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COURT ISSUE LAID TO HUMPHREYCASE Dr. E. A. Walsh Denies New Deal Law Invalidation Started Fight. The conflict between tne t-mei Executive and the judiciary was ascribed more to the Humphrey case than to the invalidation of New Deal laws by Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, S. J., of Georgetown University, who last night opened a lecture course at Memorial Continental Hall. In the case cited, the Supreme Court held that President Roosevelt had exceeded his rights in ousting the late William E. Humphreys from the Federal Trade Commission. An overflow crowd heard the initial lecture of a series of eight on "The Constitution and the Supreme Court,” In which the speaker declared the Issue has reached "a danger point be yond which lies a dark and unpre dictable future.” "In my opinion,” Dr. Walsh said, “the present conflict was not so much precipitated by the N. R. A. decision, nor by the A. A. A. reversal, or in validation of the Guffey coal act, as by an incident that, curiously enough, seems to have been lost and submerged In the floodtide of more spectacular developments. As one removed from purely party interests, or political ad vocacy, I believe future historians will put their finger on the summary re moval without legal cause of a member of the Federal .Trade Commission named Mr. Humphrey as the true be ginning of the present conflict between the Chief Executive and the supreme judiciary. I recommend careful read ing of the recorded facts in that im portant case to all who seek an inte grated knowledge of the present con stitutional impasse. I suggest that there was the cloud, no bigger than a man's hand on the horizon, which has now assumed the whirlwind propor tions of a storm over the Constitution. I am not impugning the motives nor defending the policies of either party | to this high debate. Leave that to the I eamp followers. I am merely pointing ! to an antecedent cause, as a physician ' diagnoses a condition and indicates a 1 specific lesion that had apparently been overlooked. And. as this course develops, we shall see that similar acrimonious controversies between the Chief Executive and the judiciary oc curred before, from Jefferson and Jackson to Lincoln and Theodore CVUUdCVClt. He said last night he concurred •unreservedly” with the President on the point that the Nation faces a crisis fundamentally more grave than when he took office March 4. 1933. At that time, Dr. Walsh pointed out, the economic structure that "supports the inner form of democracy, as the body does the soul.” had collapsed, i "But now. after four years.” he added, "it is the spirit, the intangible core of democracy, the very soul of the Nation that is shaken in its inner most citadel as public challenge is hurled at the apple of freedom's eye— the Supreme Court.” SENATE OATH DELAYED fcnathers Awaits Court Ruling in New Jersey Contest. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., March 6. —state Senator William H. Smathers today called off his plan to take his 1 *eat in the United States Senate next 1 week and said he would remain in the New Jersey Legislature pending a court decision in a State senatorial contest. He canceled arrangements made yesterday to take the oath at Wash ington Tuesday. A supporter of the Supreme Court reorganization bill, Smathers’ presence in the Senate ; during consideration of the measure had been sought by the administra tion. LOST BILLFOLD—Brown. N. 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By a Stall Correspondent ol The Star. ARLINGTON, Va., March 6 —Au thorities investigating the death of Otis Hildebrand, 24-year-old Wash ington theater usher, who died from a fractured skull en route to Emer gency Hospital early yesterday morn ing, today said the young father of two children was accidently killed during a "friendly argument.” Detective Hugh C. Jones of the Ar lington County police, who with De tective Harry L. Woodyard worked with Washington detectives in making the investigation, declared statements made by five companions of Hilde brand showed he had fallen during a scuffle and fractured his skull on the driveway of a filling station on U. S. Highway No. 1. After questioning the other mem bers of the party. Curtis Coons, 25, of 1774 Troy street. Arlington, was re leased under $1,000 bond for his ap pearance before the grand jury April 19, and the other four were released without bond. Had Attended Party. All five were arrested at Emergency Hospital, where they had taken the body of their companion early yester day. Besides Coon, those held and later released were Garrett D. Mooney, 22, of 1314 Thirteenth street; William D. Whalen, 1656-A Avon street; P. L. Ankers. 