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_A—2 xxx HOUSE MAY SNAG WAGE-HOUR BILL Farm Bloc Members Seek Tie-Up in Rules Body to Gain Objective. BACKGROUND— Wage and hour regulation has been a White House desire since Mr. Roosevelt took office. It was first sought through the N. R. A. codes, which the Supreme Court held unconstitutional. The Presi- dent let the matter drop until this Winter, when he had a wage and hour bill prepared by Ben Cohen and Tom Corcoran. The bill was introduced in May. It seemd almost dead when A. F. L. President Wil- liam Green helped it through the Senate by his support. By the Assoclated Press, The wage-and-hour bill—passed by the Senate and approved by the House Labor Committee—ran up against op- position today from members of the House farm bloc. They said they would try to tie up | the measure in the Rules Committee unless they win their objective, con- sideration of a bill to resume general crop loans The Rules Committee has the power to determme whether a bill can come before the House at once. By with- holding approval, it might prevent a vote at this session, There were differing statements on the committee’'s probable attitude. Chairman Norton of the House Labor Committee, which agreed late | yesterday to recommend the revised wage-hour bill, said she had been in- formed by Chairman O'Connor of the Rules Committee that no obstacles will be raised Debate May Start Tuesday. She said she expected the bill would be granted a special rule Monday which would permit the House to be- gin debating 1t Tuesday. O'Connor, however, told reporters he could not predict what the com- mittee would do. He said he would be in New York during the week end and did not expect to return until Speaker Bankhead said the use would take up the bill late next ‘week—possibly Thursday. The Rul Committee will not consider the legi lation before Wednesday, he said, adding that housing legislation proo- abiy would occupy the House the first | part of the week The Speaker said he was ful” Congr by August 21. The wage-hour bill came out of the Labor Committee stripped of the dras- tic Wood amendment, which would have permitted the proposed Labor Standards Board to fix minimum wages as high as 70 cents an hour and 8 work week as short as 35 hours. The committee adopted amendments designed to “safeguard collective bar- gaining” and lessen powers of the ad- ministrative board. In its revised form the bill retained the Senate-approved sections prohibit- ing the board from fixing minimum = wages higher than 40 cents an hour or & work week shorter than 40 hours. Mrs. Norton told reporters she thought retention of these standards anced prospects for House passage, aithough she personally considered them too low. Strike Contract Section. At the behest of the American Fed- eration of Labor the committee struck from the bill a section giving the board supervision over wage-hour sections of the Walsh-Healey government con- tracts act. It inserted others prohibit- ing the board from lowering wage rates fixed by collective bargaining or from fixing wages below the “prevailing rate.” The committee retained its own amendments to prohibit shipment in interstate commerce of imports pro- duced in violation of the bill's provi- “sions. Tt eliminated a Senate-approved exemption of employes of local retail- ers. except commission salesmen. Besides the wage-hour bill the farm | bloc also threatened to tie up housing legislation. Midwestern wheat, corn and hog belt Representatives joined Southern cotton States Representatives in in- gisting that “something be done to help farmers” before Congress ad- Jjourns. Representative Eicher, Democrat, of Towa, chairman of the prairie States congressional farm bloc, called a meet- ing for next Monday to discuss the situation. He said Representatives from Southern cotton and tobacco States would be invited Three recent developments tended to arouse the farm bloc, They are: First, decision of the House and Senate Agriculture Com- mittees to postpone action on price- stabilization and crop-control legisla- tion until next session; second, de- clines in prices of farm products, and, third, the statement of President Roosevelt that he could not approve renewal of crop loans. in the face of falling prices, unless Congress enacted crop-control legislation The cotton bloc authorized a dele- gation to call on the President in an attempt to win his approval to 12- cent cotton loans. Eicher said his group will decide Monday whether it would join with the cotton bloc in trying to block the ‘wage-hour bill. “It is not that we are against labor end housing legislation,” Eicher said, “but we feel that if farm legislation is to be postponed until next session the other measures should be treated similarly.” still hope- would be able to adjourn have I Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Continues debate on Wagner hous- ing bill Interstate Commerce Committee tontinues