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23 STATES TO UN PARLEYONFLOODS Conference Called Friday to Map Plan to Curb Rivers. 97 the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, March 6.—Twenty three States in the Nation's ‘‘flood bowl''—the midcontinental basin will be represented at a conference here Friday to formulate a compre hensive plan for curbing the rampages Of the Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri Rivers and the tributaries. Advanced reports from delegates Who will represent the various water sheds Indicate that several contro versial phases of flood control will come up for debate. Lachlan Macleay, executive vice president of the Missis •lppl Valley Association, said today. One proposal is that the Federal Government assume the full cost of lands, easements and rights-of-way and full responsibility for damages, maintenance and operation after com pletion of flood control works, where downstream benefits of an interstate nature occur. Creation or Autnonty upposea. Other delegates, Macleay said, have Indicated they favor a flood control program which will include provision for benefits to navigation, river chan nel stabilization and natural defense. Many delegates are understood to be opposed to the creation of a new Federal authority to take over flood control construtcion from the United States Army Engineers. Macleay re ported. Maj. Gen. Edward M. Mark ham. chief of the Army Engineers, will be one of the speakers at the con ference. Other speakers w.'l include United Btates Senator Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri, Representatives Will M. Whittington of Mississippi, Orville Zimmerman of Missouri. Wesley E. Disney of Oklahoma, and W. J. Driver of Arkansas, and Mayor William H. Dress of Evansvile, Ind. Weaver to Preside. Former Gov. Arthur J. Weaver of Nebraska, president of the valley as sociation. which caUed the conference, will preside. He has designated the association's Committee on Water Re sources, headed by Wade O. Martin, chairman of the Louisiana Flood Con trol Commission, as the Resolutions Committee. Gov. Lloyd C. Stark of Missouri has Invited Governors of States in the flood area to meet here at the time of the conference. Governors who will attend or will send personal repre aentatives include A. B. Chandler of Kentucky, Henry Horner of Illinois, Homer A. Holt of West Virginia, M. Clifford Townsend of Indiana, George E. Earle of Pennsylvania. Carl E. Bailey of Arkansas, Martin L. Davey of Ohio and Gordon Browning of Tennessee. Raid (Continued From First Page.) stations, where “boosters" stepped up the current sufficiently to relay the calls to a great number of individual telephones, said to be located in gambling places. Three Phone Employes Held. In all, three telephone company employes were among those arrested, as one of them, Charles Purvis, 42, of the 600 block of Tuckerman street, was in the headquarters when it was raided. The other technicians were Meade D. Kaufman, 29, of the 1600 block of Thirty-fifth street, and Charles E. Castle, 31, of the 3700 block of Twelfth street northeast. Shortly after the raid Robb summoned the latter two to his office in the court house, where they were placed under arrest. Those found at the headquarters Were Dietz, Cahill, Purvis, Sam Browrn. 27, of the 3000 block of Rod man street; Benjamin Cohen, 31, Park Lane Apartments; Raymon Reeve, 35, of the 1300 block of Thir teenth street; Samuel Lawder, 23, of the 900 block of Kennedy street; Claude R. Irving, 22, of the 600 block of Park road, and another man who police say had no part in the business, but was there attempting to sell Jewelry. Charged With Conspiracy. Robb said that besides charges of conspiracy to violate the gambling laws, the men might be charged with substantive gambling offenses as well. Investigators say the racing infor mation service was operated behind the front of a lawful business, Na tional Telecast, Inc., which furnishes programs of music and news to many gathering places throughout the city. In the glassed-in "sound room" at the headquarters were two micro phones, one used to broadcast the Tel ecast programs and the other used for racing news. In another room was a switchboard connected with nine private -md nine public wires. A powerful “booster" furnished the current for this first Stage of the elaborate system. Among the private lines were the Baltimore, New York and Montreal connections. inier-r uv i.inK. The Federal men said they had not been able to uncover the nature of the link of the local organization with the other cltiee, but believed that this was the headquarters of a racing service extending throughout the East. Efforts are being made to develop • connection between the Dietz gang and the publishers of a "run-down •heel” for recording the results of horse races, which is distributed as far west as Akron, Ohio. Intelligence Division operatives, anxious to uncover evidence useful in their income tax violation investiga tion, were disappointed at their failure to find bookkeeping records in the headquarters. A large box approximately a foot and a half in diameter and