Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1940, Page 1

Weather Forecast Cloudy, followed by showers tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer tonight, with minimum temperature about 5¢. Tem- beratures today—Highest, 78, at 2 p.m.; lowest, 51, at 6 a.m. From the United Sta o Weather Bureau report. Full details on Page A-" Closing N. Y. Markets--Sales, Page 16. th YEAR. No. 35,063. Eombas Menace Believed Nearly Removed | From Trondheim ( | By the Associated Press. BERLIN, April 30.—The capture of Dombas, vital railway juncuon‘ 100 miles south of Trondheim, by | the advancing German forces 1ni l‘t;lorwny was officially announced to- | ay. Shortly before that German ad- vance troops farther north had ef-: fected a land link between Oslo and the German-held port of Trond- heim. meeting on the railway south of Storen and apparently locking | the southern gate to Trondheim. | There were no further details con- | cerning the capture of Dombas, | which is 80 miles south of Storen on the same railway and forms the Junction, point for lines from Trond- heim and from Andalsnes. | Allied forces, landed at Andalsnes and rushed eastward to Dombas, | have been defending Dombas in| heavy fighting for several days. | Fondest Hopes Surpassed. | The swift developments exceeded the fondest expectations of Ger-| man military leaders, authorized sources said. Adolf Hitler signed a special order of the day, to be published tomor- row, praising the German Armies in Norway for their 20-day feat in sav- ing Trondheim from an attempted allied pincers, directed at isolating the port by movements from An- dalsnes on the south and Namsos on the north. Inspired commentators said that *the hour of military decision” in Central Norway struck when the | German soldiers of the north and south dramatically shook hands | southwest of Storen and the forces farther south began “the pursuit” | of the British-Norwegian forces | about Dombas. | The high command. in a special communique, said: “Following closely the retreating enemy, German troops advancing in | the Gudbrandsdal reached at noon | today the important railway and | highway junction, Dombas. { “In the advance from the north | to the south along the Trondheim- | Dombas railroad line, Opdal was oc- | cupied. Therefore, the main rail | connection from Oslo to Trondheim | is in German hands.” A brief communique said a Ger- man column coming up from Tynset had met a German column from | the north on the railway southwest of Storen. This indicated the rail- way junction of Storen had been taken from the north, and the British driven out. It also indicated that at least a short sectioh of this railway, from Storen south to a! point near Ullsberg, was in German hands. The northbound column which_effected the junction today | presumably was the force which cut across steep mountain trails from Tynset, heading for the railway near Ullsberg. On the rail line east and south from Storen, other German troops are working north and west. Victory in Norway Seen. Seen through German eyes, to- day’s action means the struggle for | the possession of Norway, at least that part south of Trondheim, is practically won. From this view- point, it is only a question of time before the allied troops between Dombas and Andalsnes are mopped u p. Farther south, the Germans are rapidly closing the gap between Voss, on the Bergen-Oslo line, to the Norwegian capital. DNB, the official news agency, #aid that now a connection has been established between the contingents which started from Oslo and those from Trondheim, a concentric at- tack on allied troops will be made in the near future. If today's Oslo-Trondheim land connection can be maintained, it means that the German Army is in a strong position to hold Trondheim against attacks both from the south and from the north, where allied troops are fed from the landing point of Namsos. Continued German reports of engagements with Norwegian guer- rilla bands indicated that the Nazi grip on the railroad to Dombas was none too secure. Whether it could be used for the large-scale transport of supplies is questioned by informed | sources. The high daily communique, today, said: “German troops advancing on all roads in the direction of Trondheim and Dombas on April 29 everywhere defeated the enemy and forced the enemy to retreat. “Pursuit of the enemy from Ot- ta, where large supplies and stores of all kinds were taken, was in full swing toward Dombas. “Movements and fights in the di- rection of Bergen also were rapidly progressing. Norwegian Regiment No. 4, in the strength of 2,500 men and a commander which was far behind the front, was pursued into the mountains, where it put down its arms northwest of Lillehammer. 