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HUFF TO SUCCEED
BARNARD ASHEAD
OF PENAL SYSTEM
Commissioners Name Pa
role Executive of U. S.
Bureau of Prisons.
DECISION ENDS LONG
CONTEST OVER POST
Pennsylvania Man Selected in
Preference to Peak or
Capt. Rieves.
Ray L. Huff of Pennsylvania, parole
executive for the Federal Bureau of
Prisons, today was named by the
Commissioners to be superintendent
of District penal institutions, succeed
ing Capt. M. M. Barnard.
The appointment was made on rec
ommendation by the Board of Public
Welfare, which has been surveying
the field of candidates actively for sev
eral months, since Capt. Barnard ap
plied for retirement.
The decision ended the contest of
two full years’ standing as to who
should succeed Capt, Barnard, now 74,
who has been largely responsible for
the development of the District Re
formatory at Lorton.
Named Over Two Others.
Huff was selected in preference to
Col. William L. Peak, now superin
tendent at Lorton, and Capt. Thomas
M. Rieves. superintendent of the Dis
trict Jail, both of whom had received
indorsements for-the post.
Nearly two years ago the Welfare ]
Board, anticipating the retirement of
Capt. Barnard, had recommended
Harold E Donnell of Baltimore,
Maryland prison executive, but the
Commissioners set the recommenda
tion aside. Commissioner George E.
Allen said Capt, Barnard could hold
the post as long as he wished and was
able. Barnard had been kept in ser
vice beyond normal retirement age
by direction of the President.
Donnell’s recommendation stirred
protest from civic groups and some
members of Congress over appoint
ment of an “outsider.” When there
was delay over action on Donnell’s
recommendation, he let it be known
he was no longer a candidate.
Educated in Pittsburgh.
Ruff is 41 years old. He was edu
cated in Pittsburgh and holds a mas
ter's degree in arts from the Univer
sity of Pittsburgh. He took gradu
ate study both at Harvard and the
University of Alabama. He has
served as a high school principal and
university professor, as a lecturer for
the educational administration of
Southern Methodist University and
then took the part of director of the
Bureau of Restoration of the Pennsyl
vania Department of Welfare. For
the last three years he has served as
parole executive in the Bureau of
Prisons, Department of Justice.
During the war he served with the !
6th Field Artillery with the A. E- F. :
and the Army of Occupation and w'as
commissioned a captain in the 107th
Field Artillery, Pennsylvania National ;
Guard and the Officers Reserve Corps.
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WOMAN FOUND DEAD
IN GAS-FILLED ROOM
Mrs. Violet Schaff. 38, Beauty
Parlor Proprietress, Recently
Operated Upon.
Mrs. Violet Schaff. 38. beauty parlor
proprietress, was found dead this
morning in the gas-filled kitchen of
her apartment at 1321 Kenyon street.
The discovery was made when Mrs.
Gertrude Melcher, 1412 Chapin street,
called at Mrs. Schaff's fourth-floor
apartment after trying unsuccessfully
to get in touch with her by telephone.
Mrs. Melcher and her husband. Henry,
called the fire rescue squad.
The apartment door was found
locked and chained, with a chair
against it. When rescue squad mem
bers broke in they found Mrs. Schaff
, on the floor in front of the open door
of the oven of the gas stove. An
Emergency Hospital physician pro
nounced her dead.
Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald
visited the apartment to examine the
rooms and question Charles Green,
72, colored Janitor, who told police
he detected the odor of gas yesterday
afternoon, but was unable to trace
Its origin.
Relatives said Mrs. Schaff, a
divorcee, underwent an operation and
was confined to a hospital three weeks
In March. Her father, R. E. Rowe,
lives in Deerfield, Va.
An empty purse was found in the
apartment, but there were no notes,
police said. Mrs. Schaff operated a
small beauty parlor at 1474 Columbia
road.
TWO NAMED DIRECTORS
OF CHESAPEAKE CORP.
