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—~ A—2 «s» COMMITTEE NAPS TGHTERTAXLAWS Recommendations to Plug Present Loopholes Will Be Made. Br the Associated Press. Recommendations for legisiation at this session of Congress to plug some of the loopholes in the Federal tax structure will be made by members of the Congressional Tax Committee in- vestigating tax evasion and avoidance, {t was announced last night. After hearing Treasury officials eomplete their story of tax reduction methods now employed, committee members indicated the legislation might be confined to such objectives a8 these 1. Restricting the incorporation of Yachts, estates and racing stables. 2. Limiting what they called “arti- ficial” deductions for interest and losses. 3. Striking at the use of foreign in- surance companies to claim deductions for interest on loans 4. Tightening statutes applying to foreign and domestic personal holding rompanies, non-resident aliens, pension trusts and multiple family trusts. Controversial Tssues. More controversial issues, such es repeal or revision of the capital gains and losses tax, taxation in community property States, and allowances grant- ed oil and mining companies for de- pletion of wells and mines, probably will not be taken up until Congress considers a general remodeling of the tax structure, it was said. Discussion yesterday of pension trusts, community property and taxa- tlon of aliens ended Treasury testi- mony before the committee. “The question whether the group will subpoena additional witnesses or begin drafting legislation at once is scheduled to be decided at an execu- tive session Tuesday. Treasury Attorney Criticized. Meanwhile, the widow of Alfred I. du Pont said statements of a Treasury attorney, testifving before the com- mittee, were ‘‘unwarranted and un- Just.” Arthur H Kent. the attorney. told the committee Wednesday that Du Pont and his estate saved roughly $200.000 in income tax levies through 2 personal holding company to which he transferred his “palatial residence” At Wilmington, Del Mrs. Du Pont expressed her views In a telegram to Chairman Doughton of the committee, copies of which she ‘made public. She told Doughton that “every dol- lar’ expended by a corporation to which her husband transferred Dela- ‘ware property and $2.000.000 worth of securities is intended to maintain a hospital for the treatment of crippled children. The transfer of the money and _property, she said. was made to “Ne- mours, Inc.” in 1929 “Not a dollar of the income of Ne- mours. Inc. was ever expended for the household expenses of Mr. Du Pont ‘or his family." his widow wired the [committee chairman. FARM TENANT AID PROPOSALS DIFFER Senate Adopts Lessee Plan House Rejected—Hope for Com- promise. B the Ascociated Press The House and Senate were at odds today over the best method of helping tenants and share croppers to become farm owners. The Senate approved yesterday the “Bankhead bill authorizing the Agricul- ture Department to purchase. improve and resell farms. It would require ‘tenants to serve five-year probationary perinds as lessees under supervision. ' The House earlier in the week re- Jected that method for one authorizing the extension of liberal loans for farm purchases. Leaders of both houses expressed the hope that a compromise program would be worked out by a joint com- mittee of Senators and Representa- tives. Representative Lucas, Democrat, of Tlinois, said the Senate measure “em- bodies the dangerous philosophy of government ownership of the land.” Senator Bankhead, Democrat, of Alabama eontended, however, that the Government, in order to help tenants !get started, to prevent speculation, and to protect the public investment, should exercise supervision and retain control of the land for at least 20 years. The House bill would permit the [tenant to acquire complete title as s00n as he paid his loan. It also would authorize a three-year $50,000,- ;000 submarginal land retirement pro- gram and extension of rehabilitation loans to low-income farmers for farm :operating purposes from relief funds. . While both bills would authorize ap- !propriations of $10,000,000 in 1938, +$25.000,000 in 1939 and $50.000,000 in 11940 to help tenants acquire farms, ithe Senate bill would authorize an additional $50,000,000 for each year | thereafter, 3-T0-15.