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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Probably showers tonight and tomor- row; not much change in temperature; gentle to moderate southwest winds. Temperatures today—Highest, 90, at 2 p.m.; lowest, 70, at 5 a.m. Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 18 85th YEAR. No. 34,012, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. ch WASHINGTON, D. ( - STRIKE OF G00000 MINERS PREDICTED -~ AS UNION DECREES, COAL BAN IN STEEL Any Mine Attempting Ship- ments to Closed Plants| Will Be Hit, S. W. 0. C. Aide Says. MONROE TO PERMIT “PEACEFUL PICKETING” | Canton Faces General Walkout If" Workers' Lines Are Broken. Johnstown Guarded After Out- break Where Five Were Hurt. BACKGROUND— John L. Lewis’ Committee for In- dustrial Organization began cam- paign to unionize steel industry after victories in odtaining con- tracts with United States Steel units, States Steel units, largest in country. Three independent pro- ducers, Republic, Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Inland, re- fused to sign and strikes were called on May 25. About 70.000 were madc idle: violence flared. cight were killed and many were injured in rioting. Last week end strike was extended to Bethlehem, second largest steel producer in country. B the Assoctated Press CHICAGO. June 14—Van A. Bitt-| ner, regional director of the Steel Workers' Organizing Committes, said | today that steps have been taken to| stop the coal supply to all struck steel & plants. Mine strikes will follow if ang | shipments are made, he said He predicted that 600,000 United Mine Workers of America may be affected by Saturday “Every coal operators’ association in the United States has been notified by executive officers of the U. M. W.! A. that any mine attempting to ship coal to any steel plant now on strike will be immediately closed down, Bittner said at a press conference “This marks the beginning of a real fight. They can't make steel without coal.” Bittner's disclosure followed an-| nouncement by John L. Lewis, chair- man of the Committee for Industrial Organization, that strikes had been called in mines owned by the Bethle- hem Steel Corp. and the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. In addition, local U. M. W. A officials called strikes in four mines owned by the Republic Steel. However, Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet & Tube mines have been closed for two weeks under com- pany orders Girdler Blamed. “Because Tom Girdler (head of Re- public Steel Corp.) had eight of our people murdered in South Chicago and 100 injured, others of our people shot at Youngstown, Ohio, and beaten at Monroe, Mich., an emergency exists that justifies closing down the mines, Bittner said. Bittner said the mine unionists’ action applied to independent mines, He said 15,000 men were affected to- | day by closure of mines in Pennsyl- | vania, West Virginia and Kentucky which extended scope of the steel | strike to 10 States. | Bittners said the Republic, Inland and Youngstown plants in the Chicago area had about five days’ supply of coal. He said he ‘“did not believe” members of the Progressive Miners of America “would scab” to supply coal to the steel concerns. Lewis Will Speak. While Bittner made his announce- ment, 50,000 handbills were delivered to the S. W. O. C. office to advertise | & mass meeting Thursday night at| the Chicago Stadium at which John | L. Lewis, Committee for Industrial Organization chieftain, will speak. The handbills said Lewis would | (See STRIKE, Page A-3) LOCAL MAN CLINGS T0 BOAT EIGHT HOURS | A. C. Lewis Rescued Long After | Backwash From Passing Motor Boat Upsets His Craft. A. C. Lewis of the Lewis Advertis- ing Agency was rescued by Alexandria police early yesterday after drifting down the Potomac River for eight hours with his overturned sailboat, which had been upset by the back- wasn from a passing motor boat. Lewis was thrown into the water| off Haines Point at 7 p.m. Saturday, a few hours after starting a vacation sailing cruise to Colonial Beach. He grimly clung to the boat as he drifted downstream through the night, determined to save the boat and as many of his supplies as possible. Henry Scott, fireman at the Alex- andria Gas Co., heard his calls for help and called police. Sergt. Fred- erick Kaus and Officers Francis C. Johnson, John C. Wilkinson and Gordon L. Sanders rescued Lewis and his boat opposite the W. A. Smoot