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Yangtze Reopehing Scored in Tokio Diet AsU. S. Appeasement Reactionary Leader Asks Outright Abandonment Of Nine-Power Pact By the Associated Press. TOKIO, Feb. 6.—Japan’s decision to reopen the lower Yangtze River in China to third-power traffic was attacked bitterly in the Japanese Parliament tonight as “obsequious diplomacy” aimed at courting the favor of the United States. Ichiro Kiyose, a leader of reac- tionary elements, in a fiery speech said that the government had an- nounced the Yangtze step as an ef- fort to improve the attitude of the United States toward Japan, and that the move had failed. Kiyose advocated outright aban- doment of the nine-power treaty of 1922 which pledged its signatories to respect the “open door” policy of foreign trade in China. Urges Forthright Action, Of the Yangtze decision, an- nounced several weeks ago, Kiyose said: “It is really absurd to suppose that Japanese-American can be improved through such ob- | sequious diplomacy. * * * Isit| not more appropriate to leave this relations | Isaajc Gans, prominent civic lead- Alcoholic Beberage Control Board, remembered some 29 charities with bequests totaling around $17,000 and some 39 friends, including his former associates on the beard, in his will, filed today in District | Court. | The total amount of his estate | will not be ascertained officially | until his executors, the Hamil~ ton National Bank and Thomas Gillespie Walsh, chairman of the Commission on Mental Health, file a complete inventory of his prop- erty. After leaving a number of small bequests to charitable organiza- tions, Mr. Gans provided in his will, which was dated February 3, 1938, that all the rest of his es- tate not specifically disposed of by legacies be equally divided among the Baptist Home, Central Union | Mission, Community Chest, Flor- | ence Crittenton Home, Jewish | Foster Home, Jewish Home for the Aged, Little Sisters of the Poor, | Methodist (Old Ladies’) Home, Sal- vation Army and Gospel Mission. Specific Bequests. Gans’ will provided that $500 be given the Masonic and | e each er and a charter member of the, matter in the hands of the new | gastern Star Home, the German central government of China so Orphan Aslyum, Georgetown Uni- that it can open the Yangtze 10 |versity Hospital and St. Ann's In- those powers which will extend as- \ fant ’Asylum and Maternity Hos- sistance?” ! | pital; $250 each goes to the Unita- Kiyose said he believed that ad- | rian 'Church, Home for Incurables, Justment of relations with the | gome for the Blind, at 3050 R street United States could be facilitated | N w ; Episcopal Home for Children, by forthright action. Social Oyster Club, Twelfth street Japanese-American relations en- | and Rhode Island avenue N.E.; St. tered a new phase on January 26 | Patrick’s Catholic Church, and the when the 1911 Japamse-American‘vwashmgwn Hebrew Congregation; Trade Treaty expired, having been | $200 to the Episcopal Eye, Ear and denounced by the United States. Throat Hospital; $300 to the Wash- The attack on the govemment's‘ingmn Hebrew Congregation for press and political policy was made | perpetual upkeep of his lot and in both houses of the Parliament. |graves in its cemetery, where his Eritain to Free Nine Germans. Great Britain has agreed to re- | that he be buried beside her; $100 turn nine of 21 German seamen | each to the House of the Good Shep- | seized from the Japanese liner | herd, Opportunity for Service, Inc., Asama Maru, Foreign Minister (915 New Jersey avenue N.W.; the | wife is buried, and his will requests | THE EVENING S 29 Charities and 39 Friends Remembered in Gans’ Will A. B. C. Board Members Among Beneficiaries; Value of Estate Still Undetermined his brother, Jacob Gans, $2,000; to his sister, Rickie Gans, $3,000; to Harriet Reynolds, niece of his wife of the Near East Foundation, New York City, $250; Mrs. Louise Barton, widow of Col. Barton, Ithica, N. Y., $250; Horace Gans, nephew, Rich- mond, Va., $250; Mrs. Rae Neuhan, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, Md., $200; Mrs. Ray Moses, Baltimore, $200; Mrs. Cecelia Michaelis, Embassy Apartments, $200, and an equal sum to Miss Virginia Michaelis, same ad- dress, and to Mrs. Lillie Hoffheimer, wife of Jeff Hoffheimer, Richmond, Va., $200. Bequests