Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1940, Page 1

« ¢ Foening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Weather Forecast Cloudy, followed by local showers to- night, with minimum about 42; tomor- row partly cloudy; slightly warmer. Temperatures today—Highest, 55, at 2 pm.; lowest, 39, at 5 am. From the United States Wegtner Bureau report. ‘From Press to Home Within the Hour’ Most people in Washington have The Star delivered to their homes every evening and Sunday morning. A ch WASHINGTO Closing New York Markets, Page 18. 88th YEAR. No. 35,035. D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1940—FORTY PAGES. *** y ' Northeast Woman First Here Moral Embargo To Greet Census Taker Against Russia Holds, Hull Says Conflicting Views Topic of Long Talk With Oumansky By GARNETT D. HORNER. Secretary of State Hull made it clear at an unusually long conference with Soviet Ambassador Constan- tine A. Oumansky today that the “moral embargo” against shipment of American airplanes to Russia is still in effect. Mr. Hull indicated that the moral embargo was one of the subjects discussed with the Soviet Ambassa- dor, things about which the two nations have conflicting views were talked over, He added that the conference, which lasted for an hour and five minutes—longer than State Depart- ment attaches could recall a foreign diplomat talking with the Secretary 4n recent years—had resulted in no decisions or new developments. Embargo Still in Effect. Asked directly at his press con- ference a few minutes after Mr. Oumansky had left the office Wwhether the moral embargo against Russia was still in effect in view of the end of the fighting between Rus- sia and Finland, Mr. Hull said that it still was in effect against every nation in the world that incurs the penalty, The moral embargo is an extra- legal policy designed to penalize any nation whose armed forces are guilty of unprovoked bombing of civilian populations. It attempts to ban the export of any American airplanes, parts of material essential to the manufacture of planes and equip- ment, or plans for the manufacture of high-test aviation gasoline, to such nations. Theadministration never has spe- eified any particular countries in announcements of the moral em- bargo policy, but a statement by President “Roosevelt last December 2, shortly after Russian planes had started bombing civilians in Finland, had the effect of applying the policy to the Soviet. It previously had operated since June, 1938, to prevent shipment of American airplanes to Japan. Oumansky Is Silent. Mr. Oumansky would say nothing to reporters about the subjecis he discussed with Secretary Hull. It was.the first time he had seen the Secretary officially since Webrnary 1, when he was understood to have complained about an anti-Russian speech made by Assistant Becretary of War Louis Johnson. Mr. Ouman- 8ky said he had requested the ap- pointment with the Secretary today. The conference was scheduled | from 11 to 11:30 am., but ran over to 12:05 pm., delaying a meeting scheduled at 11:30 a.m. between Mr. Hull and South African Minister Ralph William Close, to sign a treaty providing for the organization of commissions to settle disputes that might arise between the United States and South Africa. It was presumed that several other current problems in addition to the moral embargo were discussed, in- cluding the British blockade of American exports to Russia, de- signed to keep goods from reaching Germany through Russia. Mr. Hull described it as a general conversa- tion about all phases of relations between the Soviet and the United States. Short Social Exchange. Reminded that the unusually long conference had lasted for an hour and 5 minutes, Mr. Hull said that about 5 minutes of the time was con- sumed socially, and the other was &pent in discussion of current topics. ‘While Mr. Oumansky was talking with Secretary Hull, Lord Lothian, the British Ambassador, conferred for a shorter time with Undersecre- tary of State Sumner Welles, who soon thereafter went to the White House for an appointment with President Roosevelt. The various conferences stirred eonsiderable speculation as to whether there was any connection between them. Young's Nomination Reporfed fo Senate ‘The nomination of J. Russell Young, for many years White House correspondent of The Star, as Dis- trict Commissioner was reported favorably to the Senate today by the Senate District Committee. Committee members were polled by Senator King of Utah, chairman of the Senate District Committee. Held on Drunk Charge, Prisoner Hangs