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A—2 ¥¥% SHOWDOWN SEEN ON STEEL STRIKE 25,000 Workers Involved in Situation Called “Crit- ical” by Union. BACKGROUND— Independent steel companies were warned by Lewis spokesmen Wed- nesday that a strike would be called 1f mecessary to obtain agreements. The Republic Steel Corp. opposed a signed contract “in view of the Wagner act,” and union men re- plied this policy, relying upon memory, made futile a _conference May 11, suggested by Republic. By the Associated Pres PITTSBURGH, May 10.—A threat- ened strike of 25000 steel workers hung over that big industry today and brought a situation which union leaders described as ‘‘growing crit- fcal” With a shout, union workers voted for walk-outs Wednesday in two mills | of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., unles the firm signs a contract with the Steel Workers' Organizing Com- mittee. Committee Chairman Philip Murray will meet with H. E. Lewis, steel carporation chairman, Wednesday to seek a contract granting to the committee the right to represent union members in collective bargaining and provide for establishment of griev- ances committees. Week for “Show Down.” Committee officers, speaking in| Murray's absence, declared that the Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. OUR TIMES. H. MacARTHUR makes it possible for us to write a postscript to Mother's day o which indicates that the greeting card makers look on broken homes and remarriage with a practical eye. It was while walking through a five and dime store on F street that the evidence of their practicality smacked him full in the face. “Mother’s day cards,” read the sign, “two for 5 cents.” He thought it ought to be recorded somewhere that children with mothers and stepmothers could take care of both with a nickle from a single (you know what we mean) father. We thought so, too. * ok ok R SAGA. AROVER on our contributor's list, W. 8. Odlin, insists upon the Way- side’s recognition as a powerful agency for the public weal. For a long time it has been Mr. Odlin's way to dig up items relating to the awful remissness of the Fed- eral Government in neglecting to do something about the low visibility of the clock face on the old Post Office Department Building. Actually, he organized a little coterie which went around finding out how much indi- strike movement is gaining momen- tum among the workers of the Re- public Steel, Youngstown Sheet & Tube and Bethlehem and added that | “this is show-down week.” Those | firms, with Jones & Laughlin, employ | 200.000 men and produce one-fourth | of the Nation's steel tonnage. | Both Republic and Youngstown re- | fused to sign collective bargaining contracts with the Steel Workers' Cpmmittee similar to those signed by the units of the United States Steel | Corp. and 100 smaller concerns. Immediately, union locals at those plants gave to Murray the right to call a strike at his discretion, and he declined to negotiate with Youngs- | town for anything except for a signed contract. Murray spoke previously of strikes in the industry in charging that the smaller companies had formed “an unholy alliance” against signing com- mittee contracts. He said, too, that the union would force such pacts, even 1f it were compelled to “go to the court of last resort, a strike.” Company Officials Silent. A spokesman for the Jones & Laugh- lin said the company had nothing to say at this time. Union workers of the Weirton Steel Co. met in peace yesterday at Hollidays | Cove, W. Va., after District Organizer | Clinton S. Golden of the Steel Com- | mittee had appealed to Gov. Homer | Holt for protection, which was not needed. Golden said between 15 and | 20 of his men had been beaten previ- | ously. The Steel Committee announced it will seek a quick verdict from the reglonal office of the National Labor | Board on its complaint that the Weir- ton Steel Co. is violating the national | labor relations act by dismissing workers for union activities, Board officials said the ocomplaint will be investigated this week. e AIR BATTLE OPENS ON ‘LOS ANGELES’ 185 Planes in Attack to Destroy Imaginary City on Two- Week Schedule. 