Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1937, Page 2

A—Z F ¥R REORGANIZING BILL PLANS DROPPED Congress Leaders Say Roosevelt Recognizes Time Is Too Short. BACKGROUND— The original reorganization bill, which would have given the Presi- dent wide powers to revamp the structure of the Federal Govern- ment, met with little favor in either Senate or House. Late Majority Leader Robinson, apparently con- vinced original measure could not De passed, split the proposals into four separate bills. hoping by this device to obtain favorable action on at least same phases of the plan at this session Government for this session. unless a legislative jam develops to keep Congress here | longer than now seems likely This announcement was made today by Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina, chairman of the Joint Committee on reorganization, after a White House visit in company with Chairman Cochran of the House Com- mittee on Reorganization. and Chair- man Warren of the House Accounts Committee. Senator Byrnes said recognized the impossibility of getting a general reorgamzalion program through at this session if Congress ad- heres to its present plans The visit of the three [ollowed ac- tion of the House committee yesterday i “approving a measure that would gwe the President blanket authority 20 consolidate and reorganize executive agencies. with the exception of pral major commussions. and would also set up a new Department of Pub- lic Welfare. This was the second of four major reorganization measures on which the House group has acted The first, which already has passed the House, provides for the addition of =ix members to the presidential eecretariat To Push Two Other Bills. Cochran expects the general re- arganization measure to come up Fri- day or Saturdav, and he said he also expects to put through his two other the President bills—one revamping the General Ac- | ocounting Office. and the other widing for extending civil service, Cochran explained that these bills have privileged status in the House, that it 1l not require a cial rule to handle them, and that | for that reason he expecls passage Senator Byrnes, however, said, “We | do not anticipate doing anything” un- 1ess Congress becomes 5o involved with legislation that the gates are thrown open. and anything and everything tan be taken up. pro- reorganization is dead | sev- | spe- | Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. HISSES HOULD you hear a slightly metallic hiss while walking up the spiral stairway in the new Post Office Building (the stair- way. by the way, can be found easily with the aid of a guide, a team of husky dogs, or a fur-bearing compass) the noise probably comes from some of the snakes curled around the stair On each supporting rod are entwined two snakes with arched heads, facing one another in ceaseless fury. Seemed to us to be a rather curious decoration around the mail chute business, but the Division of Sculpture and Paint- ing of the asury Department, which knows why such things are, explained that the snakes have a symbolic, m ological significance. The messenger god, Mercury, is often shown with winged feet, wear- ing the petasus, or broad-brimmed hat and carrying t caduceus, a winged afl twined with snakes. Since Mer- and bearers of the news, the designers thought a snaky motif quite appro- priate. Just in case any mail carriers £0 charging up the stairway, taking a special d ery letter from a man on the first floor to a man on the third, and wearing the cawhatsis, or short- billed motorman’s cap * ox % ox ORDERS. Feeling his oats a bit in a local tavern the other ecvening, a buck private from Fort Mcade told all who would listen that he'd had a fine time, he had, with an R. O. T. C. officer who'd been drilling the company. Officer didn't know his dr manual. said he, and had to be prompted all the time from the ranks. Finally a prompter ma- neuvered the high command into saying “Halt!" and “Fall out!” then refused to tell him how to get things started up again. “Too bad,” said the soldier boy, “that there was a top sergeant down at the other end of the field. We'd be sieeping yet.” * x x Meanwhile. Speaker Bankhead said today he expects to recognize Rep- resentative Warren to call up the bill favorably reported yesterday by the organization Committee House lLeader Rayburn also an mounced he expected this bill to come up for a vote as privileged legisl tion, probably on Friday. Rayburn’s| statement was made tn reply 0 | question from Representative Taber, | Republican, of New York, the rank- | ing minority member on the Rmr-] ganization Committee. Major Agencies Exempted. In exempting such malor agencies 42 Interstate Commerce, Federal Trade 4 other commissions from its pro- ns, the biil runs e ter to Presi- dent Roosevelt's reorganization pro- | gram, which called for putting these under a cabinet officer, though re- serving to them quasi-legislative and | quasi-judicial functions, Representa- tive Coc would not hazard an epinion