Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1937, Page 1

(U. 8. Weather Bure tomorrow; degrees; gentle variable atures—Highest, 63, at Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 14 WEATHER. Fair and slightly warmer tonight and lowest temperature about 48 day: lowest, 40, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page A-13. au Farecast.) winds. Temper- 3:30 p.m. yester- 85th YEAR. No. 33,968. Entered as second class matter post office, Washinzton, D. C. ch WASHINGTON, D. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SATURDAY, MAY 1 BILBAD BLOCKADE DEFIED BY BRITISH TOSAVE CHILDREN Nine Ships Arrive to Take Refugees Despite Franco Threats. ALL CREW OF ESPANA REPORTED RESCUED Basque Capital Prepares for De- | fense as Rebel Troops Push Nearer. BACKGROUND— Repulsed in repeated attacks on Madrid, Gen. Francisco Franco's rebel forces in Spain have turned their attention in recent wecks to a drive on Bilbao, capital of the rich Basque section and one of the strongholds of the Leftist govern= ment. Bilbao, expecting a hard battle, has been sceking a place of refuge for its more than 15000 civ ns. Britain and France were asked to aid. The civil war began last July, a conflict between the Fascist rebels and the Leftists who had won the government in a coali= tion move. By the Assoctaled Press, HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish fron- tier, May 1—The captains of nine British merchantmen, ignoring Span- ish insurgent refusals to respect any foreign shi their Bay of Bis- o way bloc eed to evacuate as nany childr ossible from Bilba The captair ®lready b the ins hoped to be 4000 and 5.001 de Ly ©of Bis They plan after a conference British consul at Bilbao, n The shir reached their enchorages in the Nervion River to velieve the food crisis of War- the swollen po Portelet, H via, Sheaf Fi Thorpehall and Cons To Protect Refugee Ships. In Lond tative sources disclosed t r N merchantme! aided by B arships, would re- move ilian population gent Gen. Frau- arships have refugee ships e the 3 ile limit. French ports on the Bay of Biscay alreadv have been instructed to receive re ees from Bilbao and | were sect the first of thou- © TOMOITOW. 1co, virtually defying ¢ Britain and France to remove combatants from the sinking of the battleship Espana, backbone of his Bay of Biscay fleet, curt to Spain that insurgent men-of-war would not be pledzed to respect foreign &Lips removing a0's civilians, The entire cr of the insurgent w Bilbao despite | notified the British Ambassador | they continued to work Bt the Assoclatea Pross. HOLLYWOOD, Mayv 1—Mayv day gigantic film industry its crisis in a decade today, with the pos that before ni fall some 10,000 | walk out Four i strike, and picket lines udios were to be estab- | oday, said Charles Lessi EXPERTS GALLED T0 AID DENHARDT Defense Counters Scientific Testimony Offered by State. BACKGROUND— | Mrs. Verna Garr Taylor, pretty 40-year-old widow and fiancee of | Walkout of 10,000 Threatens To Close Up Movie Studios| Girls in the cast of a forthcoming movie being passed by a | policeman into one of the major studio sets in Holl | nite a -| workers’ unions went on strike, | studio was the presence of the ;wliceman at the door | | pr Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt, for= mer Lieutenant Governor of Ken- tucky, was shot to death on a road in Kentucky last November. She was accompanying Gen. Denhardt, who said she walked away from the automobile and fired the fatal shot herself. Nevertheless, the general was charged with her murder and the trial began at New | battleship Espa sent to the bottom by Government acrial bombs yester- | day, mean was reported saved, The Basque government said the in- ent cruiser Velasco and fishing boats from ficers and m in- | Jured by a be An authoritat the ous ne of several that crew vainly for 40 utes to keep their vessel from sei- g under » fathoms of choppy Bay of Biscay water. Insurgent communiques have mnot mentioned the s ng of the Espana. Franco Warning Presented. The insurgent answer to a British y as to w er Franco would free French and h trans) engaged in evacua- tion was presented to embassy officials, temporarily located here. British officials. said the insurgents (See SPAIN, Page A-13.) | FILIPINO WOMEN WIN RIGHT TO VOTE Vote of 405,472 to 40,177 Is Re- ported by Interior De- partment. By the Assoclated Press. MANILA, P. I, May 1.