85 the Associated Press. MUROC DRY LAKE, Calif, May 10. | —The “destruction of Los Angeles"— really a bleak patch of desert—was ordered by an “enemy" air force today. It was the first move in a giant war game, played over 40,000 square miles of California by one of the great- est concentrations of fighting planes of the United States Army. Wartime secrecy cloaked most of the arrangements, but the opening of the maneuvers was broadcast. “Zero hour” for the first onslaught by aerial invaders was not made public, nor was the exact location. A force of 185 bombers, attack planes and ob- servers, however, was gathered by | Brig. Gen. Gerald C. Brant, Langley Field, Va., from a half-dozen tempor- ary bases and hurled against the defenders at Muroc Dry Lake. Ground crews wore gas masks in anticipation of tear gas bombs. Be- hind breastworks were long-range anti-aircraft guns. Defense air legions numbered more than 100 planes. Sky warfare will continue two weeks, reviewed by Maj. Gen. Oscar West- over, Army Air Corps chief. Com- mercial aviation and motorists have been warned to stay away from Muroc Dry Lake during this period. Theoretically, Army tacticians moved the Southern California coast far in- land, and located Los Angeles on an imaginary site. Congress in Brief TODAY, Senate: Routine business. Wheeler committee resumes inves- tigation of railroad financing. Judiciary Committee studies Roose- wvelt court bill. House: Considers minor legislation. Labor Subcommittee begins hearings on bill to regulate textile industry. Flood Control Committee discusses bill to control floods on all major rivers. Rivers and Harbors Committee studies Bonneville Dam project, TOMORROW. Senate: Program uncertain. Subcommittee of Education and Yabor Committee considers Wagner housing bill at 10 a.m. Subcommittee of District Commit- tee begins hearings on nuisance in- dustries bill at 2 p.m, House: Considers Corps bill. Foreign Affairs Committee con- siders bill for Federal participation in 8an PFrancisco Bay Exposition, 10 am. Special tax subcommittee of Dis- trict Committee resumes consideration of tax program, 10:30 am. Judiciary Committee meets, 10 a.m. Public Lands Committee meets, 10 am. Merchant Marine Committee meets, ".em, Civillan Conservation vidual citizens suffered through the skullduggery which kept the clock & sort of useless oaf dangling from the sky. All that, of course. has ended now. The clock has a bright, shining, highly visible face so citizens will know how fast they have to run, or drive, in order to get to the office on time. It strikes me, however, as more like the working of destiny than the rant- inz of this citadel of the people's rights. * ok ok % FEUD. Episode No. 3 in the Battle of the Blue Pencil between a lady col- umnist for this paper and a copy reader: Copy reader complained that Columnist constantly mispelled ‘thoroughbred.” Always wrote it “throughbred.” She should know better, he scolded, inasmuch as her column is about horsey affairs and she has had long association with thoroughbreds. Columnist promised to reform. Came her next dispatch. She had changed the spelling of “thorough- bred,” all right. It was ‘written “troughbred.” Most thoroughbreds are. * x ¥ X BIGGIES. THE impression prevails among many people that the new In- terior Building has more floor space than any other Government office structure. It hasn’'t. The Depart- ment of Commerce Building still leads the list in floor area with a gross of | 1,605,066 square feet, while Mr. Ickes’ new home has only 1,050,000 square | feet. The Commerce Building has a net floor area, including offices, labo- ratories, shops, etc, of 1,092,800 square feet, while the Interior Build- ing reports net usable space of 700,000 square feet, exclusive of 2 miles of corridors, stairways, machinery and elevator space. A deceiving feature of the Com- merce Building in the matter of space is that while the outward appearance indicates six floors of office space the building has seven stories, of which the sixth floor has no outside windows. The Interior Building has seven floors, with an eighth setback, and occupies two full city blocks. It cost some $11,000,000, while the Commerce | Building cost about $17,000,000, but | the cost of establishing a stable foun- dation was quite an expense in the latter structure and also it had to con- form to the style of artchitecture of the other buildings in the triangle group. * ok kK % SIT-DOWN. A LOCAL woman who runs & tea room and feeds her kitchen force as part of their wages came up against a curious sit-down strike on the part of the help recently. The meat on the menu that eve- ning was frankfurters, of which they are all very fond. But this evening they said they wouldn't eat them. A little research uncovered the fact that she had planned for three frank- furters apiece. The staff’s objection was not to the frankfurters, but to the number three. Why? That she never did find out. Some connection doubtless with the “three on a match.” * ok ok % WHIRRRRR. Being wakeful at the odd hour 0f 3:30 to 4:30 a.m. one morning recently, a citizen was shocked to hear way up in the sky the motors of at least 20 airplanes. As she listened and craned her neck, she also heard an occasional siren. It finally occurred to her that these wee sma’ hours are when the Army trains its fliers of pur- suit planes and all that. At that weird hour it took but little more imagination to think of further dire things. She was glad when dawn came. * ok %k X QUESTION. NEARLY every one has noticed others shaking their head “yes” or “no” in telephone conversations. A verbal counterpart of this gesture