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No. 33,552. Entered.sserondcla^m.tt^r WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1936—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. *** <*> M.an. Associated Press. TWO CENTS.
STRIKERS,DEFIANT,'
nniinu nnrniTnnoJ
ARBITRATION PLEA
Walkout Is Extended by
New York Building Serv
ice Workers.
POLICE REPORTS SHOW
40,000 NOW OFF JOBS
Drive Against Skyscrapers Swells
Numbers—Tenants’ League Pro
posed for Protection.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 11— Leaders
of the building workers’ strike spurned
peace overtures of realty interests to
day and made plans to intensify the
walkout throughout the city.
James J. Bambrick, head of the
Building Service Employes' Union, de
scribed as “absurd’’ and "rank treach
ery’’ a recommendation made by Wal
ter Gordon Merritt, counsel for the
Realty Advisory Board, that replace
ment workers hired in good faith be
retained.
mats aD5ura, Utcmiu.
« ‘-Well fight it out if it takes all
Bummer."
Extension of Agreement Urged.
Merritt made his recommendation
In an address last night in which he
proposed a three-year extension of
the mayor's agreement of 1934 and
the subsequent Curran award, and
Immediate arbitration of wages and
. further arbitration of wage rates at
the end of the first and second years.
He added, however, that the group
which he represented would not dis
miss replacement workers hired in
good faith as permanent employes and
would refuse to rehire strikers involved
In disorders and violence during the
walk-out.
Thus, because of these stipulations,
the opposing groups found themselves
in their customary position of being
unable to synchronize conciliatory j
moves, and possible termination of the
•trike was temporarily stymied.
Predicts Extension of Strike.
Bambrick said that by tonight "the
* city will be in a very active state."
"The men are very much on their
toes,” he added. "We expect spontane
ous walk-outs all over town today."
The strike leader gave a general ex
planation of how further strike moves
Will be carried out.
"It will be here and there, all over
town, in spots where buildings have
been left standing,” he said.
"The union leaders have shot their
. bolt and failed," Merritt said in
prophesying that by today almost nor
mal conditions would be restored.
40 AAA Rf>nnrt^d on Strike.
The Police Department, however,
estimated that 2,347 buildings through- j
out the city were affected. Yesterday’s j
drive against skyscrapers of the Times ;
Square and Grand Central zone added j
2,000 strikers, bringing the total to j
40.000.
The Health Department indicated
, the extent of the strike in a report1
that 341 complaints were made yes
terday by tenants, of which 256 said
their buildings were without heat or
that garbage was accumulating in the
halls.
In Washington Representative Marc
antonio, Republican, of New York, an
nounced that he would launch a "ten
ants’ league” today, pledged to pay no
rents until a “satisfactory” settlement
of the strike is assured.
“We hope,” the Representative said,
“to begin a general rent strike
throughout the city.”
PERMITREVOCATION
FACES COURT TEST
Convicted Speeder Asks Injunc
tion on Ground of Illegal
Exercise of Power.
Revocation of permits of convicted
speeders, resorted to in the current
traffic enforcement campaign, was at
tacked today in District Supreme
Court as an unconstitutional exercise
Vi wci. nu uijuiivmwm
Commissioners and several subordi
nates was asked.
The question was brought before
the court by Calvin B. Hartman. 1356
Sheridan street, who, on February 17,
was convicted of speeding and paid
a fine of *7. A week ago he received
from the Board of Revocation and
Restoration of Operators’ Permits an
order requiring him to surrender his
permit for 15 days.
Through Attorneys Mason Welclj,
Bernard M. Chemoff and Winthrop
Johns, Hartman asked the court to
enjoin the Revocation Board from
taking his permit.
The power of the Commissioners to
revoke or suspend a license “tor any
cause" they may deem sufficient was
attacked as an unwarranted delegation
of legislative authority. The plaintiff
also argued that, by suspending his
permit, the board denied him the pro
tection of the “due process" clause of
the Constitution. Without his permit.
