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WEATHER. ^ (0. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) The OnJV evening paper Showers tonight, followed by fair to- • in morrow; much cooler: fresh southwest. Ill W dSllingtOn Wltil the shifting to strong north winds. Temper- Associated Press News atures—Highest, 86, at 4:15 p.m. yester- __ j »ir. , , ~ day; lowest. 67. at 5:30 am. yesterday. and WirephOtO Services. Full report on page A-12. oi at viMisD 18 Yesterday i Circulation, 138,100 Closing NcW York m&rkets, r&ge lo (Son)-- returns not ret received.) 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. f BABY MU3TBE^\ QUIET I THERElS) NOTHING To BE / afraidof^ / /IsutTkEEp^ \ seein' THINGS! thL I 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. Readers’ Guide Page. Amusements.B-18 Answers to Questions_A-10 Comics _B-12 Cross-word Puzzle_B-12 Death Notices.A-12 Editorial . .A-10 Finance ..A-17 Lost and Found.A-3 News Comment Features A-11 Radio ...»..B-13 Serial Story.B-7 Service Orders_B-13 Short Story__A-13 Society. B-3-4 Sports_A-14-15-16 Washington Wayside-A-2 Women's features_B-10-11 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.) Get the Blue Streak Habit Market News—Racing News—General News and Wirephotos—All the Im portant Pre-Noon News of the Day Will Be Found in the Complete Newspaper Blue Streak Noon Edition of The Star on the Street Before Noon I-<