Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1940, Page 2

Ramspeck Measure Action Is Scheduled In House Tomorrow Would Permit 250,000 Or More U. S. Workers To Be Blanketed In By WILL P. KENNEDY. Upwards of 250,000 Governmenj employes, now engaged mostly on New Deal agencies, are expected to be blanketed into the classified civil service under the Ramspeck bill, scheduled for action in the House tomorrow. While it is generally expected that the bill will pass, a fight will be made against it, led by Mrs. Edith N. Rogers, ranking Republican on the Civil Service Committee. She is counting on strong assistance from several Democrats, including Representative Moser, a member of the committee, who has spent 22 years in the classified civil service. The Republican opposition is based principally on the ground that under this measure more than twice as many would be blanketed into the civil service as ever before—and without competitive test. This, in a presidential election year, it is con- tended, would give the administra- tion an opportunity to control a large number of votes. They argue that aside from any political ad- vantage, it is unfair to those who entered the civil service through competitive examinations, and to a quarter of a million young men and women who are eager to get into the Government service as a career. Scouts Political Advantage. Chairman Ramspeck, sponsor of the bill, has been assured of “con- siderable” Republican support. At the same time, he is unwilling to estimate how many Democrats will Join the opposition. He discounts the danger of “political advantage,” pointing out that under the Hatch Act the employes who may be blan- keted in cannot be used in the ap- proaching campaign. The argument of those support- ing the bill is that “it is about the only way—an easy and quick way—by which the civil service may be extended throughout the entire Federal service.” While there is no direct prohibition in the bill, except the exclusion of W. P. A. | positions, it is contemplated that policy-forming, legal and technical positions may not be included. The | latter now are receiving special | consideration before the Reed Com- mittee. ‘Three Principal Features. There are these three principal features of this measure: 1. It removes the restriction in existing laws which prevent the President from extending the civil service. With the single exception of the W. P. A. it permits him to extend the civil service to all branches of the Government. 2. It also includes deputy col- lectors of internal revenue and deputy United States marshals. The collectors and marshals have to be confirmed by the Senate. 3. It permits the President to extend the classification act to the field service. 4 Among the organizations which have indorsed this legislation are: ‘The National League of Women Voters, the National Civil Service Reform League, the Association of Business and Professional Women, the United States Chamber of Com- merce and the National Council of Business Mail Users and labor or-| ganizations. Barry Asks Dies Probe Of Finnish Relief Groups By the Associated Press. Charging that the name of former President Herbert Hoover was being “exploited” in connection with Finn- ish relief, Representative Barry. Democrat, of New York called on the Dies committee yesterday to in- wvestigate the operations of Finnish relief organizations and other groups “that have been created to assist foreign countries.” The New Yorker, in a letter to Acting Chairman Starnes, Demo- crat, of Alabama, of the committee, recalled that sympathetic appeals for aid to Belgium preceded America’s entry into the last war and said he was “convinced that the propagandists have found:a ‘new Belgium’ in brave little Finland and that every effort is being made to exploit the unfortunate situation of that country so as to inflame Ameri- can public opinion.” “Our ‘society people’ from Boston to Palm Beach, most of whom be- lieve that feeding needy Americans through the W. P. A. is bankrupting the Nation, are in a frenzy trying to serve on relief committees for Finland,” he added. Mr. Barry said that in the last war the allies, by persuading Ameri- cans to participate in relief work, “made them, unconsciously identify the allies’ cause as the cause of America.” “Isn’t it a strange coincidence,” Mr. Barry continued, “that Herbert Hoover is getting as much publicity in connection with Finland as he did with