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Civil Service Sweep . - For Federal Workers Urged in Hatch Bill All But Policy-Making Officials to Be Urged By Senator Minton By J. A. O'LEARY. ‘The Senate will be asked today or |* tomorrow by Senator Minton, Demo- crat, of Indiana, to bring all except policy-making officials of the Fed- eral Government into the civil serv- ice, as an amendment to the pend- ing Hatch bill. The Indiana Senator today com- pleted the draft of this broad pro- posal, on the theory that since the thousands of non-civil service work- ers in Government agencies are barred from taking active part in politics by the original Hatch Act, they should be given the benefits of civil service status. Meanwhile, Senate leaders were more hopeful of passing the pend- ing bill, extending the Hatch re- strictions to all State workers paid from Federal funds, within a day or two without a prolonged filibus- ter. Democratic Floor Leader Bark- ley indicated a final vote by this evening is a possibility. Tomorrow More Likely. With three or four amendments remaining to be debated, however, a decision tomorrow appeared more likely, A dozen opponents of the bill con- ferred informally this morning, and while they said no definite agree- ments were made several said indi- vidually they thought the bill would be disposed of after remaining amendments have been discussed and acted on. The Minton civil service amend- ment, if adopted, would do more directly and definitely what is con- templated by the Ramspect civil service bill, recently approved by the House and now awaiting Senate hearings. While the Ramspeck bill merely gives the President discre- tionary authority to extend the merit system to non-civil service agencies, the Minton proposal would be automatic and nearly all-in- clusive. Sweeping in Its Terms. It states, in substance, that all Federal employes affected by the | Hatch Act shall be covered into and granted all of the rights, privileges and immunities of civil service. The only persons exempt from the Hatch law are the policy-making officials. Senator Bankhead, Democrat, of Alabama continued today the speech | he began yesterday against the bill in its present form. He has pending an amendment | that would prohibit any one from | contributing more than $1,000 to a | political campaign fund. Senator Bankhead called the bill | Libby-Owens-Ford glass plant offi- | *gag rule” under the name of clean politics. The Senate yesterday beat down, 47 to 34, an amendment by Senator Johnson, Democrat, of Colorado which would have applied the Hatch law only to States which imposed prohibitions against political activ- ity by their own employes. Sharp Words Fly. Yesterday's debate included sharp reminders of President Roosevelt's attempts to defeat three anti-ad- ministration Senators in 1938. Senator Smith, Democrat, of South Carolina, one of the targets of that campaign, demanded that the Presi- dent and his cabinet be brought under the ban against political ac- | tivity by Federal workers. Pacing| across an aisle, the 72-year-old Sen- | ator boomed: | “Why should we curtail the little fellow and leave out * * * the Chief Executive of the United States, who uses his office to discredit a faithful member of this body?” Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland, who also was opposed by the President in 1938, commented that Mr. Roosevelt had spoken for the new Hatch legislation. “All of these fine words are just 80 mucl. finger snapping,” he de- clared. “Some of those who are upon a pedestal had better look to them- selves and their own actions before telling others how to run elections.” Hits “Undemocratic Coercion.” Senator Bailey, Democrat, of North Carolina, contended the pend- ing bill would be an undemocratic coercion of the States and said it would leave Postmaster General Farley and Secretary Ickes free to campaign while “the sheriff of my county must run in his hole and hide.” In reply, Senator Hatch, Demo- crat, of New Mexico, said that some provisions of the existing Hatch law applied to the President and that in addition he had been striving con- stantly to make it impossible for the President “to use his enormous power of patronage to go into South Carolina or Georgia or any other Btate and try to control an election.” “I certainly have done a service to the United States,” retorted Sena- tor Smith, “in getting that frank ex- pression from the Senator.” “I have said it dozens of times be- fore,” Senator Hatch snapped. Board of Trade to Hear Secret Service Chief Frank J. Wilson, chief