Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1938, Page 1

(U. 8, Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and colder tonight with minimum temperature about 34 degrees; tomorrow fair; moderate northwest winds. Temper- The only evening paper in Washington with the atures today—Highest, 59, at 1 a.m.; low- , at 3 p.m. Full report on page A-2. est, 45, at 10:30 a.m.; 49. Closing New York Markets, Page 14 86th YEAR. No. 34,2 GOURT OF APPEALS BACKS CONVICTION OF DR. TOWNSEND Verdict of Contempt for Quitting House Body’s Hearing Is Upheld. 30-DAY TERM AND FINE * FACE PENSION HEAD Sentence to Be Carried Out Unless | High Bench Reviews Case. Justice Stephens Dissents. BACKGROUND— Special House committee began investigation of Dr. Francis E. Townsend's old-age pension plan after there had been indications of serious dissension within his organ- ization. His proposal to pay elderly persons $200 a montl: attracted wide jollowing in early stages, but his adherents decreased in number after internal difficulties in the or- ganization, and the organization now is virtually defunct. By WILLIAM S. TARVER. ‘The contempt conviction March 12, 1937. of Dr. Francis E. Townsend, eld- erly head and founder of Old Age Re- volving Pensions, Ltd. who defiantly walked out of a House Committee hear- ing May 21. 1936, was affirmed today by the United States Court of Appeals. 50. s Paid to Idle Laborer, Receives By JOHN H. tangible meaning today. his wife and child since he lost his Compensation Act. “No. sir, boss." said Adams, "I don't know how that money come to get there, but I sure know what I'm going to do with 1t.” More than 200 other persons were on hand at the temporary office of the United States Employment Service at 928 Fifth street N.W. when the first Jjobless insurance checks were dis- tributed today. Only about half of these were eligible to receive checks today, however. Most of the others in line were other unemployed work- ers calling to file application for bene- fits. During the last two years, Adams’ record shows, he had worked about 88 weeks for a street paving firm, but lost his job last October. He will re- | ceive a check for $14.50 each week for a maximum period of 18 weeks—or until he obtains a new job. “I'd rather be running an asphalt machine than just sitting around waiting for these chegks.” he said. ah To William Moses Adams, colored. 43-vear-old unemployed asphalt ma- chine operator, the term “unemployment insurance” took on a definite and « Adams, who has had a' pretty tough time providing food and shelter for $14.50—the ‘first benefit payment made under the District’s Unemployment @ . WITH SUNDAY MORN ING EDITION ¢ Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1938—THIRTY PAGES. #%% First D. C. Jobless Insurance thing W orker 'William Moses Adams, 43, Colored $14.50; Out of Job Since October; Another Gets Check. (Pictures gn page A-3.) CASSADY, Jr. job last October, received a check for “But they'll sure come in right handy.” Adams lives at 1329 Ninth street | NW. | No. 2 check went to Junior L. Bal- | | lard, 52, of 624 H street N.E. a car- penter who has been out of work since December 23. He is married, and his wife has been ill for 14 years, “We didn't have very much money saved up,” he said. “So it's been hard to keep going. I haven't been very well, either.” Ballard only worked about 15 com- plete weeks during the last two years, so his compensation will continue for only five weeks. His checks will be for the maximum amount payable, however—$15. The amount of each check is based on the worker's earn- ings during the 104 weeks prior to January 1, 1938. A number of other eligible claim- :lnu lost their jobs late last vear, but | (See UNEMPLOYMENT, Page A-3.) STEEL CONTRACT Elisha Hanson: who. with Joseph Contrell, defended Dr. Townsend. said the ruling would be taken to the Supreme Court. Mr. Hanson said he understood Dr. Townsend is now in Portland, Oreg. Unless the Supreme Court consents to review the case. Dr. Townsend must serve 30 days in jail and pay a $100 fine as a result of his alleged con- tumacy. STUDIEDBYC.1.0. Terms of New Proposal Are Closely Guarded Pending Parley Later Today. Justice Stephens Dissents. Dr. Townsend was convicted after & three-day trial in District Court in which he challenged the legality of | the hearing at which he was a witness and contended that his unauthorized departure from the