rail finance inquiry. Special committee continues hear- ings on Government reorganization. House: Considers sugar legislation. Banking' committee holds hearing on housing bill. Agriculture Committee studies crop- Ansurance bill. Rivers and Harbor Committee takes lestimony on regional planning bill. 2 TOMORROW. _Benate: .. Hopes to start consideration of court procedure bill if housing measure is Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. DOLLAR. UST why governmental red tape should be news, we're not sure, but here's something you should know in case you ever become $0 prosperous you let a money order lay around the house too long. C. K. Berryman, The Star's car- toonist, returned from a European jaunt to find on his desk a check for $1 from the United States Govern- ment Seems that some time back Mr. Berryman presented a money rder for payment at the Franklin postal station. ‘The Post Office looked at the money order and said, “We are very sorry, but money orders must be cashed within a year and this is a year and a day old.” So Mr. Berryman followed the ritual prescribed for such situations and had his money order put through the necessary special channels. ~ e oy WD To WAT 4 LONG TiME - &7 § Finacer r scrambling through three hs of red tape the poor little $1 v order found its destination, was red into a check, signed by R. N Elliott, acting controller general of the United States, and Postmaster General Farley, Mr, Berryman doesn’'t know whether | it has Supreme Court approval or not, | but he hopes it has. After all this time the dollar ought to be dignified by something like that. x % x % CATTY. All Tokio's geisha girls gather annually to hold a memorial serv- ice for dedd cats. Don't give us that “double-take” look; sit there and listen. The girls have reason. It seems the strings of the samisen, ¢ harp-like instru= ment with which these lassies fur- nish some of their entertainment, are made of catgut. So the gals gather together for these services because they don't want the souls of the slaughtered cats to be angry about it all and cause discords in the music All of this is gleaned from the Rev. Leopold H. Tibesar, a Catholic mis- sionary who has spent a number of years in Japan. He contributes it to “Primitive Man,” which is pub- lished by Catholic University. * ox ok x DENTAL DEITY. JFROM the same source comes also news that the Japamese Shinto religion has 33,000,000 gods, headed by the sun goddess, Amaterasu o mi | Kami. About everything on earth has its own particular god to look after it. Father Tibesar discovered this one day when he was busy in the attempt to convert a Japanese womanm. was making good progress until he got to the point of explaining that there was only one God “But what about Ha Nuke no Kami, the god of the puiled tooth?” she asked. Father Tibesar stood his ground and told her there was no such thing. She left in & hurry. Figured that the idea | that pulled teeth didn't have a special | god to take care of them was making too great a demand upon ordinary common sense * x % % BIRD. “Primitive Man” brings further news of strange customs of strange lands. Dr. John M. Cooper, its edi- tor, says when a worthy of the Ilokos, a Malayan people living on the island of Luzon in the Philip- pines, dies, his relatives hasten to strangle a rooster. The reason, according to the in- formation, which comes jrom an ITloko who used to live in Washing- ton, is that in order to get to Heaven the soul must be rowed across a broad river by St. Peter. St. Peter, it seems, waits in his boat on the opposite side and can be summoned only by the crowing of a rooster. It might occur to you that it would be a fine trick to fail to give the bird to a man you didn’t like, but the Ilokos never fail. The less they like a fellow the more anxious they are to strangle the rooster so his soul will be safely transporied across the river and his ghost won't be around to bother them. They don't explain, though, how a strangled rooster crows. * ok ok X DUEL. LADY of ample dimensions boarded the street car, sat down. No sooner had she arranged herself than another woman of approximately the same proportions followed her, sat beside her. “There's plenty seats over there,” growled the first passenger, pointing to the oppositc side of the car. She spread herself out with a gesture threatening trouble. “Guess I can sit where I please,” announced passenger No. 2, also spreading out. The language got more and more vituperative and the shoving and crowding appeared to be the prelim- inary of a knock-down, drag-out brawl. But the car stopped at a downtown street. Both passengers tried to rise. They might as well have been Siamese twins and tied down at that. Finally a laughing spectator lent a helping hand and the two were hoisted to their feet. They still weren't friends. They stood on the corner as the car went on, calling each other the same names they had before. “disposed of. House: Considers special rules. . Banking and Currency Committee Jesumes consideration of housing bill, 40:30 am. " District subcommittee resumes hear- ings on bills authorizing restoration * x X X TENDERFOOT. THE Government has a couple of mules that are for sale as soon as takers can be found. Their specifica- tions are set forth in the announce- ment of a surplus property sale to be held by the Procurement Division. to.duty of four dismissed policemen, 10am. 4 One ir—“Mule, gray gelding, ap- proximate age 18 years, wgicht about i { said he would ask the National Labor | He | U. A. W. A men set upon us,” | Pem. | cruiser came THE EVENING PLYMOUTH PLANT SHUT AFTER RIOT Ten Injured as C. I. 0. and Firm Make Counter Charges df Pact Violations. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, August 5—The Chrysler Corp.’s Plymouth plant remained closed today pending a settlement of differences which led to fighting be- tween rival unions yesterday, in which 10 men were injured and a riot cail put in for police. Only a few men appeared for work this morning. The gates were not opened and from a United Automobile Workers' sound truck, circling the plant, came instructions for the men to return to their homes. Conferences between representatives of the U. A. W. A. and the mange- ment, which adjourned at 8 o'clock last night, were resumed today. The U. A. W. A. demanded the reinstate- ment of four men discharged for alleged participation in an attack yesterday noon on two officials of the independent association of Chrysler employes, whose claims of 26,000 mem- bers are disputed by the United Auto- mobile Workers. Richard T. Frankensteen, organ- izational director for the U. A. W. A said there “probably will be no work today. Plant Employs 11,000. The big plant, which employs 11,000 men, remained closed throughou: the night with city police maintaining a patrol outside the gates. The pclice augmented company guards, who kept up their usual vigilance within the plant. ‘Ten men were injured in a series of altercations that preceded the shut- down order yesterday. Four U. A. W. A, members were dismissed as a result of the beating of two officials of the independent union and a second out- break brought a riot call for volice. A company spokesman said U. A ‘W. A. members employed in a key de- partment of the plant staged a strike | in protest against the discharge of | their fellows, necessitating the general stoppage of work. He asserled that | the strike constituted a “serious viola- tion” of the union’s contract with the Chrysler Corp., reached after & pro- longed sit-down siege affecting all | divisions of the corporation last Spring. Union leaders denied any breach of faith on their part. They said they would investigate to determine whether | there had been an attempt to dis- credit their organization. Frankensteen, asserting that two of | the injured were U. A. W. A. members, Relations Board to conduct an election | to determine the union’s right to sole bargaining powers. Three of the injured required ho pital treatment in addition to fir: aid. They were Frank A. Dillon, presi- dent of the independent union, who | said he was a victim of the lunch- | hour beating; Walter McBride and Vilas Coon, injured in subsequent| fighting. Dillon said a band of men dragged | him and Robert Pemberton, treated for minor injuries, from a watchman's booth, beat them and threw him over a fence. “About 30 or 40 men I believe to be he told | police. “We ran into the booth. They dragged me out, beat me, kicked me, then threw me outside the fence onto | the sidewalk. “I don't know what happened to I lay there until the police Firm Claims Violation. “I think I can identify the men, al- though I don't know their names. I am willing to prosecute.” ‘The company, in a formal statement, said a group of U. A. W. A. members took the two men out of the plant by force. They returned. the statement continued, in spite of threats of a beating and took refuge in the watéh- | man’s booth during the lunch hour. | “They were surrounded by a large group which broke into the office, then beat and injured them,” it re- lated. “Four of the men who actively par- ticipated in the beating were identi- fied and discharged. Thereupon mem- bers of the U. A. W. A. ceased work in a key department of the plant, where- upon employes were notified to go home. “After the shutdown a fight began in the plant in which four more men were seriously injured. The corpora- tion considers the whole affair a serious violation by the U. A. W. A, of its contract with the corporation.” Union Claims “Frame-up.” Frankensteen, replying, charged the corporation had “favored two-bit unions to the extent that they have refused to recognize frequent flagrant violations of our agreement committed by these men.” He said rival unionists had called his followers “suckers” and “chumps” for belonging to the U. A. W. A. “There has been no sit-down at the Plymouth plant,” he continued. “The company