of the United States Secret Service and the man who was largely responsible for completing the Government's case against Al Ca- , i pone, will tell Washington business men how to detect counterfeit money and forged Govern- ment checks at & meeting of the Board of Trade tonight at 8 oclock at the Mayflower Hotel. Mr, Wilson, in eonnection with the educational campaign of the Mr. Wilson, Secret Service in Washington, will speak immediately before the show- ing of a film, “Know Your Money.” Treasury agents will have exhibits at the meeting and men to answer inquiries. Also scheduled to address the meeting is Capt. J. A. Gainard, skip- per of the City of Flint on its 116- day voyage that ended in Balti- more after being captured by a Ger- man ship. Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen will present awards for excellence in the board’s biennial architecture competition. 13Killed, 37 Injured As Tornadic Wind Hits Shreveport Hundreds Homeless; Estimated Damage More Than Million By the Assoclated Press. SHREVEPORT, La., March 13— Thirteen persons were killed, at least 37 injured and hundreds made homeless by tornadic winds which struck hardest in Shreveport late yesterday and then moved across the border into Texas. Fire Chief Sloan J. Flores esti- mated that damage in Shreveport alone was more than $1,000,000. cials counted their loss at $200,000. The State Fair Grounds damage was estimated at $100,000. Barks- dale Field, one of the Nation’s major Army air posts, sufferéd only slightly. The storm, accompanied by hail and rain, caused most damage in a Shreveport residential section be- fore striking across the border in the area between Elysian Fields and Bethany, Tex. Five hundred Shreve- port homes were damaged. Property Owner Killed. Among the dead was T. K. Gid- dens, 71, Shreveport capitalist and property owner, who was visiting a tenant house when the storm broke. A tree crushed him fatally as he sought to enter his automobile. Nine other persons killed in Shreveport were: John M. Bauguss, about 35; Mrs. John M. Bauguss, Mrs. Hettie Armstrong, 45; E. G. Woodyard, 62; the wife, two step- children and grandchild of Pat Mc- Kinney, 38, colored, and an uniden- fied colored man. Mrs. Banks Roberts, 65, was killed at Elysian Fields when her house collapsed. Her daughter, Mrs. C. A. Hightower, and Mrs. Hightower's 18-month-old daughter were in- jured. Two colored men were re- ported killed between Elysian Fields and Bethany. National Guardsmen were called out immediately to prevent looting of homes. They were joined by C. C. C. Camp enrollees and volunteers in the search for victims. The Red Cross stepped in to aid the needy. Communication Lines Down. Mrs H.. P. Robinson, who, with her husband, escaped serious injury as their home collapsed, said she didn’t know “exactly how it came.” “It was just like midnight and the lights had gone out and we couldn’t see anything,” she said. Many communications lines were torn down. Lights were extin- guished and gas mains broken open. A wind velocity of 62 miles was registered at Barksdale Field and gusts reached 75 miles. Damage there was confined to tail surfaces and wings of planes staked on the field. Emergency operations at some hospitals had to be performed by flashlight, although- electric service was restored within several hours. Betty Ann Bauguss, 8, saw her mother and father killed and blown more than a block before she was knocked unconscious. home was demolished. College Students Hurt. the back door of her home and the house. Two Centenary College students, Mayer, 21, lapsed. . 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SHREVEPORT, LA—WRECKAGE LEFT IN WAKE- OF TOR- NADO—One of the many homes damaged by tornadic winds that L Capital Hopefuls For "Jody’ Role in Film Try Lines Six of Eight Chosen Here Are Coached By Talent Scout Six of the eight potential “Jodys,” chosen from a field of 648 aspirants here, tried their ability as actors today. The boys, all hopeful to play the role of Jody in the movie version of “The Yearling,” received coaching from Talent Scout William D. Deer- ing, who selected the Washington youngsters after two days of inter- views with stage-struck rothers and their sons. Mr. Deering devoted his time to going over the lines with the young- sters one by one. Each boy was taken into a little dressing room backstage at the Capitol Theater; the others waited their turn, mean- the script. “Your father is sick in bed,” Mr. Deering would tell the boy before him. “Your mother and father are farmers and the deer is eating up the