Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy tonight and tomorrow; colder tonight, with minimum temperature about 40 degrees; gentle winds. Temperatures today—Highest, 58, at midnight; lowest, 46, at 2 p.m. Full report on page A-10. Closing New York Markets, Page 16 85th YEAR. No. EAGLAND 10 GAL ZPAWTIN CROLP ONSPANSHISSE Cabinet Reported Agreed on Summons, Possibly for Friday. CHAMBERLAIN CONFERS WITH OPPOSITIONISTS me Minister Talks 45 Minutes With Maj. Clement Atlee and Greenwood. BACKGROUND— Great Britain and France faced with necessity of making grave de- cisions in Spanish non-intervention dispute as result of Italy’s refusal _last Saturday of joint Anglo-French bid to attend three-power talk on withdrawal of volunteers from Spain. Italy replied, demanding that question be submitted to 27- Nation Non-Intervention Commit- tee in London, and insisted upon having Germany present. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, October 13.—A decision to call the international “Hands off Bpain” Committee into session this week—possibly Friday—to seek quick @ecisions on the withdrawal of foreign volunteers from Spain was reported reached today at a lengthy meeting of the British cabinet. The report came just as Prime Min- fster Neville Chamberlain finished a #5-minute conference on the interna- tional situation with Maj. Clement R. Attlee, leader of the laborite opposi- tion in Parliament, and his deputy, Arthur Greenwood. : The conference was such as rarely occurs when Parliament is not in ses- sion—except when important govern- | ment decisions are under consideration. | The usual reason for such a move is | to obtain opposition support for gov- ernment policy in times of crisis. | Follows Cabinet Session. iIng called to consider the next move in the Spanish intervention impasse between Italy on one side and Britain | and France on the other. | The ministers met in an atmosphere | of pessimism resulting from reports | that Premier Mussolini had called up 50,000 Blackshirt reserves. Rome, ] however, denied any of the troops were | destined for the Spanish civil war in | which the Italian premier is support- | Ing the insurgents. - It was possible, however, that zhe‘ tonference between the head of | Britain’s Conservative government and | the opposition leaders was connected | with Attlee’s request for Chamberlain’s | approval of special debate on the Far Eastern crisis when Parliament re- mssemles October 21. i Chamberlain was believed to have | taken the Laborite leaders entirely into | his confidence in the talks this after- | noon and to have shown them the| secret dispatches of the cabinet and | foreign office on both the Spanish and Bino-Japanese :ituations. New Intervention Reported. Despite Italian denials that the new reserves were going to Spain, the Brit- ish and French governments were known to be disturbed by recurring reports of further Italian intervention | on behalf of the insurgent cause. London and Paris indicated, never- theless, that they favored a policy of caution—to dea! with the delicate sit- uation so as to minimize the danger pf a direct clash with Italy. British and French diplomats, fol- lowing Mussolini’'s thumbs-down on | their invitation to tri-power talks on the Spanish civil war, yielded to his| wish to turn the question over to the | London Non-Intervention Committee, which has not met since early August. France stipulated, however, that the negotiations be swift and that Britain | agree to aid her in moving to “equal- | Ize the balance” in Spain should the| negotiations collapse. The decision to lay the intervention Issue before the 27-nation London tommittee was reached yesterday after | talks between British Foreign Secre- tary Anthony Eden and French Am- bassador Charles Corbin. SABOTAGE HINTED ON NAVY VESSEL File and Pieces of Metal Strip Teeth From Gears on Cruiser Vincennes. Secretary of the Navy Swanson dis- tlosed today that investigation of al- leged sobotage aboard the cruiser Vin- cennes had disclosed that a file and other pieces of metal lodged in re- duction gear boxes of the vessel had stripped teeth from the gears. The Navy Inquiry Board reported that the metal might have been de- liberately placed in the gear boxes by unknown persons, or could have been left there accidentally. It attached no official responsibility to Govern- ment inspectors on the job and did not estimate the damage. The investigation which disclosed the evidence of possible sabotage was started when unusual noises were heard from the reduction gear ma- chinery of the 10,000-ton Vincennes, now undergoing tests in the Boston Navy Yard. The file found in the gears was 1.0t of a type issued by the Navy, the board reported. OIL TANKER BURNS NAPLES, Italy, October 13 ().