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Weather Forecast Fair and warmer today; tomorrow in- 2:30 p.m.; lowest, 2.::“&):1 o e D etaits o Fabe A No. 1,826—No. 35,019. 20 Bodies Found AfterMine Blast: 24 Are Missing « 2 Die in Rescue Effort; Faint Poundings Heard As Crews Push Work B9 the Associated Press. S8T. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio, March 17 (8Bunday).—At least 22 men were ~ reported early today to have been killed in a devastating gas ex- &wn which wrecked a portion of e Wlllow Grove coal mine yes- sheflfll Deputy Carl Clark of Belmont County said he was in- formed 20 bodies had been found. ‘Two men were killed trying to reach 44 men entombed by the blast. Rescue workers also were reported to have heard faint poundings be- hind a rock barrier, indicating that possibly some of the trapped men were still alive. Efforts Redoubled. They redoubled efforts to break through the barrier. The dead were believed to be victims of dreaded “black damp” gas. Rescue crews yesterday afternoon and last night saved 113 other .. miners following the noonday blast. ‘The 44 men were cut off from fresh air and entombed behind a rock barrier. “They’re all dead—they couldn’t live through that blast,” said Frank Opatrny, one of the rescued men. ‘This view was shared by his fellow workers. Desperate attempts to communi- cate with the imprisoned men failed. While rescue crews battered at the rock wall—some thought it would take all night to break through—efforts were made to force fresh air to the men down a 90- foot shaft. A revised check by R. L. Ireland, president of the Hanna Coal Co., owners of the mine, showed 157 men were in the huge mine when the accident occurred. Many gained safety through the air shaft at the end of the three-mile long “drift,” or horizontal mine, “On the way weé saw men scat- tered all over the lot,” said John Howoroski, 33, of Nefts. Harry Stanley declared, “It looks bad.” George Strain| asserted that the length of time\men lived depended on the amount\of air available in the area where 'they were trapped. Mr. Strain, State director of indus- trial relations, was in charge of Ohio “ mine rescue crews. John Richards, mine superintend- ent, and Howard - Sanders, tipple boss, lost their lives in -their res- cue effort. They were killed by the treachérous “black damp,” a gas which forms in mines after an explosion. Scores Treated in Hospital. Nearly all the 157 were affected by the gas to some extent. Scores were treated at an emergency hos- pital set up in the mine office base- ment, but there was no immediate indication how many were in serious condition. An undetermined number were reported hurt. Nick Polecy and George Griffith were in Martins Ferry Hospital and Peter Taylor and Charles Kluskey in Bellaire Hospital. Polecy was burned about the face and arms and the others were gassed, Griffith se- riously. Polecy and Griffith were | with Mr. Richards and Mr. Saun- ders in the first rescue effort. Fifteen men were carried out on stretchers at one time as thousands of persons, many of them tearful wives, cgowded around the entrance of the mine, located 3 miles south of here. ‘The mine was termed by officials 88 the Hanna company’s “safest.” It ‘was one of the most modern in Ohio =—equipped with the latest air-con- ditioning safeguards. Fire Is Controlled. Fire broke out after the blast, which presumably was caused by or coal dust. It was later ht under control. A mine car, speeding madly out of control, shot out of the entrance at noon, an unconscious operator at the driver’s post. This was the first indication that a blast had occurred. Bteve Olexia, the operator, was over- come by “black damp” after the ex- plosion. Expert rescue workers from other mines were mobilized and immedi- ately began extrication operations under the personal direction of Mr. (8ee BLAST, Page A-3.) D. C. Liquor Probe May Reopen Tuesday Investigation of the District liquor situation which came to an abrupt close last week may be reopened 4 ‘Tuesday by the Special House Com- mittee charged with the inquiry, it was learned last night at the Cap- itol. A member of the committee said he had received a notice t¢ appear at a hearing Tuesday at which it is planned to take the testimony of Mrs. Agnes K. Mason, vice-chair- < man of the Alcoholic Beverage Con- trql Board. Thomas E. Lodge, ehairman, testified last week after which ' the commitice decided it would hold no additional hearings. Representative Eharharter, Demo- erat of