-YEAR TERM FOR MANSLAUGHTER Man Who Pleaded Guilty to Shooting Is Sentenced by Justice Adkins. Justice Jesse C. Adkins of District Court today imposed a 3-to-15-year sentence on John P. D. Henkel, 24, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the shooting Jan- uary 17 of Clarence Hill, 26, in the latter's room at 913 H street. Originally indicted for first-degree murder, Henkel was allowed to plead to the lesser charge. His attorney, E. Russel Kelly, told the court the shooting occurred after a week of heavy drinking. He said Henkel did not even know Hill, but shot him after Hill had struck him. Assistant United States Attorney Samuel F. Beach agreed that Henkel was very drunk at the time. e BANKS MUST PAY TAX ‘The Treasury decided that all State banks which are not members of the Federal Reserve system must pay social security taxes. State banks are not instrumental- ities of the State governments, and therefore sre subject to the security &ct, the department said. h Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. QUILTUS. OMES now another tale of the Boy Scouts, and it's a tale a certain young lady will vouch for. The young lady in question thought up a swell way Sunday to get news from her home State. She thought. She would go down and hunt up some of her Wisconsin Boy Scout neighbors and—presto—she could learn all that went on back home, the Boy Scouts being bright lads who would know all about what went on back home. So she donned her best Sunday slacks, hired a bicycle and set out to pedal furiously up and down Hains Point, in search of a Boy Scout from Wisconsin. She found groups from Oklahoma, Texas, Pennsylvania and all points near and far. All, that is, but Wisconsin. ‘Then she spied a single Scout, all of 13 or 14 years old, rode up to him and again beamed: “Where are you from?"” He eyed her, bicycle, slacks and all. “Where.” he counteied, “are you from, sugah-babe?” * ¥ % X UNDERSTATEMENT. Mrs. Corrington Gill is off for Europe, but she’ll find nothing there to make her forget a recent historic horseback ride in Rock Creek Park. Seems it was the first time Mrs. Gill had been atop a nag in threé or four years, so she planned to steer clear of all jumps, thought she would get sufficient exercise on the bridle paths. She had barely started on her way, when up rode a man she knew slightly, a chap with a de- cided English accent. Said if she didn't mind he'd ride with her. She didn’t mind, except that the lad kept riding toward the hurdles she didn’'t want to go near. As they neared the jumps, Mrs. Gill's companion saw some friends, cantered away to say hello. Mrs. Gill waited, her horse getting more and more skittish by the moment. He wanted to jump even if she didn’t, but she managed to keep him calm. Until a dog barked, whereupon the nag reared. depos- ited Mrs. Gill neatly upon the ground, dashed away. She picked herself up, both nabit and hair in great disarray, just at the moment her English-speaking friend re- appeared. Oh, I say,” said he in great dis- tress, “did you dizmount?” * x *x % LOST. UARDS down at the Library of Congress feel that they get more than their share of strange experi- ences. Some one is always coming up and popping some such question as the library?” or “What's the name of this building?” or “Say, anything worth seeing in here?” But the experience that has the guards over there feeling as important in the scheme of things governmental as the St. Bernards set in the corridors of the Commerce Building to ald weary strangers in finding their way out after the third day, occurred the other afternoon. A lone woman sat disconsolately on 8 stone bench in the basement of the library, holding her shoes in her lap. She beseeched & guard to show her the way to the street, said she'd been going from pillar to post for the past 15 minutes without finding any sign of an exit. * % ¥ x TECHNICAL. At 7:43 of a recent dark and stormy evening, a policeman stop- ped a car circling the Woshington Monument. Nothing wrong except the car didn't have lights. Police- man suggested a little illumination might be in order. And the mo- torist was unabashed. just said: “I suppost with the sky overcast, L La as it is, I might turn them on for you, but technically sunset today is at 8:08.” So taken back was the man with the badge that the car drove away bejore he remembered lights are supposed to be turned on a half hour before “technical” sunset, * Xk % x THE HARD WAY. THE Federal Bureau of Investigation has quite a reputation for track- ing folks down, but there's a Wash- ington newspaper woman who thinks that, at least once, the G-men just made things hard for themselves. The lass took the F. B. I. tour of inspection once with a group of teach- ers and students from a girls’ school. There were pictures taken with J. Edgar Hoover and every one in the party signed the F. B. I. guest book. In due course of time every