hearing was not “willful.” In a 13-page opinion. written by As- Eociate Justice Justin Miller, the ap- pellate court sided against him on these and other points. In a dissenting opinion, however, Associate Justice Harold M. Stephens #aid he thought the conviction should be reversed because Dr. Townsend was not allowed to put in evidence excerpts from the transcript at the congres- sional hearing. Entitled to Give Evidence. “The trial court permitted the Gov- ernment to introduce evidence not merely that the defendant absented himself from the committee hearings voluntarily, but also that he did so in bad faith and with evil intent. Cer- tainly. therefore, the defendant was entitled to introduce evidence, if any there was available toshim, tending to prove that his default was not ‘prompted by bad faith or evil in- tent but was on the contrary. ‘in €ood faith based upon his actual be- lief' that he need no longer attend the hearings,” Justice Stephens stated. Dr. Townsend's alleged contempt occurred after he had been subjected | BACKGROUND— | Steel Workers Organizing Com- mittee of the C. I. O.. headed by | Philip Murray, gained collectize | bargaining contract with United | States Stect and its subsidiaries | last year. but failed in its eflort to oroanize the independents. Tom M. G rdler, chairman of Republic, balked cforts of John L. Lewis' legions in their strike which was marked by violence and loss of life. “ By the Assoctated Press NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—A new con- tract between “big steel” and John L. Lewis' C. I. O.-afliated Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee, understood to | have been offered to the union by the United States Steel Corp., was under discussion today at a closed meeting of 25 high-ranking C. I. O. leaders. The terms of the new contract, re- newing last year's agreement, which expires February 28. were closely guarded pending negotiations later in the day with United States Steel officials The present contract provides for & basic 85 8-hour day and a 40-hour week. Unconfirmed reports indicated that for a day to intensive grilling by a the union leaders, delegated with full special House committee investigating old-age pension organizations. ‘ In advance of Dr. Townsend's ap- | pearance on the stand May 21 he had | prepared a brief written statement, | which the committee chairman re- | fused to allow him to read. When he was told, however, that he might | make an oral statement, he said: Inquiry Held Valid. “In view of the apparent unfriendly attitude of this committee and the unfair attitude it has shown to me and the members of my organization, | I deem it my duty to say that I shall no longer attend. these committee !, meetings. Iam retiring from this sort | of an inquisition and I do not propose | to come back again except under ar- Test. And I do refuse absolutely to make any further statement pertain- ing to this movement to this commit- tee: Thank you, and good-by, gentle- men.” With that, the pension chief clapped on his hat and strode from the com- mittee room. Justice Miller, in the majority opinion of the court, stated that the . tommittee’s inquiry, the validity of ®hich Dr. Townsend challenged, was clearly constitutional. “A legislative inquiry may be as broad, as searching and as exhaustive 83 18 necessary to make effective con- stitutional powers of Congress,” Jus- tice Miller atated. Action Held Deliberate. “A judicial inquiry relates to a case and the evidence #o be admissible must be measured by the narrow limits of the pleadings. A legislative Inquiry anticipates all possible cases which may arise thereunder and the- evidence admissible must be respon- sive to the scope of the inquiry, which, generally, is very broad. * * * Within the realm of legislative dis- cussion, the exercise of good¢aste and §ood judgment in the examination of Wwitnesses must be entrusted to those who have been vested with suthority to cénduct such investigations.” The majority opinion held that Dr. ‘Townsend acted “deliberately and de- flantly” and that his attempt to Justify his actions by the gruelling he had undergone was not sufficient excuse for his actions. The court discarded perfunctorily Dr. Townsend's contention that the contempt statute applies only when a witness fails to appear and not when he appears and then leaves without permission. Dr. Townsend was prosecuted by former