Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1939, Page 1

Weather Forecast From the United States Weal 1] detalls on Page Cloudy and not quite so cool tonight; tomorrow mostly cloudy and somewhat warmer; gentle north winds. Temperatures 72, at 2 p.m.; lowest, 63 Closing N. Y. Markets—Sales. Page 18. her Bureau report. east and east today—Highest, , at 5 am. @ 87th YEAR. No. Senators Slash Lendin 34,779. I WITH SU}{DAY MORNING EDITION — e Foening Staf WASHINGTON g Bill By $400,000,000, Then Add $90,000,000 for Reclamation Committee Reduces Funds for Railroads And Toll Roads BACKGROUND— Previous major New Deal spending and lending enterprises have included public works, relief work, lending to industry through R. F.C. and stimulation of build- ing through F. H. A. Current proposal places new emphasis on self-liquidating character of*pub- lic investment, with net cost to Government estimated to be neg- ligible. By 1he Associated Press The Senate Banking Committee trimmed $400.000.000 from President Roosevelt's $2.800.000.000 lending program today and then added $90.- 000,000 for reclamation projects in the West. Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio, voicing the views of the minority committee members. told reporters Republicans still were *not satis- fied” and would seek further curtail- ment of the measure. The committee agreed to cut 1rom $750.000.000 to $500.000.000 a pro- posed authorization for toll roads and from $500.000.000 to $350,000.000 the total which the Reconstruction Finance Corp. could expend for rail- road equipment to be leased to the carriers. Jones Hits Inference. While the Senate committee was busy with details of the legislation, Jesse Jones, new Federal loan ad- ministrator, told the House Bank- ing Committee that any inference drawn from previous testimony by him, and current in some congres- sional circles, that the lending leg- islation was unnecessary “of course, ridiculous.” Mr. Jones was reported authori- tatively to have told the Senate committee late yesterday that the R. F. C. could finance the program for two years with its present bor- rowing authority, but that some amendments to existing law would be necessary to carry out such lend- ing proposals as construction of toll roads and leasing of equipment to railroads. Today he told the House Commit- tee that the $1.361.000.000 still avail- able to the R. F. C. for loans of all types “car’t and won't” take care of the proposed new program. He said the R. F. C. did not have ade- quate authority to make the types of loans contemplated. “We have always felt,” Mr. Jones raid. “that we ought not to get our borrowing authority for general pur- poses below $1,000,000.000.” He explained that under existing law. the R. F. C. could not purchase railroad equipment for lease to the carriers. “And I like that part of the pro- gram.” he added. “because we think we can encourage the roads to dis- card some of their old equipment and buy new.” Net Reduction of $310,000,000. The Senate Committee’s action ef- fected a net reduction of $310.000.000 in the lending program. In addition. the banking group amended the bill to cut from 40 to 30 years the term of bonds which the R. F. C. would issue to raise funds for the program. It also approved a change to make clear that the rural electrification lenc program would aggregate onl ©70.000.000. That sum was pro d in the lending program, but Senator Taft said the R. E. A. previously had obtained a $280,- 000.000 program. Senator Taft said the revision made certain that the $500.000.000 would not be in addition to the al- ready approved $280.000.000. Majority Leader Barkley, author of the lending bill, said that the changes in language might make it necessary to draft an entirely new measure. He said he was hopeful the bill would go to the Senate floor next Tuesday. “It is not impossible that the bill could be finally approved next week and that we could ad- journ by July 29." Senater Barkley told reporters. The first yvear's outlays under the lending plan would aggregate only $770,000,000, and Mr. Jones was said to have declared before the Senate committee yesterday that the R. F.C could finance those advances and meet all its other commitments. He added, committee members asserted, that repayments to the R. F. C. dur- ing the first year would make it (See LENDING. 