Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1940, Page 1

¢ Foening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Weather Forecast Fair and cold tonight and tomorrow; lowest tonight about 18 degrees; warm- er Wednesday. Temperatures today— Highest, 31, at 1:30 p.m.; lowest, 19, at 6:45 am.; 30 at 2 p.m. From the United States Weatner Bureau report. Full details on Page A-2. Closing New York Markets, Page 14., 88th YEAR. No. 35,027. Established in 1852 Most people in Washington have The Star delivered to their homes every evening and 8Sunday morning. WASHINGTO. D. C, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1940 —THIRTY-TWO PAGES. ##* THREE CENTS. Filibuster Halts D. C. Tax Bill In House Roll Call Demand By Seccombe Delays Measure BACKGROUND— House District Committee re- ported out combination sales and income tar bill after District Court of Appeals, in recent deci- sion, held that a Washington Federal worker could not be re- quired to pay intangible property tax if he maintained a legal resi- dence in some State. Congres- sional leaders believed that this decision®, if unheld by Supreme Court, would apply equally to present income tax law, which supplanted former intangible tax. BULLETIN. --The House late today virtually killed the proposed new combina- tion retail sales-income tax for the District by refusing even to consider a bill designed to put it into effect. By a vote of 196 to 108 the House refused to take up the bill. By JAMES E. CHINN. Filibustering tactics were resorted to in the House today as predicted to prevent consideration of the pro- posed new revenue bill calling for a combination sales-income tax in the District. Efforts of Chairman Nichols of the Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee of the District Committee in charge of the measure to call it up shortly be- fore 1 p.m. were immediately blocked by Representative - Seccombe, Re- | publican, of Ohio, who forced a roll call of the entire House member- | ship on a point of no quorum, thus | delaying further action for at least 30 minutes. Mr. Seccombe is a member of the District Committee. | Randolph Pleads for Action. | Preceding Mr. Nichols’ move to get | the House to consider the proposed legislation, Chairman Randolph of ' the District Committee pleaded with the House to consider it “strictly on its merits.” He explained in a five-minute speech attempts probably would be made to halt action on the bill. and pointed out the measure had been handled in committee in orderly procedure. “At no time did the committee or the chairman agree that the bill would not come up today,” he de- clared. > Mr. Randolph also declared that Representatives Dirksen of Illinois | and Bates of Massachusetts, both Republicans and vigorous foes of | the sales tax feature of the bill, who are not in the city, knew the bill | was scheduled to be called up today. Move Called Surprise. Minority Leader Martin, however, declared Mr. Bates, on an official | mission for the House Naval Affairs Committee in Panama, was not in Washington last Wednesday when the District Committee ordered a favorable report on the bill. “There is something wrong about it " he ‘declared Representative Schulte, Democrat, of Indiana, another member of the District Committee, then took the House floor and charged that not one member of the committee knew the bill was to be called up today until they read about it in the news- papers. He pleaded for a delay in House consideration until the re- turn of Mr. Dirksen, who is out in his congressional district campaign- | ing in connection with the ap-| proaching primary. | Mr. Schulte declared he is op- posed to the sales tax provision in | the bill because it would force the | “scrubwoman” and the W. P. A.| worker to pay a tax “so the rich man can escape his just dues.” Three District Bills Passed. Before an attempt was made to call up the revenue bill, the House in rapid succession passed three | District bills and sent them to the ' Benate. They would: 1. Require sanitary connections | with the District sewerage system in homes using old-fashioned out- door toilets. 2. Authorize the Capital Transit €o. to erect a waiting room and comfort station in Commodore Barney circle. 