Evening Star Newspaper, June 12, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecpst.) Fair, continued coo! tonight; tomorrow fair, rising temperature; gentle variable winds. Temperatures today—Highest, 78, at noon; lowest, 56, at 4 a.m. Full report on page A-9. Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 10 85th YEAR. No. 34,0 TROOPS T0 GUARD AGAINST RIOTING AT MONROE WHEN UNION MEN MEET Gov. Murphy Will Send Bat- talion of Guardsmen and 100 State Policemen to Strike-Torn City. DECISION IS REACHED AT PARLEY IN DETROIT Governor Announces He May At- tend Gathering—Traffic Will Be Routed Around Municipal- ity and Sightseers Will Be Asked to Avoid Region. BACKGROUND— Committee for Industrial Or= ganization’s efforts to bring Re=- pubdlic, Youngstown and Inland— the big three independents of the steel industry—in line have been marked with rioting and bloodshed. Most recent disorders were at Mon- roe, Mich., where city officials deputized American Legion mem- bers, who dispersed pickets at the Repubdlic plant. Govs. Murphy of Michigan and Davey of Ohio are conferring with union, company and city officials in eflort to bring peace. Bt the Associated Press, DETROIT, June 12.—Gov. Frank | Murphy announced today that a bat- talion of National Guardsmen and 100 | State policemen would be sent to| Monroe early tomorrow to prevent dis- order at a tri-State mass meeting of union members. Although Homer Martin, president | ©f the United Automobile Workers, had called for union men from Michigan, ‘Indiana and Ohio to attend the meet- ing to protest the routing of striking steel workers’' pickets at Monroe, the Governor said Martin had promised he would “discourage” the attendance of members from outside of Michigan. ‘The meeting will be held in a State park 3 miles north of Monroe at 2 p.m. Sunday. Trafic will be routed around the ! eity. Sightseers will be asked to avoid | $he city and the meeting piace. Governor May Be Present. ‘The Governor said he was ordering troops and a heavy coacentration of Btate police to Monroe “to insure a peaceable assembiy and to protect the citizens of Monroe.” Murphy announced also that he may | Bttend the meeting. He made his announcement at the feonclusion of a conference with rep- Tesentatives of the U. A. W. A, State law and order officials and a delega- tion of Monroe City and County offi- eials. Martin already had left for Muncie, Ind., to keep a spesking engagement | when the Governor made his an- nouncement and was not available for comment on the statement he would *discourage” attendance by union men from other States. Threatens Barricade. Mayor Daniel A. Knaggs of Monroe, | ‘Who announced earlier he was prepared Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. 100,000 to Cheer 80 Runners In Star’s Marathon Today 10. he Foening Star WASHINGTON, the race. Inset: a strong dark horse today. Jose Rios, Peruvian star, who “hit the hay” at the Annapolis Hotel at 5:05 o’clock this morning after a week of flying from Rio de Janerio, finds sleeping a bit more tempting than orange juice when Waitress Lillian Hunt attempted to arouse him for Jimmy Bartlett, running for General Motors of Oshawa, Canada, was the first entrant from the Western hemi- shere to finish in the last Olympic marathon at Berlin. He is —Star Staff Photos. (List of entries on page A-2) BY JACK ALLEN. GALLERY approximating 100,000 persons was expected to line the streets of Wash- ington and suburban Virginia this afternoon to witness the sixth an- nnal renewal of The Evening Star race for the National A. A. U. ma! thon championship. Unusual interest has- deen aroused contest, which will start from Mount SNEAD SCORES 10 10 LEAD OPEN Cruickshank Cards 67 for 213 Total, One Strike Behind Leader. Bs the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Mich, June 12— Slamin’ Sam Snead, 24-year-old pro- to declare an emergency, call all able- bodied citizens to arms and barricade the entrances to the city in the event the meeting were held without the presence of National Guardsmen, reached the conference room at 10:25 am. Already there were the Governor, | Martin, who issued the call for the | mass meeting; Maurice Sugar, at- torney for the U. A. W. A Col John 8. Bersey, adjutant general of Michigan; Oscar G. Olander, com- | commissioner of State police, and Capt. Lawrence Lyon of the State police. ‘The Governor’s brother, Harold, ac- | companied him to the suite in & down- | town