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A—2 xx THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO D. C., SATURD APRIL 24, 193 ALUMINUM FIRM AGTS FOR DEFENSE Prepares to Meet Charges From U. S. That It Has Monopoly Control. BACKGROUND— The rise of the silvery metal aluminum to an important place in modern industry has made the Aluminum Co. of America one of the business giants of the day. Once aluminum was utilized chiefly for household utensils and castings. Now it has 2,000 in- dustrial uses, including refriger~ ators, radios, airplanes, trains and implements of war. Andrew Mellon, one-time Repub- lican Secretary of the Treasury, has an interest in the concern, ‘The powerful Aluminum Co. of America marshaled its legal forces today for another battle with the Government over its alleged monopoly of the widely-used light metal. Announcement by Attorney Gen- eral Cummings yesterday of a suit by the Department of Justice to dissolve the far-flung corporation and “break its monopolistic control” prompted an immediate response by a company spokesman here, denying the allega- tions and complaining that it was “the most Investigated concern in America.” The department named Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh millionaire and former Secretary of the Treasury, a defendant along with 36 others, described as officers, directors or stockholders. Twenty-five subsidiary end affiliated companies also were named. Suit Entered in New York. Cummings entered the suit in Fed- eral District Court in New York City Wwith a petition that the company’s properties be rearranged under several separate corporations Action of the company on March 1, 1937, in advancing the carlot price of virgin ingot 1 cent a pound was cited as an alleged act of “oppressive and unreasonable price-fixing.” C. C. Carr, speaking for the Alumi- num Co., said it was “at a loss to un- derstand why it had been singled out for further investigation.” It has been subjected to at least seven major in- Vestigations in the last 25 years. Carr said the concern “believed it had been cleared of any charges of monop- olistic practices.” The present suit resulted from in- vestigations begun in 1933 which, it was charged, indicated that the alumi- num system had an airtight eontrol of the aluminum market. “These combinations and conspira- cies,” the Government brief said, “have excluded competitors who otherwise ‘would have ventured into the industry, to the great detriment of independent manufacturers, consumers and the public.” Manufacture 100 Per Cent in U. S. ‘The petition states that the company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries manufacture 100 per cent of the vir~ gin aluminum in the United States, sell more than 90 per cent of alumi- num sheet and virtually 100 per cent of such structural items as wire, cable and tubing made from aluminum. Further, it charged, the company has protected its American monopoly from foreign competition through a series of devices and contracts with foreign interests dating back to 1902. Carr said that while the company was the only producer of pig alumi- num in the Uited States, it sells American manufacturers only about one-third of their requirements. The remainder, he said, came from pur- chases of aluminum scrap and imports. ‘The probable reason no other groups have entered the field, he said, was that they did not want to expend the initiative, energy and money necessary to produce aluminum, which costs many times the outlay needed in pro- ducing competitive metals. Carr said Andrew W. Mellon per- #onally held less than 1 per cent of the firm's voting stock and none of the controlling stock. Stock Ownership Cited. The Government contended, how- ever, that the Mellon influence oper- ated through financial interest in subsidiaries. Its brief said that Mellon, Paul Mel- lon and Ailsa Mellon Bruce “own a large proportion of the company’s capital stock and also through their ownership of all the capital stock of the coalesced company own a large proportion of the capital stock of Aluminum, Ltd., and thereby influence the policies and activities of Alu- minum Co. and Aluminum, Ltd.” To substantiate charges that the March price increase was arbitrary and excessive the Government alleged that the advance was made “in the face of an increase in earnings from $9.571,208 in 1935 to $20,866,935 in 1936." NATIVE OF CAPITAL DIES IN MINNEAPOLIS Mrs. Edward J. Pearlove, Wife of Minnesota Controller, to Be Buried Here. Mrs. Katye Pearlove, 37, former ‘Washington resident and wife of Ed- ward J. Pearlove, Minnesota State con- troller, died Thursday at her home in Minneapolis, after a long illness, ac- cording to word Teceived here. A native of this eity, Mrs. Pearlove was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Krupsaw. She was educated here. Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Shirley and Mildred Pearlove; three brothers, Jack L., Simon and David Krupsaw, this city, and six sisters, Mrs. Mollye Ru- dolph, Mrs. Elizabeth Sherman, Mrs. Dora Milestone, Mrs. Yetta Cohen and Mrs. Cecelia Galler, all of this city, and Mrs. Anna Friedman, Omaha, Nebr. Funeral services will be held here at 2 pm. tomorrow in the chapel of Bernard Danzansky, 3501 Fourteenth street. Burial will be in Ohev Sholom Cemetery. Other funeral services were held yesterday in Minneapolis, Mrs. Pearlove. Congress in Brief |scon at the brewer’s plant, Washington Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. BON MOT. AVING heard the first roar of & 1937 model circus lion (it was in a news reel), we are reminded of our favorite cir- cus anecdote. Concerns a lady and a circus clown at a dinner party given by Zoo Director William Mann dure ing the local encampment of & big-top troupe. The lady was Mrs. Ruth Dunham of Washington, who had the misfor- tune to spill a forkful of food over the front of her dress. “Oh, how messy of me,” she ex- claimed. Thereupon, the clown arose, bowed low and said, “Madam, you look well in anything you eat.” LR HEH, HEH. A large, brusque man who works on the city desk of this newspaper, is biding his time until he catches a certain fellow who telephoned him yesterday morning. It was about 10:15 a.m. when a voice on the telephone said, “Police Just killed two men down near Nine- teenth and C streets southeast.” Quick as a flash, the desk man, thinking of the two convicts just escaped from Lorton, dispatched a reporter and photographer to that address. About two minutes after they left it occurred to him that the District Jail is located at Nine- teenth and C southeast, that the electrocution of two colored mure derers had taken place at 10 a.m. * ok ok x INSTINCT. JHAT major general of the United States Army who for- merly lived in Bethesda but is now stationed at Soldiers’ Home (has been for almost a year), drove all the way out to his old residence the other afternoon, alighted from his car and was about to open the door of his house when he suddenly remembered he didn't live there any more? * ok kX PANTOMIME. A UNION picket parading up and down Fourteenth street the other day carried a sign protesting: “This building being painted by non-union panters.” O. K. Now suppose the builder had hired the union misspeller to paint a sign for him, and the thing had turned out a fine garble. Had the employer fired the man, what would have happened? More picket- ing, more misspelled signs? A vicious circle, if we ever rolled a hoop around one. Much as we sym- pathize with organized labor and all that, we will never pant with com- passion for the union panters. ANTIQUE. MISS DEAN HOLMEAD went into a small store downtown the other day and asked for a writing tablet. The proprietor hauled out a small one, which she rejected, suggesting she much preferred a pad of what is known as “English-size” paper. The chap started rummaging around among his old stock, remarking, “People don't ask for those things very often any more.” He found one all right, however, hauled it down and took his nickle in payment. Miss Holmead didn't catch the full import of his remark until she was outside again, where she looked on the front of the pad and saw a picture under which was inscribed “‘Our Presi- dent.” ‘The picture was of Woodrow Wilson. * %k X NIGHT WATCH. Banks, those dignified and sol- emn tombs, where all are hushed in the dread presence of money, are ruled by a different set of overseers at night. In the shadows where the rich and the mighty, the thrifty and the hopeful walk each day, a new spirit prevails after sundown. Walking past an imposing bank building late one evening recently, we chanced to glance through the iron-barred windows. Inside beneath a glowing desk light sat a young man in a brown sweater, lolling comfortably at the big desk reserved in the day- time for the president of the in- stitution. The boy had his lunch spread out on the polished desk top, and was munching a sandwich as he perused a detective magazine, * ok X X IRONY. IN VIEW of his undying hatred of the demon rum, there is some- thing a trifle sardonic about the fact that the statue of the late William Jennings Bryan down in Potomac Park appears to be pointing straight at a certain brewery. Unless, of course, you feel sure the hand is pointing the finger of not showing the way for thirsty beer drinkers. e LUTZ IS PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANCY ‘The Commissioners yesterday pro- moted Acting Lieut. Clarence H. Lutz of the second precinct to lieutenant to fill & vacancy to be created next Fri- day by the voluntary retirement of Lieut. Allen W. Guyer of the sixth precinct. Guyer, who