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A—2 wxx §132,000 ASKED FOR ARBORETUM Agriculture Bill Seeks Fund to Make U. S. Project the World’s Greatest. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. To make a start on the worlds greatest arboretum, which will cover more than 385 acres, $132,000 was in- cluded in the Agricultural appropria- tion bill reported to the House today. This is an increase of $97,693 over the curreirt appropriation and an increase of 890,000 over the budget estimates. Chairman Cannon of the Subcom- mittee which reported the bill, empha- sized that Congress intends to make this not only the greatest outdoor nature study laboratory in the world, but a beautiful recreational center, The arboretum was authorized by | an act of Congress approved March 4, 1927, for botanical research and | education. | Specimens of all species of plants suited to outdoor cultivation in this region will furnish the basis for | ecological aud botanical studies. It will provide also such lbrary, her- barium, greenhouse and nursery facil- ities as may be needed to carry out the | scientific studies. A large amount of land still re- mains to be cleared and the land already cleared is being prepared for planting with material already ob- tained. Representative Cannon as- sured his colleagues today that great strides on the project may be ex- pected during the coming year. ‘The bill reported today carries also An increase of $10,000 over the budget | €estimates for additional low cost roads at the Beltsville fruit and vegetable research center. Agriculture nation of grade-crossings and $5,000.- 000 for Federal-aid secondary or feeder roads. The major part of the Increase, $90.000,000, was ear-marked for the regular Federal-aid—primary ~highway system. The measure carries $4,000.000 for he Farm Credit Administration and an authorization for the Federal Farm Mortgage Corp. to spend $15,000,000 on administrative expenses. Du g hearings on the bill, both Wallace and Tolley expressed a belief additional legislation, supplementing the soil conservation act, would be needed to obtain for the farmer his ! € of the national income. added, however, he did not know how production control could be legislated, in view of the Supreme Court’s A. A. A. decision. The court held in that case that the Federal Government could not regu- late crop production. New Program Studied. The Agriculture Department, Tolley faid, had been studying crop produc- tion control as part of a five-point program which would be added to soil conservation activities in an attempt to bring farm income and prices to parity with those of industry. The other parts that have been under consideration for two or three months, he said, are: 1. Expansion of commodity loans on products held in storage by farm- ers to keep excess supplies, in years of heavy yields, from depressing Pprices 2. Payment to farmers, in addition to soil conservation benefits, for addi- tional acreage reductions in years when supplies become too large. 3. Continued purchase of surpluses to remove them from the market. 4. Speaking of possibilities of assur- ing farmers stability of income, Wal- lace said: “I think that a system of commodity loans, backed in the end by production control that will sustain the commodity loans, will bring about that stability.” In order to be sure that the whole program would not fall down on ac- count of an increase in particular supplies piling up in granaries, and the failure on the part of the farm- ers to make the proper adjustments,” Tolley said, “I feel that there should be provision, if possible, for definite and positive production control of specific commodities if and when sup- plies get out of hand. “It would be our hope, of course, that this last resort or step would be something that would be put into ef- fect only under very exceptional cir- cumstances.” A bit later, Representative McFar- lane, Democrat, of Texas, remarked: ‘I would like to have Mr. Tolley tell the committee how we are going to approach that production - control problem in the light of the triple-A decision.” “T cannot answer that,” Tolley re- plied. “In our minds, it is not at all sure that any of these acts—even the soil conservation and the domes- tic allotment acts—would be upheld by the court.” The House heard that “inefficiency” of relief labor added about 3313 per cent to the cost of construction of the Resettlement Administration’s projects. Dr. W. W. Alexander, Resettlement