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SILENCE ENGULFS
RUSSIANS TOILING
ON POLE AIR BASE
Eleven Who Landed Plane
on Floe Out of Com
munication.
HEADWINDS HANDICAP
IN DIFFICULT FLYING
Party Includes Scientists Who
Will Make Long Stay Study
ing Conditions.
By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, May 22.—Eleven Soviet
pioneers of the Arctic air routes
forked in bitter polar cold in silence
today to set up the first permanent
Hussia-to-America ay base at the
North Pole.
Silence closed around them after
the first radio reports that the expedi
tion. accomplishing the goal of two
years of secret preparation, had landed
by airplane on an ice floe 13 miles
from the pole as a preliminary to the
proposed Moscow-San Francisco air
line over the roof of the world.
It was not known whether the ab
sence of further word indicated at
mospheric disturbances which pre
vented communication or whether the
explorers were moving their camp up
to the pole itself. No concern was felt,
however, for the carefully prepared
party of experienced Arctic explorers.
Hours of anxiety passed before Sov
iet. officials, huddled by a radio here,
received the flash that the expedition
, had arrived safely.
Vision Obscured.
The plane was completely lost from
contact with the world for much of
the flight. Clouds obscured the flyers'
vision over most of the distance. The
plane lost contact with its base when
the Rudolf Island wireless station
failed for several hours. Not once did
the flyers report sighting land.
* Battling heavy headwinds all the
way until almost at the Pole, the plane
emerged from foggy mists into better
visibility at 88 degrees south, and the
fivers found themselves over vast ice
fields cut through by mile-wide As
sures as far as the horizon.
Reaching 89 degrees south, one de
gree south of the Pole itself, shortly
before noon yesterday, the plane's
thermometer recorded 23 degrees be
low zero centrigrade (9 below Fahren
heit) at an altitutde of 1.000 feet.
The explorers were prepared to drop
« • landing party and supplies by para
chute if they could not find a safe
landing place for their heavy ship.
A few minutes of search, however, dis
closed a level area a few miles away
from the Pole, and the plane landed.
Picturesque, black-bearded Dr. Otto
J. Schmidt, director of the Soviet
••Northern sea route" headed the party
which took off from Rudolf Island
at dawn. Six hours and 10 minutes
later Pilot M. V. Voriopyanoff set his
heavily loaded, four-motored craft
down on the ice.
Messages which came trickling down
« by radio just before dawn yesterday
indicated the thrilling landing was
achieved with prosaic lack of inci
dent. except for temporary damage
to the expedition's radio sending ap
paratus.
In his first message, Dr. Schmidt,
famed Russian Arctic adventurer, mat
ter-of-factly reported the completion
of the misison with the comment that
"It is possible to bring other planes
here to establish a polar station.”
"We send you,” the message cracked
out. "through the Dickson Island Ra
dio Station, greetings Irom the North
Pole.”
Soviet Flag Unfurled,
The blood-red flag of the Soviet
Union, with its gold-crested hammer
and sickle, was unfurled immediately,
and the expedition set to work prepar
ing for plane loads of equipment and
(See POLE, Page A-3.)
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MOUNT VERNON AIDE
SUCCEEDS COL. DODGE
Charles Cecil Wall Elected Super
intendent—?kas Been at Shrine
Eight Years.
1 Special Dispatch to The Star.
I MOUNT VERNON, Va„ May 22.—
Charles Cecil Wall, former assistant
superintendent of Mount Vernon, was
unanimously elected superintendent
by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Asso
. elation at their final meeting of the
Bpring Council held here today.
Wall, who is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, where he
. specialized in engineering and busi
ness management, has spent the past
eight years as a member of the staff
at Mount Vernon, first serving as
. aecond assistant superintendent. Upon
the resignation of James Young, who
l was assistant superintendent. Wall be
came assistant.
The position which he now holds was
made vacant by the death of Col. Har
rison H. Dodge, who served as custo
dian for 52 years.
During the past year the association
has built a house for the superin
tendent and his family on a part of
the estate known as the Landon Lot.
Supt, Wall, with Mrs. Wall and their
, small daughters Mary Jane and
Patricia, will make their home here.
