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RICHBERG KEYNOTE CLARIFIES POLICY Outline in Speech at Rutgers * to Form Basis of Court Action on Regulation. BV DAVID LAWRENCE. Every now and then, Donald Rich berg, director of the National Emer gency Council, makes a speech on some phase of the administration's activity, but in none has he outlined so com prehensively and clearly the economic philosophy of the New Deal as in his speech at Rutgers University, just de livered. Mr. Richberg's argument is of tran scendent importance because it will form the basis of the whole appeal of the Roosevelt administration in the Federal courts that its power to regu late commerce inside or outside a State be sustained on the ground that all business nowadays ‘'afreets the free flow of commerce." “If the system of private enterprise is to be maintained," says Mr. Rich berg, “it should be abundantly clear that the’excesses of competition and the excesses of profit-making must be prevented by social discipline. If this can be worked out by the co-operation of agriculture and trade and industry by associations of common interest and a co-ordinating supervision of public authority, we shall be able to preserve the maximum of private ini tiative and individual liberty which is possible in the complexities of mod ern industrial civilization." Necessity of Planning. To accomplish this, Mr. Richberg 8dds thjjt “planning and organization are necessary” and that “we cannot leave the job wholly to chance and private experimentation,” and he points out also that the individual who is a true lover of liberty in the twen tieth century "is not the man who in sists on maintaining a theoretical free dom to ruin himself and his fellow men by unrestrained self-seeking.” Now the most interesting aspect of Mr. Richberg's address is that one can concur wholeheartedly in the noble objectives which he outlines, one can sympathize wholly with the importance of putting loftier motives into the hearts and minds of business men who are competing with one an other, and yet feel considerable doubt as to how the “co-ordinating super vision of public authority” can actually be accomplished in the face of reali ties in the National Capital even under the New Deal. For instance, in the very same speech Mr. Richberg speaks of the benefit* of the national industrial re covery act and says that “any valid criticism must be directed not at the law but at its administration.” Again and again, that key word— personnel—or that key idea, which relates to administrative sense and capacity, comes up to plague the idealist and reformer. i/ioimtitstiu uu|iti tioiuu. How. for example. In an administra tion which has made a practice of recognizing those Democrats who aided with the Roosevelt candidacy before the Chicago convention of 1932 or those who have played a part in Democratic politics, as opposed to Re publican politics, can the public be assured of disinterested supervision? The same thing holds true with reference to influence upon Govern ment action by persons of political prominence, who. as lawyers, engage in work here which plainly reflects their party connection. For a time this was frowned upon and an effort was made to compel Democratic Na tional Committeemen to resign from their posts if they kept Government jobs. but. with the Postmaster General retaining that office as well as tha chairmanship of the Democratic Na tional Committee, it has been difficult for the rank and file to believe tha Roosevelt administration was at heart much interested in abolishing political pull and influence. The raids which have been made on civil sendee and the way in which Congress has insisted on patronage are so much like what has happened under Republican administrations that any observer who really would like to see governmental authority applied, even to a limited extent, to help in the adjustment of eco nomic problems, cannot but see dif ficulties and impassible barriers ahead, from the political side, which tend to nullify the precepts of Mr. Richberg’s fine address. Restriction of Liberty. Mr. Richberg's major point is that liberty should be restrained because it might mean license; that is, license to commit fraud and misrepresent or otherwise deceive. His contention is summed up in this sentence: •Faced with the clearly evil effect upon many men of an exercise of i*dividual liberty, a legislative re straint upon wrongdoing, for the purpose of protecting the freedom of others to do right, cannot be chal lenged as an interference with con stitutional liberty.” The only fly’ir, the ointment is that a definition of what is right or wrong should be made by the courts and not by administrative officers in a bureaucracy, and that, when legis lative restraints are applied, they should be applied by the Federal or State or civil governments, each in its respective domain. The fight against invasion of con stitutional rights is not at all against proper restraint by a legislative bodv. but it is a questioning as to which governmental authority—Federal or State—should assume jurisdiction. If restraints go beyond an existing Fed eral or State Constitution, it is usual ly argued that the proper amend ments adopted in the orderly way should be championed. Mo6t of the complaint today by those who have had their constitutional rights in vaded is that the effort has been made by subterfuge or circumvention, and not by the exercise of the legislative power actually granted by the people to governmental bodies. (Copyright. 