Pennsylvania, chairman of the investigating . ac- eording to his office, was in Pitts- burgh last night and could rot be reached to outline the plans for the proposed resumption of the in- vestigation. Before Mr, Eberharter left Wash- ington, however, he said there was little likelihood of additional hear- ings. The committee, it is reported, ls seriously considering a recommend substitution of a dis- pensary system for the present ‘of selling liquor by the bottle in the District. Under the dispensary sys- tem, the District government would own and operate the stores that sell nquurbyflubome and receive all tax benefits from such sales. A night. Bureau revort. Aol Froms. i In what is virtually certain to be construed as an answer to recent reports that the line has been drawn against him at the White House as a candidate for President or Vice President, Postmaster Gen- eral Farley last night said the ideals of the Republic must not be permitted to “sink to & point where race, color or creed” would keep a man from the presidency. Addressing the annual banquet of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick at the Mayfiower Hotel, Mr. Farley cautioned that no political implica- tions should be attached to his re- marks, but said: “We must never permit our out- look on life, our American skyline, if you please, o become obscured by the cloud of social and economic problems. We must never allow the fabulous wealth of this Nation to deprive us of the simple virtues that have made this Nation the hope of all mankind. “We must never permit the ideals {of this Republic to sink to a pofnt where every American father and mother, regardless of race, color or creed, cannot look proudly into the cradle of their new-born babe and see a future President of the United States.” Although there was nothing in the address to indicate the Post- master General was thinking of the recent reports, his utterance was a definite protest of discrimination against any man’s avajlability as a presidential candidate because of hig religious affiliation. Mr. Farley is a Catholic. Sunday %im? - WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH 17, 1940 —142 PAGES. Farley Pleads for Tolerance In Selection of a President Suys Nation Should Never Sink to Point Where Creed Would Be Bar to Office President Roosevelt has declined to comment on an article in which the Chief Executive was reported to have told a veteran Southern mem- ber of Congress that a Hull-Farley ticket was not desirable because nomination of the Democratic na- tional chairman might bring abour another “debacle” such as occurred in 1928, when Alfred E. Smith, a Catholic, was the party’s presiden- tial nominee. In his speech before the 290 Irish- men who assembled to hear him, Mr. Farley asserted that social and economic problems should never be permitted to create disunity. “I am speaking now of human realities,” he said, “human realities that we can hand down to our chil- dren if we will keep the faith of our fathers and cherish the bonds of unity that are so. necessary, so es- sential, for our continued progress. Give America a united front, and there is no power on earth, within or without, that can weaken or de- stroy our democracy.” Obstacle of Unemployment. After seven years of zealous labor, he said, there is “still one sharp, difficult obstacle in the path of the ultimate goal of this fine and gen- erous Nation.” This, he declared, is 9,000,000 unemployed, unfortunate citizens looking for a chance to make an honest living.” Among them are 2,000,000 young men and women “who have never been able to get a permanent job.” Solution will come through “a re- “(Continued on Page A-18, Col. 1) Nazis Claim Planes Bomb British Ships Anew in Scapa Flow .Airfield Also Declared Attacked in Berlin Radio Broadcast By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 16 —The Co- lumbia Broadcasting System tonight reported picking up a short-wave broadcast from Berlin which as- serted that German warplanes had bombed British warships and ajr- fields. C. B. 8. engineers said the Berlin station, DJB, declared a general headquarters communique stated: “Powerful detachments of the Gér- man sirforce proceeded to the north- west and attacked units of the British fleet stationed at Scapa Flow in the evening of March 16. “A number of heavy battleships and cruisers were hit by the bombs and were séverely dnmced In addi- tion, & number of airports were bombed. “In spite of powerful resistance put up by British chasers and