Belgium during the last war? Of course, I don’t question Mr. Hoover's motives. I believe, however, that his name is being exploited.” Gov. Olson Refuses Delay In Bioff Extradition Case By the Associated Press. SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 7— Gov. Culbert L. Olson refused yes- terday to delay an extradition hear- ing for William Bioff, Los Angeles labor official, and set February 13 for the hearing. Counsel for Bioff, whose return to Illinois is sought for an uncom- pleted sentence after his convic- tion 18 years ago of pandering, argued for a continuance. Counsel contended California and Illinois could exercise no jurisdiction until the disposition of income tax eva- sion charges now pending in Fed- eral Court at Los Angeles. His trial on those charges is set for May 28. Gov. Olson said the conclusive factor in his findings that the State could exercise jurisdiction at this time was a statement filed by United States Attorney Ben Harri- son of Los Angeles. The Governor quoted Mr. Harri- son as saying the indictment of “Bioff shall not influence your de- cision in one way or the other. ‘We neither favor nor oppose the extradition.” for her grandmother. from California the bill had run pillow just in case. INGLEWOOD, CALIF.—TODAY SHE W] This is a letter to Grandmother Blum at Kansas City—and with good reason, for 8-year-old Gloria Blum picked up thé telephone when both her parents were away from home and put in a call By the time Grandmother Blum caught on that it was her granddaughter and that she was calling Garner Pledges Vote | For All Economies, Friends Disclose Tie-Breaking Ballot for $115,259 C. A. A. Cut Revives Drive By the Associated Press. Vice President Garner actively | aligned himself today with the | economy forces in the Senate, some of his friends disclosed, by & pledge to oppose any suggested increases in appropriatioris ‘and to Vote for de- creases whenever possible. Following his vote to break a Sen- ate tie yesterday and thus cut $115,- 259 off the ‘amount the House ap- proved for the OCivil Aeronautics Authority, Mr. Garner was quoted by some Senators as having told them: “When it comes to voting to re- duce appropriations, I am going to vote ‘aye’ and when it comes to in- | creasing appropriations, I am going to vote ‘no’.” Mr. Garner's vote—his first since April 17, 1934—revived the economy drive which had suffered a reverse earlier when the Senate overrode an effort by Senator Overton, Dem- ocrat, of Louisiana to trim from the $1,138693528 supply bill for independent agencies an item of | $710,000 for the National Resources Planning Board. Stewart Clinches Defeat. The count on the Overton amend- ment appeared at first to be 34 to 34. The Vice President, permitted to vote only in the event of a tie, told friends afterward that he was preparing to vote “aye” to carry the amendment when Senator Stewart, Democrat, of Tennessee walked into the chamber and voted “no” to clinch its defeat. Mr. Garner's presence in the pre- siding officer’s seat at that crucial moment also was considered note- worthy in Senate circles. He often calls on Senators to assume the pre- siding officer’s job temporarily dux_'- ing routine procedure, but was said to have told members of the economy bloc that they could count on his being on hand to take over if a close vote appeared in prospect on any spending issue. Economy advocates said the in- dependent agencies bill likely would be passed at a figure $38,506261 higher than that authorized by the House, but still $56,010,945 under President Roosevelt’s budget esti- mates. The Senate completed ac- tion yesterday on the first of the appropriation bills, sending to the President a $57,541,300 deficiency bill which included about $29,000,000 for naval armaments and about the same amount for tax refunds. It was $2,783,700 below the President’s recommendations. McCarran Still Hopeful. Despite the Senate's approval of .cuts totaling $1,178,799 in the Civil Aeronautics Appropriation, Senator McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada, who led the fight against them, said he had not given up hope of re- storing $1,000,000 for personnel and equipment for the far-flung aerial safety system. Senator Clark, Democrat, of Mis- souri said one of the reductions would mean that many newly in- stalled safety facilities on 8,000 miles of airlines could not be.operated. Senators Adams, Democrat, of