filled with large red and green dice was found In open view. The raid was accomplished so quietly that few tenants in the build ing knew anything unusual was hap pening. Robb and Acting Capt. George M. Little were notified, and Little and Deputy Marshals Thomas K. Ott and H. S. Coates immediately went to the headquarters and the prisoners were taken to the District Court, where the grand jury room was converted into an Impromptu jail. There they were questioned by Robb before being taken to headquarters to be fingerprinted, photographed and booked. Later they were released on ball. Diets and Cahill posted $2,500 each, Cohen $2,000 and the others $1,000 each. 8o secretly was the raid carried out that Harry T. Whelan and William B. O'Connell, attorneys for Diets and Gambling Apparatus Seized Many pairs of dice found in room 801. Albee Building, last night when Internal Revenue Bureau agents and local authorities raided the place. “Telecast" sets found in the raid, part of an elaborate set-up of radio and telephone apparatus seized by the agents. —Star Staff Photos. his men, knew nothing of what had occurred until anxious wives of the alleged conspirators began calling them for information. Inquiries by the attorneys at police headquarters and the police precincts failed to yield any information, and finally they turned to the District Attorney's office as a last resort. There they discovered their clients. According to police records, Dietz's real name is Abe Plisco. He lives in the 1700 block of Hobart street. He has a long police record, having been arrested on charges of vagrancy, drunk and disorderly conduct, carrying con cealed weapons, assault with a dan gerous weapon, sale and illegal pos session of liquor and setting up a gaming table. Cahill, the man officials say is his partner, lives in Baltimore and has been atTested here once. On that occasion he was charged with dis orderly conduct. According to Capt. Little, Dietz's rise to leadership in Washington’s gambling world dated from the break ing up of the Beard organization after the raid on its headquarters in the Mather Building October 5. 1934. With Beard out of the way. the younger man had a comparatively clear Held, Little explained. -« Labor (Continued Prom First Page.) between the company and Local Seven." The defection of the Aluminum Workers’ Union's largest unit, at the New Kensington. Pa., plant of the Aluminum Co. of America, from the A. P. of L. ranks held prospects of spreading. John Haser, vice president of the unit, said a national confer ence of representatives of locals would be held April 12 for the pur pose of drafting a constitution for an international union which would affiliate with the C. I. O. The break with the A. P. of L. developed from a dispute over finances. The aluminum industry employs about 40,000 persons. Recognition Claimed. Representatives of the United Elec trical and Radio Workers, a C. I. O. afflUate, claimed the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. had recognized the union as a bargaining agency for its membership, and aimed at further recognition. The union announced a drive to organize 12,000 employes in 20 St. Louis plants. New strikes began and others ended yesterday in a swiftly moving series of events on the labor front. Agreements reached by automotive parte concerns with the United Automobile Workers of America, afflli ate oi tne c. I. o„ ended three sit down strikes at Detroit. The settlements opened the way for more than 2,500 wage earners to return to their Jobs Monday. Approximately 2,200 are employes of the Timken-Detroit Axle Co., whose plant had been held since February 23 by nearly 400 sit-down strikers. The agreement provides for hourly wage minimums, after 60 days' employment, of 75 cents for men and 65 cents for women. The union was recognized as bargaining agent for its members, and the company agreed not to negotiate with any other group for six months. The Detroit Stamping Co., employ ing 150 persons, agreed to recognize the U. A. W. A. as representing its members, established a 40-hour week and granted wage increases, in settling a two-day sit-down late today. Sole bargaining rights were ac corded the union by the Allied Prod ucts Corp., manufacturing screw products for automobile producers, in settlement of a sit-down strike. Its 30 workers will receive hourly wage Increases ranging from • to 12 cents. The Randy Governor Corp., its building held by 70 sit-downers since February 24, applied to Circuit Judge Allan Campbell for an injunction against U. A. W. A. officials and the strikers, and a “show cause’’ order returnable next Thursday was ob tained. Auto Parleys Continue. Executives of two major automobile producers—General Motors and Chrys ler—weighed union proposals pending the resumption of bargaining confer ences with U. A. W. A. officials Mon day. At General Motors, whose plants were paralyzed by strikes until a peace agreement was reached February 11. the question was a national hourly minimum wage—the only Issue re maining after more than two weeks of conferences. Tentative agreements ( on all other differences have been reached, and