—Woman | guffrage came back to the Philippines | today, the only Oriental country to grant women the right to vote. The women voted 405,472 to 40,177 in a plebiscite, the commonwealth Interior Department reported, after tabulating the bulk of ret 300,000 votes were necessary for a constitutional provision assuring femi- nine enfranchisement. The only cloud was a charge of fraud, against which commonwealth officials warned before ‘the election. ). N. Bello reported from Southeast- srn Luzon that many minors voted ‘here. All but two of the 49 provinces and iwo of the six cities reported at least vartial returns. It will be a week sefore the entire vote is counted, but lose Vargas, secretary to President vanuel Quezon, said further returns ould not change the report. ‘Women voted only once previously, a the closing days of the territorial tatus of the Philippines before the slands became a commonwealth. The -egislature, deciding women weren't ufficiently interested, took the vote way from them and later decided to 't them regain suffrage if enough of | nem wanted it. Wears Ring 70 Years. LOS ANGELES, May 1 (4).—Seventy ears ago Miss May Marry put a ring n her finger when she was graduated rom high school in Providence, R. I., nd it was not removed until this week, ‘hen the 90-year-old woman's hand egan to swell after she fell and broke oth arms, | tractive widow was found shot through {fered while changing a tire, Castle, Ky., last week. 1 | B the Assoctatea Press. NEW CASTLE. Ky, May 1.—The e hammered at the Common- circumstantial murder case rig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt | expert testimony to refute the charge that the 6l-year-old war | veteran shot to death his fiancee, Mrs. | Verna Garr Taylor, Dr. Alexander S. Weiner, Brooklyn, N. Y., blood expert, headed a group | of witnesses called by the defense | to combat scientific testimony submit- | ted by the prosccution. The State's experts testified that stains on the overcoat worn by Denhardt the night of last | November 6, when the at-| the heart, were from human blood. Gen. Denhardt, who testified that Taylor was worried over the “jealousy” of a rival and proposed & suicide pact for herself and | the general, told the farmer jury the | spots were from a finger wound suf- The defense sought to show the blood was the same type as the general's. Commonwealth's attorney H. B. Kinsolving, jr., would not say definitely whether. the State would put on the stand Chester Woolfolk, 26-year-old (See DENHARDT, Page A-2.) SUNSHINE TO CONTINUE D. C. to Have Week End of Warm, Clear Weather. A week end of clear, warm weather is in store for Washington, the Weather Bureau predicted today. The sun will be shining as brightly tomorrow as it is today, forecasters said, .but the holiday may be a trifle warmer. There are no prospects of & change before Monday night, or Tues- day. | was 'BERRY HELD BARRED lywood, where strike. Three film studio but the only difference at this —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. ident of Picture Crafts, There was the Federated Motion no indicz her | the een Actors’ G by Montgomery and iding the leading players of the screen, would take action. The g last night and discussed the (See STRIKE, Page A-13.) NAY DAY THRONG STORMS GOTHAM Vast Army of Workers Takes Part in City’s Big- gest Celebration, Br the Astociated Pre NEW YORK, May 1—Singing and shouting, thousands of New York's vast population of workers. employed and unemploved, marched through | midtown Manhattan today in what | probably the biggest May day | parade in the city's history. In the warm sunshine their bands | blared the “Internationale” and other songs of proletarian solidarity as their Square, traditional gathering spot for workers' demonstrations. Men, women and children were in line; Communists, Socialists and some | with no strong political convictions at | all, and still others of passionate anti- | Fascist feeling, all marching betw sidewalks that swarmed with sy DE VALERA OFFERS NEW CONSTITUTION FORIRISH