RAIN FORECAST
<4Heat Wave'’ to Be Short-Lived,
Weather Bureau Predicts.
A “heat wave” was closing in on
Washington today, Weather Bureau
forecasters said, but it will be short
lived. Thunderstorms tonight and
showers tomorrow will assure the Dis
trict of a cool week end, they added.
Warm air railing in from the Mid
west was expected to send the tempera
ture to 90 degrees this afternoon. At
4 a m. the mercury registered 59 de
grees and by 10 a.m. it had climbed
to 79. *
Snug as Bugs in Rug
450 Striking Miners, 360 Feet Down,
Are Out of Rain.
The sit-doivn strike miners at the Superior Coal Co. mine
near Gillespie, III., have their musical instruments with them to
help while away the hours. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
By the Associated Press.
Gillespie. iii„ May 22—a
hard, cold rain beat down
above, but 450 union miners
were snug as so many bugs in
a rug as they continued their sit-down
strike today, 360 feet below the sur
face, in the Superior Coal Co.'s No. 4
mine at nearby Wilsonville.
Forty at a time, the miners were
brought to the top early this morning
to bathe and clean up in the com
pany's wash room. Some of them
changed to fresh clothing. A razor
was given severe service.
Leaders of the demonstration de
clared there were no defections from
the strikers’ ranks when the men
reached the surface. They asserted
there was no dissension underground
and the morale was high.
Finding whatever protection they
could against the ram, wives and
children of the men below clustered
about the mine property. Messages
on tablet paper were exchanged. An
11-year-oid girl, who had been ill and
had cried for her ‘ daddy" most of the
night, was brought to the mine to
see him.
With no settlement in sight, the
strikers prepared to "hole In" for a
prolonged siege. Their leaders said
they had taken an oath to remain be
low until they had gained their ob
jective—“the right to share our pov
erty with our fellow workers.”
The strike was called late Thursday
in support of a demand that the com
pany inaugurate a "share-the-work"
plan to give jobs to employes made idle
by repairs and mechanization which
closed two other mines.
Dan McGill, a member of the
: strikers’ Pit Committee, after making
a few ineffectual swipes at his coal
smeared face, declared:
“It would not cost the coal company
1 cent more to permit us to share the
1 work. The only sacrifice called for is
by the union miner who is willing to
give half of his job and half of his
loaf to another worker."
Billion-Dollar Increase in
Relief Total Sought to
Combat Drought.
BACKGROUND—
With dwindling tax receipts
menacing the health of the na
tional exchequer. President Roose
velt called on Congress and Federal
departments for strict economy
shortly before SI.500.000,000 relief
bill was offered in House. Taking
the President at his word, House
economy adwcates cut S500.000.
000 from measure, only to have it
restored by full body. Other con
gressional proposals have been
mandatory 10 per cent and dis
cretionary 15 per cent cut in all
appropriations except those for
fixed charges.
By the Associated Press.
Congressmen from farm States fac
ing another drought this year said
today they would seek a $1,000,000,000
increase in the pending Federal relief
appropriation to be earmarked for
drought relief.
Members from North and South
Dakota, Kansas, Montana and Oklo
homa made this announcement after a
lengthy conference this forenoon with
Secretary Wallace and other admin
istration farm and relief leaders.
“We will fight for an amendment
to the $1,500,000,000 relief appropri
ation in the Senate,” Senator Frazier,
Republican, of Indiana, a leader of
the delegation, said after the con
ference.
Frazier said a dozen counties in
North Dakota already faced total crop
lass this year and added that the same
thing was true in parts of other Mid
western States.
The delegation included Senator
Nye, Republican, North Dakota and
Representative Lemke, Republican, of
North Dakota; Senators Bulow and
Hitchcock, of South Dakota, both Dem
ocrats, and Representative Case, Re
publican, South Dakota; Senator Cap
per. Republican, of Kansas; Senator
Murray. Democrat, of Montana, and
a spokesman for Senator Wheeler,
Democrat, of Montana; Representa
tive Martin, Democrat, of Colorado,
and Representative Ferguson, Demo
crat, of Oklahoma.
To Push Senate Fight.
