Evening Star Newspaper, February 24, 1940, Page 1

Wedther Forecast Rain tonight, probably ending early tomorrow; lowest tonight about 38, fol- lowed by cloudy and much colder. Tem- peratures today—Highest, 45, at 1 p.m.; lowest, 32, at 4:30 a.m. From the United Biates Weather Bureau report. Full details on Page A-2. Closing N. Y. Markets—Sales, Page 14. 34,997, 88th YEAR. No. Reds 73 Miles From Viipuri, Finns Admit Koivisto Fort Area Declared Base Of New Drives HORE-BELISHA APPEAL for war on Russia paid slight heed; for- mer war secretary urges sea, air and land action to aid Finns. Page A-6| BELGIANS COMPROMISE neu- trality by buying ships, Nazi charge; serious view is taken of | transfer of eight United States| vessels. Page A-6| By the Associated Press. HELSINKI, Feb. 24—The Red Army has driven to within about seven and one-half miles of strategic | Viipuri, Finnish reports indicated for | the first time today, and, without a pause, is pressing to widen the wedge despite heavy losses. The Finnish high command ad- mitted Russian conquest of the coastal regions of Kaislahti, which is | 7'2 miles due south of Viipuri, and . of Koivisto, 1712 miles further south, in a commumique which said the Russians had made those places the | starting points for attacks to clean ! up Finnish resistance on islands in | the Bay of Viipuri. | Concurrently, the Finnish high command reported, the Russians at- tacked heavily yesterday in other sectors awng the Mannerheim Line but suffered severe losses, more than | 2350 dead being listed in addition to annihilation of two detachments | of unstated size. Specified Russian losses on the previous day were in the neighborhood of 2,800. Enemy Losses Heavy. ‘Today's communique did not give the ‘result of the attacks from the Kaislahti and Koivisto regions ex- ! cept to say that “enemy losses were | heavy.” The Koivisto region has been the western anchor of the Mannerheim system of defenses across the Ka- relian Isthmus, fortifications and | batteries on the mainland at the| town of Koivisto being augmented ' by coast artillery on the nearby is- land of Koivisto. Guns in the region have been es- | pecially effective in raking Russian | concentrations further inland. To the east, almost in the center of the isthmus front, the high com- | mand said two Russian detachments | “which had penetratsd our positions were wholly annihililated” and at Salmenkaita “the attacking enemy was hurled back and compeléd to leave on the field over a thousand Killed * * *.” q | ‘The Finns said “about a thousand” | Russians were killed on the Eastern {front in one sector northeast of Lake Ladoga and 350 others in the ' Kuhmo sector, just below Finland's harrow waist. | Planes Over Petsamo. ‘ Russian activity yesterday was re- ported to have extended over Fin- land’s entire length. Invading Rus- slan warplanes ranged over the Petsamo area in the Far North where, the communique said, “Ka- Jjsani and a few other localities and & hospital train was bombed by small formations.” On the land fronts, the army said that in addition to heavy losses in men the Russians lost altogether 23 | tanks, six batteries and a large num- ber of machine guns and other arms. In the air, Finnish fiyers were re- ported active in scouting and bomb- ing flights and the Russians lost two planes. Mannerheim Greets Volunteers. | Finland's commander in chief, | Field Marshal Baron Carl Gustaf | Mannerheim, today welcomed Swed- | ish and Norwegian volunteers into the Finnish Army in an order of the | day interpreted to mean a large| number of these volunteers are now | on the firing line. ““To you who have left your homes and loved ones to share with us the dangers and trials of war, I offer the thanks of the Finnish nation,” €aid the gray-haired field marshal. Marshal Mannerheim, after whom the Finns have named their fortifica- tions on the isthmus, said the arrival of Swedish and Norwegian volun- teers indicated that these countries realize that Finland is fighting for (See FINLAND, Page A-6.) Snowstorm MoWgEast, Followed by Cold Wave | BY the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Feb. 24 —A snowstorm | which left a 1-to-8-inch deposit over | . most of the Middle West moved eastward today, trailed by extreme | cold weather ranging down to 25 below zero at Aberdeen, S. Dak. Forecaster Gordon E. Dunn said the cold front passed Chicago this morning and that as the snow- laden storm moved east, diminish- ing in intensity, clearing weather eoming down from the Northwest would send the mercury tumbling this afternoon. The snow impeded highway traffic over a wide area. All highways in