It was pointed out, he would be de
prived of the use of his automobile as
completely as though the machine
itself had been taken from him.
Soviet Editor Ousted.
LENINGRAD. U. 8. 8. R.. March i
II (P).—The Communist party today
removed and publicly reprimanded i
M. Belitsky as editor of the Commun- I
1st party newspaper, Leningrad Prav- 1
da, for the frequent publication of i
1 allegedly unverified reports which it <
claimed misrepresented facts in for- |
^ign news. <
► ..—. —<
Edward Hints Wedding
Wants Provision Made for Queen in
Case There Is One.
PRINCESS IRENE, PRINCESS KATHERINE,
Greece. Greece.
■
KING EDWARD VIR.
GRAND DUCHESS KIRA, PRINCESS JULIANA, PRINCESS EUGENIE,
Russia. Holland. Greece.
—A. P. Photos.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 11.—The possibil
ity that Edward VIII, bachelor King
of England, may marry was officially
announced in the House of Commons
today in a message signed by the
King.
Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of
the exchequer, read a royal message
to the assembled legislators In which
Edward pointed out the necessity of
revising the civil list—the amounts
paid to the members of the royal
family.
The message stated: "His majesty
desires that the contingency of his
marriage should be taken into account
Tsee EDWARD, Page 2.)
i
ROOSEVELT, KNOX
WIN IN FIRST TEST
Complete Victories Indi
cated in New Hampshire
Primary Race.
By the Associated Press.
MANCHESTER, N. H., March 11.—
Nearly complete vote tabulations In
dicated today President Roosevelt and
Col. Prank Knox won complete vic
tories in the New Hampshire presi
dential primary.
The primary yesterday was the first
State-wide vote on presidential dele
gates of the present national cam
paign.
Roosevelt leaders claimed the fig
ures assured the President of New
Hampshire’s eight convention votes,
divided among eight delegates at
large with a half-vote each and two
(See PRIMARY, Page 4.)
One-Letter Error
Virtually Voids
6Heart Balm9 Law
By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, March 11.—A court
ruling held yesterday that a one
letter mistake in Pennsylvania’s new
"heart balm" law makes It virtually
Impossible to sue any one in the State
lor alienation of affections.
The error, the use of “of” instead ,
of "or,” passed three readings of both j
houses of the Legislature, which in
tended to outlaw "shake-down” suits,
but to leave near relatives liable if
they caused a family break.
The law reads:
"All civil cases of action for allena- 1
tion of affections of husband or wife, 1
except in such cases where the de- :
fendant is a parent, brother or sister,
of a person formerly in loco parentis j
(a foster parent) to the plaintiff’s
spouse, are hereby abolished.”
Judge John P. Egan ruled the (
phrase "of a person” means those i
now liable must be parents, brothers ,
or sisters, who also are parents, broth
ers or sisters of a foster parent—a ,
very limited Held. Use of “or” would
have left the near relatives liable. 1
Boy, 8, Insists He Could Start
5-Alarm Fire Costing $50,000
"Why, this little boy couldn't have
done all that!”
The mother of David Miles was quite
positive.
How could one 8-year-old start a fire
Jig enough to destroy a lumber yard, 10
jarages, 9 homes and fill the streets of
;he city with howling fire apparatus?
No, little David couldn’t have done
til that, his mother said.
"Yes, I could, too, mother!” said
ittle David. Or thus, at any rate, wae
David quoted after Detective Watson
Salkeld interviewed him late yesterday
n his home at 1322 Eleventh street
loutheast.
Salkeld had spent several days
luestlonlng residents of the neighbor*
tood. who saw a five-alarm fire par*
ially raze the block bounded by Elev
enth, Twelfth, N and O streets south
east Saturday night Several scraps of
’osslp pointed In little David's diree
ion. 0 i
The detective decided to take the
boy to No. 5 precinct for an inter- i
view. He is said to have admitted
starting a little lire in a shed at the
rear of the lumber yard for the pur
pose of wanning himself.