is 60, has served in the Police Department 32 years and there- fore was eligible for retirement at his request. Lutz was appointed to the police force July 22, 1925. Pvt. Charles J. Sullivan, now an acting sergeant, was promoted to ser- geant as a result of the promotion of 4 Tears and Blood Flow in California Strike Riot Scene at Stockton, Calif., yesterday as suddenly shifting winds whipped tear gas back into the faces of highway patrolmen battling workers when a strikebound cannery was reopened. More than 50 persons, many of them women, were injured during the riot when buckshot, bricks and gas bombs were used, < Some of the hundreds who took tear gas. The truckload of s: bloody clash, can be seen at t inach bound for the reopened e left of the photo. part in the rioting as they fled before an advancing cloud of plant, which precipitated the —Conpyright, A. P. Wirephotos. Stockton (Continued From First Page.) Clowdsley and then said they would return here later today to open formal hearings. Demanded Higher Wages. The strike began over union de- mands for higher wages, shorter hours and recognition. On the latter de- mand last Wednesday's peace meeting crashed. Signs of a split in employe ranks appeared. Spokesmen, who said they represented 673 workers, asserted a new cannery union was being organ- ized under auspices of the adjacent Stanislaus County Central Labor Council. Newspaper men, called to a hotel room last night, were handed formal statements, anncuncing the new group, by representatives who de- clined openly to identify themselves. The spokesmen said the organiza- tion activities had been undertaken in Modesto because of “intimidation’ against them here. “The cannery workers are not on strike against their employers, nor have they begn consulted with refer- ence to a strike,” declared the state- ment. “The actual condition existing in Stockton is a strike against the workers of the canneries themselves.” ‘The spokesman said the employes in general had not been consulted with reference to a strike. The group asked the American Federation of Labor for a charter, the statement said, and later the Modesto Cannery Workers and the Stanislaus County Central Labor Council were named bargaining agents for the Stockton Cannery Workers. The strike here was called by the Agricultural Workers’ Union. Some 1,300 men, a majority of which, the Agricultural Workers’ Union claims, were involved in the strike, which has crippled an output valued at $8,000,000 annually in this rich San Joaquin Valley agricultural area. American (Continued From First Page.) least two weeks would elapse before final action is taken. The consul was endeavoring, without immediate suc- cess, to get in touch with Hirsch's at- torney with a view to backing the clemency plea. ALL POSSIBLE BEING DONE. Hull Says Embassy Is Instructed to Aid Hirsch. Secretary Hull said today American representatives in Berlin are doing all that is humanly possible to save the life of Helmut Hirsch, a 21-year- old American under sentence of death. The Secretary of State did not in- dicate what further steps might be taken in seeking to obtain a commu- tation of sentence. He added at his press conference however, that the embassy and Con- sulate in Berlin were under instruc- tions to deal with the case as de- velopments and opportunity permit. State Department officials said they had not received a report from Consul Raymond H. Geist, who interviewed Hirsch in prison. Under usual diplomatic practice the United States can do little more than take steps to satisfy itself that citizens involved in difficulties in foreign countries receive the rights to which they are entitled under laws of those countries. e e Buys 10 Autos in 5 Months. Young Jock Morton of Harrismith, South Africa, has bought for his pri- vate use 10 automobiles and two motor cycles in a little over five months, thereby claiming a world'’s record, but he likes his last machine so well he says he will keep i three months. J UNION RECOGNITION BY ROAD ORDERED| New York Judge Instructs Rail | Receivers to Meet With Representatives. By the Associated Press. SYRACUSE, N. Y., April 24—1In a decision unprecedented in the North- ern New York judicial district, Fed- eral Judge Frederick H. Bryant yes- terday ordered receivers of the Schenectady Railway Co. to recognize the Transport Workers' Industrial Union, a C. I. O. affiliate, as sole bargaining agency for its employes. The ruling was issued on applica- tion of Abram V. Louer and James C. Cooper, receivers, who asked instruc- tions for the proper procedure in | dealing with the union. “I will instruct the receivers to meet with representatives of that organiza- tion (the union) whenever they re- | quire it,” the judge said. “However,” Judge Bryant continued, “I cannot give the receivers, at