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b. U TOBESTOW HONOR ON QUEZON Ceremony Tonight to Climax Observance of Found- ers’ Day. Founders’ day honors of Georgetown University will be bestowed upon President Manuel Quezon of the Philippines at a colorful academic ceremony tonight at 8:30 o'clock in Gaston Hall. Two well known Georgetown profes- sors, Dr. D. Percy Hickling, specialist ir nervous diseases, and Charles Al- bert Keigwin of the law school, also have been singled out for honors. Very Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary, S. J., rector of the university, will confer a doctor of laws degree on President Quezon, who hastened back to Wash- ington last night from a visit in Mexico to attend the founders' day celebration. He is being honored by the university, Dr. O'Leary said, as the first president of the newest gov- ermment and democracy. Diplomats to Attend. Mrs. Quezon and Resident Commis- sioner Quintin Paredes of the Philip- pines will be among the large group of invited diplomats, Government officials and alumni who will attend the convocation and the reception which follows in the Carroll parlors. The university is conferring a doctor of science degree upon Dr. Hickling, who is professor and head of the department of neurology and psychia- try at its school of medicine. Prof, Keigwin, a former Assistant U. S. Attorney for the District and also formerly special assistant to the At- torney General before the World War, will receive a doctor of laws degree. Ancient Bell to Toll. An interesting feature of the cere- mony will be the tolling of the oldest Catholic church bell in the country in memory of the founders, among whom Archbishop John Carroll of Baltimore ranks first. Each day on founders’ day the old bell is taken from the college archives. It has been in Georgetown's safe keeping for more than a century and was taken from the first English Catholic church in this country, established in old St. Marys City, Md., in 1643. The vice rector of the Catholic Uni- versity of America, Right Rev. Msgr. Patrick Joseph McCormick, has been assigned the duty of calling the names of the founders. The Georgetown Col- lege Choir, Dr. Edward P. Donovan, will chant their praises. The university, oldest Catholic in- stitution of higher learning in the United States, was founded in 1789, although its earliest antecedents trace back a century before that date to the early schools established by Jesuit missionaries in Maryland. ROOSEVELT TO DRIVE INTO COUNTRY TODAY Confers With Morgenthau and Bell in His Study During Morning. President Roosevelt planned to abandon his desk this afternoon and motor for & couple of hours in the nearby countryside. During the forenoon in his study he conferred with Secretary of Treas- ury Morgenthau and Director of the Budget Bell on Government receipts and expenditures. The President ex- pects the assessment to be in com- pleted form Monday. At that time he will put everything else aside and begin writing his revised budget mes- sage and relief plans to be transmitted to Congress. The President also talked today with Joseph E. Davies, Ambassador to Russia, who returned to this country for a brief vacation about a week ago; John Winant, former head of the Social Security Commission, who has been presiding over the textile con- ference here, and Hi.old Butler, Eng- lish director of the International Labor Office, who has been attending the textile conference. e TWO DIE HERE FRIDAY Willett Marcus, 21, and John H. Cummings, 27, both colored, will be electrocuted at the District Jail next Friday for the murder January 4, 1935, of Joseph R. Wushnak, 42-year-old meat truck driver, whom they shot in &n attempted hold-up. Wushnak, an employe of the Auth Provision Co., was shot in the 1000 block of B street northeast, and died four days later. The gunmen were traced through a felt hat dropped by Cummings at the shooting scene. e Gets 120 Days for Theft. George W. Pack, 26, colored, 1318 ‘W street, who has a record of nine convictions for stealing newspapers, ‘was sentenced by Police Judge John P. McMahon yesterday to serve 120 days in jail for the theft of several magazines from a downtown hotel. Papers’ Arrival Highlightof Dull N.earby Election By a Staft Correspondent o1 The Star. CHEVY CHASE, Md, April 17— The magazines and periodicals in the Brookfleld Pharmacy, 6423 Brookfield road, suffered most as the vote for three members of the Citizens’ Com- mittee of Martin’s Addition hit an all- time low Tuesday night. Only 30 votes were cast in the dis- trict which includes about 200 eligibles and has recorded nearly 175 votes in 8 contested election, according to Ralph Chase, election judge. The polls were open four hours to receive the 30 votes, an average of one ballot every eight minutes. To relieve boredom, the election judges thumbed through detective stories and current fiction found on the store’s magazine rack. The high light of the evening was the arrival of early editions of the morning papers, which were snapped up