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BILBAO BLOCKADE
DEFIED BV BRITISH
10 SAVE CHILDREN
Nine Ships Arrive to Take
Refugees Despite Franco
Threats.
ALL CREW OF ESPANA
REPORTED RESCUED
Basque Capital Prepares for De
fense as Rebel Troops
Push Nearer.
BACKGROUND—
Repulsed in repeated attacks on
Madrid, Gen. Francisco Franco's
rebel forces in Spam have turned
their attention in recent weeks to
a drive on Bilbao, capital of the
rich Basque section and one of the
strongholds of the Leftist gov>ern
ment. Bilbao, expecting a hard
battle, has been seeking a place of
refuge for its more than 15,000
civilians. Britain and France were
asked to aid. The civil war began
last July, a conflict between the
Fascist rebels and the Leftists who
had won the government in a coali
tion move.
By the Associated Press.
HENDAYE, Franco-Spa nish fron
tier, May 1.—The captains of nine
British merchantmen, ignoring Span
ish insurgent refusals to respect any
loreign ships inside their Bay of Bis
cay blockade, agreed to evacuate as
many children as possible from Bilbao.
The captains of the nine ships, which
elready have reached Bilbao through
the insurgent sea gauntlet, said they
hoped to be able to remove between
4.000 and 5,000 children to St. Jean
de Luz, around the bend of the Bay
of Biscay in France.
They announced their plan after a
conference with the British consul
fit Bilbao, R. C. Stevenson.
The ships, which reached their
enchorages in the Nervion River to
relieve the food crisis of the war
swollen population last week, are the
Portelet, Hamsterley, Thurston, Mar
via. Sheaf Field, Bacworth, Blaekhill,
Thorpehall and Consett.
To rroieci iteiuece cmps.
In London, authoritative sources
disclosed that British merchantmen,
aided by British warships, would re
move Bilbao's civilian population
whether or no Insurgent Gen. Frau
cisco Franco consents. Warships have
been ordered to protect refugee ships
outside the 3-mile limit.
All French ports on the Bay of ;
Biscay already have been instructed
to rereive refugees from Bilbao and
were told to expect the first of thou
Eands today or tomorrow.
Gen. Franco, virtually defying
Great Britain and France to remove
non-combatants from Bilbao despite
the sinking of the battleship Espana,
backbone of Ins Bay of Biscay fleet,
curtly notified the British Ambassador
to Spam that insurgent men-of-war
would not be pledged to respect foreign
Ships removing Bilbao's civilians.
The entire crew of the insurgent
battleship Espana, sent to the bottom
by Government aerial bombs yester
day, meanwhile was reported saved.
The Basque government said the in
surgent cruiser Velasco and fishing
boats from Santander picked up of
ficers and men. including several in
jured bv a below-decks explosion.
An authoritative account said the .
disastrous bomb, one of several that |
struck the Espana, exploded aft and ;
the crew struggled vainly for 40 ■■
minutes to keep their vessel from set
tling under 321 - fathoms of choppy
Bay of Biscay water.
Insurgent communiques have not
mentioned the sinking of the Espana.
Franco Warning Presented.
The insurgent answer to a British :
Inquiry as to whether Franco would
permit free passage of French and I
British transports engaged in evacua
tion was presented to embassy officials,
temporarily located here.
British officials, said the insurgents
(See SPAIN r Page A-13.)
FILIPINO WOMEN
WIN RIGHT TO VOTE
Vote of 405,472 to 40,177 Is Re
ported by Interior De
partment.
By the Associated Press.
MANILA. P. I., May 1.—Woman
suffrage came back to the Philippines
today, the only Oriental country to
grant women the right to vote.
The women voted 405,472 to 40,177
In a plebiscite, the <'ommonwealth
Interior Department reported, after
tabulating the bulk of returns. Only
300,000 votes were necessary for a
constitutional provision assuring femi
nine enfranchisement.
The only cloud was a charge of
fraud, against which commonwealth
officials warned before the election,
j. N. Bello reported from Southeast
*rn Luzon that many minors voted
-here.
All but two of the 49 provinces and
.wo of the six cities reported at least
partial returns. It will be a week
>efore the entire vote is counted, but
rose Vargas, secretary to President
vlanuel Quezon, said further returns
ould not change the report.
