Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1940, Page 2

A—2 s Leiserson Charge, Vitt Tells Probers Labor Board Secretary Denies ‘Inspiring’ Protest Telegram BACKGROUND— National Labor Relations Board has been under investigation since December by special House committee. Evidence had indi- cated dissension on board and alleged discrimination of some employes in favor of C. I. O. Baulletin. ‘The House committeé investi- gating the National Labor Rela- tions Board recessed hearings today until 10 am. Thursday, when it is expected to deter- mine at an executive session whether further testimony is necessary. By CARTER BROOKE JONES. Nathan Witt, secretary of the National Labor Relations Board, testifying today before the House committee investigating the board, called “simply fantastic” some of the charges made against him by William M. Leiserson, a board member. The husky one-time Brooklyn tdxi driver used the expresion in discussing Dr. Leiserson’s testimony that the secretary “inspired” a tele- gram from the C. I. O. Screen ‘Writers’ Guild in Hollywood pro- testing against delay in a case which it had brought against Uni- versal Pictures. “I get enough of these communi- cations as secretary of the board without inspiring them,” Mr. Witt snapped. The witness sald he had nothing to do with the inception of the case. ‘The committee previously was shown by board minutes that Dr. Leiserson had sought to get rid of Mr. Witt, charging him with being unfit for the position. Mr. Witt also denied testimony by a former regional director that he had suggested petitions by in- dependent unions be “placed in the lce box.” Favoritism Charges Denied. As Charles Fahy, general counsel of the board, continued to present its defense, he called Robert N. Cowdrill, regional director at In- dianapolis. Mr. Cowdrill declared there was no truth in the charge that he had favored the C. I. O. ;‘ni discriminated against the A. This charge was made by Theo- dore M. Freter, then an attorney in the Indianapolis office, now a guard at the District-Work House at Occoquan, Va. Mr. Cowdrill admitfed he might have criticised Mr. Preter for his investigations in. two cases, but de- nied he ever told him, as Mr. Freter testified that, “failure to sustain the charges is your fault—the union ‘would not have brought them unless they had merit.” Earlier, Board Chaijarman J. War- ren Madden was questioned further by Committee Chairman Smith re- garding the board’s view that an employer could be required to pay back wages to a worker he had re- fuséd to hire solely because of union affliations. i Declared “Shocked.” Chairman Smith, who described himself as “shocked” at this con- struction of the law when Mr. Mad- den described it yesterday, asked if it |- would not be equally true that if an employer refused to take on a man because he did not belong to a union that also would be a violation of the law. “It would,” said Mr. Madden, “un- less there was a closed shop contract at the plant.” Representative Smith asked if it were not true the board had failed until last summer, when it amended its rules, to allow an employer ¥ petition for an employe election to determine the appropriate bargain- ing unit. Mr. Madden said it was. “Since then, in how many cases has the board granted a petition of an employer for an election?” asked the committee chairman. Mr. Madden said the board ma- chinery had reached the stage of an election in only one case. Executive Session Today. With the committee planning to go into executive session some time late today to determine whether it will give the board more time, Mr. Fahy called Mr. Madden back to the stand briefly, then placed Mr. Witt on the stand. Mr. Witt denied he or the board had recommended dismissal of a petition by an American Federation of Labor union, as asserted in the testimony of James P. Miller, former FLINT, MICH.—SHARE HUGE THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1940, $5,000,000 Family Trust Fund Robert . Gates 'Simply Fanfastic,” Set Up by Mott, G. M. Official TRUST—These two youngsters, Stewart Rawlings Mott, 3 (left), and Susan Elizabeth, 4, share with their mother, Mrs. Ruth Rawlings Mott, a trust valued at more than $5,000,000 announced today by their father, Charles Stewart Mott, vice president of General Motors. His hobby is photography and he recently made this picture at their home here. By the Associated Press. Chavles Stewart Mott, vice presi- | dent and largest single stockholder of General Motors Corp., has given shares valued at more than $5,000,- 000 to a trust established for his wife and two children. A Securities and Exchange Com- mission report today disclosed the gift, regarded as one of the largest in recent years. The motor execu- tive was shown by the report to be still the owner of stock valued at more than $23,000,000. The gift