anti- aircraft artillery, the German fight- ing machines were capable of carry- ing through their orders successtully and returned to their home bases without any losses whatsoever.” The British admiralty declined to comment early today on the broad- cast from Berlin to the effect that German fiyers last night raided Scapa Flow naval base north of Scotland and bombed a number of British warships. First Lord of the Admiralty Wins- ton Churchill told the House of Commons February 27 that the British navy had not had the use of Scapa Flow since the battleship Royal Oak was sunk there by a German submarine October 13 with & loss of 810 lives. German Mines Claim Two More British Ships By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 16.—A new up- swing. in German mine warfare today claimed two British naval trawlers and several merchant ships while Britain wrote its own warlike postscript to a week of siege by an- nouncing flights by her bombers over both German-occupied Poland and Helgoland Bight. The trawlers sunk were the Perl- dot and the Maida, both by mines. The commander and five crewmen of the Maida were believed lost. The crew of the Peridot was saved. The 1,589-ton British steamer Mel- (S8ee BOMBING, Page A-3) Two Salesmen Robbed Of $25,000 in Gems By the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 16—Two New York City jewelry salesmen, George J. Fisher, 42, and Sidney Sherman, 55, reported to police tonight that two men had held them up on the street and robbed them of $25,000 in jewelry. The holdup, they said, took place about 7 pm., while it was still day- light, ;hortly after they had left a Michigan avenue establishment -in the downtown section. By the Associated Press. ; The 31 American nations unani- mously protested to Great Britain yesterday against the sinking of a German freighter in Brazilian wa- ters and once more appealed to bel- ligerents to keep the war away from the American neutrality zone. The protest was submitted to the State Department, resulted from scuttling of the 3,771-ton Germnn 10 | freighter Wakama off the Brasilian coast on February 12 after it had plan | peen intercepted by British from the waters the Declar- Welles Sees Pope Tomorrow, Ending European Parleys Talks With King, Duce And Ciano at End of Fact-Finding Tour By the Associated Press. ROME, March 16.—Sumner Welles concluded his talks with Europe's statesmen today during a second entry into Italy’s highest councils which coincided with a Foreign Of- fice visit by the German Ambassa- dor, and awaited Monday's farewell audience with Pope Pius XII to dis- cuss the prospects of peace as well a8 continuing war. President Roosevelt's fact-finder |talian-Soviet Amity Basis Laid, Nazis Say Big Development Involving Italy Forecast This Week CHAMBERLAIN FACING first seri- ous challenge to war leadership; T1st birthday tomorrow; prepares defense of policy on Finland. Page A-3 FINNISH WAR WORKS vast im- provements in Russian Army; Reds emerge from conflict with better military machine than when they invaded. Page A-4 RUMANIANS TAKING PRECAU- TIONS against Iron Guardists in commemoration of Calinescu’s assassination gix months ago. Page A-4 FINN MISSION TO FLY to Moscow tomorrow to iron out border de- tails; nation tackles problems of rehabilitation and new defenses. Page A-4 RUSSO-FINNISH PEACE seen Nazi preparation for offensive; Ger- mans believed anxious to assure continuous flow of Red supplies. Page A-7 NERVES WAR FORCES smaller states toward defensive alliances; likely to be anti-Nazi or anti- Russian, Maj. Eliot says. Page A-10 By LOUIS P. LOCHNER, Associated Press Poreign Correspondent, BERLIN, March 16.—Five-fold dividends have accrued to Nazi Germany through the recent visit to Rome of Foreign Minister Joach- im von Ribbentrop, the best-in- formed German observers said to- night. . They are: 1. Italy and Germany drew closer together than ever. 2. All-Around appeasement of the Balkans seems assured. 3. Foundations have been laid for Italian-Soviet rapproache- ment. 4. Von Ribbentrop’s talk with Pope Pius XII evoked the most favorable reaction in neutral Spain. 