Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1937, Page 5

~-ESPIONAGE PROBE MAYBE CONTINUED' Senate Group May Act Re- gardless of Outcome of Contempt Trial. - The Senate Civil Liberties Commit- tee probably will continue its in- veetigation of industrial espionage work by the Railway Audit & Inspec- tion Co., it was learned today, regard- less of the outcome of contempt ac- tion brought by the committee against six officials of the company for fail- ure to obey subpeonas last August. This probability was disclosed as the trial of L. Douglas Rice, vice presi- dent and general manager of Railway Audit, on the charges of contempt, was nearing a close in District Court. Rice’s defense was concluded this morning when counsel decided not to place the defendant on the stand, but to rest their case on documentary evidence and testimony of aids to the district attorney regarding efforts by Rice to seek a court ruling on valid- ity of the subpoenas. During presentation of the de- fense, Harry Underwood, assistant United States attorney, testified that Rice went to the hearing room with him on the morning of August 21, the date of his ordered appearance, while the committee was informed of issu- ance of a show cause order restraining the defendant. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON Twins Confuse Husband WEI-I-ES, MUURE With the show cause order still in effect. any new efforts by the commit- tee to call Railway Audit officials for testimony would be dependent on con- | clusion of proceedings initiated last | August in connection with the order by | Rice | Although committee attaches were hesitant to discuss the attitude of the | committee toward further inquiry into | Railway Audit, it was learned that a check has been made on the extent and nature of business now being han- dled by the company. D. C. Bill (Continued From First Page.) $7,500,000 figure, because that cost has already been taken into consideration. Meanwhile Chairman Kennedy of the House tax group was proceeding under instructions from his colleagues to prepare a tentative draft of a tax eprogram to be submitted for decision at a meeting of his subcommittee early next week. As the appropriation bill left the House, carrying $45,228,000, of which the Federal share would be $5,000,000, the local community faced the neces- sity of raising $6,100,000 of additional taxes to meet the District share. Thomas for Taxation. Senator Thomas believes the Dis- trict should balance its budget for the | coming year through taxation, and is | understood to be considering the pos- sibility of having the supply bill itself carry the tax amendments to make it balance. The views subsequently expressed by Representative Kennedy and Sena- | tor King indicate, however, that the question of committee jurisdiction may check any move to make the tax | bills a part of the appropriation | measure. In the regular course of events new laws, such as new forms of taxation, pass through the House | and Senate Legislative Committees. | Senator Thomas indicated last | night he would consider adding tax proposals to the supply bill only if it | is found possible to do so in a con- | stitutional and regular way. He sug- gested, for instance, that if there is any provision in the appropriation bill as it came from the House relat- | ing to the raising of taxes the door ! would be open and the Senate could consider amending such a provision. | At the same time, he made it clear | he had no desire to force an issue of Jurisdiction as between the legislative ! and appropriating committees, but was ! seeking only to be of assistance in expediting a settlement of the Dis- trict’s impending fiscal problems. Jurisdiction Question Before. ! It was a similar question of juris- | diction that led to the elimination by the House of a list of legislative pro- | visions the House Appropriations Com- mittee had written into the District supply bill two months aga, On the floor members of the House District Committee had most of them stricken out on points of order. The time element, meanwhile, is beginning to enter into the situation. Although Congress may be in session most of the Summer, less than six weeks remain to complete the Dis- trict's budget problems in time for the beginning of the new fiscal year. In this connection, District officials indicated today they are somewhat concerned over how long it would take to get the collection machinery in operation, even if the tax bills to meet the anticipated deficit are en- acted between now and June 30. Because of this concern the Com- | missioners suggested to the Senate subcommittee yesterday that Congress restore to them the authority they had for many years prior to 1927 to obtain | advances from the Federal Govern- ment to meet monthly operating ex- penses of the city early in the fiscal year and return the money to the Treasury as local taxes are collected during the year. 5 Reserve Fund Ordered. This arrangement prevailed for a o ctonsiderable period of time, but in 1922 Congress directed the District to build up within five years a reserve fund sufficient to enable the city to start each “scal year on a pay-as-you- “go monthly basis after 1927, The Commissioners explained yes-: terday that, with the District facing a | large deficit under the pending ap- propriation bill, if it should take sev- eral months or longer to get the new | tax bills into operation, the city might ! —_— CRACK-SHOT. used regularly, is teed to keep the free of these disease- carrying pests. 