Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and colder with lowest temperature about 30 degrees tonight: tomorrow con=- tinued cold; moderate winds. Tempera- tures today—Highest, 45, at 1 p.m.; low- est, 38, at 6 a.m. Full report on page A-12. Closing New York Markets, Page 18 Entered as second class ‘ashington, tter 85th YEAR. No. 34,168 post office, @h Ruhland Orders Paintings Out CHINESE ASSAULT JAPANESE ALONG 'HINDENBURG LINE Thousands of Troops March From Interior to Join Nanking Defense. COMMUNIST TROOPS HARASS FOE IN NORTH Nipponese Pushing Southward in | Shansi to New Capital of Province. BACKGROUND— Japanese conquest of Shanghai forced Chinese to retreat toward their “Hindenburg” line, third-line defenses 50 miles west of the me- tropolis, along which they hope to successfully defend Nanking. Evac- uation of capital by government offices and stafls began yesterday. Upper Yangtze River cities to be used temporarily as capitals. Jap- anese troops reported approaching Tsinanfu, cepital of Shantung Province. By the Assoctated Press. SHANGHAI, Nov. 17.—Heavily re- inforced Chinese armies struck back | at Japanese invaders today in a counter-attack along the “Hinden- burg” line defending Nanking, some | 125 miles away. Thousands of fresh troops from the interior marched eastward to bolster | Chinese forces southeast of the cap- | Sanatorium at Glenn Dale, Md., as ital. At the same time, civilians fled | “grotesque,” Health Officer George C. from Nanking to the west and the | Ruhland has ordered them painted out evacuation of government offices was ' and a new institutional type of deco- under way. | ration substituted, it was revealed to- Chinese commanders said the day. counter-attack had permitted them The Mother Goose characters were to form new lines and declared: | imposed on the walls some time ago by | “We will not capitulate or compro- [ artists who were given work under the mise with Japan. We will fight to! District Works Progress Administra- the last ditch.” | tion, during the time when the hospital 150,000 From Szechwan. !wa.s (;m?Pl: ;?e Ju]l;lsdlction of hthe b = : Board of Public Welfare. District hos- aemriesimo Chiang Kal-shek had | Sitais were placed under control of the troops at his disposal. A force of | District health officer beginning last 150,000 Szechwan Province warriors JUlY 1 at the direction of Congress. arrived at Nanking from the upper | Ruhland Explains Move. reaches of the mighty Yangtze. West! Newsof the order for the eradication of the capital there was a double Of the story book characters leaked out stream of traffic—civillans evacuating | loday in connection with a program of to the interior and troops marching | repainting the building, and Dr. Ruh- to the front. | land later explained his decision with In North China the famous Com- { thi¢ statement: munist 8th Army harassed communi- | “These paintings were the work of cation lines and garrisons of the Jap- | & Volunteer from that bureau down- anese. Commanders here disclosed | stairs—what do you call it>—the W. | that the same tactics would be used | P. A.—which has given work to un- | if Japanese succeeded in crossing the | employed artists. | Yellow River and taking Tsinanfu,| “We found it necessary to repaint | Shantung Province capital. | the institution and the question arose | Japanese forces pushed southward |85 to Whether we should leave these | in Shansi Province, the main body | Characters. I decided to eliminate heading for Lingfeng. new seat of the | thém and to substitute decorations of | provincial government after the evac- | 21 institutional character. uation of Taiyuanfu. } “Unfortunate Modern Trend.” Civil departments of the Chinese! “The Mother Goose characters fol- government were divided into three | low the unfortunate modern trend in| groups for evacuation of Nanking.|art, rather than being original, and | The first left yesterday, a second was | are, as & matter of fact, grotesque. I to leave today, and the third Priday. | We can get some frescos that give a | They were assigned to Hankow,: worthwhile representation of the | Changsha and Chungking. | Mother Goose characters, I shall be | Evacuation of 70 American, 38 Dleased to have some of them on the § L at Glenn Dale Children’s Sanato by W. P. A. Artist Bernice Cross, Ruhland, health officer. | Describing a series of Mother Goos characters which were painted on the walls of the Children’s Tuberculosis A section of the Mother Goose mural ordered “painted out” 11, ASKS ML British and 100 German subjects was being arranged by American and foreign embassies, but only a few ships ' remained in Nanking's harbor to carry refugees to