Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and continued cold tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature about 26 degrees; gentle to moderate northwest Winds. Temperatures today—Highest, 36, at 1 pm.; lowest, 27, at 6 am. Full report on page A-2. Closing New York Markets, Page 22 85th YEAR. No. 34,173. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. @h WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1937 —FORTY PAGES. ##%% STRIKERS PARADE FROM G. M. PLANT N MARTIN'S PLEA “Wildcat” Sit-In Ended Aft- er Union Leader Speaks to Men. VOTE TO EVACUATE HELD UNANIMOUS Labor Chief Disregards Threat of Violence to Enter Struck Fisher Factory. BACKGROUND— Approximately 500 men began “wildcat” sit-down strike at Gen- + eral Motors’ Fisher body plant at Pontiac, Mich., last Wednesday. The strike, mot authorized by United Automobile Workers, a C. I. O. affiliate, is in protest of lay-offs and allegedly excessive speed de- manded of workers on conveyor lines, By the Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich., Nov. 22.—Strikers who had held the General Motors | Fisher body p! here since Wednes- day eveni: marched out at 11:30 a.m. today, led by Homer Martin, in- ternational president of the United| . Automobile Workers of America. | Martin, who entered the plant at | 10 am, said when he emerged that the strikers had voted unanimously to evacuate the plant He said the com v would be noti- fied at once ti the men had left end that he would attempt to open grievances which Ending IS Unexpected. str began without hundred mem- shift refused to company insisted suspension of four men | whom it blamed for a previous un- suthor; strike, ended just as un- expectedly. The men had refused to heed ap- Peals of the international officers and of the International Executive Board, which w: ummoned into emergency session erday by Martin. The board recessed at 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. after issuing a statement describing | the strike as “unauthorized and un- sanctioned.” That statement came after 23 hours of nearly continuous conferences. Although one striker, guarding an entrance to the plant, said the men would “turn a fire hose” on Martin if he should appear, Martin and his | secretary, Miss Vivian Fox, went directly to the plant in a taxicab from the board meeting. Leonard Netzorg, Detroit U. A. W. A. attorney who ac- companied them into the plant, said he understood the strikers had invited Martin to appear before them. Admitted Immediately. Martin and his secretary were ad- mitted immediately they reached the plant. The international president was re- ported to have told the men that their strike “jeopardized the very life” of the union. Netzorg said the men gave Martin a respectful audience, but asked numer- ous questions when he completed his speech. When he emerged, Martin said that “the men are ready to go back to work at any time:; it is up to the corporation when they want to start operations.” He declined to say whether he had promised the strikers that the union would fight for the retention of their Jobs and for the reinstatement of four men whose suspension the company demanded for alleged leadership in a previous unauthorized strike. Meeting Is Called. He said all members of the Pontiac local would attend a mass meeting > late today. Shortly before Martin reached the plant, the strikers permitted a dozen company officials, who had been in the plant overnight, to depart. H. J. Klingler, president of the Pontiac Motor Co., whose plant closed Thursday because automobile bodies were not available from the struck Fisher plant, said that several days might be required to resume oper- ations. He said that “We may be able to open by the latter part of the week ” The Fisher and Pontiac plants to- . gether currently are employing 14,721 men. Netzorg disclosed after the evacu- The warning wh b the BILLS UNPREPARED, DISTRICT LOSES DAY Palmisano Unable to Call Up Any of Four Local Meas- ures. The District lost its first legisla- tlve day of the special session of Congress in the House today be- cause Chairman Palmisano was not prepared to call up any of the four local bills on the calendar. ‘Without a definite program for the > day, Speaker Bankhead had an- nounced the District could have time for consideration of the four bills that were placed on the calendar at the last session of Congress. When the House convened at noon, Majority Leader Rayburn made the following announcement: “This is District of Columbia day, but Mr. Palmisano informed me he Fidelity Dividend Payment Held Until After Christmas BACKGROUND— Fidelity Building & Loan As- sociation closed July, 1936. Nego- tiations, long drawn out, some= times blocked, finally presented to court a proposal agreed to by Treasury and Federal Home Loan Bank Board officials for First Fed- eral Savings & Loan Association to buy Fidelity assets and make available a single and final divi- dend of 