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LOST HUSBAND.
BLOND TESTIFIES
Peggy Garcia Says He
Struck Her on Learning
of Rubinoff Romance.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. February 18.—Blond
Peggy Garcia, former hat-check girl
w ho it suing Dave Rubinoff for $500,
000, charging breach of promise, tear
fully related today she lost her hus
band after he learned of her alleged
romance with the violinist.
Her husband called her "all kinds
of names" when he "found out about
thi* mess in my life." she told Supreme
Court Justice Salvatore A. Cotillo and
a jury.
"And he took a sock at me, right
over that eve," Miss Garcia continued,
pointing to her left eye.
This harassing incident happened
Just two weeks after her marriage in
the Municipal Building, the pretty
plaintiff said.
The blow knocked her to the floor,
she testified, wiping away a tear, and
her husband walked out of the room,
leaving her there
"Later he returned and said he'd lost
his temper, as. after all, he did love
me," she added.
In Hospital Month.
Then her husband took her to a
hospital, w here she. remained a month,
because it was feared she had suf
fered a skull fracture. Miss Garcia
continued.
Some weeks later, she said, her hus
band wrote her a letter, saying, "I'll
never live with you again."
Abraham J. Halperin. counsel for
Rubinoff. demanded. "What is your
husband's name?”
Miss Garcia fought successfully to
Conceal it.
"Please, your honor." she cried,
burning to Justice Cotillo, "the man
is a business man. Please don’t make
me bring his name into it. I hurt
him enough by lying to him."
Halperin said. "He has a wife and
child."
"Then you know something I don't
know." Miss Garcia shouted. "If thst's
so, then I'm not even married."
La Follette
fCnntinued From First Pace.)
the "plant protection" departments,
Marshall said.
Labor espionage has "lost a great
deal of its value" since so much pub
licity has been given it, Marshall said.
Shortly before, he conceded that it
might be better if the whole practice
were "wiped out.”
Withholding of Records.
"Is the fact that R a. ft I. has
withheld its records from this com
mittee responsible fo.- the service not
being yet discontinued?" Chairman La
Follette asked.
"No, sir." Marshall replied.
The witness denied knowing the
general reputation of R. A. Ac I. oper
atives and strike breakers as disclosed
in hearings last September. Much of
the evidence at that time included
police records and personal back
ground of R. A. A- I. agents.
In addition to Pinkerton and R. A.
Ac I., Chevrolet was served by Cor
porations Auxiliary Co . Burns Detec
tive Agency, O'Neil Industrial Service
and Charles L. Watkins Detective
Service.
Tracing the beginning of the
espionage service in Chevrolet, Marsh
all emphasized that "thefts, sabotage
and irregularities” were the original
..concern of the management. He
£*dded, however, that labor espionage
came increasingly into the picture as
.Jabor organization progressed.
At this point Senator Thomas, Dem
ocrat, of Utah returned to yester
day's disclosure that General Motors
is one of 12 great corporations that
participate in monthly meetings in
New York to discuss "personnel" prob
lems.
"Does there not exist there the ma
chinery for a united front of em
ployers in treatment of labor prob
lems?" Senator Thomas asked,
u. Marshall insisted that labor policies
‘f>f General Motors are formulated in
■ dependently of those of other concerns,
adding that he believed the whole
matter of labor spying has been ex
aggerated. Such practices, he said.
iXere "forced" on General Motors by
outside organizations—‘agitators."
There are some splendid men In
pnions," he conceded a moment later.
, Marshall yesterday had told of
purrhase by Chevrolet of more than
M.000 worth of gas and gas guns since
November of last year. Part of this
supply, he testified, was stored in the
Chevrolet plant in Detroit and the rest
transferred to Saginaw, Mich.
At the same time, Marshall admitted
purchase of similar munitions for the
Flint Police Department in 1933. pay
ment being billed through the Manu
facturers' Association of Mint.
ADMIRAL IWASHITA DIES
YOKOSUKA, Japan, February 18
(£>>,—vice Admiral Yashutaro Iwa
shita, 51. chief of staff of the combined
Japanese fleet and a delegate to the
London Naval Conference, died of
Jaundice today.
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Congress in Brief
TODAY.
Senate:
In recess.
Joint committee cdhtinues study of
departmental reorganization.
La FWlette Committee continues
Investigation of labor espionage.
House:
Resumes debate on Treasury-Post
Office appropriations.
Interstate Commerce Committee
Considers strengthening Federal trade
Commission act.
Agriculture Committee resumes
hearings on farm tenancy legislation.
Immigration Committee continues
study of protection for American artists
and musicians.
Ways and Means Committee studies
amendments to coal control bill.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Routine business.