l»fore they were placed on sale. James J. Hayden received 30 votes, and the other two candidates, John P. Hennessey and Joseph Y. Houghton, 29 each. All were incumbents without opposition and were in bed before the votes were counted. Congress in Brief ‘TODAY. recess. £ under the direction of | Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. CORRECTION. HE informant who told us about Mrs. Meigs' Siamese cat made a slight mistake and wants to apologize for it (we hope). She thought the word “dara,” finally in- corporated into the cat'’s name at the suggestion of the Siamese Legation, meant “sweetheart”! Having already called the cat Pinkie, the monniker turned out to be Pinki-dara. The trouble is, “dara” means “star,” which is all for the best. We prefer to think of a pinkie star rather than a pinkie sweetheart. V\IN‘:nQ) REAL ESTATE. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Murray drove down to Port Royal, Va. last Sunday and came back to re- port they were vastly impressed by two things—a remodeled home be- longing to a Star expert on foreign (and military) aflairs, and the town jail, which had pasted on its cell bars a big sign, “For Rent.” * ok K K UNPRETENTIOUS. HE Murrays supply us with an- other item, this one canine. Seems they thought this talk about special gadgets to push a cocker spaniel's ears out of the oatmeal was a lot of high falutin’ nonsense. Their own cocker, Sally by name, merely has her ears tucked back into a collar when the dinner hour rolls around. * ok K X UNEARNED INCREMENT. “7T'HE interest on our $5 deposit amounts to $12.57,” announced a member of the District W. C. T. U. at a recent meeting here. “I have here | a check for $17.57, of which $5 was principal, the balance interest,” she said. holding up the slip of paper as evidence of the rather startling statement. ‘Then came the explanation. Several decades ago when the Woman's Chris- | tian Temperance Union moved in its new hearquarters the business agent | forgot to collect $5 left on deposit with the gas company. Nobody thought | anything about it until the ccmpmy| was going over some old accounts re- | cently and discovered the deposit | had never been repaid. It promptly | dispatched a check, $5 for principal, | the rest as computed evidence of its appreciation of the faith that would in- spire any one to leave $5 lying around the place that long. * % ok % TICKER. THE largest time-piece owned by an individual in the city of Washing- ton is back from a Spring vacation, you'll be glad to know, and is again putting out the time of day down to the split second, or rather to the | public. Gadget is that huge street clock at | the corner of Wisconsin avenue and M street northwest, and it belongs to B. Agee Bowles, who was formerly a banker, but personally owned the clock in front of his bank. What with Winter's rust and all that the clock had to be given a Spring cleaning recently, but is now back on the job, although we still don’t know whether Mr. Bowles goes around to wind it himself, for exercise, or has some one else attend to that detail. * % ok * FAIR EXCHANGE. After laboring vainly for some time to extricate herself from a tight parking space out in Chevy Chase the other day, a lady was hailed by a stranger who was sit- ting in another car parked across the street. He was busy attempt- ing to placate a small baby with a bottle of milk. “Lady,” he said, “if youw'll come over here and give this baby his bottle, I'll get your car out.” She did, and the baby lay cooing in her arms, while father went across the street, wiggled the car into the clear. * ok K K MYSTERY. YOUNG lady who ponders the mysteries of the newspaper world writes in to tell us that a friend named Kilmer Bartz, a base ball star at Woodrow Wilson High School, has seen elaborate write-ups about himself in all the local papers, and can't quite understand how it was done. Says he has never seen a newspaper reporter, and is at a loss to know where they collected all their facts, most of them spotlessly accurate. The answer, lady, is that sports re- porters are psychic and can tell all about a man's early childhood, his ambitions and probable Latin aver- ages by watching him pitch a round- house curve. Psychic, that is, except when it comes to discovering who will win a prize fight, horse race or base ball game. When those questions come up their powers become so in- tensified that the often are attuned with another world, one in which things don’t happen according to the laws that govern our own sphere. If you don’t think so, ask some of the people who have spent the last few years betting on Maxie Baer. BOYS OF WOODWARD SCHOOL DINE TONIGHT Students to Attend Annual Dance and See Presentation of Play at Y. M. C. A, The annual banquet and dance of the Woodward School for Boys will be held tonight in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium, 1736 G street, Fred L. Dawson, chairman of the committee in charge, announced today. The program includes an address by Dr. Allen Stockdale and presenta= tion of a play, Valiant,” by members of the English class. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1937. TELEPATHY PUT TOTEST AT DUKE Clairvoyance Is Also Dem- onstrated by Dr. Rhine of Faculty. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. DURHAM, N. C, April 17.—Has man some mental eye which can see, however dimly, through stone walls and regardless of distance? Can one read another's mind, de- prived of such clues as intimate ac- quaintance, facial expressions and voice inflections? These questions are being put to & rigid scientific test in the psycho- logical laboratory of Duke University here. Dr. Joseph B. Rhine of the Duke faculty and his assistants dem- onstrated their methods and told of their latest findings yesterday at a meeting arranged by the National Association of Science Writers and attended by Dr. Irving Langmuir, noted chemist and vice president of the General Electric Co. Something to Telepathy. Their findings indicate, in brief, that there is something to both clair- voyance and telepathy. At least, neither the science writers nor Dr. Langmuir could put a finger on any obvious flaw in their procedures, no- body questions the honesty and sin- cerity, and Dr. Rhine and his as- sociates and some of their foremost experts on statistical methods in the world have checked up on their mathematical treatment of their re- sults. Chance apparently is ruled out, for this mathematical analysis shows the chances are one in the biggest figure anybody ever imagined—10 to the 1,200th power, or 10 followed by 1,200 cyphers—against some of the things happening that have happened in that Duke laboratory. And that is several times the number of all the atoms in the universe. Anecdotally there have been in- numerable instances of clairvoyance and telepathy. Almost everybody knows, in his personal experience or that of his immediate family, of very queer things that have happened. Un- fortunately, however well substan- | tiated, these anecdotes are not valid scientific evidence because there is no way of ruling out the factors of coin- cidence, of unconscious mistakes in reporting, etc. A valid test requires that every factor be controlled—and that is exactly what the Duke psy- chologists are doing Perhaps it is well to insert here that none of the science writers, with one possible exception, showed the slightest abil..y in either of these | occult lines. I myself was a woeful | failure a* telepathic reading, making | the remarkable score of 100 per cent | wrong, but showed up a trifle above | the average on clairvoyance. Procedure Is Simple. The procedure is basically simple enough. Dr. Rhine has a special pack of 25 cards, the size of ordinary playing cards. On the faces, how- ever, are printed geometrical figures in place of the playing card symbols. There are five stars, five crosses, five squares, five circles and five waves. The subject of the experiment, with the pack face down, matches the | card without looking at them with these five symbols. Now, by pure chance with a large number of trials five cards should be matched cor- rectly on an average for each trial. There is one chance out of five that the card I match with a star will itself carry the star symbol. This is exactly the result obtained with many thousands of trials with a card shuffling machine. One pack is shuffied and the cards laid face up. Then the second pack is shuf- fled and the cards laid face up against those of the first pack. One card out of five will be correctly matched on an average for a hundred trials or more. A man or woman, with no clues, should do no better nor no worse than the machine. But suppose for 100 trials one matches an average of seven cards correctly. Supposing he does it for a thousand trials or, as in the case of one of Dr. Rhine’s subjects, gets an average of 9 correct out of the 25. If this happens it is considered evi- dence that something has come into the picture to abrogate the laws of pure chance. The more cards one matches correctly and the greater the number of the trials, the less the like- lihood that the matching is follow= ing the mathematical laws of prob- ability. | g May Be Miles Apart. Telepathy is tested in much the same way, except the two work to- gether. One knows the card which the other calls. Generally persons gifted in these faculties do as well ‘but no better at telepathy as at pure clairvoyance. It doesn‘t make any difference whether the two are sit~ ting across the table from each other, in two different buildings on the campus or miles apart. The abilities differ enormously from person to person, most every one succeeding no better than chance. But one subject time after time matched 15 out of the 25 cards cor- rectly and on at least one occasion matched all 25. The ability quickly deteriorates, the best performers after a few months falling back to pure chance again. Narcotic drugs inter- fere with it badly, bt after a decline it can be restimulated by caffeine. All this, of course, is very far from the ghoulish atmosphere of