Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Fair and continued warm tonight and tomorrow, except probably a thunder- shower tomorrow afternoon. Tempera- tures today—Highest, 93, at 2 p.m.; low- est, 72, at 6:15 a.m. Full report on page A-23. Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 22 85th YEAR. No. ‘34,036. ~ NAVY FLYERS FAIL 10 0BTAIN CLUES T0 EARHART PLANE Montanan Hears Message Purportedly Giving Pair’s Location. COAST GUARD OFFICIALS CREDIT RADIO SIGNALS Outcome of Hunt Is Expected to Be Learned From Lexington on Monday. BACKGROUND—, Amelia Earhart’s attempt to gir- dle globe at Equator came to grief near Howland Island last Friday when she failed to reach that pin- Point in the Pacific after a long flight from New Guinea. Forces of United States Navy marshaled in widespread search for intrepid aviatrir, but no clue has been uncovcred as to whereabouts of her and Navigator Fred Noonan. By the Associateq Press. HONOLULU, July 8.—The mightiest peacetime search of the United States Navy was launched today for Amelia Earhart, missing round-the-world 3 fiyer, who officials hope is awaiting | rescue on a coral reef or sandspit somewhere southeast of tiny Howland Island, The battleship Colorado, cruising south and east of Howland, catapulted its three fighting planes last night to open the aerial phase of the hunt un- dertaken by boat when Miss Earhart failed to arrive at Howland last Fri- day on a 2,570-mile flight from New Guinea. The Colorado’s aircraft-returned to the battleship after 2 hours and 20 minutes to report no trace had been sighted of the missing plane or of Miss Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan. Resume Hunt at Dawn. ‘The planes planned to resume their search today at dawn (12:30 p.m. Eastern standard time), cruising over Winslow Reef, 120 miles below the equator and southeast of Howland Island. From the vicinity of Winslow Reef | the Colorado could catapult her planes into a search of-many islets and reefs in the Northern Phoenix Islands. Within flying distance to the south- east would be Canton, McKean and Gardner Islands. What Coast Guard officials in San | Francisco described as one of the most | promising developments in the way of | amateur radio messages was reported last night from Conrad, Mont. Ray Havens, Conrad creamery work- er, phoned the Great Falls Tribune | that at 10:40 pm. (M. S. T.) (12:30 a.m. Thursday, E. §. T.), he heard a | man'’s voice giving a position and say- | ing “all's well.” i A few minutes later, he said, he| Picked up a second message, which he gave as follows: “Position 73 west longitude and 5| south latitude.” Luke Wright of the Tribune editorial staff immediately tuned in his set on | 3,105 kilocycles, and reported he heard | 8 voice, presumably a man's, but could § not distinguish the words. Message Held Promising. Coast Guard officials at San Fran-l eisco said the message appeared promising for two reasons. First, the | longitude and latitude intersects a spot approximately where they believe | the missing fivers are down. Second, | the wording of the message sounded | authentic. Rear Admiral C. G. Murfin, 14th Naval District commandant and direc- tor of the mass hunt, predicted success or failure of the widespread operanons‘ should be determined by midafternoon | Monday. {‘ Reiterating the belief of many ex- | perts here and on the mainland that Miss Earhart was forced down some- where in the Phoenix area, Admiral Murfin explained the entire region | could be scanned after the arrival of the powerful aircraft carrier Lexington &nd jts complement of planes. He esti- mated a thorough search of the islands could be made in six hours. The Lexington, cutting across”the Pacific at 33 knots (nearly 38 miles an hour), was due here at 8 p.m. (Eastern standard time). It was to refuel and speed immediately toward Howland, more than 1,500 miles south- ‘west. Although earlier advices indicated | the carrier had only 57 planes lbom't.tl Lieut. Comdr. J. L. Reynolds. Admiral Murfin’s aide, said he presumed the (Bee EARHART, Page A-3.) O R SMITH IS MENTIONED | IN MAYORALTY RACE New York Democrats Convinoed | ‘Wagner Will Not Run as Tammany Man. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 8.—Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith was mentioned today as a possible Tammany candidate for the New York mayoralty this Fall to oppose Fiorella H. La Guardia, fusion incumbent. With Democratic leaders here con- vinced United States Senator Robert F. Wagner will refuse to carry the ‘Tammany banner, a scheduled meet- ing of the city’s five county Democratic leaders to agree on a candidate was called off today. Instead, it was learned, 'fammany Leader James J. Dooling will first con- sult Smith, arriving late today on the United States liner Manhattan. 8hould Smith decline to run, his advice and Enteréd as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. As He Passes P Memorial. waving, cheering jamboree B leaders from all parts of the United the most of it, beneath a hot July sun, Boys will be boys, and leaders could not restrain the enthusiasm of the khaki-clad disciples of the “good turn” as many of them forgot in- Those who did remember to dip flags and render the three-fingered formal gestures with lusty cheers and whistles for the President, who is hon- orary head of the Boy Scouts of America. Thousands of local citizens wit- nessed the unusual demonstration, in which the President decided to lead ISf‘Out leaders instead of himself re- viewing a procession of Scouts. The odd procedure enabled those in charge of the program to complete the whole demonstration in 22 minutes, Jersey and Constitution avenues, Perhaps never before has the Presi- lent been photographed so many times (See JAMBOREE, Page A-20) h It was the Scouts’ first “grand national review” structions to stand at attention as| President and Mrs. Roosevelt rode by. | Scout salute quickly followed these | ia parade of Government officials and | counting from the moment of the| President’s arrival at the foot of the | so-called “stationary parade” at New | Scouts Disregard “Attention” To Accord Roosevelt Ovation in Grand Review Full Page Jamboree News on Page A-6 RESIDENT ROOSEVELT, a S ilver Buffalo Scout in his own right, today reversed usual procedure and staged a parade for 25,000 flag- oy Scouts massed along Constitution avenue, shoulder to shoulder, from the Capitol to the Lincoln and the boys and their foreign countries made Baby Gator Thrown Into Roosevelt Car || As Gift From Scout States and 24 -~ |'| _An unscheduled episode in the | | President’s review of Boy Scouts today had the Secret Service wor- | | ried for a moment. As the Presi- dent passed the Florida con- tingent one of them dashed out toward his car. Several Secret Service men thrust themselves between him and the President, but not before the Scout had tossed a package into the car. Mrs. Roosevelt received it and placed it in her lap. The package was found to con- tain a baby alligator, wrapped in & newspaper. It had been brought all the way from Florida by J. T. Burdine, 15-year-old first-class Scout of St. Petersburg. He had intended it as a gift for the Pres- ident and this was the first oppor- tunity he had found to present it. TAX PROBERS BAR QUIZ OF PRESIDENT But Fish to Be Permitted to Present His Evidence of Avoidance Claims. BACKGROUND— President Roosevelt several weeks ago sent to Congress message Ppointing to instances of tar avoid- ance and asking legislation to close loopholes by which wealthy evaded payment. Hearings followed in which names of many were made public. - During the hubbub, Hamilton Fish, jr., who represents the district in which the President’s Dutchess County, N. Y., estate is located, charged that Mr. Roosevelt himself had used some of these loopholes for tax reduction purposes. Bt the Assocated Press. The Senate-House Committee on Tax Evasion today barred an investi- gation of President Roosevelt's tax re- turns or tax practices. The committee agreed, however, t» let Representative Fish, Republican, of New York present any evidencg he might have with respect to other mem- bers of the Roosevelt family, Secretary Morgenthau and the Secretary’s father, Henry Morgenthau, sr. Only after a long argument did the committee vote to let Fish appear at its session tomorrow. That vote was said by commiltee members to have been 7 to 5. Earlier the committee turned down, 6 to 5, a motion that Fish be required to pre- sent written proof of his charges. “No Grounds.” Chairman Doughton said