edministrator, estimated at the House hearing the work could have been done one-third cheaper by contract. Britain (Continued From Pirst Page.) office receipts as a sign of general business activity, particularly a $10,- 000,000 increase in stamp sales. The exchange equalization fund, set up last Fall at the time of the tri- bartite monetary accord among Great Britain, France and the United States, still shows a profit, he said. Chamber- lain declined to disclose the figure, however, asserting the dealings in the fund will remain & closely guarded Bsecret Summing up the national revenue picture, he said figures showed ex- panding trade and in increase in na- tional purchasing power. “We are quite ready to face the new vear with all its implications,” he said. The budget which Chamberlain drew from his carefully guarded dis- patch box estimated the nation's 1937 38 revenue at 863,100,000 pounds ster- ling and expenditures at 862,848,000 pounds sterling, for a 252,000-pound surplus. Its approximate equivalent in dol- lars: Revenue: $4,315500,000; ex- penditures $4,314,240,000; surplus, $1,260,000. Binderup Speaks Tonight. Representative Binderup of Nebraska will address the Men's Brotherhood at-Luther Place Church at 8 o'clock | Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. CATNIP-UP. MITH BOWMAN, Jr., the Vir- ginia distilling tycoon, tells us he was motoring up from Rich- mond the other day when he saw a cat scurry across the road and run directly into the path of an approaching car. He expected to hear a thud, a mighty yowl and count one less cat in the world—but the beast timed its dash so that the wheels of the car missed, although the body passed «directly over it. As the car roared by it created, however, a mighty blast of after-draft and young Mr. Bowman saw the cat whipped about 5 feet in the air on this small tornado, drop slowly to the pavement again and stalk off into the bushes, unhurt, dignity only slightly ruffied. * ok ok x SIGHT-SEEING. Presumably all these high school students who come charging down on Washington by the bus load at Spring vacation time are inspired by a desire to see the city beauti- ful, to learn about the functioning of our Government. Theoretically, ves. We were charmed, nevertheless, by the antics of a small regiment of boys and girls from a Pennsyl- vania village school, who last week trekked dutifully to Mount Vernon, the Lincoln Memorial and where- not, then escaped to a downtown department store where there is an escalator, and spent the afternoon riding up and down on it, in a body. x ox % x TRAGEDY. F THIS tale were told by any one less authoritative than a city edi- tor, we'd put it in our joke book and call it a day. But who are we to go around doubting city editors? (Tell you about that some time.) | This one says that a certain lad out in Chevy Chase and his Irish ter- rier Patldy were great pals. One day while junior was at school Paddy was run over by a truck and killed. Junior's mother endured agonies triyng to devise an easy way to break the news. Finally she decided to get it over with in a hurry, the instant he came home. She merely said. “Son, I have bad news for you. Paddy has been killed.” “That s0?” he replied. “Too bad, mother. I'm going out to play with the boys.” chalance, own eyes. “Junior,” she repeated, Paddy had been killed.” “Oh,” he shrieked, throwing him- self face-down on a couch and burst- ing into loud wails. “I thought you said daddy.” All right. There it is. If you have any wisecracks to make, telephone the city desk, please. * ok X % THANKS. AMERICAN hosts to a group of visiting German ceramic engi- neers in New York recently were im- pressed by their meticulous pronunci- ation of English, despite a rather limited vocabulary. she couldn't believe her “I said The Americans went down to see their friends off on a boat and one of the visitors grasped a member of the Entertainment Committee by the hand, shook it warmly and said fer- vently, “Thank you. Thank you so much. We will never forget your hostilities.” * ok XK ok INFLUENCE. PURITANICAL influence, or maybe it is modern psychology with its emphasis upon avoidance of sugges- tion, has crept into the signs of Rock Creek Park. At any rate, the one just to the south of the tunnel under Massachu- setts avenue, which formerly read “To Lover's Lane” has been replaced by a sign which points with much more dignity “To Montrose Park.” PAL. If almost any spaniel can make this column, and