Public Buildings and Grounds Com
mittee. hearing at 10 ajn. on accept
ance of Andrew w. Mellon's offer of
art. works and national gallery of art.
Military Affairs Committee, routine
business, 10:30 a.m.
House:
Continues debate on Treasury-Post
Office appropriation bill.
, Pensions Committee considers bill
relating to pensions for Reserve offi
cers and members of the enlisted Re
serve at 10:30 aim.
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Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
MIRROR.
HALMER POWERS is willing
to swear to the absolute truth
of that situation in which
people do not recognize them
selves in mirrors. You probably have
seen the trick in the movies, the ope
in which a person walks up to a wall
mirror, sees his own image, thinks it
is some one else, and attempts to
dodge. Or you may have read about
it right here in this column, for it
once was related here as having hap
pened to an elderly woman delegate
to the D. A. R. convention.
Powers saw it happen the other, day
at a large downtown hotel, recently
redecorated, modernized and fitted up
with a lot of wall mirrors.
The man walked up to the mirror,
saw the figure in front of him. stepped
aside and bowed. When it appeared
that the ‘‘other fellow” was dodging
the same way. the first, man stepped
aside again. So did the Image. It
finally dawned upon the man what
was happening. He looked so sheep
ish the price of mutton might have
dropped.
* * * *
POST.
Bill Owens, the tcvor-imth
orchestra who fluttered so many
feminine hearts in Washington
through the Fall and Winter, has
gone away for a while. His absence
makes just the right opening to
disclose that he was not always
the playboy his microphone man
ner indicated.
Seems that just before Owens
left town a stranger in Washing
ton dropped into the night spot
where he sang.
"I know him from somewhere.”
the stranger told the localite with
whom he was dining. "Can’t re
member just where, though."
Bill was called over, took one
look at the stranger and identified
himself as the other’s former Sun
day school teacher.
* * * *
SUPERSTITIOUS.
Most persons are still superstitious
about walking under a ladder, our op
erative concluded after a sidewalk
vigil in front of Loew s Palace on T
street.
A giant ladder stood in the middle
of the sidewalk, with plenty of room
for as many as two pedestrians to
walk under it at a time. On top a
colored worker was cleaning lights
and other decorations.
Our man propped himself against a
,-no parking’’ sign and watched the
passing throng. One hundred men,
women and children passed the thea
ter in a few minutes—not a one
passed under the ladder. Down to
the last man they walked around the
ladder—most of them giving it a wide
berth.
When the 100 had passed our man’s
dogs began to bark and he departed
from the ladder scene.
* * * *
CARLL-CARROLL.
■y^/HEN your competitor has a name
that sounds like yours, It really
gets to be tough going.
If you don't subscribe to this theory,
ask the men who "cover” the Navy
Department for the weekly service
publications.
George S. Carll. jr„ represents the
Army and Navy Register.
Sidney Carroll is the spokesman for
the Army and Navy Journal.
And when phone calls come in
to the Navy press room, the sweet
young things that answer the receiver
politely ask for "Mr, Karl.” And It's
the same way with mall and hand- ,
outs, as official pronouncements are
disrespectfully called by newspaper 1
men. And when they hear "Mr. Karl.”
Carll can’t tell if it* Carroll ai\d
Carroll can’t be sure that it isn't Carll.
EGGS.
J-JE HOPED it wouldn’t happen, but
now Dr. 8 T. Noland la con
vinced that picking up egg* in the
barnyard doesn't do overcoats any
good.
The good medico has a country place
in nearby Virginia with the usual
flock of hens. Every time he puts
his car away he goes through the hen
yard and if he happens across an egg
or two he puts them in hi* pocket.
His wife had warned him that eggs ]
are fragile, but he insisted that with
care he wouldn't break one.
But the other day his spouse noticed
that his overcoat was sitting on top of ,
a hot radiator.
“That's no place for your coat,” ahe
said.
"No. it isn't—exactly.” he confessed.
"But I thought I could get it off be
fore you noticed it. Matter of fact I
broke an egg in the pocket and after
cleaning it out I thought I might get
it dry before you came in. Guess I'd
better carry eggs in the hand in the
future. You know, an egg in the hand
is better than a doaen in an overcoat
pocket."
*****
NAMES.
Our favorite correspondent, "the
same girl," saw two names in the
paper the other day which carried
her hack several weeks ago to an
item here about two little girls
named Nancy and Jeannine. The
item related that the pair got along
beautifully until they started spell
ing their names with one set of
blocks which did not have a suffi
cient number of "n’s.**
"The same girl” thinks it rather
happy that Maximiamo Marmito
Villareal and Lillian GUUilan were
not playmates with but one set
of blocks between them when they
were children. They are the two
whose names were mentioned as
fellow commutes members fn 'an
other column in The Star raoantly.
