Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1937, Page 1

Wi/ kR, (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight, probably followed by show ers tomorrow; slowly rising temperature tomorrow; gentle winds, mostly south- east. Temperatures—Highest, 76, at 3 P.m. yesterday; lowest, 43, at 6 a.m. today. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News Full report on page B Closing New York Ma 85th YEAR. No. SUTFILED BY U. . 10 ‘BREAK GRIP OF ALUMINUM €D. Dissolution Sought for Mel- lon Firm for Alleged Monopoly. ADVANCE IN PRICES IS CITED IN ACTION Violation of Anti-Trust Law Laid to Company, Subsidiaries and Affiliates. BACKGROUND— The Aluminum Co. of America has been eyed by the Federal Trade Commission, Justice Department and congressional critics of Andrew W. Mellon for years. The Trad‘e Commission for seven years investi- gated monopoly charges against the company, but the firm continued its expansion. When Mellon was Secretary of the Treasury he fre- quently was under fire for alleged continuance of control of the com= pany. Mellon replied the Trade Commission had cleared him of monopoly charges. Mellon rides in an aluminum car, works in Pittsburgh in aluminum office building. Dissolution of the Aluminum Co. of America “to break its monopolistic control” is sought by, the Justice De- partment in a suit filed today in New York, Attorney General Cummings an- nounced at his office. He said the Government has just filed a petition in the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York asking for “a rearrange- ment” of the company's property to effect the “‘dissolution.” The Aluminum Co. of America, 25 of its subsidiary and affiliated com- panies and 36 of its officers, directors and stockholders are named as de- fendants. The company is controlled by Andrew W. Mellon, former Secretary of the Treasury, and a group of as- sociates. Action of the company on March 1| List in advancing the car lot price of | virgin ingot was cited by the Justice | Lepartment as the “most recent act | of oppressive and unreasonable price | £ixing.” Price Advance Charged. Cummings, in a formal statement 4ssued to the press here, sald the Gov- ernment alleges this advance in price was made in the face of an increase ia earnings from $9,571,206 in 1935 to $20,866,936 in 1936. This amounted, Fe said, to an increase in common 33,960. -13. rkets, Page 16 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Mad—and (Story on Page A-3.) @ ¢ Foenit ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Star © WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1937—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. Not Acting CANADIAN STRIKE OF .M. ENDED BY PACT ACCEPTANCE Union Recognition Issue Dis- puted, but Workers Win Raises. U. S. LABOR RANKS SPLIT WIDENED BY GREEN A. F. L Closes Door on Peace Hope as New Campaign of Own Is Announced. BACKGROUND— Split between two major factions While Clark Gable was confronting Mrs. Violet Norton, who insisted he was “Frank Billings,” the father of her daughter, reporters framed up a gag on Gable by stuffing his hat with pa- per. Here he is cleaning out the hat, after his final appearance at the Los Angeles mail fraud trial. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. MEMORIAL PLANS AGAN T S Efforts to Delay Project Fail—Contract Facts to Be Gathered. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. sentative Wearin, Democrat, of Iowa to delay plans for a Thomas Jefferson memorial during a Nation-wide archi- tectural competition virtually was tabled today by the House Judiciary Committee, after only three witnesses had been heard. Whether hearings will be continued on the competition proposal will de- pend on information the committee receives from the Thomas Jefferson stock earnings from 55 cents per shate | to $8.65 per share over and above re- | cuirements for dividends on preferred | stock. | The petition was signed by Cum- | mings. Assistani Attorney Geneval FRobert H. Jackson of the departments | anti-trust division: Special Assistants ‘Wendell Berge, Walter L. Rice and | John W. Aiken; Special Attorneys F. Gwyn Harper, jr., and N. A. Town- eend, Jr., and United States Attorney Lamar Hardy. Individuals named in the suit in addition to former Secretary Mel)on,‘ ere: Paul Mellor, Richard K. Mellon, | Jennie King Mellon and Sarah Mellon Bcaife (the latter three as executors of the estate of the late R. B. Mellon) ; Ailsa Mellon Bruce, daughter of Andrew Mellon; David K.E. Bruce, son-in-law of Andrew Mellon and son of former Benator William Cabell Bruce of Mary- land; J. H. Alger, George G. Allen, Earl Blough, L. Braasch, George H. Clapp, Bafford K. Colby, Andre Henry Couan- nier, Arthur V. Davis, Edward K.