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85th YEAR. No. 33,837. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1936—FORTY-TWO PAGES. *** <*> M..n. A...ci.t.d Pr.„. TWO CENTS.
PRESIDENT GOMEZ
VETOES SUGAR TAX
Informs Senator Rivero of
Action During Conference
at Palace.
OUSTER IS NECESSARY,
POLITICAL FOES SAY
Forces of Col. Batista Claim Con
trol of 120 of 169 Votes
in House.
BACKGROUND—
Three and a half years ago
Fulgencio Batista was an obscure
army sergeant. He took control of
the Cuban army in the bloody
overthrow of President Gerado
Machado’s iron regime in 1933.
Succeeding governments were not
successful, but election of Miguel
Gomez as President May 20, 1936,
seemed destined to heal rifts. Ba
tista backed him in program of
"health, education and sanitation."
All went well until a few days ago
when Gomez affronted, the 35
year-old colonel by trying to cut
off army revenue by blocking sugar
tax bill.
By the Associated Press.
HAVANA, December 21.—President
(Miguel* Mariano Gomez has vetoed
the $1,500,000 sugar tax bill, paving
the way for prospective impeachment
proceedings instituted by his political
opponents, Senator Octavio Rivero
announced today.
The Senator said the Chief Execu
tive had informed him of his action
during a conference in the Presiden
tial Palace.
The vetoed measure will be sent to
the Senate this afternoon, Rivero de
clared.
Opponents of President Gomez de
clared today the chief executive's im
peachment is necessary “for the wel
fare of the nation and to preserve the
constitution.”
The anti-Gomez forces, lined up be-1
hind Col. Fulgencio Batista, claimed
control of 120 of the 169 votes in the
House of Representatives, eight more
than the two-thirds necssary to im
peach the President.
The House members were sum
moned to an extraordinary session at
6 p.m. today to hear the impeachment i
charges.
Gomez, if impeached, would be
tried before the Senate, sitting as a
court, and a majority vote would de
cide whether he were guilty of the
charge of “an act against the free
function of a legislative body,”
Seen Final Chapter.
In this manner, political observers
felt, would the final chapter be writ
ten in the governmental life of Presi
dent Gomez, who crossed swords with
Col. Batista, Cuba's ‘‘strong man.”
Batista sought passage of the sugar
tax bill to obtain some $1,500,000 for
maintenance of army-taught rural
6chools.
Gomez, In his opposition to the
bill, said he believed it would serve
only to educate young Cubans in the
“Fascist” manner—an eventuality de
nied by Batista.
Some of the President's friends said
■nothing could prevent the impeach
ment. Others, however, expressed
hope that ‘ something would happen.”
Forced Session Anticipated.
The more militant of Gomez's po
litical enemies indicated they would
seek to make swift work of the matter
and would force a session of the Sen- j
ate Tuesday evening—if the House
accepted the charges against the Presi
dent.
Most observers, however, felt the
Senators would give the President
some time in which to prepare his
answer.
There is nothing in Cuban law to
prevent the President from appearing
In person to answer impeachment
charges In the Senate, and some
thought he would do this.
Gomez, whose father before him was
President of the Cuban republic, is
the first Cuban President in history
threatened with impeachment.
TRAIN HITS WAGON,
KILLING DRIVER
Maryland Fanner Critically In
jured at Crossing Near
Berlin.
S' the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Md., December 21.—A
Pennsylvania Railroad train plowed
Into a loaded farm wagon at a grade
crossing on the Ocean City-Berlln
Highway near here today, killing one
man instantly and critically injuring
another.
The dead man was Charles Duffy,
colored, of Berlin; Littleton Burch,
about 70, a Berlin fanner who was,
riding in the wagon with Duffy, was
so seriously Injured physicians who
gave him first aid here expressed lit
tle hope he could live. He was taken
to the Peninsula General Hospital at
Salisbury.
