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ACT INVALID. SAVS
•Hughes Joins Cardozo,
Brandeis and Stone in
Dissenting Opinion.
NEW DEAL LAW OF’34
FOR MUNICIPALITIES OUT
Bondholders Win in Contention
Measure Took Property Without
Due Process of law.
By the Associated Press.
The 1934 municipal bankruptcy act,
passed by a New Deal Congress, was
held unconstitutional today by the
Supreme Court.
The 5-to-4/ decision, delivered by
Justice McRAnolds, concluded:
"The cha’Jenge to the validity of
the statute liust be sustained.”
Justice Tlardozo, Chief Justice
Hughes and Justices Brandeis and
Stone asserted that ‘‘the statute is
constitutional.”
Court of Appeals Reversed.
The majority differed with a ruling
by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
upholding the legislation.
The law was challenged by certain
bondholders of the Cameron Country,
Tex., Water Improvement District
No. 1.
They contended the act took prop
erty without due process of law and
violated State rights.
The legislation was intended to aid
cities, counties and other political
subdivisions reduce their indebtedness
through Federal bankruptcy courts.
Bondholders attacking the law
owned approximately one-tenth of the
$800,000 bonds outstanding.
Bondholders' Contention.
They said they were offered only
49.8 per cent of the face value of
the obligations under the reorganiza
tion plan.
The Southern Texas Federal Dis
trict Court held the act invalid and
dismissed the debt-refunding plan.
It required a $400,000 loan from the
Reconstruction Corp.
Under the legislation the agree
ment had to be approved by tie Fed
eral court and a majority of creditors
ranging under certain conditions from
662£ to 75 per cent. The act re
cently was extended to 1940.
It was introduced by Representative
Wilcox, Democrat, of Florida.
GRIFFS TRAILING
RED SOX, 5 TO 0
Jimmy De Shong Is Shelled Hard
in Opening Inning of Final
Game.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
BOSTON, May 25. —Riding the
crest of a four-game winning streak
the Nationals got away to a bad start
against the Red Sox this afternoon
and were trailing at the end of the
third inning. 5 to 0.
Only half a game out of the first
division and tied with Cleveland for
fifth place. Washington placed its
hopes for a clean sweep over the Red
Sox on Jimmy De Shong. a youthful
right-hander, who has won four of
his five starts.
Manager Joe Cronin, after shaking
Up his line-up, nominated Fred (Lefty)
Ostermueller to pitch for the Red Sox.
Ostermueller has started twice against
Washington, winning once and being
knocked out of the box in his second
appearance.
Cronin shifted Shortstop Eric Mc
Nair from fifth place in the Boston
line-up to the lead-off position in
hopes of adding punch to the Red
Sox. Dusty Cooke, who has been bat
ting third, was dropped down to fifth,
while Heinie Manush. despite a lame
leg. returned to left field and Mel
Almada was benched.
-4
25 KNOWN INJURED
AS TROLLEYS CRASH
80 Passengers Thrown to Floor
Amidst Flying Glass in Sub
way Accident.
By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, May 25.—Two trolley
cars collided in a subway here today.
Ninety persons were thrown to the
floor and an unknown number taken
to hospitals in ambulances.
Police later said 25 persons were
taken to two hospitals.
They said one troUey car had come
to a halt in the subway between
Boylston and Arlington streets and
another crashed into it from the rear.
Four women fainted as the crash
threw 90 persons to the floors ol
both cars amid flying glass.
Squads of police and firemen en
tered the subway and carried the
Injured, many of them cut, to the
surface.
Officials said they did not know
how the crash occurred, but the oper
ator of the rear car told them, they
said, that he saw no lights in front
of him and thought the way was
clear.
HELD AS SLAYER
Young Woman Accused of Kill
ing Her Father.
GOLDSBORO, N. C., May 25 <*>).
A 22-year-old woman was in jail today
on a charge of killing her father. E
Detrho Woodward, 48 after, she said
he abused her.