A
WAITRESS HEARD
IN MURDER TRIAL
Saw Man in Blood-Stained
Shirt Leaving Bertillon
Room, She Says.
By the Associated Preas.
SOMERSET. Pa.. February IS.—A
pretty brunette waitress testified today
| she saw a man in a blood-stained shirt
| walk from the direction of the Fay
; ette County bertillon room during the
I time the State contends Frank C.
] Monaghan was beaten to death in a
"third-degree” examination.
Dolores Good, 19, said she was in
the county court house after searching
Florence Dean, young chambermaid
who was with Monaghan at the time
the 64-year-old hotel operator was
arrested for the slashing of County
Detective John C. Wall September 11.
Miss Good was questioned by Charles
. J. Margiotti, attorney general of
Pennsylvania and special prosecutor
' 'n the case of State Policeman Stacy
! Gunderman, first of seven officials
charged with murder to be tried.
Search Asked by Police.
She explained she worked near the
court house and had been asked by
police to search MU* Dean. She said
the girl handed her a knife and that
she then went to Detective Walls
office and talked with Dtstrict At tor
i ney James A. Reilly, who also is
charged with murder.
She said she was not certain of the
identity of the man leaving the Bertil
lon room with a stained shirt. About
15 minutes later, she said, a body was
taken from the room.
"After that did you hear any voices
in Detective Wilbert Minerd s room?” ]
asked Margiotti.
i neard a shushing voice. a voice in
dlcating for some one to keep quiet or
talk In a lower voice,” she replied.
Testimony of Embalmer.
Earl ' Buzz" Harford, embalmer for
J. A. Johnston, testified today Stephen
Haky, the undertaker who first re
ceived Monaghan's body, would not re
lease the body to him until he received
permission from Coroner S. A. Baltz.
Later, he said, Dr. Baltz and District
Attorney James A. Reilly came to the
J. A. Johnston funeral parlor, and long
underwear covering the body was
pulled open, disclosing bruises and
abrasions.
All of the Injuries. Harford testified,
could not be de'eeted until cosmetics
used In the earlier embalming had been
removed.
Strike
tContinued From First Page 1
ferenee, Mortimer issued this state
ment :
"The union will Insist that the com
pany cease enlisting regularly em
ployed workers as plant guards in ad
dition to their other duties. This
practice was publicly admitted by Mr.
Knudsen i William S. Knudsen, Gen
eral Motors executive vice president),
in a statement Wednesday night.
“Under the guise of plant protec
tion, non-union workers are being
armed with clubs and paid a premium
of an hour's wages each day to Intimi
date union members.
"Such a police force c»d have no
other purpose and can tend only to
Inflame labor relations ”
After the union charged last night
that the Chevrolet Co. at Flint "had
1 000 clubs" taken Into its No. 4 plant. :
Knudaen in his statement said that
"investigation has disclosed that there
have been no cases of disturbance or
attempted intimidation, that no night
sticks have been used and no excess
supply will be carried."
Knudsen revealed that some em
ployes mould be given extra pay ‘no
guard against passible riot.” working
a half hour each in the morning and
afternoon "outside the regular work
ing hours.”
At riint Adolph Germer. organizer
for the Committee for Industrial Or
ganization, of which the auto workers'
union is a member, charged that 10
Chevrolet employes had been dis
missed for soliciting unto., member
ships.
Confined to Chevrolet Plant.
“All grievances have been confined
to the Chevrolet division," Germer
said. "There has been no trouble or
discrimination elsewhere. There has
been discrimination against union men
working for Chevrolet at Saginaw, i
Mich., also.”
Methods of settling alleged union
grievances are among the six union
demands being discussed by the ne- ,
gotta tor*. Others include speed of
production, seniority rights, hours of j
work and wage scales.
It was understood that the decisions
reached on each point will not be put
into writing until all of the problems
have been solved and the negotiators
are ready to announce their conclu
sions.
Alvan Macaulty, president of the
Automobile Manufacturers' Associa
tion, who is vacationing in Florida,
said the strike settlement was "not a
striking victory for the workers.”
“I don’t know of any main issues
it settled,” asserted the president of
the Packard Motor Car Co. “The
agreement that Lewis' organization
(John L. Lewis' C. I. 0.1 should have
the right to represent workers in
striking plants was a right they al
ready had under the Wagner act and
was not a concession. The 5-cent—an- !
hour raise undoubtedly would have
been given anyway.”
Macauieys company announced a
similar wage increase last Friday, the
day after General Motors made Us
announcement.
General Motors operations in Flint
returned to normal for the first time
in seven weeks as the remainder of
its employes were called back to work.
The last to report were *.500 worker* in
the Buick and Fisher body divisions.
