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WEATHER. (U S Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness and somewhat warmer tonight; tomorrow cloudy, prob=- ably showers by night. Temperatures to- day—Highest, 70, at 2 p.m.; lowest, 47, at 6:15. Fuli report on page A-21. Closing New York Markets, Page 20 8th YEAR. No. 34,120. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. CHIVA COMMUNIT FORCE OF 20000 SPEEDS 10 BATILE Kiangsi Army Hastens to Stem Relentless March of Japanese. SOVIET CHIEF REPORTED AIDING NANKING TROOPS Marshal Galents-Bluecher Said to Be Advising—Shanghai Big Push at Standstill. BACKGROUND— Reports of Russian co-operation with China in defense against Japan's invasion followed signing Russo-Chinese nontaggression pact. Marshal Bluecher reported to have discussed Russian reinforcements with war materials in conference with Chinese leaders at Urga, Out- er Mongolia, several weeks ago. Japanese attack has erased contro- versy between Nanking govern- ment and Communist Armies op- erating in northwest. Communists have directed forces against, Jap- anese forces in North China. E) the Associated Press. SHANGHAI September 30.—Two| hundred thousand more Chinese Com- munists were ordered to the North China front today to stem the re- lentless advance of the Japanese Army, as Chinese outside Shanghai continued to hold their positions and ghowed no signs of weakening Communist forces in Kiangsi Prov- ince were mustered to join Nation-| alist troops, their old enemies, the Japanese advanced through E: ern Hopeh almost to the border Shantung Province, which has felt only light, requent attacks from | armies from the Land of the Rising | Sun { With their offensive in Central and North China being pushed vigorous Japanese sources declared their in- formation indicated Marshal Vassily Galents-Bluecher, commander in chief of Soviet Russia’s Siberian forces, was advising the Chinese armies. The Japanese “big push” against the Chinese defense lines northwest | of Shanghai was fought to a stand- still. Japanese hurled every weapon they could muster against the strong- ly-fortified Chinese positions, but | were unable to smash through. | At midday, after more than 24 hours | of desperate fighting, a Japanese spokesman admitted only minor gains had been made. Domei Reports Bluecher Activity. The Domei (Japanese) News Agency reported from Nanking that Marshal Galents-Bluecher was directing the | Chinese resistance by telephone from his Siberian headquarters. 1 Twice daily, the Domei dispatch | #aid, the Russian marshal was in | communication with E. D. Lepin, mili- | tary attache*of the Soviet Embassy | in Nanking, receiving the fullest re- | ports and advising on troop opera- | tions. The dispatch declared that the road ecross the western province of Sin- kiang was choked with trucks bring- ing munitions and other military sup- | lies into China from Soviet Siberia. | Across Sinkiang, ,the Soviet Am-| bassador, Dmitri Bogomoloff, raced eboard a special plane to Moscow | for a conference that observers said | would have a vital bearing on Rus- | sia's future course in the, undeclared | Bino-Japanese war. Bogomoloff was expected to arrive in Moscow today. Japanese Near Shamtung. Japanese reported that their ad- vance in North China had carried them through Eastern Hopeh Prov- ince to within 15 miles of the border of Shantung Province. The Japanese assaulted the Chinese Bhanghai lines on a 25-mile front to- day all the way from the Chapei sec- tor just north of the Internaticinal Settlement to Liuhong and Lotier Chinese asserted that their lines had not budged a foot under the trerien- dous pressure. The Japanese claimed to have pushed back the Chinese line only slightly in Chapei and at the north- western flank around Lotien and Liuhong. While Japanese warplanes were bombing the entire Shanghai front | all the way from the North Station to | Liuho, similar raids were in progress | on Chinese troop concentrations at | the secondary positions on the Nan- riang-Kiating line. Chinese airdromes # Soochow, Ningpo, Hangchow and Chinhai on a radius roughly 100 miles from Shang- hai were also bombed, a Japanese spokesman announced. | of Visits Tokio Foreign Office. TOKIO, September 30 (#).—The Boviet Ambassador to Japan, Mik- | hail M. Slavutsky. called today On; Kensuke Horinouchi, vice minister of | foreign affairs. After the 30-minute call, Horinouchi said they talked only of routine matters. Chinese Dead Fill Trenches. PEIPING, September 30 (#).