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THREAT TO TRADE SEEN INMEASURE Bill Passed by Senate Would Give I. C. C. Power Over All Business. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Every lawyer and every doctor, •very professional service man, every advertising agent and every advertiser, In fact everybody in business in the United States will be interested to learn that a little bill has just been passed by the Senate which, If not reconsidered and defeated, will when passed by the House set up the Fed eral Trade Commission as the super vising tribunal which may supervise the conduct of every single business, whether incorporated or not. Just three or four words insertêd In the present Federal Trade Commis sion act, and put there when an un suspecting Senate did not grasp· the meaning of the amendment, led to the passage by an oral vote of a bill which would revolutionize the powers of the Federal Trade Commission. The new proposal would make un lawful, not only "unfair competition." which has always been in the law, but would add all "deceptive acts and practices." Brain Trusters Renew Fight. Now what is a "deceptive act." and Why should a commission in Wash ington have the power to decide it? This query was asked by this cor respondent Just about nine months ago. when the same bill was intro duced at the request of the Federal Trade Commission at the last session of Congress, and the measure didn't get to first base. Now, however, the young brain trusters at the Federal Trade Com mission have renewed their fight. If they get this bill through they will not need a'Copeland food and drug law. they will not need the securities exchange law, · and they will have broad power, not only over corpora tions, but over all persons. Members of the Senate who adopted the bill by an oral vote were assured at the time that it was an Innocent measure which merely strengthened the present law in some incidental re spects. Even Senator Wheeler of Montana, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee, thought he was offering an amendment which merely clarified the present statute. Nobody took the trouble to make a comparison of the language added to the present law and why it was sought. Senator Austin of Vermont asked a number of questions just after the bill was passed and Senator Wheeler promptly agreed to allow the measure to be reconsidered. And that's what Its status is now. Text of Measure. Here is how the proposed law reads: "Unfair methods of competition in or affecting commerce and unfair or deceptive acts and practices in or af fecting commerce are declared un lawful. "The commission is empowered and directed to prevent persons, partner ships or corporations, except banks and common carriers subject to the acts to regulate commerce, from using unfair methods of competition in or affecting commerce and unfair or de ceptive acts and practices in or af fecting commerce." , Now the new language added is the phrase "affecting commerce" and also "unfair and deceptive acts and prac tices in or affecting commerce." There is nothing in the present law about interstate or intrastate com merce. but the words "in commerce" are used, which means, of course. Interstate commerce, as the Feedral Government has no constitutional authority to regulate transactions in side a State. The New Dealers, how ever, have been trying to set up a new constitutional doctrine, namely that a transaction "affecting com merce" somehow includes one with in a State but which may be remotely connected with something in inter state commerce. Believe in Legislation First. It is not probable that the Su preme Court would sustain any such stretch of the Constitution, but the New Deal lawyers believe in legislating first and litigating afterward. It is also apparent that, while the present law prohibits unfair competi tion by persons engaged in interstate commerce, professional people could hardly come within that . category. However, when "deceptive acts" in or "affecting commerce" are introduced into the law. it makes persons as well as corporations subject to a far reaching Federal control of the every day acts of a business or profession. The Federal trade commission also has broad powers of investigation and Inquisition. Once "deceptive acts" are permitted to be one of the objects of the law, the commission would have the right to use its machinery of Inquiry to see whether there are any deceptive acts being practiced. Never before have such police pow ers been sought by a Federal agency, and it is a novel attempt to bring under Federal control a vast number of businesses and professions which happen not " to have been encom pased In the other restrictive