Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1937, Page 2

WEEK END TRAFFIC INJURES FOURTEEN D. C. Death Toll Reaches 40 as Wagon Driver, Hurt April 10, Dies. “Pourteen persons were injured, five seriously, in trafic accidents in the District and nearby Maryland and Viginia over the week end. Meantime, the local traffic toll for the year was iricreased to 40—nine more than for thte same period in 1936—with the death of a man injured in a freak wdshap April 10. William Kettle, 61, colored, 324 Ana- ©ostia road northeast, died in Casualty Hospital yesterday of a fractured skull, Tgceived when he was thrown from his wagon seat as his horse slipped and fell on Benning road northeast. Four persons were injured at Twen- ty-second and M streets as they stood in front of a car discussing a minor collision when another automobile orashed into the standing vehicle, pushing it against them. Driver Is Arrested. ~'The most seriously injured was Moe Morgan, 48, of 1108 Ninth street, ‘whose back possibly was fractured. The aoffer victims, all of whom were taken 0 Emergency Hospital, included Wil- liam Howard, 50, of 3931 Military road, fractured left knee; William Carruther, 22, University of Virginia, hip injury; and Philip 8. Ball, jr,, 21, Annapolis, Md., leg hurts and brain ‘eoncussion. James P. Crocker, 30, of 1006 Twen- &y-second street, driver of the colliding machine, was arrested and charged with reckless driving, defective brakes #nd defective windshield wiper. He was released on $700 bond. Police did not ascertain the drivers of the other involved automobiles. Mrs. Annie M. Corder, 88, of 3248 M street received severe head cuts in & collision at Harewood road and Michigan avenue between cars op- erated by Earl N. Ritenour, 31, of 1212 Longfellof street and William F. Wag- ner, jr, 21, of Hyattsville, Md. Mrs. Cordor was a passenger in Ritenour's car, as was Miss Elizabeth Motley, 34, of 1451 Park road, secre- tary to Police Chief Ernest W. Brown, who was only slightly injured. Mrs. Florence G. Motley, 55, mother of Elizabeth, also a passenger, was not injured. Mrs. Corder is Mrs. Motley's mother. Mrs. Virginia L. Wagner, 21, and William F. Wagner, 30, wife and son of the other driver, received only bruises. William K. Butler 44, of 2620 Sixth street northease, possibly had his skull {ractured when struck by a Capital ‘Transit Co. bus, operated by Frank C. Moore, Hyattsville, at Fourth street and Rhode Island avenue. He was taken to Casualty. Others Injured. Berious head injuries were sustained by Mabel Dunlop, 34, colored, 1514 R street, when she was struck by an futomobile while crossing at Sixteenth and R streets. She was taken to George Washington Hospital. Wayne Hall, 29, and his wife, Mary B, 27, of 1717 Seventeenth street southeast, were taken to Casualty from an accident near Laurel, Md. Hall was treated for severe head cuts und his wife for a broken left arm. Miss Billy Patterson, 2032 Belmont oad, and Miss Katherine Miller, 25, game address, were injured yesterday ‘when their car was struck by another near Falls Church, Va., as they turned into the main highway from a side vroad. Miss Patterson remained in Georgetown Hospital today for treat- ment of internal injuries. Miss Miller suffered the loss of several teeth and euts and bruises. CHARGES OF ASSAULT ON GIRL NOL PROSSED Pugh Drops Case Against John Henry Burns, in Whose Case Jury Disagreed. B a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., April 19— Charges of criminal assault against John Henry Burns, proprietor of a fruit store at Eighteenth street and Columbia road, Washington, were nolle prossed in Circuit Court here today. Burns was tried at the November term of court on charge of assaulting a Washington girl whom he took home from a party early last Fall, but the Jury was unable to agree and was dis- charged. The case had been set for the current term, but State's Attor- ney James H. Pugh requested the case be nolle prossed when court opened today. Burns had been at liberty wnder $15,000 bond. g Simmons Tells Of $1,100 Loss in Hutton Hearing Reveals Transaction in 200 Shares of Atlas Tack. By the Associated Press. Al 8immons, the Washington Sena- tors’ new outfielder, told the Securi- ties Commission today he lost $1,100 on s transaction in Atlas Tack Corp. stock in the Fall of 1936. Simmons, recently acquired from She Detroit Tigers, was called as & witness at the commission hearing on eharges against W. E. Hutton & Oo. of manipulating Atlas Tack stock. Blouching in his chair, Simmons re- cited details of his purchase of 200 shares of Atlas Tack in late 1935 and early 1936. He