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DEMOCRATS STUDY
TAX SUGGESTIONS
-FROM ROOSEVELT
IN SECRET CAUCUS
Revisions Proposed in White
» House Talk Designed to
Speed Agreement With
House Conferees.
SENATE FINANCE BODY
CALLS SESSION TODAY
President Reported in Favor of
Superstructure of Graduated
Levies on Undistributed Cor
i porate Earnings, Flat 15 Pet.
Tax on Their Incomes.
—
BACKGROUND—
Problem of tax legislation, re
quested by President Roosevelt last
February, has been principal one
before Congress since that time.
Feature of presidential proposal
was levy against undistributed cor
porate income. House wrestled
with problem for two months, then
passed bill containing desired pro
vision.
Senate Finance Committee, more
conservative and independent,
*" listened more sympathetically to
protests of business and is prepar
ing compromise measure.
BULLETIN.
An hour's discussion of new tax
suggestions received last night at
the White House failed to produce
an agreement today among Senate
Finance Committee Democrats on
any plan for revising the revenue
» bill.
By ttic Associated Press.
Senate Finance Committee
Democrats were called to. a se
cret midday caucus today to con
sider the latest presidential tax
suggestions received in a two
hour White House conference
last night.
One senatorial source outlined the
latest suggestions of President Roose
velt to bring the yield of the dras
w tically altered tax bill up to the
amount the Chief Executive desires
as follows:
A 15 per cent flat tax on all
(corporation income, a superstructure
of graduated levies on undistributed
corporate earnings and a $15,000 ex
emption for all corporations from the
lot+Ar
The 4 per cent normal income tax
Would be applied to all corporate divi
dends and the capital stock and excess
profits taxes would be retained.
Supertax on Profits.
The supertaxes on undistributed
profits would be 25 per cent on un
1 distributed adjusted net income not
in excess of 20 per cent. 35 per cent
on that in excess of 20, but not greater
than 40 per cent, and 45 per cent on
that in excess of 40 per cent.
v Committee Democrats arranged to
assemble an hour and a half before
the full committee was scheduled to
meet to receive Treasury estimates on
the newest corporate tax plan and
possibly a humber of alternatives.
One Senator said privately the new
arrangement discussed at the White
House was a modification of a plan
which originated with Marriner S.
Eccles, chairman of the Federal Re
serve Board.
It was so framed as to represent
somewhat of compromise between the
House and Senate versions of the tax
bill. The 15 per cent flat tax and
the $15,000 exemption are In line
with the plan worked out by the
Finance Committee, and the high
graduated levies on undistributed
earnings are similar to the House pro
gram.
Sees Plan Aiding Agreement.
The President was represented as
believing acceptance of the new idea
would tend to speed an agreement
when the bill reaches the stage of
adjusting differences in conference
between the Senate and House and
consequently tend to expedite con
* gressional adjournment.
Some Finance Committee members |
tald, however, they were prepared to
stand by the bill as amended in com
mittee. One added that he believed
there were enough votes to retain the
bill as it is.
The latest plan would work out In
this manner:
A corporation with $100,000 of net
Income would pay a 15 per cent tax, or
$15,000 on the total. From the re
maining $85,000 the $15,000 exemption
would be deducted.
Then if the corporation retained up
to 20 per cent of the $70,000 balance,
or $14,000, it would be taxed 25 per
cent on the amount retained.
The tax would be 35 per cent of any
Income retained that is more than
, $14,000, but not in excess of $28,000
of the $70,000, and 45 per cent on $ny
portion retained in excess of $28,000.
i Leaders planned to call the Finance
Committee into session this aft
ernoon, with the idea of seeing
« whether more revenue could not be
raised. Senator King, Democrat, of
Utah, who is acting committee chair
man during the temporary illness of
Senator Hgrrison, Democrat, of Missis
sippi, hinted the 7 per cent rate now
proposed for undivided profits might be
Increased.