Self A few hours after he had been Arrested on a charge of drunkenness Andrew Butler, 27, of 5316 Jay street NE, a laborer, was found hanged In an 11th precinct cell last night, Ppolice said today. The body, a sweater tied around the neck, was discovered swinging from a rafter, investigators de- elared. British, 7 Nazi Planes Sighted Over Belgium By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, April 2. —Intense aerial activity over Belgium con- tinued. today as an official count listed one British and seven Ger- man planes sighted over Belgian territory in two days. Belgian pur- suit planes chased the invaders. ‘The government announced that Germany had agreed to pay an undisclosed sum as indemnity for explained that most of the|’ When the enumerators began knocking on doors in Washington today to launch the city’s decennial census, it was found that Mrs. Mary O'Brien of 23 K street NE., the first person approached in District No. 1, was willing to answer all the ques- tions. Smilingly, Mrs..O'Brien answered the knock of Walter H. Henson, the census man. Apparently not sur- prised, she invited him in and said she would not object to answering the many queries on the big sheet he carried in his big black portfolio. With Census Enumerator No. 1 Here is the scene being enacted all over Washington and the United States today. The enumerator is Walter H. Henson ready to write down the answers given by Mrs. Mary O'Brien. —Star Staft Photo. Henson was his immediate chief, Brady Bishop, squad leader, whose headquarters are at Police Precinct No. 1 Mr. Bishop had gone with his No. 1 man, to make the first call. Both were pleased with their re- ception. To a Star reporter, who happened to be along, Mrs. O'Brien explained she had lived in the neighborhood for more than 40 years, and still liked it. Her husband, John Aloysius O'Brien, died 10 years ago. Her family comsists of four persons— herself, one son, William H. O'Brien, (See CENSUS, Page A-4.) England Infensifies Economic Warfare Against Reich Chambetlain Warns Neutrals, Announces New Trade Pacts By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 2.—Great Britain intensified her economic war on Germany in a threefold drive to- day and cautioned neutral nations | that aid to the Reich might render |them “liable to the hideous fate | that has overtaken previous victims of Germany policy.” [ Prime Minister Chamberl: re- livered this warning to ne & in a statement in the House ,‘Com- mons in which he annou .céd that the British stranglehold on man trade was being tightened by: 1. Control of the sea, with the navy already having taken “certain practical steps to interfere with pas- sage of German cargo ships from Scandinavia” and halting Russian ships in Far Eastern waters. 2. Trade agreements with neutrals surrounding Germany under which Britain outbid Germany for vital products. 3. A warning to neutrals that their imports from ‘the Empire would be cut down unless they limit their sales to Germany. Neutrals’ Exports Limited. Mr. Chamberlain disclosed that all of Britain’s new war trade agree- ments “contain stipulations regulat- ing the exports of neutral countries’ own domestic produce to Germany.” Triuniphantly he announced agreements with Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark to balk German deals in these rich dairy and steel lands (S8ee CHAMBERLAIN, Page A-5.) Covering the Field In the Afternoon Most people in Washington read The Star in their homes every evening and Sunday morning. That the merchants are aware of this is shown by the way they use The Star’s advertising columns. ‘The Star’s circulation in the afternoon (not including fore- noon éditions) is greater than that of the afternoon editions of .the two other newspapers combined. ¢ Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) The Evening Star 2nd Newspaper __ 3rd Newspaper _. 4th Newspaper _. Yesterday’s Circulation The Evening Star the death of a Belgian air squadron leader killed while gumuing a Ger- . ‘man plane March 2. :The government announced that Protests had been sent to both Lon- don and Berlin. s Monday, April 1, 1940, *158,781 Monday, April 3, 1939, *154,026 Increase . 4,155 *Returns from newsstands not deducted and no samples included, Nazi Planes Repulsed In Raid on Convoy, Brifish Report English Attack on Sylt Patrol Boats Failure, Germans Say By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 2.