The wagon, loaded with com, came
onto the crossing as the passenger
train, southbound from Philadelphia,
was slowing for the Berlin station.
Berlin residents said the grade
crossing has been the scene of a
number of accidents. At least 11 per
sons have been fatally injured there
over a period of years, they asserted.
Vegetable Strike Ends.
PARIS, Dcember 21 (JO.—Truck
gardeners who ordered a strike to
boycott Paris vegetable markets last
Monday voted yesterday to return to
work tomorrow. Henri Dorgeres, as
serted Fascist and leader of the green
shirt “Peasant front,” as spokesman
for the farmers, said they had been
promised speedy satisfaction on mast
• of their demands. m
The King
and
Mrs, Simpson
(In this, the sixth of a series of articles authorized by the
former King Edward VIII and Mrs. Wallis Simpson, Newbold
Noyes lets the intimate surroundings, the tastes and the
habits of Mrs. Simpson describe her character. Mr. Noyes,
associate editor of The Star and a cousin of Mrs. Simpson by
marriage, was a guest at both 16 Cumberland terrace and Fort
Belvedere.)
BY NEWBOLD NOYES.
(World copyright, 1936, by Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicat,, Inc.)
WALLIS SIMPSON is always soignee. You would call it fastidious,
perhaps. I wonder if that isn’t one of her characteristics that
appeals most to the former King Edward Vin. It was a quality
mo6t apparent to me, and probably to most men.
It showed in her make-up, in the arrangement of flowers in her home,
the way an ash tray appears magically at your elbow, the way she wears her
clothes, her conversion of English servants to the American ideal of service.
Before retiring, Wallis Simpson invariably massages her face with a
specially prepared camphor cream. That comes immediately after an applica
tion of cleansing cream.
She never begins her make-up without an astringent lotion to remove
every vestige of the camphor cream. A flush of rouge, a touch of mascara on
her eyelashes, a delicate shade of blue on the eyelids, the lightest dusting of
powder and a choice of lipstick. The lipstick she uses during the day is re
placed the moment the electric lights go on.
Choice in Clothing.
She chooses every item of her clothing with the utmost care. It might
take her half an hour to decide between two shades of stockings or gloves in a
store. Yet shop girls adore her. She never snaps at them or questions their
anxiety to please. It might take her a day to select a hat, but when she has it
it never fails to be becoming. And it is always small.
“I can't wear floppy hats,” she told me. “My neck Is too long. They
make me look a toadstool.”
She likes to inspect herself from three angles, just to be sure nothing la
(Continued on Third Page.)
Christmas, Fishing and Other
Personal Matters Dis
cussed.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.
For nearly an hour, President Roose
velt and Gov. Alt M. Landon of
Kansas, Republican presidential
candidate in the last campaign, sat
chatting this morning at the Presi
dents office at the White House.
When Gov. Landon left the execu
tive office he said the conversation
had to do principally with inconse
quential personal r.atters, and that
they did not touch on politics, relief,
agricultural problems or the drought.
When asked by a newspaper man If
they did not reminisce a little about
the campaign, the Governor replied
"not exactly.”
inrisimas a topic.
“The President is looking wonder
fully well.” Gov. Landon said. "We
didn't talk much about anything. We
talked about Christmas and about
children. The President told some
stories about his grandchildren. Then
he told me about his recent visit to
South America, which he seemed to
have enjoyed greatly.”
At this point, the Kansas executive
was asked if any foreign subjects or
matters of international moment were
brought into the conversation, and he
replied in the negative.
Resuming his account of the con
versation, Gov. Landon said:
“I guess we talked more about fish
ing than anything else. The Presi
dent told me about the fishing he in
dulged in on his trip to South America.
This gave me an opening and I proudly
told him of some fishing I did in
Florida. Then the President warmed
up to the subject and told me some
more of his experiences and I told
him some more of mine. So you see
we did a lot of swapping of fishing
lies.”