25 RAILROADS POOL $450,000 AD FUND Improvements in Western Trans portation to Be Told in Newspapers. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. March ?8.—Twenty-five Western railroads have prepared to open an aggressive campaign, chiefly through the medium of newspaper ad vertising columns, to win back lost passenger truffle. Harry Guy Taylor, chairman of the Western Association of Railway Ex ecutives, said that a $450,000 pool had been appropriated to call the public’s attention to the strides made in mod ernizing railway service on all roads west of Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans. “Newspapers will be the first line of attack." Taylor said. Most of the appropriation will go to the press of 250 large Western cities, the first ad vertising to be scheduled lor April 15. What’s What Behind News In Capital Hoover Seeks Nominating Veto Power, Democrats Watch Douglas Attacks. BY PAUL MALLON. SEVERAL of Mr. Hoover’s influ ential friends are ready to come out for him for the Re publican presidential nomina tion any time he says the word. At least two of them have told him so. Yet the chances are 100 to 1 that he never will say the word. The way that situation is diagnosed authoritatively by the party doctors in their private consultations here is this: If the party should rise and ask for Mr. Hoover's nomination he would ac cept, but no one, including Mr. Hoo ver, expects that situation to develop. His purpose in asserting his party leadership now is to prevent his op ponents within the party from wrest ing control from him. He wants to perpetuate certain basic money and other principles which some of his opponents within the party would just as soon forget. Wants Veto Power. What he really wants, therefore, is not the nomination, but a veto power over the nomination. At least this is what the best private authorities con fidently believe he is working toward. > I MUK The Eastern party leaders have been looking lately into the possibili ties of two men for the nomination: Senator Vandenberg of Michigan and Gov. Alf Landon of Kansas. There are a lot of other names being men tioned publicly, but these two are the only names which have aroused any real interest with the people who count. Landon was here a few days ago on relief matters. He was dined by Senator Capper, but only Kan sans were present. He is a good party man. and a long-shot bet on either him or Vandenberg would not be foolish. As things are working around now, the convention is likely to develop into a sharp contest among half a dozen or more ‘'favorite sons.” In that case no one could predict the nominee, but the Hoover influence might be important in making the final choice. Douglas Says Sharp Things. The country may not be paying much attention to speeches recently made by Lewis Douglas, but some of President Roosevelt’s political asso ciates have been. The ex-director of the Roosevelt budget has been saying some sharp things about New Deal financial policies. The speech he last made, at the University of Pennsyl vania. was particularly pointed. In that connection there has been some quiet talk about the possibilities of Mr. Douglas in a political way. It is known he has no personal ambi tions. But if some one of his viewpoint should press Mr. Roosevelt from a conservative Democratic side, while Huey Long is clawing from a radi cal side, the friction might gen erate some real warmth in the currently cool Democratic political situation. Of course, nothing can be done by any New Deal opposition in the Democratic Convention, but. in the election, two independent Democratic candidates would at least make It in teresting. Rumor dust stirred up on the inside about a new running mate for Mr. Roosevelt has now settled. At least the Roosevelt politicos are running around with wet brooms trying to settle it. The same ones who were suggesting six months ago that Cac tus Jack Garner's preference for re tirement should be respected are now whispering that he will be drafted for re-election and will consent. Too Many Want Job. One reason they are so eager to settle the matter is the fact that Gar ner's expected retirement aroused the ambitions of too many