Senators Nye and Frazier said the
entire delegation “will fight” for ad
ditional drought relief funds In the
Senate.
The delegation said Wallace and
Works Progress and Resettlement Ad
ministration leaders were “very sym
pathetic” in the conference.
Nye contended the $1,500,000,000
relief bill, as approved tentatively by
the House, so restricted expenditure
of funds that emergency aid for
drought victims this year would be
impossible. He said present plans
called for tapering off all drought
area relief by October 1, a time when
another severe drought was threat
ened. _
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WINDSORTOMARRY
WITH ROYAL RING
Former British Monarch to
Follow Tradition of His
Younger Brothers.
By the Associated Press.
Monts, Prance, May 22—Wallis
Warfield, It warf learned today, will
be married with the same traditional
ring of British royalty she would
have received had Edward Windsor
been able to make her his queen.
A source close to the Chateau
De Cande household disclosed the
Duke will slip a wedding ring of
Welsh gold, similar to those worn
by other wives of British royalty, on
Mrs. Warfield's third finger during
the civil marriage ceremony June 3.
The former British monarch will
follow the tradition of his younger
brothers, the Dukes of Gloucester and
Kent, who gave their brides rings
fashioned of gold from Wales.
. The wedding ring was expected to
arrive from a Paris Jeweler over the
week end.
After the arrival of Mr*. Warfield'*
“Aunt Bessie.” Mrs. D. Buchanan
Merryman of Washington, D. C., and
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bates. Americans
described as "personal friends of the
Duke,” preparations were made to
welcome a few other friends of the
bridal couple.
The qfcateau, which soon will see
the historic wedding of Windsor and
Mrs. Warfield, began to take on a
more lively air as the guest rooms
gradually filled with new arrivals and
a bright sun lured the company to the
private golf course after a week of
dismal rain.
The Duke and Bates played the
course yesterday. Mrs. Warfield and
Mrs. Bates accompanied the players.
Numerous packages, believed to
contain wedding gifts, poured into the
chateau from the tiny Monts post
office.
Advices from Paris reported that
the marriage contract signed by
Edward and Mrs. Warfield provided
that none of the Duke’s property
would pass to his bride-to-be without
a specific bequest. The document was
drawn up under British law.
The property of each thus would
remain separate in the case of death
or divorce unless such a bequest was
made. Under French law each would
have been entitled upon marriage to
half of the other's property.
GRIFFS, TRAVIS BACK,
REVISE BATTING ORDER
With the return to shortstop of tne
recently Injured Cecil Travis in the
final game of the series with the In
dians today, there was to be a revised
batting order far the Oriflmen.
Hill was to lead off and play center
field in place of Chapman, who is nurs
ing a slight cnarleyhorse, with Lewis
continuing in the No. 2 spot, and Myer,
on the strength of his .360 batting
average, hitting third. Stone, Simmons
and Travis then were to come up in
that order, with Kuhel batting sev
enth, followed by the battery,
A
MACHINE GUN FIRE
OF REBEL PLANE
HITS FRENCH TOWN
Spanish Border Patrol Says
It Was German Craft.
Child Is Injured.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
ASKED TO PUSH PROBE
Witnesses Say Shots Were Di
rected From 1,500 Feet Eleva
tion—People Flee in Panic.
BACKGROUND—
Reports from Brussels indicate
France, Belgium and the Vatican
have lined up behind British armis
tice plan to end Spanish civil war.
Duties of negotiation were dele
gated to Belgium. War rages un
abated in Bilbao sector as rebels
seek dominance in north. Many
think capture of Bilbao would be
beginning of end for loyalist cause.
Madrid next prize to fall.
Bv the Associated Press.
CERBERE, Franco-Spanlsh Fron
tier, May 22.—One of four Spanish
insurgent planes machine-gunned the
streets of this French village today
during a raid on Spanish Portbou,
Just across the border, scattering
panicky townsfolk and injuring a
hmall boy.
Spanish border officials said the
planes were "German."
The French government began an
investigation immediately upon re
ceipt of protests from the enraged
people of Cerbere, who gathered at
the mayor's home to demand better
protection from the frontier warfare
between the Spanish government and
the insurgents.
