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C. L 0. OPENS DRIVE
IN TEXTILE TRADE
Campaign Gets Under Way
to Unionize 1.250.000
Workers in Industry.
By the Associated Press.
The launching of a unionization
drive among 1,250.000 textile workers
shared attention today on the Nation’s
Industrial front with the impending
crisis In Michigan's major automotive
strike.
A meeting in New York today of the
Textile Workers' Organizing Commit
tee signalized the beginning of the
campaign ordered by the Committee
for Industrial Organization.
Labor leaders said the decision of
textile firms to raise wages for more j
than 52.000 workers in Virginia, the !
Carolinas and Georgia and 60,000 in
New England will not deter them from
organizational activities. Among the
objectives were a minimum wage of 1
$18 weekly and a 35-hour week.
Wage Boosts \nnounred.
Wage increases for 25.000 New Eng
land textile workers were announced
today, boosting to 60,000 the number
of textile employes in that section
given raises within the past 24 hours.
Less than 12 hours after New Eng
land cotton mills made known plans
to raise wages 10 per cent, seven
large woolen nulls m Lawrence. Mass.
—one of the largest textile centers in
the East and the proposed focal point
for a drive by the C. I O.—disclosed
uorkrrs would get fatter envelopes,
effective March 29.
Approximately 12,000 to 15,000
operatives in the Wood, Ayer. Shaw
sheen and Washington mills of the
American Woolen Co. in Lawrence
were informed this morning a 10 per'
cent increase for hour and piece rate j
work would be granted.
At the same time a similar an
nouncement was made at the Arling
ton mills, which employ 5,800.
The worsted division of the Pacific
mills, with about 4,500 workers, an
nounced an upward revision of wages,
but did not give the amount of the
increase.
Manufacturers Tense.
Meanwhile, many New England
manufacturers were tense as they
Ewaited the start of the C I O. drive.
One of them, president of a shoe
company, in effect threw up his
hands with a statement that it was
ureless "to buck labor at this time "
Others, some of them already fight
ing strikes, asserted they would close
down their plants rather than accede
to demands labeled as exorbitant.
There was evidence in other quar
ters, offered in part in private state
ments, that, men whose industries
have oecn the backbone of commer
cial New England would divide on
whether to fight or accede
In Worcester, Mass., that city's
Central Labor Union, an American
Federation of Labor group with an
enrollment of some 35 000. stood fast
on its peremptory expulsion of 18.000
members. A. F. of L. Organizer Frank
Fenton charged they had C. I. O.
leanings. Thus was added intra-labor
strife as well.
Legislators Discuss Ban.
Objection, by 10 members blocked
consideration in the South Carolina
House of Representatives today of a
resolution asking John L. Lewis, chair
man of the C, I O., to "stay out of
South Carolina.”
The proposal, sponsored by Repre
sentative Long of Union, was then re
ferred to the Commerce and Manu
facturers' Committee.
“I think,” Long told newspapermen,
“that it would hurt South Carolina
more than anything that has hap
pened since the War Between the
States and upset our present pleasant
relations between employers and em
ployes for Lewis to come into the
Sta'e to organize the textile industry."
Representative Sawyer of George
town, one of the opposition group,
said:
"I don't believe in choking Lewis
ofiE that way. Let him come on here
and talk. That’s intolerance.”
Members of the Central Trades and
Labor Council in New York City last
night voted that no action is to be
taken to unseat any member whose
union belongs to the C. I. o. until
specific instructions are received from
the American Federation of Labor.
In so doing the members approved
the stand taken by their Executive
Committee Monday night.
BAR ASSOCIATION
COMMITTEE LUNCH
Morrison Shafroth and Judge
Benjamin H. Littleton to Be
Guest Speakers Tomorrow.
Morrison Shafroth, chief counsel of
the Bureau of Internal Revenue, and
Judge Benjamin H. Littleton of the
Court of Claims will be guest speak
ers tomorrow at a luncheon-meeting
of the Committee on Federal Taxation
cf the American Bar Association.
Judge Littleton formerly was chair
man of the Board of Tax Appeals.
Other sessions will be held at 2:30
end fi pm.
Chairman Doughton of the House
Ways and Means Committee, Chair
man Black of the Board of Tax Ap
peals and William A. Schnader. former
attorney general of Pennsylvania,
will lead an open-forum discussion at
the afternoon session.
Addresses will be made at the
evening meeting by Senator La Toi
lette, Assistant Attorney General Mor
ris and Randolph E. Paul, co-author
of “Law of Federal Income Taxation."
An open-forum discussion will close
the session.
Chairman Robert N. Miller of the
Federal Taxation Committee will pre
side at all meetings and introduce
the speakers.
TO HONOR BRYAN
Radio Program Today to Mark
Birthday Anniversary.
