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7No. 33,615. ^ca0snh1ncg?onmDltcr WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1936—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. *** * <*) M..n. A„oci.ted Pr..^ TWO CENTS._
TAX BILL BENEFIT
TO CORPORATIONS
BARED IN REPORT
BY MORGENTHAU
283 Big Companies Would
Have Paid Less in 1934,
.138 of Them Nothing, Sen
ate Body Told.
BYRD SAYS FIGURES
PROVE CONTENTION
But Treasury Experts Say Equal
Number of Firms Would Have
Paid More—Compromise Be
lieved Near—Substitute Pro
grams Suggested by Leaders.
BACKGROUND
With Congress hopeful of early
adjournment and fearful of tax
legislation in election year, Presi
' dent Roosevelt last February sud
denly requested revenue bill built
around new tax on undistributed
corporation profits.
House committee spent nearly
two months trying to draft meas
ure, then jammed it through House
, in few days. Senate Finance Com
mittee, however, has listened more
attentively to objections raised by
business, and complete rewriting of
* measure is expected.
Meanwhile, President has re
1 nounced responsibility, informing
Congress he is concerned only with
getting revenue, with means left to
them.
By the Associated Press.
Secretary Morgenthau told the
Senate Finance Committee today that
283 of the 600 corporations which
made more than a million dollars in
, 1934 would have paid less taxes under
the plan to base levies on undis
tributed profits.
At the same time. Treasury ex
perts told the committee they were
confident an equal number of the
corporations would have had to pay
more taxes under the contested cor
porate tax plan in the House tax bill
than they actually paid under the
present flat corporate tax levy.
Detailed statistics on the number of
corporations which would have paid
more were not submitted by Morgen
thau today, as they had not been re
quested, but he was asked to prepare
them.
Committee Session Closed.
His figures, laid before the com
mittee in a closed session, showed 600
corporations reported net income of
$1,000,000 or more in 1934. If they
shquld have distributed their earnings
under the new plan in the way they
actually did. 283 would have had their
taxes reduced by 50 per cent and 133
, of these would have paid nothing.
Senator Byrd. Democrat, of Virginia.
Who had requested the information,
told newsmen the figures “prove my
contention that many prosperous com
panies will evade taxes” under the
proposal for taxing corporations only
upon how much of their income they
Withhold from distribution.
"I am more convinced than ever
that the bill is very much to the ad
vantage of the strong company and
disastrous to the small company,”
As Morgenthau went before the com
mittee for the second time to defend
the administration’s plan for taxing
undistributed corporation profits, there
were strong indications that the Sen
ators were leaning toward a compro
mise.
Senator Harrison. Democrat, of
Mississippi, chairman, sought to
smooth over the troubled waters with
a proposal for imposing a flat 15 per
cent tax on net corporation income,
with surtaxes ranging from 5 to 45
per cent if more than 30 per cent of
earnings were withheld from distribu
< tion.
Although there was no agreement
on these specific rates, committee
opinion seemed to be crystallizing
around the general idea of imposing
a surtax on undistributed profits in
addition to a flat levy on all corporate
income.
The committee closed its doors for
Morgenthau’s testimony today because
law prevents publication of income
tax returns. The Treasury head was
submitting to the committee informa
tion derived from the returns of big
corporations.
The committee, on the motion of
r Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia,
„ (See TAXES, Page A-2.)
DEPARTMENT TITLE
CHANGE IS VOTED
Senate Acts to Make Ickes “Sec
► retary of Conservation”
Instead of Interior.
The bill to change the name of the
Interior Department to the “Depart
ment of Conservation” passed the Sen
ate this afternoon, but only after it
had been amended by striking out the
controversial power to allow the Presi
dent to transfer bureaus from other de
partments to the conservation agency.
The measure still requires House
action. If it becomes a law, Harold L.
Ickes would have his title changed to
•Secretary of Conservation."
Opposition to the power to transfer
bureaus from other agencies has pre
vented action on the bill several times
during the session. The entire subject
of reorganizing Government bureaus
is now being studied by the special
Senate committee, headed by Senator
Byrd of Virginia.
Deaths Exceed Births..