— The Italian oil tanker Pagao burst into flames late last night after two terrific explosions, which also endan- gered nearby shipping in the harbor. Though the ship was quickly en- veloped in flames, the sleeping crew of 35 men and the captain were 34,133. Entered as second class matter post office. Washington, D. C. ch Visa for Armenian Issued—Notice Never Delivered, Dueto Address Change. B) the Associated Press BEIRUT, Syria, October 13.—The slaying of Consul General James Theo- dore Marriner was attributed today to a tragic mistake—a letter going astray in the mails. The United States Consular official was shot yesterday by an Armenian, Meguerdich Karayan, who, police said, gave as his reason that he felt “in-\ sulted” because his request for a pass- port visa was refused. Actually, it developed, that the Con- sulate General had granted Karayan a visa but the letter informing him of the fact was never delivered, the Ar- menian having changed addresses. The body of Marriner will be sent to his mother in the United States after Assassin Had Been & memorial service today at the Amer- ican church of Befrut. Alfred Tabet, Lebanese attorney gen- eral, said Karayan, 29, returned -to Syria from the United States in 1934 to live at Aleppo. Karayan will be tried by a special court ‘next week. A Reuters (British) News Agency dispatch to London said that Meguer- dich Karayan, arrested after the kill- ing of Marriner, asserted he was a naturalized subject of the United States. He said he was born in Tur- key 29 years ago. ‘The prisoner gave his United States address as Botolph street, Boston, and said he left America in 1933 be- cause of ill health. GERMANY ASSURES BELGIUM SECURITY Non-Aggression Agreement Concluded in Notes’ Exchange. { BACKGROUND— Germany, along with Britain, France, Austria-Hungary and Rus- sia, was guarantor of Belgian inde- pendence and neutrality after cre- ation of kingdom in 1839. Germany nevertheless marched through Bel- gium in 1914 to attack France. Locarno pact of 1925 guaranteed Belgo-German frontier, but de- nunciation of this agreement 18 months ago forced Belgium to re- turn to pre-war system of neu- trality to assure her security. By the Assoclated Press BERLIN, October concluded a 13.—Germany non-aggression agree- | {ment with Belgium today. The ac-| ‘The move followed the cabinet meet- | cord was reached in an exchange of | notes between German Foreign Min- ister Konstantin von Belgian Minister Jacques Davignon at the Berlin foreign office. The German note said that inas- much as a new agreement replacing the Locarno security pact might take a long time, the Reich wished to de- fine its attitude toward Belgium with- out delay. “Germany is determined under no circumstances to infringe on the in- violability and integrity of Belgium and to respect at all times Belgian territory except, of course, if Belgium should co-operate in any warlike op- | erations against Germany,” the Reich's note elaborated. Ready to Assist Belgium. “The German government, like the British and French, is ready to assist | Belgium should it be attacked or in- vaded.” Informed circles, forecasting the accord yesterday, said Reichfuehrer Hitler wished to demonstrate to the world, through the pact, that Ger- many is animated only by peaceful intentions. Hitler wished to show, they said, that the international lawlessness of which President Roosevelt spoke last week in Chicago, is ndt present in Germany. The Belgian note briefly expressed the Brussels govermment’s “profound satisfaction” and thanks for Ger- many's assurances. Shows Respect for Neighbor. The German diplomatic note to Belgium, an official commentator said, shows the world Germany solemnly agrees to respect the inviolability and integrity of its western neighbor. Germany’s action was an excep- tion to the rule, from a diplomatic standpoint, in that the declaration is unilateral, binding Germany but not Belgium. Also there was no mention of the League of Nations. Official .sources, however, stressed the fact that “Ger- many would regain her freedom of action if, for' example, on the basis of Belgium’s membership in the League, the Belgian government were ready to place Belgian territory at the dis- posal of enemy troops for marching through or as a basis of operations.” Summary of | Page. Obituary .