most do, we don’t see why a couple of elephants shouldn’t get a break—just once. Regular visitors around the Na- tional Zoological Park have heard of the great friendship between Old Babe, a retired circus pachy- derm, and the Sumatran elephant in the nezt cage. Zoo keepers hesi- tate to separate them, decause the Sumatran always rdises a terrific din, but we didn’t know how far these attachments could go until an informant told us of an incident that occurred last week. Some school children were tossing pea- nuts through the bars to both ani- mals. Old Babe, a bit slow and rheumatic, was missing most of her catches, while Kechil, the Suma- tran, was doing fine. Noticing the state of affairs in the next cage, Kechil finally picked up a couple of peanuts, reached through the bars and handed them to Babe, who extended her trunck to ac- cept the gift with the graciousness of a grandparent receiving a favor from the very young. * Xk X X SIT-DOWN. IB CROCKETT, whose sketches, pots” is their undignified technical name, usually decorate this column, put on a sort of sit-down strike yesterday morning. Whether or not it is worth recounting, this still is the ideal spot to relate the story. That's’ because it was the editor’s idea the item immediately above, the one about the elephants in case you skipped it, was perfect for illustration. “Listen,” countered Crockett, “did you ever try to draw two elephants in one column?” After that, he just sat there until tonight, on “The Monetary Problem a5t Concerns the Man in the Street.” J the editor said it was all right not to: draw two elephants, old man. ! As he started for the door, all non- | THE EVENING UAW.DUETOVETD b. M. STRIKE HERE Plea of Canadians for “Sym- pathy” Move Expected to Be Rejected. BACKGROUND— On difference of opinion over whether General Motors is violating contract with United Automobile Workers depends question of new strike in G. M. plants here. Issue arises over refusal of G. M. to rec- ognize U. A. W. in Canadian plants as agreed in plants on this side of border. Meanwhile, U. A. W. and associ- ates in C. I. O. face prospect of out- right expulsion from A. F.of L. as latter's council debates further policy toward insurgent unions. By the Assoctated Press. Informed persons predicted officials of the United Automobile Workers would reject today demands for a walkout of General Motors employes in the United States to show sympathy for their striking Canadian colleagues. The union's Executive Committee took up the issue after the Canadian strikers had rejected an offer of higher wages and shorter hours without union recognition. The Canadian union men had asked that a United States strike back their demands. After an earlier strike in this country, General Motors recog- nized the union as spokesman for its own members. The union executives, meeting in a closed session, also arranged for fur- ther discussion of organizing workers in I(-?enr_v Ford's auto plants, an Tie Up Ford, Officials Say. Homer Martin, president of the auto workers, and other officers would | not divulge the campaign they | planned against Ford, but one official | said: “We've got enough men in our or- ganization to tie Ford up so that he can't move a car.” Martin disclosed his organization | had opened discussions with the Na- tional Labor Relations Board relative to filing of charges of discrimination and intimidation against Ford. “Complaints have been made by former Ford workers both to the in- | ternational union and to the board,” he said. “All discrimination cases as such will be pushed by the international uniocn and formal charges will be pre- sented in the near future.” He said some workers had made grievances against Ford at the U. A. W. Detroit office “and they went to the board at our behest.” “‘Alleged discrimination cases against all automobile companies will be han- dled and pressed to their conclusion by the international union—even companies with which we have agree- ments,” Martin added. In Detroit Harry H. Bennett of the Ford company said “the Ford Motor Co. never has treated unfairly and the know it." union officials its employes | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1937. Just One of the Fans at the Opener His duty done as the Nation’s No. 1 pitcher after he tossed ball fan. out a ball to start the 1937 base ball season, President Roose- velt settles down to emjoy his role as the country’s No. 1 base ABLE ON STAND TODENYPATERNITY Screen Star First Witness