crop. And the father wants you—th;z‘s you—to go out and shoot the deer’ “You are very sad about this be- cause the deer is your friend. You are very @ejected. Do you know what that means?” The lad shakes his head. Mr. Deering tries again: “Say you had a little dog and somebody shot him. You know how you would feel then?” The boy nods, understanding at last, and the coaching goes on. The boys selected are: Richard Hawkins, 621 Thirtieth street N.W.; Joseph Gaines, 1108 I street SE.; Jack Hardell, 2226 Cathedral ave- nue N.W.: Victor Phillips, 409 Van Buren street N.W.; Sidney Jones, 1412 Morse street N.E.; Franc Sheiry, 908 Twelfth street N.W.; Franklin Saftwell, 200 Rhode Island avenue NE, and Robert Lennon of 3040% R street N.W, Liquor @P_tigqu From First Page.) all licenses must be renewed as of February 1. Stand or Sit to Drink? Later, the committee became in- volved in a discussion over the rel- ative merits of “perpendicular” and “horizontal” drinking. Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police, recommended several days ago that a man be allowed to stand up and drink on the theory that both the bartender and drinker would know the degree of intoxication. The debate came to an abrupt halt, however, when Representative Schulte declared: “It would be horizontal drinking if they try some of this new bock beer.” g F. Joseph Donohue, an attorney who has represented clients before the A. B. C. Board, preceded Mr. Lodge on the witness stand and dis- cussed the case of George Walsh, Upshur street restaurant proprietor who was denied a license to sell liquor by the drink. Mr. Walsh’s establishment, it was brought out, is about a block from the sea food restaurant of Leo J. Rossiter whose license to sell liquor by the drink was renewed by the A. B. C. Board after start of the liquor inquiry. The license had previouscly been refused. The special House committee in- vestigating the District liquor situa- tion today indefinitely postponed the inquiry after completion of the testimony of Thomas E. Lodge, chairman of the Alcohol Beverage Control Board. ! pleases the Italians. costs you not a penny extra. 811 E Street N.W. while memorizing a few lines from | on a cold day than a full coal bin. struck sections of this city yesterday, killing 13 and injuring 37. Naval Expansion Bill Piloted By Inlander By the Associated Press. A Georgia Representative, without a drop of sea water in his district, was the pilot of the $655,000,000 naval expansion bill which was voted by the House yesterday. He is Chairman Carl Vinson of the House Naval Committee, who lectures admirals like a Dutch uncle, but who thinks the United States Navy equals any in the world, both as to ships and men. A naval committeeman for 23 years, Mr. Vinson has played a prominent part in building the fleet back to its present powerful status. ‘ His name has been on all three of the major naval expansion bills considered by Congress in the last six years. Mr. Vinson, who is 56, came to Congress in 1914, just after the out- break of the World War. When this country entered that conflict, he served on a subcommittee which drafted the $2,000,000000 wartime naval appropriation bill—a total never equaled before or since. Requiem Mass To;.Iay For John A. Ball, Jr. John A. Ball, jr., 35, junior econ- omist with the Labor Department, died suddenly Monday of a heart ail- ment at his home, 2904 Tenth street NE. Mr. Ball was a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the Harvard University Business School. He was an economics instructor at the Uni- versity of West Virginia and the Catholic University here before go- ing to work for the Government three years ago. Besides his duties at the Labor Department, he lectured on eco- nomics one day a week at George- town University. He leaves his widow, Mrs, Patricia Ball; two children, John and Rebec- ca Ball, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Ball, sr, of Thorold, Ontario, Canada. Requiem mass was said this morn- ing at St. Anthony's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Thorold. Defense (Continued From First Page.) ing American warplanes to France and Britain. Disagreement over this policy contrasted with the one-sided House approval yesterday of a $655,000,000 expansion bill which would add 43 ships and 1,011 planes to the Navy's strength. The new pursuit craft, congres- sional sources disclosed, already is being tested and is smaller and more easily maneuvered than the present model. Its development was said to be one of the principal rea- sons why the War Department sanctioned