Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1937, Page 1

WEATH (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tol warmer tomorrow: gentl peratures today—Highes lowest, 64, at 5 a.m. Full report on page B-8, Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 18 ER. morrow; slightly le winds. Tem- t, 79, at 2 pm.; 85th YEAR. No. 34,0 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. 49. BARKLEY NAMED LEADER ch WASHINGTON, D. C., OF SENATE DEMOCRATS BY BALLOT OF 38 TO 37 - Victory Is Seen for White | House. EARLY PARLEYS ON COURT BILL Backers Heartened. | Foes Insist It Is Dead. BACKGROUND— Democratic party was deeply split last Winter by President's sugges- tion for reorganization of the Fed- eral judiciary. Finally supporting compromise proposal, party leader- ship threw issue into debate early this month. Unexpected death of Senate Leader Robinson then added new complication. As Senator Byrnes of South Carolina volun- tarily withdrew race narrowed to Barkley of Kentucky and Harrison of Mississippi. Meanwhile Presi- dent urged court action this year. BULLETIN. The fight for President Roose- ley after the latter's election toi the Senate. Senator Pat Harrison congratulates Senator Alben W. Bark- day as leader of the majority in —A. P. Photo. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WEDNESDAY, COMMITTEE URGES DRASTIC REVISION OF D.C. TAXSET-UP Changesin Assessor’s Office and Collections Asked in Special Report. “GRAND PUSH” IN HOUSE SET FOR LOAN FOR CITY King Confers With Barkley to Get Speedy Action on Local Levy Bill. BACKGROUND— With heavy deficit looming for District in present fiscal year, Con- gress undertook to impose new tares rather than increase Federal con- tribution to support of Nation's Capital As tax legisiation became tangled up in congressional legislative jam, eflort was made to gain authoriza- tion for borrowing in anticipation. House balked at this Meanwhile special tax committee undertook study of whole revenue system here, Three developments having impor- tant bearing upon the troubled finan- cial affairs of the District issued from the District Building and the Capitol early this afternoon They were: (1) Recommendation by a special JULY 21, 1937 ) PLEASE,MIS JUSTA LITTLE CRUST AS A ¢ Foening Star -THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. #%% The only and Wire (Some retur evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News photo Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 136,516 NS not yet received ) ns Associated Pr TWO N GO AWAY SON CANT YOU SEE IM ENTERTAINING TER, ! W CHINA WITHDRAWS Mayor Demands ‘CHIGAGD TACTICS' PAINTERS REFUSED SYMPATHY STRIKE OF OTHER CRAFTS {Building Trades Council Angered by Threats of Union to Withdraw. DECISION OF BODY MADE AT MEETING Chairman Says Group Will Not Consider Co-operating With Strikers’ Present Leaders. BACKGROUND— Two local labor controversies have arisen during past week as contractors attempted to use non- union labor on both District and Federal building projects. Former situation was eased when Commissioner Sultan ordered ces- sation of work on disputed District jobs, named special labor relations board and referred some issues to Labor Department. Federal situation, involving local painters, spread to private vesterday as other painters struc in protest. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Angered at threats of the painters’ union to withdraw from Washington Building Trades Council and attempt to set up a rival council, construction unions affiliated with local central body tod: 1 al Town Police Fix| | | | tax committee appointed by the Com- velt's plan to increase the Supreme Court, membership collapsed today. Senator Wheeler of Montana, lead- er of the court bill opponents, was told by administration leaders to write a bill dealing with the lower courts, making certain reforms, Such & compromise will be at- tempted. In the meantime, the court bill fight probably will go over until Monday. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Senator Alben W. Barklev of Ken- | tucky is the new Democratic leader | ANTHANY PLANS T0BAR COPELAND Dooling May Be Repudiated Unless Senator Quits of the Senate. In a neck-and-neck race, the Ken; tuckian defeated Senator Pat Har- rison of Mississippi, 38 to 37, in the Democratic caucus of the Senate | today. | Not until the last ballot was taken out of the hat and read was the con- test decided. The count stood, 37 to 37. The final vote was for Bark- | ley. | The victory was won by the younger | element among the Democrats of the | Benate. Despite the protest by President | Roosevelt that he was entirely neu- | tral in this leadership fight and‘ despite the fact that Senator Har- | rison is a regular party man, the Barkley victory today was interpreted as a victory for the White House, First Statement Made. Barkley's first statement to press following his election was: “My policy is to represent the administration as well as the Senate in working out to the best of my | ability the problems that confront | the country and the party.” | Barkley had the support of the | more ardent New Dealers and of most of the newer Democratic Sena- tors. Harrison, on the other hand, was favored by the more conservative | Democrats. It was Harrison's own colleague, Benator Bilbo of Mississippi, who turned the trick for Barkley. Bilbo has frequently been at odds with Harrison. He voted against Harrison today. Bilbo was never counted upon to| vote for Harrison. Harrison's sup- porters were crediting his defeat to the fact that at the last minute Sena- tor Dieterich of Illinois changed over to Barkley. The report was that Diet- erich’s proposed support of Harrison | had been published in Illinois and | that the Democratic organization in that State brought pressure on him. Encouraged by their victory in the leadership race, the more ardent sup- | porters of President Roosevelt's court | bill turned their attention immedi- | ately to save what they could out | of the wreck of that measure. __The first move by Senator Barkl (See BARKLEY, Page A-5.) PRIMARY DEMANDED ON ROBINSON POST Representative Claude A. Fuller| Is Avowed Candidate for Arkansas Vacancy. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 21— With Representative Claude A. Fuller of Eureka Springs an avowed candi- date for the office, proponents of a party primary to nominate a succes- sor to the late Senator Joe T. Robin- son carried their fight to the people today. A factional group, designating itself the “We Want a Primary” Commit- tee, urged public pressure on members of the State Democratic Committee, which will meet Friday to decide whether it shall make the senatorial nomination itself or call a party elec- tion. Gov. Carl E. Bailey, regarded as the favorite for a committee nomination, broke his silence with a cryptic state- ment in which he said: “My course will be decided upon after the Demo- cratic State Committee acts in ac- cordance with the law and party rules. In the meantime my friends may ex- pect the best of me and my enemies fear the worst.” From virtually every county came a flood of telegrams to State Commit- tee headqudrters, the “We Want a Primary” group and Little Rock news- papers. The newspaper tabulations indicated a majority favored the primary. Fuller identified himself as a Roose- velt supporter in last Summer’s cam- A § the | but to resign Mayoralty Race. BACKGROUND— Administration is faced with headache in trying to unseat New York's pro-New Deal Mayor, La Guardia, for a party Democrat Candidates so far entered against the “Little Flower” are Senator Copeland, a New Deal foe, and Tammany's choice. Grover Whalen, who won first national recognition as official ‘“greeter” for Mayor Walker. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. July 21.—Develop- ments in a bitter internal struggle | rapidly approaching a climax in Tam- many Hall may determine whether the Fall mayoralty election here will | take on a national complexion, tinged chiefly by a test of pro and anti | New Deal sentiment Usually reliable Tammany sources predict that unless United States Sen- ator Royal S. Copeland. choice of Tam- many Leader James J. Dooling, with- draws as an anti-New Deal candidate in the Democratic primaries, he will be repudiated by Tammany's Execu- | tive Committee. meeting tomorrow, ! and Dooling will have no alternative Should Copeland solve the Tam- many crisis by withdrawing. the out- standing candidates in the election, so far as can now be foreseen, will be Grover A. Whalen as the pro-New | Neal Democratic organization cholce.! and Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, | who hopes to run on “all” tickets | as a Fusion independent of an- nounced pro-New Deal complexion. I¢ is still possible, of course, for local