—British and German warplanes roaming the North Sea engaged in a series of brief. sharp fights in the past 24 | hours, which reached a climax this | afternoon in a German raid on Brit- ish convoys, which the Admiralty announced had been driven off. Although at least 10 bombs were dropped, the Admiralty said, the Nazi raiders were repulsed without damage. The Air Ministry announced Brit- ish planes last night bombed Ger- man patrol boats near Sylt, German island aviation base in Helgoland Bight. One British raider failed to re- turn from #he fray, the ministry acknowledged. Germany discounted the raid, however, and said all of 25 bombs dropped had missed. Returning from a search for Ger- man naval vessels, a British plane encountered a German Junkers over the North Sea last night and forced it to flee with a damaged fuselage, the British said. An early morning engagement be- tween three British planes and two German bombers, part of the time flying only 20 feet above the North Sea, was described by a British an- nouncement, which said one British plane landed near the coast after its pil&t sustained a slight leg wound. British planes chased off a plane which appeared to be German as it | approached the Southeastern Eng- lish coast. English Plane Shot Down In Sylt Raid, Nazis Report BERLIN, April 2 (#) —Germany today reported a British attempt to raid German patrol boats pro- Two Changes In Wagner Act Are Approved Majority’s Right to Bargain Upheld in Compromise Move By CARTER BROOKE JONES. The House Labor Committee moved swiftly toflay to report a bill designed to compromise with foes of the National Labor Relations Board by approving two proposed amendments to the Wagner Act and seeking a suspension of rules in the House preventing members from of- fering further amendments from the floor. The committee approved these new proposed amendments: 1. Providing the right of a ma- Jority of the employes of any craft in an industry to recognition as a collective bargaining unit. 2. Providing the right of employ- ers to petition the board for an election among workers to settle disputes among unions. The committee previously had ap- proved a proposed amendment in- creasing the N. L. R. B. from three to five members. Will Meet Again Tomorrow. Chairman Norton said the com- mittee would meet again at 10 a.m. tomorrow and probably complete consideration of amendments and instruct her to draft a bill imme- diately. The amendment allowing crafts mustering a majority of votes at a plant to bargain for themselves, re- gardless of other unions in the fac- tory, was sought by the American Federation of Labor and opposed by the Congress of Industrial Organi- zations, which has urged plant-wide elections. Mrs. Norton denied, however, that this amendment necessarily would give the A. F. of L, an ad- vantage over its rival, which has mostly horizontal industrial unions, though she admitted “some people might so construe it.” At the executive session todav, it was revealed, Representative Welch, Democrat, of California, moved to instruct the chairman to ask the Speaker to bring up the amending bill under a suspension of rules. This would mean the meas- ure would not have to go to the Rules Committee, but could, if Speaker Bankhead chose, be brought up at any time. It also would have the effect of shutting off further amendments from the floor. This is intended to forestall the anticipated effort of some members to move substitution of the more drastic amendments recommended by the Smith Investigating Com- mittee, including abolition of the present board and substitution of a new three-man board and complete Hudlclal functions of the board. | Ramspeck Hits Move. After the meeting of Mrs. Norton's committee, one of the members, Representative Ramspeck, Demo- crat, of Georgia, said of Mr. Welch's motion and its adoption: “It’s the most asinine thing I ever saw a committee do.” “It has been done before,” Mrs. Norton retorted, smiling. She explained to newspapermen: “We are authorizing a bill in- tended to mMeet the complaints which have been made against the board and enforcement of the act. Those of us who are interested in labor feel that these amendments, and perhaps one other which has been adopted, tomorrow will take care of the situation without de- stroying the Wagner Act. “We are taking into account com- plaints which have been brought out at the Smith Committee hear- ings.” ; The board already has adopted, as a matter of policy, the right of crafts to organize themselves, though there has been pressure to make this clause a part of the act, and a majority of the Smith Com- mittee recommended a similar amendment. Would Add to Section. The amendment which the Labor Committee approved today would add to the