260 Prisoners Taken. “German troops, starting in pur- suit from Voss, east of Bergen, took 260 prisoners and captured five guns. Enemy landings, concentra- tions and movements in and around the region of Namos and Andalsnes sustained most serious losses through ettacks of our air force. “Military barracks and store- houses and oil tanks were set afire. 8ix ships were sunk and a number of others severely damaged. “One British airplane was shot down April 28 northwest of Kris- tiansand. In addition, two or three enemy submarines fell victim to the German U-boat hunt in the Ska- gerrak and the Kattegat. “No special developments on the west front.” command’'s regular issued earlier ., e Bas £ WASHINGTON, Foening Star ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, == e~ RAILROADS F————— GERMANS SMASH ALLIED DEFENSES—German successes in Norway were reported today. Nazis pushed past Otta (1) after engagements at Kvam and were reported to have captured Dombas (2). Allies apparently were still holding Hjerkinn (3), but there was a report in London that Germans have captured Storen (4), near which Berlin today announced that a link between Oslo and Trondheim had been established. Allied patrols scattered Germans fighting north of Steinkjer (5) as they tried to block an advance on Snasa. Broken-line arrows show allied moves. German advances. Black arrows show —A. P. Wirephoto. New Allied Batteries Surprise Bombers Raiding Namsos Guns Now Defend Town Battered for Days by German Warplanes So far as is known, J. Norman Lodge is the first United States newspaperman to get into Nam- sos and to give a first-hand ac- count of what is happening there. — By J. NORMAN LODGE, Associated Press Foreign Correspondent. FORMOFOSS, Norway (About 20 Miles East of Namsos), April 30.— German air raids on the allied troops at Namsos, which have turned parts of that Norwegian coastal town | into wreckage, took a sharp decline | yesterday when British anti-aircraft | guns opened up full blast and drove ; a surprised German bomber high into the air. J i After that blast the air alarms | which have kept the entire’ Namsos area anxious since the first days of | Germany'’s invasion of Norway less- ened by 80 per cent. | Namsos, which has steep-rising | cliffs on the north side, a fjord in the center and more hills on the | south, now is literally alive with | British and French anti-aircraft batteries. Each is manned by crack shots especially chosen to bolster the morale of the Norwegians, who have clung to their homes in this embattled town. German fiyers, who, according to Norwegian airmen, formerly flew over the entire sector from Namsos to the Swedish border about 75 miles to the east as “if it were their own private airfield,” realized for the first time yesterday that they would meet resistance. Bomber Drops an “Egg.” When a 5 am. breakfast call was made over Namsos Harbor by the German air force, a German bomber dropped an “egg” (bomb), but also “laid an egg,” for the British bat- teries opened up and chased the aviator into the higher air. As a result the residents who re- fused to flee from their homes now walk unconcernedly about their business. I walked through Namsos yester- day and found the town, especially the lower end near the harbor, vir- tually wrecked. Every house in the lower part of the town is razed, with huge holes showing where German bombs hit. One bomb crater in the center (See LODGE, Page A-6.) President’s Mother Rests After Indigestion Attack (Picture on Page A-6.) By the Associated Press. 5 NEW YORK, April 30.—Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, 85-year-old mother of the President, rested at her home today apparently fully re- covered from a severe attack of in- digestion. The attack occurred late yester- day as she and a companion, Mrs. Gordon Crawford, were returning from a pre-opening visit to the New York World's Fair. Ordering her chauffeur to stop when she became ill, Mrs. Roosevelt spent two hours resting in a drug store in Corona, Queens. Druggist John Tangredi said he gave her aromatic spirits of ammonia, after which Mrs. Roosevelt rested at the rear of the store. “She promised to send me a photograph of herself,” Mr. Tan- gredi said. ‘When she felt better Mrs. Roose- velt returned to her car and was driven home. At her town house, she talked with the President by telephone, assuring him she was “feeling fine.” Mem- bers of the household said a physi- cian was not required. The President’s mother expressed belief her indisposition resulted from a dessert she had for luncheon. } British Reported Bombarding Narvik Germans Heavily Nazis Said to Have Lost All of Their Mountain Artillery Positions By the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, April 30.