Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1937, Page 5

\ PARKERS ON LIST OF U.S. WITNESSES High State Officials and All Wendel Defendants to Be Called. B3 the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. J, April 30.—The Government disclosed its intentions today to call Ellis H. Parker and his | four co-defendants, along with several high State officials, as witnesses in the Wendel kidnap conspiracy trial resulting from the Lindbergh kidnap- ing. Federal Judge William Clark im- mediately afterward adjourned the trial until Monday morning. On a supplemental list of Govern- ment witnesses containing the names of the five defendants were also sev- eral officials and others who had | major or minor roles in the case of | Bruno Richard Hauptmann, who was | executed a year ago for the Lindbergh crime. Hoffman Omitted. THE EVENING STAR, W.ASHINGTON, One Question Too Many Capitol Policeman in Senate Office Building Stumped by Woman. Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, who was | active in an independent Investiga- | tion of the case, was not among the new witnesses. | The lst indicated, however, the Government planned to go into all the | circumstances surrounding the dra- | matic production of Paul H. Wendel' “confession” to the Lindbergh kid naping only three days before Haupt- | mann was scheduled to die. | Chancellor Luther A. Campbell, | highest judicial officer in the State | and a member of the State Court of Pardons, before which Wendel's “con- fession,” later repudiated, was pro- duced during its consideration of Hauptmann's clemency plea, was listed as a Government witness, Wilentz Is Listed. Others were Attorney General David | T. Wilentz, chief prosecutor of Haupt- | mann; Col. Mark O. Kimberling, now superintendent of State police and | the State Prison warden who had | charge of the execution of Haupt- | mann; Anthony J. Hauck, the Hunter- | don County prosecutor who assisted in the Hauptmann prosecution, and Erwin E. Marshall, the Mercer County | (Trenton) prosecutor who directed | the grand jury investigation of the Wendel “confession,” which tempo- rarily delayed Hauptmann's death. 5 B Neutrality (Continued From First Page.) the President by radio on his yacht | and arrange to have the pouch taken to him aboard the ship. If the weather is favorable the pouch will be taken from Galveston to the President by | a Navy seaplane, otherwise a Navy | vessel will carry it. The bill represented a partial victory | for Secretary of State Hull and his associates, who long have advocated greater discretionary powers for the President in administering this coun- try’'s neutrality policy. Congressional action was completed late yesterday when the Senate, by a vote of 41 to 15, accepted a compromise measure to which the House already had agreed. Senator Borah of Idaho | was the only Republican who voted for the agreement. Vandenberg Leads Opposition, Senators Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan, and Johnson, Republican, of California, led the opposition. “The bill transfers a considerable | portion of the war-making powers of | Congress to the President,” said Van- | denberg, objecting to the discretionary provisions. Johnson contended the measure was more likely to involve the Nation in | war than to keep it neutral. | Senator Robinson, Democrat, of | Arkansas, leading the supporters of the bill, said the Constitution gave to | the President, rather than Congress, the authority to conduct foreign rela- tions. The principal change from the present law is the so-called “cash-and- carry” provision, which inaugurates an entirely new aspect of American neu- | trality policy. Operation of this sec- tion is limited to two years. Under it, the President at his discre- tion may apply certain limitations to the export of war materials to bel- ligerents as well as prohibit outright the shipment to them of arms, am- munition and implements of war. American merchant vessels will be | prohibited from transporting to bel- | ligerents any commodities or materials | which the President may designate | American sellers of such goods will be | required to relinquish all title to the wares before they leave the country. | Wold Force Cash. Thereby, would-be purchasers will be compelled to pay cash for such| goods and transport them in their own or other foreign ships. Present | restrictions continue against Amer- | icans traveling on belligerents’ vessels, | Further discretion is given the Pres- \ fdent in prescribing exceptions to the | *“cash and carry” feature as it might apply to Canada and Mexico. A special presidential permit will be necessary, under another new pro- | vision, for the solicitation or collection | in this country of funds to relieve hu- | man suffering in nations involved in hostilities. It stipulates that such ac- | tivities must be conducted by impar- | tial relief agencies. Profiting by this Government’s neu- | trality experience in connection with the Spanish revolution, Congress made the new act applicable to both sides in a civil conflict. Because of the lack of such a pro- | vision in the present law, a special | statute to cover the Spanish situation | was rushed through in January. This was done after the State Departmeat discovered it had no power to halt a