coal wharf at 3 a.m. Although virtually exhausted when rescued, Lewis said he believed he could have swum to shore if necessary. He salvaged about half his vacation supplies, losing from the upset craft his gun, camera, clothes and some money. “He said the driver of the motor boat did not stop and may not have known that his sailboat was upset. Lewis lives at 34 Quincy street, A(Ihevy Chase, Md. & | Representatives Edith Maxwell Returned to Jail By Lack of Bond EDITH MAXWELL. By the Assoctated Press. ISE, Va, June 14—Com- monwealth’s Attorney Fred Greear of Wise County said today Edith Maxwell | | has been again lodged in. jail pending | | action on her appeal from a 20-year sentence imposed after she was con- | victed the second time of killing her father, Trigg Maxwell. Her re-incarceration in the jafl where she spent many months await- ing trial was made necessary by the (See MAXWELL, Page A-4.) JOHNSON CHOSEN WOODRING AIDE West Virginian Nominated to Be Assistant War Secretary. BY J. RU LL YOUNG. Louis A. Johnsen, Clarksburg (W Va.), lawyer and a former national commander of the American Legion, has been selected by President Roose- velt to be Assistant Secretary of War. Johnson will take the place made vacant when Harry H. Woodring moved up to the secretaryship. The ! nomination of Johnson was sent to the Senate to- day. Johnson was born in Roanoke, Va, in 1881, and was graduated from the Uni- versity of Vir- ginia in 1912. started,the prad tice of law the same year in Clarksburg. He served as a cap- tain of Infantry overseas during L. A. Johnson. the World War and is a lieutenant colonel of the Infantry Reserves. For his war service he was decorated with the French Legion of Honor. He served as national commander of the American Legion in 1932-33 Johnson also has been active in Democratic politics. He was & mem- ber of the West Virginia House of in 1917, serving as chairman of the Judiciary Committee and as majority floor leader. He was National Convention in 1924 and dur- ing the last national campaign worked actively in the interests of President Roosevelt. Johnson is a member of the Ameri- can and West Virginia Bar Associa- tions, as well as the Bar Association of New York City. He is a member | of the national society of the Sons of the American Revolution and of the Reserve Officers Association of the United States. He married Miss Ruth F. Maxwell in 1920 and they have two children. MAN, SHOT, IS PULLED FROM BURNING AUTO B: the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, June 14.—Relatives identified Eugene B. Schmidt, 42, yes- | terday as the dying man who was pulled from a burning automobile in a Milwaukee parking lot. He was rushed to the County Emergency Hos- pital, but died before entrance, Summary of Page Amusements B-20 Comics ..B-18-19 Page Radio B-14 Short Story..B-9 Editorials -__A-10 | Society B-3 Financial _. A-17 | Sports A-14-15-16 Lost & Found B-14 | Woman's Pg.B-13 Obituary . A-12| FOREIGN. Basques revamp defenses as center of Bilbao is shelled. Page A-1 Amelia Earhart leaves Eritrea on way to India. Page A-8 Blum cabinet to raise taxes of French “Economic Royalists.” Page A-9 NATIONAL. Coal industry fears wage-hour effect on collective bargaining. Page A-1 Miners walk out in steel sympathy strike. Page A-1 Immediate start of steel strike probe asked by Bridges. Page A-1 Proposed powers of wage-hour board face curtailment. Page A-1 Mystery of disappearance of Mrs. Parsons grows. Page A-1 Committee holds court plan “needless, futile and dangerous.” Page A-1 C. L. Pack, noted conservationist, dies at 80. Page A-2 Two_congressional probes held up for relief bill. Page A-2 WASHINGTON AND 'NEARBY. Spirited debate seen in consideration of tax program today. Page A-1 Arlington defers action on lfil?e- 3 vard zoning. a delegate to the Democratic | HOUSEBALKS KILLS MOVE T0 CONSIDER COMNIBUS TAX BILL FORD.C. 2217075 Measure Can’t Be Called Up Again Before June 28. Work on It Blocked in Sec- ond Vote of Day. |PLAN IS ATTACKED | AS “UNFAIR, UNJUST” | | Dies Leads Barrage, as Smith { Follows Him in Plea for | Time to Study it—Nichols In- terjects Plea for Roll Call to Save Proposal. BY JAMES E. CHINN. Revolting against the Kennedy om- nibus tax bill, the House today re- | fused to permit the District Commit- | tee to call it up for consideration by a vote of 227 to 75. Another attempt to call up the measure cannot be made before June 28, the last so-called District day of the month