3. Authorize the Commissioners to accept and erect in the municipal center area a memorial fountain for District policemen. | Meanwhile, Chairman Randolph | of the full District Committee said there might be some discussion of the tax program at the commit- tee's weekly meeting. He said it was his plan, however. to call the bill up in the House today unless | instructed not to do so at this morning’s meeting. Meanwhile, Jacob Baker, national president of the United Federal | Workers of America, sent a tele- gram to Speaker Bandhead of the | House protesting the sales tax pro- | 1. His message follows: “On behalf of Federal employes, making up great majority of wage earners of the District of Columbia, earnestly protest any imposition of sales tax in District. All that is necessary in present situation is that persons shall pay taxes they owe under present law.” Four C. C. C. Boys Killed, Two Hurt in Crash B3 the Associated Press. SANDUSKY, Ohio, March 25.— Four youths were killed and two others injured today when a big transport truck struck the auto- mobile in which they were riding. All were from Cleveland. Police recorded the dead as Frank Ollom, Daniel Mariani, Louis Mastro and George P. Galloway. Joseph Mazur, 19, was not expected to live. Ken- neth Millheim, 20, the driver, was slightly injured. The six youths were members of the Civilian Conservation Corps en route to a C. C. C. camp at Attica, ©Ohio, after spending Easter Sunday at their homes. 1 | Amusements, | Lost, Found B-11 Mrs. Roosevelt Greets 6,000 Cold Easter Egg Rollers An early arrival for the White House egg-rolling was 3- year-old Daneen Mic Key, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Mic Key of Wilmington, Del. Policeman K. E. Williams for the gates to open. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, bare- | trip across the lawn at 9:30 a.m. headed and clad in riding costume, greeted a few thousand egg rollers carried their blankets and Easter | today at the coldest Easter Mon- day celebration ever held on the White House lawn. The President’s wife, who seemed ! th> only person on the grounds in- different to the cold, made her first She is shown waiting with —Star - Staff Photos. By noon. some 6.000 celebrators had | baskets to the grounds, but the number leaving seemed almost as great as the number coming in. White House guards said about | 12000 children and adults had (Continued on Page A-4, Column 1.) fi. L Bankikeceivers Lose Fight fo Get $550,000 From U. §. Supreme Court Upholds Government Agencies’ Special Status, 4 to 3 Receivers of the Commercial Na- tiona’ Bank. and the District Na- tiona Bank today lost their fight Wintry Weather, General Over East, Due fo Continue 8 Inches of Snow Falls In South; 2 Below In Pennsylvania By the Associated Press. The wintry weather that chilled Easter promenaders from Montreal | in Supreme Court to recover about to Dixie held over today with littie $550.000 from the Secretary of War | relief in sight from icy winds and | and twe Federal instrumentalities, for distribution to general creditors of the bank. The court returned a 4-to-3 decision in the case. Receiver Justus S. Wardell of the District National Bank one of the banks involved, said that loss of the suit would mean loss of very little in dividends to depositors hecause | the week end as high winds piled up it is hoped the District National | snow drifts, closing numerous roads | receivership eventually will pay its | and even crippling railroads. depositors 100 cents on the dollar. At the office of the Commercial National Bank receivership, where 70 per cent already has been paid to depositors, it was learned that more dividends will be available. The | Supreme Court, decision may mean slightly more of a loss to these de- gosiwrs than to those of the other ank. Far-Reaching Principle. But the principle involved in the court decision is far reaching and applies to other national banks in receivership—that a national bank may pledge its assets to secure de- posits by Federal instrumentalities. This makes these agencies speciai creditors. The three agencies in this case are now entitled to keep the 100 per cent dividends already paid by conservators and receivers. The decision was delivered by Justice Frankfurter. It reversed a decision of the Court of Appeals (See BANKS, Page A-4) | | | | | sub-freezing temperatures. (The temperature in Wash- ington dropped to 19 degrees at 6:45 am. today. A low of 18 is in prospect here tonight with the weather fair.) ' Central and Northern New York | State were particularly hard hit over | The Delaware & Hudson Railroad's Lau- rentian Express from Montreal to | New York was freed after being stalled nine hours by snowdrifts near St. Edouard, Quebec. The train backed slowly toward Montreal for | rerouting over the Canadian Na- tional to Rouses Point. It left there this morning. 