The President and Landon had met
only once before—at Des Moines on
September 3, when the Governor was
among Midwestern officials attending
Mr. Roosevelt’s drought conference.
The campaign then was nearing its
height.
The President and his distinguished
guest sat with their chairs drawn
closely together near Mr. Roosevelt’s
desk. Both wore business suits.
Dinner Guest Tonight.
Gov. Landon. in coming here, had
accepted an opportunity to visit the
man who defeated him for the pres
(See LANDdN, Page A^
Bulgaria Recognizes Italy.
ROME. December 21 (>P).—Bulgarian
Minister Svetoslav Pomenoff informed
the Italian government today his coun
try Intends to establish a consulate
general in Addis Ababa, an act which
is tantamount to recognition of Fascist
annexation of Ethiopia.
Dr. Sarga9s Wife
Mother of Girl
Who Won’t Duel
r
“Me Against Nine”
Says He Had Hoped
for Boy.
By the Associated Press.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, December
21.—Frau Franz Sarga, wife of the
diminutive “me against nine” duelist,
gave birth to a daughter today at 8t.
John’s Hospital.
Sarga, whose successive affairs of
honor was the talk of Budapest for
weeks, was momentarily crestfallen.
“I had hoped for another duelist,”
he said.
His 20-year-okl blond wife, how
ever, was jubilant.
“One duelist in the family is more
than enough.” she said.
Frau Sarga, granddaughter of a
wealthy banker whose objections to
her marriage was one of the reasons
for Sarga’s series of challenges, said
she would devote her life to shielding
her daughter from such family dis
cord. M
PLANS REVEALED
Will Not See Edward Until
Divorce Is Absolute, Host
Tells Reporters.
By the Associated Press.
CANNES. Prance, December 21.—
Wallis Warfield Simpson cleared away
the mystery surrounding her Imme
diate future today with a plain indi
cation she would not see the man
who gave up the throne of England
for her until her divorce Is absolute.
The statement that Mrs. Simpson
was remaining at her haven in Cannes !
for "several months.” and "there is j
absolutely no possibility” she will see 1
Edward of Windsor until Spring was ;
made by Herman Rogers, her Riviera '
host, as Mrs. Simpson held a formal
press conference for the first time In
her life.
In the end it turned out to be more
of a social reception than an inter
view. Adroitly Mrs. Simpson dis
cussed the beauty of the Riviera, the
weather and the dangers of driving
over mountain roads.
With a gracious, happy air she
joined in the general conversation
in the beautiful gardens of Mr. and
Mrs. Rogers’ Villa Lou Viei yesterday
afternoon, but she left it to her host
and spokesman to answer the two
questions all the world was asking:
When would she see the Duke of
Windsor?
When would they be wed?
The answer to the first was not
"for several months" and to the sec
ond only silence.
Silent on Marriage Plana.
Rogers declined to discuss any mar
riage plans, but he left the impression
she would join the ex-monarch after
April and shortly after become his
Duchess of Windsor.
Under the Brilliant Mediterranean
sunshine the talk turned to Christmas
and Christmas trees.
Mrs. Simpson, it was learned, has
been assisting her hostess in prepar
iSee SIMPSON, Page A-3.)
MRS. EINSTEIN DIES
AFTER YEAR ILLNESS
Wife of Noted Scientist Had Been
in State of Coma for Vir
tually 2 Weeks. •
By the Associated Press.
PRINCETON, N. J.. December 21.
—Mrs. Elsa Einstein, wile of the noted
German scientist, died yesterday at
their nome here after a year's illness,
it was disclosed today.
formed sources said her illness
T me serious six weeks ago and that
' the past two weeks she had been
In virtually a continuous state of coma.
Her age and other details were not
immediately available. Dr. Albert
Einstein, her husband, declined to
make public any information. He is
on the staff of the Institute for Ad
vanced Study here.
MUSEUM OF SURGERY
PLANS ARE ANNOUNCED
Mn. William Randolph He ant
Will Endow Portion of How
Foundation.