5. The German Foreign Min- ister was able to give Benito Mussolini some last-minute Ger- man messages for Sumner Welles, President Roosevelt’s super-re- porter. Buttonhole any Wilhelmstrasse of- ficial these days and he will tell you mysteriously that next week will see the world startled by an event that will, undubiubly, show had long talks with King vwm’mtlhiyumctmnyl Emmanuel, Premier Mussolini and Foreign Minister Count Ciano, bring- | WAr. ing to a close a tour of Europe’s chancelleries to sound them out on the war outlook which took him to Berlin, Paris and London between two stops here. A communique said the talks with Count Ciano and Il Duce were “long and cordial.” Mr. Welles’ plans to ses the pontiff on Monday, however, made diplo- mats think the entire European sit- uation would then be reviewed. It was presumed that Mr. Welles would see Luigi Cardinal Maglione, papal secretary of state, after his audience with the Pope. Silent on Conversations. The American wa¢ silent on his latest conversations, as he has been throughout his tour. The German Ambassador, Hans- Georg Viktor von Mackensen, visited the Foreign Ministry while Mr. Welles and United States Ambassa- dor Willlam Phillips were conferring with Count Ciano. The call was de- scribed in both German and Amer- ican circles as a coincidence, having no bearing on Mr. Welles’ visit. It is known, however, that Ger- man Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, when he was here last week end to ‘confer with Premier Mussolini, discussed Mr. Welles’ trip. Although there was no authori- tative Italian indication that he brought new material for Mr. Welles to report to President Roosevelt, in Berlin well-informed Germans said Von Ribbentrop undoubtedly had carried farewell notes for Il Duce to relay to Mr. Welles. After conferring with the King for 45 minutes and Count Ciano 1 (See WELLES, Page A-4.) Boy, 2, Lost in Wilds, Found Crying but Safe By the Associated Press. WALSENBURG, Colo, March 18. —Little Alexander McGee Sample, jr., 3% years old, was found .by searchers today in the rugged Huer- fano Canon country nearly 24 hours after he wandered from the ranch home of his parents. The boy was sitting on the edge of a mudhole, dangling his feet in the water and crying loudly. Al- though painfully sunburned and hungry, he seemed to have suffered no serious harm. American Republics Protest Nazi Ship Sinking by British ation of Panama contempleted pre- serving for the pacific use of inter- continental commerce.” " - The State Department’s nouncement said: “Tol the tion of Panama, the 21 American republics have agreed upon. the fol- lowing statement which the Presi tions “that the war be lny‘- = hich the't nmmnnmnymw Just what this event may be and what Italy may have in mind to help her axis partner is anybody’s guess. Even those who obviously know say they are sworn to secrecy. Soviet Pact Urged on Rumania. As regards Balkan appeasement, both ends of the axis had been working on it before Von Ribben- trop’s arrival in Rome, informed sources say. Germany obtained a Russian promise not to make any claims on Rumanian Bessarabia while Italy pressed on Hungary not to insist just now on having Transylvania, another big Rumanian province. Instead, Rumania is being urged to conclude non-aggression pacts with the Soviet Union and with Hungary. (High sources in Rumania, however, have said that German conditions for economic monopo- lies and induction of a pro-Nazi Iron Guardist into the Ruma- nian cabinet, which accompanied the German security scheme for Rumania, were unacceptable.) That both Germany and Italy would profit by appeasement in the Balkins is obvious, just as it is- true conversely that trouble, beginning in any section of the Balkins, might mean a general conflagration for Southeastern Europe. For this reason German and Italian diplomacy also seems di- rected at least to neutralize British- French influence in Turkey. In any discussion with responsible Germans these 'days two stock phrases recur which epitomize the situation: The first, “peace in the Balkans”; the second, “Rumania should keep on producing”—mean- ing, especially, oil and grain. End of Sore Point. So, with the Russian assurances of non-aggression with regard to Rumania in his pocket, Von Ribben- trop was able to point out to Musso- lini that conclusion of the Russo- Finnish war marks an end to the (8ee BERLIN, Page A-4.) Norwegian Ship Detained On Refusing fo Carry Mail By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 16.