New Jersey exporter's shipment of air- planes and engines to the Spanish gov- | | toration of the $350,000,000. ernment. POLICEMAN FRANK FOLEY Shown answering a question and giving directions to Miss Mildred Aikten, a sightseer from Brooklyn, N. Y UMAN target for questioners, Capitol Policeman Frank | Foley sits at his post in the rotunda of the Senate Office Building and meets all comers, answer- ing questions at the rate of three 1o | the minute—and he knows all the answers. That is. Foley knows all the answers but one. He couldn't tell a woman yes- terday what Senator Holt of West Vir- ginia had for breakfast. The woman minced up the marble steps that lead to the main entrance of the Senate Office Building and fixed Foley with a pair of brown eyes “Where is Senator Holt's office?” she asked. Foley told her. “Is Senator Asked. “No." said the officer. “That's too bad. I was looking for- ward to meeting his wife.” | Others Wouldn't Do. “Well,” said Foley, “there are a lot of other Senators who are married—we have only seven bachelors in the Sen- ate Holt married?” she | 'm interested only in Sennlor‘ Holt." Then, after asking what time | —Harris & Ewing Photo. Holt gets to his office of a morning she came across with the request for the Senator’s breakfast menu Clocking his questioners the other day, Foley found he had answered 1.568 questions asked—and all cor- rectly. Here are some of the questions: “If I go down to the other end of the corridor, will I be at the other end of the corridor?” “Is there any place around here I could park a dog?” “What's the name of the Senator who parts his hair in the middle and talks with a Southern accent?” “Could you tell me, please, where the | President’s bed room is?" “It says ‘For Senators Only.' Does that mean Representatives, t00?" “Where is the dance hall?" “Is there a fountain room in this building?” one woman asked, anx- iously. “What kind of a fountain room?” Foley countered. ‘You know—a fountain room.” Foley tipped his cap back on his head. a worried look on his face. “Really—" “What I want,” she said, “is a place to get an ice cream soda—a soda foun- tain.” Economy (Continued Prom First Page.) much was impounded, the President would have to return all except ap- | proximately $350,000,000. That would | mean that after the 15 per cent was | impounded the President would have to return $650.000,000 Restoration Problem. “As long as that fund existed and | the President had the power to make refunds to the departments. the heads of the departments interested in their work would never give up hope of securing a return of the en- tire 15 per cent. I fear they would be on the doorstep of the President | all during the year seeking an oppor- tunity to show the necessity for res- “The Congress, exercising its legis- | lative function, should fix the total amount of appropriations. Congress | can provide a reduction of 10 per | cent, specifying the fixed charges to | | which it should not apply and then | permit the head of a department to | transfer, not exceding 10 per cent of | the funds, from one bureau to another | bureau within the department where necessity arose. The fixed charges to be eliminated will, in my opinion, | amount to one-half of the total ap- | propriations of $7,000,000,000. That | will leave $3,500,000,000 to which the 10 per cent cut would apply. “In his budget message the Presi- | dent expressed his determination to | bring about economies in order to bal- | ance the budget. I am sure the Con- | | gress is anxious to co-operate with him. In my opinion, the amendment | should be offered to the last appro- | priation bill to pass the Congress. I | am glad that Representative Cannon and his associates in the House have started a movement to effect a reduc- | tion and I am satisfied that since we | are aiming at the same goal we will be able to reach an agreement as to the best method to pursue.” Senator Tydings said he is against discretionary and for mandatory cuts. | Congress, he said, is the proper agency | to say how much should be appro- | priated. “Economy is our job and not that of the Executive,” Copeland com- mented. Meanwhile, the House prepared to | push ahead toward a vote today on the $416,413,382 military establish- ment supply bill, with the possibility | it may provoke further economy dis- cussion on the floor. The Senate late yesterday passed a special deficiency resolution carrying $1,251,250 for requirements of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Federal Trade Commisison, Railroad Retirement Board and certain bureaus of Commerce and Treasury during the remainder of the present year. It | Parents Win Girl From Pair Who Reared Her Seven Y ears By the Associated Press. HELENA, Ark, April 30—Golden haired little Billy Jo Coleman must leave the couple she has learned to love as her mother and father, and return to her real parents. That's the latest ruling of the court in a long fight for custody of the 7- year-old youngster who was “loaned” to a neighbor, when she was 15 weeks old. She became the center of a legal controversy last Fall when her mother, Mrs. Louis Coleman, sought custody of the child from Mrs. T. B. Hughes. Both are farm wives. Mrs. Coleman—mother of six daugh- ters—told the court she “loaned” her was ill and that