members of the Republican minority joined Democrats on the committee in decid- ing against bringing the President into the investigation. “The minority members,” Doughton announced, “all agreed there should be no reference to the President and that there were no grounds or justifica- tion for bringing in th President in any way.” Representative Treadway, Republic- an, of Massachusetts, said he and Rep- resentative Crowther, Republican, of New York, had taken the position all along that Fish should “leave the President out.” “He is President of the United States,” Treadway said, “and there should be a certain respect to the office.” In public statements, Fish had said he had proof the President had taken tax deductions for “farm losses” on his estate at Hyde Park, N. Y. and his property at Warm Spring, Ga. To Make Statement. The President told newsmen his estate was a forestry project and he expected to make profits later from it through sale of Christmas trees. Fish said he was ready to present | photostatic evidence that the Presi- dent had admitted using tax avoid- ance methods and that he would make it public, either through the press, or in the House, if the com- mittee would not let it go into its records. He will be given half an our to- morrow to make an uninterrupted statement and then must submit to cross-examination. He said he would mention at least four members of the President's family. No Mention of President. Senator Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippi said he was opposed to permitting PFish to “exploit his charges,” but that he made the mo- tion, which was defeated, which would have required him to submit docu- mentary proof. “My idea,” Harrison said, “is that persons who bring charges against other persons pught to have proof and not base them on rumors or other things not substantiated.” Treadway said he had made the motion that Fish be heard, including the specific provision that no men- tion should be made of the Chief Executive. Fish, he sald, agreed to that pro- cedure. .. Reich Bars Mundelein Paper. BERLIN, July 8 (/).—The Catholic influence will be asked to help bring order mto & Democratic situation fast developing into a free-for-all in New York City. Weekly, 8 German language publica- tion printed in the Chicago diocese of George Cardinal Mundelein, was banned in Germany today. SENATEUNITVOTES WAGE-HOUR PLAN iLabor Group Fixes Highest Minimum Pay at 40 Cents, Work Week at 40 Hours. BACKGROUND— Since demise of N. R. A., wage and hour standards for industry have varied widely. In eflort to stabilize and improve these and other working conditions, administration leaders several weeks ago submitted omnibus labor standards bill. Joint hearings by Senate and House committees brought opposi- tion from industry and qualified support from labor. | By the Assoctated Press. The Senate Labor Committee ap- proved an amended Black-Connery wage - and - hour bill today. The | amendments would permit an admin- istrative board to fix minimum wages no higher than 40 cents an hour and A maximum work week of not less, | thar. 40 hours. i The committee voted to strike from | | the original bill a provision permitting | & proposed labor standards board to fix “fair” wages and hours above the | level at which collective bargaining | was deemed inadequate. It was this provision to which many spokesmen for industry objected most strenuously. John L. Lewis, chairman of the Committee for Industrial Or- | ganization, also had opposed it. Tariff Hearings Provided For. Chairman Black said the bill's re- | quirements on minimum wages would | prevent the board from fixing mini- | | mums below the prevailing rate in the | | affected community. No wage and | hour standards would be fixed except | after a hearing. Prohibitions against “oppremve"i labor practices, such as espionage and strike-breaking, were stricken from the bill. Black said the committee felt | those subjects ‘could be dealt with | through the Wagner act. | The committee adopted a proposal | by Senator Ellender, Democrat, of | Louisiana and others that the Tariff | | Commission be empowered to investi- | gate differences in production cost be- i | tween domestic and foreign producers | as a result of the bill and to de- | termining whether