Young and Kolbe to Aid in One
of Key Units of Van Swer
ingen System.
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. May 5—Robert R
Young and Frank F. Kolbe, two of the
three men who bought control of the
Van Sweringen railroad empire last
week, today were elected directors of
the Chesapeake Corp., one of the key
holding companies in the system.
No mention was made of any plans
for simplification of the Van Swerin
gen system.
Three of the former directors of the
corporation were re-elected. They
were Charles L. Bradley. John Sher
win, jr., and John P. Murphy.
Named to Washington Embassy.
TOKIO, May 5 (/P).—Toshio Saka
moto. formerly attached to the gov
ernment's treaties bureau, was named
today as first secretary of the Jap
anese Embassy in Washington.
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More of Torso
Of Slain Woman
Found in Lake
Linked to Remains
Discovered Two
Months Ago.
Es the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, May 5.—Coast Guards
took the lower portion of a woman's
torso from Lake Erie today, giving
new impetus to the police investiga
tion of Cleveland's series of behead
ings.
Coroner Samuel R. Gerber reported
to police that the piece of human flesh
found today definitely was the lower
part of the torso found in the lake
nearly 10 miles away about two months
ago—the eighth victim of the killer.
The vertebrae of the two portions
matched, as did the angles of the
cuts, he said.
Coroner Gerber, who has made a
thorough study of the killings, said
he believed all were committed by
the same person. The cutting in each
case was neatly done, apparently by
a person acquainted with body struc
ture. Police theories range from a
mad butcher to a sex-crazed maniac
as the killer.
Dr. Gerber said "friendship” prob
ably is the lure which led the vic
tims into the killer's hands. He
warned the police several weeks ago
that the slayer probably is "making
friends” with his next victim.
F
TO TESTIFY TODAY
Middleton Will Be Final Wit
ness Before Probers
Recess.
BACKGROUND—
After relatively unexciting in
vestigation of employer-employe
relations in big industrial plants.
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
turned, to rich soft coal pits of
"Bloody” Harlan County. Ky.,
where miners, according to many
witnesses, live under reign of ter
ror.
Charges of collusion between coal
operators in county and law en
forcement officials, murders, as
saults and intimidation by armed
thugs and deputy sheriffs have been
oft repeated and seldom denied.
B? the Associated Press.
The Senate Civil Liberties Commit
tee summoned Merle Middleton, deputy
sheiiff of Harlan County, Kv., *s the
final witness today in its inquiry into
industrial strife in the county's coal
fields.
Middleton is a cousin of Sheriff
T. R. Middleton, whose deputies have
been accused by witnesses of attacks
on union organizers and their helpers.
The committee indicated it would
recess for several weeks before con
sidering complaints of other civil lib
erties violations.
Pearl Bassham. proprietor of one
of Harlan’s largest coal companies,
was on the stand yesterday. His ]
answers caused Chairman La Follette
to exclaim: j
“I am convinced that of the evasive
witnesses who have appeared before
the committee you are the worst."
La Follette Warns Bassham.
La Follette then warned Bassham
that “there is a penalty for perjury
before this committee.”
Bassham repeatedly told the com
mittee he did not remember discus
sions with deputies or incidents con
nected with the slaying last week of
a union miner.
Bassman admitted he had employed
Bill “Thug” Johnson, who testified at
an earlier session that he was a mem
(See LA FOLLETTE7Page A-3.)
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ONE KILLED, 20 HURT
BY BOMB ON TRAIN
Mystery Machine Explodes as
Bordeaux-Marseille Express
Speeds Mile a Minute.
B> the : ssoctated Press.
MARSEILLE, France, May 5.—Ex
plosion of a mysterious bomb on the
Bordeaux-Marseille express, racing at
a mile a minute, killed a French
passenger today and injured 20 others.
The bomb, apparently smuggled
aboard the train, was tied to the
coupling between two passenger
coaches. Investigators said it was
combination explosive and incendiary
infernal machine.