said he bought the securities upon receiving a letter from Mickey Cochrane, manager of the Detroit Tigers. Simmons gave his testimony Just before donning his uniform for his first game of the regular season as & Senator. Commission Counsel Jacob Gruber sttempted to show that Cochrane had been advised to buy Atlas Tack by Jerry McOarthy, customers’ man in the Hutton Detroit office. Asked by Gruber why he had re- eeived information about Atlas stock from Oochrane, Simmons asserted that “Mickey and I had been team- mates for years. Whenever he had a tip which might make us a few dollars he passed it on to me, and I did the same.” Simmons testified he bought 100 shares of Atlas Tack at 19'% and 100 shares at 21%. He sold his total holdings, be said, at lli& Washington Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. CCORDING to Holland Hunt- ington, one of the more foot- loose and observant of the Wayside's correspondents, ways wondered if all the business con- ducted over the two-way police radio system came under the head of “offi- clal” day—found out that it wasn't official. He deduced that from a broadcast he heard being made from a scout cruiser, which ended up with the fol- ““There are a lot of new houses out this way which I have to keep an eye on, but I'll bring you that tobacco as soon as I come in.” COURTESY. Phyllis Stoever of the Chevy Chase Stoevers ought to be written down in your book, or “up” in the sensitive and considerate children of the community. That seems to be the implication of an anecdote about her which was just related Phyllis and her mother, it seems, were buying @ pair of shoes. “How do they feel?” the sales- man asked the child at what “Fine,” said Phyllis. Once in the shoes and outside the store her grimaces of pain told another story, however. we left the store?” her mother wanted to know. “And hurt that nice man’s feel= ings?” Phyllis countered. HAPPY ENDING. IP THE Mr. Acheson who found and turned in a lady’s bag to the street car conductor the other day reads this incident ended quite happily. The bag belonged to a Mrs. Sey- mour (our informant neglects to say which Mrs. Seymour), who left it on 8 good citizen should, he turned it over to the conductor. A few blocks after he had done his duty and got off at his destination, a taxi charged passenger waving frantically. The car stopped, the cab passenger got on and both vehicles resumed their jour- ney during the negotiations in which all the time it was she) got back her bag. The deal completed, she got off, entered the cab, which had trailed along, and went away with every one Wayside UNOFFICIAL. there is & man in this town who al- Well, the man found out the other lowing sentence: * x % X Wayside column as one of the more to us. seemed to be the finale of the deal. “Why didn't you say so before * X * % column, he will learn that the whole the car. Mr. Acheson found it. Like up alongside the car, its driver and Mrs. Seymour (we thought you knew waving farewell to every one involved. It was all very nice and unplanned, and it seemed only fair that Mr. Ache- son should know the ending. * ok ox % EAGLE. Alezandria people, the story goes, look skyward as they drive toward Washington in the morning hoping to catch sight of the bald eagle which has taken up resi- dence in the vicinity of the game preserve south of the Capital. Why should they want to see an old bald eagle? For the very good reason that it is regarded as an assurance of good luck during the day to catch a glimpse of the old fellow wing- ing his way across the sky. * x ok x IT WORKS. EDWARD B. BEALE is one Alexan- drian who is pretty sure the eagle is & good luck piece. He saw the bird the other morning and went around all day feeling something pretty fine would happen as a result. ‘That night, or maybe it ‘was early in the morning, Mr. Beale found out just how right his feeling was. As he walked into his house he saw a white package glistening in the moon- light on the porch steps. He picked it up, walked inside, opened it and found it to contain every single item of a large collection of valuable jew- elry that had been stolen a month earlier, * k% ¥ PARTY. Il YOU had & dog and wanted %o give it a birthday party, with its more . intimate canine friends as guests, what would you serve in the Wway of refreshments. ‘The menu born of the inapiration of Mary Jane and Dorothy Chase might be helpful in case you haven't & single idea on the subject. At their party for “Mac,” the Chase collie, the high light of the refreshments was a banana layer cake. For desert there 'Was a bone for every guest, those who were invited