Coroner T. R. Robinson quoted the
prisoner, Lina Mae Woodward, as say
ing her father cursed and abused he?
and she cut him with a butcher knife
The coroner decided that an Inquest
was unnecessary and ordered her held
^fm^the grand Jury, which meets ny
Action on “Red Rider” Repeal
Halted by House Adjournment
Death of Perkins Results in Loss of Dis~
trict Day, Imperiling Chances
of Sisson Bill.
The death today of Representative
Perkins. Republican, of New Jersey
may seal the fate of the Sisson bill to
repeal the so-called “red rider” ban
ning the teaching in the Washington
schools of anything pertaining to
Communism.
Out of respect to the memory of
Perkins the House adjourned at 12:15
o'clock, forcing the District to lose
probably its last day of the current
session, thus preventing consideration
of the widely discussed Sisson bill.
However, Chairman Norton of the
District Committee, hopes to persuade
House leaders to set aside a special
day within the next week for con
sideration of the “red rider” repealer
and other District measures on the
calendar. She conferred with Speaker
Byrns just before the House convened
and was told that the District could
not have a special day unless the
present session extends beyond June 6.
The leaders already have set a
precedent in this respect by allowing
a special day for disposition of the
; Ellenbogen rent-control bill after the
District had lost one of Its regular
scheduled days several months ago.
The lost of the District day came
as a distinct blow to Representative
Sisson, Democrat, of New York, author
of the ‘ red rider” repealer, who spent
all day yesterday completing prepara
tions to lead the battle for approval
of his measure. He predicted a few
hours before it became known that
the House would adjourn early, that
his bill would be passed by a sub
stantial majority.
In anticipation of a heated battle
over the "red rider” a number of
school teachers, educators and high
school students crowded the galleries
of the House long before it convened.
There also were more members on the
House floor than ordinarily on District
day, in response to a plea sent out
last week by Mrs. Norton urging a
large attendance during debate on
the Sisson bill.
Disappointed over the failure of the
House to take up the Sisson bill, Mrs.
Norton said she would make every
effort to have it passed early in the
next session, if the District does not
get another day before adjournment.
5 D. C. RESIDENTS
Win $500 “Consolation”
Prizes—4 Americans Get
Residual Prizes.
Five Washingtonians won '•consola
tion” prizes of $500 today as the
"wheel of fortune” at Dublin turned
up additional luck for American ticket
holders in the Irish Hospital Sweep
stakes.
Those getting prizes here today in
cluded Mrs. Josephine Mullet, 1110
M street, wife of a waiter at the May
flower Hotel: Frank Jones, 52, of 5120
Ninth street. Interior Department ex
ecutive: Mrs Anne Martin, 2417 Nich
ols avenue southeast: a person listed
only as "Coming Back," who lives on
Twentieth street, and Mrs. Mabel W.
Devries of California street.
Ten residual prizes of about $26,
687.50 each and 1,200 consolation
prizes were drawn at Dublin today,
the Associated Press reported.
Saturday’s drawings saw Americans
take $956,880, or about 44 per cent of
the v nnings.
Mrs. Martin, a 22-year-old widow,
said she was “almost too happy to
speak" when notified she had drawn
a consolation prize.
Mrs. Martin, who has a young child
to support sind no job, said "you can
be sure I have a place to put every
penny of that money!"
She came from her home in Bristol,
Tenn., two years ago to live with a
sister.
Mrs. Mullet said today it was the
first ticket she had bought.
“The only other prizes I ever won,”
she continued, “was a husband and
a carpet sweeper."
The latter was won as a theater door
prize in Philadelphia, she added.
Mrs. Mullet said she had some den
tal and doctor’s bills to pay.
Jones, who is chief of the mails and
lies division. Interior Department, said
he has been playing the sweepstakes
for 10 years, and got his first lucky
break today. He said he was “mighty
glad” his number came up at last.
(See SWEEPSTAKES, Page A-4.)
STEEL PLANT KEPT
IDLE BY PICKETS
Wheeling Steel’s Ohio Branch
Awaits Outcome of Con
ferences.
By the* Associated Press.