Against Woman in Mail Fraud Case. BACKGROUND— A year ago last March a woman who signed herself “Violet N.’ wrote a letter to Clark Gable claim~ ing he was a long-separated lover and the father of her 13-year-old daughter. Mrs. Violet Wells Nor- ton, 47, was indicted as writer of the letter. She claimed to have known Gable as “Frank Billings,” a tutor and neighbor, in England in 1923. They quarreled, she said, and he left for America. Years later she saw Gable's face on the screen and recognized him, she said. By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES. April 20—Clark eral Court today to tell a jury he is not the father of 13-year-old Gwendo- line Norton. A. F. L. Drives on C. L. O. The American Federation of Labor took new action, meanwhile, against John H. Lewis' insurgent Committee | for Industrial Organization, which embraces the auto workers' union. Frank Dillon, a federation organizer, was on his way to Atlanta under orders to take the Georgia Federation of Labor convention out of the hands of a reputed C. L O. lieutenant. William Green, president of the fed- eration, said Dillon would replace Steven Nance, the Georgia federation president, accused by Green of hiring out to the C. 1. O. as a paid organizer in the South. “He can't serve both at the same time,” Green told newsmen. He said Dillon and the A. F. of L. supporters would organize a separate convention in Georgia, if necessary, to displace | Nance as president The council still considered ex- pelling 10 “rebel” unions suspended last September for supporting Lewis. The latter is organizing workers into big “industrial” unions—one in each industry—which sometimes clash with the craft unions of the federation. Also awaiting approval were tenta- tive plans for an A. F. of L. member- ship drive. The council approved an application for an A. F. of L. charter from 8,000 rock miners at Galena, Kans. NEGOTIATIONS RESUMED. G. M. Agrees to Meet Strikers After | Tirst Plan Is Refused. OSHAWA, Ontario, April 20 (#). General Motors of Canada agreed to- day to resume negotiations with a com- mittee of its 3,700 striking employes this afternoon. The company issued the following statement: “The company, at the request of C. H. Millard (of the strikers), has agreed to meet the Negotiating Com- mittee to discuss a basis of negotia- tions which would follow return of the men to work. The committee will be the sdme as that which negotiated with the company prior to the strike call.” The strike issue is recognition of the United Automobile Workers. Mil- lard is president of the Oshawa local. The speed of this new peace move surprised observers after the strikers rejected a company proposal at a drama-packed mass meeting last night. 8o far the company has insisted it would never recognize the interna- tional union as representative of its workers, while the strikers with equal determination have stood up for their demand for unqualified union recog- nition. The strikers even voted down Hugh Thompson, U. A. W. A. organizer, last night. Thompson had approved the company proposal. Today's peace move was the second in rapid succession since Premier Mitchell Hepburn, outspoken oppo- nent of John L. Lewis' Committee for Industrial Organization, retired from the picture. Hepburn broke up his last peace conference Saturday when repre- sentatives of the strikers started to talk by long-distance telephone with Homer Martin, U. A. W. A. president. “This thing is not going to be set- tled by remote control,” he said at that time. The 3,700 strikers looked hopefully to Washington, where the Executive Board of the United Automobile Workers of America was in session, considering a sympathy strike in the United States to enforce the Cana- dian demands against General Motors. The workers last night booed and hissed Mayor Alex Hall' of Oshawa, who urged them to accept the company peace offer, declaring they were being ‘“‘duped, fooled and hoodwinked” by officials of U. A. W. A, the C. L O. affiliate. The settlement would have given A The film star's appearance at the | vasion of women and deputy marshals | prepared to handle a full house. | “This will be the first time I've ever been on the witness stand,” Gable said Gable 18 chief Government witness in the trial of Mrs. Violet Wells Nor-~ ton, who is charged with trying to extort money from him to care for her daughter Gwendoline. The Government alleges that the 47-year-old woman named Gable as the father of the girl, born of a