consisted of 100,000 shares of General Motors common, which closed on the New York Stock Ex- change yesterday at $52.50. The stock was placed in an irrevocable trust for Mrs. Ruth Rawlings Mott and their children, Susan E. and Stewart Rawlings Mott. Mr. Mott will be trustee under an agreement dated December 5. (Saturday a dispatch from El Paso, Tex., said Mr. Mott, one of the Nation’s most unobtrusive philanthropists, would divert ad- ditional millions to new but un- specified purposes.) The Motts, whose home is in Flint, Mich., were married October 13, 1934. It was Mr. Mott's fourth marriage, his first two wives having died and divorce having dissolved the third marriage. Mr. Mott, who is 64, began accu- mulating his General Motors hold- ings in 1913 when the corporation —A. P. Wirephoto. took over his Weston-Mott Co., iand axles. | the Mott Foundation, ministering to | underprivileged children and adults of Flint and has contributed lib- erally to its maintenance. Treasury officials estimated the minimum Federal gift tax on the transfer would be more than $1,500,- 000 and possibly much larger. The | amount will depend on what other | gifts Mr. Mott may have made since 1932. 3 The Federal gift tax takes all | gifts made since that year into }account so that on money donated |over a period of years the tax is | substantially the same as if it were given away all at once. |list of December transactions by corporation officers. directors and principal owners made public by the S.E.C Among the other major trans- actions was the receipt by Alleghany of Chesapeake & Ohio Railway com- Chesapeake Corp. It brought Alle- ghany’s total holding to 1,789,200 shares. Alleghany Corp. also reported the sale of 150,000 shares of 5 per cent cumulative convertible preferred stock of Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., reducing its holding of that issue to 44,100 shares. Democrats (Continued From First Page.) Committee. The members were ad- mitted in small groups, enabling the President to welcome each member individually. They made the visit to the White House after a meeting here yester- day at which Chicago was selected as the convention city and the selec- tion of a date left to National Chair- man Farley. Many of the committee members, as they entered or left the White House, continued to insist that the President could have the nomina- tion if he desired it and also that the people in their States wanted him to run again. Mrs. Lucretia de Valle Grady, Na- toinal committeewoman for Cali- fornia, was emphatic in a statement that the people in the Western States were strongly in favor of a third-term nomination. “I have recently traveled through a score of States in the West and South,” said Mrs. Grady, “and I found the Roosevelt sentiment ex- tremely strong wherever I went.” Predict Donahey Announcement. Charles Sawyer, national commit- teeman for Ohio, accompanied by Democratic State Chairman Arthur regional director of the board at Cleveland. Mr. Miller himself suggested this, the secretary said. Ifalian Naval Attache Makes "Courtesy Call’ The new Naval Attache at the Italian Embassy, as one of his first official acts here, today paid a “rou- tine courtesy call” on Secretary of the Navy Edison, Assistant Secre- tary Compton and three top-ranking naval officers. Rear Admiral Alberto Lais, who has just been assigned to Wash- ington by the Italian government, was accompanied by Capt. Umberto Cugia di Sant—O'Rsola, who has been stationed here the last five years. Admiral Lais is not un- familiar with the Washington post, having served here as Naval Attache from 1926 to 1929. In addition, the two Italian offi- cers visited Admiral Harold R. Stark, chief of naval operations; Admiral Robert Lee Ghormley, assistant chief of naval operations, and Rear Admiral Walter S. Anderson, direc- tor of naval intelligence. Other than saying it was a courtesy visit, the Navy Department did not make public what topics were discussed. However, the, visits with each of the naval chiefs were brief and the total visiting time was something less than two hours, Party Postponed GAITHERSBURG, Md., Feb. 6 (8pecial) »-The dinner and card party - which Pentalpha Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, sched- ed at Masonic Hall here this eve- been indefinitely post- , Mrs. Eugene H, Waters an- / J. Limbach, was in the group re- ceived by the President. Both Mr, Sawyer and Mr. Limbach are in- tent upon having a Roosevelt dele- gation selected in Ohio, Because of the Ohio primary law the President’s name cannot be en- tered in the preferential primary without his written consent. “We do not expect to get that,” said Mr. Sawyer. What he and Mr. Limbach are seeking to accomplish is the entry of a favorite son candidate in the primary with the understanding that the Ohio delegates will imme- diately switch