__A-10 Radio C-4 Serial Story..B-6 Page. Amusements C-12 Auto Puzzle-A-17 Comics . C-10-11 Editorials .. A-8 Finance _.. A-15 Lost & Found C-4 ' Woman’s Pg. B-10 WAR IN FAR EAST. S 3,000 Japanese casualties reported in drive. Page A-4 FOREIGN. England to call 27-nation group on Spanish issue. Page A-1 De Valera grooms mystery leader for Ireland. Page A-4 Germany assures Belgium security in new pact. Page A-1 NATIONAL. President reported set on civil service for postmasters. Page A-1 Marriner slaying attributed to straying letter. Page A-1 Captured Brady gangster admits mob killed three police. Page A-1 Congress chiefs map program for spe- cial session. Page A-1 Roosevelt acts to quiet peace policy critics. Page A-5 Honorary pallbearers chosen for Ogden L. Mills funeral. Page A-2 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Man wounded in Ninth street shooting dies. Page A-2 Program outlined for school lunch Page B-1 roused and saved themselves. One guard was reported missing, however. y A program. Zoo's new giraffes arrive from quar- antine. Page B-1 Neurath and | A.F.L VOTEKILLS “DIGTATED" PEAGE Green Rejects 200-Man Gon- 3 ference Proposal of C. I. 0. as “Insincere.” - BACKGROUND— A.F.of L., led by William Green, has refused to embrace system of industrial organization advocated by C. 1. O.’s John L. Lewis and his unions withdrawn from the more conservative and closely knit parent organization. Membership gains in C. 1. O. have been spectacular, but A. F. of L. has moved into new pastures also, set up rival organi- zations wherever allegiance s markedly devided, won confidence of industrial managers heretofore distrustful of all unionism. By the Associated Press DENVER, October 13.—American | Federation of Labor leaders, sustained | by an overwhelming vote of confi- dence from member unions, stood | committed today to reject any pro-! | posals for ending organized labor’s | eivil war which, in their opinion, | were “dictated” by the rival C. I. O.| { A C. L O. proposal for a 200-man | “peace” conference was rejected scorn- fully as “insincere” by William Green, A. F. of L. president. { Green's declaration came last night after he studied a telegram from the 32 unions of John L. Lewis' Commit~ tee for Industrial Organization, invit- ing the federation to send 100 peace negotiators to meet with a like group from the C. I. O. “It does mot impress me as being | submitted in good faith,” Green said. Council to Meet at Close. He “assumed” he spake for his ex- ecutive council, upon which the duty | {of transmitting a formal reply re-| jecting the C. I. O. offer will fall. | The council will meet following the ' close of the convention, expected to- | morrow. There was little doubt the council | would give the C. I. O. the alterna- tive of continued warfare for domi- natin of the American labor move- ment or capitulation on terms pre- scribed by the A. F. of L. Only a day before the C. I. O, proposed the peace parley the con- vention voted by a majority of nearly 25 to 1 the authority asked by the council to expel “obstinate” unions which persisted in adhering to the C. I O. Green made plain his determina- tion to reject any gestures designed to bring a reunion between the Lewis group of “rebels” and the A. F. of L. as long as such action would involve submitting to C. I. O. demands. Action on resolutions concerning the National Labor Relations Board and proposed Federal wage-hour legisla- tion awaited action of the convention today. Federation leaders have expressed favor of proposals to curb the Labor Board's powers, particularly in so far as intervention in disputes between A F.of L and C. 1. O. unions is concerned. The convention yesterday adopted unanimously a resolution favoring amendment of the Wagner act to guarantee to workers the right to vote by crafts, the A. F. of L.