who want the job. Apparently every Democratic officeholder thought he should be the vice presidential candidate. Another rumor which the Roosevelt broom wielders want to settle is the recent one that Senator La Follette might be the running mate. A very uncomfortable time is being had by the Roper Business and Advisory Council. It appointed a subcommittee to report on the Roosevelt utility holding company bill. Its members arc all against the original bill, but would find it somewhat embarrassing to make public a report saying so, especially in view of Mr. Roosevelt’s message to Congress. To make life more miserable for them a well-known business lobby here is pressing them to make their views public. They probably will wait until Congress acts on the bill and then make their report A Roosevelt political scout recently returned from a trip around the coun try analyzing Roosevelt's political standing. His report indicated there were defections here and there, but that, in the main, everything is quiet. (Copyright. 1935.) FRANCE SEES PARLEY RESULT AS INEVITABLE Foresaw Inability of British to Change Hitler Policy on Rearmament. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March . 28.—France ex pressed no surprise yesterday at what was interpreted as the failure of Sir John Simon, British foreign secretary, to change tile ideas of Reichsfuehrer Hitler regarding European • peace policies. Official circles suggested Sir John's visit might be useful in convincing the British that Hitler is too uncomprom ising. Foreign Minister Laval had been cold toward the visit. The Reichsfuehrer’s reported anxi ety over the “Russian perU’’ pleased government circles because it was in terpreted as indicating that French friendship for the Soviet is capable AERIAL COLONIZING SCHEME LAUNCHED Ship Sails Today With Men and Materials for Small Pacific Islands. (Editor's note—This is the first story of Junius Wood on the Pacific airline colonizing expedition, now under way with the sailing of Mr. Wood’s ship from San Francisco. Other stories of this interesting and romantic expedition will be pre sented by The Star from time to time.) BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. SAN FRANCISCO, March 27 (N.A. N.A.)—Fears that a strike might par alyze Pacific Coast shipping stimu lated loading ot the North Haven, argosy ship of the Pan-American Airways, into frantic activity. Extra gangs of stevedores were put on the job, and by 6 o'clock last eve ning, the last of the cargo which had filled the big pier warehouse almost to its roof, ranging from toothpicks to tractors, Diesel engines, motor launches and long creosoted poles, had been stowed in the. holds or se curely lashed on deck. The ship awaited only the signal today to cast off its lines and clear. The freighter will carry 6,000 tons of cargo, 44 avaition technicians and 74 construction men, who are to locate air bases and colonize lonely Pacific islands for the long hops, which, for the first time, will permanently link North America and Asia by air. Trip Cut to Three Days. It is expected that the giant clipper planes will be flying this Summer, though they will not carry passengers until the course has been thoroughly tested. When that time comes—and even earlier for mail and express— Manila and South China, which now are three weeks from the United States, and, in the days of New Eng land's proud clipper ships, were as many months, will be only three days away. Any delay for the plodding freighter which is to lay the ground work for all this might set the first flights bark for months. Other obstacles must be overcome, some for technicians and engineers to solve, and others, more ponderous, for statesmen to discuss. The little islands across the Pacific, itself vaster than the entire inhabited area of the globe, will be America's listening pasts to Asia. Clipper planes will travel back and forth on this new air highway, carrying precious cargoes, observant passengers and cameras—and a sin gle camera can rouse the patriotic fervor of a Japanese policeman or militarist. Already protests, though not diplo matically official, but by officials, have been widely voiced in Japanese news papers against the new Pacific com mercial air service. Those who pro test see the shadow of the American Army and Navy in the background, and insist that the undertaking is an invasion of Japan’s domain in the Pacific and the preliminary for a line of aerial defense and aggression in the Orient. 8.500-Mile Course. The entire course, to connect up with Sino-American aviation lines al ready existing in China, will be more than 8,500 miles long. Its first base will be in the Hawaiian Islands, some 2.400 miles from San Francisco. Then come Midway Islands, 1.380 miles: Wake Islands. 