It burst as the train hit 60 miles
an hour, its maximum speed, and
showered the passengers with glass
splinters, and baggage jolted from
the racks.
3,1 IN ST. LOUIS
G. M. PLANTS BEGIN
SIT-DOWN STRIKE
Dismissal of 37 Employes
Protested by Chevrolet
and Fisher Men.
COMPLETE SHUTDOWN
IN OPERATIONS FORCED
Union Offer to “Share the Work’’
to Save Workers’ Jobs
Was Rejected.
By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, May 5.—Members of the
United Automobile Workers of Amer
ica at General Motors' Chevrolet and
Fisher Body plants began a sit-down
strike today in protest against the dis
charge of 37 employes.
Norman Smith, organizer for the
Committee for Industrial Organiza
tion. with which the Automobile Work
ers' Union is affiliated, said 3,700 men
ceased work an hour after the plants
opened this morning, forcing a com
plete halt in operations.
Employed on Truck Line.
John Livingston, president of the St.
Louis local of the union, said the 37
discharged men were employed on
a truck assembly line in the Chevro
let plant, where the work-week is
five 7-hour days.
In an effort to return the men to
their jobs, he said a union shop com
mittee conferred Monday and vester- j
day with the Chevrolet plant manager, j
Phil Baugh, and offered to "share-the
work” on the assembly line, reducing
the work-week at each man to five
6 410-hour day*. Baugh refused to
agree to the union's plan, he asserted.
Fisher Strike in Sympathy.
The negotiations having failed, the
strike was called by prearranged sig
nal this morning, Livingston said.
Workers in the Fisher Body division
struck in "sympathy" with the Chev
rolet employes, he explained
The sit-down demonstration was the
third at the plants since the nation
wide General Motors strike was set
tled. On February 18 the union men
went on striHfc for one day after a
series of fights with non-union em
ployes. Another one-day sit-down
occurred March 11, when the union
protested against organization activi
ties of the "United Chevrolet Workers’
Guild." which it termed a "company
union."
MARINE WORKERS STRIKE.
Quit Four Ships in Demand for Union
Recognition.
NEW YORK. May 5 <£*)—Seamen,
stewards and engine room workers on
four ships owned by the United Fruit
Co. went on strike today over the com
pany's alleged failure to recognize offi
cials of the International Seamen's
Union and the union as a body.
PICKETS ARE PROMISED.
Longshoremen and C. I. O. to Help
Film Strikers.
HOLLYWOOD. May 5 i>P).—Picket
line reinforcements from langshorcmen
and the Committe for Industrial Or
ganization were promised to film in
dustry strikers today, as the labor
conciliator for major producers pre
dicted an end of the five-day strike.
A riotous union clash in the head
quarters of the International Alliance
of the Theatrical and Stage Employes
last night apparently marked a crucial
turn in the walkout of 6,000 studio
employes.
It was followed by a statement
from Pat Casey, labor relations ex
ecutive of the producers' association,
that the Los Angeles Central Labor
Council had suggested a peace plan, to
be studied today.
"If all parties find the terms of the
proposed agreement satisfactory, I
(See STRIKE, Page A-2.) ~
GLOBE GIRDLER TAKES
CLIPPER TO HONOLULU
Bj the Associated Press.
OAKLAND, Calif., May 5 —One day
of the 19 days Dr. Reginald D. Marge
son, Boston, Mass., surgeon, has al
lotted himself to fly around the world
lay behind today as he packed his
single bag and got ready to take the 3
p.m. Pan-American Airways clipper
ship for Honolulu.
He flew into San Francisco Munici
pal Airport at 11:58 p.m. last night
after a transcontinental flight from
Boston.
D Margeson said he expected to
establish a record for the fastest
world-encircling flight by scheduled air
lines’ commercial service.
H. R. Ekins, New York newspaper
man, recently flew around the world
in seven hours less than 19 days.