—Jap- anese authorifies said today that trenches at Juyuehkou, Shansi Prov- ince, were filled with Chinese dead when Japanese forces moved into the area after a fierce 48-hour battle. The Chinese apparently had been machine gunned and bombed to death by Japa- nese raiding planes. China’s Viewpoint Mme. Chiang Kai-shek, wife of the Chinese generalissimo, will write a series of articles con- cerning the present undeclared war in China. Mme. Chiang, American-educated, has been personally credited with the de- velopment of China's air force which she actively directs. The first article of the series will appear today on page A-2. Others will appear from time to time. (League Subcommittee Said | on the Spanish civil conflict said this Hull Will Visit Canada on Bid Of Tweedsmuir Repays TripsHere by Governor General and Premier. By the Associated Press. Secretary Hull announced today he has accepted an invitation to visit the Governor General of Canada from Oc- tober 20 to 22. During that time, the Secretary said, he will return the visits made early this year to this country of both Lord Tweedsmuir, the governor general, and Prime Minister W. L. MacKenzie- King. The Secretary emphasized that this trip to Canada will be solely one of courtesy and that he does not intend to discuss official matters with the Ca- nadian officials. He will deliver an address at the University of Toronto October 22. It will mark the first time Hull has visited Canada in either official or personal capacity. The Secretary of State will be ac- | companied by Mrs. Hull, ULTIMATUM FACES L DUCE ON RECALL OF ARMY IN SPAIN to Have Decided on With- drawal Demand. BACKGROUND— Italy has continued to deliver re- inforcements of men and war ma- terials jor forces of Gen. Francisco Franco in Spain in spite of non- intervention agreement reached last Spring. England and France ended non-intervention sea patrol to create anti-piracy patrol as result of Nyon Conference. Repeated French threats made to open fron- tier to arms and ammunition for Spanish Loyalists unless Italy withdraws her troops from the Spanish peninsula. By the Associated Press GENEVA, September 30.—A League of Nations subcommittee was under- | stood today to have reached a fateful decision to present Premier Mussolini with the alternative of withdrawing his Italian volunteers from the Span- ish civil war or seeing the French frontier thrown open to arms and men for the Spanish Valencia govern- ment. A delegate who left the session of the committee drafting a resolution agreement had been reached after a heated 3-hour argument. Aggression Charge Ignored. He reported that the draft resolu- tion does not refer to the “foreign aggression” which Spain had charged | against Italy, but rather to “foreign intervention.” ? The resolution was said to declare if | the withdrawal of foreign combatants | is not made effective within one| month’s time, the signatories of the non-intervention agreement are “in- vited to envisage” a return to a policy based on interrational law. This was interpreted by the commit- tee members to mean complete aban- donment of the entire non-interven- tion policy, enabling the Spanish gov- ernment to obtain war materials wherever it wished. The French were reported to have given the Spanish delegation assur- ances that the frontier would be opened in the event volunteers were not withdrawn. Challenge Duce on Offer. LONDON, September 30 (#).—The determined Anglo-French move to end intervention in Spain’s civil war chal- lenged Premier Mussolini today w, prove he meant what he said in his | loud peace offers during his visit to Chancellor Hitler. The Italian premier was expected by certain diplomatic quarters to counter the invitation to tri-power talks aimed at withdrawal of Italy's legions from Spain with a blunt re- quest that both ends of the Rome- ch | involved was in the public interes WASHINGTON, D. NGHT OF COURTS TORBVENS E . RULING IS UPHELD Appeals Tribunal Declares Disclosures Have Status of Property Assets. IRREPARABLE INJURY FEARED IF RELEASED Commission Believed Wyong in Thinking It Might Refuse Requests for Hearings. | BACKGROUND— | Securities and exchange act was legislative translation of adminis- tration hopes of shedding light of honesty and lay understanding about securities offered to public and circumstances of their trad- ing ajter being offered. Resisted at first by Wall Street and criticized by corporations because of its re- quirements, the law and its ad- ministration agency still have kept themselves surprisingly free of damaging litigation BY WILLIAM S. TARVER. The right of disgruntled corpora- tions to invoke the jurisdiction of Federal Circuit Court of Appeal to prevent disclosure by the Securities and Exchange Commission of in- formation concerning their corporate set-up was affirmed today by the | United States Court of Appeals here. | In an opinion written by Associate | Justice D. Lawrence Groner, the court | heid that disclosure of such informa- | tion might result in irreparable injury and was a property right which should not be taken away without an op- portunity for judicial review. The opinion discussed only the right of the courts to review such orders by the S, E. C. and did not | go into the merits of the three cases with which it was concerned. These | were brought