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The Evening Star_____ 65,393 2nd Newspaper _ 30,009 3rd Newspaper 19,516 4th Newspaper _______ 12,307 Total, 3 other papers, 61,832 Yesterday’s Circulation The Evening Star July 20, 1939_ - 148,164* July 21, 1938 - 136,915* Increase *Returns from newsstands #nd samples n gekidadictad ot included. ] Japan Collects Fleet to Méei Soviet Threats on Sakhalin SOVIET UNION Lake Baikal JAA NESE REPORT 39 SOVIET PLANES DOWNED 0 200 400 600 ——— MILES Map shows areas of Russo-Japanese tension: Island, near which Japan is sa NIKOLE (A1, 4 Sakhalin id to be assembling a section of her fleet as the result of a Soviet threat to confiscate Japanese coal and oil concessions, and border, where 39 Soviet planes Kidnapt;d Clergyman Urges Payment 0f 5,000 1o Arabs Donkey Boy Brings Note Carrying Veiled Threat Of Band'’s Leader (Picture on Page A-5.) By the Associated Press. JERUSALEM, July 21.—A donkey boy brought to Jerusalem today a note from the Rev. Gerould R. Gold- ner of Mogadore, Ohio, assuring his father of his safety. but urging that the $5,000 ransom demanded by his Arab kidnapers be paid today if pos- sible. The same messenger brought a note from the leader of the band which kidnaped the Ohio pastor Wednesday declaring that if the ran- som were not paid the captors could not be responsible for Goldner's safety. The first message, delivered to Dr. Jacob Goldner, Cleveland, Ohio, pastor and father of the kidnaped man, said: : “Don’'t worry. I am sending this note with my donkey boy to you to convince you I am safe. Please bring the money if possible Friday Affectionately, . "“JERRY.” Two donkey boys accompanied the | Goldners on the_journey which re- sulted in the kidnaping. One was sent back with the father, who reached Jerusalem yesterday. The second was freed last night with the messages and reached Jeru- salem this morning. He was questioned intensively by British authorities and by the elder Goldner. Greek Patriarch Helps. The Greek patriarch of Jerusalem, head of the Orthodox Church in this region, joined the efforts to obtain | Goldner’s release. He sent a mes- sage to the priests of the Greek | Monastery at Mar Saba urging them to spare no expense in aiding the | American. | Meanwhile the father of the 29- | vear-old kidnap victim prayed for | the release of his son. United States Consul General George Wadsworth | continued efforts to free the younger Goldner. Arab intermediaries also took'a hand in the negotiations. They were understood to have countered the Kidnapers' original demand for $5,000—repeated in the gang lead- er's note today—with an offer of $1,000. Arab Shiek Lends Aid. It was understood three main J Arab tribes in the Dead Sea Vicinity | had been approached to assist Wads- | worth in the search for the clergy- man and his captors. One of the chief sheiks of the are: promised to do what he could | to népotiate Goldner’s release. | The kidnaping occurred Wednes- | day as the father and son, on a | Holy Land tour, were returning from | a trip by donkey to a monastery at | Mar Saba near the Dead Sea. Church Friends Offer Funds to Aid Ransom CLEVELAND, July 21 (®— Churchmen friends of the Rev. Gerould R. Goldner, 29, last night proffered funds toward a $5,000 ran- some demanded by Arabs who kid- naped the Mogadore, Ohio, pastor in the Holy Land. The Rev. Howard Spangler, assist- ant at the Cleveland Disciples of Christ (Christian) Church, where the father, Dr. Jacob Goldner, is pastor, said church officers “are con- sidering steps, if necessary, to raise the ransom money.” He cabled Dr. Goldner: “Plight known. Funds available.” The young pastor's wife, Ruth 29, and their 9-month-old son were in seclusion meanwhile in a rela- tive's suburban home. At 7:30 am. yesterday she received a cable from Dr. Goldner which said simply “Gerould safe.—Dad.” were reported shot d the Manchukuo-Outer Mongolia own. L4 BACKGROUND— | Sakhalin, island north of Japan, | has been frequent cause of dis- pute between Russia and Japan. Island was divided between two empires at end of 1904-5 war, and in 1920 Japan acquired oil and coal concessions in eastern part of Russian half as result of mas- sacre of 600 Japanese at Niko- laevsk. Convention signed in 1925 guaranteed these rights to Japan. | By the Associated Press. try source disclosed today that a sec- cate Japanese oil and coal proper- ties in Sakhalin Island. | The size of the naval force, | base, and destination were not fstnted. The naval source declared, however, that “our ships and men are ready.” Asked if Japan were likely to take \ he replied: ! possible | grave.” Monday Soviet Russia announced “In my opinion that is The situation is extremely rejection of a Japanese demand in | | “ultimatum form” regarding the | rights of Japanese oil and coal con- cessionaires in Sakhalin Island, | which is half Russian and half | Japanese. It is off the Siberian | coast. Thirty-nine Soviet planes were