collective bargaining sec- tion of the act: “Provided, however, that in any case where a majority of employes of a particular craft shall decide, the board shall designate such craft as a unit appropriate for the pur- Pose of collective bargaining.” The N. L. R. B. also has approved (See PLANES, Page A-4.) (See WAGNER ACT, Page A-4) Commissioners Order Thorough Probe of O Street Fire BULLETIN. Three District officials have been summoned to appear at 3 o'clock this afternoon before the Police and Fire Subcommfttee of the House District Committee, which plans an immediate in- vestigation of charges that a number of “fire traps” have been allowed to exist in Washington. The inquiry was ordered as a result of the disastrous fire yes- terday at the White Court Apart- ment in the 2100 block of O street N.W. A complete and thorough investi- gation of the O street apartment fire which killed three persons and in- Jjured five others yesterday was or- dered today by the Board of Com- missioners. Maj. Patrick H. Tansey, Acting Engineer Commissioner, was named to head the investigation. Maj. Tansey immediately ordered a meet- ing of representatives of the fire marshal, building inspector, police and coroner’s office at 2:30 p.m. to- day, Three Questions Propounded. ‘The Commissioners suggested that the investigation first find the an- swer to three questions: Were the plans under which the burned building at 2131 O street ¢ N.W. was remodeled fram a stable into an apartment in 1925 approved by the building inspector? Was the building remodeled ex- actly according to the plans sub- mitted to the building inspector? Did the plans comply with the building code which was in effect in 1925? Fire Marshal Calvin Lauber and Building Inspector John W. Oeh- mann were summoned before the Commissioners to make personal re- ports on the status of their investi- gations. Roof Built Over Court. The Commissioners were informed there was reason to believe a roof had been built over the inner court of the building and this would have violated the building regulations. Neither Mr. Lauber nor Col. Oeh- mann was willing to state positively that the roof had been put over the court, but both pointed out that the wreckage gave evidence of such a roof. They promised to investigate further. The fire marshal has not com- pleted his investigation and said he was not In a position to make any statement on the exact cause. Two men from the Building In- spector’s office have been assigned to aid the investigation. Thomas (See FIRE, Page A-2) ) i 4 4 G. 0. P. slates. separation of the prosecuting and | Wisconsin Is Voting Today in Big Test Of Third-Term Issue Roosevelt-Garner and Vandenberg-Dewey Slates Entered ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS SPLIT over primary battle, G. Gould Lincoln finds. Page A-2 By JOHN C. HENRY. Wisconsin voters were helping the | Nation choose its next President to- |day in a primary that has drawn more speculative attention and | analysis than is likely to be accord- ed any test before the big show of next November. For the first time two of the “hot tavorites” in the Republican run- ning are asking for a measure in ballots of their comparative popu- laaty, Senator Vandenberg of Mich- igan and Thomas E. Dewey heading And on the Demo- cratic side. a double-jointed issue was being posed; first, a presidential oreference expression with President Roosevelt -and Vice President Gar- ner offered, and, second, a choicé of three convention delegations with | and a third being for Mr. Garner. Out of 1t all should come the clearest indication thus far on how the electorate feels about the third- term issue. | Progressives Silent on Strategy. Contributing greatly to the ad- | vance uncertainty about Wisconsin sentiment has been the careful fail- ure of leaders of the Progressive party to commit themselves or even to hint what their strategy will be. Faced with no primary questions of their own and free to vote in either of the other parties’, the organiza- tion headed by the La Follette brothers polled some 353,000 votes in a losing gubernatorial race in 1938. Unless split into too many directions today, a bloc of this size can have powerful effect on a primary race. But Wisconsin was not holding the day's entire political interest. The following claimed their share: 1. A bluntly implied threat that John L. Lewis would throw & third- party element into next November’s race unless the Democrats select a candidate and a platform satisfac- tory “to labor and the common peo- ple.” 2. Entry of Senator Taft of Ohio in the New Jersey Republican pri- mary against Mr. Dewey, to be the first clash between these rivals for G. O. P. favor. The primary comes on May 21 . 