Troop departures scheduled for to
day left only threescore National
Guard officers sta^oned in the erst
while "strike capital.” Flint’s last sit
down strike was ended, too. Seventy
five employes of the Standard Prod
ucts Co., an automotive supplier,
evacuated the pla.it last evening.
U. A. W. A. officials declined to
comment upon the statement of Cir
cuit Judge Paul V. Gadola, who issued
an injunction against General Motors
sit-down strikers at Flint, that they
would have to appear la his court to
“apologise for their contemptuous ac
tions” in disregarding the injunction.
General Motors agreed to dismissal of
the injunction, a* the "will of the
court. ’ in the strike settlement.
Build Model CummUBities.
Country life in Turkey is to be
brought up to date, and the govern
ment is beginning by building in tbs
Smyrna district 100 model villages of
three-room cottages with stables and
1 garages, also community wash-houses I
with madam sqsufmaat.
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WOMEN SUPPORT
RED RIDER REPEAT
Congressional Attention Is
Called to Many Organiza
tions Favoring Action.
Asserting that the Urge number of
organizations favoring outright repeal
of the red rider refutes the assump
tion that Washington women fear
their children have been or will be
taught communism, the District
branch of the American AsaocUtion of
University Women and the District
League of Women Votera today called
congressional attention to a list of
auch organizations.
The list also refutes the statement
by the committee of the Federation of
Citizens' Associations that this com
mittee represents the citizens, they
said.
The groups favoring outright repeal
are:
Citizens' associations:
Kalorama Citizens' Association. Rock
Creek Citizens' Association. Hillcrest
Citizens' Association, Barry Farm Citi
zens’ Association. Northeast Boundary
Citizens' Association. Southwest Citi
zens’ Association, Forest Hills Citizens’
Association, Burleith Citizens' Associa
tion, North Capitol Citizens’ Associa
tion, Washington Highlands Citizens’
Association. Chevy Chase Citizens’ As
sociation. Midcity Citizens’ Associa
tion, Georgetown Citizens' Association,
Brookland Citizens' Association, Trini
dad Citizena' Association, Rhode Island
Avenue Citizens' Association, Citizeas’
Forum of Columbia Heights, Citizens’
Association of Takoma. D. C, and
Friendship Citizens' Association.
Other Washington organizatioav
Young Women's Christian Associa
tion. National Council on Religion in
Higner Education. Board of Managers.
District Congress of Parents and
j Teachers: Washington branch. Ameri
can Association of University Women;
Progressive Education Association,
Washington Progressive Discussion
Group. Interprofessional Association.
Columbia Heights Civic Forum. Wash
ington Newspaper Guild, Columbian
Education Association, administrative
snd teaching staff of Western High
School. Wilson Teachers College fac
ulty, Washington branch, Women's
1 International League for Peace and
Freedom: Washington Central Labor
i Union, Friends' Meeting of Washing
ton. (professional directors of religious
education, parent education lay leader
group of District Congress of Parents
snd Teachers and Elenjentary Prin
cipals’ Association.
Judiciary
¥
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(Continued From First Page >
the most revered among our Presi
dents. Senators and Congressmen
honestly believing In other methods
may be commended for their fine
ethical discriminations, but we would
respectfully suggest to them that we
have been led into this economic and
political impasse by men whose ethics
have been open to aerious question.
It would be a bitter paradox if un
scrupulous reactionaries might now
rely upon the over-*crupulousn*ss of
progressive* to snd in the destruction
of our democracy."
The league urged passage of the
President's Judiciary bill as "the most
vital legislation to be proposed in this
session of Congress.”
Nothing hss happened to cause the
administration as much chagrin in
this court fight as the attitude taken
by the liberals In Congress against the
plan.
In its effort* to arouse farmers as
well as labor in support of the plan,
the administration is putting forward
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace to
champion the legislation. Wallace,
at a press conference yesterday, warn
ed the farmers of the Nation that they
could not expect the kind of laws
they desire if the Supreme Court is
permitted to continue as it is today.
Meanwhile, William Green. A. P. of
L. president, said the executive coun
cil preferred Mr. Roosevelt's proposals
to the "slow, tedious process of a con
stitutional amendment" as a means of
realising social and economic advance
ment.
The organization will make an in
tensive campaign. Green said, to ac
quaint Congressmen with the desires
of “labor and labor's friends for favor
able action upon the President's
recommendstion at the earliest pos
sible date.'*
Wallace, second cabinet member to
express public support of Supreme
Court enlargement, aatd:
Affect en Court.
“It would aeem to me If the Presi
dent's proposal was adopted there
would be a higher percentage of
men on the court who would in
terpret the Constitution to assure the !
general welfare and not as designed ;
to block progress."
If crop Insurance, an ever-nonnal
granary, sugar processing taxes and
similar measures were enacted.