Republicans to enter Copeland or a| “dark horse” as an anti-New Deal candidate. | With informed observers today gen- | erally accepting the possible squeezing out of Copeland from Tammany back- ing, chief speculation centered about | his plans. i If Copeland enters the Democratic and Republican primaries, as he has announced he would, whether Tam- | many backs him or not, some believe former Gov. Alfred E. Smith, identi- fied by Tammany figures as political adviser of Dooling and Copeland in the present instance, will openly back Copeland in an independent Cemo- cratic drive against the New Deal, crossing party lines. Smith has thus far refrained from making any public announcement re- lating to his present political activity. ILLUMINATED LICENSES Car Tags of Colorado Will Glisten at Night. DENVER, July 21 (#).—Colorado automobile license plates will be illuminated next year. Secretary of State George E. Saunders said today he ordered the plates dipped in a beaded solution to make them glisten at night. The cost is about a cent & plate, Saunders said. JAPANESE DENY U. S. Pair Tried to Peer B hind Sandbags, Says Em- bassy Spokesman. By the Associatad Press. | | anese Embassy todav | Japanese soldiers kicked them or merely “pushed them on their way.” | anese sentries did not use violence in ity of the Embassy yesterday presented its view of the situation | this morning, but made no protest. The women, Mrs. Helen R. of Detroit and Miss Carol {of Washington, D. C. told United States officials the guards kicked and | shoved them. - KICKING WOMEN forcing the women to leave the vicin- | He said the United States Embassy | °f misisoners that sweeping moderniza- tions be made in the tax assessor's office and that legislation be sought to allow taxation of bank accounts and intangible property of delinquent tax- | payers. (2) An appeal by Chairman Palmi- | sano of the House District Committee for united support of his 21-member committee in a “grand pu: next Monday to effect passage of the Ken- nedy bill, authorizing the Commis- sioners to borrow in anticipation of tax income (3) Announcement by Chairman King of the Senate District Commit- tee that he had conferred with Major- | | ity Leader Barkley on the urgency of | | PEIPING. July 21—Two American | # local tax bill and that he will seek | women were at odds with the Jap- | SPeedy action on the legislation in the on whether | Senate. | Collection Efforts Hit. Frankly critical of the city's failure | A Japanese Embassy spokesman de- | 10 coliect personal property taxes, the | clared an investigation showed Jap- | COmmittee pointed to unpaid property taxes, including those on utilities and banks, amounting to $4,114,365, as| compared to real estate delinquencies | only $518,838. “There is # obviously something | wrong here,” the committee told the | Commissioners, “and what's wrong is Jones | clear enough. Lathrop | made to collec Little effort is being t unpaid personal taxes, To collect these back taxes it is pro- posed that the collector's office adopt Vvigorous, systematic collection meth- | Japanese sources, however, said the | 0ds modeled after plans of private cor- | lieutenant in charge of the Javanese Embassy guard said one of the women slipped on wet pavement and fell. The lieutenant's view was that the women crossed the street and tried to look inside sandbag barricades. He stated that when sentries asked them to leave they refused and the sentries “merely pushed them on their way, When she heard the Japanese ver- sion of the incident, Mrs. Jones de- clared: “Their statement that no violence was used depends entirely on a defini- tion of violence. If being kicked and shoved as we were isn't violence, then I'd hate to meet the real article.” She said the assertion that she or her companion had slipped on wet pavement was false. “It was my impression that the street was perfectly dry,” Mrs. Jones said. “The minute we saw the sentries rise up and heard their war whoop we were terrified. Then they chased us. “A wave of the hand would have sent us on our way only too gladly. But I wish the whole thing would blow over and be forgotten.” Miss Lathrop is the 18-year-old daughter of the late Comdr. Patrick Moore Lathrop of the Navy and Mrs. Lathrop, who is now naval librarian, She is visiting her sister, the wife of PANGBORN RELEASED U. 8. Aviator to Fly to Moscow After Visa Is Obtained. MOSCOW, July 21 (#).