hotel which had been reserved for the conference. | The Monroe delegation included Mayor Knaggs, Monroe County Prose- cutor Francis T. Ready, City Attorney Harold Nadeau and City Commission- ers Willlam J. Luft, George Danz and Kennett Kemmerling. Mayor Knaggs said the declaration of an “emergency” would “call to arms all able-bodied citizens” to pre- | vent the entrance of union men from | Michigan, Ohio and Indiana called to | & mass meeting to protest the routing of striking steel workers’ pickets. Ad- (See STEEL, Page A-3.) L AVALANCHE GRAZES | PAIR IN PLANE HUNT " Bearch for Seven Bodies in Utah | Wreckage Temporarily Suspended. By the Associated Press. BALT LAKE CITY, June 12.—Two | ‘Western Air Express officials, brushed by s devastating avalanche, tempo- rarily suspended their search today for seven bodies in the wreckage of an airplane found on a peak 25 miles from here. 3 Frank Eastman, Western Air fleld manager, and Wally Crews, his assist- ant, barely scrambled to safety. Adopting a new search procedure, Crews will fly to Burbank, Calif, Eastman said, to obtain equipment for lowering men over a 1,090-foot cliff to the wreckage, inaccessible | now because of frequent landslides. | The men will be lowered in para- chute harness attached to steel cables, | and they will wear miners' safety| helmets and flying suits fitted with | foot ball shoulder pads, Crews said. Rex Moyle of Alpine meanwhile filed suit against Western Alr for the | $1,000 reward offered for discovery of | the plane. The concern has an- nounced it will present the reward to | two other Alpine residents who| fessional from White Sulphur 8prings, ‘W. Va,, shot a subpar 70 on his third round today to project himself back {into the lead in & torrid battle for the | United States Open Golf champlon- ship at Oakland Hills. v Sam posted a 54-hole total of 212 |to gain & one-shot lead over Bobby Cruickshank, who contributed to a ter- rific shake-up among the pace makers by firing a 67, five under par, and mov- ing up with a 54-hole aggregate of 213. Cruickshank, the 42-year-old Scot who missed title bids in 1923 and 1932, was the hero of the galleries. Wee Bobby's 67 was the second best round of the tournament. Pat Bawyer of Minmeapolis, who started even with Snead at 142, drop- ped back with a 75 and total of 217. Frank Walsh Falters. Frank Walsh, Chicago pro, was among the victims in the shakeup. He faltered badly on the incoming nine, finished with a third round 78 and dropped- six shots behind Snead with 218. Vic Ghezzi, Deal, N. J,, skidded from the “top 10” with & 78 and aggregate of 221. Snead made a grandstand dash down the stretch to post his third 70. He recovered from the rough to save his par on the fourteenth, but missed a 4-foot try for a birdie on the next green. Pars on the sixteenth and seventeenth were orthodox. On the last hole Snead fired a beautiful brassie shot to the green to finish with a birdie 4. The ball stopped 35 feet from the cup and his putt for an eagle just missed. Wiffy Cox of Bethesda, Md., came in with a 37—38—75 for a 54-hole total of 223. Other Scores. Other scores and 54-hole aggre- gate: Bill Melhorn, Louisville, Ky., 152— 75—227. Ray Mangrum, Dayton, Ohio, 150— 11—221. John J. Beadle, Media, Pa, 151— 77—228. Jimmy Johnstone, tario, 151—81—232, Waldo Crowder, 151—76—227. Al W. Heron, Reading, Pa., 152— disqualified. Pat Saw; 142—-75—217. Ted Bishop, 152—74—226. Byron Nelson, Reading, Pa., 11—222. Jimmy Hines, Garden City, N. Y., 147—76—223. Marvin D. Stahl, Lansing, Mich,, 149—78—227, Jimmy Demaret, Toronto, On- Cleveland, Ohlo, T, Minneapolis, Minn,, Auburndale, Mass., 151— Houston, Tex., “found it first.” 146—176—3223. r by the internutional importance of the | Vernon at 2 o'clock and end behind the White House about 4:30 after a gruelling struggle covering 26 miles, 385 yards. Four of Canada’s finest runners and the South American star, Jose Rios of Peru, who arrived in the Capital early this morning after a ¢,000-mile airplane trip from Rio de Janeiro, seek to carry the United States crown back to their native lands. ‘The field entered for the race, con- (8ee MARATHON, Page A-3.) FEARS NCREASE FORMRS PARSD Official Says No Search Is in Progress to Give Time for Contact. BACKGROUND— Last person identified as having seen Mrs. Alice Parsons before she disappeared was Mrs. Anna Kupri- anoff, housekeeper. The 38-year- pld heiress got into an automobile with a middle-aged