PARIS, May 13 OP).—National sta
• tistics disclosed today that deaths in
France during 1935 exceeded births
by 19,476, while in 1934 births exceed
ed deaths by 42,840. ^
HNS BARS USE
10 KEEP ORDER
“Fair and Friendly” Policy
Announced by W. P. A.
Administrator.
By the Associated Press.
Announcing a policy of “fair and
friendly relations" with W. P. A.
' workers, Harry L. Hopkins today or
dered State administrators not to use
armed guards to maintain order and
not to “spy upon workers.”
Although Hopkins declined to com
ment on his order. W. P. A. workers
^ in New York City and Allegheny
| County, Pa., had protested against sev
eral of the practices now forbidden.
Forbidding his field staff to “black
list" any workers or groups of workers,
Hopkins said:
"This administration will not per
j mit any discriminatory practices that
j may operate to work hardships on un
employed persons because of their be
| liefs, organizational activities or affilia
I tions.”
For Police Protection.
The order also said:
“The maintenance of order Is the
function of the local and State gov
ernments and if protection is neces
sary in connection with W. P. A. activi
ties, it should be secured from the
regular police force of the locality. W.
P. A. funds shall not be used for the
employment of armed guards.
“Where investigations are required,
such matters will be handled by the
Division of Investigation of the Fed
eral Works Progress Administration,
j “This investigation service will not
be used to spy upon workers or con
| cern itself with legitimate organiza
i tional activities of W. P. A. workers.
No investigation will be made or in
i vestigators employed directly by State
or district offices of the Works Prog
; re.ss Administration.”
Guard Use Reported.
Use of armed guards at W. P. A.
headquarters In New York City and
' Allegheny County had been reported
recently by workers. A delegation pro
tested to Hopkins that "apparently"
the New York City W. P. A. had
placed its agents in workers’ unions
to report their activities, while a
"blacklist” had been claimed in
Pittsburgh.
Alleged “Communists" among New
York City W. P. A. workers had been
cited by Victor Ridder, the adminis
trator, as responsible for numerous
protest demonstrations at his office.
TRAMMELL’S SEAT
SOUGHT BY SHOLTZ
Florida Governor Among Several
Aspirants, With Special
Primary Likely.
By the Associated Press.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 13.—
The Senate seat left vacant by the
death of Park Trammell was sought
today by several of Florida’s politi
cally-potent Democrats, among them
Gov. Dave Sholtz.
Indications pointed to a special pri
mary election, possibly in September.
The term ends in January, 1941.
Announcing for the nomination
were former Gov. Doyle E. Carlton
of Tampa, Claude Pepper, Tallahassee
attorney who was nosed out by Tram
mell for the nomination in 1934; C. O.
Andrews of Orlando, former circuit
judge, and Robert J. Boone, Miami
attorney.
Gov. Sholtz studied a pile of tele
grams urging appointment of various
persons to take the Senate seat until
the unexpired term is filled in Janu
ary. Mrs. Trammell was prominently
mentioned for the post.
ITALIAN THREATS
TOJOINNITLER
WORRYING LEAGUE
Withdrawal Seen as Step to
Revive Former Triple
Alliance.
BACKGROUND—
Italy openly annexed Ethiopia,
harking back to claims she was de
nied just fruits of the allies' vic
tory in the World War. To join the
"entente cordiale,“ she turned her
back on Kaiser Wilhelm and Em
peror Franz Josef.
Today Mussolini’s dictatorial path
and ambitions run strangely parallel
with those of Hitler, who also de
fied the powers by fresh show of
military might and reoccupation of
the Rhineland.
By the Associated Press.
GENEVA, May 13.—Whether Benito
Mussolini and Italy will resign from
the League of Nations and join forces
with Adolf Hitler and Germany wor
ried diplomats today.
Well-informed Italians said the pos
sibility that Italy would resign from
the League, following the example of
Germany, should not be excluded as
a possibility.
Such an act, political observers
surmised, would mean the political
alignment of Europe in two camps,
and might even bring about the re
suscitation of the famous “triple al
liance”—the military association of
Germany, Italy and the former Aus
tro-Hungarian Empire.
Diplomats said they believed Premier
Mussolini would try to ascertain the
eventual attitude of the Council mem
bers concerning Italian sovereignty
over Ethiopia and the continuance of
economic and financial sanctions.