—Clyde Pangborn, American aviator, planned to fly here today from Velikieluki Air- port, where he had been held by Soviet authorities for two days. Pangborn entered Russia without a visa and was immediately placed in detention at the airport near the Latvian frontier. His companion, Representative William I, Sirovich of New York went on to Moscow and obtained the necessary visa from the foreign office. British Deny Reported Halting Of U-Boat Watching Her Fleet By the Associatec Press. LONDON, July 21.—The British admiralty announced today that a practice charge dropped by the de- stroyer Wolfhound to signal a British submarine off Portland while a Ger- man U-boat passed nearby led to erroneous reports the German boat had been halted. The (British) Press Association had quoted informed sources that the German submarine U-27 was detected off Britain’s naval base at Portland on Monday night, that the Wolf- hound, ordered her to the surface, questioned the commander and then permitted her to proceed. The admiralty denied this and gave this version of the incident: The Wolthound was engaged in dropped a practice charge to signal a British submarine to come to the surface. The German U-27 at the time was proceeding on a passage past Portland. She continued without incident or in any way becoming involved with the British maneuvers. The Press Association withdrew its version in view of the admiralty an- nouncement, 5 Alfred Duff Cooper, first lord of the admiralty, discussed the incident in Commons ‘this afternoon: “The German submarine was on the surface, outside territorial waters, in the vicinity of Portland, where she had a perfect right to be. The depth charge which was fired in connection with the British submarine had no connection whatever with the exercises off the naval base. 8he | German submarine.” | doing no more than their duty in | | protecting Japanese military secrets.” | porations with a large number of ac- counts, “The loss in Federal income collections is almost nothing 50 because the Federal Boes after its money. Letters, tele- phone and personal calls are used | immediately the taxes are past due. | The taxpayer knows the Government | means businéss and he pays. The | District of Columbia might well follow | th seame methods.” The committee recommended that the District abandon its present prac- tice of selling tax deeds which it ac- | quires at private sales. All property should be sold at public sale not more than twice each year and then only (See D. C. TAXES, Page A-3) 159 POUNDS EACH Williams Has to Take on Food to Get Up to 161 for Fight. Freddie Steele, world \middleweight champion, today weighed in at 159 | pounds for his 10-round bout with Hobo Williams tonight at Griffith Stadium. Wlliams also balanced the beam at 159 pounds and was forced to eat a cantaloupe and drink milk in order to weigh 161 pounds, so the bout could be classified as an overweight, non-title fight. tax This is Government Summary of Page. Drama _____B-18| Radio Comics __B-16-17 | Serial Story_ B-9 Editorials ___A-10 | Short Stéry__A-17 Finance ____A-17|Society _____ B-3 Lost & Found A-7| Sports ___A-14-16 Obituary -__A-12| Woman's Pg. B-11 FOREIGN. China and Japan agree to withdraw at Peiping. Page A-1 Dail re-elects De Valera as President of Free State. Page A-1 Insurgents drive to plug hole loyal- ists forced in lines. Page A-4 NATIONAL. Barkley named majority leader; to confer on court plan. Page A-1 Steel firm urged “Chicago” tactics, police chief says. Page A-1 Tammany plans to “squeeze” Cope- land from mayoral race. Page A-1 Traxler kidnaps farmer in flight from Page A-3 agencies’ Page B-4 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Special committee urges new D, C. tax set-up. Page A-1 Painters refused sympathy strike by council leaders. Page A-1 Mrs. Shane reluctant to prosecute teacher on abduction. ‘Page A-1 Man indicted in Hanford extortion case. Page A-2 House group reports favorably on D.C. liquor bills: - Page B-1 Bonding case defendant's testimony disputed. Page B-1 posse. Publicity is held political lash on industry. House group leu_pnrley on Camp | against the walled city of Peiping. ARMY AT PEIPIN Tokio Ignores Agreement and Prepares for Battle, Tientsin Hears. | BACKGROUND — Chinese guards and Japanese troops clashed in night maneuvers near Peiping July 7. The Japanese | garrison maintains a heavy guard | in the area. where