government and economics, was elected mayor of Duluth in yes- terday’s municipal election, defeating Samuel F. Snively, who had held the office since 1921, Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Considers sit-down strike resolution. Judiciary Committee hears op- ponents of Roosevelt court bill. . House: Considers anti-lynching legislation. Military Committee considers bill to take profits out of war. Labor Committee resumes hearings on investigation of shipbuilding in- dustry. Post. Office Committee opens hear- ings on airmall legislation. TOMORROW. Senate: Program undecided, with possibility of debate on sit-down strikes contin- uing. Territories Committee, 10:30 am,, on nomination of Lawrence W. Cramer to be Governor of Virgin Islands. Education and Labor Subcommittee, 10:30 a.m., on bill for the education of physically handicapped children. Interstate Commerce Subcommittee, 10 am, on air transportation bill. Commerce Committee, 10:30 am,, on nominations to the Maritime Com- mission. Judiciary Committee, further hear- ings on President’s court bill. House: Considers special rules. Education Committee meets, 10:30 am. Immigration and Naturalization Cpmmittee meets, 10:30 am. ‘Subcommittees of the Appropria- tions Committee resume hearings on War and Interior Department supply bills, 10 a.m. Special subcommittee of District Committee in charge of Collins' tax bills meets, 10:30 a.m. Rivers and Harbors Committee con- siders Florida ship canal, 10:30 a.m. i 4 model, | Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. OPPORTUNITY. N THIS day a telephone company will telephone you in the early morning, for & small fee, and persuade you to abandon the couch of slumber. A professional ghost writer will create your political speeches or college themes on any subject whatsoever, and scissors grinders have sunk to keeping books, showing precisely when the garden shears and kitchen carving knife were last ground to razor edge. Possibly the final step in mechaniza- tion of waking up, saying what we think, having our scissors sharp and feeling the tender emotions has been attained by a West Coast firm we hear about from a Washington friend. This outfit keeps a file of the names and wedding and birthday anniversary dates of its clients, and when the sacred day rolls around, calls up to remind them the hour for senti- | ment has arrived. | No doubt some enterprising Wash- ington service shop will soon snap up the idea—in fact we may do it ourselves, growing at last practical instead of bitterly moody over the decline and fall of everything except machines and systems. No then will there be those embarrassing | pauses in the homes of our city, when the little wife says coyly, “Do you know what day this is?” and the | husband, answering vaguely, “Tues- day or something,” crushes the gentle spirit of romance and sweet remem- brance. If thus it must be, we like to think the service could extend to calling up husbands one night a week and reminding them they have an im- portant business appointment, at | Casey's bar. | * x ¥ X STONY. On River road, between Wash- ington and Potomac, Md., there is a big stone quarry owned by a Mrs. Stone, who lives in a stone house nearly known as Stone- hurst. | * % ok X | VOODOO. ;HA\'XNG long suspected that some kind of evil spirits were at work out in our barn because we never can find what we want there, be it a cow Jor a saddle pad, we were interested | in hearing from a local friend what the Eastern Pennsylvania farmers do about these matters. They put up hexafoos or witchfoot signs, called | bonngaringel in German. | This chap says he was motoring up through the Pennsylvania agri- cultural sector not long ago and saw all manner of cabalistic designs, usually a circle inclosing some geo- metric symbol. made up in groups of three, five or seven, in case you're thinking of trying a few, and they are guaranteed to keep lightning from striking the barn job, free from interference at the | hands of witches. Just thought we'd | let you know. *® ok ¥ X | ETYMOLOGY. | STEPHEN BONSAL, dean of Ameri- | can war correspondents, tells his to you,” probably originated on & train between here and New York, back in the days when Richard Harding Davis was the fair-haired boy of American journalism. Bonsal says he and Davis were riding the train when a “butcher” came through and tried to sell Davis a copy of “The Prisoner of Zenda.” “I've read it,” said Davis. Boy went away and came back with “Soldiers of Fortune.” “I wrote it,” said Davis. “Nuts to you” said the butcher boy, thereby starting something. Neither Mr. Bonsal, and for that matter any one else, seems to have any ideas about stopping it. * k% X SLUGGER. men’s club out in Woodside, Md., the other