1.242 miles; Guam, some 1.400: Manila, 1,500. and the China coast, between 600 and 700. All. except the last, are possessions of the United States, some so small that few persons know of their existence. Like the thrifty citizen who picks up pins which some time may be useful, 'he American Navy, in years that are past, took possession, and now a use has been found tor them. Hawaii is firmly anchored to the United States. The Midway group, lying on the international dateline, where the days change, already is oc cupied by men who operate the relay station of the American Commercial Pacific Cable Co. The American Air ways will colonize another island in the group. The Wake group of three islands and Guam were first seized for the United States by the 'cruiser Charles ton during the Spanish-American War in 1898. The land area of the Wake group Is less than 3 square miles, though they surround a lagoon, 1*4 miles long, which is ideal for sea planes. 266-Acre Island. Wake Islanu was surveyed by Lieut. Comdr. Samuel W. Kind, commanding the Whipperwlll, and now Hawaiian Delegate in Congress, in 1924, and, about the same time, an expedition from the Field Museum of Natural History was there. Prof. Wetmore christened the other two islands Wilkes and Peale. The airplane col ony and equipment will be on Wilkes Island, 266 acres in size. The museum expedition found wreckage and a stone fireplace, sup posedly from a German ship, Labelle, which went ashore in 1866. More im portant, it found two tin-roofed Jap anese houses, a tank and storehouse of Japanese settlers on Peale Island. No fresh water is on the island, and they are supposed to have left in 1908. but Tokio may advance a claim to the islands on the ground of previous colonization. A flag pole erected by the Army transport Thomas and an other Japanese house were found on Wilkes. Guam is held by the United States, under jurisdiction of the Navy. Its inhabitants are Chamorras. with the exception of less than 100 naval officers and men. In Mandated Area. The United States governs, educates and cares for them, but the island lies among the Japanese South Seas man dated islands from the League of Na tions. With other powers repudiating the treaty of Versailles, Japan, no longer a member of the League, will not create a precedent by ignoring the mandate and declaring the Island ter ritory hers. Guam, then and possibly now—if mandate means area and not isolated islands—will be like a man who has a house in the middle of another man's farm which he has difficulty In reaching without being shooed off as a trespasser. The North Haven should reach Honolulu in 10 days, stop a day or so and continue to Midway. After two weeks of unloading cargo and starting construction there, 35 construction men and 10 technicians will be left behind and the ship will continue to Wake, where the process will be re peated. A smaller number of experts will be left at Guam, and the practi cally empty ship will continue to Manila, reload and return on the same route, leaving supplies, for which shelters - will then have been com pleted, and six men on Midway and seven on Wake, including a physician, as permanent residents, and reach San Francisco in July. IC#mUIU$& ^a Testify at Crime Probe Hearing Upper, left to right: Arthur C. Smith, president of Federation of Business Men's Associations; Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Anacostia Citizens' Association, and Sylvan King, chairman of joint committee seeking more policemen for the department, confer before testifying. Lower: H. Winship Wheatley, president of the District of Colum bia Bar Association, pictured on the stand. —Star Staff Photce. Prettyman Reveals Prosecution Details in D. C. Crime Hearing (Continued From First Page.) collision, etc., should not be tried directly on a charge of the police officer.” Prettyman presented then a series of plans for remedying the so-called defects. Chief among them were I these: 1. Elimination of requirements for information by the assistant corpora tion counsels in minor police and traffic regulations, and that such cases be tried on the charge of the police officer. 2. Requirement that charges by po lice officers be automatically trans ferred to the docket book at police court and require disposition by the judges. 3. Establishment of precinct mag istrate courts to try minor cases and to hold over under bond or bail in major cases. 