Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1937, Page 5

" RELIEF BILL FAGES BATTLE INSENATE, New Fight to Slice Fund Is Seen After House Votes Measure, 323-44, BACKGROUND— Hoping to regain some measure of control over erpenditure of public funds, House group made deter- mined eflort to cut relief appropri- ation from $1.500,000.000 to $1,000,- 000.000 and to earmark portion of funds. They failed, however, and, as in the past, their carmarking efforts will serve only to indicate to the President how Congress would like to see the money spent. By the Assoclated Press The administration's $1,500,000,000 relief bill, winning midnight House approval after a compromise quashed | 8 persistent revolt, went to the Sen- | ate today for another major battle. | Economy advocates in that cham- ber said they would renew demands to cut the fund by one-third. A House bloc lost a similar attempt before | the final 323-to-44 vote by which the bill passed. There were prospects, too, that some Senators would try to reinstate wmendments to earmark one-third of the total for roads, dams and other epecial projects. These won ten- tative House approval last week | over the objections of administration | Yeaders. | After week end conferences, how- ever, the President's lieutenants | agreed on modifications, which were accepted last night by tired and hnn-‘ gry members who had been in ses- | sion since noon. | Six roll calls, each requiring 35 minutes, prevented most members | from leaving the chamber for dinner. | Majority Leader Rayburn had ar- gued that tying of the President's hands by the earmarking amendments | would force dismissal of more than | 630.000 workers from works progress rolle. The administration contended the earmarking proposals would take | patrol. extra money for materials and 1e- | The territory left unsupervised in-| duce the amount available for 1ages. | ed the important ports of Valencia | House members described the com- | apq Barcelona, which were assigned promise as including: to Italy and Germany by the com- 1. An administration promise that | mittee when it parceled out the coast probably much more than the $45.000.- | of Spain to the international watch- | 000 tentatively earmarked would be|dogs. They were to curb the flow of spent for flood control. ms and men to both government | 2. An agreement to revoke an all- |And insurgent factions in the civil| relief-labor order which had held up | “ar. | use of $131.000,000 now in the Public | Britain was reported to feel that Works Admunistration’s revolving fund | the gap must be closed through inter- | for loans and grants to cities. This | Dational co-operation, however, and would mean pletion of a large | NOt through a virtual blockade of for which cities | Eastern Spain by Italy alone. | British observers that the | augmented fleets of Italy and Ger- | many would hardly be likely to remain | 3. A promise to make relief funds | nactive for long if Russian and other ble for building ponds and lakes | nations’ merchantmen went freely in the water level of the South-| and out of Spanish government ports. | Dust Bowl.” | In some quarters it was hinted the | Although the administration had | British admiralty already was con- pffered to supply relief labor for con- | sidering whether more of his majesty’s struction of “farm-to-market” roads. ' fleet could be spared to take over the | Chairman Cartwright of the House additional stretch of coastline—under Roads Committce held out for set the flag of the International Commit- gside $150,000,000 for road const tee—until Germany and Italy could tion under contracts let by State high- | be prevailed upon to return to the way departments. | fold of international co-operation, His amendment, once tentatively| The main hope of inducing the two ! approved, was rejected last night, 207 | countries to renew participation still to 167, | was held, however, to lie in working After the principal controversy was | out some scheme of safety zones in rettled by rejection of the earmarking | Which warships of the patrol fleet proposals, the House acted swiftly on | would be assured of adequate protec- a number of other proposed amend- | tion while resting and refueling ments. The German government said the Hopkins' Pay Restored. | Deutschland was off duty and seeking The salary of Harry L. Hopkins as | Iest at anchor off Ibiza in the Balearic works progress administrator, from , Isles Saturday evening when it was which $2.000 had been tentatively cut, | aitacked by the Spanish planes. was restored to the present $12,000 | a vea a vote of 272 to 96, Republicans, led by Representative Bacon, Republican, of New York urged | that relief be turned back to the| Btates, with Federal grants of money to them, but that was rejected, 296 to 78 | come tax, it was Amendments were adopted