and punitive measures already a part of the ruling passion In Government today. (Copyright, 1935.) I Congress in Brief Br the Associated Press. TODAY. Sénat*. Continues debate on work-relief bill. Munitions Committee concludes in quiry into Newport News Shipbuilding £t Dry Dock Co. Interstate Commerce Committee continues hearing on Guffey coal bill. Bouse. Debates War Department appropri ation bill. Rules Committee conducts hearing bn proposal to investigate Home Own ers Loan Corp. Agriculture Committee conducts hearing on cotton bills. Labor Committee hears labor spokesman on bill to provide equal labor representation on code author ities. Ways and Means Committee con siders economic security bill. YESTERDAY. Senate. Acted on several amendments to $4.880.000.000 relief bill. Interstate Commerce Committee opened hearings on Guffey coal con servation bill. V House. Debated War Department appropri ations bill. Interstate Commerce Committee opened hearings on holding company legislation. Labor Committee took testimony on measure to give labor equal represen tation oq code authorities, A 7 What's What Behind News Court Stressed Facts, BY PAUL MALLON. The lawyers will be arguing irom now on about what the Supreme Court did In the gold cases. The only thing they may agree on is that the court faced the facts in prefer ence to the law. In other words, the decision was based on calm reasoning rather than cold constitutional words. At least this Is what they are saving here now sotto voce. It pleases a lot of lawyers who have always believed that the letter of the law has caused much Injustice as well as justicev As they see it, the reasoning be hind the court decision was quite simple. When the justices locked the door and got down to business they did not call for copies of the Con stitution and thumb through it first. They merely asked themselves the question whether the people who were suing the Government had actually been damaged because the New Deal devalued the dollar. Any fair-minded economist will tell you the answer. They had not. In faot Law, in Making Gold Clause Rule. Liberty bond holders bought their bonds, say. in 1918, with the old 100-cent dollar of that period. <Tha* was the year when most of the liber ties were sold by the Government.) If they sell those bonds now they will get just as many of President Roose velt's 59-cent dollars. The only actual difference to them is what their bond would buy in 1918 and what it will buy now, not in gold, but in food, clothing and such things. If you dig buck into the value of a dollar in 1918 you will find it was worth about 76 cents in pur chasing power. That is, prices were then so high after the war that you could get only 76 cents' worth of food and clothing for it. Today the dollar will buy roughly $1.33 in goods at the present lower price level. So if any one owes any one else in this matter you Liberty bond holders would seem to owe the Gov ernment about 57 cents. At least the dollars with which you bought your Liberties will buy that much more today. Labor Statistics Used. The figures used are from the sur vey of wholesale prices conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They are computed on a 1926 base, with prices that year being considered to furnish 100 cents' purchasing power for the dollar. The average pur chasing «power of the dollar in all commodities for 1918 was exactly .162 and for 1934 it was exactly $1.335, as shown in this recently issued survey. Hie gold prices for the two comparr ative periods are beside the point, be cause no America· citizen now can buy gold with his Liberty bones or his dollars. There was one trick in the de cision. The reasoning implies that the court might hold differently in a case of foreigners, who have suffered actual damages on their Liberty bond investments as a di- ί rect result of devaluation. For > instance, a Frenchman who paid 10,000 francs for a Liberty bond will find it worth only about 6,000 francs now. His interest is worth that much less also, when he converts it from de valued dollars into gold francs. If some Frenchman purchased Liberties and set them aside to meet some inter national balances, he might have a good chance of collecting if he sued the United States Government. No doubt some will try. Certain good authorities suspect the court might consider other facts, such as whether the claim of the Frenchman should logically be made against his own government for not devaluing also. A flock of rumors have been flying around suggesting that Mr. Roosevelt might take this encouraging oppor tunity to devalue the dollar further. He could squeeze 9 more cents of gold out of it if he wanted to. There is no indication that he