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MADRID LAUNCHES
OFFENSIVE AFTER
GAINS BY REBEES
Insurgents Drop Incendiary
Bombs on Valencia in
New Drive. •
GOVERNMENT RENEWS
ATTACK ON OVIEDO
Franco’s Aragon Troops Reported
Nearing Coast in Effort to
Close Capital Roads.
BACKGROUND—
Spanish civil war, which began
last July reached climax in violeitt
attack of rebels on Madrid, capital,
and Loyalists’ last stronghold, last
November. Madrid withstood the
attack, despite predictions it would
be easy prey. For weeks the fighting
continued with the Loyalists dog
gedly holding on. The Fascist rebels
changed their tactics and concen
trated on cutting off the capital
from . Valencia and other places
where air teas coming from. So 12
days ago they began drive to close
main roads to Madrid. Capital de
fenders answered with own counter
attacks.
By tre Associated Press.
MADRID, February 23.—Madrid’s
defenders loosed a terrific bombard -
* ment today in a sudden, sweeping at
tempt to blast insurgents out of their
rlosely-drawft siege lines after reports
that the insurgent Aragon spearhead
had cut nearly through to the sea near
Valencia.
Windows of Madrid’s high buildings
•hook to the booming of guns as gov
ernment batteries leaped into action.
Sandwiched between the heavy can
nonading was the chatter of rifle and
machine guns, heard clearly in the
i center of the city.
The fighting was heaviest in the
Casa de Campo and University City
nuburban districts to the west and
northwest of the city proper. The
Usera sector and other strategic areas,
too. were swept by the government
guna.
Aerial Bombs Reported.
Some of the heavier explosions
•ounded like aerial bombs, apparently
propped south of the city.
While Madrid struggled thus to
•hake herself loose from three and
ene-half months of siege, Gen. Fran
cisco Franco’s Aragon troops were re
ported to have attacked Viver. only 34
miles northwest of Valencia and about
80 rnilas from the Mediterranean
coast
The objective of the Aragon drive
to sever government territory
•round Valencia from that of the gov
'•mment ally, autonomous Catalonia
So the northeast, a chief source of
strength.
Far to the northwest on tbs Oviedo
front, reports from headquarters at
Gijon said, government troops renewed
attacks on San Esteban de La Cruces
and Cristo de Las Cadenas. on the out
skirts of Oviedo, and met a desperate
Insurgent resistance.
Insurgent guns defending Oviedo
opened fire from Maraco Mountain, ■
raining shells into government poei- j
tions while government artillery bat
tered at the Santo Domingo College
and art center.
The government claimed hits when
thick smoke arose from those buildings,
Indicating they had been set on fire.
Government “dinamiteros”—dynamite
throwers—bombed their way into the
Buenavista district, dislodging Oviedo's
defenders from house after house.
Reports from Andujar, in Southern
Bpaln, declared government forces had
surrounded the insurgent-held town of
Pitres and captured positions at
Trevelez.
The push of Franco's men carried
their Aragon salient several miles be
low the southern end of the old
monarchial province now consisting of
the Provinces of Teruel, Zaragoza and
Huesca, blocked from the Mediter
ranean on the northeastern coast by
a large segment of government-held
territory.
(A successful thrust seaward' at
Viver possibly would place Valencia
Itself under siege. The Aragon of
fensive has been timed to coincide
(See SPAIN, Page A-2.) I
_ I
BUCHANAN’S DEATH !
DELAYS D. C. BILLS
■ ■ ■■
Juvenile Court Measure Will Not
Come Before Body in
Two Weeks.
Death of Representative Buchanan,
Democrat, of Texas lost the District
its regular day in the House today,
forcing a delay in consideration of a
bill to modernize Juvenile Court pro
aedure for two weeks.
Out of respect to the memory of
Buchanan, the House adjourned soon
after it convened, automatically side
tracking the District calendar until
the next District day, March 8.
Under the House schedule yesterday
was to have been District day, but it
was deferred until today because of
George Washington’s birthday anni
versary exercises.
