Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1937, Page 4

i A—4 ¥ RAIL “CUT-BACK™ PROBE PROPOSED Senate Committee of inter- state Body Would Inves- tigate Fees. By the Associated Press. A Senate committee proposed today an inquiry into the “cut-back” fee, which it said railway officials charge for throwing business to coal com- panies and other supply firms. Agents of the Railway Finance In- vestigating Committee described this fee as similar to the money which an unscrupulous politician might demand for assigning new roads, school houses or other public projects to a favored contractor. Chairman Wheeler said the inquiry might be made either by his com- mittee or by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Wheeler, who has criticized a plan to reorganize the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad because it would perpetuate control by the Van Swer- ingen interests, offered evidence yes- terday to show Chairman Jesse H. Jones of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation favored leaving the debt- burdened line inside the Van Swer- ingen rail empire. He quoted from a memorandum written by the late O. P. Van Swer- ingen, once dominant in the 23,000~ mile rail system: “Mr. Jones told the Bondholders’ Committee that he didn't like their plan * * * and wanted to know if they were trying to unseat the management, saving ‘You can't do that.'” The R. F. C. was interested in the reorganization because of Government loans made to the railroad during the depression. Carrol Shanks, head of a Bondhold- ers’ Protective Committee, told inves- tigators yesterday that “I realized I would have a hell of a time coming to an agreement with Jones” on a re- organization if the bondholders op- posed Van Sweringen domination. “Then the thing that really con- vinced you to accept this plan was the | 'Restaurants Ex fact that you were told down at the R. F. C. that you better come to terms with the Van Sweringens, and let them control it?” inquired Senator Wheeler. *"You were practically told by Jones to leave the Van Sweringens in there?” “I so interpreted it,” Shanks re- plied. Wheeler had charged earlier that the Van Sweringens gained control of the Dlinois line secretly and illegally in defiance of the Interstate Com- merce Commission, and that the road { had then obtained an R. F. C. loan | through “subterfuge, or fraud.” He counseled Shanks: “If you are going to let the Van Bweringen interests keep control, you better watch your shirt, or they will take it away from you.” “I'm inclined to agree with you,” the youthful, sun-tanned witness re- plied with a smile. He sharply criticized section 77 of the bankruptcy act, enacted during the depression to facilitate corporate re- organizations, on the ground that “it is made to order to promote holding company control.” ENGINEER GRADUATES IN GREAT DEMAND G. W. and Maryland U. Schools Among +80 in Survey by Insurance Bureau. Graduates of the Engineering SBchools of George Washington and Maryland Universities are in great demand, a survey by the Family Economics Bureau of the Northwest- ern National Life Insurance Co. of | Minneapolis, revealed yesterday. The survey, a summary of com- ments received from many personnel administrators and directors of place- ment bureaus, declared that the George Washington school would not be able to fill all the calls for em- ployment this year. For the Uni- versity of Maryland engineers the de- mand was three times what it was| last year, witn salaries running 20| to 25 per cent higher. The heavy demand is in the field of engineering | construction. | Results were tabulated for about 80 colleges and universities all over the country where there are schools of engineering or business or both. | All showed much the same demand | for services. THE Eckener at Hearing Without a word, Dr. Hugo Eckener, old master of Zeppelin builders, looked over the fire-blackened wreckage of the Hin- denburg at Lakehurst yesterday. Then he conferred (above) with the United States Commerce Department investigating board. Dr. L. Duerr, member of the German investigating commission, is looking up to him. “It is impossible,” Eckener said, “for me to give any ideas regarding the disaster now.” —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. pected to Get Two Billion Trade This Year By the Associated Press CHICAGO, May 15.