the seance. There are no dim lights and fimy draperies, no mysterious voices out of the darkness. The rooms are bare and well lighted. There is no emo- tional element in the performances. Nobody can get very excited about matching decks of cards a hundred times. No directions are given. The matcher follows the hunch of the moment, or just lays the cards down at random without any hunches. Experiments duplicating and con- firming Dr. Rhine’s results now have been reported from five other col- leges in the United States and from several in Europe. The fleld is known as “parapsychology.” The first issue of its quarterly professional journal was out today, giving accounts of the confirmatory results and the back- ground of the subject. Have Hands on Something. Somehow or other Dr. Rhine and his associates seem to have gotten their hands on something—whatever its nature, and they make no specu- lations whatsoever—that is outside ordinary human experience. A natural question, of course, is as to what advantage possession of this faculty would be at a stud poker game. A fellow who could read an ace in the hole wouldn't have to work for a living much longer. But for those who might be hesi tant to try their luck against any of the science writers in the future— against such & 3 83 myself, for DOUBT SUCGESS OF JUNIOR HIGHS 70 Pct. of Poll of D. C. Teachers See Goal Missed, Parley Told. Only about 30 per cent of 130 Junior high school teachers here who have previously taught in elementary achool feel that the junior high solves or facilitates the solution of the prob- lems it was designed to correct, Dr. Thomas H. Briggs, professor of edu- cation at Columbia University, told the first general session of the junior high school conference last night. Speaking at the Langley Junior High on the evaluation of the past of the junior high, Dr. Briggs sub- mitted to the group the opinion of some of Washington's junior high in- structors as revealed in a question- naire he sent them. “That does not mean that 70 per cent of the teachers think the junior high is a failure,” he said. “Rather it means that they have not been sufficiently oconvinced.” Crowded Schools Blamed. Many of the replies charged that congressional parsimony and over- crowded schools were nearly defeat- ing the purpose of the junior high in the District, he said. The weak point in the whole set-up, Dr. Briggs thought, is the curriculum which must be revised. This can only be done when units are larger and experts are free to take up the prob- lem, he said. Touching on the elimination of “un- desirables” from the schools, whicii some of the teachers had pointed out as a difficulty, Briggs suggested the modification of the courses so that there would be something good for everybody. “We cannot throw them out upon society or industry which cannot ab- sorb them now,” he said. “We will have to make some provision for them in the schools.” Applause followed his remarks. A panel of three other speakers gave additional talks of five minutes each before the meeting was thrown open to discussion from the floor. High-Speed Tempo Hit. Dr. F. B. Gruen, professor of sec- ondary education, declared that the enrichment of curriculum with more “general courses” was far more im- portant than getting the child through school a few months sooner. He was seconded in his attack on time econo- my by Willlam G. Carr, director of Research Division of the National Edu- cation Association. Condemning the high speed modern tempo, Carr de- clared: “We have sped up eating until we | have become dyspeptic, we have sped up recreation till we have become neurotic; let's leave the kids alone and let them have a little more time.” Prof. C. O. Williams of Pennsyl- vania State College, thought that Junior highs would be a bit more suc- cessful and the instruction would im- prove if there were less organization and administration. He felt that the | whole program of secondary education, | of which the junior high is a part, | should be unified. The session was opened by selections from the Gordon Junior High School Orchestra under the direction of Helen C. Shaw. The audience was welcomed by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintend- ent of schools. Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, president of the Board of Edu- cation, presided. The second general session was to | be held at the school this morning. Blossoms (Continued Prom First Page.) and “specials” are expected to bring in a heavier load of visitors. Reservations Exhausted. Reservations at practically all hotels have been exhausted, according to the Greater National Capital Committee of the Board of Trade, and tourist houses also are caring for their share of strangers. Special traffic arrangements have been made to take care of motorists between Washington and Baltimore, with plans laid to keep the main artery between the two cities open. Fifty-five members of the Baltimore police traffic squad will go on duty at 8 am. to aid motorists en route to the cherry trees. The