Ekins' flight was made before regular
air routes encircled the globe.
Portraits of
The New King and Queen
in Color
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See Their Majesties in Full Coronation Regalia
Beautifully Portrayed in Color, With
Their Royal Family Tree and the
Ritual of Their Crowning
Told in Pictures.
IN THE ROTOGRAVURE SECTION OF
NEXT SUNDAY’S STAR
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ACCURATE PICTURE
IN CRIME REPORT
DOUBTED BY HAZEN
Commissioner Asks Brown
to Check Figures Against
Police Records.
GARNETT SEES VARYING
CONCLUSIONS POSSIBLE
Law Enforcement Officials to Be
Asked to Speak to Asso
ciation.
District Commissioner Melvin C.
Hazen today expressed doubt as to
whether the report of the Washington
Criminal Justice Association gives a
“thorough and true picture” of law
enforcement in Washington. •
His comment on the report, which
charged yesterday that convictions
were obtained in only about one-tenth
of the serious crimes reported here
last year, followed carefuily-worded
statements by other officials.
United States Attorney Leslie C.
Garnett said he had “no disposition
to quarrel” with the report, but pointed
out “there may be various analyses
made and different conclusions drawn
from the statistics.”
Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintend
ent of police, lauded the procedure fol
lowed by the association in its survey,
but refrained from any direct com
ment on its findings.
Talks to Be Asked.
The association decided last night
to invite both Garnett and Maj. Brown
to speak before it on law enforcement
problems set forth in the report,
which was submitted by James A.
Nolen, managing director of the asso
ciation.
After expressing doubt as to the ac
curacy of some conclusions drawn by
the association. Commissioner Hazen
announced he had asked Maj. Brown
to check the organization's statistics
against his own police records.
"I have read carefully the news
paper accounts of the report of the
Criminal Justice Association," said
Hazen, “but I have not seen the offi- !
cial report itself. Certainly a finding •
that but one-tenth of the reports of j
serious crimes had resulted in con
victions does not show- us up in a
favorable light. I doubt if that state
ment alone gives a true picture of the
effectiveness of our law enforcement
machinery.
“I am asking Maj. Brown to analyze
the report of the association, as weli as
his own records, and to send to me a
report of his appraisal of the effec
tiveness of crime enforcement, for the
last year.”
Multiple Charges Cited.
Hazen suggested, for one thing, that
repeatedly persons arrested for law
breaking have placed against them
multiple charges, so police and prose
cuting officials may select the most
serious crime or the one most certain
to result in conviction when taking the
case to court.
The Commissioner suggested this
might show an unduly large number
of imports of arrests or charges as
against convictions, whereas it might
not indicate a laxity in either enforce
ment or prosecution.
Hazen also asked why Washington's
enforcement records should not be
compared with cities of comparable
size. He suggested that as one measure
of the effectiveness of enforcement
which merited consideration.
Garnett’s statement follows:
"The first annual report of the
Washington Criminal Justice Associa
tion, Inc., has just been placed in my
hands. I have only cursorily examined
it. However, I have no disposition to
tSee CRIME, Page A-6.)
CANADA ADMITS BOOK
“Coronation Commentary” Not
Barred by Ottawa.
OTTAWA, Ontario, May 5 (Cana
dian Press).—The book "Coronation
Commentary,” withdrawn in England
after protest by the Duke of Windsor,
will be admitted to Canada, Revenue
Minister Ilsley announced today.
Summary of Today’s Star
Page Page,
Amusements C-12 Radio _A-7
Comics ... C-6 Society _B-3
Editorials .. A-8 Short Story.B-14
Financial . A-13 Sports C-l-4
Lost & Found A-3 Wor- ' " .C-5
Obituary .. A-10
FOREIGN.
Bilbao charges attempt to b.ock evacu
ation of 2,300. Page A-l
NATIONAL.