| Davis J. J. Demskie, M. B. de Sousz, | F. L. Farrell, Edwin S. Fickes, C. B. Fox, Aime Geoffrion, George R. Gib- | bons, Roy A. Hunt, J. R. D. Huston, | Alvah K. Lawrle, C. L. Lycette, Leigh- ton McCarty, G. O. Morgan, j Charles H. Moritz, Winthrop C. Neil- #on, George J. Stanley, W. C. Terry, Paul J. Urquhart, J. F. Van Lane, Ir- ving W. Wilson and Robert E. Withers. Cummings said the suit charges that the aluminum firm is & monopoly in violation of anti-trust laws and that it has power to fix “arbitrary and dis- WINDSOR THREATENS T0 SUE FOR LIBEL Lawyer Demands Publisher With- draw Attack on Former King. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, April 23—A. G. Allen, attorney for the Duke of Windsor, said today he had demanded immediate withdrawal of the widely-selling book *Coronation Commentary” because of ehapters dealing with the reign and ebdication of former King Edward VIIL ‘Should the request not be complied with,” Allen declared, “action will cer- tainly follow.” Allen also asked the publishers, Wil- fiam Heinnemann, Ltd., to publish an apology. The book, published April 12, was Wwritten by Geoffrey Dennis, editor ane chief of the document service of the secretariat of the League of Nations at Geneva. The book referred to reports that Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin was disturbed by other alleged grievances in addition to the former King's love for Wallis Warfield Simpson. These included, the book said, the following: “Things said and done in his in- fatuation; his lover's prodigality; his shrill King’s rage against those who denied her to him; things left undone in his infatuation; duty neglected; papers held up; papers curiously and neo-kaiserishly annotated; no sound understanding of the technique of limitations or necessary dignity of his office; irregular hours and irregular Memorial Commission as to whether The resolution sponsored by Repre- | [ HURT IN"RIOT AT GANNING PLANT Gas Bombs Hurled, Guns Fired in Clash of Pickets and Police, By the Assoctated Press, STOCKTON, Calif, April 23.—Fif- teen persons, including one woman, were injured as a strike-bound can- nery was opered here today amid tear gas and blazing guns. Shots were fired, tear-gas shells burst in the shouting crowd and rocks were hurled after pickets attempted to overturn a truck of spinach being taken into the plant. One nmran was shot in the face and of American labor movement began in late 1935, when John L. Lewis announced formation of Commit- tee for Industrial Organization, purpose being to organize mass production industries. Late last Summer, A. F. of L. Council voted suspension ofC. 1. 0. unions and action was ratified by Jederation convention in Tampa in November, _ Since then, break has become increasingly wide and bitter, but C. 1. 0. has gained many victories in field of organization, By the Associated Press. General Motors of Canada strikers voted today to go back to work Mon- day. The vote of the Oshawa, On- tario, workers was 2,205 to 36. The strikers thus brought to an end their 16-day-old strike for recognition of the United Automobile Workers as their collective bargaining agent. They won a wage increase and a cut in working hours. Whether the union obtained recognition was disputed. The vote was on an agreement drawn up yesterday afternoon in Premier Mitchell Hepburn's office. Both company and union officials sat in on that conference. J. L. Cohen, union counsel, told a | strikers’ mass meeting before the vote | today that General Motors recognized the union in the premier's office when company officials sat down with C. H. Millard, president of the U. A. W, A, Oshawa local, and Cohen To Sign Pact Today. Millard, Cohen said, would sign the | agreement for the strikers today. He maintained that act would accord the union recognition. The agreement, however, is “between General Motors of Canada, Ltd., and its employes.” The union isn't men- tioned. On the American labor front the American Federation of Labor vir- tually removed today its last hope of reconciliation with John L. Lewis he and 14 other persons were taken to an emergency hospital. Three a contract actually has been