—German troops in Arctic Narvik, their artil- | lery smashed, were reported today | to be clinging to shore-line ma- chine-gun nests under heavy bom- bardment from British naval forces. Advices from Riksgransen, Swe- | dish border :tation on the iron ore line from Narvik, said the Germans had lost all their mountain artillery positions and that a German bat- tery in a Narvik churchyard had been destroyed by the British guns. | gian civilians whom the Germans Board dismissed allegations that the | A mortuary also smashed. chapel was @ Namsos Situation Now ‘in Hand’, London Asserts By the Associated Press. 1 LONDON, April 30.—A mmu\ry[ source reported today the Germans had captured the important railway Junction of Storen, 30 miles south |of Trondheim, and described the | allied position in the Dombas sec- tor as “difficult.” | The same source asserted that operations were “going well” at Narvik in Northern Norway and said the situation at Namsos was | “stabilized and in hand.” However, the War Office today | reported that a “short withdrawal” | was made by British troops in Cen- tral Norway Sunday night to cover the junction town of Dombas in the Gudbrands Valley. Text of Communique. TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1940—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. k% e Taken, Nazis Claim; Oslo-Trondheim Link Established: ~Storen Loss Is Admitted in London FELLOW TRYING To GET ALONG! /- ‘From Press to Home Star delivered Within the Hour’ Most people in Washington have The to their homes every evening and Sunday morning. THREE CENTS. Gov. Stassen, G. O. P. Keynote Speaker, Comes for Advice The communique follows: “In Sunday's fighting in the Gud- brands Valley the enemy attacked strongly with the support of tanks and low flying aircraft. “All attacks were repulsed with heavy losses, including the destruc- tion of three medium tanks. “During the night our troops ymade a short withdrawal to a po- sition covering Dombas. | “Alr attacks on Andalsnes and Molde continued during the day. | “In the Namsos and Narvik area: the situation remains unchanged.” | The report that Storen had been ' captured was not officially con- firmed, although informants con- ceded the British were “hard pressed” in that sector. Allies Hold Hjerkinn. !labor Board Orders 'Ford 1o Reinstate 94 at St. Louis Company Also Told To Bargain With C. 1. 0. As Exclusive Agent By the Associated Press | The Labor Board ruled today that the Ford Motor Co. had violated | the Wagner Act at its St. Louis Hjerkinn, about 75 miles south of plant and ordered the company to reinstate with back pay 94 employes | Storen, on the railway to Dombas, was. reported! atill in| ‘allied) hands who participated in a strike in 1937. | Farther south the Germans were _The board also ordered the com- said to have reached Gudavamen on PAany to bargain on request with | the Sogne Fjord. C. I. O’s United Auto Workers At Narvik British troops were re- Union as the exclusive representa- | ported to be “closing in" and the tive of the St. Louis plant employes. property of an ore company there In addition, the company was or- was said to be burning. The source dered to disestablish the St. Louis | of these reports did not know the division of the Liberty Legion of |cause of the fire, but said it might America, Inc. The company. ‘the | have been caused by allied artillery | board declared. had “domixated and Berlin to Open Stores On Holiday to Sell Only Spinach By the Associated Press. BERLIN, April 30.—For the first time in Berlin’s history grocery stores will open on Ascension Day, Thursday, to sell spinach and only spinach. An official notice published today said several carloads of spinach are due from abroad. Grocers were ordered to go to the central municipal mar- ket at 6 a.m. Thursday, a legal holiday, and- then to sell their allotments to the retail trade. The stores may keep open for no other purpose. Former Examiner Of N. L. R. B. Figures In Clash at Hearing Business Leadership Is Urged by Head ;Of U. 5. Chamber Carey Tells Members A Freed Industry Can Serve Citizens (Picture on Page B-1.) The spokesman for American business said today the Nation faced Accord Found, Texas Delegates To Back Garner Are Instructed Also To Voice Praise of New Deal’s Record By G. GOULD LINCOLN. Vice President Garner will have | the backing of the delegation which Texas will send to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago July 15. Under an agreement entered into by the Garner-for-President man- agers and the third-term boomers in Texas, the delegation of 46 will vote for Mr. Garner, having been so