PORTSMOUTH. Ohio, May 25.—
Pickets surrounding the Portsmouth
plant of the Wheeling Steel Corp. kept
the mills idle today as they awaited
the outcome of conferences sched
uled by a Federal mediator with union
leaders, who claim to represent 3,500
of the 5,500 employes.
Authority of the National Labor Re
lations Board was an issue in the
strike, called Friday night after twe
years of disagreement between com
pany officials and the Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers.
Today R. M. Pilkington, mediatoi
sent here by Secretary of Labor Fran
ces Perkins, planned to meet with
Joseph K. Gaither, international vic<
prsident of the union, to investigate
the dispute.
The union contends that last No
vember the Labor Relations Boarc
ordered the Wheeling Co. to "desisi
coercing the amalgamated,” abandon
support of 17 departmental company
councils and reinstate a dischargee
employe. This, the union leaders said
has not been done.
COMMITTEE SEEKS
Way to Add $60,000,000 in
Revenue Occupies Sen
ate Body.
BACKGROUND—
Taxes and relief have been prin
cipal obstacles in wap of congres
sional adjournment for many weeks.
In former case. Senate commit
tee is trying to find compromise
between complicated proposal of
House and conservative tax pro
gram. Most controversial feature
is issue of taxing undistributed
corporation profits, proposed by
] President.
Relief fight centers around ear
marking part of SI ,425.000.000
fund for P. W. A. or allowing it
all to go to W. P. A. Newest pro
posal is that entire fund be at dis
i posal of President, although con
stitutionality of this policy was at
tacked in recent Circuit Court de
cision.
By tnc Associated Press.
The Senate Finance Committee
wrestled inconclusively again today
with the problem of bringing the yield
i of its tax bill in line with revenue
■ requests of President Roosevelt.
Chairman Harrison told reporters
after a committee session behind
closed doors:
"It would seem we are short on
what we have done and we need
some revenue. We are trying to get
a meeting of minds on that, so that
when we get a bill out it will at
least raise the money.”
The Dui, as revised orasucaiiy ay
the committee, would produce an esti
mated $560,000,000 of additional per
manent Government income, whereas
the President asked for $620,000,000.
"We have come to no definite con
j elusion about any part of the propo
sition. ’ Harrison said.
He added that he believed it would
be impossible to report the bill out
this afternoon, but that he hoped to
do so tomorrow.
Still to be decided were proposals
for an excise tax on sugar and other
levies on imported vegetable oil and
starches.
The chairman said that the Treas
ury estimated today that the "wind
! fall" tax on processors who avoided
payment of A. A. A. processing taxes
| would, as revised by the committee,
raise only $82,000,000 instead of $100,
000.000.
New Dealers and their critics bent
every effort to push the tax bill and
the $1,425,000,000 relief appropriation
down the home stretch and to adjourn
at the end of next week.
Democratic leaders were confident
the relief measure would pass the
Senate in a few days and that debate
could begin late this week on the
revenue bill. They predicted that toe
would pass with votes to spare.
Republicans prepared to fight. Sen
ator Vandenberg, Republican, of Mich
igan took the field with a declara
(See TAXES-RELIEF, Page 4.)
MADRID BEERLESS
Sympathy Strike Begun by Brew
ery Employes.
MADRID, May 25 C4>).—Madrid was
without beer today. The employes ol
all breweries struck in sympathy with
the locked-out employes of El Aguils
Brewery.
Waiters in numerous restaurant!
continued a strike begun last week
and half of Madrid’s elevators wer<
out of repair because of 8 strike ol
! maintenance men. _
Suspect in Y. W. C. A. Murder
Acts in Film of “Confession”
(Picture on Page S.)
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 25.—Motion pic
tures in which he was the principal
actor were relied upon today by the
State to convict Thomas Starr, 29,
long-armed colored man and former
circus “canvas man,” of the Y. W.
C. A. hotel slaying of Mrs. Lillian
Guild. 59, gift shop proprietor.