this time, any instructions or approval of any demands, the character of which | the court does not know.” Daniel Naylon, counsel for the re- ceivers, applied for the instructions on the ground that receivers were powerless to meet representatives be- cause the company is operating under a receivership. He urged the court to permit collective bargaining after producing a petition showing that 182 of 209 employes had joined the union. Strike (Continued From First Pagf_) | only 600 sit-downers remained in the plant after last nightfall. Ford Officials Silent. Officials of the factory declined comment and Ford officials in Detroit #id the situation was entirely in the hands of the local management. Henry Ford recently asserted in an interview that his employes were free to join any union they desired, but could not gain nothing thereby which was not as readily obtainable as non- unionists. “The men took matters into their own hands after the management re- fused to see shop stewards,” declared Frank Slaby, president of the U. A. W. local. Last week Slaby announced a proj- ected strike had been called off after a conference with the management resulted in concessions he interpreted as granting recognition of the union. Detroit Ford officials denied the union had been recognized. Assistant Plant Supt. Charles John- son and Maintenance Supt. C. L. Wolf remained in the plant all night. They feared they would not be allowed to re-enter if they left. ‘Wolf kept the heating and lighting!| system in order and rigged up a radio for the strikers. Strike leaders in- structed their men to protect com- pany property and maintain sanitary standards. B. A. Bullwinkle, plant manager, who returned from lunch yesterday to find the strike in progress, conferred last night with M. A. Williams, em- ployer representative. He said after- ward he planned to be in his office today and was in touch by telephone with Detroit officials. CONTINUES C. I. 0. ATTACK. Premier Hepburn Threatens to Retire to His Farm. TORONTO, April 24 (®)—FPiery Premier Mitchell Hepburn renewed his attack on the John L. Lewis Com- mittee for Industrial Organization to- day. He threatened to retire to his farm “if the people of Ontario are prepared to accept the domination & Canadian industry by Lewis and his paid hirelings.” ‘The premier, who refused to receive C. L. O. representatives in negotiations that settled the 16-day strike of 3,700 ’ General Motors employes in Oshawa yesterday, added: “But I do not believe the peovle of Ontario will subject themselves to the domination of this would-be dictator- ship under the direction of Lewis.” The premier became an outspoken C. I O. foe at the outset of the Oshawa strike, and called C. I. O. organizers “foreign agitators.” Recognition Not Accorded. The strike settlement, accepted by a workers’ vote of 2,205 to 36, ordered wage ralses and shortened hours, but did not accord outright recognition of the United Automobile Workers' Union which the strikers had de- manded. The union is & C. I. O. affiliate. The agreement was signed, however, by C. H. Millard, president of the union’s local unit, and J. L. Cohen, union counsel. neither of whom are employed by General Motors. (In Washington, D. C., Homer Martin, president of the United Automobile Workers, said the Oshawa agreement was entirely satisfactory in so far as union recognition was concerned.) Among the provisions of the agree- ment was a cut in the work week from | 50 to 44 hours, and wage rates were | increased between $220 and $3.08 a week, with time-and-a-half for over- time. The workers agreed to return to work Monday. The agreement is to run concurrent- ly with the agreement that ended che General Motors strike in the United States—an agreement which is to re- main in effect at least until August 11. Hepburn termed Martin and Hugh Thompson, C. I. O. organizer, “absentee directors of the Oshawa strike.” Millard departed for Windsor, Ontario, to take part in similar strike negotiations at the General Motors plant there and said an agreement would follow for McKinnon Industries, St. Catherines subsidiary of General Motors. Both the Windsor and St. Catherines | plants were closed during the Oshawa | strike, PREPARE TO VOTE. Bargaining Agent to Be Determined in Packard Plants. DETROIT, April 24 (#).