made with John Russell Pope, noted archi- | tect, for the memorial, as reported to | the House by the Library Committee | a year ago, | Hearings will start at 10 a.m. Tues- | day before the committee, however, ! on objections to the proposed location and design of the memorial. This | will provide an opportunity for per- sons who oppose destruction of the ! cherry trees and changes in the contour of the Tidal Basin to be heard. | Protest Voiced. Edgar Morris, president of the | Washington Board of Trade, started the protest against the location 6f the memorial on the Tidal Basin, and re- lated issues, by filing a prepared state- ment with the committee this morning. The other witnesses heard were Repre- sentative Wearin and Representative Scott, Democrat, of California, who made a speech in the House several days ago opposing the decisions of th Memorial Commission. & Chairman Keller of the Library Committee and Representative Tread- way, Republican, of Massachusetts, agreed that if contractural relations have been entered into with Pope by the commission, Congress, having au- thorized the commission to act, cannot alter the selection of the architect; especially since, they testified, Pope is universally recognized as an outstand- ing architect. They both argued, how- ever, that Congress still can control the location, particularly since the pro- posed site is Government land which does not enter into any contractural relationship. They both favored hearings to per- mit the American people, through or- ganizations, to voice protests against the proposed Tidal Basin site, and the probable destruction of a large num- ber of cherry trees. It was suggested at the hesring that Wearin might revise his resolution to make it apply particularly to the site for the memorial. Treadway agreed to join in this move. As soon as he reached the House after the close of the hearing, Treadway introduced a resolution amending the act establish- ing the Memorial Commission with the proviso “that in no event shall the commission select as a site for such memorial the area in the city of Washington known as the Tidal Basin.” When Representative Keller asked the witnesses present to designate by (See MEMORIAL, Page A-4.) other men fell during the fighting, but companions removed them in | automobiles. Waterloo road, in front of the Stockton Food Products Co. plant, was the scene of violent clashes between milling pickets, special deputy sheriffs and State highway patrolmen. el COLLADAY PRESIDENT| OF BOARD OF TRADE Directors Name Francis G. Addi- son, Jr.; L. E. Williams Vice Presidents. Edward F. Colladay, prominent law- yer and Republican national com- mitteeman for the District for many years, today was elected president of the Board of Trade at a meeting of the board of directors at the May- flower Hotel. Colladay, who succeeds Edgar Morris, had been first vice president during the last year. The directors named Francis G.| Addison, jr., president of the Security | Savings Bank, as first vice president, and Lawrence E. Willlams as second vice president. Williams had served as secretary and Addison as second vice president during the last year. James E. Col- lifiower, prominent coal merchant, was elected secretary to succeed Wil- liams. ‘Thomas P. Littlepage was named general counsel, and the following of- ficers were re-elected: J. Harry Cun- ningham, treasurer; George Plitt, sr., assistant treasurer; Robert J. Cottrell, executive secretary, and Frank R. Strunk, sergeant at arms. It was the second time Colladay was elected as-head of the trade body, having served in that capacity in 1923 and 1924. Ten new directors, chosen at a meeting last Monday, participated in the election with the 20 holdover members. —_— ROXAS ON WAY HERE MANILA, P. I, Aprii 23 (&)— Manuel Roxas, Philippine Assembly minority floor leader, left for the United States today aboard the Philip- pine Clipper. Roxas is en route to Washington as & member of the joint committee of experts studying future relations be- tween the United States and the Philippines. Bs the Assoctateq Press. NEW YORK, April 23.