in- structed, whether or not President Roosevelt’s name is presented to the convention. The agreement entered into is summarized in a telegram sent to- day by Myron G. Blacock, Texas State manager for the Garner forces, to House Majority Leader Rayburn of Texas and to Repre- sentative Johnson of Texas, who has | been active in the third-term move- | ment. It reads: “I have your telegram and agree | with you. “Our organization advo- | cates a three-point program as fol- lows: “l. A strong indorsement of the Roosevelt-Garner administration. To Vote as a Unit. “2. An instruction to the Texas delegates to work and vote as a unit at Chicago for the nomination of our great fellow Texan, John Nance Garner, for President. “3. The selection of a representa- tive delegation composed of a strong and representative group of Texas Democrats, both men and women, to carry out this program and not to serve as a stop-Roosevelt move- ment. I have conferred with Mr. Wirtz (Undersecretary of the In- | terior Alvin Wirtz) and we are in | accord on this program.” ! _The phrase “not to serve as a stop- Roosevelt movement” was the con- | @ “most serfous crisis” and urged | cession made to the third-termers. businessmen to assume leadership to | The Garner managers insist they | or set by the Germans. | Allied naval and land forces were | agministration of the Liberty Le-| | reported to be delaying “a vital at- {tack on beleaguered Germans at \Nlmk * * *until they can assure themselves of the safety of Norwe- | won't allow to leave the town.” | Action on the Steinkjer front was | interfered” with the formation and gion. | Other Allegations Dismissed. At the same time, the Labor Ford Co. had discriminated against 108 workers other than the 94 or- Accounts of heavy naval firing said to have “settled down” and to dered reinstated. last night off the Swedish west coast were published by Stockholm newspapers this afternoon. Naval Fights Reported. Reports of naval engagements in those waters, the sea approach to Norway from Germany, have come from points along the coasts on several recent nights. | They are believed to mean a con- stant allied watch for German ships | coming north out of the Skagen, | ! the strait at the northern tip of | | Denmark. | | A convoy of five merchant ships {and seven destroyers was seen to | scatter yesterday after an explosion. When it reassembled in the same | locality great towers of flame could be seen, indicating that British | mine belts either had not been swept | away completely or that new mines | had been sowed. Nazi Patrols Scattered. While the main theater of action appeared to be centered south of Trondheim, increasing patrol opera- tions were reported on the Steinkjer front, 50 miles to the north. ‘The Stockholm newspaper Tid- ningen quoted Norwegian military headquarters as saying that Britislf and French troops intrenched along the shores of Lake Snasa, a few miles north of Steinkjer, had scat- tered German patrols in a flurry of fighting, in which a number of Nazis were killed and some taken prisoner. The Norwegians described the newly-consolidated allied positions as extremely favorable in this sector. Railway tracks along the south side of the lake have been ripped up to prevent the Germans from using (See STOCKHOLM, Page A-7.) | be confined largely to patrol opera- | | tions. | Storen Important. Storen’s importance cannot be | overestimated, in the opinion . of military men here. It is one of four | points toward which the Germans | | presumably have been heading, and | its capture would leave their advance | | guard only 30 miles from the strong Trondheim garrison. The town is at the junction of the two railway lines running north from Oslo through the @udbrands | and Oster Valleys. They run as one pfinding that the distribution of a line into German-occupied Trond- | heim. This British source said that “demolitions are proving effective,” | and that the most difficult things to repair, such as bridges, are being destroyed. He said there was “ab- | solutely no truth” in reports that British Indian troops were being used in the Norwegian campaign, but said that British officers who (See LONDON, Page A-4) Red Cross C_o;t‘lgutes $10,000 for Norse Relief BY the Associated Press. The American Red Cross cabled $10,000 to the Swedish Red Cross today for relief of Norwegian refugees in Sweden. Headquarters here said representa- tives at Stockholm had reported, “Families swarming across the border, and hundreds of homes and | small businesses have been de- molished by aerial bombing of vil- lages, towns and countryside, chiefly in Northern Norway.” Summary of Page. Amuse- ments Comics _ Editorials Finance _ Lost, Found D-4 Obituary _._A-10 Serial Story B-12 Society __ . .B-3 Foreign New allied batteries surprise Nazis raiding Namsos. Page A-1 British reported bombarding Narvik Germans heavily. Page A-1 Capture of Dombas, allied base, claimed by Nazis. Page A-1 British fiercely defending Storen rafi link with coast. Page A-2 Hungary warns Slovakia to respect rights of minority. Page A-2 National Labor Board orders Ford-to reinstate 94 St. Louis employes. Page A-1 Blankenhorn under fire in N.L.R. B. inquiry. Page A-1 U. 8. Chamber president calls for business leadership. Page A-1 Republican fight over foreign policy plank foreseen. Page A-4 Washington and Vicinity Healey and Davidson clash at Smith Committee hearing. Page A-1 Radcliffe campaigns in Prince Georges tonight. Page A-2 Bruce denies approval of Radcliffe policies. Page A-2 Charge girls set fire to reform school Page B-1 & .| Board of Trade asks Senate to in- Today's Star crease D. C. supply bill. Page B-1 Welfare Board backs bill for foster- child placings. Page B-1 City-wide checkup on fire hazards urged by Bolles. Page B-1 Board of Education hears requests for 14 new schools. Page B-1 Sports American League staging old loop’s type of close race. Page D-1 Dickey’s batting slump rated big fac- tor in Yanks' decline. Page D-1 Nationals open battle with Tigers for third place. Page D-1 Belmont Futurity-Kentucky Derby Double is Bimelech’s target. = Page D-2 Emswiller's quadruple strike ties ancient bowling mark. Page D-3 Editorial and Comment This and That. Answers to Questions. Letters to The Star. David Lawrence Alsop and Kintner. G. Gould Lincoln. Constantine Brown. Jay Franklin. A-8 A-8 A-8 A-9 A-9 A-9 A-9 A-9 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Miscellany Nature’s Children. Bedtime Story. Letter-Out. Winning Contract. Uncle Ray’s Corner. Crossword Puzzle, Vital Statistics. Page B-11 Page D-9 Page D-10 8 | call up for Senate debate a bill to Complaints of “unfair labor prac- tices” by the C. I. O. Auto Workers’ Union in 1937 resulted in an N. L. | R. B. investigation of the Ford company. This inquiry led up to to- day’s order which, among otaer things, directed the company to post notices advising its workers that they are free to become or remain members of the Auto Workers' Union, if they desire. As in previous orders to Ford ! company plants, the board’s action in the St. Louis case contained a | pamphlet entitled ‘“Ford Gives | Viewpoint on Labor” constituted an | interference with the employes’ Wagner Act rights. Pamphlet Declared Hostile. The pamphlet, the board said, manifested the company's "apen1 and active hostility to labor organ- izations.” The company contended in the St. Louis hearing, as it has in other board cases, that it was exercising its constitutional rights of free speech in circulating the pamphlet. The board, however, expressed the view that the company, contrary to “attempting to influence the public at large,” actually Was issuing a “stern warning that it was bitterly opposed to the union and that it would throw the weight of its eco- nomic power against the effort of its employes to form or carry on such an organization.” Company’s Arguments Rejected ‘The company also argued that the legislative history of the Wagner Act indicated that Congress pur- posely left employers free to in- fluence—although not to interfere with—their employes in the exer- cise of their organization rights. “We have considered these de- fenses and, in the light of the facts presented, find them to be without merit,” the board said. Within a short time after the dis- tribution of the pamphlet in 1937, the board declared, the company undertook ‘“an active and open campaign to crush the union, through discriminatory charges and similar repressive measures.” 27 Danube Ships Quit, Cutting Nazi Trade By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, April 30.—The al- lied campaign to cripple Ger- many’s Danube trade was advanced a step farther today when 27 French-owned barges and tugs left the river en route to Istanbul. Other river craft under allied control were concentrated at Su- lina, Rumania, ready to leave the Danube at a moment’s notice. More than 300 barges and tugs leased or purchased by allied agents during the winter to keep them out of the Nazi service were re- ported sent to Istanbul in re- cent weeks. Senate fo Act on Silver Although reiterating his opposi- tion to the measure, Democratic Leader Barkley said today he would repeal the foreign silver buying pro- gram as soon as pending business is out of the way, ) ) Representative Healey Cross-Questions. . Mapes Davidson - (Text of National Radio Forum address by Representative Hal- leck, Republican, of Indiana on proposed