to A. B. C. Board Members. Mr. Gans bequeathed to his friends and associates of the A. B. C. Board various sums, including George W. Offutt, former chairman, $250; Mrs. Agnes K. Mason, vice chairman, $250; William Payne Meredith, newly-appointed member, $200; Margaret Hazen Davis, execu- tive secretary, $200; Herbert K. Schollenberger, chief inspector, $100; Esther Rosenberg Horowitz, clerk-stenographer, $100; Erna Em- brey, clerk-stenographer, $100; John West, clerk, $100, and Christian ‘Whittingham, clerk, $100. Also left bequests under the will were $250 each to Harry Wender, mie, Dr. Muriel Riemer, wife of Charles Rie- mer, while Mr. Gans left $200 each to Celeste Baum, wife of Milton Baum; Helen Walburn, 1759 Lanier place N.W.; Edward Meehan, Wil- helmena Edith Kehoe and Yvonne Walsh, daughter of T. G. Walsh, and $150 each to Marian Wolberg, Jean Wolberg, Bessie Dinowitz and Ruth Guest. To his maid, Christine Williams, | Mr. Gans left $250, an equal sum going to his chauffeur, Waite; to his former employer, Ells- worth Thompson, $150; to his for- mer chauffeur, William Baines, $100, and an equal sum to his for- mer maid, Lulu Lee. A codicil to the will, bearing the Hugh Rivers, Dr. O. A. M. McKim- | William P. Argy and| Russell | TAR, WASHINGTON Senate Group May Act Tomorrow on Plan For Finnish Loan Brown Tells Committee His Bill Was Based on Nation’s Good Credit By J. A. O'LEARY. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee may geach a decision to- morrow on the Fihnish loan ques- tion, following what appeared to be a final hearing today of testimony by Senator Brown, Democrat, of Michigan and Chairman Jerome Frank of the Securities and Ex- change Commission. Senator Brown spoke in justifica- tion of his original bill for a direct loan of $60,000000 to the Finnish government, as well as for the pend- ing substitute approved by the Banking Committee, which merely adds $100,000,000 to the credit of the Export-Import Bank, which would have discretion to advance Finland $20,000,000 of that amount. Chairman Pittman of the For- eign Relations Committee said, how- ever, he did not think any one is giving serious g¢onsideration now to the original direct-loan plan. This was taken to indicate committee action will come on the export- | import credit proposal. No Difficulty in Compliance. Mr. Frank, who was called to com- ment on the Harrison alternative of encouraging the Finns to sell bonds through private channels in this country, told the committee he thought, in the case of Finland, there would be no difficulty supply- ing within a reasonable, time the in- formation necessary to comply with the registration requirements of the |S. E. C. Finland, he said, floated a short- term bond issue in this country in 1934, which has been paid, and he suggested it would only be necessary for the Finnish government to bring down to date the information avail- able at that time. The proposal of Senator Harrison, | Democrat, of Mississippi, is not offi- | cially before the Foreign Relations Hachiro Arita announced today In connection with this com- promise on an incident which Japa- nese had taken as an affront, Arita said Japanese steamship lines had been instructed to refuse to accept as passengers belligerent nationals ‘who are “enlisted in military serv- ices and those who may possibly be enlisted.” The foreign minister expressed belief that this would prevent an- | other such incident, but told the Diet, “I cannot say that the case is entirely settled.” The Shanghai office of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, one of the principal | steamship companies of Japan and operators of the Asama Maru, an- nounced today it would not accept as passengers Germans subject to military service. Passage May Be Refused. The announcement said any Ger- mans who had booked passage on N. Y. K. ships would be subject to investigation and possible rejection | even though tickets already had been issued. Arita declared Japan would con- | tinue to negotiate for the return of | all 21 seamen. They were seized by a British cruiser, January 20, about 35 miles off Yokohama and interned at Hong Kong, British crown colony. Arita told the Diet the Japanese government ‘“cannot express satis- faction because the number of Ger- mans to be delievered to Japanese | Police Boys' Club