After David warmed himself, police ]
say, the fire spread to the shed and
David ran home as fast as he could.
David's father, however. Insists bis
son was home at the time the fire
started, playing with his brothers and
sisters. David is next to the youngest
of six, and his father is employed on
a P. W. A. Job in the navy yard.
The parent, James Miles, said the
police kidded David along, gave him a
dime and let him bllieve that setting
a five-alarm fire was not such a bad
thing, after all.
At any rate, David was charged with
destroying $60,000 worth of private
property, and released in custody of
his parents pending disposition of the
case in Juvenile Court. W
Corporate Earnings Rate
Due to Be Adjusted to
Meet “Loss.”
PROGRESS IS REPORTED
AFTER HOUSE SESSION
Committee “Beginning to See
Light,” Members Say, but With
hold News of Flans.
By the Associated Press.
A House Ways and Means Subcom
mittee today clamped a "gag" on any
further disclosures of Treasury data
submitted as a basis for working out
President Roosevelt's $792,000,000 tax
program.
co-inciaeniany, uiere were inuma
tions that the subcommittee was ap
proaching an understanding that tax
rates on undistributed corporate earn
ings will be adjusted so as to meet any
loss of revenue caused by providing a
“cushion” reserve for corporations and
by exempting banks. Insurance com
panies and fiduciary organization
from the projected corporate levy.
Some committee members intimated
higher rates in higher brackets than
those originally advanced by the
Treasury may be resorted to if needed
to assure the yield of *620,000,000 of
additional income which the admin
istration is seeking from the corporate
tax.
“Gag" Is Disclosed.
Emerging from a subcommittee ses
sion, Representative Vinson, Democrat,
of Kentucky, asserted:
“I can't talk because of a gag."
Chairman Samuel B. Hill said other
members of the subcommittee had op
posed his previous procedure of giving
out information as it was received by
the subcommittee to “I can't say any
thing."
Vinson did add, however, that the
members “are making progress" and
be is "beginning to see the light.”
It was learned privately that new
tax tables were handed over today by
Treasury experts in which the highest
rate submitted was below the 75 per
cent maximum suggested by the
Treasury yesterday in the event the
subcommittee should insist on pro
viding corporations with a reserve, ex
empt from taxes or taxed at a low
rate, on which to lean during “rainy
days."
Rates Held Impractical.
The 75 per cent rate* were described
iy one committeeman as entirely Im
practical because ‘‘not a dime" would
3e collected under them.
Rather than pay such rates to b»
permitted to put a large share of un
livided income into reserves, it was
isserted. corporations would distribute
mch net income among stockholders,
who would pay income taxes upon the
llvldends.
Hill did say for publication that yes
erday's drastic tables were "based on
impractical assumptions," since they
were drawn up cm a basis of either
100 per cent distribution or 100 per
cent retention of net corporate in
come. No corporation is going to con
luct operations along such lines, he
taid.
Definite Figures Withheld.
The subcommittee still refrained
from issuing on any definite figures on
iow much the protected $620,000,000
field from corporate taxes would be
slashed, provided rates were not in
creased, in order to allow the accumu
lation of depression reserves. One
nember said, however, that exemp
ion of banks, insurance companies and
similar institutions, which are re
tired by law to carry reserves and
surpluses, might not reduce the de
sired yield by $50,000,000.
Senator La Toilette, Progressive, of
Wisconsin, expressed sympathy with
he President’s plan for taxing the
indistributed profits of corporations,
>ut said he would attempt to broaden
he program by raising income tax
ates, in addition.
At the same time. Senator Glass,
Democrat, of Virginia, told reporters
‘we ought to levy taxes for every dollar
we expend.” The Virginian did not
:omment on the President’s uronosal
or revolutionism the corporation tax
iystem.