Northern Illinois and Indiana were reported “extremely slippery and ex- tremely hazardous.” Milwaukee had eight inches of snow, while the streets in Omaha were sheets of ice after yesterday’s rain and snow. Attention, Gardeners! Turn to Page A-11 With March 1 less than a week away The Star today re- news its Saturday garden page. Turn to A-11 for advice on how to start a cold frame, pruning the rose bushes, the outstanding flower ‘novelties for the 1940 flower show dates, ete. CHRISTIAN GUNTHER. (Sweden.) DR. PETER MUNCH. (Denmark.) HALVDAN KOHT. (Norway.) —A. P. Photos. NEUTRAL FOREIGN MIN- ISTERS —The above three foreign ministers of neutral Scandinavian countries are meeting to chart a joint course to avert the two wars threatening them. Scandinavian Pgrley Seeks Way fo End Losses From War Foreign Ministers Also Discuss Supports + For Neutrality By the Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 24—With the flames of two ‘wars threaten- ing to engulf their countries, the foreign ministers of Denmark, Sweden and Norway today jointly sought means of halting the sink- ing of their ships, bombing of their towns and violation of their ter- ritorial waters, while still maintain- ing their neutrality. Foreign Ministers Dr. Peter Munch, Denmark; Halvdan Koht, Norway, and Christian Gunther, Sweden, scheduled meetings this afternoon and tomorrow. Sea War Principal Topic. Koht deciared before the first ses- | sion that “the sharpened sea war- fare” and its effect on the Scandi- navian countries would be one of the principal topics for discussion. “Parallel action” by the three countries will be considered, he said. Even as the foreign ministers gathered, word was received that another Danish vessel, the 1,206-ton Aase, had been sunk in the Atlantic with the loss of 16 lives. Last night the sinking of two more Norwegian ships and the setting fire to a third in the North Sea were reported. Anxiety Increases. Anxiety mounted in the Scandi- navian countries as these problems faced their statesmen: 1. Repeated sinkings of Nor- wegian, Swedish and Danish ships by submarine and mine action. The three countries already have lost more than 50 ships, totaling about 160,000 tons, with a loss of 600 lives. 2. Seitlement of the Altmark in- cident in which British warships invaded Norwegian territorial waters to seize 299 British seamen impris- oned on a Nazi ship. 3 3. The bombing of the Swedish town of Pajala near the Finnish border.. Sweden said Russian planes did the bombing; Russia has de- nied it. Second Parley Since December 7. The canference of the three minis- ters is their second since last Decem- ber 7 when they met at Oslo to con- sider means of negotiating peace in the Pinnish-Russian war. Norwegian newspapers attacked unrestricted submarine warfare as the “purest piracy” and the Shipping Times asked whether it “would net be a fair situation if deliveries to Germany from Norway were reduced by one loading each time the Ger- mans sink a Norwegian ship.” See COPENHAGEN, A-S. ch WASHINGTO. ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Aim Is to Free Oppressed, Says Chamberlain Independence for Poles and Czechs Stated as Goal By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, England, Feb. 24. —Prime Minister Chamberlain to- day lauded Finland's “heroic strug- gle” against what he called “a gigantic and unwieldy adversary— the Russian apprentice who has nothing to learn from the master | in brutality.” | ~ Speaking in his home city in the | last of a series of “pep talks” by British cabinet ~members, Mr. Chamberlain declared of Germany: “The German tyrants, not con- tent with conquest, seek the ex- | termination of people who resist | their aggression.” Neutrals, he said, are fearful to maintain their neutrality before the “German bully.” His native city gave Mr. Cham- berlain an ovation. Cheers repeat- edly punctuated his speech. At one point from the back of the hall came the cry, “We want Mosley for peace” (Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of British Pascists.) The Prime Minister went right on. Neutrality Breach Held Technical. He made a bristling reference to the Altmark case, in which a Brit- | ish warship on February 16 freed captive merchant seamen from a German ship in Norwegian waters. Germany, said the prime minister, has sunk neutral ships without warning and helpless crews have drowned. However, he said. “a neutral must not complain” if Britain “commits | 8 mere technical breach of neu- trality, taking no neutral life and touching no neutral property” in rescuing “300 men illegally made prisoners.” German Planes Penefrate