—The Na- tional Labor Relations Board prepared today for the first referendum in the automobile industry under the Wagner act. The Packard Motor Car Co. and the United Automobile Workers of America agreed late yesterday on the election to determine whether °the company’s workers favor the union as their collective bargaining agency. Under the Wagner act, recently up- held by the Supreme Court, a labor organization having a majority of a company's employes as members be- comes the sole bargaining agent. The U. A. W. A. had asked for ex- clusive bargaining rights from Pack- ard and claimed that 10,000 of the 16,000 employes were members. MAIL TAMPERING CHARGED BY HOLT Post Office Is Investigating, but No Definite Development Has Ooccurred. Post Office Department officials said today the complaint of Senator Holt, Democrat, of West Virginia, that his official mail was “being tampered with,” was under investigation, but there had been no definite develop- ment. % An inspector, it was_éxplained, was assigned to the case 4s soon as Sen- ator Holt brought i§ to the attention of the departmeny, and he is still on this detail. e The Senator:'said yesterday he had complained tq’ the Post Office Depart- fi‘erm three tfmes without “getting re- ef.” t A frequent critic of administration Policies, Senfator Holt said the tamper- instance had followed one | to join their colleagues of the State Charles Kline, 79, who was during the labor battle. He is newspaper man. | among the first to be injured being led from the scene by a MARYLAND FACES BEER TAX BOOST House Committee Giving Serious Consideration to Plan for Increase. BY JACK ALLEN, Btaff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, April 24.—A substan- tial increase in the tax on beer is being given serious consideration by the House Ways and Means Commit- | tee as & means of raising a portion of the revenue required for welfare pur- poses. It was learned the committee stands virtually agreed to recommend a boost in the tax, which is 75 cents per barrel at present, when it submits a report of its deliberations upon relief legislation. Prolonged study was given the ques- tion yesterday afternoon before mem- bers of the flscal group left Annapolis Assembly in a week end recess—a holiday that came but 25 hours after the special session convened. A regular parade of individuals and | delegations interested in the relief | problem is looked for when the Sen- | ate and House come back on Monday | night to resume their task of formu- | lating a program for social security | and unemployment relief. Issue Joint Statement. Senator J. Allan Coad of St. Marys County, chairman of the Senate | Finance Committee, and Delegate Kent R. Mullikin of Prince Georges County, head of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued a joint statement yesterday after meetings of their groups. The committees, the statement read, “‘desire to give every opportunity for a thorough consideration of Gov. Nice's relief program. The commit- tees would appreciate those interested | in the relief problem making their | views known as early in the week as possible.” Senator Coad said his unit had heard a few persons interested in the cosmetics tax yesterday afternoon, but otherwise ‘“had merely discussed matters generally.” The Ways and Means Committee talked of the beer tax increase and heard Gov. Nice at- tacked again by some of its members. Statement of Nice. “Astonishment was expressed,” one member said today, at the statement by the Governor in which he concedes the defeat of the gross receipts tax he recommended in his message before the opening session Thursday. “The admission by the Governor was interpreted to mean he no longer advocates the gross receipts levy. His habit of advocating a tax one day and abandoning it the next has been attacked in the committee room before and was attacked again yesterday.” The statement referred to was issued by the Governor shortly before noon yesterday, when he admitted the 0.75 per cent gross receipts tax which fea- tures his relief program is fated to die. It was vigorously assailed by hundreds of merchants during & hearing Thursday. A study of four new relief bills that were introduced during brief sessions of the House and Senate yesterday will be launched by the fiscal committees when they return next week. One of these calls for a 10-cent in- crease in the present 5 cents per gallon excise tax imposed on whisky and other spirits distilled for beverage pur- poses. It was introduced by Delegates Robert L. Glenn and Perry A. Twigg of Allegany County. Proposes Consumer Tax. Delegate James H. Broumel of Har- ford County offered a bill to impose a tax of 10 per cent on the gross sales of gas and electricity. The tax would be paid by the consumer and would net approximately $1,200,000, Broumel said. Senator Wilmer F. Davis of Caro- line County introduced two bills to allow cities with populations of 100,- PAGE ENTERS RACE FOR GOVERNORSHIP Virginia State Senator Says Price Violated Pledge of “Neutrality.” By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va, April 24—Charg- ing James H. Price, candidate for Gov- ernor, had abandoned a ‘“neutral” position in the contest for Lieutenant Governor, Senator Vivian L. Page of Norfolk announced he would oppose Price for the Democratie gubernatorial