turned off the power. When our men protested, four union men who did not participate in the trouble and were actually at the other end of the plant were discharged, because the company thought they had to punish some one. We are asking that these four be returned to their jobs, and we have asked Herman L. Weckler, vice president of the corporation, to submit to a voluntary election at Chrysler before the National Labor Relations Board. “We would like to prove not only to Chrysler Corp.,, but to the general public, that the statement by the so- called Chrysler independent unions that they have 26,000 members is just 80 much hooey. They are lucky if they have 260.” NEW TAXES ORDERED Goering Ruling Hits Brewers and Grain Dealers. BERLIN, August 5 (#).—Col. Gen. Herman Wilhelm Goering ordered tax levies today against brewers, grain dealers and the sugar industry to finance an increase in prices paid to growers of rye. ‘Together they were assessed 75,000,- 000 reichsmarks (about $30,150,000) 8o that rye production could be stimu- lated without an increase in the price of bread. Goering is raw materials dictator. 1,100 pounds, weak tendon in left hind limb causing mule to drag leg. Fair condition. Name: ‘Dick.’” The othes is—“Mule, gray gelding, approximate .age 20 years, weight about 900 pounds, tender-footed and 8tiff in joints. Fair condition. Name: That's honesty, right down to the .’» 1SSUE SPECIFIED McCann Halts Proceedings | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY AUGUST 5, 1937. New Receiving Set Perfected, TR”BKS []N MUVE Field of Wirephoto Doubled This is how the cylinder holding an undeveloped negative is set on or removed from the portable wirephoto receiving apparatus, development of which was announced by the As- Tests with the machine compare favor- ably with results achieved with larger permanent apparatus now in use by The Star and other Associated Press members sociated Press tcday. Jrom coast to coast. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 5.—Develop- ment of a wirephoto receiving set 40 inches high—about the size of a | radio cabinet—was announced today by the Associated Press. The newest technical step forward in the science of transmitting pictures by wire, it was conceived and built by Associated Press technicians under the direction of W. J. McCambridge, assistant general manager, and H. M. Biele, chief engineer The machine has been fully tested and will be put into operation imme- diately, McCambridge said He pictured the new receiver as a | development comparable to the intro- duction more than a year ago, of the portable wirephoto transmitter, which | doubled Associated Press picture cov- | erage by wire at the time, Twent eight portables are now used in the Nation. Operates on Telephone @ircuit. Like the portable transmitter, the | receiver will operate on any telephone | circuit and on any available electric | current The radical design of the receiver makes possible its small size and the elimination of the control “bay.” McCambridge said that quality of | pictures received in tests compares favorably with the regular wirephotos received on the large stationary ma- chines—with certain advantages in favor of the smaller machine. Pictures as large as a full page or a double truck when needed may be delivered under the new setup to mem- ber papers participating. The time consumed in transmission of any pic- | them s —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. ture when the rearrangement is ef- fected will be eight minutes. Scanning lines are imperceptible to the eye even | in the largest double page pictures Doubles Wirephoto's Field. The new receiver doubles the field | of wirephoto, since it may be installed | in cities connected with the wirephoto | network through telephone call oper- | ation. It took eight months of intensive ex- perimentation to produce the novel picture receiver. Its creators said | that the largest picture laboratory in the country made an examination of the pictures produced and pronounced iperior in tone quality and in tone numbers to the present system. No synchronization is necessary be- tween stations, the individual driving | | mechanisms being sufficiently constant | |in speed to make that unnecessary. | How constant that speed must be is understood when it is explained that | in the transmission of a picture the | tiny beam of light travels a total of 12,000 inches over the surface of the | picture and ends up within a sixty- | fourth of an inch or less of the pre- | determined end point. This fine degree | of accuracy s achieved by controlling | the driving motors with a vibrating tuning fork which does not vary its| frequency or pitch by more than one | ten-millionth of the rate of speed de- | sired. More than 70 members of the As- sociated Press now use wirephoto and | nearly every member benefits from the speed of moving pictures by wires | through the telemat service, which services newspapers