The birthday of William Jennings
Bryan will be honored today with a
15-minute radio broadcast from the
WOL studios at 5:30 p m. sponsored by
the Bryan Memorial Association.
Heard on the program will be Rep
resentative Henry C. Luckey of Bryan's
home district in Nebraska and Wayne
C. Williams, special assistant to the
Attorney General.
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Gas Mask Factory.
Tha first privat'-’y-owned gas mask
factory in China has been opened In
Shanghai. The masks are made for
both civilians and soldiers and are
copied from Gen. an designs.
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Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
WAGS.
Doubtless intending to pep
up the readpr appeal of the
Congressional Record, which
most people use as a sedative,
Representative Maury Maverick of
Texas and Representative Robert G.
Allen of Pennsylvania have been turn
ing out some snappy subheads lately.
Representative Maverick's witticisms
are of the dialect or Milton Gross
school, while Representative Allen is
reminiscent of a New York Times
copy reader at white heat.
On March 16, for example, Repre
sentative Maverick had Secretary
Ickes' Supreme Court speech at Ra
leigh, N. C.. reprinted in the Record.
Then under "extension of remarks"
he had such subheads as "Oh, Louis!
Vot Is Dis! Roosia, Italee, Cher
many!”
Representative Allen's extended re
marks of the same day included the
captions, "Hamilton No Sissy," "Mar
shall Wins First Round" and "The
Supreme Court, Amen."
If this keeps on, maybe we will take
up reading the Record again, no
longer classifying it as one of those
publications to be perused at. bed time
because it makes you want to go to
sleep and stay there.
* * * *
ANNIVERSARY.
When Miss Bessie Glass began
the forty-first year of her service
with a local utility <the. telephone
companyI the other day, IS of her
fellow workers gave a surprise
luncheon in her honor. The serv
ice records of the 17 women attend
ing totaled 455 years, the individual
credits ranging from 15 years for
the novices up to 37 years for some,
others and. of course, Miss Bessie's
twoscore years and a day.
kmnP V.’R
C N M ^ W '> I
This story is fine as far as it goes,
which isn't far enough. What we
really want is to meet a man who
would have the nerve to enter the
room with those 17 women and ask
them all—not their service his
tones, but their actual ages. Our
hero would, then add up the total,
chalk it in large letters on the
blackboard and stroll up to Capitol
Hill to collect his Congressional
Medal.
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PURIST.
0Nf, of our contributors has been
filing some rather insinuating
queries about the personnel of the
proof-reading department down here.
Wants to know whether a sense of
humor is barred, or a misspelled word
can never, never pass even In the
spirit of levity.
This fellow was walking by a laun
dry not long ago and saw a sign
"Shirts 15c; with stiff bussoms 20c.”
He sent us a note on it.
Next day the column came out with
the tale corrected and beautiful,
cleansed even of its point. It read
"Shirts 15c; with stiff bosoms 20c."
Blessed are the pure in English, for
they shall not write jokes.
LEGAL TENDER.
'y'HREE newspaper lads who share
an apartment together got into
a poker game the other night and
came out as clean as you can get
men who’ve been dipped in printer's
ink. The next night the gambling
fever was still upon them, but they
did not have even enough matches
to make up a pile of chips. Further
more, they disliked the idea of a credit
game.
Eventually the genius of the three
hit upon a plan. They own a radio
together (four payments in, six to go).
He suggested issuing stock against
the radio equity, each man being
allotted the value of his interest in
the sound box. Then the game could
be played with “radio currency.” It
was done. Within an hour the man
who suggested the idea was holding
all the stock.
Clocks, kitchenware, chairs and
other community property were next.
By midnight the boys were raising
one another half an egg-beater, call
ing a hand for two spoons. No one
won all the furnishings at that sitting,
so the game goes on. They figure
eventually the landlord will get the
whole business for back rent anyhow,
but we'll keep you posted.
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ADVICE.
Miss Thelma La Cour of 2039
New Hampshire avenue has read
in the newspapers that President
Roosevelt has a "sty" on his eye.
She informs us that she was
brought up in the South, where
children learn the arts of "gris
gris" iwhatever that is), and when
she suffered from a sty on the eye
she was told to stand in the cor
ner and chant, "Sty, sty, go off my
eye and go on the one who is
passing by."
She says it usually works, and
if President Roosevelt will just
choose a corner , . .
SKEPTIC.
'T'HAT story about the dog that had
his claws manicured or pedicured
or whatever you want to call it has
had immediate reactions. A lady who
happened to be in a fashionable
beauty parlor the other day says she
saw a customer come in holding a
beautiful Persian cat in her arms.
Said she, “I would like to have my
cat’s nails manicured, please, and
tinted.”
The manager came forward very
apologetically.
“But madam, we do not do that
kind of work. We cannot work on
cats.”