re- ported shot down today in a battle |over Lake Bor, in the Outer Mon- | golian-Manchukuoan zone of hostil- | ities. | The result of the battle was an- |nounced in a communique of | Japan’s Kwantung army, the Man- | chukuo force, at Hsinking and the report was relayed by Domei, Jap- anese news agency. The government awaited word as to whether Soviet authorities had | the property at a midnight Thurs- day deadline. No report had been received thus far either from Sak- | halin or from Moscow. At Moscow Shigenori Togo. Jap- anese Ambassador, was engaged in negotiations with S. A. Lozovsky, vice commissar of foreign affairs, in a last-minute effort to' avert a clash. Vice Admiral Masazo Sakonji, president of the North Sakhalin Oil | Co., said “Japan will never surren- | der her concessions.” “If necessary,” he added, “we will cupy the island.” Official circles expressed a fear of the repetition of the Nikolaevsk | massacre of 1920, when some 600 Japanese were slain. The present dispute arises from a (See TOKIO, Page A-5. 1 | oct carried out a threat to confiscate D. C., FRIDA Neutrality Delay Hurts Business, President Says Timidity of Capital Is Due to Congress, Executive Asserts BACKGROUND— Seeking greater executive dis- cretion in foreign policy, admin- istration has fought for repeal of arms-embargo provision of present neutrality law. House action fell far short of that de- sired, and Senate was even more deflant; and congressional lead- ers and the President agreed at White House conference this week that issue would be dropped Jor this session but be taken up promptly at the next. By the Associated Press. HYDE PARK, N. Y. July 21— President Roosevelt contended at a press conference today that a deci- sion to defer action on neutrality legislation until the next congres- sional session would hurt business. | The Chief Executive indicated | that the neutrality controversy was closed until Congress reassembles next January, so far as he was con- cerned. Then he went on to di j cuss it at length with newsmen clus- | tered around his desk in the study | of his home here. A prominent businessman, Mr. Roosevelt said, told him recently that failure of Congress to act on | neutrality was killing the nicest | little business boom you ever saw. | Declared Causegof Timidity. | Businessmen, the President as- | serted. do not want to make com- { mitments because they do not know what form neutrality legislation | may take when Congress convenes | next year. They do not want to | place orders or take them, he said. | For instance, he said, a newspaper | owner, not knowing how a war might | |affect his business, would hesitate to place an order for a new press. At | the same time, the President said it | would take more than a mere crisis JULY 21, 1939—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. Today’s Ne Today’s news with the last- () Mean: Aok ok WH-WH-Wi-Who S You GOING To PUT ON THAT COMMITTEE, MR SPEAKER? Force on Danzig 'Rejected,” Says Berlin Official Solution Expected To Be Peaceful, But Favorable By LOUIS P. LOCHNER, Associnted Press Foreign Correspondent. BERLIN, July 21.—A German government spokesman in one of the most unequivocal recent utterances on Danzig said today Germany JEnd to Young Democrats’ Club ‘Here Seen in H | i More Than 95% of 1 Would Be Affected, The District of Columbia affiliate of the Young Democratic Clubs ot | America will be “practically wiped jout” should the House-amended Hatch bill curbing political activity among Federal officials be passed, Perry H. Colman, president of the local organization, asserted today. Mr. Colman, an official in the Agriculture Department, commented that more than 95 per cent of the 3000 members of the District club |to impel him to call Congress into OPtimistically expects a solution of Would be affected by the legislation a special session to come to grips with the neutrality problem. | For several years, he added. there | have been recurring threats which | did not eventuate in war abroad, and | there might be another which might | not lead to actual confiict. | Delay Held a Gamble. But the United States is not in a | position to help in a situation of ! that kind, he said, under the present | bargo provision. Members of the It was at that conference that a decision was reached to abandon ef- | | & neutrality bill without an arms | embargo section. Members of the Senate who wanted to postpone action, Mr., | Roosevelt declared, have been gam- will not eventuate. He was told that Senate isola- | | tionists were predicting he would;’ carry the neutrality, issue to the | | country on a prospective trip to| the West Coast. | Mr. Roosevelt