Women voted only once previously,
n the closing days of the territorial
tatus of the Philippines before the
>lands became a commonwealth. The
•egislature. deciding women weren’t
uffiriently interested, took the vote
way from them and later decided to
■t them regain suffrage if enough of
nem wanted it. *
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Wears Ring: 70 Years.
LOS ANGELES. May 1 (&).—>Seventy
ears ago Miss May Marry put a ring
n her finger when she was graduated
rom high school in Providence, R. I.,
nd it was not removed until this weeft.
hen the 90-year-old woman’s hand
egan to swell after she fell and broke
oth arms.
Walkout of 10,000 Threatens
To Close Up Movie Studios
Girls in the cast of a forthcoming movie being passed by a
policeman into one of the major studio sets in Hollywood, where
they continued to work despite a strike. Three film studio
workers’ unions went on strike, but the only difference at this
studio teas the presence of the policeman at the door.
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B' :hr AssoclalPQ Press.
HOLLYWOOD. May 1—May day
brought the gigantic film industry its
greatest labor crisis in a decade today,
with the possibility that before night
fall some 10.000 union employes will
walk out.
Four unions—the scenic artists,
painters, draftsmen and hairdressers—
are already on strike, and picket lines
around the studios were to be estab
lished later today, said Charles Lessing,
president of the Federated Motion
Picture Crafts.
There was no indication whether
the Screen Actors’ Guild, headed by
Robert Montgomery and including
most, ot the leading players of the
screen, would take action. The guild
met last night and discussed the
strike, but deferred any announce
ment until Monday.
The guild, however, issued a formal
~ (See STRIKE, Page A-13.) ~
EXPERTS CALLED
_ I
Defense Counters Scientific
Testimony Offered
by State.
BACKGROUND—
Mrs. Verna Garr Taylor, pretty
40-year-old widow and fiancee of
Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denkardt, for
mer Lieutenant Governor of Ken
tucky, was shot to death on a road
in Kentucky last November. She
was accompanying Gen. Dcnhardt,
who said she walked away from
the automobile and fired the fatal
shot herself. Nevertheless, the
general was charged with her
murder and the trial began at New
Castle, Ky., last week.
B? the Associated Press.
NEW CASTLE. Ky., May 1.—The
defense hammered at the Common
wealth's circumstantial murder case
against Bng. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt
today with expert testimony to refute
the charge that the 61-year-old war
veteran shot to death his fiancee, Mrs.
Verna Garr Taylor.
Dr. Alexander S. Weiner, Brooklyn,
N. Y., blood expert, headed a group
of witnesses called by the defense
to combat scientific testimony submit
ted by the prosecution. The State's
experts testified that stains on the
overcoat worn by Denhardt the night
of last November 6, when the at
tractive widow w7as found shot through
the heart, were from human blood.
Gen. Denhardt, who testified that
Mrs. Taylor was worried over the
“jealousy” of a rival and proposed
a suicide pact for herself and
the general, told the farmer jury the
spots were from a finger wound suf
fered while changing a tire. The
defense sought to show the blood was
the same type as the general's.
Commonwealth's attorney H. B.
Kinsolving, jr.. would not say definitely
whether, the State would put on the
stand Chester Woolfolk, 26-year-old
(See DENHARDT, Page A-2 )
SUNSHINE TO CONTINUE
D. C. to Have Week End of Warm,
Clear Weather.
A week end of clear, warm weather
is in store for Washington, the
Weather Bureau predicted today.
The sun will be shining as brightly
tomorrow as it is today, forecasters
said, but the holiday may be a trifle
warmer. There are no prospects of a
change before Monday night or Tues
day.
Vast Army of Workers
Takes Part in City's Big
gest Celebration.
B' the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 1 —Singing and
shouting, thousands of New York's
vast population of workers, employed
and unemployed, marched through
midtown Manhattan today in what
was probably the biggest May day
parade in the city's hutory.
In the warm sunshine their bands
blared the "Internationale" and other
songs of proletarian solidarity as their
feet slithered and scuffed the asphalt,
carrying them southward to Union
Square, traditional gathering spot for
workers’ demonstrations.