“Hah," said the lady, glancing over
every female in sight in the place,
"is that so?”
Exeunt, in the grand manner.
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GAME.
Just heard about a fellow who went
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INSURGENTS FLEE
BEFORE LOYALISTS
Defeated Soldiers of Gar
rison at Brihuega Escape
Into Mountains.
BACKGROUND—
Spanish insurgents, after early
successes in provinces, hare strug
gled for months to penetrate de
termined defense of Madrid hy
loyalist forces. Gen. Franco. Fas
cist leader, recently ordered co
ordinated attack from two direc
tions, but without important results
so far.
Revolution broke out last year
against popularly elected Peoples
Front government. Italy and Ger
many have supported rebels, while
Russia and France have aided So
cialist government.
By the Associated Press.
MADRID, March 19.—Defeated in*
I surgent soldiers of the Brihuega gar
j rison fled northward through Guada
lajara mountain passes to elude
capture by victorious militiamen, gov
ernment commanders reported today.
The insurgent retreat, characterized
! as "completely disorganized,” followed
I the reported capture of the town yes
terday by the forces of Gen. Jose
Miaja, Madrid generalissimo. Brihue
' ga is 44 miles northeast of the
capital.
Under cover of darkness and rain,
the great mass of insurgents man
aged to slip from the war-torn town
before government brigades began
"mopping-up” operations.
Gen. Miaja asserted Brihuega’s
capture effectively blocked the insur
gent drive on Sacedon. strategic town
■ in New Castille, almost straight east
of Madrid.
Italian Prisoners Taken.
Propaganda officers attached to the
Madrid troops reported 200 Italian
prisoners were taken during yester
day's fighting.
In a driving rain the militiamen
charged into the mountain town and
routed its insurgent garrison with fixed
bayonets and fierce rifle and machine
gun fire.
Government batteries beat down the
town's artillery defense in a heavy
shelling late yesterday, opening the
way for the charge. The victory sent
hopes of this beleaguered capital soar
ing. Franco’s Guadalajara offensive
was aimed at Madrid.
Three insurgent planes were report
ed shot down. One hundred Italian
soldiers were reported captured by the
government's Garibaldi Brigade, itself
an Italian unit.
Trurks Captured.
Othqr prizes of the drive were listed
by a government communique as 60
trucks. 20 machine guns and 10 field
pieces.
In another, far-removed, Spanish
territory—the West African colony of
Rio de Oro—forces loyal to the
Madnd-Valencia government vver' re
ported to have revolted against in
surgent domination and seized the
capital, Villa Cisneros.
Refugees reaching Dakar, Senegal,
said the uprising started Monday
I night in the absence from the capital
of a Franco-appointed governor. His
executive assistant was said to have
been killed, the Villa Cisneros radio
station destroyed and the whole city
occupied by government forces.
HULL’S STATEMENT
AWAITED BY REICH
Foreign Office Spokesman Indi
cates Press Criticism Will End
With Communique.
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN. March 19,—A foreign
office spokesman indicated last night
| that German press criticism of the
United States will cease with a com
munique concerning the latest repre
sentations which Germany has made
to Secretary of State Cordell Hull over
the "La Guardia incidents."
Ambassador Hans Luther’s report
had not been received last night, so
the communique was withheld. Un
officially, the German news agency
informed the foreign office that Sec
retary Hull had in effect repeated a
previous apology* for attacks upon
Chancellor Hitler by New York's
Mayor, Fiorello La Guardia.
Meanwhile two new press attacks
were published. The Berlin Lokalan
zeiger suggested Washington issue “an
edict to protect Government leadeis
and institutions of foreign states"
and said "anti-German agitation has
reached the point of war days.”
The Hamburg Fremdenblatt avowed
La Guardia "himself feels encouraged
for news escapades, by Washington's
weak attitude.”
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DOCTOR GOES TO JAIL
ON CONTEMPT RULING
Refuses to Answer Question Re
lating to Professional Con
fidence of Patient.
By th<* Associated Press.
ATLANTA, March 19 —Dr.* Sam
Green, former chairman of the city
Democratic Executive Committee, was
sent to jail on a contempt charge yes
terday for refusing to answer a ques
tion in court about a matter he insist
ed was a “professional confidence.”
The physician was a witness for
Mrs. E. E. Elliott in a $25,000 damage
suit against the Georgia Power Co.
Asked by opposing lawyers to name
a woman on whom a certain type of
blood test had been made, he refused.
Judge John D. Humphries issued a
contempt ruling.
Court officials said Dr. Green, un
der the law, can be held a maximum
of 20 days unless he answers the
question.
The physician was qualified as an
expert witness, and Judge Humphries
ruled matters between a physician
and patient are not privileged If the
doctor is testifying as an expert.
Russia Ha* Speedy Locomotive.