man and wom- an Wednesday morning and started a trip from which she has not returned. By the Associated Press. STONY BROOK, N. Y, June 12— A Suffolk County, Long Island. offi- cial disclosed today that genuine fear is felt for the safety of Mrs. Alice McDonell Parsons, 38-year-old woman | who vanished from her Long Meadows | farm three days ago. Assistant District Attorgey Lindsay | R. Henry, the official, said no search | for Mrs. Parsons has started yet out | of deference for the expressed wishes | of her husband, William G. Parsons, gentleman poultry farmer, to give the | supposed abductors of his wife a| chance to establish contact with him. “And,” he added, “we don't want her husband to blame us if anything should happen to her now. That's why all the lJaw enforcing agents are laying off. When the circumstances merit it, we shall begin a search for her.” The hoped-for contact apparently had not been established today, but Parsons, going about his farm duties quietly, was still doggedly of a mind to give the kidnapers a chance. A ransom note, found in the Par- sons car Wednesday night, hours after Mrs. Parsons had vanished, de- manded $25,000 and contained a threat that she would “never speak again” unless the money was paid. While Federal agents went about their operations secretly, State police, Wwho are reported pursuing their own investigation, studied the typewritten pages of their examination of Mrs. Anna Kuprianoff, housekeeper in the Parsons home. Assistant District Attorney Henry said the questioning of Alex Kuprianoff, 43-year-old match factory worker, who said he was Mrs. Kuprianoff'’s former husband, had been completed and Kuprianoff would be returned to his Long Island City home. Mrs. Kuprianoff had not mentioned (See PARBONS, Page A-3) - z SIX IN PLANE KILLED 10 German Girls Drowned in Same Storm. BERLIN, June 12 (#).—Six mem- bers of the German air force were killed when their military plane, caught in a squall, erashed near Det- mold, it was disclosed today. The deaths raised to 16 the toll of fatalities from yesterday's sudden storms. Ten girl members of a Hitler youth group were drowned when flood D. C, BILBAO BOMBED, IGNITED BY REBELS IN'BIG OFFENSIVE Franco Cracks Outer Line of City’s Defenses by Powerful Attack. SATURDAY, BASQUES RUSH TROOPS TO CHECK OFFENSIVE Water Front of Northern Capital Fired by Insurgent Aviators and Artillery Guns. BULLETIN. LONDON, June 12 (#)—Great Britain announced officially to- night the conclusion of a four- power agreement guaranteeing the safety of foreign warships parti- cipating in the neutrality patrol off Spain and the return of Ger- many and Italy to the European non-intervention fold. By the Assoctated Press. HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish Fron- tler, June 12.—Bilbao water front houses were set aflame today by com- bined aerial and artillery bombpara- ment as an insurgent offensive was reported to have cracked the outer line of the city’s “last-stand defenses.” The aerial attack concentrated on three objectives—the water front, militiamen’s barracks and water reser- voirs. Reports said a large force of planes shuttled between their base and the city, making forays against neigh- boring communities and Basque de- fense lines also. Air observers reported Gen. Fran- cisco Franco's heavy guns and air raiders combined to smash Bilbao with bombs and shells. They said they could see flames rising from sev- eral houses near the water front along the Nervion River. A squadron of 39 insurgent bombers droned over Amurrio, Galdacano and three smaller communities near Bil- bao for 12 hours, raining bombs on the towns and machine-gunning de- fense positions. Insurgent headquarters said Gen. Fidelo Davila's attacking forces oc- cupied the entire front line of the Basques’ steel-and-concrete “Maginot” line—a semi-circle of intrenchments eastward from a few miles south of Bilbeo to & few miles north. ‘Thousands of Basque reinforce- ments were rushed to the front to buttress the defense as a desperate battle spread along Bilbao's encircling fortifications. ® Insurgent reports said the defenders, at one point, had fallen back to the second of three lines in the defense system. Basque authorities, however, in- sisted the *iron ring” around the city | was not actually broken through at any point. At the same time, they an- nounced the body of an insurgent pilot, shot down yesterday, had been identified through