will. Every well-informed authority here seems to be convinced that he will not. For one thing there is no ad vantage he could possibly gain by It, except to remove that minor un certainty about his final action. The truth seems to be that he likes this minor uncertainty and will keep It in reserve until the time comes to stabilize with foreign countries. No one is agitating for further de valuation. Even the inflationists seem to be willing to let everything slide along for the time being. Gold Countries "on Spot." Conclusion jumpers seem to have decided that International pressure against France and the gold bloc countries now will be stronger. This belief is not shared by the most com petent International exchange experts here. They think that France will devalue sooner or later, but that the international pressure on her will be no stronger now than it was six months ago. In base ball as In law. It's the winning run that" counts. A 5-to-4 decision Is just as conclusive as 9 to 0. (Copyright. 1935.) Stamp Auction, to Be Held. One of the most Important stamp auctions of the season will be held at a meeting of the Washington Philatelic Society at the Hotel Carl ton tonight, beginning at β o'clock. More than 300 lots from the collec tion of J. H. Jenkins of the Asso ciated Press will be sold. The pubLc is Invited. \ BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band Symphony Orchestra this evening at 8 o'clock In the auditorium, Marine Barracks. Capt. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur S. Witcomb, second leader. On account of other ofBclal duties the concert by the Marine Band ached-1 uled for Friday afternoon la caaoeled.1 Asiatic Fleet to Be in Charge of Murfin, With Full Admiral Rank. Important changes In high com K lands afloat, to become effective during the coming Summer, were an nounced today by Secretary Swan son. A new four-star admiral will be created when Rear Admiral Orin G. Murfln, now commander of Battle ship Division 3 of the Battle Force, becomes commander-in-chief of the Asiatic Fleet. He served In Wash ington recently as judge advocate gen eral. In his new post he will relieve Admiral Frank B. Upham, who will step down from the rank of a full admiral to his permanent grade of rear admiral. No orders for another assignment have yet been issued to Admiral Upham, who served in Washington from 1930 to 1933 as chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Secretary Swanson is expected to issue a list of changes among h'gh ranklng naval officers ashore that will shift a number of seniors, including Admiral Upham. Under today's announcement, the new commander of the Battle Force will be Admiral Harris Laning, now commanding the cruisers of the Scouting Force, with the rank of vice admiral. Admiral Laning. who wiU assume the rank of full admiral, will relieve Admiral Frank H. Brumby, for whom no new orders have been is sued and who will revert to his per manent rank of rear admiral. Hepburn Replaces Campbell. The new commander of the Scout ing Force will be Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn, who now commands the destroyers of the Battle Force. He will relieve Vice Admiral Edward H. Campbell, who will relinquish his grade of vice admiral, reverting to his permanent rank of rear admiral. A few years ago Admiral Campbell served in Washington as Judge advo cate general. Rear Admiral George T. Pettergill, commander of the Base Force, will be relieved by Rear Admiral Wat T. Clu verius, now commandant of the Oth Naval District and commanding the Naval Training Station at Great Lakes. 111. Vice Admiral Thomas T. Craven, commanding Battleship Divisions of the Battle Force, will be relieved by Rear Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Upon assuming command of the Battleship Division, Admiral Leahy will beccme a vice admiral. Vice Admiral Craven will revert to his permanent rank of rear admiral. Andrews Considered for Post. Secretary Swanson revealed at his press conference today that he has under consideration as the new chief of the Bureau of Navigation Rear Ad miral Adolphus Andrews, now chief of staff to the commander in chief of the United States Fleet, aboard the Pennsylvania. At one time Admiral Andrews was in command of the then presidential yacht Mayflower, ί } Taking over conjraarid of the de ! stroyers of the Battle Force will be I Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward, i now a member of the General Board. ! He is one of the outstanding orators ι in the service and ^ former newspaper ί man. Admiral Woodward will relieve I Admiral Hepburn. R?ar Admiral Adolphus E. Wauon, ocmmanding the destroyers of the Scouting Force, will bî relieved by Rear Admiral Sinclair Gannon, com mander of mine craft of the Battle Force. No orders for Admiral Watson have be?n Issued. Former Embassy Attache. Admiral Upham irom 1921 to 1924 was naval attache at the American Embassy in Paris and he held a slmi i lar post concurrently to Madrid, j Admiral Murfln's World War serv ice brought him In charge of the United States mine bases in Scotland, for which he was given the Dis tinguished Service Medal for,his part in laying the northern mine barrage to cope with German submarines. In 1926 he was in Washington in the Office of Naval Operations and from 1927 to 1928 he served as assistant chief In the Bureau of Navigation. He served here as Judge Advocate General from August. 