wanted to know what neutrality issue existed. A re- porter remarked that the arms em- bargo was the issue, and the Pres- |ident then asked whether it was| | not closed till next January by | action of the Senate. There is and can be no imme- diate issue before the country, he | amplified, because certain groups in is only a matter of months until | the Senate precluded any action un- | til January. He said it should be | made perfectly clear, of course, tha} | " (See NEUTRALITY, Page A-3) | Finding of Footprints Stirs Slim Hope for Boy By the Associated Press, MILLINOCKET, Me, July 21— | With what one mountaineer called | “very slim” chance of finding™ 12- | year-old Donn Fendler alive, & searching army began its fourth day on the wild, windswept slopes of Mount Katahdin today. A report that tracks “about the | size” of the Rye, N. Y. lad's foot- prints had been seen in the sandy | path left by an avalanche 2,500 feet | up the mile-high peak sent one de- | tachment to the Abol stream section National Guardsmen, State troop- ers, timber cruisers and volunteers moved out to widen their explora- tions as a hollow-eyed father waited tensely at a base camp for news of | the son he lost on the cloud-bathed | summit late Monday. Summary of Page. Amusements, B-12 Comics __B-10-11 | Editorials __.A-6 Page. Obituary .. A-8 Radio B-6 Society Sports . A-14-16 Woman's Page | Finance . _A-17 Lost, Found.B-6 = Foreign. Force on Danzig “rejected,” says Berlin official. Page A-1 Japan assembles fleet in row with Soviet over island. Page A-1 Kidnaped missionary urges payment of $5,000 to Arabs. Page A-1 ‘Yugoslavs fortify German border for “neutrality.” Page A-5 Britain won't act alone to appease Japan in China. Page A-5 Conciliatory tactic in Berlin seen appeasement bid. Page A-5 National. Senate committee slashes lending bill. Page A-1 Only minor amendments ahead of | Hatch bill approval. Page A-1 President reported not favoring Jap- anese embargo. Page A-2 Seven hurt fighting Colorado forest fires. Page A-2 Labor Board inquiry due to start when Congress leaves. Page A-3 Long and Maestrl unite to try to save machine. Page A-4 Baptists to launch revival to stop war. P -4 B-3| Today’s Star Washington and Vicinity. House District Committee approves | | seven bills. Page A-1| Shoes may be clue to identity of man found in river. Page B-1 Two canoeists recovering after escape from drowning. Page B-1 Plans sought to pool District recre- ation resources. Page B-1 Glass asks source of order for Glenn Dale colored nurses. Page B-1 McClintic presses for auto permits with photographs. Page B-1 Sports. Chisox's surge makes them threat for second place. Page A-14 Sylvester, pro, man back of Capital Club’s rejuvenation. Page A-15 Finns will “borrow” new village to house Olympians. Page A-16 Editorial and Comment. This and That. Answers to Questions. Letters to The Star. David Lawrence. Alsop and Kintner. Prederic William Wile. Jay Franklin Charles G. Ross. Miscellany. Nature’s Children. Bedtime Story. Crossword Puzzle. Letter-Out. Winning Contract. Uncle Ray’s Corner. A-6 A-6 A-6 A7 A-7 A-7 AT A-7 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page B. Page B-! Page B-10 Page B-10 Page B-11 PageB-11 J the problem favorable to the Reich but rejects the idea of force to re- gain the Free City. “Our Fuehrer is 100 per cent for peace,” he said. “Now as before we expect an uncompromising solution of the Danzig situation along peace- ful lines. “Germany has not the least de- sire for a conflict of arms to bring TOKIO, July 21.—A naval minis- | neutrality law with its arms em- about the uncompromising solution which we confidently expect. We tion of the Japanese fleet was assem- | Senate who conferred with him and rejec_t 100 per cent such a warlike bling in northern waters as a result | Secretary Hull Tuesday night were solution and would regre("exlremely of a Soviet Russian threat to confis- | fully apprised of that fact, he said. if that were the only way. Cites Lack of Propaganda. Saying that Adolf Hitler clung to its | forts to obtain immediate passage of | the definition of the Nazi party con- vention at Nurnberg. September 11, as “The Party Day of Peac the spokesman added: “It he did not mean it, don't you armed action to prevent confiscation, | pling with the possibility that war SUPPose we would have started to prepare the public by a press and propaganda campaign for another eventuality?” The statement was made at a time when Poland and Danzig are seeking to fix responsibility for a border incident in which a Polish soldier was killed yesterday by a Danzig Nazi official. Poles accused the Danziger of