Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1937, Page 2

REORGANIZATION BILL PASSAGE DUE House Expected to Vote First of Four Recom- mendations Today. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. The House Is expected to pass to- day the first of the four reorganiza- tion bills to carry out President Roose- velt'’s recommendations. This is the bfll sponsored by Representative Rob- incon, Democrat, of Utah. authorizing tbe President to appoint six additional administrative assistants outside of civil gervice laws, at salaries of $10.000, to perform such duties as he may dictate. Republican opposition is to be led by Representative Taber of New York, ranking minority member on the Appropriations Committee. There is also some Democratic oppo- sition which argues that this bill would restrict the President, since ¥ow he can appoint as many addi- tional secretaries as he may desire at galaries up to $9,000 It is generally expected that this bill will be approved by both the House and Senate, and that it is the only part of the President's reorgani- zation program that will pass. It is probably, also, that Congress at this session will approve legislation to extend the classified civil service to include gll positions not now covered Buch a measure has the support of the House Civil Service Committee and is favored in the Brookings Insti- tution report on Federal personnel, made public vesterday by Chairman Byrd of the Senate Reorganization Committee. Department Urged. Creation of a Department of Wel- fare, of which the present Labor De- partment would be the nucleus and m which would be co-ordinated ac- tivities of the Federal Government in the flelds of labor, education, public health and relief, is recommended in another report to the Senate com- mittee made public today by Senator Byrd. It is emphasized that this is not a new department, as was proposed by the President’s Advisory Committee and written into the omnibus reor- ganization bill presented by the late Senate Leader Robinson. Summarized, the recommendations in the Brookings Institution report are: There should be a greater integra- tion of Federal-State relationships in public welfare work. Rural welfare work should remain In the Department of Agriculture. Indian affairs should remain under control of a single organization, which might be placed in the proposed new Department of Welfare, transferred to the Agriculture Department or re- tained in the Interior Department. Penal and correctional agencies thould remain in the Justice Depart- ment. The Census Bureau might be placed in the Department of Welfare, if one is created. Agencies concerned with the slum- clearance ‘and low-cost housing proj- ects should be placed in the Depart- ment of Welfare, The Bureau of Home Economics should remain in the Agriculture De- partment. The Veterans' Administration should remain an independent agency. No substantial benefits would accrue from placing the then Employes’ Com- pensation Commission or the inde- pendent labor boards in either the Labor Department or the proposed Department of Welfare. It is not feasible to concentrate Federal activities in the fleld of recre- ation in a single organization, but an Interdepartmental committee should be created to co-ordinate recreational activities. Would Have Board Rule. Consideration should be given to ad- ministering welfare activities through A board or commission, rather than through a department with a single Becretary. This suggestion follows a discussion of the wide range of in- terests involved in such a consolida- tion, including those of labor, physi- cians, educators and social workers. If such an “integrated department should be established in the interests of administrative simplicity, the re- port advises that the following agen- cies “would come into it on the basis of their duties, responsibilities and inter-relationship”: In the field of labor—Bureau of Labor Statistics, Women's Bureau, Di- vision of Labor Standards, Concilia- tion Service, Employment Service, un- employment insurance unit of the Bocial Security Board, Immigration and Naturalization Service. In the feld of public health—Public Health Service, Freedmen's Hospital; Gov- ernment Hospital for Insane. In the fleld of relief—Social Security Board work in the field of old-age assistance, old-age security insurance and relief for the blind: what will remain of the Federal Emergency Relief Adminis- tration, what will remain of the Works Progress Administration, the overhead organization of the