Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8, Wenther Bureau Forecast.) Fair and warmer tonight: tomorrow partly cloudy and warmer, followed by rain at night; moderate south winds. Temperatures today—Highest, 55, at 2 pm.; lowest, 31, at 6:45 am. Full report on page A- Closing New York Markets, Page 16 6. 8th YEAR. No. 34,145. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. ch ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Star WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1937—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. *%¥% The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. SATURDAY'S Circulation, (#) Means Associated 137,009 (Some returns SUNDAY'S Circulation, not yet 153,146 ceived.) Press. TWO CENTS. - SCOTTSBORD PLEA IS DENIED, BLACK * NOT PARTICIPATING Supreme Court Refuses to| Review Conviction of Haywood Patterson. * NEW JUSTICE FACED ATTACK ON ELIGIBILITY High Tribunal Fails to Announce ‘ Any Intention of Ruling on Pending Labor Cases. BACKGROUND— When President Roosevelt sent the name of Hugo L. Black to the Senate as his first Supreme Court nominee the choice was strongly assailed on constitutional grounds, but allegations that he was @ mem- ber of the Ku Klur Klan received scant attention. But when Justice Black later admitted he once be- longed to the Klan, the attacks— 20 jar unsuccessful—were renewed and several demands for his resig- nation were heard. By JOHN H. CLINE. With Associate Justice Hugo L. | private citizen for a finish fight | clear up the political storm over ad- Van Zeeland Cabinet R Signs On Bank Irregularity Charges Premier Acts to Counter Accusations by Foes of His Regime. BACKGROUND— . Premier Paul Van Zeeland of Belgium, accused by Fascist Rexist party with improperly receiving funds from the National Bank, went before Parliament with his defense last month and won a vote of conmfidence. Present crisis is result of Rexist's resumption of attack upon other phases of Van Zeeland’s relations with the bank. By the Associated Pres BRUSSELS, Oct. 2 ment of Premier Paul van Zeeland re- signed tonight The premier went directly to lh?’ | palace to tender his resignation to King Leopold. The official announcement revealed that all the ministers of the cabinet decided to show the confidence in Van Zeeland's integrity by resigning with him. They also drafted a letter ex- pressing their confidence in their | resigning chief, who apparently de- cided to turn back role of to to the ministration of the national bank, of which he once was vice governor. Owing to the political cr Black taking no part in consideration of the case, the Supreme Court today | announced it would not review the | conviction of Haywood Patte: ored, convicted for the third attacking a while girl in the cele- brated Scottsboro case. The announcement that Black took no part in the case wa: made apparently to ward off another | attack on his competency to seive as a Supreme Court justice. It was believed this is the first time a justice of the court has refrained from par- | ticipating in & case under like cn-; cumstances. | Attack on Black Feared. ’ It had been intimated that should the appeal be denied with Justice | Black participating, the validity of the ruling would be attacked on the theory Justice Black was disqualified because of his admitted former mem- bership in the Ku Klux Klan. | Since the Kilan had been demdedlyi hostile to the colored race, some ob- servers believed participation by the new justice might offer substantial grounds for assailing the finding of the court. Black’s qualifications were attacked ! when he first took his seat on the theory he was ineligible on constitu- tional grounds. The court. however, refused to hear the attack on the ground that the petitioners—two law- yers—did not have a sufficiently direct interest in the matter. That led to the | belief that a new attack by a litigant actually involved in a case before the court might be heard. The fact that Justice Black did not participate led immediately to specu- lation as to whether he will refrain | from taking part in any case in which | his former Klan membership might be cited as a possible disqualification. ©On a number of occasions in the past, justices have refrained from taking part in considering litigation, but this generally is done only when the jus- tice or some member of his family | has an interest in the controversy. | Patterson, in view of the court’s ac- ! tion today, must now begin serving a | 75-year prison sentence. —Convicled | twice before, the Supreme Court set the verdict aside in the first instance because he had not been given ade- quate counsel, and, on the second oc- casion, because members of the colored race were ystematically excluded” from serving on the juries that in- dicted and convicted him. Several other colored youths were (See COURT, Page A-3) Justice | AFTER EARLY LAG Buying Bush Turns Declines of $1 to $5 per Share Into Similar Gains. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Oct. 25.—A rush to buy Jerked the stock market out of an early decline today into a spectacular advance and turned initial losses of 81 to $5 a share into proportionately large net gains before midday. The market pendulum swung widely and confusion reigned for a time around some trading posts in the effort to find stock to meet the sudden de- mand. | month leave so power treaty conference on the Chi- nese-Japanese conflict to be held here may be postponed until November 3. from the original date fixed, Octo- ber 30. The present governor of the bank, | Louis Franck, was granted a three- that he, 100, could defend himself before a judicial in- vestigation of the bank adminis! tion against what he termed a “ma- licious campaign” of political enemies —chiefly the Fastcist-Rexist party. This group precipilated a cabinet crisis during the late summer, alleg- ing that Van Zeeland received im- proper,bonus payments from the bank —an allegation which he refuted be- MARITINE UNION MARKS KENNEDY National Body Going to Get His Scalp, Declares Joseph Curran. Joseph Curran, president of the National Maritime Union, said today the union is “going to get the scalp” | of Joseph P. Kennedy, chairman of the | Maritime Commission. “And we are going to get it soon,” Mr. Curran added. The union, an affiliate of the Committee for Indus- trial Organization, has attacked the | commission for its action in helping end a seaman's strike aboard the steamer Algic, Government-owned | ship, while in South American waters recently. Mr. Curran said the union indorsed “wholeheartediy” the decision of il Baltimore unit, to attempt to oust | Kennedy. He said he had advised union longshoremen at Montevideo, Uruguay.{ not to strike agairist working on the | American Republic line freighter Col- | linsworth, a Government-owned boat currently at Montevideo. Patrick Whalen, Baltimore N. M. U. leader, had requested the strike in pro- test agalnst the arrest of 18 of the Algic crew at Baltimore Saturday. Mr. Curran said the strike “is not necessary at this time.” Removal of both Mr. Kennedy and Daniel S. Ring, personnel officer and labor representative of the com- mission was demanded in a resolution adopted yesterday by the Baltimore branch of the union. The resolution, directed to Presi- dent Roosevelt, said the arrest of the seamen, who struck while the ship was in Montevideo, in sympathy with a walkout of longshoremen there, was “another move on the part of ship- owners to deprive American seamen of their rights of collective bargain- ing,” according to the Associated Press Mr. Kennedy ordered the Algic mu- tineers put in irons at the time of the Montevideo disturbance. Mr. Ring is accused of “prejudice and bias” to- ward the union. Justice Black Leases Home ‘On Historic Alexandria Site (Picture on page A-3.) Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black has leased a home on exclusive Seminary Hill, above Alexandria, Va., from Mr, and Mrs. David Blackwell Smith, who last spring purchased and remodeled the historic dwelling and grounds, once part of the old Wash- {ngton estate. " Justice and Mrs. Black will move in November 10, two days after the court is scheduled to hand down its first opinions of the fall term. Mr. and Mrs, Smith are returning to ‘Warrenton, their former home, for the hunt season, and have leased the Seminary Hill residence, known as Cranford, until next July. The justice’s new home is only a few blocks from that of Mrs. Black's sister, Mrs. Clifford Durr, where they have been living since their return from abroad early this month. The Cranford estate will furnish the court’s newest justice a quiet re- treat, although only a few miles from the turmoil of Washington political nd official life. It was built in the late 19th century as the home for four old maid aunts of the Worthington family, and was in the tradition ictorian style of the period. o * name, “Cranford,” was taken frog, village of that name in England, in: habited largely by spinsters. It has been transformed into an attractive early American type dwelling by Mrs. Smith through addition of a wing on one side and a porch on the other, and covering the original wooden struc- ture with a brick veneer. At the left of the entrance is a spacious living room, at the right the dining room with gay yellow and white wall paper and a fireplace inscribed wih the name of the home in tile. A library-den is beyond the