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A—2 wxx THE EVENING STAR, U.M. W ORGANIZER AID ASKED OF U. S Charges of Harlan County Conditions Laid Before Senate Group. BACKGROUND— “ By authority of Senate resolu= & tion, La Follette committee last Summer began probe of violations = of civil liberties, early months of . investigation dealing principally with industrial espionage and strike-breaking practices. In brief, findings were that some of on's greatest corporations have spent millions of dollars to fight labor organization. After preliminary report, com- mittee was voted new appropriation to extend probe. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Murray, vice president of the Bntted Mine Workers of America, to- flay called on the Federal Government otect U. M. W. A. organizers fdered this week into the rich soft s of Harlan County, Ky request was made dra- before the La Follette Civil | Committee as he described the terroristic rule of Harlan County by mine owners, whom he charged continued violation of Federal | nd State statutes in their str reign, Harlan Co one of the world's | richest bituminous coal fields, has | been flooded with organizers of the | U. M. W. A. since last Monday's Su- Preme Court decisions upholding the national labor relations act, Murray said, “We're going to expect and demand that the Government of the United 8tates protect our people while they are in that country,” Murray declared, . “Were here to demand that this letting of blood, this brutality and killing be stopped. It can't go on. “The operators of that country Maintain a tyranny over men not found in any country of the civilized world. They tax every ton of coal to buy guns and gas and support men Who float around the country killing people. “Our union intends to expend its energy and its money to see that the rights of these miners are pro- tected.” Chaos Threat Made. Previously, Murray warned the committee that continued resistance of operators of that county to enter into contracts would result in chaos in the bituminous coal producing in- dustry of the Nation M. A. Musick, U. M. W. A. organ- izer and former Baptist preacher, fol- lowed Murray to the stand. Vigilantes killed Musick’s 19-year-old son and #eriously wounded his wife during ma- chine gun and rifle bombardment of his home mare than a year ago. Musick said the miners average 2bout $75 per month with 15 per cent | deducted automatically for such things | &s medical fees, rent, burial fund, etc Virtually all payment is by scrip, he | £2id, with workers forced to deal in | company stores, where prices are 20 | per cent higher than in other shops. | Washington Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. I SNOOZER. FTER years of working on a morning newspaper where he came to his desk at noon and left whenever he could escape, a scribe we know recently landed a handsome Government job. He liked the work but the strain of getting to the office at 9 a.m. was terrific. Finally he evolved a system all his own (this after being so late to work the boss thought he had died or some- thing). One month’s work in the Government earns two days and more leave. Two days’ vacation is about After he had completed a full month of work, this chap approached his boss and suggested how about taking leave by coming in an hour late each morning? Or at least as many mornings as the supply of hours would permit? The boss, who has a practical sense about these matters, said: “Sure, go ahead.” Now our ex-journalist strolls in at 10 am. most days, musing upon the strange appearance of people when seen in the cold light of dawn. * k% COINCIDENCE. Out near Beltsville, Md., where the Biological Survey is building up a new research refuge, things were started rolling recently by the release of a flock of wild turkeys in the marshes. The turkeys promptly melted into thin air, leaving the surveyors nothing to research about, They sent a man out to see if he could discover what had hap- pened to their subject matter, and finding four crouched together in the underbrush, he snared them and brought ’em in. Few days later a member of the Survey, returning from a neighbor- hood gathering, asked some of the natives if they'd seen any signs of the other turkeys. “Wild ones?” said an old farmer. “Not a ome. But it's funny you mention