1931, to June. 1934. Admiral Murfln Is president of the court of inquiry investigating the Macon disaster. During the Spanish-American War Admiral Brumby served aboard the New York, flagship of Rear Admiral William T. Sampson. He served in Washington in September, 1921, com mencing duty as captain of the Washington Navy Yard. After com manding the battleship New Mexico, he returned to Washington in No vember. 1928, and became president of the Board of Inspection and Sur vey at the Navy Department. Vice Admiral Laning was in Washington in 1916 when attached to the Office of Naval Operations and later during the war was in the Bureau of Navi gation. For that service, in charge of the detail of officers of the Navy and later as assistant chief of the Bureau of Navigation, he. was award ed the Navy Cross. In June, 1930, he became president of the Naval War College. Vice Admiral Campbell was awarded the Navy Cross lor his World War service as commanding officer of the Charleston, engaged In escorting and transporting troopï to Europe. In June. 1924, he came here as assistant chief of the Bureau of Navigation. In April, 1925, he was appointed Judge advocate general of the Navy, serving in that capacity for four years. Admiral Hepburn during the World War served at the submarine base, New London, Conn., and then went to London, England, for service In conjunction with submarine chasers. The Distinguished Service Medal came to him for his command of the subchaser base at Queenstown Island, as well as having charge of aircraft and their operation on the southern Irish coast. He served here as di- . rector of naval intelligence from July, 1926, to September, 1927. Admiral Pettengil was given the Navy Cross for his World War service as executive officer of the battleship Wyoming of the 6th Division. Bat tleship Fleet. In August, 1923, he came here for duty in the Bureau of Navigation. Admiral Cluverius got the Distin guished Service Medal for laying mines in the North Sea during the World War. Prom 1919 to 1921 he was com mandant of Midshipmen at the Naval Academy. In 1923 he came to Wash ington for duty in the Office of Naval Operations at the department. Admiral Leahy has been chief of the Bureau of Navigation here since June, 1933. He lives at 2168 Florida avenue. The World War brought him the Navy Cross as commander of the U. S. S. Princess Matoika, engaged in transporting and escorting troops and supplies through the war zone. From June, 1918, to February, 1921, he was director of gunnery exercises and en gineering performances at the Navy Department. In 1923 he came back to Washington to the Bureau of Navi gation, serving as director of officer personnel. After commanding the battleship New Mexico he returned here in October, 1927, as chief of the Bureau of Ordnance. Admiral Woodward obtained the Navy Cross for his World War service as executive officer on the battleship New York. After the war he was a member of the United States Naval Mission to Brazil and in 1923 was head of the United States Naval Mission to Peru. He was chairman of the United States Electoral Mission to Nicaragua in the Fall of 1932, having the rank of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. He has been a member of the General Board since June, 1933. Peru awarded him the Order of the Sun. Admiral Watson holds the Navy Cross for his World War work as executive officer of the battleship Florida. He was in Washington from 1922 to 1924 in the Bureau of Navigation. Admiral Gannon secured the Dis tinguished Service Medal ior his World War service in command of the Saranac, engaged in laying mines lr the North Sea. He was in Washing ton in the Office of Naval Operations from 1921 to 1923. From 1925 to 1928 he was in command of midship- j men at the Naval Academy. BACKERS TO PUSH 2 BÛNUSFIGHTS Patman Group Seeks Forced Action Tomorrow, Spurn ing Compromise. By the Associated Press. Standing flatly against any com promise, backers of the Patman $2, 100,000,000 bonus bill decided