-favored type of union organization, in Labor Board (See A. F. of L, Page A-5) Today's Star District bar to probe Police Court lawyer practices. Page B-1 Knife-wielding colored bandits hold up four hackers. Page B-1 Girl, 2, killed by truck; woman acci- dent victim dies. Page B-1 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page This and That. Page Answers to Questions. Page ‘Washington Observations. Page David Lawrence, . Page A-8 A-8 A-8 A-8 A-9 A-9 A-9 Constantine Brown, A-9 Lemuel Parton. SPORTS. tilt with Detroit U. Page C-1 Tech, winner over Western, appears headed for grid title. Page C-1 Pitt and Fordham held likely to stage another 0-0 game. Page \C-2 Mandley, rolling in old-time form, gets set of 409. Page C-3 MISCELLANY. Shipping News. Traffic Convictions, Vital Statistics. City News in Brief. Dorothy Dix. Bedtime Btories. Nature's Children. Page A-10 Page A-10 Page A-10 Page A-10 Page B-10 Page B-2 Page B-2 C. U. regains injured players for big Cross-word Puzzle. Letter-Out. Winning Contract. . Men's Fashions. Page C-10 Page C-10 Page C-11 Page C-4 ¢ Foening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ADMITS SLAYING THREE POLICEMEN Gunman Accuses Dead Leader of “Knocking Off” Grocery Clerk. SOUGHT TO REPLENISH AMMUNITION IN MAINE Walsh, G-Man Injured in Gun Battle, Recuperates From Clean Flesh Wound. ~ BACKGROUND— Brady gangsters shot way to free- dom when, after $12,000 gem hold- up, they took pal to surgeon’s of= fice. Sergt. Rivers was slain. An- other officer was killed after $2,600 bank robbery, when gangsters laid ambush at country crossroads. Third officer allegedly slain by Brady mob died on routine duty, evidently after he stopped hoodlums for ques= tioning on September 27. (Picture on Page A-2.) By the Assoctated Press BANGOR, Me., October 13.—Capt. | Frank Foley of the Bangor police said today James Dalhover, wounded sur- vivor of the G-men’s ambush of the dread Al Brady gang, had confessed the band had slain three policemen. Capt. Foley said he heard the sulky prisoner, during an all-night ques- tioning, admit to Federal agents the gang had killed Richard Rivers, an Indianapolis police sergeant; Paul Minneman, an Indiana State trooper, and a Freeport, Ohio, highway patrol- man, George Conn. Dalhover, his skull creased by a | bullet, surrendered after a squad of Federal sleuths shot and killed Al Brady, John Dillinger “successor,” and the gang's youthful “triggerman,” Clarence Lee Shaffer, 21, yesterday in |a dramatic 5-minute gun battle on | a Bangor street. Foley said the captured gunman | also accused Brady of “knocking off” a grocery clerk. but said he did not know the victim’s name or where the slaying occurred. G-men, however, have charged the gang with the death of Edward Lindsay, a Piqua, Ohio, grocery clerk. Complete Story of Activities. “I guess he's given them (the Fed- eral agents) a pretty complete story of the gang’s movements since they broke out of jail a year ago,” Foley said after the night-long examination in the farmboy gunman’s cell. Foley said Dalhover, whose entry into a Bangor sports goods store sprang the Federal trap, appeared shaken by the lengthy questioning and the effects of his wound. The wounded mobsman claimed, Foley said, that the gang did not in- tend to “do anything” in Maine, but merely wanted to replenish an ar- senal depleted when the trio barely escaped G-men at Baltimore. The gang made three separate trips to Bangor, Foley revealed, from a hideout at Bridgeport, Conn. Foley quoted Dalhover as explaining the gang thought it could obtain ammu- nition easier in Maine than in nearby States. When the Brady gangsters fled from an Indiana jail one year ago, they had but $12 among them, Foley said Dalhover told the Federal agents. For a while, the policeman continued his recital of Dalhover's story, the trio confined itself to “small store jobs.” When they had accumulated about $1,000 they. obtained machine guns and went out for the jewelry stores and other “big jobs,” Foley said. Had $5,000 in Pockets. The policeman revealed the three men had about $5,000 on their per- sons yesterday. Meanwhile, as authorities of In- diana, Ohio and Maryland awaited official Federal word as to where Dalhover first would answer charges, ranging from murder to jewel robbery, Walter Walsh, 28-year-old G-man, wounded in the mid-morning fusillade, recuperated from a clean flesh wound in the shoulder. Herold H. Reinecke, chief of the Indianapolis office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, expressed belief that Dalhover would be re- turned there to stand trial on two murder charges. Myron Guerney, chief G-man on the Brady job here, hinted the case was “far from being cleared up” and “several angles are being followed up,” but he declined to disclose what lay ahead. Last of “Big Shots.” Elimination of the Brady gangsters, sought a year and a day over a trail leading ever eastward since they escaped from an Indiana jail, removed, either by death or imprisonment, the last of the “big shots” on the Federal bureau’s wanted list. Two “mobs” still at large, Justice Department officials said, were “small fry,” compared to Brady and his henchmen. Four Government planes waited at the airport here. Sources close to Bangor police sald the agents might wait until dark and then start their planes westward. FOES BREATHE EASIER. Underworld Characters Feared Venge- ance of Brady Gang. CHICAGO, October 13 (#).