living room. [* ‘The house has six bedrooms and four baths, and a recreation room in the large attic. A feature of the home is the cooling system, an air-conditioning fan which blows cool air from a cave in the back of the grounds, built during the Civil War as an ammunition storehouse. The one-acre tract is part of the site of Fort Harrison. The “old” part of Cranford includes several hand-carved panels, a grace- ful arch in the center hall and a fine old mantel which had been gathering dust in a shed behind a chicken house at the home nearby when Mrs. Smith bought the place. The front door is a copy of that at Federal Hill in Bardstown, Ky., which is reported to have been the inspiration of Stephen Foster’s “My Old Kentucky Home.” 5.—The govern- 5P 3y PAUL VAN ZEELAND. fore Parliament, whereupon he was | given a vote of confidence. | At the same time the sudden death { by stabbing of rien. Eugene Jacques | Marie Etienne. retiren vanker, which | the defense mini. | injected a strange new angle into the | situation. | Etienne’s death was not connected | directly with the present judicial in- quiry into the National Bank, and the reasons for his act were not known. His only apparent link to the present | the Goldzieher & Penso Bank which | failed five years ago after he resigned. “ The government's opposition has charged that the National Bank ad- !ministration. during the time Van | Zeeland was vice president, negligently accepted doubtful paper from the Goldzieher & P:nso Bank. Five officials of the Golzieher & Penso Bank are now awaiting trial in connection with its failure, but Etienne was never blamec Van Zeeland was on v. the latest storm arose. He returned to Brussels immediately and started making preparations to resign Both the Rexists and Socialists have been using the bank affair for political capital. | cation when MEETSTONE WALL After 6 Days and Nights of Bitter Fight. BACKGROUND— Japanese have been trying vainly since middle of August to capture Shanghai as Chinese defenders prove too mumerous and too well equipped for attacking jorces. In- tensified campaign inaugurated six days ago, but progress has been slight. In north Japanese troops suffered mighty blow by Eighth Route army composed of Com- munists, but reports of resumed advance soutyward were received later. Br the Associated Press. SHANGHAIL Oct. — General- issimo Chiang Kai-shek’s embattled 9 | juggernaut offensive today after six days and nights of heavy fighting on the Shanghai front. The Japanese Army spokesman ad- mtted that the general Japanese ad- vance of “more than 100,000 men” aided by tanks, planes and continued bombardments was “slowed down.” Destruction of bridges, mining of highways and acres of barbed wire entanglements halted the Japanese assault, British Ordered to Fire. British authorities. as an after- math of the slaying of a British sol- dier by a Japanese warplane yester- day, issued orders to all their defense posts to fire without hesitation in self- defense against any airplanes. Simultaneously, British officials lodged two protests on the incident. Seven Americans and about a score of other foreigners were endangered yesterday when & Japanese plane sprayed machine gun bullets near the western edge of the International Settlement. Bitter fighting amid the ruins of Tazang, strategic communication point about five miles north of Shanghai, still was in progress. Japanese as- serted they had occupied villages west of Tazang. Foreign military experts said they believed Japanese will take a breath- ing spell to bring up heavy artillery with which to attempt a new drive tdward Nanziang, well to the rear of Chinese lines. The experts said they considered Chinese defending Kiangwan, north- west of Shanghai, in a dangerous position because of the possibility of their being cut off by a Japanese ad- vance on Nanziang. It was asserted, however, that Kiangwan is of little military value and Chinese probably will withdraw from that sector, as quickly as rear defense lines are strengthened. Informed observers estimated '160,- 000 Japanese with superior mech- anized equipment, planes and Wwar- ships were engaged against 300,000 Chinese. + After Japanese warships bombarded the Kiangwan race course with con- siderable damage to the club house and grandstands, Japanese infantry advanced from the civic center and asserted they occupied territory on each side, including the Commercial University, with the race course & no man’s land. 1,000 Japanese Casualties. Chinese officials, asserting they are fighting Japanese to a standstill at Tazang, reported the Japanese suf- fered 1,000 casualties in the night's battle there. Foreign shipping in the Whangpoo was warned by Chinese that mines have been placed to prevent addi- tional Japanese landing operations. Traffc was stopped from the Ford assembly plant, the Dollar Line (8ee CHINA. Page A-5.) v said was suicide, | 100000 APANESE |Attack on Shanghai Stalled ' | Chinese armies stopped the Japanese | SEAPLANE BONBS FRENGH SHP NEAR ISE 0F HINORC |Submarine Chaser Used by Airfrance Set Afire and Machine-gunned. {CREW SAVED AS CRAFT HASTENS TO ITS PORT | Attacker Marked by Maltese Cross—Eden Pushes Compro- mise on Non-Intervention. | By the Associated Press. PARIS, Oct. 25.