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—}‘L—Z *% LABOR PEACE TALK - SEEMS ASSURED C. I. 0. Repeats Ten-Man Parley Offer, “With or Without Commitments.” By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J,, October 18. =The C. I. O. again asked the A. F. of L. today to send 10 representatives to a peace conference in Washington October 25 “with or without commit- ments,” and the parley appeared vir- tually assured. And in Denver, George Harrison, chairman of the American Federation of Labor Peace Committee, said “we’ll be there,” when told of the new C. I O. proposal. Philip Murray, chairman of a spe- clal committee named to arrange the meeting and confer with federation Tepresentatives, sent this telegram to- day to Frank Morrison, secretary- treasurer of the federation, at Denver. “Our committee will meet your committee Willard Hotel Washing- ton October 25 with or without com- mitments as you prefer. ~“If you decide to cease quibbling and attend conference advise me Pittsburgh.” “John L. Lewis, chairman of the Committee for Industrial Orzaniza- tion, declined to comment on this latest move in maneuvering which many labor leaders hoped would lead to a united labor movement. ‘The decision of Lewis and his lead- ers came today after they had studied for several hours a telegram late last night from the federation's Executive Council meeting at Denver, Although none attempted to in- terpet the telegram, it appeared to most observers that the C. I. O. had decided to recede from its announced decision not to compromise its own industrial union principles and to reach & settlement on its own terms. John L. Lewis, C. I. O. chairman, ended five days of strategy conferences with leaders of his unions yesterday by exhorting them to renew their cam- paign for improvement of working conditions for American labor built around C. L O. principles of industrial unionism. His chieftains immediately took up the cry and expressed determination to report more progress &t a national convention they authorized the C. I. O. Executive Council to call at any time. They reported this week almost 4,000,000 members, total expenditures of $1,758,000 in 16 months, and claimed their unions were thriving. To Meet October 25. The conference unanimously ap- proved a resolution pledging the C. I O. to co-operate with companies which signed collective bargaining agreements with it, criticized some ac- tions of the administration, Congress and two Government departments and condemned Japan for its unde- clared war with China. But, in all the discussions there was prime interest in maneuvers with the A. P. of L. for reconciliation of their clashing organizational theories so their reported combined total of 8,- 000,000 members could be fused. They declined to comment on frag- mentary reports of the federation’s most recent attitude in a week of maneuvering to avoid blame for not ending labor's war, Might Be “Good Chance.” But privately they expressed the {opinion there still might be “a pretty 8ood chance that we will get together.” ‘Throughout the conference here they insisted peace was their aim. Lewis appeared to have expressed the general sense of the C. I O. atti- tude when he said: “You may be assured that in the conferences your representatives will do nothing that will in any way cir- ‘cumscribe or limit the influence or the ‘trend of our movement. “If the A. F. of L. chooses to lay aside its prejudices and join the C. I. 0. in working out a program of unity— ’tis well. If not, the responsibility will e upon their own shoulders.” PEACE BASIS LACKING. But Green Says Parley “Probably” Will Take Place. DENVER, October 16 (£).—Talk of Peace between the American Federa- tion of Labor and John L. Lewis’ Com- imittee for Industrial Organization ‘hung in the air today. William Green, A. F. of L. president, 3aid he belleved telegraphic negotia- tions of the past week “probably” Would result in & peace meeting be- tween the rival factions in labor'’s great civil war, Green's declaration came last night after he and others of the federation’s executive councl told the C. I. O. that Any attempt to settle their long dis- pute must be undertaken “without prior commitments, stipulations or conditions by either side.” : In Washington Government labor bfficials expressed belief that, once leaders of the two factions gathered around a table, they would find means ©of composing even the most serious erences. They cited the high cost of rival labor organizing campaigns as one ssible incentive for a settlement. . Administration officials in Wash- ington privately expressed hope the unification movement would succeed. A solidified labor organization, they explained, would help New Deal can- Hidates in the 1938 