It was at the House Tax Commit
ee’s request that administration ex
•erts submitted complicated schedules
lesigned to lower the proposed taxes
in moderate corporation savings, but
(See TAXIS, Page 6.) •
SPANISH PRIEST SLAYS
MAN WHO FIRED HOUSE
lew Attacks on Convents and
Other Religious Institutions
Provoke Outburst.
ly the Associated Press.
MADRID, March 11.—A priest’s
leadly lire Into a mob which burded
lis home added a new facet today to
he rioting which has claimed scores
if lives since Spain elected a Leftist
rovemment last month.
With new reports of attacks on con
ents and other religious institutions,
i cleric in the village of Ceheginln.
durcia Province, shot one rioter dead
n retaliation for the firing of his
louse.
Soldiers patrolled streets in Granada
fter Leftist-Fascist clashes in which
let ween 7 and 30 persons were re
torted slain yesterday. The injured
lumbered M, II being hurt after the
roops arrived. (
ROUND AND ROUND!
TO KILLING FATHER
Trial of Lad, 14, Ends Sud
denly as He Testifies to
Mistreatment.
By the Associated Press.
READING, Pa., March 11.—Louis
Toontas, 14-year-old junior high school
student, abruptly ended his trial on a
charge oX slaying his father today by
pleading guilty to voluntary man- ,
slaughter.
Judge Paul N. Schaeffer ordered the
records turned over to Juvenile Court
and the case disposed of immediately.
Toontas' plea came unexpectedly,
just after a conference of attorneys
and members of the boy's family.
Toontas was on the stand and his at
torneys were encountering constant ob
jections in their efforts to get into
the record his story of mistreatment
at the hands of his father, slain as he
emerged from his home February 15.
Judge Schaeffer said he felt the plea
was "the proper and desirable thing
to do. I feel if this trial had gone on
and a proper verdict might not have
been returned by the jury, it would
have been a great miscarriage of jus- :
tice. I note this especially since the
boy is a boy of good character.’’'
Testifies to Mistreatment.
The bushy-haired boy had earlier
testified in an undertone that he shot
his father because his parent threat
ened to ’’fix’’ him.
The father. James. 45-year-old au
tomobile mechanic, died blaming his
son, policemen testified at the boy’s
murder trial.
The boy said he had been beaten
and abused by his father for failing to
work in the garage. The night of the
shooting, he said, his father left home
in anger, threatening to "fix you
when I get back.”
The boy said he took a rifle from
a rack in the house and inserted 10
shells. Then he ran to his room.
Later he went to the parlor and
turned out the lights. He took up a
vigil at the front window.
Admits Shooting Father.
“When I heard him coming up on
the porch I threw open the door to
the hallway and got down on my
knee,” the boy continued.
“Did you shoot your father, Louis?”
Lee asked.
“Yes, sir,” the boy replied, scarcely
above a whisper.
"Why did you shoot him?”
"Because of the way he treated
the family.”
“Was there any other reason?”
"Yes, I was afraid of what he would
do to me.”
“Why were you afraid?”
District Attorney John Rieser ob
jected and opposing lawyers retired
for a conference while Louis smiled
at spectators in the gallery.
HOOVER IN NEW YORK
WiU AUUi CBS MiC wuuciw*HSiB
Association.
NEW YORK, March 11 Her
bert Hoover arrived in New York to
day to attend a meeting of the direc
torate of the New York Life Insurance
Co. and to address the fiftieth anni
versary meeting of the Life Under
writers’ Aaosciation of New York
Thursday night.
The former President declined to
comment on the political situation as
he stepped off the Twentieth Century
accompanied by his son Allan. He
was greeted by his former secretary,
Lawrence Richey.
WEATHER TO BE COLDER
Somewhat odder weather, follow
ing rain this afternoon and to
night, is in prospect for tomorrow,
to the Weather Bureau.
Tomorrow is expected to be clear,
however.
Yesterday’s maximum tempera
ture was 66 degrees, while .the low
this morning was 83, reached at 6
o’clock. The high today probably
will be in the 60s. fi
Quits Movies
GRACE MOORE DOESN’T MIND
MILKING COW, HOWEVER.