safety. (Rear Admirai Edward J. Mar- quart, commander of the United States Yangtze River patrol, sped toward Nanking from Hankow on board his flagship, the gunboat Luzon, to give any necessary aid to the American Embassy and Ameri- cans here. The United States gun- boat Oahu also was on its way to Nanking to join the Panay, the the only gunboat in the Nanking Harbor.) Today’s counter-attack, on the line | stretching from the Yangtze River tui Hangkow Bay, came after a day in which Chinese had held their positions under heavy bombardment and Jap- anese military movements had been impeded by contiguous rainfall. A Japanese army spokesman asserted | one column of Japanese troops had | (See CHINA, Page A-3.) CADILLAC PLANT CLOSED BY STRIKE Short-Lived Sit-Down by 75 in Foundry Shuts Factory Just for the Day. B the Assoctated Press. DETROIT, Nov. 17.—The Cadillac Motor Car Co. closed its piant today because of a shortslived sit-down strike of 75 employes in the foundry core room. Four thousand workers were affected. . The strikers left the plant after a conference with the shop committee of the United Automobile Workers of America. The company announced production would be resumed with the night shift. Company officials said demands of the men for a wage increase of 10 . Ccents an hour and equalization of pay schedules would be negotiated. U. A. W. leaders said the strike was not authorized. It was the second interruption in ® General Motors plant since the U. A. W. rejected a proposed new agreement with General Motors Corp. Sunday. That rejection canceled a guarantee given by the union in Sep- tember against “wildcat” strikes. Employes of the Fisher body divi- sion plant, closed by a strike Mon- da night, resumed work this morn- ing, while U. A. W. A. representatives conferred with company officials on a union demand for reinstatement of " 450 men who had been laid off. Proceeding also with its Ford Mo- tor Co. organization campaign, the ‘union planned distribution of a “Ford edition” of its newspaper this after- noon at gates of the company's River walls in the playroom of the hospital.” | Dr. Ruhland said he had seen the | decorations on some of the corridors | of the children’s institution, but said | he had not seen the characters painted on the ceiling of the sunroom of the | building. Dr. Ruhland also explained that under a new policy which he has in- voked the children’s and the adults’ buildings at the sanatoria now are being operated as one institution, as opposed to the former practice of hav- ing only children in the one and adults in the other. However, most of the patients in the children’s building are children and most of the patients in the adults’ building are adults. ARMY, NAVY CHIEFS UNIFIED BY JAPAN Emperor Approves Creation of Im- perial Headquarters to Con- solidate Rule. By tie Associated Press. TOKIO, Nov. 17.—Emperor Hiro- hito approved today the. creation of an “imperial headquarters” to con- solidate the government in one highly centralized administrative body with sweeping powers. The order for its establishment places the chiefs of the army and navy general staffs and their aides under a unified command, presumably to co-ordinate war operations. Announcement by the army press section of the imperial approval acknowledged that the “imperial head- quarters” would become a strong mili- tary organ. Government officials, however, declared the move was no indication that Japan expected pro- tracted hostilities with China, Tokio press reports said tne body would include two royal princes, named by the chiefs of the army and navy staffs, as leaders, with the Emperor as chairman. DE VALERA REPORTED PLANNING NEW VOTE By the Associated Press DUBLIN, Nov. 17.—Minister of Commerce Sean Lemass hinted today that President Eamon de Valera of the Irish Free State was planning a general election to. seek an absolute majority in the Dail (Parliament). An extraordinary ng of all political parties has 'n called to consider the election, which may be held in February. Lemass told & private meeting of Flanna Fail (goyernment party) sup- porters of De Valera that the present minority of one in the Dail caused a situation in which “verylittle of value can be attempted and nothing carried Bouge plant. ‘mw effect without great difficulty.’ - A~ | 000 & year. Mother Goose as “Grotesque” rium today. The work, executed aroused the ire of Dr. George C. Star Staff Photo. ON INNONIPOLY WAR Cummings Says Sum Will Be Used in Relentless Anti- ¢ Foening Star | Universities. * WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON CITED BACKING FARM AID First President Held “Almost Certain” to Be Advocate of Present U. S. Action. WORDS SHOW HE FELT IT NOT A LOCAL MATTER Wallace Reads Speech to Land Grant College Group—Bill « Not Mentioned. Presiddlt Roosevelt today ocited | George Washington's career in saying it was “almost certain” the First Pres- ident would have favored present-da “Government action to aid farmers." Washington, Mr. Roosevelt said, showed by his own words “that he considered agricultural production even in his time to be much more than | a local matter.” | The President’s remarks were read | at historic Mount Vernon, Va., home | of Gen. Washington, by Secretary of | Agriculture Wallace before the Asso- | ciation of Land Grant Colleges and They were broadcast nationally. Mr. Roosevelt, who was kept in bed at the White House by an infected | tooth, pointed to the elaborate farm- ing operations of Washington, and | said “let us resolve that we will be | worthy of his great example.” | “Let us resolve,” the President wrote in his address, “that as a Nation we | will not neglect the fertility of our | soil or the integrity of our farm homes. Let us resolve that. now and always, the great art of husbandry shall have its rightful place in our American | life.” While the Senate Agriculture Com- mittee was consdering a new farm bill, one of the principal pieces of legisla- tion for the special session of Con- gress, Mr. Roosevelt's message sounded from Mount Vernon only genergmies?l Trust Fights. Attorney General Cummings has asked the Budget Bureau to add a mil- | lion dollars to the customary appro- priation for the Anti-trust Division of the Department of Justice to carry out | an intensive war against industrial monopoly. The added fund, Mr. Cummings told | reporters at his press conference to- | day, would more than double the pres- ent appropriation for anti-trust in- vestigation and prosecution. The extra money would be used, he said, to increase the division's legal staff and defray the cost of other ac- tivities involved in pressing anti-trust action. At the same time, the Attorney Gen- eral disclosed he s preparing data for consideration by Congress with a view to showing the urgent need for an overhauling and extension of Federal laws against monopolistic practices on the part of great corporations. “The anti-trust problem is No. 1 on my list of things to be done,” Cummings said. “We need more funds and more men, as these cases are most complicated and take an enormous amount of time. I've been preaching until I'm almost tired of hearing my own voice that the anti-trust situation is a very important problem.” He said a major anti-trust prosecu- tion costs the Government about $100,- Thus, he pointed out, an additional million dollars would enable the Department of Justice to prose- cute 10 major cases per year. REPUBLICAN MAYOR WINS, RECOUNT SHOWS Democrat Is Defeated in Wor- cester, Mass., by 95 Votes. Will Appeal. By the Associated Press. WORCESTER, Mass, Nov. 17— William A. Bennett, Republican, was elected Mayor of Worcester, defeating Mayor John S. Sullivan, Democrat, by 96 votes in a recount of the munic- ipal electior. completed yesterday. The final figure: were Bennett, 35,864; Sullivan, 35,768. On election night, November 2, Sul- livan apparently had been re-elected by 25 votes. Sullivan protested the recount to the registrars of voters, who conduet- ed it, but was overruled. Summary of Page. | Amusements A-6-7 | Radio -.-C-12 Comics _C-10-11 | Short Story...B-9 Editorials ___A-10| Society ... _B-3 Finance A-17 | Sports C-1-3 Lost & Found C-5| Woman's Pg. C-4 Obituary __. A-12| FOREIGN. Chinese attack along “Hindenburg” line defending Nanking. Page A-1 French bar arms for China through Indo-China. Page A-4 Russia gives way in dispute on Spain volunteers. Page A-4 New Grand Duke of Hesse is married in London. Page A-4 NATIONAL. Urges “middle course” on new farm bill. Page A-1 President cites Washington in defense of farm policies. Page A-1 Anti-lynching bill held certain to pass at this session. Page A-1 Census replies pour into City Post Office. Page A-3 Senate group almost unanimous on tax modification. Page A-3 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Trans-Atlantic flying boat base near Capital suggested. Page A-1 D. C. fireman killed when car over- turns after crash. Page A-1 Community Chest campaign passes halfway mark. A-1 Mother Goose paintings at Glenn Dale irk Dr. Ruhland. Page A-1 Wage-hour bill held threat to building Pprogram. P'e A-2 - Page. on the farm problem. He did not take up details of pending legislation, or refer specifically to the farm bill, Before going to Mount Vernon Secretary Wallace had testified before | | the Senate committee. He alswo is to | participate in dedication