as the President's views on this difference from his p! The Missouri Representa aid the General Acco 1g Office bill, on which his committee is would be satisfactory to everybody, be believed. The President’s recom- mendation would do away with the . A. O. as at present constituted and BtEip the office of the power to pre- audit There has been a decided opposi- tlen to this in Congress, which set up | the office 16 vears ago as its agent. Oechran would not go into any de- tails as to this bill or the one on civil | service, The President had recommended | t}at the bi-partisan Civil Service Com- mission be supplanted by a single ad- ministrator, and Representative Cochran said he favors this idea. The Missouri Representative insisted. | however. “we are writing our own| measure.” From this it was taken for granted the General Accounting | Office and civil service bills will hit a | middle ground. because the latter also hat its opponents, who contend the civil service set-up would become po- litical if the three members were re- placed by a single individual. Would Give President Power. The bill approved yesterday by the House Reorganization Commit- tee would give the President the kame gencral powers to reorganize given to President Hoover. but it exempts from such reorganization various regulatory agencies. However, it brings the regulatory agencies and all Government-owned or controlled corporations under strict budgetary | control | The exempted agencies are: The | Interstate Commerce Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Fed- eral Power Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fed- eral Communications Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the National Bituminous Coal Com- mission, the United States Maritime Commission, the Engineer Corps of the ! Army. the General Accounting Office and the United States Tariff Commission In explaining the “sudden action” on the bill Chairman Warren said Reorganization Committee members realized if this legislation was de- layed until Congress reconvenes the bill would probably not reach the President before May or even July. During adjournment he could pro- ceed with his reorganization program and have a number of executive orders awaiting Congress’ approval on its return. Meantime, members of Congress would have a year to study the question. Warren said that tiie proposal by the President’s advisory committee for a consolidated department of public works has been abandoned. ROBINSON PORTRAIT Benator Caraway of Arkansas ves- terday offered a resolution authorizing the Capitol architect to accept a por- trait of the late Senator Robinson of Arkansas and hang it in the south wing of the Senate. working, | | Gurn | tion, & trip down to a nearby beach. His | CALLERS. TOUNG Georgetown matron turned to her apartment the other afiernoon to find that the key would not unlock her front door, because an additional lock. which she never uses had been sprung from the inside. Puzzled. she went around to a side door, found it open and walked in She entered the piace gingerly, glancing about like & cat stalking a mouse that is stalking & piece of cheese. Nobody was there. Nothing had been touched. Nothing, that is, except a blanket on the foot of her downy couch in the bed room. It wes rumpled. She sat down to try to figure out the answer to the mystery. Just then a neighbor upstairs tele- phoned “We had s Lttle fire while you were out,” she said. “and the fire- men went into your place through the window. Nothing to it, how- ever She still can’t get it straight about that blanket and the bed. * oxox % ZYBYSKOS. "OWARD a more descriptive lan- guage, Tommy Tucker MeGurn, the 4-year-old son of Gecrge Mc- of the Veterans' Administra- made this contribution during father was netting crabs from a pier and Tommy saw ‘em all lying sleepily in the bottom of a basket. He de- cided maybe they were dead. Gave the basket a kick, and things began to happen “Daddy.” he shrieked, “I kicked the basket and now theyre all ‘rasslin’ each other.” * ok % % UNLAXED. Miss Cora Saunders, R. N., is re- sponsible for this one, about a col- ored woman who had lived to the age of 104 and was asked by a doc- tor to what she attributed her lon- gevity. “Doctah.” she replied cheerfully, “all my life, I just sets loose.” * x ok % INSCRIPTION. the shing?" customer asked a girl In a Seventh street store who was carrying her broken arm in a bril- liantly lettered silk handkerchief. “Don’t know,” said the girl. “It's inside out, or backward or some- thing.” “Well, go look in a mirror,” the customer suggested. The girl did. In the reflection she saw embroidered: “Happy Landings!!” * koK K THUNDER. HIS department goes into the throes of scientific investigation at all hours, needing only the slight- est provocation. Around noon yester- day a thunderstorm began to rear its head as we were telephoning a col- league in The Star office from an up- town hotel. A burst of thunder crashed out. “Boyoboy,” said we. “Hear that?” “Hear what?” was the answer from downtown. “Thunder. There it goes again.” “I don't hear any—oh, you mean that?” With a watch and a pencil we could have figured how far we were from the office, only we didn't partic- ularly care, Anyhow we thought it was pretty original up until now, when the mail- (man walks in with a story about a | fellow who figured how long it took a clap of thunder to travel from downtown to his house. P. 8.