it. Somebody got away with four of my very best heme- grown birds just the other day ...” * ok ok % RESULTS. l\f[ISS PAULINE B. WERNER, a lady attorney about town, informs us that our story of the anniversary reminder service should have been a result of an enterprise of hers, wheth er it was or not. West Coast firm that for a small fee agreed to call up people and remind them of wedding, birthday and busi- ness anniversaries. Miss Werner says Shooting Is Described. , 12-year-old U M. W. A, org: , told the committee | of the ambush shooting of two union men riding in an automobile with him | after a meeting in 1933. One of the | gunmen, he said, was Ben Unthank, | A deputy sheriff, whom he identified “positively.” Dwyer told of addressing a union meeting in 1934 while a brother of | the present sheriff, Theodore Middle- | ton, stood beside him with & drawn | revolver as protection. As the meet- | ] ver said, a volley of a wooded hill dis- it, the union members er reassembled. Dwyer told of two cases of dyna- | miting his home, as a result of which | five men were indicted and one con- | victed. Among those indicted was | Unthank, whom Dwyer identified as | s*chief of the road Kkillers.” Blast Four Feet From Head. Dwyer sald one of the dynamitings | occurred while he was in bed, the explosion being about four feet from his head | “It threw me against the wall, bed and all,” he sald, “but I just got eome scratches around the face.” “Did conditions improve after Mid- | dleton took office (in 1934)?" La Fol- | lette asked. “No,” Dwyer answered. worse, had.” Despite pledges before his election, Middleton appointed Unthank and several other killers as deputies, Dwyer said, “They got He's the worst article we ever Checks Not Produced. George Ward, secretary of the Har- lan County Coal Operators' Associa- tion, was called to the stand first to testify that he had not produced cer- tain subpoenaed checks. Declaring they no longer were in his possession, hie had no further explanation. Miss Frances C. Jones, a clerk in the office of the County Circuit Court, Text appeared to produce all criminal records of the court since January 1, 4930. Sheriff Middleton took the stand briefly to say he had been unable to Jocate discarded shells of exploded tear as bombs. Committee investigator Ben Allen Jollowed to identify numerous charts #howing extent of bituminous coal aining in the couniry, memberzhip in 1he U. M. W. and various other facts. « Murray, a member of the U. M. W. For 36 years and its first vice president for 17, outlined the objectives of the union as increased wages, shorter hours, improved working conditions, our story was a couple of weeks late. She already had established such a firm here, thereby giving the tele- phone company a little problem to | wrestle with on the sprouting Spring turf. Seems Miss Werner wants her serv- ice listed in the classified section of the next telephone directory, and the company doesn't know what to call it 's,” “anniversaries,” or 'service.” Any ideas? * ox ¥ x FOUND. OUR foot-loose correspondents, who remember things when they see them, report that the spot called Wayside down in Virginia is just off the highway, not far from Stafford | court House, and that it is a picnic | grove equipped with rustic benches, a stone fireplace and whatnot. Sounds like the ideal place for us to hide on a balmy day, to lie staring up at the blue sky and forgetting about the tribulations of writing a daily column | called “Wayside.” * x % x AIRY ANSWER. POLICEMAN on duty at the cher- ry blossom festivities last Satur- day night, when the cold winds were snapping around his topcoat-less bulk, was approached by a small, thquisitive old lady who said sweetly: “Officer, is the swanboat the queen rides in steam-heated?” Cop stopped grumbling to himself long enough to look the lady straight in the eye and reply, “Madam, that I wouldn't know, but I can assure you it is thoroughly air conditioned.” * % % x REVERSE. Scene, a downtown shoe store. Characters, salesman and young lady. Props, pair of shoes. YL—“I bought these shoes here a few days ago. I like them very much, except that the toes seem to turn out when I walk. Since they are a trifle large, perhaps tightening the straps will Az them. Would you mind”? S—(Looking at the shoes, then at YL, then at the shoes again), “Lady, I