—Marked by a shouting demonstration of 1,000 cult followers, Harlem's self-styled mes- siah, Father Divine, was arraigned by Magistrate William Farrell today on a charge of felonious assault and re- leased on $500 bail. A jostling, noisy crowd milled fran- tically around the squat little leader as he was taken from the court room after furnishing bail. A dozen burly detectives and police battled in vain to force the man who calls himself “god” through the surg- habits; muddling, fuddling and med- ] ing throngs, who screamed “Father! Father!” in a crescendo ehorus l)d Father Divine Freed on $500 Amid Clamor of Followers threw handkerchiefs and pocketbooks high into the air. For 10 minutes the diminutive “messiah” was lost in the jam until plainclothesmen .finally recovered him and pushed him bodily into a maroon- colored sedan. Divine, arraigned under the name of Geeorge Baker, bobbed his bald head as the car slowly forged its way through the densely packed street and finally, with gathering speed, made a and his rival Committee for Industrial Organization. President William Green summoned the federation’s high command to a | general war conference May 18 in Cin- | cinnati “to marshall the forces of labor in America.” He placed the blame for failure to heal the breach on “those responsible for having set in motion a group ac- tivity clothed in garments of good faith, but inspired by a mind and heart bent upon destruction of the or- ganized labor movement in America.” There was no immediate response from the Lewis camp. C. L O. leaders have watched closely for developments in the Federation Council (See LABOR, Page A-6.) 14 KILLED IN RIOT Police Fire on Crowd in Behror Village, India. SIMLA, India, April 23 (#).—Police | fired on a rioting crowd in Behror Vil- lage, Alwar State, today, killing 14 and | wounding 42. The British adminis- trator began an investigation of the trouble. Summary of Page. Amusements -A-8 Comics ._.... C-6 Editorials .. A-10 Financial .. A-15 Lost & Found A-3 Obituary __.A-12 Short Story._B-6 Sports . C-1-2-3-4 ‘Woman's Pg. C-5 STRIKE SITUATION. Last hope for A. F. of L.-C. I. O. con- ciliation seen removed. Page A-1 FOREIGN. British food ships run blockade to save Bilbao. Page A-2 Austrian coalition government favored by Italy. Page A-6 NATIONAL. Judiciary group still apl\é after seven- ‘week hearings. Page A-1 Byrnes sees support for blanket ap- propriations cut. Page A-1 L C. C. orders written agreements for contract carriers. Page A-1 Father Divine released in stabbing on $500 bail. Page A-1 President and Mrs. Roosevelt at Mor- gan funeral services. Page A-12 Prosecutor says tests prove Gen. Den- hardt slayer. Page B-17 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Jefferson Memorial hearing halted for Pope contract facts. Page A-1 Hearing set on liquor sale near down- town churches. Page A-1 Discrimination at Greenbelt declared “unsubstantiated.” Page A-2 Lorton fugitives reported seen here; car smashed up. Page A-2 D. A. R. urged to aid children’s groups to cut crime. ‘ Page A-5 Larz Anderson will leaves entire estate getaway toward uptown after a four- block chase by his “heavenly disciples.” Four other cultists were arraigned on similar charges of felonious assault, (8ee D Page A-3. to his widow. Page B-1 McCarran Federal pay bill again side- tracked. Page B-1 Congressmen subpoensed in Krieger blackmail trial. 'Pln B-1 meeting | this week while pressing forward with NEWS NOTE and Wirephoto Services. Yestérday’s Circulation, 143,900 (Some returns not yet received. Hedokok ; : SCIENCE STUDIES ECLIPSE SEVEN QUADRILLION MILES AWAY. BYRNES GATHERING ECONOMY PLAN AID Presidential Consent Seen in Proposal to Cut Appropriations, BACKGROUND— Federal relief erpenditures oc- cupy important place in budget troubles of administration as in=- come tar revenues fail to reach estimated level and pressure from organized mayors and Governors for greater relief appropriations threaten admiristration control in Capitol President has set $1,500,000,000 as necessary sum for coming fiscal vear with economy bloc trying to offset free spenders in final deter- mination of amount appropriated. | | By the Associatea Press. | _ Senator Byrnes, viemocrat, of South | Carolina claimed strong support today | for his proposal for a flat 10 per cent cut in all 1938 appropriations. He said he had found “lots of senti- ment” for it among other members of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Byrnes, long an administration his suggestion would slice another $400,000,000 from the 1938 budget. President Roosevelt's revised estimates would leave a $418,000,000 deficit for the year Byrnes earlier had announced a campaign to reduce next year's relief fund from the $1.500,000,000 recom- | mended by the President to an even billion. Assures Balanced Budget. He said today the two proposals, lopping $900,000,000 from Government costs, would balance the budget “be- yond peradventure.” The South Carolina Senator sug- gested Congress order “a 10 per cent reduction in all appropriations with the exception of fixed charges, such as (See APPROPRIATIONS, Page A-4.) Wild Geese Raid Wheat. REHOBOTH BEACH, Del,, April 23 (#).