Russia will build a locomotive hav
ing a speed of 93 miles an hour.
down in Mexico on a vacation jaunt
and came back enthusiastic over the
sport he enjoyed, espe .ially the shoot
ing. With some friends he had shot
practically everything except a deer,
and only the uncertain shadows of
late twilight had prevented them from
that. The deer got away, disappear
ing over a ridge into the night.
Couple of weeks after his return
here he received a neat statement,
"One horse ahot—>S0."
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Doctor Listens to Radio at
Side of Elderly Widow.
Attorney Sells Share.
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, March 19.—Mrs.
Elizabeth N. Myers, holder of the
"Lucky Jim" ticket on Royal Mail,
whose victory in the Grand National
Steeplechase entitled her to $150,000,
had her physician by her side today
as she listened to the results of the
race by radio.
The elderly widow of a policeman
said she wanted the doctor, Dr, Wil
liam J. Sullivan, near because she
had had several unnerving experiences
recently and did not know how the
news from Aintree would affect her.
When the flash came in. she was
stunned and could only smile while
Mrs. William Sullivan and Mrs. Marie
Meehan, her neighbors, hugged her.
Finally, she exclaimed:
"Now I can do what I always have
wanted to—help my friends."
Her joy was dampened somewhat a
little later when her attorney, Lee I.
Hecht, arrived and informed her he
had sold a part of her ticket to "some
people in New York." No announce
ment was made of just what share had
been disposed of.
Hecht walked into the midst of the
crowded dining room, where neighbors
had thronged to help Mrs. Meyers
celebrate her good luck. He said:
"I want to congratulate the winner.”
"That's fine," responded Mrs. Mey
ers.
"But now I want you to know,” re
sumed Hecht. "that I sold part of your
ticket "
Mrs. Myers continued to smile.
"I am not joking,” said Hecht. "I
sold part of it."
The two then went into the kitchen
for a few minutes. Upon their return
to the dining room, Mrs, Myers ex
plained that she had wanted to sell a
share of the ticket, had given Hecht
the power of attorney and w:as "per
fectly satisfied" with what he had done.
HAMILTON LAUDS
COURT PLAN FOES
G 0 P. Chairman Lays Party
Difficulties to Inaction for
Last 25 Years.
By tne Associated Press.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn . March 19 —
John D. M. Hamilton, chairman of
the Republican National Committee,
asserted last night party leaders are
proud that Republican Congressmen
are supporting "those who are deter
mined that the Supreme Court cf the
United States shall not be turned into
a tool for the President.”
The Kansan spoke extemporaneous
ly before 400 Fairfield County Repub
licans at a dinner in his honor given
by the Bridgeport Republican Town
Committee.
In discussing the future of his
party the national chairman asserted
that "the opinion of those who watch
politics closest is that Republican vic
tory is coming in the next campaign.”
"That opinion,” he said, "is based
on the fact that 17,000,000 people
plared principle abo\e politics in
voting in the last election.”
Hamilton attributed the party's
difficulties to the fact that it "has
sat for 25 years and watched the
parade go by.”
LAW CONFERENCE
TO BE TOMORROW
Eastern Students to Convene at
Catholic University to Dis
cuss Questions,
The third annual Conference of
Eastern Law Students will be held at
Catholic University tomorrow. The
purpose of the conference Is to give
law students an opportunity to dis
cuss with leaders of the bar and edu
cators questions confronting both
students of law and young lawyers.
Dr. James J. Hayden, head of the
university law school, wull deliver the
opening address and Rev. Brooke
Stabler, chaplain ofthe University of
Pennsylvania, will outline the purpose
of the conference.
Other speakers will be John S Brad
way, executive secretary of the Ameri
fessor at Duke University; Robert T.
ran Legal Aid Society and law pro
McCracken, chairman of the Com
mittee on Legal Ethics of the Ameri
F. Goodrich of the University of Penn
can Bar Association; Dean Herbert
sylvania Law School; Dr. William
Douglas, law professor at Yale Uni
versity; Assistant Attorney General
Joseph Keenan, Judge W. Calvin
Chesnut, James M. Landis, chairman
of the Securities and Exchange Com
mission, and Walter B Kennedy, law
professor at Fordham University.
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Judiciary
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dent Roosevelt's judiciary reorganiza
tion bill. The information desired
will show how many cases were pend
ing at the beginning of each term of
the court, including applications for
writs of certiorari.
This is the first direct move on the
part of the committee considering the
President's bill to obtain information
from the Supreme Court itself. Some
of the members of the committee be
lieve justices of the Supreme Court
should be asked to appear at the hear
ing and give the committee the benefit
of their opinions regarding the pending
bin.