4. Elimination of the right to jury trials where they can be eliminated. Prettyman discussed the magistrate plan, at length, and said he is op posed to policemen serving as magis trates. He -*xpressed the belief that the magistrates should be selected from Washington's large "reservoir” of retired Army and Navy officers and Government employes, who are de sirous of finding something to do to occupy their t me and attention The committee adjourned when Prettyman completed his testimony until 10:30 a m. tomorrow. Eleventh Precinct Defended. The record of the eleventh precinct was defended by Dr. George C. Haven ner, president of the An&costia Citi zens' Association, at the second public session of the committee last night. He was particularly critical of the reported description of Inspector Al bert J. Headley that No. 11 is a ' third-class precinct.” Havenner pointed out that less major crime is committed in the eleventh precinct than any other, and stressed the need of an increse of from 25 to 30 in its personnel. The precinct also should be split, he declared, be came of the large area it new covers. Arthur Clarendon Smith, president of the Federation of Business Men's Associations, told the committee that administration of the United States attorney's office is the most glaring weakness of law enforcement in the District. "We must bring offenders to trial with the greatest speed possible.” he declared. "The prosecution must be j vigorous and intelligent.” Smith also outlined several points his organization believes vital to law j enforcement. These included the ! necessity for speedy administration of J UOIU.C. "Agreement" Criticized. In addition. Smith criticized the so called “gentlemen's agreement" to force the retirement of Inspector Thaddeus R. Bean so Inspector Head ley could be elevated to the rank of assistant superintendent, and declared steps should be taken to remove all semblance of political Influence from the Police Department. H. Winship Wheatley, president of the District Bar Association, advocated elimination of many of the existing restrictions on jury duty. The present law exempting women from compul sory jury service, he said, should be changed to make them subject to jury duty the same as men. An effort was made by Representa tive Dirksen, Republican, of Illinois, who presided in the absence of Chair man Randolph, to get Wheatley's views on the United States attorney's office. He explained, however, his practice was almost entirely civil In nature. Sylvan King, chairman of the Joint Committee of all trade and civic or ganizations. which have united In a movement for an increase in the police force, said the solution to crime and traffic problems would come with the increase of 141 officers. Hotel Squad Favored. Creation of a “hotel squad” to keep In touch with the various hotels was advocated by W. M. Kochenderfer, executive secretary of the Hotel Men’s Association. He said the present ■ hoodlum squad” placed on the hotel management the initiative for actipn against suspicious characters. Because of this, he explained, attorneys for the hotel men have advised them to be cautious in reporting persons, for fear that the hotels might be liable for damage action. George K. Beasley, president of the Federation of Civic Associations, urged a survey to determine the ex tent of gaming, bootlegging and prosti tution and why present agencies have not been able to cope with these prob i lems. He also advocated laws to curb the numbers •'racket.” Inspector B. A. Lamp, In command of the Police Department Traffic Bureau, was called on by the com mittee while he was on the witness 3tand at the afternoon hearing to sub mit a report on the “fixing" of traffic tickets. Motorists to Be Listed. The report will contain the names of motorists who have had tickets "fixed” in the last year, the name of i the person who “fixed” them and the tag numbers of the car owners. Prom this report the committee expects to learn the names of those who had in fluence enough to have traffic tickets adjusted without forfeiting collateral or going to court. He also advocated control of pedestrians. Lamb was asked for the report after he had opposed the proposal for de centralization of the Traffic Bureau and condemned the present efficiency j rating system on which promotions j in the department are based. Ratings given police officers by captains. Lamb declared, are totally disregarded by the central rating board, composed of inspectors. He said the system was useless and should be abolished. Seth W. Richardson, former Assist ant Attorney General and a recog nized authority on parole and proba tion laws, who followed Lamb on the witness stand, charged that the recent appointment of Prank R. JellefT to the District Parole Board was “per fectly ridiculous'' Not Half-Time Job. “Mr. JellefT is one of the finest men in Washington.” said Richardson, “but he hasn't a chance to function as a parole officer unless he gives up his business on P street and goes into the parole business. It isn't a half-time job. It is a full-time job.” Richardson stressed the necessity of a full-time, salaried parole board, and described Washington as a "city of influence." A parole law for the District similar to the Federal law was advocated by Richardson. SOCIAL SECURITY BREAK IS SOUGHT Byrns' Aid Enlisted as Iundeen Tries to Force His Pen sion Bill. By the Associated