and those who just came anyhow. The species represented were English and Irish setters, Belgian shepherd, Dachshund and mongrel. There was quite a bit of snarling over the food. * ok x HUMAN. Maybe every one in the world but us knows this, dut it seems very nice that many stores will take back nursery furnitury if some- thing goes amiss and the furmiture s not needed. It is a money-back proposition, t00, we understand. We discovered it the other day in the course of a chat in which the information also was vouch- safed that one @stablishment in town will double, or triple (free of charge) an original furniture order if the baby turns out to be twins or triplets. Scout Saves 12,000 Pennies. 8o that he may attend the Boy Scout World Jamboree in Holland this year, Bcoutmaster M. Whittred of Queens- land has saved 12,000 pennies in two yoars and these will pay his fare for the 13,000-mile THE EVEN. PUBLISHERS MEET INANNUAL SESSION A. N. P. A, Celebrates Gold- en Jubilee—Roper Talks at A. P. Luncheon. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 19.—The men ‘whose publications record the news of the world daily for readers numbered in tens of millions gathered in New York today for the annual meeting of the Associated Press and the golden Jubilee of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association. Late this morning, hundreds of pub- lishers, from hamlet and metropolis, thronged into a midtown hotel's con- vention hall where President Frank B. Noyes of the Associated Press presided at a session devoted to discussion of membership, the directorate and an expanded news and photo service. “During the last week I have gather= ed from a number of casual conversa= tions that there is an expectancy that on this occasion I will make some ref- erences to decisions in Washington that may—or may not—have a pro- found effect on the Associated Press,” said Mr. Noyes in opening his remarks. As a further preface, Mr. Noyes said he was speaking entirely on his own responsibility and “any remarks, criti- ciams or facts are, as we say in Wash- ington, solely for ‘background pur- poses,” and that I am free to repudiate them if and when I may find it ex- pedient to do s0.” No Complaint on Decisions. Mr. Noyes added that he had “no hesitancy in saying I have no squawk to make over the decision (on the Wagner act) recently announced by the Supreme Court. My profound re- spect for the court is in no wise abated, though I would have been glad if one of the fullbacks had not been overcome by an urge to become a quarterback and to make a dash with the ball of & quarter of a mile or so. “Be that as it may,” he continued, “we of the Associated Press have be- lieved that we had a right to select the employes through whom we must act in collecting the unbiased, un- colored, impartial news report upon which the 1,300 members of the or- ganization insist as the foundation rock of a free press in America. “The men who go out to collect our news and edit it after collection are, and must be, a body of trusted men. In their hands rests our honor. “In full recognition of this I think I may say that inspection of the employer-employe relations in the As- sociated Press by any one will show rather an enviable record. Indeed, without prompting from the outside or the inside, the Associated Press al- most 40 years ago began giving vaca- tions with pay. Almost 30 years ago it granted sick benefits to its employes. Almost 20 years ago it granted in- surance and at the same time put into effect a pension plan. Five-day Week Established. “Almost three years ago it tried the establishment of the five-day week, and after temporarily suspending it because it was not sufficiently inclu- sive, it has established the five-day | 40-hour week generally among its news employes.” Mr. Noyes added that the social se- curity for Associated Press employes established almost 20 years ago ‘“is fuller in its benefits than will ever be reached under the national legislation on this subject.” He told the Associated Press mem- bers that at the present moment, the reserves held for the protection of em- ployes amount. to more than $3,500,000. “I ardently hope,” he said, “that no condition that it may confront will | require a discontinuance of the plan.” “I do not in any way differ as to the desirability of the purpose of this social security legislation,” Mr. Noyes said. “I merely desire to point out that Associated Press employes now enjoy, without participatory payments, and I hope they may continue to en- joy, much more liberal treatment than is provided by legislation for em- ployes less favored.” The