Stone indicates doubt on court's social
security jurisdiction. Page A-l
Probe of fluctuations in aluminum
stock asked. Page A-l
More of torso of slain woman found
in lake. Page A-l
3,700 in St. Louis G. M. plants begin
sit-down strike. Page A-l
Hopkins defends relief estimates to
House group. Page A-l
Deputy sheriff final witness in Sen
ate’s Harlan County probe. Page A-l
8 Washingtonians leave Honolulu to
morrow for sun eclipse. Page A-2
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Ten aides of Sam Beard are granted
paroles. Page A-l
Hasen doubts accuracy of crime re
port conclusions. Page A-l
Baptists oppose race trapk gambling
in D. C. Page A-10
Keller prepares report on memorial
and cherry trees. Page B-l
Tax Subcommittee to resume study
next Tuesday. Page B-l
Subcommittee appointed to arrange
hearings on abattoir bill. Page B-l
Stockholder demands cut in Capital
Transit Co. wages. Page B-l
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT.
Editorials. Page A-l
This and That. Page A-8
Washington Observations. Page A-R
Answers to Questions. Page A-8
David Lawrence. Page A-9
Paul Mallon. Page A-9
Dorothy Thompson. Page A-9
Constantine Brown. Page A-9
Lemuel Parton. Page A-9
FINANCIAL.
Hupp deficit reduced. Page A-12
Bonds improve (table). Page A-13
Power output gains. Page A-13
Stocks sell off (table). Page A-14
Curb list narrow (table) Page A-15
Steel orders lag slightly. Page A-15
SPORTS.
Griffmen liven up as De Shong and
Mihalic star. Page C-l
Louisville now in grip of Derby hys
teria. Page C-l
Major league slabmen receive hearty
pasting. . Page C-l
Rigid control needed to develop
greater boxers. Page C-2
Canzoneri facing ring test in Cham
pion Ambers. Page C-2
Simpkins. Potter repeat as pin record
smashers. Page C-3
Revised Chevy Chase course calls for
long drives. Page C-4
MISCELLANY.
Washington Wayside. Page A-2
Shipping News. PageA-10
Vital Statistics. Page A-10
Service Orders. Page B-ll
Traffic Convictions. Page B-ll
City News in Brief. Page B-ll
Nature’s Children. Page B-12
Winning Contract. Page B-12
Bedtime Story. Page B-15
Men’s Fashions. Page B-15
Dorothy Dlx. Page C-5
Betsy Caswell. Page C-5
Crossword Purale. Page C-5
Letter Out. Page C-7
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“THE HELPING HAND.” RENOUF.
BILBAO CHARGES
SHIPS BAR 2JO
Italian Destroyer and 7 In
surgent Vessels Massed
for Attack.
BACKGROUND—
Insurgents u ere disastrously rout
ed from the Guadalajara front,
northeast of Madrid, in march in
the greatest of the Madrid-Valeneia
government's war successes. The
Bermeo entrapment, reported yes
terday by Basques, is a similar vic
tory. lacking only an air force
strong enough to take full advan
tage of the land success.
B: the Associated Press.
BILBAO. Spain. May 5.—The Basque
government defenders of Bilbao
charged today that “an Italian de
stroyer" and seven insurgent fighting
ships were massed off this Biscayan
port in an attempt to prevent by force
the evacuation of 2,300 women, chil
dren and old men.
The Basques said they would defy
the insurgent fleet and would evacuate
the refugees from besieged Bilbao to
night under the Red Cross flag, in
Spanish ships which will be protected,
outside the 3-mile limit, by French and
British men of war.
France is the destination of the
refugees.
At the same time the Basque gov
ernment reported its troops had
trapped Italians and Moors northeast
of here and broadcast to the world
a statement placing "full blame" on
Germany for the air raid on the sacred
city of Guernica, where 800 persons
died last week.
“Weapon of Lies.”