shooting across the frontier without warning, but the official Danzig ex- defense. German official opinion is that it Germany peacefully regains Danzig over Polish objections. Restraint Seen in Britain. The foreign office spokesman said common sense, including the reali- zation that Danzig is a German city. was bound to prevail. The official German belief is that the people of Britain, pledged to aid Poland if her independence is threatened, have no desire to come to grips with Germany over Danzig and that therefore the British will exercise a restraining influence over Poland by counseling Danzig's re- turn. Poland, officials in Berlin believe, never would have been so unyield- ing except for British encourage- ment. England, therefore, could press upon Poland a settlement, they declare, adding that Poland need not suffer loss of prestige, since the Free City admittedly is Germanic. Germans hold that Po- land would benefit in the long run by improving Polish-German rela- tions through such a settlement. The Danzig-Polish border slaying seemed to cause little commotion in official German quarters and belief was voiced that the incident would be closed quickly. Maneuvers Near Holland. Maneuvers of the German air- force will be held in the northwest- ern corner of Germany, bordering on the Netherlands, from August 1 to August 3, the official Gazette an- nounced. Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering, as minister of aviation, decreed limited air traffic in the area which extends from the Neth- erlands border along the North Sea coast to the Weser Riven, then as far south as the vicinity of Kassel, west through Muenster and back to the Netherlands border. Exempt from the ban are gov- ernment and transport planes, which are required to cross the ap- proximately 15,000 square-mile area at an altitude not higher than 4,500 feet. Flying at heights below 900 feet and within a radius of 3 miles of civil airports is permitted. Poland Restraining Its Public Opinion ‘WARSAW, July 21 (#).—Official Po- land sought today to keep public opinion within bounds in the face of continuing incidents in Danzig. News that three more Poles had been arrested in the Free City was received with the same restraint which characterized reaction to the killing yesterday of a Polish fron- (See BERLIN, Page A-5) < “As far as I'm concerned,” he commented. “the local organization would practically be wiped out.” | Mr. Colman stated further that the original purpose of the bill would be defeated with its passage as “bootleg™ politics would result “I think legislation keeping poli- | tics out of relief is highly commend- atch Bill 3,000 D. C. Members Colman Asserts able,” Mr. Colman stated, “but this bill, as it now stands. igmves em- ployes not under civil service out in the cold.” Mr. Colman's remarks followed those of Charles H. Shreve, execu- tive secretary of the national or- ganization, who estimated that half of the District members would be affected but that not more than 50.000 of the 5,000,000 members in the entire organization would feel the effects Mr. Shreve commented that the principal effect on his organization of the measure would be a turnover in the next few months in officer personnel, particularly in the case of the local organization. He said the routine functions of the Young Democratic Clubs would be delayed See YOUNG DEMOCRATS, Pg. A-5. ‘Are Approved By House Committee Lunacy Amendments And Beer Measure Are Among Those Voted lls The House District Committee to- day ordered favorable reports on seven bills, including the lunacy amendments designed to relieve Gal- linger Hospital from holding mental cases for observation for a lengthy period. The committee was en- deavoring to clean up the bills re- ferred to it in an effort to get action | planation was that he fired in self- [on them during the congressional | closing rush. bate, the committee approved a bill | sponsored by Representative Jack Nichols, Democrat, of Oklahoma to permit motorists in automobiles to | drink beer in their cars. Other bills approved by the com- | mittee would exempt the American Friends Service Committee from taxation: add reckless driving to | violations for which compulsory lia- | bility insurance is mandatory; allow | the District to purchase additional | parking meters; exempt group hos- | pitalization from taxation; amend | the real estate law so as to include | persons engaged in “business chance” | propostions. | The lunacy bill allows mental | cases Lo be moved to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital after five days of observa- | tion instead of 30 days as at present. A poll of the committee indicated ; support for a bill which Represent- duce today to permit the Bureau of | Internal Revenue to examine the | tax books of the District. | Qil Bill Planned Representative Cole, Democrat, of Maryland said after a conference with President Roosevelt yesterday that he would introduce soon, “at the direct request of the President,” a bill providing for the conservation of the Nation's.oil resources. After considerable humorous de- | ative Nichols said he would intro- | ;Slar Is Discovered 'Weighing 9,000 Tons Per Cubic Inch Greatest Density of Matter Ever Known Reported To Astronomers By THOMAS R. HENRY, Star Staff Correspondent. PARIS, July 21.