Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and cooler; tomorrow, fair with moderate temperature; moderate north- west winds, becoming gentle variable to- morrow. Temperatures—Highest, 92, at 3:55 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 71, at 5:45 a.m. yesterday. Full report on page A-10. Full Associated Press News and Wirephotos Sunday Morning and Every Afternoon. e WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION (P) Means Associated Press. Sty Star 34,046 No. Entered as second class matter post_office, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1937—104 PAGES. * IN WASHINGTON FIVE CENTS AND _SUBURBS \ TEN CENTS ELSEWHERF . m Ask Planning Board To Protect Jobs for Millions SEEKING HARMONY AMONG SENATORS - SPLITOVER LEADER Farley, West and Keenan | Hold Score of Talks on Board Special Carrying | Body of Robinson. ANOTHER COMPROMISE ON COURT BILL RISES Present Jurists Might Be Exempt From Provisions of Reorgani- zation—Several Believe Dead- lock Might Be Broken if Presi- dent Would Agree to Proposal. BACKGROUND— In face of deadlock that dammed up legislation, Senators grew jit- tery over court bill fight. House members rushed business, hoping to edjourn with dispatch First court bill compromise met steady resistance of independent Democratic Senators. Sudden death of Majority Leader Robin- son precipitated jurther schism, especially aiter Rooserelt wrote Barkley a letler which backers of Harrison for leadership said im- plied favoritism. B3 the Associated Press. Threatened by New Inventions BY THOMAS R. HENRY. REDICTABLE ways of life in the world tomorrow, the promises of the present for future faster and easier living, the threats of the present for future joblessness an d social chaos and ways in which they may be forestalled are the subjects of a far-reaching report just made to President Roosevelt by a committee of nationally-known scientists and sociologists working under the National 1 Resources Committee. The committee, headed by Dr. William F. Ogburn of the University of Chicago. has taken stock of America’s present resources of scientific ideas, possikilities of practical development, and their social implications. ]‘ Its most startling finding is the | prospect of more and more replacing | of men by machines. A single devxce,1 | the photoelectric cell, promises to do | the work of a million person: Five or six millions might conceivably be thrown out of work by the future de- | velopment of a single agricultural | machine. { It urges the establishment of a! joint committee from the Departments | of Labor, Commerce and Agriculture, | the Bureau of Mines, Interstate Com- merce Commission, Social Securities | Board and Works Progress Adminis- | tration to study means of meeting ! this contingency | It recommends that President Roose- 1 velt appoint a permanent over-all | planning board to co-ordinate ma-i tional programs in light of the tech- nical developments which confidentaly | may be expected. Would Study Inventions. It also urges that special studies be undertaken at once of the prospects | and implications of the following in- | ventions, now more or less in their infancy: The mechanical cotton pick- er, air-conditioning equipment, plas- tics, the photo-electric cell, artificial { cotton and wool from cellulose, | thetic rubber, prefabricated houses, television, facsimile transmission by wire or radio, automobile trailers, gas- | oline produced from coal, steep-flight aircraft and tray agriculture. An; ABOARD ROBINSON FUNERAL| TRAIN, Julv 17.—Three unofficial emissaries of the White House worked today to reunite their party ranks, left leaderiess and confused by the unexpected death of Senator Robin- s#on. Democr: of Arkansas, Demo- cratic chief in the Senate. James A. Farley, Postmaster Gen- eral and Democratic national chair- man, held a score of quiel confer- | ences with Senators and Representa- tives aboard the special train carry- ing Robinson’s body to his Little Rock, Ark. home for burial Sunday. He was aided by two trusted New | Deal officials, Charles West, Under- | secretary of the Interior Department, | and Assistant Attorney General Joseph B. Keenan. All their efforts apparently were | aimed at soothing away the rancor | and tension engendered by the pro-| longed court reorganization contro- | versy and the fight for the Senate | leadership left vacant by Robinson's death. New Compromise Hinted. Several Senators said Keenan had discussed a new compromise on the court issue, under which present mem- bers of the court would be exempted | from provisions of the judiciary re- organization bill. The measure now before the Sen- ate—itself a compromise—would au- thorize the President to appoint one new justice annually to supplement members of the Supreme Court who fail to retire a. the age of 75 Keenan's suggestion, which he made without committing the administra- tion, has been favorably