one but the newspaper woman received a copy of the picture, with the compliments of the G-men. Months later, however. the gal re- ceived a battered package, which had been carried all over the country by Mr. Farley's trusted men. It turned out to be the F. B. L photograph, home after having been forwarded by her ex-husband, whose first name she no longer uses. That, we contend, is sleuthing, even though the girl's name is in the city directory. * ¥ % % FINIS. NOTING this department's occa- sional proclivities toward riddies, Loren G. Polhamus forwards & clip- ping from a local paper and wants the answer to the question it rouses. Says the clipping: “If 9,000,000 cups and plates were laid end to end they would reach from Washington to the Pacific Coast.” The first question we'd ask would be why in the world any one would want to lay plates end to end? You might want to know, too, just where “Can I get some books to read from | is there | HE EVENING STAR, WASHING' DE VALERA PARTY INGREASES LEAD Assured of 17 Dail Seats. Fate of Constitution Still in Doubt. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, July 3.—Trickling returns from the Irish Free State's general election today gave President Eamon de Valera's Government party an in- creasing lead over the opposition headed by former President William T. Cosgrave. Incomplete returns assured De Valera supporters of 17 seats in the Dail (parliament), Cosgrave, 8: the Labor party, 2; Independent Labor, 1, and Independents, 4. Both the President and Cosgrave were returned to their Dail seats, but full election results were not expected to be known until next week, includ- ing the fate of the proposed new constitution. In County Clare De Valera polied 14,012 votes, almost double the num- ber of his nearest opponent. Cos- grave received 9,508 votes in County Cork, about 1,000 over the nearest Government candidate. ‘The greatest political sensation thus far was the defeat of Cosgrave's second in command, Gen. Richard Mulcahy, former chief of the Free State Army. He was beaten in the Dublin north- east district by James Larkin, Inde- pendent Labor candidate, who once was sentenced to five years in Sing 8ing Prison, New York, on charges of criminal anarchy during the World War. The new Dail will have 138 mem- bers in comparison with the 153 who formerly sat in the Parliament. On the constitutional question a | majority of 11,026 votes was rolled | up in south Dublin favoring the document that would sever the Free State's last ties with the British Empire, ignoring the British crown | and would change Ireland's name to the ancient title of “Eire." County Sligo, in far Western Ire- land, was the first constituency thus far to reject the constitution by a margin of 1,136 votes. ONE KILLED, TWO HURT IN TRAFFIC| Colored Boy Struck by Car on Highway Near Buchs Hill. A 12-year-old boy was killed and a man and & woman were seriously in- Jjured in traffic accidents in and near Washington last night and early to- | day Morris Brown, 12, colored. of Brandywine, Md., was killed when struck on the Southern Mll‘yllnd“ | highway, near Burchs Hill, by an automobile driven by Willlam B. Johnson, Hillsboro, Md. { Mrs. Alice Lyon, 68, of 2623 South | Dakota avenue northeast was critical- | ly injured when hit at South Dakoia | avenue and Bladensburg road by an| automobile driven, police said. by Mrs. Katie Lyons, 56. of Hyattsville. She{ was treated at Casualty Hospital for a | compound leg fracture, a compound skull fracture and internal injuries. John K. Brown, 36. of 410 Farragut street, was seriously injured when he | fell asleep at the wheel of his bakery truck, according to police, and struck & parked truck near Centerville, Va. | He is in Sibley Hospital with internal injuries. James Johnson, 35, colored, 1549 ! Columbia street last night jumped | from the automobile in which he was | cycle driven by Officer J. J. Boyd of | the Traffic Division. who was chasing the machine on Ninth street between O and P streets. Johnson was knocked down. the motorcycle over- turning and throwing Boyd to the| street. | Treated at Freedman's Hospital for | an ankle fracture, Johnson was | booked for investigation at No. 2 pre- cinct. Boyd was uninjured. Others injured in traffic accidents in the District and nearby were Rob- ert Edward Smith, 18. of 620 Otis ! place, and Evelyn Wallingsford, 16, of | 4120 Third street, treated at Sibley | for cuts and bruises after their car | was forced off Defense Highway, 5| miles from the District line; Allen | 8. Hammond, 3d, 7. colored. 