won't tell anybody.” (Long, cold silence. Then from YL, mow an icicle) “I beg your wbolishment of use of scrip and of dorced dealing in company stores, Congress in Brief " TODAY. Senate: In recess. -. La Follette committee resumes civil liberties investigation. Judiciary Committee hears oppo- nents of Roosevelt court bill. Labor Committee opens hearings on MWagner housing bill, House: Considers repeal of long-and-short- haul provision of interstate commerce act. Labor Committee opens hearings on making Civilian Conservation Corps permanent Rivers and Harbors Committee con- tinues hearings on Florida ship canal. « Ways and Means Committee consid- ers repeal of law requiring publica- “tion of ocorporation salaries above 415,000, e ) pardon. Yon won’t tell anybody what”? S—“That you were on a party last might and didn’t know what you were doing thiz morning. Madam, you have your shoes on the wrong feet.” Ezit, in confusion. * % *x & LAST LAUGH. ’['HIB anecdote was related to us by some one who seemed to think the poor, deluded, unmilitary lady in it should bear the brunt of the joke. This lass, recently come to Washing- ton, was talking to a friend about the services held at Washington Cathe- dral and attended by the United States Naval Academy Choir. Friend remarked, “Oh yes, you know our society sponsored this ser- viee.” “Really”? said the other girl. “Now that's the Society for the Preservation of the Navy, isn't it? Don't you have to be baptized aboard a ship in order to be a member”? The friend, after a good guffaw, t We wrote about the | WASHINGTON D. C WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 CHEMIGAL'S POWER T0LD AT SESSION Selenium Oxychloride Opens New Exploration Field, Scientist Says. BY THOMAS R. HENRY, Staff Correspondent of The Star. CHAPEL HILL, N. C., April 14.— A new chemical in which most of the world would dissolve like a lump of sugar in water was described before the American Chemical Society meet- ing here tpday by Dr. Gilbert B. L. Smith of the Brooklyn Polytechnic In- stitute, It is selenium oxychloride. a com- bination containing the poisonous ele- ment selenjum, which is closely akin to sulphur. Prof. Smith has been experimenting with it for the last five years, Like water, selenium oxychloride is & powerful solvent, but it acts on an entirely different principle, thus open- ing up a new world for chemical ex- ploration. Prof. Smith pictured a world in which it took the place of water— the temperate zones covered by huge, crystal glaciers, peopled by strange beings with glass-lined insides dwell- ing on the sides of glass mountains, spanning rivers with platinum bridges and protecting themselves from the corroding rain with tungsten um- brellas. ‘The new solvent was described as a heavy straw-colored liquid which freezes at about 65 degrees F., has a marked affinity for water and which will corrode virtually all organic com- | pounds. About the only materials | which do not react readily with it, he said, are glass, platinum and tungsten Tells of Imaginary World. In his imaginery ‘selenium oxy- chloride world,” Dr. Smith said,” snow would fall every time the tem- | perature dropped below the mild | warmth of Spring and we would carry | glass umbrellas. Wooden materials could nowhere be exposed to the weather. Once in our laboratory some of it froze overnight, burst its con- tainer and dripped on the wooden floor. It ate its way right through and dripped down into the physics labaratory below, where it destroyed several instruments and even attacked the bakelite fixtures. “Owing to its strong propensity for absorbing water from the atmosphere the material has to be dehydrated sev- eral times before it can be obtained in sufficient purity for use in experi- ments. It takes about 40 hours of | steady work to prepare about a liter | of it. All experiments must be car- | ried out in closed glass containers because the liquid fumes once it comes into contact with the air. Difficulty Encountered. “Another difficulty in connection with the experiments is the danger of contracting selenium poisoning. The | effect of a bit under the fingernail is ;about the same as that of catching the finger in the door and bruising | the nail. Throbbing pains last about | 48 hours. Discovery of a new chemical reagent | | making possible measurement of iron | | concentrations as lo# as one part in | | 100,000,000 was announced before the | | medicinal division by Dr. John H. Yoe | of the University of Virginia. | The substance is a yellow organic | compound with the name *'seven-iodo- | eight - hydroxyquinoline - five sulfonic |acid.” It forms a green solution when | added to any liquid containing iron | The greenness varies with the amount | | of iron. It is possible to estimate concentration as low as onme part in | 10,000,000 with the naked eye and by use of a photoelectric cell one can do | | 10 times as well Dr. Yoe has applied this color test to the determination of iron in a wide variety of materials, such as glass, sand, animal tissues and soils. Synthesis of a rubber-like varnish of outstanding importance for the con- struction of airships was reported by Dr. T. P. Sager of the Bureau of Standards. Covered With Rubber Coating. The gas bags filled with Jydrogen or helfum now are covered with a thin coating of rubber to prevent the gas from leaking out. The new varnish, Dr. Bager said, is 70-fold more effec- tive for the same purpose. Bearing no chemical relation to rubber, the new material made from “organic polysulphide resins” has a rubber-like elasticity at normal tem- peratures and shows a marked resis- tance to gasoline and oil in contact with which rubber itself rapidly de- terforates. Tasting Profession Open. Add to the list of professions open to ambitious boys and girls that of expert tasters. Special courses in tasting were urged by Ernest C. Croker, Massachu- setts chemical engineer, at a sym- posium on tastes and flavors of foods and drinks—including whisky and brandy—held this morning. The human tongue is still the only instrument for measuring and dis- criminating tastes, it was stressed, but most persons are very incompetent, Dr. Paul E. Howe of the Depart- ment of Agriculture’s RBgreau of Animal Industry told his fellow chem- ists how he tested this recently by blind-folding & group of Government scientists. Then the different meats were served to them unflavored. They couldn't tell the difference. PLANE RECORD SET Airliner Reaches D. C. From Chi- cago in 2 Hours 51 Minutes. With the help of a‘good tail wind, 8 new 21-passenger Douglas flagship of American Airlines, flying the non- stop schedule established two weeks ago between Washington and Chicago, late yesterday made the 685-mile trip to Washington in 2 hours 51 minutes, establishing & new transport record for the trip. The average speed was Just a fraction better than 240 miles per hour. Bcheduled time for the eastbound trip is 3 hours 25 minutes. The big airliner, carrying 8 pas- sengers, mail and express, was in charge of a crew composed of First Pilot W. H. Proctor, Copilot E. A. Springer and Stewardess A. Nohavs. They left Chicago at 6:05 p.m., East- ern standard time, arriving here at 8:56 p.m. —— explained that the society is called the Sponsors of the Navy and is composed of those who have chris- tened naval vessels. This, no doubt, is a great laugh on the misguided young lady, but per- sonally, we're still giggling over the thought of all the people who have busted bottles over & boat's prow getting together in a soclety to com- memorats the fact. ) Man Tosses Match Into Bush and Has Pants Burned Off BY the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, April 14—A Washington County ‘woodchopper, stopping his work to light his pipe, had his pants burned oft him after the lighted match he tossed away had started a small fire in a growth of young trees. F. W. Besley, State forester, made public today the report of the incident by Herman D. Toms, forest guard, at Boonsboro, “Charles Martz was cutting wood,” the report said, “and light his pipe, throwing the burning match in the leaves. While try- ing to stomp the fire out, his trousers caught on fire and were burned off him.” Toms said Martz was “in a critical condition at the present time from burns about the body." C.LO. (Continued From First Pa, wired, “is going into its second week. Negotiations deadlocked on interna- tional union issue. Oshawa workmen lost time during January in the United States through lack of parts. Now losing full time. Men striking for recognition of international union. Imperative international union recog- nize men. “Unless agreement signed by end of week (between Canadian workers and General Motors of Canada) United States members of union must strike. “Failing this I am advising all Cana- dian workmen Monday night to aban- don recognition of union idea. “My duty as a Canadian citizen and head of Oshawa dictates this action. Consider this an ultimatum. Letter following." Terms It “Considered Action.” ‘The Mayor, disclosing his step at a press conference, declared: “This 1s | not a precipitate actiom.” | “My sole interest,” he said, “is to endeavor to be impartial. I must look after the welfare of Canadian citizens and Oshawa. “Unless an agreement is signed so Canadian workmen can return to work Monday morning, I expect General Motors plants in the United States to be on strike Monday,” the Mayor wrote | Martin in the letter, mailed today. “Failing this I am calling & mass meeting of all Oshawa citizens, and I shall tell them they are being fooled and hookwinked and that the interna- tional union is not playing the game with them.” The Hepburn cabinet split has been common knowledge in political circles here for several days. Both Hepburn and Croll have been labor lawyers, Newspaper men were waiting for Hepburn when he entered his office this morning. Immediately he called in his secre- tary, and said in the reporters’ pres- ence “Take a letter.” He then dictated fit. Resignations of the two cabinet members was generally considered in- evitable. By custom, the premier can announce them at any time. Lewis Accused of Dictator Aims. The premier injected the “com- munism” issue into the fight over the Oshawa strike of 3,700 workers only yesterday. Previously he had said there was no room for “foreign agi- tators” in the province, and had ac- cused Lewls of trying to become “po- litical and, economic dictator” of both the United States and Canada. His efforts to make peace came to naught last Saturday, when he refused to meet a strikers' committee as long as the committee included Thompson. Monday afternoon he expressed hope that General Motors, likewise, would “stand its ground” in also refusing to meet the strikers as long as they in- sisted Thompson was their spokesman. The strike has been wholly peaceful s0 far, but Hepburn has assembled 400 red-coated Royal Canadian Mounted Police, gray-clad provincial police and special deputies to dash into Oshawa’ at the least sign of trouble, Oshawa has only 17 local police. These have been augmented, during the week-old strike, by 100 special union police. Today, Hepburn said he had received reports that “outside agitators” al- ready were at work on the Oshawa picket lines and that two girl office workers had become hysterical this morning as a result of their activity. U. S. “Strikebreaking” Hit. Thompson attributed to Ed Hall, vice president of the United Automo- bile Workers, the statement that United States workers would be “strikebreakers” if they made cars for the export market normally belong- ing to the Oshawa plant. , Harry Carmichael, vice president and general manager of the Oshawa plant, advised an English salesman yesterday that rush orders would have to be filled in the United States. Meantime, 400 police stood ready to speed to Oshawa at the first sign of trouble, There was none this morn~ 22 Hurt as Bus Plunges Into Creek Wreckage of the Miami-New a early yesterday, u;tolgle at Jacksonville, ’ LARZ ANDERSON FUNERAL FRIDAY Rites Will Be Held at Noon in Cathedral—Body to Arrive Tomorrow. Funeral services for Larz Anderson, soldier, diplomat and traveler, who died at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., yesterday will be held in the Chapel of St. Mary at Washington Cathedral at noon Friday. By request of the family, the rites will be private, only a few -close friends attending. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, bishop of Washington, will conduct the ceremonies. The Cathedral Choir will sing. The body of the 7l-year-old cos- mopolite is expected to arrive here to- morrow, it was said today at his home, 2118 Massachusetts avenue. Mr. Anderson, who has been ill for a long time with kidney and heart ail- ments, died in a hotel at the West Vir- ginia resort, where he had been under medical care. Mrs. Anderson was summoned to the resort 10 days ago when his condition became critical, The palatial Massachusetts avenue residence, once a center of social activity and, in 1931, the headquarters of King Prajadhipok of Siam and his Queen during their visit here, was in mourning today. So was the other Anderson home, Weld, at Brookline, Mass., where Mr. and Mrs. Anderson spent many of their Summers. Mr. Anderson served as Ambassador to Belgium and to Japan, and, earlier, as a diplomatic secretary at London and Rome. He had friends in all quarters of the world, having spent several years in globe-trotting, His philanthropy included substan- tial gifts to Harvard University, from which he was graduated in 1888, and to Phillips Exeter Academy. During the Spanish-American War he was acting adjutant general of the 2d Division Army Corps and during the World War he aided in Belgian relief and Red Cross work. His widow 1s the former Isabel Weld Perkins of Boston. She is well known as an author. HIROHITO SENDS WIRE TOKIO, April 14 (F)—Emperor Hirohito today cabled felicitations to President Manuel Azana of Spain on the sixth anniversary of the founding of the Spanish Republic, indicating Japan at present has no intention of recognizing the insurgent regime of Gen. Francisco Franco, = e Endeavor IT Launched. GOSPORT, England, April 14 (#).— Tom Sopwith’s Endeavor II was launched today amid cheers of an enthusiastic crowd. It will be pre- pared for its journey to New. York at a date still undecided —_— ing, only a flag-waving demonstration. Waving Union Jacks and singing “Hall, Hail, the Gang’s All Here,” 200 girl pickets marched up and down today in front of the parts division of the strike-closed plant when fore- men went to work on repair parts. Union stewards said the flags were meant to show the strikers were not Communists. Premier Mitchell Hep- burn of Ontario Province said yes- terday Lewis’ unions—the 3,700 strik- ing United Automobile Workers at Oshawa among them—walked “hand in hand” with Communism. The doubled police force wes mobil- ized by Premier Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario to meet what he termed reports that communists intended to touch off violence in the-. thus far peaceful strike sponsored by the John L. Lewis C. I. O. affiiliate, United Automobile Workers’ of America The premier has taken a blunt stand against Lewis and the strike, to the point of threatening to revamp his cabinet in event of disaffection, and has asserted “the forces of John L. Lewis and communism” were “marching hand-in-hand.” Col. Frazier Hunter, member of the dominion parliament and formerly of the British army in India, who enlisted the reinforcements for Hep- burn, announced he had information of a “plot” to send 5,000 communists and sypathizers into the manufactur- ing town Deputies’ Enroliment Hit. Alex Hall Oshawa’s smartly dressed young mayor, referred to as “his wor- ship” in the local newspaper, pro- tested the enrollment of Deputies and telegraphed to the premier a plea to come to Oshawa to see how peaceful the strike was. Communists. he said, “would get short shrift here.” About 3,700 workers were affected in the strike called last Thursday in a demand that the Automobile Workers’ Union, allied with Lewis’ Committee for Industrial Organization, be recog- nized as collective bargaining agent at the plant. There also were wage de- mands. Infant Prodigy at Home Mary Christine Dunn, 28-month-old “genius,” is caught by the camera in her home at Bi No. 1. from her library. No. 4. The Du Lawrence T. Dunn, accompanying Mrs. Dunn during a family “recital.” The child was decla Nafe, Washington University psychologist. 45 higher than the I. Q. attribu. cabulary of more than 3,800 w sentence, sings about 100 songs, small piano and plays a guitar. in a casual way, listening to he Starts day with toothbrush and salt. shoes without help. No. 3. Looks up from some of the boo onne Terre, Mo. | TEXTILE SYSTEM IN CHINA SCORED International Labor Session Urged to Aid Ending Ex- traterritoriality. A heated attack on the extraterri- toriality system which makes foreign settlements in China immune from Chinese law stirred Harold Butler, president of the International Labor Office at Geneva to urge delegates at the World Textile Conference to ap- prove renewed efforts on the part of the I. L. O. toward eliminating extra- territortality. Although the aspect of extra-territoriality is no concern of the conference, Corneille Mertens