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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair today, except possibly a thunder- shower this afternoon; tomorrow, local thundershowers; little change in tempera- Full Associated Press News and Wirephotos ture. 90, at 4 p.m.; lowest, 68, at Full report on Page B-4. Temperatures yesterday—Highest, 6 am. UP) Means Associated Press. No. 1,688—No. 34.053. Entered as second class matter post ofice, Washington, D. C. he WASHINGTON, WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION sunting Stae | D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1937—106 PAGES. URGE T0 ADIOURN MAY CATCH WACE IND FARM BILS “Pass Revised Court Bill and Go Home,” Is De- mand of Members. BLACK ASKS ACTION ON LABOR MEASUR® Judiciary Subcommittee Will Weigh Tentative Draft Tomorrow. BACKGROUND— Eager to put legislation behind them and go home and campaign, members of Congress adjourned their sessions last year on June 21. Even that was a later date than they wanted, but the tar bill kept them at the Nation's business. The Supreme Court bill thrust aside hopes of early adjournment this year. And during the five and a half months the fight raged, other legislation desired by the White House dealing with farms, housing and wages and hours was neglected. Now these problems come to the fore. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. While President Roosevelt and the newly elected Democratic leader of the Senate, Barkley of Kentucky, were off on a yachting trip, presumably discussing the legislative program, Benators and Representatives yester- day were talking about winding up the present session and getting out of Washington. “Pass the revised court bill and go home,” was the demand Not all of them took this position Bome there were, like Senator Black of Alabama, who insisted that Con- gress should put through his wages and hours bill, the “ever normal gran- ary” farm bill, the Wagner housing bill and a few other measures. But the urge to get through was on them. Furthermore, thev hoped to have the assistance of Vice President Garner in this matter. Already they look upon the Vice President as the man who brought the impasse over the President’s court bill to an end. Unless there is a change of senti- ment, the farm bill is due to go over until next session, even though the labor bill and the housing bill may be acted upon Smith Advises Study. Senator Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, made his position, and that of his committee, clear yesterday. No one, he said, is more in favor of enacting permanent legislation for the benefit of the farm- ers than himself and the rest of the committee. It is his contention, how- ever, that this is the time to give the problem the most careful study, &0 that when legislation is enacted, 1t will be effective. | For that reason, and because under | temporary legislation the farmer is doing well this year, Senator Smith and his committee have decided to make a first-hand study of the farm problem “on the ground.” A subcom- mittee has been appointed, with Smith | as chairman, to go into the farm sec- | tions of the country and get the in- &ide story, the psychologv of the farmers and the facts. The other members of the subcommittee which will tour the agricultural States are Benators McGill of Kansas, Bank- head of Alabama, Pope of Washing- | ton, Moore of New Jersey and Frazier | of North Dakota, all Democrats except | Frazier. McGill and Pope are th} Eponsors of the “ever-normal granary” bill in the Senate. Progress on Court Bill. The subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, headed by Senmator Mc- | Carran of Nevada, assigned to the | task of drafting a new judicial pro- ®dure reform bill, made much prog- ress vesterday. A tentative draft of | the bill will be printed for (See CONGRESS, Page A- ROBINSON WIDOW URGED FOR OFFICE Party Dispute Brings Suggestion She Oppose Gov. Bailey as Independent. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark, July 24—A Democratic party dispute in Arkansas over selection of a nominee to succeed the late Senate Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson today brought the name of his widow to the forefront as & possible independent candidate. Sources close to Mrs. Robinson said £he had received many telegrams urg- ing her to run against Gov. Carl E. Bailey, nominated by the Democratic State Committee yesterday to enter the special election which Bailey will call, probably for September 14. Committee action in making the nomination itself, instead of calling & party primary, threatened a rift in party ranks. ‘The Arkansas Democrat reported Mrs. Robinson was giving “serious con- eideration” to the requests that she oppose the