15 hours behind schedule, for New York. Snow General. In the South, spring weather pre- vailed only in Florida and along the gulf to New Orleans. Snow, ranging from 1 to 8 inches in depth, extended from Arkansas across Tennessee into the Carolinas and down into North Georgia and Alabama. An 8-inch snow fell in Northeast- | ern Arkansas. Wind piled snow drifts | 2 to 3 feet deep in Piggott, Ark., near the Missouri line. Nashville, Tenn, had a 5-inch snow, the heaviest in March since | 1917. Btreets were glushy with snow and ice. Memphis, Tenn. reported " (See WEATHER, Page A-16) Summary of Today’s Star Page Obituary A-8 Radio * B-14 Sperts . 'A-10-12 Society B-3 ‘Woman's Page. B-9 B-16 Comics B-14-15 Editorials . A-8 Finance A-13 Foreign : British war fleet stalks Nazi ships off Scandinavia. Page A-1 Canada urged to forget partisanship in vote. Page A-2 Allies violate neutrals by sea and air, Nazis charge. Page A-4 Ciano and Teleky confer on Balkan problems. Page A-5 I R. A. in Ulster warns of armed intervention. Page A-6 Dr. Edouard Branly dies; pioneer of radio. Page A-6 Nazi prisoners taken, say French, in scattering patrol. Page B-6 War menaces salvation of society, Pope warns. Page B-11 National Pittman demands Senate trade agreements. Page A-1 Income tax yield may keep Nation within debt limit. Page A-1 Lawrence, 7 others go on trial today in Pennsylvania. Page A-2 Department stores can practice op- tometry, court rules. Page A-2 Solar disturbance that isolated U. 8. several hours ends. Page A-5 Showdown on Grand River Dam expected today. i ratity | Page., W, | Mrs. Roosevelt greets chilled egg Page B-7! Repu | Civic group urges economy program ashington and Vicinity rollers at White House. Page A-1 Winter furs feature of Easter parade here. Page B-1 in Montgomery. Authorities probing caused by fires. Page B-1 two deaths Page B-1 Editorial and Comment This and That. Answers to Questions. Letters to The Star. David Lawrence. Frederic William Wile, Constantine Brown, Charles G. Ross. Alsop and Kintner. Page A-8 Page A-8 Page A-8 Page A-9 Page A-9 Page A-9 Page A-9 Page A-9 Sports Harris gives up on all of Cambria’s Cuban players. Page A-10 Followers of Yankees vaguely s>nse crackup this year. Page A-10 White Sox confident of landing first-division berth. Page A-11 Peeved at “experts,” Louis may take it out on Paychek. Page A-12 Miscellany Nature’s Children. Bedtime Story. Letter-Out. ‘Winning Contract. Cross-Word Puzzle. Uncle Ray’s Corner. tation. | e B-8 Il’,::e B-14 Page B-14 Page B-14 Page B-15 Page B-15 Page B-11° | | shore. British Stalk Nazi Vessels Off Scandinavia Imposing War Fleet Patrols Fringe of Neutral Waters ALLIES VIOLATING neutrality by sea and air, Nazis charge; mer- chantmen molested in Norwegian waters, news agency declares, Page A-4 HUNGARIAN PREMIER AND CIANO confer on Balkan prob- lems; Italian-Soviet rapproche- ment believed one of topics dis- cussed. Page A-5 GERMANS CAPTURED as French attack scouting party; Reynaud to broadcast to nation tomorrow; sees Itallan Ambassador. Page B-6 SOCIETY'S SALVATION is men- aced by war, Pope warns; peace held possible only with re-estab- lishment of Christian principles. Page B-11 By the Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, March 25.—Brit- ish warcraft in imposing force Hov- ered on the fringe of Scandinavian territorial waters today, apparently under orders to stalk or pounce on every German merchant ship en route to or from the blockaded fath- erland. With three German ships knocked out in the past four days of inten- sified British pressure on Ger- many's outermost Scandinavian life- line—one sunk by torpedo, one by shelling and the third aground— Norway and Denmark again felt the sharp squeeze of unceasing war at sea. Two wounded German sailors were the only reported human casualties. The Norwegian Admiralty an- nounced last night that a protest against violation of Norwegian waters by British warships had been delivered in London. An Oslo com- munique clalmed two encroach- ments and said a third was under inquiry, 2,189-Ton Freighter Sunk. The latést success ¢\ the British blockaders was the sh.:i# of the 2.189-ton freighter Edmund Hueo Stinnes. after the pounding of a sub- marine’s gun. The ship was en- rqute from Hamburg to Copen- | hseen with a cargo of coal. The Stinnes went down vesterday | afternoon a few