of two steel and stone memorial arches at the Department of Agriculture this after- noon and address a meeting of the | Association of Land Grant Colieges | |and Universities at the Willard | Hotel. | With all this confronting the Sec- | retary, it was considered likely that | an address he has prepared for the | | dedication ceremony might be read 1 by Undersecretary of | Wilson. | Many factors had arisen since Wash- | ington’s day, Mr. Roosevelt pointed | |out, to complicate the problem of the | farmer today. “He could not foresee that our pro- tec.ive tariff policy, adopted in the | | beginning to foster infant industries,” | declared Mr. Roosevelt, “would put | griculture at a permanent disad- vantage. He could not foresee that | mortgages on farm land would become an important part of a highly complex financial stystem and would be closely (See ROOSEVELT, Page A-3) Agriculture | |ROOSEVELT ORDERED TO STAY IN BED TODAY Has Slight Temperature as Result of Infected Tooth—Cancels Mount Vernon Trip. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt still had a slight temperature today as a result of an infected tooth, and doctors ordered him to stay in bed. All engagements were cancelled for the second successive day. The speech which the President was to have de- livered at Mount Vernon on the occa- sion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Depart- | ment of Agriculture, was turned over to Secretary Wallace to read for him. ‘White House officials reported the President had a restful night after a sleepless one Monday night. Lt. Comdr. Arthur H. Yando, naval dentist, treated the tooth again this morning and when Capt. Ross T. Mclntyre, naval physician, found the slight fever continuing, he ordered his patient to remain in bed. The dentist wishes to save the tooth, if possible. Today's Star Children rally to defense of mother in husband’s slaying. Page B-1 Four newsindictments returned against James J. Laughlin. Page B-1 Pope appeals for financial aid for C. U Page B-1 Punds for naval hospital to be sought in next supply bill. Page B-10 EDITORIALS AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page A-10 This and That. Page A-10 Answers to Questions. Page A-10 Washington 'Observations. Page A-10 David Lawrence, Page A-11 H R. Baukhage. Page A-11 Dorothy Thompson. Page A-11 Constantine Brown. Page A-11 Lemuel Parton. Page A-11 SPORTS. Maryland starts polishing for Hoyas after good rest. Page C-1 Eastern gains grid championship after wait of 40 years. Page C-1 Razzle-dazzle shoving unbeaten teams off the siate. Page C-2 Golf pros need eternal practice to stay up among: leaders. PageC-3 MISCELLANY. Nature’s Children. Bedtime Stordes. Shipping Neys. Vital Statisties. City News in Brief. Dorothy Dix 'Men’s Fashions. Cross-wortl Pyzsle. Letter-Out. Winning Contract. Page A-14 Page A-14 Page B-§ Page B-¢ Page B-10 Page C-4 Page C-5 Page C-10 Page C-| gPage C- INROOSEVELT TALK| | by WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1937—FORTY-FOUR PAGES e e e e SO e o et it M e e o e O s | WISH THAT BoY WOULD COME HOME NEW DEAL VERSIO! * = /f N 0{‘ THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN! The only in Washin Associated *¥ (#) Means Associated evening paper gton with the Press News and Wirephoto Services. Press. TWO CENTS. FIREMAN KILLED INAUTO ACCIDENT Car Overturns After Crash. Traffic Fatalities Go to 91 for the Year. A fireman attached to No. 6 engine company was killed early today when an automobile in which he was riding crashed into another on Benning road NE. and careened from the high- way. The victim, Stanley Duda, 28, of 2421 Pennsylvania avenue N.W. was Washington's ninety-first traffic fa- tality of the vear, as compared with 76 for the same period in 1936. The driver of the car, Keith L. Bell, 25, of 321 Thirteenth street NE, was taken to the ninth precinct following the accident, pending the action of Coroner A. Magruder Mac- Donald. He was not injured. According to police, the car crashed into the left side of Howard Choate, 26, colored. 5124 ke place S.E, as Mr. Bell attempted pass on the right. The machine swerved from the impact and, after turning over several times, came to a stop upside down off the road. Pedestrian Injured. Mr. Duda, a former Marine, was Dra to | taken to Casualty Hospital, where he | was pronounced dead. The other driver was not injured | The left front fender and spare tire were ripped from his machine. The crash occurred near the Seventeenth street intersection. Other traffic victims reported police late yesterday and today in- cluded Virgil S. Duty, 31, of 216 Sea- ton place N.E. who was treated at to | Camp in Arctic Drifts” Close To Greenland | | | | Soviet Expedition Has Moved 400 Miles in Six Months. Bs the Associated Press | MOSCOW, Nov. 17.