—Discovery of a star which weighs 9.000 tons a cubic inch—by far the greatest density of matter ever known in the universe— was reported to an international conferenfle of astronomers here to- day. . The substance of this star, it was reported by Dr. G. P. Kuiper, Uni- | versity of Chicago astronomer, who made the discovery. is 500.000.000 times heavier than water. A cubic inch of this matter could not be supported by any substance on earth. | The strange star, which has been named Wolf 457, is smaller than the | moon, but weighs as much as 20.- 000,000 earths, Dr. Kuiper said. It | belongs to the recently discovered | “white dwarfs,” and is the first lo- (cated by the new McDonald Ob- | servatery telescope on the summit [of Mount Locke, Texas, the second largest telescope in the world. | ‘White Dwarfs Described. | These white dwarfs were described | by Dr. Kuiper as self-luminous ob- | jects ranging in size from twice |that of the earth to about one-' fourth as big. The smaller the | star, he said. the heavier it is, as ! a general rule. The largest weigh | only about 150,000 times as much | as this planet. They range in density from about 100,000 times that of water to the titanic mass of the newly-discovered | dwarf. The density of Wolf 457, | Dr. Kuiper said, is still uncertain, but the figure given is of the right order of magnitude. Other similar | stars, he has calculated, have den- sities between 10,000,000 and 100,- 000,000 times that of water All the white dwarfs, Dr. Kuiper (See SCIENCE, Page A-3.) If an emotional woman threatens to kill a young man and commit suicide, and, to save the day, he | marries her, is he entitied to an annulment, when they have never lived together? That was the question put up to District Court today by W. J. Rich- mond Overath, 2055 Park road N.W., who advised the court that, on November 3 last, he went through a marriage ceremony before a justice of the peace of Arlington County, Va., with Lucille R. Graves Overath of Kansas City, Mo. According to +is complaint, filed today, seeking an annulment, the couple immediately separated. Mr. Overath contends that the marriage was procured “by fraud and coercion.” The complaint cites as grounds that the bride was 32 years of age, previously married and divorced and had one child 11 years | old, while the plaintiff.was but 32 years of age and inexperienced. Both parties were employed in ) ?Husband's Annulment Suit Cites Bride’s Suicide Threats } adjoining offices in the Government here, the court was informed, and the defendant was highly emotional and “became hysterically enamoured of the plaintiff.” recites, she caused violent scenes in the office and, just prior to the mar- riage, threatened to kill .him and commit suicide, the court was in- formed. The complaint declares that once, when on a Potomac River boat ride, she again made threats to kill him and commit suicide by leaping over- board. p Represented by Attorneys Vernon Lowrey and Henry S. Goodman, Mr. Overath said in his complaint today that under these circumstances “in desperation, fearing both for his own life and for the life of the defendant and for his employment, plaintiff marriage with the defendant.” About March 1, the court was told. Mrs. Overath returned to Kansas City. On many occasions, the complaint | finally went through the form of a| ws in Today’s Star is tomorrow’s history— ‘The Star keeps you up to the minute minute news. s Associated Press. THREE CENTS. Early Action In Senate Seen - For Hatch Bill Measure Passed by House Faces Only Minor Amendments BACKGROUND— Political activity by jobholders has been under fire since disclo- sures in last campaign that eflorts had been made to muster relief workers to support admin- istration candidates. Senator Hatch, New Mexico, Democrat, got through Senate a cleanup bill, which was amended, how- ever, by House Judiciary Com- mittee to extent where the Sen- ator charged it was ‘“emascu- lated.” House restored “teeth” to measure last night. By