The question of undivided profits
taxes, recently thought settled, thus
appeared to be opening up again, with
prospects of lengthy discussion. Orig
inally administration officials called
- ^ for a tax averaging 33 Vi per cent on
such profits, but the Senate Finance
Committee could agree only on a fiat
0 per cent. ^
TRANSPORTATION
House Committee Also Au
thorizes Investigation of
Training School.
BY JAMES E. CHINN.
The House District Committee to
day authorized its transportation sub
committee to investigate Washington's
mass transportation system to deter
mine the sufficiency of service.
The committee also appointed a
special subcommittee to make an in
vestigation at the National Training
School for Girls, where Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt recently found conditions
that shocked her.
Chairman Norton of the full com
mittee will head the special subcom
mittee. which was directed to visit the
school and ascertain steps that should
be taken to make it a model institution
for training delinquent girls. She will
be assisted by Representatives Car
penter, Democrat, of Kansas, and Hull,
Progressive, of Wisconsin.
Carpenter Proposes Probe.
Carpenter proposed the investiga
tion after pointing out that hla atten
tion had been called to the "deplorable
conditions” that exist at the institu
tion.
“It is the duty of this committee to
look into the conditions and determine
what can be done to remedy them,” he
declared.
Carpenter also read a brief excerpt
from a statement of Senator Copeland,
Democrat, of New York, during hear
ings on the 1937 District supply bid
before the Senate Subcommittee on
Appropriations. Copeland referred to
conditions at the training school and
said: “I would sooner send a girl to
hell than send her out there. And I
mean just that.”
The Senate authorised an appropria
tion of $100,000 for improvements at
the school. This Item as well as others
is tied up in the deadlocked conference
of Senate and House conferees.
Hull Asked Inquiry.
Authorization for an inquiry into
the adequacy of the transportation
service was contained in a resolution
introduced by Hull, who last week
vigorously condemned the Capital
Transit Co. for overloading its cars
and busses. He proposed an investi
gation at that time, but his motion
was not acted on because of the ab
sence of Chairman Norton.
The Hull resolution stipulates that
the inquiry "shall be of such scope
that the Subcommittee on Transporta
tion may, in its report, make recom
mendations as to what should be done,
either by the transportation com
panies or the government of the Dis
trict of Columbia, to so improve condi
tions that the steadily increasing
population of the District shall have
a modern and up-to-date system for
convenient transportation.”
The Transportation Subcommittee
is headed by Representative Patman,
Democrat, of Texas.
Favorable Reports.
The committee ordered favorable
reports on two resolutions authorizing
preparations for the presidential in
augural, January 20, next, and in
(See D. C. COMMITTEE, Page A-13.)
Senate Body Votes Amend
ment to Relief Act to Make
Cash Available.
BY J. A. O’LEARY.
The Senate Appropriations Com
mittee today approved the compro
mise amendment to insure continued
operation of the slum clearance pro
gram in the inhabited alleys of
Washington during the coming fiscal
year.
The amendment, added to the
work-relief deficiency bill, will make
available to the Alley Dwelling
Authority approximately $250,000 by
permitting the agency to use un
expended balances of prior appropria
tions together with any receipts de
rived from the agencies own opera
tions during the year.
The Budget Bureau originally rec
ommended the new appropriation of
$300,000 for the coming year, but the
House omitted it from the bill, and
for a time it was feared the Authority
would be left without funds for the
year beginning July X.
Suggested by Authority.
The substitute adopted today was
suggested to the Senote committee
two weeks ago by Alley Dwelling Au
thority officials. House leaders have
Indicated the substitute is acceptable,
so no furthe rdifficulty on this item
of the deficiency bill is expected.
In addition to any unexpended
balances on hand the agency is au
thorized to use receipts from sale,
leases or other sources. Under the
alley dwelling law the agency is ac
quiring property in squares where in
habited alleys exist with a view to
having these areas rebuilt either for
sanitary housing or other useful pur
poses.
The law provides for a 10-year pro
gram to eliminate gradually these so
called hidden communities for the im:
provement of which civic and welfare
organizations have been working for
many years. The compromise amend
ment does not call for any new appro
priation out of the Treasury for the
coming year. Hie House left the budget
estimate for $300,000 of new work out
of the bill on the theory that the Alley
i See SLUMS, Page lT)
-.