The mayor appealed at once to
higher authorities who ordered the
Inquiry.
Witnesses to the attack said the in
surgent plane, which with others of
an escadnlle participating in the
latest of a series of insurgent attacks
on Portbou. turned its machine guns
on Cerbere from a height of 1,500 feet.
Barely Miss Guard Patrol.
The slugs barely missed a patrol
of French custom guards standing on
the border which separates Cerbere
from Portbou. The two towns are
adjacent on the Mediterranean coastal
end of the Franco-Spanish border.
A French boy in the street at Cer
bere was hurt by a rock thrown up
by one of the slugs. In all, more than
40 bullets fell.
The four planes, three of them tri
motored bombers and the other a
pursuit craft, flew in from the sea
at S a.m. and began bombing the
Spanish side of the border, swinging
in circle* over Portbou and Culera.
A dozen projectiles exploded along
the railroad leading into France.
Then incendiary bomb*, which did
little damage, were dropped.
Suddenly a Spanish anti-aircraft
battery set up on the heights Just
across the border spat fire at the
planes. The pursuit ship dove down
to attack the battery, its bullets
spraying Cerbere as well.
French investigators gatherad up
a number of the bullets from the streets
and began a close examination of
them to determine their origin.
Tw* Attack! Charged.
Actually there were two attacks,
Mayor Julien CruzeT Informed Premier
Leon Blum in a telegram which de
manded protection for Cerbere from
"air pirates."
The insurgent airplane bullets twice
struck the Place De La Bepublique
and other centrally located buildings
in Cerbere. The bullets appeared to
have been fired directly at the French
town, the mayor reported.
Few pedestrians were on the streets
at the time, since it was so early, but
those who were out dived for the
cover of buildings and the railway
tunnel.
Some of the bullets, said the French
investigators, apparently were ex
plosive ones. Some were found lodged
in window frames, in walls and buried
in the earth a long way from the
Spanish anti-aircraft battery.
STRIKE IS SETTLED
AT G. M. C. WANT
Chevrolet Unit’s Employes
Scheduled to Return
to Jobs Monday.
BACKGROUND—
Agreement between United Auto
mobile Workers of America and
General Motors has failed to pre
vent sporadic labor disputes in the
organization since that date.
Most of the walk-outs or "sit
downs" since that time, however,
have been settled speedily
E» the Associated Press.
DETROIT. May 22—Wyndham
Mortimer, vice president of the United
Automobile Workers of America, said
today that striking employes of the
ChevTOlet parts plant in Saginaw
would return to work Monday.
“It was just a little flare-up and the
men are going back to work while
they negotiate their differences,” he
said.
Company officials at Saginaw said
they had no official notification of
that decision, but that ‘ the plant will
be there If the men want to come
back.”
| The strike began last night, when
workers walked out and formed a
picket line around the factory, which
has 1,500 employes.
Comment* on Strike.
Walter B. Saxton, union organizer,
earlier said the strike last night of
approximately 60 of the 400 workers
in Parts Plant No. 1 lacked authori
zation and that he would take direct
steps to adjust the difficulties.
Strikers were reported to be de
manding minimum wages of $1.04 an
hour. They now receive 75 cents.
The plants, units of General Motors
Corp., had been moved here from
Toledo because of labor troubles in
that city.
When the 60 walked out, the man
agement closed plant No. 1 and 30
(SeeSTrakE^Page ~A7l2.)
TRADE TO BE TOPIC
British Conference May Take Up
U. S. Relations.
LONDON. May 22 <£>).—'The British
Imperial Conference next week will
discuss ways of relaxing international
trade barriers.
These discussions are expected to
include possibility of an Anglo
American pact whereby Britain would
relax its tariff on United States farm
products and the United States would
cut down its tax on British manufac
tured goods.
Summary of Today’s Star
Page.
Amusement* C-l«
Art __—ft-3
Book* _B-2
Comic* __A-15
Church
News ..B-5-6-7
Editorials .. A-li
Financial A-13
Lost & Found-A-3
Page. |
Muaic _B-4
Obituary —-A-6
Radio .C-10
Real
Estate--C-l to 9
Short 8tory..B-7
Society -.A-7
Sports_A-19-11
Womans Pg. B-8
FOREIGN.