85 per cent. Action by Justice Daniel W. O'Don- aghue in District Court today pre- cluded possibility that shareholders of the closed Fidelity Building & Loan Association will receive their expected 85 per cent dividend by Christmas, as was predicted two weeks ago by Con- troller of the Currency J. F. T. O'Con- nor. The justice said he felt the court should appoint appraisers to evaluate the association’s assets. It was expected that the appraisal would require several months. Justice O'Donoghue told Attorney George P. Barse, representing the Controller of the Currency, that he had no doubt the valuation furnished by James H. Nolan, receiver of the association, was accurate, but that he felt that since such a large sum of Justice. O’Donoghue Feels A ppraisal Should Be Made Because of Large Sum of Money Involved in Settlement. - money and so many persons were involved that each piece of property should be appraised by persons des- ignated by the court. There are approximately 790 pieces of property which must be appraised. Then attorneys for the association and the controller must come into court and obtain approval of the plan by which the association’s assets will be taken over by the new First Federal Savings & Loan Association. The reorganization plan was pre- sented to the court more than two weeks ago and Justice O'Donoghue ordered it be published so that any one who objected might voice his objec- tion to the court. Not a single stock- holder or creditor demurred when the question of approval of the reorganiza- tion came up this morning. The reorganization plan involves about 18,000 Fidelity stockholders and approximately $4,400,000 stock liabil- ity. The First Federal has proposed to pay all Fidelity shareholders 85 cents Qn the dollar either in cash or in its own shares. According to the plan approved by the controller, the First Federal would | take over all Fidelity assets at a price | equal to 85 per cent of the share lia- ! bility. i CROWD SEARCHED ATCREECHS TRIAL U. S. Marshals Are Feaful of Violence Outbreak in Perjury Case. BACKGROUND— Senate Civil Liberties Commit- tee has been engaged for more than year in probing instances of labor espionage, intimidation and other interferences with rights of work- ers to organize. Harlan County, one of blackest spots in country as Jar as violation of indtvidual rights is concerned, was subject of weeks of investigation and hearings last spring. (Pictures ;rrz;age A-3.) Fearful of courtroom gun play, & reinforced squad of United States deputy marshals searched all wit- nesses and spectators appearing to- | day in District Court for the trial of Ted Creech, husky mine superin- tendent from Harlan County, Ky., charged with perjury before the Sen- ate Civil Liberties Committee. As several relatives and friends of Creech, two, former deputies from “bloody Harlan” and two organizers for the United Mine Workers in Ken- tucky appeared for the trial, all were searched carefully by a marshal sta- tioned outside the courtroom. Al- though no guns were found, several fnen appearing evidently as specta- tors left the courthouse on perceiv- ing the search. Inside the courtroom, at least six deputy marshals were on duty at all times as both prosecution and de- fense attorneys wrangled over the make-up of the jury. With both sides exercising numerous challenges, the panel was still incomplete as the court recessed at 12:30 p.m., aftey two and one-half hours of examina- tion of prospective jurors. Battery of Legal Talent. Creech produced a battery of Washington and Kentucky legal tal- ent for his defense, including Wil- liam E. Leahy and William J. Hughes of Washington and Walter B. Smith and Cleon K. Calvert of Kentucky. The prosecution was being handled by Assistant Uniteq States District Attorney David Pine. Appearing as principal witness against the defendant was Richard C. Tackett, slight gray-haired Ken- tuckian who admitted before the committee last spring that he had known about efforts of the Harlan coal operators to intimidate organ- izers of the United Mine Workers by shootings and dynamitings. Arrested Last April. Son of one of the Harlan mine owners, Mr. Creech was arrested last April 20 as he left the Senate Office Building on a warrant sworn to by Mr. Tackett and United States Deputy Marshal Robert L. Bonham. Released under $2,000 bond after a hearing be- fore Police Court Judge John P. Mc- Mahon, he was later indicted. The alleged perjury by the mine official, who had testified defiaatly in the early days of the inquiry into terrorism and violence in Harlan, cen- tered around a conversation which he had with Mr. Tackett during a lunch- eon recess in the hallway outside the Senate committee room. Tells of Threats. b As the afternoon session opened Mr. Tackett took the stand to tell of being threatened by Mr. Creech. Marshal Bonham, who had Mr. Tackett in custody at the time, sup- ported his prisoner’s testimony on the witness stand and the committee