Men, women and children were in
line; Communists. Socialists and some
with no strong political convictions at
all, and still others of passionate anti
Fascist feeling, all marching between
sidewalks that swarmed with sym
pathizers, the curious and those who
just happened to be there.
Garment Workers in Line.
The first unit, with Paul White,
member of the International Seamen's
Union, as grand marshal in the lead,
swung down Eighth avenue from
Thirty-ninth street—11.000 members
(See PARADES, Page A-13.)
BERRY HELD BARRED
FROM SENATORSHIP
! -
Dispatch to Tennessee Paper As
serts T, V. A.-Mineral Rights
Dispute Is Cause.
By the Associated Press.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May I.—The
Tennesseean, in a special dispatch
from Knoxville, said today Maj. George
L. Berry, Federal industrial co-ordi
nator, has been "definitely eliminated”
from consideration as the passible
successor to the late Senator Nathan
L. Bachman.
The dispatch said a controversy be
tween Berry and the Tennessee Valley
Authority over the value of mineral
rights on T. V. A. land resulted in his
elimination from the field of candi
dates for the senatorial post.
The story said the controversy in
volved "millions of dollars" and added
that T. V. A. Director A. E. Morgan
had filed under protest the claim of
Berry and associates for $1,600,100 for
the mineral rights. The claim was
said to have been filed with the House
Appropriations Committee.
Varied Organizations Conduct
May Day Celebrations Here
Patriotic and school groups and
workers’ organizations today con
ducted separate observances of May
day in the Nation’s Capital.
Memorial services for the World
War dead were to be conducted at
3 p.m. at the District World War
Memorial in West Potomac Park un
der sponsorship of the American
Legion, Legion Auxiliary, Des 40
Hommes et 8 Chevauz, Des 8 Chapeaux
et 40 Femmes and the Legion Aux
iliary Juniors.
Washington schools joined in the
celebration of Child Health day, of
ficially proclaimed by President Roose
velt to be held on May day each year.,
The United May Day Committee
was to hold an outdoor rally in Frank
lin Square at 1:30 p.m. and an indoor
meeting at 8 p.m. at the Workmen’s
Circle Hall. 1502 Fourteenth street.
Gen. James A. Drain, past national
commander of the American legion,
was to be the main speaker at the
World War memorial services. Frank
B. Noyes, v.-ho, as chairman of the
1931 Memorial Commission is credited
with establishing the memorial to the
war dead, was to be introduced.
District legion Comdr. Horace Line
burg was to deliver the address of
welcome with the response by Mary
(See MAY DAY, Page X-13.)
DE VALERA OFFERS
FOR IRISH FREEDOM
Document Would Sweep
Away Last Vestiges of
British Control.
PEOPLE’S RATIFICATION
BY VOTE TO BE ASKED
Proposal Covers Possibility of
Joining Free State and
Northern Ireland.
BACKGROUND—,
Kamnn De Valera, born in New
York, October 14, 1882, of a Span
ish father and an Irish mother, for
20 years had directed his destiny to
free Ireland. To him, “Ireland ts
not a British colony. It is one of
the oldest nations in the world,
older than any British law or the
British nation itself.”
Last of the rebellion leaders to
surrender in 1916, he was con
demned to death, but was freed,
when the question of citizenship
arose. In 1917 he was again im
prisoned for protesting conscrip
tion, but escaped and after hiding
in the hills for a time came to the
United States in 1918. He returned
to Ireland in 1920.
By the Associated Press.
DUBLIN. Irish Ftpp State, May 1.—
President Eamon De Valera laid before
his people today a constitution de
signed to sweep away the last vestiges
of British control, proclaiming all
Ireland a “sovereign, independent, !
democratic state.”
The document, offered for the voters’
ratification late next month, said “the
Irish nation hereby affirms its inalien
able, sovereign right to choose its own
form of government, to determine re
lations with other nations and to de
velop its life, political, economic and
cultural, in accordance with its own
genius and traditions."
The constitution covered the possi
bility of a joining of the Irish Free
State and Northern Ireland, outlining
the national territory as “the whole of
Ireland, its islands and territorial
seas "
Its publication today marked an
other—and possibly final—milestone
in the long and sometimes sangurne
struggle for Irish freedom.
While there was no direct reference
to the crown or the British Common
wealth of Nations, the constitution
proposed that the new regime may:
"Avail or adopt any organ, instru
ment or method of procedure used or
~ (See’DE VALERA" Page A-2.)