night, an 85-pound young- ster named Johnnie Coakley of Police Boys' Club No. 4, was offered a piece of cake. He took one bite, then stopped abruptly. Asked if he could have a paper napkin to wrap the cake and take it home to his mother. He did, too, along with another piece the hosts insisted upon his accepting. it indicates something about the fu- ture of boxing, or young America, or something. Anyhow, it's the only really nice yarn we ever heard about prizefighting or prizefighters. PUBLIC FAITH. Watching a blind news vender in the Trafic Bureau reading Braille the other day, a chap de- cided to prolong his observation by buying a newspaper. He dropped a dime in the coin boz and fumbled among some pennies to make change. “You want some change?” said the blind woman. “Just a minute.” She reached in her pocket and produced it. “l never leave nickels in the boz,” she explained. “Too many people take them. But they make 80 much noise reaching in among the pennies I can hear them and supply the change they want.” * % ¥ X LONG SHOT. 'HEN Dr. William Mann, the Zoo director, went away for a vaca- tion and an animal-collecting expe- dition, he betook himself as. far as possible away from home. A friend discovered that the other day when he tried to send an airmail letter via Amsterdam to Medan, Sumatrs, Dr. Mann’s present address. Post office officials seid Medan is farther away \ longer | Customarily they are or persuade the cows to stay on the | FTER a boxing exhibition at a We like this story because we think | DISCOUNTS FEAR OF 40-HOUR WEEK Gardner Reassures Dele- gates of Foreign Nations at Textile Parley. BY BLAIR BOLLES. Alarm of certain governments and manufacturers that a universal 40- hour week would be too costly and put them in a poor competitive position today prompted O. Max Gardner, former Governor of the large textile- producing State of North Carolina, to explain to the World Textile Con- ference, at which he is America's em- ployers’ delegate, that their fears are unfounded. Tracing the course of the textile in- dustry in this country under the N. R. A, which reduced the work week from an average of 48 hours to 40, set minimum wages and banned child labor in all mills, Gardner told the 200 men and women gathered in the de- partmental auditorium. “I think I am expressing the point of view of the entire textile industry of this country when I say that the industry’s profits—in the years when there were profits—were not curtailed as a result of this universal action on its part,” Gardner declared. U. S. Silver Purchase Cited. Kanyo Nieh, Chinese employers’ delegate, said the American silver pur- chase program was one factor which made it difficult for China to shorten hours and raise wages. Earlier, the delegates were advised by the representative of the French government to offer inducements to countries hesitant about shortening the work week. This suggestion of Charles Picque- nard, honorary director general of labor at the ministry of labor of PFrance, was viewed as an invitation to take cognizance of the protest of Japan against tariff barriers and to admit goods from Japan, & 54-hour week country, at a slightly lowered duty. Japan sent word to the con- | terence it would consider reducing hours of work and raising the rate | of pay when foreign markets were made more accessible. J. Kitaoka, Japanese governmental delegate, greeted the Frenchman's | proposal politely but unenthusiasti- cally. He said: “I feel I am not in a position to commit myself on behalf of the Japa- nese government to any such concrete proposal at the present stage. I am | prepared, however, to listen further LO\ the views tf other delegates, if any, and consider the practicability of the proposal.” Japan, however, was roundly be- | | labored yesterday by Arthur Shaw, British labor representative at the | meeting in the departmental audito- | rium, who astonished the conference by directing all his fire at the Far Eastern country instead of replying directly to the view put forth by British governmental and employers delegates that the English would not | tolerate a 40-hour week. Kitaoka asked Shaw to investigate | the findings of “careful obesrvers” of the Japanese textile industry, all of whom, he said, have found “that if | the monetary earnings of our textile| workers seem low from the interna- | tional standard it does not mean a low i standard of living, and certainly not in the least ‘sweating’ or ‘exploitation’ of the workers.” | Shaw and his British fellows were assailed by R. B. Bakhale, workers’ | delegate from India, who, in resent- ment at slurs at Eastern labor con- ditions, said: Criticizes European Nations. “I should like to know what advance | European countries such as Great | Britain have made with regard to these matters (improving wage and | hour conditions)? It seems to me that as far as their law is concerned they are today where they were some 18 years ago, and I should like to give them a very friendly and respect- ful warning that if they want progress to be achieved in the East, the West | must move. “Unless the West moves, there is | no hope whatever of the purchasing power of the people of the East being | increased to the extent to which they would like it to be increased.” - . 