They said they believed it likely
that Mussolini would resign from the
(See GENEVA, Page A-5.)
SUSPECTS IN BANK
ROBBERY CAPTURED
One Kills Self, While the Other
Has Critical Wound, State
Police Report.
by the Associated Press.
MIDDLETOWN, N. V.. May 13.—
State police announced the capture
under gunfire today of two suspects
in the *13,000 Pine Bush Bank hold
up and the subsequent death of one
from a self-inflicted wound.
The other prisoner was wounded.
Both men were captured while run
ning through a field of tall grass near
Mount Hope, a suburb. Police said
the condition of the second man is
Corpl. J. J. Koellsted said the dead
man was named John Mahoney. He
fired a bullet through his own head
when troopers opened fire, police said.
He died in a hospital at Middletown.
Corpl. Koellsted identified his com
panion as John Stewart. 34.
He said troopers thought both men
were from West New York.
NATS’ GAME CANCELED
Wet Grounds and Cold Again
Block Chicago Flay.
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
CHICAGO, HI., May 13.—The sec
ond game of the Washington-Chlcago
series was called on account of wet
grounds and cold weather today,
making the second straight postpone
ment for the Nationals. They are
slated to wind up their series with
the White Sox tomorrow.
The two postponed games probably
will be played on the Griffs’ second
trip to Chicago later In the Summer.
[AFT LEADS BORAH
IN OHIO PRIMARY;
“Favorite Son” Gets 46 of
52 G. 0. P. Delegates,
Returns Indicate.
SUPPORTERS OF LANDON
AHEAD IN WEST VIRGINIA
10 of 16 Top Delegates Favor
Kansan—Neely Defeats Foe
Supported by Holt.
By the Associated Press. ^
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 13.—Forty
six of Ohio’s 52 important delegates,
incomplete primary returns indicated
today, wil lgot to the Republican Na
tional Convention supporting a "favor
ite son’’ and six will support Senator
Wililam E. Borah as candidate for
President.
Forces of Robert A. Taft of Cincin
nati. the ‘‘favorite son,” gained steadily
in the State-wide voting on the basis
of returns from 5,656 of the State's
8,579 precincts.
While the Borah forces lost out to
the regular party organization, Presi
dent Roosevelt received an overwhelm
ing indorsement in a New eDal ‘‘popu
larity contest.”
Gov. Martin L. Davey won the
Democratic nomination as the result
of nearly a 2-to-l lead over Congress
man Stephen M. Young of Cleveland
with the counting of ballots in 5,978
precincts.
John S. Knight. Akron publisher
and one of Borah's chief supporters
in Ohio, said in a statement the "re
sult was not unexpected. Senator
Borah made a gallant fight, but the
odds were too great. Organization
and money go a long way * * * and
the 'favorite son’ slate had both."
Taft Issues Statement.
"The overwhelming victory," Taft
said in a brief statement, “showed
that the Republican voters of Ohio
are in favor of choosing a candidate
and writing a platform uncompromis
ingly opposed to President Roosevelt
and the New Deal."
Incomplete returns indicated that
Ohio's Republican delegation to the
national convention may line up like
this:
Eight delegates at large and 38 dis
trict delegates supporting Taft, six
district delegates supporting Borah.
Borah had entered only seven dele
gate-at-large candidates and 28 can
didates in 14 districts. In 8 districts
he had no candidate to oppose the 16
Taft candidates.
Clarence J. Brown. Blanchester,
Ohio, publisher and Ohio leader for
the Col. Frank Knox-for-President
movement, topped the list of Taft's
eight delegates at large.
Brown had 173,369 votes in the 5,656
precincts. The high Borah supporter,
Daniel E. Morgan of Cleveland, had
only 94,646, which was considerable
under the 129.104 polled by Frank H.
Ransbottom of Zanesville, eighth on
the Borah slate.
Breckinridge Swamped.
President Roosevelt swamped Col.
Henry Breckinridge in the Demo
cratic preferential race with a 325,
0l2-to-22,736 vote on the basis of re
turns from 5,987 precincts.
State election officials said tabula
tion of the yard-long ballot, which was
the slowest in a score of years, was due
to the unprecedented number of issues
on the primary ballot.
Taft slate: Former Gov. Myers Y.