called upon the mine superintendent for his version. He denied the threat and told a story conflicting directly with that of the other two. The committee then referred the case to the United States district attorney’s office. —_ PRINCESS BA™. WED Daughter of Sarawak Rajah Mar- is not ready to proceed.” One of the bills would establish a five-day, 60-hour week in the Fire Department. Another would permit ! police and firemen to retire at the age of 60 after 25 years of service. A third, which already passed the Senate, would make semi-annual me- chanical inspection of motor vehicles compulsory. The fourth would give Commissioners and the Healt] tptmmnt increased authority regulate barber shops. ried to Wrestler in London, LONDON, Nov. 22 (#).—Princess Baba, youngest daughter of the Brit- ish Rajah of Sarawak, was married today to her wrestler boy friend, Bob Gregory, despite her father’s threat to disinherit her. The marriage, previously postponed several times when the 21-year-old rincess failed to show up, was per- lormed in the Marylebone registry office. JAPANESE ADVISE CHIANG TO YIELD Note Is Dropped at Nanking by Air Fleet—China Gets New Planes. By the Assoctated Press. SHANGHALI, Nov. 22.—Japan urged Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek today to surrender. A message was dropped to him by Japanese airmen making their first flight over Nanking since the government announced its trans- fer from the capital to Chungking, about 1,000 miles farther inland. No bombs were dropped—only the message urging cessation of hostilities. It was released from a plane flown by Lt. Mochifumi Nango, one of Japan’s ace pilots. Chinese pursuit planes attacked the Japanese flyers, nevertheless, engaging them in spectacular dogfights over | Nanking. One Chinese plane crashed. | The Japanese airmen, apparently trying to determine the strength of the remaining Chinese air force, were taken by surprise. The aerial de- fenses, however, included little anti- aircraft fire, which was interpreted s & possible indication some batteries had been shifted to Chungking and Hankow to protect the new govern- ment headquarters in those cities, Chinese Get New Pilanes. The new Chinese fighting craft re- sembled their Japanese foe more than the types of Chinese planes seen until now. They were so new, apparently, that puzzled ground defenses and siren operators mistook them for Japanese. The danger signals wailed long after the raiders had gone. With 50 new fighting craft known to have been flown to China’s in- terior from Russia, it was believed this was the debut of reinforcements for China’s shattered air forces. The high-speed newcomers, some quarters thought, were only part of a fieet of replacements and might in- dicate that China was preparing to challenge Japan’s supremacy in the air. The populace, which had ex- pected again to be bombed, appeared heartened. End of Resistance “Advised.” The mysterious message “advised” Chiang to end China’s resistance and to surrender himself to the Japanese. A Japanese spokesman acknowledged that a “personal message” had been dropped at Nanking but would not disclose its text. Although the Japanese sought to cloak the maneuver in secrecy, for- eign observers regarded it as an effort to win a bloodless capitulation of the evacuated capital and the generalis- simo’s surrender. CONGRESS ALMOST READY FOR WORK ONFARM AEASURE Senate-to G | To: morrow- se Step Also Is Near. PRESIDENT CONFERS WITH PARTY LEADERS Regional Planning Appears to Have Chance of Receiving At- tention at Special Session. BACKGROUND— Called back to consider in special session a four-point emergency pro- gram including legislation for farm aid, reorganization, regional plan- ning and wage-hour regulation, Congress spent most of last week in a filibuster against the anti- lynching bill. Two resolutions were passed. one asking the Department of Agriculture for information about sulfanilamide elirir and the other granting use of Capitol pic- tures in an art echibit. By the Associated Pres Congress was ready—almost—to get down to work today on crop control legislation. Both Senate and House continued the same sort of wordy debate that produced no action during the first week of the special congressional ses- sion, but the Senate had a farm bill to start on tomorrow. A weary House subcommittee also wound up its discussions over an agri- culture bill to establish an “ever- normal granary” and stabilize fagm prices. Majority Leader Rayburn said word from the committee was that the legislation would be ready for the House by tonight, “certainly tomor- row.” He predicted debate would be- gin by the end of the week. Complies With Command. ‘The measure drafted by the Senate Agriculture Committee had no rev- enue-raising provisions, but committee members said it complied with Presi- dent Roosevelt's command not to in- crease spending without compensating taxes. Senator Pope, Democrat, of Idaho said the final draft