miles west of Skagen, | northernmost Denmark. at the Kat- | tegat entrance of the Baltic—not far from where the 4.947-ton ore carrier Heddernheim sank last Thursdav night as the war’s first reported merchant ship victim of a British submarine torpedo. Another victim of the cat-and- mouse watch the British Admiralty has posted along the western shores | of Denmark and Norway was the 5,000-ton Ostpreussen, run aground yesterday with a cargo of coke after | three days of harried crusine off the Western Danish coast to dodge British warships. Beached on Jutland Coast. The Ostpreussen, bound for | Sweden, had been ordered to double | back to Esbjerg. Denmark, to lie| there out of reach of British sub- | marines. Hugging the rugged shore | to escape detfction, she struck a | rock and, with nine feet of water | in her holZ’was beached on the Jutland <Gast. The crew remained | aboard. The Edmund Hugo Stinnes like- | wise nad received home radio orders | to dodge back into Esbjerg. The | ship had almost reached Skagen at the time. Turning back, the freighter ran afoul of a British | submarine Saturday night. The submarine shelled the vessel then, but it was not until yesterday afternoon that it went to the bot- tom, about 3 miles off the Danish Danish naval authorities sought to determine whether the ship actually had been attacked while within the 3-mile territorial limit, but it was possible that she drifted shoreward during the night. The official German news agency DNB asserted that the attack took place in Danish territorial waters. 20 Reach Shore. Twenty crew members reached the shore in two lifeboats. They re- ported that their captain had been taken prisoner by the British. Two of the men had been injured, one having a flesh wound in the arm and the othér having lost three fingers while attempting to lower | a boat, Residents of Torsminde, Denmark, told of hearing a warning shot across the bow of the Edmund Hugo Stinnes from the submarine’s deck gun. They heard four shots in all | and then an explosion which might have been a torpedo or the vessel's boilers. ¥ Members of the ship's crew said " (See NAVAL, Page A-16.) Maryland Farmer Killed In Fall From Hay Loft Tumbling headfirst from a hay loft, Bruce Kitts, 44-year-old em- ploye on the Alexander Winnett farm near Quince Orchard, Md., was fatally injured today. He landed on his head on a con- crete platform about 11 feet below the loft, according to members of the Gaithersburg rescue squad. They said Mr. Kitts apparently had attempted to ease a 100-pound bale of hay out of the barn with a metal hook, but lost his balance and toppled. Edward Winnett, nephew of the farm owner, who was inside the barn at the time, said that he heard no cry, but found the injured man when he stepped outside shortly after the accident. Mr. Kitts is survived by his widow, Lena, and two sons, Carl, 11, and Cecil, 14, wo lived with Mr. Kitts on the farm Mr. Kitts, a Virginjan. had been working about 10 menths on the sl ey~ e I, -t con \\\‘\\\\\\‘2«'. h A T \\\\\' : N ‘\.‘u\\ll N2 Es ,‘9 White House Egg Rolling Answers in Stormy Renewal of Hearings | Contempt Threatened as | Communist Declines ‘Point Blank’ to Reply The House Committee Investigat- ing Un-American Activities re opened its public hearings today | with a tempestuous session during which Robert E. Lynch. the commit- | tee’s new counsel, threatened con- of his disinclination to answer ques- | tions. It was the committee's first | public meeting since Congress, in | January, extended its life. Mr. Dolsen, a teacher on a W. P. A. workers' education project in Pittsburgh, aroused his questioners when he refused to answer inquiries about a $2.000 insurance policy he Workers' Order. When Mr. Lynch was putting this query, the witness broke in, pounded the table and shouted: “I refuse point blank to answer any questions about that.” Mr. Lynch then suggested that the matter be turned over to the Federal attorney here. Witness Threatened. “Do you want me to hold you| in contempt?” Chairman Dies asked. Representative Thomas. Repub- | lican, of New Jersey then joined Counsel Lynch in his request. “Well. let’s take this under ad- visement.” Mr. Dies said. Mr. Dolsen refused also to an- swer many other questions, on the ground that they related to mate- rial not covered by the subpoena under which he came to Washing- ton. Mr. Dolsen again tangled with Mr. Lynch when the counsel started questioning him about a letter writ- ten to “Dear Andy.” The witness