by the Bulova Watch Co., Inc.; the American Sumatra To- bacco Corp. and the International | Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd. | The three corporations had filed | with the commission in April and May, 1935, applications for registra- tion of certain of their securities on | registered stock exchanges. | Persuant to a section of the securi- ties exchange act of 1934, the con- cerns also filed written objections to public disclosure of certain informa- | tion required by the commission. The tobacco corporation objected to publication of its gross sales, cost of goods sold and inventory position. The nickel company protested against disclosure of information concerning remuneration of officers and employes, profit-and-loss statement and certain portions of its expenses for mainte- nance and repair, depreciation, taxes, rents and royalties. In the case of | the Bulova Watch Co. objection was | made to the disclosure of gross sales, “mark-up” and cost of goods sold. | Denial Orders Entered. | In each instance the commission held hearings, took evidence and found that disclosure of information < Orders denying each application for | confidential treatment were entered. From these the three corporations ap- pealed to the Court of Appeals in a manner provided by the securities exchange act. The commission, however, asked the court to dismiss the appeals, contend- ing that such orders were not re- viewable within-the meaning of the statute. Ponting out that the statute does not require it to hold hearings concerning objections to such disclos- ures, the commission took the position (See S. E. C., Page A-18) NATS LEADING BOSOX, "3-0, IN SIXTH INNING Timely hitting off the slants of Archie McKain gave the Nationals a 3-t0-0 lead over the Boston Red Sox in the sixth inning of the opening game of today's double-header at Griffith Stadium. Singles by Lewis and Wasdell and a mighty triple by Travis gave the Griffs two runs in the first inning. Their other tally came in the sixth, with a double by Simmons and Mc: Kain's wild throw to first base figur- Berlin axis be represented. ing. Summary of Page. | D-10-11 | Radio --C-14 | Serial Story .. D-4 Page Comics ..c-12| Drama Editorials _..A-14 | Society B-3 | Finance ... A-19 | Sports ____C-9-12 Lost & Found D-4| Woman's Pg. C-16 Obituary ... A-16 | WAR IN FAR EAST. Chinese Communist force of 200,000 speeds to battle. Page A-1 Hull disappointed by reply of Japan to protest. Page A-1 Nanking bombing upheld in Japan's reply to U. S. Page Al4 FOREIGN. Lezgue ultimatum to Duce on Spaln reported. - Page A-1 Schacht remaining in office, speech indicates. Page A-2 Bonnet proposes sharp increase in French arms spending. Page A-2 Hitler-Mussolini front marked by many gaps. Page A-5 Six peaks captured by rebels on road to Gijon. Page A-5 NATIONAL. Martin, U. A. W. head, answers kicks with revolver in hand. Page A-1 Gourt jurisdiction over S. E. C. upheld by appeals tribunal. Page A-1 U. S. labor aid is sought in boycott of Japan. Page A-1 Bar Association sidetracks resolution to probe Black. .Page A-1 Black resting et home of sister-in-law, near Alexandria. Page A-1 Roosevelt goes across Sound to British Today's Star WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Clothing analyzed in disappearance of D. C. man. Page A-1 Bandits obtain $700 in four hold- ups. Page A-3 Bishop Freeman silent on proposal to elevate him. Page A-7 Catholic women close convention after elections. Page A-7 Daredevil flyers to aid school lunch drive. Page B-1 Commissioners adopt regulation on estate dispositions. Page B-1 Palmisano opposes non-resident. pupil ban. Page B-1 Greenbelt residents begin moving in. Page B-1 Six leading scientists named to cancer council, Page B-1 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page A-14 This and That. Page A-14 Answers to Questions. Page A-14 Stars, Men and Atoms. Page A-14 David Lawrence. Page A-15 H. R. Baukhage. Page A-15 Mark Sullivan, Page A-15 Jay Franklin, Page A-15 Delia Pynchon, Page A-15 MISCELLANY. Shipping News. Traffic_Convictions. After Dark. Vital Statistics. City News in Brief, Nature’s Children. Cross-Word Puzzle. Bedtime, Stories. Page A-21 Page A-21 Page B-16 Page C-6 Page C-18 Page D-10 Page D-10 Page D-10 Letter-Out. Page D-11 Columbia. Page A-18 Winning Contrast. P‘xe D-11 WITH suxnn MORNING EDITION C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, WAS SOMETHING ELSE! —_— MR. BLACK iS i}ACK! ¢ Foening Star 1937—SEVENTY-SIX PAGES. #i&% MARTIN ANSWERS CALLERS WITH GUN U. A. W. Head Puts Weapon | Away When He Recog- nizes Union Group. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, September 30.