—Four Russian Arctic campers, riding an ice floe down from the North Pole, reported by radio today that they were only about 125 | miles off the northeastern coast | Greenland. In Moscow Dr. Otto Schmidt, leader of the aerial expedition that estab- lished the camp. 13 miles from the | pole. nearly six months ago. said the four men probably would be taken off iin January before their ice raft IIPal‘hEd open sea and danger of breaking up. The campcrs had drifted more than 400 miles. The camp reported a another operated | temperature of 11 degrees below zero, | | Fahrenheit. CHEST CAMPAIGN . PAST HALF MARK Total of $1,114,575 Raised, With Reports to Meet- ing Today. of NEW PARKING BAN FORD. C. STUDIED | Prohibition at Nights on | ! Congested Highways Sug- | gested by Sultan. | BACKGROUND— In decision Monday, United States Court of Appeals upheld va- lidity of regulation banning early morning parking on downtown streets to facilitate snow removal, reversing Police Court ruling of last February 27. Commissioners had abandoned eflorts to enforce ban last winter after Police Court Judge Edward M. Curran ruled regulation “unreasonable and in- valid.” | Possibility the Commissioners soon | | will ban night parking on & permenent | | year-around basis on & number of con- | | gested traffic arteries was suggested today by Engineer Commissioner Dan I. Sultan, as the Board of Commis- | sioners studied the dicision Monday by the United States Court of Appeals on the “snow removal” parking regu- | lations. “The time is fast approaching when | we may have to forbid all-night park- ing the year around on congested highways.” said Col. Sultan. “We mly“ find that we should apply such an | order at once to certain sections of the city, as a means of facilitating | traffic movement in the morning rush | period.” | Col. Sultan made the statement as | the Commissioners went into confer- ence with Corporation Counsel Elwood T. Seal for a survey of the full impli- | | LYNCHING BILL'S PASSAGE 5 SEEN ATEXTRA SESSION Long-Controverted Measure About to Be Laid at Door of White House. SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS CONTINUE FILIBUSTER Refuse to Consider Federal Re- organization, Only Roosevelt Legislation Ready. BACKGROUND— Congress was called back to con- sider four specific legislative pro- posals. Because of nebulous state of these proposals when session con- vened this weck, proponents of Fed- eral anti-lynching bill succeeded in efforts to bring measure on Senate foor. Southern bloc, pinning fight on issue of States’ rights, has fought measure for years By G. GOULD LINCOLN. A Federal anti-lynching bill, after knocking at the doors of Conaress for a score or two of years, is about to be laid on the doorstep of White House. If President Roosetelt signs it, the bill will become law Only a prompt report of a farm bill to the Senate might pretent present that event, Senators to lay aside the anii until the crop-conirol measure sha have been disposed of. Even if that course be followed, it is expected the anti-lynching bill will be taken up again as soon as the farm bill is out of the way and pressed to final action. There is more sound than substance to the filibuster against the anti- Iynching bill now under way in the Senate. Democratic Senators from Southern States are intent on making a record of opposition to the meas- ure. They will talk abont it for days. But they do not believe they will be able to prevent a final vote—as Demo- cratic Senators from the South have déne in the past. Connally Holds Floor. When the Senate met today after 8 recess last evening, Senator Con- nally of Texas again held the floor At his request, the clerk renewed monotonous reading of a speech de- livered in 1935 by Associate Justice Black of the Supreme Court, when he was Senator from Alabama, oppos- ing an anti-lynching bill. An hour or two of reading was in prospect and there was an immediate exodus of Senators from the chamber. Connally said he planned to speak for an hour or two after completion of the reading of the Black speech. Then Senator Bailey of North Caro- lina is expected to take over the anti- Iynching bill debate. The anti-lynching measure is still not formally before the Senate. Only a motion to take up the bill, made by Senator Wagner, Democrat, of New York, is the pending question. In the opinion of Senator Barkley of Ken- | cations of the declaration made Mon- | tucky, Democratic leader, the motion Casualty for cuts about the face and| The Washington Community Chest scalp and brain concussion after