■r the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 21.—Plans
for a museum of surgery for which
Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, wife
of the publisher, would provide part
of the funds were made public today
by the newly organized American
Chapter of the International College
of Surgeons.
The museum, to be known as the
Millicent R. Hearst Foundation, is to
be centrally located in New York on
a site to be provided by Mis. Hearst.
Other donors of funds will be sought.
At an organization meeting the
American Chaptf elected Dr. Andre
Orotti of Columbus, Ohio, president.
The museum is to contain life
sized models to illustrate the progress
of surgery from ancient time* and a
variety of specialized documents and
ether eghlhttfc f
Government Rushes Relief
Forces to Stricken San
Vicente.
EPIDEMIC IS FEARED
AS WATER IS POISONED
Refugees Flee Before Eruption of
Volcano Santa Rita South
west of Village.
By the Associated Press.
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, De
cember 21.—Officials expressed fear to
day of a mounting death toll in the
devastating earthquake which razed
almost all San Vicente and killed at
least 200 persons over the week end.
Persons arriving in San Salvador
from the stricken provincial capital
told stories of wholesale ruin, of shat
tered buildings and homes, and of
rescuers digging out some 200 bodies
in the first few hours after the quake.
How high the deaths would reach no
one would estimate, but government
officials dispatched all relief available
to the area.
Accurate reports were made In
creasingly difficult to obtain because
of the disrupted communications be
tween the quake area and San Sal
vador.
Telephone and telegraph lines were
ripped down by the quakes and infor
mation could be had only from those
who fled inland from the scene.
Volcano Erupting.
The quake, which first struck the
sleeping city of San Vicente Saturday
night, crashed in buildings and shook
the earth in villages nearby, eye-wit
nesses said.
Refugees, with their families and
household belongings, fled along rural
roads trying to reach safety from the
ever-menacing volcano Santa Rita,
southeast of San Vicente,, which
some refugees said was erupting.
Adding to the fears of molten lava
pouring from the volcano over the
wrecked city was the specter of epi
demics. Much of San Vicente's sup
ply of drinking water was poisoned by
sulphur apparently exuding from the
smoking volcano after the quake.
Government officials, returning last
night from the disaster area, said the
widespread wreckage was impeding
rescue work and making virtually im
possible any accurate estimate of the
property damage and loss of life.
Among the neighboring villages
damaged, according to radio reports
last night, were Vera Pas. Guadalupe,
Apastepeque. Petitan, San Sebastian,
San Lorenzo and Pecoluca.
Red Cross Train Sent.
A special Red Cross train, with
rescuers and modem equipment, was
sent from San Salvador to San Vi
cente. Those returning from the scene
said the quake leveled all but one of
the city's main buildings.
Left standing, they said, was the
tower in Central Park, with the
hands of its clock stopped at 10 min
utes to 10.
The President of Salvador, Gen.
Maxim iliano Hernandez Martinez, en
trained for the scene to assume per
sonal charge of the rescue wrork. Ac
companying him was Minister of the
Interior Calderon.
Army aftd navy physicians and
nurses also were sent into the dev
astated areas.
The first shocks of the earthquake
were felt at about 10 p.m. They
diminished, refugees said, but began
again Sunday afternoon.
Residents who fled San Vicente said
the volcano had been active of late and
uneasiness had increased among the
inhabitants of the city lest it erupt.
The casualties were feared to be
numerous because of the construction
of the city’s dwellings, some of which,
however, had been built to be "earth
quake proof."
Most of the houses are one or two
(See QUAKE, Page A^S)
/
Summary of Today’s Star
Page.
Amusements -C-8
Comics _C-5
Editorial _A-10
Finance A-1S
Lost <fe Found A-S
Obituary ...A-12
Page.
Puzzles.C-5
Radio .C-3
Short Story _.B-8
Society_B-3
Sports ...C-l-3-3
Woman's Pg. -C-4
NATIONAL.