Wagner Act amend- ments on page B-13.) By CARTER BROOKS JONES, Bitter words were flung across | the Smith Committee table today as Represemrative Healy, Democrat, !of Massachusetts cross-examined | “effect corrections.” Comparing these parlous times to the blackest days of the Revolution- | jr., youthful president of the United members at its 28th annual meeting: “This is unquestionably a most | serious crisis. It can be solved and it is our duty, together with other | citizens of good intention in all | walks of life, to forge the solution.” | “What we need most in this emer- gency,” he said, “is sound leader- ary and Civil Wars, W. Gibson Carey, | States Chamber told more than 1,500 | | believe President Roosevelt will not Mr. Garner will have the delega- tion on exactly the terms his sup- porters asked when the Texas State Democratic Convention in 1938 unanimously adopted resclutions to | put his name before the national convention. Those resolutions also indorsed and acclaimed the record of the Roosevelt administration. The Garner managers have never | deviated from that program. It ship in government. Parenthet- ically, I must add that part of the blame for the lack of this rests on our shoulders. For the future, how- has now been approved by both | Roosevelt and Garner supporters. | Asked for Harmeny. { That the Roosevelt forces had ever, through our activity and that agreed to the plan advanced for of others, we as a people must see Texas nearly two years ago became that we effect corrections.” known . Monday when Representa- Must “Batance and Pay.” | tives Rayburn and Johnson sent al- The most fundamental correc- MOst identical telegrams to Mr. Bla- | tions needed, he asserted, are: | lock and to Mr. Wirtz, who recently “Carefully, but surely, we must re- | Went to Texas to drum up support for | duce Federal expenditures and bal- |2 third term, asking that Democrats | ance our national budget, including | in Texas make every effort to have our vast Federal corporations. Then | harmony in the party ranks. While we must begin paying our debt. In |the telegram, on its face, was noth- due course, we should further en-|ing more than the expression of the courage productivity and the full | Personal feeling of two out of the Mapes Davidson, the former trial use of our resources by reducing examiner for the National Labor Relations Board. whd has charged the tribunal with allowing Com- munist inffuence; to permeate its taff. < “I'm not going to permit you to | twist my meaning,” Mr. Davidson shouted at one point in, his interro- gation before the Hol group. “There is 2.0 such attempt on my part,” said Mr. Healey, who joined in a minority report recently de- fending the Labor Board and dis- approving the majority report by Chairman Smith urging drastic amendments of the Wagner Act. Mr. Davidson, recalled for the cross-examination, had told the committee Friday that he resigned March 15, because Dr. David Saposs, the board’s chief economist, had asked that the trial examiners hold employers guilty of unfair labor practices “by inference” where there was no direct evidence. Favoritism to Unions Denied. Mr. Healey cited cases in which the board had reversed Mr. David- son’s findings, in whole or in part, and asked if in these reversed rul- ings the board had not held he was favoring unions. “You are implying,” snapped the witness, “that I was partisan to unions. I was not.” He added that 21 members of the House from Texas, | tgxes, which are a first charge On‘tpere was no doubt of its implica- | the standard of living of every | tions. citizen, because they inevitably are| _Representatives Rayburn and reflected in prices. | Johnson went to the White House “As we release the present re- | and showed the telexm_m to Presi- strictions on business, substitute | dent Roosevelt and obtained his per- clear laws, applying alike to all mission for sending it. Its effect was men, for the dictates of unrestrained | t call off the forces which had been | administrative agencies and rein- | Seeking to have Texas not instruct state good will and co-operation | its delegation for Mr. Gamner. | we shall develop new industry,| Mr. Wirtz himself had called for improve our present products and give to our people, through lower prices, more real purchasing power. Then we may once again have good jobs for all those who want to work. Also by this process we shall havs gone a long way toward solv- ing our agricultural situation * * *.” Institutions “Still Intact.” Our Government institutions, he said, “though somewhat perverted, are still intact. We still have free (speech for the unintimidated, and we have untrammelled religous observance * * *." There is no