— ;
GRACE MOORE.
By (he Associated Press.
DETROIT, March 11.—Grace Moore
said today that she is "walking out”
on her motion picture contract until
"Hollywood learns to treat me more
like a human being and less like a
machine.”
She is here lor a concert tonight.
"In the last picture I made in
Hollywood.” she said in an interview
with the Detroit News, "They made
me sing all day and milk a cow in the
bargain. I don’t mind milking a cow
or two in the course of a day, but also
to sing all day is something else again.
I have another public besides that
one out In Hollywood.”
PIS BLUFF SEEN
ON LEAGUE BOLT
French Believed Attempting
to Force British to Join
Sanctions.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.
Diplomatic quarters in Washington
consider the French threat to bolt
the League of Nations, together with
all her allies, as a bluff which the
French government will have to play
to the bitter end.
The threat is based on the belief
in France and the other European
countries that Great Britain is wed
ded to the idea of maintaining the
league at any price. The fact that
Britain went so far as to consider
the possibility of a war with Italy
in older to maintain the League’s
prestige is considered the best illus
tration lor this belief.
Of course, the French and their
allies know ih<*t behind this devotion
to the League lay . the fawi that the
British Empire was afraid of having
her route to India through the Sues
Canal interfered with by a powerful
Italy. But these considerations were
never officially placed before the
(See FRENCH, Page 2.)
SENATE MAY DEFT
Move Hinted as Arguments
Begin in Strawn’s At- .
tack on Seizure.
BACKGROUND
Senator Black of Alabama last
Summer launched an investigation
of lobbying against the holding
company bill. Since then, the in
quiry has been broadened to include
all lobbying activities.
To aid him. Black subpoenaed
5.000.000 telegrams sent to Wash
ington by business firms. This ac
tion aroused widespread protest,
and the Black committee has been
put on the defensive, primarily by
a suit brought by Silas H. Strawn.
noted Chicago laviyer and affluent
Republican, to enjoin the Western
Union from giving the Senators ac
cess to the messages.
BULLETIN.
Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat of
District Supreme Court this after
noon enjoined the Western Union
Telegraph Co. from turning over
to the Senate Lobby Committee
telegrams of the Chicago law firm
headed by Silas H. Strawn.
BY WILLIAM S. TARVER.
With Crampton Harris, counsel for
the Senate Lobby Committee, inti
mating the committee may disregard
the processes of the court, attorneys
for Silas H. Strawn, noted Chicago
lawyer, opened in District Supreme
Court today a violent attack on the
questioned right of the committee to
delve indiscriminately into the flies of
the telegraph companies.
In a brief, which he expected to
present this afternoon, Harris pointed
out that the Senate would not be
bound by an injunction, if granted,
and still might insist that the West
ern Union Telegraph Co. produce the
messages charged to Strawn's law
firm from February 1 to December
1, 1935.
‘‘A very unseemly and unfortunate
conflict of jurisdiction might result
from the grant of an Injunction by this
court,” the brief stated. “The Senate,
not being a party to this proceeding.
(See lgbby, rage 3.)
SUBSTANTIAL POWER
URGED FOR STATES
Lawyer Says Choice Must Be
Made Between That and Com
plete National Control.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 11.—Walter P.
Dodd, Chicago attorney and former
professor of law at Yale' University,
said last night a choice must be made
between leaving substantial power in
the States and transferring to the Na
tional Government complete control
of social, economic and industrial pol
icy.
The latter policy, he concluded in
a radio address, “will cause loss rather
than gain the achievement of the ob
jective of better social and industrial
organization.”
Dodd said the scope of national
power could be determined only as
new issues present themselves and are
Aeclded.
Britain Will Not Ask V. S.
Defend Canada, Says Baldwin
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 11.—Prime Min
later Baldwin today answered in the
negative when he was questioned in
the House of Commons as to whether
Great Britain would ask the United
States if it was bound to defend
Canada and the British possessions
of America form foreign attack.