Wallace declared, “we don't know Just
what their fate would be" in the Fed
eral courts as now constituted.
He expressed the belief that oppo
sition of the National Grange to In
creasing the size of the Supreme Court j
had been overemphasised. Moat
farmers, he said, would approve Ju
dicial reorganUation as a matter of
“democratic processes.”
“There has probably been more heat j
than light shed on this so far,” he
added. "It any business man or any j
one elae stop* to think about it. he '
would see that the worid would go '
on pretty much as usual.
"They seemed to be happy after the ,
last election and they will be If this
is adopted.”
Declaring that both he and Mr. '
Roosevelt were conservatives, the sec
retary added:
"The remarkable thing about the
proposal is that it Is so conservative. I
It is Intended to make livable the *
capitalistic system.”
Compromise Dlsrwntion.
Green and Wallace expressed their
views while Congressmen were disduss
Ing the latest compromise proposals.
Senator Wheeler and Senator Bone,
Democrats, of Washington suggested
a constitutional amendment giving
Congress the right to re-enact by a
two-thirds vote any law declared in
valid.
It met with opposition, however,
from Scnaton Burke, Democrat, of
Nebraska, King. Democrat, of Utah
and Van Nuya, Democrat, of Indiana,
foes of Mr. Roosevelt's recommenda
tion to increase the Supreme Court to
IS unless justices over 70 retire. Sen
ator Robinson, Democrat, of Arkansas,
majority leader, also said the Bone
Wheeler proposal had little support.
Administration backers paid little
heed to this and other midway pro
posals, saying nothing had been sug
gested that had not been considered
end rejected by the President before
his mange.
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Where Ten Lost Lives on Golden Gate Bridge
2SO fQOT &ROP
Ten workmen on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco lost their lives yesterday when
tons of metal and wood used as paving framework collapsed at this point on the bridge, broke
heavy safety net and plunged 13 into the water 250 feet below. The weight of the debris ripped
the net away for 2.100 feet between the break and the pier in the left foreground.
Parliamentary Tangle Re
sults as Senate Reaffirms
Repeal Stand.
Ultimate fate of the moves for either
outright repeal or modification of the
red rider" hung in the balance today
after becoming enmeshed In an un
usual parliamentary tangle in the
House.
The scene of the prolonged fight
over the rider suddenly shifted back
to the House because the Senate yes
terday afternoon reaffirmed its posi
tion in favor of outright repeal. But
in the House, a few hours later, the
whole "red -icier” issue was ma
neuvered into a precarious position—
h position in which it easily ran be
squelched, leaving on the statute books
the existing law forbidding commun
ism to be taught or advocated in the
District public schools.
After the Senate agreed to stick to
its original position for outright Tepeal
of the rider. Chairman Norton of the
Houie District Committee, endeavored
to get the House to drop its support
of the McCormack amendment and
concur in the Senate action. An
objection by Representative McCor
mack. Democrat, of Massachusetts,
author of the amendment that would
permit the teaching of the farts of
communism but forbid its advocacy,
killed that move.
Taber Objects to Melton.
Next. Mrs. Norton asked for unani
mous ronsent to send the "red rider”
issue to conference for final adjust
ment. Ordinarily such request* are
granted, but this time Representative
Taber. RAepublican, of New York, ob
jected.
Mr*. Norton now ha* only two
parliamentary move* left to get House
action either on the Senate outright
repeal bill or the bill as modified br
the House. She can make another
unanimous consent request to have
the differences between the House and
Senate lronad out In conference. One
objection would defeat that maneuver. '
The only remaining move to assure
further House con-tde rat ion would be
to have the Senate bill called up under
a special rule.
Frankly, Mrs. Norton is in a
dilemma. She said ahe would confer
with House parliamentarians before
making another move.
A brief but lively debate preceded
Senate action. It found Majority
Leader Robinson and Senators Wheel
er of Montana, Black of Alabama. Bo
rah of Idaho and Lee of Oklahoma,
lined up in favor of repeal.
Glass Voices Fear.
Senator Glass, Democrat, of Vir- !
finis, did not try to block action on '
repeal, but voiced fear that repeal :
might be regarded as an authorisation
to teachers "to teach, preach and ad
vocate communism.” The Virginian
centered his fire on the ruling of the
controller general's office, which re
quired teachers to state each pay day
that they had not violated the law.
Chairman King of the Senate Dis
trict Committee joined the discussion
to say some citizens of the District
had asked him to request that the
House modified plan be sent to the
Senate Education and Labor Commit
tee for further hearings, but advocates
of repeal countered that that would
only prolong the controversy.
The Senate leas than two weeks ago
voted for repeal, but renewed action
was necessary yesterday because the
House sidetracked the Senate measure
and acted on its own bill with modi- j
flections.