could hold costs within $500,000,000 already budgeted to the farm program. Some other committee members disputed this, pre- dicting it would increase the Federal outlay for agriculture by $150,000,000 | to $300,000.000. Senator Pope explained the bill pro- vides payments equal to or greater than those being made under the Dpresent soil conservation act. “If only a certain amount of money is avail- able” he said, “Then payments to farmers will be scaled down.” Action by the farm committees was not the only sign that the Democratic leadership planned to get Congress to buckle down to the President’s four-point special program of legisla- tion on agriculture, wages and hours, executive reorganization and regional planning. Confer With President. Vice President Garner, Speaker Bankhead and Majority Leaders Barkley and Rayburn of the Senate and House, respectively, conferred with the President on speeding up legislative action. Regional planning, an item that ap- peared lost in congressional confusion last week, appeared to have some chance of getting before the House before the short special meeting of Congress ends. Mr. Bankhead said a House commit- tee, revising the President’s planning proposal, might complete its work earlier than anticipated. He pre- dicted the bill would provide chiefly (See CONGRESS, Page A-4.) Codos Establishes Record, BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, No- vember 22 (#).—Paul Codos, French trans-Atlantic fiyer, piloted his big four-motored plane to a landing at Airfrance Airdrome today to estab- lish a record for the flight from Paris to Buenos Aires. ‘Summary of Page. Amusements -B-8 Comics __B-14-15 Editorials --_A-12 Finance _.__A-21 Lost & Found B-11 Obituary ____A-14 FOREIGN. Japanese planes drop to Chiang to yield. A-1 ‘Windsor settles libel suit for “substan- tial sum.” Page A-2 French pretender opens campaign to “recognize” throne. Page A-4 NATIONAL. Officers search courtroom crowd at Creech trial. Page A-1 Roosevelt suggestions to help business are indicated. Page A-1 Senate gets farm bill; Rooseveit man- date disregarded. Page A-1 Martin induces strikers to quit G. M. G. M. C. plant. Page A-1 Coroner’s jury fails to fix cause of Coffin death. Page A-2 Death of boy, 16, laid to “wnite lie” of girl. Page A-2 More oratory awaited in anti-lynching bill filibuster. Page A-3 Coughlin asks “friends” to halt broad- cast agitation. Page A-8 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Allen orders inquiry into Ruhland’s Glenn Dale policies. Page A-1 Court action balks Christmas Fidelity dividend. Page A-1 Supreme Court rejects another attack on Justice Black. Page A-1 President postpones departure for ‘Warm Springs. Page A-1 Court attaches search mc§ Short Story..A-17 Society - -B-3 Sports A-18-19-20 ‘Woman's Pg. B-10 “‘advice” Creech trial. Chest drive brings in 78.91 of quota. Today's Star .| Nine injured, several seriously, in week end traffic. ' Page A-4 Fires rout families, damage two build- ings, Page A-5 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page A-12 This and That. Page A-12 Answers to Questions. Page A-12 Washington Observations. Page A-12 David Lawrence. Page A-13 The Capital Parade. Page A-13 Dorothy Thompson. Page A-13 Constantine Brown. Pagg A-13 Lemuel Parton. Pagé A-13 FINANCIAL. Bonds hesitant (table) Cotton outlook clouded Stocks go down (table) Curb shares mixed (table) ‘Walgreen net declines Steel rate still drops MISCELLANY. City News in Brief, Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Bedtime Stories. Nature’s Children, A-21 A-21 A-22 A-23 A-23 A-23 Page B-6 Page B-10 Page B-10 Page B-11 Page B-11 Page B-14 Page B-14 Page B-15 Page B-16 ‘Winning c‘ontmt. Shipping News. SPORTS. Big Hoya-Terp crowd brightens future for classic. Page A-18 Pitt looms as California Rose Bowl i opponent. Page A-18 Navy ready for Army despite rout by Princeton. Page A 18 Pitt, Fordham lead in all-Eastern team selections. Page A-19 Giants' defeat of Packers put pressure on Redskins. e A-19 $500 in prizes await bowléss in Star tourney. Page A-20 7 ‘,, /"p, tu"‘fli The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. il ,‘/,, ! . P A S K (i Mgy T el /i “ [ “ | PRESIDENT DELAYS HIS GEORGIA TRIP Change in Holiday Plans Made on Advice of Doc- tor and Dentist. By J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Because he has not fully regained his strength after extraction of an abscessed tooth, President Roosevelt today canceled plans to spend Thanks- giving at Warm Springs, Ga., but made plans for a week of fishing in the Gulf of Mexico later. The change in plans was made on advice of Dr. Ross T. McIntire, White House physician, and Lt. Comdr. Arthur Yando, Navy dentist, who ex- tracted the President’s tooth and who has since been treating the gums. From all accounts the President's abscess was a particularly bad one and draining is being continued. Other- wise, the President’s physical condi- tion is represented as