3. A New York primary today with a Roosevelt-Garner fight going on in only four congressional districts in New York City. In one, Alfred E. Smith, jr., tops a Garner slate. New York observers, the Associated Press reports, concede Mr. Roose-. velt the State’s delegation of 94 if he is placed before the convention; Mr. Dewey is expected to win 82 of the 92 Republican votes with the re- maining 10 going to Frank Gannett, Rochester publisher. Kansas City Voting. 4. A Kansas City election today in which a “clean government” group of independent Democrats, Repub- licans and non-partisan civic groups (See POLITICS, Page A-3.) Driver*W—recks His Cab To Thwart Passenger Edwin Barbee drove his taxi through a red light downtown short- ly after midnight this morning and wanted a policeman to come after him. He whizZed past stop signs and through more red lights, but still no officers appeared. Finally he crashed his cab into a parked car near Eleventh and H streets N.W., evoking a pistol shot from his pas- senger, and was triumphant—two detectives rushed to the scene. Mr. Barbee, who lives at 2701 Fourteenth street N.W., was rieither intoxicated nor foolhardy. He just didn’t like his colored passenger, especially after the young man thrust a pistol barrel at the back of Bar- bee’s neck and said, “If you don't do what I say, you'll never see your wife and family again.” Luckily, Detective Sergt. Tom Sweeney and Detecigye R. E. Williams were & block away when the cab crashed and the shot was fired. They saw Barbee bravely pursuing the man who had fired at him and joined in a successful chase. The colored passenger, who told his captors he was 22 years old and & resident of Philadelphis, was being held for investigation today. two of them backing Mr. Roosevelt | APHOTO - FINISH FROM HERE! Water Faucets Pour Oil, to Town’s Dismay By the Associated Press. ORLAND, Calif., April 2.—After trying for a long time, they struck oil in Orland, but it poured out of everyone's water faucet and nobody was very happy about it. Somehow, a supply of crude oil | got into the city’s main wells and it wasn't long before things were pretty badly gummed up. The city's 1,500 | residents thought the April fool's day | incident was in bad taste. Laundries which started boiling clothes before the oil was discovered |found the clothing afterward than before. Housewives | turned on faucets for water and got | oil. The city council called an emer- | gency session but decided nothing | could be done until the mains were | cleaned out. City Engineer Fred Pratt said he | believed rising subterranean water levels had floated an ofl pool up into the city wells. Opposes District \Dispensaries Revenue Would Drop and Unemployment Rise, Mrs. Mason Says By JAMES E. CHINN. Mrs. Agnes K. Mason, vice chair- man of the Alcoholic Beverage Con- trol Board, today told the special House Committee Investigating the District Liquor situation it would be “‘a great mistake” to substitute a so- called dispensary system for sale of liquor by the bottle for the existing private license system. She also opposed a suggestion made several weeks ago by Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown that the law be changed so a man could stand up at a bar and drink his liquor. Mrs. Mason declared the present plan of allowing the sale of pack- aged liquors by private stores is “working well,” while adoption of a dispensary or “monopoly” system, which would put the District gov- ernment in the liquor business, would force a number of persons out of employment and deprive the munci- pality of reverue in real estate and personal property taxes from the present 400 class A liquor dealers. More Revenue Derived. A study of the dispensary systems in various States, made by a former attache of the A. B. C. Board, Mrs. Mason pointed out, showed that with the exception of one State, the District is deriving more revenue from liquor at less cost. “There is more chance for boot- legging under a monopoly system,” she declared. “There is very little bootlegging in the District except (See LIQUOR, Page A-5.) Summary of Page. Amusements, A-12 Comics .B-18-19 Editorials __A-10 Finance A-17 Lost, Found, B-15 Obituary ..._A-8 Page. Serial Story B-11 Sports ..A-14-16 ty. Foreign “Moral embargo” against. Russia still prevails, Hull says. Page A-1 Nazi planes reported repulsed in raid on convoy. Page A-1 Rumania to draft 4,000,000 youths for farm army. Page A-2 Reynaud cabinet