United States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett and his assistant, Henry L. Underwood. —_— Record Bond Sales. By the Associated Press The Treasury sold & record amount | powers to negotiate “the best contract possible” in the absence of Lewis, who remained at C. I. O. headquarters in : | Washington, expected only to ask “big steel” for a renewal of the pres- ent contract without change for another year. Before the union men gathered to examine the contract a high C. I. O. official predicted a “quick clean-up” at the parley with steel representa- tives. Five unpn lieutenants. headed by Philip Murray, S. W. O. C. chairman, were delegated to negotiate with the steel officials. The outcome was expected to set an example for action on the renewal of other union contracts with 463 steel companies of the so-called “Big Steel” group. The contracts ary 28. The union spokesman's comment indicated that the groundwork for agreement in the impending negotia« tions was laid at a closed conference on January 12, when Lewis met here with Thomas L. Moses, president of the United States Coal & Coke Co., & subsidiary of United States Steel. expire on Febru- Berry to Run. BELVIDERE, S. Dak., Feb. 7 (#).— Former Gov. Tom Berry, who served four years as South Dakota's Chief Ex- ecutive, today announced his candi- dacy for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator. The 59-year-old rancher thus seeks the office to which he appointed Her- bert Hitchcock after the death of Peter Norbeck in 1936. A 54-year-old “heat” regord for this time of year was tied yesterday as the mercury rocketed to 69 de fool- ing a lot of people into shedding heavy garments and “promising good busi- ness for the family physician. The high temperature, recorded at 3 pm, when the warm sun lured thousands of motorists and pedestrians out to admire Nature's peculiarities, was the s}me registered here February 6, 1884. It was only the second time since the WeatHer Bureau started keeping *“tabs” on the temperature in 1871 that it has been so warm on Feb- ruary 6. As far as an all-time February mark is concerned, however, it was & pretty cool day. For on February 25, 1930, the reading was 84. One event attributed to the strange behavior of the weather was reported at the Zoo, where one of a pair of of “baby” bonds—$133,000,000 worth— in January, Secretary Morgenthau an- nounced yesterday. [ 4 v mated penguins, who are so alike in their pride, happiness and eagerness to share thelr domestic duties that ' . Colder Weather Due Tonight; “Heat W ave” Ties 1884 Record HARVEY FIRESTONE' DIESIN FLORIDA T Rubber Manufacturer’s | Death Came as Surprise to Household. By the Associted Press | MIAMI BEACH, Fla.. Feb. 7.—Har- | vey S. Firestone, head of the world- | wide rubber interests bearing his name, | died early today at his mansion on the ocean shore here. The gray-haired industrialist. who was 69 vears old, had suffered inter- | mittently from poor health in recent | years. but his death was umexpected. | The cause of death, it was learned | authoritatively, was coronary artery thrombosis—formation of a clot in the coronary artery, which is one of | the two main vessels carrying blood from the heart. | Shocked atendants at his huge estate | closed the iron gates and the family! retired to strict privacy. A son, Rus- s8ll A. Firestone, madeé known his father’s death in the following state- ment on which no, amplification was forthcoming: “Harvey S. Firestone passed away | in his sleep early this morning at his | home here. The funeral will be held in | Akron later this week.” ! M. Firestone had taken an automo- bile ride vesterday afternoon with Mrs. M. E. Ak>. a niece, and apparently | wes in good health at thet t.me. After dinner, however, he complained of indie=stion and a doctor was called Dr. Andrew S. Robinson of Akron .came here last month to treat Mr. Firestone for a severe cold, but the | patient had improved to such an extent that the physician returned to Ohio a few days ago. Born on Ohio Farm. Mr. Firestone was born on a farm | near Columbiana, Ohio, in 1868. Even as a boy his business ability was pro- nounced and his parents encouraged his desire for a commercial career. | After graduating from high school and business college he was given a position as bookkeeper in Columbus in the coal business of John W. Taft. Succesively he was bookkecper, i salesman and sales manager, and it was while demonstrating a rubber- tired buggy in Detroit that young Firestone foresaw the vast possibilities in rubber tires. He entered the business for him- self in Chicago. With an investment of less than $15,000 he developed the | business and in a few years soid out for $1.254,000. He then moyed to Akron, which he envisioned as the rubber manufac- turing center of the country, and (See FIRESTONE, Page A-3) o QUAKE SHAKES TOKIO Many Frightened by Shocks Flee Their Homes. TOKIO, Feb 7 (%).