today upon two immediate steps to force action. Both moves are planned for tomor row. The first will seek to assure a House vote on the bill even though it Is not approved by the Ways and Means Committee. The second will attempt to permit the insertion of the Patman bill in an appropriation bill which provides salaries for Repre sentatives and Senators. Representative Patman, Democrat, of Texas, informed newspaper men that at noon tomorrow—the earliest possible moment under the rules—he would file a petition to take his bill out of the Ways and Means Committee. , Expects Signatures. "I hav# no doubt but that we will get the necessary signatures," Patman said. It now requires 216 signers to discharge a committee from consider ing a bill. "I Intend no discourtesy to the committee," Patman continued. "I know it has been too busy to act on the bonus yet, but I Just want to safeguard the rights of the members who favor my bill. "When the petition is signed up It will not be mandatory for the House to vote. But if something should arise we could demand a.House vote. We want to be prepared for any thing." Another Texas Democrat. Represen tative Blanton, will father the second petition. It would bring to a House vote a resolution permitting the Pat man bill to be offered as an amend ment to the legislative appropriation measure. "I think HI get the necessary signa tures without trouble," Blanton said. "If that legislative bill goes through the House with the Patman bill in it, then the Senators will have to vote for the Patman bill or they won't get any pay next fiscal year." Tydings' Bill Comment. Patman's followers were chary of making public comment on the bonus \ bill introduced yesterday by Senator ; Tydings. Democrat of Maryland. But privately, they said they much pre ferred their method of issuing new ; currency to buy up adjusted compen- . sation certificates at their face value. Under the Tydings bill, interest- I bearing, negotiable bonds would be ex changed for the certificates. A vet- 1 eran thus either could sell his bonds for cash or hold them until they ma-1 tured in 1945, the year the existing ' certificates mature. Another bill, backed by the Amerl- J can Legion proposes an outright pay ment of cash raised through a new bond issue. A partial poll of the Ways and Mentis Committee shows most of the members now favor the Vinson bill, in view of the opinion handed down by j the Supreme Court warning Congress j against overinflation. The Vinson bill I directs the Treasury to issue bonds to finance bonus payments. Price $1 at The Evening Star Business Office, or by mail, postpaid a Œlip Enftiing &tar Offert Its Readers This Worth-While BOOK It explains the permanent departments of the Federal Government and the Alphabet Bureaus of the New Deal. Every American should read it. Order today. ι Order Form I ! ι • Same I ι · 1 ι Street I j ι I City staU .... j a & · Masterpieces That Figure inMellon Tax Fight MELLON ART M BRINGS STIR IRE Designation of Other Fa mous Paintings Awaited for Monumental Gallery. BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT. Thpir anticipations heightened by announcements thus far, art lovers of Washington today were anxiously awaiting designation of other famous paintings marked for places in the monumental gallery contemplated for the Capital by Andrew W. Mellon. Thus far. only six of the Pittsburgh millionaire's pictures have teen iden tified for display here. Although it was learned today that no more detailed statement may bs expected for several weeks, it is know η that there will be fnough canvases to fill a gallery equal in size to that es tablished to house the Freer collection, given to the Smithsonian Institution in 1920 by Charles L. Freer of Detroit. Mr. Mcllon's gift, as reported yes terday. also includes funds for the purchase of other notable master pieces as they may become available in the future. His purpose is to bring Washington to an equality with Lon don and Paris as one of the great art centers of the world. "Alva Madonna" Included. Of those paintings thus far desig nated the so-called "Alva Madonna" by Raphael Sanzio probably Is the most famous. The artist was bom at Urbino, In the papal states oi Italy, April 6. 