Delay Danger Stressed. Immediately after the vote was an- nounced Representative Nichols, Demo- lcrat, of Oklahoma, a member of the subcommittee of the District Commit- |tee which framed the tax program took the floor to stress the serious effect of the delay in passing on the | tax bill | I had no idea the House misunder- | stood this legislation,” he declared | “It T had. I would have attempted to | explain it.” The first attempt to call up the bill | was blocked by a vote of 176 to 30e Members cheered and applaunded the result. Nichols then forced a roll | call on & point of no quorum in an effort to force the House into com- | mittee of the whole for consideration i!)f the measure. But the -to-75 ballot turned him back . Representative Kennedy, Democrat, of Maryland, chaitman of the sub- | committee that drafted the tax pro- | gram. took the defeat philosophically Asked by newspaper men what he pro- posed to do, Kenmedy replied 5 “Nothing. T'll let it set for awhile.” Income Tax Revolt. The revolt against the tax program centered around the proposed income | tax, chiefly the provision that would | impose a tax on non-residents. Mem- | bers believed this provision would force them to pay the levy as well as | their constituents who work in Wash- ington. | | _“Many of you voted as you did,” | | Nichols declared, “because you were told it would impose the District in- come tax on you. That is not so. No one would have paid except those legally domiciled here. You all know what ‘domiciled’ means. If a Fed- | eral employe maintains a residence | here he should pay here.” | Nichols told the House there are only two methods by which the antic- | ipated $6,000,000 deficit can be met in the coming fiscal year is by a tax bill that the citizens want or by in-| creasing the Federal payment toward | District expenses. You have said by your action to- | day,” he declared, “that you don't| want the citizens of the District to | pay the taxes for the maintenance of the city and at the same time that you are willing to take money that your constituents pay and give to the District of Columbia.” Even before Representative Palmi- | | sano, Democrat, of Maryland, acting | chairman of the District Committee in| the absence of Representative Mary T. Norton, Democrat, of New Jersey, attempted to call up the bill, two mem- bers took the floor to denounce it. Representative Dies, Democrat, of | Texas was the first to attack the meas- ure as “unfair and unjust.”” He was followed by Representative Smith, Democrat, of Virginia, who nppea]edi ito the House to delay consideration until the members had time to study its effect on the folks back home. Dies declared he would not support | any bill that proposes to tax the in- come of members of Congress and served notice he proposed to introduce & number of amendments. One of (See D. C. TAXES, Page A-4) Today’s Star Three from D. C. area in West Point ‘weddings. Page A-4 Crippled war veteran disappears with $1,900. Page A-6 Sisson pleads guilty in $17,000 em- bezzlement. Page A-7 Three die and nearby traffic. Page B-1 Keene family spurns suicide theory; still charges murder. Page B-1 Flag's 150th birthday celebrated here with exercises. Page B-1 Civil service asked for postmasters by reform group. Page B-1 Junior trade group to urge D. C. | franchise. Page B-1 EDITORIALS AND COMMENT. Editorials, Page A-10 ‘This and That. Page A-10 Washington Observations. Page A-10 Answers to Questions. Page A-10 David Lawrence. Page A-11 H. R. Baukhage. Page A-11 Dorothy Thompson, Page A-11 €ongstantine Brown. Page A-11 Headline Folk, Page A-11 SPORTS. Weak infileld adds to woes of Na- tionals. Page A-14 Entry deadline nears for boys' and Jjunior tennis. Page A-14 West proving big menace in big league races. Page A-14 Purse-grabbing by owners rated harm- in D. C CENTER OF BILBAD | Bilbao. | outer defenses of the regional capital. ful to turt. A-15 WITH SUNDAY MORN ING EDITION MONDAY, JUNE 14, WE DONT HAPPEN To NAVE 1937—FORTY ¢ Foening Star PAGES. sxxx STRAFED FROM AIR Reeling Basques Reorganize Defense as Insurgents Pound at Gates. BACKGROUND— In offensive more ferocious than that launched against Madrid Spanish insurgents for weeks have been battering at Basque city of Bilbao, Capture of principal city in semi-autonomous state in North- ern Spain would carry rich prize of coal and mineral wealth in ad- dition to being of immense strate- gic value for successful rebel con- conclusion of war. Ey the