DR. MERTON MYERS DIES;
WAS BUREAU PHYSICIAN
Expires in Alaska While Making
Plans to Attend Daughter's
Graduation.
By th< Associated Press.
ANCHORAGE. Alaska, May 27 —Dr
Merton Myers, physician for the United
States Bureau of Indian Affairs, died
here yesterday after a week's illness.
Funeral arrangements were delayed
pending word from relatives in Penn
sylvania.
Dr. Myers served seven years in
Alaska. He had planned to attend the
graduation of his daughter from the
University of Pennsylvania and hei
marriage in June.
Besides the daughter he is survived
by his widow and a son.
COMMITTEE VOTES
MM) FUND
TO ill FOR
RELIEF PURPOSES
Authority Given P. W. A. to
Continue Heavy Construc
tion as Deficiency Appro
priation Is Approved.
RESETTLEMENT ACTIVITY
IS SHARPLY CURTAILED
Senators Disagree on How Much
Discretion Bill Puts in Presi
dent's Hands, Some Feeling,
Howerer, That Expenditures
Are Clearly Directed.
BACKGROUND—
Asking f1,425,000,000 in contrast
to the $4,550,000,000 sought last
year for all forms of direct relief,
President Roosevelt indicated he
would prefer to have Harry Hopkins
handle all such spending during
the next 12 months. P. W. A. bloc
made strenuous fight in House to
have part of sum earmarked for
that agency, but failed.
Hopkins told House that amount
requested would not be sufficient
for full year unless private em
ployment picks up.
By the Associated Press.
The Senate Appropriations
Committee today approved a re
lief appropriation of $1,425,000,
000 to be turned over directly to
President Roosevelt, with au
thority for P. W. A. to use an
additional $300,000,000 to carry
on heavy construction.
The committee approved the S2,
364,000.000 deficiency appropriation
containing the relief fund. It added
j some items to the measure as it
j passed the House, but these were not
| tabulated immediately.
The action made it possible for the
Senate to begin debate on the bitterly
I contested measure tomorrow.
Committee members disagreed over
how much discretion would be placed
in the President s hands in expending
the SI.425.000.000. but some felt the
purposes for which the money could
be spent were clearly stated in the bill.
Tug well's Wings Clipped.
Activities of Rexford G. Tugwell’s
Resettlement Administration will be
sharply curtailed under the measure,
committee members said. Out of the
$1,425,000,000 voted for the President.
$85,500,000 was earmarked for loans
and relief to farmers, but rone for
land purchase.
President Roosevelt has said he
would allot the Resettlement Admin
istration enough of the fund to con
tinue its activities on a reduced scale.
A Republican move to turn relief ad
ministration back to the States, and
require them to put up 18 per cent of
the cost, was voted down without a
record ballot.
Under the committee’s arrangement
for Secretary Ickes’ Public Works Ad
ministration, $300,000,000 would be
available from his present loan fund
for grants to local political subdivi
sions. leaving $150,000,000 in the re
volving fund for loans.
More R. F. C. Loans Refused.
A move to permit the Reconstruc
tion Corp. to make additional loans
wras voted down.
An amendment was added to the
bill on motion of Senator Byrnes,
Democrat, of South Carolina to pro
hibit the barring of World War vet
erans from relief because of possession
of bonus certificates or bonds ex
changed for certificates.
A new attack on W. P. A. came
from Senator Holt (Democrat. West
Virginia), who yesterday reiterated
his charges against the agency and
declared, "W. P. A. is the greatest
and best oiled political machine this
country has ever seen." He said
W. P. A. workers had been threatened
by "ward heeling politicians” in the
recent primary in his State.
At the same time Administrator
Harry L. Hopkins denied cnarges of
politics made by Arthur M. Curtis,
Missouri Republican committeeman,
declaring: "They are in each and
every instance untrue."
“I note that your letter comes to
me via the Republican National Com
mittee," Hopkins wrote, “and mailed
from Washington, which fact lends
further color to the conviction this
document represents political mud
slinging.”