discussed in recent weeks by many foes of the present bill. Senator Wheeler, Demo- | crat, of Montana, one of the opposi- | tion leaders, indicated on the Sen- | ate floor that might accept such a| compromise. A number of legislators on both | sides of the controversy said privately | they believed the present deadlock | could be quickly dissolved if the Pres- ident would agree to Keenan's pro- posal. Denies Taking Sides. Farley assured Senators that neither he nor the President had any inten- tion of taking sides in the leadership struggle between Senators Barkley, Democrat, of Kentucky and Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippi In his only public statement of the trip he declared | “I am not in any way interested. ‘That is a matter for the Senators to determine among themselves.” | Congressmen whom they had con- | sulted said the three White House aides were eager to counteract any resent- | ment caused by the President’s recent | letter to Barkley, asserting that it was | the “duty” of Congress to act on the administration’s court program this gession. | Some Senators had criticized the let- | ter as an attempt to dictate to Con- | gress, and as an indication that Mr. ! Roosevelt favored Barkley for Senate | leader. | Both factions in the leadership ' struggle publiclv maintained the po- | litical truce declared after Robinson’s | death, but privately they were busily campaigning for votes. While the two candidates scrupu- Jously stood apart from the contest, | their supporters already were estimat- | " (See LEADERSHIP, Page A-7.) MOVE TO REINSTATE TEACHER IS GAINING Meeting of School Committee | Called to Reconsider Miss Hallin's Appeal. By the Associated Press. SAUGUS, Mass., July 17.—A cam- paign to reinstate Miss Isabelle Hallin as a high school teacher gained new momentum tonight when the school committee was called into a second special meeting next Wednesday to reconsider her appeal. Chairman George McCarrier or- dered the meeting after more than 500 citizens at a public meeting last night urged the 26-year-old English teacher gnd dramatics coach be re- tained. Earlier the committee voted, 3 to 2, eagainst Miss Hallin's reappointment and by the same margin rejected her | sideration on the Senate floor. COURT PLAN FOES. INVTE THERBILS Opponents Not Desirous of Blocking Other Legisla- | tion, Byrd Asserts. BACKGROUND— President Rooseveit's plan to reorganize the Supreme Court has been a source of heated contro- versy since its proposal last Feb- ruary. Senate debate over the court bill has held up all other legislation, including the farm and wage-hour bills. Sudden death of Majority Leader Robinson Wed- nesday halted discussion of an amended measure, the original pro- posal having been rejected by the Judiciary Committee. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. | Senate opponents of President Roose- velt's court bill made it clear yesterday they would be perfectly willing to have the so-called wages and hours bill and the new farm bill taken up and acted on. laying aside the court bill for that purpose. They maintained opposition to the court bill was not intended in any way to block these other measures on the President's program—the objec- tives for which he has declared. These are objectives which were included | in the Democratic platform of 1936, the court bill opponents pointed out, when the judiciary measure was not | | dreamed of. ‘ Senator Byrd of Virginia, one of the opponents of the court bill, put this sentiment into words last night. He said: “To even intimate that opponents of the court bill are trying to block | | enactment of other legislation is ab- surd because the wages and hour bill and the new farm bill weren't even proposed vhen the court fight started. The Senators who are opposing the court-packing scheme are doing so out of deep and sincere conviction. Cites Administration Control. “And after all the administration | has control of the Senate's legislative | program. It called up the court bill | in preference to other legislation. It} it wants action in the Senate or any | other legislation, all the administra- tion has to do is to call up the farm | bill, the hour and wage bill, or any otner bill it desires enacted. The wages and hours bill already is on the Senate calendar, amended and reported from the Education and Labor Committee. Th. farm bill, which has just been introduced, could be whipped into shape and reported | while the labor bill was under con- While many of the leaders in the court bill fight were on their way to Arkansas for the funeral of Sen- ator Robinson, Democratic leader, those Senators who remained in Washington over the week end still were discussing the future course of legislation in the Senate. There was a possibility, it was said, that on Tuesday when the Sen- ate reassembles, consideration will be given to the President’s veto of the farm mortgage