elections, < Other reaction from ‘Washington :u the prediction of an authority igh in labor circles that neither the A. F. of L nor the C. I. O. would pver bolt & peace conference, ‘“Nei- ther side will want to risk the dis- kredit of quitting the peace table Without getting some kind of a settle- ment.” . For a second time, the A. F. of L. gun:u flatly declined to make accept- Ance of the industrial form of union brganization, advocated by the C. I. O, & oondition upon which they THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1947. Awaiting Word of Trapped Miners (Story on page A-1.) Relatives and friends of miners trapped in the Mulga Mine of the Woodward Iron Co. crowded around the shaft, anciously awaiting news of their fate. At least a score were known to have been killed in an erplosion on one of the mine levels. Ala. Note the ambulances. The mine is near Birmingham, —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. YORKTOWN BATIL T0BE CELEBRATED D. A. R. Chapter to Direct Exercises at Customs House Tuesday. By the Assoctated Press. YORKTOWN, Va., October 16— Exercises commemorative of the vic- tory of American forces over the British here 156 years ago, on October 19, 1781, will be held at the Custom House here on Tuesday. The ceremony, beginning at 2 p.m., will be under. the direction of the Virginia Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, of which Mrs. Arthur Rowbotham of Alta Vista is State regent. Mrs. George D. Chenoweth, regent of the Comte de Grasse Chapter here, said that following the exercises at the Custom House memorial wreaths will be placed at the Victory Monu- ment by the D. A. R, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Sons of the Revolution and the Children of the American Revolution. Judge Frank T. Sutton, jr, of Richmond, president of the Virginia Society of the Sons of the Revolution, has appointed a committee of six to represent that organization at the ceremonies, to which the public is invited. — THREE ARE HURT IN $100,000 FIRE Firemen Injured as Eight Build- ings Are Razed by Flames in Fresno, Calif. By the Associated Press. FRESNO, Calif, October 16.—A wind-whipped fire that broke out in & building 150 feet from the City Hall injured three firemen and caused damage estimated at $100,000 early today. The three injured firemen, Harold Petersen, 35; J. B. Conley, 32, and F. O. Witt, 33, were treated for ex- posure to smoke and minor burns after they collapsed in a flaming building. One of the eight buildings was an apartment house. A score of partially clad tenants fled in time to escape injury. The blaze roared through buildings on Broadway and malted a festive party at & small tavern, which was razed. Chiet Williams said the fire ap- parently started in the rear of an auto paint shop. REPUBLIC’S ACCORD FAVORED BY HULL Shock-Proof System of Mutual Understanding Is Urged in Radio Address. By the Associated Press. Secretary of State Hull commended to the 21 American republics last night an “international system so frmly grounded in mutual understanding that it will be proof against any shocks to which it may be subjected.” Inaugurating a series of regular broadeasts to Latin America under auspices of the Pan-American Union, the Secretary characterized radio communication among the various countries as an important factor in achievement of such an objective, “As yet,” he asserted, “we have hardly begun to fathom the possibili- ties of radio communication as & factor in the development of interna- tional good will and understanding. “Through the new series of pro- grams which the Pan-American Union is inaugurating today, we are taking sn important step in the fulfiliment of would negotiate. the resolutions of the Montevideo and Buenos Aires conferences.” ART COUPON S coupon entitles you to one week’s set of Four Pictures in The Star’s Art Ap campaign upon payment of only 39c. reciation g this coupon to the Art Counter in the Business Office lobby of The Evening pictures. Star and receive your set of By mail—send your coupon with 46 cents (stamps not acceptable), addressed to the Art Appreciation Counter, The Evening Star. Name A e Age (it student)............._Years. Quarantine Sign Put On Flat in Chicago In Venereal Crusade By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 16.—Post- ing of a quarantine sign on the street door of a flat near the downtown area marked a new departure today in the city's campaign to eradicate venereal diseases. A case of vengreal disease was traced to the building after a man, one of thousands respond- ing to appeals for medical ex- aminations, appeared at a clinic for treatment. Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, presi- dent of the Board of Health, and Dr. George G. Taylor, director of the Venereal Disease Clinic, personally supervised the posting. Any one leaving or entering a quarantined house without au- thorization is subject to $200 fir? or six months imprisonment. Dr. Bundesen said quarantines will be used “only against persons who refuse to aid in preventing the spread of venereal disease.” ‘The Health Department, he added, was not interested in the “moral aspects of these cases.” 167 CO-EDS ESCAPE IN $400,000 BLAZE Flee in Scanty Attire as Flames Sweep Hall on Campus at Slippery Rock. By the Assoctated Press. SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa, October 16—One hundred and sixty-seven co-eds escaped safely in scanty attire early today from fire which swept the historic North Hall on the campus of Slippery Rock Colleg. Nobody was injured. The office of President Charles Miller estimated the damage at approximately $400,000. The fire originated in the Kkitchens, where preparations were under way for an ox roast on the occasion of home-coming day and the annual foot ball game with Westminster College. Hundreds of alumni and other visi~ tors gathering for the game saw the building, a three-story frame and brick structure, collapse while flames en- veloped it, ‘The building housed the women's dormitory, the college dining room and also the home quarters of Presi- dent Miller and his family. Dr. Miller, in Pittsburgh attending an educational conference, returned hurriedly and took charge of the situation. The girls sought shelter from the early-morning cold. They were taken into other college buildings and near- by homes. Classes at the college, which has an enrollment of 543 students, were dis- continued until next Wednesday. To- day’s foot ball game and its home- coming celebration was canceled. MR R e ELECTION CERTIFIED ‘The National Mediation Board cer- tified the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen today as the designated representative of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad signal department employes in conferences with the management. The board conducted an election under the railway labor act to settle representation claims made by the brotherhood and the Atlantic Coast Line Signalmen’s Association. Belgian Army The Belgian Army horse show tea: at the Inter-American Horse Show in Washington. CURB ‘CHISELERS, PLEAFOR PAY BILL Ramspeck Plans Amend- ments to Shunt Opposition to Wage-Hour Act. By the Associated Press. Representative Ramspeck of Georgia, ranking Democrat on the House Labor Committee, today proposed to shunt some of the opposition from the path of wage-hour legislation by confining 1t to “chiselers.” Ramspeck, active in framing the House bill, said he was preparing amendments to accomplish that ob- Jective, “If that were done” he said, “it would clear away the objections in the South.” Southern Democrats directed the most severe criticism at the bill in the last session. They were largely re- sponsible for smothering it in the House Rules Committee after it had passed the Senate and been approved with alterations by the House Labor Committee. In Favor of Action. Now that President Roosevelt has put the legislation on the agenda of a special congressional session, Chairman O'Connor, Democrat, of New York has urged Rules Committee members to al- low the bill to come up in the House. Ramspeck said he thought some sort of wage-hour measure would be enact- ed. The original House bill would let & proposed labor standards board fix minimum pay of not more than 40 cents an hour and maximum work weeks of not less than 40 hours for in- dustries in interstate commerce. Ramspeck’s amendment would: Delete a section authorizing the Labor Standards Board, under certain conditions, to interefere in intrastate matters. Forbid the board to act in adjust- ing labor standards until it receives a legitimate complaint against an em- ployer. Protection as Basis, The proposed law, he contended, must be based on the idea that Con- gress has the right to protect persons engaged in interstate commerce against unfair competition. If all employers in an industry maintain the same labor standards, Ramspeck said, there is no unfair competition. Therefore, he argued, only employers against whom com- plaints are directed on grounds of substandard conditions should be subjected to the wage-hour control. Probably 85 per cent of employers in the cotton textile industry, Rams- peck said, still maintain wage and hour provisions of the old N. R. A. codes, but some have gone back to 55-hour weeks and $9 a week pay scales, “If we would step in and bring the latter into line—control the ‘chisel- ers’” he said, “a wage-hour bill would have the support of the indus- try. I think that is true of