CONFESSES SLAYING
OF REVENUE AGENT
Police Officer Says Captured Sus
pect Admits Firing Shots
Near Hammond, Ind.
Ey tbe Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 27.—Lieut
Roy Pope, who participated in the cap
ture of Harlan Crouch here today, saic
Crouch admitted firing the shots thai
« killed John R. Foster, a revenue agent
i during the chase of a rum-running
car near Hammond, Ind., two week:
ago.
Pope said Crouch told of being hand
: ed a rifle by James Jacobs, his com
i panion in the car being pursued bj
! Foster and Ouy Goodin, a fellow
1 agent.
“I took the rifle and fired thre<
l shots,” Pope quoted Crouch as say
- ing.
Crouch, caught in a rooming houa
i here this morning by local police anc
l Federal agents, who found him aslee]
r with a gun beneath his pillow, wa;
i taken to the local office of the alcoho
t tax unit of the Intarnal R< nue Serv
l«a
HIGH FAMILIES
EVACUATEIAFFA
Troops Suppress Arab
Snipers in Tel-Aviv With
out Casualties.
BACKGROUND—
Palestine has been the scene for
several months of violent disorders
inspired by Arabs who seek to
abolish Jewish immigration. Ten
sion has increased during recent
weeks, causing Britain, which has
a League of Nations mandate over
the country, to increase police
forces. Military forces also have
been increased and tanks and air
planes have been used to suppress
uprisings.
| By me Associated Press.
JERUSALEM, May 27.—Rising Arab
antl-Jewish terrorism, mounting to
the aspect of rebellion in many sec
tions of the Holy Land, caused British
officials to evacuate their families to
day from the Arab-predominated town
of Jaffa.
The British women and children
were removed from the seaport of
Jaffa to the Northwest Palestine port
of Haifa aboard a warship, and estab
lished their headquarters later in the
neighboring all-Jewish city of Tel
Aviv.
This was the third British evacua
tion of an Arab town in as many days.
| Families of officials left troubled
Nablus last night, coming to Jerusa
lem as a precautionary measure. Mon
| day. British families at Gaza took
| refuge in police barracks.
Authorities reported no bombs were
thrown, no shots fired at Jaffa yester
day for the first time in a month, due
j to the drastic repressive measures
Held Under Military Control.
The British administration of High
Commissioner Sir Arthur Grenfell
Wauchope, governing under a League
of Nations mandate, held several Arab
centers under virtual military control.
Troops advanced in their mountain
campaign against the strongholds of
Arabs plundering Jewish-owned prop
erty.
Reinforcements were expected soon
for the military force, already the
(See ARABS, Page 5.)
PLAN FULL'PAYMENT
TO BANK DEPOSITORS
Chevy Chase Directors and Stock
holders Propose That Inter
est Be Waived.
Attempts are being made to pay
depositors in the closed Chevy Chase
Savings Bank 100 per cent of their
original deposits, without interest.
Under a. plan approved by Control
ler of the Currency J. F. T. O'Connor,
directors and stockholders of the
bank have arranged to put up a sum
of money sufficient to pay the re
maining 20 per cent dividend, pro
vided the depositors will waive in
tprpct
Letters have gone out to depositors
asking for waivers of interest. Whether
the plan can be worked out success
fully depends on whether a sufficient
number of depositors return their
waivers of interest, it was explained.
Paul Slemon, attorney, has been
named trustee for the committee of
directors and trustees acting in the
matter. The letters to depositors have
been sent out by this committee,
headed by Slemon.
Receiver Cary A. Hardee of the bank
is taking no active part in the plan,
it is understood, as the action is by
the stockholders and directors. Should
the plan succeed, however, the re
ceiver then would pay to depositors
the remaining unpaid 20 per cent
dividend. Depositors in this bank so
far have received 80 per cent of
their deposits.
If the plan succeeds, as the stock
holders hope it will, the 100 per cent
dividend can be paid to depositors
and then the remaining assets ol
the bank would be liquidated to repay
, the stockholders for the funds they
put up for the last dividend.