William Leach, Labor party mem
ber of Parliament, asked the prime
minister whether he would ask the
United States foytssurance "that by
their interpretation of the Monroe
Doctrine they will hold themselves
bound to intervene to defend Canada,
British Guiana and the Falkland Is
lands from armed attack by any
power or group of powers?"
Baldwin answered: "No, sir”
Leach then inquired whether Bald
win would “consider his answer in
rtew of the beneficial results a favora
ble reply might have on defense pro
posals?”
To this question Baldwin did not
reply. ^
DEMANDS LONDON
HELP IN FORCING
G
‘Other Powers,” Probably
Including Soviet, Ready to
Leave Geneva if Pacts
Fail, Officials Say.
ATTITUDE EXPRESSED
AFTER RUSSIAN PARLEY
Nation Is “Willing to Go Limit"
to Obtain Removal of Hitler *
Forces—Knows She “Has a
Royal Flush," Paris Hears on
Eve of London Parley.
(Copyright. 1036. by the Associated Press >
PARIS. March 11.—A high source
declared today that France will quit
the League of Nations unless Great
Britain backs her demand that
Reichsfuehrer Hitler withdraw his
troops irom the Rhineland.
This source stated Pierre-Etienne
Plandin, France's foreign minister,
will take a warning of such possible
action with him when he goes to Lon
don tomorrow for a conference of
Locarno treaty signatories.
Officials said Flandin was prepared
to tell Anthony Eden, British foreign
secretary, that France was not alone
in her stand against further occupa
tion of the Rhineland by German
troops.
An authoritative spokesman de
clared: "We know war is coming in
two years anyhow. We might as well
have it now. while we are prepared.
The only way in which Hitler's troops
will leave the Rhineland is for the Lo
carno signatories to drive them out,
but a stitch in time sames nine.”
The official added: “There comes a
time when a nation refuses to be hu
miliated in front of the world. French
honor is at stake and we are ready to
draw the sword if necessary to keep
it unsullied."
Attitude Expressed After Parley.
The French attitude was described
after Flandin had conversed this
morning with Ambassador Potemkin
of Soviet Russia, the nation with
which Fiance signed the military as
sistance pact upon which Hitler stated
he based his denunciation of the Lo
carno treaty.
French officials said it was necessary
that Great Britain back France at
this moment in order to prevent “the
death of the League of Nations.”
Authoritative sources indicated they
believed there was little likelihood
that Germany would attend either
tomorrow's or Saturday's meetings in
London
French authorities said that, in
their viewpoint, Germany, as a vio
lator of the Locarno pact, had out
lawed herself from the benefits of that
pact and therefore was not entitled
to sit in judgment on her own case.
As far as Saturday's meeting is con
cerned, they said, the Council woule
have to invite Germany before thi
Reich could send representatives, sine*
Germany is not a member of thl
League.
One official said: "This time Franc*
(See-PARIS, Page 4.) '
CURRAN IS NAMED
SCHULDT SUCCESSOR
Assistant Corporation Counsel Ap*
pointed to Police Court Bench
by President.
Edward M. Curran, an assistant
corporation counsel since 1933 and
a resident of the District for 12 years,
was named by President Roc«evelt
today to succeed Judge Gus A. Schuldt
on the Police Court bench.
Curran's nomination was forwarded
to the Senate on the recommenda
tion of Attorney General Cummings,
Immediate confirmation was expected.
Judge Schuldt’s term expired several
weeks ago. A Republican, he had held
the po6t 12 years. He plans to enter
private law practice here.
Curran, a Democrat, teaches at Co
lumbus University Law School and at
Catholic University, from which in
stitution he received his legal degrea
as \ 'll as a bachelorship of science.
He holds an A3, from the University
of Maine. He was born in Maine 35
years ago.
He practiced law in Washington
prior to his appointment as assistant
corporation counsel. His first official
duties were at Police Court, but later
he was promoted to direct trial work.
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