Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers this afternoon and possibly to- night; tomorrow fair, rising temperature; gentle north and northwest winds. Tem- peratures today—Highest, 80, at 2 pm.; lowest, 67. at 7 a.m. Full report on page A-19. Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 18 85th YEAR. No. 34,026. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. ch WASHINGTON, “ REORENING RLANTS i 900 Seoxits Arsaneiin Ganp; Rehearse for Big Arena Shows BRING 13,900 STEEL WORKERS BACK T0 YOUNGSTOWN J0BS C. I. 0. Leaders Discount Claims of Ohio Employers and Say “We Have Just Begun to Fight.” INDIANA MAYOR ASKS TROOPS BE CALLED Cambria Mill Operating at Johns- town—Non-Strikers Are Jeered at Gates—Brick Is Hurled Through Street Car Window During Street Demonstration. BACKGROUND— Strike in steel mills began May 26 when John L. Lewis' Commit- tee jor Industrial Organization moved against three large inde- pendent producers who refused to sign contracts. They were Youngs- town Sheet & Tube, Republic and Inland. Strike grew and was chaz- acterized by violence. Total dead, 12; injured, 220. United States stepped in with Secretary of Labor appointing Mediation Board, which met last week, but was unable to bring peaceful settlement. Bt the Assoclated Press. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June 28— Maj. Gen. Gilson D. Light of the Ohio National Guard said today approxi- mately 15.500 men were back at work in the strike-sieged steel plants in Youngstown As the strike called against four independent steel companies entered its thirty-third day, back-to-work movements were launched all along {its Ohio-Pennsylvania front ‘The Steel Workers' Organizing Com- mittee, C. I. O. affiliate, called out workers of Republic Steel Corp., Youngstown Sheet & Tube, Bethle- hem Steel's Cambria plant at Johns- town, Pa, and the Inland Steel Co., after the concerns had refused to sign labor contracts with the S. W. O. C. C. L. O. leaders, discounting claims of employers as to the number of men returning. declared the figures should be “discounted 50 per cent” and added, “we have just begun to fight.” Enter Youngstown Plants. Gen. Light, whose Ohio Guardsmen, ander order of Gov, Martin L, Davey, are policing the back-to-work move- ment in the Mahoning Valley, said 11,308 men entered Youngstown plants today and 4,299 last night. At Sheet & Tube's Campbell plant, normally employing 10.000, he said 5.852 entered today and 1,525 last night. At the Brier Hill plant of Sheet & Tube, the Guard officer estimated 1,886 came through the gates today and 574 last night. Republic’s “Stop 5" plant, which or- dinarily has 6,000 employes, saw 3,270 men go to work today and 2,200 last night, said Light. In addition, about 800 men entered Republic's Bessemer plant in Youngstown, which is just getting under way, Gen, Light re- ported. At Johnstown, F. E. Howels, super- intendent at the Cambria works' lower gate in Frankiin Borough, the prin- cipal entrance, said 1,800 men came to work today. Plans were under way to attempt to reopen plants in the Calumet area of Chicago, where 22,000 workers have been affected by the strike, Governor to Refuse. Appealed to for National Guardsmen to aid the mills to reopen, Gov. M. Clifford Townsend of Indiana said he would refuse such requests. However, he said he would propose & plan today which he believed would be acceptable by both sides. It will provide for reopening the mills under & truce while the National Labor Re- lations Board hears C. 1. O. charges that Inland and Youngstown violated the Wagner act. A Republic Steel spokesman in Buffalo, N. Y., said “over 300" applied for employment at the gates of the eompany’s South Buffalo plant. The plant has been operating since the strike was called with non-strikers tuartered inside the grounds in Pull- man cars. Elmer F. Cope, a §. W. O. C. or- ganizer, asserted the line-up of men was a “ruse.” “There is not a striker among them,” he said. Philip Murray, chairman BINGHAM MARRIES MRS. SUZANNE HILL Many From Washington Attend Ceremony at Mrs. Chambers’ Summer Home. B the Associated Press. GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y, June 28.— Mrs, Suzanne Carroll Hill of Balti- more and former United States Sena- tor Hiram Bingham of New Haven, Conn., were married at noon today at Broadalbin House, Summer home of Mrs. Robert W. Chambers, widow of the author. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Robert J. Hogan, retired Pres- byterian minister of Mayfield, N. Y. The bride—a descendant of Charles Carroll, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence—was given in marriage by her son-in-law, Phillip ' Huntington Clarke of Wash- ington, D. C. Among the guests were Leander Mc- Cormick-Goodhart, commercial secre- tary, and Philip Mainwaring Broad- mead, first secretary, of the British Embassy; Walter C. Edge, former United States Ambassador to France, and Mrs. Edge, and United States Sen- ator and Mrs, Peter G. Gerry of Rhode Island, [ f the Thousands of Others Due to Mobilize ' Within Next Several Days as Jamboree Gets Under Way. As special trains and buses rapidly swelled the population of the sprawl- ing jamboree camp beyond the half- way mark, Boy Scouts from far places today began rehearsal of the spec- tacular arena shows which will be outstanding events of the 10-day. en- campment. The crack of bull whips swung by bronzed Scouts from the ranch coun- try of Oklahoma resounded this aft- giving wide-eyed visitors an advance glimpse of the colorful entertainment to,be provided with the opening of the Jjamboree Wednesday. One hundred and fifty Oklahoma boys with an array of 300 whips will demonstrate their noise-making and target-striking proclivities in the in- itial arena show Wednesday night in the special stadium constructed at the base of the Monument. The 25,000 Scouts will bank them- selves about the arena for these demonstrations, and 12,000 seats will be available for the public. In order to defray the cost of erecting the grandstands and staging the elaborate ernoon at the foot of the Monument, | shows, a charge of 50 cents will be made for 6,000 unreserved seats and of $1 and $1.50 for reserved seats. During the day the Oklahoma Scouts repeatedly demonstrated their proficiency with the 10-foot bull whips for the edification of visitors td their camp along the Speedway. The boys said they hope to trade their whips for Dutch shoes or other articles brought by foreign Scouts. The stadium performances will be | held on the nights of July 1, 2, 3 and |6, 7 and 8. Each show will demon- strate something of historical in- terest in connection with the section of the country from which the per- formers come. For instance, New England Scouts, dressed like Pilgrims, will re-enact the landing of the Mayflower at {Plymouth Rock. Boys from the ‘Western plains will put on war paint and stage thrilling Indian attacks on covered wagon trains. Boys from the Southwest will depict the Oklahoma land rush, a high light of which will SENATE UNIT DROPS STRIKEMAL QU Post Office Group Refuses to Call Farley by 12-3 Vote. Refers Inquiry. BACKGROUND— The stopping of mail carriers and examining of parcel post pack- ages by C. 1. O. pickets in the steel strike zome prompted inves- tigation by Senate Post Office Com- mittee. Witnesses have testified to several such incidents before department classed mail shipments of food and clothing as “irregular,” and refused to attempt deliveries. BY JOHN H. CLINE. Meeting behind closed doors, the Senate Post Office Committee today voted 12 to 3 against calling Post- master General Farley to explain his department’'s refusal to deliver food and clothing through the mails to workers in strike-bound steel mills. The committee also voted to recom- mend that the Senate refer further investigation of the steel strike to the La Follette Civil Liberties Committee, thereby concluding for all practical purposes the inquiry by the Post Office Committee. Senator Bridges, Republican, of New Hampshire, author of the resolution calling for an investigation of inter- ference with the mails, said he thought the committee decision not to call Farley was “outrageous.” “Personally, I think the action was unheard of,” Bridges said. “It is out- rageous to deny me the right to call as a witness the man who heads the department in question, and who is the most logical one to give the committee the information it needs. To Denounce Action. “I had intended to question Mr. Farley as to what discretionary power is vested in him to refuse to make the mail deliveries in question. I had also expected to ask him, as chair- man of the Democratic National Com- mittee, about reported contributions and loans to the Democratic campaign fund, and whether there was any con- nection between these contributions and loans, and his attitutde in this strike question.” Bridges and Senators Bailey, Dem- ocrat, of North Carolina, and Holt, Democrat, of West Virginia, voted in favor of the motion to call Farley. Chairman McKellar had announced Thursday that he would not summon the Postmaster General unless di- rected to do so by a majority vote of the committee. Senator Bridges said he intends to denounce the committee’s action on the floor of the Senate. If the Senate approves the com- mittee’s recommendation to refer the investigation of the steel strike to the La Follette Committee, that group is expected to begin the inquiry within a few days. La Follette'’s committee is scheduled to begin an investigation Wednesday of the Memorial day riot at the Republic Steel Corp.'s plant in Chicago. Vote Is 12 to 1. On a motion of Senator Bailey, the