to President Roosevelt at the National Convention. Senator Vic Dohaney, of Ohio is their choice for a favorite son candi- date, but Senator Donahey has not said whether he would run. Mr. Sawyer said that he expected Sen- ator Donahey to make a statement tomorrow. If Senator Donahey is not a candidate Sawyer himself may be entered as the favorite son with the understanding that the delega- tion will support Roosevelt. To Delay Fixing Date. Chairman Farley, evidently pleased by the fact that the Democrats had outjockeyed the Republicans in the matter of holding the later national convention, said that he probably would make no announcement of the date for the meeting of the Democratic National Convention for several weeks. If the Republican National Com- mittee will set the date for the party’s national convention Feb- ruary 16, when it meets here, all Mr. Farley has to do is to wait until after that date to put the Democratic convention later than the Republican. It is understood that he will fix the date of the Democratic convention a week or two later than the Republican. Mr. Farley said he would not appoint & Committes on Arrangements, as he | 4 was authorized to do, until he had returned from a trip to Florida. There were rumors that Mr. Far- ley himself might soon become a more aggressive candidate for the presidential nomination. Some of the members of the Democratic National Committee thought they saw evidence at yes- terday’s committee meeting of grow=- ing co-operation between Mr. Far- ley and Vice President Garner. If such a combination is brought about it will be in opposition to a third- term nomination for the President. Farley Popular. Mr. Farley is extremely popular with the members of the National Committee and with the leaders in the States. Some of them said today that if President Roosevelt did not run there would be strong sentiment for Mr. Farley. Still others were favorable to Secretary of State Cordell Hull, to Paul V. McNutt of Indiana and to Mr. Garner. members of the National Commit- tee at tea in the White House at 5 o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Roosevelt’s refusal to make known his intentions toward a third term on today's visit of the National Committee was in line with the pur- pose he announced to newspapermen yesterday at Hyde Park. With good humor but obvious seriousness, he told the newsmen yesterday he will disclose his politi- cal plans publicly when he gets good and ready—at a time of his own choosing rather than of newspaper editors. Thus far, he said, there have been some good wisecracks passed but a “willing horse” can be driven to death. In an atmosphere of Roosevelt third-termism, the committee late yesterday Selected Chicago as the national convention city. Chicago Selected. Immediately afterward it adopted a resolution authorizing National Chairman James A. Farley to fix the convention date—something never before done. The time as well as the place has always been picked by the committee itself in the past. The date selected by Mr. Farley will, it was predicted today, follow that picked by the Republican Na- tional Committee, which meets here for that purpose February 16. President Roosevelt, while in Georgia last fall, suggested it would be advisable to have a comparatively short campaign, and that it would be possible therefore to postpone the convention far beyond the usual June date. July or August Likely. It is expected that Mr. Farley will pick a time either in the latter part of July or ih August. Before the national committee adjourned yes- terday, however, Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, a Roosevelt third-termer, strongly recommended toaMr. Farley that a September date be selected. Mr. Farley’s reply was that he would give the matter every con- sideration and be guided by the best interests of the party. The committee resolution also left to Chairman Farley the duty of appointing a committee on ar- rangements for the national con- vention. This committes will name - manufacturers of automobile wheels | | their meeting at the Mayflower | More than a decade ago he started | Corp. of Cleveland of 766,800 shares | mon stock as & dividend paid by | Mrs. Roosevelt will receive the| Wins Evening Star Painting Prize ‘Ranch House,’ in Oil, Is Judged Best At Exhibition The Evening Star prize of $100 for the best oil painting submitted for showing in the Society of Wash- ington Artists’ 49th Annual Exhibi- tion today went to Robert F. Gates for a picture, “Ranch House.” The exihibit opens to the public at the Corcoran Gallery of Art Sunday. Other winners, announced today by the jury which judged the en- tries, were: Medal for the best figure painting awarded to Donald Coale for “The Breakfast Table.” Honorable men- tion went to Frank Kirk for “On- ward” and to Hortense Ferne for “Clown_Alley.” Medal