Court upholds President’s authority to
place arms embargo. Page A-l
President and Oov. Landon chat for
hour at White House. Page A-l
Death of tNorbeck may place Berry
in Senate. Page A-7
C. I. O. declares war against the
company union. Page A-9
Ickes moves to push trial of 52 suits
involving P. w. A. Page A-4
Legislation to curb lobbyists is held
likely. Page A-4
FOREIGN.
Buenos Aires parley approves 37 peace
proposals. Page A-l
President Gomes, facing impeachment.
vetoes sugar tax. Page A-l
Devastating earthquake claims over
200 lives in El Salvador. Page A-l
Chang rebellion reported spread with
revolt of Kansu chief. Page A-l
Mrs. Simpson not to see Edward until
divorce la absolute. Page A-l
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Justice Van Devanter unwittingly vio
lates game law. Page A-l
$10 top price for Inaugural grandstand
seats announced. Page B-t
Edith Maxwell "practices" new Job as
anxious watch. Page A-l
Polar Society to honor Gen. Brainard
today. Page A-4
Husband asks that wife or self be
prosecuted for perjury. Page A-5
President’s new bodyguard to arrive
today; still “astounded.” Page A-9
Raids on two narcotic dens result in
flee arrests. Page 4-1S
Fireman hurt fighting A80.000 blase
in printing plant W Fags B-l
Experts seek to prove "claws" are
games of skill. Page B-l
Local lawyer, two others, reindicted on
conspiracy charges. Page B-l
Steering Committee to be named In
Georgetown road drive. Page A-f
Man killed by auto In Maryland; only
three accidents here. Page B-l
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT.
This and That. Page A-10
Answers to Questions. Page A-lt
Washington Observations. Page A-lt
The Political Mill. Page A-lt
David Lawrence. Page A-ll
Paul Mallon. Page A-ll
Constantine Brown. Page A-il
Jay Franklin. Page A-ll
Headline Folk. Page A-ll
I SPORTS.
Boston Red Sox voted biggest disap
pointment of sports year. Page C-l
Herman and Hartnett of Cubs fielding
leaders, averages disclose. Page C-l
Benner leads Washington Pros to Dixie
grid league title. Page C-l
G. W. meets high-scoring Marshall five
in home opening tonight. Page C-l
Brisk battle looms here tonight be
tween Furr and Lucas. Page C-S
Washington sports writers to roll In
The Star’s pin tourney. Page C-S
FINANCIAL.
Corporate bonds uneven
(table). PageA-lS
Stocks irregular (table). Page A-24
Curb list mixed (table). Page A-21
Steel rate climbs. Page A-21
Oil demand to jump. Page A-21
Lead boosted again. Page A-21
MISCELLANY.
Vital Statistics. Page A-21
In the Hunt Country. Page B-2
Nature's Children. Page B-6
Bedtime Story. Page B-4
Winning Contract Page B-S
City News in Brief. Page B-S
Young Washington. Page B-ll
Betsy Caswell. * Page C-4
DosottoyDtt. • Page C-4
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Kansu Chieftain Is Said to
Have Revolted in Favor
of Marshal.
BACKGROUND—
Demanding immediate war
against Japan, Marshal Chang
Hsueh-liang revolted against Nan
king regime of China 10 days ago
and kidnaped Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-shek and 20 other Chinese
dignitaries, imprisoning them in
Sianfu stronghold.
Fate of Chiang uncertain, re
ports of assassination mingling
with asurances that he is alive and
well cared for in captivity. Nanking
leaders have delivered ultimatums
to Marshal Chang, threatening
attack unless their dictator is re
leased immediately.
By the Associated Press.
NANKINO. December 31—Chin*
called lor swift military action today
to rescue Generalissimo Chiang Kai
shek in the face of reports that the
Sianfu rebellion had spread to moun
tainous Kansu Province.