—A seaplane of un- identified nationality today bombed & French submarine chaser off the Span- | ish Island of Minorca in the Mediter- i ranean, setting the vessel afire. The | craft also was machine gunned. Officials of Airfrance, commercial | aviation company which had had use | of the boat, said it hastened at once to its regular station in the Port of Fornglls, permitting the crew to land The fire, however, they reported, was | uncontrollable, The attacking plane, Airfrance offi- [ said 8| cace was that he was once director of | Cials said, was marked with a Maltese semi-official announcement, the nine- cro: Six men aboard the U-boat chaser at the time of the attack were saved, officials said, but the vessel was be- lieved to be sinking The chaser, stationed at the signed to patrol the Mediterranean | and aid commercial planes in case of accident, ‘The chaser was built in the United States during the World War for the American Nav but the contiects were transferred to France. She was 105 feet long, displacing 77 tons. Minorca, one of the Balearic islands in the Western Mediterranean, is held by the Spanish government, while the | two other Balearic islands, Mallorca surgents. Mallorca has been used as | & base for insurgent raids om cities | of the Eastern Spanish cogst. EDEN EEKS COMPROMISE, Outlook Gloomy, However, New Ship Attacks Occur. LONDON, Oct. 25 (#).—British For- eign Secretary Anthony Eden sought a compromise formula today to save European non-intervention in Spain from collapse, but the outlock was gloomy. Amid efforts to bring the bickering powers into harmony, two mysterious incidents in the Mediterranean created what some quarters regarded as the | gravest situation since the Nyon ac- as The 2.413-ton French treighter Oued fied plane off Barcelona, Spain, yes- [ terday. and abandoned st sea by | her crew. (French warships keeping watch on the Oued Mellah reported that the ship disappeared in & rough sea during the night, dispatches from Perpignan, France, said. (The dispatches added that French authorities, seeking to de- | termine the nationality of the at- | tacking seaplane, were told by the ship's captain that the plane was marked with & black cross. The government immediately started an investigation to find out what nation uses such insignia on its planes, stating it would “act” when the nationality of the plane is learned.) The master of the British liner Kaiser-I-Hind reported by radio from off the North African Coast that a seaplane was seen “dropping two heavy bombs from which columns of water shot up at a great height” at a sub- marine which “apparently submerged.” ‘The British admiralty, after saying for several hours that it was without information, first announced that a British flying boat was observed drop- ping bombs “to discover direction of the wind.” Later, reiterating denials that & submarine was involved, the admiralty said the seaplane was en- gaged in bombing practice. Fornells base of the Airfrance line be- | | tween Marseille and Algiers, was as- | ! and Ibiza, are in the hands of the in- | cord established the anti-piracy patrol. | Mellah was bombed by an unidenti-| MY FRIENDS, MY PLAN 150 MINIMIZE TWO \_OBSTACLES ! 1 o G 4 41,(;/‘}? T I A 77 7 i a BRIGHTWOOD BANK LANS. PROGRESS Citizens Will Meet Tonight | to Discuss Reorganizing Institution. BACKGROUND— The Bank of Brightwood, Georgia avenue and Concord avenue, was closed July 13, 1932. Receivership has paid 55 per cent to depositors Move by citizens in community to organize the Northwest Natwonal Bank would set up new institution, not connected in any way with the old, whose assests remain in Te- ceivership Citizens of Brightwood, who have | been without convenient banking fa- | cilities since the old Bank of Bright wood closed in July, 1932, will meet | tonight to discuss plans for organiz ing & new institution to he known as the Northwest National Bank. In making this announcement to- day, Robert I. Myers, one of the leade in the movement, explained a petition | for a charter for the proposed new bank has been transmitiéd to the Treasury Department. | Mr. Myers. who operates the Bright- wood drug store at 5616 Georgia