Chairman Norton of the District
Committee plans to urge House lead
ers to arrange a special District day
before March 8 to dispose of the Dis
trict calendar, which contains five
bills in addition to the one to change
Juvenile Court procedure.
Seine River Overflow! Banks.
PARIS, February 23 (A>).—The Seine
River, rising rapidly under recent
rains, threatened today to halt naviga
tion and flood lowlands, including
grounds being prepared for the open
ing of the 1837 Paris International
Exposition on May 1.
The river reached 11 feet above
its normal level.
a
Boss Who Joined “Sit-Down”
Strikers Wins Agreement
Walter L. Fry, one-man "sit-downer.” as he received his Jood
from his "cook-secretary,” Helen Powell.
—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
BT the Associated Press.
DETROIT, February 23—One
of the strangest Industrial
disputes in history—a joint
sit-down of capital and
labor—ended today with the an
j nounced settlement of & four-day
: strike at the Fry Products, Inc., which
manufactures automobile seat covers.
A volunteer mediator, Alfred R.
Glancy, former president of the Oak- I
land Motor Car Co. and one-time vice
president of General Motors Corp.,
said:
"The strike was settled at midnight
after a four-hour discussion with rep
resentatives of the company's em
ployes.
"We will not mention the terms of
the settlement.
“All we have to say is that It has
<SeefsiT-DOWNrPage ~A-2.)
TAYLOR TO TAKE
Oldest House Member Will
Head Appropriations
Committee.
BY WILL P. KENNEDY.
Representative Edward T. Taylor
of Colorado, at 78, the oldest member
of the House, is ready to succeed to
the chairmanship of the large House
Appropriations Committee, which
handles all supply, urgent relief and
recovery bills. He will fill the poet
left vacant by the death of Repre
sentative Buchanan, Democrat of
REPRESENTATIVE TAYLOR.
—Harris-Ewing Photo.
Texas, and will relinquish the chair
manship of Deficiencies and Interior
Department Subcommittees to devote
himself exclusively to general super
vision and to conferences with cabinet
members and department and bureau
officials.
He does not wish, however, to suc
ceed to the chairmanship of the
House section of the Joint Committee
on Government Organization, which
goes with the chairmanship of the
Appropriations Committee—and this
morning conferred on this subject
with Speaker Bankhead and House
Leader Rayburn.
He previously had declined an ap
pointment on that committee. Next
in line under the seniority rule for the
Reorganization Committee post is Rep
resentative Cannon, Democrat, of
Missouri.
Representative Taylor ranks second
(See TAYLOR, Page A-3.)
HITS DRINKING LAW
Health Officer Says More Ambu
1&4^ Drivers Are Needed.
SAN FRANCISCO, February 23 UP).
—Health Director J. C. Geiger in
sisted today that San Francisco must
hire more ambulance drivers and
build bigger jails if the new around
the-clock drinking custom is to con
tinue. . V
"This means we'll have to have
more emergency hospital attendants,
too,” Dr. Geiger told Mayor Angelo
Rossi.
More than 300 persons have been
arrested for drunkenness since police
stopped enforcing the 3 a m. closing
rule last Sunday morning. The city
attorney held no law supported the
ban.
u.h.w. urganuer days u.m.
Forced Workers to Make
Blackjacks.
BY JOHN C. HENRY.
Workmen in Chevrolet plant No. 4
in Flint. Mich., were required to make
blackjacks of rubber hose loaded with
metal, the weapons to be kept in stor
age for "plant protection." Robert C.
Travis, a General Motors workman
and United Automobile Workers or
ganiser, told the La Follette Com
mittee today.
The metal loading was a Chevrolet
“part,” Travis testified, as the com
mittee produced one of the weapons
for identification. The hose was about
14 inches long with the metal weigh
ing about a pound.
Describing General Motors’ labor
policy as ”100 per cent anti-union,”
Travis said it has become “more vi
cious” in some plants since the strike
settlement. Union men already have
been threatened with discharge In
Chevrolet 4 in Flint, he said.