20, of 310 Cedar avenue, Ta koma Park, Md., and Jerold C. Adams, 17, of 3743 Twelfth street northeast. All are ushers in Washington theaters. According to police, the youths at tended a party at the home of Mooney on Thirteenth street. They later drove to Virginia to get sandwiches. When they were ready to return to Washing ton, the youths told Jones and Wood yard, they stopped in the filling sta tion, where they bought 2 gallons jf gasoline for one of the two cars in which they were riding. It was while the car was being serviced that a “friendly argument” arose between Hilderbrand and another member of the party, they declared. Harry Hull, 32, night manager of the filling station, who lives at 931 Stafford street. Arlington, told police he did not hear any argument, but after he cleaned the windshield of the car he noticed a man lying on the ground. Revealed Skull Fracture. An autopsy by Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald of Washington revealed that In addition to a fractured skull, Hilderbrand suffered a bruised eye, which might have been caused by a blow. No evidence of blows having been struck was furnished police, Jones said. Coons waived a police court hear ing, choosing to have his case taken directly to the grand jury. Besides his widow and two sons, Hilderbrand Is survived by his mother, Mrs. Harry Hilderbrand, and four brothers and three sisters, all of Washington. Fireflies Are Popular. Fireflies have become so popular as the illumination of garden parties In Japan that supplying them is becom ing a regular business. A Officers Must Become Nudists To Probe Complaints of Camp By the Associated Press. TAMPA, Fla., March 6.—The neigh- . bors complained yesterday about the goings-on at the Mossy Oaks Nudist camp and two embarrassed officials were ordered to investigate. It seems there's something in the rules that even just visitors must turn Nudists temporarily. County Commissioner Nick Nuccio. in whose district the camp lies, pre sented the complaints, explaining that he’d been pestered by constituents who want something done about the indis criminate roaming around au natural. Nuccio said he undertook to investi gate himself and was welcomed at the gate by a perfectly dressed hostess who told him he was welcome to inspect the place if he abided by the rule*. i She pointed meaningly to a little dressing cabinet. "You mean I’ve got to be a Nudist, too?” he said he inquired. "Certainly!” the lady told him. Nuccio said he informed her he'd be back later. At this point in the meeting County Attorney John D. Sutton broke in. "You won’t get me out there under those conditions,” he asserted. But the board voted him down. In a formal resolution, the commis sioners instructed Sutton to accom pany Nuccio to the camp to see if any law were being violated and report as seen as is practical. They haven’t made a date yet. Courts (Continued From First Page.) of parties was the first open comment of that kind. There was little support, however, from other opponents of the President. Senator Copeland said he had heard the possibility discussed but believed It would be "pretty hard for the old timers to get out of either party.” Burke said that he did not believe the court reorganization itself would bring the realignment, but that enact ment of the President’s bill would be followed by enactment of measures that would "force a new alignment." “The bars would be down com pletely,” Burke said. “The most bitter opposition to the program,’’ Burke said, “comes from people who wholeheartedly supported the President in the last campaign.” Radio addresses by partisans of both sides were made last night in the wake of the President's Thursday night speech to Democratic “victory dinners.” Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, former N. R. A. administrator, said: “While I am for the proposal and usually like to light into it hard in a speech. I’m going to try not to get het up on this one. It's too serious. “It certainly is important to keep that (Supreme) court alert and alive to developments in this country. The judges have the last word on the fate of this Nation, on this side of heaven. There Is no appeal." Called “Fixing the Umpire." Representative Guyer, Republican, of Kansas, called the President's ap peal for enactment of the program “an almost insolent demand” and an attempt to “fix the umpire.” Senator McAdoo, Democrat, of Cal ifornia, supporting Mr. Roosevelt, de clared 6-to-4 Supreme Court decisions result in letting a single justice "make the Constitution mean what he says it means.” An organised labor leader—Sidney Hillman, president of the Amalga mated Clothing Workers—advocated the reorganization, in advance of a convention of labor’s 'Non-Partisan League. The group will meet here Monday to discuss support of the Roosevelt program. Representative Miller, Democrat, of Arkansas, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, began drafting a proposal for a speedy referendum on a constitutional amendment giving Congress specific power to deal with economic and social problems. The proposed amendment would be submitted to State conventions. Con gress would set a date—possibly in the Spring or Summer—for election of delegate* A Labor f Continued From First Page > companies contended about 200 quit work. An agreement on hours and wages ended sit-down strikes of 150 young women clerks in two F. W. Woolworth Co. 5 and 10 cent Detroit stores. The Attwood Brass Works at Grand Rapids, Mich, was settled after a day of negotiation. Bethlehem Picketed. Strikers picketed the Bethlehem Steel Corp. plant at