—The National Restaurant Association predicted to- day the Nation's “dining out” checks may aggregate two billion dollars this year, the largest bill for restaurant patronage since 1929, This would be a 20 per cent increase in the “take” of restaurateurs, com- pared with the 1936 sales volume, it was said. R. D. Clark, president, said “Depart- ment of Commerce figures covering ' retail establishments reveal a steady gain, month by month, among restau- rants, with few interruptions to the upswing. We seem to be headed for the high 1929 level this year.” The volume in the peak year eight years ago was approximately $2,124,- 000,000. The rising tide of business recovery thus will be reflected upon an un- usually sensitive and accurate barom- eter, the association said, recording in particular the extent of personal pros- perity. While the restaurant business depends upon the national appetite, it also is affected by the volume of travel, of entertainment and of con- vention attendance among other things. Even though restaurant men can thank business recovery for their ris- ing turnover, the association said, they have not been asleep in the task of promoting their own individual wel- fare. N Commenting on the rising cost of foodstuffs, Clark declared that restau- rants were doing more than their part in keeping prices down and he attrib- uted their record in this direction to adoption of more scientific equipment and improved methods of food prep- aration. DR. W'INTYRE MASTER OF ALUMNI BANQUET Georgetown Dental Grads Will Attend Event Tonight in ‘Washington Hotel. Dr. John Robert McIntyre was an- nounced as toastmaster for the sec- ond annual Georgetown Dental Alum- ni Association banquet, which will be attended tonight at the Washington Hotel by officials of the university and about 200 professional men. Dr. McIntyre graduated from the Georgetown Preparatory School, the col- lege and Dental School and for a number of years has been on the dental faculty. He is a captain in Dental Corps of the District Na- tional Guard, a member of Omi- cron Kappa Upsi- lon Honorary Dental Praternity and Dr. Melntyre. holds a deputyship in Delta Sigma Delta Fraternity. In addition to Very Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary, 8. J., president of George- town, and officials of the Dental School, guests will include Dr. C. Wil= lard Camalier, president-elect of the American Dental Association; Dr. G. Albert Smith, president of the District’ of Columbia Dental Association. William E. Leahy, law graduate of 1912, who is active in Georgetown af- fairs, and Dr. J. P. Burke, president- elect of the dental alumni, will be the principal speakers. EDUCATORS TO MEET “War Against Crime” Is Topic of Speaker. The Education Association of the District will hold its annual luncheon at the Raleigh Hotel Saturday noon, with Hugh H. Clegg, assistant direc- tor of the Federal Bureau of Investi- gation, as principal speaker. His subject will be “The War Against Crime and Its Importance for Educa- tion.” Miss Frances Guteliud, mu- sician, also will be on the program. Reservations for the dinner are be- ing handled by Thomas Holmes, Eastern High School. 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Ernst, 78, Hamburg cotton broker, who was injured in the destruction of the airship Hindenburg, died today at Paul Kimball Hospital. This brought the number of disaster dead to 36. Ernst, who failed to rally from & blood transfusion yesterday, died at 9:40 am. (E. 8.T.). His wife, 63, also injured in the disaster, is in the hos- pital, where her condition was de- scribed as good. NAZIS JOIN PROBE. LAKEHURST, N. J., May 15 (#).— Entrance of the official German In- vestigating Board into the Hinden- burg inquiry directed emphasis today toward witnesses' estimates of the time element in® the giant Zepplin's movements in the final minutes of the disaster. Dr. Hugo Eckener, veteran airship authority, sought survivors' opinions on the interval between dropping of the ground rope and the fatal lift- ing of the bow as he took an active part in the afternoon hearing yes- terday. In addition to queries on landing operations, the chief of the Zep- pelin company asked that questions and answers dealing with the esti- mated period between the outbreak of fire and the crash to the ground be repeated. Dr. Eckener appeared at the hearing after 'a morning in- spection of the remains of the once majestic Hindenburg, whose burning at the Naval Air Station May 6,took a toll of 35 lives. Whether odor was.noticed at the explosion, where freight was located, where smoking was permitted, whether welding equipment was carried and whether visitors had been in the air- ship before it sailed from Germany ‘were among other questions posed. These latter queries, members of the United States Department of Com- merce Investigating Board indicated, however, were not suggested by the visiting German Board of Inquiry. Son ‘Dead Right’ About Dictator, Says John Dodd By the Associated Press. FUQUAY SPRINGS, N. C, May 15.