AMERICA CUP HOPEFULS
LEAVE BRITAIN FOR U.S.
Thousands Cheer Endeavour I and
Endeavour II, Prides of
A. 0. M. Sopwith.
By the Associated Press.
GOSPORT. England. May 1—Great
Britain's challengers for the America's
, Cup—Endeavour I and Endeavour II—
; started across the Atlantic today to
; the echoing cheers of thousands of
i spectators.
On their slim hulls ride the hopes
of their sportsman-owner, T. O. M.
Sopwith, of capturing the cup Sir
Thomas Lipton sought so long in vain
and which Endeavour I failed to take
from Harold S. Vanderbilt's Rainbow
in 1934.
Endeavour II was towed from the
harbor by the Belgian trawler John,
which has been engaged to take her
across the Atlantic.
Endeavour I was picked up off
Cowes by the motor yacht Viva II.
i Although both vessels are equipped
with steering rigs, neither is expected
to sail under its own power unless
absolutely necessary.)
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ORDERJNEFFECT
41/2 Billions of Potential
Bank Credit Wiped Out
by Board Action.
By the Associated Press.
A Federal Reserve Board order wiped ;
out $f.500.000.000 of potential bank
credit today to prevent a possibly
harmful credit inflation.
By artificially raisin? prices, the
board held, such a credit spree might
lay the foundation for a crash.
Tire order, issued in February, re
quired a 33'r per cent increase in
deposit reserve requirements. Half the
increase went into effect March 1 and
the remainder was effective today.
The March 1 increase locked up
about $800 000.000 of idle bank funds
as an additional reserve behind de
posits, eliminating them from the sup
ply of lendable money.
$150,000.000 to Be frozen.
Reserve officials said the additional
increase in requirements today would
‘'frepze" about $750,000,000 of the
present $1,640,000,000 of excess re
serves.
Credit authorities estimate that each
$1 of excess reserves w ill support about
$6 in credit. The requirement in
crease today, therefore, clipped off
about $4,500,000,000 of potential
credit.
After the first half of the 33 !3 per
cent order went into effect, short
term interest rates began to stiffen
because of the reduction in potential
: credit. Fearing that long-term rates
would follow suit, many holders sold
Government securities.
With Government issues plunging
to new lows for the year, the Reserve
Board stepped into the market as a
purchaser early this month to main
tain "orderly" conditions. It has ac
quired about $100,000,000 of Federal
securities.
Proceeds Available for Loans.
This operation tended to offset the
effect of the increase in reserve re
quirements, because most of the Gov
ernment obligations were acquired
from banks. The cash they received
in payment flowed into supplies of
idle funds available for lending.
In addition, excess reserves were
bolstered during March by Treasury
purchases of Government securities
totaling $119,000,000.
Summary of Today’s Star
Page. Page.
Amusements C-16 Music _B-4
Art_B-2 Obituary ...A-10
Books_B-3 Radio _A-10
Church News, Real Estate,
B-5-6-7 C-l to 8
Comics_C-9 Society-A-7
Editorials_A-8 Short Story A-5
Financial_A-14 Sports __ A-ll-12
Lost & Found A-3 Woman’s Pg. B-8
FOREIGN.
Bilbao blockade defied by British to
save children. Page A-l
De Valera lays new constitution before
people of Ireland. Page A-l
Hitler threatens to withdraw rebellious
clerics’ licenses. Page A-2
Hayashi's foes win election, but pre
mier won’t quit. Page A-3
25.000 busmen strike, crippling Lon
don transportation. Page A-3
NATIONAL.
Reserve Board order wipes out 4'i bil
lions of potential credit. Page A-l
Congress delays settlement of fight
over appropriation cuts. Page A-l
Experts summoned to assist Denhardt
defense. Page A-l
Strike of 10,000 union workers hits
film industry. Page A-l
Gotham burlesque shows are refused
licenses. Page A-l
Steak, greens first meal for 52-day
faster. Page A-3
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Decreased budget to bring weeding out
of emergency workers. Page A-l
Civil service bill expected to pass at
this session. Page A-16
May day observed here by patriotic
and school groups. Page A-l
1.000 at banquet to President Marvin
of G. W. U. Page A-3
Clubwomen hit for stand opposing
court plan. Page A-3
Catholic University receives new con
stitution from Rome. Page A-1S
Jordon pursues studies to embrace new
religious faith. Page A-16
Regulations to govern car reposses
sions urged. Page A-16
Police promotions and transfers an
nounced by Brown. Page A-16
Two killed, six hurt as building col
lapses at Martinsville. Page A-16
Strike violence denounced by women's
group. Page A-16
EDITORIALS AND COMMENT.