ro- mance in England in 1922 and 1923. Gable, who goes in for casual, semi- sports attire, was conservatively at- tired today in a blue serge suit, white shirt and striped tie. Slipping into the Federal Building through a side door and thereby avoiding a crowd of curious women, he went into Prosecutor Jack Powell's office to await convening of court. His father was with him Mrs. Norton was in the marshal's office. Powell disclosed that Mae West will not be put on the stand. She is in San Francisco, he said. Four townsfolk from Portland, Oreg.; Radio Commentator Jimmy Fidler and Publicity Man Terrell De Lapp were relied on by Prosecutor Powell to complete the Government’s case in a day or so. The Oregonians were expected to testify Gable was selling neckties and lumberjacks in the Pacific Northwest at the time Mrs. Norton claimed he was her suitor in an English country | cottage. Fidler was said to have been approached by Mrs. Norton when she came to Hollywood in 1936. De Lapp has handled Miss West's press rela- tions. Mrs. Norton is a “mother type,” in film casting parlance. plump and her dark hair is graying at the temples. She has borne five chil- dren. Gable is 36, twice married. Both unions were childless. Until today, he asserted, he never had seen the de- fendant. them shorter hours and higher pay and a formula regarding union recognition—but no outright company acceptance of U. A. W. A. as a col- lective bargaining agency. Trouble in Gold Mines. Meanwhile, trouble brewed in North- ern Ontario nickel and gold mines where a C. I. O. organizer for the mine, mill and smelter workers has been holding meetings. ‘Toronto officials of the McIntyre- Porcupine and Hollinger gold mines joined in declaring the operations would be “indefinitely shut down” if strikes were called. John P. Bickel, president of the McIntyre-Porcupine firm, said: “When I say ‘shut down’ I mean ‘shut down.’ If my men don't want to work for me they don't have to. We won't suspend operations merely to nego- tiate; we'll shut down until the men are ready to go back to their jobs.” He praised Hepburn for his stand against C. I O. and said “to have paid agitators from foreign countries en- deavor to disturb the peaceful rela- tionship at present existing throughout industrial Canada is something which cannot be condoned.” Both Bickel and J. R. Timmins, president of Hollinger-Consolidated, said they did not “anticipate trouble.” Shut-downs for the Hollinger and McIntyre concerns would affect about 4,300 men. - Jules S. Bache, president of Dome Mines, Ltd., expressed belief “all the mines would act together” in event of strikes. “Under no circumstances will we recognize the C. 1. O.,” Bache declared. “We have the assurance of the Gov- ernment that ample protection will be afforded to our men who are desirous of continuing work. Mailing in this, ‘we shall close down.* ? Gable, calm and silent, came into Ped- | | Federal Building precipitated an in- | | the company had violated its union | | contract by the discharges. | As part,of the procedure, he said, the | high as in other coal flelds, that com- At 47, she is | HARLAN BEATINGS T0LD T0 PROBERS La Follette Group Informed Presence of C. C. C. Saved Colored Miner’s Life. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Presence of a C. C. C. truck and some workmen on lonely Pine Moun- | tain, in Harlan County, Ky., probably | saved the life of John Smith, colored | ecutive, who laughed heartily when he | U. M. W. miner in 1934, it was testi- | fied today before the La Follettee Civil | Liberties Committee. { Smith, it was said, was taken to the mountain by Deputy Sheriffs Merle Middleton, Frank White and George Lee, and was told by Middleton: | “I am going to kil you. You are trying to organize Harlan County and it can’t be done, and Bob Long told me he would give me $500 if I killed you." As they reacne@ the mountain, it was testified, they discovered the C. C. C. truck and the workers, 80 they took Smith into the woods and beat him with a 5-foot hickory stick while they threatened him with guns. Smith's experience was brought out | by testimony of M. A. Musick and James Westmoreland, miners, and by a transcript of testimony taken by a Kentucky commission in 1935. Smith, crippled by the beating, left Harlan County permanently, because of fear he later would be killed. ‘Westmoreland, recounting the union’s experience with the Cornett- | Lewis Co., where Smith worked, testi- | fied the miners voted a strike