declined to disclose the identity of “Andy.” Mr. Lynch said the letter referred to a number of Communist publica- tions the witness said he handed over to “Andy” personally in Pitts- burgh. At _the opening of his testimony Mr. Dolsen told the committee that he was a Communist party mem- ber as well as a W. P. A. teacher. He testified that he had been en- gaged in Communist activities in China, Russia and the United States starting in 1927, The slight, bespectacled witness, who spoke in almost inaudible tones, also identified as one of his posses- sions what he said was a Commu- nist party membership book made out in the name of “Franklin D. Roosevelt.” Mr. Lynch attempted to show that the name was Mr. Dolsen’s party pseudonym. but the witness denied it vehemently. “Whose book is it?” Mr. Lynch asked. “I don't care to state,” Mr. Dolsen snapped back. “It's undet the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt.” Later Mr. | had held that the six per cent State Three Killed, 3 Hurt in Blast |+ LIBERTY, Tex., March 25 (#)— Three men were killed and three injured today in an air-pressure tank explosion at the matérials yard of the Austin Bridge Co. The' dead are A. L. Alby, 26, Coleman, Tex.; Zollie Carl Gage, 23, Long- view, Tex., and Owen W. Kerfees, 25, Caddo Mills, Tex. Senator Vandenberg On Radio Forum Senator Vandenberg of Mich- igan will be the guest speaker tonight on the National Radio Forum over WMAL at 10:30 o'clock. Senator Vandenberg, frequent- ly mentioned as a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, will speak on “The Controlling Issues in the 1940 Election.” The program, arranged by The Star, will be heard over a coast-to-coast network of the | tempt proceedings against the first | | witness. James H. Dolsen. because | Dies Witness Refuses ?Archbishop Curley Urges Tolerance as He Is Enthroned Archdiocese of Washington Created In Solemn Rites at Cathedral of St. Matthew Bespeaking tolerance and an ac- | for wlerance with an admonition to | tive faith, the Most Rev. Michael | UPhold the educational system of | 1 | the church | . Curley today was enthroned as| | the first archbishop of the arch- | | docese of Washington in the ancient \ ritual of the Catholic Church at| | the newly designated Cathedral of | St. Matthew. The ceremony raised the Capital to equal rank with the archdiocese of Baltimore, which Archbishop Cur- ley has headed since the death of James Cardinal Gibbons. witnessed by hundreds of members of religious orders and ranking church dignitaries and representa- tive laymen. Formally assuming his new duties | before the high center altar, simply | decorated with Easter lilies, in keep- ilng with the season, the archbishop | | said he held In the International|in his first address coupled the plea Pittman Opens Fight for Senate Trade Control Harrison Defends Roosevelt Power to Sanction Program By J. A. O'LEARY. The opening gun in opposition to continuing the President’s power to make trade agreements without Senate ratification was fired this afternoon by Senator Pittman, Democrat of Nevada, after Chair- man Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee had launched Senate de- bate on this controversial issue was a vigorous defense of the adminis- tration’s foreign trade program. Senator Pittman laid the ground- work for the fight that will oe waged during the next 10 days by a coalition of Republicans and Western Democrats to require rati- fication of future agreements on the clai mthat they fall within the constitutional definition of treaties. Administration Margin Claimed. Under that contention, a' two- thirds vote of the Senate would be necessary to make the agreements effective, but administration leaders believe they have a margin of from three to seven votes to defeat such a resiriction. Senator Pittman offered a ratification amendment to the trade agreements resolution. Senator Harrison warned that a trade war that might bring economic collapse in this country would follow peace in Europe if the United States drops its reciprocal trade program now. Presenting one of the main argu- “It is a good thing to have homes for our Eucharistic Christ,” he said; “it is well to find our clergy housed where they can have fundamental comforts; but better than all else is it to find our children in well- organized Catholic schools, where | they are trained for citizenship here | |and hereafter. I am most anxious | | to see all our educational potentiali- | It was | tes reduced to act until we have a | | perfected educational { to none in the Nation.’ In asking tolerance, the arch- bishop recalled that the late Pope Pius XI had said that “no Catho- lic can be a true Catholic and at the same time harbor in his heart (8ee ARCHBISHOP, Page A-3) vstem second || Farley-Cox Offer | | | | |For Yankees Reported v the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 25—The New | | York World-Telegram in a copy-| | right story from Winter Haven, Fla., | | today saild it had learned from | authoritative sources that two offers | definitely have been made to pur- chase the New York Yankees. One was received from Postmaster General Farlev and James Cox, for- mer Governor of Ohio, and the other from Joseph Patterson, pub- | lisher of the New York Daily News. | The World-Telegram said the amount offered by Mr. Farley and Mr. Cox was not revealed, but that it was too low. Mr. Patterson is said to have told Yankee officials |he and an unnamed associate are interested in taking over the ‘Yankees and their farm system, but no definite bid has been made. | From the same source the World- | Telegram said it had learned the Yankees hadn't heard anything from Gov. Francis Murphy of New Hamp- shire, who broke into the news re- cently as a prospective purchaser of the club. 'State Tax on U. S. Bond Income of Banks Upheld By the Associated Press In the first opinion delivered by Justice Murphy, the Supreme Court sustained today a 1935 Oklahoma law imposing a tax on income re- ceived by national banks in that State from United States Govern- ment bonds which had been made tax exempt by Congress. The decision affirmed a ruling in favor of the tax by the Oklahoma Supreme Court. The State tribunal | | | B assessment was not an income tax but a franchise tax measured by net income. Justice Murphy asserted “The power of Congress to authorize a State to impose a tax on the fran- chise of a national banking asso- ciation canrot now be doubted.” No dissent to Mr. Murphy's de- cision was announced. Justice Mc- Reynolds did not participate. Income Tax Yield Reduces Chance of Debt Limit Boost Officials Say Nation Can Run Within Margin Through April, 1941 By the Associated Press. High administration officials claimed today that unexpectedly large income tax returns made it probable the Treasury could stay under the $45,000,000,000 debt limit without new taxes at least through April, 1941. ‘This would give the President and the Congress elected this fall plenty of time, they said, to take whatever action they consider necessary. The debt limit is fixed by law, and Con- gress might be expected either to move it to a higher figure or increase taxes. Barring unforeseen business de- velopments which would reverse the | present favorable revenue aspects or unscheduled big appropriations, the officials continued, the Treas- ury might be able to stay under the debt limit clear through the next fiscal year ending June 30, 1941. May Be $300,000,000 Over. Few were willing to estimate by what margin income tax collections had exceeded budget estimates, but one who is in an authoritative posi- tion guessed that income taxes on 1939 income, on which first-quarter payments were due March 15, would beat the forecasts by $300,000.000. Adding to this the fact that other Treasury revenues—such as gasoline and tobacco taxes—are running ahead of schedule, he said it was| probable that total revenues would exceed the budget by $400,000,000 in the next 15 months, (Not all the 1939 income taxes will | be collected until after December 15, but those counted in the first 20 days of March were 31 per cent larger than last year.) | Treasury Secretary Morgenthau last week ruled out “trick methods" of avoiding the debt limit, such as raiding the Treasury's cash working balance or the $2,000,000,000 stabili- zation fund, but officials are looking (See FISCAL, Page A-3) (Picture on Page A-2.) Five men and two women, looking like whirling devishes in gaudy East Indian costumes, gave Repre- sentative Schulte, Democrat, of In- diana, a gentle ribbing today at & meeting of the House District Com- mittee for abandoning a preposed investigation of fortune tellers, palmists, clairvoyants and others claiming to have supernatural powers. Mr. Schulte, chairman of the Police and Fire Subcommittee—the group instructed to make the in- quiry—shied away from the atten- tion showered on him, and even re- fused to accept & miniature crystal ball the leader of the strange dele- 4 Schulte