—Tokio and the surrounding district were shaken by a comparatively severe earthquake at 11:45 p.m. tonight (9:45 a.m.E.S.T). Many frightened citizens ran from their houvses. Clocks were stopped by the shock. Early reports did not men- tion casualties or serious dam keepers are & bit confused about their sex, laid an egg—their second in Tess than a week. Today was to be a different story, however—a sad atory for robins who might have flown north to witness with wonder what was happening at the Zoo. Strong northwest winds sent the velocity recorder up to 40 m.p.h. during the night. A freak occurrence reaulting from the wind was the sounding of & burglar alarm In a shoe atore in the 1100 block of Connecticut avenue N.W. The alarm was set off by the preasure of the wind against a window on which the device is fixed. As & result of the high winds, the temperature started to. fall rapidly. At ‘9 o'clock this morning it had reached 47 and, according to the fore- caster, will eontinue to drop during the afternoon and night until it reaches a low of about 34 before to- mprrow morning., The akies will be generslly clear todey and tomorrow, d WAR PROFIT BAN BILLS ADVANCED IN BOTH HOUSES President Would Become Virtual Dictator Under Legislation. SPECIAL TAX PROVISIONS INCLUDED IN MEASURES House Proposal Wonld Authorize Absorption of All Surplus Profits Above Normal Return. By the Associated Press. Congress has completed much of the preliminary work on one of Presi- dent Roosevelt’s national defense recommendations—action to prevent profiteering in time of wai One bill to accomplish that purpose has been approved by the House Mili- tary Committee, and proponents fore- cast today that the House would de- bate it soon. A Senate finance subcommittee has agreed on terms of another meas- ure. Supporters said it woyld be | offered as an amendment to the first | tax bill passed by the House. ‘The bill awaiting House action con- tains no specific tax provisions. The measure by Senator Connally, Demo- crat, of Texas. which the Senate finance subcommittee approved would impose a graduated scale of individual income and undivided corporation profit taxes in event of war. H Would Be Virtual Dictator. Under both proposals, sponsors said. i the President would become a virtual | dictator of commerce and industry in time of war. He could fix maximum and mini- ! mum prices for all commodities. He could establish quotas for the sale of | commodities and could draft into the | civilian Government service anyone | managing an industrial establish- | ment. 1 The Chief Exec Quire any class of industry or com- merce to operate under a Federal license. conditions of which he could He would have complete of security and commodity | excnanges and could requisition nec- ' essary materials : The House bill would authorize a system of taxation which would absorb all surplus profits above a “fair nor- mal return to labor, management and invested capital” A “fair return”| would be defined by Congress. | Exemptions Would Be Cut. ! The Connally bill would reduce per- somal exemptions on - individual in- coarte taxes to $800 for single persons | and 81,600 for married persons. The | tax rate would be 10 per cent, with | & surtax beginning with 6 per cent on the first $1.000 of income in ex cess of the exemption and reaching | & maximum of 80 per cent on income in excess of $50.000. A tax on undistributed profits of corporations would range from 30 per cent 1o 77 per cent, according to the amount of profits retained. A bill similar in most respects to the House bill was introduced by Sen- ator Sheppard, Democrat, of Texas. | It bore the indorsement of the Amer- ican Legion and was approved by the | Senate Military Committee. It was referred to the Finance Committee because of its tax provisions. The Sheppard bill would impose a tax of 95 per cent on all income in | excess of the three-year average prior to the outbreak of war. It also con- tains provision for a draft for military service, —_— DIVER TO SEEK BODY To Descend Into Hudson Off West Point for Missing Flyer. WEST POINT, N. Y., Feb. 7 (#).