500 AT AD CLUB DANCE Over 500 members and guests of the Washington Advertising Club at- tended the organization's annual jam- boree last night in the grand ball room of the Shoreham Hotel. | | ment provided by Meyer Davis’ Or- chestra, the program included drawing of prizes and distribution of gifts. Sixty-four awards were drawn from a large trasure bag, while 68 other spe- | cial prizes included an automobile, a refrigerator, sets of golf clubs, radios, traveling bags and many others. Sit-Down (Continued From First Page.) providing for an investigation of sit- down strikes, was lambasted as “noth- ing but & witch hunt,” by Repre- sentative Maverick, Democrat, of TeX- as. The resolution is scheduled for House action tomorrow. “Everybody knows the cause of the sit-down strikes,” Maverick said in & statement, “and yet the resolution is to find out the cause.” | “I do not propose to single labor out | and condemn its illegal acts,” Borah said, “and leave capital free to pursue its illegal methods. If that be trea- son, make the most of it.” The veteran Idahoan repeatedly has blamed monopolistic industry for much of the current industrial strife. “I am not disposed myself to con- demn illegal practices of labor in its fight with capital, also employing illegal methods, so long as these illegal methods do not involve the taking of human life,” he said. “Until the State or the national Government, or both, devise some legal method by which labor can secure its rights legally, I am not go- ing to condemn the action of labor engaged in a particular struggle for its rights.” S8enator Byrnes, Democrat, of S8outh Carolina, . who precipitated the con- troversy last week by offering an anti- sit-down amendment to the coal bill, was consulted in drafting the new resolution Other conferees were Senators Robinson, Pittman, Barkley, Democrat, of New York; Bankhead, Democrat, of Alabama, and O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyoming. from Washington than any other postal atation in the world—almost exactly on the opposite side of the globe. The postage was 70 cents. ) In addition to musical entertain- | A view of the Army day parade yesterday as it passed the Commerce Department Building at Constitution teenth street. avenue and Four- —Star Staff Photo. | 10,000 HOMELESS INMANIZA FIRE Mile and Half Area Laid Waste in Thickly Popu- lated Tondo District. | By the Assoctated Press. MANILA, April 7—A million-dollar | fire swept over more than 1!, square | miles of the thickly-populated Tondo district today, leaving more than | 10,000 persons homeless, 1 dead and 11 1injured. The entire Manila Fire Department, supplemented by fire equipment and soldiers from Fort Santiago, fought the blaze for more than four hours before bringing it under control. One death was attributed to the fire. A paralytic residing at the edge | of the fire zone died from fright. Many narrow escapes were reported as panic-stricken residents risked their lives to save their possessions. Starting in a laundry, the flames were fanned by a stiff wind and raced toward Manila Bay. Thousands of | persons were attracted to the scene by | & billowing pillar of black smoke. The steady and swift march of the | flames drove the Manila firemen back | and they were forced to ask aid from the United States Army. Fire officials | sald abatement of the wind probably | prevented more damage. | Rome (Continued From First Page.) troops over mountain barriers, Mola's forces declared they found 876 gov- ernment dead in one sector and oc- cupied heights dominating Amboto, Barazar and Urquiola, mountain passes midway on the 10-mile route from Ochandians to Durango. Basque troops defending Amboto Peak—the loftiest barrier in the in- surgent advance on Durango, 16 miles from the Basque capital of Bilbao—were caught between the right and left flanks of Mola's army. Basque soldiers fought desperately to hold the approach to the summit, but were forced up both sides of the | peak itself under heavy artillery and ‘E machine-gun fire. Large Stores Captured. The insurgents claimed the Basques | | left behind great stores of ammunition | supplies, including 500,000 cartridges, 1,000 trench mortar shells, 1,500 hand | grenades, 10 trench mortars and enough raincoats to equip all insur- gents in the Durango sector. Positions captured by the insur- gents in the northward sweep included the Basaguren and Urieta Peaks as | well as Ollargan Hills and Sumaltza | Pass. Two government planes were | reported shot down on the Bilbao | front. The insurgent offensive appeared to be split into four main units. One operated along two highways leading to Bilbao from Villarreal along the valley of the Arrotia River. Another drove northward toward Durango. The third was fighting somewhere between Vergara and Mondragon. The fourth protected the extreme right flanks of the of- fensive from Ondarroa on the coast. Reports that Basque troops had sum- moned reinforcements from Asturias Province were supported by captured prisoners. Many of them carried insignia of three Asturian battalions. Mola’s left flank was reported to have cut 6 miles deeper into the Basque mountain country and had taken Mount Ebigam'’s fortified sum- mit from Bilbao's defenders. The peak, more than 3,000 feet high, is south of Durango. The insurgent advance guard also was said to have taken up new posi- tions west of Durango. These successes, at a terrific cost of life for the government troops, were characterized as “a foot in the half- open door” of the Basque Province, laying the road to Bilbao and the sea open to Mola’s legions on the seventh day of their offensive. Insurgent reports placed the num- ber of dead, wounded or captured among the Basque defenders at 10,000. Ships Bomb Bilbao. BILBAO, Spain, April 7 (A—A squadron of from 30 to 40 insurgent ships flew over Bilbao twice today and bombed the front-line defenses of this Baaque capital. Anti-sircraft betteries yosred It i | action. Twelve of the squadron were tri-motored bombing ships and the remainder pursuit or combat planes. Rebels Routed. MADRID, April 7 (#).—A force of | government soldiers stormed the heights of Mount Chimorra, in Cor- | doba Province, it was reported today, and put their insurgent foes to bloody | rout in one of the most smashing vic- tories of the civil war. The thrust, near the easterly end of the government's Pozoblanco front, carried the shouting “Milicianos” within 3! miles of Villaharta, from which a short drive would sever the insurgents' main line of communica- tions, the Cordoba-Penarroya road. (Villaharta was erroneously reported captured last week.) Last night, after the government column reached the summit of Mount Chimorra, a detail was put to work burying the bodies of 400 insurgent victims of the fierce attack ‘When day broke the Madrid-Valen- cia soldiers set out again, away from the mountain top, to clear out scat- tered groups of insurgents caught be- | hind the suddenly formed new line. 300 Prisoners Taken. Three hundred prisoners were taken in the first wave of attack up the mountainside. The news agency said the insurgent forces in this battle were made up of army regulars from | Cadiz and Granads together with “requetes” and “falangistas.” | Febus (official Spanish news agen- | cy) reported the death of Maj. Guil- lermo Garcio, commander of an in- surgent column, while trying to es- cape in his automobile. The major's chauffeur was captured. | Several insurgent regular army of- | ficers’ bodies were found by the ad- vancing militiamen. Captured war materials included | three German-made tanks, one anti aircraft battery, four trucks, many machine guns and automobiles, and a large quantity of rifles, sub-machine guns and ammunition. The government troops also seized important stores of sandbags, stone and other fortification materials. An insurgent truck caravan, be- lieved to have carried explosives, was bombed on a nearby highway when the attack was launched. Flee in Panle. Government troops surrounded Mount Chimorra Monday night. When dawn came they attacked with machine guns. The attackers slashed at their rear. Further west, another column was reported to have hammered its way through Caltraveno Pass and to be advancing southward on Espiel, an- other strategic town on the Cordoba- | Penarroya road, heavily fortified by the insurgents. The apparently imminent fall of Villaharta would sever the insurgent salient from its chief base, Cordoba, and further complete the government ring being drawn about the insurgents on the westerly extreme of the front at Penarroya. Ships (Continued From Pirst Page.) bombs they dropped. The nearest fell 100 yards away. At the same time, in the Bay of Bis- cay, three other British destroyers were escorting the British freighter Thorpehall into the harbor of Bilbao after the freighter had been menaced by the insurgent cruiser Almirante Cervera. Official Basque reports said the Thorpehall carried no