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• _^^ _ WEATHER. s,ening-.rer ably clearing tomorrow morning; colder _ 111 Wasnm£ftOn Wltll til 6 tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature AssOpifltAf] Proce Mowd tonight about 45 degrees; fresh east winds. tt?. , V™ *\eWS Temperatures—Highest. 66, at 3 p.m. yes- ana WirephOtO SerVICeS. terday; lowest, 52, at 5 a.m. today. Closing New York Markets, Page 16 Circulation Over 140,000 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. Readers9 Guide Page. Amusements.B-16 Answers to Questions-A-8 Comics. -B-ll Cross-word Puzzle_B-ll Editorial .A-8 Finance _A-15-16-17 Lost and Found..A-9 Radio .A-14 Serial Story. B-15 Short Story...B-9 Society ..B-2-3-5-7 Sports.A-12-13-14 Washington Wayside_B-6 Women’s ^satures_—B-10