— Jeopardized by ice floes and swift- running currents, & diver prepared to descend into the Hudson River off | West Point today to search for the body of the pilot of a plane that plunged into the river Saturday night. The victim was believed to be John | (“Bud”) Fraser. manager of an air-: port at Jervis, N, Y. re also could re- COURT NULLIFIES MILK INIUNCTION Order Outlawing U. S. Regu- | lation Here Is Ruled Invalid. BACKGROUND— Three weeks after the A. A. A. issued a milk marketing agreement for the Washington market, Justice Oscar Luhring of District Court en- joined its enforcement, in October, 1936. The first eflect of the agree- ment would have been to raise the price paid by Washington diaries to farmers for milk. This was done anyway. with a corollary increase to 14 cents a quart of the retail price of milk here. Justice Luhring ruled the whole A. A. A. was un- constitutional. including its mar- keting agrcement provisions. An injunction granted in District Court a year ago outlawing Federal regulation of milk distribution in the Washington area was nullified today by & United States Court of Appeals | decision. The appellate court held that me; 12 independent Maryland and Vir- ginia milk producers who attacked the milk market agreement, which in- DAN, YOU HAVENT SEEN NOTHIN' YET, WAIT TILL | BRING A CONVENT|ON OF FARMERS To L ~You! {A.F. L. OUSTS MINERS’ UNIO IN MIAMI VOTE Green Withdraws His 48-Year Mem- bership. Bv the Associated Press. MIAMI. Fla.. Feb. 9—The Amer- ican Federation of Labor Executive Council announced today it had re- voked the charter of the United Mine Workers of America. At the same time the council re- voked charters of the International |Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter | Workers and the Federation of Flat | Glass Workers of America. A resolution adopted last Friday. | but not announced until today, said |the A. F. L. regarded the union's| | activities in the Committee for In-| | dustrial Organization as “an actuak| | and complete withdrawal” from 'he\(‘rll. of Texas. leader of the South-|form and Admiral Leahy Federation. | William Green. A. F. L. president, said he was withdrawing from his 48-year membership in the mine union | headed by John L. Lewis to follow “a | consistent course president of the | A. F. L" He had been threatened | with ouster from the union. | The resolution ousting the C. I. O. | unions said that all efforts of the' A. F. L. “to effect unity and peace in . BILBO GONTINUES {Warns Other Sections Than | Associated A Means Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Press News and Wirephoto Services. Associated Press. THREE CENTS. ————————— LYNCHING DEBATE South May Face Race Troubles. Senator Bilbo. Democrat. of Mis- sissippi warned the Senate in an at-| tack on the anti-lynching biM today | | that the South might not be the only section to face race troubles in the future. He said he “hoped to be in the! Senate” when members from other | sections brought their problems to that body | Bilbo announced as he took up (he | Southern filibuster against the bill that he was ready to give the balance of his “thirty-day” speech which was halted last week | However, Senator Connally, Demo-‘ ern group. predicted that the argu-| ment against the bill would be con- | tinued until Wednesday when the conference report on the farm bill is | expected to come up. The South- | erners said they were confident that, once the bill is laid aside for the farm measure. it will be sidetracked for | this session. House Keeps Busy. While the Senate dawdled away LEAHY SAYS NAVY 1S INDEPENDENT OF FOREIGN ALLIANGE Admiral Tells House Com- mittee U. S. Forces Have No “Commitments.” SEEKS LARGER FLEET FOR DEFENSE ONLY Hull's Offer to Take Part in Arms Reduction Plan Arouses Interest. By the Assoclated Press. Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of naval operations, told the House Naval Committee today that the Navy ex- pects to solve its defense problems “without alliances” and has no “for- eign commitments." Asserting he wished to clear up anv misunderstanding that may have arisen from his previous assertions, the Navy's highest ranking officer said “The Navy hss no thought of ob- taining assistance from an: other na- tion. It has no thought of giving as- sistance in the solution of the prob- lems of any other nation “It has no foreign commitments “There are no understandings re. garding assistance to be given or re. ceived. “There has been no talk of giving. or receiving. assistance.” Admiral Leahy's refusal last weck to disclose publicly the nature of discus- sions Capt. Robert Ingersoll, head of the Navy War Plans Divisions. had recently with the British Admiralt: had brought speculation in congres- sional circles as to a possible under- standing with Britain Admiral Leahy's categorical denial of any commitment to any foreign n:- tion was given in testimony on legis] tion to authorize a $800,000.000 naval expansion program. Planes Declared Urgent. Admiral Leahy told the committre the “most urgent improvement ' needed in the Nation's air defense was in in- crease in naval patrol planes and their tenders. He also urged authorization for more minesweepers. minelave fleet tugs, oil tankers and a survey ship. None of these types of auxiliaries are covered by the bill in its present suggested that, if necessary, they be provided by cutting down the number of destrover tenders, repair ships and sub}r:'llrine tenders proposed by one each. “If authority is not obtained now | for these vessels.” he said, “it will bs necessary for the Navy to request of Congress in the near future, and be- fore all the vessels authorized by the bill are commenced, that authority be volved price fixing, lacked sufficient the ranks of organized labor have been With the anti-lynching filibuster the | granted to acquire or construct these interest to maintain the suit. The court said the dairies were the parties actually concerned and that the milk producers “occupy no posi- tion in relation to the dairy com- panies which warrants an appearance here in the latter's béhalf.” The producers, the court, said, failed to allege in their suits facts in- dicating they would suffer as a result of operation of the agreement. The Court of Appeals, therefore, remanded the cases to District Court with instructions that they be dis- missed. Terms of Agreement. By terms of the milk-marketing agreement, all milk received by han- dlers or distributors was classified and .| the minimum prices were fixed to be paid to producers. A tax on distrib- utors also was imposed to finance ad- ministration of the agreement. The trial court enjoined operation of the agreement on the ground it was authorized by the Agricultural Adjust- ment Act, which had been held uncon- stitutional by the Supreme Court. The injunction rendered void an A. A. A. ruling increasing milk prices about 1 cent a quart to producers, which was expected to bring a similar | increase in retail price. The milk producers who sought to invalidate the agreement contended it T (See M -3) (See MILK, Page A- Summary of Page. Amusements B-14 Comics ._B-12-13 Editorials ‘A8 PFinance ... A-13] Lost & Found B-9 Obituary .._A-10 FOREIGN. Niemoeller assails closing of treason trial at opening. Page A-4 Insurgents claim 35 towns taken in march to sea. Page A-4 Hitler purge of army believed in- completed. Page A-4 Guerrillas slow Japanese conquest of China. Page A-4 “Miss X" describes trapping four in spy plot. Page A-4 “Sink subs” order revealed by Eden to Commons. Page A-4 Japan denies planning 43,000-top bat- tleships. Page A-4 Serial Story..B-9 Society --..- B-3 Sports _._A-11-12 Woman's Pg. B-8 NATIONAL. Leahy says U. 8. Navy has no foreign commitments. Page A-1 Appeals Court upholds Townsend con- tempt. conviction. Page A-1 C. L O. chieftains secretly study U. 8. Steel contract. Page A-1 Harvey 8. Firestone, rubber manufac- turer, dies in Florida. Page A-1 Legislation to ban war profiteering is advanced. Page A-1 Floods cover vast areas in two States and Ontario. Page A-2 Senate group hears foes of equal rights amendment, Page A-2 WASHINGTON: AND VICINITY. ‘Temperature equals 54-year-old high mark here. Page A-1 Payment of unemployment insurance begins here. ' Page Pederal regulation of milk distribution held valid. Page A-1 Today's Star Meeting planned today on Montgom- ery Building Association. Page B-1 Speeders draw heavy fines from Judge Newman. Page B-1 D. C. revenue bill introduced in House, . Page B-1 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page This and That. Page Answers to Questions. Page Washington