she expected her neighbor to return the child later. When she asked that Billy Jo be returned, Mrs. Coleman said, Mrs. Hughes refused. Mrs. Hughes said she had taken the child with the understanding she would remain in the Hughes home. In a tearful court room scene, Billy Jo, given her choice, elected to stay with Mrs. Hughes. A. G. Burke, then county judge, held that the child should remain with the couple that had reared her. Circuit Judge J. M. Jackson re- versed the decision yesterday, how- ever, and unless further legal steps are taken, Billy Jo will return to her parents when ahe has finished the baby to Mra. Hughes in 1930 when she | school year at nearby Elains, Ark. $ ‘A h must go back to the House for action on Senate amendments which cut the House total of $1.655000 by 25 per' cent. In a radjo address last night Sena- tor McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, long a member of the Appropriations Comnmittee, declared: : “I am inclined to think that a horizontal cut on all departments alike would be a benefit, and I have prepared such an amendment.” He did not indicate the details of his amendment, but added: “I was glad to see in the papers yesterday that the President indorses a proposal to give him the power to reduce ap- propriations 15 per cent. This is splendid. I hope and believe we can work out some plan of this kind that will reduce expenditures, while not injuring the Government's activities.” McKellar cited cuts already made below budget estimates in next year's | supply bils, in reply to critics of Con- gress for not economizing. The administration’s monetary pol- icies were injected into the economy debate yesterday when Senator Van- denberg, Republican, of Michigan de- clared the Government could not hope “to come within gunshot” of a bal- anced budget as long as it continued its gold and silver buying policy. Vandenberg contended sterilization of gold is “adding to the national debt at the rate of $1,500,000,000 a year.” Declaring that all the gold and silver in the world “is flowing in our direc- tion,” he criticized the purchase prices established for the metals. The Sen- ate at the time was considering a de- ficiency appropriation item for the Government's gold depository at Fort Knox, Ky. JAPAN WILL CONTINUE ALASKAN FISH SURVEYS Opposition of Canadian and United States Interests Not to Deter Experts. By the Associatea Press. TOKIO, April 30.—Japan will con- tinue fishing surveys off the Alaskan coast despite opposition by Canadian and United States fishing interests, the ministry of agriculture and forestry made clear today. Fishery and nautical experts are ex- pected shortly to revisit Alaskan and Canadian waters in continuation of a search for new fishing grounds begun last year under a three-year plan. United States and Canadian fishery companies have protested that such experimentation indicated Japanese plans for encroachment of American continental waters. (Japan now has extensive fishing rights off Siberia under a grant from Russia. There have been rumors of cancellation of the grant, however, before it expires automatically at the end of 1937, More Speed—More Damage. Stepping your car up from 20 to 60 miles an hour may be all right under proper conditions. Remember this, though—your car will go just nine times as far before you can stop it and if it hits anything it can do nine times the damage. 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The hospital could thus serve as a research center—preferably in Wash- | laboratory, with patients from the ington—to be operated by the Public Army, Navy, Marine Corps and civil Health Service, at an initial cost of | service, helping science to find a cure “Charge it"” the Bond way Join the parade of men who find it most convenient to pay weekly or twice a month. It costs nothing extra! : RSN S R A B which now stands second on the ‘list of diseases causing death in this country.” ‘Twenty officers of the Public Health Bervice would be chosen to found the center for research in causes and pre- vention of cancer, as well as for the study of methods of treatment. It would co-operate with all State health boards and would have authority to make loans to State universities’ re- search students. Mr. Maverick claims that leading cancer specialists and scientists, as well as high Government officials, are co-operating. He an- nounced that he expects soon to make public a long list of important organi- zations which have pledged their sup- RECREATIONAL PLAN FAVORED BY CITIZENS First Ward Association Also Fa- vors Retaining Present Re- ceiving Home. The First Ward Citizens’ Association today announced its indorsement of the present recreational co-ordination plan approved by the Commissioners, the Board of Education and the Na- tional Capits]l Park and Planning Commission and went on record as opposing the transfer of part of the playgrounds to the Board of Educa- tion. At its regular meeting at the Grant %% A—$ School the members also favored the retention of the present Receiving Home for children until an adequate one can be built. A motion was adopted favoring recognition of the services of W. W. Corcoran and C. C. Glover to the community and urged a suitable memorial to them. 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