While cameras ground. Starr dem
onstrated to police and other witnesses
yesterday how he swung from a fire
escape to the window of the victim’s
room last May 9, attempted to attack
her and slugged her with a brick when
she resisted him.
Starr was arrested May 16, two
days after he invaded the nurses' home
at St. Luke’s Hospital, less than a mile
from the hotel where Mrs. Guild was
slain, and attempted to attack Miss
Lois Richert, a nurse..
Police said Starr identified himsell
as the man who entered the nurse
home, but denied knowledge of the
Guild slaying until confronted with
a blood-stained necktie found at hie
home.
Apparently anxious to co-operate
with police In the novel re-enactment
of the slaying before the motion pic
ture camera. Starr said:
“I’ve got religion now. I’m waiting
for that promised land.”
TO witness the photographed re-en
actment of the crime the police chose
six persons from the audience at a
detective bureau “show-up,” In addi
tion to Dr. Leonarde Keeler, “lie de
tector” expert of the Northwestern
University crime laboratoryJ|
U. S. ASKED TO AID
STATE IN FIGHT TO
KILL BLACK LEGION
Murder and Kidnap War
rants Sought for 13 After
“Ritual Execution.”
TWO ADMIT KILLING MAN
WHO “KNEW TOO MUCH”
Investigator Says Order Has
135,000 Armed Members in
Michigan Alone.
(Picture on Page AS.)
By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, May 25.—Murder and
kidnaping warrants were asked by
Prosecutor Duncan C. McCrea today
for 13 members of the Black Legion
held here in the slaying of Charles
A. Poole, and for 12 John Does who
may have attended thp meeting at
vhich Poole's "execution" was planned.
The prosecutor, declaring the vigi
lante society is "an outlaw organiza
tion national in scope,” announced he
would ask the "Department of Justice
to help us drive it out of existence.”
Two of the men held, McCrea said,
had admitted that Poole, a young W.
P. A. worker, was "put to death be
cause he knew too much,” and not be
cause he had been accused, falsely, of
beating his wife.
The 13 named in the warrant rec
ommendations were:
Harvey Davis, a "coloner in the
black-cloaked order which has a
death's head for its insignia: Dayton
Dean, accused of emptying two pis
tols into Poole's body on a lonely
suburban road May 13; Ervin D. Lee
and Urban Lipps, both of whom
McCrea said have confessed; George
C. Johnson, Paul R. Edwards and
Edgar Baldwin, who are accused of
having been present at the killing;
Herschel Gill and Lowell Rushing,
relatives of Poole by marriage; Thomas
R. Craig, John Bannerman. John B.
Mitchell and John S. Vincent.
Four Released.
James Roy Lorance. one of the
men detained last week, will be re
leased. McCrea said. Three others.
Bert Graham. Leonard Lipps and
Luther Glasgow were released previ
ously.
Investigations were under way into
several unsolved deaths as State and
local agencies sought to determine if
they were linked with the Black
Legion, which. Harry Colburn. Mc
Crea’s chief investigator, said, had
135.000 armed members in Michigan
alone.
in jacicson, Kay Ernest, a guard
! at the State Penitentiary, was held
for investigation in the reported flog
ging death of Paul Every, who investi
gators said had tried to withdraw from
the Black Legion. Papers seised in
Ernest’s home Indicated he was a
‘‘brigadier general” In the secret
society. Prosecutor Owen Dudley ol
Jackson County announced.
Membership lists confiscated with
Black Legion regalia in Ernest’s home
indicated other prison guards were
members, Dudley declared.
Warden Aroused by Letter.
Warden Harry Jackson aroused bj
a letter taken from Ernest which wai
signed "Art Lupp, B. G.,” it asked:
"How are you getting along witfc
j your new' boss? If you’re not. maybe
i w’e can do something about it.”
McCrea said he was trying to
I locate Arthur P. Lupp, sr., for ques
tioning regarding rumors he was State
commander of the Black Legion.