release of the 400-mile- an-hour type. In reply to a question on the pro- ductivity of the American plants, Mr. Johnson said United States pro- duction was following schedule. He said that at the present rate 17,000 planes and 13,000 motors a year are being taken off the production lines in“various American plants. Meanwhile, the naval expansion bill went to the Senate, where greater opposition was anticipated. In the House only 37 votes were cast against it, with 303 votes for it. Chairman Walsh of the Senate Naval Committee has argued that appropriations should be voted first for vessels already authorized. The Navy bill provides for three aircraft carriers and an unspeci- fied number of cruisers and subma= rines. Information on these was not included, in order to keep secret the size and exact number of ships in each category. Lifting British Coal Ban Well, there’s nothing more welcome Let us fill yours with Marlow’s Famous Reading Anthracite the low ash anthracite. Let us demonstrate real MARLOW SERVICE. And let our genuine laundered hard coal prove that there’s real ECONOMY in this premium fuel which Marlow Coal Co. National 0311 In Business 82 Years Our Coal and Service Must Be Good —A. P. Wirephoto. Red Herring Dragged Into Controversy on Convention Book Hamilton Replies to Farley’s Charges on G. O. P. Fund-Raising ‘The “red herring” that campaigns regularly on all sides in every Amer- ican political battle entered the {convention book controversy today |between National Chairman John Hamilton, Republican, and National Chairman James A. Farley, Demo- crat, For the moment, according to| Mr. Hamilton, the red herring is! working for Mr. Farley, having been | drawn across the “smelly convention book operations” of the Democrats. | More precisely, the strictly verbal | red herring was in the form of | laspersions cast by Mr. Farley on | the source of 1936 Republican cam- paign contributions, mostly wealthy politico-industrialists. But Mr. Hamilton remarked to- day that: “When the Republican party ac- cepted money from the contributors | named by Mr. Farley, it did not take funds sorely needed for daily necessities by the families of these men, as did the Democrats when in | 1936 they obtained $470,000 from the | United Mine Workers.” Mr. Hamilton previously had called on the Democrats to abandon. the | issuance of a convention souvenir | book which he said circumvented | the Corrupt Practices Act banning political contributions by corpora- tions. Mr. Farley answered that the Democrats did not have the Re- publicans’ access to “a selected list of very rich men for whatever they require” and had “no favors to sell.” While Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Far- ley continued to debate contribu- tions, convention books and red her- rings, other political orators fought on different fronts. Making answer to last Friday's barrage of Democratic love for the Nation's farmers, Representative Hope of Kansas, a leader in the minority farm bloc, took to the radio last night to contradict most of the New Deal'’s claims. “I am particularly struck with the fact,” Mr. Hope confessed, “that his (Mr. Roosevelt's) administration has done most of the things the Presi- dent promised not to do and has failed to do most of the things which he promised would be done.” Senator Capper, Republican, of Kansas also will talk on farm mat- ters next Tuesday night. Girl, 6, Awarded $3,000 For Injuries in Fall A 6-year-old girl today had won $3,000 damages under a suit filed in District Court for injuries received in a fall August 19, 1937. The child is Shirley G. Purks, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth S. Purks. Through Attorney Arthur Callahan, she had asked damages for serious injuries received when she fell through an opening in the stairway of an apartment where she had gone to visit a young friend. The case was heard before Justice Jesse C. Adkins and a jury. Dickinson Head to Speak President Fred P. Corson of Dick- inson College will be the fifth len- ten speaker tomorrow night at Cale vary Methodjst Church. His sub- ject will be “What I Owe to Christ.” Justice Bolitha J. Laws will be the speaker on March 28. r lack O il Sl T oS conl aiver. U. 5. Loan fo Finland | [Republican Votes| [Use of Wire-Tapping Believed Unaffected By Peace Terms War's End Will Permit Use of Money for Reconstruction By the Arsociated Press. ‘The belief prevailed in the Capital today that Russo-Finnish peace would not affect the recent $20,000,- 000 loan to Finland by the Export- Import Bank, but would enable the money to