was noted by a reporter the other day. He was assigned to interview a spe- cialist in the Department of Agricul- ture. Before leaving his office the reporter called the office of the spe- cialist to avoid wasting time trying to locate him. A sweet-voiced secretary answered: “Hello.” “Is this Dr. Blank's office?” “Yes.” “Where is it located?” “Why, right here!” “Where's here?” “Oh”—and the exact location was given, as the secretary realized tele- vision isn't yet part of commercial telephony. e Miner Is Entombed. TAMAQUA, Pa, May 10 (P—A cave-in entombed William Hosler, 26, an anthracite worker, at the bottom of an abandoned 40-foot coal hole in the hills west of Tamaqua early to- day. Rescue squads were rushed to the scene, but the hole was so narrow that only one man could work at a time. Mining men said they eould not reach the entombed man before nighttall THE EVENING S.E.C.WOULD $TOP CONTROL BY BANKS Proposed .Law Would Cut Their Hold in Reorganiz- ing of Business. By the Associated Press. The Securities and Exchange Com- mission recommended to Congress to- day regulatory legislation which, it sald, was designed to ‘“break* the stranglehold” of banker-management groups in reorganizing distressed and bankrupt business properties. The recommendations were at- tached to a report of the commission's studies of the strategy and technique of protective committees in corporate reorganizations. Willlam O. Douglas, a member of the commission, discussing the 916- page report at a press conference, said it was essential to reduce the power of the banker-management groups, if security holders in distressed corpora- tlons were to receive adequate pro- tection in reorganizations. The commission's major recom- mendations include strengthening Federal court powers in bankruptcy reorganizations; placing reorganiza- tion proceedings in the hands of inde- pendent, disinterested trustees and lawyers, and extending the powers of the Security Commission to deal with reorganizations outside the Federal courts. The recommendations, Douglas said, are an attempt ‘“to salvage present values and to get ready for the next flood of bankruptcy cases.” “The emoluments of control,” said the commission, “are the stakes of re- organization. Control means profit and protection.” Douglas proposed that the commis- sion be authorized to advise courts on reorganization plans. He said it would | help decide “who is entitled to what.” Friendly receiverships and trustees, and the placing of debtors in control of properties during reorganization | would be banned. Protective committees would be prohibited from soliciting security | holders' assents to reorganization | pians before the courts examine them. The commission calls this practice an “indefensible pressure upon the courts.” The commission concluded that the judicial machinery has been so em- ployed as to become an important aid in the retention of control by the inside group. Other recommendations: Renewal of emphasis on the fidu- ciary responsibilities of the repre- sentatives of security holders. Prohibition of the oppressive tech- nique of deposit agreements, monopo=- lizing the lists of security holders by | inside groups, and high pressure mis- representation in the solicitation of deposits, proxies and assents. Authorizing the commission by sep- | arate statute to intervene in reor- ganizations outside the jurisdiction of the Federal courts to compel com- plete disclosure of all relevant facts| concerning committees and conflicts | of interests. Prevent reorganizers from shopping | for friendly jurisdictions. Jurisdic- | tion should follow the principal place of business or the place where the principal assets are located. ITALY MAY OUST BRITISH REPORTER Correspondent Said to Have Been Designated in Duce's Campaign. By the Associated Press. ROME, May 10.—Informed Fascist quarters today said a British news- paper correspondent had been desig- nated for expulsion from Italy as part of Premier Benito Mussolini'’s cam- paign against the British press. The identity of the newspaper man was not divulged. All Itallan news- paper men were en route home from Great Britain upon orders from Il Duce. British newspaper men in Italy, however, did not show an inclination to retaliate for Mussolini's virtual boy- cott of King George's coronation, and several attended the colorful parade and demonstration yesterday marking the first anniversary of the procla- mation of the Italian empire. A parade of 45,000 troops ended in Venezia Square, where Il Duce, speak- ing to 50,000 cheering Italians, shouted & warning to those who might oppose the African ‘“civilizing mission of Italy.” “The first anniversary of the new empire is celebrated under a triple sign—glory, force, peace,” Mussolini declared. “Peace for us and for all—for all, that is, if they want it and will listen to the warning that comes from the deep conscience and soul of this peo- ple; for us who want to carry to com- pletion in Africa the thousands-of- years-old civilizing mission.” EX-SENATOR REED IS WORKERS’ TARGET Union Gives $100,000 to Organize Plant He Is Said to Own. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J,, May 10.— The International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union appropriated $100,000 today for organization activities at & Kansas City garment factory in which former United States Senator James Reed of Missouri was said to have an interest. ‘The money was appropriated after Sylvia Hull, Kansas City delegate to the union’s convention, charged the Donnelly Garment Co. spied on work- ers, maintained a company union, worked employes long hours at rela- tively low wages and used a speed-up system “ruinous to health.” David Dubinsky, president of the union, charged Reed and his wife, the former Nell Donnelly, “not only ex- ploited their own workers, but by doing 80 undermined the entire in- dustry.” “It was no puzzle to me,” spoke Dubinsky, “why Reed traveled around the country during the last campaign singling out this union for attack in his fight against Roosevelt. “There is no quarrel between the union and James Reed the politician, but there is & quarrel between the union and James Reed the employer. It will be the lot of our union to teach him & lesson in true American~ . S Organizer of First Roosevelt- for-President Club Seeks Proposal’s Defeat. The organizer of the first Roosevelt- for-President Club, Joseph Lieb of South Bend, Ind,, until recently chief of correspondence of the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department, has written a letter to Democratic niembers of the Senate, strongly urg- ing the defeat of President Roosevelt's- program to increase the membership of the Supreme Court. He says that he left the Government service make the fight against the “packing” of the Supreme Court. Lieb, who is 26, carries with him a scrapbook containing letters from Chairman James A. Farley of the Democratic National Committee, one of which states that Lieb was the organizer of the first Roosevelt-for- President Club in South Bend in 1930 He was later active in organizing clubs in other parts of the country. Text of His Letter, Lieb's letter to the Senators follow: “Dear Senator: It becomes my sad duty to ask you to oppose the Presi- dent's proposal to change the mem- bership of the Supreme Court, and in 50 doing the Nation looks upon your vote and influence to safeguard the independence of our institutions. “Does your senatorship mean more to you than the freedom and happiness of the American people? Would you have supported such a proposal had it | come from the White House during | the administration of former President Hoover? Are you willing to go down in history as the man who helped de- stroy the highest court in the-land? Are you willing to set a precedent now by packing the court or subordinating the judiciary to the Chief Executive? If so, it will only be a question of time until constitutional rule in this Nation will be merely a mockery and our liberties wholly theoretical. “Enclosed is a copy of the charter which you signed in favor of the President’s re-election. For the past seven years I have been his friend and supporter, but now I can no longer sit by and see the foundations that give us liberty and freedom destroyed before my very eyes. Can you? “Needless to say it grieves me to undertake such a step, but I hope that it will not be in vain. “Very sincerely yours, “JOSEPH LEIB.” “Would Destroy Democrac; “The court-packing business,” Lieb said today, “would in due time ac- complish the objectives of those who wish to destroy constitutional rule in this country. For if the people sur- render the power to alter the Consti- tution and place it in the hands of the Chief Executive, through permis- sion to pack the Supreme Court and destroy its independence, they are creating power for unknown men of the future to use. “Already, in the words of the Pres- ident himself, he has assembled enough power which, in wrong hands might | shackle the liberties of our people. He said so much more than a year ago. ““What the Nation needs now is sta- bility. Give business a chance to settle down and more people will find em- ployment. Business men have the jit- ters and a feeling of uncertainty be- cause they don't know what the Presi- dent will propose next. The C. C. C. camps 15 no solution to the problems of youth. Few youngsters have left the C. C. C. camps since they entered them, to enter the business world. What has a boy to look forward to | after he leaves the camps. We all must admit that the President has done many good things for the country, but why should he be allowed to destroy all of them by a personal desire to change the Supreme Court?" Lieb first became interested in Presi- dent Roosevelt when he was in Hous- ton, Tex., at