Pres*. Speaker Byrns was called upon to day by House Ways and Means Com mittee Democrats in an attempt to break a near-deadlock over the admin istration's social security program. His aid was asked as Representative Lundeen. Parmer-Labor, of Minnesota, filed a petition attempting to force consideration of his old-age pension, unemployment insurance bill. Byrns conferred first with Chair man Doughton of the Ways and Means Committee and then went over to the House Office Building to talk with other committeemen It was reported that the commit tee was in a tangle over taxes involved in the bill for compulsory, contributory annuities and for unemployment in surance. Some committeemen had ex pressed a desire to eliminate those taxes from the bill or to reduce them or postpone their effective date. Schedule of Annuitlrs. The taxes for contributory annuities, as the bill now stands, would begin at 2 per cent of pay rolls on January 1, 1937, and increase to 6 per cent by 19*9, one-half to be paid each by the employer and employe. In addition to that, however, the bill would levy an additional tax on pay rolls for unemployment insurance, beginning at 1 per cent on January 1, 1936, and increasing to 3 per cent on January 1, 1938. Some committeemen have con tended that these taxes added to gether would be too heavy a burden on industry in a time of depression. Check Writer Acquitted. GERING, Nebr., March 28 </P).—A District Court jury last night acquitted Gordon B. Doyle. Custer, S. Dak., hay buyer, on a charge of issuing $341.98 in no-fund checks. Doyle contended he did not issue the checks, payable to Mrs. Anna E. Gan ser, with intent to defraud. I RIGHT TREATMENT Justice Department Agent, Addressing W. C. T. U.. Sees Community Protection Need. Edgar M. Gerlach of the Justice Department today called upon the Women's Christian Temperance Union in State convention at Dumbarton M E. Church to support the modern philosophy of treating prisoners from the point of view of "protection to the community.” Pointing out that there were now 140,000 prisoners locked up in State and Federal prisons and reformatories, the speaker said that under* the clas sification system now invoked in Fed eral institutions, each prisoner is in dividually studied to provide a basis for his treatment for return to society after release. Liquor Seen One Factor. Liquor. Gerlach said, was one factor in the commitment of 65,000 prisoners each year in the United States. Members of the W. C. T. U. were advised by Mrs. Arthur C. Watkins, chairman of the Legislative Commit tee. to become familiar with the Dis trict liquor laws and regulations and to report to the authorities any viola tions which come to their attention. She said repeal was brought about by the "short memory of the old folks and ignorance of the young.” Elimination of liquor advertising on the radio was recommended by the legislative chairman, but she re frained from advocating that the W. C. T. U. indorse any pending legis lation. New Slogan Urged. The State convention emphasized a new slogan, "Every Member Get a Member,’ in a new drive to increase the size of the organization. The convention was presided ove* by Mrs. Jennie Bailey Wadleigh, president, and Mrs. Ida W. Ramsey, first vice president. Reports were heard from many officers. There was a devotional serv ice in the morning, a noontide prayer service, luncheon at the church and an afternoon program. The principal speakers this after noon were to b* Mrs. Samuel Lever ing, discussing the Senate investiga tion of the munitions industry, and Mrs. Ramsey, on a discussion of the organization's five-year, five-point program. INDECENT FILMiRAiD NETS ARREST OF 140 Operator of Motion Picture Ma chine Held Without Bail for Hearing. By the Associated Press. ELIZABETH, N. J., March 28 Police raided a cafe early today, seized some alleged indecent films and ar rested 140 men on disorderly con duct charges. The operator of a motion picture machine with which the films were being shown was booked as Fred Darling of White Plains, N. Y.. and held without bail. Salvator Spirito, charged with being the proprietor of the Cave, was- re leased in $500 bail, on charges of conducting a ‘disorderly house. Police said tickets to the perform ance were sold under the name of the “Deep Sea Divers’ Association.’' The 140 spectators were released in bail of $5 each, pending arraignment today. TfJ $ TONER BILL HELD WRONG IN SPIRIT Illinois Manufacturer Sees Enmity Caused Between i Employers and Employes. By the Associated Press. James L. Donnelly, vice president of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Associa tion, opposing the Wagner labor dis putes bill before the Senate Labor Committee, today said the ’ whole spirit ' of the measure was "to make enemies of employers and employes.” The bill would outlaw the company dominated