after | wholesale union discharges, but | armed deputies routed some of the miners from their homes and “per- | suaded” them to go back to work. R. E. Lawson, Cornett-Lewis super- | intendent, later took the stand to deny | He said | union workers “intimidated” the non- union ones by visiting their homes and | telling them not to return to work. Lawson Claims Ignorance. Questioned about the arrest of Musick, Lawson said he didn't remem- ber swearing out a warrant, didn't know what criminal syndicalism is, and didn't remember Judge Saylor's calling him up about disposition of the case. “It absolutely did not take place” Lawson sald of Westmoreland’s testi- mony that miners were driven to work at gun point. Lawson testified that he held a “secret” vote in his mines en whether workers wanted U. M. W. membership. ballots were signed by those voting. The polls were located in a building owned by Lawson. Lawson took occasion to voice a broad defense of conditions in “Bloody Harlan" claiming wages there are as pany houses are attractive and that profits on company stores don't usually run to 175 per cent, as shown in one case last week. The Cornett-Lewls Co., Lawson said, makes only about 18 to 21 per cent. Knocked Down and Kicked. On one occasion in 1934, when a group of miners tried to walk to a nearby town to hear a speech by for- mer Gov. W. P. Morrow, they were stopped on the highway by a score of heavily-armed deputies, Musick testified, and many were beaten. Musick said he was knocked down by Deputy George Lee and kicked by Deputy Merle Middleton. Musick said he saw another miner knocked down and jabbed in the face by the muszle of a shotgun wielded by a deputy. As a fleld representative of the U. M. W, Musick said, on several oc- casions he disguised himself by taking out his false teeth and blacking his face in order to slip through traps set for him by the deputies and return to his home. Musick told of being arrested in May, 1934, by Deputy Sheriff Ben Unthank and several others. After being held in jail for nearly 10 hours, he was released on bond. It was not until the arraignment that he learned the charge on which he was arrested— criminal syndicalism—and he had to 80 home to look up in a dictionary what it meant, When brought in for trial, Musick said County Judge Morris Saylor called the superintendent of the Cornett- Lewis Mine to find out what he wanted done in the case. He was finally re- leased. The jail where he was held in Louellen, Musick said, was & “cage” under the steps of a theater building. James Westmoreland, now an em- ploye of the Virginia State Highway Department and formerly president of the A. U. M. W. local in the Cornett-Lewis mines, took the stand next to tell how Mine Supt. Lawson had discharged 55 union members in violation of an agreement with the union because they had asked for & check-off. Decision by the eommittes em town” boys lose. Here are intimate close-ups as he saw the “home- —A. P. Photos. Air Bureau Officials Probe Propagandaby Plane at Game Bureau of Air Commerce inspectors took an interest today in the airplane advertising stunt staged over Griffith Stadium yesterday while President opening base ball game. A plane circled the stadium eight times, flying behind it a string of floating letters spelling: “Play the game. Don't pack the court.” Obviously the work of opponents of | the President’s court plan, the demon- stration merely amused the Chief Ex- saw it. Commerce Department inspectors found the plane was piloted by W. L. Burrall of the Sky-Ad Co., Inc., with headquarters at the Curtiss-Wright Airport, Baltimore. Associates of his company said “no information was being given out as to who sponsored the flight” and the Commerce inspectors said they had not tried to learn their identity. It is understood, however, that the | HITLER POSITION BRINGS OPTIMISM Caution, However, Prevails Herz Over Feeler for New Warld Parley. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. The declaration of Hitler that he would be willing to attend a confer- ence for economic and military dis- armament if President Roosevelt or any other head of an important gov- ernment were to summon such a con- ference, has caused a wave of optimism among high-ranking officials and dip- lomats in Washington State Department officials and espe- cially Secretary Cordell Hull are pleased with Der Fuehrer’s declaration to the veteran British Laborite George Lansbury, but for the time being are exerting the utmost caution. They consider Hitler's statement as a healthy sign, but it would be premature to think that this declaration of good will will be followed shortly by some sort of a conference which will dispose of the world’s ills. President Roosevelt, despite the defi- nite hint from Hitler to take the lead in world disarmament still is hesitant about summoning such a conference The mere indication that Germany is | prepared to attend an international parley is not sufficient, because the political problems—fascism versus communism, colonies, ratios in armies, navies and aviation—appear for the time being still as insoluble as they were a few months ago But while the principal antagonist. governments have not even discussed unofficially the best means of ironing out their difficulties, there are factors which are outside the immediate con- trol of the governments which tend to make an international conference for economic and military disarma- ment successful sponsors had to pay $1 & minute for | the demonstration | Inspectors said they ascertained the | Roosevelt was watching the season's | advertising bureau had a permit for the stunt Burrall took off from the Baltimore field with the sign and landed after the flight at College Park Airport, College Park, Md., where he detached | the sign and refueled before going back to Baltimore. One other incident not on the pro- gram marked the President’s attend- ance at the ball game. In the tenth inning, Mr. Roosevelt Jjoined others in a concerted “duck’” as Walter Millies hoisted a high foul that landed in the presidential box. | The ball was promptly grabbed by “Bud? Early, 1l-year-old son of Stephen Early, a White House secre- | tary. | had seen the Nationaks lose an open- ing game, the home team being vic- | torious on four previous occasions. Kidnaper Repents,Frees Boy'; 3, “So His Parents Won’t Suffer” B3 the Associatea Press OAKLAND, Calif, April 20—A young man in gray suit and white shoes was hunted today as a con- science-stricken kidnaper who seized the 5-year-old son of a department store buyer but released him five hours later. The description was given by two playmates of William Grinnell Blod- gett. 2d, lured from them into an automobile and found later wearing & note which read: “I was going to hold this boy for ransom, but I decided to go straight Please get him to his parents in Berkeley. I am in great need, but would rather starve than make his parents suffer. “If they want to contact me, let| | them address me as Chuck in Wednes- day's Oakland Tribune.” | Capt. James Ritchie, | vestigator, said William and Leroy | Gardner, 5, and Leroy's sister, Joan, | 8, described the kidnaper as a smil- sheriff’s in- | Ing man about 23, of medium height. | | He appeared early yesterday after- | noon at a park where the three chil- dren were playing. Promising candy, he persuaded William to get into his | automobile, a brown roadster, Capt. “ Ritchie reported. | Just into & gasoline station 5 miles away [ trom home. William's parents, Mr. and Mrs tewart Willlam Blodgett came here recently from St. Paul, Minn. whether to bring legal action against Ted Creech, burly mine superintend- ent from Harlan County, for allegedly threatening committee witness R. C. Tackett last FPriday was expected as the committee reconvened for con- tinuance of its hearings today. ‘Tackett took the stand late Friday afternoon to charge that.Creech had threatened him with a jail sentence on his return to Kentucky because of his testimony against the operators. The charge was substantiated by U. 8. Marshal Robert Bonham, who had Tackett in custody, and Creech failed to deny the accusation when called to the stand. It was announced today that L. Douglas Rice, an official of the Rail- way Audit & Inspection Co., will go on trial in District Court at conclu- sion of the Frooks-Kreiger blackmail. Rice is under indictment for contempt of the La Follette Committee; other officials of the Railway Audit being scheduled for trial later. John J. Abt, counsel for the com- mittee. will aid in prosecution of Rice, he said. Officers to Be Nominated. Officers will be nominated at a at 8 pm. tomorrow. A delegate also will be named to the annual conven- tion of the national federation. What’s Wrong Here? You don’t have to be too observant to answer this question. The Capital is noted for its trees, but there would be little to boast about if all of them looked like this. This eyesore is located at the northeast