ave- ! nue, said the Treasury already has approved the proposed set-up under which 5.000 shares of stock would be sold at $25 a share. Twenty dollars of each share would go to capital. $4 to surplus and $1 to undivided profit, | Mr. Myers said. | Would Serve 65,000, According to estimates of the Brightwood Post Office and the sixth precinct, the new institution would | serve approximately 65000 to 70,000 persons living in Brightwood, Mr. Myers explained. He said that it is | estimated at least that many persons | reside in the sixth precinet, which is bounded on the north by the District line, Buchanan street on the south, | Blair road on the east and Rock Creek | | Park on the west. | The meeting tonight at 7:30 o'clock | will be held in the quarters of the | old Bank of Brightwood at 5913 | Georgia avenue N.W., where the new institution would be housed. It will | be attended by business men and resi- dents of the section, 1,000 Shares Subscribed. Mr. Myers said approximately 1.000 shares of stock already have been subscribed. None are being sold, how | ever, pending approval of the charter. William R. De Lashmutt, former | official of the United States Savings | Bank, also is one of the prime movers |in the plan for the new bank. The plans also have been indorsed by the Georgia Avenue Business Men's Asso- | ciation and the Brightwood Citizens’ | Association, Mr. Myers said. Summary of Page. Amusements B-16 Auto Puzzle._A-7 Comics ..B-14-15 Editorials Finance Lost & Found B-11 WAR IN FAR EAST. 100,000 Japanese meet stone wall in Shanghai drive. Page A-1 FOREIGN. Van Zeeland prepares to resign Bel- gian premiership. Page A-1 Franco masses troops for drive against Catalonia. Page A-4 NATIONAL. Scottsboro review denied, Justice Black not participating. Page A-1 Rival labor groups hold peace parley here. Page A-1 U. S. shipping study may strengthen Maritime Commission. Page A-2 Special session may be limited to five-point program. Page A-3 Dominant Japanese populalion prob- lem for Hawaii. Page A-4 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY, Lord Cecil visit here linked to efforts for peace. Page A-1 Justice Black leases home on Sem- inary Hill, Alexandria. Page A-1 Brightwood citizens plan new bank for area. Page A-1 First below-freezing temperature of season reported here. Page A-1 Boy leaves home “forever,” but re- turns in morning. Page A-5 Tuberculosis death rate here gaining, report shows. Page B-1 Evidence in Davidson mygder to be presented to grand jury. ¥Page B-1 Ten Capital hospitals on roved list of conference. o Pass B-1 Obituary - Radio Society Sports A- Woman'’s Pg. B-10 Today's Star EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page ‘This and That. Page Answers to Questions. Page Washington Observations. Page David Lawrence. Page H. R. Baukhage. Page Dorothy Thompson. Page Constantine Brown. Page Lemuel Parton. Page FINANCIAL. Corporate bonds recover (table). Page A-15 Stocks rise after early slump (table). Page A-16 Curb shares improve (table). Pure Oil net jumps. Steel rate down. Armco profits gain. - Page A-17 Page A-17 Page A-17 Page A-18 SPORTS. Sparkling card awaits grid fans here this week. Page A-12 Unbeaten, untied teams of Unitéd States reduced to 38. Page A-12 Maryland’s upset of Syracuse is tribute to Dobson. Page A-13 Action due in indoor boxing opener tonight. Page A-14 Pilots of Reds, Bees, Indians face tough tasks. Page A-14 MISCELLANY. City News in Brief. Shipping News. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Bedtime Stories. Nature's Children. Cross-word Puzzle. Page B-5 Page B-9 Page B-10 Page B-10 Page B-11 Page B-11 Page B-14 Page B-14 Letter-Out. Page B-15 Winning Contract. Mihai Becomes Carol’s Aide on 16th Birthday CROWN PRINCE MIHAI BUCHAREST, Rumania, Oct. 25 (#.—Crown Prince Mihai celebrated his 16th birthday today by becoming an officer in his country’s army The tall, handsome prince was made Carol's honorary aide-de-campe and & second lieutenant in the Rumanian NERCURYHTS FORSEASON'SLOW Forecast Is Fair and Warm- er—Damage Caused by Flood Appraised. After &n overnight temperature drop below the freezing mark, the Weather Bureau today held out promise of fair and warmer weather tonight, turning to partly cloudy to- morrow and with prospects of more rain tomorrow night. The thermometer reached its lowest point—31 degrees—at 6:45 a.m. today, but the sun soon sent the mercury soaring. Meanwhile, victims of the flooded ares in nearby Prince Georges County were appraising the damage from the rainfall of nearly 3 inches, Friday and Saturday, which, as usual, con- verted the roads around Bladensburg into waterways &nd almost cut off Laurel race track from outside com- munication. Vincent