be used in reconstructing the war-torn country. Formal comment on the Soviet announcement of a treaty ending the Baltic conflict was withheld by officials until the State Department could study complete dispatches. Government fiscal experts, how- ever, have professed no concern about the money loaned to Finland. Several months ago the Export- Import Bank turned over $10,000,000. Then Congress increased the bank’s capital so *hat it could make an- other $20,000,000 loan. The latter has been allocated but has not been used. Official§ took it for granted that the Finns would make purchases in the United States with the money. As one high official said yesterday, “Finland will need a lot of things whether the war goes on or not.” Pacific Blockade Studied. In regard to the diplomatic angles of the Russo-Finnish war, the State Department has shown a tendency to hold itself aloof. Similarly, a Senate Foreign Relations Subcom- mittee voted recently to take no action on a proposal to apply the Neutrality Act to that conflict. Its decision was to have been put be- fore the full committee this morn- ing. While Secretary Hull and his aides were studying the Finnish develop- ments. an adviser to the British ministry of economics who is here on an official mission disclosed that the allies would like to extend their blockade into the Pacific so as to cut off American shipments of war supplies to Russia. The British expert, Frank Ashton- Gwatkin, told reporters that the allies believed a large portion of the war materials—especially tin, copper and gasoline—now being sent from Pacific ports to Vladivostok, Russia, were destined to be shipped over the Trans-Siberian Railway to Ger- many “And our job,” he added, “is to | stop all supplies to Germany, in- cluding those that seep through 1 adjoining neutral countries.” Normal Sources Cut Off. American officials, however, said | that increased Russian purchases of many articles not previously bought | here result from the fact that the| Soviet has been cut off from many | of its normal sources of supply. Commerce Department figures | show that total American exports to Russia decreased 19 per cent last| year, dropping to $56,638,000 from | $69,691,000 in 1938. January exports, | however, show an increase (largely | in copper and metal-working ma- chinery) to $13,066,000, as against $2.820,000 in January, 1939. Exports of airplanes and parts de- creased from $5,171,000 in 1938 to $2,905,000 in 1939. No shipments of rubber or aluminum have been made to Russia since November, officials said, as a result of the “moral em- bargo” on sale; of certain strategic | war materials’ because the Soviet bombing of Finnish civilians. Miss Anne McDonnell To Wed Henry Ford Il By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 13.—The en- gagement of Miss Anne McDonnell to Henry Ford, 2d, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel Ford of Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich.,, was announced last | night. No date for the wedding has been set. | Miss McDonnell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Francis McDonnell, | who maintain residences here and at Southampton, Long Island, was graduated from the Convent of the Sacred Heart and later studied at the Grottanelli School at Sienna, Ttaly. Mr; Ford is a grandson of Henry Ford. A graduate of Hotchkiss School, he is a senior at Yale and manager of the trew. Miss McDonne:l's family is promi- nent in New York society. Her father, a graduate of Fordham Uni- versity, is a broker and partner in the Stock Exchange firm of McDonnell & Co. SPECIAL VALUE Perfect white diamond, ON FAMOUS SUPER-LINERS FROM NEW YORK o Naples and Genoot REX..MAR. 16 SAVOIA MAR.30 wise April 27, May 28 fo Axores, Lisbon, Palermo, Naples Petres, Trieste: aise Apell 20, June 1 *Omits Palermo. Naples. Patras. PREPAID PASSAGES FROM EUROPE fo North America, Central America, South America and other world ports may be ar- ranged in US. Frequent sail- Ings from Haly. 