Silence envelops 11 Russians establish
ing air base at Pole. Page A-l
Heavy Madrid bombardment kills 30
and wounds 100. Page A-l
Ring of royalty to be used in wedding
of Mrs. Warfield. Page A-l
NATIONAL.
New strike begun at General Motors
plant in Michigan. Page A-I
Illinois coal miners continue sit-down
strike. Page A-l
Congress bloc to seek billion for
drought relief. Page A-l
Green charges that C. I. O. is sup
ported by Communists. Page A-S
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Commissioners detail new five-point
tax program. Page A-l
Keene disappearance probe shifts to
Norfolk. Page A-i
Two drownings Included in five violent
deaths in Virginia. Page A-S
High school graduates listed in
Loudoun County. Page A-l
Virginia reports decline in real estate
activity for week. Page A-8
Women's Democratic Club in till over
court plan. Page A-8
MacKnight girl, on stand, says boy
threatened to kll her. fam A-l*
Mount Vernon regents attend rites for
Ool. H. H. Dodge. Page A-16
Re zoning of Benning area to residen
tial class asked. Page A-16
Planning Commission to Survey city's
“blighted areas.’’ Page A-16
Civic groups ask 1939 funds for more
playgrounds. Page A-16
SPORTS.
Lewis’ return to slugging form cheer
ing Grills. Page A-10
Joe Cronin again tops batsmen in
American League. Page A-10
Cubs and Bees climb as hurlers begin
to click. Page A-10
Central regains track championship
from Tech. Page A-10
Curtis Cup team berth goal of Hetyn
Dettweiler. PageA-11
Army transport swept by fire at Port
Washington pier. Page A-S
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT.
Editorials. Page A-8
This and That. Page _ A-8
Stars, Men and Atoms. Page - A-8
Answers to Questions. 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
MISCELLANY.
Shipping News. Page A-4
Vital Statistic*. Page A-4
City News in Brief. Page. A-4
Traffic Convictions. Page A-4
Service Orders. Page A-4
Crossword Punle. Page A-ll
Bedtime Story. Page B-4
Young Washington, Page B-4
Nature’s Children. Page B-7
Dorothy Dix. Page B-4
Betsy Caswell. Page B-4
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Federal Worker
Goes Hungry for
Increase in Pay
B» ihe Associated Press.
ROSSVILLE, Oa , May 22 —Stubble
faced and admittedly “uncomfortable,”
Phillip A. Baumgartner, 37. is on a
hunger strike against Uncle Sam.
Baumgartner said today he had not
eaten since last Sunday and also had
shunned his razor in attempt to win
an increase in his $105 monthly pay
as a civilian clerk in the C. C. C.
subsistence warehouse at Port Ogel
thorpe. Army post near here.
"I'm desperate,” Baumgartner said,
“living costs have advanced. I can’t
afford to quit my job, so this is my
way of protesting."
Baumgartner, who is a war veteran
and the father of six children, has
remained at his job and said he plan
ned to continue as long as he was
able.
Each afternoon he has appeared at
a drug store here to be weighed by
John A. Rhyne. Rhyne's books show
Baumgartner started at 196 pounds;
yesterday he weighed 1*0.
Baumgartner claims "soldiers and 1
members of their families and some \
girls with leu experience are making :
more money," than he is.
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KEENE CASE PROBE
Seek “Red-Faced Man,” Be
lieved Last to See D. C.
Broker Alive.
BACKGROUND—
Charles F. Keene, 63-year-old
Washington real estate man, has
been missing since May 14. when
his state room aboard the steamer
District of Columbia was found
vacant after the ship docked at
Norfolk. Authorities inclined to
murder theory after bloodstains
were found in state room, which
was in disordered state.
After considerable conflict over
jurisdiction, open hearing was held
yesterday by Federal Board of
Inquiry.
Investigation of the strange disap
pearance of Charles F. Keene, ar„
shifted to Norfolk today, as Maryland
detectives concentrated on finding the
taciturn, “red-faced man” who. so
far as is known, was the last person
to see the Washington real estate
broker alive.