—Unless wild geese stop feeding on their wheat felds near Rehoboth Beach, some farmers declare they will be compelled to defend their crops with shotguns. Gunners said they have never seen sc many wild geese | at this time of year. Today’s Star 225-pound man dragged to safety in early morning fire. Page B-1 Hazen orders probe of reported “laxity” | _in traffic cases. Page B-14 | Two men executed for death of truck | driver. Page B-17 SPORTS. Nationals ‘at full strength in series with Macks. Page C-1 | Mack avers Yankees are not cer- | tainty in A. L. race. Page C-2 War Admiral is Sande's choice to take Chesapeake tomorrow. Page C-3 Hare and Groth set doubles record in city pin tourney. Page C-4 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page A-10 This and That. Page A-10 Answers to Questions. Page A-10 Political Mill. Page A-10 Washington Observations. Page A-10 David Lawrence. Page A-11 Paul Mallon. Page A-11 Dorothy Thompson. Page A-11 Constantine Brown. Page A-11 Lemuel Parton. Page A-11 MISCELLANY. Washington Wayside. Young Washington. Nature’s Children. Marriage Licenses. Traflic Convictions. Service Orders. Shipping News. Vital Statistics. City News in Brief. Dorothy Dix. Betsy: Caswell. Crossword Puzzle. Letter-Out. Bedtime Story. ‘Winning Contract. FINANCIAL. U. 8. bonds ease (table). Trade trend uneven. Freight loadings gain. Page A-15 Stocks irregular (table). Page A-16 Curb specialtiss rise (table). Page A-17 Case profits improve, Page A-17 Page A-2 Page B-8 Page B-6 Page B-18 Page B-18 Page B-18 Page B-18 Page B-18 Page B-18 Page C-5 Page C-5 Page C-6 Page C-7 Page C-7 Page C-7 Page A-15 Page A-15 spokesman on fiscal affairs, estimated | budget | } Slash of 10 Pect. Askedin AU U.S. A ppropriations | Representative Taber of New York, ranking Republican member of the House Appropriations Committee, to- day introduced a joint resolution for a 10 per cent cut on all Federal ap- propriations, similar to the national economy measure introduced in the Senate yesterday by Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina. The Taber resolution specifically directs a 10 per cent reduction in the Federal contribution contained in the District gppropriation bill for 1938. There already is a $6,000,000 budget deficit under the bill as it stands. TRUCKS MUST USE l. C. C. Rules Out Oral Agreements for Con- tract Carriers. BACKGROUND— Ezxpansion of truck traffic brought demand for Federal rate regulation, principally from railroads, chie! sufferers from this competition. Highway carriers were placed un- der the Interstate Commerce Com- mission in 1935. While legisiation | was under discussion, common car- | riers adhering to fized rates be- tween specified terminals argued that they would be discriminated against by contracts or anywhere- for-hire carriers, and Congress at- tempted to solve this by requiring the latter to operate under reason- able minimum charges. In a drastic move to regulate the trucking industry and protect com- mon carriers against “cut-throat com- Petition,” the Interstate Commerce Commission today issued an order by which contract carriers hereafter must operate entirely under written agree- ments which will cover a stated period of time and be equally binding on the shippers. The effect, it was explained, will be to turn casual business—or single shipments—over to the common car- riers instead of permitting contract carriers to “shop around” traffic. The order came from the Motor Car- riers’ Division of the commission, with Commissioner William E. Lee dissent- ing from the findings of the majority— Commissioners Marion M. Caskie and Joseph B. Eastman. Contract Advanges Cited. “A contract carrier has ceftain in- herent advantages in competition over & common carrier,” the majority opin- ion stated. “There is a great difference in the conditions under which traffic can be hauled for shippers by motor carriers, even when the traffic is of the same kind. Naturally, the traffic of the larger shippers, who can offer volume and steady movement, is particularly desirable. The common