—Customs officials tonight halted the 11,015- ton Norwegian-America liner Ber- gensfjord from sailing because offi- cials of the line refused to take United States mails aboard. The line rejected the mail con- signment, officials said, because of fear the ship would be subject to Germm attack if she carried any or other matter subject Brlt.l.lh contraband seisure. Mail, they said, was subject to such seigure, ‘The order came after 300 passen. gexs boarded the liner. The 'jord was scheduled to sail for Ber- The customs agents entered the dispute st the insistence of postal officials. " Woman Leaps 23 Stories March 17 Branding Vice Squad ‘Sissies,’ Schulte Asks Strong-Arm Force Legislator, Also Wants Police Relieved Of ‘Tea Party’ Duty So They Can Patrol Streets SALESMAN SHOT, robbed of $700, when bandit leaps on his car for midday hold-u Page B-1 Creation of two special “strong arm” police squads made up of “men and not sissies” was urged last night by Representative Schulte, Democrat of Indians, as the first step toward combating an outbreak of crime in Washington in the last several weeks. Representative Schulte, who is chairman of the Police and Fire Subcommittee of the House District Committee, also proposed that po- licemen be relieved of “tea party,” diplomatic and other special assign- ments 50 they can devote their full time to patrolling the streets. Samuel Unfermyer, Crusader for Jewish Rights, Dies at 82 Noted Lawyer Denounced Hitlerism as Certain To Bring Chaos By the Associated Press. PALM SPRINGS, Calif., March 16.—Samuel Untermyer, 82, New | York corporation lawyer and cru- | sader for Jewish rights, died at his winter home today. He had been ill several weeks. Mr. Untermyer died in his luxuri- ous home in the heart of Palm Springs, a desert resort frequented by Hollywood film stars and wealthy Easterners. With him were his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Untermyer, who flew here from New York 10 days ago. Palm Springs for years had been Mr. Untermyer's winter residence. ‘With the coming of cold weather in the East, he would come here to “sit in the sun and not worry,” as he put it. He had not been as active in re- cent years as formerly, although periodically he came out with a | denunciation of German treat- ment of Jews and a prediction that Hitler’s policies would bring ruin. He protested, as president of the Non-sectarian Anti-Nazi League, against German participation in the New York World’s Fair. Champion of Labor. He long had campaigned for labor and the underdog, wherever found, but, wealthy, indulged his tastes for dapper dress. He seldom was seen Without an orchid in his lapel. Mr. Untermyer, whose legal fees sometimes ran into millions of dol- lars, had a varied interest in the world about him. He found equal pleasure in raising rare flowers in the hot house of his Westchester estate and in arguing the city’s case for -unification of New York's subway systems. He organized and headed the first wide-scale boycott of German goods, and at one time he called Secre- tary of State Hull “spineless” in the Government’s attitude toward Germany, and former German Am- bassador Luther a “quasi-propa- gandist.” With the same enthusiasm with| (8ee UNTERMYER, Page A-16.) To Death in Kansas City By the Associzted Press. KANSAS OITY, March 16—“It’s such s beautiful day,” middle-aged woman- as she asked permission to view the city from the m of u'u 28-story Telephone Build- ‘Taken to the observation plat- form, she chatted cheerily with her guide, then suddenly climbed the re- straining wall and plunged to her death. Her body struck the roof of & five-story building. explained a e The woman was identified tenta- tively as ln.hmllm [ governess. Radio Programs, Page F-5 Complete Index, Page A-2 m um. i i i e Describing the Police ment’s existing vice squad as "l bunch of sissies,” Mr. Schulte said special squads of “he-men” are needed to harass the suspected crim- inal element. “Every man on these ‘strong arm squads’ should be at least 30 years old, over six feet tall, and have had at least 10 years’ experience in po- lice work,” he declared. “What the Washington police force needs is men who will ‘rough it up’ with the criminals—{righten them and keep them on the run.” All the large cities—New York, Chicago and Detroit—Mr. Schulte pointed out have special “strong- arm” squads that periodically visit (8ee POLICE SQUADS, Page A-3) Roosevelt Outlines Ideas for Lasfing Peace in Radio Talk Believes End Will Come To Use of Force in International Relations (Tezt of President's Address on Page A-5.) By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt, speaking on a world-wide broadcast, set forth yesterday afternoon a list of ideals of international organization with- out which, he said, no peace can be made on a lasting basis. _ Queen Wilhelmina of Hollend also took part in the program, which was held in