FREEDOM Document Would Sweep Away Last Vestiges of British Control. PEOPLE’S RATIFICATION BY VOTE TO BE ASKED Proposal Covers ‘Possibility of Joining Free State and Northern Ireland. BACKGROUND—, Eamon De Valera, born in New York, October 14, 1882, of a Span- ish father and an Irish mother, for 20 years had directed his destiny to free Ireland. To him, “Ireland 1s not a British colony. It is one of the oldest nations in the world, older than any British law or the British nation itsel/.” Last of the rebellion leaders to surrender in 1916, he was con- demned to death, but was freed when the question of citizenship arose. In 1917 he was again ime- prisoned for protesting conscrip= tion. but escaped and after hiding in the hills for a time came to the United States in 1918. He returned to Ircland in 1920. Bs the Associated Press. DUBLIN, Irish Free State, May 1.— President Eamon De Valera laid before his people today a constitution de- signed to sweep away the last vestiges of British control, proclaiming all Ireland a ‘“sovereign, independent, democratic state.” The document, offered for the voters' ‘ ratification late next month, said “the Irish nation hereby affirms its inalien- able, sovereign right to choose its own lations with other nations and to de- The constitution covered the possi- bility of a joining of the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland. outlining the national territory as “the whole of Ireland, its islands and seas.” Its While there was no direct reference to the crown or the British Common- wealth of Nations. the constitution proposed that the new regime may: “Avail or adopt any organ. instru- ment or method of procedure used or " (See DE VALERA. Page A-2) AMERICA CUP HOPEFULS LEAVE BRITAIN FOR U. S. Thousands Cheer Endeavour I and Endeavour II, Prides of A. 0. M. Sopwith. By the Associated Press. GOSPORT, England, May 1.—Great Id | form of government, to determine re- | rdressers— | Strike, but deferred any announce- | velop its life. political. economic and | credit today to prevent a possibly | ment until Monda | cultural, in accordance with its own | harmful credit inflation. —The guild, however, lssied & formsl | genfus and traditions | By artificially raising prices. the territorial | quired a 33'; per cent increase in | publication today marked an- | increase went into effect March 1 and | other—and possibly final—milestone | the remainder was effective today. |in the long and sometimes sangufne | | struggle for Irish freedom. | increase in requirements today would | 86 | feet slithered and scufied the asphalt. | Britain's challengers for the America's | credit. ¢ | carrying them southward to Union | Gup—Endeavour I and Endeavour II— | would follow suit, many holders sold o g RERRTR() ’Ll ( [\\')&M_(&M wh THE PLAYFUL QUARTERBACK! 1937—FORTY ( PAGES. ##% ¢ Foening Star The only Associated evening paper in Washington with the Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 142,395 (Some returns not yet received.) (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. HEY! N\ YOU'RE RUNNING THE WRONG WAY. RESERVE INCREASE ORDER IN EFFECT 41/, Billions of Potential | Bank Credit Wiped Out by Board Action. By the Assoctated Pres A Federal Reserve Board order wiped | out $4.500.000.000 of potential bank board held, such a credit spree might | lay the foundation for a crash. The order, issued in February, re- | deposit reserve requirements. Half the | The March 1 increase locked up about $800.000,000 of idle bank funds as an additional reserve behind de- posits, eliminating them from the sup- ply of lendable money. $750,000,000 to Be Frozen. Reserve offic! said the additional | “freeze” about $750.000.000 of the | present $1.640.000,000 of excess re- serves | Credit authorities estimate that each $1 of excess reserves will support about | in credit. The requirement in- crease today, therefore, clipped off abo $4,500,000,000 of potential credit. | After the first half of the 33'3 per cent order went into effect, short- term interest rates began to stiffen because of the reduction in potential Fearing that long-term rates started across the Atlantic today to Government securities | the echoing cheers of thousands of spectators. On their slim hulls ride the hopes of their sportsman-owner, T. O. M. Sopwith, of capturing the cup Sir en | Thomas Lipton sought so long in vain | s M- | and which Endeavour I failed to take | ¢ = pathizers, the curious and those whe | from Harold S. Vanderbilt's Rainbow | just happened to be there, | Garment Workers in Line. The first unit, with Paul White, member of the International Seamen's Union, as grand marshal in the lead, swung down Eighth avenue from Thirty-ninth street—15.000 members (See PARADES, Page A-13) FROM SENATORSHIP Dispatch to Tennessee Paper As- serts T. V. A.