for White Boys, | Police Boys' Club for Colored, Phyl- | lis Wheatley Y. W. C. A., Northwest | | Settlement, 515 M street N.W., and | Southwest Community House, 501 | Second street S.W. Mr. Gans directed his executors | to convert into cash all his property | not in cash at the time of his death | furniture. Under his will he left to —stocks, bonds, notes, jewelry and | date of September 20, 1939, said that | Committee. However, but is pend- in consideration of many acts of | ing on the desk of the Senate's pre- kindness to him, Mr. Gans left his | siding officer. Senator Pittman said automobile to Helen Walburn and | today it is generally recognized that also $500. In Mr. Gans' safety de- | the export-import credit plan and | posit box, officials said, there was ! the Harrison private loan resolution found the will of his late wife, Mrs. | are two different subjects. | Wilhelmina B. Gans, dated June 29, | Resolution Not Necessary. 1933, leaving all her property to him | Mr. Frank told the committee pas- and naming him executor, but ap- | sage of the Harrison resolution is parently this was not filed for pro- | not necessary to enable Finland to bate in District Court. ‘apply for registration of a private fMerry Fahrney Granted Divorce From Cassini By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. Feb. 6—Merry Fahrney, four times married and four times divorced, suggests she is | through with wedded life. Her fourth | divorce was granted yesterday from Oleg Cassini, whom she charged with infidelity. Mr. Cassini said she was guilty of the same offense. Supreme Court !Justice Aaron J. Levy dismissed the | defense testimony as “wholly un- worthy of belief.” | He said the evidence “fully” sus- | tained Merry's charge that Mr. | Cassini held a rendezvous with a | showgirl in a hotel room and that | the testimony of her butler that he | saw her in amorous situations with ,several men was unsupported and | contained many incongruities and contradictions. = bond issue. According to Senator Cotton Pittman, Mr. Frank also said that, in registering securities, the com- (Continued From First Page) | of the securities, but “simply in the E g truth of the statements bearing sons getting work relief or direct ' ypon the value.” ‘relief (Federal, State or local), needy | 'In support of his original direct persons certified as eligible for such | joan bill Senator Brown told the relief, but not actually receiving aid, | committee he based it on the long | and persons receiving public assist- | and continuous excellent credit of | ance through the Social Security Finland and a belief that the loan | program who are in need of addi- would be paid back sooner or later. | tional aid. | Finland, he pointed out, has had The stamps must be used for pur- | many “ups and downs.” | chase of new commodities for hu-| it all has paid its debts. D. C, Roosevelt Defends New Deal's Récord With Stafistics National Income Up 71 Per Cent in Seven Years, He Asserts By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt backed his administration’s record against its critics’ fault-finding today with fig- ures intended to prove that seven greater prosperity for America, He reeled off statistics at a press conference yesterday at Hyde Park, N. Y., before ending a week end visit at his family home and leav- ing for Washington. From a table prepared by seve eral Government agencies he read data which recorded, between 1932 and 1939, an advance of 71 per cent in national income—from $40,000,- 000,000 to $68,000,000,000—and tre- mendous strides upward in such cat- egories as wages and salaries, farm income, dividend receipts, non-ag- ricultural employment and exports. At one point he said the statis- tics had no implications one way or the other. At another, however, he asserted they were “pretty for- midable figures to take on and try to show the country is bust.” Answer to Critics. New Deal fiscal and domestic pol- icies have been assailed not only by organized labor spokesmen but also by Republicans on the trail of the party’s presidential nomina- tion. To whatever challenges they may have offered, the presidential presentation of figures apparently served as a response. In discussing New Deal econom- ics Mr. Roosevelt said national in- come is going along at a rate of more than $70,000,000,000 