committee voted 12 to 1 to turn over evidence of mail interference to the Senate and recommend against a further investigation of this subject. The committee took the position that the facts have been ascertained, making further inquiry unnecessary. It has been brought out that the only interference followed early at- tempts to deliver parcel post packages of food and clothing into the mills. ruled that this is “irregular” mail, which will not be delivered, it was not expected there would be any further interference with the postal service. It also was pointed out that criminal proceedings have been instigated against strikers identified 8s having stopped mail deliveries last month, 27 Workers Entombed. SEOUL. Korea, June 28 (#).—Twen- ty-seven workers were entombed today when a new railroad tunnel in Kogen- dro Province collapsed. Fifteen others were pinned under the debris. A second disaster was feared to have claimed many lives when 200 fishing boats were reported missing after a violent gale off the coast of Kanakyo- hokudo Province. _ Eight Flee Prison Camp. BURGAW, N. C., June 28 (P).—A hunt was on today for eight colored convicts who ripped a hole in the floor and escaped from the State prison camp near hare last night, Since the Postmaster General has | FASCISTS MAY BAR SEA PATROL PLAN Italy and Germany Re- ported Cool to Franco- British Proposal. BACKGROUND— Led by Britain, 27 European na- tions have attempted, in varying degrees, to confine Spanish war to that nation. Neutrality sea patrol, set up by Non-Intervention Committee re- cently, was weakened by angry withdrawal of Italy and Germany. By the Associated Press. . ROME, June 28 —Italy and Ger- many will not accept a ‘“complete” Franco-British international neutral- ity patrol of Spain, an authoritative spokesman declared today. The announcement came on the eve of a Non-Intervention Committee meeting to consider steps for closing the gap left in the patrol by the withdrawal of German and Italian warships. Neither the Rome-Berlin axis nor “Europe in all its sane and vital parts” could accept the Franco-Brit- ish plan, declared Virginio Gayda, editor who frequently mirrors Premier Benito Mussolini's opinions. Conclusion of Editor, “‘Nothing can be done” in Europe and “especially in the Mediterranean” without Italy and Germany, he wroté in a two-column editorial in the news- paper Giornale D'Italia. A joint Pranco-British patrol of Spanish waters without co-operation from the other governments would be advantageous to the Spanish Central government, Gayda said. The reasons, he said, were Britain's “partisan attitude” against the Span- ish insurgents and, particularly, | France's alliance with Soviet Russia. Withdrawal of Italian and German warships from the non-intervention patrol did not preclude their being maintained in Spanish waters, Gayda asserted. Neither did withdrawal mean Rome and Berlin would abandon their “re- sponsible function” in those seas, he added. HITLER DISTURBS CALM, Tells Followers Reich Openly Favors Rebels. LONDON, June 28 (#).—A new spirit of modified optimism in some capitals was considered today to indicate a relaxation of fears the international crisis growing out of the long drawn- out Spanish civil war would provoke a general European conflict. Two developments, however, in an otherwise calm week end clouded the feeling of relief: In Wurzburg Chancellor Hitler told & party rally of 200,000 Nazis that Germany will henceforth take inde- pendent action to protect herself from attacks by the Spanish government. Der Fuehrer linked the Reich’s in- terest in the fate of the insurgent regime with Germany’s acute raw material shortage. Points to Ore Purchase. “It is generally known,” he said, “we try to buy ores everywhere. Therefore, we would welcome a na- tlonal (insurgent) government in Spain in order to be able to negoti- ate with it under normal circum- stances.” In Valencia the Spanish government announced a merchantman had been sunk Friday by a submarine and or- dered a special vigilance fleet into service to sweep her waters of undersea craft. London and Berlin were calm; the heads of their governments were in seclusion at their respective country retreats. Only in Paris and Moscow was there a gloomy belief the last repercussions of the joint Italo-Ger- man withdrawal from the neutrality patrol had not yet been felt. Events Leading to Crisis. Hitler outlined the events leading up to the present crisis—perhaps the most dangerous of the Spanish War— to his followers last night in a biting criticism of the Non-Intervention Committee’s efforts to isolate the con- fiiet. ‘When the German cruiser Deutsch- land. on neutrality patrol, was bombed by a Spanish government plane, he said, Germany retaliated by shelling the Port of Almeria; that brought con- demnetion. When the cruiser Leipzig was at- tacked by a submarine while on patrol duty, he said, Germany harkened to that condemnation' and placed her faith in the Non-Intervention Come mittee; that brought dissppointment. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D, G, SENATE LEADERS PUSH GOMPROMISE COURT MEASURE Roosevelt’s Original Bill Dead, Capitol Hears After Island Parleys. MONDAY, HATCH SUBSTITUTE PATTERN OF NEW PLAN Opponents of Any Judiciary Change Hope to Kill Proposal by “Full Discussion.” BACKGROUND— Two weeks ago the unharmoni- ous note among the Democrats in Congress was easily noticeable. Some members of the President's party were disgruntled at the Su- preme Court proposal, some over relief, some because the White House took no direct move in the strike situation. After a flve- month session Congress had done little. So Democratic leaders in House and Senate suggested a three-day party parley on Jeflerson " Island, in the middle of the Chesa~ peake, to give the President a chance to talk with every Demo- crat in Congress and an opportu- nity to co-ordinate his legislative program. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Administration leaders in Congress started work today on the legislative program in earnest, following a three- day outing of congressional Demo- crats with President Roosevelt on Jef- ferson Island. The outcome of such deliberations as took place on the island—few ad- mit there were any—was a determina- tion to try a compromise court bill in the Senate. The original bill proposing an in- crease in the Supreme Court, sent to the Senate by the President, is de- clared to be dead. Nor does there seem to be any particular desire to resurrect it. The talk today was all of a com- promise measure, probably patterned after the Hatch substitute, permitting | the appointment of one additional Su- preme Court justice a year, if any member of the court over retirement age continued on the bench. Opponents’ Strategy. Opponents of the bill admitted to- day they probably do not have enough votes to defeat such a eomproml-e.’ ‘The vote, however, would be close, | they said. They are confident. ho ever, that they can by “full and free discussion of the measure prevent a vote and thus kill the bill. | It is the purpose of the opposition, after the debate has run a while, to move to recommit the bill with in- structions to the committee to go into every phase of the question of court reform. Such a motion, they hope, will command a majority vote. How- ever, Senator Hatch of New Mexico, one of those who concurred in the adverse report on the court bill by the Judiciary Committee. said today he " (Se¢ CONGRESS, Page A-§) DENIAL BY CANTERBURY LONDON, June 28 (#).—The Arch- bishop of Canterbury issued a public statement today in which he denied that he had expressed approval of either side in the Spanish war. The statement followed, upon pub- lished reports that Gen. Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, insurgent southern commander, had broadcast an allega- tion that he had received a letter from the prelate in which Canterbury ex- pressed sympathy for the insurgent cause. Summary of Page.l Amusements B-16 Comics . B-14-15 Editorials __A-10 PFinancial .. A-17 Lost & Found B-11 Obituary ___A-12 Page. Radio - B-11 Short Story B-9 Society _ B-3 Sports A-14-15-16 ‘Woman's Pg. B-10 FOREIGN. Italy and Germany may ban sea patrol plan. Page A-1 Bonnet aide foresees balanced budget for France. Page A-2 Budge victor, Grant bows to Austin at Wimbledon. Page A-2 Germany demands share of world trade. Page A-2 NATIONAL. Hugh R. Wilson nominated Assistant Secretary of State. Page A-1 Senate due to consider substitute court bill. Page A-1 Senate Post Office group drops strike- mail inquiry. Page A-1 15,500 return to work in Youngstown steel mills. Page A-1 Congress, island outing over, faces heavy program. Page A-1 Quick trip to chair charted for Irwin. Page A-1 New violence feared as steel plants are reopened. Page A-1 ‘Young Roosevelt and his fiancee ex- change gifts. Page Acl Conferees trim $8,000,000 from relief bill. Page A-5 Administration economy seen $200,- $7,781,000,000. Page A- President back at White House after Jefferson Island party. Page A-2 WASHINGTON AND NEARBY. Board of Trade asks revisions in omnibus tax bill. Page A-1 More than half of 25,000 scouts now here for jamboree. Page A-1 Sister and friend drowned, D. C. man aids searching party. Page A-2 Jackson, Baltimore Mayor, announces candidacy for Governor. Page A-7 Russian flyers receive congratulations from President. Page A-8 Personnel section of reorganization plan amplified. Page B-1 Auto accidents elsim three lives on roads nesr Ospital Page B-1 ¢ Foening Star JUNE 28, 1937—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. #%# BUT,JIM, Yo SAID 'T WOoULD SAIL RIGHT THROUGH ! = N \\\‘\ NS N AR N % IRWIN IS JAILED, BAIL IS REFUSED Confessed Triple Killer Hires Leibowitz as Lawyer. Is Judged Sane. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 28 —Robert Irwin, debonair one-time divinity stu- dent turned sculptor, was held without bail today in two brief court appear- ances and hired a well-known criminal lawyer to defend him against the triple slaying on Beekman Hill Easter Sun- day. Samuel Leibowitz, who has defended 123 persons in first-degree murder trials without s client going to the electric chair, announced the eccentric young man had retained him as coun- sel and immediately won a postpone- ment of arraignment until June 30. A short while previously, he had appeared in police line-up—outwardly calm appearing—for only a minute. Didn't Mean to Kill Her. The law acted swiftly. A minute and a half—in line-up to Homicide Court—and the 29-vear-old artist was rushed to the Tombs to await the next scene in the drama begun when he fell violently in love with the sister of “Ronnie.” Irwin was quoted as saying he went to the apartment intending to kill the model's sister, Mrs. Ethel Kudner, and no one else. Mrs. Kudner did not show up that night. In Magistrate’s Court, the man who had wandered, unidentified, through half a dozen or more States while the whole country searched for him, waived reading of the affidavit charg- ing him with suspicion of homicide. Yesterday, Leibowitz said, Irwin sent him two telegrams from Chicago asking the lawyer to become his counsel. It was in Chicago that Irwin sur- rendered to the Herald and Examiner after fleeing Cleveland when a kitchen maid in a hotel where he worked as bus boy, recognized him as the man (See IRWIK, Page A-4) Today’s Star Civic leaders pleased by water front improvement plans. Page B-1 Police hit for failure to expedite street car movement. Page B-1 Forbush is indicted here on four rob- bery charges. Page B-1 E street pool opened through gener- osity of Washingtonians. Page B-4 SPORTS. ‘Terry names six Giants for his all-star team. Page A-14 Ferrell brothers and Myer picked for American squad. Page A-14 With De Shong railing, Linke again may be a regular. Page A-14 Color of historic Poughkeepsie regatta is fading. Page A-15 Reddish capable ring foe for Lewis here tonight. Page A-15 Hagen predicts U. 8. Ryder Cup win in England. Page A-16 National title golf play opens with record fleld. Page A-16 FINANCIAL. Corporate bonds uneven (table). Page A-17 Steel rate maintained. Page A-17 Brokers to waive pay minimums. Page A-17 Stocks depressed by sag in rails (table). Page A-18 Curb list mixed (table). PageA-19 Trade continues climb. Page A-19 EDITORIALS AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page A-10 This and That. Page A-10 Washington Observations. Page A-10 Answers to Questions, Page A- David Lawrence. Page A-11 H. R. Baukhage. Page A-11 Dorothy Thompeon. Page A-11 Constantine Brown. Page A-11 Headline Folk. Page A-11 MISCELLANY. City News in Brief. Shipping News. Vital Statistics. Young Washington. Winning Contract. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Nature's Children. Cross-word Pusele. Bedtime Stories. Letter-out. A-6 B-4 B-4 Page Page Page Page B-7 Page B-7 Page B-10 Page B-10 Page B-14 Page B-14 Page B-15 Page B-15 HUGH R. WILSON. COTTON SUMS PAID HELDRECOVERABLE 100,000 Growers May Get Back $3,500,000, Court Finds. BACKGROUND— Specter of 4-cent cotton, which means bankruptcy for growers, led New Deal three years ago to ar- range elaborate Bankhead program to limit production and punish with $25-a-bale tar persons who over- produced quota. Twelve cents a pound is the cotton quotation to- day, almost 18 months after Su- preme Court opinion that Con- gress could not control agricultural production tossed Bankhead law out window. During law's opera- tion, thousands of farms paid tar according to provisions. BY WILLIAM S§. TARVER. United States Court of Appeals ruled today that the 100,000 cotton pro- ducers who bought more than $3,- 500,000 worth of cotton tax-exemption certificates under the repealed Bank- head act are entitled to recover what they paid. Holding that the Bankhead act was invalidated by the principles laid down by the Supreme Court in the A. A. A case, the Court of Appeals said the cotton farmers were coerced under threat of a confiscatory tax to purchase the certificates. The action in which the court's ruling was made was brought by two Alabama and two Mississippi planters against Ernest L. Deal, manager of the National Surplus Cotton Tax Ex- emption Certificate Pool; Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, W. A. Julian, treasurer of the United States, and Controller Payne and Administrator Davis of the defunct A. A. A. 10,000,000 Bales Were Limit. The Bankhead act was passed by Congress “to place the cotton in- dustry