interest rates bill. The House passed this over the President’s veto last Tuesday. There is great interest in the measure in the Senate. Bitter Debate Forecast. If this course is followed, it will temporarily delay the court bill fight. When the latter measure again comes before the Senate, the debate prom- ises to be bitter. Opponents of the measure still are smarting under the attack made upon them by the Pres- ident in his recent letter to Senator Barkley of Kentucky, acting Demo- cratic leader. They resent particularly the Presi- dent’s statement that, “Since the un- timely death of our majority leader, I had hoped with you that at least until his funeral services had been held a decent respect would have deferred discussion of political leg- islative matters. It is, therefore, with regret that I find that advantage is being taken of what, in all decency, should be a period of mourning.” appeal for a public hearing. She blamed “gossip and malicious rumors” for her dismissal. A Supporters of the President, on the (8ee COURT, Page A-5.) one of these may creep upon | DR. W. F. OGBURN. —Underwood Photo. the country unawares, with poten- tially terrific social consequences. The committee finds the United States at the very flood tide of the unparalleled material and mechanical developments of the last half century which have changed the average ways ! of life more profoundly than they had | been changed before in 2,000 yi S, (See RESOURCES, Page A-3.) EARHART SEARCH WL ENDTONIHT 'Fuel Dwindling, Lexington Plans to Return to » San Diego. BACKGROUND— Search for Miss Amclia Earhart and her navigator, Frederick J. Noonan, began 15 days ago, a few minutes after they were last heard from by radio. Believed to be in the vicinity of Howland Island, which was goal of one of last and most dangerous hops in the globe- circling expedition near the Equator, rescuers centered activities in districts containing small reefs in hope the flyers might have reached one of them. By the Associated Press HONOLULU, July 17.-The far- flung search for Amelia Earhart, world-famous aviatrix who disap- peared in the South Pacific. probably will end tomorrow night, the Navy an- nounced tonight. Officers in charge said a dwindling fuel supply would force the aircraft carrier Lexington to head direct for San Diego after two more days of searching, including today. Forty-two of the Lexington's planes took off as usual for a morning survey, but returned three hours later without a clue. They -had covered an area 360 miles west of the international date line and 60 miles north of the Equator. Search leaders said the three de- stroyers accompanying the carrier would leave for the Pacific Coast by way of Pearl Harbor. The futile search of the Phoenix and Gilbert Island areas strengthened the belief of experts that Miss Earhart's world-circling plane plunged into the sea in its futile attempt to fly 2,570 miles from_New Guinea to Howland Island July 2. Not In Island Districts. Authorities said the Coast Guard | cutter Itasca and the mine sweeper | Swan definitely had established Miss Earhart's plane was not in the Gilbert Island district, 600 miles west of How- land. With three catapult planes, the bat- tleship Colorado previously searched the Phoenix Island group, centering 280 miles southeast of Howland, the only other land area within the range of possililities. ‘The Itasca headed toward Howland Islana and the Swan got under way for Honolulu. In line with a Navy Department statement in Washington, search officials here said the Lexington's planes would make their last scouting flights over the South Seas area to- morrow, weather permitting. A move to prevent naval and other Government agencies from engag- ing in costly hunts .for “publicity stunt” flyers was suggested in the National Capital by Representative Byron Scott, California Democrat, who asked for naval and Coast Guard information on the search, including the cost. Scientific Benefit Questioned. * Scott also asked the Commerce Department if permission for Miss Earhart’s “just for fun” world flight, which started from Miami, Fla., June 1, was granted “on the basis of some benefit accruing in a scientific way.” Up to noon yesterday the Lexing- ton's planés had flown approximately 173,000 miles and covered about 90,000 square miles of area. Sixty planes were used in the first day of its operations Tuesday, but the operating number was cut later to 42 daily. The Colorado’s catapult planes covered more than 38,000 square miles in the Phoenix Island region. The Itasca and the Swan, assisted by the British freighter Moorby, searched 102,000 square miles to the north and west of Howland before undertaking extensive hunting south of Howland and around the Gilbert group. Radio Progn.ml, Page F-3 Compiets Indem, Page A-%. | IPAN THRENTENS BLOW WITH ARMY AS CHNESE DELAY Preparations Rushed for Turning Tientsin Into Military Base. |GEN. SUNG