718 8 street, struck by a taxicab when he| ran into the street in front of his home and treated at Freedman's for | bruises; Philip C. Coleman, 5, colored, 1446 Corcoran street, treated at Chil- dren’s Hospital after he was struck in front of his home by an automobile operated by Walter D, Lewis, 25, of 3026 R street. REJECT EXTENSION OF CIVIL SERVICE Senators Refuse to Have Farm Agency on Merit System Alone. The Senate rejected again yester- day a move to extend the civil service merit system to newly-created posi- tions. During consideration of the farm tenant bill, Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyoming tried without success to have the measure require civil service for permanent employes of the proposed Farmers' Home Corp. President Roosevelt several times during this session has recommended that Congress apply civil service to all except policy-forming positions in the executive branch of Government. O'Mahoney called attention to the large number of employes that have been appointed outside of civil service heretofore. He also declared some non- civil service employes were active sgainst the administration in the campaign last year, and added that one of the virtues of the civil service system is that it restricts political activity by appointees. Senator Hughes, Democrat of Dela- ware said he was not impressed with the advantages of civil service, and contended that in his State, some of those under civil service took part in the campaign. Senator Minton, Democrat, of Indi- ana, took the same view, declaring “one does not know anything at all about politics until he runs up ageinst the civil service.” on the Pacific Coast the clipping means. It’s a good point. But Mr. Polhamus is concerned only with the question: Where is the end of a plate? ‘We could tell him that the end of most plates at our house is when the kid sister's washing them and gets to thinking about the latest boy friend, but maybe that isa't what he means. n ‘ RUSSIA STARTING TOQUITAMUR ZONE Recall of Troops and Gun- boats Eases Tension. Tokio Watchful. BACKGROUND— Sennufu and Bolshol Islands, in Amur River, boundary between Soviet Russia and Japanese-in- spired Manchukuo, are low-lying wastes often inundated by floods and tide. Russia bases claim on treaties with China in 1858 and 1860. Japan claims islands are Manchukuoan, that Russians “in- vaded,” and on June 30 Japanese- Manchukuoan artillery sank one gunboat, beached another and put third to flight. Bs the Associated Press. TOKIO, July 3.—Dispatches from Hsinking, capital of the Japanese- inspired State of Manchukuo, said today that Soviet Russia would start withdrawal of troops and gunboats from Amur River islands this after- noon. Recall of the forces under an agree- ment reached between the Japanese Ambassador to Moscow and the Soviet foreign office, further eased war tension arising from a clash between SBoviet gunboats and Japanese-Man- chukuoan forces last Wednesday. The dispatches said 20 Russian patrol boats were being withdrawn from the Sennufu and Bolshoi Islands in the Amur River in addition to troops. The Japanese army in Manchukuo, in a statement from Hsinking, hailed | the peaceful settlement of the dis- pute, but warned that further “illegal | acts” against Manchukouan territory by the Soviets would not be tolerated. Situation Still Perilous. Actual Russian evacuation, how- ever, apparently was awaited by Japanese Army leaders before they would relax their vigilance, especially since they alleged Russia broke a pre- vious promise to withdraw. Some Japanese authorities still went on to insist Moscow must give ade- quate guarantees against a recurrence of border incidents. A wave of relief swept over the na- tion when newspaper extras made public the agreement, reached in Moscows All members of the cabinet of Prince Fumimaro Konove expressed deep satisfaction that a possible war had been averted. Soviet Prestige Seen Declining. (An official communique in Mos- cow announced the Russian evacu- ation had been ordered after the Japanese Ambassador, Mamoru Shige- | mitsu. agreed to the withdrawal of | Japanese-Manchukuoan military cut- ters from the Amur Islagds.) Many observers saw the result as | a serious blow to Soviet prestige in the Far East—an incident which might rankle for a long time. There was apprehension over pos- sible effect on other questions. in- vioving the two great nations, par- ticularly renewal of negotiations for a permanent fisheries treaty to end another long-standing dispute, MAY STRIP POWER FROM WAGE BILL Proposed Board Would Lose Dis- | cretionary Authority by Agreement. B~ the Associated Press. Members of the Senate Labor Com- riding