for landscape picture to Richard Lahey for “The Red House.” Honorable mention went to Roy Clark for /“Across the Tracks” and to Alice Acheson for “Corn Husk- ing.” Still life medal was ‘awarded to Nicolai Cikovsky for “Mandolin and 0Old Corcoran Gallery,” with honor= able mention going to Estelle Frank=- furter for “The Blue Print” and to William Thompson for “Autumn Fruit.” Sculpture medal went to Florence Bessom for “The Farmer Takes a Wife,” with honorable mention to James G. Love for “Portrait” and to Veronese Beatty Branch for “Baby Pegasus.” The jury of awards consisted of Nan Watson, R. McGill Mackall, Francis Speight and Robert Lau- rent. Washington’s Birthday Plans Are Discussed Plans for a Washington's birth- day celebration were discussed last night by members of the Washing- ton State and Alaska Society at Hotel. Named to the Socitl Committee for | the celebration were Joseph M. Crisp, Timothy O. McDowell, Roy R. Torcaso, Miss Marilyn L. Tollak- sen and Miss Delia Bogue. Mrs. Earl S. Haseltin was ap- pointed to the Membership Com- mittee. Election of officers was postponed for two months because too few members had been attending recent | business meetings. State, Commerce And Jusfice Funds Cut $2,285,010 Roosevelt’s Requests Trimmed by House Committee By the Associated Press. The House Appropriations Com- mittee cut $2,285,010 today from President Roosevelt’s $109,664,010 re- quest for expenses of the State, Commerce and Justice Department and the Federal courts during the year beginning July 1. “Every unit of the Government must bear some proportion of the retrenchments,” said the committee in submitting the revised figures. ‘The reduction brought to $196,- 300,000 the amount slashed from presidential estimates in a half dozen appropriation measures now before Congress. The $107,379,000 bill for the three departments and the courts, re- ported to the House for immediate consideration, contained funds for such activities as counter-espionage, anti-trust investigations and the 1940 census. The total was $3.442.859 below appropriations for the cur- rent year. Trade Program Fund Cut. In one slash, the committee re- fused to allow more than $175,- 000 for operating the reciprocal trade system on the ground that Congress had not yet authorized continuation of the program beyond June 12. President Roosevelt asked $225,000. Making small cuts in almost every activity, the committee allowed two increases beyond what the Chief Executive had asked. One was an additional $41,000 beyond Mr. Roose=- velt's request for the enforcement of anti-trust laws, making the total provided $1250,000. The other was restoration of $30,000 of a $50,000 cut proposed by the Budget Bureau in the appropriation for Patent Office salaries, as compared with what was given this year. The committee said it would have been disposed to increase the anti- trust appropriation further had it not been for the present state of the budget. The Patent Office, it said, was making a profit on its activities and the contemplated re- duction would put its work in ar- rears. A total of $9910,000 was allowed the Federal Bureau of Investigation, representing a cut of $22,000. Of the total approved $2.488 000 was for | | all the temporary officials of the convention, including the keynoter | 1 b | and temporary chairman, and also | |~ Mr. Mott's gift high-lighted a long the permanent chairman. | The third-term issue did not come | before the national committee for | consideration, despite the fact that | members from all parts of the coun- | try, in private conversation and in interviews with the press, ex- pressed the opinion that President Roosevelt was the choice of a great majority of the rank and file Dem- ocrats in their States. Administration Record Lauded. Just before adjournment yester- day the committee adopted a resolu- | tion praising the record made by the Roosevelt administration and thanking the President for his great work “for the party, for the country and for humanity.” The Democratic decision to let Mr. Farley name the convention | date brought from Republican Chairman John Hamilton a state- | ment saying: | “Here is a party that has been {in power for seven and one-half| |years and yet it apparently does not know its own mind. It must | wait to ascertain what the minority | party proposes to do before it can | even decide when to hold its na- tional convention. * * * “Can it be that the Democrats have become s0 accustomed to dele- gating all governmental powers to | one man that they have lost the| ability in committee assembled to decide such details * * *?” Roosevelt Pleased. President Roosevelt, it is under- stood, was well pleased when the committee selected Chicago for the national convention. He telephoned Mayor Edward J. Kelly from Hyde Park immediately after the result of the ballot had been