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TOGETNEW POSTS Nominations as Undersec- retary and Counselor Sent to Senate. President Roosevelt today sent to the Senate the nominations of Sumner Welles to be Undersecretary of State and R. Walton Moore to be counselor of the State Department, an office created in'an act signed yesterday by the President. Both offices are equal in rank and salary. Welles and Moore are now serving as Assistant Secretaries of State. The office of the Undersecretary has been vacant since William Phillips was appointed Ambassador to Italy last year. The President sent to the Senate three other nominations affecting the State Department. One transfers John Cudahy of Wisconsin from Min- ister of Poland to Minister of the Irish Free State, and another trans- fers Alvin M. Owsley of Texas from Minister of the Irish Free State to Minister to Denmark. The third was the nomination of Edwin L. Neville of Ohio as Minister to Siam. No indication was given at the ‘White House as to when the President would fill the two assistant secretary- ships now held by Welles and Moore. Welles has been connected with the diplomatic service approximately half of his 45 years. He began his career as secretary of Embassy at Tokio and has been Assistant Secretary since April, 1933, except for eight months of that year as Ambassador to Cuba. Welles lives at Oxon Hill, Md. Moore, a resident of Fairfax, Va., is a former Democratic member of the House, having served from 1919 to wife’s mother and sister. The —A. P. Photo. find itself unable to get through the early part of the fiscal year. When the suggestion in regard to temporary advances was first advanced vesterday it was construed by some as & proposal to meet the deficit by bor- rowing. This was cleared up later i in the day, however, when local offi- | cials explained they were not propos- ing that the city borrow as a substi- tute for new taxes, but merely that Congress re-establish the arrangement | by which the District could obtain | ry advances for brief periods be- collections come in. | i \V:i;l.(lsor First Page.) the fact neighboring peasants say the | ancient halls are haunted. State’s Attorney Maurice Carcassone of Tours removed the last remaining obstacles to the marriage today. As representative of the French ministry of justice, he granted the duke's wed- ding application, including permission to dispense with posting banns and a special authorization for a civil cere- The papers were delivered to Mayor Charles Mercier of Monts, who imme- diately notified the man and woman he expects to marry. Carcassonne said such extraordinary relaxations of the French marriage laws were granted only in the cases of high diplomatic dignitaries. ‘The invitation list and names of the wedding witnesses were expected to be announced late today or tomorrow. , been cleared. The eligible guests were thought likely to include Mr. and Mrs. Her- man L. Rogers of New York, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bedaux of New York and Paris, owners of the chateau; Mr. and Mrs. Grafton W. Minot of Boston and New York, | Lord Brownlow, former gentleman- in-waiting to Edward, and Lady Brownlow, Baron and Baroness Eu- | gene Rothschild, his Austrian hosts; | . Michael Wardell, London pub- A. G. Allen, his attorney; | Mrs. D. B. Merryman of Washington, ! D. C. Mrs. Warfield's aunt, and | household associates of the duke. These associates were expected to be the present equerry, Dudley For- | wood, and four former equerries, Maj. Edward Dudley Metcalfe, Capt. W. D. C. Greenacre, Col. Piers Leigh and Comdr. Lamp. Beyond the wedding date and the fact that the royal family would not be represented, Rogers fixed one other fact in his announcement yester- day of the royal plans—that the wed- ding would not be held in the chateau chapel on the grounds of the estate. districts THE COMMODORE “New York’s BestLocated Hotel” Ciose to theatres smart shops and business 2,000 large, restful, outside reoms —all with private bath—from $3.00 Frank ). Crohan. President . . Connected with the Bqltimore end Ohio 42nd St. Terminal 8y underground 1931. A graduate of the University of Virginia and William and Mary College, Moore entered law practice in 1880. He later specialized in cases before the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, and from 1918 to 1919 was assistant ~general counsel for the United States Railroad Administra- Wed 50 Years FAMILY TO CELEBRATE WITH LOCAL COUPLE. g0 B CUTTHROUGH ROOF 10 RESCUE MAN Firemen Remove Assistant Theater Manager Trapped by Lime Fumes. Firemen chopped through the roof of the Carolina Theater, at Eleventh street and North . Carolina avenue southeast, last night to rescue George Stuart, 45, assistant manager of the establishment, who was overcome by fumes after he crawled into a narrow space under the roof to spread chlo- rated lime, Stuart, who lives at 1375 North Carolina avenue northeast, had crawled into the small opening and was spreading lime when, he said to- day, he began to lose consciousness. “All at once it felt as if there was a pressure on my chest,” Stuart added. “I couldn't breathe. I worked myself back a few feet and started calling | for the projection operator. Then | everything went black.” Stuart regained consciousness at Casualty Hospital as members of the fire rescue squad were carrying him in last night. He did not know at that time that the squad, summoned by Hyman Green, the theater man- The Place for Beds—Good Springs | and Mattresses. | Convenient Terms If Desired | H. A. 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