annual luncheon of the Asso- ciated Press, with Secretary Roper of the Commeree Department, as guest speaker, followed. Roper Outlines Needs. ‘The Nation's two outstanding needs, Becretary Roper said, are to awaken people further to their responsibility for law and order and to halt “the de- terioration of home life and the com- mon virtues inherent therein.” “The challenge is upon us as a peo- ple to realize that laws cannot be wise- ly constructed nor effectively enforced without the assistance, understanding, sympathy and co-operation of the people. - “It is, therefore, of prime impor- tance that the people should be aroused, through thoroughly informed leadership, to study the theory and practice of this government and their responsibilities thereunder.” On the second point he said, “Cen- sus statistics disclose that those of our People who are best situated to typify character, integrity and intelligence are not on the increase. Those who have contributed leadership in every field of our national life are failing in the important responsibility of self- production.” Morality of People Lags. A “drift of rural population to the already congested cities,” he said, is leading to “the erosion of rural life.” Along with “uncontrolled in- dustrislism,” he added, “the morality of the people has lagged behind our mechanical development.” “The pian should contemplate s system of training potential workers &8 a reserve corps for industries in Which shortage of skilled workers is actual or probable and thus spread security among many who are handi- capped by vocational illiteracy. * * ¢ “In fact, .we must recreate the home life of this country.” In the solution of these problems, the secretary said, “the newspaper can render constructive assistance.” | quires that we each adjust ourselves | ciated Press conceived and now, with Reviewing the history of the As- sociated Press, which he praised as “the only non-profit-making news association in the world,” Roper urged that co-operation between Govern- ment and newspaper “in behalf of the common good * * * unquestionably should ‘be the chief purpose and ambition of the two outstanding groups which we represent.” Press Agency for Peacs. The American press is one of the greatest agencies for international Deace today, he said, provided it pro- motes the virtues of peace more than the possibilities of war.” “Notwithstanding and to some ex- tent because of widespread armament activities, the real crux in any general warfare is, in my opinion, passed,” he commented. The ‘growth of the newspaper in- dustry from 970 daily papers in 1880, with 4,000,000 circulation and an in- come of m.m,u* 2,100 papess i Opening Day Fans Line Up for Bleacher Tickets 1937, with 40,000,000 circulation and an income of more than $1,000,000,000, indicated strongly, he said, that “news- paper men have wisely analyzed public desires and have ably arisen to their mission. But the challenges are con- tinuous.” “In three-fourths of Europe,” he | continued, “the lamp of liberty is | flickering if it has not gone out. Our own country is one of the few remain- | ing strongholds of democracy and its liberties. “To retain democracy’s vigor and permanence here, its practice must be brought into harmony with its professions. The responsibility for making democracy work does not be- long to one economic group or one political party. “Perpetuity of our democracy re- to the interrelationship that we bear to others. As good citizens we have the paramount duty of co-ordinating the thinking on agriculture, labor, industry and commerce. * * * Act in Segmentary Fashion. “Yet this is a fact that is either not recognized or ignored by many people. We are too much inclined to think and act in segmentary fash- jon. * * * “In carrying forward this objective program, the press should become an | even stronger bulwark against internal enemies which cause disequilibrium in | our national life and become a more potent force for accelerating and safeguarding the progress of our civilization.” Current. national problems, the sec- retary said, bring a “challenge to the press of America as an educational and patriotic agency, such as it never before faced. “The marvelous accomplishments of the Associated Press in the past encourage me to believe that it wiil not fail in this crisis, but that it will be found in the forefront, leading the way for the future.” He recalled that “nearly half a cen- tury ago, Victor Lawson uttered a dynamic idea when he said, ‘I believe the American people are capable of self-government and if so they must be able to form judgment. They must be given the facts free from the slight- est bias, leaving to them the business of deciding their own opinions.’ Stands Alone in World. “Thus was the present-day Asso- 1,300 members and its reporters in every corner of the globe, it stands alone as the only non-profit-making news associaion in the world. “Its growth is a dramatic story of human progress. On its roll of honor are etched such illustrious names as Victor Lawson, Charles Knapp, Clark Howell, Melville Stone, Frederick E. Murphy, Frank B. Noyes, Adolph Ochs and other pioneers, living and dead. “During the past decade distinctly forward steps have been taken under the progressive leadership of that in- defatigable executive, Ként Cooper. The report of Kent Cooper, the gen- eral manager, scheduled to be pre- sented to the membership, reflected the expansion in the last year of both the news report and the photo service. 1936 Events Diversified. “The world’s news and pictorial events in 1936,” he said, “were so diversified and sustained in develop- ments that the daily demand on the facilities of the organisation reached a new peak.” Important to the membership at the annual meeting was discussion of the question of amending the by-laws to admit associate members permitted to receive the association's services, but without protest or other rights. Three new directors, to represent newspapers in cities under 50,000 population, will be elected, as well as five others to fill expired terms. Addressing the A. N. P. A, conven= ing tomorrow for a four-day session in celebration of the 50th anniversary of its founding, will be Senator Ben- nett Champ Clark of Missouri. John Stewart Bryan, president of William and Mary College and publisher of the Richmond (Va.) News-Leader, was unable to make a scheduled address because of illness. Deliberations on Cost. Publishers expressed belief that in- creased cost of producing newspapers would play an important part in their deliberations. Some predicted an an- ticipated rise in the cost of newsprint would result in the establishment of more paper mills in Southern States. Hotel lobby talk reflected the back- home interests of the publishers. Mark Ethridge, general manager of the Louisville Courier-Journal and the Louisville Times, brought news of business recovery in the XKentucky fiood area. The best year for Middle Western grain farmers since the de- pression was forecast by Oscar 8. Stauffer, publisher of newspapers in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Okla- homa. Cotton Quality Improves. AUBURN, Ala. (#).—The Alabamsa State Farm Bureau says a State-wide cotton improvement program has re- sulted in the return of the quality staples and grades that characterized crops grown before the War Between L] John Meloy, 15, of 638 Massachusetts avenu. line, perches on a stool waiting | Labor (Continued From First Page.) NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1937. | l | | | appear before the committee today. EY Y e, the first in or the office to open. —Star Staff Photos. G-Man (Continued From First Page.) in closed session and reported to be debating advisability of outright ex- pulsion of the C. I. O. unions. The ostensible purpose of the coun- cil meeting, however, was to discuss & general membership campaign and the situation created by the Supreme Court’s validation of the national labor relations act. Despite the threat of labor diff- culties, the Pord company meanwhile announced plans for expansion of its plant. An official said Ford had ap- proved construction in Detroit of a 2,500,000-cubic-foot gas holder “as high as an 18-story building.” 18-story building.” Membership Campaigns. Membership campaigns of both labor factions apparently were spurred by the Supreme Court’s decisions on the Wagner act. The act provides that a union shown by an election to cover the majority of employes in an industrial plant may bargain collectively for all. The break between Lewis and the American Pederation of Labdr came & year ago over thé question of craft unions or industrial unions. The federation’s policy had been to organize each craft separately. Lewis contended all workers in a major industry should be in one big union, regardless of their craft. Impatient with the A. F. of L. policy, Lewis formed the Committee for In- dustrial Organization with the United Mine Workers as its key union. Nine other big unions joined him. All were suspended by the federation. Since then Lewis’ organization has carried on active membership drives and called sit-down strikes in the sutomobile and other industries. The meetings of leaders of the rival labor factions were