After Majority Leader Robinson had
emphasized that no other group of
public employes or officials have a spe
cific ban placed on them against advo
cating communism. Senator Wheeler
declared Washington has the highest
grade of teachers to be found any- :
where. He said he regarded the rad
rider as an insult to them.
Difficulty •( Definition.
Wheeler also sought to show how j
difficult it would be te define what j
the word communism would cover in
enforcing the rider.
Robinson contended that if the rider
Is desirable if. should be applied to all
public official* and not retained only
against the school teachers of Wash
ington.
"The use of the language is an im
plication that the teachers of the Dis
trict are advocating communism,” said
Robinson.
"The testimony before the commit
tee was that some of them were,”
Olasa replied.
"Tbat is the very trouble with this
provision,” Wheeler interrupted. ‘1
have had six children going te the
public schools here I know something
about the minds of ehlldren.” He went
\
on to explain that pupil* sometime*
misunderstand what a teacher tells
them.
remnant »f Wheeler.
“The Senator from Virginia says
testimony before the committee was to
the effect some school teachers taught
communism." Wheeler continued. "If
a Senator on this floor will stand up
and tell me what is communism I
should like to have him do it. It is
one thing under Stalin, another thing
under Trotsky and another thing
under somebody else. The difficulty 1*
that when this hysteria sweeps the
country, a* it does at times, people
completely lose their sense of balance
and come forward and say 'this man
is a Communist’.'’
To illustrate further his point.
Wheeler pointed out many people in
the United States today are "de
nouncing the President of the United
States because of his advocacy of a
proposal to put six additional judges
on the Supreme Court, and suggest
ing that that is communism. What
is communism?"
Earlier in the debate Senator Rob
inson had declared that "we do not
say no salary shall be paid any Sena
tor or Congressman who teaches or
advocates communism.”
View af Borah.
Senator Borah, taking the view that
nothing would be accomplished bv the
House modification plan, said that the
best way to get rid of communism Is
to let the children know what it Is.
After declaring children aometimes
misunderstand what teachers are tell
ing them. Senator Wheeler said:
"They come home and tell their
parents, who then become hysterical
and pass it on to somebody else, and
somebody else passes it on to some
body else, and finally some of these
so-called ‘crack pots" around the city
of Washington who are always trying
to look after the patriotism of the
people of the United States—and
think they carry all of the patriotism
in the world in their own breasts—
come to Congress and ask Congress
solemnly to pass a law to the effect
that the teachers in the District shall
be forbidden to teach or advocate
communism, notwithstanding that
they have already taken an oath to
uphold the Constitution “
Lee Defend* Teacher*.
Senator Josh Lee of Oklahoma, a
former school teacher, defended the
patriotism of teachers generally. He
said he does not favor communism,
but added he does not believe Congress
can legislate patriotism or morality
into anybody.
Senator Glass began by announcing
he would not object to substitution of
the Senate repeal clause for th' House
bill, believing It desirable to let the
whole question go to conference. He
said he wanted to make a statement,
however, before action was taken.
"I think.” Glass declared, "that no
problem that has ever been consid
ered by either branch of Congress, has
had expended on it more nonsense
than this so-called ‘red rider.’ Whst
is the red rider? It is simply a pro
hibition against the teaching or ad
vocacv of the miserable doctrine of
communism in the public schools, thus
poisoning the minds of immature chil
dren about a problem that very few
grown-up people know anything about.
The trouble about the whole matter
baa been the moat astonishing malad
ministration of a very aimple statute
of which I have ever had any knowl
edge, and for the one time in 15 years
of service the controller general gave
the most incredible opinion that any
public officer ever gave, and that was
that every school teacher abouid each
month take an oath that he or the
had not taught or advocated commu
nism in the public schools'.”
Agrees an Cantraller.
Later Wheeler agreed with Glass in
opposing the controller general's rul
ing. but declared that the only solu
tion of the situation now is to repeal
the rider.
“Yea, Mr. President, there was a
way to correct it.” Glass replied. “Had
the superintendent of public instruc
tion, the man in charge, done his
duty he would have notified the school
teachers not to teach or advocate
communism, and that would have
ended it. However, he does not da
that."
Wheeler denied the burden rested
on the superintendent to ‘ tell the
teachers anything of the kind. It
only involves the superintendent In a
controversy in which he should not
have been involved. I think the con
troller waa wrong."
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DANCE TOMORROW
Mrs. Lloyd W. Biddle, president of
the District Federation of Women's
Clubs, will be the guest of honor st
a reception and dance to be held at
10. pm. tomorrow by the Takoma
Park Junior Women’s Cub. The en
tertainment will take place in the
Lucker-Huff Studio in the Takoma
Theater Building.