Governor. The possibility that Mrs. Robinson might enter the race heightened po- litical interest due to the fact Arkan- sas now is represented by one woman Senator, Mrs. Hattie W. Caraway. Several others, the newspaper said, are considering making the race against the Governor. Albert Walls, Lonoke attorney, and Representative John L. McClellan of Malvern were mentioned. McClellan, starting a return trip to Washington tonight, said he would issue a statement there “in the next two or three days.” Gov. Bailey disclosed he was consid- ering the question of making an in- terim Senate appointment, pending the special election. Former Gov. George W. Donaghey and Brooks Hays, Democratic national committeeman, ‘were mentioned in that connection. . A Two Drown When Small Boats! Are Capsized in Potomac River larger craft further out in the river. capsized. Harry Quinn, 108 Wolfe street, who was with him, also was thrown into the water, but made the shore in safety. | The other drowning occurred several hours before and the victim was Eule Bird, colored, 26, of Washington. Wash from a tow in Georgetown Channel overturned the skiff bearing him and James Irby, colored, 25, of 825 Twenty- sixth street. Irby clung to the bottom of the craft until rescued. Caukin was returning to Washing- ton from a trip down the river with a party of friends when the motor broke down. get aid. Quinn volunteered to repair the mo- He anchored about 100 yards out and went ashore in the dinghy to Wash From Vessels Farther Out Swam ps Light Craft—Rescuers Save Com- panion of One Victim. Two persons were drowned in the Potomac in almost identical accidents last night, each resulting when a small boat was capsized by the wash of a J. B. Caukin, real estate operator of No. 1 Thomas circle, lost his life about 25 yards from the foot of Wolfe street, Alexandria, after the dinghy in which he was returning from the shore to his stalled cabin cruiser, was s tor and started back to the boat with Caukin ta get a spare part. When only about 25 yards from the shore, the wash capsized their craft, throwing | them in the water. Quinn said he could just see Caukin's | head sinking as he managed to reach | the surface, but before he was able to help, Caukin sank George Elliott and his grandson, Melvin Kennedy, jr. who live at the foot of Wolfe street, saw the accident and rowed to the scene. They picked up Quinn but found no trace of Cau- kin. and the harbor precinct was notified. Caukin, who was president and " (See DROWNINGS, Page A-5.) VARNIGF VAR REPEATEDBYTOKO ' Will Use Force Unless China Quits Northern Area, . Japanese Say. | BACKGROUND— Japanese-Chinese tension in North China was increased July 7 when “night maneuvering” troops clashed. China accused Tokio of seeking “incident” to justify her in taking over provinces of Hopei and Chahar as she took Manchuria. Provinces were willing to negotiate for peace, but central government at Nanking will recognize no pro- vincial settlement. Chinese troops have been withdrawing from battle zone, but Japan says the evacuation has not been complete., By the Associatea Press. TOKIO, July 25 (Sunday).—Tien- tsin dispatches said today the Jap- anese garrison had warned the 37th Chinese Division to withdraw from the area in a given time or the Jap- anese Army would be compelled to resort to force. The 37th Division, commanded by Gen. Feng Chi-an and known as a strongly anti-Japanese organization, has figured prominently in the trouble because of its reluctance to withdraw from the Peiping 20one, as demanded by the Japanese. It is a part of the 29th Chinese Army, which had been garrisoning the area. Much of the 29th Army already has evacuated to positions south of Peiping in compliance with a truce | agreement with the Japanese. Situation Dangerous Again. PEIPING, July 24 (#).—Japanese Army leaders tonight declared the North China situation, which for two weeks has kept China and Japan on the verge of war, again had become rapidly omjnous because Chinese troops were not leaving this area rapidly enough. * They charged that units the Chinese had undertaken to withdraw actually were digging in for resistance. Peace- ful settlement of the crisis, which yes- terday appeared in process of being carried out, had struck a danger- ous snag. Twice in the last 24 hours, said Domei, the Japanese news agency, the Japanese command had warned Chinese leaders they must speed up withdrawal of the “anti-Japanese” 7th Division. Japanese troops began searching passengers on trains of the Peiping- Hankow Railway, on which normal ervice had just been restored after two weeks. As a result service again was suspended. The attitude of North China lead- ers toward Japan, hitherto concilatory, had stiffened, the Japanese declared, and this