tariff increases | should be made. | Black later reported the bill to the | Senate, shortly after it began today's session. All goods manufactured in violation CHINESE BATTLE IAPANESE DRIVE IN'PEIPING SUBUR Defenders Man 0Id Walls After Holding Bridge in Fierce Attack. TOKIO’S ARMY BATTERS Ancient Dragon Capital Under Martial Law—Gates Closed as Throngs Mill. BACKGROUND— Japan maintains a garrison of some 7,000 troops in Peiping area under Boxer protocol, by which Chinese empire, in 1901, gave prin- cipal foreign powers right to use troops to keep route open between Peiping and the sea. United States, Britain, France and Italy all main- tain garrisons in North China, but in smaller numbers than Japanese, Japanese officers have said prie vately they may have to dominate district by force to carry out avowed purpose of aiding Chinese economic development. Peasants said Jap- anese troops have been maneuver- ing continuously in district more, | than a year. BULLETIN. TOKIO, July 9 (Friday) (#).—A spokesman for the Japanese war office said early today that if the Chinese “continue to aggravate" the situation near Peiping the Japanese Army would be compelled to take stringent action. Dis- patches reaching the war office at midnight indicated the situation was still explosive. By the Associated Press. PEIPING, China, July 8 —Chinese troops, ignoring a Japanese demand that they give up their arms and sur- i render, bitterly fought a Japanese drive on the little walled city of | Wanpinghsien tonight, manning its ;old battlements with machine guns } and rifles Five hundred troops were rushed to the walls while an additional 1500 | Chinese soldiers hastily erected de- | fenses across the Yingting River along & southern line paralleling the Piep- | ing-Hankow Railway to Changhsien- tien, four miles to the southwest. The fighting broke out in the west- ern suburbs of this Wmncient dragon | capital of China between Japanese forces and Chinese Gen. Sung Cheh- yuan's twenty-ninth army after a skirmish last night between troops conducting secret night maneuvers, It continued tonight. Japanese kept up a steady artillery fire for more than an hour in the vicinity of the marble bridge of Marco Polo, 10 miles west of Peiping, and then turned to rifle sniping at the Chinese defenders. The Chinese, nevertheless, held the bridge at a late hour. Protected by its marble balustrade, they fortified themselves behind a wall of sandbags and prepared to defend it. Reinforce- ments massed on it and war materials were moved up. The Japanese, however, were said to have advanced tonight on the west side of the Yingting River, above the bridge. There was no indication that either side contemplated withdrawing, Both armies speeded extensive troop move- ments and prepared for a new out- break if efforts to negotiate a peace prove futile. Peiping Under Martial Law. Peiping was placed under martial law at 8 p.m. tonight. The city was quiet though tense. ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION | { | | tomatics, were on strike duty. g Sfar WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1937—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. NO, THANKS, PIGS DONT INTRIGUE ME ANY MORE ! SEE THE SUPE \WHEAT 4% (0RN % EXHIB(TS! . ComMmir DL & 7, y CITY WITH CANNON FIRE ’ PIGKETING ACCORD FOLLOWS KILLINGS Militia Head Confers With | Union Official—Two Die in Tennessee. (Picture on Page A-2.) Bs the Associated Press. ALCOA, Tenn., July 8.—An agree- ment was reached today to allow pick- | eting at the plant of the Aluminum | Co. of America, where two men were | shot to death and 28 others wounded | yesterday in a battle between strikers | and plant guards. Maj. Ray Crittenden of the Ten- nessee National Guard and Lamar Taylor, vice president of the local | Aluminam Workers' Union, conferred and Taylor announced pickets would work on three 8-hour shifts. Taylor said approximately 100 men | had walked out at the company’s hy- dro-electric plants at Rhymers Fe: and Topoco, N. C., and Calderwoox Tenn., though company foremen co; tinued to operate the power houses. 