a year. His goal, he said, remains $80,000,~ 000,00 a year. If that level were attained, he said, Government expenditures for such things as relief would taper and the budget would be a little | better than balanced. | There are a lot of people, how- | ever, the, Chief Executive went on, | tures at once in such a drastic way | that there would be a repetition | the fall of 1937 to the spring of 1939. Figures Are Cited. | Tilting back in a chair in the | study of his country home, the | | Chief Executive recited these fig- ures: | Wages and salaries, $2,403,000,000 mission is not interested in the value | in December, 1932; $3,888.000,000 in | December, 1939; up 62 per cent. Weekly pay rolls of factory work- ers, $80,000,000 in December, 1932; 1 $197,000,000 in December, | 145 per cent. | Cash farm income. $4,682,000,000 in 1932; $8,519,000,000 in 1939, in- | cluding $807,000,000 of Federal bene- | fit payments; up 82 per cent. | Dividends received by individuals, " but during | 2,745000,000 in 1932; $4,253,000,000 | in 1939; up 55 per cent. - years of the New Deal had meant | off, Government income would rise | who prefer to pare down expendi- | | of the recession which lasted from | 1939; up | |man or household use and which | The Michigan Senator also justi-| fied the pending substitute as being, in reality, not a loan of money at are made entirely from cotton manufactured in this country. Bind- ings, buttons, trimmings, etc., are all, but merely as a loan of surplus not considered in determining | | whether goods are made entirely of | cotton. Secretary Wallace said the cities | selected for the program would be | of 50,000 population or larger. Trade Sources Approve producers have no market. The Export-Import Bank, it was pointed out, financed the export of Amer- going to the producers. commodities for which American | ican products, the proceeds actually; authorities is only part of those | whose extradition was demanded.” | Press Control ta Be Relaxed. Meanwhile, the Japanese govern- ment’s control of the press and gov- ernment secrecy on political inten- | methods. The organization uses tions were attacked in both houses | i i 's ties with ofParlianent) | terrorism to fight Britain's tie: The attack in the House of Peers | To.and: drew from Premier Admiral Mitsu- Irish (Continued From First Page.) | was one at London’s King's Cross Among the more serious bombings | mesa Yonai an expression of agree- ment with critics of press control, and he said relaxation would be at tempted. Speaking in the upper house, Shi- | geo Sugasawa declared that co-oper- | tion of the government and the peeople never would be completed | while newspapers were deprived of | freedom. | Jotaro Kawakami of the Social| Mass Party presented a similar view to the lower house. He said “doubt | and apprehension” were apparent | among the people over methods for ending the war in China and the government's relation with the pro- jected Chinese regime of Wang Ching-wei. Kawakami demanded that the government publish its terms for | peace in China. Nine Germans Termed Unsuitable for Army LONDON, Feb. 6 (#) —Foreign Becretary Lord Halifax told the House of Lords today that Britain had decided to return nine of 21 German seamen seized from the Japanese liner Asama Maru since they “are relatively unsuitable for military service.” Great Britain's decision to sur- render the Germans was regard- ed today in informed but un- official quarters as a step toward a “face-saving” compromise with Japan without sacrifice of British belligerent rights. Britain was regarded by these sources as having gained a major poirt in the Japanese announce- ment that Japan’s steamship lines had been instructed to refuse to carry belligerent nationals liable to war service. Six Germans Taken From Portuguese Ship CAPETOWN, South Africa, Feb. 6 (#)—A British warship removed six Germans from the Portuguese liner Nyassa over the week end, it was disclosed today as the vessel landed the Germans here under military guard. Mystery Veils Slaying 0f 2 Sisters and Servant By the Associated Press. OLIVER SPRINGS, Tenn., Feb. 6. —Officers sought clues today in the mysterious fatal shooting of two middle-aged spinster sisters and a colored houseboy in their two-story, gabled home. ‘The bodies of Miss Ann Richards, 48, and Miss Margaret Richards, 46, and a 16-year-old servant, Leonard Brown, were discovered yesterday by a younger sister of the women, Miss Mary Railway station last July 26, when one man was killed and 15 injured. There was another at Victoria Sta- tion on the same day. In June several minor explosions occurred |in railway stations at Birmingham and other points. Refusal of Appeals For Two Stirs Irish DUBLIN, Feb. 6 (#).