industry generally.” i Sews Up Own Wound. ONAMIA, Minn. (£)—A physician said prompt action with a needle and thread probably saved the life of George Mekish, a building contractor. Mekish severed an artery when he fell from a scaffold. He quickly pro- cured a needle and thread and sewed up the wound. Left to right: Col. J. M. Wainwright, comnmandant, Fort M: wick of the Belgians, Commissioner Hazen, Lieut. Ives van St Horne and Lieut. Paul Mondron, all of the Belgian team, ) Riders Here for Show B”REAU UF MINES Ff'die Seems a Bit Bpred UNIT DEDICATED Maryland University Presi- dent and Others Speak at Exercises. Failure to conserve national re- sources and to utilize intelligently the gifts of nature is responsible for such human tragedies as the Japanese in- vasion of China, President H. C. Byrd of the University of Maryland told & distinguished gathering of Federal and State officials and mining engi- neers late yesterday at the dedication of the new Eastern Experiment Sta- tion of the Bureau of Mines on the university campus. “The world it witnessing the tragic results of pressure of overpopulation and the waste of natural resources,” Dr. Byrd said. “If Japan had learned fully the art of conserving its re- sources and of using efficiently all the gifts of nature it would not now be engaged in its ignoble activities in China. “If the nations are to provide for their people the maximum benefits of nature, which alone can assure ma- terial welfare, comfort and the leisure necessary to education and a full measure of living, they must learn to use efficiently their resources through co-operation with their en- gineers and scientists. Through the dedication of this building we are making a long step forward toward the goal of conserving and using ef- fectively our mineral resources.” Dedicated to Mankind. Gov. Nice of Maryland told the gathering that the new building is dedicated “to the ideals of extending mankind’s frontiers of knowledge.” Only through research of the type planned to be carried on in the new station, he said, can the Nation hope to improve his future material estate and realize the full benefits of life. Julian D| Conover, secretary of the American Mining Congress, who pre- sided, took the Federal Government to task for its inadequate support of the mining industry as compared with agriculture. He pointed out that 25,000,000 Americans are directly or indirectly dependent upon the mineral industry for their livelihood. The total investment is nearly $15,000,- 000,000 and the average annual value of mineral products about $4,500,- 000,000. The industry, he said, is fundamental to every phase of pres- ent-day life, and mineral production is & mbstantial industry in every one of the 45 States and in 2,024 of the 3,071 counties of the Nation. Despite the size and importance of the mining industry, Conover said, the Federal appropriations for support of the Bureau of Mines are “pitifully small in comparison with those de- voted to our other great basic industry, agriculture.” Station Favorably Lecated. Dr. John W. Finch, director of the Bureau of Mines, in dedicating the building said that the new station “is favorably located to encourage the use of modern methods at a large number of small non-metallic mines and quarries, which otherwise might not have the advantage of good en- gineering ocounsel.” The principal purpose of the bureau, he said, “is to improve social, technical and eco- nomic conditions in the mineral in- dustries, increase safety and efficiency and conserve our natural resources.” He dedicated the building “to be the home of research designed to in- Crease efficiency in our mineral in- dustries, that as a Nation we may not be prodigal in the use of the rich patrimony that our forefathers have left us, but may pass down to our posterity its just share of this vast but not unlimited and not replaceable mineral wealth.” Secretary of the Interior Ickes in a read during the exercises declared that the paramount issue of the present administration is to con- | serve the national resources and to make them available for the maximum welfare of the people. The University Reserve Officers’ Training Corps regiment and the University Band participated in ‘the ceremonies, with Company C, the Pershing Rifles, acting as the escort of honor. Following the dedication there was & demonstration of the laboratories and equipment of the station. 