of Beigium said the meeting being held at the Departmental Auditorium hers has a right to consider it as a social problem. He urged adoption of a Tresolution providing that any steps taken by the conference or the I. L. O, toward improving labor standards in textile mills be made applicable to factories in Chinese foreign settle- ments Mertens, the first European to m, tion extra-territoriality, said that 70 per cent of the textile workers in China are women and children, and that 46 per cent are employed in foreign-owned factories. Butler added that past attempts to gain approval of foreign consular officers for acceptance of Chinese la- bor laws in foreign settlements had been abortive. He told of a recent fire in a foreign factory in China which cost the lives of scores of worke ers who were not protected by Chi- nese factory safety laws. U. S. Factory Methods Hit. American factory methods, which have been held up to the conferenca as the model for the world, wera soundly rapped this morning by Elizabeth Nord of Pawtucket, R. I, an organizer for the United Textils Workers, which is affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organiza= tion “There are few textile centers to which one can go where the workers, young and old. do not complain of their heavy task,” Miss Nord, the first woman who has addressed the confer- ence, said. She told the meeting sha feared ‘“rationalization” because it leads to the stretchout, which she de- scribed as a chief cause of labor unrest in the textile industry. (Rationaliza= tion means improvement in machinery and technical manufacturing processes to make for more economical and effie clent production. ) In one large rayon plant, Miss Nord said, spinners who made eight changes a day in 1929 make 22 now and, while political | production in the warping department during the last two years has increased 80 per cent, wages have decreased 50 | per cent. “'We do not object to efficiency,” she said, “but we do object to efficiency being carried beyond the limits of human endurance. Where rationalie No. 2. Laces nns at home, Mary and her dad, red a “genius” by Dr. John P. Her I. Q. is 185, or ted to “genius.” She has a vo- ords, uses 12 words in a single tries to accompany herself on a Much of her knowledge came r parents.—Wide World Photos. DANGER FORESEEN IN FLORIDA CANAL| Would Imperil State's Under-j ground Water Supply, En- gineer Says. BY the Associated Press. J. E. Willoughby, chief engineer of | the Atlantic Coast Line Railway. told | the House Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee today construction of the Fiorida ship canal would endanger the State’s underground water supply. First of three railroad witnesses testifying in opposition to the water- way, Willoughby attacked a report by Maj. Gen. Edward M. Markham, chief of Army Engineers, that the project was feasible and should be completed He said Markham was in error in estimating the cost as low as $197.- 921,000. Willoughby said the canal would cost $354,455,000 “Gen. Markham'’s decision,” he said, “is not good engineering.” The engineer insisted the canal would seriously damage the fruit and vegetable areas of Central Florida. Willoughby's testimony followed a warning to the committee from John H. Baker, executive director of the Na- tional Association of Audubon Socie- ties, that consideration of the project “gives us cause to exercise caution.” U.S. AGENT ACCUSEé | tained zation is necessary it should be insti= tuted in a co-operative manner as against the present system of impos- ing new systems upon the workers. Wages commensurate with the skill and energy required should be maine Rationalization results in ine creased production and increased profits, and the worker should receive some benefit. To ignore the worker's attitude will result only in & continuae tion of the present chaotic condition in the industry.” Graw Entries for Tomorrow OFFICER OF ASSAULT | — | Veteran D. C. Policeman Pleads Not Guilty in Arraignment Before Turnage. Charged with interfering with a Federal officer, Ruby Downs, veteran | policeman, pleaded not guilty today | when arraigned before United States | Commissioner Needham C. Turnage. | Downs, who is 54 and has been on | the force for 29 vears, was accused of assaulting Deputy Marshal Em mett Broderick, who was endeavor- | ing