being good. His temperature is normal and all trace of the gastro-intestinal disorder from which he suffered during the tooth- ache has disappeared. Confers With Leaders. The President feels well enough 10 do a certain amount of business in his study and will receive a limited num- ber of callers in his study each day in addition to disposing of other routine business The President early today had a long conference in his bedroom with Senate and House leaders, includfhg Vice President Garner, Senate Ma- jority Leader Barkley, Speaker Bank- head and House Majority Leader Ray- burn, to discuss the general legislative situation. Also, during the forenoon, he con- ferred with Frank Walsh of the State Power Commission of New York, Frank Walker, former head of the National Emergency Council, who has frequently been mentioned as a pos- sible successor to Postmaster General Farley, and James H. R. Cromwell, student of economics and husband of Doris Duke. It was possible the Presi- dent later in the day will confer with Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau and Director of the Budget Bell, con- cerning the budget estimates to be presented to Congress in Januury; 3 In postponing his Thanksgiving visit at Warm Springs, Ga., and the fishing cruise on the Gulf of Mexico afterwards, the President has worked out a tentative schedule which will be somewhat the reverse of his origi- nal schedule. Will Go to Maine. It is thought the President's dentist and doctor will permit him to leave either late this week or early next week and that he will be away from ‘Washington not more than a week or 10 days. As the schedule now stands, the President will go by special train to Miami, Fla., where the presidential yacht Potomac will be waiting to take him around the southern point of Florida to the Gulf of Mexico. It is thought that after three or four days of fishing in those waters the Presi- dent will go ashore at St. Petersburg or Pensacola, Fla., and then go by train to Warm Springs, Ga., where he will join with the infantile paralysis patients at the Warm Springs Founda- tion in a belated Thanksgiving dinner. party. He will remain in Warm Springs only a day and a night and then go to Gainesville, Ga., where he will par- ticipate in ceremonies celebrating the rehabilitation of that town following the destruction done by a tornado two years ago. He will make a speech dedicating a park laid out in Gaines- ville named in his honor. The town's rehabilitation and the building of the city park was accomplished with $2,500,000 of public works funds. From Gainesville the President will come directly to Washington and re- sume his duties here. A ‘New Column “Capital Parade” By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Birth on Plane Held Cause of 11 Air Deaths By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, Nov. 22.—The newspa- per Midi-Journal said today a Bel- gian inquiry into last week's airplane disaster at Ostend indicated the pilot attempted to land because the Grand Duchess Hesse bei Rhein, one of the passengers, was giving birth to a baby. The plane, carrying Grand Duke "George Donatus von Hesse and mem- bers of his family to the London wedding of the grand duke’s brother, crashed in a fog, killing all 11 of its occupants. Five members of the for- mer German royal family were killed. The body of the new-born infant was found in the wreckage. HIGH COURT BALKS NEW BLACK ATTACK Also Agrees to Review Case Involving Picketing to Force Employment. By JOHN H. CLINE. ‘The Supreme Court, in a brief ses- sion today, rejected another attack on the validity of the appointment of As- sociate Justice Hugo L. Black, and agreed to review a controversy involv- ing the right of colored persons to picket Sanitary grocery stores in the District in an effort to force the com- pany to engage colored help. The attack on Justice Black was made by Robert Gray Taylor, chair- man of the Philadelphia Court Plan Committee, and Elizabeth L. Seymour. Although admitting they had no di- rect interest in the matter, they sought permission to question the val- idiy of Mr. Black’s appointment. The court, without comment, refused to hear them. The litigation involving the Sani- tary Grocery Co. was brought to the high court by the New Negro Alliance Inc. The lower courts had refused to permit members of the alliance to picket the grocery stores, asserting no labor question was involved in the effort to compel employment of colored clerks in some of the stores. The court also granted a request from the National Labor Relations Board for a review of a Circuit Court ruling refusing to inforce an order of the board directing the Pacific Greyhound Lines to withdraw recog- nition from a company-dominated union. The same question is involved in a case affecting the Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines and the disputes will be heard together. In another order, the Supreme Court refused to review certain questions