with news picture mats from wirephoto pictures. ATLABOR HEARING to Say Congress Bars Firing for Unionism. E the Associated Press. HARLAN, Ky, August 5—In the midst of a hearing on complaints that the Clover Fork Coal Co. violated the Wagner act, Irving G. McCann, Wash- ington, D. C, examiner for the Na- tional Labor Relations Board, halted proceedings and asserted: “The issue in this case is: Can men be fired for being union men? Con- gress says they can't.” After a burst of applause from many spectators in the crowded, sweltering court room, McCann, coatless and perspiring, continued: “You can fire a man for any other reason, but Congress has said you can't fire him just because he belongs to the union.” The examiner's remarks came after several witnesses testified yesterday they were discharged by the Kitts, Ky., company for union activity, but that their employers gave other rea- sons for their release. Complaints of ‘Wagner act violations against the com- pany were filed by the United Mine Workers of America. Randolph Bledsoe, who said he was a former Clover Fork employe, testified a company union fostered by the com- pany had demanded discharge of all employes affiliated with the U. M. W. A. He said also an unnamed compeny official told him and other employes “either to vote the Republican ticRet or get out.” ‘The “strip tease” angle was men- tioned for the first time when John Frank Green, who said he was a dis- charged Clover Fork employe, testified Roscoe Petrie, mine foreman, invited him to attend a “tease dance” at Brookfield the same night as a union meeting. He added he had no knowl- edge such performances were ever held on the company's property. The U. M. W. A. alleged in iis com- plaint that the company sponsored performances by “lewd” women in an attempt to lure miners from union meetings. — PROBE FORM REVERSAL Bill Farnsworth’s Failure in Race Irks Suffolk Stewards. BOSTON, August 5 (#).—Suffolk Downs stewards stepped in today to investigate the failure of Mrs. Marion Cassidy’s Bill Farnsworth, 7-10 betting favorite in yesterday’s 6-furlong Con- tinental Handicap, to finish better than fifth in a field of six. The stewards summoned Jockey Robert (Red) Howell and Trainer Clarence Buxton to appear. Mrs. Cassidy discharged Buxton im- mediately after the race and notified the stewards she was signing Adolph (Frenehy) Schwarts as his sucoessor. WHEELER SCORES FUND SOLIGITING Assails Democratic Com- mittee for Approaching Rail Probe Witness. By the Associated Pre: Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, denounced the Democratic National Committee today for solicit- ing campaign contributions from Robert R. Young. New York railway magnate, shortly before he was sum- moned before the Senate Railroad In- vestigating Committee. Wheeler, chairman of the Investi- gating Committee, said the solicitation was a ‘“deplorable practice,” and added: “It might give the impression that people had to give money in order to get proper treatment, or that they might get some kind of favors.” Young testified yesterday that he bought $15,000 worth of Democratic National Convention books early this Spring, but that the solicitors had “positively never discussed” his deal- ings with Federal agencies. Resents Solicitation. As today's hearing opened, Wheeler declared: “I resent the Democratic Committee going to people just prior to their coming here and soliciting funds.” “It reflects on the committee and every other branch of Congress,” ‘Wheeler continued. “Some groups who denounce eco- nomic royalists are getting handouts from the very people they denounce. “That practice ought to be stopped.” He asserted that whether such mat- ters were mentioned by the solicitors or not, “there is always an inference” that special favors or concessions might be involved. Wheeler then turned to Young's plans for merging Alleghany and Chesapeake Corporations, the chief holding companies in the huge Van Sweringen rail network which he con- trols. Young testified that he “hoped” to retain control of the two firms and their scores of subsidiary companies after the reorganization is completed. To Control Missouri. Young added that he also intended to keep control of the Missouri Pacific Railroad “until such time as we can dispose of it to the best interest of the security holders.” b “1 wish you would dispose of it in the interest of the pecple 8ut West who use the road,” remarked Senator Truman, Democrat, of Missouri. ““We hope to do that t0o,” the youth- ful financied replied. He testified that after the proposed consolidation he would retain 33 per cent of the :‘iumm controlling the 23,000-mile rallway. system, as com- pared with 43 per cent now. He described the restrictions in Alleghany's charter as “freakish,” and contended that their removal would be | be convoyed by policemer instead | “to the advantage of all the security holders.” L) » IN PHILADELPHIA “State of Emergency” Re- mains in Force, However, as Strike Ends. BACKGROUND— Philadelphia local of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor's Team- sters’ Union called strike Monday to support a drive to organize trupk- ing companies under contract with the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Asserted objective of the union drive was to prevent what they called “armed thugs” from convoy- ing the trucks of A. & P. con- tractors. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, August 5—Trucks began to move normally throughout Philadelphia today. The flare-up last night a few hours after the city-wide strike had been announced as ended except in the case of companies under contract to haul goods for the Great Atlantic & Pacific | Tea Co., subsided and everywhere busi- ness houses were replenishing their | supplies. Mayor S. Davis Wilson, who pro- claimed a “state of emergency” ye: terday, said the proclamation would remain in effect until he was reason- ably certain all danger of further vio- lence was passed. Police convoys escorted A. & P. con- | tract hauling trucks today, giving! them safe passage through the city Seven large delivery vans of the con- tracting companies were trailed across the Delaware River Bridge to Cam- den, N. J, where their drivers asked police for escorts. They were told that | escorts could not be furnished because | it was feared such action might lead | to a trucking strike in Camden. The police, however, agreed to patrol the routes of the trucks. Police Crush Flare-up. This was the only incident in the rush toward normalcy since the police last night were compelled to crush | the flare-up that followed the end of | the city-wide strike, called in support | of the strike against the A. & P.| hauling compani | Sixty-two men disorder during were discharged | were arrested in the | the night. Eleven | by Mayor Wilson, | | who sat as a magistrate in city hall. | | The others were held in $10,000 bail | each for a further hearing on charges | ranging from riot and inciting to riot | to disorderly conduct and suspicion. | They were sent to the county prison | in default of bail. Most of the trouble last night was in the wholesale district where some | men refused to recognize that the strike was ended and continued to molest truck drivers. | A strike of warehouse employes also | called in support of the strike against the A. & P. haulers, was terminated today by the Warehousemen's Union. | The strike, which kept off the streets | 5,000 drivers and approximately one- third of the city's trucks, was ended vesterday afternoon except for com- panies under contract to haul mer- chandise for the Great Atlantic & | Pacific Tea Co. | Officers of the union agreed to call off the strike if the haulers would dis- continue the use of guards on their trucks. Agree to Police Conveys. The union agreed the trucks could The strike ended five hours after the Mayor declared a state of emer- gency. He ordered all available policemen on duty and enlisted others from civil service lists. | Police reported truck drivers had | been beaten, taxicabs set afire, al- | though no strike of cab drivers had | been called, and operators of Rapid | Transit System trolley cars ordered off | the streets. | The state of emergency was con- tinued last night and today to cope with continued disorders as roving groups of men refused to heed the orders of union chiefs. Traffic Tied Up. Several trucks were stopped and traffic was snarled in the wholesale produce districts where drivers worked through the night to move perishable foodstuffs which had piled up in mar- kets along the Delaware River water front. A crowd of 400 men blocked the street near the Teamsters’ Union head- quarters, Joseph E. Grace, president, and Raymond Kelly, an official of the union, where shouted down as they told the crowd the object of the strike —the discharge of the truck guards— had been accomplished. Police in 100 patrol cars dispersed | the crowd and made arrests. | charges | Clokey Who Is She? .WOMAN FOUND WANDERING IN SOUTHW ‘The Woman's Bureau was trying to- day to locate relatives or friends of | this elderly woman, who was found strolling aimlessly along Water street southwest with a mop in her hand. She said her name was “Mollie Tal- bert” and gave several addresses, but police were unable to find anybody Who | knew her. The woman, said by police o be about 70, was dressed in a brown- and-white print dress, a black hat and black shoes. —Star Staff Photo. WOOD EXONERATED BY SECOND BOARD D. C. Officials Preparing to Cope With Threatened Garbage Strike. After a second board of inquiry late yesterday concurred in the ex- oneration of William R. Wood, super intendent of garbage collecto 1t by organized subordi nates, District officials began prepa ing to cope with a threatened strike of garbage collec Assistant Corpora ter Fowler, chairman of the boar appointed as a “sort of court of a peals” to review findings of the fi board of inqu submitted his