1483. only son of a painter of moderate talents. His life began in obscurity, but such was his genius that by 1500 he had achieved celebrity. Among his productions were a long series of frescoes for the Vatican, JO designs for tapestry now at Hampton Court. England; the "Sistine Madon na," Dresden, and pictures in Flor ence. Milan and elsewhere. A general favorite among all classes, he died oi the plague at Rome on his 37th birth day and was mourned as "a prince of painters." The Cowper or Nicolini "Madonna," owned by Mr. Mellon, also is Raphael's work. It was acquired by an Ameri can agent from the Hermitage Palace, Leningrad, when that collection was dispersed by the Soviet authorities. Augustus J. C. Hare, in his "Studies in Russia," speaks of it as being in "the best and most delicate manner of the master." The composition shows St. John offering the Infant Savior a toy cress while the Holy Mother "is wistfully watching the prophetic play of the children." A third picture is an impressive "Crucifixion," by Pietro Vânucci. cus tomarily referred to as Perugino, Raphael's teacher, born at Castello delta Pieve in 1446. A great colorist and skilled draftsman, he is remem bered for his Sistine Chapel frescoes, executed for Pope Sixtus V; "Ma donna and Child" in the Albanl Pal ace, Rome; "Holy Family" and "Dead Christ" in the Pitti Palace. Florence, and frescoes at the Sala del Cambio, Perugia, not to mention scores of smaller pieces in the National Gallery, London; the Louvre. Paris, and other places. He died In 1524, leaving a tradition of tireless labor as an in spiration for his many pupils. Work by Van Eyck. Mr. Mellon, also has an "Annuncia tion," by Jan van Eyck, Flemish mas ter, born near Maaseyck about 1390 and considered one of the primary inventors of oil painting. The Duke of Burgundy, Philip the Good, em ployed him as an artist and as an Ambassador, and he enjoyed excep tional success in both fields of effort His pictures are notable for their minute exactness of detail, their warm and durable color and their hu manity—all his figures are direct from life, natural in the highest degree. It Is recounted by his biographer that his patron sent him to Lisbon, Portugal, to paint the portrait of a princess he planned to wed. and the artist rendered the lady's likeness so engagingly as to fix the duke's choice to the advantage of all concerned. Jan's career ended In 1441, but his immortality is assured. An example of the work of Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, is the com position known as "The Toilet of Venus," purchased by Mr. Mellon sev eral years ago. This picture, repro duced in The Star yesterday, shows the Queen of Love with Cupid holding a mirror to reflect her beauty. It be longs to the Venetian master's "mid dle" period, and is among his best ef forts in that time. Titian was born In 1477 and died August 27, 1577. His career ran through an entire century, and the flame within him burned bright until the very end. Works from his hand are scattered in Austria. Ger many. Great Britain, Prance, Spain, the United States and, of course, all over Italy. "Adoration of the Magi" "The Adoration of the Magi," by Botticelli, is one of several of that name which the artist, originally known as Sandro Mariano di Fillpepi, painted. He was a Florentine, born In 1444, a tanner's son and a goldsmith'· apprentice. Among his patrons were the Medld-family and Popes Slxtui^V and Pius IV, but tt» last portion tt his life vu spent under the influence of the reformer Savonarola, who taught him to despise bis art. He died in ISIS, already a legend for the grace and grandeur of the works of his youth—now found in London, Paris, Berlin, Boston, Rome, Florence and Milan. "The Adoration," from the Hermitage collection, brought to Amer· lean by Mr. Mellon, Is In tempera on wood and is supposed to have been painted during Botticelli's stay in Rome. Art dealers In New York have esti mated the former Secretary's canvases to be worth between $25,000,000 and <40,000.000. With the building to shel ter them and the endowment which Mr. Mellon has pledged, the total gift thus will come to approximately $90, MOJM, ' 1 Above: The triptych, "The Crucifixion," by Perugino, one of the out standing masterpieces from the collection of Andrew W. Mellon. This is one of the five for which Mellon paid 13.247.695—the sum listed in his gifts to non-taxable institutions, for which he claims exemption from taxation. This point was emphasized by Prank J. Hogan, Mellon's at torney. in opposing the Government's charges that Mellon now owes $3,073,103 in extra taxes. Below: Raphael's "Madonna Alba," another of the paintings, which Attorney Hogan explained was to be placed on public exhibition. Hogan further stated that in 1931 Mellon perfected plans to build a public art gallery here to house his collection of masterpieces, valued at many millions. American Small Town Passing,1 Lewis Finds on 50th Birthday 'Seven Million Dollar? Latest Novel, Will Appear in Star. Academy Change Seen in Accepting Its Membership. Sinclair Lewis, noble prize author whose "Babbitt" and "Main Street" burned the ears of small-town Amer ica back in 1920, sat back on his