—Longer than the Chevy Chase bus. \ ¢ was the special pal of messengers | re- | “VWHAT does that writing say on | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON RAIL UNIONS ASKED 10 WAGE PARLEY Leaders of Big Five to Dis- cuss Demands for 20 Pct, Raise for 300,000 Men. BACKGROUND— Last month was conducted a Na- tion-wide poll of more than 300,- 000 members of the Big Five rail- road brotherhoods on authorization to call a strike if thewr demands, adopted 1 January conference, for a 20 per cent pay raise were re- Jected. Over 96 per cent of the men voted to strike if the increases were re- Jused. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 11.—Leaders of the big five railroad brotherhoods, representing more than 300,000 operat- ing workers, were called into session today with a conference committee of the Nation's railroads to discuss demands for a 20 per cent wage in- crease Into the conference room the uUnion leaders carried an authorization from 96 per cent of the workers—-locomotive firemen and enginemen, conductors, engineers, trainmen and switchmen— to call & strike if their demands were | rejected | The wage proposals were prepared here last January by the wrother- hoods after a nine-day conference, | and the railroads were formally noti- | fied in March. On August ¢, David | B. Robertson, president of the Broth- | erhood of Locomotive Firemen and | | Enginemen, announced members of | | the five brotherhoods had voted to strike if necessary, Alvanley V. Johnston of Cleveland, | | grand chief engineer of the Brother- hood of Locomotive Engineers, pr dicted a settlement “of some kind" | would be reached at the conference | Heading the carriers’ Conference | | Committee was H. A. Enochs, chief | of personnel of the Pennsylvania | Railroad The commitlee negotiated wage de- | mands with the 14 non-operating i railroad unions several months Last week the National Mediation Board announced the non-operating workers had accepted an increase of an hour. The original de- nd was for 20 cents | Railroad officials estimated a 20| | per cent pay hike for operating work- { ers would boost the annual pay roll | |of the Nation's major railroads i $106,000,000 on the basis of 1936 fig- | ures. ECUADOR ELECTS | Vote of Assembly to Be Followed by General Election Later. By the Associated Press, | QUITO Ecuador, August 11.—Fed- | erico Paez, military dictator of Ecuador | since September, 1935, was elected | | provisional constitutional President | | yesterday by the National Assembly | The vote was unanimous, except for jone legislator who failed to cast a | ballot. { Earlier in the day. Paez had sub-| | mitted his resignation as head of the | | Rovernment at a special session of | the Assembly A constitutional convention submit & constitution to the people | later and a general election will then | be held to elect a regular President Paez issued a decree naming as| ministers of the state the same ones | | Who had served before. He also or-| dered the continuance in office of all | government employes. After prolonged discussion, the As- | sembly issued an accord conceding freedom of the press and declaring | ineffective sanctions imposed on vari- | ous newspapers and other publications. | It also conceded a general amnesty | to all Ecuadorians who for political reasons had been “detained, confined, exiled or sentenced.” will | After a series of army uprisings | during 1934-35 when two presidents were forced to resign, the army sus- pended the constitution and placed Paez, then minister of public works, in power. et MRS. ROOSEVELT URGES U. S. SENSE OF HUMOR Tells Girl Scouts’ Encampment That Burdens of World Fall Lightly on America. By the Associated Press. BRIARCLIFF, N. Y., August 11.— Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt told the first international encampment of Girl Scouts in this country yesterday that America “owes it to the world to keep its sense of humor.” Addressing the gathering of 100 representative girl guldes and Scouts from every State in the Union and girl guides from 26 nations, the President’s wife said “the reason we haven't gone far in our quest of peaceful relations with each other is because we haven't brought the question down to personal responsi- bility.” She said the President himself was good-humored and that all Amer- icans should be that way because “we are not so heavily burdened as other nations.” She and Mrs. Herbert L. Lehman, wife of the New York Governor, toured the encampment. Mrs. Benja- min Harrison, widow of another Presi- dent and honorary vice president of the Girls Scouts, was present. BIRTH CONTROL RIDER TO HOUSING BILL ASKED BY the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, August 11.