400 SCOUT CUBS VIE Field Day at Lincoln Memorial Diamonds Today. More than 400 boys of pre-Scout age were to participate in the first fleld day of the cubs of the District Boy Scout Council on the soft ball diamonds at Lincoln Memorial, be- ginning at 2 pm. today. A grand march led by the Drum and Bugle Corps of Troop 49 was to open festivities, including a flag ceremony and inter-pack games. Activity was to be supervised by the Boy Scout Executive Board, assisted by Cub- masters W. C. Robbins, Elmer Stewart, Edwin R. Corwin, Benjamin Tread- well and William J. Kurtz. Police Hunt Counterfeiters. Police broadcast a lookout today for & wihte man and his woman com- panion, both 25, who are sald to be passing counterfeit quarters. - m which will compete with the United States Army team here October 21 to 24, was greeted yesterday on its arrival er, Va.; Lieut. Ferdinand Pos- rydorck, Capt. Henri de Menten de and Maj, 7, 8: A. G. Mulholiand, Z5 . P, Photo. Like any boy of 13, Freddie Bartholomew, child'fllm star, seemed bored by the testimony yesterday in a trial in Los Angeles of a suit brought by a Hollywood studio to establish the validity of its contract with him. His aunt and adopted mother, Miss Myllicent Bartholomew, shown with him, has sought to break the $1,100-a-week contract. o BARTHOLOMEW'S PAY 1S SETTLED Boy Actor’s Aunt and Studio Agree on a Reported $2,000 a Week. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, October 16.—M- G-M and Freddie Bartholomew's aunt Myllicent have come to terms, Details of a settlement of Miss Mylli- cent Bartholomew's demand that the boy actor's $1,100-a-week pay be boosted weren't announced, but Wil- | liam Neblett, her attorney, said today M-G-M had been “very liberal,” and an unofficial report said Freddie's sal- ary had been hiked to $2,000 a week. ‘The agreement was reached last night at a conference with Louis B. Mayer, head of M-G-M. When 13-year-old Freddie “struck” several weeks ago, Miss Batholomew, his legal guardian, sued to void his contract and said she thought he ought to have $2,500. M-G-M then applied for a permanent injunction to restrain him from working for any other studio. M-G-M won a temporary restrain- ing order. Hearing on its request to make it permanent started yesterday. After Mayer testified, however, Neb- lett asked and obtained a continuance until Monday so a peace powW-wow which Mayer had called could be held. The studio said in a statement the main purpose of its court petition “was to establish the validity of both Freddie's contract and the statute re- lating to minors’ contracts” and that such had been accomplished. The settlement leaves pending only one other outstanding film contract suit—that of Kay Francis against Warner Brothers Studio—and it does not involve salary. Miss Francis gets $500 a day, but wants to annul her contract because, she says, she has been given inferior Toles and because she didn't get the lead in “Tovarich” as she said Jack Warner promised, — BUILDING TRADES UNIT HITS LEGION VIGILANTES The Executive Board of the Wash- ington Building Trades Council last night adopted a resolution “deploring” the action of the District Department, American Legion, in authorizing the organization of a corps of Legion Vig- 1lantes. The resolution, made public by Jos- eph A. Parisesu, acting secretary, commended the stand taken by Vic- tory Post of the Legion in announcing it would refuse to “answer any call to mobilize against our buddies and fel- low citizens in any labor dispute at any time, in any place and in any manner.” Such interests as the proposed Vig- ilantes, the resolution declared, “are not above pitting worker against worker by jingoistic appeals” or in- voking through such organization forces that are “detrimental to law and order.” FIVE SEIZED IN THEFT One Suspected in Bold Hold-up of Peoples Drug Store. The robbery squad early today ar- rested two men and three women, one of the former being suspected of having taken part in the bold hold-up three nights ago of the Peoples Drug Store in the 1100 block of Connecticut avenue. Their names were not revealed at once. They were taken to_headquar- ters for questioning. Lindbergh Kills Word He’ll Quit U.S.Citizenship By the Associated Press. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has ac- cepted a renewal of his commission in the American Army Air Corps Re- serve. This action, which became known at the War Department today, was believed to set at rest reports that the noted aviator, now residing in England, may relinquish his American citizenship to become s British sub- Ject. Such appointments are for periods of five years. Lindbergh has retained’ his military status since his graduation from the Army Air Corps Flying School in 1924. A commission in the reserve entitles the holder to no Army pay uniess he is called for active service. He is subject to such call at any time during an emergency. BERLIN, October 16 (#).— Ool. Charles A. !