test delayed until April 9. Page A-5 Intercepted freighter scuttled by Nazis, British report.. Page A-5 National Dies witness testifies Pelley planned march on Washington. Page A-1 House group approves two Wagner Act amendments. Page A-1 Presidential candidates get first big test in Wisconsin. Page A-1 Primary battle rips Democratic party in Illinois. Page A-2 Transit strike action awaits arrival of Lewis. Page A-3 Cromwell hints Senate race while holding Ottawa post. Page A-5 Washington and Vicinity Census takers begin interviewing D. C. residents. looked worse | A.B.C.Vice Chairman| THREE CENTS. Susquehanna Flood Recedes, but Towns 'Strengthen Dikes Tension Eased as Crest Passes Wilkes-Barre And Sunbury By the Associated Press. | WILKES-BARRE, Pa. April 2.— Indications that man was winning | | the fight against the flooding Sus- | quehanna came simultaneously to- day from Pennsylvania's two chief | “danger spots"—Wilkes-Barre and Sunbury. ‘With thousands temporarily | homeless or prepare¢ to flee, the water fell slightly there from over- night crests barely below those of the disastrous St. Patrick's Day | flood of 1936. It was the 1936 dis- aster that put valley towns from the New York to Maryland borders on | guard against the river. Meanwhile, tension eased some- | what at other points along the 150- | mile stretch of swollen stream from Wilkes-Barre in Northeastern Penn- sylvania west and south past Harris- burg, the State capital. No Letup in Fight. But wary river folk, who have known the Susquehanna to hit an apparent crest and then start re-| ceding—only to rise again beyond i the first high point—continued thei | Aght with no letup, heaping sand- bag reinforcements to levees and moving household goods from the lowlands. As word that the crest was pass- ing swept downstream from town to town where damage already has run into many thousands of dollars, | this was the picture on the third day of high waters: | The river stage: Both upper branches of the Susquehanna were receding, rapidly along the West Branch that twists down from the North Central Pennsylvania high- lands past Towanda and Williams- port; slowly but perceptibly along the hard-hit North Branch dotted by some of the State’s most popu- lous towns. Wilkes-Barre Dikes Hold. The danger spots: Wilkes-Barre reported a high mark of 31.6 feet before the river dropped shortly after dawn to 30.8 feet. Flood stage for the nearby lowlands is 22 feet. In the 1936 floods the water went to 33 feet, but a 9-mile dike system built since then held firm and the stream would have to rise higher than in 1936 to inundate the busi- ness and riverbank residence sec- tions. Sansbury: With part of the busjness district, in this city 70 miles below Wilkes-Barre, under water from Shamokin Creek and Spring Run, backed up by the Susque- hanna et the confluence of the North and West branches of the Susquehanna, floodwaters appar- ently were subsiding from a high of 20.14 feet. By dawn the river stage was 19.8 feet. still going down. Work to reinforce dikes continued through the night. Relief: With six drowned and (See FLOOD, Page A-3) Today’s Star Commissioners order probe of yes- terday’s fatal fire. Page A-1 A. B. C. Board vice chairman opposes dispensaries. Page A-1 Bishop Corrigan consecrated in stately ceremony. Page B-1 City heads ask bill to revise local parole law. Page B-1 President Roosevelt to inspect Ken- wood cherry blossoms. Page B-1 ;rorts ats’ squad, due heavy pruning, may be smallest t in years. PageA-14 Golf dates to keep Mid-Atlantic pros busy till November. Page A-15 Isemann bowling classic Saturday winds up major stakes. Page A-16 Editorial and Comment This and That. Answers to Questions. Letters to The Star. David Lawrence. Alsop and Kintner. G. Gould Lincoln. Jay Franklin, Constantine Brown. Miscellany Nature’s Children. Service Orders. Bedtime Story. Cross-word Puzzle. Eicm e Winhing Cont 3 Uncle Ray’'s Corner. Page A-10 Page A-10 Page A-10 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-9 Page B‘t-s Page B-18 Page B-18 Page lol: Page B-1 Page B-19 Pelley Planned Capifal March, Witness Says Woman Agent Tells How He Was to Be Made ‘White King’ By the Associated Press. A blond secret agent for a former House investigating committee testi- fled today that William Dudley Pel- ley, the Silver Shirts leader, told her he planned to lead a march on Washington and become the “White King” of the country. The witness, Miss Dorothy Waring of New York, appeared before the Dies committee with Representative Dickstein, Democrat, of New York, who testified that