announced, congratulating him upon obtaining the convention for his city. Earlier in the day it had been widely reported that Philadelphia had the inside track for the con- vention—as against Chicago and San Francisco. Chairman Farley was believed to favor Philadelphia. When the roll was called, the vote stood Philadelphia, 36: Chicago, 33; San Francisco, 17, and Houston, a last-minute entry, 7. But before the results of the bal- loting could be announced Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, sitting in the committee with a proxy, changed his vote from Houston to Chicago. Immediately a flock of other votes, cast for San Francisco or Houston in the first instance were changed also to favor Chicago. When the dust cleared away and a recapitulation of the vote had been had, it was found that Chicago had 48 votes; Philadelphia, 38; San Francisco, 7, and Houston, 2. This gave the convention to Chicago by a margin of one vote more than was necessary. Kelly Turned Tables. Chicago’s Mayor Kelly turned the tables in favor of his city by an- nouncing just before the balloting began that he would match the money bid of Philadelphia, which started with a certified check for $125,000 and was boosted to $150,000 by Mayor Lamberton and Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania to cover ex- penses of an auditorium and a stadium, etc. Originally the Chicago Mayor had declined to make & money bid. His purpose was to avoid jockeying and shoving the bid higher than it had to be, he said later. Anyway, his strategy worked. San Francisco had offered a’ total of $200,000—$50,000 raised by the city and $150,000 still to be appropriated by the State Legislature. A surprise bid of $200,000 was made on behalf of Houston, Tex. by Jesse Jones, head of the Federal Lending Agency. But the commit- tee members had no intention of going to Texas—which is the home of Vice President Garner, a candi- date for the presidential nomination. The Vice President, a vice chair- man of the national committee, sat all day on the paltform beside emergency counter-espionage, coun- | ter-sabotage and enforcement of the | Neutrality Act. Plans to Hire 514 More. ‘With this latter sum and $1.475.000 provided in the emergency defense, | the bureau plans to employ an ad- ditional 514 persons, including 260 | new agents. The amount disal- lowed affects the bureau’s automo- bile purchase program only and will result among other things in acqui- sition of one less armored car. Amounts Recommended. The amounts recommended by the White House, and the amounts ap- proved by the committee, for the three departments and the courts follow: State, $20.841,000 and $20,162,000; Commerce, $34524,430 and $34,080,- 500; Justice, $43.200,620 and $42,- 391,000; the Judiclary, $11,097,954 and $10,745,500. The State and Commerce Depart- ment appropriations represented de- creases of $1,624.840 and $4,046,999 under the current year's figures. | The Justice Department was $1961.640 over the current year, due chiefly to the F. B. I. increases, and the courts won an additional $267,340 over this year. Hopkins Denies Census Will Violate Privacy BY the Associated Press. Secretary of Commerce Hopkins, in a letter to Senator Tobey, Repub- lican, of New Hampshire, denied vesterday that the 1940 census would violate ihe privacy of Americans. Mr. Hopkins said questions about mortgages, rental and income, had been asked for years, some as long as 90 years ago. Senator Tobey had objected last week that such in- quiries were improper. In an address on The Star’s Radio Forum last night, Willlam Lane Austin, director of the census, said “the questions we will ask you are not our questions, but your ques- tions.” “They have been pressed upon us by scores and scores of large and important organizations and groups of citizens, declaring-the facts they will develop are vital to the gen- eral welfare. He added the answers to census questions are kept perpetually con- fidential. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Takes up $1,138,000,000 independ- ent offices bill. Judiclary Subcommittee siders anti-lynching bill Labor Committee hears C. I. O. officials on Wagner Act amend- ments. House: Debates appropriation bill for State, Justice and Commerce De- partments. Rules Committee continues hear- ings on resolution to expunge re- marks of Representative Hook, Democrat, of Michigan, criticizing Dies Committee. Smith Committee hears National Labor Board officials. TOMORROW. Senate: Program uncertain, depending on whether independent officés bill passes today. Foreign Relations Committee meets in executive session to act on Finnish loan question; 10:30 am. Education and Labor Subcommit- tee will heard John L. Lewis, C. I. O. head, on Wagner Act amendments; 10 am. House and Senate conferees meet on new transportation bill; 10 am. House: Continues