Gen. Yu Hsueh-chung, chairman of
the Kansu provincial government,
staged a sudden coup at the provincial
capital, Lanchow, unconfirmed reports
reaching Shanghai said, and declared
in favor of Marshal Chang Hsueh
liang.
Dr. T. V. Soong. brother-in-law of
the generalissimo, returned to Nan
king today and immediately called a
conference of the Soong and Chiang
families.
Dr. Soong was understood to have
been at Sianfu conferring informally
with the rebellious marshal on terms
to free Generalissimo Chiang.
Nanking officialdom Interpreted the
development as a hopeful sign Mar
shal Chang was “ready to see reason.”
Troops of Gen. Yu, former hench
man of the mutinous Marshal Chang,
the reports said, raided the Bureau
of Public Safety, disarmed police and
ransacked the headquarters of the
provincial pacification commissioner.
Adding to fears that Lanchow might
be in rebellion was the fact that no
reports had been received from Amer
ican missionaries there. Foreigners
(See CHINA, Page A-6?)
South Africa Wreck Kills 8.
CAPETOWN, Union of South
Africa, December 21 (IP).—Eight per
sons were killed and 35 injured, sev
eral seriously, today when a train en
route from Port Elizabeth to Cape
town was derailed near Vlakteplaats.
325,000 in Non-Civil Service
Denied Benefits of Security
Barred From Participation in Pro
gram—Congress Action to Bp
Necessary in Most Cases.
More than 325,000 non-Civil Service
employes on the Government pay roll
will be the "forgotton men"—and
women—when the old-age benefit plan
goes into operation under the social
security act January 1.
Barred from participation in this
program, which sets up several exempt
classes, including Federal. State and
municipal workers, they also are de
nied the advantages of the Government
retirement plan, which Is applicable
only to those persons having a com
petitive classified status.
Not only are those employes In the
emergency agencies affected, it was
explained today at the Civil Service
Commission, but also those holding
posts exempt from civil service re
quirements in all the old line agencies.
In addition, there are thousands of
cases where persons with a civil serv
ice status have never occupied any
thing but a non-civil service position,
and these also are barred, several At
torney Generals opinions holding that
an original appointment in an exempt
position does not carry retirement
privileges.
In some instances, the situation can
be corrected by executive order; that
is, in groups which the President has
the power to put under classified civil
service. In the majority of cases, i
however—and this applies particularly
to the New Deal agencies—congres
sional action will be necessary, for
Congress specifically excluded these
from civil service.
Where persons are in places that it
is obvious are of purely temporary
7«m SKfUTOTY, Page A-5.) j
POPE TO DELIVER
YUlffiADIO TALK
To “Prove We Are Still
Alive”—Doctor Opposes
Any Activity.
By the Associated Press.
VATICAN CITY. December 21.—
Pope Pius announced his intention to
day of broadcasting a Christmas mes
sage to the world Thursday to "prove
we are still alive.”
The broadcast will be made at 12:30
p.m. (6:30 a.m.. E. S. T.) on a wave
length of 19.84 meters through a
microphone set up in the Pope's study
adjoining his bed room, where he has
been confined with circulatory con
gestion and fever.
The Holy Father will be carried to
his desk and placed in an armchair in
front of the microphone.
Ignores Doctor’s Plea.
The Pope persisted in making ar
rangements for the Christmas broad
cast despite the pleading of his doctor
to remain absolutely quiet.
He summoned Father Soccorsi, di
rector of the Vatican radio station, to
discuss technical arrangements for
the radio address.
His actions were contrary to medical
orders for absolute quiet after the
pontiff suffered a fainting spell as he
lay in bed yesterday.
The attack was caused, doctors said,
by his irregular heart action, the re
sult of circulatory stagnation.