on Monday Homer Mar- ! tin, union president, and William S. Kundsen. General Motors executive vice president, will join the conferees in a drive toward final settlement. j The issue at Chrysler, where con- J ferences started this week, is recog- j nition of the union as sole bargaining j agency for 67.000 workers. U. A. W. A. leaders are insisting on quick settlement of this question before any discussion of other demands. Chicago was almost completely with out taxi service. A strike that began unexpectedly Friday spread quickly. A score or more were arrested in out bursts of violence. Formation of a union got under way and demands for higher pay and other concessions were formulated. Wages were raised in scattered in dustries. Five iron mining firms an nounced increases for about 10.000 wage earners in Minnesota, Northern Wisconsin and Northern Michigan, which were expected to add from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000 annually to ; their income. Raises Are Ordered. The United States Metals Refining Co. at Carteret. N. J., ordered 10-cent an-hour raises for hourly workers and 5 per cent boosts for salaried employes, affecting a total of about 1.800 wage earners. A 5 per rent pay hike was given workers in the Mohawk Carpet Mills, Inc., at Amsterdam, N. Y„ while of ficials of the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Co. there agreed to meet a C. I. O. group next week on wage demands. The Seeger Refrigerator Co. in St. Paul announced a 10 per cent wage boost for 2,000 employes, aggregating about $200,000 anually. Tailoring em ployes were given a 25 per cent in crease at Youngstown, Ohio. General Motors Corp., recovered from a strike that paralyzed its pro ductlon for more than 40 days, re I ST A I 1.1 SHED lift Chicktring SMART NEW VERTICAL DESIGN *465 Petite size, glorious tone, typically Chickering. EASY TERMS ARTHUR JORDAN PIANO COMPANY 1239 G St., Cor. 13th gained Its usual position at the top of the list in the week's production of automobiles. * In the Par West, ships again be came subject to Federal tie-up orders if crew members failed to have "dis charge books.” An injunction at Los Angeles was dissolved. The action spurred Interest of those opposing the law requiring sailors to carry employ ment records. Leaders of a strike at the Remington Rand Co. at Syracuse, N. Y., threat ened to send pickets to the White House, the Labor Department and the Capitol unless Federal mediation ef forts were begun. Coal Parleys Delayed. Resumption of negotiations in the soft coal agreement parley was post poned one day to Wednesday. The present contract ends March 31. The Steel Workers' Organizing Com- j mittee decided not to enter the Re- ! public Steel Corp.'s wage adjustment i conference until its negotiations with . the Cargenie-Illionis Steel Corp. were ! finished. The Postal Telegraph Co. announced it had agreed to collective bargaining with employe representatives in con ferences at Washington, Philadelphia and Detroit. About 100 blind workers held stead fast in their "sit-down" strike for higher pay at Pittsburgh in the face of discomfort and illness. Or ganised relief workers maintained an alternating "sit-down" in W. P. A. headquarters at Great Falls, Mont., in support of wage and other demands. Pickets took a holiday at the Lebanon, Pa , plant of the Bethlehem Steel Corp. The plant ordinarily is closed on Saturday. But while it was quiet at the Lebanon plant, the strikers went to Steelton, Pa., 25 mile away, and urged employes of the Bethlehem firm's plant there to join in the strike. C. I. O. organizers said they were lending moral support to the u V HEARINGJELAYED ; Circuit Court Has Yet to Pass on Appeal From Temporary Decree. Br the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., March A Federal court hearing on the injunc tion dispute between the Tennessee Valley Authority and private utilities, mentioned by President Roosevelt In his speech Thursday night, will be passed over Monday, when it was orig inally scheduled. The United States Circuit Court at Cincinnati has not passed on the T. V. As appeal of District Judge John J. Gore’s temporary injunction decree. This will delay the District Court hearing on the merits of the case. "How can we confidently complete that Tennessee Valley Authority proj ect or extend the idea to the Ohio and other valleys while the lowest courts have not hesitated to paralyze its operations by sweeping injunc tions?” President Roosevelt said in his “victory dinner" speech Thursday night. He later told a press conference he referred to Judge Gore and the tem porary restraining order. Under the order, the T. V. A. is prohibited from etxending its lines or building additional substations, with certain exceptions. In addition, it can not seek new customers except in cer tain specified areas. SEES VAST TAX RETURN Helvering Expects Income Levy to Hit $4,800,000,000. MIAMI BEACH, Fla . March 6 i/Pl. —Guy T. Helvering, commissioner of internal revenue, said tonight income tax collectiona this year might reach $4,800,000,000. Helvering said returns from the fiscal year ending in June, 1933. when he took