Editorials. Page A-8
This and That. Page A-8
Questions and Answers. Page A-8
Stars, Men and Atoms. Page A-8
David Lawrence. Page A-9
Paul Mallon. Page A-9
Mark Sullivan. Page A-9
Jay Franklin. Page A-9
Delia Pynchon. Page A-9
SPORTS.
Newsom beats Yanks to lead Nats out
of slump. Page A-ll
Braddock takes to road to train slowly
for Louts. Page A-ll
Walker, Tigers’ “clown,” leads all
major hitters. Page A-ll
Boxing Board probe gives okay to ring
game here. Page A-ll
Yank netmen beat Japanese in Davis
Cup singles. Page A-ll
Noel Armstrong saddle star in Stuy
vesant show. Page A-li
High school base ball race down to
three teams. Page A-12
Men. women set marks In bowling
tournaments. Page A-12
MISCELLANY.
Washington Wayside. Page A-2
City News in Brief. Page A-4
Young Washington. Page A-4
Traffic Convictions. Page A-4
Service Orders. Page A-4
Shipping News. Page A-4
Bedtime Story. Page A-10
Nature’s Children. Page A-10
Betsy Caswell. Page B-8
Dorothy Dix. Page B-8
Crossword Puzzle. Page C-9
Letter-Out. Page C-10
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American Tourists
Victors in Sit-Down
On Russian Airliner
By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. May 1 .—Two United
States round-the-world air tour
ists won a "sit-down strike”
aboard a Russian airplane and ar
rived here today in time to see the
May day parade.
I. M. Hamilton of Chicago and
Alexander Powell of Washington
boarded the plane at Baku yes
terday, bound for Moscow.
The ship landed at Kharkov.
The pilot said he was returning to
Baku.
The Americans demanded the
plane proceed to Moscow, and re
fused to get out. Officials failed
to budge them from their deter
mination and gave up after four
and a half hours.
The plane landed them at Tula,
not far from Moscow, and the
airline provided a motor car for
the remainder of their trip.
14 Strip-Tease Theaters
Failed to Save Permits
by Self-Clean-up.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 1.—License Com
missioner Paul Moss brought the city's
burlesque situation to a dramatic
head today by flatly refusing to renew
the licenses of 14 theaters where strip
teasers were practising their art.
Strip teasers and male comics, too,
more than a little alarmed in the
past week by the gales of protest rag
ing around them, had turned contrite
at the last minute and tried to temper
their shows.
But the commissioner took heed of
the organized complaints from Cath
olic. Protestant and Jewish religious
leaders and turned down the applica
tions of the theater owners for new
licenses.
Cardinal Added Protest.
Patrick Cardinal Hayes was one of
those who wrote the commissioner sev
eral days ago that, the burlesque shows
of the city were "disgraceful and
pernicious."
In a statement, the commissioner
specified the old Eltinge Theater, in
Forty-second street, just west of Times
Square, but explained that what he
said about this theater was applicable
to the 13 others.
“Coarse, vulgar and lewd” were de
scriptive adjectives Commissioner
Moss used, but he made no direct ref
erence to the strip-tease, a major
point in many of the complaints.
Public Welfare Held Periled.
He said he had given the utmost
consideration to the fact that the
theaters employ between 600 and 700
persons, but that the welfare of the
public was plainly imperiled by “the
type of performance, the language
used and the display of nudity.”
The denial of the application for
new licenses was not wholly unex
pected after the two-day hearing in
the commissioner's office. The foes
of burlesque, clergymen and women
representing various social and wel
fare organizations, had stated their
case in plain words, describing the
(See~STRIPPERS7~Page A-13.)
Delay Trend Strengthened
by “No” Vote to Lop
Army Bill Funds.