Civillan Conser- vation Corps, what will remain of the National Youth Administration. In the fleld of child welfare—Children's Bureau, including its work under the eocial security act. PHYSICIAN INFECTS SELF WITH FEVER Dr. Edward Franois Confined to Baltimore Hospital After Tick Bite. Dr. Edward Francis, noted dean of the infectious disease division of the United States Public Health Service, again has been stricken with disease, self-infected in the interest of science. Dr. Francis is confined at the Ma- rine Hospital, Baltimore, probably in- definitely, with relapsing fever, con- tracted through the bite of a baby tick, offspring of relapsing fever infected ticks. The transmittal of the disease through this channel is hailed by Pub- lic Health sclentists as an tmportant development, indicating as it does that once a tick is infected, successive generations will be likewise. The scientist is recovering, but it 'was said today that this period of con- valescence . probably is indeterminate right now, for not much is knowm of relapsing fever, and each victim in likelihood reacts differently. Beveral years ago Dr. Francis in- fectsd himself with the microbe of tularemia, or rabbit fever, and has &ince had recurrent attacks. By the same method Dr. Francis proved thet a wood tick can camy undylant or Malta fever. Washington Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. THEFT. OMEWHERE in this story there should be a moral concealed, for it is about a cat that started out on a career of petit larceny that grew into grand larceny. We mean that literally, too. The larceny grew. An indulgent father about town bought for his little girl one of those 10c chicks you sometimes seg for sale around the markets or in pet stores. Took it home, where they made s comfortable home for the fluff in a shoe box with holes cut in it. Week or so later the chick was miss- ing, the top pried off the box. They found it out in the back yard, where the family cat had carried it. Cat was just sitting and watching the chick, which was scared stiff. Restored to its home, the chick was safe for a fortnight, then disappeared again. Same story. The cat watch- ing, the chick trembling. Once again a rescue, and another kidnaping. By this time the chick had grown up quite a bit and was housed in new quarters, but the cat broke in, carried it off, parked it and looked at it. Last week the robbery was repeated for the fourth time in two months, this time the chicken proving such a big load that the cat had to hurt it a bit in the hauling. Now everybody in the family is waiting for the day when the chicken will walk over, pick up the cat and snatch it outside for a little peckin’, * o ox % WADING. Being a lass who hates to see anything fine go to waste, a cer- tain young Government stenog- rapher amused herself during the recent unpleasantness by sitting on the'edge of a court fountain of one of the new buildings. Either dabbdled her toes in the water, or occasionally took a nice splashing stroll around the fountain pool. For several days the building guards stood around in groups muttering imprecations but mnot qQuite sure what charges they could place against the damsel. Finally one of them approached her. “What's the big idea?” said he. “My feet get so hot these warm days. Don't yours?” she replied, amiadly. “Uh huh,” said the guard, and rejoined his compatriots. Eventually, however, they came right out and told her that a girl shouldn't do that, She was crushed. * ok ¥ox BINNACLE BILL. EADING over some ships' papers recently, Lieut. Comdr. Leland P. vette, who is in charge of the Navy ress room, ime across this one: Question: What is a binnacle, and what is a binnacle list? Seaman’s answer: A binnacle is a small, snaillike marine growth on ship’s bottom, and a binnacle list oc- curs when too many binnacles get to- gether on one side of the bottom. (Get it, you landlubbers?) * % ¥ x REST PERIOD. CORE sheet of a two weeks' vaca- tion at the seashore, compiled by a bitter Washington citizen on his re- turn to town: Cottage, rented by mail, proved to be antique, inconvenient, untouched by broom or mop, equipped with three most uncomfortable beds. Weather, included rain the night of arrival, the next day, the day after that, and a ecouple more days the same week. Visitors, arrived for the Fourth of July week end, and ended up with three cases of upset stomach, two cases of advanced sunburn, one slight sun- stroke. Hospital, was the final refuge of the wife, overcome by it all. She spent the last four days of the