—Nationalist feeling rose in Ireland today in the wake of the British decision which doomed two members of the out- lawed Irish Republican Army to die on the gallows at Birmingham, Eng- land, tomorrow. The London home office an- nounced last night its refusal to grant reprieves for the two men convicted of responsibility for a bomb explosion which killed five persons last August 25. Shortly before the announcement saying the home secretary ‘“would not be justified in recommending any interference with the due course of the law,” the Dublin City Council advised the British govern- ment to exercise “wise statesman- ship” and grant clemency. Call for Intervention. Many mass meetings in recent days have adopted resolutions call- ing for intervention on behalf of the condemned men—such as a Sunday night meeting in Dublin which asked for reprieve “to avert the risk of extinguishing all hope of enduring peace between Britain and the Irish nation.” An eleventh-hour discussion of the case was expected at a meeting of the Irish cabinet today. Prime Minister Eamon de Valera conferred with officials after midnight. De Valera has labored to check the I. R. A’s policy of forceful union between Ireland (Eire) and North- ern Ireland (Ulster), which is a part of the United Kingdom. Irish patriots hope for the union, but many do not favor violence as a means of achieving it. Sentences Received With Emotion. De Valera’s newspaper, the Irish Press, said today “it is unnecessary for us to dwell on the emotion with which the sentences of death on these men have been.received in this country during the last few days. “It has been shown that the ap- peal the goyernment has made for their reprieve has the support of a great majority of people.” The Irish Times said, “We believe that from the point of view of Great Britain there can be no higher ideal than promotion of Anglo-Irish friendship, and for that reason and that reason alone we venture to plead for an act of mercy.” Mercy pleas in the Irish press found no echo in London, news- papers. Cotton Stamp Program NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (#).—Trade sources generally voiced approval of the Federal cotton stamp pro- gram announced in Washington by Secretary Wallace and said they looked forward to seeing whether the experiment would be successful. Persons representing interested groups among manufacturers, whole- approval, and said they knew of no organized opposition within the cotton trade. Details have been discussed with- in the trade for some time, it was said. All three groups are hopeful that volume of transactions, and hence profits, will be increased by the plan. Heads of committees which have studied the plan said the groups they represented did not care to make formal statements on the plan until it has been tried. Finland (Continued From First Page.) statement, “the enemy dropped par- achute jumpers. Their landing places are known.” Action North of Lake Expected. A decisive action north of the lake has been expected for several days since a Russian offensive was stalled and many Soviet troops were cut off from supplies, a Finnish headquar- ters spokesman said in denying foreign reports that the 18th Red Army division had been destroyed. (However, a dispatch to the Copenhagen newspaper Ber- lingske Tidende went into some detail, saying the 18th Division was destroyed between Kitela and Kasnaselka, according to “reliable information.” A Finnish thrust southward from Uuksa- jarvi toward Uomas was credited with cutting off the division, and the Copenhagen paper said 1,000 Russians who tried to escape were killed or captured. (The Copenhagen report said the 18th Division was one of five operating north of Lake Ladoga. (A dispatch from Helsinki by Reuters, British news agency, also told of “annihilation” of the 18th Division near Kitela.) Heavy snowfall caused the Rus- sian air raids yesterday to be con- fined