on the eve of & Joint business-labor conference, called by Secretary Perkins, to discuss prob- lems of collective bargaining under the Wagner act. Lewis and Green Invited. Both Lewis and Willlam Green, president of the A. F. of L., were among those invited. Lewis accepted and Green said he would attend if possible, but that his council's ses- sion, scheduled for three days, con- flicted with it. A wide representation from industry ‘Wes assured. Secretary Perkins left the confer- ence program wide open for discussion of all aspects of industrial relations to "effect a general understanding be- tween workers and employers as to the procedure and method of eon- structive collective bargaining. 8he said suggestions for new labor legislation or amendments to existing laws would not be ruled out, although the meeting was not arranged for that purpose. Questions expected to come up for debate were: 1. What should be the ethical atti- tude of employers and workers enter- ing bargaining negotiations? 3. What does the Wagner act con- sider ‘good faith” on’the part of the employer in trying to reach an | Baker had surprised Power at a post | had admitted the Topeka shooting. | Hoover said his information was that | office window and that Suhay had fired | upon the agent from a “lookout” posi- | tion he had taken up some distance back of his partner. Both men then ran from the build- ing and fled. They were captured Friday night, without a shot being fired, by Homer Sylvester, 5-foot 4-inch sheriff, and his deputy, at Plattsmouth, Nebr. Sher- iff Sylvester recovered $4,800. An ad- ditional $6,954 was found in a room in a Kansas City hotel the men had occupied Thursday. Baker was the tenth Federal agent | killed in the line of duty since 1925. NAME TO GO ON PLAQUE. Baker Killed in Line of Duty—Check | Sent to Father. BY REX COLLIER. ‘The Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion prepared today to add the name of Special Agent Wimberly Wayne Baker to its bronze plaque in memory of agents who sacrificed their lives “in line of duty.” As orders were being issued for & new name-plate, sorrowing com- rades of the 27-year-old victim of the Topeka post office gun battle noted, with evident bitterness, that virtually every gun-wielding slayer of a G-Man had been a recipient of official clemency. J. Edgar Hoover, F. B. I director, long a vigorous critic of “maladmin- istered parole,” stressed that Robert Suhay and Alfred Power, bank ban- dits charged with the murder of Agent Baker, were at large because of sus- pended prison sentences. Suhay, a 24-year-old New York hoodlum, who, Hoover said, shot Baker in the back as he sought to arrest Power last Friday, “is at the present time on parole until 1944 from Great Meadows Prison, Comstock, N. Y.” Prior to the robbery of the Katonah, N. Y., bank, for which Agent Baker was seeking him, Hoover said, he had been reporting regularly to the parole officer in New York. Power, after escaping from Great Meadows Prison in 1934, was returned there, but was released last November to immigration authorities for depor- tation. Records show he was deported on the 8. 8. 8cythia to London last November 14. How he slipped back into the United tSates is a mystery. DR. STONE WITHDRAWS ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 (#).— Frank T. Stone, 60-year-old retired druggist of Arlington, today an- nounced his withdrawal from the race for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor. ferees had in negotiating wage naree- ments? 4. Does an employer have to enter into an agreement atter negotiations? 5. How are employers to negotiate with unorganized workers? 6. What constitutes sn “unfair la- h-lv" | General Cummings will give Nation- Judiciary (Continued Prom gm Pager.)r the committee, it would be voted | down,” he said. “Mr. Drewry has done an excellent job as chairman of the congressional committee.” No effort would, or should, be made | to restrain a member of the House | from expressing his personal views on the President’s bill, it was indicated by both Rayburn and Crowe. Meanwhile, Alan M. Limburg, nep- hew of New York's Democratic Gov. Lehman, told the Senate Judiciary Committee the President's judiciary plan is “an insult to the Nation.” Limburg, a New York stock broker, said he also is related by marriage | to Secretary of the Treasury Mor- | genthau and is a life-long Democrat. | “I have always supported the Presi- | dent,” he said, “but I cannot go along with him on this issue.” Declared Insult to Nation. “In my opinion,” he aded, “it is an | insult to the Nation even to hint that | our Supreme Court is not 100 per cent | honest in its opinions.” | Limburg was the only witness to | “If the plan goes through,” Lim- | burg said, “it would be a farce to call MRS. HARRIMAN 1S NAMED ENVOY Nominated Minister to Nor- way—-Pell Gets Portu- gal Post. Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, promi- nent in the District for many years in social, political and charitable activities, today was nominated by President Roosevelt to be Minister to Norway Mrs. Harriman will succeed Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, jr., of Pennsylvania, ‘who today was nominated by the Presi- dent to be Ambassador to Poland, suc- ceeding John Cudahy. The President also nominated Her- bert Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island to be Minister to Portugal, succeeding Robert Granville Caldwell of Texas who was nominated to be Minister to Bolivia, succeeding R. H. Norweb. Howard J. Klossner of Minnesota was nominated to be a member of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Board of Directors for the unexpired term of two years from January 22, 1936, Other nominations included: Henry F. Grady of California to be a member of the Tariff Commis- sion for the remainder of the term expiring June 16, 1941. Raymond S. Patton of Ohio to be director of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey for a four-year term beginning April 29, 1937. Mrs. Harriman, who has been Dem- ocratic national committeewoman from the District for a number of years, is the second woman to be appointed to a high diplomatic post by the President. The other was Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, who while Minister to Denmark married Capt. Boerge Rhode of the King's Life Guard, and later resigned. Mrs. Harriman, a native of New York, became a resident of Washing- ton nearly 25 years ago, and her home, Uplands, on Foxhall road, has been a social center for years. Grady, for many years dean of the College of Commerce of the Uni- versity of California, and recently chief of the Trade Agreements Divi- sion of the State Department, suc- ceeds the late Thomas Walker Page, Grady, who is 55 years old, is a recognized authority on foreign and domestic commerce. He asked to be relieved of State Department duty about a year ago and returned to the university He served as a special expert of the Bureau of Planning and Statistics of the United States Shipping Board, 1918 to 1919, and was United States trade commissioner to London and Continental Europe in 1919 and 1920 to make a report on post-war financial conditions. For a period during that service he served as acting commercial attache in London and in a similar capacity in Holland. ourselves a democracy. We might as well not have a Supreme Court of the | United States as to have a subservient | one.” Limburg drew an an analogy between the court plan and the steps leading to the Hitler dictatorship in Germany. Senator Burke, Democrat, of Ne- | | braska, leading Senate opponent of the court plan, announced that to- morTow's Witnesses will be Dr. Wil- | liam A. Eddy, president of Hobart College; Oatherine D. Gallagher of | Goucher College, Baltimore, and Col. | Frederick H. Allen, director of the Constitutional Democracy Association, | of Charleston, S. C. A leader of the Senate opposition to the Roosevelt court bill meanwhile | said the measure would pass if the | President would accept two, instead of a potential six, additional Supreme Court justices. The Senator, who asked not to be quoted by name, said a modification would win over enough Democrats who want to “get right” with their | party leader and their constituents | to pass the bill. It was the first time any of the lead- ing opponents of the hotly contested measure had agreed it could be en- acted with a provision for any in- crease in the size of the court. Opposition leaders heretofore have insisted they haa a solid block of 43 votes against the bill—and that no measure could pass the Senate with that many fighting opponents. Labor’s Non-Partisan League will hold mass meetings tonight in 26 cities in support of the bill. George L. Berry, league president, and Attorney wide radio addresses. EX-VICE PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINA DIES BY the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, April 19.—Enrique Santamarina, 64, a former vice presi- dent of Argentina, died yesterday, after a long illness. He was a leading figure in Argen- tine business and cattle-raising cir- cles, and was created a knight of the French Legion of Honor in 1927 for his horse-breeding activities. He was a grand uncle of Argen- tina’s “baby Lindbergh,” Eugenio Pereyra Iraola, who was kidnaped and slain last February. Santamarina was vice president dur- ing the provisional regime of Gen. Jose Pelix Uriburu, which ousted Dr. Hipolito Irigoyen in 1930. He re- mained in office until February, 1932. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: May take up Harrison-Black edu- cational aid bill. Judiciary Committee resumes hear- ings on court bill. Congressional conferees study per- manent neutrality bills. House: Debates minor :egislation. Rivers and Harbors Committee re- sumes Bonneville Dam hearings. TOMORROW. Senate: Will take up State, Justice, Com- merce and Labor appropriation bill. Judiciary Committee, further hear- ings on President’s Court bill. House: Considers resolution providing for Federal participation in New York World’s Fair. | Military Affairs Committee con- | siders bill governing production lnd‘ exploitation of helium gas, 10:30 a.m. | Judiciary Committee considers bill to prohibit interstate transportation | of certain merchandise, 10:30 am. | Bpecial subcommittee of District Committee begins hearings on Ool- Base Ball __(Continued From First Page) fans—men, women and c coming prepared to spend the re: the day. The longest the windows handling standing-roon accommodation, but the pavilion wa getting a good play, and there was also & crowa at the bleacher entrance. The pavilion line formed first, at its head was John Meloy, 15 y old, of 638 Massachusetts avenue northeast Easiern High Schoo! where John is a first-year student, had a prior claim on his attendance today, but his father put an okay on an application to go to the ball game— 30 he said No President has been luckier for Washington ball clubs than Roose- velt, who is the sixth Chief Exec~ utive to perpetuate the bail-tossing custom since President Clark Griffith of the Nationals prevailed upon Wil- liam Howard Taft to inaugurate the stunt 26 years ago. Roosevelt never has seen the Washington club lose a ball game. The President started attending opening games in 1917, when he was Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Washington won that day. Attend- ing a world series game with the Giants in 1933, Roosevelt witnessed the only triump for the Nationals in the classic. In 1934 Washington lost | the first game, but the President | was forced to leave in the ffth {inning and did not witness the de- feat. The Griffmen haven't lost an opener since. Greats, near-greats and just plain folks were ‘to lay down their tools to join the President. Shortly before game time Vice President John Nance Garner was to head a parade of ‘Washington and Philadelphia players to raise the flag. In the presidential party were expected to be man leading political figures. And, of course, in the background were to be thousands of Washingtonians mourn- ing the passing of their grandmothers Few Washington ball clubs have captured more completely the fancy of local fans than the current edition. lean and sun-tanned from six weeks of Spring training in Florida and barnstorming on the road in exhi- bition games. The team is faintly reminiscent of the 1924 team, which won a pennant and world champion- ship, in that it is a mixture of young- sters and veterans. Managing the club again is Bucky Harris, who piloted the lone National team to win & world series. For the last five weeks the club has played consistent ball in exhibition competition, which ended yesterday in Baltimore with Washington winning 8 15-to-9 decision over the Orioles. It was the Nationals' twentieth victory in 29 games this Spring. The choice of Cascarella to pitch the opener came as a surprise when Harris made his announcement last Saturday, but none of the gqther hurlers deserved the assignment more than did the reformed crooner, who for two years was a featured singer on a regular network program. From A minor member of the mound staff Cascarella made amazing strides this Spring to earn the honor which was to be his today. Cascarella broke into the majors with the Athletics, but, after enjoying early success, he drew the ire of Manager Connie Mack and was shipped to the International League. From this loop he was plucked by the Boston Red Sox, who last S8ummer traded him, plus cash, for Jack Rus- sell of Washington. . Bird Turns Panhandler. WATKINS GLEN, N. Y. (P)— There's a robin in these parts which does everything but say, “Buddy, can you spare a dime?” Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dedomi report that each day it taps on the cellar door of their home, and, if no food “-H.lfim is forthcoming, it flies around end window, L?umlbm