second week there. At that time the weather was clear and hot. Dogs felt the stress, too, the fam- ily's cocker spaniel being laid low par- tially by grief, partially by excess of popcorn and salt water taffy begged from people on the beach. Last night of the vacation, harassed, disillusioned, the husband partook of 8 soothing variety and quantity of mixed drinks. Just as he was be- ginning to feel that the world offered some compensations for its most viclous ills, he arose to get some more ice, stepped into the rocker of a char. He sprained his toe. * % % % TREASURE. Inspired by our recent para- graphs anent the contents of ladies’ purses, Mrs. Dorothy Rau- leau of Rockville, decided to find out what small boys would have in their purses, if they had purses, and made an inspection of her 11-year-old son’s trouser pockets recently. She tabulates the results as Jollows: 6 marbles, 1 rusty hinge, 3 pleces of popcorn, some tangled string, wad of modelling clay, dirty hand- kerchief, 3 rubber bdands, 1 pad- lock, 1 nickel, 2 pennjes, 2 milk bottle caps, ¢ beer bottle caps, & secret code message, toy pistol, rusty keys, sheriff Ddadge, stick chewing gum, pen knmife, pencil atud, bird cage spring, 5 thumbd tacks, 4 paper clips. What, no Mickey Mouse? Yeah, and one rubber Mickey Mouse. * Coin Toss Picks Lawyer. Barristers at Cumberland, England, decided by the toss of a coin who should defend a prisoner who ap- pealed for legal aid. THE EVEN Federal Guard Burned Badly When Blaze Sweeps A partment Firemen found William C. Denman, 42, a lieutenant of the guard at the Commerce Department Building, lying unconscions in this bathtub early this morning as flames roared in other rooms of his apartment and scorched the bath room door and walls. Louis Mirabella, who li ves across the hall from the burned apartment, at 203 D street northeast, is painting out the marks of Denman’s body in the smoke-blackened tub. William C. Denman, 42, & lieutenant of the guard at the Commerce De- partment Building, was painfully burned early today in & fire that swept his third-floor apartment at 203 D street northeast. Denman was found by firemen in the bathtub of the apartment. He apparently had fled dagedly into the bath room when he awoke to find flames searing his bed. Semi-con- scious, he was taken to Casualty Hos- pital where his condition was reported as “good” this afternoon. Other persons living on the upper floor of the three-story apartment house rushed through dense clouds of smoke in the halls to the atreet in their night clothes. They had been awakened by the bullding fire alarm, —Star Staff Photo. sounded by G. F. Donella from the second floor. His wife saw the flames when she arose to treat a headache about 5 am Firemen confined the blaze to the apartment occupied by Denman, al- though other rooms in the building were damaged by smoke and water. Denman was alone in his apartment. His wife and father-in-law were away at a beach resort. Willlam Brawner, agent for the building, estimated damage at $2.000. Cause of the fire was not determined. Denman, a native of Murphresboro, Miss., was appointed a guard in the national park service on November 1, 1933. He had been stationed at the Compmerce Department Building for the last year. GREENTRIAL SENT 10 CONVENTION U. M. W. Board Says It Seeks to Avoid Charge of Prejudice. Trial of William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, on charges of “treason” against the United Mine Workers, of which he is & member, today was referred to the January convention of the U. M. W. ‘Today's action was taken by the International Executive Board of the U. M. W, meeting at headquarters of the union here. ‘The charges against Green were based .on his action in aiding in ejec- tion of the U. M. W. from the A. F. of L. and giving approval to federation affiliation of the Progressive Miners of America, a rival organization of the U. M. W. Informed of the board's action, Green said: “I am of the opinion that I oould not comment on that action now. My decision on this question will be determined by the nature of any notice I receive.” Prejudice Stigma Fought. In deciding to refer the case to the full convention rather than pass judg- ment itself, the board today pointed out that “we believe this procedure will eliminate any thought of preju- dice and William Green can be tried and the verdict rendered by his peers, the members of the rank and file who will be delegates to that con- vention.” Green has been a member of the U. M. W. since 1890, belonging to the