-Mineral Rights Dispute Is Cause. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 1—The Tennesseean, in a special dispatch from Knoxville, said today Maj. George L. Berry, Federal industrial co-ordi- nator, has been “definitely eliminated” from consideration as the possible | successor to the late Senator Nathan L. Bachman. The dispatch said a controversy be- tween Berry and the Tennessee Valley Authority over the value of mineral rights on T. V. A. land resulted in his elimination from the field of candi- dates for the senatorial post. The story said the controversy in- volved “millions of dollars” and added that T. V. A. Director A. E. Morgan had filed under protest the claim of Berry and associates for $1,600,100 for the mineral rights. The claim was said to have been filed with the House Appropriations Committee. Patriotic and school groups and workers' organizations today con- ducted separate observances of May | day in the Nation's Capital. | Memorial services for the World War dead were to be conducted at 3 pm. at the District World War Memorial in West Potomac Park un- der sponsorship of the American Legion, Legion Auxiliary, Des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevauz, Des 8 Chapeaux et 40 Femmes and the Legion Aux- iliary Juniors. Washington schools joined in the celebration of Child Health day, of= ficially proclaimed by President Roose- Varied Organizations Conduct May Day Celebrations Here velt to be held on May day each year. } The United May Day Committee was to hold an outdoor rally in Frank- lin Square at 1:30 p.m. and an indoor meeting at 8 p.m. at the Workmen’s Circle Hall, 1502 Fourteenth street. Gen. James A. Drain, past national commander of the American Legion, wis to be the main speaker at the World War memorial services. Frank B. Noyes, who, as chairman of the 1331 Memorial Commission is credited with establishing the memorial to the war dead, was to be introduced. Districi Legion Comdr. Horace Line- burg was to deliver the address of welcome with the response by Mary (See MAY DAY, Page A-13.) % in 1934. With Government issues plunging to new lows for the year, the Reserve Board stepped into the market as a purchaser early this month to main- tain “orderly” conditions. It has ac- quired about $100,000,000 of Federal Proceeds Available for Loans. This operation tended to offset the | Endeavour II was towed from the |effect of the increase in reserve re-' narbor by the Belgian trawler John, | quirements, because most of the Gov-‘ which has been engaged to take her | ernment across the Atlantic. Endeavour I was picked up off Cowes by the motor yacht Viva II. (Although hoth vessels are equipped obligations were acquired | from banks. The cash they received | in payment flowed into supplies of idle funds available for lending. | In addition, excess reserves were | with steering rigs, neither is expected | bolstered during March by Treasury | under its own power unless [ purchases of Governmment securities totaling $119,000,000. to sail absolutely necessary.) Page. | Amusements.C-16 | Music . B-2 | Obituary - B-3 | Radio - Church News, | Real Estate, B-5-6-7 C-1t08 -C-9 | Society --.