special detail will include 40 motor cycle officers and 15 patrolmen. They will attempt to direct motor- ists out the Frederick road and through Ellicott City, wherever pos- sible, to relieve congestion on the more direct route. This move was decided on earlier in the week when District officials con- ferred with Maryland authorities about the heavy burden placed on the Baltimore boulevard. Additional traffic officers also Wwill be on duty at entrances to the Capi- tal and throughout the city, and park police officials announced “every avail- able man” will be out to keep cars moving. Traffic around the Tidal Basin, as usual, will be one-way and clockwise, a schedule designed to keep machines from becoming entangled. While some of the petals have fallen to the ground, the blossoms are still close to their peak. Pinkish at first, the blooms are gradually blanching out. In some places the green leaves of the trees are beginning to show through the blooms, signalizing the beginning of the end, as far as these Oriental blooms are concerned. Around Hains Point, about the week after next, the double-blossom species are expected to burst into flower. r— e instance, who for 10 trials made an average of 7 correct matches, which, I was told, was slightly significant— there is no need to worry. In the first place Dr. Rhine finds that even the most accomplished subjects do quite poorly when a regu- lar deck of 52 paying cards is used. Why nobody knows, except that there are so many factors entering into the situation. In the second place, the effect of other drugs would indicate, even a couple of bottles of beer would re- duce one of slightly more than aver- age competency back to the ranks of the normal. But with the simplicity of condi- tions and the rigidity of controls the Duke psychologists challenge a skeptical world to find an explana- tion—and they will be the first to welcome Where th wrong. Lindberghs Greeted in Yugoslavia # Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh as they alighted at Zagreb, Yugoslavia, en route back from their recent air trip into Asia. They are escorted by army officers at the Zagreb airport. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. U. . HALTS ARM SALE T0 SOVIETS Opposes Materials Supply for Construction of Battleship. The Government has halted a plan of Boviet Russia to purchase materials in this country for a battleship. Two American corporations, whose names were not disclosed, have been informed through the State Depart- ment that while export of such materials might be permissable under the licensing provisions of the neu- | traliy act, the United States disap- proves of the transaction as a matter of policy. The department’s Arms and Muni- tions Control Board was informed early in March that the two companies held contracts with the Soviet gov- ernment for the delivery of designs, materials and equipment for the con- struction ol one battleship in Soviet Union They asked whether export licenses | would be necessary for such shipments. Fall Within Neutrality Act. They were told by Joseph C. Greene, chief of the Munitions Control Board, that barring unforeseen changes in | present treaties and statutes the ship- ment of such items abroad would fall under the provisions of the neutrality act prohibiting exports of “arms, am- munition and implements of war,” ex~ cept under Government licenses. He held that such materials would constitute a disassembled vessel of war. Under ordinary circumstances, re- sponsible persons said, such licenses automatically would be issued to a country not engaged in hostilities, un- less the equipment involved some mili- tary secret, the preservation of which would be in the interest of national defense. Officials told the corporation repre- sentatives, however, that considera- tions of Government policy dictated two primary objections to the granting of licenses in this case It was emphasized that exactly the same objections would apply if any other country, rather than Soviet Rus- sia, were involved. Navy Test Provided For. One specification of the provisional contract, it was pointed out, provided that the United States Navy should test and inspect the guns and armor for the contemplated battleship be- fore they could be delivered. One of the requirements under the proposed contract was that the guns be of 16- inch caliber. The corporations were told that it has been a long-standing policy of this government to disassociate itself en- tirely from the promotion of export trade in munitions. Under such cir- cumstances, it was said, the Govern- ment felt that the Navy should not be called upon to make any such tests. Officials held that the export of 16- inch guns might create a situation inimical to American interests, since the size of guns lately has been the subject of international discussions. ‘The two corporations involved were said to have made no further ap- proaches concerning the matter. To date they have not applied for export licenses for any of the materials in- volved. Unless the export