NATS RAINED OUT
Team Will Play Double-Headei
With A'a Tomorrow.
i Rain today postponed the Phila
1 delphia-Washington game. There wil
■ be a double-header tomorrow, start inj
at 1:S0 o’clock. ^
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River Victim
| MISS EVELYN HALVIN.
LOVERSlUARREL
Friend Identifies Body of
Girl Found Drowned
in Potomac.
Whether a lovers’ quarrel was re
sponsible for the death of Miss Evelyn
Halvin, 24, of 1107 Sixth street, whose j
j body was found floating in the Po- '
j tomac River yesterday, was a mystery
I police were attempting to unravel to- j
I day.
Miss Halvin was seen Just before
dawn Saturday in the Hangar Club, at
the Virginia end of Highway Bridge,
by Mrs. Betty C&rr of 1111 Sixth
street, a close friend, who identified
the body in the District Morgue early
today. She still had on the dress
which she wore at the club and the
body apparently had been in the water
that length of time, according to po
lice.
When at the club she was with a
Navy Yard employe. For a week or
10 days prior to that time, however,
she had been despondent over a quar
rel she had with another friend, a
Pullman conductor, with whom she
had been going for more than a year,
Mrs. Carr told police.
Threats Are Recalled.
Mrs. Carr said her friend and the
conductor had quarreled over her go
ing out with another man. and he had
stopped calling on Miss Halvin on his
weekly trips to Washington. Miss
Halvin had written to him twice and.
when she received no reply, had
threatened several times to “jump in
the Potomac.” Mrs. Carr said. Mrs.
Carr told police Miss Halvin had been
drinking when she saw her at the
night club and seemed to be in good
spirits.
Police were searching for a brother.
John Halvin, who came here a few
weeks ago and is believed to be living
in Alexandria, Va. Her home is in
Pittsburgh, Pa.
The proprietor of the house where
Miss Halvin roomed. Sam Soroka,
said she had been living there only
about two weeks and apparently was
not employed. He last saw her Fri
day night, he said.
Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald
was carrying on an investigation of
the case also, although no marks of
violence wore found on the body.
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AS 1,000 CHEER
Sirens Scream Encourage
ment as Liner Begins Quest
for Sea Title.
E» I be Associated Press.
SOUTHAMPTON, England. May 27.
—The S S. Queen Mary, Great Brit
ain's mightiest liner, sailed at 4:34
p.m. (10:34 a.m. Eastern standard
time) today for New York.
On board the great vessel were
2.139 passengers.
She pointed her bow toward the
English Channel amidst scenes of
public enthusiasm that transformed
Southampton's harbor into a vividly
exciting welter of sound and color.
More than 500,000 spectators black
ened docks and the roofs of buildings
and overflowed to vantage points
along the Solent. Thousands of
motor boats, tugs and excursion craft
swarmed like so. many chips in a
pond about the giant vessel.
Sirens Scream Farewell.
8hips in the harbor broke out their
flags and bunting. Factory and ship
sirens screamed a farewell, with the
Queen Mary's own siren, audible for
10 miles, lifting clearly above the
rampage of noise.
Five boat trains from London,
carrying the largest single consign
ment of passengers for one ship in
the history of Britain, arrived along
side the Queen Mary from 1 to 3 p.m.
Notables from various European coun
tries, and from the United States,
were among those whose luggage came
pouring onto the dock.
Aboard were such notables as Rob
ert W. Bingham, United States Am
bassador to the Court of St. James:
Viscount and Viscountess Knollys, tjie
Earl of Dudley, Lord Grimthorpe, Lora
Inverclyde, Sir Keith Fraser and Sii
Harry McGowan.
Of the 63 newspaper men on board,
35 were from America
In the main saloon of the depart
ing liner stood a model of the Queen
Mary made entirely of flowers, a part
ing gift to Sir Edgar Britten, her first
commander.
See Race and Ship.