Receives Visitation, But Shies From Crystal Ball gation attempted to present to him Just before the committee met the gaudily attired group marched into the House Office Building, carrying &igns which Capitol police hurriedly forced them to remove. One sign proposed Mr. Schuite for President and Representative Nichols, Demo- crat, of Oklahoma for Vice Presi- dent. Another read: “Politico Expedients, not Inc., proudly presents for national ap- proval Washington's very own phoney fortune tellers in ‘Thanks, Mr. Schulte. or ‘Is the Investigation Dead?” The winner of the 5th Anita, ‘Good-by, Mr. Ghilini.’” In the committee room the dele- gation occupied front-row seats and T (Bee BHULTE, Page A-3) A | ments of the opposition, Senator Pittman declared: “The President in the pending act authorized to enter into a con- | tract for a period of at least three | years fixing the tariff revenues on lvnny and all articles imported into | the United States. It is a contract | that we are both legally and morallv | obligated to maintain for a period of at least three years. The agreement may be extended indefinitely at the will of the President and the other contracting party. Unconstitutional Issue, “I am 1nterested in the unconsti- | tutional delegation of legislative au- thority to the President as far as the making of tariffs is concerned. That shouid be of more interest to the House of Representatives, in which is vested the power of initiat- ing all revenue laws. “That body may be willing to abandon to the President its func- tions of iniating revenue laws. may be willing to. surender to-¢he President the authority not only to initiate revenue laws, but to con- summate them. “Congress has not either the legal or the moral authority, however, in | such delegation to the President to !repeal the constitutional provision ‘with regard to treaties and deprive the United States Senate of its con- stitutional functions with relation to | treaties. The President does not require any authority from Congress to make treaties. The Constitution provides that. Looks to End of War. In his plea for extending the presi- | dential trade-agreement power un- conditionallv. Chairman Harrison of | the Senate Finance Committee said he was looking forward to the day when the present war in Europe ends, Mr. Harrison pictured the return to peaceful pursuits of the 80.000,000 men estimated to be engaged in making munitions, and the 20.000.000 “who are tramping the battlefields or bivouacking in their camps.” When that days comes, he said, factories closed by the war will re- open. and fields now idle will be tilled. Then he added: Policy Declared Sound. | “We have given the countries of the world a sound reciprocal trade | policy. We have given them an op- portunity to trade with us and with | each other on just and wisely es- tablished principles. It will be the greatest influence to preserve and promote rational international trade and the maintenance and preserva- tion of peace. “If the principle written in this | resolution is destroyed. if we as a great Government turn our backs upon 1t—a policy which we inaugu- | rated—if we renounce this program, we throw to the winds an oppor- | tunity in the future to help the peo- ples of the world along rational, un- | selfish and just principles of inter- national trade. By doing so we in- Senate Group Approves { Ani-Lynch Bill, 1010 3 | The controversial anti-lynching | bill was approved today by a 10-to-3 vote of the Senate Judiciary Com- | mittee. This action sent the legislation to the Senate floor. Some Southern Senators already have given no- tice they were ready to talk the measure to death, if necessary. as they did when it came up pre- viously. Chairman Ashurst of the com- mittee announced the vote as fol- lows: For the bill—Senators Neely, Democrat, of West Virginia; Mc- Carran, Democrat, of Nevada; Van Nuys, Democrat, of Indiana; Hatch, Democrat, of New Mexico; Burke, Democrat, of Nebraska; O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyom- ing; Hughes, mocrat, of Dela- ware; Austin, Republican, of Ver- mont; Wiley. Republican, of Wis- consin, and Ashurst. Against the bill—Connally, Mil- ler, Democrats, of Arkansas, and Chandler, Democrat. of Kentucky. The committee agreed to permit other Senators who could not be present, among them King, Demo- crat, of Utah: Pittman, Democrat, |of Nevada; Danaher, Republi-an, of Connecticut, and Taft, Republican, of Ohio, to cast their votes later in the day.