Associated Press. BILBAO, June 14 —The Basque battalions reorganized the defenses of Bilbao today for a last-ditch stand | within the broken “iron ring” of the battered city's defenses. Basque Presdent Jose Antonio Aguirre announced just before noon that the government still was in | He flatly denied the report its members had fled to some of | Santander | Low-flying insurgent planes raided the center of the Basque capital in | mid-morning, spitting machine-gun | fire. Inhabitants fled for shelter as‘ the planes dove and circled. Defense Guns Busy. Defense anti-aircraft guns pumped | shells into the sky. Heavy bombing operations over this tightly-hemmed-in area (insurgents reported they already had taken some houses in Bilbao's actual outskirts) made evacuation of the wounded a grave problem. The road northwest to Santander was under heavy attack from the air, with 23 persons reported killed in one | sector. This was virtually the only land artery of escape for the Bilbao population. Population Stoical. On the whole, however, Bilbao was stoical in the face of the contsant at- tacks from the sky | Crouched in makeshift refuges, much of the civil population heard bullets spatter against walls and in streets— determined to hold out to the last. From the battle front at the edge | of the city there were Basque reports of & stiff counter-attack that resulted in Basque capture of & mountain near Fica. That is about 5 miles north- | east of Bilbao, at a point where in- | surgents had cracked the iron ring of Say Gap in Lines Closed. The Basques declared they had forced back one wedge which the in- surgents had driven through the “iron ring.” But they admitted there was | terrific pressure against them in the Zamudio sector, 4 miles northeast of Bilbao. The point in the defenses at which | the insurgents have made their deep- | est dent apparently was Santa Marina, not far east of Bilbao. Leaders of the semi-autonomous Basque republic admitted the vicious offensive of Generalissimo Francisco Franco's insurgent armies had pierced the first line of fortifications near Fica and Larrabezua, about five miles east of the city. The capital's situation was dan- gerous, they declared, although not desperate. The Basque cabinet was understood to be in almost continuous session. Four government officials reached Bayonne, France, today to confer with Basque representatives there. The Basques, said sailors who brought the four to Bayonne in & small boat, are determined to resist the insurgents “quarter by quarter, house by house”—with the same de- termination that has kept Madrid in government hands. i They denied insurgent assertions that Generalissimo Franco’s troops were entering the city. The in- surgents, they said, are several miles from Bilbao proper. In the roadstead of the port at the | mouth of the Nervion River, where it | forms an estuary of the Bay of Bis- | cay. British and French destroyers were said to be ready to evacuate President Jose Antonio Aguirre and other members of the government if | it becomes necessary. Although reeling under the steady stab of insurgent blows, the deter- mined Basque militiamen were said to | awak £.1.0.70 INVADE Elephant Lunch ‘ (Pair of Shoes) || Results Fatally the Assoctated Press | DETROIT, June 14 —Eva, a 3'5- ton elephant belonging to & circus, died last night after an ill-advised B: | snack consisting of a pair of shoes. | A week ago one of her keepers lay | down for a nap near Eva. He re- | Moved his shoes and when he| ‘ned they were gone. There was a distressed look in Eva's eyes. Eva's condition became worse as the week wore on. All day vesterday she attempted to free herself. and her keepers said she was responding to an instinctive desire to die alone. FEOERALOFICES “Probably Will Be a Set-Up | in Near Future,” Lewis Group Says. BACKGROUND— For several weeks Committee for Industrial Organization has been studying possidility of organizing Government employes, in particu- lar, “white collar” group. This move gained strength in past week when seven lodges of American Federation of Government Em- ployes, an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor, broke with their own organization, assailed its leadership and approached the C. 1. O. on the question of joining forces. BY J. A. FOX. The first direct announcement that the Committee for Industrial | Organization probably will extend its operations into the fleld of Govern- ment employment came today wien a spokesman