to scattered districts, mainly along the southwestern coast. Au- thorities reported one woman was killed and seven women and chil- dren were hurt when bombers de- dtroyed seven houses in Kaskinen, a fishing village on the Gulf of Both- nia. Two persons were reported Kkilled in Kajaani, in Central Finland. An official bulletin said Russian raids on 141 localities had killed 145 civilians and injured 179 in the past week. Concert Canceled Cancellation of tomorrow’s con- cert scheduled by the United States Marine Band Symphony Orchestra has been announced, due to par- ticipation by a section of the Ma- rine Band Orchestra in ‘the Navy relief ball 0 salers and retailers all expressed | Dies __(Continued From First Page.) | sponded with Mayne about the Dies Committee. Asked by Republican, of New York whether he had ever met or communicated “No, sir.” He said he had written Rhea | Whitley, former counsel of the Dies | Committee, to “apologize for mis- understanding why they wanted me.” He added he sent a notation about his letter to a committeeman, Representative Voorhis, Democrat, of California, saying he wished to appear before the committee. r Do Not Know Jackson. Pelley also declared he did not know Gardner Jackson, legislative representatives of Labor's Non- Partisan League, who has acknowl- edged furnishing money which was paid to Mayne for the letters. The Silver Shirt chief also said he did not know Harold Weisberg, who has told the Dies Committee be obtained the letters originally from Mayne. Asked whether Mayne was his Washington representative, Pelley said he had known the man for a year and a half and that Mayne had done some ‘reportorial” work for him here, but he did not consider Mayne exactly a representative. Jackson Appears. Other developments of the day in the controversy over the letters in- cluded the appearance of Mr. Jack- son before the Rules Subcommittee and the presentation of a request by Mr. Hook to Mr. Starnes for a complete transcript of the Dies Committee’s testimony on the sub- Jject. “As you have doubtless seen in the press,” Mr. Hook wrote, “I am anxious to have the question of the authenticity of the documents in dispute submitted to the properly constituted legal authorities for de- termination in an atmosphere de- void of emotion and in a judicial manner.” Mr. Jackson told the rules group he had a “hunch” some of the let- ters Mr. Hook used in his statement were not genuine. Representative Cox, Democrat, of Georgia asked whether Mr. Jackson did not now have “serious doubts” about the authenticity of the docu- ments. ° “Mr. Cox,” Mr. Jackson replied, “I've since seen the originals and my hunch is—and it's only a hunch—that possibly one or two or three of them are and some of them aren't.” Mr. Jackson told the committee the Pelley documents Mr. Hook used were purchased from Mayne by Mr, Weisberg with money that he, Mr. Jackson, provided. “Concerning the authenticity of the letters,” he said in a statement, “we have no reason at this point to know for a certainty other than we did when Mayne offered them to Mr. Weisberg and swore each one of them was authentic.” wartime supplies United States to satisfy its needs. Representative Fish, | | with Mr. Dies, Pelley firmly replied, | | clusive of about 3,000,000 employed by the C. C. C., W. P. A. and N. Y. A., 27245000 in 1932; 34.940,000 in 1939; up 28 per cent. 179,000,000 in 1939; up 97 per cent. Reserve Board Index. tion index, 1932 average 64; average 105; up 64 per cent. Interest received by individuals, $5,277,000,000 in 1932; $4,828,000,000 in 1939; down 9 per cent. As regards the last item, Mr. Roosevelt explained that two fac- | tors were responsible: First, inter- est rates had gone down and peo- ple now can borrow money at lower rates; second, total has gone down. He said debts owed by individuals and corporations were a great deal smaller, and that while the Federal debt had gone up with the Federal assumption of some burdens for- merly carried by States and mu- nicipalities, the debts of State, county and local governments had sown a corresponding decrease. 