fiftieth birthday early this month and opined that the American small town he portrayed in his much, dis cussed novel is rapidly parsing. He himself was born in a prairie village in Minnesota. Lewis, whose latest novel, "Seven Million Dollars," will be published for the first time In This Week, the new colorgravure magazine of The Sunday Star on Sunday, is still an older facsimile of the thin, nervous, red haired. unathletic boy, who always stood near the bottom of the class at Yale. Like Babbitt, he live· in a. suburb only a few miles from the railroad station, surrounded by quiet "suburban-minded" neighbors. "Today," he says, "Babbitt reads biography and history and sends his children to colleges, and colleges are not what they used to be. They are no longer the bulwarks of orthodoxy in all things. People in "Main Street" think about things about as other people do elsewhere. The Nation is becoming sophisticated." Early this month Lewis accepted membership In the National Academy of Arts and Letters, an honor he de clined eight years ago. "Perhaps I am kidding myself," he said when asked to explain this change in attitude. "Perhaps I am getting to be a fossil and do not realize It. But It seems to me that the institute, like Main Street, has : hanged. Like the rest of the Nation, it has become sophisticated." But "Seven Million Dollars" is written in the vigorous stride of "Main Street," "Babbitt." and "Dods worth." Whatever has happened to America's small towns, it's the same old Lewis. Other writers appearing in this week's first issue are Fannie Hurst, Rupert Hughes. I. R. A. Wylie, Doro thy Sayers and Roy Chapman An drews. SINCLAIR LEWIS. WRITER TO SPEAK Sir Wlllmott Lewis to Talk at Baptist Banquet. Sir Wlllmott Lewis, Washington cor respondent of the London Times, will speak at the lorty-fourth annual ban quet of the Vaughn Class of Calvary Baptist Church at 7 p.m. Friday In the church dining room. Eighth and H streets. Some 400 persons are expected to attend the banquet. Reservations may be made until tonight at the church office. On the program is Dr. Allan A. Stockdale, John Shellie. National Broadcasting Co. impersonator; Mark Foote, president of the National Press Club; the Octavians, a double quartet, and Charles Owen, a musician in the United States Marine Band. CONFIDENTIAL AIDE REVEALS MELLON PROFIT AS "SHORT" (Continued From First Page.·) of the Pittsburgh Coal Co. common stock (a transaction which the Gov ernment charges was fraudulent) to the Union Trust Co. on December 30, 1931, and collected a $500,000 check for which Mellon had arranged to dispose of It. Cost Put at 96.177,847. The aecretary brought out records stating that the shares cost Mellon $6,177,847.75. The difference accounts for $5,667,956.25 of the loss which Mellon cites he suffered that year, Johnson added. The next April, said Johnson, "Mr. Cord of the Union Trust Co. asked me If I knew any one who r anted to buy those shares. I told him later I thought I knew where he could find a buyer." I The sale was made April 25 to the Cooalesced Co., In which Johnson said Paul Mellon, the banker's son, and Mrs. AlUa Bruce, his daughter, are heavy shareholders. The price paid, he added, was >517,278.21. Johnson's testimony wa» a climax to hours of fast action which sa» the Government's subpoenas asking volu minous records from two of the Mel lon banks quashed by the board and the Mellon counsel press their claim the assessment was forced by the Democratic Attorney General, Homer ft. Oumminga, à WEALTHY REALTOR FEARED KIDNAPED Woman and Temple U. Coed Also Missing—Boston Man Once Threatened. By the Associated Preir. NEWTON. Mass., February 20.— Moses H. Gulesian, 71, former mil lionaire Boston and Newton realtor, threatened with kidnaping several years ago, was reported missing today by his son-in-law, Jaines L. Beck, of Newton Center. Beck said Gulesian had received no recent threats. He said he "did not know what to think" when asked if he suspected Gulesian had been kid naped. He said Gulesian attended a dinner of the Sons of Veterans of the Ameri can Revolution at the University Club. Boeton, last night, and that his abandoned automobile was found In Trinity Place, Boston. Beck was summoned to the Gule sian home about 3 a.m.. he said, and Mrs. Gulesian informed him Gulesian had not returned. She said she had expected him about 10 p.m., and that shs had been apprised he had left the club early In the evening. Gulesian in Good Health. Beck said that although Gulesian had thousands of dollars.tied up in real estate that his financial outlook was becoming increasingly bright. He said he was in good nealth, and that there was no apparent reason why he should voluntarily