Colorado, and Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina replied that the C. A. A. had failed to make a case before the committee justifying the full amount of requested expendi- tures. In the House well-informed mem- bers said the current drive threat- ened to spread to the defense pro- gram and lop $100,000,000 off the $954,540,037 Mr. Roosevelt asked for the Navy in the year starting July 1. The Naval Appropriations Subcom- mittee was reported to have agreed tentatively to recommend the cut. Some legislators described the im- pending slash as largely a “paper cut,” but it was learned that friends of the Navy planned steps to offset the loss. | to raise prices constituted “an at- |is going to come out which will | J. Donovan, counsel for the oil com- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. — RITES TO GRANDMA— up to $20.50. Gloria wears that —A. P. Wirephoto. 0il Price Hike Atfempt IsN. R. A. Without Curb, Arnold Charges | Companies’ Counsel Says They Are Just Trying | To Remove Distress Evil By the Associated Press. Thurman Arnold, Assistant At- torney General in charge of anti- trust enforcement, told the Su- preme Court yesterday that an effort by Midwestern oil companies | tempt to set up the N. R. A. again without control.” ' Speaking vigorously, Mr. Arnold | said: “Industries all over the coun- try are watching this case to see if some new defense of fair trade entitle them to stabilize prices at the levels which they think nor- mal.” He added that “practically every industry in this country is on a surplus basis” and that if the oil companies could raise prices by agreement the other industries would follow the same procedure. “This case,” he shouted, “repre- sents the most dangerous threat to the enforcement of the anti-trust laws ever seriously presented to this court.” Mr. Arnold argued after William panies, had contended that they had engaged only “in a voluntary co-operative effort” to remove a “competitive evil—distress gasoline.” Mr. Donovan, who was in charge of anti-trust prosecutions in the Justice Department during Coolidge administration, said the record “contains no substantial com- petent evidence that the combina- tion either in purpose or effect un- reasonably restrained trade within the meaning of the Sherman Anti- Trust Act.” The Federal District Court at Madison, Wis., convicted 12 major companies and five individuals of conspiracy, in violation of the Sher- man Act, to raise the price of gaso- line sold in 1935-36 in 10 Midwest- ern States. The Seventh Federal Circuit Court set aside the convic- tions and ordered a new trial. The oil companies appealed to the Su- preme Court to dismiss the Gov- ernment’s suit. Woman Dies After 18th Blood Transfusion By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—A medical case that caused a Nation-wide search for donors of an uncommon type of blood ended in death today for Mrs. Melanie Cournand, 32. The victim, wife of Edouard Cour- nand, wealthy importer, had been ill for 10 months from sub-acute bacterial endocarditis caused by a streptococcus veridans germ. She died after her eighteenth transfu- sion, Thousands of persons responded to newspaper and radio appeals for volunteer donors who had suffered from the infection and recovered, but in most cases their blood was not the proper type. In the quest for donors, Miss Lynne Crider, a friend, visited near- ly 200 hospitals in Cleveland, Co- lumbus, Chicago and St. Louis. Offer of Free Trip To Moscow Fails to Lure Swedish Reds By the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, Feb. 7.—The Metal Workers Union at Var- berg grew tired of hearing Soviet Russia lauded by its Communist members and de- cided to do something about it. They offered free one way tickets to Moscow on condition the | Farley Predicts Better Harmony Than Among G. 0. P. Chairman, Mrs. Roosevelt, Senator Walsh Speak At Women's Forum Series Carefully avoiding any direct ref- erence to the Roosevelt third-term question, James A. Farley, chairman of the Democratic National Com- mittee, last night predicted that the coming presidential campaign will find the Democrats more in harmony than the Republicans. ‘The Postmaster General’s remarks were addressed to an audience at- tending the first of a series of forums sponsored by the Woman'’s National Democratic Club. A picture of poli- tics. and world peace—under a gen- eral program title of “Peace, Unity and Co-operation”—was