documents as that of & German. After almost a week of inactivity because of Spring storms, the in- surgents launched powerful attacks against Lemona and Galdacano, their aviation benefited by clearing skies. The insurgent left flank, mean- | while, drove toward Cerberio in an | effort to cut the retreat of the gov- | ernment forces in Amurrio, further south of Bilbao. One air squadron seemed to con- centrate on a row of villages skirting Galdacano, the government’s most | heavily fortified position, 5 miles | southeast of Bilbao. Defense troops clung to their po- | sitions at Lemona, their main barrier against an insurgent advance into Galdacano since they lost strategic Lemona Peak, a natural fortress. At another vital defense point, Munguia, on the fortified ring north- east of Bilbao, insurgent dispatches said defense forces were being evac- | uated. The reports indicated the Basques were retiring under fire as Munguia was one focal point in the insurgent attack in force. A prolonged shell- ing was followed there by rifie and mortar fire and continuous trench warfare. Summary of Page | Amusements C-20 | Music - _-B-3 | Obituary . --B-2 |Radio ... Real -.B-5-6-7 Estate C-1to9 Comics ..C-18-19 | Short Story__B-7 Editorials .._A-6 | Society .. A-8 Financial --_A-10 | Sports. __ C-10-11 Lost & Found A-3 | Woman's Pg..B-8 FOREIGN. “Iron ring” broken, Bilbao is bombed by rebels. Page A-1 NATIONAL. 8ix Senators named for tax-evasion investigation. Page A-1 Government may not have to borrow next year, officials say. Page A-1 Stretch drive begun by U. S. open pacemakers. Page A-1 Gov. Murphy promises to send troops to Monroe, if needed. Page A-1 Legislation to clarify mail delivery re- strictions urged. Page A-2 Number of modifications made in re- organization bill. Page A-3 WASHINGTON AND NEARBY. Seven ‘“rebel” lodges walk out of A. F. G. E. meeting. Page A-1 Eighty await starter’s gun this after- noon in Star marathon. Page A-1 Cushing home looted; medals, jewelry taken. Page A-2 ‘Water Gate concert series held unlikely this year. Page A-2 Army officer dies of stab wounds at St. Elizabeth’s. Page A-2 Estimated 10,000 quit jobs at Bethle- hem plant. Page A-3 Wage-hour bill hearing in recess until Monday. Page A-3 Policeman Kidwell, children's friend, dies. A1 waters trapped them in the Moderbach i Page Gas company plans $1,00,000 astock lesun, Page A-12 JUNE 12, 1937—FORTY PAGES. ## WONDER IF THE BOYS IN WASHMGRW WOQULD APPRECITE A CoPY OF HESE iz SENATORS NAMED FOR TAX. PROBE Harrison Heads Group for Joint Committee to Study Evasions. By the Associated Press. Vice President Garner's office an- nounced today appointment of six Senators, headed by Chairman Har- rison of the Pinance Committee, to the Joint Congressional Committee to In- vestigate Tax Dodging. The others named, also members of the finance group, were Senators King, Democrat, of Utah; George, Democrat, of Georgia; Walsh, Democrat, of Massachusetts; La Follette, Progres- sive, of Wisconsin, and Capper, Repub- lican, of Kansas. House members of the committee have not yet been appointed. They are expected to be headed by Representa- tive Doughton, Democrat, of North Carolina, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. Some Congressmen said Doughton probably would be desig- nated chairman of the joint investiga- ting committee. Meanwhile, a revenue bill extending the so-called nuisance taxes was on its way to the SBenate. Calculated to be worth $625,000,000 in yearly revenue, the measure was approved by the House yesterday, 229 to 95. The evasion investigation, author- ized by Congress earlier in the week and approved by the President yester- day, will be conducted by a special Jjoint committee not yet selected. It is expected, however, that the inquiry will begin next week with the Treas- ury Department turning over a close- ly-guarded list of names of wealthy persons alleged to have avoided or evaded tax payments. The nuisance levies extended yes- terday apply to gasoline, automobiles, cosmetics, furs, electricity and a va- riety of other products. Bars 2-cent Postal Rate. Before approving the measure, the House voted down efforts to allow nuisance tax extension for only one year, to return immediately the 2-cent postage rate, to raise the levy on im- ported coal and otherwise to amend the bill, Debate over the levy measure also involved discussion of the investiga- tion of tax dodging. Representative Fish, Republican, of