into the path of a motor- | Mittee reported today a tentative | in the House?” Agreement to strip from the wage-and- hour bill much of the discretionary pcwer given a proposed Labor Stand- ards Board. Definite limits would be fixed, mem- bers said, bevond which the board could not go in establishing minimum | wages and maximum hours. Another amendment would elim- | inate power of the board to establish | “fair” labor standards above the basic “non-oppressive” standards. Chairman Black said no final action had been taken. The amendments would revise com- pletely sections 4 and 5 of the bill, described by committee members as the only ones over which there has been serious controversy. Most of the representatives of in- | dustry who testified during hearings said these sections gave too much power to an administrative board. Some labor groups joined with them in criticizing section 5 because it woufd permit the board to determine where collective bargaining was effective and because it would give the board power to fix wages higher than those determined to be “‘non-oppressive.” Committee members said their dis- cussion centered on placing the low- est minimum wage at from $10 to $12 a week and the highest minimum at some point above 40 cents an hour. The maximum work week, they said, might range between 30 and 48 hours. The purpose of the proposed amend- ment, they said, would be to fix stand- ards for the entire country as nearly uniform as possible, with limited flex- ibility to meet special circumstances. U. S. EXPERTS URGE WHEAT ACREAGE CUT Farm Leaders of 31 States Told Long-Time Price Outlook Uncertain. By the Associated Press. Government farm experts said yes- terday the long-time outlook for world wheat prices is uncertain, and urged wheat farmers to consider restricting planting this Fall and next Spring. Farm leaders from 31 wheat-pro- ducing States were called here by H. R. Tolley, administrator of Govern- ment benefit programs, to discuss the 1938 program. Survey of world wheat production and trade by Government economists was pessimistic about the United States regaining its wheat export mar- kets. They said the world wheat acreage now is as large as ever, and that trade barriers of importing nations and a reluctance of the public here to ac- cept foreign imports in exchange for syricultural exports dimmed the pros- pects of large exports by the United States. _— German Sentenced as Spy. NANCY, France, July 3 (/.—A German charged with seeking in- formation on French motorised troops was sentenced as a spy by a military court yesterday to six years in prison. Hs was listed as Willy Bohm, 45, » ON D. C., SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1937. Police Boys’ Club Members Leave for Camp “Good-by, sidewalks!” exclaim these happy youngsters. They are members of the Metro- politan Police Boy’s Clubs crowding toward the bus about to take them to Camp Ernest W. Brown, on the lower Potomac River, 82 miles from Washington. The camp consists of 168 acres of beach, woodland and cuitivated farmland. The boys, who left this morning, will be gone a week. Any boy whose parent can pay for his stay is not permitted to go. The camp is for the un- derprivileged only. HOUSEHEARSC1.0 SCORED INDEBATE Cox Declares Maverick Is | Beirlg “Russianized” in Supporting Lewis. B the Associated Press. Two Southern Democrats flung bit- ter words at each other in the House vesterday when fury aroused by the strike troubles burst out in debate. Representative Cox of Georgia de- | clared Representative Maverick of | Texas, supporter of John L. Lewis’ Committee for Industrial Organlu-‘ tion, is becoming ‘“Russianized.” | Whereupon Maverick replied that Cox is using the “kind of psychology that brought on the Civil War.” Maverick had made a speech de- fending the C. I. O. against attacks | which the Georgian had made earlier in the week. He said Cox's remarks were “hysterical, highly provocative | and calculated to bring bloodshed and disorder.” “Thoughtless people are velling their heads off, praising the S8upreme Court, refusing peaceful settlement and, in | effect, urging violence,” he continued. | White of face, Cox replied: “I must believe that the gentieman is never serious, that he is more interest- ed in provoking amusement by his ex- travagance and buffoonery than in the moulding of sound public opinion.” Maverick jumped to his feet, manding that the statement stricken from the record. House refused. Cox then proposed that Maverick answer a series of questions, one of them was: “Are you collaborating with | John L. Lewis in shaping your conduct > [ | be But the | “It is the instrumentality of persons | who wish to be insulting to ask insult- | ing and embarrassing questions,” Maverick stormed. In his speech denying charges of | Cox that many C. I. O. organizers were “Communists.” Maverick said that iny his investigations of the labor organi- mation he had seen only “strong- minded men who want their American MRS. J. S. ALLEMAN SUCCUMBS HERE Widow of Attorney Was Active | in Church Work at | 8t. Paul's. ‘Mrs. Cordelia Irene Domer Alleman, | 71, widow of John 8. Alleman, an at- | torney. died yesterday in a local nurs- | ing home. She had been ill since she fractured her hip in a fall last Oc- tober, A native of Selins Grove. Pa., Mrs. Alleman came to Washington in the 708 with her perents, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Domer, when her father became pastor of 8t. Paul's Lutheran | Church. Dr. Domer died in 1901. Mrs. Alleman was married in 1882 | in Harrisburg, Pa., where her husband practiced law until moving to Wash- ington some years later. Mr. Alleman, who died in 1906, at one time was superintendent of St. Paul's Sunday school. Mrs. Alleman was active in the church for many years, at one time being organist and choir member. Surviving her are a sister, Mrs. Eulalie Rheem Rowe; three brothers, Capt. Charles 8. Domer, a Spanish War veteran; William A. Domer and Harry T. Domer, lawyer, and two granddaughters, Miss Elizabeth Alle- man and Miss Dorothy Alleman, all of this city. The granddaughters are the children of the late Roscoe H. Alle- man. Puneral services will be held at 11 am. Tuesday in the Chambers funeral home, 1400 Chapin street. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. DEPARTMENT MANAGER PLAN GIVEN ROOSEVELT Permanent Employes to Boost Non-Policy Functions Are Advised. By the Associated Press. A study prepared for the President's Committee on Administrative Man- agement suggested yesterday that Gov- ernment departments should have per- manent managers to Carry our non- policy functions. Arthur W. MacMahon, author of the report, sald “incipient managers” al- ready had been developed in some de- partments, though not by that name. The President’s Committee was ap- pointed in March, 1936, to make recommendations for legislation for | idle employes soon might experience | | food. June 22. | Government reorganisation. This legis- lation now is ’ “Have a good time, boys, Maj. Ernest W. Brown, super- intendent of police. tells the happy-faced campgoers. The camp is named for Brown. who was a leader in developing the boys’ clubs to build good citizens. Left to right: Walter Gartner, Joe Forte, Jackie Eusebio and his brother Stanley. —Star Staft Photos. CANNERY STRIKERS FUNDS GROW LOW, Idle Phillips Workers May Soon Be Short of Food, Organizer Says. By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Md.. July 3.—Some 2,000 idle emploves of the Phillips Packing Co. passed a payless Saturday today amid s temporary lull in nego- | tiations to end the strike for higher wages. Miss Anna Neary, who organized | two American Federation of Labor | unions among the strikers, said the the need of cash with which to buy The last pay day was last Saturday, | when the strikers received wages for | their time until the walk-out began | The two A. F. of L. unions have indicated they would cease negotia- tions for the time being, but a new | force, the Cambridge Workers' Asso- ciation, has entered the picture Mias Neary asserted the company had violated the Wagner labor rela- tions act by fostering the association, described by members as home union for home people.” In a complaint filed with Bennet | Schauffler, regional director of the National Labor Relations Board, l(l&“ Neary charged the company had | “sponsored. dominated, interfered with and controlled” the association. An investigation was promised by Schauffier. He left here last night with Jacob Blum, regional attorney for the N. L. R. B, after both had become embroiled with local authori- | tles. They arrived here after two colored strikers reported Thursday night they had been fired upon by company guards and one of them peppered with buckshot. ‘The wounded man, James Powell, was Jailed after his wounds were treated, but Blum obtained his release. Dor- chester County authorities, through Btate's Attorney Gorman Hill, ques- tioned the credentials and authority | | publicly uncommitted Senators. of Blum and Schauffier. 14 RAIL UNIONS TO VOTE ON STRIKE Non-Operating Brotherhoods Ask 20-Cents-an-Hour Boost in Pay. E¥ the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 3.