1939 { Wisconsin Primary Slate Pledged to Garner By the‘Associated Press. Vice President John N. Garner was informed yesterday that a cor- plete slate of 24 delegates support- ing him for the presidency would be entered in the Wisconsin pref- erential primary. He received the information from John J. Slocum and William R. Callahan, members of the Wiscon- sin Garner-for-President Club. Expressing his thanks in a tele- gram to the two men, Mr. Garner said: “This 15 in keeping with my public statement in which I said I would accept the nomination,” he added. “In that statement I expressed the opinion that the people should decide and that the candidate should be selected at primaries and conventions as provided by law. “I am glad to know that Wiscon- sin Democrats propose to follow this democratic procedure.” Testimony Discloses Ouster of Deputies Irregularities in expense accounts caused dismissals in a number of United States marshal's offices in the past year, but financial malprac- tices resulted in prosecution in only two instances, it was disclosed today in testimony on the new Justice De- partment appropriation bill. Thomas D. Quinn, administrative assistant to the Attorney General, recalled to the Appropriations Sub- committee handling the measure that Thomas E. Ott, former chiet deputy marshal here, had been dropped . from service and sent to prison for a one-to-three-year term, for a $2,900 shortage in accounts, and said that the accounts of eight Maryland deputies had been in- vestigated, but that criminal charges were not warranted. WHERE TO DINE. 17th CAFETERIA One block west of the White House 724 17th ST. N.W. Vegeiabies aVwase treat Prices Within the Budget of All Non-agricultural employment ex- | Export, $1.611,000,000 in 1932; $3.- | Federal Reserve Board's produc- | indebtedness | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1940. SURPRISE APPEARANCE—Willi (Story on Page A-1 sought for questioning by Dies committee, is shown with Rep- resentative Clark, Democrat, of North Carolina, chairman of a House Rules Subcommittee, before which Pelley testified. exs A3 "Tomorrow's Citizen’ Exhibit Opens at Nafional Museum Social Studies Display Is Commended by Mrs. Roosevelt Bearing the commendation of Mrs. Pranklin D. Roosevelt as “something useful that every citizen of Washe ington ought to see,” the “Tomor- row’s Citizen” exhibit was opened to the public today at the National Museum, where it may be seen daily for three weeks. ‘The exhibit, sponsored by the Social Studies Committee of the American Association of University ‘Women, illustrates housing, health, recreation and other conditions in the District and other parts of the Nation. Mrs. Roosevelt, on a visit last night, commented particularly on booths depicting the decline in the death rate in Washington, con- sumers’ problems and contrasted housing conditions. A T-foot, 960-pound talking robot greeted some 500 guests, including Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen, Mrs. William C. Van Vleck, president of the Washington branch of the A. A. U. W, and Miss Mary Anderson, Exhibits are to be open daily from 9 am. to 4:30 p.m., except Sundays, when the hours will be from 1 to 4:30 pm. Special programs are to iam Dudley Pelley (left), long ) —A. P. Photo. Reds and Fascists Barred From Staff Of Liberties Union Resolution Is Voted After a Stormy Three-Hour Debate By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—The Amer- | ican Civil Liberties Union has banned Communists, Fascists and Nazis from its governing committee and staff. The directors adopted a resolu- tion to this effect yesterday, at the same time announcing the Rev. John Haynes Holmes, anti-Com- munist would be acting chairman to fill the place of Dr. Harry F. Ward, who resigned. | Mr. Ward of the Union Theo- | logical Seminary, had been presi- | dent 20 years. The prohibiting resolution re- ferred to any person belonging “to any political organization which | supports totalitarian dictatorship in 'any country or who by his public | declarations indicates his support of such principles.” Minority Group Opposes. . The resolution was opposed by a | minority group which said it would | | “disappoint all those who feel that | organization in the world to start & species of Red hunt, which is pre- cisely what this carefully dressed- | up resolution aims to do.” Thirty members of the national committee voted for the resolution after a stormy three-hour debate. | Ten opposed it and three did not vote. The resolution passed the with two members