—Council- man George E. Evans, advocate of low-rent housing—but with more than four rooms—suggested yesterday a birth control rider to the Wagner housing bill. He sent this suggestion to the special House Committee considering the Senate's amendments to the bill. “Inasmuch as the Senate has lim- ited the cost of low-rent housing units to $4,000 each, which would necessitate comstruction of three and four room houses in Pittsburgh, I suggest you attach a birth control rider limiting the number of children in those families who are to occupy the proposed homes.” Evans favors a $6.000 limit for | Leader Bar PAEZ AS PRESIDENT FARM LOAN MAY BRING FALL TERM White House Comment In- terpreted to Mean Roose- velt May Act. BULLETIN, A Senate Agriculture Subcommit- tee recommended today a bill pro- viding for price-pegging loans on five major crops, including cotton. Chairman Smith said the full com- mittee would consider the measure later in the day. By the Assoclated Press Congressmen interpreted today White House comment on farm loans As meaning President Roosevelt may call them back into session this Fall Mr. Roosevelt reiterated at a press conference yesterday that he had not yet received sufficient guarantee of adequate crop control legislation to warrant authorization of Federal loans on cotton or other crops selling too low He indicated there will be no loan program unless such legislation is passed by January, when the next regular session of Congress begin: Because both House and S Agriculture Committees have te post- Poned action on crop control legislation | until next year. some members called the President's statement a hint of a special session. Demands for loans arose smong | cotton-State Congressmen after the Agriculture Committee laid aside the legislation. Resolution Is Approved. Representative Cannon, Democrat of Missouri expressed the belief that | if Congress would adopt a r ution assuring action on a farm bill next January, the President will authorize Joans from funds now available Such a resolution was approved by House Democratic Steering Commit- | tee yesterdav. A similar one is pend- | ing in the Senate Meanwhile, the Senate authorized its Agriculture Committee to hold | hearings during the coming recess and report a farm bill within one week after reconvening, whether in special or regular “I%- 15 session assumed,” said kley, “that the ecutive will be in touch with the| committee and its progress. 1f the | committee has legislation ready earlier | than next January. then in his judg- | | | Majority | Chief Ex- | ment he could decide whether it was advisable to call a Hearings on McAdoo Bill. The Senate Committee began hear- | ings today on a bill by Senator Mc- | Adoo. Democrat. of California, de- | signed to guarantee the farmer cost of production on crops consumed the United States Former Senator Smith W. Broo art of Towa told a 1bcommittee in charge of the hearing that the cost- of-production measure could not be passed at this session if disputed crop- control legislation were put aside Chairman Jones called the House Agriculture Committee into closed ses- sion at the same time to discuss the situation. He said, however, he did not expect the committee to change | iis plans. Committee members declared they did not believe it possible for Congress | 1o agree at this time on provisions of | a farm bill. Several measures are special session | pending One bill would provide compulsory production control by means of a mar- | keting quota svstem and heavy per alty taxes. Another would grant sub- | sidies to farmers curtailing production {SHIP CONCERN TO ASK LABOR BOARD RESTRAINT | Plans to Seek Injunction Against Hearing on Alleged Unfair Practices. By the Associated Press. The Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. plans to ask Justice But- ler of the Supreme Court tomorrow to | enjoin the National Labor Relations Board from holding a hearing to de- termine whether the concern engaged in “unfair” labor practices. In papers filed with the Supreme Court the company said it will seek & temporary injunction pending a final Supreme Court decision on its suit for a permanent restraining order. This suit'is coming up to the Su- preme Court from the Federal District Court for Eastern Virginia and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Both lower courts dismissed the company’s petition for a permanent injunction against the hearing. now set for August 19 at Newport News. Attorneys of the company will con- fer with Butler here at 10 a.m. tomor- row. The N. L. R. B. has been noti- fied and will oppose the temporary stay. D. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11 1937 Hamilton Meets Republican Women District of Columbia Ebert West Virginia; Mrs Peari Wates, Alabama; chusetts; Mrs. Northrop, Vermont, and Mrs. Standing Mrs COURT BILL GOFS 10 WHITE HOUSE _House Ends Long Battle by Approving Conference Re- port After Debate. BACKGROUND After more than controversy velt's siT months of President Roose- court reform program, ad- ministration leaders in Congress abandoned the fight to add sir ad- ditional rustices to the Supreme Court following the death of Senate Majority Leader Robinson. Re- vised court bill, stripped of all 1ts major features. was rushed through the Senate without record vote Sat- urday. over By the Associated Press The House ended this session’s bit- ter court controversy today by ap- | proving the lower court procedure biil and sending it to the White House The legislation was embodied in & conference report which the Senate had accepted yesterday without a word of debate Deleted from the measuic Were President Roosevelt's recommenda- tions relating to the Supreme Court— the cause of & bitter Senate fight Chairman Sumners of the Judiciary | Commitiee presented the conference | | 1eport and made a brief statement explaining the measure. A quorum call, insisted Representative Fish, | New York. brought | members to the fioor Twice during a reading of the report and twice during Sumner's statement Speaker Bankhead stopped proceed- | ings to rap for order. He told mem- | bers there was too much “confusion and talking” on the fioor “I believe this legislation will be | welcomed and supported by the courts of the country.” Sumners said The bill followed closely the agree- ment reached by Senate leaders when the Roosevelt high court proposals were side-tracked. contained four major points 1. Direct. appeal from lower courts to the Supreme Court in cases in- volving the constitutionality of acts of | Congress | 2 Intervention by the Am»mcv\ | General in lower court cases involving | constitutionality of acts of Congress 3. Three-judge lower courts to it | in suits for injunctions to block en- | forcement of acts of Congress 4. Transfer of judges, within ju- dicial circuits, to meet congestion That the issue is not permanently settled was demonstrated, however, by the appointment of & Senate commit- tee to study the more controversial problems raised by the original Roose- | velt bill i Chairman Ashurst of the Judiciary | Committee will head the inquiry. He | appointed to serve with him Senators | McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada | Logan. Democrat, of Kentucky; | Dieterich, Democrat, of Illinois; Hatch, Democrat, of New Mexico: Burke, Democrat, of Nebraska, and Austin, | Republican, of Vermont. . upon by Republican, of 387 of the 432 It Pennsylvania;, Chairman Hamilton: . left to right: COLE RESTOR | approval of a precinct 'n to map plans Mrs. John E. Hillman, Colora Mrs Wyoming; Miss Katherine Byr dmonia Lawson land 8 REAR ADMIRAL IRWIN. ATION BILL IS APPROVED Grace B. Reynolds Chris Carlson, Minnesota; Mrs. Edna B. Conklin, New Jersey Katharine Kennedy Brown, Ohio; Doris K. Reynolds, John Hamilton, chairman of the Republican National Committee, is shown as he met here today with Republican national committeewom . group here, left to right, are Mrs. for the 1938 elections. In the 1660 WONEN NEET FANITON National Officers Seek In- tensive Campaign for 1938. Sixteen Republican national coma mitteewomen met here today n Chairman Johr M. Hamilton to | plans for an aggressive campaign in the 1938 congressional elections The principal business before the which ws t behind closed of & paid di- of women's activities within the party. It was expected the select will be made by Hamilton. but he wiil be g 10 & large extent by the wishe the committeewomer The principal candidates | post were understood to be My t Lincoln Hoyal Douglas. Ariz, Lo the man of i - National Committee during campaigr: Mrs. Grace B. Cambridge City, Ind . for= °Ctor of women's activities in Western division, and Mrs. Helen | Griffin of Chicago. who took an act the Knox campaign lided for the Rob- of publicar [ Intensive Work Sought Robert Lincoln Hoyal of Arizona, Mrs. Worthington Scranton, ! do; Mrs. Virginia White Spe Mrs. Cara L. Mrs. Indiana Mrs. Margaret A. Green Massa- ne, Connecticut, Miss Consuelo A. P. Photo. ADMR. N E. IRWIN DIESINCALIFORNIA Directed U. S. Naval Avia- tion Program During World War. Rear Admiral Noble Edward Irwin Uus N ed, 67 was first di of naval aviation ng the World War night of a heart tt t Warner Springs, near ret who Calif tion director in Washington ral Irwin's job to increase assigned to aviation from a 7.409 to provide trained machine gunners, observers and -time duty. Won Decorations, Irwin was awarded the v Cross with the citation “for ex- ritorious service in a ¥ as director in connection wit opera- al air ser for war He was also awarded the Legion of duty of great of naval avia the developr ion tion of purposes rank of Honor of House D. C. Committee Acts on Measure to Reinstate Dismissed Policeman. Amos B. Cole. 59, who was dismissed from the police force several years ago because he took about £16 worth of unclaimed clothing and silverware seized by the police, to