Producing a letter in substantia
tion, Travis also gharged that local
relief had been refused strikers in
Flint.
Anti-union terrorism in Bay City,
(See LA FOLLETTE, Page A-2.)
BY DR. TOWNSEND.
KIEFER TESTIFIES
Exit From Probe Considered
‘Masterpiece of Strategy/
Ex-Aide Says.
DEFENSE OBJECTION
MADE TO TESTIMONY
Government ' Concede* Pension
Leader Did Not Refuse to
Answer Question*.
Plans for Dr. Francis E. Townsend’s
“walkout” last May on a House com
mittee investigating the old-age pen
sion plan were considered a “master
piece of strategy,” it was testified today
as the elderly physician's trial on con
tempt charges opened in District
Court.
The disclosure that the walkout,
which led to Dr. Townsend’s indict
ment on the contempt charge, was
discussed in advance of the House
hearing, was made by John B. Kiefer,
formerly a Townsend associate. Kiefer
was indicted with Dr. Townsend and
recently pleaded guilty to the con
tempt charge.
Kiefer, who was given a suspended
sentence after pleading guilty, was
called as a surprise Government wit
ness by United States Attorney Leslie
C. Garnett.
Says Walkout Discussed.
"The question of Dr. Townsend's
exit from the committee at the
psychological moment." he testified,
"was discussed several times in ad
vance of the hearing. It was felt
the psychological effect of the move
and the attendant publicity would be
helpful.
"Dr. Townsend was non-commital
when it was agreed he should refuse
to testify, but his attitude was un
mistakably in favor of the suggestion.
This was considered a masterpiece
of strategy.”
Defense Attorney Elisha Hanson
moved to strike out this testimony
on the ground the discussions were
held before Dr. Townsend had been
served with a House subpoena Trial
Justice Peyton Gordon took the mo
tion under advisement.
Placidly rubbing his hands and
gazing at the Jury through horn
rimmed spectacles, Dr. Townsend, el
< See TOWNSEND, Page A-3.)
■-•- - -
BERLIN SEEN OBJECTING
TO AUSTRIAN MONARCHY
Von Neurath and Schuschnigg
Reported Discussing Restoration
at Vienna Farley.
F.J the Associated Press.
VIENNA. February 23.—German
objections to the possible restoration
of the Hapsbui*gs in Austria was be
lieved in diplomatic quarters today to
have been the chief topic of a long
conference between Chancellor Kurt
Schuschnigg and Baron Konstantin
von Neurath. Reich foreign minister.
A report, which was not confirmed,
said Germany had proposed a four
power pact with Austria, Hungary and
Italy. According to this version. Aus
tria would be guaranteed independ
ence and complete liberty from inter
ference in its domestic affair#.
On its part, the report said, the
Vienna government would abandon
any plans for restoration of the mon
archy.
The chancellery remained silent on
the deliberations and no communique
was issued. The only official word
was that an effort was being made to
cement Austro - German relations
under the 1936 friendship treaty.
Summary of Today’s Star
Page.
Amusements B-16
Comics_B-12
Editorial_A-I*
Financial ...A-17
Lost & Found A-3
Obituary ...A-12
Page.
Radio _A-IG
Short Story. A-8
Society_B-3
Sports_A-14-16
Woman’s Pg. B-10
FOREIGN.
Italians execute hundred for Ethiopian
assassination attempt. Page A-l
Madrid launches offensive after gains
by rebels. Page A-l
Townsend planned House committee
walkout, jury hears. Page A-l
NATIONAL.
Taylor to become House Appropria
tions Committee head. Page A-l
President confers with Representatives
on court plan. Page A-l
La Follette committee te probe O. M.
labor policies at plants. Page A-l
Eleven await sentence in Kansas City
votes fraud. Page A-l
Boss sit-down striker negotiates agree
ment with employes. Page A-l
Dr. Townsend scheduled to go on trial
ior contempt. mge a-i
House group O. K.’s revised version of
Guffey coal act. Page A-l
Henry Ford plans ideal community in
Georgia. Page A-2
Redwood widow aids probe of union
man’s slaying. Page A-I
Showdown nears in steel unionization
campaign. Page A-2
Neutrality and trade acts draw G. O.