Cooper of Cincinnati, 169.710; Alice
Roosevelt Longworth of Cincinnati.
164,212; Walter F. Brown of Toledo,
former Postmaster General. 150,936;
Gertrude Jones of Findlay, 138,512;
Carmi A. Thompson of Cleveland,
141.858. and Leroy N. Bundy of Cleve
land. 136,088.
Borah slate: Roscoe C. McCulloch
of Columbus, 88,712; Knight. 88,167;
Leland S. Dougan of Columbus. 87.813;
Russell C. Heddleston of East Liver
pool, 85,621; Elsie Bennett Wilson of
Medina. 84,291. and Charles Mclntire
of Zanesville, 82,667.
Coughlin Candidates Score.
Strength shown by candidates in
dorsed by Rev. Charles E. Coughlin’s
National Union for Social Justice
highlighted most of the 22 Ohio con
gressional district races.
The Detriot radio priest, who fore
cast in an address at Cleveland Sun
day that half of his indorsed candi
dates would be nominated, seemed in
(See PRIMARIES, Page 47)
BANKERS CONVICTED
BY DETROIT JURY
Defense Motions to Set Aside Ver
dict to Be Filed Next
Week.
by the Associated Press.
DETROIT, May 13.—Three former
bank officers, John R. Bodde, Edwin
J. Eckert and Donald N. Sweeny, were
convicted today by a Federal Court
jury on three counts charging bank
ing law violations before the 1933
banking collapse here.
Judge Patrick T. Stone ordered that
defense motions to set aside the ver
dict be submitted next week. The
$2,500 bonds of each of the defendants
were continued.
The trio, all officers of the former
People’s Wayne County Bank, were
among the 34 Michigan bankers in
dicted after the general bank holiday
here, which preceded by three weeks
the national holiday.
Hie jury of 11 women and one man
returned the verdict after seven and
one-half hours’ deliberation.
The maximum penalty possible on
each count is five years’ imprisonment
and a $5,000 fine.
The case centered on a trustee note
for $145,000 which the Government
charged was a sham note which was
reported falsely to conceal a specula
tive purchase by the bank of 1,143
shares of stock in the Detroit Bank*
era’ Co., holding concern which con
trolled the bank. ")
LONEY DISKED
Past Record of Wood Expert
Called in Hauptmann
Case Is Cited.
Arch W. Loney, obscure P. W. A.
wood expert who gained national
prominence w'hen called in by Gov.
Hoffman of New Jersey during the
final attempt to save Bruno Richard
Hauptmann from the electric chair for
the murder of the Lindbergh baby, has
been "dismissed with prejudice,” the
t Public Works Administration an
nounced today.
The dismissal, effective Friday, was
said to have been ordered by Admin
istrator Ickes for alleged falsification
by Loney of his application for em
ployment in P. W. A.
Officials made It clear that Loney’s
; connections with the Hauptmann de
i fense had no direct bearing on his
dismissal.
An inquiry into Loney’s record, offi
cials said, disclosed he had been ar
rested and indicted in Pittsburgh be
fore his employment with P. W. A. for
alleged utterance of bad checks. He
was arrested on a number of charges
growing out of the bankruptcy of his
lumber firm, it was said, but on restitu
| tion of funds cases pending against
him were nolle pressed.
Denies I|js Dismissal.
Following a conference with Ad
ministrator Ickes earlier in the day,
Loney told newspaper men in reply to
questions: “I have not been suspended,
dismissed or discharged.”
He explained he could not discuss
the earlier announcement of his “dis
missal with prejudice.”
Ickes evidently decided to issue an
injunction of silence later, for the
press relations section afterward only
would admit that Loney was “not
working now.”
! The P. W. A. wood expert first
figured in the Lindbergh case during
the last week of Hauptmann’s trial.
He wTote Defense Attorney Edward
Riley, offering his services to prove
that wood taken from the attic of
Hauptmann's home was not the same
wood used . in making the ladder
hoisted to the window of little Charles
A. Lindbergh's nursery the night of
the kidnaping of the child.
Riley did not summon him as a
witness, but the florid-faced, gray
haired wood expert figured promi
nently in press accounts.
Aid Asked by Hoffman.