—Sev- eral Chicago underworld characters breathed easier upon learning Federal agents had wiped out the Al Brady gang. According to police, Brady had sworn vengeance against eight gun- men and « fence who hijacked $50,000 from him and his associates. The hijacking was said to have oc- curred April 12, 1936 , when eight men with guns surp. Brady and his gang in a Chicagojfiat, where thay were negotiating the fence for disposal of the loot. ¥ Police said Brady also attributed his capture hwre April 29, 1936, to the hi- Jjackers. He was seized in & Chicago hotel with his woman companion, Mrs. Margaret Barker Larson, whom he ‘had met in New Orleans. Star WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1937—FORTY-TWO PAGES. #%# Marriner Slaying Attributed I .To Letter Straying in Mails BRADY GANGSTER SEAL BILL SEEKS SEWAGE CHARGE Would Exact Sum From Firms for Servicing Trade Waste. BACKGROUND— Efforts to regulate slaughter houses here date back a year ago, when the Adolf Gobel Co. secured its first permit from the District Building for foundations of its Ben- ning plant. Since then legislation designed to prevent the plant jrom building was defeated at the last session. Construction work on the Gobel plant then started, only to be suspended about a month ago. In anticipation of work being resumed, District officials plan another at- tack. A new bill authorizing the Commis- sioners to charge industrial concerns for the treatment of trade waste dis- charged into the District Sewage sys- tem will be recommended to Congress at the special session, Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Seal said today. The purpose of the proposed legis- | lation, Seal said, is to make industrial | users of the new sewage disposal plant bear' an equitable burden of the cost | of sewage treatment, Advices received by the Commis- | sioners say the treatment of sewage | wastes that are discharged by the pro- posed Adolf Gobel, Inc, slaughter house at Benning would cost District taxpayers anywhere from $55000 to $110,000 per annum, based on output of the plant, Legislation authorizing the Commis- | sioners to contract with industrial | users of the sewage plant will be urged | in connection with the King-Norton | bill introduced at the last session, giv- | ing legislative force to the regulations | for control of so-called nuisance indus- tries. Collins Introduced Bill. Representative Collins, Democrat, of Mississippi introduced a bill last Au- gust to charge industries for excessive use of the sewage system. At the request of the Commissianers, Seal is making a study of the Collins bill and also of legislation under which the Chicago sanitary district is now operating. It is possible, he explained, the Commissioners will recommend features of both. The Collins bill authorizes the Com- missioners to charge a “reasonable rate” for the treatment of sewage from any industrial concern in excess of 30,000,000 gallons per year. A dis- charge of 150,000 gallons of waste per day from any factory or industrial plant for 10 calendar days would be accepted as prima facie evidence that the waste from such a plant aggre- gates 30,000,000 gallons a year. System in Chicago. The Chicago sanitary district, seat of the greatest packing house area in the country, fixes no maximum. It authorizes the sanitary district, in- stead, to contract with industries for the purpose of determining the amount of waste that shall be discharged into the sewers, and also to determine the payment for the treatment of this waste. The Chicago legislation has had the benefit of being upheld in the court. Under a court ruling, garbage, bones, parts of dead animals and other solid matters are not sewage which meat packers are entitled to turn into the channels of the sanitary district of Chicago. The contrary is true, the court held, of such packers' trade wastes which are liquid or may be diluted and oxidized by the channel ‘waters. Whatever the final decision made by the corporation counsel’s office, it was indicated Congress will be asked to give the Commissioners full power to regulate control of discharge of in- dustrial wastes, either in solution or suspension, into the local sewage sys- tem. . _ Studies of sanitary conditions have been made in co-operation with Pub- lic Works Administration engineers. HAHN JUROR SEATED CINCINNATI, October 13 (#).