P. criticism. Page A-5
D. S. adds protest to wend armament
race. Page A-S
Senator Walsh, in Forum address,
urges preparedness. Page A-13
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Farnsworth is denied change of plea
in spy case. Page A-l
Rear Admiral H. T. Mayo, World War
Navy chief, succumbs. Page «A-1
Boy hit-run victim found as mother
asks search. Page A-2
Senator Barkley blames Government
curb on high court Page A-4
Edith Maxwell asks National Woman’s
party to withdraw aid. Page A-2
Supplemental D. O. relief fund for
this year refusal Page B-l
Charges withdrawn against Youth
Congress officers. Page B-l
Roosevelt signs bill for D. C. audi
torium study. Page B-l
Sweeney held for grand jury in taxi
cab dumping case. Page B-l
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT.
Editorials. Page A-10
This and That. Page A-10
Answers to Questions. Page A-10
Political Mill. Page A-10
Stars. Men and Atoms. Page A-10
David Lawrence. Page A-ll
Paul Mallon. Page A-ll
Mark Sullivan. Page A-ll
Jay Franklin. Page A-ll
Delia Pynchon. Page A-ll
FINANCIAL.
Corporation bonds mixed (table).
Page A 17
Advertising increases. Page A-17
Stocks irregular (table). Page A-10
D. C. gains continue. Page A-1S
Metals rise on curb (table). Page A-19
Copper breaks at London. Page A-ZO
SPORTS.
Star’s high school basket series as
sures thrills. Page A-14
Hoya base ball coaching job elates
Joe Judge. Page A-14
Great ride lands Fairy Hill winner at
Santa Anita. Page A-14
Nationals apt to drop balking Buck
Newsom. Page A-14
Chapman not to sign till he confers
with Griff. Page A-14
Base ball school at Orlando is money
maker. Page A-14
Varoff picked to 15-foot pole vault
record. Page A-15
Chicago open tourney to be novel golf
party. Page A-l«
MISCELLANY.
Washington Wayside. Page A-S
Young Washington. Page A-7
Dorothy Dlx. Page B-lf
Betsy Caswell. Page B-l*
Vital Statistics. Page B-ll
Nature’s Children. Page B-ll
Bedtime Story. Page B-ll
Crossword Puzzle. Page B-13
City News In Brief. Page B-13
Letter-Out Page B-13
Rear Admr. H. T. Mayo Dies;
Commanded V. S. Fleet in War
! 1
I _ l
Advocated a ‘Lion* Fleet
After Peace Had Been
Concluded.
BJ (he Associated Press.
PORTSMOUTH. N H.. February
! 23.—Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo.
I 80. commander In chief of the Atlantic
| Fleet during the World War. died
| today from a heart attack at the
| home of his son, Capt. C. G. Mayo. He
' retired in 1920.
Known as a rigid upholder of the
highest standards of the Navy, the
admiral advocated a “lion” Navy at
the conclusion of the World War.
Explaining many were predicting the
coming of universal peace when the
lion and the lamb would lie down to
gether. he declared that wljen that
day came he wanted the United States
to be the lion. ?
He had been In 111 health for the
past two months, members of the
family said in announcing his death.
Private funeral services will be held
here either Thursday or Friday with
burial at Burlington, Vi, the ad
miral's birthplace. /
His widow. Caroline Whig Mayo and
j two sons, Capt. Mayo of the Navy j
-—— -■— -
_ADMIRAL MAYO.
and Maj. George Mayo of the United
States Army, survive.