carrier hold- ing itself out to carry traffic of a certain description must serve all who seek its services, and under the act it must serve them without unjust dis- (See TRUCKING, Page A-2.) . To Stay if Elwood Street, director of public welfare, sald today no effort will be made to eject some 15 unemployed men and women participating in & sit-down strike in the Division of Public Assistance office, in the 1400 block of U street, “unless they become disorderly and obstruct the business of the office.” Street said the strikers, mostly col- ored, had not been disorderly and that he saw no reason to seek police aid. “About 22 applicants came to the branch office yesterday demanding that all be given relief immediately,” he stated. “After interviewing them the staff issued some food orders, but on the advice of their leaders they stayed in the building and did not go out to cash them. “Others wanted rent checks, which couldn't be given them immediately. Some of them couldn’t show they are residents of the District, while still others did not have cards showing & | BACKGROUND— WRITTEN PACTS for this | Relief Sit-Strikers Allowed LIQUOR SALE NEAR CHURCH WEIGHED City Heads Direct Board to Hold Hearing Thursday Morning at 10. Subject of distance of liquor stores from churches has been con- troversial ever since repeal. A bit- ter contest occurred several years ago before New York avenue Childs’ restaurant was given license be- cause of prozimity to New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. | A proposal that the Alcoholic Bev- | erage Control Board be given the right to issue liquor permits to places within 400 feet of churches located in business areas is being considered by | the Commissioners, it was revealed ‘ today. The Commissioners announced they have directed the A. B. C. Board to hold a public hearing next Thursday at 10 am. at the District Building. A group of civic and church spokes- men and attorneys for liquor dealers have been asked to attend. Specifically, the proposal of the | A. B. C. Board is to amend Section 3 of the liquor regulations so as to give | the board discretionary powers to is- | sue a retailer's Class A license to | places within 400 feet of a church, in | cases where the church is not located in a residential use district. The Class | A permit is for stores selling bottled | liquors of all kinds. | Reports are that a class A permit is sought for a store in the new Trans- | Lux Theater Building, Fourteenth | street and New York avenue, which is within 400 feet of the New York Ave- | nue Presbyterian Church. There are | said to be a number of other cases af- fected by the present rule. The sct exempts from the 400-foot rule, how- ever, places established prior to en- actment of the law. Mrs. Agnes K. Mason, acting chair- | man of the A. B. C. Board, said a number of requests for licenses within | 400 feet of churches had been re- | Jected because of the present rule. She said it was the position of the | board that the rule worked “undue | hardships” on persons owning prop- | erty or proposing to engage in the | liquor business in places within 400 | (See LIQUOR, Page A-3.) HOLT SAYS OFFICIAL MAIL BEING OPENED Senator Charges Tampering Fol- lowed Attacks Upon Ad- ministration. By the Associated Press. . Senator Holt, Democrat, of West Virginia charged today that his official | mail was “being tampered with” and | that he had complained to the Post Office Department without ‘“getting | relief.” | The West Virginia Senator, a fre- quent critic of administration policies, said he had complained to the Post | Office Department today for the third | time. He said the tampering in each instance had followed one of his at- tacks on the administration. Not Disorderly they had registered with the employ- ment office in an effort to get work.” About 15 of the strikers, Street said, stayed all night. He added the leaders told him they were seeking publicity to enforce their demands and that he had suggested they should take th matter up with Congress. Street denied any of them we' compelled to stay in the building, & serting they were told they could lee whenever they desired. Relief authorities said the majo of those on strike had been certi for work, but would not accept t' assignments, E. H. Ozmun, chain of the Grievance Committee of I No. 3, Workers’ Alliance, contrad this, contending the strikers people who face eviction and food, and it takes three weeks ‘ them