debate on State, Justice and Commerce appropriation bill. con- Dark Clouds Fail to Curb Mardi Gras Merrymaking By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 6 —Grandpa and grandma, papa and mamma, all the children and babes in arms moved to the streets today for the annual Mardi Gras celebration. Hundreds of thousands of carefree people donned weird costumes, fas- tened on masks and danced and played in culmination of a celebra- tion which started with the first carnival ball January 6. Overhanging clouds failed to dampen the ardor of a people ac- customed for more than a century to observe the day despite inclement weather. Rain last night did force the mythical god of the sea, Proteus, to cancel his torchlight parade, but that was because members of the organization, principally elderly busi- nessmen, couldn’t stand exposure for several hours on the floats. Every one celebrates carnival in his own way. Most persons just stand on the street and watch the 13-Year-0ld Bride May Be Compelled ToRefurnto School Welfare Officials Here Studying Case Of Mrs. Geesling who discarded her school books four to go back to school again, welfare officials indicated today. ‘The future of the child bride, Mrs. Louise Redmon Geesling, is still un- der discussion, with the final decision in the hands of the new protective services unit, Child Welfare Services, Board of Public Welfare. Eloped in October. Joseph Geesling, a W. P. A. electri- cian’s helper, in October. | a marriage license in Fairfax County, Va Soon after that, Mrs. Albert Red- mon, the girl's mother, reported to the Weightman School that her daughter was married and couludn't attend school. The girl was a stu- dent in an ungraded class there. When the school attendance au- thorities looked into the matter, they found the girl no longer lived in Washington. At that time, it was band’s parents in Maryland. Last Saturday a policeman on another assignment found the child bride in a one-room apartment at 4930 Canal road. Her parents live in a cottage down the road on the bank of the canal. Law Requires School Attendance. Women's Bureau and the attendance department conferred with welfare officials to determine what could cording to law, a girl of her age are agreed this is a soecial case. Meanwhile, the child bride, fear- ful that she will be taken away from her husband, refused to grant an interview today. Her mother, how- ever, said her daughter was happy, that the young man “seems al right” and that she, herself, mar- ried at a tender age, as did her mother before her. And a neighbor said: “It would be a shame to separate them. They seem to be so happy together.” | Col. Sumpter Smith fo Get Aviation Award Lt. Col. Sumpter Smith, in charge of development of the Gravelly Point Airport, has been designated to receive the trophy awarded an- nually by the Washington Air Derby Association for outstanding avia- tion achievement in and around the District. In selecting Col. Smith, the asso- ciation said he has done his work so well that construction is consid- erably ahead of schedule. The citation for the 1939 award said Col. Smith “is the man most responsible for the actual start of this project and it is he who has guided it to the present state of development.” House Speaker Bankhead will present the trophy to Col. Smith at a banquet of the association Feb- ruary 20 at the Raleigh Hotel, $80,000 Estate Left By Josephine T. Kehrer Josephine T. Kehrer, who died here October 8, left an estate val- ued at upward of $80,000, Dis- trict Court was advised today in a petition for the probate of her will. Through Attorney Norman B. Frost the court was told by the petitioners, James B. Skinner and Willlam V. Simmons, who were named executors, that personal property aggregated around $30,000 and that her interest in real prop- erty here totaled $1,769. ‘The will, dated June 4, 1937, left $5.000 to the Presbyterian Girls’ the Rev. William McCormick, pas- tor of Bethlehem Presbyterian Church at Philadelphia and $1,000 to that church. Debts of the es- tate will total around $1500, the cowt was informed. Various be- quests were made to relatives and friends. Lenten Service Under the Auspices of The Washington Federation of Churches Epiphany Episcopal Church Tomorrow at 4:45 P.M. Naval Affairs Committee contin- ues consideration of fleet expension program; 10:30 &.m. Smith' Committee continiies in- vestigation of National Labor Rela- tions Board; 10 am. Merchant Marine Committee be- gins hearings on bill to regulate grading of seafood; 10 am, Preacher: Bishop James E. Freeman Washington Cathedral THE PUBLIC 1S INVITED ‘The 13-year-old Washington girl' months ago to get married may have | The girl eloped with 23-year-old | Obtaining | Va,, they were married near Vienna, ' said, she was living with her hus- | Yesterday representatives of the | be done about