200 Militiamen on Duty. More than 200 militiamen, armed with bayoneted rifles and Army au- | Conflicting statements were issued concerning precipitation of the shoot- | ing that resulted in the killing of Henson Klick, 30, a striker, and W. M. Hunt, 42, a special officer. An- otHer officer, Gordon Wolff, was re- ported in serious condition, shot through a lung. i All the city gates were barred, shutting | off traffic from outside. Doubled po- lice guards, augmented by troops, patroled amid throngs of frightened inhabitants. Food prices jumped 50 per cent. Japanese soldiers selzed a portion of the railroad from Peiping southward to Handow and repeatedly attacked the city of Wanpinghsien. Soldiers of the Chinese Army said the fighting broke out about midnight when night-maneuvering Japanese (See WAGE-HOUR, Page A-20.) Summary -of Drama __A18-19 Comics ..C-10-11 Editorials _._A-12 Finance _.__A-21 Lost & Found C-5 Obituary ___A-14 NATIONAL. Joint committee bars probe of Presi- dent’s tax returns. . Page A-1 Troops guarding scene of fatal strike disorder. Page A-1 Planes fail to find clue to Earhart ship. Page A-1 Long court bill debate seen, with out- come uncertain. Page A-1 Senate committee approves amended wage-and-hour bill. ‘Page A-1 C. I O. starts drive to enroll maritime workers. Page A-§ Saving of 20,000 lives a year seen in cancer control bills, Page A-16 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. President Roosevelt stages a “parade” for Boy Scouts. A-1 Pilots ask condemnation of airport here as unsafe. Page A-1 Hottest weather of 1937 expected here today. Page A-1 Senate delay on D. C. tax bill ex- pected. Page A-2 Colleagues to honor Connery at church on July 185. Page A-9 Postoffice employé 56th traffic tatality here this year. Page A-17 House group to act on D. C. library bill Page B-1 Year busiest on record in criminal court here, Page B-1 Intimidation charges delay parley in laundry workers’ strike. Page B-1 Big step taken toward opening Federal savings associatiom Page B-1 Radio . B-14 Short Story -_C-5 Society _B-3| Sports _._..C-1-3! ‘Woman's Pg. .C-4 (See CHINA, Page A-10.) Today’s Star EDITORIALS AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page A-12 This and That. Page A-12 Stars, Men and Atoms Page A-12 Answers to Questions. Page A-12 David Lawrence. Page A-13 H. R. Baukhage. Page A-13 Mark Sullivan, Page A-13 Jay Franklin. Page A-13 Delia Pynchon Page A-13 FINANCIAL. Most bonds narrow (table). Clearings drop. Steel consumption heavy. Stocks resist decline (table). Curb list higher (table). Power output down. SPORTS. Gehringer proves brightest among an array of all-stars. Page C-1 Hubbell finds great trouble in pitching to lefties. Page C-1 Water hazards add to attractiveness of local links. Page C-2 Woodruff is rated tops as runner at various distances. Page C-2 Second guessers now will take spite out on Pilot Terry. Page C-3 Vast sums spent in cup yacht racing with no return. Page C-3 MISCELLANY. Shipping News. Vital Statistics. City News in Brief. Traffic_Convictions. After Dark. Betsy Caswell. Dorothy Dix. Young Washington. Nature's Children. Cross-Word Puzzle, Bedtime Stories. Letter-Out. Page A-21 Page A-21 Page A-21 Page A-22 Page A-23 Page A-23 Page A- 8 PageB- 5 PageB- § PageB- 5 Page B-10 Page C- 4 Page C- 4 Bred Wetmore, president of the union, an affiliate of the American | Federation of Labor, charged that officers fired on ‘“unarmed pickets” and that company guards were wounded “by their own men" in a cross-fire. Chief of police Arthur Lively, how- ever, declared that pickets opened fire first. He told of rushing to the scene after a call and said: “The shooting started from the picket line before I stopped by car. Some of the pickets were shooting directly toward my car before I got out, and one shot hit my car at that time, also a number of rocks.” Conciliator Arrives. J. C. Howard, Department of Labor conciliator, arrived in Alcoa today to confer with Aluminum Co. and Union officials. He attended un- successful conferences in Pittsburgh earlier this week. : “My purpose here is mediation and conciliation and not investigation,” he declared. A. D. Huddleston, company mana- ger, reported 766 men went to work in the fabricating plant, the unit shut down by the strike, on the 7 o'clock shift. About 100 pickets were on duty. Wetmore said he would appeal to Gov. Browning at Nashville to name an arbitration board to “try to settle this thing.” » “I believe it can be done,” he said. GREENBELT ATTACK BY BYRD ANSWERED Mrs. Roosevelt Declares Project Should Be Looked Upon as Experiment. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt replied today to Senator Byrd's criticism of the amount of money invested in the Greenbelt heusing project with the answer that the project should be looked on in the light of an experi- ment and that experiments are always costly. 8he finds nothing to be ashamed of in the fact that the Government is spending money to find & better means of living for its people, she said. ‘The President’s wife predicted the country would sooner or later view taxation from a new angle and “real- ize that as a nation we have certain objectives for the Nation and that we must pay taxes to achieve those ob- Jectives.” She compared the Government ex- periments in housing with similar ex- periments conducted by private con- tractors at Purdue University, and said that it was found that the latter ex- periments were more costly than the Government's most recent ventures in the same fleld. This, she pointed out, probably was due to the fact that the v | of Public Roads, began yesterday and HOTTEST Horse '’ Buggy | | Driveways to Go | At White House Roads tn Rear to Be Made Wider and Straighter. The narrow, winding driveways in the rear grounds of the White House are to be replaced with wider, straighter roads. President Roosevelt invariably uses | the rear entrances to the White House | and 1t has long since been discovered that the old driveways, dating from | the horse-and-buggy days, are too narrow and too circuitous for auto- mobiles. The President recently ap- proved plans for building the new roadways, widening the entrance at| the south gateways and erecting new stone gateposts and ornamental iron- work. The improvements, which will cost about $27,000, will be financed by the Roads and Trails Division of the Na- tional Park Service. The work, to be done under direction of the Bureau will be completed in October. To make way for the improvements it will be necessary to transplant four or five of the large trees in the grounds as well 2s a number of small shrubs. WEATHER OF YEAR FORECAST Mercury Expected to Hit 95 Today, With No Re- lief in Sight. A broiling sun, sent temperatures soaring higher today with no relief in sight from the heat wave which was blamed for fo - nrostrations here and 17 deaths in c..ier parts of the country yesterday. This was expected to be the hottest day of the year so far in Washington. A maximum temperature of 95, four degrees higher than yesterday's top and two above the 1937 high mark of 93 on April 18, was predicted by the Weather Bureau. The official forecast was for con- tinued fair and warm weather today and tomorrow, except for a possibility of thundershowers tomorrow after- noon. The mercury rose steadily here to- day from a low of 72 at 6 am. to 89 at noon, as compared with yester- day’s noon reading of 86. The hu- midity at noon was 45 per cent, far above normal but well below the 60 per cent recorded at the same time yesterday. The thermometer rose to 91 at 1 p.m. when the humidity was 40 per cent. __The temperature tomorrow was ex- The only evening paper in Washington wit lt)he Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Akokok ok PILOTS THREATEN | National | that Washington Airport be con- Yesterday’s Circulation, 139,736 (Some returns not yet received.) = i, U Means Associated Press. AIRPORT BOYCOTT Ultimatum on Improvemenl‘ Sets 60-Day Limit | | on Action. BACKGROUND— | Since 1926 bills have been intro- duced at every session of Congress to provide an adequate airport for Washington. Many hearings have been held. Pages of testimony have been taken concerning dangers at Washington Airport. Airline oper- | ators, pilots and famous visiting fiyers have unanimously condemned | Washington for its lack of facilities. Nearly two years ago, Congress cre- ated the Washington Airport Commission to select a local airport site. The commission has not yet | reported. Bureau of Air Commerce officials | today received a demand from the | Alrline Pilots’ Association | demned as unsafe for general air | transport operations and be rated as & two-way or purely emergency field. In a letter to Director of Air Com- merce Fred