for John L. Lewis said “there probably .will be a set-up some time in the near future’ Heretofore, the only word from the | Lewis group has been that the policy | to be pursued in the face of requests for affiliation from a number of em- | ploye units still was to be determined. Beyond the bare statement that action is imminent, there was noth- ing to indicate the nature of the campaign to be undertaken—whether it is intended to proselyte in groups now affiliated with the American Federation of Labor or other organi- zations, or center attention princi- pally in the great mass of the unor- ganized. Conference Set Today. One step that later may figure im- portantly, is being taken this after- noon, when representatives of the seven “rebel” lodges of the American Federation of Government Employes, who already have made overtures to the Lewis faction. It was said that this meeting would be devoted to discussion of prelimi- naries, including a survey of the prob- lems to be met, and as evidencing the intention of those concerned to keep plans under cover for the present, it (See C. 1. O., Page ! STOCKS GO DOWN $1 70 $7 A SHARE Steels and Motors Lead Sharp Decline as Strike Fears Increase. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, June 14—A sharp break in prices on the Stock Exchange today carried many leading issues down from $1 to around $7 a share. Steels and motors led the decline. Brokerage quarters attributed the weakness to increased anxiety in in- vestment circles over the latest turn in the steel strike. Action of the C. L O. in calling a strike at the “cap- tive” mines of the Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet & Tube Cos. | dissipated Wall Street's recent hopes for early settlement of the conflict. Chrysler Motors was a special target for selling, showing & aximum loss of about $7. Case yielded around $4, International Harvester, $2.75: Beth- lehem Steel, $3.87; United States Steel, $3.62; Republic, $1.50; Deere, $2; Youngstown Sheet & Tube, $1.37, and General Motors, $1. Many issues be clinging to the essential positions for the defense of the city. reached new lows for the year or | be found to correct abuses that | be found to exist. the C. I O., confer with leaders in| longer. ENDOF BARGAINING SEEN IN WAGE BILL Soft Coal Industry Official Says Plan Will Kill Union Contracts. BACKGROUND— Black-Connery bill empowers ad- ministrative board to fir minimum wages and marimum hours for all intersate industry; also provides for regulation of child labor and prohibits use of projessional strike- breakers and industrial spies Authored by administration lawyers. measure is on preferred list of legislation BY JOHN C. HENRY. The bituminous coal industry today appealed to the Senate and House Labor Committees to avoid any action which -would be destructive of collec- tive bargaining practices in the in- dustry. The plea was made by John T. Bat- tle, executive secretary of the National Conl Association, in a request that the great soft coal industry be ex- | empted from provisions of the pending wage and hour bill. The bituminous industry is almost entirely unionized by, and in con- tractual relationship with the United Mine Workers of America. Referring to the collective bargain- | ing agreement effective last April, by which the miners went on a 35-hour | week at increased wage rates, Battle declared: “We prefer to work out with our | employes all problems of labor rela- tionships. The employes' representa- tive agrees with this suggestion ac- cording to our understanding. Destroy Bargaining. “The fixing of wages by the Gov- ernment will, in our opinion, weaken ! and eventually destroy bargaining. If there be that pay abnormally low wages or work abnormally long hours, it is respectfully suggested that those in- dustries be made the subject of special consideration and, in co- operation with the States, some means may collective “Our industry feels that it earned its exemption from this pro- posed legislation by the facts pre- viously submitted.” With gestures and in colorful lan- | guage, George B. Chandler, secretary of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, attacked the bill as an effort “to tell us how to run our own affairs. “South Carolina fired on Fort Sumter for a far less pretext than this bill affords,” Chandler warned the committee. Like Soviet System. The witness produced a survey of answers from Ohio business men on the legislation, explaining that