Pelley had been tied up with certain Army officers in a Fascist effort to overthrow the Government. Explaining that she once had been a secret investigator for a House committee, Miss Waring said she had met the Silver Shirt leader while she was working as a secre- tary in the New York headquarters of “The Order of '67,” an organiza- tion now disbanded. She was on good terms with lead- ers of the German-American Bund; she said she lived on Park avenue in an atmosphere of wealth. Appeared in Uniform. One evening in April, 1934, she related, Pelley came to her apart- ment dressed in uniform dnd wear- ing black boots. Bodygusrds came with him, she said, but after satis- fying himself that they were not needed he dismissed them and re- moved two guns from his person. “Thinking I had a great deal of money,” she continued, “he took two and a half hours trying to interest me in supporting the Silver Shirts He explained that eventually the or- ganization would march on Wash- ington—that he would be the dic- tator of the country.” Miss Waring said strands of her hair had been burned in a test, which she passed successfully, to determine whether she was 100 per cent Aryan. “Pelley told me,” she testified, that his legionaires were armed.” Powers Ordered Cited. Meanwhile, by vote of the House, George Powers, Pittsburgh Com- munist leader, was ordered cited for contempt of the House for re- fusing to answer questions of the Dies Committee. Powers, secretary of district § of the Communist party in Pennsyl- vania, was the second Pittsburgh Communist to be so cited within a week. James H. Dolsen, also from the Pennsylvania city, was ordered to be cited to the United States attorney here a few days ago. Among questions which both re- fused to answer were those con- cerned with the identity of a Pitts- burgh Communist who used “Prank- lin D. Roosevelt” as his party pseu- donym. About the time the House cast its voice vote on the powers of con- tempt citation Chairman Dies of the committee investigating Un- American activities announced also that similar action would be asked by the committee against a third Communist, Dr. Albert E. Blum- berg, party secretary for Mary- land and the District of Columbia. Blumberg likewise refused to answer various committee questions. Representative Dickstein, vice chairman of a former House investi- gation of un-American activities, ap- peareq voluntarily before the present investigating group to declare: “I charge that he (Pelley) was tied up with & number of Army officers, and I have evidence to prove it.” Calls Pelley “Jew-Baiter.” Declaring Pelley, Asheville (N. c) publisher, was a “Jew-baiter” and a self-styled “American fuehrer” who had spread more hate than any one else in this country, Representative Dickstein asserted that Pelley’s aim was to replace the present United States Government with one pat- terned after the Hitler regime in Germany. “I charge Pelley with being a mo- tivating force behind the Fascistic desires on the part of Army men lik: Gen. Moseley to lead a revolt backed by Army men against the Government,” he said in a formal statement to the committee. (Maj. Gen. George Van Horn Moseley, U. S. A., retired, was de- scribed by the Dies committee last year as being active in con- nection with various so-called «patriotic organizations. He tes- tified about his activities before the committee.) Mr. Dickstein also presented to the committee letters which he said Capt. Samuel J. Rubley of Detroit, identified as a National. Guard medical officer, had exchanged with lieutenants of Pelley. One letter, bearing Capt. Rubley’s name and dated in October, 1933, sald -a “Mr. Weber” had agreed to turn over to Capt. Rubley for military training men recruited for the Ku Klux Klan. Mr. Dickstein had Representative Kramer, Democrat, of California identify documents which he said (See UN-AMERICAN, Page A-2) Baltimore Doctor, 79, Found Gashed by Ax By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, April 2—Dr. Hen- ry J. Berkley, 79, retired psychiae trist and brain specialist, was found unconscious today at the bottom of the main stairway of his home, his head gashed by a small hand-ax which lay beside him. He was taken to Maryland Gen- eral Hospital, where he remained in a coma and his condition was said to be critical. Police Lt. Oscar Koch said in- vestigators were unable to deter- mine whether the former Johns Hopkins physician had fallen down the stairs or had been attacked. He said he learned the ax usually was kept in the hallway by Dr. Vital Statistics. Page B-20 Berkley “for protection.” Q