McCrea said he also wanted tc
question V. F. Efflnger of Lima, Ohio
who appeared last Summer before the
Lenawee prosecutor at Adrian to ask
release of three men arrested by State
troopers when arms and regalia simi
lar to that of the Black Legion were
found in their possession.
A grand jury at Jackson was inves
tigating the accusation lodged against
Ernest by Every’s widow and son.
In Lansing, the State attorney gen
eral said he waa considering a State
investigation Into the hooded riders.
In Pontiac, Charles E. Butler, chair
man of the Pontiac Police and Fire
Trial Board, said the board would
meet Tuesday to determine “once foi
all” whether there is any truth ir
rumors that^ certain patrolmen are
members of a Black Legion unit called
"The Bullet Club.”
Prospector's Death Probed.
Among the unsolved death's undei
scrutiny was that of Jerome Garflelc
Wolfe, oil prospector whose body wai
found late in 1933 by the roadside
near N.apoleon, Mich.
Wolfe's death was pronounced dm
to a ruptured liver, but Prosecutoi
Dudley said at Jackson today tha
Floyd Bober, a watchman at a turke;
farm, testified at the inquest tha
several automobiles had halted at th<
scene, their lights out, and had lef
after about 15 minutes.
There were tire marks on Wolfe’)
body, but no other evidence of ex
ternal violence, Dudley said. Wolfi
was rumored to have been on severa
parties with men suspected of mem
bership In the Black Legion, he said
Capt. William Hanson of the Stati
police reported to Dudley that he hac
found two former members of th
organization who had been flogged
and that they were willing to testif;
secretly before the grand jury.
AMERICANS MOBBED
Filipinos Attack Following Dia
pute With Policeman.
MANILA. P. I., May 25 (JP).—Tw<
American mining men were mobbec
today by 25 Fillpinoe at Antiplo, 11
miles from Manila, after an alterca
tion with a native special policeman.
Both Americans were taken to t
hospital. Tom Padgett was hurt in
ternally and Howard Spalding wai
less seriously injured.
Jose Ollvaries, special policeman foi
the Atnipolo Gold Mining Co. whicl
also employes the Americans, salt
Padgett insulted him and kicked him
The mob then attacked the Ameri
cans. Olivaries and two o£er Filipino*
were arrested. w
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COAL COMMISSION
NOT OUTLAWED
■ ■ ...i
McCarl Rules Body May Con
tinue Certain Functions
Under Court Decision.
The National Bituminous Coal
Commission does not have to dissolve
under the Supreme Court decision in
validating the Guffey coal act, but j
may continue to carry on those func- '
tions not specifically outlawed by the
court. Controller General McCarl |
held in a decision today to the Sec- )
■ retary of the Interior.
The commission now employs 160
persons and Chairman Charles F.
Hosford, jr., at his office in the In
vestment Building today, said study
would be required to determine how
1 many of these would be kept on.
It had first been feared that the i
Supreme Court decision might auto
matically operate to throw out the
commission.
In his decision. McCarl pointed out
that the court had knocked out those
portions of the statute providing for
tax on bituminous, for formulation
and enforcement of the code covering
wages and hours and price-fixing.
The court expressly stated, how
ever, he added, that validity of any
action of the act, standing inde
pendently. on which it had not spe
cifically passed would remain for
future consideration.
Because of this, the controller gen
eral concluded, the wording of the
statute would permit the commission
to carry on two definite activities:
1. An investigation as to the neces
sity for the control of bituminous pro
duction and methods of such control.
2. To make complaint to the Inter
state Commerce Commission with re
gard to any rates, charges, tariffs, and
practices relating to the transporta
tion of coal in order to safeguard the
interests of those concerned either in
mining, transportation, selling or con
sumption.
"It would thus appear.” McCarl
said, “that there are imposed upon the
commission certain duties which may
be exercised without reference to the
portions of the act nullified by the
decision of the Supreme Court, and
• * * the continued existence of the
commission and the performance by it
of the said duties • * • are not nega
tived by the court’s decision.”
Therefore, he added, the commis
sion’s appropriation for 1936 is avail
able for these necessary duties.