the Associated Press. The Hatch bill to curb political activities of Federal officials was headed back to the Senate today after winning House approval last night in a long, boisterous session | in which a Republican-Democratic coalition defeated stubborn attempts | to_ modify its language. | The measure, passed by a vote of 242 to 133, goes back to the Senate for acceptance of minor amend- ments. Senator Hatch, Democrat, of New Mexico. its author, pre- dicted this would be forthcoming quickly. As weary legislators left the Cap- itol Senator Hatch, who had re- mained to hear all the acrimonious House debate, told reporters: “The purpose of the bill is to pre- vent office holders going to political conventions as delegates. It is not intended to limit the right of a per- son to express his political opinion, but only to prevent the average office holder not already covered by the civil service from going out and managing or engaging in my campaign or anybody else's.” Republicans Join Democrats. The final vote found all the Re- publicans present—157—joining 83 Democrats and 2 Progressives in support of the measure. Voting against it were 132 Democrats and the lone American-laborite. The House nullified a revision proposed by its Judiciary Commit- tee after President Roosevelt had called the original Senate bill poorly drawn. Senator Hatch had con- | tended, however, that the com- | mittee draft would emasculate the bill, In rejecting the committee's rec- ommendation, the House accepted /by a lop-sided vote a proposal by | Representative Dempsey, Democrat, | of New Mexico, declaring that most persons in the executive branch of | the Government must not use their official positions to influence an election and must not participate in | “political management or political campaigns.” | But the chamber agreed to these | exemptions: Members of Congress, the President and Vice President, | heads and assistant heads of ex- | ecutive departments and presiden= tial appointees who determine Na- tion-wide policies and policies re- lating to foreign relations. Relief Fund Gifts Barred. The measure as finally passed also would forbid solicitation or receipt of money for political purposes from persons paid from relief ap- propriations. Fines of $1,000 and imprisonment for one year could be imposed for violations of the relief section and the prohibitions against coercion and intimidation. An administra- tive officer found guilty of a viola- tion could be removed from office. Representative Martin, Republic- an. of Massachusetts, the minority leader, said the House action would “provide a clean election in 1940." Representative Dempsey said it would *“clean up the pernicious po- litical activities that have aroused the people so much” in recen: months. But Representative Parsons, Dem- ocrat, of Illinois, a leader of the | opponents, declared that the hands of many officeholders—both Demo- |cratic and Republican—would pe tied in the 1940 campaigns “This administration under Mr Roosevelt has been the most non- partisan since Andrew Jackson,” he | said. “The President has appointed | to office members of all parties. The bill will tie their hands and inter- fere with the rights of free speech Called Slap at Roosevelt. “We will now have the Republic- 1 ans stooping to their old tricks of | getting contributions from large cor- | porations. The Democrats will be handicapped because of lack of funds from the small contributors where they have always received the | larger part of their funds. | “The Democrats who joined in the passage of this bill did it largely as a slap at President Roosevelt.” After it became apparent that the Republicans and their bloc of Democratic allies were in control of the situation., opponents offered a series of amendments with tongue in cheek. Representative Duncan, Democrat, of Missouri suggested (See HATCH BILL, Page A-4) Czechs Form Regiment Within Foreign Legion By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 21.—A new regiment, formed almost exclusively of vet- erans of ‘the old Czecho-Slovak Army, was reported today as being organized at Sidi‘Bel Abbes, Al- gerian headquarters of the famed French Foreign Legion. Agence Radical Independante, or- gan of a wing of Premier Daladier’s Radical Socialist party, said 600 for- mer Czech officers and soldiers who joined the Foreign Legion recently had been kept in a solid unit and were being trained to form the cen- tral units of an entire Czech regi- | ment. | Negotiations are now under way, the report said, to transfer more than 4,00 Czech soldiers « w in Po- land to Morow), where ey would | be incorporared into the new unit, f