CHEH-YUAN SPURNS NEGOTIATIONS American Tourists Leave Pieping. Nanking Suspends Visas Into North China. BACKGROUND— Threatened invasion of China by Japan followed clash between Japa- nese forces and 29th Chinese Army near Peiping 10 days ago. Dispatch of thousands of troops and tons of war material to, Japanese-held bases in North China, answered by Chinese with mobilization of large forces of troops to march into trouble area. China has called at- tention of United States and Britain to obligations under nine= power treaty guaranteeing terri- torial and administrative integrity of China. | B the Assoctated P { TIENTSIN, July 17— e Army tonight threatened drastic use of its rapidly increasing power in North China unless the Chinese yield- ed soon to its demands. Grimly the Japanese rushed war- like preparations which were turning Tientsin into an important military base from which large scale opera- tions could be launched at any time The Japanes does not develop to their liking. They had an estimated 16.000 men in the Peiping-Tientsin trouble zone and other thousands were arriving or on the way from Manchuria, Korea and Japan Japanese officers, although denying an ultimatum had been presented, expressed growing irritation at the Chinese tactics of delay. Incensed With Gen. Sung. They were especially incensed with "Cwn Sung Sheh-van. chairman of ‘lhf Hope-Chahar council and com- | mander of the 29th Army, who has | remained outside week-long peace ‘11 the 10-day-old North China crisis | negotiations of subordinates at Tient- | sin. “The sooner Sung decides (to ac- | cept Japan's demands) the better it | will be for him,” said a Japanese Army spokesman. Japan's North China Army, with headquarters here, staked out two | airports, increased the Japanese army communication system and took over the last of Tientsin's three railway stations. One airport was located 3 miles east and north of here and the other near Fengtai, 5 miles from Peiping Japanese soldiers took posse the West Tientsin station to it. They had taken over the other two stations previously. Japanese mills and warehouses des- MoOSE GOT + THE OF:'&AIL. \l ( BET Teboyd DONE i1 IF HED THOUGHT S A W THET BULL i) L HE WANTS EVERYTHING 30'S HE CAN BiLL BRYAN OULD SHO (¢ H THAT FABMCHECK HOPE HOPKINS WILL GET (1! THEN Yo GuYs CoyLb PAY UP QUICKER!, D & | FRARRY | — 0P HELLMAKE | [T oUiRY | GOT HoLp oF | .~ IT HED DOUBLE i% OUR CHECKS| DEPARTMENT | Squash Center Comments on Roosevelt Reorganization. L BEBNS ASCESON “Pleiades” Is Lifted Into Air | by 80 Bags at 12:08 A.M. as 5,000 Watch. B: the Associated Press. | ROCHESTER. Minn.. July 18 (Sun- day).—The “Pleiades.” lifted by 80 four-foot white rubber balloons. bore Dr. Jean Piccard into the air from Sol- | diers’” Field on an experimental flight at 12:08 am, central standard time, today | Two sharp detonations signalized the breaking of the ropes to release the craj. Dr. Piccard set off TN.T. bombs around the ropes electrically from within the open gondolas. He hopes to rise 2 to 3 miles to | learn whether a muiti-balloon craft can carry him later into the strato- sphere. An estimated crowd of more than 5,000 persons circling the field. which until the moment of the take-off had been brilliantly lighted, cheered as lht‘ craft rose. i | Dr. Piccard rose slowly, at first drift- ing northeast and appearing suspended for some moments several hundred | feet above the ground. | He immediately established contact by radio with his ground crew. sig- nalling in Morse code with a Swiss horn. | “He took off a little heavier than I should like to have seen it Mrs ignated for military stores and treep™ Piccard said. occupation were circled with barbed wire barricades. Army engineers strung the Japanese military telephone system to new points north and west | of the city. | Visa Issuance Suspended. Chinese immigration authorities at | Nanking suspended issuance of visas |to foreign tourists wishing to enter the North China trouble zone. Most | American tourists already have left | Peiping. Japanese civilian evacuation of the | interior continued. The Japanese Em- | bassy at Peiping made arrangements tor Chinese railways to carry 500 Jap- anese nationals from Kalgan, in Cha- har, to Tientsin by way of Peiping. Information reaching military qua | ters here failed to confirm yesterday's | reports of large movements of Gen- | eralissimo Chiang Kal-shek's own central army-troops into the Peiping area. It was stated only six Nanking di- visions — roughly 60,000 men — had moved in the direction of Peiping, and they were said to be no further north than Chengchow, junction of the Peiping-Hankow and Lunghai Rail- ways, about 400 miles south-southwest. (See JAPAN, Page A-4) Emergency fire equipment, held in readiness in case of a possible hvdro- gen explosion, returned to the cit Weather conditions appeared “very favorable.” Mrs. Piccard saic At 10:38 pm. she