presented by Mr. Farley, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Senator Walsh, Demo- crat, of Massachusetts and Ernest K. Lindley, newspaper columnist. A fifth scheduled speaker, Ma- Jority Leader Rayburn of the House, was unable to attend due to illness. Farley Escapes Questioning. Mr. Farley, who spoke first and departed for another engagement, thereby escaping a barrage of ques- tions from the audience at the con- clusion of the talks, pointed to the “degree of unity that prevails as the party (Democratic) approaches the | coming election.” The national committee chairman defended the Roosevelt administra- tion as one that has not been “timid or afraid to accept the consequences of its own program.” The party has survived, he de- clared, because “in the main it has remained loyal and steadfast to the major purpose for which it was founded.” “That purpose,” he said, “is the promotion of the welfare of all the people. Mr. Farley contended that the one outstanding reason the Republican party has declined in the last decade is that it “lost touch with the great | mass of common citizens.” Mr. Farley admonished Democrats to “maintain party ideals and ob- Jjectives and to preserve the national scope of its unity.” He pointed to the conflicts among the party's members over methods and policies as “unavoidable,” but warned against “the fatal error of drifting apart on fundamental objectives.” Mrs. Roosevelt avoided- politics in her discussion of the forum topic from the standpoint of the indi- vidual. She spoke in broad terms of the necessity for peace within the individual before a group co-opera- tion and a world-wide unity of ideals | could come about. World peace, she said, is de- pendent on the degree of individual harmony and the solution of prob- lems at home. Later, Senator Walsh warned that the United States “cannot promote world peace or save the world for democracy by joining the European war.” Asked by one of the audience at | the conclusion of the talks whether | the loan of a large sum of money | to Finland, for use in any way that | country saw fit, would fall in lme‘ with his foreign policy views, Sena- | tor Walsh replied: | “Such a loan would be a very| dangerous precedent, bordering on an act of unneutrality.” | Mr. Lindley predicted the Demo- | crats would get the support of the | independents in the coming cam- paign if they did not “change the recipe.” Suggest Platform Builders. He advocated as an aid in securing the support of the independents the | recruiting of “La Follette, La | Guardia and Norris as speakers at the national convention,” and as | aides in framing the party plat- | form and slate. The forum moderator, George V. Denny, jr., president of the Town Hall, Inc., New York, who intro- duced Mrs. Roosevelt as “the First Lady of all First Ladies of our land,” made the only direct reference to the third term question. He explained to the audience | | which overflowed the ballroom at | the Carlton Hotel that no personal or irrelevent questions should be asked the speakers. An example of | the latter, he .said, would be “Mrs. Roosevelt, is your husband going to run for a third term?” Mrs. Roose- velt smiled and the audience ap- plauded and laughed aloud. Mrs. David Tucker Brown, presi- dent of the Woman's National Democratic Club, opened the pro- gram and introduced the forum chairman, Mrs. Curtis Shears. Mrs. Roosevelt to Talk Before Harvard Dames . By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb. 7— Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the President, will address the Har- vard Dames, women members of the families of the Harvard faculty and student body, tomorrow afternoon at the Philips Brooks House, in the Harvard yard. In the evening she will dine at the home of President and Mrs. Bryant Conant with the 12 Nieman fellows in journalism who are study- ing at Harvard. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Continued debate on $1,138,000,000 independent offices appropriation bill. Foreign Relations Committee con- siders Finnish loan bill. Labor Committee hears Philip Murray, C. I. O. leader, testify on ‘Wagner Act amendments. Judiciary subcommittee continues hearings on anti-lynching bill. House: Debates $107,000,000 appropriation bill for State, Commerce and Justice Departments. TOMORROW. Senate: May take up Export-Import Bank loans to Finland and China, if pending appropriation bill is passed. Special subcommittee, executive, on amendments to Hatch law, 10 am. Commerce Subcommittee hearing on Newark Airport, 10:30 a.m. House: Expects to consider Ramspeck civil service bill. departure be made immediately for nothing leks than a 10-year visit. There have been no takers, union mem! id. Smith Committee continues in- vestigation of National Labor Re- lations Board, 10 am. Labor Committee considers amendments to Wagner Act, 10:30 am. |Russia Is Denied C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1940. EXPLORERS HONOR DR. MANN—The flag of the Explorers’ Club is shown bging presented to Dr. William M. Mann, Zoo director, at the Army Navy Club for him to carry on the forthcoming Smithsonian Institution-Firestone expedition to African Liberia. Left to right are Dr. Mann, Dr. Alexander Wetmore, assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; Jeremiah Hunter of the New York Explorers’ Club, making the presentation, and Dr. Herford Tynes Cowling, chairman of the D. C. Explorers’ Club group. —=Star Staff Photo. Obligation o Aid By Nazi Sources No Military Agreement Exists, Authorized Berlin Circles Say By LOUIS P. LOCHNER, Ascociated Press Foreign Correspondent. BERLIN, Feb. 7.—Germany has | made no commitments to extend | military or technical aid to Russia | in the war against Finland, au- thorized German sources said today. No military agreement whatever exists between Germany and Russia, it was said. This does not mean a cooling off | of relations between Berlin and Moscow. these sources said, but merely a public restatement of what was emphasized at the beginning of the Finnish conflict. It was stated then that Germany is disinterested in the Russian-Finnish war, al- though she has a full understanding | of Russia’s position. | Temporary Partnership. | Germans mostly regard the part- | nership with Russia as a political | necessity for the duration of the | war, but active participation against | | Finland on Russia’s side would be decidedly unpopular. | Authorized sources insisted that | no military or technical aid was be- | ing given Russia in the Finnish war. “The Reich never has been asked | for military assistance or technical aid of a military character and no agreement exists for extending such help,” these sources said. Reports received here had indi- | cated that part of the Russian | strategy was to frighten the Finns| by holding up the prospect of Ger- | man intercession on the Russian side. No Basis for Mediation. Yesterday authorized informants | said the German government had decided there was no basis for me- diation in the Russian-Finnish con- flict. This decision, it was stated, was reached after the German envoys to Moscow and Helsinki had returned here to make personal re- ports on the situation. ‘The same sources denied reports of German intrigues in the Balkans. They charged that the French Near Eastern Army under Gen. Maxime Weygand, which they called the “Balkan Army,” was “inadequate for any real success in that region” and merely served the purpose of keeping Southeastern Europe in a state of uneasiness and disturbing | its normal relations with Germany. Weygand's army is concentrated mostly in Syria. The question of German-Russian military co-operation was thrown into the field of diplomatic con- Jecture with the surprise signing of the German-Russian 10-year non- aggression pact last August 23. A month later, as Russia and Germany were dividing Poland be- tween them, their armies co-oper- ated in establishment of a mutual frontier in the conquered territory. On September 29 the two powers signed a three-point treaty further cementing the Moscow-Berlin part- nership. It provided for co-opera- tion between the two powers to urge Britain and France to end the war and to restore peace; for estab- lishment of a mutual frontier in Poland, and for an economic pro- gram worked out so that “the vol- ume of the German-Soviet exchange of goods will again attain a high peak.” Supplementary agreements have provided for the supply of large quantities of fodder and other essential supplies by Russia to the Reich. He Asked for It KENOSHA, Wis., Feb. 7 (#).