—Homer Martin, president of the United Auto- mobile Workers, besieged in his hotel by rank and file members of the union, poked a revolver out of the door of his suite today when five of the group pounded and kicked against the door. He immediately put the gun away when he saw the U. A. W. caps and shop stewards' badges displayed by his visitors. He explained that “I didn't know who was at the door,” and added that the group had interrupted a confer- ence he was having with Ford Motor Co. representatives. The “rank and file” workers set up a watch at entrances to the hotel this morning, apparently to lodge a pro- test against recent dismissals by Mar- tin of union organizers active in last Winter’s strikes. Four men and a woman, declining to identify themselves, went to Mar- tin’s suite after an international ex- ecutive board member had informed them Martin had left the hotel. Promises Interview Later. After the revolver episode Martin | told them, “I'll see you at the first opportunity but I can't see you now,” and closed the door on them. Members of the group said later they had been hasty in kicking at the door of the suite. Martin said of the incident, “I have been threatened before and when somebody knocked on the door I thought it might be some one trying | to get me.” He termed the “siege” of his hotel “an action by a lot of irresponsible individuals,” and said that “no bona fide delegation of auto workers ever failed to get an opportunity to see me and discuss the problems of the or- ganization.” Determined to See Martin. ‘The besiegers, from Flint, Pontiac and Detroit, guarded every exit from the hotel and announced that Martin would hear their protests before he left the building. Martin appeared in the lobby during the morning. Some of the members cornered him but he told them he would see them later and retired to his quarters. Later, Richard T. Franken- steen, assistant president of the U. A. W., went to Martin’s suite. One of the besiegers said that “we want to talk to Martin about a lot of things but we don't think it is a good idea to make them public.” Avoids Headquarters. It was from his hotel suite that Mar- tin announced the sweeping changes in the international union’s general staff yesterday. He remained away from the union headquarters in a nearby office building. Additions to yesterday's list of ad- ministrative changes, which included dismissal of 10 organizers and assign- ment of regional and district directors, were announced today. Walter N. Wells, union vice presi- dent, will leave Monday for the West Coast_to take over the position of di- rector of all aviation industry locals. He said the industry employs 75,000 persons and that a third of them are U. A. W. members. Paying Too Many Salaries. Informed sources sald Martin has contended that the international union was paying the salaries and expenses of too many of the organ- izers. The same informants said many of those dismissed likely would find places on the pay rolls of local unions, ¥ Those dismissed were Victor Reu- ther, one of the leaders in the Gen- eral Motors strike at Flint, Mich,, last Winter; Robert Kanter, Stanley Novak, Melvin Bishop and William Tonn of Detroit, R. D.. Richter of Saginaw, Charles Rigby of Ohio, Frank Bartee of South Bend, Ind.; Frank McMillan of Kansas City, Eu- gene Stauder of Anderson, Ind., and Frank Schutz of Indiana. Martin announced he had promoted Loren Houser to, be organizational director for Detroit. Elmer Dowell was made director of all General Motors locals in the Nation. R. J. Thomas, international vice president, already has been appointed director of all Chrysler locals, and Richard T. Frankensteen, director of the organ- {zation program among Ford Motor Co. employes. Missing | | CHARLES LYNCH. | —Harris-Ewing Photo. DG AN VANISHES: FOUL PLAY FEARED /Police Await Chemist’s Re- | port on Analysis of C. A. Lynch’s Stained Clothing. Police today awaited a chemis report on a bundle of stained shirts | | to determine the course of their | | search for Charles Armstrong Lynch, | | 32, believed by his family here to | have met with foul play last week in | | Texarkana, Ark. | Lynch's family received the bundle | through the mails Monday, a few days after police in Texarkana found papers bearing Lynch’s name at a night club where they had been sum- moned to stop a fight. Both com- batants had left when police arrived, it was reported, but later they dis- covered other papers bearing Lynch's name in a car in which he was said to have left the night club. At the suggestion of Lynch's family, police here sent the shirts to the Health Department for analysis on the possibility the stains might have been made by blood. Capt. Ira Keck, as- sistant chief of detectives, said that after examining the clothing he did not think blood caused the marks. A native of Washington, Lynch left here about two years ago for the West, but had returned recently for a visit His brother, Buford Lynch, Washing- ton attorney, said Charles was believed to have left Los Angeles for Washing- ton a few weeks ago. Lynch attended Virginia Milicary Institute and later West Point, where he played foot ball. After graduating from West Point. he was assigned to the Coast Artillery, but resigned to take a position in the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department. He has a second brother here, who is an administrative assistant with the Reconstruction Finance Corp. His mother, Mrs. Blanche Lynch, lives at the Willard. et \CARLIN’S PARK BLAZE CAUSES HEAVY LOSS Two Hurt in Baltimore's Third Largest Fire—Damage Ex- ceeds $300,00C. (Picture on Page A-3.) By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, September 30.