“SIT DOWN” PROTEST
AT AKRON IS SHORT
Tire Plant Workers Go to Work
Again—29 Face Anti-Riot
ing Charges.
By the Associated Press.
AKRON. Ohio, May 25.—Several
! hundred workers who started a "sit
down” protest at the Goodyear Tire L
: Rubber Co. early today went to work
• a few hours later without explaining
; what had caused the protest or
■ brought about its termination.
Police arrested 29 union Goodyear
i employes yesterday and charged them
with violation of the Ohio anti-rioting
statute in connection with a demon
i stration last week.
The “sitdown” today started in the
s tire rooms of both plants No. 1 and 2.
1 but the men Involved at plant No. 1
■ returned to work after a few moments
of protest. The demonstration in the
• other plant continued for several
l hours.
: The first change of shifts was ac
, complished without incident.
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King Edward Flies
Ahead of Family
To Inspect Liner
P? the Associated Press.
SOUTHAMPTON. England. May
25.—King Edward flew from Windsor
today—the second time he has taken
to the air since becoming sovereign—
to head Britain’s royal family in a
final inspection of the giant liner
Queen Mary.
The monarch was in the air 31
minutes, landed at the East Leigh
Airdrome, 5 miles away, and drove to
the dock to meet Queen Mary and
other members of the family, who
came from London by train.
King Edw-ard, wearing a straw hat.
traveled in his own scarlet and blue
biplane with his personal pilot, Flight
Lieut. E. H. Fielden, at the controls.
The King took the wheel himself
for the automobile drive from his
country home. Fort Belvedere, out
side London, to Windsor, where he
boarded the plane.
A great crowd lined the road from
East Leigh, where he landed, to the
dock of the Queen Mary.
It was the first flight for Edward
first English monarch every to ride
in a plane—since he traveled by air
from Sandringham to London Janu
ary 21 to assume the rule just after
the death of his father. King George.
The 80.773-ton Queen Mary leaves
here for New York Wednesday on her
maiden voyage.
S.E.C.I
Counsel for Broker Makes
Plea on Ground Act Is
Unconstitutional.
By the Associated Press.
Dismissal of manipulation charges
against Charles C. Wright, New York
broker, was asked before the Securi
ties Commission today by his counsel
on the ground the securities and ex
change act is unconstitutional.
Isidor J. Kresel, Wright’s attorney,
denied validity of the act under the
fifth amendment of the Constitution,
stressing that the transactions charged
against Wright and his associates in
no way involved interstate commerce.
Wright is accused of manipulating
the common stack of Kinner Airplane
& Motor Corp. on the Los Angeles
Stock Exchange.
Referred to Commission.
Kresel's motion was referred to the
commission by Edward C. Johnson, the
trial examiner, who said he could not
rule on it. Kresel accepted this refer
ence only on the gTound that when
the commission did rule, it would be
conceded that the ruling had been
made before the proceeding started.
Johnson’s ruling and Kresel’s state
ment had the effect of continuing the
case without interruption.
Other counsel included Laurence A.
Kahn and Leonard Bickwood. repre
senting various persons among the
defendants, and Walter W. Prager
and Ganson Purcell for the commis
sion.
Wright, whose career in Wall Street
(See S. E. C., Page A-5.)
RIOTSJMINUE!
British Constable Injured.
Women on Roofs Stone
Troops.
BACKGROUND
Violent disorders have resulted in
the last several months in Pales
tine growing out of Arab protests
to Jewish immigration. Britain,
which has a mandate over Pales
tine, has increased her police forces
there and recently sent troops and
planes as the fighting has become
more widespread.
By the Associated Press.
JERUSALEM. May 25— An Arab
girl was wounded fatally and a British
constable was injured seriously today
in persisting disorders arising from
Arab opposition to the Jewish influx
to the Holy Land.
Tension mounted higher in Pales
tine, with continued banishment of
Arab agitators spurring fresh resist
ance to British military forces at
tempting to restore order.
Arab women, posted on roofs, stoned
troops and police searching houses in
the village of Kafr Kanna, near Naza
reth.
