Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Generally fair tonight and tomorro’ not much change in temperature; light Temperatures today— variable winds. Highest, 85, 5:30 am. Full report on page A at 2 pm. Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 18 i lowest, 66, at -12, 85th YEAR. No. 34,0 "TIENTSIN IN FLAMES, THOUSANDS KILLED AS CHINESE ROUT JAPANESE Entered as second class matter == (. post office, Washington, D. C. <> Bridges in Foreign Areas and Nankai University Fired by | Aerial Bombardment. AMERICANS TAK IN CELLARS FROM BOMBS E REFUGE Nanking Reports 1,000 Chinese Soldiers Killed at Nanyuan—Toll Heavy Among Non- Combatants. BACKGROUND— Clash between “night manewvering” Japanese and Chinese troops at Marco Polo Bridge cutside Peipi clared war. Chinese claim “incides ng on July 7 has lamed into unde- nt” was ercuse by Japanese to gain possession of Hopeh and Chahar Provinces as they seized Manchuria. General fighting broke out when N, provincial settlement and refused to By the Associated Press. TIENTSIN, China, July 2 anking government rejected plan for withdraw troops from trouble zones. 9.—Bomb-made flames crack- led through sections of this teeming North China commer- cial mart and many of its outlying villages tonight in the wake of Japanese air raiders. Chinese troops, holding grimly to positions they won in a three'army assault on vital positions in this Japanese Special Business When Con- military headquarters, decla red “thousands of non-com- batant men, women and children were killed and injured.” The lives of Americans and (There are 223 United States m and 403 civilians registered in Tientsin, plus 750 American officers | other foreigners were imperiled. ilitary personnel and dependents and men. Among the latter were Maj. John P. Lake. until recently in charge of the post exchange at the Army War College in Wash- | ington, and Lieut. Paul W. Car: Caraway of Arkansas. (Nanking reported simultaneously that 1.000 Chinese sn]dmrs‘ were Killed in Japan's onslaught at N Peiping. peaceful as every Chinese soldier withdrew and a headquarters south of away, son of Senator Hattie W. nyuan, Chinese military Peiping itself was suddenly pro-Japanese Chinese general, Chang Tsu-Chung, took charge.) Lieut. Gen. Kiyoshi Katsuki, Japanese North China com- mander, told foreign consuls the bombing of Tientsin was au(hox-! ized by the 36-year-old Boxer protocol which, he s aid, forbade Chinese troops within two miles of the city. Ten thousand Japanese live added. and must be “protected” As Americans huddled in foreign concession cellars to escape | the rain of bombs, Chinese sold. foes with their big swords and brutal punishment. Bridges to the foreign area were ablaze and troops fought hand-to- band in the streets Form Protec The United States gtationed he ol of 1901, tooi up the duty of protesi- ing American lives and property out- gide the forcign concessions and also of assisting the British troops in form- ing a protective cordon around the British concession. n Cordon. 15th Infantry. Most of Tientsin’s American resi- dents live in the British and French concessions and United States authori- ties have urged all their nationals to seck safety in those areas. The large installations of the Amer- | A. A Schmidt as he approached his | fcan Standard-Vacuum and Texas Oil Cos., lying across the Hai River from Tientsin, bad escaped damage tonight. although nearby Chinese positions had been set afire by Japanese air bombs The 15th Infantry had only half its normal strength available in Tientsin, | as half the regiment is in Summer | camp at Chinwangtao, on the coast | northeast of here. | John K. Caldwell, United States ' Consul General, and his British and | Belgian colleagues throughout the day | tried to mediate between the Chinese | and Japanese to save Tientsin from | further destruction, but without anjy apparent success Destruction Is Great. ! his, the second ranking trade ecenter of China, reverberated to the detonations of bombs throughout the afternoon. The Japanese, using their heaviest planes, announced their de- termination to wipe out all Tientsin | areas “harboring anti-Japanese ele- | ments.” The foreign concession areas were | ringed by smoke clouds. Nankai Uni- versity, China's formost private col- | lege not supported by foreign funds: | the municipal headquarters, the tax bureau, the Peiping-Mukden and Tientsin-Pukow Railway administra- tion buildings: the East Station, cus- toms offices and freight warehouses were reported in ruins. All afternoon, Tientsin's million Chinese, crowding streets and roof- tops in the foreign areas or peeping | furtively through shuttered windows | of the Chinese districts, sullenly watched the destruction. They hoped for the arrival of Gen- eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek's air fighters, to whom the Hopeh-Chahax section