coincided with the arrival here of Gen. Hsiung Ping, vice chief of the Chinese general staff. Gen. Hsiung came by airplane from Nanking, on orders from Generalis- simo-Premier Chiang Kai-shek. Jap- anese said they believed he had in- duced Gen. Sung Cheh-yuan, chair- man of the Hopei-Chahar political council and commander of the 29th Chinese Army, to alter his recently yielding attitude. It was with Gen. Sung that the Japanese military command Monday made an agreement to end the two- week crisis around Peiping, and the first point was withdrawal of the 37th Division of Gen. Sung'’s command, which had been fighting the Jap- anese intermittently since July 7. CANCER INSTITUTE SITE AT BETHESDA 45-Acre Tract Donated for $3,500,000 Center hy Scourge Victim. America's war on cancer. officially declared by Congress last week, will be waged from a national research institute to be built on a tract of 45 acres off the Rockville pike near Bethesda, Md. The Public Health Service an- nounced yesterday that this would be the site of the institute which Congress authorized. Back of the selection of this site is the story of Luke Wilson, Wash- ington business man, who died of cancer last Monday after arranging to donate this land to science in its ceaseless fight on the scourge that took his life. He died in the hope that his gift would help to save others from his fate. $700,000 Yearly For Maintenance. His death was followed with dra- matic swiftness within a few days, by approval of the cancer institute bill. The House authorized an initial ex- penditure of $750,000 for building | this new weapon of science and $700,- 000 a year for the expense of main- taining it. Then the Senate quickly passed the measure also. and Presi- dent Roosevelt is expected to sign it this week. ‘The congressional committees that considered the bill knew about Wil- | son's generous proffer. He had ar- ranged months ago with Dr. L. R. ‘Thompson of the Public Health Serv- ice to donate the land if the Govern- ment would establish such an insti- tute. But his death so crystallized the project that almost overnight it became a reality. The blll left the selection of a site to the Public Health Service, which had planned all along to accept the Wilson tract. Cost to Be Near $3,500,000. Nor is the $750.000 a close approxi- mation to the total expenses that will | bring about the new medical center. The total cost of construction will approach nearer to $3,500,000, with | upkeep guaranteed. Months ago Wilson set aside the 45 acres, at first telling only Dr. Thomp- son of his plan “I'll set aside 45 acres of choice land from my estate in Maryland,” Mr. ‘Wilson had told Dr. Thompson. “If you do, it might attract some attention, get congressional recog- nition,” Dr. Thompson had said. Criticism Proves Boomerang. It did. The very notice of a cancer center proposed for Bethesda brought down a certain amount of opposition, but the land was from the country estate of the philanthropist and his neighbor on one side was a retired Episcopalian minister, Canon Peter. So there was no objection there. The proposed institute would be between the two places. Work went along, a road was laid into the 45-acre tract, sewerage was laid, gas, electricity, water added—and then Mr. Wilson died. Soon after his death, Congress got busy. What Mr. Wilson proposed was, in fact, a modest layout—the total cost to amount only to $100,000—a house for the study of white mice, guinea pigs, and the like. However, that was the beginning— and the supervising architect's office in the Treasury had gone to work. Architects had made plans, to be elaborated on, if necessary. So when (See CANCER INSTITUTE, Page A-5.) By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, July 24 —Staid union meetings fare badly against “strip- tease” dance acts, United Mine Work- ers contended today in a complaint filed against a Kentucky coal firm. Company officials at Harlan, however, denied sponsoring any such counter- attraction. Philip G. Phillips, regional director of the National Labor Relations Board, said the complaint, alleging unfair la- bor practices against the Clover Fork Coal Co. of Kitts, Ky.,, was the first of its kind to be filed. “The company has been observing the Wagner labor relations act to the letter,” declared A. F. Whitfield, secretary-treasurer. ‘“Strip-tease? We deny that!” He disclaimed knowledge also of any form of entertainment designed to lure the miners from meetings, Phillips said union representatives told him they “found it hard to meet Strip-Teasers Keeping Miners From Meetings, Union Charges competition of the free exhibitions” offered by the company. The complaint charged that the firm, mentioned recently in hearings before a senatorial committee in