—The 14 “non- operating” railroad brotherhoods called upon their 800,000 members to- day for & strike vote, the same action recently taken by the “big five” rail Iabor unions. Both groups sought wage increases. The “non-operating” brotherhoods de- manded & 20-cent-an-hour pay hike, the “operating” unions—with a mem- bership of 300,000—a flat 20 per cent boost. Approximately 1.500 representatives of the “non-operating” organizations authorized the strike ballet by unani- mous vote yesterday. George Harrison, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, pre- dicted a vote ovewhelmingly in favor of a strike unless a satisfactory agree- ment was concluded before the ballot- ing started about three weeks hence. Under the provisions of the railway labor act none of the brotherhoods le- gally may strike until Federal media- tion machinery has run its course, COURT BILL FIGHT LINES FORMING Leaders of Both Sides Call Senators to Be Present for Battle Tuesday. BACKGROUND— With the original administration plan to reorganize the Supreme Court tied up in the Semate nearly five months, and opponents confi- dently predicting its defeat, a sub- stitute was introduced yesterday The original proposal would have allowed the President to increase the court to a maximum strength of 15 members, by appointing an additional justice for each incum- bent not retired by 70. The new plan morves the age limit to 75. By the Associated Press. Leaders on both sides of the Senate | court bill fight asked all Senators to- day to be present for the opening of the big battle Tuesday. The line-up on the substitute meas- ure offered by administration Senators yesterday was so close that chieftains of both friends and foes wanted to be ready for any surprise move, Although no test votes were expected during the first few days of the de- bate, the situation was the most tense since the Democrats gained their over- whelming Senate majority in 1933, Supporters of the administration substitute said they had 54 sure votes. | Opposition leaders said their were at least 43 votes against it, and chal- lenged the claim of the other side. Even with 5¢ votes, the administra- tion would have only a margin of five over a majority at all times to prevent being upset by a surprise maneuver. Neither side was sure of its strength on all the possible parliamentary moves, such as & motion to table the bill, to send it back to committee, or o postpone it indefinitely. As was the case with the original measure, the fate of the new proposal rests largely with a big group of Two new supporters gained by the administration side were Senators Herring, Democrat, of Iowa, and Ellender, Democrat, of Lousiana. Sen- ator Hatch, Democrat, of New Mexico, one of the 10 Senators who voted against the original bill in the Judiciary Committee, was supporting the com- | promise. ‘This left the public commitments 36 for the compromise and 37 against, as compared with the line-up on the original bill of 33 for and 38 against. ‘The administration substitute, written largely by Majority Leader Robinson, would authorize the addition of one Supreme Court justice a year up to the number of incumbents over 75. The number gradually would drop to nine as older justices retired or died. The original Roosevelt bill would permit addition at once of one justice for every incumbent over 70. The bench would remain permanently at the increased number. ASKS POLE FLIGHT 0. K. E5 the Associated Press. James Mattern, famous American fiyer, yesterday asked the Government's permission to make a non-stop flight across the North Pole from Oakland, Calif., to Moscow. The Texan announced he would fly some time during August in his $100,~ 000 tri-motor monopiane. It would have to| keep its entire strength within reach | FORD ANSVERS BOARD CAARGES Denies All Allegations of Blame in Rioting at Gates. By the Associated Press DETROIT, July 3.—The Pord Mo~ tor Co., in a formal answer to charges of the National Labor Relations Board that it had violated the Wagner act, challenged the board's authority to- day. The complaint, the company said, should be dismissed “because the N. L. R. B. has no authority to regu- late relations between employer and employes engaged in local production.” The answer, signed by Harry Ben- nett, personnel directod of the Ford rompany, denied all allegations con- tained in the complaint issued by the board last Saturday following charges by the United Automobile Workers® Union. A hearing before a trial examiner is scheduled for next Tues- day. In the answer today the Ford Co. charged the U. A. W. “entered into a conspiracy * * * to cause & riot” on the property of the company at River