The holy father’s personal physi
cian, Dr. Amanti Milan!, hastened to
the papal apartments early today to
examine his patient’s fever chart,
checking anxiously to see if the epi
demic of influenza in Rome had added
the Pope to its victims.
yesterday ne caneu senator nicoia
Pende, professor of medicine at the
University of Rome and widely-known
European authority in endocrinology
and constitutional diseases, to check
the Pope's condition. ,
Well-informed circles said the pon
tiff had gradually been brought to
the point where he exerted himself
only enough to receive-Eugenio Car
dinal Pacelll, the secretary of state,
and his personal secretary for two
short liours daily.
Only a few of the 35 cardinals resi
dent in Rome cams to the Vatican
to see the Pope. Most of them were
kept away by the orders restricting
audiences to the 10 cardinals who are
prefects, or chairman of executive
bodies. Even among these 10 only
one or two appeared.
One of the reasons for the setback
(See POPE, Page AS.)
URGES CONFERENCE
Xurphy Asks. Roosevelt to Call
Philippine Economic Parley.
Frank Murphy, retiring Philippine
high commissioner, said today he had
recommended that President Roose
velt summon a "preliminary” Philip
pine-American economic conference
early In February.
Murphy said the conference would
be preparatory to a later meeting! to
deal with future relations between the
two countries.
Xurphy takegapffloe January 1 as
Oovsrnor of MIcEjan.
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American Solidarity in Event
of War Sanctioned at
Buenos Aires.
By the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES. December 21 —
The Inter-American Peace Conference
ended its formal labors today with ap
proval of 37 projects designed to
strengthen bonds among the 21 Ameri
can republics and liberalize trade
policies.
A plenary session sanctioned a Cen
tral American declaration for com
plete American solidarity if war any
where threatens the Western world,
resolutions urging lowered tariffs and
equality of trade opportunities, and
other plans to cement peace and im
prove commercial and cultural rela
tions.
The delegates stood silent for one
minute at the opening, in memory of
the victims of the earthquake at San
Vicente. El Salvador.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull,
chief of the United States delegation,
did not attend the plenary session held
on a hot. Summer day in the Argen
tine Chamber of Deputies. Hull was
working on his speech to be made at
the final meeting of the three-week
parley, set for Wednesday.
Reports on Resolutions.
Jose Manuel Cortina. Cuban secre
tary of state, In reporting on the eco
nomic and trade resolutions, de
clared:
“The conference has produced
peace instruments which remove the
(See PARLEY, Page A-4.)
Van Devanter
Violates Law
While Hunting
Supreme Court Jus■
tice Lays Breach
to Ignorance.
By a stall Correspondent 01 Tne star.
OCCOQUAN, Va., December 31.—
How a United States Supreme Court
Justice unwittingly violated the Fed
eral game laws was revealed here to
day In an incident demonstrating
that although ignorance of the law
may be no excuse it occasionally is
the falling of even the highest judicial
authorities.
Justice Willis Van Devanter, a
member of the Supreme Court since
1911, was hunting with Rev. Ze Bar
ney Phillips, sector of the Church of
the Epiphany In Washington, at the
Deep Hole Point Club here when the
Infraction was discovered.
The two men were in a duck blind.
A Federal game warden approached
and courteously requested their
licenses for Inspection. The minis
ter’s card was correct, but a glance
at Justice Van Deventer’s permit re
vealed the absence of the $1 Federal
stamp,
Ibo 77-year-old jurist expressed
■urpriee at the jmaigbt, then admit
JJM JtnjpICSi Pege A-4.)
TO FIX EMBARGO
ON ARMS UPNFLO
Supreme Court Sanctions
Ban on Munitions to
Chaco War.
WIDER NEUTRALITY LAW
PATHWAY HELD CLEAR
Opinion Eemoves Doubt of Consti
tutionality of Present Act,
Lawyers Say.
BY JOHN H. CLINE. ,
The authority of President Roose
velt to place an embargo on the sale
of muntions to Bolivia and Para
guay during the recent Chaco War
was affirmed by the Supreme Court
today in a 7-to-l opinion giving the
Chief Executive wide powers as the
representative of this country in ne
gotiations undertaken to insure world
peace.