of law sent up from the lower courts in & suit seeking to enforce a gold clause in a lease. The case was sent back to the lower court for decision, after which another appeal may be taken to the Supreme Court. After today’s session, the court re- cessed until December 6 to prepare opinions. Commissioner George E. Allen to- day ordered an inquiry into both the merits and the legality of the policy announced several weeks ago by Health Officer George C. Ruhland that the children’s and adults’ build- ings of the Glenn Dale, Md., Sana- toria be operated as one institution. ‘The inquiry is an outgrowth of the dispute over the Mother Goose murals which were painted on the walls of the children’s building by a W. P. A. artist. There have been informal sug- gestions that officials of the Health Department wished to eradicate the Mother Goose characters because they might not seem appropriate since adult persons now are being hos- pitalized in the children’s building. The children’s sanatorium at Glenn Dale was built as a separate institu- tion. Later Congress authorized the construction of a tuberculosis sanato- rium on the same tract. The san- atoria were under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Welfare until last July 1, when the administration of all District hospitals was transferred to the health officer. As one of the major changes in ad- Starts Today on l&e A-13 ministration adopt y Health Officer Ruhland after he into super- vision over the toris, he directed Ky L) CHEST DRIVE NEAR B0PER CENT MARK Workers, However, Are Short of Goal Set for Final Report Luncheon. Falling short of the goal they had set for themselves, Community Chest volunteers, at the final report lunch- eon meeting at the Willard Hotel today, turned in a total of $220,865. This increased the campaign total to $1,624,906, or 78.91 per cent of the quota. The Special Assignment Unit in- creased its leadership, turning in $65,371 to boost its total to $508,412, or nearly 89 per cent of its quota. The largest amount turned in today was $71,490 from the Governmental Unit, completing 79.3 per cent of its quota. The campaign will close officially with a mass report meeting at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Willard ball- room, at which time the success or failure of the drive for $2,059,000 with which to finance the work of 69 Chest sgencies during 1938 will become known. Members of the Tenth Anniversary Campaign Committee and of the Executive Committee were called to- gether today at the Willard Hotel headquarters as a Board of Strategy to outline plans for completion of a final intensive drive today and to- morrow. The Campaign Committee is com- posed of 32 leading Washington busi- ness and professional men who have held the highest positions in the Chest campaign organizations of past years and who were called back to duty this year. Arthur Hellen, counsel for the Chest and member of the Campaign Com- mittee, was designated presiding officer at today's closing report luncheon. He has given many years of service to the Chest since 1928, when he aided in establishing the organization here. The report luncheons this year have been uniformly the most enthusiastic in the history of the local Chest move- ment. All of them have been broad- cast. Famous speakers and special “stunts” have added color, and today's final meeting was to be no exception. Although these report luncheons appear to the casual observer at first glance to be a bedlam of crowds and voices, the smooth machinery under- (See CHEST, Page A-10.) BACK IN HOSPITAL Basil Ryan Readmitted—Authori- ties Silent on Illness. By the Associated Press. HICKORY, N. C, Nov. 22.—Basil (Pat) Ryan, wealthy young New Yorker, who married Miss Martha Barkley, 21, of Morganton, N. C., the night of November 4, was readmitted to a hospital last night after having been out of the institution a week. Hospital authorities declined to dis— cuss his condition. ‘When he left the hospital a week ago Ryan said he had no recollection of having married Miss Barkley. Inquiry Is Ordered by Allen After Glenn Dale Murals Row that the two buildings be operated as a single institution. At the time he announced this would mean that if there were more adult persons than could be housed in the adult building they would be placed in the children’s building, providing space was available there. ‘There now are some 17 adults quar- tered in the children’s building. Per- sons who have objected to this policy suggest that child patients not suffer- ing from pulmonary types of tubercu- losis might be subjected to danger from that type of disease if adult per- sons afflicted with the pulmonary type were housed in the children’s building. Commissioner Allen said he had not previously questioned the new policy announced by Dr. Ruhland, since he belleved in not interfering with the technical phases of his department heads unless there was some reason to review their decisions. He said, in