Sporadic gun shots and bomb explo- j
sions were heard at midnight on the
outskirts of Jerusalem.
In several quarters of the predomi- j
nantly Arab port of Jaffa, bordering
on the all-Jewish city of Tel-Aviv, po
lice were fired upon by snipers in,
narow lanes.
The Jewish-owned steamer Richard
Bouchardt w-as a target for bombs
hurled by four Arabs as the vessel ap
proached Jaffa. Police seized a num
ber of Arab launches and arrested a
head boatman.
Among persons banished from Pales- ,
tine was the blind sheikh Farouki, edi
tor of an Arab newspaper.
—
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency said
an Arab throng attempted a delivery
yesterday of prisoners serving terms
at hard labor in a prison near Tulka
rem. and one British soldier was re
ported to have been shot to death.
This agency said police forces would
be increased from 3.000 to 3,500 June
1 under an order by the high commis
sioner.
NEW JERSEY POLICE
HUNT ARMY CAPTAIN
Officer Assigned to Rutgers Van- ^
ishes After Leaving Home to
Report at University.
By tnc Associated Press.
NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J., May
25.—Police today broadcast an inter
state alarm for Capt. Kenneth E.
Kline, U. S. A., associate professor
of military science and tactics at |
Rutgers University.
His wife reported to Highland Park
police that he left their home last
Tuesday in his automobile, ostensibly
to report for duty at the university
Col. John H. Stutesman, head of the
military department at the university,
said Capt. Kline, who had been ill
recently, did not arrive.
Filene Already Out of C. of
Sibley’s Retort to ‘ Withdrawal’
Br the- Associated Press.
ROCHESTER, N. Y„ May 25 —
“Mr. "Filene hasn't been a member of
the United States Chamber of Com-i
merce for several years.” Harper Sib
ley. chamber president, commented
here today when informed of the open
letter by Edward A. Pilene in which
the Boston merchant withdrew his
"co-operation” from the organization
Sibley, saying he had not seen the
Pilene letter and knew nothing of it,
commented:
“That’s just one of his little stunts.”
He would not comment further.
HITS “OPINIONATED” GUIDE.
Says Fact-Finding Research Should
Be Substituted.
BOSTON, May 25 <i«P).—Edward A.
Filene, the Boston merchant-econo
mist. has withdrawn from the United
States Chamber of Commerce until it
decides, he said, "to substitute fact
finding research for opinion as a guide
to decisions concerning the needs of
business in general.”
> He made his drciskm known in an
open letter yesterday to the chamb
er’s president and directors. In part,
it said:
“The chamber as at present organ- j
ized may function as a successful
club of business men when times are
good, or as a potent center of re
action when changing times make
some great new forward step neces
sary; but in neither role can it furn
ish any real help to business, either
to business in general or to the par
ticular business of the average
member.
“The businesses, I fear, which are
likely to profit most from an organi
zation such as the * United States
Chamber of Commerce Is today, are
those which have some special reason
for achieving a dominant voice in the
chamber’s affairs, although lacking
an adequate interest in or an adequate
understanding of the needs of busi
ness in general. • • •
"Modern business problems, general
or special, cannot be solved by adding
up the opinions, either of board mem
bers or of the ^embers generally, and
calling that answer. * * *”
TOWNSEND TRIAL
BYRNS DECLARES
House Cannot Afford to Be
Defied by Doctor,
Speaker Holds.
FAVORS LETTING COURT
DECIDE ON WALKOUT
Committee Counsel Accuses 0. A.
R. P. Head of Making Deceptive
Income Tax Returns.
BACKGROUND—
Dr. Francis E. Townsend be
lieves pensions of $200 per month
to all persons over 60 would bring
prosperity to Nation. His follow
ers are sufficiently numerous to
cause concern to political parties.
Two months ago. House commit
tee began investigation of financial
practices of leaders of movement;
showed that R. E. Clements, co
leader, had taken in about $80,000
in two years. Last week Townsend
walked out on committee after
nearly three days of cross-exami
nation.