of 16-inch naval guns is prohibited by the war-time espionage act—which protects military and naval secrets—or a provision gov- erning such items is added to the neutrality act, responsible persons said that if applications for export licenses are filed they probably would have to be granted. FUND DRIVE ADVANCES Nearly Third of $65,000 Raised by Goodwill Industries, Inc. Nearly one-third of the $65,000 sought by Goodwill Industries, Inc., in its campaign for funds already has been donated, it was announced yes- terday at the group's first report meeting. Records showed $21,881 already col- lected. Of this figure, $18,785 was turned in by the Special Gifts Com- mittee, of which James C. Dulin, jr., is chairman. A letter from Bishop James E. Free- man commending the services of Goodwill Industries was read by Ernest H. Daniel, general drive chair- man. e Senator Black Recuperating. Senator Black of Alabama today was recuperating from an attack of in- fluenza. A secretary said, however, the Benator would be confined to his home for several days. Holden Banquet Speaker. Dr. George M. Holden, president general of the National Society of the Sons of the War of 1813, will be prin- cipal speaker tonight at a dinner meet- body who can show | ing of the local chapter to be held at 6:30 pn@fi the Cosmos Olub, the | Change in Name Costs Motorist $10 or Ten Days Colored Man Signs Hawkins Instead of Dawkins to Card. A slight change in his name from Dawkins to Hawkins cost Otis Daw- kins, 23, colored, 625 Fourth street, a sentence of $10 or 10 days in jail when he was arraigned before Traffic Judge Walter J. Casey yesterday on a charge of obtaining an automobile registration card by misrepresentation. Dawkins, it was testified by Pvt. Gamer L. Norris of the eighth pre- cinct, was stopped at Wisconsin ave- nue and Warren street, where he ex- hibited two permits under the two names, claiming both were his. The policeman said Dawkins told of be- coming involved with a finance com- pany. thereby losing his car and his credit. Later, it was testified, Dawkins purchased a new car under the name of Hawkins and secured a new permit under that name. The defendant said “the man who made out the papers for my new car used Hawkins and he went to so much trouble I just decided to sign that name. Of course, I then had to get a new registration card to match.” RUMANIA ALERT FEARS NAZI COUP | Stir Created by Banishment of Nicholas Adds to Tension. BACKGROUND— In 1931 slender, gay Prince Nich- olas, younger brother of King Carol of Rumania, eloped with Helen Dumitriscu, a commoner. Siz years later, on April 9, 1937, Rumanian government banished him, stripped him of all royal titles, for refusing to give up his wife. They have a child, 2. Carol's none-too-savory record of friendship with Mme. Lu- pescu has helped Nicholas' cause with Rumanian people. Foes of Carol seized on Nicholas’ erile to Joment discontent. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, April 17.— The Rumanian government, fearing a pro-Nazi coup, was ready for any even- tuality today as political repercussions of the banishment of ex-Prince Nicholas created tension. Officials were apprehensive that the banned Rightist “Iron Guard,” an- gered because its representatives were not consulted before Nicholas was exiled for refusing to renounce his commoner wife, might challenge the government. In a special session the cabinet au- thorized the government to “repress with the strongest measures” any po- litical disturbances. Critic of Carol Awaits Trial. ‘Tension was partially relieved by the release of Prof. Alexander Gerota, who publicly opposed the government's ac- tion stripping Nicholas of his royal rank. Gerota was released pending trial. (In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, dispatches from Rumania declared a wave of protest against King Carol's associa- tion with Magda Lupescu had swept the nation after Nicholas was read out of the royal family. Reports said Prof. Gerota was arrested because he as- serted in his magazine, My Creed, that Nicholas’ marrige to a commoner was & minor matter compared with the King's long association with Mme. Lupescu. New Party Formed. After the government ban guardists formed a new party, “all for the Fath- erland,” with Gen. Zizi Contacuzino as president, and this group, they contend, was entitled to representa- tion at the crown council meeting tha decreed Nicholas’ ouster. Rumanian law provides that all rec- ognized political parties shall have & voice in the council. Government officials asserted, how- ever, that the guardists were not in=- terested in the former prince's fate, but were seizing the incident as a po- litical pretext. VAN DUZER AIDE TO WED Secretary to Be Married to Po- liceman in October. Miss Eleanora Wall, who as secre- tary to Trafic Director William A. Van Dugzer spends most of her time typing trafic regulations, is going to marry Traffic Bureau Policemsn Adam Arney, who spends most of his time en- forcing them. Arney was assigned to Van Duzer’s office