the girl's future. Ac- | must attend school, but all officials | Orphanage in Philadelphia, $3,000 to | parades and the maskers. Thousands form parties and ride about on trucks, carrying bars or bands with them. The saloons have their devotees. Topping today's events is the parade of Rex, Lord of Misrule and King of All Carnival. Rex this year is George H. Terriberry, an attorney. New Orleans’ top social distinction, that of being Queen of Carnival, fell to pretty Katherine Phillips, debutante daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William D. Phillips. Most hilarious of today’s hundreds of parades is that of King Zulu, ruler of the Negro Mardi Gras. The theme of his parade is “Hunting the Pink Elephant.” Comus’ parade will move through the streets tonight. At midnight the courts of Kings Rex and Comus meet and Mardi Gras ends officially. When Ash ‘Wednesday dawns a weary citizenry goes to church and begins the 40 days of Lenten fasting and penitence. 100 More G-Men Sought in Campaign Against Espionage Need Is Emphasized by Increasing Complaints, Hoover Asserts By the Assoclated Press. J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has asked Congress for 100 additional agents to augment the 350 now ace- tive in a campaign against espione age and subversive activities. Mr. Hoover assured a House Ap- propriations Subcommittee, in testi- campaign would not into ‘witch hunting.'” Emphasizing the need for addi- tional help, the F. B. I. chief pointed to the large increase in complaints | and investigations of a national de- fense character and said that 41 per cent were unassigned because of lack of manpower to handle them. 78,000 Complaints Expected. He estimated that 78,000 com- plaints would be received this fiscal year compared with 250 for 1938. Mr. Hoover said that at the re- quest of the Army and Navy the F. B. L. had given particular atten- tion to protection of plants manu- facturing military equipment. After “degenerate | he said, “we submit to the owners recommendations for corrections that should be made.” partment spokesman advised the committee it would be well to keep “close tabs” on the activities of Eu- rop=an nations in the Americas. American Republics Division of the department, said that European na- | tions have “far-intentioned political and military” interests in this hemi- isphere. Close Watch Urged. “We cannot tell for certain which way the European war is going to turn,” he said, “so that I think, until the world becomes a little more stabilized and some countries discontinue their ambitions, both political and territorial, it will be well to keep very close tabs on these activities.” Secretary Hull indicated that he foresaw no immediate peace, in dis- | cussing “extraordinary pressure” | and “conditions of grave danger” !under which department employes | have been working. “It now appears,” he testified on December 4, “that this strain and these dangers may continue for an indefinite period.” | Dr. Moffatt to Join | Virginia U. Faculty | By the Associated Press. SYRACUSE, N. Y., Feb. 6—Dr. L. G. Moffatt, chairman of the romance language department at Syracuse University, will head the school of romanic languages at the University of Virginia next fall. Dean F. G. Crawford, dean of the Syracuse College of Liberal Arts, an- nounced Dr. Moffatt's resignation and said he would join the Virginia faculty in time for the opening of | the next term. mony made public today, that the | Federal agents inspect the plants, | At the same time, a State De- | Laurence Duggan, chief of the | All But One of Crew. . 0f 77 on Torpedoed Canadian Ship Saved Destruction of Freighter By Sub Occurs Off South Irish Coast By the Associated Press. LONDON, Feb. 6.—Seventy-six of the crew of 77 aboard the Cana- dian-owned {freighter Beaverburn were reported today to have been rescied by another merchant ship after the Beaverburn was sunk by a torpedo off the south coast of Ireland. The admiralty informed officials of the Canadian Pacific Steamship Co. that its 9,874-ton ship, of Lon- don registry, had been sunk, but gave no details. The authoritative British Press Association said the ship was built in 1928 and used in fast freight service between Canada and the United Kingdom. Another merchant ship was re- ported to have rescued 76 of the crew of 77. Indications were the sinking occurred yesterday. The owners said that subject to official confirmation this indicated only one man missing, and that he merely might not be accounted for. Sphinx Wreck Found. ‘The wreck of the British mine sweeper Sphinx was found upside down on a beach on the northeast coast today. Twelve miles to the north the bodies of two naval men were recovered. The 875-ton Sphinx, after being crippled by German air raiders Saturday, sank as she was being towed to port yesterday, the 24th British naval