Coshocton, Ohio, local. In 1924, as & miner, he became president of the A T of L. Last November, as the split between the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O. be- carhe wider and seemingly permanent, the U. M. W. Board called on Green to appear in explanation of his con- duct. Declining to do so, the veteran labor official pointed to his long record of service both to his own union and to organized labor. Today the board declared that: “William Green's service to this union terminated 12 years ago. For such period he has been an officer and agent of his federation. His acts against this union began in January this year. With his associates he branded his own union as engaging in a reprehensible enterprise. In Feb- ruary he served an ultimatum upon his own union and received its de- cision. In September, with his allies, he ejected bis own union from his own federation. At the moment he is in convention with the adversaries of his own union (the Progressive Miners). i “These things are all of public knowledge. To deny them is to stultify all sources of public information. “This board attempts no appraisal of individual moral responsibility. It is conaclous of its own limitations. It is also conscious of William Green's obligations to his own people and his own union. Life in the mines is naked and elemental. Relatlonshipe are not cushioned with sophistry. This-union yields to none the right to appraise the act of a servant or the perfidy of a member.” 5 Claiming it has the right of trial if it chooses to exercise it, the board said “in order to dispel his (Green's) idea of being tried before a prejudiced court, and feeling that if the decision were against him in this court he would exercise his right of appesl to an international convention, and in order to facilitate hearing and dis- Position of the charges” it wouwd| / MRS. T. D. CHILCOAT, 39, P.-T. A. WORKER, DIES Wife of Naval Engineer Had Been Ill More Than a Year. Rites Tomorrow. Mrs. Theresa Dorman Chilcoat, 39, wife of Irvin L. Chilcoat, naval en- gineer, died yesterday at Georgetown University Hospital. She had been ill for more than a year. An active member of the Stoddert School Parent-Teacher Association and one-time vice president of the organization, Mrs. Chilcoat, who lived at 2415 Huidekoper place, also was & mémber of the Glover Park Citi- zens' Association. For several years she was superintendent of the George- town Presbyterian Church Sunday School. Born in Staunton, Va., she lived for many years at Newport News, Va, and had been a resident of Washington for nine years. Beside her husband, Mrs. Chilcoat is survived by a daughter, Lois; her parents, Jesse and Florence Dorman, and a bdrother, Floyd Dorman. Fune- ral services will be held tomorrow in Chambers’ funeral home, 1400 Chapin street, followed by burial in Newport News, the home of her parents and brother. NG STAR, WASHINGTON, | | T0FOREINSENATE Congressional Program May Be Cut Short, However, by Adjournment. By the Associated Press. Leaders placed the administration’s wage-and-hour bill today at-the top of & congressional program that may be curtailed by early adjournment. Majority Leader Barkley said the Senate would debate the measure next week. . As modified. by the Labor Commit- tee, it would let a board fix minimum wages up to 40 cents an hour and a maximum work week of not less than 40 hours. Products made by children under 16 would be banned in inter- state commerce. ‘The House Labor Committee has yet to approve a wage-and-hour bill. In- fluential members, however, predicted the House would enact one before ad- Jjournment. Rest of Program Uncertain. Aside from that propossl and the substitute bill to speed up lower Fed- eral courts, the program was indefinite. Leaders expect to canvass the legis- lative situation with President Roose- velt to learn which measures he wants considered. After that conference they may set a tentative date for adjournment. The consensus of several prominent legis- lators was tHat Congress would quit between August 7 and 15. This, they agreed, might mean de- ferring until next year other adminis- tration proposals, such as Government reorganization and crop control. Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina, new chairman of the Senate Reorganization Committee, sald long hearings would have to be held on that measure. He was noncommittal about its prospects. Assistants to Be Approved. Others predicted approval of only one phase of the reorganization pro- gram—creation of six $10,000-a-year assistantships for the President. Neither House nor Senate com- mittee has done anything with the | crop control and “ever-normal gran- ary” program advocated by SBecretary Wallace. Members of the House com- mittee said it would take them at least & month to get it in shape. Some members of the Senate com- mittee, however, said & powerful cam- paign for its passage was developing “back home.” The President was expected to ask for passage before adjournment of a | bill to plug tax loopholes. The Joint | Congressional Committee has it about | ready. Ceuld Be Held Up. Some House leaders said the bill could be held until next session be- cause it would not be needed until shortly before the March 15 income tax deadline. The Senate may take up the Wag- ner housing bill after voting on the | The Labor | wage and hour measure. Committee met today to give final approval. As revised to meet Treasury objec- tions, it would authorize loans to State and local housing authorities for conatruction of low-rent housing projects. Grants either as ann payment or lump sums also would be permitted. A $700,000,000 bond issue is proposed. House chieftains said there was little chance of enactment of the Norris bill to set up seven ‘little T. V. A's” for flood control, conserva- tion and power programs. HEARING DELAYED House Unit Postpones Weighing of Ex-Policemen's Pleas. The House District Subcommittee headed by Representative Kennedy of Maryland, which was to have con- ducted a hearing today on the pro- posed reinstatement of four police- men who had been dismissed, post- poned the hearing until next week. Y. M. C. A, Pictures Tonight. The Friday educstional motion pic- tures, under auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association, will be held at 8 o'clock tonight in the Sylvan Theater. f Champion Indian Club Swinger Realizes Title After 35 Years Sergt. Richard Cox, Menace to Hood- lums, Began Athletic Career W hen Boy of 12 With Lung Trouble. “In this cawnnah, ladeeez and genttulmen, we have Richard ‘Dick’ Cox, menace to all hoodlums, ser- geant on the Washington police force, and champeen Indian club swinger of the worrrid . . ." Holder of this title after more than 35 years of “swinging,” it is to this call Sergt. Cox now looks forward as the fullfilment of a boyhood *‘dream.” He was awarded the honor last month after competitions in New York City to fill the title left vacant by the re- cent death of Gus Hill, well-known New York sportsman and promoter. The sergeant’s athletic career has been one of the bright spots of his life. Given up by doctors as s “hope- less case” because of a lung ailment when he was 12 years old, Cox was started at twirling the clubs by his father. Within & few months Dick not only had rid himself of the lung trouble, but had given his first pub- lic performance. From that time on, the frail, skinny boy that was Dick developed into s strapping youth of more than six feet in height. Has Ruddy Complexion, Sturdy and strong, Sergt. Cox’ rud- dy complexion and partially-gray hair belie 49 years. One of the other youngsters of Dick's neighborhood at Third street and Virginia avenue southwest was Joe Turner, one-time popular District wrestler, turried sports promoter. They Jhave remained friends these many years. A friend of Hill, Cox often got to- gether* with the late champion for an exchange of “swings.” Cox him- self invented more than 150 double and triple swings. . Onlta ding sports authorities and i of .yesteryear held Indian elub. & neosssity for boxers. Experts said the eport @eveloped strong punching ability and made muscles supple. From time to time during the ear- lier stages of his life, Cox appeared on the stage, gave public exhibitions at gymnasiums and toured with the athletic troupes of Jim Jeffries and “Gentleman Jim” Corbett, former heavyweight boxing championg, Traveling with such fighters, Cox became something of a boxer himself, and a master of the art of bag punching. Among his numerous medals and awards are several for bag punching. “It was great sport” he said, “to see how many different punches you could use in hitting the leatHer and to see how long you could go without missing.” Cox also has sparred with Jack Dempsey, “Battling” Nelson snd other famous leather-pushers. D. C. Battler One of Best. “One of the greatest fighters I've ever seen was & Washington man,” Cox recalled. “He was Tommy Loew, the one-time lightweight champion of the District. He was a sure champion, but just never hit the top for some Teason.” Loew died several