BACKGROUND—
Shying away from higher taxes I
on the eve of congressional elec
tions. President Roosevelt last week \
urged greater economy in opera- \
tion of Government departments.
It was made riear, however, that
any appropriations in excess of
budget wou t have to be accom
panied by revenue-raising meas
ures.
Congress has advanced two
economy proposals—a flat 10 per
cent cut in all appropriations, pro- \
posed by Senator Byrnes, and the
impounding of 15 per cent of ap- |
propriations for use at discretion of
President. The letter was suggested
by Representative Cannon of
Missouri.
—
BY J. A. OLEARY.
The determination of Congress to
wait until all of the annual supply
bills pass before attempting to settle
the controversy over a percentage cut
in the totals was strengthened today
as a result of two developments in the
House late yesterday.
First, the House shouted down a
motion to lop a flat 10 per cent off
the $416,413,000 Army appropriation
bill just before it was passed and. sent
to the Senate.
becona, Representative woodrum of
I Virginia, prominent Democrat on the
Appropriations Committee, warned
against becoming "emotional, hysteri
j cal or dramatic” in the application of
economy. He asked for a conference
with the Senate on a $1,251,250 spe
i cial deficiency resolution from which
the Senate had slashed 25 per cent
of the House total.
Senator Gerry, Democrat, of Rhode
Island, today indorsed the principle
I of a percentage reduction, in prefer
ence to the impounding method. He
emphasized, however, that he had in
mind a 10 per cent cut in the total of
a bill, with discretion exercised to
make the reductions where it can be
spared, pointing out there are some
j items which cannot be altered.
He urged that the budget be brought
into balance and said he felt sure
it could be done by economizing on
I unnecessary' expenditures. He said
he would favor additional taxes if
that became necessary as a final step,
but was confident the balance could
I be obtained through economy.
Congressional leaders are expected
to await the return of President Roose
velt before attempting to iron out th?
conflicting views in the House and
Senate as between the 10 per cent
mandatory cut or the 15 per cent im
pounding plan, with discretion vested
in the President to release any patt
of the percentage reserve in the course
of the year.
Meanwhile, Senator Copeland, Dem
ocrat, of New York, is preparing to
ask War Department officials to tell
the Senate Appropriations Committee
just what the effect on the Army
would be if the percentage cut plan
is applied all along the budget line
at the close of the session. The New
Yorker has said he is sympathetic to
ward the desire to save wherever pos
sible, but feels Congress should know
when it acts what the result will be.
Because fixed charges, which can
TseiT APPROPRIATIONS7Page A-3J
44Lysistrata” Ordered Changed
To Meet Censor’s Objections
A little rewriting on the Greek
drama “Lysistrata,” the Washington
Civic Theater’s current production at
Wardman Park Theater, has been re
quested by the Woman's Bureau of
the Police Department because some
lines are “too broad.”
The changes were being made today
at the suggestion of the District at
torney’s office, which was informed of
"objectionable” parts in the play by
a policewoman who sat through the
performance last night.
Capt. Rhoda Mllliken, head of the
Woman’s Bureau, said the revisions
are of a minor nature, do not alter the
drama and “were cheerfully agreed
upon” by the producers.
She said “Lysistrata” had been “re
viewed” by police when it was pre
sented here once before and found to
"be moral enough.”
"We wouldn’t have had a police
woman in the audience last night,”
she added, "if someone—I believe a
newspaper—hadn’t called and asked
use to see if we thought it passed
inspection.”
Capt. Milliken pointed out that, de
spite protests over versions of the play
in several other cities, notably in Los
Angeles several years ago, she had
seen and read the drama herself and
did not believe it to be "immoral.”
Richard Skinner, business manager
of the Washington Civic Theater, said
synonyms had been substituted for
words the policewoman decided were
“objectionable."
Skinner said he was not aware of
any complaints from any one else who
has seen the play, which opened here
Wednesday night for a week's run.
Emergency Employe Rolls
Being Cut Under Moves to
Scale Down Budget.
OLD LINE PERSONNEL
NOT GREATLY AFFECTED
End Result on Major Classifica
tions Remains. However, Sub
ject to Congress.