-. A-7 Editorials A-8 | Short Story. A-5 Financial ___A-14 | Sports __ A-11-12 Lost & Found A-3 | Woman's Pg. B-8 Comics - FOREIGN. Bilbao blockade defied by British to save children. Page A-1 De Valera lays new constitution before people of Ireland. Page A-1 Hitler threatens to withdraw rebellious clerics’ licenses. Page A-2 Hayashi's foes win election, but pre- mier won't quit. Page A-3 25,000 busmen strike, crippling Lon- don transportation. Page A-3 NATIONAL. Reserve Board order wipes out 4'2 bil- lions of potential credit. Page A-1 Congress delays settlement of fight over appropriation cuts. Page A-1 Experts summoned to assist Denhardt defense. Page A-1 Strike of 10,000 union workers hits film industry. Page A-1 Gotham burlesque shows are refused licenses. Page A-1 Steak, greens first meal for 52-day faster. Page A-3 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Decreased budget to bring weeding out of emergency workers. Page A-1 Civil service bill expected to pass at this session. Page A-16 May day observed here by patriotic and school groups. Page A-1 1,000 at banquet to President Marvin of G. W. U. Page A-3 Clubwomen hit for stand opposing court plan. Page A-3 Catholic University receives new con- stitution from Rome. Page A-13 Jordon pursues studies to embrace new religious faith. Page A-16 Summary of Today’s Star Regulations to govern car reposses- sions urged. Page A-16 Police promotions and transfers an- nounced by Brown. Page A-16 Two killed, six hurt as building col- lapses at Martinsville, Page A-16 Strike violence denounced by women's group. Page A-16 EDITORIALS AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page A-8 This and That. Page A-8 Questions and Answers, Page A-8 Stars, Men and Atoms, Page A-8 David Lawrence. Page A-9 Paul Mallon. Page A-9 Mark Sullivan. Page A-9 Jay Franklin. Page A-9 | Delia Pynchon. Page A-9 | SPORTS. Newsom beats Yanks to lead Nats out of slump. Page A-11 Braddock takes to road to train slowly for Louis. Page A-11 Walker, Tigers'’ “clown,” leads all major hitters. Page A-11 Boxing Board probe gives okay to ring game here. Page A-11 Yank netmen beat Japanese in Davis Cup singles. Page A-11 Noel Armstrong saddle star in Stuy- vesant show. Page A-12 High school base ball race down to three teams. Page A-12 Men, women set marks in bowling tournaments. Page A-12 MISCELLANY. Washington Wayside. Page A-2 City News in Brief. Page A-4 ‘Young Washington. Page A-4 Traffic Convictions. Page A-4 Service Orders. Page A-4 Shipping News. Page A-4 Bedtime Story. Page A-10 Nature’s Children, Page A-10 Betsy Caswell. Page B-8 Dorothy Dix. Page B-8 Crossword Puzzle. Page C-9 Letter-Out. Page C-10 American Tourists Victors in Sit-Down On Russian Airliner By the Assoctated Press. MOSCOW, May 1.—Two United States round-the-world air tour- 1 won a “sit-down strike” aboard a Russian airplane and ar- rived here today in time to see the May day of Chicago and Alexander Po of Washington boarded the pl at Baku yes- t , bound for Moscow p landed at Kharkov. lot said he was returning to e Americans demanded the lane proceed to M W, and re- ed to get out ficials failed to budge them from their deter- mination and gave up after four and a half hours, The plane landed them at Tula not far from Moscow, and the airline provided a motor car for the remainder of their trip BURLESUUEDENED COTHAN LIGENES 14 Strip-Tease Theaters Failed to Save Permits by Self-Clean-up. e Associated Press EW YORK, May 1.—License Com~ missicner Paul Moss brought the city's burlesque situation to a CONGRESS MARKS . TIME ON ECONOMY ;Delay Trend Strengthened by “No” Vote to Lop Army Bill Funds. BACKGROUND— Shying away from higher tazes on the eve of congressional elec- tions, President Roosevelt last week urged greater ecomomy in opera- SPECIAL AGENCIES T0 BEAR BRUNT OF ECONOMY SLASHES | EEmergency Employe Rolls Being Cut Under Moves to Scale Down Budget. OLD LINE PERSONNEL NOT GREATLY AFFECTED | End Result on Major Classifica- tions Remains, However, Sub- ject to Congress. BACKGROUND— There have been personnel upheavals eral in the years. The direct outgrou depression, the first too July 1, 1932 two major the Fed- past five th of the Government place on whe: . per cent as by furloughs, ied by a reduc- When the Roosevelt ployment in old line agencies, ac: companied however, by a b of new establishments. BY JOSEPH X. A FO > reduc 1 peared today to be gible effects of t tion of Government departments. | f0f It was made rlear, hou that any appropr.ations in excess of budget wou t have to be accom- panied by revenue-raising meas- ures. Conyress has advanced two | economy proposals—a flat 10 per cent cut in all appropriations, pro- posed by