Washington, “did procure lewd and immoral women to perform free, in- decent exhibitions known as strip- and-tease dances and to otherwise en- gage in gratuitous, licentious conduct at times when union meetings were scheduled, for the purpose of entic- ing its employes from attending such meetings.” Charges aired in Washington were reviewed, among them one involving organization of a company union of- ficially named the “yellow dog union.” The, complaint sets forth that the firm “did employ armed guards, no- torious criminals, gun thugs com- missioned as deputy sheriffs and other irresponsible ruffians for the express purpose of threatening, in- timidating and ecercing its employes.” [ 4 FREED, 5 GIVEN SENTENCES T0 END SCOTTSBORD CASE One Faces Death Penalty, Four Get Long Terms in Assault Trial. LIBERATED MEN TAKEN OUT NASHVILLE ROAD One of Group Must Serve 20 Years for Sheriff Attack—Appeals to Be Dropped. BACKGROUND— Prosecution of the “Scottsboro case” during sir years has cost Alabama between $50,000 and $75,- 000. Nine colored men have battled through legal procedure that car- ried the case twice to the United States Supreme Court. They were dragged from a freight train at Point Rock March 25, 1931, __ By the Associated Press. DECATUR, Ala, July 24 —Swift court action in the Soottsborn mass assault case freed four Negroes and left five others under sentences rang- ing from 20 years’ imprisonment to death today Prosecutors agreed to dismissal of charges against two who were “juve- niles,” one who was ill and one who was “practically blind."” | The charges were assault in a gon- | dola car upon two white women mill workers, Ruby Bates and Victoria Price. Of the five other Negroes, four were under sentence for rape after a series of retrials and one, Ozie Powell, for assault with intent to murder in slash- ing a deputy sheriff with a knife Janu- ary 22, 1936. Status of Prisoners. The case left the prisoners in this status today: Clarence Norris, third time. death Andv Wright, convicted second time, 99 year: Heywood Patterson, convicted fourth | time, 75 years Charlie Weems, | time, 75 years. Ozie Powell, convicted once of rape, who pleaded guilty to assault with intent to murder, 20 years. The orig- inal accusation against him was dropped. Freed after six and one-half years of | jail life and court appearances were Olen Montgomery, Willie Roberson snd | Eucene Williams, each once convicted and sentenced to death, and Roy Wright, whose first trial ended in & Jury disagreement. Prosecutors issued a statement say- | ing they were “convinced beyond any | question of a doubt, after going| through 11 trials of the Scottsboro | cases, that the defendants that have | been tried are guilty of assaulting| Vietoria Price in the gondola car as| she recited upon the witness stand.” Story Declared “Perjured.” Samuel 8. Leibowitz of New York, | stocky chief of defense counsel. had challenged her story as “perjured” in | the retrial of Charles Weems, which ended in conviction today. | The prosecutors said her testimony | is corroborated by reputable wif nesses.” | “But after careful consideration of | all the testimony, every lawyer con- | nected with the prosecution is con- vinced that the defendants Willie Roberson and Olen Montgomery are | not guilty. “The doctor that examined Willie Roberson the day after the commis- | sion of the crime, states that he was | k, suffering with a severe dis- | | ease and that in his condition he | | would not have had any inclination to commit the crime.” The protestations of innocence by (See SCOTTSBORO CASE, Page A-3.) eonvicted for the convicted second . REAL ESTATE JA X BOOST Sunday Morning and Every Afternoon. FIVE CENTS IN_WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS ON D. C. TAX BILL LIKELY THIS WEEK Alternatives of Land and In- come on Business Levy Faced. SESSIONS MAY BE BEGUN TOMORROW AFTERNOON House Group Yet to Be Named. Wide Differences of Opinion Confront Group. BACKGROUND— With District expenses promising to erceed revenues by $7,000,000 in the nert fiscal year, Congress, after several weeks of wrangling, still is deadlocked on a method to raise the money. Several plans have been advanced, but Senate and House have not been able to agree. A Senate program that in- —AND HE'S GOING TO BE COOKED TO A TURN IN ANY OF THEM! Flight From Tokio to New York ! To Be Attempted by Japanese Plane, Just Completed at Imperial Uni- versity, Reported Capable of 10,000- Mile Non-Stop Hop. Br the Associated Pres, KING 1S UNMOVED BY AIRPORT FIGHT Drafts Bill for Camp Springs Field—Senate May Get 1t Tomorrow. TOKIO. July 24.