years ago. Cox’ father and first teacher, Rich- ard Oox, sr., 86, is & resident of Prince Georges County, Md. ‘The championship medal held for many years by Hill recently was presented to Sergt. Cox by the former’s brother, William Hill Mets, also of New York. The sergeant, ‘however, will be presented with & goid medal by Nat Pleischer, promotér and sports rating expert, at & local ibition sometime in the near futurg, The date has not yet been set. P “I'm ready to igke on all swingers At any private cajtest,” Cox' declared today. “It's fun, seslly! You ought to try it some " D. C, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1937. WAGEHOUR BIL |[Dedicating New At the new N. B. C. Studior night were, left to right, seated, Commissioner Hazen and Lenox Lohr, presuent of the broadcast company, and, standing, Com- missioner Sykes of the Federal Communications Commission and Senator Wheeler of Montana. ‘Radio Cityf' in the Trans-Luzr Building last —Star Staff Photo. CHINA WITHORAWS TROOPS AT PEIPING Move Hailed as Peace Indi cation—Japanese Explain Reinforcements. BACKGROUND— Chinese and Japanese interests have clashed in North China over economic interests, with former charging latter would seize territory in Manchuria-like coup. On July 7 night-maneuvering Japanese and Chinese troops clashed, and both sides accused other of trying to create “incident.” Intermittent fghting has followed. until Hopei provincial officials tried to make peace with Tokio. But Nanking has said it will refuse to recognize “regional” agreement—will pursue war, B the Associated Press. PEIPING, July 23 —Japanese Army | officers tonight announced the with- | drawal of the Chinese 37th Division southward from the Peiping area has been completed. This constituted Chinese compliance with the Japanese demand most vital to immediate res- toration of peace in North China. The final units of the division, which belongs to the 29th Army under | Gen. Sung Cheh-yusan, left the Peip- ing area at 6 pm. today (5 am. E. 8. T.) the Japanese said. s 8pokesmen for the Japanese mili- tary said they considered the 37th Di- vision “anti-Japanese, for which rea- #son it was impossible for it to remain in Peiping.” (The 37th Division, commanded by Gen. Feng Chih-an, contains many BYRD officers who formerly served against| crag; the Japanese in Manchuria and are unreconciled to Japan's conquests.) Explain Reinforcements. Japanese officers said that the heavy reinforcement of their forces in North China in the last two weeks was “for the sole purpose of safeguarding Jap- anese lives and property and also su- pervising Chinese execution of the recent agreements.” (Most reliable reports indicate that Japan has sent about 12000 fresh troopé into North China to reinforce the garrison of 7,000. Various Chinese reports of Japanese preparations to land 35,000 men Northeast of Tientsin'| or of actual arrivals of Japanese troop- ships at Tsingtao have not been con- firmed. (The Japanese assert the cessa- tion of fighting around Peiping is based on an agreement reached July 19 at an undisclosed place between | their officers and Gen. Sung Cheh- yuan, who, in addition to commanding the 20th Army, is chairman of the Hopei-Chahar Political Council.) Chinese Fear New Attack. Bome Chinese still feares that a major Japanese drive was impending sgainst North China. According to advices received from Tientsin, the Japanese Army is mak- ing ‘elaborate preparations for large- scale troop movements. Hundreds of carts, mules, horses and equipment for a protracted military campaign in the interior have arrived at Tientsin from Manchukuo. The Japanese Army headquarters at Tientsin has placed orders for 600,000 gallons of ordinary gasoline and all available aviation gasoline in China. Chinese sources reported that the Japanese Army has completed three airports in the vicinity of Tientsin and one at Kaoliying, 20 miles north of Peiping. BANQUET IS HELD BY POLICE ACADEMY Law Enforcement Should Be Made Career, Cummings Tells Group. Praises Hoover., Law enforcement should be made & career rather than “just another job,” Attorney General Cummings declared last night at a banquet of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Police Academy in the May- flower Hotel. Cummings praised J. Edgar Hoover, P. B. L director, for his efforts to place law enforcement generally on & professional basis, through estab- lishment of the academy for free training of police officers in crime detection methods. . He said the P. B. I. has done much to co-ordinate