Mrs. John T. Lucker Is president
of the club. Tbs committee in charge
•f arrangements for the dance is
headed by Sira. O M. Queen, with
Mm. Harold Heffner Tice chairman.
m
Crop Insurance
(Continued Prom First Page t
crop insurance would probably find its
greatest, usefulness in the Great Plains
States, where it is perhaps needed the
most because of wide fluctuations in
yield and where most of the Nations
wheat is produced."
It suggested the insurance plan be
voluntary, but that participating
farmers be urged to join in other
Federal f?rm program*.
The committee said that if the in
surance plan had operated in impor
tant wheat States the last six years,
the greatest deficit any one time would
have been 70.000.000 bushels under
premiums and the greatest surplus.
70.000.000 bushels.
Federal offlcials estimated that
*100.000.000 to *150.000.000 would be
needed to set up the plan and estab
lish adequate reserves and pay neces
sary eosts.
Text wf Mhh(«.
The text of the President's message
to Congress follows:
During the p*st four year* the Gov
ernment has assisted farmers in meet
ing emergencies of two different types.
The first was the collapse of prices re
sulting from huge surpluses for which
foreign markets had disappeared. The
second was widespread failure of crops
resulting from drought.
Government action helped both
farmers and consumers. Meanwhile,
it has been shown that neither pro- j
ducers nor consumers are benefited
by wide fluctuations in either prices
or supplies of farm products.
Convinced that the time has come
to take permanent steps to protect
farmers and consumers against dis
aster of both types. 1 appointed, on
September 19 last, a committee of rep
resentatives of Federal agencies and
requested this committee to prepare a
report and recommendation.* for legis
lation providing a plan of "all-risk"
insurance.
Plan It Practical.
The committee has now completed
its work and I transmit to you its re
port, entitled "Report and Recommen
dations of the President's Committee
on Crap Insurance .” I have examined
this report and I am convinced that
the plan it outlines is practical, soci
ally desirable and worthy of your
thoughtful consideration.
I believe that it provides an ade
quate basis for legislation which will
make possible a program of crop in
surance applying to wheat for the crop
year 1933.
I believe that legislation should au
thorise application of similar pro
grams to other commodities when it is
established that producers desire them
and application of the plan to wheat
has provided a bark log of experience
in applying the principles of crop in
surance.
Crop Insurance and a system of
storage reserves should operate so
that surpluses in years of good
weather might be carried over for use
in years of unfavorable growing con
ditions.
Wewld Protect Income.
Crop Insurance and a system of
storage reserves would help to protect
the income of individual farmers
against the hazards of crop failure; it
would help to protect consumer*
against shortages of food supplies and
against extremes of prices; end final
ly, it would assist in providing a more
nearly even flow of farm supplies,
thus stabilizing farm buying power
and contributing to the security of
business and employme
The Government also has a special
interest in measures which would as
sist in guarding farmers and con
sumers against emergencies arising
out of extremes of surpluses or short
ages.
The expense in the past to Federal.
State and local governments arising
by reason of crop losses to the de
sirability of employing the principle
of insurance in order to lessen the
cost—financial and human—of future
crop disasters.
A program of crop insurance and
storage of reserves should be part of
the foundation of agricultural policy
which we are building and which
must include the conservation of soil
and water, better land use, Increased
farm income and alleviation of dis
tress in rural areas arising out of
factors beyond the control of Indi
vidual producers.
May I repeat what I have suggested
in a former message: That because
economic and social reforms of this
character are essentially national in
seope and in administration, the citi
sens of our Nation believe that our
form of government was never intend
ed to prohibit their accomplishment.
Memphis Business Man Dies.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, February 18 UP).
—John T. Fisher, 76, head of a
Memphis motor car agency bearing
his name and former vice president of
the American Snuff Co., died in a hos
pital today.
If
IN FATAL PLUNGE
Reported Declared Unsafe
Before 10 Fell 200 Feet
From Plunge.
B7 the Associated cress.
SAN FRANCISCO. February 11 —
The question whether scaffolding on
the world longest suspension span,
the Golden Gate Bridge, had been
declared unsafe stood high tods
among those for which investigator
sought an answer in explaining the
300-foot death plunge of 10 workers
Frank McDonald, State industry:
j accident commissioner, said Inspector
| A. F. Mailloux twice made such a
protest to several construction official.-.
McDonald pointed out that the com
mission and bridge authorities were
approaching the $35,000,000 structure
for another inspection of the 4.200
! foot span when the scaffolding col
lapsed yesterday.
Denim Objection Was Made.
Philip Hart, president of the Parifir
Bridge Ca.. which expects to complete
the span by May, said last night:
"The details of the construction and
the completed scaffold were at all
time* visible and accessible to the
inspectors of the bridge district and
the State Industrial Accident Com
mission and no objection was ever
made to our use of the scaffold."