the time of the Demo- cratic national convention in 1928. Lieb was 17 years old. He met and shook hands with the President, who at that time nominated Al Smith for President. Two years later, in August, 1930, Lieb organized his first club for the nomination and election of Presi- dent Roosevelt. _ . ADMIRAL STITT WEDS MRS. J. T. NEWTON Widow of Former Patents Com- missioner Bride of Retired Navy Surgeon General. ‘The marriage of Rear Admiral Ed- ward Rhodes Stitt, 69, surgeon gen= eral, U. S. N, retired, and Mrs. James Thornwell Newton, widow of the for- mer commissioner of patents, was an- nounced today. The wedding took place May 3. Admiral Stitt had been married twice before. His first wife, the for- mer Emma Woodruff Scott of Phila- delphia, died at Virginia Beach, Va., in June, 1933. His second, the former Laura Carter, daughter of the late Dr. Henry R. Carter, assistant sur- geon general in the Public Health Service, was killed November, 1935, in a fall from a sixth-floor apartment window. Admiral Stitt, & native of Charlotte, N. C, was retired from the Navy Department in August, 1931. An ex- pert on tropical diseases, he is the author of several medical texts. The Stitts are living in Norfolk, Va. 50 HURT IN RIOTS ON JOAN OF ARC DAY U. S. Warships Participate in French Celebration—Clashes Reported at Toulouse. By the Associated Press. PARIS, France, May 10.—More than 50 persons were injured in clashes between royalists and leftists at an- nual Joan of Arc celebrations at ‘Toulouse yesterday. X +Some used canes, or fists; some kicked their antagonists. The major clash came when 400 leftists attempt- ed to wedge their way into a cathedral during a Joan of Arc memorial service. ‘The day, often an occasion for clashes between ardent nationalists and leftists, passed quietly in other parts of France. Two American warships partici= pated in the countrywide ceremonies. At Cherbourg a reception was held aboard the battleship New York for garrison and port officers. The ship was decked out in flags and illumi- tof TAR, WASHINGTON COURTPLANISHIT D. C, MOXNDAY, MAY 10, 1937. A Fisherman’s Smile of { « 2 Left: President Roosevelt second in 10 days of angling i the catch, which will be mounted and displayed at his home i F.RNEELY QUITS - IS AIRUNITI08 Former Aviation Editor of The Star Accepts Position With 0il Concern. Resignation of Frederick Russel] Neely as chief of the Information and Statistics Division of the Bureau of Air Commerce was announced today. — - He wiH leave his post May 22 to become assistant to the manager of the aviation department of the Gulf Oil Corp, Maj. Alford J. willlams, Jr., for- mer Navy racing and acrobatic star, with head- quarters in Pitts- burgh. Neely has been connected with the Bureau of Air Commerce for seven years, and in the recent shake- up became the chief of one of the seven new divisions of the bureau He formerly was aviation editor of The Evening Star. A native of Maivern, Ohio, Neely has been a resident of the District since he was 8 years old. As aviation editor of The Star, a post he held for seven years, Neely covered many of the greatest aviation stories in the early days of commercia] flying. He spent several months cov- ering the first flight around the world by four Army planes, visiting England, Scotland. Iceland and Labrador. He also made a number of transcon- tinental flights in connection with ploneering of airmail and commercial airlines. Leaving The Star in 1928, Neely be- came general manager of the Na- tional Aeronautic Association, and editor of its magazine. He left this organization to go to the Commerce Department. Neely organized the present statistical work of the Bureau of Air Commerce and has been in charge of all of its publications. Last year he made a 22,000-mile flight around South America, repre- senting the United States Government in connection with an international conference of aviation leaders of the Latin® countries. It is estimated that Neely has had at least 1.200 hours of flying time in virtually all types of military and com- mercial aircraft and has traveled at least 150,000 miles by air in the United States and abroad. GALVESTON AWAITS ROOSEVELT’S VISIT President Lands There Tomorrow to Begin Return Trip to Capital. By the Associatea Press. GALVESTON, Tex., May 10.—Well pleased with his one-eighth share of & catch of 16 tarpon in 10 days, Presi- dent Roosevelt trolled for kingfish at the mouth of the Brazos River today. Preparatory to landing at Galveston tomorrow morning for the return to Washington, the Chief Executive cruised slowly up the Gulf Coast yes- terday from Point Aransas to Free- port, where the Brazos enters the gulf. He will land here tomorrow morning and lead an automobile procession through the city before boarding his special train. He will be the first President to visit this port since 1891, A message to temporary White House headquarters said Elliott Roosevelt, ) F. R. Neely, the President’s third son and fishing companion, left the party last night for his home in Fort Worth. He will rejoin his father at Galves- ton when he disembarks tomorrow. The President will spend tomorrow night at Elliott's home near Fort ‘Worth., MRS WYNN ASKS DIVORCE Charges Separation From Comed- ian More Than Five Years. RENO, Nev, May 10 (#).