certified.” Ozmun wi charge of the picket line at the s The strikers, their cohorts c} were locked in for the night an/ not get food and drink until today when the station was of i (P) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. SCHURMAN WARNS COURT CHANGE IS DANGER TO NATION “U. S. Would Never Be the Same,” Says Former Ambassador. EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BEGIN TUESDAY Chairman Ashurst of Senate Com- mittee Refuses Prediction on Fate of Bill. BACKGROUND— President Roosevelt's Supreme Court bill, hottest political issue of the New Deal regime, was sub- mitted to Congress February 5. The request for power to name siz new justices to the court unless those over 70 retire encountered deter= mined opposition and has been the target of much criticism during seven weeks of hearings by Senate Judiciary Committee Despite much talk of compro- mise, no satisfactory agreement has been reached although it is generally conceded a bill calling Jor two mew justices could be passed. BY JOHN H. CLINE. Basing his testimony on his own experience in foreign lands, Jacob Gould Schurman, former Ambassador to Germany and China, warned today that American Government will “never be the same again” if President Roose- velt’s Supreme Court bill is passed. He took the stand as opponents of the measure preparea to close their case after seven weeks of debate for and against the bill before a Senate committee. | Reiterating his belief that sentiment for the measure is growing through- out the country, Chairman Ashurst said he is convinced the hearings will | end today “Of course,” he said. “if any Senae tor wants to call witnesses in support of the bill after the opponents are through they will be heard. But I do not believe any will be called. So far as I am concerned, the vote could be taken now. No opposition witness has contended this bill impairs the Judicial power of the court and that is the only thing to which I would object.” Ashurst refused to make any predice tion as to the fate of the bili when the committee begins consideration of the proposal in executive session Tuesday. Single Vote May Decide. It was apparent, however, that the 18 members of the committee are still almost evenly divided and that the vote of a single Senator may be decisive in determining whether the measure is reported out without amendment Schurman, his voice breaking with emotion at times, declared the bill is a “menace” to the American system of government. “What President Roosevelt does to= day.” he asserted. “with the sincere intention of bringing good things to the American people, may lead in the future to the adoption of measures for the establishment of a dictatorship in the United States. I have seen that very same thing happen in other countries. “When I was Ambassador to Ger- many, from 1925 to 1930, that country Wwas governed under a liberal and democratic constitution, which had been adopted at the end of the Worid War by a convention meeting at Weimar and composed of delegates of the Center, Democratic and Socialist parties. Now the Weimar constitution, following the practice of the imperial government, contained a clause au- thorizing special and highly excep- tional action by the government in certain great emergencies. “I saw this clause invoked by Presi- dent Von Hindenberg with correspond- ng action which, so far as I can recall, Was not criticized. The essence of the matter was that the President could, in extraordinary circumstances, issue a decree which had the force of law, I should say that the practice was not abused up to the time of Stresse= mann’s death in the Fall of 1929, “But the difficulties inherent in the task of governing with a coalition cab= inet steadily increased, and when they were aggravated by an economic crisis Chancellor Bruening resorted freely and without limit to the emergency powers of the government. There could have been no more effective preparation for the success of Hitler, who in the Spring elections of 1933 won the largest party in the Reichstag, “By pursuing the method of govern= ment followed by Bruening he quickly transformed the German democracy, on the legal side, into a dictatorship. I hurried from Egypt, to witness in Germany the course of the revolution on the practical side. I think no rev- olution in history was ever accome plished with such lightninglike rapid- DIVORCE GRANTED ELAINE BARRYMORE Los Angeles Verdict Against =4 Sereen Hero