— City Attorney R. V. Baker, jr., drew up a proclamation which or- dered police to pick up all stray dogs. The first dog police picked up was one owned by Mr. Baker, who hed' to pay $1.50 to retrieve it from the dog pound. Dr. Mann and Wife | To Carry Rival Flags Info African Wilds Explorers Hope Zoo Head Can Outmaneuver Geographers’ Banner By W. H. SHIPPEN, Jr. The flag presented by the Ex- | plorers’ Club last night to Zoo Di- | rector William M. Mann may or may | not win first honors on Dr. Mann'’s | animal-collecting expedition to Li- beria, Africa. Dr. Mann warned his fellow ex- | plorers at their stag &@nner in the Army Navy Club that his wife, | Lucile Quarry Mann, also had been | presented with a flag—the emblem | of the Women Geographers’ Society. | “However,” Dr. Mann said, ac- cepting the flag, “we men must stick together. I'll do my best to put our flag several feet further east into the Liberian jungle than the Women Geographers’ flag. If the worst comes to the worst, possibly I can| compromise by planting them side | by side.” | “I sincerely hope so,” said the | presiding officer, Capt. H. T. Cowl- ing. “Perhaps an old campaigner like you can win for our side by a bit of strategy.” “I know!"” said Dr. Mann. “Maybe my wife will let me carry the com- pass. I'll lead the party in a circle through the jungle, and when we're headed toward the coast I'll say with a gallant gesture: “‘Ladies first, my dear!”” | It sounded like a good idea, but the betting odds were slightly against | Dr. Mann as he took his seat with | the flag folded proudly before him.| Dr. and Mrs. Mann were given the | emblem to take on the Smithsonian Institution-Firestone expedition to Liberia, on the west coast of Africa.| They plan to sail from New York | next week, accompanied by two keep- ers from the Zoo, for several months of collecting specimens in west coast | Jjungles. Flag No. 101 of the Explorers’ |Club was brought from the New York headquarters of the organiza- tion for presentation to Dr. Mann by Jeremiah Hunter, an officer of the New York group. Mr. Hunter wished Dr. Mann success on his ex- pedition and good luck when it came to planting the flag ahead of the woman geographers. He seemed ;o I:hink the husband might need uck. Nazi Peace Bid Rumors Are Received in Oslo By the Associated Press. OSLO, Feb. 7.—The Stockholm correspondent of the Oslo newspaper Tidens Tegn said yesterday that rumors of a German peace bid were taking shape. The paper said reports from The Hague, Brussels and Berlin indicated some neutral state would offer the peace plan reported drawn by a committee established by Field Mar- shal Hermann Wilhelm Goering and approved by Adolf Hitler in January. The plan was reported to have six points: 1. No country would claim war damage. 2. Economic problems must be solved immediately. 3. The Sudeten regions of the former Czecho-slovak republic would remain German. 4. Poland would cede to Germany all territory which was German be- fore the Versailles treaty. 5. A plebiscite would be held in Austria under Austria-German-Brit- ish-French control. 6. A British-French-German com- mission would decide on the Czech, Polish and Slovak states of the future in order to guarantee a peace- ful attitude toward Germany. Approximately 50 per cent of the traffic fatalities last year in the Dis- trict were persons over 45 years of age, and more than half of this number were 65 and over. Wartime Holiday Is at End, Britain Warns 400,000 Pupils By the Associated Press. LONDON, Feb. 7—The British government served notice on 400,000 British school children today that their war-time holiday must end'to save them from a “growing de- moralization.” Lord de la Warr, president of the Board of Education, announced in the House of Lords that school at- tendance for children still living in the so-called danger areas will be made compulsory. ‘The new policy was announced in reply to a question from the Arch- bishop of Canterbury. Out of nearly 1,250,000 children now in the danger areas—those from which children were removed early in the war to places safer from air raids—about 400,000 are getting no whoonflbohwu‘rhld. K4 De La Warr said that whatever the risks of air raids—and he said he thought they still were great— “We must see that every child goes to school somewhere.” “If parents are not willing to send their children to the compara- tive safety of reception areas, then they must send them to school in town,” he said, “The moment the children can be accommodated, at- tendance must be enforced.” Full-time schooling is the objec- tive, De La Warr said, but & half- time provision for all children by Germans Repatriated From Russian Poland By the Associated Press. KRAKOQW, Poland, Feb. 7.