-Indbeflhu -rflve‘do m today train and planned vis nvnnlh,untm factories under the guidance of Col. Ernst Udet, German World War ace. 4 ‘ —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. KENNEDY ASSAILS TAY ON SURPLUSES Seeks Change in Law to Make It “Less Onerous to Business.” By the Associated Press. HYDE PARK, N. Y., October 16.— One of President Roosevelt's principal financial consultants was on record anew today for adjustment of the Federal capital gains and undistrib- uted corporation profits taxes. Joseph P. Kennedy, chairman of the Maritime Commission and former head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, told newspaper men late yesterday he still disagreed with the administration on these levies and ex- pressed the belief they could be changed so as to produce approx- imately the same revenue as now and encourage business to expand. Government tax authorities have been studying these taxes along with a general survey of the whole tax structure for possible recommenda- tions to the Congress. A House Ways and Means Subcommittee will take up | the question of tax revision early next month. Kennedy had just come from a long conference with the President when, in reply to questioning by reporters on the stock market decline, he renewed his attack on the same levies that leading New York financiers have blamed in part for the recent market | break, He said he had not discussed taxes at the temporary White House, but had talked budget balancing and the Maritime Commission’s survey of pros- pects of building up an adequate mer- chant marine under the new direct subsidy law. Earlier, at a press conference, the President himself had indicated he might have something to say, in his coming messages to Congress, bearing on security regulations. Kennedy has repeatedly criticized {the capital gains and undistributed profits levies. He said he would leave it to the Treasury experts to suggest | changes, if there were to be any, but felt they could be “adjusted” so they would not hinder efforts to balance the budget and at the same time be “less onerous on business than under the present method.” He said the capital gains tax “never got us much revenue anyway.” As for a balanced budget, Kennedy said that was the chief object of the President at the present time. “That really is the thing he wants to do most—balance the budget,” he said. “I think he has a very, very good chance of doing it.” A. A. A. WILL DIVERT PART OF POTATOES 25,000,000 Bushels of Large Crop to Be Removed From Nor- mal Trade Channels. By the Associated Press. Farm Administration officials yes- terday announced plans to remove 25,000,000 bushels of this year's large potato crop from normal trade chan- nels. They said Federal funds will be used to encourage feeding of low grade po- tatoes to live stock, manufacture of potatoes into flour and starch and dis- tribution of these products and pota- toes to persons on relief. The triple diversion program will supplement Federal potato marketing programs which become effective Oc- tober 19 in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming and Idaho. The Agricultural Adjustment Ad- ministration said President Roosevelt had made the potato marketing pro- gram effective in the three late po- tato-producing areas where growers voted for it. Presidential action was necessary under the agricultural mar- keting agreement act of 1937 because less than 50 per cent of potato han- dlers signed the marketing agreement and order approved by growers. HARRY W. RANSDELL, 57, EXPIRES IN NORFOLK Harry W. Ransdell, 57, former resi- dent of this city, died Thursday after a long illness in the Marine Hospital at Norfolk, Va., where he had been employed by the Maritime Commis- sion. Funeral services will be held at 10 am. Monday in Hysong's funeral par- lors, 1300 N street. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Mr. Ransdell had been in Norfolk for 11 years, first with the old United States Shipping Board. He was a nephew of the late Daniel Ransdell, former sergeant at arms of the Sen- ate, and his parents were the late E. 8. and Frances E. Ransdell. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Marie Macfarland Ransdell, and s sister, Mrs. Thomas K. Saunders, the latter of 1930 Pirst street northeast. \j JACKSON SPURNS DEBATE ON COURT Declines Challenge From Gannett to Argue Issue With Levitt. By the Associated Press. Robert H. Jackson, Assistant Attor- ney General, has declined a challenge from Publisher Frank E. Gannett of Rochester, N. Y., to debate the Su- preme Court issue with former Assist~ tant Attorney General Levitt. Gannett suggested the debate in a telegram to Jackson demanding the Assistant Attorney General declare whether he represented the views of President Roosevelt in a speech at Chapel Hill, N. C., last Tuesday. The publisher said