contributed six planes last year. But none came. ‘Three Chinese armies struck simul- (See CHINA, Page A-8.) FORMER D. C. WOMAN IS MISSING ON COAST Mrs. Ann F. Tumelty Had Access to $100,000 Fortune—Foul Play Feared. Disappearance of Mrs. Ann F. Tum- elty, 40, former Washingtonian, was reported to Los Angeles, Calif., police last night by her brother, Charles A. Lynch, according to the Associated Press. Lynch expressed fear his sister had met with foul play. She left their apartment Tuesday night, he said, taking all her clothing. Lynch said his sister had access to a $100,000 fortune left by their father. Mrs. Tumelty left here three years ago to make her home in Los Angeles, | son in the Japanese concession, he from the attacking Chinese. iers took a terrible toll of their rifles. In turn they withstood !CHILD STEALING CHARGE 'HOLDS COAST MAN HERE under the Boxer proto- | Daughter, 213, Was Given Into Custody of Wife by California Court Order. Harry Leroy Anderson, 31, Berkeley Calif., linoleum layer, wanted by San | Luis Obispo, Calif, police on charges of stealing his 2',-year-old daughter | on June 3, was arrested at Thirteenth | and I streets today by Traffic Officer | parked automobile. | Washington police learned Anderson | and the child had been living in a | Takoma Park, Md.. boarding and room- | ing house recently. A policewoman and an officer were sent there early this afternoon to secure the child and hold her pending word from California authorities. A lookout for Anderson, who is charged with taking away his daughter Doris Elizabeth, whom a court had given to her mother, a high school teacher, 18 months ago, was issued by wolice here early today. Schmidt, receiving the lookout, spotted the automobile which Ander- was described as driving and waited until its driver returned. The car was parked at Thirteenth and I. Bank Pays Dividend. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, July 29.—Warren F. Sterling, State bank commissioner, announced yesterday $482.667.03 has been distributed to creditors of the Hagerstown Bank & Trust Co., now in receivership. 'Summary of Page. | Comics __C-10-11 Drama __B-18-19 Page. | Radio B-10 Serial Story C-5 Editorials . A-10 | Short Story B-2 Finance __ A-17 | Sports ___ C-1-3 Lost & Found C-5 | Society ____ B-3 Obituary ___A-12 | Woman'’s Pg. C-4 FOREIGN. Tientsin in flames as Chinese rout Japanese. Page A-1 Weather favors Russians’ third Polar hop today. Page A-2 Insurgents threaten Madrid-Valencia communication line. Page A-2 Farouk I takes oath as King of Egypt. Page A-7 Japan to reject “interference” by a third power. Page A-8 | NATIONAL. Opposition to wage and hour bill mounting in Senate. Page A-1 Congress can adjourn in three weeks, Rayburn says. Page A-1 $1,200 U. S. pay minimum proposed in Ramspeck bill. Page A-2 Mountain farmer slays two women, ends own life. Page A-4 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Amended May airport bill reported to House. Page A-1 Conferees hold afternoon session on D. C. tax program. Page A-1 Labor Department to act in painters’ strike. Page B-1 District man killed in auto crash near her brother said. ' Woodville, Va, Page B-1 ch WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. THURSDAY, | | MARSHAL FENG YU-SHIANG. REORGANIZATION BILL 15 SET ASDE But Measure to Be Made | gress Meets in January. | BACKGROUND— Periodically, for year, plans have been advanced to realign the Gor- ernment administrative structure in the interest of economy and ef- ficiency. In the early days of the | Roosevelt administration some | | changes were eflected, and then, | | seven months ago, the President | proposed a radical revamping of the whole set-up of the executive agen- cies. entailing the creation of two new departments and the abolition of independent agencies as such | The court fight nalted action. ‘ | i BY WILL P. KENNEDY, Reorganization legislation has been definite!, Congress, set aside for this session cf with an assurance that the President's omnibus reorganization bill wiil be made special business to be taken up in the Senate immediately | | after Congress reassembles in Janu- | ary. ! | This was one of the important de- | cisions vesterday at the White House conference of Senate and House 1ead-1 ers and was confirmed today by admin- HOUSE UNIT VOTES MAY AIRPORT BILL IN AMENDED FORM Provides Enlargement of Washington Field Without Lagoon Feature. COMMITTEE OPPOSES CAMP SPRINGS SITE Regarded Sounding Death Knell for Legislation for That Location. as BACKGROUND— An ultimatum from airline pilots that they will refuse to fly from Washington Awrport unless hazard- ous conditions there are remedied precipitated most serious crisis in 11 years of controversy over meed for local airport. District Airport Commission recommended develop= ment of site at Camp Springs, Md. Navy objected to Camp Springs on ground of interference with radio development nearby. Attention at Capitol shifted to emergency legis- lation to improve Washington Atr= port. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. An amended version of the May | bill providing for enlargement of Washingion Airport, minus the bound- ary channel lagoon feature, was re- ported to the House today by the Military Affairs Committee The | committee will seck early action on the bill as an emergency measure to | alleviate dangers now existing at nm" local airport The committee action after an announcement that the House Naval Aflairs Committee had supported the action of its aeronautics subcommittee in opposing develop- ment of an airport at Camp Springs, Md. This was regarded as soundi the death knell of Camp Springs leg- came just | 1slation introduced in the Senate and House for the District mission Senator W chusetts, chairman of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee. has an- nounced he will oppose the measure in the Senate The May bill was amended to pro- vide for the leasing to Washington Airport, for a period not to exceed | 25 years. of the right of way of Mili- | tary road. The original bill provided for the conveyance in fee simple of | the 3.7 acres of land in the highway | right of way across the airport. | Provision Eliminated. | To mee: objection of the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion the committee eliminated from the bill a provision for the leasing | to the airport of the lagoon area. | Airport Com- 1 of Massa- As reported to the House, the bill| ' provides merely for the closing of | JUL 99 1937 —FIFTY-TWO ¢ Foening Star PAGES. #x» The only in Washington wit] Associated Press and Wirephoto Services. evening paper the News Yesterday’s Circulation, 137,297 (Some returns not yet received ) ns Associate d Press. [\ ) CENTS. DRAT THAT BOY! -~ AND JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT TH' LITTLE RASCAL WAS QUIETED DOWN ,T0O ! SESSION END SEEN I THEE WEEKS Rayburn Says Congress ' Can Finish Work Barring | Court Bill Tie-up. | BACKGROUND — ' Marking time for sir months while court reorganization progre yending. Congress has accom- plished Lttle this year in major legislation Upon disposal of movement quick adjournme gained momentum, with ma hopeful that jurther “reform™ leg- islation would be deferred. Presi- dent. however, has indicated throughout that he desires action on extensive program. way of court issue, jor t By the Associatea Press Majority Leader Rayburn told the | House todav Congress should be able to adjourn in three weeks “Unless there is a tie-up on the| court bill in the Senate, by something | Arising to call & halt.” Ravburn said e can finish all of this tle; program in three weeks. Th X i | degree of certainty that we can ad- | istration spokesmen at both ends of Military road and the leasing to the | the Capitol. Senate members of the Jomt Reor- | ganization Committee today arranged for hearings on the omnibus reorg. ization bill to start Monday and con- tinue for 10 days unless Congress should adjourn within that period | Further hearings will be held if re- | quested by members of the committee. | The first witnesses to be called will| probably be members of the President’s | Advisory Committee. This announcement was made by | Senator Byrnes, Democrat, South | Carolina, who was today elected chair- | man of the Senate group to succeed | the late Senate leader, Robinson | Both Senator Byrnes and Senate Leader Barkley said the hearings are | | being held in fulfillment of a pledge | | made by the late Senator Robinson ! On the House side plans are going | forward to have the second of the | | four bills covering the administration | program reported as early as possible, | probably next Monday, with the hope | | that it will be passed this session | This is the bill to create a new post | of auditor general. It is not contem- plated that either of the other two bills will be repored this session The House bill authorizing the Presi- dent to appoint six additional admin- istrative assistants at $10.000 each, which passed the House several days | ago, will not be taken up in the Sen- | ate at this session, leaders say, because | strategists feel passage at this session | would indicate a weakening of the ad- ministration’s determination to put throug the complete reorganization program. Today’s Star Bill liberalizing retirement ready for Congress. Page B-1 New sewage disposal plant placed in operation. Page B-1 Kennedy bill would curtail Budget Bureau powers, Page B-1 EDITORIALS AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page A-10 This and That. Page A-10 Stars, Men and Atoms. Page A-10 Answers. to Questions. Page A-10 David Lawrence. Page A-11 H. R. Baukhage. Page A-11 Jay Franklin. Page A-11 Mark Sulltvan, Page A-11 Delia Pynchon. Page A-11 MISCELLANY. Young Washington, Traffic Convictions, Vital Statistics. After Dark. Shipping News, Service Orders. City News in Brief. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Nature's Children. Cross-word Puzzle. Bedtime Stories. Letter-Out. SPORTS INDEX. Buoyed Nats now figuring on gaining fifth place. Page C-1 Boston Bees held possible imitators of 1924 Braves. Page C-1 Farr called joke as heavy contender by Tommy Loughran. PageC-2 \ Page A-16 Page B-5 Page B-5 Page B-12 Page B-14 Page B-14 Page B-14 Page C-4 Page C-4 Page C-10 Page C-10 Page C-11 Page C-11 | ed airport of the road and 56 acres of the Arlington Experimental Farm during the life of the airport, at a price to| be fixed by the Secretary of Agri- culture | Closing of Military road is expect- to eliminate the existing traffic | hazard which has been one of the chief sources of complaint at the local airport. The present 4.200-foot Tunway, now restricted to a width of 100 feet at the highway crossing, will be widened to 500 feet, airport officials have testified. Use of the experimental farm area will permit construction of a new | runway more than a mile long, ac- | cording to Samuel J. Solomon, airport manager. The National Capital Park and Planning Commission announced to- | day it definitely opposed enlargement | of the Washington Airport by filling in of Boundary Channel Bay because large transport planes might then be | operated within 100 feet of the Mount | Vernon Highway and threaten traffic | safety on the $7.000,000 parkway. Thomas S. Settle, secretary of the commission. said. however, the com- | mission has no fear that landing of private planes would affect the high- way. The commission this afternoon was to consider the proposed Camp Springs airport and plans for & parkway, mod- | eled after the Mount Vernon Boule- | vard, to connect with one of the Ana- costia bridges. An alternate plan of | the commission calls for a South Capitol street bridge, Settle said. Report to Be Published. The House Naval Affairs Committee | will voice its opposition to the Camp Springs site in a formal report which is expected to be made public Satur- day. The committee will report to Congress that development of an air- port at Camp Springs would jeopardize the usefulness of the $1,000,000 Naval | Radio Center now being constructed at Cheltenham, near the Camp Springs site. The action of the Naval Affairs Committee is expected to result in re- newed efforts to obtain passage of the Copeland-May bill. David L. Behnke, president of the National Airline Pilots' Association, meanwhile stated that ‘Washington Airport will not be adequate even if improved under the terms of the Cope- land-May bill. The added land will not permit construction of a long enough runway in the southwest- northeast line, which is the direction of the wind 21 per cent of the time, Behnke said. Assistant Secretary of Commerce J. Monroe Johnson dismissed a suggestion that susceptibility of Washington Air- port to inundation during periods of Potomac River floods imperils its use- fulness with the statement: “It is quite simple to protect Washington Airport against floods. The airport management can do that in connec- tion with enlargement of the fleld. That is not a serious problem at all.” Johnson, who as a State engineer in South Carolina, had considerable flood control experience on the Pee- Dee and other rivers, pointed out that low earthen dikes would be sufficient to protect the landing area against the highest floods ever recorded and that these dikes would be low enough %0 they would net constitute any ob- stacle to airplane operations. | the way before the court measure in |in an attempt to complete action on | should | probably would call up the housing { two-hour journ at that time and not be forced Into a session between now and De- | cember.” | Questioned by Minority Leader Snell | about the program. Ravburn said ac- counts of it, published today following a conference vesterday between Presi- | dent Roosevelt and legislative leaders, | were “encouraging '’ He spoke of prospects of Senate action this week on wage and hour | and housing legislation and on the court bill next week. These measures | head the program. Report Seen Soon. The House Labor Committee, he said, should spprove the wage and | hour bill this week or the first of next At his press conference Speaker Baukhead said he thought House members were “going to be reasonable about not being stampeded” into ad- | Journment The court bill to which Rayburn| referred is awaiting Senate action be- | hind two other measures—the wage- | hour bill and the Wagner housing bill, | Administration leaders apparently wanted to get the housing bill out of order 1o keep it from being left unacted on in the rush for adjourn- | ment which may develop once the | court issue is finally disposed of. The Senate met an hour early today | bill before