Senator Byrnes, and the | impounding of 15 per cent of ap- | propriations for use at discretion of President. The latter was suggested | by Representative ‘Cannon of | Missouri. | BY J. A. O'LEARY. The determination of Congress to wait until all of the annual supply bills pass before attempting to settle the controversy over a percentage cut in the totals was strengthened today | s a result of two developments in the House late yesterday. First, the House shouted down a motion to lop a flat 10 per cent off the $416,413.000 Army appropriation bill just before it was passed and.sent to the Senate. Second, Representative Woodrum of dramatic | Virginia, prominent Democrat on the heed today by flatly refusing to renew | Appropriations Committee, warned the licenses of 14 theaters where strip- | against becoming “emotional, hysteri- teasers were practising their art. Strip teasers and male comics, 100, more than little alarmed in the past week by the gales of protest rag- ing around them, had turned contrite at the last minute and tried to temper their shows. But the commissioner took heed of the organized complaints from Cath- olic. Protestant and Jewish religious leaders and turned down the applica- tions of the theater owners for new licenses. Cardinal Added Protest. Patrick Cardinal Hayes was one of a eral days ago that the burlesque shows of the city were “disgraceful and pernicious.” In a statement. the commissioner | specified the old Eltinge Theater, in Forty-second street, just west of Times Square, but explained that what he to the 13 others. “Coarse, vulgar and lewd” were de- scriptive adjectives ~ Commissioner Moss used, but he made no direct ref- erence to the strip-tease, a major point in many of the complaints. Public Welfare Held Periled. He said he had given the utmost consideration to the fact that the theaters employ between 600 and 700 persons, but that the welfare of the public was plainly imperiled by “the type of performance, the language used and the display of nudity.” The denial of the application for new licenses was not wholly unex- pected after the two-day hearing in the commissioner's office. The foes of burlesque, clergymen and women representing various social and wel- fare organizations, had stated their case in plain words, describing the 1 | : | items which cannot those who wrote the commissioner sev- | cal or dramatic” in the application of economy. He asked for a conference with the Senate on a $1,251,250 spe- cial deficiency resolution from which the Senate had slashed 25 per cent of the House total Senator Gerry, Democrat. of Rhode Island, today indorsed the principle of a percentage reduction, in prefer- | ence to the impounding method. He emphasized. however, that he had in mind a 10 per cent cut in the total of & bill, with discretion exercised to{ make the reductions where it can be | spared, pointing out there are some be altered. | He urged that the budget be brought into balance and said he felt sure| it could be done by economizing on | unnecessary expenditures. He said | he would favor additional taxes if | that became necessary as a final step, | | but was confident the balance could | | be obtained said about this theater was applicable | through economy. Congressional leaders are expected to await the return of President Roose- velt before attempting to iron out the | conflicting views in the House and Senate as between the 10 per cent mandatory cut or the 15 per cent im- pounding plan, with discretion vested in the President to release any patrt of the percentage reserve in the coursi of the year. Meanwhile, Senator Copeland, Dem- ocrat, of New York, is preparing to ask War Department officials to tell the Senate Appropriations Committee just what the effect on the Army would be if the percentage cut plan is applied all along the budget line at the close of the session. The New Yorker has said he is sympathetic to- | ward the desire to save wherever pos- | sible, but feels Congress should know | when it acts what the result will be. Because fixed charges, which can- " (See STRIPPERS, Page A-13) (See APPROPRIATIONS, Page A-3. “Lysistrata” Ordered Changed To Meet Censor’s Objections A little rewriting on the Greek drama “Lysistrata,” the Washington Civic Theater’s current production at ‘Wardman Park Theater, has been re- quested by the Woman's Bureau of the Police Department because some lines are “too broad.” The changes were being made today at the suggestion of the District at- torney’s office, which was informed of “objectionable” parts in the play by a policewoman who sat through the performance last night. Capt. Rhoda Milliken, head of the Woman’s Bureau, said the revisions are of a minor nature, do not alter the drama and “were cheerfully agreed upon” by the producers. She said “Lysistrata” had been “re- viewed” by police when it was pre- sented here once before and found to “be moral enough.” (| “We wouldn't have had a police- woman in the audience last night,” she added, “if someone—I believe a newspaper—hadn’t called and asked use to see if we thought it passed inspection.” Capt. Milliken pointed out that, de- spite protests over versions of the play in several other cities, notably in Los Angeles several years ago, she had seen and read the drama herself and did not believe it to be “immoral.” Richard Skinner, business manager | of the Washington Civic Theater, said synonyms had been substituted for words the policewoman decided were “objectionable.” Skinner said he was not aware of any complaints from any one else Who has seen the play, which opened here ‘Wednesday night for a week’s run. | expenditure: | effect yesterday, approximately 8: Ky ng filled in some are b Report Rushe The report covering the e of the Govern 1 President Roosevel today. Concurrently, the monthly person= nel report of the Civil Service Come mission was issued this morning and showed a tot of 829.193. a February 28 in the District and 2 making the respect and 713.047. The re: jumped from $126 418. In addition partment reporte field temporaries—41.310 March, to whom $1.845.608 was paid. In Febru- v, the employment was 15,043 and the pay roll $706.663 In Public W¢ 116.146 roll has 1 group of ks. the ac strative fund for 1938 has bee € from $25.000,000 to $10 t was said, and a correspo: ction in pe sonnel is to be g out delay. s here and 5.600 a gradual reduction since February. Weed Out Where Possible. Two others of the la New Deal groups—the Federal Ho istration and Ho Corp.—are workers as they s sald mc that the principle will continue o ge followed. At the F. H. A, it was calculated that 150 to 200 field work had been dropped in the past few months, and it was added that in the next four or five months probably 50 to 100 here and in the field would go. An effo: is being made, it was said. to cushion the dismissals as as can be done, and no vacancies are be filled. The reduction old Agricult Adjustment Administration employes announced two weeks ago, went 3 Loar weed out both places, n to of ng ou s personnel had beg " (See EMPLOYES, Page A-13.) BAKERS’ DISPUTE PARLEY RESUMED | Effort Is Being Made to Avert Strike Over Wage Demands. Committees representing Bakers Union, No. 118, and Bakers' Association of Washington resumed negotiations today in an effort to avert a possible strike. The contract covering wages and hours for the union bakers expired at midnight after a month of conferences had failed to bring a new agreement Charles B. McClosky, business agent for the union, said the bakers were to meet at 2 p.m. to discuss the situation in connection with the outcome of the morning conference. If no agree- ment is reached, the union will await word from its international office be- fore calling a strike, he said. Louis Spiess, attorney for the asso- ciation, said he had heard no talk of a strike thus far. McClosky said the union seeks in- creases of 8 cents an hour in the present scale of $1.02 and $1.22 an hour for day and night work, respect= ively, and 10-cent increases for help= ers, now receiving 55 and 65 cents for day and night work. The employers have offered raises of 3 cents an hour to bakers and 5 cents to helpers, Mc=~ Closky said. the Employing o 16 Hurt in Hawaii Boxing Riot. HONOLULU, May 1 (#).—Fifteen Filipinos and a policeman nursed in- juries today suffered in a 40-minute riot last night during which city and military officers battled boxing fans who were angered by a judge's deci- sion,