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Grand Jury Tourist Agency Charged With Propagandist Activities World Tourists, Inc., described as an agent of a Russian travel agency, and Jacob Raisin, reputedly a direc- tor, officer and sole stockholder of World Tourists, Inc., were indicted by the additional District grand jury today on a charge of failure to reg- ister with the Secretary of State as agents of a foreign principal. The indictment was returned to Justice Peyton Gordon in Criminal Court No. 1 of District Court. - Floyd M. Rett and Henry G. O'Donnell, special assistants to the Attorney General, represented the Govern- ment. The indictment charged that be- tween September 8, 1938, and March 8 of this year, World Tourists, Inc., organized under the laws of New York and said to be an agent of the U. 8. S. R. Travel Co. of Mos- cow, inserted in various newspapers, magazines, periodicals and pamph- lets in this country “certain matters and publicity of a propagandist na- ture with respect to and concerning the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- publics for propaganda purposes and distributed various pamphlets, papers and folders likewise of a propadandist nature.” The indictment accused the travel company of being a foreign business and thus amenable to registration here under the act of June 8, 1938, requiring agents of foreign princi- pals to file a registration statement | with the State Department. The indictment was in two counts, the second accusing World Tourists, Inc., as acting as agent of Intourist, Inc, a corporation organized under the laws of New York. This count also accused the firm of disseminat- ing propaganda. Intourists, Inc., according to tne indictment, is subsidized in part by the U. S. S. R. Travel Co., also known as Intourist. Today’s indictment was the first returned by the additional grand Jjury, which was inducted into office in January. Rites Set Tomorrow For Samuel H. Simmons Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at St. Agnes’ Episco- pal Church for Samuel Harrison Simmons, 64, who died Monday at his home, 47 S street N.W. Burial is to be in Glenwood Cemetery. Mr. Simmons retired last April after 21 years with the District Plumbing In- spector’s Office. + LAWYERS’ BRIEFS COMMERCIAL PRINTING ADVERTISING SERVICE BYRON S. ADAMS Slar CLEARANCE OF Reconditioned and Sample Grand Pianos AT LOW PRICES! MAHOGANY BABY GRAND —Used but in good condi- APARTMENT SIZE GRAND —Small, plain mahogany case instrument in very good con- dition ond nicely toned. A real value at only..___$265 BABY GRAND—Latest model apartment size instrument, used for only a very short time and like new. 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In fact, he said, he originally banned its use by the Federal Bu- reau of Investigation three months before a Supreme Court minority criticized the practice in 1928. The system was reinstated in 1931, Mr. Hoover said, on instructions from Attorney General Mitchell “to conform to practices in the Prohibi- tion Bureau.” Mr. Mitchell had been questioned by members of Con- gress, he explained, as to why one branch of the Justice Department used wire tapping and another did not. Limited to Some Crime Cases. Since its reinstatement, Mr. Hoo- ver added, wire tapping has been limited to specific cases of such crimes as kidnaping, extortion and “flagrant white slavery.” “Wire taps never have been used in any case involving civil liberties,” he said; “never in any investigation involving labor or subversive active ity, and never has the wire of & Senator or member of Congress been tapped.” He said that wire taps never had been used for evidence, but only for “collateral"work in developing leads. In June, 1938, he refused to indorse legislation proposed to legalize wire= tapping evidence. Senator Norris, independent, of Nebraska expressed the opinion that a congressional investigation of wire- tapping was not needed as far as the F. B. I. was concerned, and voiced concern that an inquiry might be used for political purposes. “Too Close to Election.” “We're too close to a presidential election to expect a fair investigation by Congress,” he said. Senator Norris has protested to Attorney General Jackson what he termed “inhuman, indecent and un- lawful” treatment of persons ar- rested by F. B. I. agents in Detroit in |an investigation of Spanish recruit- | ing. “But I think that will be remedied without any action of Congress,” | Senator Norris said. “I have lots of | faith in the Attorney General, and I {don’t believe he will let such things ! go on in his administration. | “To my mind, wire-tapping or use I of recording machines is not nearly | so vicious or bad as the practice of | third-degree methods.” Farmer Gets ‘Sub’ Idea Although he lives 40 miles from the sea and has never seen a sub- marine, John Collingwood, a farmer living near Stanhope, England, has invented a submarine escape device which will be considered by the Brit- ish admiralty. i Collingwood's invention helps men free themselves from the submarine and propel themselves to safety on the surface. 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