accomplish the wage-hour they nightfall, this, they measure tomorrow. Plans May Change. Plans were subject to change, how- ever. Mr. Roosevelt was scheduled to meet this afternoon with members of Congress interested in driving through sugar legislation this session. The re- sult of that conference could shift de- tails of the legislative program. ‘The wage-hour, housing and court bills headed the schedule agreed on by House and Senate leaders after the canva with President | Roosevelt yesterday. | They were understood to be hoping | for an adjournment by mid-August | but would not mention any specific date ‘Their refusal to fix a tentative lime‘ was designed to head off filibusters | and to block “pressure moves” for troublesome legislation. Pressure Against Debate. Already pressure was being exerted by groups of members to force addi- tions to the administration program | or to prevent debate on measures in- cluded in it. In the Senate there were demands for action on anti-lynching legisla- tion, which the House has passed. Speaker Bankhead and Democratic Leader Rayburn of the House and Democratic Leader Barkley of the Sen- ate left the White House as darkness was falling yesterday, but gave out little new information. Asked about the specific quitting dates, Barkley sald he would “hate to guess on an adjournment in two weeks.” A proposal for a Fall session was only lightly touched upon, he said. Trio Die in Fire. MONTREAL, July 29 (Canadian Press) —Two men and a woman were burned to death today when trapped t by fire on the top floor of a three- story rooming house, ) Cuts Off Own Hand With Ax | | | | Alcatraz Officials Do Not Deny Story Given Paper. SAN FRANCISCO, July 29 - From atraz Island came a story today at one of the convicts in the prison had deliberately chopped off his own hand with an ax The story, which prison ! did not deny, was published in the San Francisco Chronicle and named the prisoner only as “Percival” Secretly obtaining an ax the edge to razor-sharpness last night. the Chronicle’s story said he held the ax in his right hand and with & single stroke chopped off the filed Then he | left He is said to have handed the ax to another prisoner with the plea “Cut off my right hand.” The second convict called guards James Johnston, warden of the Federal institution, would neither deny nor confirm the story. = . - ‘ TRUNK INVESTIGATED IN WOMAN’S MURDER Arrest of Suspect, Who May Be Member of New York Police, Reported Near. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, July 20.—Arrest of & suspect in the “clueless murder” of | Irma Louise Prader, 35-year-old French maid, was reported imminent today as police delved into the con- tents of a trunk owned by the slain woman in an attempt to learn the identity of the killer Despite denials by high police offi- cials, the suspect was reported to be & member of the New York mounted police—thereby coinciding with the last words of the petite victim that she was “going to marry a police- | man."” The dead woman's trunk, inter- | cepted by telegraph en route to Los Angeles, was returned to police here early today. Authorities were re- luctant to discuss whether a search disclosed any letters, photographs or other information as to the identity | of the man suspected of pumping two 38-caliber revolver bullets into | her body and then throwing it onto the Harlem River speedway. Miss Prader, employed at the Mount | Sinai Hospital, disappeared July 19. | Her body was found the next morning. Claims 'Chute Record. MOSCOW. July 29 () —A new world record for parachute jumps was claimed today by K. F. Kaitanoff for a leap from an altitude of 9,800 meters (about 32,150 feet), NFEREES PRESS OPPOSITION GROWS Senator Donahey Urges Fur- | ther Study of Measure During Adjournment, 'MANY AMENDMENTS MAY DELAY ACTION Austin Calls Act “Strait-jacket” for Labor—Efforts to Gain Vote Sped. BACKGROUND— Administration seels to elimimnate sweatshop wage and hour condie tions and child labor in industry through regulatory provisions of pending labor standards Much of industry, f from South, opposed mrasure 1n joint heari Since then. Senate committee revised bill and House group s in process of dong same, particul ", BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, ever-moun the wa Senator Ohio, who been Goverr a statement OCALTAX STUDY Fail to Reach Accord on District Levies at Morn- ing Session. BACKGROUND— District facir deficit for present fisc gress decided to imp tional tares upon local residents rathe than increase Federal contribution to support of Naton's Cap After many delavs, H Senate passed two wide bills. with conference comy being necessary. $7.000.000 Con- e @ BY J. A. O'LEARY. Conferees on the District tax bil resumed discussions at 2 pm. today er holding a morning session in which they failed to reach an agree- | ment on their widely different plaas