—Ger- man authorities said yesterday that repatriation of Germans living in the Polish regions now occupied by Russia is regarded as complete. In 42 days 118,000 Germans with 22,000 horses, 1,500 cattle and 12,000 wagons have crossed westward over the line of demarcation between Russian and German spheres of in- fluence, The Germans used 140 railway trains for the transfer, shunting them back and forth constantly. Cancelling War Debt For Navy Bases in Caribbean Urged Lt. Comdr. Olch’s Plan Would Not Impair Islands’ Sovereignty A suggestion that the United States accept foreign naval estab- lishments in the Caribbean as part payment of European World War | debts was advanced today by Lt.| Comdr. Isaiah Olch of the Navy. Writing in the semi-official United States Naval Institute proceedings, impair the sovereignty of the island possessions themselves. Proposed in Congress. Taking over the entire British and French island colonies as pay- ment on the debts has been pro- posed in Congress. “It is hardly probable that we shall ever again condone the action of our legislators in purchasing ter- ritory and its resident population as we did in the past,” Comdr. Olch commented. “But it might be logically possible | to_exchange in return for the can- | cellation of the debts the abandon- ment of whatever naval establish- | ments along our shores our debtor nations might have.” Bases Not Designated. His article did not specify what foreign bases should be transferred | to the United States, or define the | extent of “our shores.” range of “our shores” are French | fishing islands off the lower Atlantic | Canadian coast and British-owned Bermuda, as well as French, British and Dutch islands of the Caribbean area. “The acquisition of these naval bases for our own use without im- pairing the sovereignty of the pos- sessions themselves or the absolute destruction of these naval facilities would be of material advantage to Us in the furtherance of our policy of a decided interest in the Carrib- bean and adjacent areas,” the com- mander wrote. ‘Within | Milk Price Reduction - In Nearby Virginia Seen by Rosenberg Forecasts Commission’s Order Following Cuts In Washington Stores By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va. Feb. 7.—Dele= gate Maurice D. Rosenberg of Alexe andria, author of a bill.now before the General Assembly providing for the repeal of the State milk and cream act, said today he expects a milk commission order to reduce retail prices in the Arlington= Alexandria sales area, following re- duction of prices in Washington earlier this week. He made the statement following published reports that retail prices of milk in several chain stores in the District of Columbia were re- duced from 14 cents per quart to 13 cents within a week after the signing of the Federal milk market= ing agreement to furnish 5-centse per-quart milk to relief families. The agreement seeks to regulate prices between distributors and pro- ducers. Mr. Rosenberg’s proposed bill would abolish the commission. Consumers in Northern Virginia areas close to Washington have sought unsuccessfully to have the commission either withdraw its control from the Arlington-Alexan- dria milkshed or reduce the prica of milk there, as at least one dairy operating in Washington and Vire ginia sells milk for 11 cents per quart in the District but is come pelled to sell the product for 14 cents in Arlington and Alexandria. Insisting there should be a price | differential between 2 and 4 cents between delivery and store price of milk, Mr. Rosenberg said he | views the reductions being made in Washington as “an effort by the | distributors and producers to curtail pressure being brought to bear on their congressional Representatives for passage of the Schulte bill.” The Schulte measure would open the Washington milk sales area to producers from outlying sources in other States. “In_confirmation of this belief,” Mr. Rosenberg said, “I can only point to the published statements of Senator Tydings of Maryland made to the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers’ Association, to the effect that their delegations in Congress would block the passage of the Schulte bill” Meanwhile, L. S. Robinson, representing the | State Milk Commission in the | Arlington-Alexandria area, arrived here yesterday. Midwestern Boycott Of Maryland Hinted The suggestion that Midwestern | States might boycott Maryland products in retaliation for any at- tempts