—The third largest fire in the history of Baltimore destroyed Carlin’s, the city's biggest amusement park, early today, injuring two firemen and causing more than $300,000 damage. Ten alarms called out 60 pieces of apparatus to battle the spectacular blaze that swept seven structures in the first hour. Tre fire alarm bureau said more alarms had been sounded only twice before—in the great city-wide fire of 1904 and the 5th Regiment Armory blaze a few years ago. Firemen Carl Cramer and Harry Smith were slightly burned. Only one building, the dance hall, in the area covering several city blocks was saved, as a stiff breeze swept 100-foot-high flames from one wooden structure to another. J. J. Carlin, owner of the Carlin's Park Amusement Center, would esti- mate damage only at “well over $250,000.” Carlin said it was not HULL DISAPPOINTED BY JAPAN'S REPLY Unsatisfactory Answer on Aug. 31 to Note of Aug. 17 Also Revealed. BACKGROUND— Written protest submitted by Secretary of State Hull to Japan week ago against ruthless aerial warfare against Nanking following Japanese warning that foreigners remained in the Chinese capital at their own risk in the face of prepa- rations to demolish the city. Earlier oral representations had been disregarded. Text of Japanese Note on Page A-4. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Secretary of State Cordell Hull today diplomaticaily expressed his disap- pointment at the reply he received from the Japanese government an- swering his note of September 22. He also revealed for the first time that the State Department note sent to Tokic on August 17, making Japan responsible for loss of life and prop- erty of American citizens in the Sino- Japanese “war” zone, had been an- swered unsatisfactorily. Asked at @ press conference this afternoon for comment on the note from Foreign Minister Koki Hirota | through Ambassador Joseph Grew, the Secretary of State said that by reading both notes it is not difficult to draw one's own conclusions. Strong Language in Note. The note of September 22, drafted in strong diplomatic language, called to the attention of the Japanese gov- ernment that the Government of this country objected strongly to the bomb- ing of cities like Nanking where the lives of American nationals are being jeopardized, thousands of non-comba- tants killed and non-military estab- | lishments destroyed, regardless of how careful the Japanese flyers may be to avoid such loss. It further “strongly objected” to the creation of a situation in consequence of which American Government agen- cies are confronted with an alternative of either abandoning their establish- ments or being exposed to grave haz- ards, and indicated that the United States Government reserved all rights in respect to damages which might re- sult from Japanese military operations in the Nanking area. The note ended with the expression of an ‘“earnest hope” that further bombing in and around Nanking will be avoided. Hoped Japan Would Yield. The State Department fully hoped that as a result of such a strong Britain and France, would promise to refrain from further air operations. The Japanese government, instead of meeting even half way the requests of the American Government, stated frankly that “the bombing of the military facilities and equipment lo- cated in and around the said city (Nanking) is a necessary and un- avoidable measure for the attain- ment of the military objectives of the Japanese forces.” And to make their adamant posi- tion still clearer the Japanese foreign (See HULL, Page A-2) The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. note the Japanese government, con- | fronted with similar notes from Great | Yesterday’s (Some retus (P) Means Associated BLACK T ON KLA Ickes Brands Hoover Chief || Klan Expert . Secretary Ickes today charged for- mer President Hoover with being the greatest expert in the country on the Ku Klux Klan. He accused New Deal enemies, at a press conference, of drawing the Klan issue across the path of the appointment of Justice Hugo L. Black to the Supreme Court. Asked to comment on the issue, Ickes quickly retorted: “I refer you to former President Herbert Hoover. He is the greatest expert in the country on the Ku Klux Klan.” Recalling the Hoover-Smith presi- dential campaign of 1928, Ickes said: “Did not the Ku Klux Klan support Hoover then? Nobody made any com- ment about the Klan at that time. I seem to remember that Hoover car- ried quite a number of the Southern States. It is the same old red herring that is being drawn across the trail, this time across the trail of the ap- pointment of Justice Black.” The secretary reiterated that Hoover had expected the support of the Klan in his campaign against Alfred E. Smith, the Demacratic nominee, and “nobody criticized him for it."” " he added, “I remember the Klan members put on their nighties | and all voted for Hoover. My reaction | toward this made me vote for Smith.” BAR SIDETRACKS PROBE OF BLACK Resolutions Committee Rec- | ommends Proposal “Be Not Adopted.” BULLETIN. KANSAS CITY, September 30 (#).