munitions and had a perfect right to enter Bilbao, & Basque government port. The de- stroyers Blenche, Brazen and Beagle, stripping for action, forced the Almi- rante Cervera to withdraw. British Colors Evident. The Gallant, when attacked yester- day, was flying British colors and was plainly marked with the red, white and blue neutral stripes required in Spanish waters, authorities said. They were at & loss to explain the attack, unless it was another of the frequent cases of ‘“mistaken identity.” The planes were flying at about 8,000 feet, it was reported. A Spanish Government charge that German warships were aiding insur- gent vessels off Spain and the reported sinking yesterday, in the Bay of Bis- cay, of the Panama freighter Andra served to increase the tension. The Almirante Cervera was blamed for the Andra’s fate, at a time when the ship was leaving government San- tander after landing her cargo. The fate of the crew was lost in a thick fog which settled down over the bay. The German pocket battleship Ad- miral Graf Spee witnessed the Thorpe- hall incident, but, British sources said, did not participate in it. The ceptain of the Gerland, bownd for Mallorca to seek an explanation of the Gallant attacks, will act in concert with the British vice consul at Palma. If the explanation is not satisfactory to the British, a stiff and formal pro- test will go to Gen. Franco. A protest over the Thorpehall inci- | dent also was under consideration. Re- minders already have gone from Lon- don to the insurgent capital of Sala- manca that no reply has been received to protests egainst the bombing of the British destroyers Havock and Gypsy, in February. Court (Continued From First Page.) anything on the table. However, he sees to it that the only things put on the table are things he can digest.” Twenty-three members of the Ford- ham faculty signed the resolution pre- sented by Wilkinson. It said: “The undersigned members of the faculty of Fordham University School of Law, although holding various po- litical opinions, are opposed to the plan of the President for reorganiza- tion of the Supreme Court of the United States because they regard the proposal as undesirable and danger- ous to the maintenance of a free and independent judiciary which is essen- tial for the continuance of constitu- tional democracy in this country. “This statement of their views is made by them individually and not in the form of a resolution of the faculty of the school.” In his own statement Wilkinson de- clared the President’s program Wwas dangerous to the continuance of con- stitutional democracy. Warns of Effects. Declaring the ultimate effects of the court bill will be to undermine the in- dependence of the Supreme Court and indirectly of all courts, Dean Wilkin- | son added: “Independent courts are the last bulwark of the citizen, where his, rights reserved to him by the Consti- tution come in conflict with govern- mental agencies.” He told the committee “it may be | conceded that the legislation the President has in mind is intended en- tirely for the general welfare, and, therefore, valid under his construc- tion of the Constitution. Neverthe- less,” he added, “his plan contem- plates a material change in the per- sonnel of the Supreme Court because | of its disagreement with this con- struction. It is submitted that the precedent set, if the President’s plan be adopted, would be neither wise nor safe in a democracy.” ‘Warning against castigation of the court merely because its decisions do not conform to a current trend in politics, Dean Wilkinson declared: “If the Supreme Court is to be made to respond always to the prevalent sentiment of the moment, ultimately it must become wholly subservient to | public opinion.” He did not contend the court should ignore social changes in reaching its decisions, but said: “To take these factors into account is one thing. To make them absolutely controlling is another.” Questions Constitutionality. Questioning the constitutionality of the bill, he asked: “Is the plan a con- stitutional attempt to ‘pack’ the court, or is it possible an unconstitutional measure to ‘push’ the older jumce.s’ into retirement?” In addition, he also said the evi- dence at hand indicates the addition of justices is unnecessary to enable the court to keep up with its work. Senator Logan, Democrat, of Ken- tucky told Dean Wilkinson that if he had his way he would “report both this bill and Senator Burke’s amend- ment to the Senate and let them de- | cide which they want.” Burke has indicated he would sup- | port an amendment requiring a two- | thirds vote of the court to invalidate | an act of Congress. Logan asked why President Roose- velt or the Senate would seek justices who would