He did not again enter the case
until Gov. Hoffman, during the
frantic last-minute investigation pend
ing Hauptmann's stay of execution,
wrote to Secretary Ickes requesting
leave for Loney to aid in the inquiry.
Ickes replied at the time that it was
up to Loney as a private citizen. The
wood expert took several days’ leave
to confer with Gov. Hoffman. Except
for the fact that so much attention
was focused on Loney, the matter of
his P. W. A. application might never
have been disclosed.
A Pittsburgh newspaper made in
quiries into his record and learned
about his indictment several years pre
vious. In his application blank Loney
was said to have omitted any refer
ence to his arrest in Pittsburgh.
An inquiry into the employe’s
record was made by Louis H. Glavis,
chief Investigator, shortly after Loney
burst into the limelight. The investi
gation was said to have substantiated
(See LONEY, Page 3.)
MRS. W. G. M’ADOO, JR.,
GIVEN DEFAULT DECREE
Custody of Two Children Goes
With Divorce—No Alimony
or Property Ashed.
By the Associated Press.
RIVERSIDE, Calif., May 13.—A
default decree, granting Mrs. Molly
Tackaberry McAdoo, a divorce from
William G. McAdoo, Jr., son of the
United 8tates Senator from Califor
nia, was recorded today in Superior
Court.
The decree was granted after cor
roborative testimony by Mrs. Eleanor
Wilson McAdoo, daughter of the late
President and divorced wife of the
junior McAdoo’s father.
Young McAdoo made no appear
ance at the hearing yesterday. His
wife was awarded custody of their
two children, Mimi, 11, and Cynthia,
10. No alimony or approval of prop
erty settlements was asked.
The McAdoos were married in New
York City May 22. 1022, and sepa
rated September 18, 1*4.
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Maryland Farmers to Gain
Millions by French Treaty
Quota on Leaf Tobacco Raised by
Trade Pact—Price May Rise
Under New Stimulus.
Bs a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
BALTIMORE, May 13—Millions of
dollars more in revenue from their
tobacco crop was envisioned by South
ern Maryland farmers today as a
result of the new reciprocal trade
treaty between the- United States
and France.
The news that the treaty “puts
France back in the tobacco market"
was hailed with rejoicing in all the
tobacco-growing counties.
George Sachse, manager of the
Maryland Tobacco Growers' Associa
tion, predicted the treaty would re
sult in a sharp boost in the amount
of tobacco purchased from Maryland
by France and a collateral rise in the
price of tobacco on the Baltimore
market.
The treaty contains assurance that
French purchases of American leaf
tobacco will be not less than S3,200,
000 in value and 20.500 000 pounds in
weight during the 1936 season, a 10
per cent increase over 1935 pur
chases. It will be modified to some
extent if found that a similar guaran
tee cannot be given for subsequent
years.
For years France was* one of the
best customers for Maryland tobacco.
It bought chiefly the lower grades of
the crop.
Since 1929, however. French pur
(See TOBACCO, Page 5.)
Maintains 71 M. P. H. Aver
age—Ship Encounters Fog
on First Day.
(Copyright. 193d. by the Associated Press.)
ABOARD THE ZEPPELIN HIN
DENBURG EN ROUTE TO GER
MANY, May 13.—Favored by a good
tail-wind over the Great Northern Cir
cle, the Zeppelin Hindenburg sped into
the second stretch today of its return
flight across the Atlantic to Germany.
Despite fog and failing winds dur
ing the first day’s run from Lake
hurst, N. J., the massive airliner had
maintained an average speed of 71
miles an hour yesterday for the first
half of the flight to its home base
at Frankfort.
The Hindenburg’s position at 3 p.m.
G. M T. (10 a.m. Eastern Standard
Time) was reported by Mackey radio
to be 50.52 degrees north latitude,
16.00 degrees west longitude. This
would place the Zeppelin about 400
(See HINDENBURG, PaglT)
ARAB WATCHMAN SLAIN
IN PALESTINE DISORDER
Jewish Wheat and Barley Crops
Destroyed by Incendiary Fires,
News Service Reports.
By the Associated Press.
JERUSALEM, May 13.—An Arab
watchman employed by Jews was shot
to death, the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency reported, and incendiary fires
destroyed Jewish wheat and barley
crops today in intermittent flare-ups
of the delicate Arab-Jew situation.