general answer for our troubles, he added, “save that we have faltered badly in two par- ticulars which, however, in every generation and every nation are prime essentials. The first is lead- ership; the second is character * * *. “The defect which has, however, undermined the country has been (See LABOR BOARD, Page A-7.) (See C. of C., Page A-3) Crowd Jittery a s Job Seeker ‘Shows Off' Atop 700-Ft. Trylon By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 30—A man who said he hoped to get a para- chute-jumping job at the New York World’s. Fair chose the top of the 700-foot trylon today for a demonstration. He lost his nerve after a trial para- chute with a dummy attached landed in a pool of water; but for more than an hour he kept the police and more than 100 workmen in suspense until he was yanked back to safety and arrested. He identified himself as Roy Yost, 36, of Manhattan, and was booked on a charge of disorderly conduct. He said he slipped into the fair grounds at Flushing last night, wearing white overalls, and hid in the towering pyramid. World's Fair official’s disclaimed any prior knowl- edge of his stunt. The man appeared at 6:15 am. when he opened a trapdoor 20 feet below the tip of the towering pyramid. Emerging into the bright morning sunshine he began to dance. An alarm brought workmen from all over the fair grounds and police emergency squads from as far away as Manhattan. Police headquar- ters had received a report that the man was “preparing to jump.” Apparently, however, he had other » oy ideas. Fifteen minutes after he appeared he tossed down a coil of rope. A quarter of an hour later those below gasped as a small white-clad figure detached itself from the platform and came hurtling down. But suddenly a parachute opened and the figure drifted gracefully into the pool of water below. It was a dummy! Then the man above threw down a canvas sack. Next followed a collapsible handbag. The police meanwhile had sent a hook and ladder squad from Queens. Ladders were raised, but they were far too short. Shortly after 8 o'clock two spe- cial policemen started up the stairs inside the trylon. - Twenty minutes later the white- clad figure was yanked back inside the towner. The crowd dispersed. In Flushing Court, Magistrate Thomas Aurelio fined Jost $25 with the alternative of five days in jail, chiefly, he éxplained, as an example to others that “they can’t try these stunts and expect to get a medal.” Jost said he had no money and would have to take the five days. He said the trouble of carrying the 75-pound dummy to the top of the Trylon had “tuckered me out.” N a Roosevelt delegation. In a state- ment issued at Dallas on April 25 he called on Texans to go to their precinct conventions on May 4 and instruct for a “Roosevelt New Deal delegation.” Resolution Unchanged. It was also pointed out that the program agreed on by all sides could be carried out without chang- ing the wording of resolutions which the Garner managers had already sent to precinct leaders through- |out the States. These resolutions which the Garner managers drew two weeks ago called for the dele- gation to be instructed for Vice President Garner and also to have the convention praise the record of the Roosevelt administration. The telegram sent to Mr. Wirtz by Representatives Rayburn and Johnson read: “We believe Texas Democrats should make every effort to have harmony in party ranks and that misunderstanding now existing should be ended. You state Texas Roosevelt supporters should indorse native son John Garner and send delegation instructed to vote for his nomination for the presidency and Blalock, Garner manager, in public statement say Garner organization and his supporters will insist that State convention approve and ac- claim administration record and will refuse to be a party to any stop Roosevelt movement. We think in the interest of the party and in the light of the above statements at- tributed to both of you, both sides should get together and send dele- gation to national convention which will carry out above program. We cannot beat the Republican party in November if we concentrate on beating each other now. We teel sure such an understanding would not beé displeasing to the President.” Leiserson Sees No Need For Labor Act Changes By the Associated Press. TOLEDO, Ohio, April 30.—The National Labor Relations Act needs no amending, but its administration could be improved, contends Dr, Willlam M. Leiserson, N. L. R. B. member. Replying to a question after an address before the Toledo Bar As- sociation last night, Dr. Leiserson described the Walter-Logan bill to amend the act as a “mistake” which would be a “step backward® in settling labor problems.