on a sound commercial basis, to prevent unfair competition and practices in putting cotton into the channels of interstate and foreign (See COTTON, Page A-3.) The only evening Eaper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. SATURDAY'S irculation, (8ome retu (P) Means Associate WILSON IS NAMIED HULL ASSISTANT Minister td Switzerland Is Transferred to State Department. Hugh R. Wilson, Minister of Switz- erland, recognized as an authority on European affairs, was nominated by President Roosevelt today to be As- sistant Secretary of State to fill the vacancy brought about by appoint- ment of R. Walton Moore as counselor of the State Department. Wilson, who is a native of Illinois, is one of the career men in the for- eign service, which he entered in 1911, He has held numerous important posts and during the greater part of the last 20 years has specialized in Euro- pean matters, particularly those inci- dent to the sessions of the League of Nations. Adviser at Parley. He served as one of the advisers to the London Naval Conference in 1930 and represented this country in a con- sultative eapacity during the armament discussions of the League of Nations’ Committee in 1930. He was an alter- nate delegate to the General Disarma- ment Conference in 1932 and a dele- gate to the conference in 1932-33. ‘Wilson's first diplomatic service was in the capacity of private secretary to the Minister to Portugal. He served a8 secretary to the legation in Guata- mala and later served at Buenos Aires, Berlin, Vienna, Berne and Tokio. From 1924 to 1927, he was chief of the Division of Current Information of the State Department. Appointed Minister. Wilson was appointed Minister to Switzerland in 1927. He was secretary to the general Conference on Limita- tion of Naval Armaments in Geneva in 1927 and American delegate to the Conference on Abolition of Import and Export Prohibitions and Restrictions at Geneva in 1928. . C. C. C. EXTENSION MEASURE SIGNED to Roosevelt -Also Transmits House $350,000,000 Supple- mental Estimate. Es the Associated Press. President Roosevelt signed a bill Conservation Corps for three years. during the fiscal July 1. would provide 315,000 corps members, including war veterans, and 35000 administrative personnel. The pres- ent strengths are 350,000 and 50,000. The extension measure changes the age limits for regular members of the corps from the present 17-to-28 to 17-t0-23. A total of 25,000 veterans of the World War will be exempted from the 17-23 provisions. As projects are completed, corps officials said, the present number of camps—1,849—will be reduced to ap- proximately 1,600 because of the re- duction in the size of the corps. Mrs. Roosevelt Will Attend Luncheon Preceding Wedding Taking along a dinner dress in ad- dition to the gown she has chosen for the wedding of her son Franklin, jr, to Miss Ethel du Pont and the reception following, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will leave Washington with the President early enough Wednes- day morning to attend & 12:30 p.m. luncheon to precede the ceremony, she said today. The traveling dress she will wear on the train will suffice for the luncheon, a small gathering, to which members of the family will be invited, she declared. Though no dinner has been sched- uled to follow the nuptials, the Presi- dent’s train, which will be head- quarters for his party during the day, will not leave for Hyde Park, N. Y., until midnight, she said. The dinner dress Mrs. Roosevelt has chosen, in the event it is needed, is of angel-skin lace over biack taffeta. She previously has described the gown she will wear for the wed- ding and reception as white chiffon with a flowered figure and “sort of nice and old ladyish.” Led by Mr. and Mrs. James Roose- velt, the Roosevelt family today be- gan a gradual trek to the scene of the ceremony. John Roosevelt also planned to motor to Greenville, Del., from Hyde Park today. Mr. and Mrs. John Boettiger and Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt, who are guests at the White House now, will depart tomorrow. The President’s mother, Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, will come directly from New York for the ceremony, but will join her son's party in Dela- ware for a return to Hyde Park. ‘When the President reviews the Boy Scout Jamboree next week, Mrs. Roosevelt will be at his side, she also disclosed. She is returning to Wash- ington July 7 for a two-day stay. She hxs received & special invitation from the Scouts of Dutchess County, N. Y., (S8ee WEDDING, Page A-3.) 131,648 today extending the life of the Civilian He also transmitted to the House & supplemental budget estimate for $350,000,000 to finance the C. C. C. year beginning C. C. C. officials said that sum Slremaion. 