nomination. Withdrawing from the lieutenant governorship race, in which he had been one of three candidates, Page said he considered himself released from his previous “pledge of support” of Price for Governor as the result of a speech at Hopewell Wednesday, in which Price commended the “service” of Senator Robert W. Daniel of Bran- don, another candidate for the lieuten- ant governorship. Daniel and Senator Saxton W. Holt of Newport News remain in the con- test for the post which Lieut. Gov. Price now holds. cision “doesn’'t change my position.” “I have been for Jim Price for two years,” Holt said, “and I'm still for him. This does not make any change in my position.” Holt said Thursday he did not in- terpret Price's remarks at Hopewell as indicating abandonment of ‘neutral- ity” in the race for the second place on the Democratic ticket. The Norfolk Senator’s decision fol- lowed an announcement the previous night he was considering switching his candidacy. Candidates must file notice of their intention to enter the party primary | by May 5. 'BAPTIST MINISTERS HONOR DR. LUTHER | Farewell Luncheon to Ambassador for Courtesies Extended World Alliance. ‘Washington's Baptist ministers ten- dered a farewell luncheon yesterday to Dr. Hans Luther, German Ambas- sador, in appreciation of courtesies extended by him and his government to the delegates to the Baptist World Alliance, which met in Berlin in 1934. The luncheon was at the Cosmos Club. Dr. William S. Abernethy, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, sought to seal the bond of ecclesiastical amity between Germany and the United | States by remarking: “If all the people in the United States could be taken to Germany, and all the people of Germany brought no difference between the two.” “I am afraid,” Dr. Luther returned, “such mass transportation would have to oe postponed until after the coro- nation.” SN {“MAYTIME” AT COLUMBIA FOR FOURTH WEEK HERE M-G-M's Brings Eddy-MacDonald Vocal Combine Its Finest Vehicle. “MAYT!ME," with Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald, some lovely music, a grand old tale of heartbreak— in fact, everything it takes to make an entertaining film—came tripping back to town yesterday. It has taken up residence at Loew’s Columbia for a week, which probably will make Frank Taylor and lots of his customers very, Musical Masterpiece 000 or more and the commissioner boards of the various counties to levy any tax they desired for local relief work. Davis said it is his plan {o permit the various political subdivisions of the State to raise their own funds for di- rect relief and have the State take care of old-age pensioners, dependent children and the needy blind. He said he would prepare another bill under which the State could raise between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000 an- nually for the latter purposes. HURT BY BASE BALL High 8chool Suffers Brain Concussion. BALTIMORE, April 24 (#).—The second batted-ball accident of the week sent Lecnard Glass, assistant manager of a high school base ball club, to bed with a brain concussion. Josephine Evans, 15, of Stevensville, died in Maryland General Hospital Tuesdsy after a similar mishap. t Team Manager very happy. Washington ~ showered attention upon this M-G-M prize creation dur- ing its three-week stay at the Palace and in doing 80 showed a very discrim- inating taste. It is worth every nickel it will take out of town and that is a record number of nickels for this season. The principals of this version of love's old sweet song have never been in better voice. And, although they do not have the original music to sing (except for the “Will You Remem- ber?” number) no one will find cause for complaint in the substitutions. Helping “Maytime” to iis happy place in the public's affections is the performance of John Barrymore as the singing master who breaks all the hearts, including his own. Mr. Barry- more gives one of his more convincing performances in this sardonic role, looking pretty thoroughly disillusioned about everything. There is & sense of freshness about the film which is one of its most pleasing features. It is supplemented at the Columbia by the usual array of shorts., —J. C. [] Holt said in Roanoke that Page's de- | to the United States, there would be | SEVENC1 0. CHIEFS MUST FACE TRIAL Held in $2,000 Bond Each in Violation of Maine Strike Injunction. LEWISTON, Me., April 24 (P)— Seven leaders of the Committee for Industrial Organization, cited for con= tempt in the alleged violation of an injunction against strike actvity in the Lewiston-Auburn shoe area, to- day were held in $2,000 each for trial before a jury next Tuesday. Judge Harry Manswer of the Su- preme Court, who last week granted the injunction, disagreed with the contention of Sidney Grant, C. I. O, counsel, that