—The American Bar Associa- tion today definitely killed an in- vestigation of the appointment of Judge Black but, in heated de- bate, directed further study of a proposed condemnation of mem- bership in “secret, oath bound” or- ganizations as incompatible with the position of Supreme Court jus- tice. | | | | 8y the Assoctated Press. KANSAS CITY, September 30.—A | resolution to investigate Justice Black was sidetracked and probably killed in an American Bar Association com- mittee today while Representative Hatton Sumners, Texas, Democrat, | outlined a “battalion of death” to | fight for constitutional government. Sumners, chairman of the House | | Judiciary Committee and powerful | | figure in the recent Supreme Court | battle, clarified to reporters a section | of a speech in which he asked: “Are | you willing to join a battalion of death | to save the Constitution and Gov- | ernment?” | Approaching Crisis. Sumners told newsmen he was not | particularly referring in that sentence | | to the court fight or any other con- | | troversial issue. | “What I am getting at is funda- mentals. I believe that the court controversy—as much as I tried to avoid it—has proven of far more good than injury in stirring up an interest in government and making the people think—getting them on the job. “The time has come when individ- uals cannot consider the cost of them- selves or their political fortunes. We are going to be at the peak of the Circulation, 142,429 rns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. O TALK N OVER Press. AIR TOMORROW L .J ustice Is Expected to Defend His Appointment. PREPARES TO TAKE BENCH ON MONDAY Silent in Meantime While He Is Resting Near Alexandria. BACKGROUND— Resignation last Spring of Justice Van Devanter brought first break in Supreme Court, which President Roosevelt sought to reorganize. When President’s legislation was defeated by rebellious Congress, he named Senator Black, Democrat, of Alabama, to fill vacancy. Black returned to United States from Eu- rope yesterday, leaving charges of Ku Klur Klan membership still unanswered. B3 the Associated Press. Associate Justice Hugo L. Bl President Roosevelt's appointee to Supreme Court, will speak to the tion over the radio tomorrow nigl presumably to reply to allegations t; he is a member of the Kp Klux Kl National Broadcasting Co. offic here announced that Black, who re- turned yesterday from a European vacation, would make his address over Nation-wide radio facilities from 9:30 to 10 p.m. Later it was announced that the address also would be carried over the Columbia Broadcasting System and the Mutual Broadcasting Co. network. On his arrival in Norfolk yesterday the justice told twoscore newsmen that whenever he had any state- ment to make on the Klan charges he would “make it in a way that cannot be misquoted and so the Na- tion can hear it.” Whether Black consulted with the President -before making up his mind to give his side of the case over the air could not be learned, but few observers believed it likely that he had made his decision without presi- dential knowledge of his intentions. Staying Near Alexandria. The newly named jurist and his wife spent last night at the home of Mrs. Black's brother-in-law and sis- ter, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Durr, near Alexandria, Va. This morning Black was up early and left the residence. Friends in- dicated he might visit his office in the Supreme Court Building during the day. There appeared to be no question that the justice would take his seat on the bench Monday when the court resumes after a Summer recess. The announcement that Black would speak over the radio was made by Kenneth H. Berkley, general man- ager of the Washington offices of the broadcasting company after the latter had talked with Durr, an R. F. C. | attorney The place from which the justice will speak has not been decided, Berkley said. It may be the broad- casting studio, his home, a hotel or his office. Silent on Klan Affiliations. On his arrival yesterday, Black | declined to answer a specific ques- | tion as to whether he was or |nad been a member of the Klan. | The charges against him have been, | first, that he joined the Klan several years ago and was elected to the