disappear. Beck declared, in response to a re port that Gulesian had been living in comparatively straitened circum stances in his palatial Commonwealth avenue home, that "like most of us he had been hard hit in recent years," but hi indicated that his wealth was not completely depleted, and that there was no reason for him to dis appear on that score. Gulesian came to this country ω an immigrant and amassed a for tune in Boston real estate. Previous Threat Probed. District Attorney Warren L. Bishop of Middlesex County said that the pre vious kidnap threat was investigated and an indictment returned, but that prosecution was discontinued for lack of evidence. Boston police said they found no clues in the automobile and had no leads other than those provided by Beck. Gulesian was described as being 5 feet 7 inches tall and of dark com plexion. He was wearing a black overcoat, black and white scarf, black hat. navy blue suit and gray spats. The missing man was one of the originators of the idea to restore the frigate Constitution. Old Ironsides, and aras first president of the Old Ironside· Association. His wife, the former Grace Warner, is a talented pianist and also a com poser. At the time of the alleged threat to kidnap in November, 1933, Gulesian told investigators he was lured to an Albany. N. Y„ hotel by two men who said they wished to make a real estate deal. Sensing; foul play, Gule sian refused to accompany them on an automobile trip to Philadelphia. A few weeks later Gulesian identi fied John M. Mason, alias Gray, as one of the men involved. He was indicted but because of lack of evi dence Bishop turned him over to Bridgeport, Conn., authorities who sought him in connection with an alleged $30,000 swindle. GIRL. 18, DISAPPEARS. PHILADELPHIA. February 20 (JF).— Police aid was enlisted today in a search for Julia R. Fellman, 18-year old Temple University sophomore, missing for 24 hours. Her family declared she had "abso lutely no reason" to leave of her own accord. Her brother William, 24, said "all her friends have been accounted for," and other members of the family ex pressed fears for her safety. HI'S BAND CONFIDENT. ' OMAHA, Neb.. February 20 (/P).— Lloyd Skinner's faith in his wife's re sourcefulness to meet any emer gency—even kidnaping—gave the Omaha manufacturer comfort today. More than *0 hours have passed since she started by automobile for Kansas City to visit her mother, but Skinner refused to be frightened. The manufacturer said he beUeved her to be safe: possibly trapmed on the road. "But she is a resourceful woman, and I know that she will take care of herself and will communicate with me at the first opportunity," he said. Young Thieves Caught. Cases of housebreaking in Plymouth, England, were traced to a gang of children, all under 13 years old, the leader being a boy of 6. Deduction for Taxe·. Taxes on real estate and personal property paid during the year 1934' are deductible. So-called taxes, which are assessed against local benefits, such as streets, sidewalks, drainage and other like Improvements, are not deductible, for they tend to Increase the value of the property and thus constitute coet of a permanent im provement. The Federal income tax may not be deducted. Income tax, however, paid to the State by an Indi vidual on his income Is an allowable deduction on his Federal Income-tax return. Customs duties paid by a person on articles imported for his own use are deductible. Admission taxes, impoTcd on admissions in excess of 40 cents, are deductible, but the taxpayer mu->t show that account has been kept of the amount paid. Taxes on club due· are deductible by the member paying them. An Individual may deduct the tax on his telephone conversations, radio messages, telegrams and cables, on the checks he has drawn and oa the rent of his safe deposit box. License fees exacted by a State or city upon certain businesses are de ductible as taxes. * Automobile license fees are ordinarily taxas and deducti ble. Postage is not a tax and is not deductible. In general, taxes are de ductible only by the person upon whom they are imposed. Under the revenue act of 1934, no Federal estate taxes. State Inheritance, estate, legacy, or succession taxes, or gift taxes are deductible on any In come-tax return. The Federal taxes on automobiles, gasoline and liquor are imposed upon the manufacturer, producer, or Importer, and are not deductible by the purchaser or con sumer. Whether or not the gasoline tax or the sales tax levied by a State may be deducted by the individual purchaser depends upon the terms of the State law imposing the tax, con sequently the right to the deduction, as between purchaser and teller, varie· in the different State·.