A. Osterman, president of the Board of Commissioners at Bladensburg, where the Northeastern Branch of the Anacostia River went on a rampage, estimated the flood damage there this year would approxi- mate $500,000, and that a like toll would be exacted in the neighboring communities of Brentwood, Riverdale, Colmar Manor and East Hyattsville. Conditions this year have been the worst since 1933. is estimated generally from $100.000 to $125,000, and the cost of tlood control would be under this figure, making it economically feasible, according to Osterman. Maj. W. B. Ludlow, District Army engineer, puts the annual damage at $80,000, and says no figures are avail- able on the cost of a control project. ‘There is no money available for & Prince Georges survey now, according to Maj. Ludlow, who points out that $500,000 appropriated by the last Con- gress has been used up. If money is made available by the next Congress, a survey of the Potomac tributaries will be started. C. Howard Brown, Bladensburg post- master, denied a report in The Sun- day Star that high water forced him to evacuate. A ligtle water came into the store which Jluses the post office, and firemen called to help him move some stock, Brown explains. a| ‘The annual damage | LORD CECILVIST HELD PEACE LINK British Statesman Expected to Confer With Presi- dent in November. By J. RUSSELL YOUNG. International circles in Washington | today were speculating on the purpose of the forthcoming visit of Lord Rob- ert Cecil, outstanding peace advocate of England and for many years prom- inently identified with the League of Nations. | To Arrive in November. It was sid at the British Embassy | today the British statesman would arrive in Washington some time in November, but none of the attaches could throw light on the reason for \his visit to the American Capital at | this time. | The feeling in some quarters here is | that Lord Cecil's visit to Washington may have been inspired by President Roosevelt's recent utterances denounc- ing world aggressors and appealing for peaceful settlement of world 1t also is believed Lord Cecil will call on President Roosevelt and possibly may be a White-House guest for at least & part of his stay here Won Woodrow Wilson Award. Lord Cecil won world prominence in 1924 when he was the winner of the $25.000 award from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation for an essay on peace. This prize was personally pre- | sented to the British peace advocate | by Norman Davis, then the president of the foundation and now United States Ambassador-at-large. who has | just been sent by the President to | Brussels to participate in the forth- coming conference of secretaries to the Nine-Power Peace Pact | Lord Cecil has been in British public life for more than 30 vears and has served in several cabinets. At one time he was president of the League of Nations and more recently presi- dent of the League of Nations Union. 29 SURVIVORS RESCUED FROM FLAMING VESSEL 19 Chinese Missing From Stand- ard OileFreighter in South China Sea. B) the Associated Press. HONG KONG, Oct —The steamer Nanning radioed today that she was proceeding to Hong Kong with 29 survivors of the gasoline- laden British freighter Kaitangata, which burst into flames. The survivors included all five Eu- ropeans aboard the Kaitangata, the | Nanning reported, but 19 Chinese were missing. The British destroyer Thracin, which went to the Kaitangata's aid with medical supplies, was standing 1,938-ton freighter’s crew who jumped into the sea. The Kaitangata, chartered to the Standard Oil Co., was entering Hainan Straits in the South China Sea bound from Hong Kong to Haip- hong, China, when the fire broke out last night. by to pick up other members of the | the | AELANDC.LO. WEIGH PROGEDURE FOR PEACE TALKS iConferees Recess After Spending Morning in Discussion. COMMITTEES CAUCUS DURING LUNCH PERIOD Will Return to Conference in Aft- ernoon—Leaders Silent on Session's Progress. BACKGROUND— American labor has been split in two bitterly antagonistic factions since November, 1935, when eight A. F. of L. unions broke away to form C. I. O., dedicated to pur= pose of organizing mass production workers on industrial lines. In succeeding months, both groups have grown quickly under protec- tion of national labor relations laiv until today they claim nearly 8.000,000 total membership, more than ever bejore numbered in or- ganized labor ranks of Nation, By JOHN C. HENRY. Curtly | spent the en! | procedure, conferees the | ican Federation of bor and that ssion in d announci fo! Committee for Industrial Organ tion recessed shortly before noon day to resume their peace negotiatior lat'2 pm Thus { fuse the Na- labor factior ment appeare the