—Japan's most ambitious aeria] attempt, a non-stop' BACKGROUND— flight from Tokio to New York in an all-Japanese designed and built “‘wonder | plane” is expected to be launched in the near future. The crisis in North China threatened to delay the venture, but with the easing of the tension the Japanese promoters are preparing to go forward with their original plans The plane. just completed at the Aeronautic Institute of Imperial Uni- versity, is declared to be capable of<- traveling 10,000 or more miles without refueling. (Current distant record for air- planes is held by three Russian airmen who flew 6.262 miles from Moscow to | Southern California. The distance from Tokio to New York by northern latitudes is approximately 7.000 miles.) Eager to surpass the Russian record the institute has fabricated a plane With a wing span of 28 meters, an| over-all length of 1444 meters and | equipped with a 600-horsepower B. M. | W. type (modified) engine manufac- | tured by the Kawasaki Engineering| Co. It has a retractable landing gear (See FLIGHT, Page A-3. Victim of Heat Registers Fever Of 112 Degrees Physician Expects St. Charles, Mo., Man to Recover. | By the Associated Press. ST. CHARLES, Mo., July 24 —Fred H. Hallbruegge, 54, whose temperature after a heat stroke registered 112 de- grees, is expected to recover, his physicians said today. Dr. T. L. Hardin pointed out the hospital staff was amazed by the high temperature. “We thought something was wrong with the thermometer, but two others gave the same result.” he added. Hallbruegge, taken to the hospital a week azo, today registered a temperature of 102. Dr. Hardin said the highest tem- perature of which he had read was 109 degrees. Virtually Finish Plan for D. C. Reorganization ed by Kennedy to Be Include BACKGROUND— It a street name in the District moved from one District graveyard of the District government and to organization of its administration. LANS for drastic reorganization Kennedy's plans, which wil rule”—at least & weak voice in their«- own government. Consolidations of various municipal agencies to prevent overlapping and duplication of services constitute the cardinal feature of Kennedy's plans. The entire reorganization scheme, however, is predicated on economy and increased efficiency. The existing commission form of government would not be disturbed under Kennedy's plans, but he pro- poses to create an advisory committee of qualified, public-spirited residents to assist the Commissioners with their duties. Kennedy has not yet definitely decided whether the advisory commit- tee should be appointed by either the President or the Commissioners or elected by the residents. ¥ Proposes to Increase Powers. In addition to providing assistance for the Commissioners, Kennedy pro- poses that they be given increased powers 50 as to relieve Congress of many of its picayunish responsibilities to the District. ‘The duties of the proposed advisory oouncil will be defined in the bill. It also will list the departments and Consolidation of Agencies to Prevent Duplication and Creation of Citizens’ Advisory Committee d in Bill. is to be changed, a coffin to be re- to another, an oil company to in- stall a pipe line to a submerged oil tank in the vicinity of a graveyard, Congress must pass a bill. To put control of such matters in the hands eflect a financial saving in the management of the governmment Representative Kennedy seeks re- BY JAMES E. CHINN. of the administrative set-up of the District government were virtually completed yesterday by Representa- tive Kennedy, Democrat, of Maryland. 1 be embodied in an omnibus bill he expects to have ready for introduction in the House Tuesday, also are designed to give the disfranchised residents of the Nation's Capital an element of “home agencies Kennedy believes should be consolidated in the interest of effi- ciency and economy. The principal duties of the council will be to serve as a liaison between the Commissioners and the public and to aid in the preparation of the annual budget. The departments and agen- cies Kennedy will recommend for con- solidation as yet are not definitely determined, but many of them are said to be in the engineering branch of the District government over which Col. Dan I. Sultan, engineer commis- sioner, has jurisdiction. Kennedy also is expected to recommend consolida- tion of the Metropolitan and Park Police forces—a union considered some months ago by the House Subcommit- tee on District Appropriations and later abandoned. Aided by Brookings. Kennedy has worked quietly on the reorganization plan for more than three months. A number of experts on municipal government have aided him, He also sought the advice and (Bee Y A A-4) [ 4 | By the Associated Press. TRUE S REAGHED INBUEFALDSTRHE Agreement, However, Fails | to Alleviate Food Short- age in City. BUFFALO, N. Y, July 24—Two thousand striking meat packers and wholesale grocery truck