loss since the start of the war. Fifty-four of the 100 men aboard were feared lost and five were known definitely to have been killed by the bombers. A naval spokesman announced to- day that American women in New York and Washington have sent the British navy a variety of articles valued at £5000 (about $20,000), and characterized it as an act of “supreme friendship.” The goods included knitted goods, games, books, cigars and cigarettes. Posthumous Award Made. King George VI awarded a poste humous medal of the British Em= pire today to Comdr. Richard Jolly, who brought the destroyer Mohawk into port after being wounded so seriously by a German bomb that. he died. His widow received the award in the first investiture at Buckingham Palace since the war started. The citation said Jolly refused | medical aid after the air attack on | his ship October 16 in the Firth of Forth, replying “Let me go and look after the others” who were wounded. Eleven distinguished service ore ders, 31 distinguished service crosses, four military crosses and eight dise tinguished flying crosses also were awarded. ‘The ministry of economic warfars |disclosed that the United States liner Manhattan had spent 24 hours in the British contraband control station at Gibraltar February 3-4, due to a delay in the delivery of guaranty papers. Harlan Johnson, 50, Dies at Baltimore | By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Feb. 6.—Harlan Johnson, 50, former State come mander of the American Legion and past president of the Maryland As- sociation of Certified Public Ace | countants, died yesterday of cerebral hemorrhage. Mr. Johnson, born in Savannah, | Ga.,, served as an officer of the Maryland Infantry during the World | War. He became State Legion come mander in 1929. Buria! will be in Arlington Nae tional Cemetery Thursday. War Veteran, 96, Killed In Runaway Wheelchair B3 the Associated Press. ERIE, Pa., Feb. 6—A plunge down a stairway in a wheelchair killed Michael Gardner, 96-year-old Civil War veteran of Jamestown, N. Y. Coroner W. G. Stroble reported the chair, running out of control, went through a doorway yesterday and then toppled down steel steps at the Soldiers and Sailors’ Home Infirmary. District of Columbia—Rain this perature tonight about 36 degrees; winds. cloudy. ‘The disturbance that was centered over LouisianaMonday evening _ has moved northeastward to Kentucky, Smiths Grove 996.6 millibars (29.43 inches). Pressure is Telatively high off the Atlantic coast. Nantucket. Mass. 1.017.6 millibars_(30.05 inches). Pressure continues high over the ftr Southwest. Fresno. Calif.. 1,023.0 mil: libars (30 21 inches). and it is rising over the west Gulf States. Pressure_is falling over the middle and northern Plains and the North Pacific States. Miles City. Mont.. 1.010.5 millibars (29.84 inches) and Ta Wash.. 998.6 millibars (20.49 . Durine the last 24 hours there e been rather general the Southern States. except Florida and along the south Atlantic coast and rains have bezun in tbe Ohio Vallev and portions of the Middle Atlantic States. Rains occurred also in the North Pacific States and the northern Plateau rezion. Temperatures have risen in the Southeastern States. while they have fallen somewhat over Texas and Louisiana. ‘Temperature, Barometer. degrees. Yesterday— inches. 38 4 3 Record for Last 24 Hours. (Prom noon yesterday to n todaz) Highest. 50. 3:30 p.m. Yesterday. Year Record Temperatures This Year. Hishest. 55. on January 14, Lowest. 7. on January 29. Homidity for Last 24 Heurs. (Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 98 per cent. at 10 a.m. tods Lowest, 37 per cent. at 4 p.m. yester: 5 River Report. Potomag and Shenandoah Rivers clear at Harpers Ferry; Potomac clear at Great Palls todsy. Tide Tables. (Purnished Lowest, 36, 4 a.m. today. Year ago, 32. | Helen Onil Coast and e Buvers Falei Weather Report (Furnished By the United States Weather Bureau.) afternoon and tonight; lowest tem- tomorrow mostly cloudy and some- what colder; moderate southeast shifting to fresh southwest and west Maryland—Rain this afternoon and tonight; tomorrow mostly cloudy with snow flurries in west portion; somewhat colder tomorrow. Virginia—Rain this afternoon and early tonight; colder in extreme west portion tonight; tomorrow mostly cloudy and somewhat colder. West Virginia—Rain this afternoon turning to snow flurries with somewhat colder in west and south portions tonight; tomorrow partly -— Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in_inchey Capital (current mont to aaterr” ¢ 1940. Average. Record. 19 ATEeT e 7 .84 ooy NRBI SOODNG, 001 i 72 2D s P Citles. Albany - Atlanta - 3238 ZRIITaHLIRBIR TR I SR B oace s 3 e BEERRRSRIESRANES! Rpee 23RIBI335 223228 23oms Duonsmeacs SESFE ST S R e e 4t > o31500m ooummais: SETREBEHIRLN Horia_ Para. 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