fo Edge of Paris - British Flyers Are Reported Over Prague Again BULLETIN. BUDAPEST, Feb. 2¢ (£ —The official Turkish Anatolian News Agency today shid the Turkish government categorically denied “Moscow reports” that Turkey had mobilized. By the Associated Press. War activity took a spurt today | with reports of massed German war- | plane flights to the outskirts of Paris | and British plane flights over Prague. | In the war at sea the British ad- | miralty reported the sinking of a | trawler with & loss of 10 men and French military advices said two | German submarines had been sunk !in the North Sea. “ The authoritative British Press | Association said Royal Air Porce | planes also had flown over Kiel, | Hamburg and Bremen, strategic | pon: along Germany’s northwest ast. { French military dispatches said | five squadrons of German scouting | warplanes had penetrated deep into | France. British and French planes | also carried out reconnaissance mis- sions. the dispatches said. Many Photographs Taken. The French took many photo- graphs over Germany, the dis- | patches added, while British planes | patrolied the North Sea. No en-! counters were reported. | This morning's French commun- | | ique said only, “Nothing to report.” | In London the air ministry an- | nounced the British flights over | Prague last night—the second suc- | cessive night that Royal Air Force | fiyers had penetrated deep into Ger- The Nazis, he commented, “ex-|Mmany. haust themselves in hysterical ex-| The ministry’s communique said clamations of indignation.” | the flights were “successfully com- Independence of the Poles and |DPleted.” It was the third such ex- Czechs and proof that Germany | Pedition the British have disclosed | “has once and for all abandoned the | since the start of the war. | thesis that might is right” were! S summed up as basic war aims of the | British flyers flew Thursday night | allies today by Prime Minmfl.jon reconnaissance over Austria and | January 18 added new fuel to the | Chamberlain. Mr. Chamberlain said the allies were fighting “to free ourselves from the barbarities of the Middle Ages and establish an order more in keep- ing with the fundamental principles of Christianity.” He gave Germany's war aims, in phrases which he attributed to Ger- { man Propaganda Minister Dr. Paul | Joseph Goebbels and Foreign Mi ister Joachim von Ribbentrop as “destruction of this nation and dom- ination of the world.” The next move, he said, is up to Germany. “We have no reason to fear the result of this struggle. however léng it may last,” the Prime Min- ister declared Reiterates “Concrete Terms.” Reiterating the “concrete terms” of British war aims, Mr. Chamberlain listed them as follows: ‘First. independence of the Poles and Czechs must be secured; sec- ondly, we must have some tangible evidence that will satisfy us that any pledges.or assurances given will be fulfilled.” Bohemia. On the night of January 12 they scattered propaganda leaf- lets on Vienna and Prague. One of the British planes failed to return, the communique said, and | it was later learned the craft had | |landed in Belgium when the pilot | lost his bearings. | A dispatch from Brussels reported a damaged British plane " 4 down in a beet field near Gembloux | early today and its crew of six were arrested. | 30th Naval Loss. | . The British admiralty announced the sinking of the trawler Benvolio. The 352-ton vessel was Britain's | 30th naval loss since the start of the | war and the 15th trawler sunk. | The communique said: “The admiralty regrets to an- nounce that His Majesty’s trawler | Benvolio, chief skipper, 8. M. Ald- | |red, R. N. R, has been sunk by a | mine. | “The commanding officer and nine | ratings are missing and are feared to have been lost.” The number of German sub-| | marines sunk was not definite. Al- He said that “under the present though reports in Paris said two had German government there can be | been destroyed. British newspapers no security for the future. * * * Its | headlined reports that four had been | rulers have repeatedly shown that|Sent to the bottom. three hy the they cannot be trusted to keep their word either to foreign governments or to their own people. “It is therefore for Germany to take the next step and to show us that she has once and for all aban- | | doned the thesis that might is right.” France and Britain, Mr. Cham- berlain declared, “are determined to insure security by continuance of the complete identity of purpose and policy which now unites us and | which after the war will form the foundation on which international relations between our two countries are