Phillips said the scaffold “conformed
to all safety requirements” and “at
all times we have been most careful
in our operations to safeguard our
workmen by all possible means."
McDonala asserted that re-enforce
ment change* were made in respon.-e
to Mailloux's protests, but that the
inspector atill considered the scaffold
"unsafe.”
The workmen were stripping awav
forms into which concrete was poured
for the bridge's roadway. A 10-foot
movable scaffold was carried along
as the work progressed, suspended on
wheels under the giant span. One
wheel slipped from a girder on whim
it ran. That tilted the scaffolding
into its fatal plunge.
Immediately below was spread an
$82,000 woven-rope net to prevent
workmen from falling into treacher
ous tidal waters. The scaffolding
tore out a whole section of it and
plunged into the water. Several vic
tims were tangled in th net.
Officials listed the following dead'
Gustave Dummitsen. W. W. Bass
Chris Anderson. Charles Lindro*. E.
Hillen. T. Hallman. Jack Norman,
Noel Plowers, C. A. Anderson and O.
Dealer.
Nearby boats rescued Oscar Os berg
and E. C. Lambert, who fought clear
of the entangling net while holding
onto the body of Dummitren.
Thomas Casey clung to a beam of
the bridge understructure until hauled
to safety.
“Ten of my friends are dead.” Lam
bert said at a hospital. "I saw them
die all around me, and I couldn't do
anything about it.
"It was warm up there and ralm.
Suddenly I felt the stripper give a
funny shudder. It lurched to one aide.
I shouted to the rest of the fellows, and
without waiting I jumped.
“I landed in the net. A moment
later there was a noise like thunder
as the stripper ripped from it* han
gars. The net tore like tissue paper.
Men were screaming A piece of tim
ber hit me on the head. I was almost
unconscious. The icy water brought
me to.
“A few seconds later I saw Dum
mitren. I wax afraid he was dead, but
I couldn't take a chance. I thought
they might be aole to revive him. I
don't know much more. I only know I
keep hearing the crie* of my friends.”
Hearing
(Continued From First Page's
supporters of John L Lewis’ Commit
tee for Industrial Organisation.
Wheeler, a student at the Harvard
Law School, said he had brought, a del
egation of six members of a Harvard
Law School student's committee to tha
hearing.
The Governor earlier had thrown
his strength against the proposed
amendment which would give to Con
gress power to limit and prohibit
labor by children under 18
After Taylor and labor sympathbeu
had marched out. Joseph Hamlen ul
Boston, representing the Constitu
tional Liberty League of Massa
chusetts, read a communication at the
continued hearing, from Bishop Wil
liam Lawrence of the Episcopal
Church, stating that "foe the saks
of the children and the welfare nl
the family of this country the amend
ment should not be ratified."
The opening speaker. Alfred Bakei
Lewis, State secretary of the Socialisl
party, urged approval of the amend
ment and denied emphatically that ii
might in any way give Congress “con
trol over education.’’
Rack Bar Women Join.
Outside, as the picket* marched, tar
women from the fashionable Bark B«'
section, Mrs. Arthur G. Rotch ant
Mrs. Larue Brown, joined them. Rep
resentative* of the Parent-Teachet
Association and the League of Womei
Voters were among others in the line
Mackay. who called for police offi
cer* to eject. Taylor after the la bn'
leader protested interruption of la
bor’s presentation of it* case, late)
said:
"I had a disagreeable duty to per
form and I did it to the best of mj
ability. I simply had to divide tht
time. I am sure that public opinloi
will sustain me.”
At- the same time. Represent*tivu
Paul McCarthy. Democrat, one <1
three committee members who atrort>
from the hearing room in protest a
the chairman’s ruling, explained tha
he personally was opposed to tin
amendment, but quit the hearing whei
Mackay refused to call a flve-minutj
recess to determine the stand of tha
committee members.
“I’m running this committee," wa
Mackav’a retort, McCarthy said.
Hurley Plans No Action.
The other two Representative* wh
walked out were Edmund Talbot, if
Republican, and John P. Dohert]
Democrat.
A spokesman for the Governor aai
Hurley would take no action as th
matter was entirely up to the Legit
lature.
Marcher* in the picket line include
Joseph Salerno, general organizer fs
the Amalgamated Clothing Worket
of America and an organizer for tk
Committee for Industrial Organi7l
tion; Frank Fenton. New England ni
ganizer for the American Federatio
of Labor; Philip Kramer, vice pres
dent of the International Ladies’ Gal
ment Workers Union, and Mrs. Ri
land Baker, aociaily-promlnent wife (
a former postmaster of Boston.
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