—Charg- ing that they have been seperated for more than five years, Mrs. Hilda Keenan Wynn filed suit here today to divorce Ed Wynn, New York radio comedian. Mrs. Wynn asked the court to re- store her maiden name, Hilda Kee- nan, and asked that Wynn be ordered to provide her with “reasonable” fu- ture support and: maintenance. They were married September §, 1914, in New York City and have a nated. Officers of the destroyer Kane | 21-year-old son, Frank. Mrs. Wynn witnessed a review of the garrison at | is the daughter of Frank Keenan, La Roohelle, : [ former stags actom, presents his best smile n the Gulf of Mexico. Right: after landing a 77-pound tarpon, his Elliott Roosevelt proudly displays v Fort Worth, Tex. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. $12,000 JEWELRY LOSS Man Reports Leaving Handbag on Sidewalk. NEW YORK (#)—Benjamin Bim- berg of suburban Mamaroneck, re- ported to police he had lost a black handbag containing jewelry valued at $12,000. He put the bag on a sidewalk in New York, he said, as he helped his wife into an automobile. He drove home and discovered he had left his bag on the sidewalk. He hurried back imme- diately, he said, but the bag was gone. | It's still missing. THREE DIE, 10 HURT IN TRAFFIC'S TOLL Motor Cycle Rider Instantly Killed When Machine Crashes Auto. Three were killed and 10 injured | in automobile accidents in Maryland | and Virginia over the week end Fatally hurt were Fred W. Breitinger, | 17, of Media, Pa.; Wallace Lee Bolling, 26, colored, of Chesterfield County and James Welsh, colored, of Baltimore. Only one of the injured victims was | reported in a serious condition. | Breitinger was instantly killed when | his motor cycle crashed into an auto- | mobile on the Washington-Winchester Highway near Leesburg, Va. Slightly hurt in the head-on crash were the driver of the automobile, William Howser, his wife and two children, of Ashburn, Va. A coroner's inquest has been set for this afternoon. Car Door Flew Open. i Bolling succumbed to injuries suf- | ‘{ered when he fell from a moving | vehicle, on the Hopewell-Petersburg | road near Lakemont, Va. The acci- dent occurred when a door of the car flew open. Weish was pitched to his death from the James River Bridge near Newport News when the truck on which he was riding crashed against a bridge railing after a tire blowout. The victim was perched on a fender and attempting to fix the carburetor. The driver, Jimmy Simpson, 45, of Baltimore, is held in the Smithfield, Va. jail on a technical charge of manslaughter. Police did not know whether the victim was killed by the impact of the ma- chine against the guard rail or was drowned. Two were injured when an automo- bile, in which they were riding, ran into a tree in the 900 block of North Ivy street, Clarendon. Va, early yes- terday morning. Severe lacerations were suffered by William T. Clark, 1231 North Barton street, and Wyman Hawkins, 30 Garfleld street, Claren- don, who were treated by the Claren- don Rescue Squad and taken to their homes. Youth Found Unconscious. Alfred Leo Stevers, 18, of Boyd. Md,, was in a serious condition at Mont- gomery County Hospital today as the result of a hit-run accident on the Old Germantown-Boyd road late Saturday night. Severely cut on the head and hands, Stevers was found unconscious beside the road a half-mile from Old Germantown. County police arrested Lawrence Hawkins, 35, also of Boyd, and charged him with failing to stop after an accident. He was released under $500 bond. ‘Three were hurt in an accident on the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard near University drive, College Park, Md. Mrs. Earl B. Howard, 49, of 1901 Thirteenth street southeast, Washing- ton, was sent to Providence Hospital with possible leg and arm fractures and extensive lacerations about the face. Her husband, 50, and his brother, Rex Howard, 47, of Allendale, 8. C., were taken to Casualty Hospital. Earl Howard was treated for fractured ribs, a fractured leg and contusions. Rex Howard suffered a possible skull fracture and abrasions. Hospital authorities said none was seriously hurt. TWO INJURED IN PARK. Two persons required treatment at Emergency Hospital yesterday after e coupe, traveling south in the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, collided with a highway reflector sign and an electric light pole. David C. McPhearson, 28, of 104 Thornapple street, Chevy Chase, Md., who was driving, told Sergt. R. B. Jenkins of the United States Park Police that another- machine forced him off the road. McPhearson was treated for lacerations of the lip and mouth, while Mrs. Mary Hughes, 30, of 1914 G street, was treated for lacerations of the knee, nose and fore- head. Strikers Given Candy. PAWTUCKET, R. I, May 10 (P).