—A sixth woman juror was seated tenta- tively today after Mrs. Anna Marie Hahn, 31-year-old German blond, re- turned to a crowded court reom for resumption of her trial on a murder charge. The former housemaid is charged with the fatal poisoning of Jacob ‘Wagner, 78-year-old acquaintance, Seating of Mrs. Magdalene Mitchell, middle-aged housewife, brought to eight the number of tentative jurors. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s () Means Associated st g ys N Capital’s Enthusiasm Aroused By Art Appreciation Offer Spo nsors of Plan Explain How Master- pieces Will Be Brought Into the Home Through The Star’s Co-operation. 1 old masters and moderns. HEIR interest aroused by broadcast and broadside, by news story and sample picture, citizens of Washington and vicinity were responding enthusiastically today to The Star's intensive campaign to increase art appreciation by offering color reproductions of 48 great paintings— The reception given the initial announcement of the plan in The Star and over the radio yesterday leaves little doubt as to the art-mindedness of the great mass of men, women and children in this community. Public officials, educators, art leaders and others interested in the cul- tural upbuilding of the Capital have expressed approval of the program, and many of them pledged their active co-operation in making the benefits of the campaign city-wide. The Star today received from the Board of Education formal notifica- tion of its action in indorsing the plan and in authorizing distribution to public school and informative literature. The teach- ers will bring the movement to the at- tention of students. Unanimous Indorsement. A letter signed by Charles B. Degges, secretary of the board, said: “It is with pleasure that I advise you that the board adopted unani- mously a resolution placing it on rec- ord ‘as indorsing this Art Apprecia- tion Campaign for the District of Co- lumbia and authorizing the superin- tendent of schools to distribute the literature and sample color prints,’ as requested in your letter of Sep- tember 23. “You doubtless will be interested to know that during the discussion of | the proposed campaign, Dr. Frank W. | Ballou, superintendent of schools, in- formed the board he had studied the campaign and had reviewed the ma- terial which it was proposed to send to teachers. He expressed belief the campaign ‘would be of great interest to many of the teachers' and said that it would be educational. “In behalf of the Board of Educa- tion, I wish The Star every success in this cultural project.”" Distribution of the material for in- formation of public school teachers will begin shortly. Similar data are being sent to private and parochial schools and collegw. in this area, and to public school authorities in nearby Maryland and Virginia. Sponsors Talk in Broadcast. The general plan of the campaign and the civic and educational advan- tages to be derived from it were de- scribed in a radio broadcast last night over Station WMAL by District Com- missioner George E. Allen, Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of George Washington University, and Fleming Newbold of The Evening Star. Com- missioner Allen and Dr. Marvin are among 12 Iocal sponsors of the project. Commissioner Allen said there was no doubt in his'mind as to the recep- tion the people of the District and surrounding communities would give the campaign. “We in Washington,” he told the radio audience, “need no urging to participate in the advantages offered. I am confident the vast majority of Washingtonians are lovers of art, in- herently, and that they will welcome the effort to acquaint them more inti- mately with the great art of the past and present, as contemplated in the project. “You have undertaken something entirely new, I believe, in the field of journalistic public service. I am grateful to The Star for enabling the citizens of Washington to benefit from this educational progrdm.” Sees Community Service. Dr. Marvin declared his belief that the Art Appreciation Campaign is “one of the most worth-while services ever rendered a community by a news- paper.” “The press brings into our homes every day news of the