Jackson was re- ported as declaring himself against Judicial review of acts of Congress by the Supreme Court, and said such a view was “revolutionary.” The publisher, who is chairman of the National Committee to Uphold Constitutional ~Government, asked “Whether your speech * * ¢ f{y the opening of & new assault on the Supreme Court to undermine its powers?” In his reply, which he made public yesterday, Jackson said Gannett ap- parently had misinterpreted his speech and he was sending the publisher a copy of the complete text “to disabuse you about its being revolutionary.” “I know nothing of any new or, for that matter, old ‘assault on the Su- preme Court by seeking to under- mine its powers,’ 'the telegram con- tinued. “The President’s proposal did not affect the powers of the court at all, You must be confusing it with the Wheeler amendment (Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana), which would restrict judicial review. I have never been committed to that, but you interpret my speech as advo- cating the Wheeler plan. I would be amazed that you should denounce as revolutionary the plan sponsored by the most eminent champion of your opposition to the President. “Of course, I did not speak for the President. My speech was not submite ted to any official or suggested or con= tributed to by any other person. No other person is to be held responsible for it or any of it. I certainly will not support in debate the question you have proposed, since it is not a position | taken in my speech or by the admin- | istration. “Your views on the court subject and my views are far enough apart without attributing views to me that I have not expressed. I believe a reading of my entire speech will re- lieve your alarm even if it does not have your approval.” PARLEYS MAY RESUME ON ST. LAWRENCE PACT Seaway Council Expresses Belief Waterways Negotiations Will Be Reopened. By the Associated Press. Members of the National Seaway Council yesterday expressed the be- lief that negotiations for complstion of the St. Lawrence waterway will be resumed shortly by the United States and Canada. John C. Beukema of Muskegon, Mich., chairman of the council's Ex- ecutive Committee, said he believed Secretary Hull may confer with Ca- nadian officials concerning s water- way treaty when he visits Canada next week. Council President Pred J. Freestone, Interlaken, N. Y., intends to confer with President Roosevelt in connec- tion with the project after Hull re- turns, ——_ FILLING STATION ROBBED Wililam Norton, attendant at a fill- ing station at Twenty-fourth and M streets, told police today he was robbed of $50 by a tall bendit wear- ing giasses, who threatened him with & revolver, Michael Starr, proprietor of a grocery store at 1369 C street north- east, reported he was robbed of $10 by a thief who “spoke broken English and acted like he had a revolver.” Ross Morton, colored, 1819 S street, said he was robbed of $20 by two men who attacked him as he was walking in the 500 block of § street, Miami Herald Is Sold. MIAMI, Fla., October 16 (#).—John S. Knight and associates of Ohio have acquired ownership of the Miami Her- ald from Frank B. Shutts, who founded the morning newspaper in 1910. The price was not announced. Knight and his associates own and operate the Akron (Ohio) Beacon- Journal and the Massillon (Ohio) Independent. Knight, who becomes president of the Herald, is editor of the Beacon-Journal and president of both Ohio newspapers. Il Duce’s Paper Hits U. S. Arms Sold to Russia Refers to Roosevelt’s Chicago Speech as “Sermonette.” By the Associated Press. MILAN, October 16.—Premier Mus- solini’s newspaper Il Popolo d'Italia, referring to President Roosevelt’s ar- raignment of aggressor nations as his “Chicago sermonette,” pointed today to United States arms shipments which it said reached Spain through Russia. The paper reproduced the President's more striking condemnatory remarks in an article entitled “American Flow= erets,” then referred to his sssertion that the peace, liberty and security of 90 per cent of the world population was menaced by the other 10 per cent. ‘This was followed by the comment: “In the month of September the United States exported arms and mu- nitions totaling upward of $20,000,000 of which nearly $10,000,000 was bought by the Soviet Union, which in turn sent the arms and munitions to red Spain. “Il Signor Roosevelt evidently was mistaken in his figures. At least his 10 per cent must have included Amer= ican arms and munitions manuface The Roosevelt statements cited by 11 Popolo D'Italia were those referring to the Kellogg-Briand pact outlawing war as an instrument of national policy, the torpedoing of ships with« .out warning, public and private morality, etc, R A