re- port to Col. Dan I Sultan, Engineer Commissioner. All Testimony Studied. Fowler reported that a thorough study of all testimony introduced at llengthy hearings before the first board revealed nothing to justify an change in its recommenda James Kimbro, business representa- tive of Local 466 of the Interuational Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers’ Union of America, has re- peatedly warned Col. Sultan that un- less Wood is removed from office or of ion Counsel Wal transferred to another job a strike of | garbage collectors will be called Col Kimbro's threat, but from ott sources it was learned that plans have been made to prevent any dis- ruption in the garbage collection service. Health Is Paramount. “Health and sanitation are of para- mount portance to the city,” said one official. “We will not allow a strike to prevent the collection of garbage Wood was accused on 15 counts by his subordinates, but each of the in- vestigating boards decided that none of the charges merited disciplinary act:on. The charges ranged accusations of discrimination aga union members to allegations that Wood forced subordinates to contrib- ute to a charitable fund for a 90- year-old colored woman. =S HELD IN ROBBERY Two Accused of Holding Up Con- duit Road Man. J. Dailey and George P were held under bonds of 6,000 each on charges of robbery and Orvel carrying concealed weapon when ar-| | raigned today before Police Judge John P. McMahon. They were held for the grand jury after waiving pre- liminary hearing and pleading not guilty. Both men are accused of having robbed Willis Wright, 4812 Conduit road. of $37.50 at the point of pistols. Another case in which they are charged with holding up the pro- prietor of a gasoline station will be presented to the grand jury later. _Sugar-Control Bill Facts Measure Designed to Stabilize Industry Was Drafted to Replace Expiring in Editor’s note: Differences betiween the administration and the House Agriculture Committee have de- layed debate on sugar-control leg- islation, but leaders agreed to let the House consider the measure today. Following are questions and answers erplaining its provisions, By the Associated Press. What is the objective of the sugar control bill? Stabilization of the sugar industry by limiting quantities that might be made available in the domestic market. Why do proponents contend such legislation is needed? Uncontrolled production, they say, would result in an oversupply on the American market and “ruinously” low prices for producers. Is similar legislation in effect now? Yes, but it expires in December. How would the new legislation con- trol the supply? By a quota system dividing the mar- ket among various producing areas. Domestic areas would be allowed 55.59 per cent of the Nation's needs and foreign areas 44.41 per cent. How would the domestic quota be divided? On this percentage basis: United States beet sugar area, 41.72 per cent; United States cane area, 11.31; Hawaii, 25.25; Puerto Rico, 21.48, and the Vir- gin Islands, .24¢. Translated into shorg tons, on the basis of an annual sumption total of 6,682,670—tlie tonnage fixed in the bill—quotas would be: Beet, 1,500,000, domestic cane, 420,000; Hawaii, 938,000; Puerto Rico, 798,000, and the Virgin Islands, 8,916. How would the foreign quota be divided? S On this percentage basis: Philip- 9 Current Legislation December. pines, 34.70; Cuba, 64.41, and other foreign countries, .89. In short tons: Philippines, 1.029,000; Cuba, 1,911,000, and other foreign, 26.412. How would these quotas differ from existing ones? United States beet, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Cuba would receive slightly lower quotas, while the Philippines and the Virgin Islands would receive slight increases. Domestic cane area would receive a substantial increase. Does the administration approve the bill? All provisions except one limiting | refined sugar imports from Hawaii and Puerto Rico to 29,616 short tons and 126,033 short tons, respectively. The administration contends these areas should be permitted to send their en- tire quotas to the United States in the form of refined sugar if they desire. Does the bill provide other restric- tions on refined sugar imports? Yes, Cuba would be limited to 375,- 000 short tons, and the Philippines to 80,214. How would production within pro- ducing areas be controlled? Through quota systems applying to individual growers in the United States, Puerto Rico and Hawaii. For complying, they would be eligible for cash benefit payments, provided they also complied with child labor, wage and hour regulations fixed by the Ag- riculture Department. How would these benefit payments be financed? By & tax of half-cent a pound on manufactured sugar. How much would these payments amount to annually? Sponsors estimate about $55,000,00Q, SUGARBILL PUSHED ASVETOIS WARNED Administration Objects to “0Old World Colonialism,” Which Hits Hawaii. By the Associated Press. Congressional sugar bloc leaders agreed at a caucus today to stand pat on a sugar-control bill which Presi= dent Roosevelt notified House leaders he would veto. Representative Coffee, Democrat, of Nebraska, spokesman for the mee!