built.” Disarmament Held Necessary. However, he said, “France and Britain cannot and would not wish alone to settle the new Europe. Others must come in and help us above all to bring about disarma- ment, which is the essential feature of lasting peace.” Ridding nations of their fear of abandoning the “power of defense,” said the Prime Minister, “can only be a gradual process; it will prob- ably take many years to achieve it, but once we have re-established confidence among nations in each other’s good faith, we can make a beginning, and each step forward will make easier the step that fol- lows.” He held out the promise of eco- nomic aid for Germany after the war, saying, “Re-establishment of confidence in Germany herself can do more than any other nation, since she herself has done most to destroy it, and when she is ready to give reliable proofs of her good will, she will not find others lacking ,in the will to help her overcome the economic difficulties that will ac- company a transition from war to Ppeace. “In that which I have put for- (8ee CHAMBERLAIN, Page A-6) Cross Roads Players On WMAL Tonight As a special educational fea- ture for the junior high school history students the Cross Roads Theater Players will be heard—in a radio dramatization of the story of the Lewis and Clark \Expudifion. The broad- cast will be heard over WMAL at 7:30 tonight. This is another in the series sponsored by The Star with the co-operation of the National Broadeasting Co. and the Bosrd of Education. Royal Air Force and one by | ming of a British steamer. these actions was not given. German submarine losses report- | ed by the British now total 50. French Flights Reported. | The German high command re- | ported French warplanes had made | reconnaissance flights over the bor- der, but were driven back. The com- munique said: “In the west the day passed quietly. “French airplanes frequently flew over the German west border, but | were forced to turn back by German | anti-aircraft fire and pursuit planes. | “A number of planes entered France for reconnaissance at nu- merous places and encountered strong enemy anti-aircraft fire and defending pursuit planes. Never- theless, our planes were able to carry out missions and return to home airports without losses.” French Cabinet Weighs Decrees. The French cabinet in its second session in three days today consid- ered a series of decrees providing for urgent economic measures. Today's session was attended by Daniel Serruys, high commissioner of national economy. ‘Time ‘of Summary of Page. Amusements, B-16 Church News, Page. Garden Pg. A-11 Lost, Found- B-9 Obituary_.. A-10 Radio B-14 Real Estate B Finance. A-14-15| Sports__ A-12-13 Foreign British admit “show of force” in Bermuda mail seizure. Page A-1 Scandinavians confer on protection against war. Page A-1 Reds 7!, miles from Viipuri, Fin- land admits. Page A-1 Nazi warplanes penetrate to out- skirts of Paris. » Page A-1 Aim is to free oppressed, says Chamberlain, Page A-1 Sweden weighs foreign exchange control. Page A-3 Uruguay’s Congress battles Presi- Plea for war on Soviet. Page A-§ National Man s slain, bride badly injured on wedding night. A-1 Dies Added funds seen as b N. L. R. B. inquiry. Page Dean Acheson favored for ated Gas trustee. ran- | - A-8| Soclety_. .. A-7 (_?om | Tiff puzzled. by silence of Pofahl, g St » D. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1940—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. ** Established in 1852 Most people in Washington have The Star delivered to their homes every LET'S GIVE THREE CHEERS, BOYS, HIS HAT SEEMS To BE IN THE. RING TO STAY! VA u'lzw . { |7 501 Wi g British Admit ‘Show of Force' \In Clipper Mail Bermuda Officials Deny Constables Or Censorship Staff | BACKGROUND— British started censoring Amer- ican airmail at Bermuda January 18. Reports that force was used to remove first mail from clipper plane came to light Wednesday night. State Department said re- ports from American consul at Bermuda and Pan-American Air- ways had not mentioned any use or threat of force. BY GARNETT D. HORNER. An official admission that British censors produced a “show of force” Starting from bases in France, | to facilitate removal of mail from a Pan-American clipper at Bermuda | controversy raging here over the | incident today. Seizure Were Armed 1 explained that the “show of force” | was produced by unarmed special | | constables in order to enable the | | clipper’s captain to “vield the mail | without failing in his duty as a| United States mail carrier,” the !Assocm.ed Press reported. | The statement insisted that the | | evening and Sunday morning. THREE CENTS. ’ 7S ol Wiy, /n/‘l‘l/’/// Reich Clamps Ban ‘On All News of Visit by Welles Details of Program for U. S. Undersecretary Not to Be Releosed By the Associated Press. + BERLIN, Feb. 24.