It is understood that one or more of
the justices have been approached by
Senators in this connection. There
were reports that Chief .Justice Hughes
may be the chief witness next week,
but Chairman Ashurst of the com
mittee said today that so far as he
knew none of the justices had ac
cepted an invitation to appear.
William Draper Lewis of Philadel
phia, a director of the American Law
Institute, was the first witness before
the committee this morning. It was
expected that he would be followed on
the stand by Dr. Charles Grove Haines
of the University of California at Los
Angeles.
Lewis gave his unqualified support
to the President's plan to increase the
membership of the Supreme Court by
adding new' justices in every case
where a sitting justice fails to
tire at 70 years of age, with a maxi
mum of 15 members of the court.
•‘As compared with any proposition
Shows Way to Grand National Field
Before a croivd of 500,000 persons, including King George and Queen Elizabeth, Royal Mail,
owned by H. Lloyd Thomas, today won the ninety-ninth running of the Grand National Steeple
chase at Aintree, England. _a. P. Photo.
designed to secure a liberal interpre
tation of the powers of the Federal
Government," said Lewis, "it is con
servative. It is more conservative
than amending the commerce and due
process of law clauses of the Consti
tution, or adopting legislation which
would deprive the Supreme Court of
any of its present powers or making
an adverse vote of more than a ma
jority of the court necessary to annul
an act of Congress.
"Furthermore it is more conserva
tive of existing Institutions than to
do nothing, for to do nothing is en
evitably to invite radical and re
grettable action."
Lewis pointed out that the problem
of meeting conditions created by the
relation of age to judicial capacity is
simple to solve in a satisfactory man
ner. Since the Constitution provides
for life tenure of- office by Federal
judges, he said he was convinced the
President's recommendation is the
best suggestion yet offered.
Working Day Shortened.
"We all know judges of 70 or over
who are not only in full possession of
their mental faculties." said Lewis,
"but in some cases are capable of
working as long and as hard as they
ever worked. In the majority of
cases, however, the man going through
his 70s, while he may be as mentally
capable as ever, the length of his
working day is progressively short
ened."
He referred to the late Elihu Root,
who in his 80s said' "I think I can
work as well as I ever did—for the
first, two hours "
Lewis argued that it would be a
mistake to compel all judges to retire
at 70 and pointed out that the retire
ment of the late Justice Holmes, who
remained on the bench for a score of
years after 70, would have been a
real loss.
Lewis argued that to have a fixed
number of judges appointed for life
and then make no provision for the
appointment of additional judges, as
the sitting judges grow older, "in
evitably throws on the stronger mem
bers of the court an amount of work
which they should not be asked to
carry."
He said that, if at present, there
were not six members of the Supreme
Court over 70, President Roosevelt's
recommendation would have been
hailed by the bar, the bench and the
public as a happy solution of this
problem.
Lewis contended that it is desirable
the President should now have the
power to appoint as many as six addi
tional members of the court. He said
that many cases before the Supreme
Court involving doubtful constitutional
law arise under two clauses of the
Constitution—the commerce clause
and the due-process-of-law clause. He
said that there were two conflicting
theories of the method to be employed
in interpreting these clauses.
"One theory would interpret them
primarily in the light of privacy and
the economic facts and contest the
social justice out of which these con
ditions arose. The other would inter
pret these clauses primarily in the
light of present economic and social
facts and concepts.”
He said that almost every one of the
New Deal laws enacted, or probably to
be enacted, involves an interpretation
of these two clauses of the Constitu
tion. Their constitutionality will be
determined, he said, according to the
theory the judges adopt as to the
proper method of interpreting these
clauses. He insisted that any one of
reasonable intelligence who knows an
other's background and the general
tendency of his thought can in most
cases foretell, with a high degree of
certainty, how a judge would decide
questions involving these two clauses
and other clauses of the Constitution.
Therefore, he said, the President un
doubtedly can. and will, select judges
who will interpret the Constitution in
a manner that would uphold New Deal
laws.
Can Foretell Attitude.
“To accomplish this result,” said
Lewis, “the President need make no
bargain with any of his appointees.
Indeed, no honorable President would
suggest such a bargain, but, never
theless, being a person of reasonable
intelligence, as stated, he can foretell,
not with absolute, but with reasonable
certainty, the attitude of his ap
pointees on admittedly doubtful though
vital questions of constitutional law.”
The witness declared that to do
nothing about the Supreme Court
would do more to break down respect
for that court than anything that
might occur to the President's bill.
He based this belief on the prohaole
attitude of the people, who see laws
declared unconstitutional which they
regard as essential to public welfare
Dr. Lewis told the committee the
American Law Institute is an organ
ization composed of the leading judges,
lawyers and law teachers in the
United States. It was founded in 1923,
he said, and has since been engaged
in preparing a restatement of the
common law.