Lebanon, Pa., which closed after a dispute over wages and hours for 2.500 employes. The strike spread to the ore mines at nearby Cornwall. Four “dime to a dollar" stores at Kenosha, Wis, were picketed by striking clerks. At Detroit the United Automobile Workers of America and the Chrysler Motor Corp. adjourned their confer ence until next week. Homer Martin, union president, reported progress on the issue of making the union sole bargaining agent for 67,000 Chrysler employes. A leader of the nine-month-old strike at the Remington Rand, Inc., plant at Syracuse, N. Y, drew plans for sending 50 strikers to Washington to picket the White House, Labor De partment and Capitol buildings to force Federal intervention in the dis pute. The C. I. O. supported a sit down of 75 employes of the Gudfit Shoe Co, Chicago, who struck for wage adjust ments. U. A. W. A. officials sought a conference with officials of the Alladin Industries plant at Alexandria, Ind, to settle a sit down of 150 workers who have been served court orders to vacate. Conciliators also sought agreements to end strikes at a Pittsburgh factory for the blind, the Douglas Aircraft Co. at Santa Monica, Calif., and the Illinois Watch Case Co. at Elgin, 111. Strikes were also still in progress at H0RNIWG^ A LEWIS CONSIDERS Future Course of C. I. 0. to Be Mapped at Parley Tuesday. Br the Associated Press. The future course of John L. Lewis' movement for organizing mass-pro duction workers hinged today on a meeting next Tuesday of the Commit tee for Industrial Organization. Lewis said he would lay before his associates projects for "substantial organizing campaigns" In several large industries. The committee already has won agreements for its unions in the steel, automobile and mining industries. Lewis did not name the industries whose employes he hopes to organize, but said the committee would consider a drive to bring the 1.250.000 textile employes into the United Textile Workers of America, a C. I. O. affiliate. Organizers lor tne Lewis group now are seeking recruits in the oil industry. Refusal of Lewis' rival, William Green, to support the reconstruction of Camegie-Illinois Steel Corp.'s em ploye representation plan left the husky C. I. O. chief still foremost in that sector. Although hope of reconciling the Lewis and Green factions apparently has been abandoned for the time, rep resentatives of both groups will attend the convention here Monday of Labor's Non-Partisan League. Headed by a stanch Roosevelt sup porter, Maj. George L. Berry, the league will discuss the President's court reorganization program. It hopes to unite labor support for the President's proposal, which it has indorsed. The Lewis-Green battle will not come before It. Wesley Methodist. Rev. J. Luther Neff will preach at the 11 o'clock service on "Except Your Righteousness Exceed.” Thursday, 8 p.m., Chevy Chase com munity Lenten service will be held in the church with Dr. Archer B. Bass, minister of First Baptist Church. ; Portsmouth, Va., as the preacher. the following Detroit firms; Bohn Aluminum and the Michigan Smelt ing At Refining companies, employing 1,200; the Acme Die Casting Co., Zenith Carburetor Oo., Detroit Stamp ing Co., Timken-Detroit Axle Co., Michigan Malleable Co. and O. At 8. Bearing Co. Convincing; Proof . . ■ The reputation that Father John's Medicine has earned and maintained for over 80 years could not have been built up by jmy amount of advertising un less it had proven value and merit as a treatment for colds and a body builder. Be pre pared . . . keep Father John’s Medicine on hand at all times. UK PRESSES CHILD LABOR FIGHT Governor Appeals to Public to Support Battle for Ratification. BJ the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., March 6.—Gov. Herbert H. Lehman carried his flgnt for New York State ratification of the Federal child-labor amendment di rectly to the people last night with an assertion that "this Is the only practi cal way to end exploitation of chil dren in industry throughout America.” "The ratification of the child-labor amendment is a completely non partisan question,” he said. “There us no issue involved in this matter save that of child labor, and I make my ap- j peal for ratification solely on that j issue.” The Governor’s appeal came as members of the State Assembly of 75 Republicans and 75 Democrats pre pared to vote Tuesday on the long pending proposal. The Democratic controlled Senate ratified four weeks ago by a party-split vote of 38 to 12. Discusses Objections. The Governor took up one by one the objections voiced by opponents of ratification, insisting the amendment ”ls simply a grant of power by the States to the Congress just as were the other grants of power. • • • To mistrust Congress is to indict democ racy. If we cannot trust the men we ourselves send to Congress as our Representatives, then democracy is a sham.” I axing up tne Claim mai me amendment would Interfere with the home and with parental authority, the Governor asserted: "Just what this means, I do not know. Some, including several leading newspapers, have sought to distort the intent of the amendment by tagging it with a misleading label. They call it a ‘youth control amendment.’ It is in no sense a youth control program. A fairer description would be ‘youth protection.’ Will Not Regiment Youth. “The amendment will no more con trol or regiment youth than do any of the hundreds of measures which have been parsed in this State for the pro tection of our boys and girls." He contended there is no lessening of parental authority in the amend ment. “It is just Impossible for me to see how the Congress is given power to interfere with or dictate the education and schooling of children." he said. “• * * If I thought that the amend ment could possibly be construed as a grant of power over education or would limit freedom of secular or re ligious education, I would oppose it as strongly as any person in the State. I am certain that it does not do so." -• Radio Revives Memory. LOS ANGELES (JP>. — A blond well-dressed woman—victim of am nesia—sat in police headquarters try ing to remember who she was A radio was turned on and her face brightened. “That's it!" she ex claimed. “My husband works in a radio station.” A station was called and George Carruthers came down and claimed his wife. Munal. 36. Geisha Girls End 8-Day Sit-Doivn as Guild Is Allowed Gala Welcome Planned in Osaka by “Tired Business Men.” By the Associated Press. OSAKA, Japan, March 6—Three hundred gaily-clad geisha—girl enter tainers in Osaka’s bright-lighted cafes —ended their eight-day sit-down strike today with recognition of their right to form a geisha guild. The striking girls, who spent more than a week of self-immolation m a Buddhist mountain temple, accepted a compromise agreement which police had labored to effect throughout the night. Their principal demand, a guild of their own organization, was granted by harassed Osaka employers. Osaka’s gay amusement quarter im mediately plunged into plans for a gala welcome tonight when the vic torious maidens resume their singing, dancing and entertaining for the “tired business men’’ of industrial Osaka. Telegrams of congratulations and praise poured in on the girls from all parts of the empire. The geisha held a long conference In front of the altar of Buddha before sending their acceptance of the com promise terms to the Osaka police. The girls agreed to withdraw imme diately from the temple where sympa thetic priests have sheltered them. The strike leaders promised to apolo gize for their action and the employ ers of geisha agreed to recognize an antonomous geisha guild. The only note of sadness was the eternal absence of one of the geisha band—22-year-old Fukuko Miyamoto —who took her own life yesterday rather than participate in a nude ceremonial of purification. - —•-— Relief (Continued From First Page ) without again going on the relief rolls. This should be corrected.” Govs. Charles F. Hurley of Massa chusetts and Robert E. Quinn of Rhode Island, both Democrats, were the others here for the conference. Latest W. P. A. figures, based on official reports and estimates, show State expendiutres for relief have dropped from $26,610,000 in January, 1936, to $16,880.00 last September. During that period the Federal Gov ernment was turning over entirely to the States the burden of direct relief. This was attributed by W. P. A. officials to a shortage of public funds for relief in some States and in part to seasonal factors and outlays for social security, with the consequent transfer of some cases to that program. Church Services Announced. COLLEGE PARK. Md. March 6 I (Special*.—Bible school classes will be held in the University Baptist Church here at 9 45 a m. tomorrow prior to services at 11 a m., when Pastor Wal ter C. Scott will officiate. Subject of the sermon will be "A Burned Griddle Cake.” A blackboard talk on "The Mysterious Face” will be given to chil j dren. ' ' »»1 . • « • « u • « I Canadian Prime Minister Believed to Have Discussed St. Lawrence. By the Associated Press. Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King of Canada concluded today a brief White House visit that gave op portunity for him and President Roosevelt to discuss questions of mutual Interest to the United States and her northern neighbor. The specific subjects of their after dinner conference last night were not disclosed. Word from Capitol Hill that admin istration leaders expected the Presi dent to ask the Senate a second time to ratify the St. Lawrence waterway treaty led some to assume the two chiefs of state had touched on the joint development of the river. The President suggested to reporters earlier that world affairs would be a major subject of their talk. King was silent yesterday on the possibility of a united front of Western Hemisphere nations in dealing with international problems. King’s first visit, less than two years ago, resulted in a reciprocal trade agreement between Canada and the United States. Reminded that President Hoover and Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain sat on a log in the Virginia mountains to talk of naval disarma ment in 1929, King laughingly com mented that he and Mr. Roosevelt talked on a White House sofa. King remained overnight at the White House. 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