After a hearing yesterday before a
Federal Board of Inquiry at the Bu
reau of Marine Inspection, Depart
ment of Commerce, failed to produce
any clues of value, Detective Sergts.
Marlin Brubaker and J. J. Cassidy
said they planned to establish their
headquarters in Norfolk.
The "red-faced man” purchased a
bottle of beer for Keene shortly before
midnight, J. M. Eby, who operates
the refreshment stand aboard the
steamer, told the inquiry board. After
drinking his beer, Keene walked in
the direction of his cabin and has
not been seen since.
Eby said he was impressed by the
strange manner of the “red-faced
man,” whom he thought might be
(See KEfeNE Page A-12.)
LABOR LEGISLATION
BACKED BY C. 1.0.
Roosevelt Expected to De
liver Special Message
on Monday.
B» the Associated Press.
John L. Lewis said after a White
House conference today the C. I. O.
was "quite in support" of new labor
standards legislation if it covers mini
mum wages, maximum hours and a
ban on child labor.
The chief of the committee for in
dustrial organization and Sidney Hill
man, president of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers, who also is a C. I.
O. officer, discussed the question with
President Roosevelt.
"Our very prosperity carries with
it seeds of unemployment,” Lewis said,
calling attention to increased mechan
ization in the mining, steel and other
industries.
Chairman Connery. Democrat, of
Massachusetts of the House Labor
Committee said Today the President
would present on Monday a special
message to Congress on wage and
hour legislation. In preparation for
this message, Chairman Black. Demo
crat, of Alabama and Connery, Demo
crat, of Massachusetts of the Senate
and House labor Committees have
drafted a bill.
"Reasonable Approach."
Lewis said the C. I. O. was for a
•'reasonable approach" to the wage
and hour problem and contended there
should be some flexibility in establish
ment of hour* and wages to take care
of special conditions in various in
dustries.
• The Black-Oonnery bill is reported
to provide a work week of from 35 to
40 hours and a basic minimum wage
of $10 a week and a ban on interstate
shipment of products of labor of chil
dren under 10.)
HiUman advocated the fixing of a
work week closer to the 30 than 40
hours, although he, too, favored flexi
bility.
Lewis expressed the hope the legis
lation would be enacted this session.
"We are definitely of the opinion
that shortening hours is a vital neces
sity,” he said "We feel scarcely any
progress has been made in solving that
question.”
Asked to comment on the speech
last night by William Green, president
of the American Federation of Labor,
in which Green linked communistic
support with the C. I. O., Lewis re
plied:
"Mr. Green is as foggy as ever.
Calls in House Leaders.
Next he called in Representative
Rayburn of Texas, House Democratic
leader, and Chairman Connery of
the House Labor Committee.
Mr. Roosevelt will continue the
labor conferences late tomorrow with
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Sen
ate leader, and Chairman Black of
the Senate Labor Committee.
He will talk with Robinson and
Black on his return from a cruise on
the yacht Potomac, which starts late
today at Quantlco, Va.
White House officials would not pre
dict when the special message would
go to the Capitol, but said next week
was a possibility.
Connery and Black have worked out
a bill with department officials for
introduction after the message is
read.
Congress and Press Ball Teams
Worry About Roosevelt Pitch
Bt the Associated Brest.
The Seventy-fifth Congress and
newsmen of the Capital sent 18 pan
talooned players down the Potomac
today to commit various outdoor er
rors in the name of base ball.
Three major questions troubled the
backers of both teams before the late
afternoon game:
1. Does either aggregation boast an
athlete who can catch the ball Presi
dent Roosevelt will throw out—or will
It elude the butter-fingered battlers
and roll into the river?
2. Will Vice President Gamer's hat
be lost again, as it was last year?
3. Can either team last the hour
and 30 minutes? The Program Com
mittee Insists that no more time be
given over to the game.
The scene of this second annual
struggle between the lawmakers and
the scribes was the Marine base at
Quantlco, Va.
Honorary arbiters—who get a free
dinner for their service—are:
KMni William D. baa** aWsf af
naval operation*; Harry L. Hopkins,
W. P. A. administrator; John L. lewis,
chairman of the Committee for In
dustrial Organisation, and House Ma
jority Leader Rayburn.