it asserts Japan has preferential rights to economic exploitation. Chinese have charged | Japan seeks to cut off the two rich | North China provinces of Hopei and Chehar from the country and establish them either as a puppet regime or a protected state similar to Manchukuo. By the Associated Press. TIENTSIN, July 21 —North China's | 20th Army today withdrew the ma-| Jority of her troops from the Wan- | pinghsien battle zone, 10 miles west | that he had asked Hysan ‘to withdraw | of Pelping, under the menacing guns and watchful guard of Japanese in- | Bates' friend and that Hysan refused. | | Mayor Pruitt stated he then told | fantry. The Chinese began evacuation in accordance with a new agreement (D' end the North China crisis, predicated upon withdrawal by Japanese troop also. The 14,000 Japanese troops in the area, however, held to their positions. | Machine gunners manned trenches | overlooking Wanpinghsien throughout | the day and main batteries behind the lines trained howitzers on the town. A secondary line of batteries faced | north toward Peiping, whence re- inforcements might come should the 29th Army halt its evacuation and decide to fight. Chinese said the latest peace agree- ment was shadowed by “both sides being suspicious of the other's inten- tions.” Fear Railroad Will Be Seized. Some Chinese believed the Japanese | would move into the demilitarized | zone and take control of the Peiping- Hankow Railroad. The Japanese today worked to strengthen positions to the east and south of Peiping, erecting earth works, | trenches and barbed wire. Trucks sped along the front with munitions from Fengtai, field headquarters. Chinese feared that the extensive preparations presaged direct attack | | | The 15th United States Infantry was ordered to stand by under full war packs to defend the American concession and keep open the railroad to the eastern seaport of Chingwantao. The United States consulate urged (See CHINA, Page A-t.) Today’s Star Public hearings on Camp Springs Air- port site probable., Page B-1 EDITORIALS AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page A-10 ‘This and That. Page A-10 ‘Washington Observations. Page A-10 Answers to Questions, Page A-10 David Lawrence. Page A-11 H. R. Baukhage. Page A-11 Constantine Brown. Page A-11 Jay Franklin. Page A-11 Lemuel Porton. Page A-11 SPORTS. Bout delay boosts Steele's odds against Williams. Page A-14 Wes Ferrell's in defeat cheers Griffs. Page A-14 D. C. victory looms in mid-Atlantic tennis doubles. Page A-15 Grant's flop boon to Parker in Davis Cup play. Page A-15 Modern golf course one-shot holes rated unfair. Page A-16 MISCELLANY. Washington Wayside. Service Orders. City News ireBrief. Shipping News. Vital Statistics. Traffic Convictions. Men’s Fashions. Winning Contract. Young Washington. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Nature's Children. Cross-word Puzzle. Bedtime Stories. fine work Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page B-11 Page B-11 Page B-16 Page B-16 Page B-17 HEEEEE> > -2 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -9 -2 -2 Springs airport. Page B-1 ' Letter-Out. Page B-17 [;‘ Traffic Tickets Mt. Rainier Officers Told to Grant Coun- cilmen’s Requests. Special Dispatch to The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md, July 21— When the mayor or a town council- | man wants a traffic ticket for a friend “taken care of” the arresting officer | had better see it their way, or else. So Officer Bernard Hysan, or rather | former Officer Hysan, discovered last night when Mayor Norman A. Pruitt explained the circumstances sur- rounding the forme; esignation.” Hysan quit the force after a row | with Pruitt last week over a request by Councilman Arthur J. Bates to let a friend off. Hysan refused the coun- cilman’s request, which was in turn taken up by the mayor. The mayor's request was also refused. In explaining the affair last night Mayor Pruitt informed the Council the warrant against Councilman Hysan “if you are unwilling to co- operate there’s a man around the corner who will.” At this rebuke Hysan turned over his badge. Mayor Pruitt, addressing members of the Police Department, stated that the officers should know “that this Mayor and Council is boss.” He also informed them that they ‘“should grant small requests raade by the Councilmen.” MOTHER MAY DROP ABDUCTIONCHARGE Mrs. Shane Will Appear Against Teacher Only if