the proceedings should be transferred to the Federal court, and withdrew Grant's privileges to act as counsel in the court for any one but himself. Judge Manser last week issued the temporary injunction, for which shoe manufacturers petitioned, on the grounds the union had illegally con= ducted the strike before it was a duly constituted agent of the workers. Meanwhile, shoe manufacturers, ob- durate for a month against dealing with John L. Lewis aides, were or- dered by Dr. A. Howard Myers, labor relations director, to agree today to a joint parley or answer to a com- plaint of Wagner act violation. The C. I. O. leaders held for trial included Powers Hapgood, New Eng- land secretary; Chief Organizer Wil- liam J. Macksey and Attorney Sidney Grant. Hapgood told strikers yesterday he “expected to be jailed” by Judge Man- ser, but advised, “Don't let that worry you. I can do as much from the inside as from outside.” From a mass meeting, where Hap= good flourished a wooden club, shoute ing that the shoe workers were “make ing these,” excited strikers and syme pathizers tried again to invade Aue burn. Lewiston police halted some on & bridge linking the two cities, but others, by another route, approached Auburn factories filled with loyal workers. | State troopers, in gas masks, formed |a barrier and arrested 11 young men {and a girl, including two college stu- | dents, only to release them The cdemonstration lasted 15 min- utes, but there was no repetition of the stone flinging, club hurling and gassing that caused Gov. Lewis O. Barrows to send the Guardsmen here Wednes- day. CAPITAL TRANSIT JOINS ZONE DISPUTE Answers Contention of Trucking Association in Motor Car- riers’ Act Case. The Capital Transit Co. today got into the argument over the size of the commercial zone to be set up here by the Interstate Commerce Commission for administration of the motor carrier act Answering the contention of the District Trucking Association, Inc., which wants the zone to coincide with the city's boundaries, the Capital Transit said this is not in order and that the zone “for passenger carriers should be defined to include such passenger service as is similar to city mass transportation as distinguished from long-distance over the road passenger transportation.” The exceptions of the trucking ase sociation were filed after Examiner Paul Coyle of the Interstate Com- merce Commission had proposed that the zone extend roughly to a 9-mile radius from Zero Milestone into Mary= land and Virginia. Capital Transit had previously asked that so far as its bus operations are concerned, the zone extends to Mount Vernon, in Virginia, and Gaithersburg and Laurel, in Maryland Within the limits of a commercial zone, interstate motor transportation is exempt from the rate-fixing pro- vision of the motor carrier act. The Interstate Commerce Commission has previously ruled these zones are in- tended to cover what properly are intraterminal movements which must cross a State line. ROOSEVELT SEES JUDGE DENMAN Confers With California Jurist, Who Is Co-operating in Judiciary Plan. President Roosevelt conferred for | half an hour today with Judge Wil- liam Denman of San Francisco, who has been credited with co-operating in development of the President’s pro- posal for reorganizing the judiclary Judge Denman, who occupies the bench of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. is recognized as an authority on court procedure, particularly in the lower courts. His talk with the Presi« dent was in the quiet of the oval room study on the second floor of the White House. Following his usual Saturday cus- tom, the President did not go to his desk in the executive office, but did his work in his study. He made few engagements, the only others besides with Judge Denman being with Sec- retary Ickes, who has just returned from a fishing vacation in Florida, and Senator Pope of Idaho. If the weather remains good this afternoon, the President hopes to be able to get away for several hours to enjoy a motor ride into the nearby countryside. He will attend services tomorrow at St, Thomas’ Church, SIAMESE TO WED Marriage License Obtained by Foreign Couple. Thongdee Suvanakas, 34, who is attached to the Siamese Legation, 2300 Kalorama road, obtained a license yesterday to marry Mrs. Chaiem De- bavadi, 36, of Bangkok, now lving at the Broadmoor Apartments, 3601 Connecticut avenue. Suvanakas, also from Bangkok, and his bride-to-be declined to discuss their wedding plans. In their appli= cation they said Judge Robert Mat- tingly of Municipal Court would marry them. — Merle Oberon’s Mother Dies. LONDON, April 24 (#).—Mrs. Con- stance Charlotte Thompson, 56, mother of Actress Merle Oberon, died yester- day after a long illness. Miss Oberon was injured in an auto accident here last March 186. 4