Sen- | ate from Alabama in 1926 with Klan | aid, and second, that he had been governmental crisis in two or three years. We've got to balance the budget, decentralize the Government and make the people shoulder the re- sponsibility of government. “It’s like the psychology of going over the top. I don't think we are going over the precipice, but we are ap- | proaching the crisis,” he concluded. | Resolution Rejected. The so-called Black resolution was | rejected by the Resolutions Committee | because “There is nothing now pending in respect of which the association could take any active action if it un- dertook the inquiry proposed.” ‘The committee merely recommend- | ed “the resolution be not adopted.” Its consideration was set as the last point of business among the dozen resolutions awaiting action. The convention customarily follows committee recommendations. Two Quakes Recorded. | NEW YORK, September 30 (P)— | Fordham University announced today | two slight earthquakes, estimated as oc- | curring only 340 miles from New York, | were recorded on its seismograph i shortly after 3 am. E. S. T. By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, September 30.—City officials moved today to pacify owners of 5000 kosher butcher shops who are threatening to close their doors in a concerted protest over high wholesale meat prices. Officers of the Federation-of Kosher Butchers agreed to confer with Wil- liam Fellowes Morgan, commissioner of markets. but insisted the kosher shops, serving an estimated 2,500,000 Jews in New York and New Jersey, would close indefinitely at 3 p.m. to- morrow. Kosher meat—meaning fit or proper meat—is processed by a centuries-old ritual prescribed by Orthodox Jewish religious laws. The “strike” threat brought into the open, from restaurant owners and family éonsumers alike, expressions of dissatisfaction over recent hikes in meat prices, particularly for all grades covered by insurance. of beef. ‘ Kosher Meat Pealers Threaten To Close 5,000 New Y ork Shops Samuel Jacobi, secretary of the | Kosher Butchers' Federation, denied contentions by wholesale packers that the rises were the result of a meat shortage caused by drought and Gov- ernment reduction programs. Wholesalers, he declared, have driven scores of butchers out of busi- ness by artificially pegging prices to the highest level in 18 years. He said the kosher butchers had called an employes’ sit-down in the hope of forcing a Federal investigation into meat costs here. Widespread closing of the kosher shops would seriously affect the Met- ropolitan meat market. Some 18,000 steers, 35,000 calves, 80,000 lambs and 500,000 chickens are killed weekly for the kosher trade—representing a $2,- | 000,000 turnover. 1 The strike is opposed, however, by the New Deal Kosher Butchers’ Fed- eration—representing 400 retail chain and individual stores—and the Hebrew given a life membership in the organi- | zation. | The Klan issue has figured-in the | argument over Black's appointment | almost ever since President Roosevelt | nominated him August 12. Five days | later, before the Senate confirmed the ;nommatmn. the issue was raised in | debate by Senator Copeland, Demo- crat, of New York | After the new justice and his wife sailed for their European vacation | August 25, the Pittsburgh Post-Ga- zette and other newspapers brought | up the life membership charge. Sen- | ator Copeland demanded that Black resign. The Klan's imperial wizard Hiram W. Evans, said Black “is not now” a Klansman. Until yesterday the slow-speaking | Alabaman, President Roosevelt's first appointee to the court, had declin any public discussion of the contr versy. Suit Pending. | A suit seeking to unseat Black has been filed in the Supreme Court by | Albert Levitt, former Federal judge |in the Virgin Islands. It contends that he voted to increase the “emol- | uments of the office” by supporting a bill giving retired justices full pay and that therefore the Constitution prohibits him from accepting the post. Black appeared in good health and the best of spirits after he landed He and his wife and a party of friends had luncheon in a Richmond ;hulel, and then drove leisurely to Alexandria. Mrs. Durr said the couple would re- main at her home for several weeks while Mrs. Black is house-hunting. The justice’s Washington home has been rented. Mrs. Black was described as quite weary and in need of rest after hex trip abroad. On their arrival at the Durr home her husband joked with reporters telling them he had no intention of going into hiding. His principal concern appeared tc be getting enough Virginia ham. He had eaten ham and eggs for break- fast on shipboard and had ham again for luncheon. “I'll eat it for dinner,” Black laughed, “and for breakfast if I car get it.” “One egg and one strip of bacon is all you can have for breakfast,” his hostess responded as the entire Butcher Workers’ Union. group entered the house, I 4