It was Derby day, but not to be out
done a few lovers of the turf and sea
alike had planes waiting near the Ep
som course, saw the race and then
flew to catch the Queen Mary at Cher
bourg.
The Southampton embarkation pro
ceeded steadily after the arrival of the
first train, with bands playing, news
reel men and photographers scram
bling for position, and ship's officers
and crew on guard at all times for
stowaways. Squads of special police
patroled dock entrances and ship
gangways.
Shortly before 4:30 p.m. the Queen
Mary's siren sounded a warning, cries
of “all ashore" rang through the
towering decks, a squadron of bustling
(See QUEENMARY,~Page 14.)
DIES IN ARKANSAS
Lieutenant Governor of Wiscon
sin Has Heart Attack.
HOT SPRINGS. Ark.. May 27 <*>).—
Thomas J. O’Malley, lieutenant gov
ernor of Wisconsin, died here early
today.
O'Malley, 68 years old, succumbed
to an acute heart attack at 3:10 a.m.
He was removed to a hospital at mid
night from the hotel where he had
been stopping since last Friday. '
His wife and a sister, a Mrs. Sulli
van of Chicago, were at his bedside.
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COMMITTEE VOTES
TO CITE TOWNSEND
in :;
Action Against Wunder and
Kiefer Also Recommended
as Group Divides, 6*2, on
Partisan Standpoint.
COURT PROSECUTION
URGED BY SAME VOTE
Pension Plan Sponsor Due to Be
Charged With Refusing to Con
tinue Testimony and With Ad
vising Five Key Officials of His
Organization Not to Appear.
BACKGROUND—
Dr. F. E. Townsend believes pen
sions of 6200 monthly for every
person over 60 will briny prosperity
to the Nation. So many others be
lieve it. too. that the major po
litical parties became concerned.
The House voted an investigation
of the movement about two months
ago. Last Thursday. Dr. Townsend
told the committee to go chase
itself, or words to that effect. Ever
since then the committee has been
pondering over what to do about it.
BY JOHN C. HENRY.
The special House committee
investigating old-age pension
schemes early this afternoon
adopted a resolution recom
mending to the House that Dr.
Francis E. Townsend, Dr. Clinton
L. Wunder and John B. Kiefer,
key officials of the Townsend
old-age pension organization, be
cited for contempt of the House
of Representatives.
At the same time the committee
recommended that all information in
the alleged contempt case be turned
over to the United States district at
torney for prosecution in the courts.
The vote on the citation was 6 to 2.
with the committee evenly divided
from a partisan standpoint. Democrats
Bell of Missouri, Gavagan of New
York and Lucas of Illinois were joined
by Republicans Holtster of Ohio. Hoff
mann of Michigan and Ditter of Penn
sylvania in recommending to cit*.
Democrat Tolan of California was
joined by Republican Collins, also ot
California, In opposing the recom
mendation.
Chairman Bell said the vote on
recommending trial in the courts
rather than before the House was the
same.
Bell said it had not been decided
when to submit the committee resolu
tion to the House, but a meeting of the
committee is scheduled for 4 o’clock
this afternoon at which time signing
of the resolution is expected to take
place.
Two Instances to Be Cited.
Although final draft of the com
mittee resolution was not completed
(SEE TOWNSEND, Page*.)
AVER ELL IS UNABLE
TO MEET HIS DEBTS
Cotton Prices Undisturbed by
New York Exchange An
nouncement.
PT the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 27—The New
York Cotton Exchange announced to
, da. that William B. Averell. a promi
nent member of the exchange, was
unable to meet his obligations.
Averell, who has been a member
since April. 1911. so informed the
president of the exchange in a letter.
In cotton circles, where Averell was
known as one of the largest trader#
in the history of the business, his
failure was described as ' one of the
biggest shocks the exchange ever
had.” The blow was largely psy
chological. however, and prices were
not disturbed after the announcement.
The market continued to rule some
what higher at gains of about 10 to
20 cents a bale.
Well known in New York social
circles and in the cotton trade. Averell
was said to have carried some of the
heaviest commitment ever seen on
the Cotton Exchange at one time. It
was said he had not been actively trad
ing for the last several weeks.