Jesus Maria de Leizaola. Basque
minister of culture, in a radio speech
said the fighters "who in 1914 violated
Belgian neutrality" and "made a
weapon of lies” • * • "today use the
same weapon upon us ”
He cited what he said were hospital
records to the effect women and chil
dren caught in Guernica died of ma
chine gun wounds. This, he said,
would have been impossible had the
city been fired by its defenders, as the
Insurgents have charged.
Official Basque reports said Italian
forces operating in the Bermeo sector,
a few miles from Bilbao, had been
surrounded in a Basque counter
offensive.
Insurgent reports said they had suc
ceeded in advancing their lines after
a day of severe fighting in the Bermeo
sector. They said the road from
(See BILBAO^Page”A-3.)
Central America
And Return on 820
Is Grocer's Record
B> the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI. May 5 —John
Moore, grocer of nearby Love
land, Ohio, had a swell coat of
suntan, stones from a Mayan
temple, a supply of Honduran
cigarettes and *113 today to
prove, he said, that "one can
hitch-hike to Central America
and back in two weeks on $20."
—
Fluctuations About Time of
U. S. Suit Cited by Rep
resentative Rogers.
Representative Edith Nourse Rog
ers, Republican, of Massachusetts pro
I posed today a Securities Commission
J investigation of fluctuations in the
' price of common stock of the Alu
■ mlnum Co. of America immediately
I preceding and following announce
' ment that the Government had filed
suit to dissolve the company,
Mrs. Rogers' resolution, by which
Congress would order the inquiry, as
serted that in the 31 days prior to
April 24. when the suit was filed, the
I price of Aluminum Co. common de
1 dined more than 300 per cent more
than the market averages for similar
industrial stocks.
The decline continued for two trad
ing days, then rose 1212 points in
seven trading days, the resolution said.
"By dealing in any stock or security."
the measure said, "profits might be
made as well in a falling market as in
a rising market.”
Cites Roosevelt Appeal.
On the day preceding the filing of
the suit. Mrs. Rogers said. President
Roosevelt had asked the Civil Service
Commission to inform all officials and
employes of the Government that
speculation on their part or in their
behalf in corporate stocks or bonds
or in commodities was against sound
Government policy.
In the 31 trading days prior to filing
of the dissolution suit, her resolution
said. Aluminum Co. common declined
2712 points on the New York Curb Ex
change, or from $177.50 to $150 a
share. The averages for 30 industrial
stocks fell approximately 6 pcants in
the same period, it said.
Aluminum common, the measure
added, rose from $121 per share on
April 26 to $133.50 on May 4.
The matter, she said, is sufficiently
“suspicious" to warrant investigation.
"I hold no brief for the Aluminum
Co.,” Mrs. Rogers added, "but I am
anvious to know why the stock of this
huge corporation declined 300 per cent
more than similar stocks.”
Interrupting, Representative Ram
speck, Democrat, of Georgia, remarked
that the Securities Commission has
rigid rules against purchase of stock
by its employes.
Kansas City Gets Bread.
KANSAS CITY, May 5 (/P).—Bread
was shipped into Kansas City today
as a bakery strike over wages con
tinued, pickets held their lines and
Kansas City, Kans., police investigated
the tossing of a creosote "bomV’ into
a baking plant there.
COURT NAS DOUBT1
ON SECURITY CASE
Stone Intimates Supreme
Tribunal Has No Juris
diction Over Case.
BACKGROUND—
With its legal sfafus beclouded,
by conflicting lower cour rulings,
the social security act is the last
important piece o) New Deal legis
lation awaiting decision on the Su
preme Court calendar this term. A
case involving the unemployment
insurance provisions of the law has
been argued and submitted and the
justices now are prepared to take
up the old-age benefit sections. A
decision covering all phases of the
act is expected before adjournment i
late this month or early in June.
■y the Associated Press.