to serve a civil process on one of the policeman’s friends. | | The policeman weighs over 200 | pounds. Broderick, though stocky, is | the smallest deputy in Washington. RACE—Purse. $1 000 FIRST ¥ up: 6 furlongs. elaiming; Kurisinger) XAcautaw (H. Le Bianc) ¥ Hostess (De Camillas) a xzinn Moo P SECOND RACE—Purse $] 000 elaim- ns . -year-olds and up: 8 1urionas Lucky Color (Ritz) . First Pigeon (Par Blavnov (M Pete xBattling Girl (Mo XMsked Gal (Been Flying Feet (De C: Our Crest_(Saunders THIRD RACE—Purse, & -year-olds and o 8" 1 XCruising. (EeCard) xLittle A Bad Dream: Mondors llas) ~ 1.000: elai longs De Camilias) (H Le Blanc! se (H. Le Blanc) Inso Facto XMy Srpri (Sheihamer X3 Nadir | Downs, arrested about 3:30 pm. yes- |, FQ | terday in the seventh precinct sta | tion, was suspended from duty by Inspector J. E. Beckett At police headquarters, Downs, who lives at 4701 Conduit road, was re- leased on $2,000 bail. Commissioner | Turnage agreed to postponement of | | preliminary hearing to April 29 be- cause the officer had not been able to obtain counsel | Broderick reported the incident oc- | curred March 19, when he was at- | tempting to serve a habeas corpus writ on Mrs. Emily B. McCoy, 1200 | block of Orren street northeast. He said he had properly identified him- self, had mounted to the second floor | when Downs shoved him violently | down the stairs, ordering him to leave | the house. The writ, which involved PARKS OFFICE PLANS SLITTLE MALL” AREA The National Oupital Parks office ( plans to establish a “little mall” | stretching from Eighteenth and E streets to the Naval Hospital grounds | at Twenty-third street, with 100 blooming magnolia trees as the out- standing feature. Rawlins Park, opposite the new In- terior Department Building, will be the first unit in the flowering park- way. The central axis of the park will be extended for an additional four blocks through similar parks, which are to be developed when neces- York bus which overturned in a creek near Brunswick, Ga., in rsons. Rescued passengers said a woman who boarded the —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. . sary land titles are acquired, build- ings removed and streets realigned. Twenty-six magnolia trees will be planted along the broad walks mark- ing the axis of Rawlins Park and at intervals they will border long, narrow reflecting pools. Two of the four parks planned will be the same size as Rawlins, while the other two will be as wide, but somewhat shorter. Park officials believe if the Naval Hospital group of buildings should be moved at some future date, the mag- nolia avenue might be extended an- | other two or three blocks west to the | Potomac River and the Rock Creek- | Potomac Parkway and take rank with custody of a child, was served about a | ) (Fallon) bMiss Oak (M. Peters) bYomer (Le Blanc) Happy Code (Le Blanc) aBomar Stable 1 1 1 bJ. P Jones entry. FIFTH RACE—Purse. $1.000; elaimingi 2-year-olds’ 1., miles Maeistrom (Sarno) xMiss Pecan (McCombs) Joan Asbestos (Kurtsinger) Deepwick _(De Camillas) Bomar (Saunders) Sir Reg _(Critchfield) Prairie Prince (Paiion) xBrish Ha {Le Blanc) Mandas Baby (De Camilias) Durwrack «Wagner) XTorauil (Eecard) 5 SIXTH RACE—Purse 4-year-olds and up Dormido (E. Smith) onatyl (Eccard) (Wagner) (Saunders) Canpra_(O'Malley) Naval Cadet (Parke) $1.000: elaiming: 1'% miles, SEVENTH RACE —Purse. £1.000: ¢ ing: 4-year-olds and up: 1is miles xDeparied (McCombs) Monroe (Pikor XTiana (Eccard) XMaddening (Gordon) Happy Flag (Wagner) Helen Bab (O'Malley) Top Hizh (Saunders) xPlay Book (Le Blanc) xVance (8arno) xSallandry (Le Blanc) xApprentice allowance elaimed. o e iieiel I@G0GS Scratches for Today— Clear and fast. First race—National. Second race—Locomotive. Third race—Grand Duke, Crump. Fourth race—Savage. Sixth race—Count Tetrarck. Rowes WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, Copper Tube 0:3% " B. Highbrow 0 36% Capt. Hull 173s Pas i 037 s & Peppery 0:44 " Mucho Gusto ( 3hits Naval Cadet 0:373; Schley Nurse 0163y Indomitable z 0:403s Ranscilla ___0.3%% s Mile. Dearzin 0:5 0302 Her Reigh Court Sc'dal Prince Sador Lucky Color Holland Count Dean Matey Tugb't Frank Fleet's Moon the cherry blossoms as a Spring at- | MiTk traction and beauty spet. Construction contract for the pools and walkways in Rawling Park is to be awarded June L 4