- ing, sald approximately 50 members of Congress from sugar producing and refining States were “unanimo their decision to go ahead with the legislation The bill was scheduled for debate today. The sugar-bloc announcement by of that the President would veto the bill present form The admin House meeting had if passed 1 told ation objects to & proe vision restricting refined sugar ime ports from Hawail and Puerto Rico. enator O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyoming, who attended the meeting, said the provision was “not importar enough to wreck sugar legislation.” Members Resentful. “The President has twice approved 2 rovision similar to the one he no obj t0,” the Senator said. He ferred to the expiring Jones-Cos act quota system and an earlier sug control law which limited refined ports from the island possessions Coffee sa e who attended ti meeting “expressed resentment” at “hief Executive's announced decis “It's a question whether Congrese to do the legislating,” he declared Senator Adams, Democrat, of Co rado, who also attended the meet predicted the Senate would pass bill in its presen if the Hor approved it by “a able majority Represeentative Robi Deme p- | Sultan refused to comment on ocrat, of Uta pre ed Congress | would stay in session long enough to prevent a pocket veto The Senate Finance d to begin hear ure Saturday 1 Jones earlier offer an amendment to eliminata | the restrictive provision objected to by osevelt He said the President told him he felt that inasmuch as the islands wer ey should ted on refining their Committea s on the sugar had said he | sugar. 0ld World Colonialism. Soon after Jones had told of the President’s attitude toward an Interior Department attacked as it reported to Old Wo it W declared t “The essence of O! S % wan-the ¢ 10se colonie: zens as occ interior statu stacles the report declared ttee argued that the bill i discriminations against of America inhabited by Amer: izens, in favor of a few mainland es already high privileged by this legislation.” 'OPENING OF BRIDGE FOR TUG STUDIED Possible Remedy to Situation De- laying Motorists Will [ Be Sought. | The inconvenience caused by a little tugboat to thousands of motorists who cross Arlington Memorial and High- way Bridges daily is to be taken up bv the United States Engineer Office, & View to remedying the difficu caused when traffic is blocked on two spans to allow passage of boat. Contrary the to reports that a few extra feet of light pole on the tug Albemarle require the bridges to be opened sev- eral times daily to allow its passage officials of the Engineer Office eaid they believe a solution to the problem would not be so simple as placing a hinge on thé light pole to allow the boat to pass beneath the bridges They said the m r had come to their attention a short time ago, but, if a remedy required material chang- ing of the boat’s structure nothing could be done about it since the Nor- folk Dredging Co.. owner of the tug, could be required to make no change in equipment once it had entered into contract, as has been done in this case. Officials said the matter is to be in- vestigated, and if only minor altera- tions are required on the pole or smokestack they “felt sure” the dredg- ing company would comply with a re- quest for the change. The Albemarle is engaged in hauling barges down river from a dredging project above Memorial Bridge. It passage through the two bridges has inconvenienced motorists for some time, INQUEST DATE DELAYED IN LAUNDRYMAN’S DEATH Date for an inquest in the aeath of Charlie Wee, 36-year-old laundry owner, who was found unconscious vesterday in the rear of his plant, at 5515 Colorado avenue, had not been set today, pending outcome of a coroner’s autopsy The back of his head severely cut and bruised, Wee was found yesterday morning by police on information by two colored women, employes at Wee's laundry, that they saw him on the floor svhen they looked through a rear window after finding the door locked. He died a short time after being taken to Emergency Hospital Police said there was no evidence of a struggle and that both the front and back doors of the building were locked from the inside. A half-filled cup of tea, still warm, was found .n the table under which Wee was lying. Police said the wounds could have been caused by striking his head on 8 tub which was on the floor near the table. England Frets at Heat Wave. LONDON, August 5 (#)—England fretted today over her annual “heat wave.” The mercury had reached into the 80s on four consecutive days. The temperature climbed to 82'4 yesterday, only 1's degrees under 1937's high, and marked the second hottest day of the year. Grumbling Londoners read today that no relief was in sight. /