Justice Stone indicated during argu
ments before the Supreme Court to
day on constitutionality of old-age
pension provisions of the social se
curity act that he held doubts wheth
er the tribunal had jurisdiction to
consider the litigation at this time.
Robert H. Jackson, Assistant At
torney General, who opened argument
for the Government, explained the
Justice Department had waived the'
question of jurisdiction in order to
obtain a quick ruling on the law.
Questioned by Stone, who frequently
has voted to uphold administration
laws. Jackson said the suit was started
by George Davis, a stockholder of the
Edison Electric Illuminating Co of
Boston, to restrain tha company from
paying taxes levied under the act.
Pay Tax First.
Stone asked whether it would not
have been better to let the company
pay the tax and then attempt to com
pel it to bring suit for recovery of the
money.
"Had not an imperative political
situation faced us we should probably
have taken a different position,” Jack
son said.
He explained taxes were being col
lected from 26.000,000 employes and
2.700.000 employers and it was
“vitally important to the Govern
ment to obtain an early decision.”
Stone said the Government usually
had argued in tax cases that the levy
should be paid and then suit instituted
to recover.
"I have gone along with you on
that,” he said. "I wonder if I should
recede in my position.”
"I should dislike to say anything
that would discourage you.” Jackson
replied. He added that the law as to
injunctions was “somewhat unsettled.”
Cardozo Poses Question.
“This would make it more unsettled
if you succeed.” Stone rejoined.
Justice Cardozo asked if the Gov
ernment could “take away the dis
cretionary power of the directors” of
the company as to their policy.
"They surrendered that themselves,”
Jackson said.
The Edison company has joined the
Government in appealing from a de
cision of the First Circuit Court of Ap
peals holding the pension legislation
invalid.
These were the principals in the
court room scene as the old-age pen
sion program came up for argument.
I
Windsor Wedding Date Believed
Fixed for Late This Month
BACKGROUND—
A five-month separation of Mrs.
Wallis Warfield Simpson and for
mer King Edward VIII of England,
who gave up his throne to make her
his bride, ended yesterday. The for
mer King went from Austria to the
chateau at Monts, France, where
Mrs. Simpson had been awaiting a
final divorce decree from her Lon
don broker husband. The decree
was granted Monday and the re
union followed.
By the Associated Press.
MONTS, France, May 5.—Mrs. War
field Simpson and the Duke of Wind
sor walked—behind a sharp-eyed
escort of (wo—in the grounds of the
ancient Chateau de Cande today.
Fifty yards in front of the strolling
pair, an alert British detective paced
along with Herman L. Rogers of New
York, Mrs. Simpson's friend and
spokesman.
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Police at the various gates were
doubled to keep the curious out, and
Rogers said neither the duke nor his
fiancee planned to leave the estate
today.'
Tomorrow, it was stated, the famous
couple may visit some neighbdHng
chateau.
The Chateau do Cande grounds were
bathed in a warm sun as Edward and
Mrs. Simpson walked and, presumably,
made their wedding plans.
Rogers, coming out to greet news
paper men before the stroll, refused
for the first time to accept telephone
calls. He also declined to discuss
plans for the wedding—presumably
put off until after mid-May, when
Edward's youngest brother, the Duke
of Kent, may be best man.
In regard to their plans for a future
home Mrs. Simpson was understood
to be urging America u a land in
which the tumult surrounding her
(See WINDSOR, Pag? A-5 )
HOPKINS QUIZZED
ON RELIEF NEEDS
BY HOUSE GROUP
W. P. A. Head Appears as
Fight on $1,500,000,000
Measure Opens.
BILL DUE TO BE READY
FOR REPORT NEXT WEEK
Woodrum Stands By Belief Bil
lion Will Be Sufficient for
Next Year.
background
two weeks ago, when it became
apparent revenues from taxation
would fail to meet expectations,
President Roosevelt called on Fed
eral departments to exercise econ
omy during remainder of fiscal
year. Increased taxes are in pros
pect for next Winter.