New York told the House the con- gressional investigators should scru- tinize the President's income tax return. He said he had information from a “reliable authority” that Mr. Roose- velt had deducted losses on his “so- called farm at Hyde Park,” New York. In reality, he said, it “is not a farm, but a palatial residence.” Today’s Star | Civic groups oppose school appropri- ation alash. Page A-12 Automobile inspections indorsed at Benate hearing. Page A-12 Landlord-tenant row proves fatal for latter. Page A-12 Jordon saved from chair; faces life imprisonment. Page A-12 Two die in Maryland crash; D. C. traffic toll at 50. Page A-12 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page This and That. Page Stars, Men and Atoms. Page Answers to Questions. Page David Lawrence. Page H. R. Baukhage. Page Mark Sullivan, Page Jay Franklin. Page Delia Pynchon. Page SPORTS. Par gets terrific lacing in national open golf. Page C-10 Btrafaci giving backers great run for their money. Page C-10 Porter, Dengis choices in Star's title marathon. Page C-10 Nationals pin hopes on Catcher Rick Ferrell. Page C-11 Griff signs Bucky Jacobs, varsity no- hit pitcher. Page C-11 Medwick speeds pace as big league batting leader. MISCELLANY. Vital Statistics. Traffic Convictions. Young Washington. City News in Brief. 8hipping News. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Nature's Children. Cross-word Puzzle. Bedtime Story. Letter-Out. PeEEEE>>> LdbZbbGbhaaas Page Ranks of Admiral And Field Marshal Retained by Windsor By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 12.—The Duke of Windsor has lost his special seniority but still retains the ranks of admiral of the British Fleet, field marshal and air mar- shal, an authoritative source said today. The duke, it was explained, au- tomatically lost special seniority when he gave up the throne. This special seniority is held only by the reigning sovereign. OHIO PEACE PARLEY STILL DEADLOCKED | Gov. Davey Hopeful as Con- ference Recesses Until Tuesday. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 12.—The prolonged peace conference here in Ohio's Executive Mansion between representatives of Republic, Sheet & Tube and John L. Lewis’ steel union broke up nearly 11 hours after it had convened. It was recessed until next Tuesday. Gov. Davey said of the conferees “it was very interesting to see them smiling as they shook hands and said ‘good night.'” Asked if he felt prog- ress had been made toward settling the seven-State strike, the Governor said “we hope s0.” After Davey urged the companies to sign a 8. W. O. C. contract recog- nizing the union as colective bargain- ing agent for its own members only— the point at issue throughout the two and one-half week-old strike— company representatives said they had not changed their intention against signing. ‘The officials, J. C. Argetsinger of Sheet & Tube and J. A. Voss of Re- public, expressed hope Gov. Davey would find a way to settle the con- flict without necesity of signing a contract. “The Governor has been very patient and gave us all the time we wanted to present our side,” Voss commented. Union representatives—Philip Mur- ray, national 8. W. O. C. chairman, and John Owen, Ohio C. I. O. direc- tor—insisted, meanwhile, on a con- tract. “We are not going to walk out—we are willing to wait for days,” a union spokesman said. ‘The proposal that the 8. W. O. C. be recognized in a contract for its members only was virtually identical to the agreement signed with the S. W. O. C. several months ago by the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co., sub- sidiary of the U. S. Steel Corp., which is the Nation's largest producer. “We have refused to sign the Car- negie-Illinois contract and we won't sign it,” Tom M. Girdler, Republic's pipe-smoking board chairman, de- clared at a press conference & week after the strike started. The other two concerns involved constantly have expressed similar refusals. In- land was not represented at Gov. Davey's conference since it has no Ohio plants. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend of In- diana, after separate Indianapolis meetings with labor leaders and rep- resentatives of two India plants involved in the far-flung Great Lakes steel strike, said “The situation has reached a very definite point of dis- pute and that's the signing of a con- tract.” The only evening Raper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. { SECoND HAKD 7] HisToRIC WORKS | Yesterday’s Circulation, 138,944 (S8ome returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. 