drivers reached | a 24-hour truce with their employ- | ers after a four-day strike, but the agreement provided no alleviation of a food shortage caused by a tie-up of delivery trucks. Rev. Dr. John P. Boland. chairman | of the State Labor Board, said (he‘ employers agreed not to move meats, butter, eggs and staple groceries fnri 24 hours and union leaders promised | abandonment of picketing and other steps taken to prevent food deliveries. Both groups consented to meet to- morrow with Dr. Boland and media- tion assistants to discuss closed shop ‘clauses in proposed contracts. Much Work to Do. Father Boland reported: “We have done a lot of work and cleared away a lot of debris, but we still have much ground to cover be- fore a settlement can be reached.” He presided at a conference between representatives of 44 wholesale gro- cery houses and officials of the United Teamsters’ Union, representing 1,000 truck drivers. The contract clause which union men insisted upon, Dr. Boland said, and which employers refused to grant was: “The employer agrees to hire only members of good standing i the local in all departments and the local agrees to furnish the employer with suffi- cient competent workers.” Dr. Boland, Buffalo priest who start- ed settling labor disputes as a hobby, returned to his home here and drew the contenders into a quick concilia- tion conference as a special State (See BUFFALO, Page A-3.) Administration By the Associated Press. Administration friends and foes in the Senate joined yesterday in call- ing “unfounded” a statement by C. I. O. unions that the Federal Govern- ment “has not displayed the slightest interest” in protecting strikers against “flagrant” violations of their rights. The statement was made by United Mine Workers' chiefs in approving a report by the Steel Workers’ Organiz- ing Committee, which criticized Fed- eral officials for taking no action to punish “violations of the national stat- utes, such as the national firearms act, by the steel corporations.” Senator Minton, Democrat, of In- diana, a vigorous administration sup- porter, said the steel and mine work- ers’ criticism was “completely un- Jjustified.” “The workers have never had s better friend in the White House nor ¢ For 11 years Congress has de- bated need for adequate airport for Washington. Volumes of testi= mony have been taken, without re- sult. Airline pilots precipitated crisis July 6 by announcing refusal to fly out of Washington Airport unless adequate safeguards are pro- vided. A day or two later District Airport Commission recommended airport at Camp Springs, Md. Com- merce Department is drafting rules prohibiting Washington Airport operctions when conditions are un- safe; War Department has granted emergency use of new Bolling Field at such times. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. Disregarding Navy Department ob- jection and the unanimous opposition of the Aeronautics Subcommittee of the House Naval Affairs Committee, Senator King of Utah, chairman of the District Airport Commission, yes- terday completed the draft of a bill providing for a model airport at Camp Springs, Md., which he expects to in- troduce in the Senate tomorrow. The bill authorizes the Secretary of | War to acquire, not to exceed 2.500 acres of land in the area south of the road leading from Camp Springs to Meadows, in Prince Georges County and to develop on this site a model airport. An appropriation of $3,286,- 250 of Federal funds is authorized, with an additional $250,000 for con- struction of an express highway from the Anacostia Bridge to the site. The bill, in general, earries out the terms of the recommendations of the Airport Commission. Most im- portant new features are designation of the War Department to acquire the land and build the airport and desig- nation of the Commerce Department to regulate the use of the airport after it is completed. The Secretary of Commerce is em- powdered by the measure to “make (See AIRPORT, Page A-4.) KING GEORGE MAY FLY TO VISIT BOYS’ CAMP Will Go to Southwold This Week to Inspect Institution He Helped Found. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 24—King George is considering making his first airplane flight since he came to the throne 7'2 months ago, an official announce- ment tonight said. The occasion will be a one-day visit late next week to Southwold to inspect the boys’ camp he founded when he was Duke of York. South- wold is about 90 miles northeast of London. In past years .George has spent sev- eral days living in a tent at the camp. He is scheduled to return to London after spending Thursday at Belfast, Northern Ireland. and Its Foes Deny Bias Against Strikers 2 more sympathetic administration,” he asserted. “There is nothing the Federal Gov- ernment could do to protect the rights of strikers. That matter is en- tirely in the 1 jurisdiction of the States. “The Federal Government has set up machinery to consider charges ot violating the Wagner act, but the in- itiative must be taken by individuals. The Labor Relations Board already is hearing charges growing cut of the strikes.” Senator Austin, Republican, of Ver- mont remarked that he “had not ob- served any Government bias against the unions,” and added: “On the contrary the Government of the United States and some States have showed favoritism toward the C. I O. by lack of prosecution for law violations.” cludes a lIocal income tar now faces rejection in conference. BY J. A. O'LEARY. Washingtonians may know before the end of this week whether the bulk of their new tax burden is to be placed on land and incomes, or take the form of a modified business privilege tax with a smaller increase in the uniform rate on real estate and tangible per- sonal property. With the House slated to send the revenue me e to conference tomor- oW, the big problem confronting ths conferees appears to be the making of a choice between the foregoing alter- natives. Assuming that the House will agree to the conference asked by the Senate, Chairman King of the Senate District Committee zaid last night he would try to have the twn groups meet to begin deliberations tomorrow afternoon or Tuesday. It is expected the House managers will be selected from the tax subcome mittee that drafted the bill originally, They probably will be Representatives Kennedy of Maryland, Nichols of Oklahoma, McGehee of Mississippi, Allen of Delaware, Dirksen of Illinois and Cole of New York. Senators Are Named. The Senate already has named Senators King of Utah, McCarran of ! Nevada, Tydings of Maryland, Capper of Kansas and Austin of Vermont Although there are wide differences of opinion in the two houses as to how the city's $7,000,000 deficit should | be met, there are indications also of a desire to adjust the differences and pass a revenue bill to meet the Dis- trict’s pressing emergency financial situation. Nevertheless, as an added precau- tion against the city being left withe out operating expenses pending tax | collections, Chairman Palmisano of the House District Committee is ex- pected to seek House action tomorrow on the separate measure to let the city borrow temporarily from the Treasury. Borrowing Authority. The borrowing authority has been embodied in the tax bill by the Sene ate, but this would not preclude the two Houses from adopting it as & separate bill immediately. In that event the conferees could eliminate it from the tax bill later and the city would be assured of being able to meet its obligations until local tax collections are made. Until all the conferees are appointed and have a chance to exchange views around the conference table the final complexion of the tax schedule re- mains in doubt. There are no signs, however, of a let-up in the opposition of the House to the income tax proposal and to the Senate’s heavy land levy, which is a modified version of the single- tax theory. Compromise May Be Sought. If the House stands firmly against the income tax, and it becomes neces- sary to return to the business privi- lege tax on gross receipts, it is be- lieved & compromise would be sought by scaling down the gross receipts tax below the three-fifths of 1 per eent rate in the House biil. Other changes also probably would be urged to make it less burdensome. The gross receipts tax as it passed the House met strong opposition in the Senate, mainly because of the application of a flat rate to all busi- ness, regardless of the fact that the difference between gross receipts and (See TAX, Page A-3.) REWARD OFFERED FOR EARHART CLUES Husband Seeks to Clear Up Mys- tery of Disappearance—Me- morial Planned. By the Assoctated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, July 24—A reward was offered for definite evi- dence of the fate of Amelia Earhart today as friends planned a memorial service for the aviatrix. Sydney S. Bowman, a friend of Miss Earhart’s husband, George Palmer Putnam, announced & $2,000 reward would be paid for information which would “definitely clear up the mys- tery” of what happened to the famoua fiyer and her navigator, Frederick J Noonan. In an $80,000 “flying laboratory,” Miss Earhart and Noonan left British New Guinea July 2 for a 2,570-mile flight to Howland Island in the equa« torial Pacific, but never reached their goal. Ships and planes searched the Howland area for more than two weeks. Atchison, Kans., birthplace of Miss Earhart, arranged a memorial service for the aviatrix August 2 and started & move to erect & monument in her honor. Radio Prom.nu, Page F-7 Complete Index, Page A-3 )