Admiral Mayo ordered a salute to
the flag at Tampico, Mexico, in 1914,
an act which led to the occupation of
<8ee_MAYo7~Page A-3T>
RAILWAY WORKERS
10 ASK PAY RAISE
“Non-Operating” Brother
hoods Will Demand Increase
of 20 Per Cent.
By tbe Associated Pros.
CHICAGO, February 23 —Delegates
of the 16 “non-operating” railway
brotherhoods, representing 800,000 of
the Nation’s railroad workers, voted
today to ask for a wage increase of
approximately 20 per cent.
Chairman George M. Harrison of
the unions group pointed out that the
"Big Five” operating brotherhoods re
cently had asked a similar increase,
and said the total increases sought by
1,100,000 railroad workers in the
country would amount to about $360,
ooo.ooo.
"These are the largest negotiations
ever undertaken by organized railroad
workers.” he commented.
The group voted to serve notice on
the railroads, but set no date for for
mal presentation of the demands.
List of Demands.
Harrison listed the demands as fol
lows:
1. A general wage increase of 20
cents per hour, applied to hourly,
daily, weekly, monthly or piece rates,
so as to produce the same rate of in
crease for all employes. (Harrison
said this was an approximate 20 per
cent raise.)
2. A guarantee of full-time employ
ment for all regularly assigned forces.
3. A guarantee of two-thirds of full
time employment for all “stand-by”
forces.
4. Recommendation that wage pro
ceedings be handled at a joint na
tional conference, and the executives
of this organization to constitute a
Conference Committee, representing
labor with authority to handle nego
tiations to conclusion.
5. Notice to be served on a date to
be agreed upon.
The "big five” operating brother
hoods which made their demands re
cently Included th£ engineers, firemen
and enginemen, conductors, trainmen
and swtchmen.
The “non-operating” brotherhoods
embrace virtually all other workers in
railroad service, including clerks, te
legraphers, carmen, shop laborers,
machinists, blacksmiths, dispatchers,
boilermakers, drop forgers, sheet metal
workers, electrical workers, freight
handlers, express and station em
ployes, maintenance of way men, sig
nal men and sleeping car conductors.
FRENCH RADICALS BACK
NEW 40-HR.-WEEK PLAN
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, February 23. — Radical
Socialist members of the Chamber
of Deputies, representing approxi
mately one-third of the Popular Front
government’s parliamentary strength,
decided today to support a proposal
to ease the 40-hour week for the bene
fit of small French Industries,
Court of Appeals Affirms
$1,000,000 Continental
Liability.
The million-dollar liability of the
stockholders of the closed Contin
ental Trust Co. under an assessment
by the controller of the currency was
affirmed today by the United States
Court of Appeal, which, however,
directed District Court to inquire
into the legality of *375,050 claims
against the Continental already al
lowed by the controller.
The court’s ruling was made in the
case of Dunn. vs. O’Connor, which
has been in process of litigation for
two yeers and involves the closed
Commercial and District National
Banks and the United States Savings
Bank, as well as the Continental.
Loan Claims Remanded.
The claims which the appellate
court remanded for further examina
tion were by the Commercial, District
and United States Banks for loans
allegedly made ' Continental for
the purpose of financing purchase by
Continental of stock in the Com
mercial.
The Continental stockholders, who
brought the suit against Controller
O’Connor, contend the debts were un
lawfully Incurred since the lending
banks knew the money was to be used
for purchase of stock in another insti
tution. Banking statutes make it
illegal for a trust company to pur
chase the stock of another bank.
REFUSED BY COURT
Attorneys Deny “Coercing”
Him Into Plea Which He
Tried to Change.
In a tense court room scene in
which two prominent Washington at- |
tomeys took the witness stand to deny |
they had "coerced" John S. Farns- |
worth into pleading "nollo contendere”
to an espionage conspiracy charge, \
Justice James M. Proctor of District
Court this morning refused to allow
the formal naval officer to change
his plea to not guilty.
Sentence on the indictment, which
charged that Farnsworth conspired !
with two Japanese diplomats to com- !
municate defense secrets to Japan, will
be imposed Friday. The law permits
imprisonment for 20 years.