1 REBEL LODGES OF A.F.G.EQUT TRIAL IN PROTEST Walkout Caused by Refusal to Hold Open Hearing on Charges. GROUP REFUSED PLEA TO ADMIT REPORTERS Council Committee to Consider Action Limits Representa- tion to 1 Per Unit. BACKGROUND— END OF BORROWING BY U. S. FORECAST Government May Operate During Next Fiscal Year Without Loan. By the Associated Press. : Fiscal officers said today that, after six years of heavy borrowing, the Government may operate in the next fiscal year without going to the money market for new cash. With $800,000,000 from June bor- rowing flowing into the Treasury cash box, these authorities said it is pos- sible the Treasury will underteke only the refinancing of obligations coming due after July 1. They said that taxes under the sqcial security act and sales of baby bonds are expected to send a steady stream of cash into Government cof- fers. The social security collections are available for spending. Agsinst these receipts, the issues Government obligations to special un- employment and old-age reserve funds. ‘The Government thus may borrow, in effect, about $700,000,000 in the next flscal year from future beneficiar- ies instead of from investors at large. From baby bond sales, the Treasury will reap about $500,000,000 next year it buying continues at the present rate. Next year's deficit is estimated by the Budget Bureau at $418,000,000. Apart from this, however, the Treas- ury must have cash to operate its gold sterilization program. — MISS EARHART RESTS AT AFRICAN FORT No Word of Take-Off Heard by French Airline—Next Stop to Be Khartum. By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 12.—The French avia- tion company, Air Afrique, reported that Amelia Earhart apparently was resting today at Fort Lamy, French equatorial Africa, before resuming her round-the-world flight to Khartum, in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. The air company, whose route the American is following near the equator across Africa, said no word of & morn- ing take-off had been received and therefore officials believed Miss Ear- hart would wait until tomorrow before making another leg on her flight. Miss Earhart, with her navigator, Capt. Fred Noonan, flew to Fort Lamy yesterday from Gao, French West Africa. RISE IN TEMPERATURE EXPECTED TOMORROW Today and Tonight Due to Be Cool, But 8lightly Above Yesterday. Warmer weather than in the last few days can be expected tomorrow, the Weather Bureau forecast today. The weather will continue cool to- night, however. The temperature was expected to climb to about 80 degrees this afternoon. The anticipated maximum today would be several degrees above yes- terday's “high” of 73, reached at 6 pm. The low mark during the last 24 hours was 56 at 4 a.m. today. New Nervous System Disease Is Caused by Filterable Virus BY THOMAS R. HENRY, Staff Correspondent ot The Star. ATLANTIC CITY, June 12—A fourth and new member of the group of dreaded contagious diseases of the central nervous system which includes infantile paralysis, encephalitis and meningitis was described before the American Medical Association here yesterday by Dr. Charles Armstrong of the United States Public Health Service. ‘This disease is benign lymphocytic choriomeningitis. It apes meningitis but its course is not so severe and no deaths have yet been reported from it. Unlike meningitis, which is cause by a bacterium, this malady is due to s fliterable virus like polios myelitis and encephalitis. discovered in Washington two years ago. Since then, Dr. Armstrong re- ported, the virus has been isolated from human beings all over the United States and in France and England. There is evidence that it is much wider distributed in the population as a whole than would be indicated by the reported cases. Persons who have the disease develope antibodies in their blood that protects them against future at- tacks. Two workers at the National Institute of Health, Dr. Armstrong reported, were found to have such protective antibodies, although they never knew that they hod the malady. Later examination © of 481 patients at St. Nisabeth's Hospital showed that 17 cent had the The first traces of this disesse m-r-—'T_'fiiFfinf—‘ adult) For more than three years the American Federation of Govern- ment Employes, “white cellar” afiliate of the