Forced, She Declares. Mrs. Alice Shane of Beltsville, Md., declared this afternoon she would en- deavor to have withdrawn charges against Mrs. Marian W. Campbell, 35- vear-old Washington school teacher, accused of the abduction of Mrs. Shane’s 20-year-month old son Philip. ‘The 34-year-old Maryland woman told The Star that she and her hus- band Norris, an employe of the Ex- perimental Farm, reached the deci- sion today, after she had conferred with Mrs. Campbell. She said that at the suggestion of State's Attorney Alan Bowie's request, she had talked with Mrs. Campbell, who lives at 721 Varnum street, for 20 minutes yester- day afternoon in the Hyattsville Jail, where Mrs, Campbell was taken after the Shane baby had been rescued by State police, shortly following the al- leged abduction. She said that she would not appear against Mrs. Campbell, “‘unless the State compels me.” If she is forced to testify, Mrs. Shane added, she will ask that the defendant be shown leniency by the court, Mrs. Campbell probably will plead that her act was a result of an hal- lucination caused by the intense heat when she goes before Justice of the Peace George S. Phillips for a hear- (See CAMPBELL, Page A-8.) PLEALAIDTO 'Police Chief Says Republic | | Official Made Request and Donated Arms. FIRM | to consider ca | in_support of the painters mpat Instead. John Loc the council, said the w in so far as it invol the construct ferred to the Buildi. ment of the American P\ Labor. The decision fomulated at a deration of of council BACKGROUND— Republic Steel assumed leader- ship of independent bloc last May when C. I. O. sought written agree- ments similar to those already in eflect with United States Steel and some 160 smaller companies. Re- Jusing to sign anything, Republic and three others resisted strike. | Climaz was reached on Memorial day when Chicago police fatally wounded 10 picketers massed in front of Republic plant. Strike | eventually was broken. By the Associatec Press, Stanley W. Switter, Masillon, Ohio, | police chief, told the Labor Relations Board todav that a Republic Steel Corp. official suggested that Massillon ‘pohrfi use the same tactics against strikers that Chicago police used Me- morial day. Ten persons died as a result of the police battle with Republic strike sym- pathizers in Chicago on Memorial day. | Switter was the first witness at the | board’s hearing on a complaint that Republic had violated the Wagner labor act on 10 counts in its Ohio mills during the recent strikes. John L. Lewis’ Steel Workers’ Organizing Com- mittee filed the charges Switter said Carl Meyers, Republic | district manager, made the suggestion at a conference in Canton, Ohio, on { June 9. after telephone wires to the Republic plant in Massillon had been cut, “Do Like Chicago Police.” “Meyers wanted to know what the hell was going on over there letting | those hoodlums run the town,” Swit- ter said. “He wanted to know why we didn't do like the Chicago police; they knew how to handle the situation.” - Switter also quoted Meyers as say- ing Massillon would be nothing but a railroad junction if the mill were closed and that it looked like the mill would be closed as a result of the strike. Firm Donated Arms. At all these meetings, Switter said he had taken the position that the | strike was as peaceful as could be | | expected and that the police were | doing their duty in preserving peace | | as far as possible. Switter said, however, he had ac- cepted one consignment of arms and ammunition which the company do- nated to the police. These munitions, he said, were delivered at a secret night meeting near the Brookside Country- Club. A local law and order league at | one time offered to raise $8,000 to equip and pay 50 special city police, Switter said, but this money was never raised after he had said he would not put any Green men on picket line duty. A delegation of 300 from a back-to- work movement “stormed the City Hall” on June 21, Switter testified, to demand “protection.” Both Swit- (See HEARING, Page A-5.) Eleven Killed in Rail Crash. MEXICO CITY, July 21 (#).—Elev- en workmen were killed and 21 in- | jured, dispatches from Mexicali, lower | California, said today, when a loco- motive smashed into an owerturned work car on the Ornia, Sonora Rail- way now under construction. $3,000,000 Value Put on Gold Found in Tunnels in Panama By the Associatec Press. PANAMA, Panama, July 21.