during the sutomobile tag rush. It was unced yesterday they will be in Ootober. CONTROL ADVISED 10 AID WELFARE Social Work Conference Is Told of Crisis by David C. Coyle. The present social order in America has reached a crisis and must be changed to bring about a new balance between freedom and authority, Da- vid Cushman Coyle, consulting engi- neer, author and lecturer., declared last night in an address before the joint conference of the Washington Council of Social Agencies and the Maryland State Conference of Social Welfare. Freedom has disappeared from the | present social order, he said, and the country must be reborn into a new | social order under which the new authority would protect the liberties of the people, force a better distri- bution of income, control the rela- tionships of the people with the laws of nature so that the country will have resources that will last indefi- nitely, and develop power to control vast economic empires. The present crisis, Coyle said, was brought on by technology getting so far ahead of social arrangements and the great growth of concentration of wealth in vast corporations. Between Two Rackets. “Technological unemployment has become a fact since the war,” he de- | clared. “Men have been thrown out of work and natural resources used up. Freedom has disappeared. Just try to set yourself up in a small busi- ness. The rackets of the underworld will get you. Try establishing a large business and the rackets of the upper world will wipe you out.” Under the new social order the dis- tribution of income to aid the poor is essential, he said. The economic framework of the new order would be partly capitalistic in nature, with big business surviving, “’like a captive elephant.” The great non-profit in- stitutions would increase in size and effectiveness and the Government would take over the big monopolistic industries, while small businesses would be increased greatly. At the conclusion of his talk, Coyle was asked if the real solution lay in the theory of production for use rather than production for profit. He re- plied he didn't believe that was true, explaining there must always be “an unplanned area for the top level of human genius.” Capt. Rhoda Milliken, head of the Police Woman's Bureau, told the con- ference yesterday that social workers are overlooking the sociological im- portance of the policeman in giving aid to families in need. She pointed out police officers have close contact with groups and individuals who should be receiving help from social welfare agencies. Unionized Social Workers Urged. Jacob Fisher, youthful associate editor of the magazine Social Work Today, told the joint conference at a luncheon yesterday that social work- ers in the public relief field should be organized into trade unions. He declared union organization in this fleld holds a positive value, particu- larly for the untrained social worker, in such problems as adjustment of wage and hour scales and dismissals. Pisher said that because of their different social settings, antagonism exists between labor and the social welfare fleld, and contended that or- ganization of social workers along the same lines as labor would go far in “bridging the gap” between the two flelds. Round table discussions were held yesterday on such problems as schools and family case work; the place of the institution in a program for child care; deliquency, child care and rec- reation, public health, medical care and general public assistance, and un- employment compensation and vase work. Elwood Street, director of public welfare for the District, presided at | a general meeting on social security provisions for old age, children anl the blind. The conference was to close today with a general meeting at 10:30 am. and a luncheon session at which Paul Kellogg, editor of the Survey, was to speak. —_ RACE VANS CLASSIFIED I. C. C. Declines to Go Into “Rac- ing Game.” The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion is not going into the racing game. A ruling today by the Brueau of Motor Carriers said, in effect, that the vanning of race horses or polo ponjes is not subject to the rate- fixing provisions of the motor carrier act. This transportation, however, comes under the hours of service and safety provisions of truck traffic generally. | The bureau exempted the racers and polo ponies under the clause ex- cx:flng live stock carriers from the qumber. SPANIARDS BATTLE FOR 2 POSITIONS Bilbao Defenders Claim In- surgents, Led by Ger- mans, Halted. BACKGROUND— Fighting in the Teruel salient, where the insurgents sought to cut off Catalonian food supplies to Va- lencia had been flerce and bloody in 3pots since the seige to conquer Madrid began. The Basque capital of Bilbao, now reported saved, at least temporarily, was recently re- ported in imminent danger of Franco’s advancing forces. Bs the Assoclated Press Opposing armies in Spain concen- trated their warfare in two widely sep- arated sectors today, the northern Bay of Biscay coast and at the doorway to Madrid