corner of the Post Office Department. “Clean-up week” began make it impossible for the pl esterda; otograp and now is the time to er to snap such pictures. —Star Staff Photo. It was the first time the President | before dark William ‘alked[ meeting of the District of Columbia | Federation of Federal Employes Union, | In the political field, the rearma- ment program of Great Britain and the boom in the price of raw mate- | rials has given food for thought to | the authoritarian states. The British rearmament program is less awe in- spiring than the enormous advance the price for raw materials necessa: for Germany's and Italy's armaments, In the economic field, the disap- pearance of the gold bloc has put an end to the economic dispute between inflationist and non-inflationist coun- tries. Until Premier Blum took France and the blod bloc off the gold stand- ard, prices were going up in the United States and in Great Britain Wwhile they were going down in France and the other gold standard countries. Now they all follow one direction An increase in the cost of living in | every country in the world. In the financial field, governments have stimulated & business boom either by the creation of work for the unemployed or by re-armament. The result of this industrial boom is that money is beesoming more expensive and investors are inclined to place their capital in industrial bonds and shares rather than in government securities. Despite the nationalist-jingoistic | wind which 1s blowing throughout the | world, individuals in every country begin to be restiess when they realize the enormously mounting national debt. Political leaders realizing the consequences of this inevitable reste lessness are worried and would wel- | come now any move which might lead to some sort of an international eco- nomic understanding. And from an | economic understanding to the liqui= dation of the political problems the step is not very great. Taxes (Continued From First Page.) poses to abolish with adoption of an | income tax “Has there been a widespread eva= sion of this tax?” Dirksen asked. “1 don't think any one can question i that” Allen admitted. *“You just |can't get at it." Allen explained there is & pen- alty of 2 per cent above assessed value of intangibles for falling to make a retumn “What do you do if a man fails to make a return?” inquired Chairman Kennedy. “Threaten him with a writ of mandamus,” replied Allen. H. D. Scantlin, assistant tax as- sessor who followed Allen on the wite | ness stand, expressed the belief that | public utility corporations are being taxed too high in comparison with other business. Scantlin said he had made a study of the subject and would “pause” be- fore tapping the utility source further. Havre de Grace Entries for Tomorrow. | By the Associated Press FIRST RACE—Purse. $1.000 2-year-olds: 41y furlongs Bestest (Peters) Eey 2 113 Scold (8. Renick) 104 Janstar iParke) 106 Camaraderie (Wagner) Upslala (Richards) Bertillon (Kurtsinger) _ Sou Feng (Kurtsinger) {Frank Brooke (Machado) Kil Clap (Eccard) claiming: SECOND RACE—Purse. $1,000: claim- ‘H'\! 3-year-olds. 6 furlongs. | x'Steel "Worker (Eccard) | Titanical (Peters) | Aftermath (Kurtsinger) X a Nadir (Shelhamer) Tellingyou (O'Malley) Bareback (8. Renick) x a Playnot (Shelhamer) x Touche (Napier) True Tune (Rosengarten) | Alshiad (Wagner) i [ Joan" Asvestos (Kurtsiniger) | Lucky Color (Ritz) | 2’A. Rosasco-A. C. Compton entry. THIRD RACE—Purse. $1.000; maidens; 3-year-olds and up: 6 furlongs. Balkonian (O'Malley) (Gordon)~_~_ Bold General (Kurtsinger)~ Gay Jack (Lindbers) = Grey Heels (Knapp) Roval Tucsan (Shelhamer) Black Widow (Schmidl) FOURTH RACE—The Harewood: purse, $1.000; fl-yen{iéalds: 6 furlongs. ur Morning (Peters) Gold Band (Saunders Quincy (Parke) PIFTH RACE—The Glen Oaks: rurse, $1.200; 3-vear-olds; 1 mile and 70 Matey ' (Richards) Merry Maker (Kurtsinger) Sunphantom (Peters) Court Scandal (Fallon). SIXTH RACE—Purse, $1,000; claiming; a-vear-olds: 1. miles. xSaidona_(8armio) Grand Anna (Wagner) xJim Corn (Grigg) & Duchess Relgh (Kurtsinger) | xMaestrom (Napier) - = Tedsim (Parke) SEVENTH RACE—Purse. $1.000; claim- ing; 4-year-olds and up: 1% miles. Pomposity (Shelhamer) Starwink (Rosengarten) Maddening_(Jackson) arted (Haritos) Becret Vote (Peters) _ Naval Cadet (Parke) = xQueen _Eiizabeth (Eccard) Post Brigade (Rolengarten) Mischietmaker cPallon) : Zembla (O Malley = xApprentice allowance elatmed, Clear and fast. (e =iiiorey 2 300 193 31008