view of the question raised as to the admixture of adult and child patients at the “merged” institution, he would have a study made of the merits of the policy and also would ask Cor- poration Counsel Elwood H. Seal to check the legality of running the two institutions as one. Dr. Ruhland was busy in conference this morning and could not be reached for comment. PRESIDENT STUDIES NEW R.F. C. LOANS 10 AID BUSINESS May Send Suggestions to Congress to Push Hous- FELTIES, SUBJECT OF PARLEY F. H. A. Requirements May Be Liberalized to Encourage Builders of Homes. - BACKGROUND— Turning to private capital and leadership for help as the current business recession threatened seri- ously to impede the program of his administration, President Roose- velt recently has sought to stimu- late a boom in private residential construction. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt, informed offi- cials said today, may send to Congress this week some suggestions for stimue lating private building. He is understood to have considered several proposals for handling this phase of his program to check the business recession. One was reported to be authoriza= tion for loans from the Reconstruction Fimance Corp. to mortgage companies organized to furnish capital for larges scale housing projects. The R. F. C. would match dollar-for-dollar funds put up by private capital. Another was an increase in the per= centage of the cost of a small home which may be financed through a mortgage insured by the Federal House ing Administration. F. H. A. Financing Plan. Advocates of this program contend many prospective home-buiiders are deterred by lack of funds from making the 20 per cent down payment now re- quired for F. H. A. financing. They would increase to 90 per cent the amount which could be insured by the F.H A A high government official said the President had indicated favor for the R. F. C. proposal. There has been no report of his attitude toward F. H. A, financing. Along with this effort to stimulate industry, the President is expected to call in heads of leading utilities com= panies to discuss a possible vast cone struction program in this field. Some economists have estimated that more than $3,000,000,000 in prie vate utility construction has been held up because of uncertainty created by the Government’s power policy. This construction would be under- taken, utility spokesmen have said, if there were assurances the administra= tion would erect no *“competing® plants, ease the Public Utilities Hold« ing Company Act and make other cone cessions. New Power Plants Needed. Both sides acknowledge that hune dreds of new power plants, counte less transmission lines and other equipe ment are needed. But each has been sparring for concessions from the other. The President recently offered the utilie ties his co-operation—on condition that they change their methods of fixing rates to the consumer. Instead of valuing their property on a basis of what they paid for it and what it would cost if built now, he said, they should follow common law principles, This, it was indicated, meant “pru- dent investment;” that is, what was “reasonably and honestly” invested in properties “used and useful” in the business. Some utilities spokesmen replied that the industry would not need Government aid if “restrictions” were removed. The trouble, they declared, was that investors lacked confidence in the future of utilities because of the “fixed punitive policy” of the Government, Speculation Over Taxes. Reports that Mr. Roosevelt would send Congress a message outlining possible means of stimulating resi- dential building aroused speculation over the question of whether he would mention taxes. The United States Chamber of Commerce's housing conference last week asserted the undivided profits tax was rding building. Wide senti- FREEZING WEATHER DUE TO CONTINUE Continued Clear and Cold Fore- cast—Mercury Falls to Low of 27. After a wintry week end Washing- ton can look forward to continued clear, cold weather, the official fore- caster said today. More sub-freezing temperatures were predicted for tonight, with a low of around 26 degrees and moderate winds. Today’s early morning low tem- perature, 27 degrees, recorded at 6 am., was 2 points above yesterday’s minimum of 25 at 5:30. The highest mark Sunday was 37 at 4 pm. By 9 a.m. today, however, the mercury had risen to 31, and indications were it would go considerably higher. Virginia felt the coldest week end of the season, with minimum tempera- tures ranging from 27 in Richmond to 10 at Marion, where Holston River was frozen. An inch of snow fell at Bristol and the mercury dipped to 18, the Asso- ciated Press reported. At Roanoke it was literally cold enough to freeze a brass horn. The Salvation Army found that out when it attempted to hold its usual street service. During the playing of a hymn, the h went mute, their valves frozen.The service was dis- missed. The temperature was 19.