—An in- vestigating committee, headed by the governor of Chiriqui Province, today confirmed the discovery of a $3,000,000 treasure in gold which had been hid- den for centuries in tunnels along the Piedra Candela River. Gaston Johannes Van -Steck, & French prospector, reported the dL_s- covery July 7 of two tunnels deep in the right bank of the river. In the tunnels were stored approximately 80 ingets of gold, each weighing 50 pounds. Van Steck ceded half the value of his find to the central government, as Panama laws require, and a com- ¥ mission, headed by Gov. Teran of | Chiriqui, set out from David. The commission was reported re- liably to have found a third tunnel with additional ingots that would bring the total to 120 of 50 pounds each. It was estimated at the current price of gold they would bring $3,000,000. It was believed the find was part of the gold from “La Estrella” mine, which was worked by the early Span- ish conquistadores until they were wiped out by attacking Indians. The Jungle ' soon reclaimed the ancient mine and its site was lost. This theory was borne out by Van Steck's report that he found mortars and other old mining implements in | svmpathy two-hour | its executive board t representatives of refusing to attend Present Leadership Opposed. Chairman Locher said the 1 trades un of whic represented in the co bu the ob; paint strike, namely comtinuance of use of n on Government jobs, bu TS leader: “They h possible help crafts.” Loch threats against the Cou action entirely contrar Y and regulations of the Federation of Labor, the building trades depart- ment and their own international union.” Locher said he believed that pic from said the painters withhold representatior meeting of ti the Council to attend the report that the bricklavers having five votes in board of the council, alr received instructions from it national office here not to strike sympathy with the p B. P. Holcombe, business agent of the painters’ union, addressed a cheer- ing crowd of nearly 400 at a mass meeting early this morning at their headquarters. at 704 Sixth street, be- fore dispatching about 300 pickets t various public and private jobs 8:30 a.m, Holcombe said painters and plasterers had signed strike register. In his pep talk to the strikers combe predicted that the p local would withdraw from the Bu ing Trades Council unless the latter decided on quick and effective port of the painters’ strike. In addition, he said, unless some satisfactory settlement of the strike is indicated by tomorrow he will fly te Lafayette, Ind, to ask interna- tional headquarters of his union to call a strike of union painters on all contracts let through the P curement Division of the Treasu Department, Extent of Picketing. Five major construction contracts handled through that division were being picketed by the painters this morning, these being at the Apex Building, Archives Building, Bureau of Printing and Engraving, Govern- ment Printing Office warehouse and the Procurement Division itself. It was on these jobs, Holcombe said, that other organized construction workers passed through picket lines. Painters also were picketing jobs at the city post office and the Bureau of Internal Revenue where the letting of Government contracts to two firms employing non-union painters precipi- tated the whole controversy. While a feeling of bitterness was evi- dent this morning as the painters plainly showed resentment against failure of other construction trades to give them immediate support, Hol- combe specifically ordered all pickets to maintain peace and order. As this crisis grew out of the Fed- eral situation, peace reigned tempo- rarily at least in connection with Dis- trict projects with workers returning to jobs on the Eastern and Alice Deal Schools, while the issues involved in the tie-ups at the Young, Paul and Grimke Schools were being submitted to the Department of Labor. THREE DIE IN CRASH Indiana Couple and Son Killed at Grade Crossing. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., July 21 () — Omer Glen Platt, 42, principal of the Connersville, Ind., Junior High School; his wife, Jessie, 38, and their son, Glen Eugene, 16, were killed today by a Big Four freight train which struck their automobile at a crossing in Shelbyville. ‘They were driving to Chicago, where Mr. Platt was to enter the University the tunnels. 1 of Chicago on & scholarship. ]