—A tight official clamp was placed today on all news constables were not armed and were | of the visit of United States Under- ! “without even a truncheon between | secretary of State Sumner Welles to | them,” the Bermuda dispatch said. | Germany. | Meanwhile, in London, a British | | release declared today that “it is Mr. Welles' visit “will take place autheritatively stated that no armed | entirely outside of the press.” De- force of any kind” removed United | tails of the program have been ar- States mail from the clipper. Authorized German sources said | A statement issued at Bermuda | The Associated Press reported that the London statement declared. “No clash occurred between the (See AIRMAIL, Page A-3.) 'Dies Favors Closed (Hearings Ustil After November Election Wants to Avoid Any Charge Probers Seek To Influence Vote . | By the Associated Press. Chajrman Dies proposed today | that the House committee investi- gating un-American activities con- | duct its hearings behind closed | doors until after the November elec- tion. “I want to try my best to keep the committee work out of politics and want te avoid a charge that some one might make that we were trying to influence a presidential election,” he told newsmen. “So I am going to suggest that we conduct our hearings in private, so that there will be no misinterpre- tations and no inaccuracies. We ings until the morning of Novem- ber 6, the day after the election, ‘unless some emergency arises which in the public interest would re- quire another course.” Representative Dies said he would present this idea, along with many others, to the committee Monday. Other members have said open hearings should start immediately, to give persons and organizations which opportunity to reply. Representa- tive Dempsey, Democrat, of New Mexico has insisted that certain con- sumers’ organizations, especially, be heard. Mr. Dies declined to predict what the committee might investigate next, but said: “That crowd (those accused of un-American activities) is pretty well demoralized now, except for the propaganda agents, spies and the West Coast situation, and the infil- tration of agents from Mexico— there'’s a fertile field.” He declined to elaborate. Today's Star Washington and Vicinity Final action by Congress on Fin- nish aid bill nears. Page A-2 Kennedy advises Washingtonians to fight for suffrage. Page A-16 his $40,000 rookie. Page A-12 ‘Western, victor over Wilson, facing unbeaten Roosevelt. Page A-13 Beating by Ambers has Davis plan- ning to polish defense. PageA-13 Editorial and Comment Page . Page Letters to The Star. Page David Lawrence. City News in Brief. Service Orders. Dix. Dorothy Barbara Bell Pattern. Natire's Children. Vital Statistics. - Of Hearts and Song. Bedtime Story. 8383 383 ; 32 I B-14 m B-15 .nl—ll ought not to hold any public hear- | have been criticized by witnesses an | Hitler on Air Today On Anniversary of Nazi Proclamation By the Associated Press. BERLIN, Feb. 24.—Adolf Hit- ler will broadcast a speech at 8:10 o'clock tonight (2:10 p.m., E. 8. T), on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his proclamation of the Nazi party’s 25-point program. ‘fian Is Slain, Bride 'Badly Wounded on 'Wedding Night Woman Says Fireman Shot Her Husband, . Set House Afire By the Associated Press. TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 24—Their wedding night brought death to Dale Nosler, 56, and probable fatal wounds to his wife Myra, 39, in a burst of gunplay climaxed by fire early today. his flaming home south of Tacoma shortly after 2 am. Another man, King Pomeroy, 50, suffered a possible skull fracture | and a broken arm. Officers searched the ruins of the home for a fourth person they believe may have been involved in the tragedy. In the county jail on an open charge was John Ord, 42, Tacoma City fireman. Undersheriff Clyde Knowles said Ord claimed he had been the common-law husband of Mrs. Nosler for 10 years. He was taken into custody when he brought Mrs. Nosler to a hospital. Fireman Denies Charge. Knowles said Mrs. Nosler, told by doctors she was dying from a gun- shot wound in her chest, charged Ord first knocked her down and then shot her husband. Then, she said, Ord poured gasoline over Nos- ler and set him afire. The undersheriff said Pomeroy was apparently injured when he at- tempted-to come to the aid of the Noslers. Knowles said Ord emphatically denied Mrs. Nosler's