support New Deal laws. Dean Wilkinson replied: “Well, if the Senate passes this bill, it would be very likely to go along and confirm the President’s nomi- Dees.” Logan said he did not think any Senator would vote to confirm s nominee who had “surrendered his in- dependence.” Taking issue with a statement by committe members that the power ex- ists to appoint new justices to offset those who are incapable of doing their work, Dean Wilkinson said: “It would be a terrible and dan- gerous thing to empower any Presl- dent to pass on the mentality of Senstor Burke announced the wit- nees this afterncon will be Fred Tay- lor Wileon, eonstitutional writer. a WOODRING PRAISES ARMY EFFICIENCY Strong Defense Best Peace Negotiator, Secretary Declares. | Although the United States Army today ranks about seventeenth in size among those of the world, it ranks high in relative efficiency and, by providing a strong defense, acts as “the best negotiator for peace.” Secretary of ‘War Woodring said in addressing an Army day banquet sponsored by the Military Order of the World War last night at the Mayflower Hotel Only a few hours earlier the Army paraded its latest mechanized equip- ment, to which Woodring attributed the increased effectiveness of the mod- ern military service. Passing in re- view before President Roosevelt and some 20,000 spectators, the Army ex- hibited for the first time in the Capital its new light tanks, armored cars, field radio units and a new high-speed Air Corps training airplane While the parade was in progress, members of Congress voiced demands | for legislative action to keep the Na- | tion out of future wars and last night there was & private dinner attended by surviving members of the Senate and House who voted against putting thq United States into the World War. Of the 56 who voted against war, only 26 are living today. Representative Ashorook, Democrat of Ohio, expressed regret meanwhile that he had “yielded to public pressure and cast aside his own convictions™ in voting ‘“‘ves."” ‘The Ohio Congressman declared over the radio. “that great blunder of 20 vears ago” would not have been made “had the members of the war Congress voted their own honest convictions, and not been swayed and influenced by an excited and misguided but honest people, who were gripped by the prop- aganda of munitions makers and those actuated by selfish greed.” ot Arming for War.” ‘The United States is not arming for war, Woodring said, but, on the con- trary, is taking “tardy action toward remedying some of the more glaring weaknesses in our national defenses.” “If we reach all of our present de- fense objectives,” he said, “we will still have an army far smaller than that of any nation of comparable im- portance.” The goal of the War Department, he said, Is to provide the country with “the minimum defense establishment consistent with reasonable security.” “Calamities of war, like devastating attacks of nature,” Woodring said, “often come suddenly. For neither are we ever quite ready. However, it is gratfiying to know that we have on guard an ever-vigilant army ready to answer any call, be it to repel the arrogance of an aggressor or to succor & community in distress. There are no more earnest advocates of peace |than our armed defenders. Their lives are dedicated to their country's | service. Their energy is devoted to | maintaining their nation secure against | aggression and to preserving a lasting | peace with all the world.” | Although yesterday's parade bristled | | with the newest fighting equipment, it | was & living demonstration of the rela- tive weakness of the force in officers and men. Although all Army troops in and near the Capital were mus- tered and were augmented by Navy, Marine Corps, Organized Reserve, Na- tional Guard, R. O. T. C, cadet and veteran and patriotic organization units, there still were only 5,793 par- ticipants, according to a police count. Of these, 4,760 were marchers and the others were mounted or in vehicles. There were 18 bands. Roosevelt Reviews Parade. President Roosevelt, reviewing the column from a stand on Constitution avenue south of the White House, was surrounded by members of his cabinet, ranking officers of the military service and the military attaches of foreign governments. He frequently waved | his silk hat at the marchers and ap- peared especially interested in the new Army tanks, 15 of which rolled by smoothly and silently on rubber caterpillar treads. The District High School Cadets were represented by a single company from each school. Their colonel, mounted on a 3d Cavalry charger from Fort Myer, Va., rode with the staff of the division commander. —_— Perambulators Parked. ‘The new police court at Tottenham, England, has s special