American Federa- tion of Labor, has been torn by strife between the “liberal” faction, composed principally of New Deal employes, and the “conservatives” from the old line Federal agencies, who constitute a sizable majority. Five “liberal” lodges were eI~ pelled a year ago and now seven more have been suspended for flouting the national officers and proceeding independently with a campaign against proposed Gov- ernment economy measures. BY J. A. FOX. ‘The seven ‘rebel” lodges of the American Federation of Government Employes walked out on their trial toe day when a committee from the Exece utive Council refused to hold the proe ceedings in public. Haled to answer charges growing out of their deflance of national head- quarters in pushing an independent drive against pending economy meas- ures, the seven lodges demanded the right to be represented by counsel and to have the press admitted to the hear- ing at the Hamilton Hotel. The coumecil committee, however, ruled that only one member from each lodge should appear at the heare ing and that the proceedings would be private. The lodges, however, were to be given the right to bring in witnesses. | Each lodge had sent two represene tatives to the hotel. When thess were advised of the committee ruling they held an impromptu session and without further ado to refuse to take any part. To Consider Charges. Under the circumstances, the come mittee was expected to go ahead and consider the charges on the basis of representation by national officers. While & heated discussion was in progress outside the hearing room be- tween representatives of the *rebel” lodges and the council as to the steps to be taken, two headquarters detece tives—Frank O. Brass and J. K. Baker—stood by in the event their services should be needed. The offte cers had not been detailed from head- quarters, it was said, but were making the hotel on their regulsr rounds and decided to remain on hand when the controversy became apparent. Interest attaching to today's proe ceedings, because of overtures made by the seven lodges to the Committes for 1Industrial Organization, was heightened when representatives of the Central Labor Union of Washe ington came to the hotel prepared to take part in the hearing. John Locher, president of C. L. U, and Frank J. Coleman, secretary, had planned to testify before the com- mittee as to the efforts the American Pederation of Labor has made to pro- tect Government employes in the present economy drive. They had expected to base their testimony on an address by William Green, president of the A. F. of L, at the recent convention of the Maryland State-District of Columbia Federation of Labor, in which he hit at the C. I. O. and told what his group had done for Government workers generally. Green was in the lobby of the hotel for a few minutes before the meeting started, but it was said he had just stopped by on his way from breake fast. He said he was taking no part in the hearing. ‘The charges against the seven grew out of the struggle hetween the “libe eral” and the ‘“conservative” wings of the federation and there have been indications that it may eventually lead to the entry of the C. I. O. into the fleld of Government employment. Favor C. 1. 0. Affiliation. The seven lodges, by virtue of action at the mass meeting at the Willard Hotel Thursday night, are on record in favor of affiliation with the C. I. O., but the latter still is holding in abeyance its policy in this regard. For some time the John L. Lewis organization has been receiving appli- cations for affiliation from scattered (See A. F. G. E., Page A-9) BUSINESS HELD FAVORING FAIR EARNING BALANCE Harriman Speaks on Pay Ratio at Geneva—Agricultural Re- turns Held Vital. Br the Associated Press. GENEVA, June 12—United States industry recognizes the need for a proper balance in the earnings of various classes of workers, Henry L Harriman, United States employers” delegate, told the International Labor Conference today. Harriman, chairman of the Boston, Mass., Elevated Rallway, emphasized particularly the necessity for core responding rewards for labor in sgri~ culture and industry. : “No country can really be prés- perous,” he said, “when a large sagh ment of its population earns less fob the same effort than others. I wowht urge agriculture and industry to ree d themselves as partners, each side i}, the other in & planning progrem 20 Wpat they move forward with equsl prospesity.” 4