Dr. Lewis, formerly dean of the Law
School of the University of Pennsyl
vania, emphasized, however, he was
testifying as a private citizen and
could In no sense speak for the in
stitute.
Replying to a query by Senator
Logan, Democrat, of Kentucky, he
said that in his opinion Congress pos
sibly has the power to enact legisla
tion which in effect would deprive the
Supreme Court of appellate Jurisdic
tion in constitutional cases.
“But,” he added, “such legislation
to me would be anathema..”
When Senator Logan asked If Con
t
Gas Is “Greatest
Blessing,” Pupil
W rote on Board
Bt the Associated Press
NEW LONDON, Tex . March
19—As workmen pulled debris
from the London Consolidated
School today a blackboard was
exposed, showing this In a scrawl:
"Oil and natural gas are East
Texas' greatest mineral blessings.
Without them this school would
not be here and none of us would
be here learning our lessons.”
An accumulation of natural
gas was blamed for the explosion.
gress might not deprive all courts of
power to review any constitutional
case. Dr, Lewis replied:
"There is logic In your thought, but
law is not alw'ays a matter of logic.
Consequences of what you suggest
makes me hesitate to express an opin
ion on it, I think it would be a most
dangerous thing to do.”
Senator Logan then remarked he
believed the majority of the lawyers
opposed to the President's plan failed
to understand it. This brought from
Senator King. Democrat, of Utah, the
retort:
"May I suggest that those favoring
the proposal are the ones who don't
understand it. Evidently the great
masses of the people don’t share the
perspicacity of the bill’s proponents."
Before today's hearing. Senator
Burke, Democrat, of Nebraska, in
dicated the Supreme Court justices,
if they decide to testify, will be called
Monday. Burke said he would be glad
to hear from the Chief Justice Monday
should the latter desire to testify. He
added that Senator Wheeler, Demo
crat, of Montana, another opposition
Senator, was "ready" to testify Mon
day, but would not say he is scheduled
to do so. Prior announcements had
designated Wheeler as the first oppo
sition witness.
Lewis Makes Reply,
In reply to a question by Senator
Norris ot Nebraska, Lewis said the
President ‘ takes an oath to support
the Constitution—not the interpreta
tion of the Constitution by any court
or any one else.”
Answering Senator Dieterich of Illi
nois, Lewis said that if the President's
bill were enacted into law, there
would be no change, whatever: that
it w'ould leave the Supreme Court un
changed, except as to personnel, and
the Constitution absolutely as it is.
The witness insisted that a conserv
ative President would appoint a per
son of conservative opinions to the
Supreme Court, that such appoint
ments have been made again and
again.
In reply to other questions Lewis
insisted there was no question now of
packing the court or of unpacking it.
Senator Burke of Nebraska ques
tioned Lewis in regard to his state
ment that if the present court re
mains unchanged as to personnel the
great majority of New Deal laws and
New Deal laws to be enacted would be
held unconstitutional. He asked
Lewis about the N. R. A decision,
which had been unanimous, and
whether Lewis thought that decision
correct.
Lewis replied that as the case was
presented he thought the decision had
been correct. He added that a slight
change in the N. R. A. would prob
ably make it “sound.”
"And constitutional?” said Burke.
Lewis said that would depend much
on the interpretation of the court.
Burke also asked about the 6-to-3
decision of the Supreme Court out
lawing the A. A. A. He pointed out
that Congress had then enacted a new
farm relief act and he asked what
Lewis thought the Supreme Court
would do about the new' law.
Lewis replied that he did not as a
lawyer predict what the court would
do in any particular case before it.
This roused Burke, who attacked
Lewis' general statement that the ma
jority of the New Deal laws had been
or would be held unconstitutional by
the court. He pointed out that the
relief and public works laws, mone
tary laws and the security and ex
change laws have been and will be up
held by the court.
Dean Thomas F. Konop of the Notre
Dame University Law School told the
legislators yesterday the ‘fifth justice”
of the Supreme Court is the real dic
tator in this country. He was re
ferring to 5-to-4 decisions, in which
the mental attitude of one justice can
overthrow an act passed by Congress
and approved by the President.
Unless the Supreme Court interpre
tation of the Constitution is changed,
he warned, "the American people will,
by amendment, sweep the Supreme
Court out of the constitutional pic
ture.”
"The Supreme Court,” Dean Konop
told the committee, ‘‘is usurping the
power of Congress and the President.
It is the Supreme Court that has been
destroying laws providing for a better
life, more liberty and equality; social
justice and the pursuit of happiness
at 130.000.000 people.
"Who is the dictator? One man. not
elected the people, but appointed
for lif«. The fifth justice of the Su
preme Court is the dictator.
"I think the President's proposal Is
a safety-valve to save the Supreme
Court and its jurisdiction. I favor the
proposal because it is simple, expedi
tious and constitutional, and It will
permit Congress and the President to
carry out the people’s mandate.”