Senator Tydings and other | he said such a transfer need not|Maryland members of Congress may make to defeat a bill to open the | District milk market to dairy farm- ers in all parts of the country was made yesterday by Representative Schulte, Democrat, of Indiana. Aroused by a speech Monday by Senator Tydings before the Mary- | land-Virginia Milk Producers Asso- ciation, Mr. Schulte said the recent reduction in the price of milk from 14 to 13 cents a quart in many | Washington stores was a “camou= ‘flage." He repeated his prediction that milk delivered to the door here will soon sell for 15 cents a quart, jand issued the following statement | regarding his bill to open the Wash= ington milk market: “My chief object is to give the thousands of farmers in Maryland and Virginia—the real honest-to- goodness farmers, not the ‘highfa- | lutin® farmers—an opportunity to zarticipate in the Washington mar- et. { _“I wonder how the Senator from | Maryland would feel if the people of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Wis- | consin —the big milk-producing States—would say to the manufac- turers in Maryland: ‘In view of the attitude taken by your Senator in favor of barring the milk produced in our States, what is to prevent us | from barring the products manufac- | tured in Maryland?’ | “I cannot understand the Sena- tor when he says my bill is not in the interest of the people of Washington. Does he infer the peo- ple of Washington don't want a re- duction in the price of milk?” 'Weather Repo tonight. interior tonight; tomorrow generall, Western New York moved Northeastward beyond the fleld of observation, while s secondary disturb- ance has * developed near Capes and folk, Va.. 999.7 millibars (29.52 inches). Pressure 'is relatively high_ov: ville. Tex., 1.017.6 millibars (30.05 inches). While a disturbance is moving Southeast- ward along the middle slope of the Rocky Mountains. Chevenne, Wyo., 1.000.7 milli- bars (29.55" inches), followed by rising pressure over the North Pacific Stat California. “Eureka, bars (30.19 inches). During. last 24 hours there has been rather general pre- cipitation in the Eastern States and some light snow in the Great Lakes region. Precipitation has occurred also in the Pacific States and the Northern Plateau and Northern Rocky Mountain _regions. Temperatures are higher along the middie and North Atlantic coast. but somewhat colder E,“g:'. has, overspread o'he, Onio y, s ates, and portions of the Dakotas and Minnesota. Revort for Last 24 Hours. Temperature, Barometer, degrees.’ " inches. Yesterday— Record for Last 24 Hours, (Prom noon yesterday to noon itoday.) Highest, 42, noon today. Year ago. 49. Lowest 40, 11 a.m. Jesterday. Year Recerd Temperatures This Year. Highest. 55. on_ Janus 4. Lowest, 7. on Jlnulrv‘r;..l idity tor Last 24 . (Prom Hoon yesterdes ta noon tdsr) ~Highest, 96 per cent, at noon yesterday. Loweat, 62 per cent, at noon today. River Repert. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear %fl'fi'«:‘, Perry; Potomac clear at Great Tide Tables. April Will be an acceptable mini- | Hie mum. Efforts are to be made to have school buildings commandeered for war purposes returned, and in some cases the same buildings may be by schools and civil defense 8un, :::-1 Sien. S0ty the Virginia J3omoving Nortneastward, Nor- the west- ern portion of the Gulf of Mexico. Browns- | eOTHS by ted d (Purnished gnou‘:“!ur‘v“ e Const_and | & rt (Furnished By the United States Weather Bureau.) District of Columbia—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; somewhat colder tonight, with lowest temperature about 30 degrees; moderate north west winds becoming gentle variable. Maryland—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; somewhat colder Virginia—Mostly colder on the coast and somewhat colder in the ly fair. West Virginia—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; colder tonight. ‘The disturbance that was centered over g ———————————— Tuesday evening has Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in_inche; Capital (current month to daters” ' N September October November _ December Weather in Vai Tem Stations. Bar. High. 56 Atlan. City Baltimore Birm'gham Huron Indian’polis Jacksonville Kans. Cit: o o SHEEEERARRLR 231 | et & 31 8% Lcrt Tamoa, " " WASH..D.C. 20.50 FOREIGN STATIONS. (Noon. Greenwich time. today.) Temperature. Weather, 60 Rain Horta (Fayal), Azores._ (Current _observations.) ]