—John Daniel Dodd said today he was confident his son, Ambassador Willlam E. Dodd, was “dead right” in his allegation that a billionaire was ready to set up a Fascist dictatorship in the United States. “Will knows everything,” the 89- year-old man said. “You can bet your last dollar that whenever Will says anything he knows what he is talking about. “And, furthermore,” he added, “you might as well try to move the sun as try to make Will tell anything that he’s not a-mind to tell. He's nearly as stubborn as I am in that respect, if not as much so. Will won't tell the name of that rich man unless he wants to.” The statements of the United States Ambassador to Germany were made in a letter to several Senators urging support of the Roosevelt court reor- ganization plan lest a Fascist dicta- torship spread to this country. Senator Nye, Republican, of North Dakota has introduced a resolution directing the State Department to ob- tain the billionaire’s name from the Mrs. Roosevelt Greeted by Girl Scouts Members of the guard of honor saluting Mrs. Roosevelt as she arrived at the Girl Scouts’ Little House this morning. Holding a shovel in her gloved hands and placing her foot lightly against it, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt today | went through the motions of planting | & tree in the Memory Garden of the National Girl Scout Little House at 1750 New York avenue—a ceremony | held in connection with Girl Scout| participation in the Better Homes in America Campaign. ‘The tree—a camelia japonica bush —will hold & two-fold memory for the Scouts, for it was brought to Wash- ington from Savannah, Ga.. the home | of Mrs. Jullette Low, who founded the | Girl Scout movement in the United | States. “I am glad to participate with the Girl Scouts in this practical demon- stration of Better Homes Week be- cause I believe that every woman should have home economics training and that landscaping is an important factor in the charm of the home,” Mrs. Roosevelt remarked to the group | of selected Girl Scouts and officials | who crowded into the little garden. Earlier, Mrs. Roosevelt inspected the | Little House and praised a scale | model of the Savannah Little House | where the first Girl Scout troops held | their meeting. This model, it was explained, had been prepared for the celebration in April of the silver an- | niversary of the Scout movement. In | the recreation room she also exam- | ined an example of weaving demon- strated by Dorothy Kopsch of Troop 9. The reading of a poem by Betty | Lee Plummer of Troop 79 also was a | feature of the program. A guard of honor of 25 Girl Scouts POLISH RIOTS RENEWED AFTERFIFTY CASUALTIES | | By the Associated Press. WARSAW, May 15.—New anti- Semitic riots broke out today in Gra- bow, Lodz Province, despite police | precautions against a nationwide i spread of the violence that raged i through four Polish cities yesterday. A mob gathered in Grabow after a knifing affray in which a gentile | owner of a market stand was wounded by a Jewish shopkeeper. 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The proposal to adopt daylight saving for the District was inaorsed last night by the District Depart- ment, American Federation of Gov- ernment Employes. The department refused to s:at as a delegate from State Department | Lodge 71 Ernest R. Perkins, who was | said to have expressed himself favor- ably toward the Civil Liberties Union. The Credentials Committee recom- mended the seat be denled and on a vote this carried, 50-42. R — Declared to be the world's largest | foot ball crowd, 150,000 fans saw | 8cotland defeat England at Glas- | gow, Scotland. BRIGHTWOOD ASKS MEMORIAL SPEED Completion of Fort Stevens Monu- ment Sought for Anni- versary Fete. Completion of the grounds and monument in time for the celebra- tion of the 72nd anniversary of the Battle of Fort Stevens was urged last | night at a meeting of the Brightwood Citizens’ Association in the Paul Junior High School. The association was advised by C. 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