BY JOHN C. HENRY.
Dr. Francis E. Townsend, leader of
he old age pension movement, must
ace trial for his action in walking
>ut on the House Investigating Com
nittee last week. Speaker Byrns made
jlain today, when questioned about
;he possibility of letting the doctor
'get away” with his defiance.
"The House of Representatives can
not afford to be flouted." Byrns said.
What would be the use of attempting
nvestigations for any purpose if a
committee could be defied success
fully?”
Representative Bankhead. Demo
;rat, of Alabama, the majority leader,
jointed out that the issue goes beyond
he Tow-mend incident alone.
“This sort of thing hits at the ef
fectiveness of any congressional at
:empt to seek information,” he said.
'We cannot allow any such precedent
lo go unchallenged.”
Favors Court Trial.
Speaker Byrns again too kthe posi
tion that he would favor holding the
trial before a court rather than before
the bar of the House.
"There is no telling how long the
trial would last if brought in the House
with 435 members all trying to ask
questions and take part in the pro
ceedings." he said. "Besides, since the
House is the complaining body, it
would seem more fair to take the issue
to an impartial court.”
The Investigating Committee is
scheduled to meet tomorrow morning
to consider its recommendations for
handling the Townsend trial, and also
will make some plans about interim
proceedings. Chairman Bell said five
Townsend leaders are under subpoena
and the question must be settled as to
whether to call them to the witness
stand at once or hold proceedings in
abeyance until disposition is made of
Dr Townsend's case.
Although the pension leader has ad
vised his key officials not to testify,
one of them. Dr. Clinton L. Wunder,
has informed the committee he will
be on hand tomorrow.
Meanwhile. James R. Sullivan, com
mittee counsel, charged today that Dr.
Townsend made deceptive returns ill
his Federal income tax statement.
The House probers were given au
thority by President Roosevelt to ex
amine Internal Revenue Bureau re
turns made by all key officials of the
Townsend organization.
uuwiicy UCKIIU3 inwiisriiu.
Prom the Townsend camp came a
denial by Sheridan Downey, counsel,
that the doctor was afraid to testify
further when he walked out on the
committee last Thursday.
"Dr. Townsend actually testified for
two and one-half days and this made
ample time for the committee to hava
secured all information about the
Townsend organization or the per
sonal connection of Dr. Townsend
therewith.”
Downey also requested the com
mittee to allow him an hour on the
stand to present some "statistical data
and economic arguments” on behalf
of the Townsend plan.
Sullivan, daring the doctor to re
turn to the witness stand, promised
to show “that the Prosperity Publish
ing Co., which he controls, has ad
vertised through its paper Townsend
Weekly, the communistic doctrine of
Soviet Russia and has carried •ad
vertising matter offering for sale
magazines advocating communism."
The attorney also charged that the
Townsend walk-out was staged for
the purpose of stimulating contri
butions. which he claims have fallen
off sharply since the inquiry began,
"The shocking disclosures brought
forth in the sworn testimony; the
evidences of misrepresentations and
broken trusts; the quick fortunes and
fat commissions made by leaders were
all so enlightening to the people that
many quit contributing Although
six weeks ago they had $130,000 M
the banks, today their treasury i$
rapidly approaching depletion."
Payment to Wife Cited.
Of the income tax matter, Sullivan
said;
“The evidence will show the decep
tion Dr. Townsend took advantage of
In his Federal income tax return when
he set out $6,941.50 had been paid
from the Old Age Revolving Pensions,
Ltd., to his w'ife, not an employe of
that organization. This was done to
mislead the public and his contribu
tors into thinking Dr. Townsend re
ceived only $6,950 and expenses tot
his share.”
ETHIOPIAN EXECUTIONS
ARE SET AT 53 BY ROME
By tec Associated Press.
ROME. May 25.—An official an
nouncement today placed the number
of executions In Addis Ababa at 59
since that Ethiopian capital fell to
the Italians.
Of the, total. 39 were condemned
for robbery and incendiarism and 14
for other clones.