BACKGROUND—
There have been two major
personnel upheavals in the Fed
eral Government in the past five
years. The direct outgrowth o) the
depression, the first took place on
July 1. 1932, when a 8] 3 per cent
pay cut accomplished by furloughs,
also was accompanied by a reduc
tion in force. When the Roosevelt
administration came into power,
the pay cut was raised to 15 per
cent, and there was a slash in em
ployment in old line agencies, ac
companied however, by a build-up
of new establishments.
BY JOSEPH A FOX.
A sharp reduction in the admin
istrative staff of the Public Works Ad
ministration prior to July 1. in prep
aration for a greatly decreased budget,
and an orderly weeding out of oth»r
emergency employes wherever activ
ities can be curtailed consistently, ap
peared today to be the principal tan
gible effects of the current Govern
ment economy move.
For the old line agencies—both de
partment and independent establish
ments—there is nothing radical in
sight, but this conclusion, as it was
pointed out in one quarter, wouid be
subject to whatever program Congress
adopted for the 1938 budget.
Conforming to President Roosevelt's
instructions to all agencies to save
what they can on the appropriations
for the fiscal year ending June 30, a
general policy of cutting corners has
been adopted. Vacancies are not be
ing filled in some instances and other
expenditures are being deferred.
Report Rushed to Roosevelt.
The report of prospective saving?,
covering the entire executive branch
of the Government, was to be in
President Roosevelt's hands by today.
Concurrently, the monthly person*
nel report of the Civil Service Com
mission was issued this morning and
showed a total force, as of March 31#
of 829.193. a growth of 2.689 since
February 28. The increase was 275
in the District and 2.585 in the field,
making the respective totals 116.146
and 713.047. The regular pay roll has
jumped from S126.536.301 to S128.244 -
418. In addition, the Agriculture De
partment reported the usual group of
field temporaries—41.310 in March, to
whom $1,845,608 was paid. In Febru
ary, the employment was 15,043 and
the pay roll $706,663
In Public Works, the administrative
fund for 1938 has been cut from
$25,000,000 to $10,000,000. it was said,
and a corresponding reduction in per
sonnel is to be gotten under way with
out delay. Public Works has in round
figures 2.800 employes here and 5.600
in the field. There has been a gradual
reduction under way there since
February.
Weed Out Where Possible.
Two others of the large New- Deal
groups—the Federal Housing Admin
istration and Home Owners' Loan
Corp.—are continuing to weed out
workers as they can. At both places,
i£ was said this morning that the
principle will continue to be followed.
At the F. H. A . it was calculated
that 150 to 200 field workers had been
l dropped in the past few months, and
I it was added that in the next four or
I five months probably 50 to 100 here
and in the field would go. An effort
| is being made, it was said, to cushion
j the dismissals as far as can be done,
i and no vacancies are being filled.
: The reduction of old Agriculture
Adjustment Administration employes
i announced two weeks ago. went into
| effect yesterday, approximately 825
losing out. This personnel had been
Csee EMPLOYES, Page A-13.)
BAKERS’DISPUTE
PARLEY RESUMED
—
Effort Is Being Made to Avert
Strike Over Wage
Demands.
Committees representing Bakers
Union, No. 118, and the Employing
Bakers' Association of Washington
resumed negotiations today in an
effort to avert a possible strike. The
contract covering wages and hours for
the union bakers expired at midnight
after a month of conferences had
failed to bring a new agreement.
Charles B. McClosky. business agent
for the union, said the bakers were to
meet at 2 p.m. to discuss the situation
in connection with the outcome of the
morning conference. If no agree
ment is reached, the union will await
word from its international office be
fore calling a strike, he said.
Louis Spiess, attorney for the asso
ciation, said he had heard no talk of
a strike thus far.
McCl06ky said the union seeks in
creases of 8 cents an hour in the
present scale of $1.02 and $1.22 an
hour for day and night work, respect
ively, and 10-cent increases for help
ers, now receiving 55 and 65 cents for
day and night work. The employers
have offered raises of 3 cents an hour
to bakers and 5 cents to helpers, Mc
Closky said.
16 Hurt in Hawaii Boxing Riot.
HONOLULU, May 1 (/P).— Fifteen
Filipinos and a policeman nursed in
juries today suffered in a 40-minute
riot last night during which city and
military officers battled boxing fan*
who were angered by a judge's deci
sion,