had ordered the | ground crew to stand by to start inflation. | The inflation proceeded slowdy and carefully under Mrs. Piccard's direc- tion. The balioons were inflated in | two rows at each end of the fleld Then, by an intricate series of ma- neuvers, the men holding balloons moved forward, row by row, allowing | them to rise into the air. They formed |in two clusters, one above the other. | Three balloons broke loose before ARI]BAI_I_[][]N Man, Wife Drown Unnoticed As Aid Goes to Others in Party Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Curtis of Brent- wood, Parents of Tiwco, Victims as Others Call for Help. While half a dozen other non- swimmers floundered helplessly in deep water after slipping from inner tubes on which they were floating. Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Curtis, 4439 Ivv street. Breniwood., Md. parents of two young children, drowned ves- terday at Severn Grove Beach, near Annapolis, Md Unable to swim, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis, both of whom were about 35 years old, were floating on inner tubes when there was a scream from a girl mem- | ber of the party, who apparently had | slipped from an inner tube beyond her depth In the ensuing excitement, a num- ber of other members of the party at- tempted to go to the rescue, although | they could not swim. As the non- swimmers went over their depths, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis apparently slipped | from their inner tubes and sank un- noticed The couple were guests of Guy Dodson, their next-door neighbor and the only person in the group who could swim well “I was swin ming out in deep water and the rest of the party were fioat- ing on inner tubes near shore. The bottom slopes down gradually until COOLER WEATHER DUE HERE TODAY Man Believed Drowned, Five Prostrated as Mercury Hits 91.7. | | Refreshing northwest winds blowing | dry air from the polar regions before | them were expected here early today to you get up to your neck and then it drops off suddenly. “I heard a scream and looked in and saw several people floundering around in the water. I swam in and began shoving them into shallow water. There was an awful lot of confusion and some of the people were lving on the beach getting the water out of their lungs when someone said Mr. and Mrs. Curtis were missing. “Their children, Nancy, 3., and Anna, about 14, were in the shallow water when the excitement started.” Others in the party, Dodson said, were Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Munch, | 1419 Hemlock street: Mrs. Ella Snel- lings, and her son, Leonard, 17, of 1613 Otis street northeast; Dodson's ‘nephew‘ Davis Dodson, 12, and a young girl named Deliah. about 15, who accompanied Leonard Snellings. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis | were recovered after the bottom was dragged. A coroner’s jury returned a verdict of accidental drowning at an inquest presided over by Magistrate | Luther Nichols of Annapolis. | Curtis was a brother of Policeman Orin Curtis of the First Precinct. He had been employed at a Brentwood Bakery for more than 20 years. Mrs. | Curtis was a native of Cleveland. Hot on Ground But Flvyer Is Nearly Frozen Weather Data Pilot Cuts Trip Short Due to Cold. By the Associated Press. DAYTON, Ohio. July 17—It was hot today, but Lieut. William M. Morgan of Wright Field “nearly froze the flight could start. An emergency break the worst heat wave of the to death” and had to cut short a crew immediately began inflating ex- tra balloons to replace those that escaped. A carefully rehearsed ground crew of Rochester citizens was called to | the field at 8 p.m. Fifty drums of | hydrogen needed to inflate‘the balloon and other equipment were taken to | the fleld. | Dr. Piccard rode in an open gon- dola—he referred to it as a ‘“bath- tub,” which it resembles. It weighs about 60 pounds. Rebels Control As Conflict Ends First Year Most of Spain By the Assoclated Press. BILBAO, Spain, July 17.—The end of a year of war today found the in- surgent armies of Gen. Francisco Franco confident of ultimate victory. Tomorrow is the anniversary of that hot July day when the revolt that had been brewing for years flared into savage civil conflict. The climax of the year of battle so bloody and hatred so intense that probably 1,000,000 soldiers and non- combatants have died came when in- surgent troops marched into Bilbao a month ago, ending the centuries-long autonomy of the Basque nation and wiping out the last great government stronghold in the North. Facts of Year’s Fighting. Bare facts and figures tell what has happened in that year: ‘The insurgents claim possession of 34 of Spain’s 50 provincial capitals. ‘They hold all the colonies. Of the Balearics only the Island of Minorca remains to the government.. Of 11 cities of over 100,000 inhabitants, the insurgents have taken six, Seville, Malaga, Bilbao, Zaragoza, Cordoba