parking place for baby perambulators. | SOCAL SECIRTY WL BE AEUED Two Cases Involving Ala- bama Act Go Before High Court Today. By the Associated Press. The Supreme Court called today for arguments on constitutionality of Federal and State social security leg- islation. Up for debate at noon were twn cases involving the Alabama unem- ployment compensation act, chal- lenged by the Southern Coal & Coke Co, and the Gulf State Paper Corp. Arguments will begin late tomorrow on validity of the Federal social se- curity act, contested by another Alabama concern, the Charles C. Steward Machine Co. A final decision on both .laws is expected before the Supreme Court adjourns for the Summer early in June. The court already has upheld by 4-4 vote a similar New York State statute. Justice Stone, generally re- garded as favorable to the legislation was absent bc ause of illness when that vote was taken A petition for reconsideration of the New York decision, given without a written opinion, has been pending since December 14. The Federal act imposes a pay roll tax ranging from 1 per cent in 1936 to 3 per cent in 1938, and successive years on employers of eight or more persons. Ninety per cent of the amount col- lected is refunded to States which adopt an unemployment insurance program approved by the Federal Social Security Board. Alabama, New York and a number of other States have enacted such laws. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans denied the Steward Machine Co. a refund of $46 paid under the Federal act for unemploy= ment insurance A special three-judge Federal Court held the State act unconstitutional. In other litigation, the Alabama Supreme Court held the statute was valid under the State Constitution. 20 MOROS KILLED Guerilla Fighting With Philip- pine Troops Reported. MANILA, Aprii 7 (&) —Twenty Moros, including non-combatants, have been killed in two days’ guerilla warfare with Philippine Common= wealth constabulary men on Min- danao Island. a dispatch to the Manila Daily Bulletin from Dansalan said to- day. After surrounding & fort held by the Moros, the soldiers withdrew after & prominent Moro chieftain promised the outlaws would surrender, the paper said. PLANE FALLS IN GULF Army Craft in Accident Mile Of Galveston Shore. GALVESTON, Tex., April 7 (#)— An Army plane making a power dive at a low target crashed into the Gulf of Mexico about one mile off short to- day. Coast Guard boats rushed to the scene. Planes from Berksdale Field, Shreveport, are here engaged in training. Bowie Entries for Tomorrow 1ng: 3-year-olds ACE m # furlongs FIRST R 1d_up. D (Hanford) Le_Bianc) Lady Briar (Parke) Thatch (Richards) SECOND RACE—Purse. $1.000: 3 olds and up: claiming. & furlongs. Prince Turley (Westrope) xLittle Argo (Le Blanc) xDistrict (E. Porter) xPatchpockel (Eccard) XCruising (Barba) Miss Epe_(Rosensgarten) xBrigh: Emerald (Gordon) THIRD RACE—Purse. $1.000: 3-y olds and up. claiming; 6 furiongs. xMerrily On’ (Eccard) xTell It (Johnson) __ XRoyal Veil (McDermott) Mettle (Madeley) xMiss Symphony XHeartease (Gordon XTuleyries Star (Sc XEpitaph_(Jackie) St XRoyal Tuscan (Shelhamer) .. . JOROnO (Sarno) -~ hmidl) u Saxopal (O'Malley) Chief Hollis (Rosengarten) Blonde (Le Blanc) eriffe (R. Root) High_Sonata _(Richards) Sun Drops (Saunders) Chilly Eobie (Wagner) FOURTH RACE Purse. S1.000; 3-vear-olds; B G D BT B3 It bt b s b Mavor H. W. Jackson 6 furlongs Tuleyries Lad (Hanford) 1 Gay Jeck (Westrope) Aglow (Parke) Isadore (E. Smith Francesco (G Crius (Porter) FIFTH _RACE— claiming: $1.000 Chief Yeoman (Richards) Koterito (B. Fels) Minton (Parke) xChurch Call (Shelhamer) xHollvhock (Barba) XQuict Please SIXTH _RACE claiming: $1.000: xChatteress (Gordon) Naval Cadet (Parke) Felwyn (O'Malley) Irish Vote (E_Smith) xKindred Spirit_(Jaekle) _ xCount Me (Le Blanc) Flying Dere (Westrope) Secret Vote (Hanford) Canpra’ (Saunders) SEVENTH RACE— claiming: $1.000: mile and Worthington (Saunders) xJames Boy (McMullen) Bricht Bird (Hanford) Momentary (E Smith) __ Exaggeration (O'Malley) _ Helen Bab (O Malley) Jobakheta (Gilbert) - XTlempo (Green) ~ _ Barbizon (E. Smith) xSun Abbott (Eccard) _ xContinuity (Barba) Scratches for Today— (Clear and Good.) First race—Advocate, Jr.; May Mu- sic, Happy Hostess, Cherrystone, Miss Symphony, Tragedian. Second race—Sylvia G. Third race—Teneriffe, Gay Jack. Fourth race—Retlaw. Sevesith race—Bright Bird. el FEETEEI Late Day, Bowie Workouts WEDNESDAY. APRIL 7. (Track 8low.) Mile. Merrymaker Little Argo b :55 40 4215 Sylvia G Careful Miss Prince Turley Paddy's 8'ter Sun_Abbot Grainger Maid Well 2 A 54 3 Lady Carrot 5 Cruising Abbot’s Hour 3 Mile. Enthustasm 25 Manager Bill 1:10 Ranacills 535 Mile. Master Lad Instep 1:22% Guy Fawkes Mr. Marvel _ 1:28