Averell, who was an independent
floor broker and not a member of any
' firm, in former days was also a heavy
trader in stocks.
By some cotton men it was said that,
inasmuch as he had not been active in
the cotton market for some time, ina
bility to meet his obligations was prob
ably a matter of failure to settle pre
viously contracted debts.
Comment from Averell w-as not im
mediately available.
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BLACK LEGION INQUIRY
IS URGED ON CONGRESS
Dickstein, Hinting Fascist Link With
Order, Says He Will i6Blow Lid
Off” for $100,000 Expenses.
By the Associated Press.
A promise to "blow the lid off” the
Black Legion if Congress will allow
(100.000 for its Investigation was made
today by Representative Dickstein,
Democrat, of New York.
Preparing a resolution to authorize
the inquiry, he told reporters he was
informed that the Legion's activities
centered in Michigan, Ohio, Colorado,
Pennsylvania and "a very little” in
New York.
"The resolution will name certain
groups directly, also their subsidiaries
and the names of certain domestic
‘super Americans’ who want to take
the laws of the country into their own
hands,” he said.
Vice chairman of a special House
committee which investigated alleged
"un-American activities” some time
ago. Dickstein continued:
"In the last week of our investiga
tion of un-American activities last yeat
we received certain anonymous in
formation that the bad Black Shirt
movement, holding military trials for
charges against persons, was attempt
ing to create a Fascist government
within our Government.
“However, we had no funds then to
subpoena and bring witnesses before
the committee. I believe the Black
Legion movement is an offspring of
that Black Shirt movement.”
Congressional interest in the Black
Legion was heightened when Repre
sentative Clare Hoffman, Republican
of Michigan, said he had received a
threatening letter from what “might
bt the Black Legion.”
“It was not signed,” asserted the
Congressman, "but it suggested that
I had a green plot 2 by 6 feet waiting
for me back in Michigan.”
Hoffman said he regarded it as a
(See BLACK LEGION,'Page 2.)
Fleet of Red Sound Trucks
To Spread Socialist Doctrine
ML
B; the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, May 27.—The Social
ist party set forth today on its most
extensive campaign since Eugene Vic
tor Debbs toured the Nation in the
famous “Red Special.”
Instead of the special train, the
party now has a fleet of red sound
trucks, which will be sent throughout
the country during the campaign,
operating out of the central party
headquarters in Chicago.
Norman Thomas, again the presi
dential nominee, leaves Cleveland late
today for a series of speaking engage
ments en route to his New York home.
Within a few weeks he will make the
first of a series of trips around the
Nation, taking off a month in Mid
summer and ending with a trans
continental “lower berth” campaign
beginning in early September.
The vice presidential nominee,
George Nelson—a “dirt farmer” from
i Polk County, Wis., prominent in the
Farmers’ Union and co-operative
movement—will confine his speaking
trips to the agricultural areas of the
Middle West.
Mayor Daniel W. Hoan of Milwau
kee. at the first meeting of the new
National Executive Committee today.
was named as chairman of the Na
tional Campaign Committee. In addi
tion to directing the campaign, he will
make a speaking tour, principally in
Eastern cities.
One of the principal points the So
cialists will emphasize in the cam
paign will be the issue of constitu
tional change. They prepared the waj
for this in their platform, adopted at
the closing session of the conventior
yesterday, which advocated immedi
ate passage of the workers’ and farm
ers’ rights amendment to give the Fed
eral Government authority to acquire
and operate basic industries and u
end the “usurped power of the Su
preme Court to declare social legtsla
tion unconstitutional.”
Declaring the "New Deal, llkd thi
old deal, has failed,” the platforn
advocated several other “immedlat
demands” in addition to constitutiona
change, including:
An appropriation of $6,000,000,(MX
to continue Federal relief to the un
employed for the next year; a drastii
increase in income and inheritanc
taxes on the higher income levels am
of excess profits taxes; the 30-hou
week and the abolition of injunction
in labor disputes and the prohibltioi
of «—"r*"T unions. ^
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