— Boxes of Mother's day candy for mothers among the 700 sit-down strikers at the Royal Weaving Co. | were hoisted on ropes to the open windows yesterday, 4 D.C.FLOOD REPAIR ITEN IS GUT 0UT (Al Other Capital Proposals | in Deficiency Bill Are Approved. GOUNCILTO GUIDE BILBAD'S DEFENSE Basque Government Strips Military High Command of Power. BACKGROUND— With hall of the province of Vizcaya already in insurgent hands, the forces of Gen. Mola are besiege ing the Basque city of Bilbao on three fronts. Thirty thousand defenders pree pared for struggle believed likely to rival that at Madrid for blood- shed and ferocity. By the Assoctated Press, BILBAO, Spain, May 10—The Basque government of Bilban, be- sieged by an encroaching ring of in- surgent armies, stripped its military high command of power today and set up a defense council to take over the conduct of the war. President Jose Agu of the autonomous Basque government was named head of the Defense Council, similar to that set up for Madrid when the siege of the capital began during the early months of the civil | war. The committee includes five high army officers, who will be aided by their own technical assistants. As a further step toward co- ordination of the government military operations in Northern Spain, Lieut. Col. Gabriel Alzpuru was given wide- spread powers as head of the newly combined police forces of the provinces of Asturias, Santander and Vizcaya. Aizpuru was charged with resp sibility for keeping public order in the refugee-swollen Basque Capital Bilbao's defenders mobilized both men and women for the work of ging new trenches outside the ci and government battalions rallfed north and east of Bilbao to block insurgent legions on the Begona and Galdacano roads. Fighting of ferocious intensity still rolied over the sharp slopes of Mo Sollube, to the northeast. An Ast rre A £30.000 item for repair of dam- ages done to the District water supply vstem during the rd-breaking Potomac River flood in March, 1936, inated from - supply bill favorably reported today by the Senzte Appropriations Committee. The committee, however, epproved all other District items in the measure calling for appropriations totaling $436,104. The $30,000 recommended for the water supply system would have re- paired a 350-foot section of the mew water conduit which settled and cracked after the flood, permitting a leakage of 3.000.000 gallons a day, | &nd replaced a protecting embankment about 300 feet long which was washed out by the flood, exposing the con- crete tube and endangering its founda- tion stability and permanence. Five thousand dollars of the $30.000 | was requested to remove debris from the tailrace channel across the Po- tomac River flats, which is a part of the Government, station just below filtration plant. The items approved by the com- mittee included $150.000 to meet in- creased costs involved in construction of additions to the Eastern High, Paul Junior High and Lafayette, Truesdell and Grimke Elementary Schools: $11.- 509 for support of convicts, $15,000 for miscellaneols expenses of the District Supreme Court, $38,000 for clothing and fuel at the District Work House and Reformatory, $17,- 496 for support of ind:gent insane, $20691 for refund of assessments, $13.610 for payment of final judg- ments and $426 for payment of ciaims, -— FOREIGN CITATION PROBLEM STUDIED State Department Deciding Whether Diplomats May Ac- cept Decorations. By the Associated Press, the Dale Carlia The State Department is trying to ! decide whether diplomatic and con- sular officers should accept decora- tions from foreign governments. Officials said today that the proto- col problem has been presented to Green H. Hackworth, the department's solicitor, for a legal opinion. In the meantime no decorations are being accepted. For years ambassadors, ministers and foreign service officers have been | decorated by foreign governments in appreciation of their efforts to en- hance friendly relations or for some special act of diplomatic friendliness. | Under the constitutional and per- tinent laws the decorations, made through the State Department, have | been withheld until the resignation or retirement from the service. Then Congress has passed bills authorizing their presentation. Approximately 500 decorations are now being held awaiting that retire- ment and congressional action. On March 19 President Roosevelt issued an unpublicized executive order tightening restrictions on ac- ceptance of decorations and the State Department posted this notice: “In view of the attitude of Congress (in opposition to the United States decorating representatives of foreign governments) and the policy of the Government, American diplomatic and consular officers are hereby prohibited from accepting in any circumstances any present, decoration, medal, order, testimonial or other thang that may be tendered to them by any foreign king, prince or foreign state.” HULL TO TAI:k ON TRADE CLEVELAND, May 10 (®.