for meeting the city's deficit Although they declined to discuss the trend of negotiations, it was still reliably reported that effor directed toward a compromise on a modified business privilege tax and an increase in the real estate rate to take the place of the Senate income and land taxes. One suggestion understood to be der consideration is that the rate on real estate and tangible property be fixed at $175 per hundred instead of the Senate proposal to boost the rate on land from $1.50 to $250, with the rate on buildings kept at $1.50 Chairman King insisted after t noon recess that the conferees still exploring the entire field of tax proposals in the bill and that no agreement has been reached Business Privilege Levy. In an effort to make the by privilege levy on gross recei burdensome. conferees were reported to be considering & rate of two-fifths of 1 per cent, instead of three-fifths as originally adopted by the House, | and with a more liberal exemption than the $1.000 figure in the House measure. The House increase from 1! cent in the tax on net prem insurance companies, which was dropped in the Senate. is tentatively | (See D. C. TAXES, Page A-16) BIRTH MADE LEGAL Trailer Hoisted From Wheels to Comply With Iowa Law. DES MOINES, Iowa, July 29 (#).— Five physicians saw to it that the birth of Wanda Mae Tharp, born in a trailer here, was legal. ‘They came to attend Mrs. Charles ‘Tharp during the delivery of the baby, but they told the father the Iowa law provides that no child shall be born in a vehicle. So the physicians assisted Tharp in hoisting the trailer on logs, leaving its four wheels dangling. What Is Happening to the Republican and Democratic Parties? Foreseeing the complete realignment of _the Dem- ocratic and Republican parties as they exist today, Secretary Ickes predicts the rise of two groups in America comparable to the Liberals and Conservatives of cer- tain other countries in an exclusive interview to be published Saturday in The Star. “I believe the trend is away from rigid restrictions of party that inev- itably result in dissension within the Secretary Ickes. ranks,” says Secretary Ickes. His views on the future of politics in the United States make interesting reading. LOOK FOR THIS IMPORTANT ARTICLE By Lucy Salamanca Next Saturday in THE EVEN NG STAR s were being | committee particular wage and b will be followed had not j termined In the meantime, adm aders in the Senate were pres hard for favorable action on the labor bill When ate Majoritv Leader & the White House last ference wit cluding n passed by the H use p assist- ie President. taken up for consideration by the Senate, ing. Reports Understand 1N neiatier Senator Nary, a Reorganization there had been the late major that reorganizatic g0 over and not be present session. So st ator McNary and some o | members of the com the matter that they to resign f these contes inaividual pieces of legisiaion, the de- mand for an ea Congress continued ators and Represen: During the wage. bate Senator Geol Georgia told the vided in the bill nothing but poet George, opening a Southern Demn- cratic attack on t cized powe: a wage-hour of the board and the auth: the board to use information compiled by the Secretary of Labor | Senator Austin. Re) | mont, who preceded George. said the bill would put a straitjacket on labor and mean an economic loss for agrie | culture. of tha insisted Robinson, legislation should the ough at a -and- crat, of ds pro- were n t for the organization can, of Ver- n debate on the third £ opening day of the mea. argued 1ts enactment would hurt all phases of economic life and warned that “labor will rue the day it got itself or was forced into this position.” He asserted the measure would create “a statutory monopoly of the right of labor to work.” “Is it possible labor does not sea this thing?” he asked. “No laborer in America should be so far degraded he must submit to & supreme authority in Washington the question of how many hours he may work."” Session Begun Early. Senate leaders called the chamber into session an hour earlier than | usual in an effort to get a vote on the bill today. Numerous amendments had to be acted on. however Austin declared “every Senator should ask, ‘what is the price of th legislation?* “Assuming that there are benefits and a certain amount of security that might be enforced on the people by a bureau at Washington, what is the cost of it? “What does the farmer pay for it; | what does the laborer pay for it?" Sees Economic Loss. He answered by asserting there was an “immediate economic loss to labor in restrictions limiting the right of labor to contract for its service, re= strictions curtailing labor’s opportunity to sell the only thing labor has to sell at the hours it desires to work and the price per hour labor desires.” “The farmer will not be exempted (See WAGE-HOUR, Page A-4.) l