union, create a permanent Labor Relations Board and give the labor organization chosen by a ma jority of employes in a plant the right to speak for all employes. Predication Scored. "This bill, contrary to what Is the fact, is predicated on the assumption that the employer is not the employe’! best friend, but is the employe’! enemy—is one who is not to be trusted by the employe, even in mat ters where the employe has confidence in his employer and desires to turn to his employer for counsel, advice help or encouragement in this group activities.” Donnelly said. "The obvious purpose of this bill it to force the closed shop upon in dustry with the aid of Government compulsion. Special Privileges Seen. “The bill a designed to confer spe cial privileges exclusively on one group. Tne employer the unorganized worker, the member of a minority union or of a plant employe repre sentation ijroup are given no protec tion. "This bill would place a premium on strikes, nullify employes’ contracts destroy employe representation plans force the closed rhop upon employers guarantee legal irresponsibility of la bor organizers, provide for gag rule of industry, Insure domination of la bor boards oy organized labor agents provide for star chamber proceeding! by labor boards and result In unlimited inquiries and investigations by Gov ernment ‘agents’ and snoopers.” CAPT. BISHOP COMES HERE ON JUNE 15 Succeeds Maj. Hodeson. Who Hat Served Three Years in Dis trict Government. Capt. Hoel S. Bishop, jr.. now sta tioned at Philadelphia, will relieve Maj. Paul A. Hodeson as assistant en gineer commissioner of the District June 15, under changes in assignment issued today by the War Department. Maj. Hodeson has served nearly three years with the District and has requested that he be assigned as a student at the Army War College, This has been granted. Maj. Hodeson wishes to be relieved June 15, so he can take a leave ol absence prior to his assignment tc the War College, August 15. He ha: been in charge of the construction work of the District for Engineei Commissioner Dan I. Sultan. Capt. Howard P. Clark will become first assistant, replacing Hodeson and Capt. Bishop will be second, and Capt Robert E. York, third. BAKERY LABOR CASE NEW TRIAL ASKED Dorsch and Merchant Charge Ar gumentative Instructions to Jury in Conviction. Argumentative instructions to th< jury and the failure of the court tc remove a juror claimed by the defense i to have been personally acquainted with one of the prosecution witnesse! were charged today in a motion foi a new trial in the cases of John L Dorsch and James C. Merchant Bakery Union members, who were convicted by a jury in Police Courl last week of having placed acid or bread delivered by the Dutch Bakei Boy. Inc., a non-union concern. The defendants, the former beinf a nephew and employe of Peter M Dorsch. owner of a large bakery here were to have been sentenced today but this was forestalled by the fllinf of a new trial motion by Attorney! Morris Abrams and F. Joseph Donohue The arguments on the motion will t* heard Saturday before Judge John P McMahon, with Assistant Corporatlor Counsel James W. Lauderdale appear ing for the Government. In the motion it is charged tha1 Judge McMahon gave argumentative instructions to the jury, stressing evl dence tending to support the prosecu tion and eliminating entirely the evi dence supporting the contention o; ine aeiense. CHEF AMONG 6 HERE WITH LUCK TICKETS Paul Wade of Shoreham Grill* Room Draws Jack Drummer in Sweepstakes. Among six Washingtonians to hold lucky tickets in the Irish Sweepstakes is Paul Wade. 24. a chef at the Shore ham Hotel grille room. Wade was notified yesterday that he drew Jack Drummer in tomorrow’s Grand Na tional at Alntree, England. The ticket has an assured value of <3.975. A $40,000 residual prize was won yesterday by E. Wiley Gaflleld, 25 year-old unemployed architectural draftsman, of 921 E street southeast. At least four other Washingtonians drew tickets which may win as much as $150,000 In the race. “NIGHT WORKERS’ MASS” IS PLANNED BY PASTOR Rev. Dr. John 'Cartwright Plans Experiment at Immaculate Conception Church. Rev. Dr. John Cartwright, pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Eighth and N streets, an nounced today that beginning next Sunday a “night workers’ mass” would be celebrated each Sunday at 2 am. - In the nature of an experiment. Dr. Cartwright said, the early mass will be for the convenience of printers, newspaper men and others workers who are out late Saturday night. Some years ago a mass was cele brated at 4 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church, but. because of falling at tendance, It wu later canceled. BRITISH ROYALTY VISITROOSEVELT President, Reaching Baha V mas, Receives Duke and Duchess of Kent. Br the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., Marah 