—J. G. Geddes, vice president of the National City Bank of Cleveland, announced yesterday the twenty-fourth national foreign trade convention will be held in Cleveland November 3 and 6. Geddes, chairman of the Convention Committe, said Secretary of State Cordell Hull is to be the principal speaker and will discuss world trade. The chief topic for discussion will be the stabilization of world currencies, Geddes said. recipient’s How Safely, Not How Fast. Not how fast, but how safe—might well be the slogan of car drivers. We need a new public attitude in car op- eration. The emphasis must change from speed consciousness to safety consciousness. When a motorist has made a long trip he always remarks on how fast he made it, rarely how safely. e second de- | wned hydroelectric | {ian brigade, fighting for the gov ment, was reported to be regain lost ground The number of refugees evacuated | from Bilbao within five rays reached 7400 when the British { Marvia put out to sea with 400 ref: gees. The Marvia, which was pre- ceded out of Bilbao by other refuges ships, passed out into the Bav of Biscay on her way to France under the protection of British warships. She was one of the food freizhters which ran an attempted insurgent | blockade to bring supplies to this | capital. fre; 3 PLANES BOMB CITY. PERPIGNAN, France, May 10 (#) — | Three low-fiying insurgent planes bombed the government-held v of | Port Beu, just over the Franco-Span- | ish border on the northeast coast of | Spain today, killing three persons | and injuring several others, | Forty bombs were dropped by the | Planes in flying over Port Bou for | half an hour before they were driven away by anti-aircraft guns. There was heavy damage to build- ings around the railroad station. Travelers arriving here from Barce= lona said Spanish government war- ships had bombarded outlying quarters in that city held by groups of anar- chists who revolted last Tuesday. Reorganization of the Catalan army to prevent recurrence of the anarchist Tiots was under way in Barcelona un- der Gen. Sebastian Pozas, representa- tive of the Madrid-Valencia regime. The government adopted stern meas ures to crush all evidence of revol A group of anarchists was driven from a railroad station Barcelona was reported generally quiet after the series of riots, said to have cost more than 400 lives, Pimlico Bt the Associated Press, FIRST RACE—The cl mb: (McDermott) Lialian Harry (John Moonpenny (Kurts XQueen Govans xa Baliy Bay (C XMahagany (Mor Bungalow (Faust) Wandrel (Kurt Green 8p . 4-year-olds * miles Master (Walker) sked Knight Snake Charmer a Caniento (E; Pontoon iYoung) & Quick Verdict (Eaby) | 7zAxacan (Haley) S = 2zzRolling Steel (Wisner) - 3 Bain-John Bosley entry 7 _pounds claimed for rider, claimed for rider (Ansteatt) _ (no boy) (Eaby) THIRD ~RACE—The Shirley claiming gs 4-year-olds and Tzigane ' (Haritos) Emvee (Machado) = Steep In _(Madeley) se (Rosengarten) Tell Tt (Merritt) Medersa_ (Wagner) Engle’s Boy_(Garrett) » Bromide (Scott) s <, FOURTH RACE—The Top Plight: purse, $1.000; filies: 3-vear-olds; 4 15 furlonge. Py Vote (Kurtsinger)_ . 1 ncy That (Saunders) Bestest (Peters) - aYomer (Merritt) aTedema (Merritt) _ Last Lay (Fallon) &J.P. Jones-W. H. Lipscomb eniry. FIFTH RACE—The Libertytown £1.000; claiming: 2-year-olds; Chilotta (Haritos) Scout Rose (O'Malley) Local Boy (Kurtsinger) Micro ~ (Wagner) Frank ‘Brooke (Machado) Mobcap (Scott) , Bentaur (Richards) aBalance Up (O'Malley) ASou Feng (Merritt) xDon Gomez (Morris) B. Deming entry. SIXTH RACE—The Whetstons purse. $1.500; 3-year-olds and up: ongs Sunned (Haritos) _ aHigher Cloud (Kurtsinger)_ cAirflame (Knapp) 2 aGrand_Duke (Kurtsinger)_ Roval Rank (Rosengarten) Bill Donoghue (Wagner) _ aSir Quest (Kurtsinger)_ Weston_(Shelhamer) Polar Flight (Bejshak)_ Biologist (J. Renick) c8avage (8. Renick) aMrs, E. Denemark entry, €A. G. Vanderbilt entry. SEVENTH RACE. purse. $1.000: ¢ up: 1 mile and xChatteress (Kelly) = Prairie Prince (Johnson) Waterman (O'Malley) Pass (Lauch) Cornwallis (Haritos) Drastic Delight (Rosengarten) _ Poppyman (Richards) xCora Kay (McCombs) 1 = Shanks) purse, 5 furlonas! Point: 8 SGEFeIIZATD he _ Manchester; : 3-year-olds an Patient Saint Mettle (Madeley) XRollick (Morris) EEpa et College Pari: 3-year-olds ard up: o xSylvia G. (Morris) Vance (Failon) £ xBlack Mischief (Morris) Goody Goody (Kurtsinger’ Dunair (Palumbo) Grainger (Rosengarten) Melicent (Merritt) Pineapple (McComb) Accorder_(Powler) Tack (no boy) ¥Yard 8tick (Machado) < xAbbol's Last Ll!lhelhlmrrzl - entice lowance Clear and fast, b ¢