identi~ ties had been held confidential “be- case, righly or wrongly, there is a widespread conviction on the part of manufacturers that something ap- proximating & Soviet system of espion- age, with subsequent reprisals, is either now in actual operation in this country or is in store for the near future.” After reading the condemnatory re- plies, Chandler concluded: “Ohio resents being reduced—as is gradually being done—from the status of a sovereign State to that of a sub- ject province. “To me, this is an amazing phe- nomenon. Gone with the wind are all the ideals of State sovereignty and individual rights for which gallant " (See WAGE-HOUR, Page A-4) Roosevelt Returns. President Roosevelt returned to the White House early last night after a week end cruise on Chesapeake Bay. The President’s party included Secre- tary Wallace and Attorney General Cummings. * Lost an and Speci Advertisements under The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. industries | has | SATURDAY'S Circulation, (Some return 133,659 147,791 £8 ns not ye (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENT SENATE Balks $100,000 R.E. A. Project Sits Down Across Fallen Claiming Title. By the Associated Press. NEW LISBON, Wis, June 14—A 65-year-old farm woman armed with a hoe was an obstacle today to com- pletion of a $100,000 Rural Electric Administration project Mrs. Anthony M. Harbo braved a heavy, steady downpour of rain as she maintained guard in an old car parked across fallen wires which dropped to the ground when some one cut down a pole on her farm Thursday night An R. E. A. official assured her an easement to protect title to the land on which she lives would be signed but Mrs. Harbo said, “I'm sitting until it's signed and that's that.” The title she said, was in her sons’ names On the friendly advice of a deputy | sheriff the farm woman relinquished | her shotgun for a hoe. Her “usband | brings her food. She said she was | “pinch-hitting” for him because she | feared a sit-down would be too much for him | Her sit-down delayed the start of electrical service to more than 300 rural customers in an 80-mile area. Wires in | | o | 100 MEN TO HUNT CLUES TOHERESS Will Beat Brush About Par- sons’ Home in Effort to Solve Mystery. By the Associated Press STONY BROOK, N. Y, June 14 —A force of 100 searchers mobilized to | beat the brush in the vicinity of the | Alice McDonell Parsons home today in |an effort to unearth some clue to the disappearance of the society matron and heiress. “The present state of the investiga- tion justifies the search,” Earl J. Connelley, the Federal agent in charge of the Government's inquiry, said in announcing the hunt. | He added, “it will be continued until | we are satisfied we have made a thor- ough search in an effort to gain the objectives we have in mind.” | That was as far as he would go in | defining the purpose of the newest | move to solve the disappearance last Wednesday of Mrs. Parsons, who dropped from sight shortly before a ransom demand for $25,000 was found. I Area “Fairly Wild.” The area to be searched was de- scribed as “fairly wild,” dotted with a few cultivated flelds but abounding with woods and tangled undergrowth Beginning early in the afternoon, the | searchers, including Federal agents, | State troopers, local police from Brook- | haven township, investigators the district attorney's office of Suffolk | County and Boy Scouts, were directed to spread out fan-shape from the Par- sons house. Tomorrow morning the task will be renewed—unles the clues sought are | discovered today. the north-south thoroughfare aput- ting the Parsons home, and work gradually eastward On the south the area to be tra- versed is bounded, roughly, by Ox- head road, a half mile away, and on the north by a line at right angies to Gould road and the same distance from the house. No “Volunteer Help” Allowed. No dogs and no “volunteer help™” will be used. “What do you hope to find?” Con- nelley was asked. “This is for observation purposes,” he replied. “The fact that we are making the search,” he supplemented, “does not commit the Department of Justice to any specific theory.” A warning was issued observers to stay out of the area. WOMAN VACCINATED ON CHEEK ACCIDENTALLY Brushed Against Spot Where Son Had Been Immunized Against Smallpox. By the Ascoclatea Press WICHITA, Kans,, June 14—Mrs. W. B. Curtis is recovering today from a surprise vaccination for smallpox on her cheek. What appeared first to be a pimple and then a boil is in reality a vaccination, Mrs. Curtis said. Both Mrs. Curtis and her physician believe her young son’s unprotected vaccination brushed against a scratch on her cheek, causing the infection, she said. d Found al Notices the above classifica- tions, heretofore on page 3, will be found on page B-14, preceding other classified ads. All such advertisements should be sent in promptly as possible and caonnot be accepted after 11 pm. Saturday closing for The Sunday Star 5:30 p.m. from | The posse will begin at Gould road, ! REPORT FLAYS ATTEMPT TO ALTER COURT WomanWithHoe .