The watchman was( shot at Motza
because he refused to join the Arab
general strike against Jewish immi
gration into Palestine, the agency
reported. Another Arab was stabbed
after he had bought shoes from a
Jewish shop.
(In London the Laborite Daily
Herald carried a report that foreign
agents, principally Italians, were fo
menting the Palestine disorders. The
purpose, said the Herald, was to em
barrass the British government at the
time of the Italo-Ethiopian crisis.)
EARLY MATURITY
AMI ES SCIENCE
Full Adolescence Found in
Children of Three Gen
erations.
BY THOMAS R. HENRY.
8ta£f Correspondent of The Star.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 13—A
weird and rare phenomenon of full
adolescence in early childhood was re
ported to endocrinologists attending
a group meeting here today.
Dr. Homer P. Rush, of Portland
Ore., told of one family in which, for
the last three generations, the children
have grown beards, developed deep
bass voices and full physiological ma
turity and reach practically full adult
growth between the ages of five and
eight. Then the strange condition
subsides and the individuals lead nor
mal adult lives.
Two other cases have been reported
in medical literature. In the case
studied by Dr. Rush the condition af
fected three boys, their father and twe
uncles, and their grandfather. Un
like most cases of abnormal childish
development which attract attention
these cases are not due to a disfunc
tioning of the pituitary gland, but tc
the appearance in the body five years
too early of a glandular secretion nor
mal to adult life.
Growth Speeds, Then Stops.
At about the tenth year, when the
first faint signs of adolescence nor
mally would make their appearance,
these individuals have covered the
whole road. The only further change
(See SCIENCE, Page AijT
SHOWERSFORECAST
Weather Bureau Also Predicts
Cooler Temperatures.
Cooler temperatures are scheduled
to follow the showers forecast foi
Washington and vicinity tonight by
the Weather Bureau.
Today will be somewhat cloudy, with
the mercury reaching about 80. five
degrees below yesterday’s maximum
during the afternoon.
Tomorrow will be fair and coolei
with fresh southwest winds shifting tc
strong north winds.
i
AITACK BV GREEN
ON FARM BILL IS
READ BV BVRNS IN
SURPRISE MOVE
Labor Head Says Commod
ity Prices Would Rise as
Wages Remained Low Un
der Inflationary Proposal.
AMENDMENT TO CUT
LOAN LIMIT ASSURED
Representative Boileau Says Sup
porters Will Favor Reducing
Figure to 80 Per Cent of Fair
Value of Lands Instead of 100
Per Cent.
By the Associated Press.
Speaker Byrns took the House
floor today in the' fight over the
Frazier-Lemke farm mortgage
refinancing bill to read a letter
from William Green, president
of the American Federation of
Labor, opposing passage of the
$3,000,000,000 measure.
Green's letter, the Speaker said, re
cited that the A. F. of L. Executive
Council now meeting In Washington
had gone on record as against the
bill “largely because of its infla
tionary features."
we know,” the Speaker read, "that
when inflation of the kind proposed
in this bill is adopted, commodity
prices rise and wages stand still.”
The Speaker’s appearance on the
floor was a surprise move of the
House leadership which is fighting
passage of the bill. Byrns was greeted
with applause both before he started
speaking and after he concluded.
Amendment Planned.
A few moments before, in a move
to break down some of the opposition.
Representative Boileau. Progressive, of
i Wisconsin, told the House that sup
porters of the bill definitely would
offer an amendment to limit loans on
farms to 80 per cent of the fair value
of the lands.
I Members, he said, have argued
against the bill because in its present
' form it would permit loans up to 100
per cent on farm lands and up to 75
per cent of the insurable value of im
provements.
Some Frazier-Lemke adherents have
predicted the proposed change would
bring in at least 40 more votes for their
' cause.
Green's letter said a proposal to
; "print and circulate billions of cur
1 rency would vitally affect labor.”
The Executive Council, Green wrote
Byrns, are in thorough accord with
; all practical legislation to relieve the
existing economic situation among the
farmers and are desirous of seeing
them aided by the Government.
The letter called upon the friends of
labor in Congress to vote against the
bill and added the A. F. of L. Executive
Council “hope and trust it will be de
feated.”