not voting. Dr. Ward's successor will be elected next Monday. It is expected | that the chairmanship will be shared | chairman, the other as national chairman. Explanatory Statement. The Civil Liberties Union, in an explanatory statement, said the oc- casion for raising this issue at this time is the increasing tension which has resulted everywhere from the direction of the Communist Inter- national movement since the Soviet- Nazi pact.” “The abandonment of the struggle against Fascism and the other changes in Communist policy have raised sharply issues which were re- flected in the attitudes of memberg of our board of directors. * * * “The union has always recognized that membership in the Communist party, as in certain other groups, involves a conception of civil lib- erties quite different from that of the union. No member of the Com- munist party was therefore ever elected or appointed to any position of responsibility in the union.” The union was organized 20 years ago to protect constitutional liber- ties. 1t was identified with the fight to otbain a new trial for Sacco and Vanzetti, radicals executed in Massachusetts; Alabama’s Scotts- boro case, the fight against Mayor Frank Hague's curtailment of free speech in Jersey City and to free Tom Mooney from a California prison. Business Women to Elect Officers will be elected at a meet- ing of the Business and Professional ‘Women’s Club of Prince Georges County, Md., at 8 pm. tomorrow in the old library at the University of Maryland. Mrs. Carolina Thomp- son of the Oxon Hill Elementary School will act as temporary chair- man. o Business Brokers Elect The Washington Business Brokers’ Association last night elected David Hammond president. Other officers chosen were Robert Hollander, vice president; Miss Bernice Jay, secre- tary, and Everett Thurm, treasurer. SAINT JOHN’S CHURCH 16th and H Streets Ash Wednesday 7:30 a.m.. communion 11130 :fi—fi%‘fnm dPrln;,n h;egxl’h!filtlfl ice, and Serm z 3 5:00 p.m.—Evening Prayer and Address O B Rev, M. Acton. ASH WEDNESDAY Corporate Communion Service Wednesday Evening 8:00 P.M. Foundry Methodist Church 15th and P Sts. Address by DR. FRED G. HOLLOWAY be given Friday at 8 pm. and on ;\‘wo other evenings to be announced ter. ART MATERIALS $54,150 in Fines Imposed on Charges 0f Works Fraud Collusive Bids Laid to 42 Contractors, 2 Union Leaders and 13 Firms Quality Since 1865 MUTH 70 3w WA, 6386 “It Sounds Foolish By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Feb. 6—Fines to- the Civil Liberties Union is the last | taling $54,150 were imposed today in | i Federal Court on 42 electrical con- | tractors, 2 union leaders and 13 corporations charged with conspir- fo Stop . .. + . « those trestments, but I ean't afferd them n Den’t stop. The Exchange will that bil. Yeu ,reday in small amounts with ne acy to defraud the Federal Govern- | | ment through collusive bidding on | public works. The stiffest fine, $7.000, was given | | to Michael P. Gordan, business | | agent of Local 5 of the American | Federation of Labor’s International | | Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, | who was described by Assistant United States Attorney General M. | Neil Andrews as the “complete dic- | | tator” of the electrical contracting industry here. All the defendants had pleaded no defense. Other fines ranged from $50 to $5,000. | The maximum penalty under the conspiracy charges, which grew out of the Government's Nation-wide | investigation of building costs, would | have been a fine of $10,000 and two | interest or extras. Ask your physi- cian or dentist or eall— REpublic 2126 Medical-Dental Exchange Keith-Albee Blds., 15th & G Sts. vulz:v| - 0% 77 rnom vew voux years' imprisonment. The Electrical Contractors’ Asso- | ciation, termed the “clearing house” | B o Naples and Genosr REX .. FEB. 17 | for the collusive bids, was fined | F et board of directors by a 13-to-7 vote | $2,000, and William F. Hess, presi- | dent of the association, was fined | $5,000. Mr. Hess’ firm, Hess & Bar- ton, also was fined $2,000. Robert Carmack, manager of the | Contractors’ Association, received a | fine of $5,000, and William G. Shord, secretary of the A. F. L. Electrical Workers’ Union, was fined $3,000. | Mr. Andrews told Judge F. P. SAVOIA. 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