4
Race
(Continued From First Page.)
second turn around the course and
never was headed.
Flying Minutes was close behind,
however, as the pair flew over Bethel’s
Brook the second time. The American
horse came a cropper at the canal
turn, leaving Royal Mail far out in
front and with only seven horses still .
in the race a mile from the finish line.
Couleen. a little - fancied mare,
looked like she would pull a surprise
about a quarter mile from home, but
Evan Williams had plentv of horse
under him. After taking the final
obstacle. Royal Mail pulled away and
won much as he pleased in 9.59 6. The
time was far back of the record of
9.20.4 established by Golden Miller
three years ago.
•’Bookies” Are Happy.
The majority of the bookmakers
were jubilant as Royal Mail, after
being favorite until a few weeks ago.
ran two poor races within a week and
fell off rapidly in popular esteem. He
rallied some support at the track, how
ever. as Golden Miller became the
"hot thing” to repeat his 1934 victory.
His only previous race at Aintree was
when he won the 212 miles of the
Becher Chase last year.
Neither his trainer. Ivor Anthony,
nor his rider expressed surprise over
the victory, however.
"I expected him to wm." said An
thony. "He is at his best on left
handed courses and was in fine fettle
for today's rare "
Williams gave Royal Mail a great
ride. They never made the slightest
mistake, jumping boidly and showing
plenty of speed on the flat. It was
Williams’ firs’ triumph in the Na- j
tional, and he was so happy he i
couldn't say anything when he led j
the Irish-bred jumper back to the
winner's circle.
The owner of the winner was for
many years in the diplomatic service
and himself a fine rider, having com
peted at Alntree several times. He
was former assistant private secretary
to the Duke of Windsor, when he was
the Prince of Wales, and is Charge
D Affaires at Paris.
AMERICANS WIN *4.327.317.
Eight Hold Sweepstakes Tickets on
Royal Mail.
NEW YORK. March 19 (/Pt—Amer
icans won a grand total of *4.327.317
on today s Aintree Grand National
Steeplechase.
Eight American ticket holders
gained $1,200,000 on Royal Mail, who
won the race, *525.000 on Cooleen. sec
ond winner, and *500,000 on Pucka
Bella, who ran third.
These race winnings, together with
$2,102,317 awarded at the time of the
Irish Hospital Sweepstakes drawing,
brought the grand total to more than
*4.000.000
Each ticket on Royal Mail was
worth *150.000 in addition to the
*3,070 which the lucky ticket holders
were awarded when their coupons
were first drawm
The winning holders on Royal Mail
are:
"Happy Easter.” Box 487, Magie
avenue. Elizabeth. N. J.
"My Baby," 52 Vanderbilt avenue,
New York.
"Alpha Omega," City College. New
York.
“Lucky Jim." 1709 North Fulton,
Baltimore.
J. Bosco, 342 Washington street, New
Britain, Conn.
Mrs. F. W. Shields, 911 Holloway
street, Durham, N. C
K. Johnson, 400 Wellesle Row,
Wellesley Hills. Mass.
"Little Fish.” Willisville, Perry
County (no State listed).
Holders of tickets on Cooleen, sec
ond winner, and Pucka Delle. who ran
third, won $75,000 and $50,000, respec
tively.
Winners on Cooleen were .
"Hurra for Ex-King Edward
Eighth." 67 Tillary street, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Helen Janowiecki, 1417 Belmont av
enue. Toledo. Ohio.
"Pop." 25512 Saraes avenue. Atlan
tic City. N. J.
"Corona," 230 Park avenue. New
York.
"Kitchy Poo,” 79 Wall street, New
York.
Mary Donahue, 154 Mulberry street,
Pittsburgh. Pa.
E. G. Reese, 2014 Carman street,
Camden, N. J.
Winners on Pucka Bella, which
showed, were:
Alfred M. Hino. Haina, Hawaii.
“Stella and Debbie." 2401 West Le
high avenue, Philadelphia.
I. M. Rosenberg, 155 East Forty
second street. New York.
"Excelston.” 1001 West Forty-sixth
street, Miami Beach, Fla.
"Ginger,” 2154 West Twenty-sixth
street place, Los Angeles.
John Hooper, 26 Searing avenue,
East Newark, N. J.
"Star,” 343 East Sixty-fifth street,
New York.
"Meztiza,” 2763 Taft Extension,
Philippine Islands.
"Mother and Daughter,” 739 Twen
ty-third street North Bergen, N. J.
Charles Cooch, 1843 Van Sandt road.
North College Hill, Ohio.
40,000 Hams in America.
There are 55,000 amateur short
wave radio operators in the world and
about 40,000 of them are In America.
4 BUREAUS’ BUSTS
PUTMMI
House Appropriations Body
Cuts Budget Unit Figure
by $3,067,887.