and Granada. “They hold two-thirds of all Spanish territory. It has been a vear in which at least five other nations—Great Britain, Prance, Russia, Germany, Italy—have 34 of 50 Provincial Capitols, 6 of 11 Large Cities, and All of Colonies Claimed by Franco—But Madrid Still Holds Out Against Capture. teetered at time close to the edge of the same blazing chasm. Bitter international arguments have raged over volunteers of other nations fighting on both sides; over the bomb- ing of the German cruiser Deutsch- land; over charges of foreign aid and interference, and finslly the breaking up, in effect at least, of the Non-Inter- vention Committee’s attempt to main- tain a naval cordon around Spain. Perfected Organization. It has been a year in which the forces of insurgent Generalissimo Francisco Franco, off to & halting start through failure to capture the three great military and industrial centers — Madrid, Barcelona or Va- lencia—in the first wave of uprising, rallied to sweep province after prov- ince, perfect a strong ofganization, and smash straight to the gates of Madrid last Fall. ‘Then something went wrong. With the fall of the capital awaited hourly, the defense lines on the edge of the city itself tightened desperately and d held. After the dramatic effort that raised the sieges of Toledo's Alcazar and season. Weather Bureau forecasters predict “delightful weather” for the | next few days. As the masses of cool air moved | mer temperatures were reported in its | wake through the north central re- | gion, the Weather Bureau said, One man was believed to have drowned and five persons were pros- trated yesterday before the heat wave 'started to release its sultry grip on Washington. The temperature climbed to 91.7 degrees at 3:50 p.m., and exces- sive humidity added to the city's dis- comfort. Private David Dodson, 19, attached to the 3rd Cavalry at Fort Myer, ap- parently drowned while swimming with friends near Little Falls, above Chain Bridge. Washington police dragged the shallow currents above the bridge, but failed to find the body. Privates Robert Johnson and Albert Hutchins, also stationed at the fort, told police they were dressing when they saw Dodson, caught in the grip of the swift current, being carried over the falls. Dodson, a e of (See WEATHER, Page A-4 300 GIRLS REPORTED INJURED IN BLAST Many Chinese Workers May Be Dead After Munitions Blast, By the Assoclated Press. TOKIO, July 18 (Sunday).—Domei, the Japanese news agency, reported from Shanghai, China. that 300 Chi- nese girl workers were killed or injured today in an explosior. in a Chinese powder factory at Chunking, in Sze- chuan Province. ‘The news agency stated the blast oc- curred while 7,000 employes were en- gaged in making munitions “for war against Japan.” Later Domei dispatches reported 110 were killed by the blast and more than 300 injured. < Oviedo and a fresh thrust at Madrid which was turned to s rout in Gua- (See S8PAIN, Page Many houses collapsed as the ex- plosion threw Chunking's population into panie. toward Washington, subnormal Sum- | routine daily weather observation flight because of cold “B-r-r-r-!" he mumbled, ting his open cock-pit plane down, was cold upstairs.” While people over a wide section of the country were grumbling over “an- | other hot day"—even though slightly cooler than others preceding—Morgan | submitted records which told of en- countering freezing temperatures at 112,000 feet and one of 23 degrees at | 14.000. “I only had .a Summer flying suit on, though,” he rued, “so I came on down.” Weather Bureau attaches said usual- ly the “weather flight” achieves a top | altitude of 15,000 feet. | Snow, sleet and zero temperatures | frequently are encountered, even in | warm weather, by the men who daily | record conc.itions in the upper air, | although J. W. Anderson, civilian ob- server at the fleld, said none had been reported during the recent hot spell. TOM BROWN IS WED Film Star and Society Girl Re- veal Secret Nuptials. HOLLYWOOD, July 7 (#).—A “big" wedding is in prospect for Tom Brown, screen juvenile, and Natalie Draper, society girl, they said today, follow- ing disclosure of their secret nuptials July 4 aboard a yacht. On the way to Catalina Island the couple decided to be married, and when past the 12-mile limit had the captain of the chartered boat perform the ceremony. Anne Shirley and John Howard Payne, also of the films | and also engaged, were witnesses. DEAN FOUND DEAD JONESBORO, Ark., July 17 (#)— Edgar Lee Whitsitt, 55, dean at Ar- kansas State College since 1920, was found shot to death at his home today. Coroner W. C. Craig said Whitsitt committed suicide due to ill health. He had been on a leave of absence the past two months for treatment of high blood pressure and failing eye- sight. He is survived by the widow, & son and daughter. A in set- “it U. S, JOB SERVIGE REFUSES CALL FOR NONUNION LABOR Declines Request of Open Shop Employers on So- licitor’s Advice. POLICY KEEPS AGENCY WITHIN WAGNER ACT Only Contract Firms Can Specify Affiliation of Workers as Pre- requisite to Hiring. BACKGROUND— Refusal of contractors who were awarded large painting jobs at City Post Office and Internal Revenue Building to establish closed shop led to threat of strike by union workmen. Work is scheduled to start tomorrow. Bacon-Davis act requires contractors to pay pre- vailing union wages, does not re- strict them to union labor. Con- tractors met strike threat by asking United States Employment Office to supply them with mon-union painters. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Acting upon authority of an opinion } handed down by the solicitor’s office of the Department of Labor, the Dis- trict office of the United States Em- | ployment Service has declined to sup- | Py non-union labor to two open-shop | concerns holding contracts for Fed- eral construction projects here, it was Ilearmd vesterday. The action of the local branch of | the Employment Service was the first | apglication of a ruling which is of | major importance to the policy of the service and of great bearing on the | bitterly controversial issue of union- ization. In addition, since the action was | taken in connection with painting and plastering contracts scheduled to get under way tomorrow at the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the City Post Office, it is of immediate importance in connection with threats of strikes on these and other Federa] projects here in protest against use of non- union labor, Persons Requested Ruling. The ruling. made by Acting Solicitor Gerard D. Reilly at the request of W, Prank Persons, chief of the Employ- ment Service, specifies that only in cases where a closed shop agreement | exists between an emplover and a labor union may the service fil a request specifying that appointees | must or must not be union workmen. In a closed-shop case, of course, the request would be for union workers only and may be filled as such. If union workers were requested in cases where a closed shop does not exist, however, the ruling would pre- vent the service from complying. It is the hope of the Labor Depart- ment that compliance with the policy outlined by the acting solicitor's opinion will keep the service free from any complaint of taking sides in the unionization issue Cites Labor Act. | In his opinion, Reilly cited section | 8 (3) of the labor relations act, deal- | Ing with unfair labor practices, this | particular section forbidding employ- | ers to encourage or discourage mem- | bership in any labor organization as a condition of employmert An excerpt of the opinion follows “* * * The employment service may not comply with a specific request of a prospective emplover to refer to him only non-members of labor unions. It appears that an employer making such a request is engaging in | an unfair labor practice, since section 8 (3) of the labor relations act pro- | hibits ‘discrimination in regard tc hire or tenure of employment or any term or condition of employment to encourage or discourage membership | Jn any labor organization. While this |'act relates only to employers and not | to employment agencies (either pub- | lic or private), it is my view that an | agency created by an act of Congress is under a duty to refrain from any course of conduct which enables or at least facilitates an employer to vio- late another Federal law unless there is some specific provision in its own organic act which renders such a conflict of policy inevitable. * * * There is nothing in the Wagner-Peyser act (creating the employment service) which necessarily comes in conflict with the labor relations act “For the reasons stated, I am also of the opinion that the employment service may not properly accede to (See LABOR, Page >EG \POPE PIUS PRAISES CARDINAL MUNDELEIN “Courageous in Defense of God and Church,” He Tells Chi- cago Residents. By the Associated Press. CASTEL GANDOLFO, July 17.— Pope Pius XI today praised George Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago in his first direct reference to the car- dinal since the German goverment demanded that he reprimanded for a speech criticizing the Nazi regime. “The great cardinal is courageous in defense of the rights of God and the church and the welfare of souls,” the pontiff told a group of Chicago residents in a general audience. Because the cardinal's speech was permitted to pass without the Vati- can's condemnation, the Nazi regime protested and declared that basic con- ditions for normal relations between Germany and the Vatican no longer existed. Cardinal Mundelein declared in s diocesan address at Chicago May 18 that Chancellor Adolf Hitler was “an Austrian paper hanger and a poor one at that” and said German trials of Catholic priests and lay brothers on immorality charges wers *“crooked™ propaganda.