House Republicans were first to
act on the economy recommenda
tion. Senators Byrd and Byrnes
opened a Senate drive for retrench
ment. There are two outstanding
economy suggestions—a flat 10 per
cent reduction in appropriations
and an impounding of 15 per cent
of appropriations for use at discre
tion of the President.
BY J. A. O’LEARY.
A House appropriations subcommit
tee examined Works Progress Admin
istrator Harry L. Hopkins for more
than two hours this morning in ex
ecutive session on the necessity for a
$1,500,000 relief fund for nex year,
which some members of both houses
believe should be reduced by one
third.
As the subcommittee prepared to re
sume questioning Hopkins this after
noon. Representative Woodrum, Dem
ocrat. of Virginia, acting chairman,
predicted the relief measure wovY. be
ready for the House next week
Woodrum said that until the hear
ings are concluded he would stand
by his original statement that
SI.000.000.000 should be sufficient to
handle the Federal part of the relief
needs next year. The subcommit
tee. however, will not begin delib
erations to reach a decision until the
end of this week or early next week.
Sees Committee Deciding.
Asked what he thought the House
would do, the Virginian said he be
lieved it would be "guided largely
by what the committee recommends,
if there are facts and evidence to
support the recommendation.”
The acting chairman also indicated
his belief that with the emergency
gone, there is likely to be more in
dependent judgment exercised on th#
relief problem.
The subcommittee also may call
Acting Budget Director Bell and offi
cials of Resettlement Administration
before the relief hearings close.
The same subcommittee holds the
fate of the Public Works Administra
tion in its hands, but has not had time
since the hearings two days ago to
act on the bill to continue tha. agency
for two more years.
A group of prominent members of
both branches of Congress are sharp
ening their economy knives to bring
the relief fund down to an even billion,
which would be more of a saving than
would result from the proposed 10 per
cent cut in all regular appropriations,
exclusive of fixed charges. The 10
per cent slash would reduce next year's
budget by about $350,000,000.
Meanwhile, at the Senate end of the
Capitol the Budget Bureau was
charged with exercising the congres
sional function of determining how
much should be spent, by allowing
agencies to exceed their annual allot
ments. This contention was advanced
by Chairman Adams of the Senate
Subcommittee on Deficiencies, after it
developed that several bureaus had
exhausted their current funds, with
two months of the present fiscal year
remaining.
Money for New Activities.
In the deficiency hearings just mad»
public. Acting Budget Director Bell
replied that the expenditures had been
authorized for new activities which
Congress had ordered without pro
viding accompanying funds.
While economy leaders in both
branches are figuring how to curtail
the various appropriation bills in an
effort to balance next year’s budget,
observers are waiting w*ith interest to
see w'hat effect the retrenchment pro
gram will have on several major bills
which w'ould call for new Government
expenditures.
The bill to authorize Federal-aid
grants for schools throughout tht
country and the housing bill are amonp,
the more important of these proposec
new authorizations.
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FOREST FIRE HALTED
WITH ONE LIFE LOST
Firemen and Volunteers Work All
Night in Woodland Near
Plymouth, Mass.
By the Associated Press.
PLYMOUTH, Mass.. May 5 —After
an all-night fight, firemen and volun
teers brought under control today a
roaring forest fire that took one life
and cut a swath 7 miles long and 2
miles wide through woodland.
Fire fighters remained on active
w'atch, however, fearing the blaze
would break out again.
Early today the flames centered be
tween Manomet Point and Symming
ton State Reservation, a deer sanc
tuary 6 miles south of Plymouth. Deer
were released last night when the
fire menaced the preserve.
Firemen believed costly residencee
at exclusive Manomet Point were safe,
protected by back fires and other
defenses.
The body of a man found on a
roadside in Myles Standish Reservation
yesterday, while 1,000 Civilian Con
servation Corps workers, firemen and
volunteers battled the flames, re
mained unidentified. A souvenir ring
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