the country's Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies into & co-operative network, making jt difficult for roving criminaly to operate. ¥ ‘The Attorney General said the | BERRY bureau has made more progress under Hoover than st any time in its history. A FARM LOAN RATE VETO OVERRIDDEN Interest to Remain at 3'5i Per Cent Another Year, Senate Decides. Against the wishes of the White | House, America's farmers today can borrow from the Federal Government at 3.5 per cent and continue to do so for another year. The Senate joined the House in overriding the President's veto of the bill extending this low rate, instituted as an emergency measure, The | President in his veto message said the particular emergency in question was at an end and that farmers were pros- perous enough now to pay more for their money. Approximately 640,000 borrowers from the Federal land banks and 455,- 000 borrowers from land bank com- missioners, whose governmental in- debtedness totals $3,000,000,000, are affected by the congressional action, which the Senate completed yesterday by its 71 to 19 vote against the veto. Overridden by Coalition. A coalition of 53 Democrats, 15 Re- publicans and 3 Independents voted to override the veto. Eighteen Demo- crats and one Republican, Vanden- berg of Michigan, voted to sustain. The roll call follows: TO OVERRIDE—TOTAL, 71, DEMOCRATS. ANDREWS BA BILBO BLACK BONE BROWN (N. H) BULKLEY SHEPPARD SMATHERS SMITH THOMAS (okia) HOLT JCHNSON (Colo.) LEE REPUBLICANS. JOHNSON ( ) JQUNSON (Calt McNARY STEIWER TOWNSEND FARMER-LABORITES. SHIPSTEAD PROGRESSIVE. WRG AND WAL IN NEW STUDIOS “Floating” Home Dedicated in Ceremonies With Prom- inent Speakers. The ultramodern studios of Radio Stations WRC and WMAL, 20,000 square feet of offices, studios and cone trol rooms, “floating” at the top of the Trans-Lux Building, Fourteenth street and New York avenue, were dedicated last night as the Capital's “radio city,” while 3,000 especially invited promie nent Washingtonians strolled about looking at the combined station’s won= ders. A congratulatory letter from Presi- dent Roosevelt to Lenox Lohr, presie dent of the National Broadcasting Co., of which both stations are a part, complimented radio on its long strides and called for continued progress in the world of science. The letter, which was broadcast by Lohr, de= clared: “It is not within the province of reactionaries to put obstacles in ths way of orderly development or to mark boundaries beyond which radio may not go. I believe that sooner than many of us realize, television will be established in homes throughout the country. “Indeed, it may not be long befors radio will make it possible for us to visualize at the breakfast table the front pages of daily newspapers or news reports, no matter how remote we may be from the place of their publication and distribution.” Farley and Wheeler Speak. On the same program featured by the White House letter spoke Come missioner Melvin C. Hazen, Postmaster General Farley, who broadcast his message from New York City; Sena- tor Burton K. Wheeler, chairman of the Senate Committee which deals with radio legislation; Commissioner Eugene O. Sykes of the Federal Com= munications Commission and Lohr. The studio these men joined in dedicating is equipped to provide the television show mentioned by the President as soon as visual broade casting is made feasible by its scien= tific improvement. Each of the seven broadcasting rooms of the radio center “floats” in the interest of obliterating outside sounds. Each room hangs inde- pendently in the framework of the | building proper, supported on shock- proof mountings. Layers of rock wool line the walls of the rooms, and be- tween the walls is an inch of vacuum space. Five-inch vacuum doors ses in soft rubber open the way to the studios. Start of Stations Recalled. “In the past vears, Stations WRC and WMAL have grown to be integral parts of Washington's community life," Commissioner Hazen said at the dedi~ catory exercises. “I have watched them grow from their infancy. Now they have assumed a major place, not only in Washington, but through the great national programs which ema« nate here, in the life of the Nation.” Postmaster General Farley re- marked: "o “For a long time I have been thoroughly convinced that one of the greatest benefits provided by radio is the Nation-wide communication and discussion of public questions that have been made possible by this great modern instrumentality of communie cation.” Senator Wheeler said: “As & member of