147,358 rns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. TRADE BODY ASKS TAX BILL REVISION 10 AVOID RAVSING EXCESS OF FUNDS Increase in Liquor Levy In- stead of Business Privi- lege Assessment Included in Program Offered. YIELD OVER $11,000,000 SEEN IN HOUSE MEASURE d Press. Request for Postponement of Re- imbursement of P. W. A. and Tightening of Collection Ma- chinery Under Personal Prop- erty Law Favored by Board. BACKGROUND— District appropriation bill for nert year beginning Thursday is $7.000,000 above estimated reve- nue. Omnibus tax bill passed by the House, now before the Senate District Committee, estimated to raise more than $9.000,000, in- cludes business privilege tar, chain store tar, increased real estate levy and tazes on automobiles by weight, insurance premiums, in- heritances and estates. Revision of the House tax bill to avoid raising more than the city needs was urged by the Board of Trade as hearings opened today before the Senate District Committee. The trade body offered a substitute program featured by an increase in liquor taxes in’ place of the far-reach- ing gross receipts business privilege tax. Presenting figures to show the House measure would yield more than $11,000,000, whereas only about $8,- 000,000 is needed, the trade body also suggested modification of the inheris tance and estate levies and an exe tension of time for repayment of Dise trict P. W. A. loans. Whiteford Spokesman. With Roger J. Whiteford as its spokesman, the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association also ops posed vigorously the business privilege levy as inequitable and calculated ta levy an excessive amount of revenue. In order to expedite the hearing, with so many witnesses asking to be heard, Senator King adjourned the session shortly after noon, until 3 p.m., when witnesses selected by vari- ous groups will speak for those groups. With such a large turnout of wite nesses and so short a time in which to act on the bill, Senator King, at the suggestion of Senator Tydings of Maryland, requested those interested in the same subjects to organize their presentation and select one spokesman for each specific question. ‘Whiteford Takes Floor. In organizing the witnesses for the afternoon session, Attorney Whiteford, who had been appearing in opposition to the business privilege tax, took the floor as chairman, when the commit- tee room was turned over to him by Chairman King, shortly after noon. ‘Taking up the bill, section by sece tion, Whiteford in co-operation with those who wished to be heard, began with the most controversial problem, the chain store tax. For this about six witnesses were tentatively selected, to represent the consumers, suppliers, of chain stores, the chains themaselves, and real estate interests. All three District Commissioners were present at the hearing. Elwood Seal, corporation counsel, sat on Chairman King's left, but they will not be heard until after citizens are finished. King came out strongly against the chain store tax, just prior to the adjournment, declaring there had been no consideration of the provise jon in the House, except from the floor. King even went so far as to suggest that the chain store problem might be segregated from the rest of the hearing, for executive consid- eration by the District Commissioners, and the Senate District Committee. This proposal was left pending. Kennedy Opposes Levy. King's opposition to the chain store provision followed that by Chairman Kennedy of the special House Tax Subcommittee, who earlier not only had criticized the tax as unfair, but as “punitive.” An indication of some of the changes the District Commissioners’ committee will propose was given in 8 tentative reprint of the bill laid before committee members today. These include elimination of the chain store tax, restoration of au- thority for the District to obtain ad- vances from the Treasury to meet current operating revenues, pending collection of local taxes: authority for a thorough survey of the entire local tax structure during the recess at a cost of $50,000 for consideration at the next session. The tentative reprint also knocks D. C. Supply Bill Senate Changes 0.K.d by House The House today adopted the con< ference report on the 1938 District appropriation bill and rushed it to the Senate for concurrence. Senate indorsement will complete legislative action on the measure. As approved in conference the bill carries $45,915,641 to operate the Dis- trict government in the new fiscal year beginning July 1, an increase of about $700,000 over the amount orig- inally appropriated by the House. As it now stands, the bill confronts the District with a deficit of about $7,000,000 in the new fiscal year. The House agreed to all Senate amendments without debate. Similar action is expected in the Senats, where the conference report may be taken up tomorrow. !