effort | tion's two great r |into a unified m amicable as the con emerged from thei | suite together to n on the m T George H Federation Com as he announced We have spent ing i comn luncheon into session Silent on Details. | Both Mr. Harrison and Philip M C. I O. corsmittee chairn said both committees would ret in the afternoon, but neither w elaborate on details of procedure tha { had been discussed or agreed on | With a high stake he negot tions. the Roosevelt administratic remained officially silent as the con- | ferences opened, but both Secretary ¢! Labor Perkins and National Labn: Relations Board Chairman Madd= were quoted as hoping a peace! tlement might be reached. Botk Department of Labor and the Labrr Relations Board have be embar- rassec in recent months by charge of partiality made by both labor fac- tions. B witho the the brief re- 2'S Progress. . chairman tee, was spoke: Tise of t the morning meet procedure. caucus during and we will go back t 2 o'clock.” h committees claimed them: S commitments as they arrived conferences, but the attitude organizations has made nt, even during recent ne- iations for the peace meetings 1at neither group intends to retreat r from its present antagonistic posi- for of t May Be Kept in Parley. Each was determined. however, that esponsibility for any failure in the discussions sho not fall to their a circumstance which may be effective in keeping the two roups in conference until some middle nd is reached The A. F. of L. delegation arrived first, reaching the conference room a | few minutes after 10 am. Beseeched by reporters, Mr. Harrison smiled and said his group was goil into the meeting “with an open mind and we | hope to make a settlement.” Arriving about 10:15 the larger | delegation of C. I. O. conferees also was reluctant to talk to newspaper men. Prior to tb arrival at the hotel most of them had conferred with John L. Lewis, C. I. O. chief- | tain, at offices of the United Mine Workers in the Tower Building. Chairman Murray echoed Mr. Har- rison’s remark about entering the ses- sion with an open mind. Asked 1 comment on a statement made | night by William Green, president | the A. F. of L., Mr. Murray said, | “Mr. Green is voluble as usual.” Laugh and Joke. Entering the conference room, both delegations consented to group and individual pictures, laughing and | joking as they shook hands befcre | the cameras. “You better hurry up,” Har n id to the photographers, laughir “We could have setcled this tI | while you were taking those piciures Named to sit with Mr. Harrison were Matthew Woll, Photoengravers, and G (See LABOR, Page A-3.) | las éees Hunt for S M By a S(aff Correspondent of The Star. LURAY, Va., Oct. 25.—Leaving the crowd watching officers dragging the Shenandoah River for the body of Jennings Kite, =, who jumped his death from the bridge railing about 6 p.m. last night, James Lam, 28, went home and ended his own life, shooting himself through the temple wilh & shotgun. a verdict of suicide after an inguest last night in Lam’'s home. His body was found on the kitchen floor, the shotgun by his side. He was an em- ploye of the Shenandoah Milling Co., which moved its plant from here to Norfolk several months ago. He had gone to Norfolk to work at the plant and was home for the week end. Lam leaves a wife and three small children and Kite a wife and 11- month-old son. Kite was formerly a fireman for the Norfolk & Western Railroad, but went into the mercantile business here 16 years ago. He also operated a billiagd parlor and owned property in the P‘cmlty. * Edgar Hoffm#h, who owns & garage near the edge of town, told Dr. Ham- to | Dr. Virgil Hammer, coroner, insuedj uicide’s Bodyy, i Goes Home, Shoots Self he saw Kite drive his car to | the middle of the bridge. get out, | climb up on the bridge railing and jump down into the water mer As he ran toward the scene he heard Kite calling for help, he said, and he got a boat and rowed to the spot where Kite's body had disap- peared. Officers were notified and soon several boatloads of men were dragging the river for his body, which | was not recovered until this morning. An inquest will be held today. Lam was seen in the crowd which soon lined the bridge railing to watch the rescue operations, and also was seen to leave suddenly. About 45 minutes later & colored boy, Raymond Ward, who lives near the Lam home, passed the kitchen window to draw some water at & pump in the back yard and saw Lam’'s body on the | floor with a gunshot wound in the temple. Mrs. Lam was away with the children at the time and the boy called neighbors, who notified Dr. Hammer. Kite, it wdf said, had been mn ill health for veral months, but n9 explanation for Lam’s death was giver,