accusation. He | said he knew nothing of it until Mrs. Nosler, already wounded ap- peared at his home 4 miles from the scene of the fire and begged him to take her to a hospital. ‘The Noslers were married Friday. Nosler operated a health resort. In her statement Mrs. Nosler said: “I # * * saw Ord pouring gas- oline or kerosene oil on my husband lying on the floor. He then touched & match to the body and I came in and tried to put the fire out with a rug. Then I was shot by Ord. He, Ord, dragged me or I crawled back to the porch and begged him to get the men out of the fire, but he said ‘No!” I begged him to take me then to the hospital as I was suffer- ing terrible pain§. He drove me to Steilacoom Lake where he told me he was going to throw me in the lake. “I pleaded with him to take me to the hospital. He said he would do that if T would keep my mouth shut and would not say anything to any one about what had transpired, Ord brought me to the hospital.” Pomeroy was pulled from the | burning home by neighbors before { he was burned. Firemen pulled Nosler's body from | | rangéd, they said, but will not be released. | Due in Naples Tomorrow. | ‘These sources added that they | were not able to divulge the time of Mr. Welles’ coming, departure or schedule of interviews. He is to reach Naples, Italy, tomorrow, and yesterday it was indicated he would i reach Berlin Tuesday or Wednesday and see Reichsfuehrer Hitler soon | after his arrival. Asked whether the ban on news regarding the visit referred only to the German press, the authorized sources said it also applied to the foreign press as far as any informa- tion from German sources was con- cerned. Today’s attitude was in marked | contrast to that of yesterday, when |1t seemed certain official German | spokesmen would give out all in- formation available on the visit. A spokesman of the United States Embassy expressed belief that the German Embassy in Washington may have indicated to the Berlin government that publicity concern- ing the visit would be undesirable. The spokesman said the Embassy here had nothing to do with the shutdown on news, but pointed out that Mr. Welles, before departure, said he would have nothing to say until he had reported to President Roosevelt. Authorized German sources gave no reason for the new attitude on publicity, but the change from yes- | was so sudden that foreign corre- spondents gained the impression | that something had occurred since | yesterday to cause the change. Pope Pius Expected | To Receive Welles VATICAN CITY, Feb. 24 (#).— | Pope Pius will receive Undersecre- | tary of State Sumner Welles when Roosevelt's emissary, a usually well- informed source said today. This informant said the Pope probably would receive Myron C. Taylor, the President’s special envoy to the Vatican, early next week so that Mr. Taylor would then present | Mr. Welles. The two American en- voys, traveling together on the liner Rex, are due at Rome tomorrow. Mr. Welles, who is expected to see Premier Mussolini Monday, is scheduled now to leave Rome for Berlin Wednesday. Advices to Berlin Denied by Embassy A spokesman at the German Em- bassy here today said that it had sent no advices to Berlin concerning the handling of publicity about the visit of Undersecretary Welles. D. W. Smith as Ford Lawyer InN. L.R.B. Case Approved Retention of Donald Wakefield Smith, former member of the Na- tional Labor Relations Board, as at- torney for the Ford Motor Co. in a case before the board’s regional office at Dallas, Tex., is not in vio- lation of the board’s rules, it was said here today, under the circum- stances that the case was initiated since Mr. Smith left the board. By its rules of practice, the board refuses to accept pleadings from former employes in regions where they have been employed or in cases that were pending at the time of their service with the agency. The Dallas case, set for hearing in that city Monday, involves com- plaints of three A. F. L. unions in a Ford assembly plant. Mr. Smith, whose reappointment to the board was opposed last year by the A. F. of L., is associated in law practice here with Paul Brod- erck, a former board attorney at Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Smith and Mr. Broderick conferred with board officials on the uf@m yesterday. | U. S. Embassy Denies Responsibility. | terday’s readiness to discuss the visit | |he comes to Rome as President | Senafe Foes Concede Trade Pacts’ Victory House Approval Brings Concession Of Partial Triumph BACKGROUND— In 1937, Congress ertended to June 12, 1940, administration’s authority to megotiate reciprocal trade agreements without