The attorneys were William E.
Leahy and William J. Hughes, jr. i
Each was questioned by Justice Proc
tor.
''Did you at any time request or j
in any way coerce the defendant into
entering the plea of “nolo con
tendere?’ ” Justice Proctor inquired.
‘‘I did not," replied Leahy in an
emphatic tone, “I explained the facts
and situation to him and told him
it was his problem. I told him I
was willing to walk through the door
of this court room and battle like
hell for him.”
Many Testifies.
Leahy said it was his “impression” i
Hughes told Farnsworth that he felt
a plea of "nolo contendere” or
“guilty” would be advantageous.
Justice Proctor then asked Hughes
whether he had requested the “nolo |
contendere” plea which Farnsworth
entered last Monday.
"I simply said I thought he would ,
get a lighter sentence if he pleaded
guilty or “nolo contendere,” Hughes
responded. “I don’t see how the re
marks of either of us could be inter
preted as meaning that we wanted
him to do one thing or the other.
“About 1:30 o’clock we told him !
we would leave him alone so that he
could make up his mind since it was
nearly time for him to go in the
courtroom. When we returned. I
think he said he had flipped a coin
to help him decide.”
Farnsworth, who acted as his own
(See FARNSWORTH, Page A-2.)
--•
POPE HAS BAD NIGHT
Leg Bandages Cause Pius Pain,
Vatican Says.
VATICAN CITY, February 23 (fP).—
Pope Pius was reported today by Vat
ican sources to have suffered another
bad night.
The tightly bound bandages on his
legs were understood to have caused
the Pope pain and wakefulness.
Dr. Aminta Milani is reluctant,
however, to loosen the bindings be
cause of fear the leg wounds will
reopen.
The pontiff, despite Dr. Milani's ob
jections, continued to try walking a
few steps each day, supported by
crutches and assisted by his attend
ants.
Italian Rifles Get Hot Killing
Hundred in Ethiopian Bombing
Only Several Hundred Freed Out of
2,000 Arrested for Wounding Viceroy
Graziani in Attempted Assassination,
B7 the Associated Press.
ROME. February 23.—The Italian
conquerors of Ethiopia announced in
a terse official communique today that
firing squads had "liquidated” all
Ethiopians found with arms In their
homes—a grim sequel to an attempt
to assassinate Viceroy Rodolfo Grazi
ani in Addis Ababa.
The communique did not say how
many Ethiopians had been shot, but
unofficial sources estimated the total
at upward of 100.
It was announced formally, but
vaguely, that of the 2,000 suspects held
"some hundreds” had been liberated.
“All those found with arms in their
tuculs (native grass houses) have been
shot,” said the brief communique.
"The remainder are under examine*
i tion.”
Firing squads worked with hot
rifles, signaling the transition of H
Duce’s Ethiopian policy from cue of
A*
pacification by gifts to one of death
for dissidents.
The 2,000 suspects—the entire na
tive population of Addis Ababa is but
90,000—had been rounded up by royal
carabinieri and native police since
Friday, when a band of wily Ethi
opians, approaching the viceroy's suite
as he distributed gifts, threw hand
grenades at his party.
Viceroy Grasiani was wounded—
perhaps more seriously than has been
disclosed. So war Air Gen. Aurelio
Llotta and the Coptic Bishop Cyril,
who submitted to Italian rule after
Black Shirts entered bloody Addis
Ababa last May 5.
Since then Premier Benito Musso
lini has ordered swift death for those
Ethiopians found guilty of any connec
tion with the bombing and has or
dered shot any native who resists
Italian domination anywhere in the
lost kingdom of Haile Selassie.
HOUSE DEMOCRATS.
TO AWAIT SENATE
ACTIONJNCOURT
Leaders Make Statement
Following Conference at
White House.
PROLONGED SESSION
SEEN BY BANKHEAD
President Held Ready to Link
Farm and Labor With Judi
ciary to Reach Objectives.