the United States Senate, I am naturally interested in the part radio plays in the formation of public opinion on matters political and economic which affect our Nation. Iam glad to see in the radio a medium for expression pro and con on those matters by leaders in the various walks of life. Impartial and only impartial use of the radio for discussion of con- troversies aids in the making of in- telligent decisions by the American public and for the increasing of the efficiency of the democratic form of government."” Commissionier Sykes said: “Ten years ago what was meant in radio by public interest, convenience and necessary was not well crystallized. ‘Today it may be epitomized in service to the listening public.” Searchlights Provide Color Show. Three 800,000,000-candle-power aire craft searchlights of the Coast Artil- lery, U. 8. A, threw beams of white, red, blue, green and yellow light high in the air from across the street from LA TO SUSTAIN VETO—TOTAL, 19. DEMOCRATS. ADAMS ASHURST BARKLEY BROWN (Mich.) BURKE REPUBLICAN. VANDENBERG It was the second time this session that both branches of Congress voted to override & veto. On June 1, over presidential objections, they passed a bill extending the temporary Govern- ment insurance policies of World War veterans for another five years. 4 Per Cent Rate Provided. ‘The bill provides for a 4 per cent rate to go into force next year. Had the President been sustained, the farm loan rate now would have been the prevailing 4 per cent on new contracts, and old mortgage indebted- ness which was reflnanced at lower rates in 1934 and 1935 would have returned to the original contractural obligation of § to 6 per cent, In his veto message- Mr. Roosevelt opposed continuation of the low rates on the ground that national farm in- come had advanced from $5,000,000,- 000 to almost $10,000,000,000 annually under his administration and that losses to the Treasury from extension of the low rates would amount to about $40,000,000 this fiscal year. Such a loes, he added, would inter- fere with his efforts to balance the budget. TODAY. Senate: Debates District tax bill. Labor Committee votes on Wagner housing bill. Judiciary Committee begins draft- ing subsitute court bill. House: Considers Bonneville Dam Authority legisigtion. Banking Committee resumes study of bill to reimburse Federal Reserve for destruction of currency bearing gold redemption pledge. Rivers and Harbors Committee continues hearings on regional plan- ning bill. Joint Tax Evasion Committee maps procedure. TOMORROW. Both Senate and House in resess. the Trans-Lux Building, concentrating their powerful spots on the Goodyear blimp, which advertised in Neon lights the official opening of the new studios. ‘The Trans-Lux Building is the third home for Station WRC, which was opened in 1923 at Fourteenth street and Park road. It moved into the Na- tional Press Building in 1928. Station WMAL was opened in 1926 in the 700 block of G street, where it was operatsd until this week. The National Broad- casting Co. took over the station March 1, 1933. It is the local outlet for the N. B. C. blue network, WRC for the red network. REILLY NOMINATED LABOR SOLICITOR Youthful Attorney to Succeed Gregory as Legal Divi- sion Head. President Roosevelt today sent to the Senate the nomination of Gerard D. Reilly of Boston to be solicitor for the Labor Department. The nomina- tion was referred immediately to the Senate Committee on Education and Labor. Reilly, who has been acting solicitor since March 1, succeeds Charles A. Gregory of Illinois as head of the Legal Division of the Labor Department. His selection carries on the’line of capable young attorneys filling the post of chief legal adviser to that de- partment. His predecessor was Charles A. Wyzanski, who later be- came Assistant Attorney General and took a leading part in the successful defense of the labor relations and social security laws. Reilly, who is 30 years old, was born in Boston and graduated from Har- vard University in 1927. After several years in the newspaper business, he returned to Harvard to study law, graduating from the law school in 1033, He joined the legal staff of the Home Owners Loan Corp. in February, 1934, and moved to the Department of Labor in July of that year. With that department, he supervised early administration of the amended Bacon- Davis public contracts act and the ‘Walsh-Healy act. President Roosevelt today also nominsted William R. Williamson, of Connecticut to be actuarial eonsultant mx the Social Security Board.