giving | salaries under $3,500 a vear and hit first preference on relief Jobs to citi- | the people who “deserved to pay it.” | zens and aliens with “first papers” and | She fears, however, the wealthy will | barring agricultural workers from re- | find various loopholes to escape the lief while part-time private jobs are |tax, just as many have done under | foreign office, was believed to be fully | aware of the necessity for quick closure of the gap left on the eastern Spanish coast by the withdrawal of the two| | Central European powers from the | “Dust Bowl” Aid Assured. ]7)7.7( I?faxeé (Continued From First Page.) , if it exempted | tax on THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, };? mit tax program,” said Mrs. Nor- | ton, “but I don't think I would be | inclined to vote against a proposal’ to raise the real estate tax rate to $1.70. It seems to me that rate would be reasonable in view of the high rents in the District. “The rentals here are much higher than in Jersey City, N. J, my home And the real estate tax there is among the highest in the country.” Kinks in Tax Program. There are three kinks in the com- | pleted tax program the subcommittee plans to work out before it reports to the full committce at a special meeting tomorrow. One is whether the income tax should be made retro- active to 1936 and the tax cut in half, so the District will be in a posi- tion to derive some revenue from this source before October 31. | The retroactive feature was written into the proposed income tax bill by Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Seal Commissioner Dan I. Sultan told the subcommittee he thought it was a | “dirty trick” and said he would have | no objection to its removal. Another feature which the sub-/ committee plans to straighten out is whether the $1,500,000 prospective revenue from the weight tax on mo- | tor vehicles should be credited to the general fund or placed in the special gasoline tax fund to support all of | the activities of the Highway Depart- | ment as well as certain activities of | the Department of Vehicles and Traf- | fic. The Commissioners did not make | a definite recommendation on this proposal, but submitted the draft of | two proposed bills one of which would | credit the weight tax receipts to the general fund. The other would place | the revenues in the gas tax fund and | transfer to it support of the ac vities | of the Vehicles and Traffic Depart- | ment. The third feature which must be | ironed out is whether, with the adop- | tion of an income tax, the present | intangible personal property | should be continued. The Commis- | sioners recommended co..tinuation of | the intangible tax. Several subcom- | mittee members believe it should be | continued until the validity of xhe{ income tax is firmly established, but Left: Patrolman Walter MacKen pageant to be held Trick Police Riders Ready to Thrill New Yorkers zie of Squadron 1, New York Mounted Police, Roman- riding with two horses during a practice session on the Central Park bridle path, for the police a in Madison Square Garden June 2 to 4. Right: Two veterans of the motorcycle division practicing one of the hair-raisirg stunts u‘hich'thcy will exhibit at the pageant, the first in the history of the department. JUNE 2, 1937, —Wide World Photos. TICKET-FIXING CASE MAY BE EXTENDED Winfield Attorney Hints “Higher-Ups” Canceled Charges. The case of alleged ticket fixing | against Second Precinct Policeman | Welford E. Winfield, being heard to-| day before the Police Trial Board, | gave indications of reaching “higher- ups” as Defense Attorney Charles E Ford, questioning a witness about cer- tain tickets in a book not contained in the bill of specifications, said he “intended to show” many of the tickets in the book had been canceled by Po- | lice Department officials. The board. | however, ordered Ford's questioning stricken from the record. | Assistant Corporation Counsel Ed-f ward M. Welliver, prosecutor, was| asked by Ford whether certain can-| celed tickets, also not contained in the bill of specifications, bore his (Wel- liver's) initials. Welliver replied he did not think his “authority on that| subject should be questioned.” | Policeman N. M. Baker, eighth pre- cinct, under stern orders from In-| spector Edward J. Kelly, Trial Board chairman, to “try hard to recollect” | the names of higher officers at head- ! quarters who had ordered Bakers traffic book brought in, called the names of three men—Inspector Ben- jamin Lamb, Capt. Milton D. Smith and Sergt. John Agnew. Baker testified, however, he did not ° know what disposition of tickets the officers had made. But two of the tickets were allowed as evidence at the opening session of the trial this morning. Ford made almost contin- "It stimulates sluggish kidneys and tends to | correct acidity’’ | writes & physician He refers to Mountain Valley Water. the natural aid to weak. faltering kidneys doctors have prescribed for 75 years. Let us send you a case. Just telephone MEt. 1062. MOUNTAIN VALLEY uous objection to evidence aroatoe including two documents which he claimed contained a discrepancy in | dates. The documents were an order, and an amendment to it, which set up operations of the traffic record office in 1932 | Winfield pleaded not guilty to a charge of ‘“conduct prejudicial to the good order and reputation of the Po- | lice Department involving 22 al-| leged cases of ticket fixing, while he | was in the Traffic Bureau from April | 15, 1932, until February 15, 1937. Baker testified the two tickets in question—issued by him August 22, | 1935-—had been canceled by Winfield. Asked by Inspector Kelly if he knew why Winfield canceled the tickets, Baker testified he did not know. | Other members of the trial board | are Capt. Lloyd E. Kelly of No. 8 pre- cinct and Capt. J. C. Morgan of the fifth precinct. Winfield's trial is ex- pected to last several days e DR. WILLIAM RICHARDS EXPIRES AT NASHVILLE Uncle of Mrs. Samuel M. Meek, | Capital Clubwoman, Will Be Buried Today. Dr. William Henry Richards, 83, | Knoxville, Tenn.. dentist, and uncle of Mrs. Samuel McDowell Meck, 1735 | Lanier place, Washington clubwoman, died yesterday in Nashville. He was to be buried in Knoxville at 3 pm. | Southern Dental Society and a writer | today. Dr. Richards. member of Time Is HERE! MODEX Casein Paint Washable. high = light Odorless One coat often even new surfaces. interior use on wall- plastered walis r Summer Witer. 81.25 gol. Orders Delivered by Speed-E” Service ButLer FLynn Phone, prominent old Virginia families of Digges and Burwell, was a native of Salem, Va., a former president of the and poet. oke Col kins University, Baltimore. | He was educated at Roan- | ge, Salem, and at Johns Hop- | rviving are two nieces, and Mrs. Frank Hansbor Arlington Heights, Va. Dr. Richards often visited Mrs. Meek | Mrs. Meek h Iden, | *%x A5 REFRIGERATORAGT 10 BE RESTUDIED Tumultuous Protests Greet Proposed Drastic Code at Hearing. Commissioners, announced that each speaker would be limited to five min- utes. There was another chorus of disapproval when Capt. Tansey stated that members of the Code Commite tee, scated at the front of the room, would not answer any questions. Leaders in Attack. Leading the attack on the pro- cedure adopted for the hearing wers Ringgold Hart, counsel to the Mer= chants and Manufacturers' Associa= tion, the Chestnut Farms. Chevy Chase and th» Southern Dairies; Julian Richards, counsel to the Wash- Restudy of the entire draft of the proposed drastic refrigerator and air- conditioning code for the District was ordered today by Engineer Com- missioner Dan I. Sultan as a result of the tumult of protests that greet- ed the regulations at yesterday's pub- lic hearing. Col. Sultan directed the committee of District officials who prepared the document to confer with representa- tives of various interested groups and promised that all would be given full opportunity to be heard. Prospects are a second hearing will be held before the Commissioners consider adoption of new regulations designed to assure the safety of all persons using or otherwise affected by such equipment. Col. Sultan said it appeared a second hearing would be necessary. Code Needed, Sultan S: “We need a code covering the in- stallation, use and repair of such equipment,” Col. Sultan said, “but I do not yet know what provisions should be included. That is what we want to find out.” First public announcement of the hearing was made Sunday. The pro- posed code is a lengthy and techni- cal document and was not advertised. Only a relatively few persons had been apprised of the terms of the | proposed code. Shouts of disapproval went up from most of the 200 business men and property owners attending the hear- |ing when Capt. 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Against the demands of an economy bloc for cuiting the relief fund stood the declaration of Senator La Fol- lette, Progressive, of Wisconsin that $1.500,000,000 was “inadoqu:’é‘ He said he might have to fight to gave the amount the President recom- mended, however, and would await developments before demanding an in- crease, subcommittee has approved would | reach single persons with an income of $1,000 a year or more and married | persons whose combined income amounts to $2,£00 or more. 1 “I have not examined the subcom- 9 stalled now—make S ing charge during Spain (Continued From First Page.) penny. that their ships would be safe from future attacks such as the bombing of the German warship Deutschland by Bpanish government planes. Twenty-six German sailors were killed in the attack. 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