‘.Presi(lcnl’s Bill Is Called Needless, ‘ Dangerou {COMMITTEE BLOWS UNUSUALLY SEVERE Hatch Files Statement Telling of Intention to Offer Amendment. BACKGROUND— Entire congressi program has been jammed up behind eflorts to revise Federal judiciary in keeping with request of President Roosevelt made in February Months of hearings on latter proposal have been jollowed by similar delay in reporting out meas- ure. Issue split Senate Democrats with Judiciary Committee majority deciding adversely on bill BY G. GOULD LINCOL: The Senate Jud day recommended President Roosevelt zation bill as “a needless utterly dangerous abando constitution: ciple.” The repor ne concurred in by 10 me crats and 3 Republicar {ity, 7 Democrats and W. No Senator George aska, has so far The bill calendar wit can be tak unanimous co to let it priation bi been dispose | Rarel ticn been so sional commi day, & subm now goes to on Present court e, any pro- dent Roose- tiee's ex= argu- in f the pas- and riddled it took made against the posa advanced sage of the bill up every ar King Submits Report. | was submitted by Sen- rat, who 1 Senators McCarran of Nevada and O'Mahone: of Wyoming, were in charge of draft- ing it . The committee bill be not pas primary reasons”: 1 does not accomy the objectives for which it was originally offered. “2. It applies force to the judi- and in its initial and ulti- recom ed ciary ion of the spirit rican Con: ment would perm the Constitution teration without the or approval it s the protection our con- stitutional system gives to minori- ties and is subversive of the rights of individuals It tends of to centralize the Federal district judiciary by the power of assigning judges from one district to another at will “6. It tends to expand political over the judicial depart- men g to the powers of the legislative and executive de- partments respecting the judi- ciary.” Hatch Files Separate Report. Senator Hatch of New Mexico, one of the Democratic Senators who con- curred in the adverse report, filed a | separate statement with the Senate, fn which he said he planned to offer amendments to the President's bill which w “in the objections set forth by the committee. One of tha | Hatch amendments, and the principal one, would be his plan, offered in com- mittee, to authorize the President to appoint one justice a year to the Supreme Court when justices remained on the bench after retirement age had been reached | This Hatch proposal is likely to be the basis of a compromise sought by the administration forces for the Pres- ident’s original plan to increase the membership of the Supreme Court to | & possible maximum of 15. Other op- ponents of the bill will resist any compromise. A reading of the Senate committee report would make any | compromise, looking to an increase in the court membership, seem to be impossible. Senator Hatch in his separate | statement, however, said: “It should | be noted that the recommendation | and arguments advanced by the ma- | jority are directed against the bill | in its present form. It has been my | thought that the principal objections | set forth in the majority report can be met by proper amendments to ¢he bill; that with sufficient safeguards, | it can be made a constructive piece of legislation, not designed for the immediate present, but to provide a permanent plan for the gradual and orderly infusion of new blood into the courts. * * * Intending to offer amendments which it is believed will | accomplish this purpose, I desire to " (See JUDICIARY, Page A-7.) FILM STRIKE OVER | POEEERRe, | Last of Scenic Artists and Make- Up Men Back at Work. HOLLYWOOD, June 14 (#).—The | seven-week-old film strike passed into | history today as the last of 1,000 paint= | ers, scenic artists, hairdressers and | make-up artists who were still out when a settlement was reached last week, r"‘"rv‘d to wark,