Rouge. It asserted that employes of the | company who engaged in the fighting at the gates of the Rouge plant on May 26, “had at all times acted in self-defense and within their legal and constitutional rights.” “Brutal Assaults” Cited. The board’s complaint charged the | Ford Co. with responsibility for “ma= | licious and brutal assaults” on U. A. | W. organizers attempting to distribute { handbills at the plant gates The Ford statement asserted “a | group of persons entere¢ into an un- | iawful conspiracy to trespass on tha | private property of the comoanv and unlawfully agreed with each other to cause a riot." It charged that these persons “caused a riot and committed violent and unlawful acts upon the property and against Ford employes. The fights were unlawfully provoked by the rioters.” In challenging the board's jurisdic- tion the Ford answer cited 11 reasons why it claims the charges should be dismissed. These included the con=~ tentions that “none of the alleged un- fair labor practices complained of affected manufacture, sale or distri- bution,” and that “none of the former emploves named in said complaint were engaged in interstate commerce, nor were any of the Ford employes involved in the fights on Ford private property on May 26, 1937, engaged at any time in interstate commerce.” Answering the complaint that it distributed statements “disparaging and criticizing labor organizations.” the Pord company stated that “every person has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public, and to forbid this is to destroy freedom of speech and freedom of the e Freedom of Speech. Of the “vote of confidence” paper Wwhich the board charged was circu- lated among Ford emploves for sig- nature “under circumstances calcu- lated to intimidate and coerce” the workers into signing, the answer said | “The Ford employes who circulated | said paper * * * and the employes who signed * * * had merely exer- cised their rights of freedom of speech and freedom of the press and other constitutional rights" The answer described as “immaterial and irrelevant” another charge that solicitation of membership in a labsr organization named “the Ford Broth- erhood of America. Inc.” occurred | during working hours with the com- | pany’s knowledge and consent Sources close to the company have | intimated that if the board rules against it, the case will be carried to the Federal Courts. | The U. A. W. A late yesterday disei- plined three organizers “because of | unauthorized strikes” in General Mo- tors plants at Flint. Homer Martin, union president, added that he has sent John L. Lewis, head of the Com- mittee for Industrial Organization. a report on recent power strikes in Michigan's Saginaw Vall 'FOREIGN HOLDINGS | PUT AT 8 BILLION $323.024,000 Capital From Abroad Sent to U. 8. in Three Months. E3 the Associated Press. The Treasury reported yesterday that foreigners sent $323,024.000 to | this country during the first three | months of 1937. Officials estimated this net capital inflow lifted foreign holdings in this country above $8,000,000,000 The net inward movement was the excess of funds coming in over those going out. It averaged about $107.- 000,000 & month during the frst quarter of this year, compared with $99,000.000 monthly during 1936 and $117,000,000 monthly in 1935 Since 1934, officials said, $2.929.- 773,000 has flowed to the United States. 3 Of the net capital imports in the three months this year, $170,554,000— | or more than half—went into short- term banking funds. This poetion of the inflow usually s regarded by authorities as “hot money,” shipped from abroad because of unsettled economic or political conditions. Officials said, however, that increasing trade or other factors may have been largely responsible | for it in this Instance. |EDWARD T. HUGHES RITE IS HELD AT CEMETERY Full War Veteran—Legion Poat Military Honors Granted Directs Services. Funeral services for Edward T. Hughes, 54, lawyer and World War veteran, were held yesterday at his home, 1633 Monroe street, where he died Tuesday. Burial was in Arlington National Cemetery with military hon- ors. Treasury Poat, No. 35, of the American Legion was in charge of the services. Honorary palibearers were C. R. Maxwell, Paul D. Banwing, L. H. Thompson and Floyd Rains. The ace tive palibearers were John S. Molster, Theodore Wand, Willilam Snellenburg, Seymour €ahn, Grady Vickers and Richard Morris. Mr. Hughes, a native of this city, was a graduate of the National Uni- versity Law School and practiced law here before the World War. He served in the latter &s a lieutenant in the Army Alr Service. ¢