office, totaled $1,600,000,000. Last year, the collections were about $4,000,000,000. He attributed much of the increase to improving business conditions. Here for the past two weeks on vacation. Helvering returns to Wash ington tomorrow. Lebanon strikers. Two other plants of the company also were strike bound. To Protect Non-Strikers. Donald W. Douglas, president of the Douglas Aircraft Corp., announced creation of a $5,000 fun. t protect non-strikers at the plant. Simultaneously. Mayor Edmond Gillette of Santa Monica issued a statement attributing the reported hurling of rocks through the windows of homes and automobiles of some of the workers to "bums and chiselers.” He lauded the strikers for their "peaceful picketing." Garbage collectors at Amsterdam. N. Y., struck for a 10-cent-an-hour raise. They receive 45 cents an hour now. Housewives complained when rubbish accumulated. Several groups, including the Amer ican Civil Liberties Union, prepared for meetings today at Waukegan, 111., to protest use of force in ejecting sit down strikers from the Fansteel Metal lurgical Corp. plant February 26. At Youngstown, Ohio, a bricklayers' strike, begun a week ago, ended as the General Contractors and Builders' As sociation signed an agreement boost ing the wage scale from $1.25 to $1.50 an hour—or $12 for an eight-hour day. Approximately 400 employes of the National Pants Co. plant at New Castle. Pa., most of them women, went on a sit-down strike, demanding wage increases of 15 to 25 per cent. The plant gates were closed at noon. L. D. Pilsen, manager, said he would seek to negotiate with the workers as soon as company officials returned from Washington. Installed $ ^ ^ ^ as Lou) as Have modern hot-water heat in your home . . . but deal with a Arm specializing in such work. We have installed over 3.000 heating Jobs in and around Washington, and NOT ONE COMPLAINT FOR UNSATIS FACTORY WORKMANSHIP. The above price includes American Radiator Red Flash boiler, 6 radiators and 300-ft. of radiation— fully installed. NO MONEY DOWN ... NO PAYMENTS UNTIL SEPTEMBER. THREE WHOLE YEARS TO PAY. free Estimates Anytime—Anywhere I * i Streets Slippery, Ash Cans Full As Garbage Men Go on Strike )r the Associated Press, AMSTERDAM, N. Y., March.*.— garbage accumulated on doorsteps, ilippery streets went unsanded, house wives complained, but 60 municipal ish and garbage collectors merely sat today. At first they undertook a genuine sit-down strike on their trucks in the Department of Public Works store house when their request for a 10 :ents an hour pay increase was not granted. But four persuasive po licemen broke that up. at least tem [iorarily. Detective Thomas C. Hum ler said the strikers climbed off the trucks and left the building willingly enough, but they still refused to work. There the matter rests until Mon day morning, when Mayor Arthur Carter said he and members of the City Council would meet a deputation at City Hall. The Mayor said the men, receiving 45 cents an hour, were getting as much as had been paid by former administrations. Besides, Carter pointed out, the new municipal budget will not be ready before April 1, and in the in terim, no additional expenses can be incurred. A light snow, first in a month, made the city streets slippery, and the Mayor engaged a private truck ing firm to scatter ashes. But the strikers persuaded the truckers to quit. At least 100 vexed housewives called City Hall to demand why the bi weekly collection of ashes and garbage was not made. Meanwhile, one carpet manu facturer announced a 5 per cent wage increase for approximately 4,500 em ployes and another employing 3,500 set next Wednesday for a conference with union representatives seeking a 15 per cent Increase. Customer Offers Empty Bottles to Hold-Up’s Loot Leaves Hurriedly When He Finds Girl Clerk Menaced by Gun. An unidentified customer contrib uted several empty bottles to a colored hold-up man's loot last night when he entered a grocery store at 1539 Fifth street to find the girl clerk cov ered by the bandit's revolver, police said. Told to “give me the money in the cash register” by an armed colored man, who had asked for cigarettes. Miss Jeanette Lemmer, 22, who clerks in her father's store, told him to “get It yourself.” While the bandit was looting the till a customer entered and put some bottles on the counter. Seeing the hold-up man, he abandoned his empties in hasty retreat, flinging over ! his shoulder, “You can take these, too.” The robber escaped with about S7 in bills, ignoring the gift of the bottles. -»—. Guatemala has a nation-wide grow more-bananas movement. PLANT SHOW TODAY Tropical plants will be featured at the Botanic Garden at 2.30 p.m. today when William A. Frederick of the office of David Lynn, architect of the Capitol and acting director of the Garden, conducts the public in groups through the establishment. The Botanic Garden, located across the street from the southwest comer of the Capitol grounds, has the main entrance at Maryland avenue, between First and Second streets southwest. The outing is being given under the auspices of C. 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