aid & woman organization make a success of a rum- sale, today partly won his long for reins! ement to du The House District Con recommendation of a spe mittee that made a thorough investi- gation of Cole’s case, favorably ported a bill authorizing the Commis sioners to return him to duty Cole was a member of the third precinct at the time of his dismissal Testimony before the House Commit- tee showed he took the property on | detective and turned it over to the Dewey Chapter of the United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary to be sold at & rummage sale | Police records which the subcom- | mittee studied showed that up to the | time Cole took the property he had | a good record and was considered by | his superiors as an “excellent officer.” These records convinced the sub- committee his punishment wes too severe. The committee. however, also on| recommendation of the investigating | ommittee, rejected & bill author- ing the Commissioners to reinstate James F. Day, another former police- man who was discharged The subcommittee still has under consideration bills authorizing the | restoration to duty of two other dis- | missed policemen—David R. Thomp- | son and Ralph S. Warner. It will moet | again tomorrow at 10 am. to deter- | mine the fate of these measures. mitice, on beom- re- never seen one alive. Rare Gnome Rats Thrill é('ielltist Dr. Vernon Bailey, former chief field naturalist of the Biological Surv I he looked on these tiny gnome rats, North America’s rarest animal, at the Zoo. Dr. Bailey iden- tified the animals 40 years ago from a dead specimen, but until he went to the Zoo here he had The Zoo recently received seven of the rare little creatures. Y, was thrilled when —Star Staff Photo. rarest animal has just seen his first living specimen after more than 40 years. He is Dr. Vernon Bailey, former chief field naturalist of the Biological Survey. The animal is the dwarf kangaroo rat, or gnome rat, of the Western des- ert. Seven of these little creatures have just been sent to the Zoo by Philip Dr. Bailey described the gnome rat originally from a dead specimen caught in & trap. For many years thereafter, neither he nor anybody else ever actually saw one alive. As soon as the present shipment was received the discoverer was at once invited by Dr. Ernest P. Walker, assiatant super- intendent of the Zoo, to have the first communities where building costs are high. look st the animals. The gnome rat is a close relative of i Blossom of the University of Michigan. | The discoverer of North America’s | the fairly common kangaroo rat of the | ert. This shrub bears pods, each of West. It lives only in a very limited area in Southern Idaho and Nevada, which is covered with wind-blown sand of a certain texture. In this sand the rat burrows at the feet of rare bushes. So fine is its adaptation to this peculiar environment—where hardly any other mammal can live, 0 that it is fairly free from enemies— that it cannot exist in a region where | the sand is a trifle coarser or finer. Its feet and toes are heavily furred. In other words, says Walker, it ap- parently wears “sandshoes” to keep it from sinking into the drifts of fine sand. These are much the same prin- ciple as snowshoes. Another peculiarity is that, living in a waterless desert, it “carries water bottles” around with it. About the only food is the seed of & tiny shrub that is scattered over this queer des- \ which contains a droplet of water. The gnome rat has found this out, gathers the pods and carries them around in its cheek pouch and even stores them for the Winter so that it will have water when needed. Because of the scarcity of food and the hard living conditions, there are very few of these animals at the moat. Every now and then they are almost completely wiped out by starvation. They are strictly nocturnal in their habits, remaining crouched in their burrows during the day. That is| why Dr. Bailey never could get a glimpse of a living specimen. The seven received at the Zco, Walker says, appear to be quite tame and friendly and will allow themselves to be handled. Whether they can survive in the moist atmosphers of ‘Washington remains to be seen. v 9. 1869. Admiral Irwin was ap- d to the Naval Acade he served on the Navy General ington and rem ed a member until his appointment as di- rector. Following manded the U. S. S. Oklahoma and served &5 commandant of the Ports- mouth, N. H., Navy Yard In 1923 he commanded the fifteenth naval district and naval operating base, Canal Zone Promoted in 1924, He was promoted to the admiral in 1924 and in 19 command of Destroyer 28 he was sent as K of rear was given the war he com- | Squadrons. Many of the women expressed the that the Republicans should set ip 2 much more comprehensive orgar ization for th campaign commi every some of in in carry on the block and small town tees city he country to work ton @& number of former supporters have turned against President, but that many of have refrained from joining with the