Observations. Page David Lawrence. Page The Capital Parade. Page Dorothy Thompson. Page Constantine Brown, Page Lemuel Parton. Page [ bbb miiedn SPORTS. Johnson acclaimed ace of Millrose games. Page A-11 Dog “has his day” in mammoth West- minster show. Page A-11 Balking Medwick looks to leaner days. Page A-11 Lad of 11 stars in golf on coast. Page A-11 Dempeey's cousin enters ring. Page A-11 Hoyas, still hoping for title, play West Virginia. Page A-12 FINANCIAL, Corporate bonds mixed (table). Page A-13 Stocks dull, narrow (table). Page A-14 Curb list eases (table). Page A-15 Steel rate gains. = Page A-15 Kresge profits down. . Page A-15 MISCELLANY. Shipping News. City News in Brief. Bedtime Story. Dorothy Dix. Nature's Children. Cross-word Pussie, Letter-Out. Page B-5 Page A-7 Page B-7 Page B-8 Page B-9 Page B-12 Page B-12 Oapital man dies In leap from dis- abled piang, Page A-3 Winning Contrast. PageB-13 | frustrated by the arbitrary and dicta- ! torial action of the officers of the United Mine Workers, who. by reason of the financial support given to the C. I. O, have had from the very be- ginning the complete veto power over all its policies and decisions and have been in actual and absolute control of its leadership.” It cited the miners’ substitution of |C. L. O. for'A. F. L. in their constitu- | tion at their convention in Washing- ton last week, holding the action sev- ered the union’s relationship with the Federation. In the case of the Flat Glass Work- | ers and the Mill and Smelter Workers il separate resolution declared that | these unions had refused to quit the | C. 1. O. and that there was nothing to indicate they intended to abide by A. F. L. rules. JAMES ROOSEVELT INDORSES PEPPER Issues Statement in Florida Ex- pressing Hope Senator Will Be Returned. By the Associated Press. PALM BEACH. Fla.. Feb. 7.—Sena- tor Claude Pepper. faced with four opponents in his bid for renomination in the May primaries, today had a friendly pat on the back and a wish for success from James Roosevelt, son of the President. Young Roosevelt, here for a vaca- tion, issued a statement yesterday in which he said Senator Pepper had been loval to the administration and had worked hard for his State, “and it is our sincere hope he will be re- turned to the Senate.” The formal statement was issued in the district of Representative J. Mark ‘Wilcox of West Palm Beach, who voted | against President Roosevelt's court re- | form bill. Representative Wilcox has announced for Pepper'’s office. Former Gov. Dave Sholtz also has announced he would make the race. Other candidates are the Rev. W. A, Hixon of Daytona and Finley Moore of Lake City. Mr. Roosevelt did not say he was speaking for his father’s administra- tion, but he used the inclusive term “we” in his statement. By the Assoclated Press. Secretary Ickes got washed back into the bathing news today—this time as'the ablutions arbiter of Gov- ernment bathhouses. “Bathhouses or hotels," read new regulations for Federal washeries, “will be allowed such number of tubs as the Secretary may, in his discre- tion, deem proper and necessary for the public service, and the amount of hot water will justify.” Don’t get alarmed. Don't hide the soap. Don’t lock up the towels. The QGovernment is not going to move into the private bath fleld. Secretary Ickes’ realm includes only shoss _-un‘um whieh House considered minor legislation. Before the House Naval Committee Admiral William D. Leahy. chief of | naval operations. said the Navy had not talked with any other nation about giving. or receiving. assistance and had no foreign commitments. | He volunteered this statement. he | said, because of possible misunder- | standing of some of his previous tes- | timony on the proposed 20 per cent naval expansion program. Some Congressmen had speculated that there was an understanding with Great Britain because of recent con- ferences of a Navy official wilh the British admiralty. Twenty-two Representatives who favor enactment of a wage-hour bill arranged for an afternoon conference with President Roosevelt, presumably to discuss ways of getting a bill before the House and the type of legislation Mr. Roosevelt approved. Oppose Equal Rights, Representatives of two women's or- anizations told the Senate Judiciary Committee they opposed a proposal to amend the Constitution to guarantee women equal rights with men. They are Miss Dorothy Straus of | New York, appearing for the National | League of Women Voters, and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. The latter sent the com- mittee a statement. The committee is to vote next week on the proposal. Plans of House leaders for considera- tion of the new crop control bill to- morrow ran into Republican opposition to “hasty consideration.” Minority Leader Snell of New York objected when Chairman Jones, Demo- crat, of Texas of the Agriculture Committee and Majority Leader Ray- burn of Texas declined to wait until Thursday to bring the new bill before the House. Snell contended the mem- bers should have more time to consider this “practically new bill.” Chairman O'Connor immediately announced the Rules Committee would meet during the afternoon to dis- cuss methods of obtaining legislative right of way for the bill. Baltimore Cathedral a Basilica. VATICAN CITY, Feb. 7 (#).—Ele- vation of the Baltimore Cathedral to the grade of a minor basilica became effective today. Ickes Washed Back Into News As Federal Bathing Authority get their water from Hot Springs Na- tional Park, Ark. The regulations—which are seven and one-half pages long—cover the subject pretty thoroughly. For in- stance: No free bath tickets without writ- ten permission from the superintend- ent. If a single-bath-ticket buyer wants to get rubbed with a bath mitt, he'll have to bring his own. The bath- house, however, must furnish each bather with a freshly laundered sheet. Attendants mustn't borrow money from bathers. (The rules don't say anything about bathers borrowing from attendants) i | most vessels in addition to those authorized in the present bill.” Peacetime Program. Although he said the Navy would need large numbers of auxili; in wartime, Admiral Leal proposed .program would provide onlv those essential to service the fleet in time of peace. *The Maritime Commission has been co-operative,” he said, ‘“in building ships that will be of use to the Navy in the event of war. Re- cently contracts have been let for 14 cargo ships and 12 tankers, and 29 additional ships of various types are planned.” Emphasizing the need for efficient auxiliaries, Admiral Leahy said thev should have a speed of 15 knots or more, or else they and the warships which have to slow their pace to ac- commodate the speed of the auxil- iaries, would be “easy prey for sub- marines.” 42 Auxiliary Vessels Asked. To meet the projected 20 per cent increase in combatant ship tonnage, Admiral Leahy said the Navy should have 42 additional auxiliary vessels He segregated them as follows: De- stroyer tenders, 5; submarine tenders. 3. seaplane tenders (large). 4 (small), 7:; repair ships, 3. mine- layers, 2; minesweepers, 5: fleet tugs. 5; survey ship, 1; oil tankers, 4, hospital ship, 1, and store ships, 2. In denying any foreign alliances, Admiral Leahy said the Navy intends “to stand on its own fect in providing protection to the United States, and it expects to succeed.” He said it had been his endeavor throughout the hearing to convey the Navy's understanding that the pro- posed legislation “is simply to author- ize a sufficient Navy to provide pro- tection to the United States and its island possessions against attack by any single foreign naval power, an increase having been made necessary because of the increased naval pro- grams of other nations.” No Particular Possible Enemy. He said the Navy did not have in mind any particular possible enemy, but does consider all foreign navies in its study of necessary defenses. Replying to a question from Repre- sentative Maas, Republican, of Min- nesota, the admiral sail a large part (See NAVAL, Page A-4.) - MRS. RUBENS INTERVIEW POSTPONED IN MOSCOW By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, Feb. 7.—A scheduled in- terview with Mrs. Ruth Marie Rubens of New York by Loy W. Henderson, Charge d'Affaires of the United States Embassy, was postponed today while Soviet authorities completed arrange- ments as to the time and place. The United States gained permission last week for the talk in the hope of solving the mystery of the woman's trip to Russia on a fraudulently ob- tained passport and her arrest Decem- ber 9 on suspicion of espionage. ‘The meeting had been set for to- day but under the circumstances was expected tomorrow at the earliest, per- haps at the foreign office, where Mrs, Rubens would be taken from a thus far secret place of detention,