D. Fagg. jr., signed by | David L. Behncke, president of the association, pilots of Eastern Air- lines and American Airlines, operating out of Washington, served an ulti- matum that unless action is taken Fears for Friends Flying to Capital, Mrs. Roosevelt Says Recurrence of controversy over the safety of the Washington Air- port as a terminus for the large airliners brought a confession from Mrs. Roosevelt today that she always feels concern about having friends fly into the Cap- ital, at least, when the weather 15 bad. Commenting at a press con- ference, Mrs. Roosevelt said that despite her own frequent flights she has never happened to be arriving at or leaving the local field during bad weather. She said she thought the un- safe features of the Capital's air- port are beyond dispute. within 60 days to improve conditions here they will refuse to land or take off at Washington Airport except when wind conditions make it possible to use the long runway. This would close the field to air transport operations about half the time. In the absence of Fagg, who is ex- pected back in Washington late today, officials of the bureau had no comment to make on the situation. Federal regulations prescribing mini- mum standards for air transport ter- minals are under consideration by the (See WEATHER, Page A-3) (See AIRPORT, Page A-7.) Trembling Ship Sails Away With 1,655 Stomping Angels By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 8—Its decks trembling under the thudding, stomp- ing feet and swaying bodies of 1,655 “angels” and less exalted followers of Father Divine, the steamer State of Delaware sajiled up the Hudson to- day on the fourth annual heavenly cruise to the promised land above Kingston, N. Y. The little Harlem Negro whom thousands call god was among the pilgrims, and just before the ship cast off its lines at 132d street, he appeared on the promenade deck. A loud shout went up, smothering-| almost the din of the 10-piece swing band on the top deck. “Father Divine,” the voices cried. “Father. Peace, it's wonderful.” The early morning sun glistened on Father Divine's bald pate. He smiled faintly, then went about the earthly job of lending a hand in the stringing of a 10-foot banner, white and green, on the side of the ship: “Father Divine's Peace Mis- sion.” “The thing you want to remember,” said John Lamb, his white secre- tary, “is that no one who has any indebtedness is making this trip.” He smiled. He was resplendent in Government has already profited by s limited experience in housing. ; white tropical helmet, white suit, white-shoes, bright green shirt, green ’ necktie with a single gold-lettered word embroidered on it: “God.” There were 1,400 women and 255 men on board, about 250 of them white, said Navigation Inspector Nathaniel Dickman, who inspected the ship before it sailed on the six-hour cruise. From Kingston the pilgrims arranged to go by bus and automobile to Green Kill. The decks of the vessel were crowded with the swaying, singing, mumbo- Jjumbo-voiced mass, the men in gray or brown suits, dark blue shirts, yel- low or white ties; the women in red- checked dresses and bright orange hats or in white with splashes of lavendar and blue. “Peace, its screamed. “ A woman leaned against the rail, flinging her arms in ecstasy about her head. She saw & man on the dock. “Hy-ah, Pete,” she shouted. “What yer doin’ boy?” The man waved a gray cap and grinned: “Ya Then with mock mournfulness: “Like & cow’s tail, honey chile, Ise always behind. That's me.” “Peace, it’s wonderful,” the crowd shouted, and the music poured over the ereamy wake of the ship as it moved away in the sunshine. wonderful,” they Father Divine,” he shouted. | TWO CENTS. COURT BILL ALLIES INVOKE' RULES 10 HOLD OFF ATTACKS Controversy Grows More Bitter as Robinson Rises to Rebuke Wheelerr PREPARED OPINION READ BY PITTMAN Foes Counter by Resolving to Block Action on New Business Till “Day” Ends. BACKGROUND— After months of maneuvering, fight over administration’s efforts to reorganize the Federal judiciary has reached the Senate floor. The opening gun for the President was fired by Senator Gufley of Pennsyi- vania, who bitterly assailed the Supreme Court in urging enact- ment of bill to authorize appoint- ment of one additional justice