he | | campaign passed the half-way mark was struck ‘in the 700 block of Thir- | today teenth street N.E. by an automobile | 1093V 5 driven by Ernest C. Hazen, 50, of 3473 | Volunteer workers, at an enthusi- Holmead place N.W. astic daily report meeting in the Wil- William Robinson, colored. whose Jard Hotel, turned in 23,697 new con- e s mknown IRASHGLCE DY 8 | T gl T street car in the 500 block of Florida 5 avenue N.W. and taken to Freedman's | brought carhpaign totals to 95,634 Hospital with a fractured skull. His | contributions totaling $1,114,575, or 54.13 per cent of the all-time record condition #s serious. Two Others Hurt. quota of $2,059,000. Mrs. Maria Clements, 50, colored, 2420 F street N.W., was struck by a street car as she stepped from a loading platform at Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue N.W. She is in a serious condition at Emergency Hospital with a fractured skull and broken ankle. Raymond Pitts, 8, colored, 1623 C street S.E., while crossing in the 300 block of Fifteenth street S.E, was struck by a car driven by Carl L. Rudolph, 29, of 1413 Staples street NE, who took the child to Gallinger Hospital for treatment for a possible brain concussion and cuts about the head and legs. FOUR ARE ARRESTED IN SLAYING MYSTERY Former éundidnte for Congress Among Those Indicted in Georgian's Murder. B3 the Associated Press. SYLVANIA, Ga., Nov. 17.—Solicitor General W. G. Neville today an- nounced the arrest of four men, one a former candidate for Congress, in the mystery slaying last September of Charlie L. Daughtry, wealthy Screven County land ownel Neville said it “appears to be a plot to get rid of Daughtry for a share of his estate,” valued at between $200,000 and $300,000. The solicitor said the four men, ar- rested on warrants after their indict- ment on murder charges, are Albert L. Cobb, Savannah attorney and fcrmer candidate for Congress; Joe Newton, Bloomingdale, Ga., storekeeper; his son Ralph and a cousin, Osborn New- ton, Screven County farmer. Daughtry’s body was found- slumped in an automobile in & swamp near his Rocky Ford home September 24. He had been shot four times. Neville said Cobb had power of attorney for one of the Daughtry heirs, who has been missing for some time. None of the men under arrest has made a statement. Snow at Gambrill. FREDERICK, Md, Nov. 17 (®P).— Gambrill State Park, northwest of Prederick, had its first snow of the season today. ® Baxter Biggs, forest warden, report- ed half an inch fell during the night and that a quarter-inch remained on the ground. » s The workers earlier were told they should go about their duty with the | consciousness they are doing a favor to those from whom they take money. Making his first public address since | his election to Congress, Representa- | tive Bruce Barton of New York said | volunteer solicitors should never feel the slightest embarrassment in asking for large contributions. _ Giving Is Living. “There is no disease more baneful than the hardening of the arteries of the spirit,” Mr. Barton said. “The kindly impulses of the heart can be kept young and fresh only by con- stant exercise. Unless the fountain of charity is regularly stimulated, its waters grow brackish and sour. To lose the habit of giving is to begin to lose the habit of living. “Thus, when you stimulate the un- selfish interest of one of your pros- pects you have rendered him a price- less service.” The speaker encouraged Chest workers to go forth in the sense that (See CHEST, Page A-5.) Three Rabbits Bagged With Bow. WARSAW, Ind, Nov. 17 (#)— Martin Johnson’s friends laughed when he left his shotgun behind and went into the woods armed only with his bow and arrow. He came back with three rabbits. Two Shifts Proposed to Ease Crowded Schools in County by & Btaft Correspondent ot The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 17.—The Board of County Commissioners again turned a deaf ear to pleas for issuance of $724,000 in bonds for new school buildings and improvements made by a delegation from the Bethesda Ele- mentary School Parent-Teacher Asso- ciation yesterday. As an alternative for new buildings to relieve crowded conditions in vari- ous schools throughout the county, Commissigner Paul M. Coughlan sug- gested adoption of a “platoon” system, with part. of the children attending classes from 8 am. to 1 pm. and the remainder from 2 to 6 p.m. The delegation, headed by Mrs. George L. Meleney and including Dr. Donall B. Young, chairman of the school’s board of trustees, was named at & general meeting,of the association v | day by Justice D. Lawrence Groner of | to take up the bill will be adopted by | the appellate court when he handed | 8 2-to-1 vote. Senatcr Barkley said, | down the rule supporting the conten- | t0o, the bill would eventually pass by | tion of the Commissioners that thev | such a margin. | had authority to invoke the snow-re- | Up to Chief Executive. (BRI | Once the anti-lynching bill has gone | Groner’s Suggestion. | to the President for his approval, it Justice Groner incorporated in the | will be up to the Chief Executive to decision a direct suggestion that the | sign it or return it to Congress with a time may be at hand when the Com- | veto. If the President signs the bill— missioners would find it necessary to | as many believe he will—his popular- forbid altogether the garaging of ve- | ity is likely to wane with a large num- { hicles on the main highways at any | ber of voters in the South. Southern time, day or night. | Senators who have opposed the Presi- Parking in the downtown congested zone now is forbidden in the rush hour, and Traffic Director William A. Van | Duzer has predicted many times that the restrictions on parking will have | to be increased as traffic congestion | grows. | Snow Band Tested. | Thie snow parking ban tested in the courts forbids parking between 2 and 8 am. from December 15 to March 15 on a list of some 50 specified traffic arteries. The Commissioners have indicated since the victory in the Court of Appeals case they would enforce this regulation again this winter. The purpose of this regula- tion was to keep the main arteries free of parked cars so that in times of snowstorm the District would be able to clear the highways of snow te prevent a tie-up of traffic. It was found that cars parked at the curb all night greatly handicapped the operations of snow plows clearing the snow from the streets. The suggestion from Col. Sultan today indicated the Commissioners may go beyond the snow removal plan in extension of the no parking regulations. Indirectly, the court test of the snow removal rule proved to be a test of the general authority of the Commissioners to enforce no parking restrictions. | last week and was the second within a week to appear before the commis- sioners, asking them to rescind their action of last month in refusing to issue the bonds at the request of the County Board of Education. Last week a delegation from Takoma Park came on a similar mission and met with a similar answer. During the hearing Robert L. Mc- Keever of Silver Spring, a real estate operator and member of the Board of Zoning Appeals, was given permission to make a statement and declared that the estimates of the Board of Educa- tion, on which the $724,000 bond is- sue was based, were inaccurate, but that overcrowded conditions exist in 8ilver Spring and Bethesda. He sug- gested that enough bonds be issued dent on his court bill and on other ad- ministration measures may not be sorry to see this happen Many of the President’s most ardent followers in the South. who might be expected to oppose these Democratic Senators for renomination because they failed to support the President, may take a different slant. Further- more. under such circumstances, Democratic Senators and Represent- atives may feel at greater liberty to oppose the President on other legisla- tion which he may request of Con- gress. The anti-lynching bill may be at- tacked as unconstitutional. Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho more than a year ago declared it his opinion that the anti-lynching bill violated the Constitution. His frank state- ment about the matter drew the fire of a number of Negro organizations. ‘What the Supreme Court would do about the anti-lynching bill if it came before them it is impossible to predict Whatever the fate of the anti-lynch- ing bill, it is serving at this point to hold up the legislative program recom- mended to Congress by President Roosevelt for this sfpecial session. If it were not for the anti-lynching bill the Senate would proceed to consider the reorganization bill, affecting the executive departments of the Govern- ment, one of the major subjects of the President’s program. COLDER WEATHER DUE; MERCURY WILL HIT 30 Skies to Remain Fair, However, in Most Frigid Snap of Spawon. The coldest wwather of the season was expected to hit Washington to- night when, the Weather Bureau pre- dicted, the mercury will fall to around 30. The drop will be accompanied by fair skies, and it will remain fair and colder tomorrow, according to the fore- cast. The lowest temperature recorded here so far this fall was 31 on October 25. ‘The mercury rose slightly this morn- ing to 41 at 9:30 fter dipping to to build schools in those two sections only, ~ a low of 38 at . from yesterday's maximum of 6!