Senate ratification. Opposition to low- tariff aspects of pacts grew last summer, chiefly in agricultural West. In message to Congress, President Roosevelt emphasized need for program as jactor in foundation of any world peace. (Roll call, Page A-2.) By the Associated Press. Senate opponents conceded today that the triumph of Secretacy of State Hull's trade agreement pro- gram in the House last night fore- shadowed continuation of the policy in some form. | _They served notice, however, that they would make a vigorous effort to attach restrictive amendments to | the extension bill which the House approved, 216 to 168. The House vote, which gave the | administration a victory in the first big legislative test of the session and strengthened Secretary Hull's position at a time when he was be- ing mentioned as a possible Demo- cratic presidential nominee, shifted | the battle over the trade agreements to the Senate side of the Capiol. Up to the Senators now is the Iquesuon: Shall Congress grant the | executive branch of the Govern- | ment, for three more years, power ‘to_ enter into reciprocal agreements | with other countries concerning tariff reductions and other trade | concessions? The present grant of | authority along these lines expires | June 12, | Opponents’ Proposals. The Senate opponents said they would line up behind these pro- posals. | 1. An amendment requiring that the agreements be ratified by a two- thirds’ majority of the Senate be- | fore they could become effective. | 2. A proposal to set up a con- gressional “yardstick” providing limits on tariff reductions. 3. An amendment to eliminate | the “most-favored-nation” theory | of the existing reciprocal trade pro- gram, by which concessions granted one country are extended to all {others which' the Government de- | cides are not discriminating against United States goods. Senator Adams, ‘Democrat, of | Colorado said the yardstick proposal would prohibit the reduction of tariffs below the point where the production cost of foreign goods, | plus the tariff, would be less than | the cost of production of competing American goods. Support for this | idea came from Senator Taft, Re- publican, of Ohio. Senator Adams and Taft also favored elimination of the “most- | favored nation” policy. | _Senator McNary of Oregon, the | Republican leader, predicted that | virtually all Republicans would vote against continuance of the trade program. However, Senator Taft | tola reporters: “I am in favor of the reciprocal | method, because it is much prefer~ abie to congressional log-rolling (the practice of members of Congress | voting for each other’s pet projects). But some standard should be pro- vided to insure that the program | will be on a protective rather than | a free trade basis. | “I don't favor Senate ratification, because that simply would kill the whole program.” Senator Taft suggested that when an agreement was drafted it be re- ferred to the Tariff Commission, which would readjust all items pro- viding reductions deeper than the |amount which would equalize the difference in cost of American and foreign production. Senator Adams and Senator Pitt- (Se ADE, Page / "Smoother’ Plaza Traffic {Reporfed by Holmes Inspector William E. Holmes, police traffic supervisor, today paid another visit to the new traffic light control | set-up at Union Station Plaza and said he found traffic “running much more smoothly now.” “The motorists don't seem to be boycotting it today, anyway,” he said. “Traffic was pretty heavy when I was there, but the cars seemed to be moving along in fine fashion.” District motorists yesterday showed their displeasure with the compli- cated new light arrangement in the plaza by staying away in droves. Inspector Holmes, one of several officials on hand to watch the lights in operation during the rush hour yesterday, said he had never seen such a small number of cars using the Plaza. Traffic Direcior William A. Van Duzer, who also has been making periodic inspection trips to the Plaza since the new light arrange- ments was placed in operation, to- day stuck to his contention that it will take motorists several days to “catch on” to the new system. “That’s always been a bad setup there,” he commented. “If we suc- ceed in reducing accidents, we'll be satisfied.” Five Days of Sneezing Ends for Girl, 11 By the Associated Press, . MARIETTA, Ohio, Feb. 24.—A five-day attack of sneezing that put Marjorie Ruth Kaneft, 11, in a hos- pital stopped today. She was able to take nourishment through the mouth for the first time since Mon- day. Her doctor sald & brain irritation probably caused the attack.