28 —President Roosevelt cruised aboard the yacht Nourmahal in the clear blue waters of the Bahama Island group today on his annual fishing trip. Reaching the Bahamas yesterday, he received the Duke and Duchess of Kent, members of the British royal family, honeymooning in this region, r who were introduced by Sir Bede Clif ford, governor of the Bahamas, and Lady Clifford. Capital Contact Kept. Mr. Roosevelt kept contact today with Washington through temporary headquarters at the Miami Blltmore Hotel, where Marvin H. McIntyre, a secretary, was established with a staff. On meeting the yacht Nourmahal of Vincent Astor at Cat Cay yesterday, the President left the destroyer Parra gut for the Ashing ship he has used in Southern waters for the last two years. He was garbed today in clothes which included a somewhat spotted white sweater and a fisherman’s hat, ready to try his luck for the game fish of this region. With McIntyre at the Miami head quarters was Harry L. Hopkins, Federa I relief administrator, who has the last minute instructions of the *4.000,00', 000 work program before Congress. Operetta Witnessed Last night they witnessed the operetta "Pirates of Penzance." pre - sented by a F. E. R. A. company Iron: Key West. I Mr. Roosevelt sent the following message late yesterday to Miami head quarters : I "Escorted by U. S. 8. Claxton. dropped anchor Cat Gay 10 this morn ing. Yacht Nourmahal already there. \ At noon Governor of Bahamas, Sir Bede Clifford, and Lady Clifford, ac companied by their guests, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, and by Mr. and Mr*. Loui* Wa*ey of New York, who i own Cat Cay. called on the President. . The Farragut and Nourmahal expect j to proceed southward this afternoon. ; Claxton returning to Miami. Beauti ful weather. Smooth sea." I --- U. S. AND HAITI SIGN RECIPROCAL PACT Tariff Reductions Granted m J 13 American Products. Br the Associated Press. The United States and Haiti sign? 1 today a reciprocal trade agreement. The pact assures Haiti of the con tinued duty-free admission into the United States of coffee, cocoa beans, bananas, sisal fiber, logwood and I ginger root, and reduced duties on i rum. fresh pineapples and preserved ' mangos and guavas. In return. Haiti granted tariff re ductions on 13 American products, pledged itself to maintain existing rates on 19 articles and promised to reduce the tariff on lard, automobile tires and tubes, and radios when the Haitian financial condition improves. Most-Favored-Kation Pact. The treaty, another in the series of reciprocal pacts, is a most-favored nation agreement. In the Cuban-American trade pact the duty on Cuban rum was cut from $5 to $2.50 per gallon and Cuba was granted a 20 per cent preferential. Because of reduction in the duty on Haitian rum to *2.50. the rate on Cuban rum thus becomes $2 per gallon. The State Department announced the rum tariff reductions are con sistent with the Roosevelt administra tion's policy of combatting bootleg ging by facilitating liquor imports and reducing the price to consumers. Nearly 90 per cent of Haitian ax ports to this country are already on the free list and. aside from rum, the only duty reductions granted Hai tian products were on preserved man gos and guavas and pineapples. Exemption Granted. Haiti vas also assured that sugar i imported from that island on which a drawback cf duty is allowed will i not be charged against the Haitian quota under the sugar control sys ! tem now in force. The total »xport trade value of i the commodities, which will benefit by the agreement, amounted to $1. 464,000 in 1929 and $623,000 in 1933. The agreement must still be ap ‘ proved by the Haitian Congress and will go into effect 30 days after it has been proclaimed by the Presi dents of the United States and Haiti Demands Land Division. The Labor party in the Irish Free State is demanding a new division of land. | Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate. Considers pink slip repeal. Finance. Munitions and Labor Com mittees continue hearings on N. R. A. extension, war profits and Wagner Labor biU. Conferees hold second meeting on works-relief bill. House. Considers District legislation. Military Committee opens hearing on amending T. V. A. act. Agriculture Committee studies pro posed A. A. A. amendments. YESTERDAY. Senate. Defeated La Follette tax return publicity substitute. House. Passed three administration bills to strengthen naval defenses. TOMORROW. Senate. On floor: Routine bills on calendar, followed by agriculture appropriation bill. Finance Committee to continue hearing on N. R. A. legislation, 10 a.m. Education and Labor Committee to meet on Wagner labor bill, lb am. Munitions Committee continuing hearing. 10 a.m. House. The private calendar will be up with more than 200 bills awaiting action. 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