connection with the Christian Foreign Service Con- vocation in New York. “Today we seek a moral basis for peace,” Mr. Roosevelt said. “It’can- not be a real peace if it fails'to rec- ognize brotherhood. It cannot be a lasting peace if the fruit of it is oppression, or starvation, or cruelty, or human life dominated by armed ps. “It cannot be a sound peace if small nations must live in fear of powerful neighbors. It cannot be a moral peace if freedom from in- vasion is sold for tribute. It cannot be an intelligent peace if it denies free passage to that knowledge of those ideals which permit men to find common ground. It cannot be & righteous peace if worship of God is denied.” May Form Basis for Peace Plan. The President’s statement of what he considered some of the essential elements of a peaceful world organ- ization suggested to some observers here that these might form the basis of administration -should the opportunity come for an attempt to bring about peace. ' Whether such an opportunity may EVENING AND DELIVERED IN CITY "l\m., Budget fo Provide For Full-Time Doctor At Blue Plains Subcommittee Also Plans to Include Funds For Two More Nurses By JAMES E. CHINN. - Funds for employment of & doctor who can devote full time to the physical ailments of the more than 700 inmates at the Home for the Aged and Infirm at Blue Plains are to be provided in the 1941 District appropriation bill, it was learned last night from an authoritative source. The present doctor at the institution works on a part-time basis. ‘The House Appropriations Sub- committee in charge of the bill, it ‘was said, also plans to provide funds for two additional nurses. There was no indication, however, whether the subcommittes would recommend ad- ditional funds for igaprovements of physical conditions at the home. The Home for the Aged and In- firm, as well as the Children’s Re- Homé on Potomac avenue S8X., have been the recent targets of criticism by Mrs. PFranklin D. Roosevelt and the Public Health Subcommittee of the House District Committee, which has just com- pleted an investigation of various public welfare institutions. Special Session Held. Conditions at the Home for the Aged and Infirm and the Children's Receiving Home were reviewed by the subcommittee yesterday at a special executive session, attended by representatives of the Washington Board of Trade and Robert E. Bondy, director of public welfare. Although the subcommittee for- mally brought its public hearings on the 1941 appropriation bill to a close late Thursday, it was arranged after- ward for, the special session with the Board of Trade representatives, who included Lawrence E. Williams, pres- ident of the organization, and E. Barrett Prettyman, former corpora- tion counsel of the District. The subcommitfee plans to meet this week to put finishing touches on the appropriation bill and indi- cations are it will not raise the fig- ure beyond the $49,300,000 approved by the Budget Bureau. House lead- (8ee D. C. BUDGET, Page A-5.) Senator King to Seek Re-Election to Seat Chairman King of the Senate District Committee, whose term in the Senate expires in January, an- nounced last night he will be a candidate for re-election. The Utah Democrat has been active in handling District affairs in both the House and Senate. He had been a member of the House prior to hjs election to the Senate in 1916. In making known his intention to run again, Senator King re-affirmed his support of the Neutrality Act of 1939 and of the President’s inter- nationas” policy. Roosevelt Backers Plan Drive In Garner's Home State BY the Associated Press. AUSTIN, Tex., March 16.—Plans | but for an organised ‘campaign in.the home State of Vice President Garner to send & Roosevelt-instructed dele- gation to the Democratic National Convention were disclosed today by Mayor of Tem capital eflv ganization include former Gov. James E. Ferguson, former of te; O. P. Secretary m . P e " State Lockhart, .member of -the Democratic Harry Acreman, executive secretary of the State Federation of Labar; Joe Steadham, leglalative group “like and respect” Mr. Garnerp| but felt that 80 per cent of the people of Texss were for re-election of President Roosevelt “and we want to give them a chance to demon- strate that in the precinct, county and State conventions in May.” ‘The Texas Democratic Executive cmmbmovexwhdmlmyhdmufl mmfium—.onrn-. Single Copy 10 Cents SUNDAY 75 CEVTS AND Seal Studies Sales Tax Plan Inequifies Drafts Amendment To Give D. C. First Claim on Incomes BACKGROUND— Court decision last Monday raised doubts whether income taz can be collected from persons working in the District but hold- ing a legal, or voting, residence elsewhere. Fiscal Affairs Sub- committee of House District Com= mittee, busy with*1941 D. C. rev- enue program, on Thursday re- ported by 3-2 vote a sales-income levy recommended in Pond tar study more than year ago. Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Seal announced last night he in- tends to seek changes in the pro- posed new dual sales-income tax plan for the District to clear up inequities resulting from the hasty preparation of the bill, particu- larly in regard to application of the sales tax to purchasea under 10 cznts. Under the proposal as it now stands, Mr. Seal pointed out, a child would have to pay a sales tax on a 1-cent stick of candy. Other developments in the Dise trict tax situation included: Mr. Seal yesterday drafted an amendment to the local revenue act which would give the Dis- trict the first levy against in- comes earned in the District, whether by residents or non-res- idents. This was being done at the request of Representative Bates, Republican, of Massachu- setts, a leading opponent of the sales tax on the Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee of the House Dis- trict Committee. The House District Committee arranged to consider the Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee proposal for adoption of the sales-income tax levy at its regular weekly meeting tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. The full committee now holds the fate of the plan. Committee ap- proval would send the plan to the House for a vote on the next so-called “District day,” April 8. Urges Clarification. Mr. Seal said that obviously there are some provisions in the proposed tax program that need “clarifica- tion.” He mentioned specifically the provision that would impose a 2 per cent tax on all retail sales. This, with & personal incomé levy on earned incomes in excess of $10,000 and unearned incomes in excess of $500, is the basis of the tax plan drawn up to substitute for this year's income tax. No formuls is set up in the new tax bill, according to a “committes print” which came off the press yes- terday, as to the detail method of taxing retail sales. This procedure i8 left entirely to the discretion of the Commissioners. Mr. Seal explained, however, that under the bill as it stands the Com- missioners could prescribe the use of & mill tax either in token form or in script form to be collected on a 1-cent sale. “But,” he admitted, “there must be some change about 2-cent sales, especially in view of the fact that a person who buys a 10-cent article would not have to pay any more in taxes than a child who buys a 1- cent stick of chewing gum.” Retailer Is Responsible. The “committee print” of the bill revealed that unless the retailer im- poses the tax on the 1l-cent sale, he ultimately would have to make up the tax revenue .himself from his sales, because the measure pro- vides: That the retailer shall collect the tax and pay it to the District on the basis of gross receipts. If he does not collect the tax on penny sales he obviously would be forced to suffer a loss. On the other hand, if he had nine penny sales, and collecied a mill tax on each sale, he would make a profit when he payd his tax to the District on the basis of gross receipts. Sales under 25 cents caused much concern before the committee last year, when it considered a similar sales tax program. The original combination sales-income tax plan advocated by Dr. Chester B. Pond, New York tax expert, who made a survey of the District tax struc- ture for the House and Senate Dis- trict Committees, would not have tapped sales under 25 cents. Even then proprietors of 10-cent stores and other places where sales are 10 cents or less, protested because they would have been forced to pay the sales tax to the District on the (Continued on Page A-16, Column 1.) Son of Sheriff Shot To Death in Kenfucky By the Associated Press. JACKSON, Ky., March 16.—Dep- uty Sheriff Wilson Deaton, 31, was shot to death on a highway near here today, the second son of Sherift Walter Deaton to be felled by bullets in “bloody Breathitt” County with- in & month. The deputy was slain, his father said, while trying to halt a road- le fight among four unidentified en. Mose Bush, 28, who jumped off a truck with young Deaton to intervene in the fight, was treated at the Jackson Hospital for minor wounds.