By the Associated Press.
The House Appropriations Commit
tee recommended appropriations total
ing $121,222,000 today to finance th»
State, Justice, Commerce and Labor
Departments for the fiscal year be
ginning July 1.
The total, making up the fourth
major appropriation measure of the
session, was $3,418,405 m excess of t: e
amount made available for the current
year, but was S3,067,887 below the
sum recommended by the Budget
Bureau.
In reporting the bill to the House,
the committee said the increase was
I due wholly to additional sums re
quired by the Labor Department for
grants to States for children's aid
under the social security program and
contemplated improvements of the Air
Commerce Bureau's aids to navigation
Approve $5,000,000 Expenditure,
The bureau was authorized to spend
$5,000 000 for modernizing existing
aids and constructing new ones dur
ing the riext two years. Only $3,000,
000 of this amount was appropriated
this year, but the bureau was au
thorized to make contracts involving
the additional $2,000,000.
Of the total appropriated, the Com
merce Department gets $40,451,000;
Justice. $39,425,000: Labor, $23,583.
000. and State, $17,763,000.
The committee said the State De
partment item did not represent truly
the cost of operating that branch of
government because it included provi.
sions for contributions by the Govern
ment to • all forms of international or
ganizations, etc.”
Net Cost to Taxpayer.
Deducting those outlays and reckon
ing receipts of the department, the
committee said, the net cost to th»
taxpayer of its operation was about
$10,400,000
Contrary to its usual custom of ad
hering strictly to recommendations of
the budget or reducing them, the com.
mittee approved $6,000,000 for the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation, an In
crease of $75,000 over the budget's
estimate. Asserting the hearings were
"replete'' with evidence of the tremen
dous increase of work the bureau was
called on to perform, the committee
said it had felt ' impelled” to provide
additional funds
Another item in the Justice De
partment appropriation was $11,066 -
570 for maintenance of all Federal
penal and correctional institutions, a
reduction of approximately $2,472,000
from this tears figure.
Fund for Fish Hatcheries.
What the committee termed the
"most substantial changes effected in
the entire bill” involved approval of
an appropriation of $260,000 for com
pletion of construction of fish hatch
eries authorized in 1930 by the Jones
White act. Twenty hatcheries were
built under that law. but 12 stations
and 2 laboratories remain to be built
and the committee recommended their
completion in 1930-40.
"In the committee's mind." the re
port said, "these hatcheries are one
of the cheapest and most productive
investments that the Government has
made.”
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WORKERS FOR BLIND
FAVOR JOB RULE
Employment of Washingtonians
Asked in Resolution
by Association.
A resolution requesting employment
of Washingtonians In welfare work
among the blind that is financed by
the Community Chest was adopted last
night at a meeting of the District As
sociation of Workers for the Blind in
the Library of Congress.
The action followed appointment of
Miss Stella Plant of Pittsburgh by the
Council of Social Agencies as a case
worker among Washington's blind.
Mrs. Ross T. Mclntire. chairman of
the Friends of the Moment, an organi
zation voluntarily aiding the blind,
protested in a letter to Mrs. Louisa S.
Roberts, director of the council, when
she learned Miss Plant had gone to
work Monday. Mrs. Roberts said Miss
Plant is not on the staff of the Com
munity Chest.
Miss Plant was present last night
when the resolution was discussed and
passed. Asked to speak, she told the
association
“In spite of what you have said of
me tonight, good and bad, I am very
happy to work among you "
B S. Frisbir. member of the Board
of Directors of the association, said
there was no personal criticism of Miss
Plant, but the organization was inter
ested in seeing that District residents
who are qualified receive other jobs
soon to be open in social work.
DENTAL LICENSE CHARGE
HOLDS MAN UNDER BOND
Peter Staples, 38, colored, was ar
raigned before Judge Isaac R Hitt in
Police Court today on a charge of
practicing dentistry without a license.
He was held under $300 bond for a
jury trial.
The defendant is a dental techni
cian, according to Sergte. D. H. Jones
and C. E. Mansfield, who made the
arrest. They said he had been mak
ing plates for private customers. He
has been convicted twice on previous
occasions for the same ofiense and
once he forfeited $100 The charge
today did not take into consideration
the first conviction.
Congress in Brief
TODAY.
Senate:
Takes up $522,847,808 naval appro
priation bill.
Judiciary Committee continue*
hearings on President s court pro
gram.
House:
General debate
Appropriations Committee meets to
report out State, Justice, Commerce
and Labor Departments’ annual sup
ply bill.
Agriculture Subcommittee continue!
hearings on sugar quota legislation.
Rivers and Harbors Committee re
sumes hearings on stream pollution
measures.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Will not be in »es*loo.
House:
Will not be in session.
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