world in which we live,” Dr. Marvin said. “Much of this news embraces controversial sub- jects—national .nd international politics, doings oi labor and capital, conflicting theories of government, even differences in the realm of re- ligion! “Now The Star steps forward with a plan to engble the people of Wash- ington to reéceive information in a field where all classes may meet in common understanding and with mutual enjoyment. “Art Is one thing that appeals equally to all classes—to persons of differing creeds, races and color. * “Unfortunately, many of our citi- zens in the past have been deprived, by circumstances beyond their control, of the opportunity that a more fa- vored few have had to see and enjoy art at its best. ‘“Throughout the development of art, it seems to me, the people of this ation have been more or less neg- teachers of sample picturese- lected with respect to art education. The National Committee for Art Ap- Included are two men, Bee ART APPRECIATION, Page A-3. 'y PRESIDENT T0 ASK POSTAL ERIT ACT Ramspeck Tells Postmas- ters Roosevelt Is to “Stay Behind It Until Passed.” President Roosevelt is determined to press for legislation to put postmasters of the first, second and third class under civil service, Chairman Rams- peck of the House Civil Service Com- mittee told the 32d annual convention of the National League of District Postmasters today. Ramspgrk, who has been making a tour of rederal employe conventions this Summer, urging concerted effort to bolster civil service throughout the Government, said he went to the White House before starting his trip and asked the President what he could say about the postmaster bill, which for months has been tied up in the Senate Civil Service Committee after passing the House. “You can tell them I am going to stay behind it until it is passed,” the President replied, the speaker said. Assails McKellar. The statement was warmly applaud- ed by several hundred delegates and guests attending the session at the Willard Hotel. Ramspeck also repeated previous criticism of Representative McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, ranking ma- jority member of the Senate Civil Service Committee, who is held responsible for the post office bill deadlock, and likewise accused the Tennessee Senator, who is chairman of the Senate Post Office Committee, of tying up 10 measures designed to better employment . conditions in the postal service generally. He told the members of the league that their Senators have a right to demand discharge of a committee from consideration of a bill, and urged this be done. Further Extension Urged. . The league derives its membership {rom third and fourth class offices— those in the smaller cities and towns— and many of the postmasters have civil service status because of their fourth-class service. W. S. Olexa, third vice president, of Batavia, Towa, urged that the third- class postmasters seek legislation to put their own group under civil serv- ice, explaining he had found sentiment in favor of such a move among mem- bers of Congress who oppose taking the first and second class offices out of politics. Representative Haines, Democrat, of Pennsylvania, another speaker, said he indorsed Ramspeck’s civil service views, “although I have no quarrel with the Senator from Tennessee.” Harllee Branch, Second Assistant Postmaster General; Kildroy P. Aldrich, chief postal inspector, and Roy M. Burchett of Ellsberry, Mo., were other speakers. P— MERCURY MAY FALL TO 40 DURING NIGHT A wave of cold air from the north- west struck Washington today, bring- ing prospects of the coldest weather of the season tonight. Although overcast skies probably will aid in keeping the temperatures higher than they normally would be in clear weather, the mercury is ex- pected to drop to the 40-degree mark or lower, according to the forecaster. ‘The cold spell probably will last for two or three days. At 11 am. today the thermometer reading was 48 degrees, Circulation, 143,925 (Some returns not yet received.) Press. TWO CENTS. CONGRESS CHIEFS OUTLINE PROGRAM FOR NEW SESSION Roosevelt Lists Five Objec- tives in Talk—Crop Con- trol Tops List. REAFFIRMS PEACE STAND IN HIS “FIRESIDE CHAT” Theory of Too Much Government Scouted—President Says Pub- lic Backs His Program. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Congressional leaders, having heard President Roosevelt's call for a specjal session beginning November 15, today hurried forward plans for the meet- ing. The legislative program laid down by the President for the coming ses- sion is full of controversies, When Congress left here August 21 it was hot, tired, rebellious. Whether it will return in a receptive mood remains to be seen. The President, confident he has the support of the people for his program after his swing across the continent, is ready to drive ahead Having issued earlier in the day the call for special session, Mr. Roose- velt in a radio address last night told the people of the country why he had done so. He laid down a main legislative pro- gram—without excluding other legisla- tion. He said he wished to give Con~ gress a running start on the program without waiting for the opening of the regular session in January, there- by preventing a lengthy session ex- tending through the Summer. His program calls for: 1. Crop control legislation. 2. Wages and hours legislation. 3. Reorganization of the executive departments of the Government. 4. The creation of seven regional planning units, similar to the T. V. A. 5. Legislation strengthening the anti- trust laws. Omits Court Legislation. The President omitted any mention of Supreme Court legislation. Declaring that conditions in this country are favorable and will be bettered by the adoption of his pro- gram, the President warned the people that domestic prosperity is linked to- day with conditions throughout the world. He reiterated his demand, made in Chicago recently, that steps be taken to maintain peace. And he called attention to the fact that as a first step toward bringing to an end the conflict now raging in China, the.United States has agreed to take part in a conference of the parties to the nine power treaty of 1922, which pledged the integrity of China. “The purpose of this conference,” said the President, “will be to seek by agreement a solution of the present situation in China. In efforts to find that solution, it is our purpose to co- operate with other signatories to this treaty, including China and Japan.” The President did not in any way disclose what might be done as a result of this conference. He laid stress, however, on “co-operation,” which might prove an example for the maintenance of peace throughout the world. “The development of civilization and of human welfare,” the President said, “is based on the acceptance by indi- viduals of certain fundamental de- cencies in their relations with each other. The development of peace in the world is dependent similarly upon the acceptance of certain fundamental decencies in their relations with each other. ,“Ultimately, I hope each nation will accept the fact that violations of these rules of conduct are an injury to the well being of all nations.” Cryptically, the President said that from 1913 to 1921—during the Wil- son administration and the World War—he had been close to world af- fairs, and in that period “While I learned much of what to do, I also learned much of what not to do.” This was interpreted as meaning that he has no intention of allowing the country to drift into war, either through a do-nothing policy, or by doing the wrong thing. Sees Support of Public. The President said in effect that on his recent trip to the Pacific Coast and back he had learned from the people that they favored the objec- tives of the New Deal, and specifically (See ROOSEVELT, Page A-5.) PICKETS BEAT FOUR MEN AND FIRE TRUCK Crowd Drags Non-Union Men From Vehicle After Demand to See Membership Cards. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, October '13.—Vig- lence in Western Pennsylvania’s truck picketing campaign resulted today in the burning of one truck and the beat- ing of four men. Between 50 and 70 men dragged two non-union workers from a truck early this morning, beat them and set fire to their truck in the Lawrenceville dis- trict of Pittsburgh. Ralph Laughny and Andrew Yudeck told police they were stopped by the pickets and asked for their union cards. Both men said they were dragged from their seats. Laughny was treated in a hospital for cuts on the head and hip. Yudeck's head was cut. Their truck was driven against a concrete abutment and buried. Scott F. Marshall, an officer of the Joint Teamsters’ Council No. 40, an A. F. of L. affiliate co-operating in the campaign to unionize truck drivers, commented: “I'm sorry for that. We want only peaeceful picketing, though the course something untoward may occur now and then. There must have been some definite reason for the trouble.” ¢