House Democratic leaders said to
day they would await Senate develop
ments before starting consideration of
President Roosevelt’s court reorgan
ization program.
They made the statement at the
White House after a conference with
the President on the general legisla
tive situation.
Speaker Bankhead added, however,
that if Senate Judiciary Committee
hearings scheduled to begin March 9
were prolonged, the House Judiciary
Committee might take up Mr. Roose
velt's proposals.
Others at the conference were Rep
resentatives Rayburn of Texas, ma
jority leader: Sumners of Texas,
chairman of the Judiciary Committee,
and Boland of Pennsylvania, Demo
cratic whip.
Speaker Bankhead said, also, that
he believed members of the House
Judiciary Committee would attend the
hearings on the court bill, which are
to be held by the Senate Judiciary
Committee, and so familiarize them
selves with the views presented. He
indicated that such procedure would
save duplication of work by the
House committee later.
fcarlv Adjournment unseen.
The Speaker said that he saw no
prospect of an early Summer adjourn
ment of CongTess. The amount of
work ahead of Congress, including the
court bill, is likely to keep Congress
in Washington far into the Summer,
it is believed.
The House Judiciary Committee
meets on Thursday, but it is not ex
pected at that time to take up the
President's court bill.
Senator McCarran of Nevara today
submitted a favorable report from
the Judiciary Committee on the House
bill authorizing the voluntary retire
ment of Supreme Court justices who
have reached the age of 70 years on
full pay. Senator McCarran expressed
the hope it would be possible to bring
the bill before the Senate foe con
sideration and action this week.
May Link Farm and Labor.
Some associates of the President
expressed the belief today he was
willing to advance his farm and labor
policies by constitutional amendment
—as a supplement to his court reor
ganization demands.
He insists, they said, that enlarge
ment of the Supreme Court, If justices
over 70 do not retire, is-the only way
to reach his objectives within a rea
sonably short time.
Some Senators discussed combining
Mr. Roosevelt's judicial program with
an amendment and pushing both
through at the same time.
.It was thought by some that this
might win votes for his Supreme
Court proposal from among those
favoring constitutional change.
One such amendment considered by
administration Se .ators would extend
Federal jurisdiction over interstate
commerce to include production.
The only hope for a compromise
on the President's program, some
Congressmen said, rested on the pos
sibility that enactment of the volun
tary Supreme Court retirement bill
might bring some change in the pres
ent tribunal.
This measure, passed by the House
and approved yesterday by the Senate
Judiciary Committee, probably will
(See JUDICIARY, Page A-3.)
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JUDGE HITT WEIGHS
NEW PARKING BAN
Has Some Doubt About Constitu
tionality of “Snow-Removal”
Regulation.
Asserting there is some doubt in his
mind concerning the constitutionality
of the latest "snow-removal” regula
tion, Traffic Judge Isaac R. Hitt today
took the personal bond of six motorists
who appeared before him on charges of
parking between 2 a m. and 8 a m. on
certain streets designated by the Dis
trict Commissioners as through high
ways which are to be kept clear of
automobiles to aid In the removal of
snow.
Judge Hitt reiterated his declaration
of last week, that the regulation could
be effective only if there was snow on
the ground.
Since there has been no attack on
the latest regulation, two others hav
ing been previously declared unconsti
tutional, the court has not had an op
portunity to pass upon its validity. To
day Judge Hitt said:
“I am taking the personal bond of
all persons arraigned before me for vio
lation of the regulation. I am doubtful
whether the appellant court would up
hold the statute if the question of its
constitutionality reached that body. I
do believe, however, the regulation U
effective where the cars actually in
terfere with removal.”
Venezuelan Cabinet Resigni.
CARACAS, Venezuela, February J3
[&).—The Venezuelan cabinet present
id its resignation to President Lopez
Contreras yesterday, delayed reports
disclosed today.
The cause for the resignation was
sot made public, although it was
believed due to internal dissension ont
I recent campaign against Venezuelan
Leftists,
a