Justice McReynolds was the lone
dissenter. Justice Stone, who is ill,
did not participate.
"It is quite apparent.” the court said,
“that if, in the maintenance of our
international relations, embarrassment
—perhaps serious embarrassment—ia
to be avoided and success for our aims
achieved, congressional legislation,
w’hich is to be made effective through
negotiation and inquiry within the in
ternational field, must often accord to
the President a degree of discretion
and freedom from statutory restric
tions which would not be admissable
were domestic affairs alone involved.”
The justices also agreed today to re
view an appeal from the lower courts in
a case involving the constitutionality of
the Frazier-Lemke farm mortgage
moratorium act.
Neutrality Path Thought Cleared.
Administration officials believe the
embargo decision cleared a legal path
way for general neutrality legislation
vesting broad discretionary authority
in the President.
Government lawyers said the opin
ion not only removed any doubt of the
constitutionality of the present neu
trality law, but opened the way to ex
tension of that act if the next Con
gress so desires.
While the court's opinion was con
fined to the President's authprity to
forbid the sale of munitions in this
country for use in the Chaco war. it
noted that the Chief Executive often
had confidential information on foreign
relations which was not available to
Congress.
After the President had promul
gated the embargo on May 28. 1934,
several airplane manufacturers and
individuals were Indicted in New York
for an alleged conspiracy to sell 15
machine guns to Bolivia in violation
of the President's order.
Delegation of Authority Attacked.
Among the defendants named in
this indictment were the Curtiss
Wnght Export Corp.. Curtiss Aero
plane and Motor Co., Inc., and Barr
Shipping Corp.
They attacked the validity of the
indictment, contending the Presi
dent's executive order was illegal be
cause Congress had no authority to
delegate this "legislative power to
him.” The lower court agreed with
this contention, and the Government
appealed.
After reviewing the legislative back
ground for the President's authority to
participate in international matters
without a detailed grant of authority
from Congress, the court said in the
opinion read by Justice Sutherland.
"The President, not Congress, has
the better opportunity of knowing the
conditions which prevail in foreign
countries, and especially is this true
in time of war.
Narrow Standards Undesirable.
"When he is to be authorized by
legislation to act in respect of a mat
ter intended to affect the situation in
foreign territory, the legislator prop
erly bears in mind the important con
sideration that the form of the Presi
(See COURTTPage A-4.)
SON OF PRESIDENT
TO QUIT HOSPITAL
Franklin, Jr., Will Leave Thurs
day—May Come to White
House for Christmas.
BOSTON. December 21 OP).—'The
Massachusetts General Hospital an
nounced today that Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Jr., son of the President,
who has been under treatment for a
sinus and throat infection, would leave
the institution Thursday.
Young Roosevelt's release Thursday
would make possible his Joining the
Nation’s first family and his fiancee,
Miss Ethel du Pont, at the White
House for Christmas day.
The hospital's bulletin today said
his condition was "excellent.”
Franklin, Jr„ underwent an opera
tion for sinus infection after a delay
of several weeks because of a hemo
lytic streptococcus infection of tha
throat. In treating the latter afflic
tion. often serious, a relatively new
drug, prontyiin, developed In Europe,
was employed.
Surgeons operated on the President's
son Friday to relieve sinus conditions
centering in the ethmoid and antrum
—cavities in the bony structure of tha
skull—opening into the nasal passage*.
The operation was pronounced a suc
cess and steady Improvement has been
reported.
Mrs. Henry K. Cushing, sister-in
law of James Roosevelt, said Franklin
probably would go directly to tha
White House when he is discharged
from tha hospital.
Bail Traffic Delayed.
BALTIMORE. December 21 OP).—
Southbound passenger traffic on the
Pennsylvania Railroad was held up
briefly yesterday by the partial derail
ment of three freight cars in the Bal
timore tuiuA, a short distance from
the •tatienJWo one was injured.