in the south. Today ended the ninth month of war. Basque defenders of the important manufacturing and shipping center of Bilbao—*“the Pittsburgh of Spain’— declared they had halted insurgent ad- vances commanded by German officers. Reinforcements Denied. A hurried call for reinforcements from the Basques was denied by the Spanish government because “not s single man can be spared from otr fronts.” Serious coal and food short- ages aggravated a tense situation in Bilbao. Factories were closed. Insurgents again pumped shells into the heart of Madrid. One struck a jail, killing a prisoner, wounding five others; two other shells wounded sev- eral persons. Government troops shelled Insur- gent positions in the University City and Casa De Campo, suburbs of Ma- drid. Insurgents held their strong- holds despite repeated counter-at- tacks. Heavy Teruel Offensive. Infantry, artillery, tanks and planes were thrown into a heavy offensive against the Teruel salient, 150 miles east of Madrid, seeking to drive In- surgents back into the Aragon prov- inces. At Huesca, provincial capital of Aragon in the northeast, Catalan troops attacked another flank of surgent Gen. Francisco Franco's army, trying to force a ring of steel around the city and force its surrender. TERUEL FORCES STRONG. Infantry, Artillery, Tanks and Planes Attack Franco. MADRID, April 17 (#)—Govern- ment infantry, artillery, tanks and planes were hurled today against the Teruel salient, with which Gen. Fran- cisco Franco had hoped to sever the “life line” between Valencia and the government ally, Catalonia | In a surprise maneuver the Madr: | Valencia forces were reported to have | made a long advance, intended to en- circle Teruel, about 150 miles east of here, and force Franco's warriors to retreat back into the Aragon prov- inces. At Huesca, the northeasternmost Aragon provincial capital, on the oth- er flank of Franco's far-flung army, Catalan troops pressed attempts to {ring the city and force its capitula- | tion after eight months of siege. An air ministry communique said the airmen blasted at insurgent posi- tions at Mount Santa Barbara., Gordo Hill and Celedas, all near Teruel. Artillery positions around Teru as well as in the Teruel cemetery railway station and barracks, similarly attacked. INSURGENT LOSSES HEAVY. wer Government Reports Advance on Bil- bao Definitely Halted. HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish Fron- | tier, April 17 (#).—Waves of insurgent troops, attacking with German mili- tary tactics, broke today against stub- born Basque defenders of the strate- gic mountain peak of Saibi, 5 miles from Durango, government dispatche to the frontier reported. The Agence Espagne (official gov ernment news agency) reported insurgent advance, directed by Ge man officers, had been halted defi- nitely, thus saving Bilbao, the Basque capital, and Durango, 16 miles so east of Bilbao, at least temporarily “Terrible losses” were inflicted or the insurgents, who were attempting to close in on the seaport where food | supplies have been choked off by er circling land forces and the insurger | naval blockade, the agency declared Activities Halted by Rain. The official insurgent communiqu | concerning operations in North Spa:: | said only that all activity had bee: | halted by “a tempest of rain.” ‘The strategic mountain peak, guard- ing Basque plains that stretch toward the capital, changed hands at least three times during bitter day and night fighting as planes swooped over the rugged battle line. Insurgent communiques early in the engagement said from 700 to 1,000 government troops were slain in the | battle, much of it hand-to-hand fight- ing with bayonets and grenades. Hoping to lure provision ships into food-pinched Bilbao, the Basque gov- ernment offered cash prizes for food- bearing vessels that run the insurgent naval blockade. Prizes for Skippers. Skippers arriving today would re- ceive 5,000 francs ($220) with the prize diminishing 1,000 francs esch - day thereafter. Captains of all the British food ships in St. Jean de Luz, however, re- mained in port waiting orders their owners in the face of Brita refusal to protect her shipping inside Spanish territorial waters. The refugee-swollen population of Bilbao, “Pittsburgh of Spain,” was said to total more than 350,000 person: facing near starvation conditions. Situated 8 miles up the River Ner- vion, Bilbao's docks are reachable by ocean vessels, and in peace-time the city enjoyed a thriving trade with the world in iron and iron ore, most of it mined with British capital. JOINT CONCERT Wesleyan and Maryland Gles Clubs to Sing Tomorrow. COLLEGE PARK, Md. April 17 (8pecial) —A joint concert and dance will be presented by the glee clubs of the University of Maryland and Wesleyan University in the gym- armory here at 8 o'clock tonight. Wesleyan clubs have won the na- tional competition twice and during the last 10 years have been awarded the New England championship four times. The University of Maryland Wome= en’s Glee Club will join in the final