Repu The said these form ng to see what Republicans have to offer and whether they caa propose sounder means of accomplish- ing some of the New Deal's objecties. Others Present. Others attending the meeting i cluded Mrs. Pe s of Alabama n Colorad of Connecticut, of Maryl er Massa- € committee woman told Hamil- thel them | forces womein s are of Lawson Speel of the Didr DENHARDT PREDICTS NO MURDER RETRIAL Brigadier General, Directing Mock Warfare, Denies Evi- dence Sufficient. By (he Ascaciated Press. FORT KNOX. Kv head gleam as he directed the e 38th Division in to predict his ®e of murdering his flancee. Verna Garr Ta 40~ vear-old widow, would not be held as The general resumed command of his brigade after a suspension order, | issued following his arrest on the | murder charge, was don't think heyll (Henry 1 hold another trial They don't have he general said as aval Mis- | r n that ca- Di ceived the the Philippine Campaign Mexican Campaign Medal China Relief Expedition was decorated by the Ecuadorian gov- ernment with the insignia and diploma Estrella de Abdon Calderon, first class He was retired on October 1, 1933, His wife. who formerly was Miss Elma Natalie Norris of Washington, died February 27, 1934 Admiral Irwin is survived by a daughter, Mrs. C. A Lockwood, jr, wife of Comdr Lock- wood Funeral services will be held Priday in San Diego. PRINTERS NAME LONG District Man EOrP}PK‘T!(i Head of Craftsmen’s Group. CLEVELAND. 11 Spa August (»)— Charles R. Long, Washington, was re- | elected president of the International Association of Printing House Crafts- men today, and Boston was chosen for the 1938 convention Other officers: John M. Callahan, Cincinnati, first vice president; Dewitt I vice A. Anderson. Chicago. second president; Frank McCaffrer, Seattle, third vice president; L. N. Augustine, Baltimore, secretary; A. V. Fitzgerald, Milwaukee, treasurer. MEETING CONSIDERED Arrangements for a mass meeting for the four “Scottsboro boys.” who were set free July 24 after their Ala- bama trial, will be considered in an open conference at 5 pm. today at the Twelfth street branch of the Y.M. C. A The conference is under sponsor- ship of the local Scottsboro Defense Committee, of which Mrs Virginia McGuire is chairman Individuals and interested organizations will at- tend. Congress in Brief TODAY. Court bill—House completes con- gressional action. Sugar quotas—Senate may debate modified bill Wages and hours—House Rules Com- mittee votes on giving bill priority on floor. Government reorganization—Senate Committee continues hearings: House Committee approved bill yesterday. Farm legislation—Comment by Presi- dent Roosevelt interpreted as hint of special Fall session. TOMORROW. Senate: Probably will be considering sugar legislation. House: Program uncertain; may consider housing bill Committee on Invahd Pensions be- gins hearings on several pension bills, 10 am. ' ended o on “The Commonwealth is preparing retry the case and will insist it,” he said “The trial will either go to an- other county on a change of venue or we will bring in a jury from another county. I doubt whether a jury can be obtained in Henry County,” he added. CORD’S MAIL ACTIVITIES MAY BE PROBED BY U. S. Assistant Federal Prosecutor at Chicago to Confer With Postal Inspector on Charges. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, August 11.—Assista United States District Attorney Wa ren Canaday said yesterday he would confer with Postal Inspector Robert Lewis concerning investigation of charges made Saturday in a Securities and Exchange Commission complaint against Errett L. Cord and Morris Markin The S. E. C. complaint. contend Cord and Markin manipulated ma kets to benefit stocks they held, re- sulted in issuance by Federal Judge Charles E. Woodward of a permarnent injunction against market activi by Cord, who quit as head of Cord Corp, and Markin, president of | Checker Cab Manufacturing Co. | Canaday said he and Lewis would confer on contentions in the com- plaint that Cord and Markin had used the mails in their transactions. The conference was scheduled for today. | Cord and Markin consented Satur- day to issuance of the injunction, but denied they had manipulated the market. e QUINTS SECLUDED Other Dionne Children Seen by Disappointed Tourists. CALLANDER, Ontario, August 11 (Canadian Press).—The Dionne quin- tuplets’ older brothers and sisters stepped out of the background and into the spotlight today—at least for a time Because the quintuplets, suffering mild colds, were kept in seclusion, tourists who came to see them crossed the road and watched Daniel, Rose, Ernest, Therese and Pauline play about their father's souvenir stand Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe. quintuplet physician, said the girls are “showing progress toward recovery,” and added that at least four of them will be on view to tourists by Friday. Love at First Sight—Always. “Whoever loved that loved not at first aight” 18 a line from Christopher Marlowe's poem “Hero and Leander.” b