a year for each member of the court over 75. This replaces the original plan, permitting immediate ap- pointment of additional justices for all those over 70, which was re- ported adversely by Senate Judici- ary Committee BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The struggle over the compromiz« court bill intensified in the Senat today. Scarcely had the session gotten un- der way when the administration forces dragged in the rules of the Sen- ate to hold down as far as possible the hornet-like attack made by the opposi- tion durimg the speeches of supporters of the bill. Immediately, Senator Wheeler of Montana, tactical leader of the oppo- sition, countered with a declaration that from now on the Senate would transact no business whatever by unanimous consent. In other words, if there are any bills or conferenca reports to be acted upom. the court bill, Which is the unfinished business, must be laid aside by a vote. The growing bitterness came to a head today when Senator Logan of Kentucky. during debate, said that Senator Wheeler in opposing the Presi- dent’s court bill had turned his back upon all the liberal things and liberal friends for which he had stood before. Wheeler immediately countered with the assertion “When you say I'm turning my back upon those things for which I have stood in the past, you are stating | something that is not a fact.” Robinson Cites Rule. | _Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the | Democratic leader, immediately arose |to a point of order. He said that un- der the rules of the Senate a Senator | who holds the floor may yield for a | question and may not yield to an- |other Senator who makes a speech | without losing the floor himself. Senator Tydings of Maryland sug- |gested that the chair. Pittman of | Nevada, should show a little latitude in ruling on this point of order, since | Senator Wheeler had been criticized | by Senator Logan and should be en- | titled to make a reply. Senator Hiram Johnson of Califor- | nia leaped into the fray. “If this rule is to be enforced.” he said, “it will be enforced against every Senator in the future.” “No Senator offends more against this rule than does the Senator from Arkansas,” Senator Wheeler inter- | jected. Senator Robinson replied that he never violated any rule of the Senate when it was called to his attention. He spoke a bit further and then Sen- ator Hiram Johnson said that Robin- son was violating the rule which he had invoked. Senator Pittman was all prepared with a written statemefit regarding the rules. It was clear that the ad- ministration forces had prepared | themselves in advance for the effort | to stem the time-using tactics of the (See COURT BILL, Page A-9.) ISECTION 213 PUT AHEAD BY HOUSE Immediate Action on Celler Bill Voted, 91 to 6—Would Set $4,000 Family Limit. By a vote of 91 to 6 the House today adopted the rule for immediate con- sideration of the Celler bill to amend section 213 of the economy act. This amendment would limit employment of members of a family in the Gov- ernment service to a combined salary of $4,000. A fight in the House against the committee amendment placing this salary limitation is expected as soon as a quorum is established. An effort will be made to get a straight repeal of section 213, commonly known as the “married persons’ clause.” Representative Boileau, Progressive, of Wisconsin, is leading the fight for outright repeal and has the support of Representative Celler, who intro- duced the original bill, on which a compromise was reached in the com- mittee. Three women members of the House, Mrs. Rogers, Representative of Massachusetts; Mrs. O'Day, Demo- crat, of New York, and Mrs. Hunni- well, Democrat, of Oregon, are active in the fight to remove any discrimina- tion against women and against mar- riage as a qualification for employ- ment in the Goverment service. The fight against the bill is being lead by Chairman Cochran of the House Economy Committee, author of section 213, and Representative Tay- lor, Republican, of Tennessee. N B Sopwith Aide Dies. NEWPORT. R. I, July 8 (#).—Capt. Donald McPhee, navigator of Ene deavour II, T. O. M. Sopwith's chal- lenger for te America’s Cup, died today in & hospital here. He had been operated on June 29, for gastric ulcers,