Discrimination Seen.
Byms said: "As a Representative on
j the floor of this House I cannot under
! take to vote for a bill which discrimi
nates against labor.”
i He said the letter represents the
I “wishes and hopes of some 50.000.000
1 people.” and that the wage-earners of
i the country are vitally involved in the
legislation.
House leaders planned to keep the
House in session for the final ballot
today.
Byrns said the Democratic opposi
tion expected to make no concerted
drive to amend the bill drastically,
preferring a showdown on the legisla
tion as it stands.
Should tile backers of the contro
versial bill, branded inflationary by its
critics, propose that loans on farms be
made only up to 80 per cent insteac
of 100 per cent of their value, th
Speaker said, it would be an admissioi
that they had a bad bill originally.
Closing debate got under way wit!
an attack on the bill by Representativi
Reilly. Democrat, of Wisconsin, who
was the next to the last signer of a
petition which forced the Frazier
Lemke issue to the House floor. He
spoke out for sound money. If this
is not an inflationary bill. Reilly said,
why not issue $10,000,000,000 of print
ing press money and save all the mort
gaged farms?
“No Help lo Farmers.”
“This bill will not help the farmers,”
Reilly stormed. "Their problem is a
price problem.”
The bill would authorize the print
ing of $3,000,000,000 in new money to
refinance farm indebtedness. Farmers
would pay 1*4 per cent interest and
1*4 per cent on the principal annually
over 47 years.
The House leadership directed Rep
resentative Boland, Democrat, of Penn
sylvania, the Democratic whip, to have
all members of the party on deck at
3:30 o’clock this afternoon to await
the final vote.
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Zionclieck Flees Stones of Mob
To Puerto Rican IS aval Station
Representative’s Motor Mishaps Con
tinue—Becomes Enmeshed in Students'
Nationalistic Demonstration.
BACKGROUND—
Recent marriage of Representa
tive Zioncheck received more than
usual publicity because of his diffi
culties with Capital traffic police
men. Arrests in Virginia and North
Carolina marked his honeymoon
trip to Florida. He recently flew
to Puerto Rico, where his motor
mishaps have aroused a number of
the islanders.
By the Associated Press.
SAN JUAN, P. R„ May 13.—Puerto
Rico's serious nationalistic movement
and the ebullient Representative
Zioncheck of Washington found them
selves entangled today.
Neither the Nationalist party nor
the other party, apparently, had any
desire to continue the mesalliance.
Zioncheck, here on a honeymoon,
attained island-wide interest Monday
by a series of automobile mishaps.
Last night he found himself in the
center of a riot of high school chil
dren who were demonstrating in fa
vor of the establishment of Puerto
Rico as an Independent nation.
Neither the Representative’s driving
nor the independence movement had
any relationship with the other, but
before last night's demonstration was
ended Zioncheck asked that the
United States Marines be called out.
Quite apart from Zioncheck's wor
ries, the situation among the school
pupils was becoming serious.
After their destructive demonstra
tion in the Central High School they
(See ZIONCHECK, Page 37)
Fletcher Charges G. O. P. Mail
Mutilated, in Writing Farley
By the Associated Press.
Chairman Henry P. Fletcher of the
Republican National Committee
charged today in an open letter to
Postmaster General Farley that Re
publican campaign matter had been
"mutilated’’ while in the mails.
Fletcher asked Farley to “give* the
necessary orders to end such tactics.”
Making public the letter, Fletpher
also issued a statement saying he was
"certain that the classified civil serv
ice personAel of the postal service is
both honest and efficient.’’
“It would be regrettable, indeed,” he
said, “if, under the present administra
tion, this splendid service should be
prostituted for political purposes. A
“If letters transmitted through the
mails are to be seized or scrutinized as
telegrams were seized and scrutinized
by the Black committee (the Senate
Lobby Committee) the American
people may well believe that censor
ship and interference with individual
liberties and public services on a na
tonal scale for political purposes is
much nearer than we have realized.”
The letter to Farley mentioned spe
cifically alleged tampering with a pub
lication called “uncensored,” which
was mailed to Miss Lida Frost of
Lebanon, Ohio, about April 1.
“Miss Frost informs us that when
the envelope was received by her the
(See FLETCHBR, Page 4.)
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