House Sergeant at Arms Kenneth
Romney announced the congressional
line-up of Representatives as:
Joseph D. Casey, Democrat, of
Massachusetts, center field; James P.
Richards, Democrat, of South Caro
lina, first base; James M. Mead,
Democrat, of New York, second base;
Thomas S. McMillan, Democrat, of
South Carolina, shortstop; Edward
A. Kelly, Democrat, of Illinois, third
base; James A. Shanley, Democrat,
of Connecticut, left field; Leo E.
Allen, Republican, of Illinois, right
field; Jack Nichols, Democrat, of
Oklahoma, catcher, and Mathew L.
Merritt, Democrat, of New York,
pitcher.
Refusing to divulge the newsmen s
line-up until game time, Manager
William J. Donaldson, jr., said:
‘ Our team being what it is, we'v*
got to loot them with something."
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D. C. HEADS’ PLAN
PUIS LIFE OF YEAR
ON LEVY ON SALES
Commissioners Label Pro
gram “Stop-Gap” in Re
porting Approval.
FUNDS TO PROVIDE
FOR SURVEY ASKED
$15,000 to Permit Study of Entire
Structure Sought—Revenue
Estimate Increased.
BACKGROUND—
With District facing $S.500,000 ,
deficit in next fiscal gear under
budget estimates. House eliminated,
items sufficient to bring shortage
to SS,000.000. Numerous bills have
been introduced to raise this rev
enue, but program of District
Commissioners now seems favored.
Further budget revisions mag be
made in Senate hearings.
Announcing their formal approval
of the proposed five-point District
tax program intended to meet the
1938 budget deficit, the Commission
ers today revealed the 2 per cent
retail sales tax bill would be drawn
to provide for termination of this levy
at the end of the next fiscal year.
The Commissioners, in making pub
lic the official report of their Tax
Committee, definitely labeled the five
point program a ‘stop-gap." which
they deemed essential to meet the
pressing emergency, and emphasized
they are seeking appropriation of
*15,000 for a survey of the entire tax
structure of the District. This would
be concluded in time for presentation
to the next session of Congress of a
proposed permanent new tax program.
The recommendations of the Tax
Committee, consisting of seven Dis
trict officials, reveal they have raised
the estimated receipts from the sales
tax from *5.000,000 to *5.300,000.
Exemptions Under Tax.
The report states the proposed sales
tax bill would exempt only food
products and medicines, this ap
parently indicating the Commission
ers do not intend to ask for exemp
tion of clothing.
The five-point program as a whole
is expected to produce *7.800.000. or
*300.000 more than was estimated
earlier this week, when the Commis
sioners informally stated they had
adopted such a proposed "emergency'’
plan.
The Commissioners are scheduled to
appear before the Kennedy tax sub
committee of the House District Com
mittee Tuesday. At that time, they
will carry with them their proposed
five-point program, copies of which
are expected to be made available also
to the District subcommittee of thfe
Senate Appropriations Committee,
headed by Senator Elmer Thomas of
Oklahoma and other congressional
leaders.
Features of Prorram.
The five-point program includes the
following:
1. Weight tax on motor vehicles, to
raise estimated $1,500,000. The com
mittee of District officials said, and the
Commissioners agreed, "this method la
rather universally followed throughout
the States and the rates fixed are
reasonable.” The revenue would go
into the general fund, not into the
special fund for highway use only.
2. Estate and inheritance tax. esti
mated to raise $800,000. The report
declares this levy to be "fair.”
3. Insurance premiums tax, to be
raised from 1.5 to 2 per cent on net
premium receipts, estimated to bring
in $200,000 additional. This levy
would be applied to mutual fire insur
ance companies and to the fraternal
insurance associations, heretofore ex
empt.
4. Gasoline tax, to be increased
from 2 to 3 cents a gallon, to raise
an additional $1,100,000. This in
crease would not go to meet the gen
eral fund deficit, since gas tax funds
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STRICKEN LECTURER
ON WAY TO CAPITAL
Miss Swope of New York. Nurse
Association Representative,
to Be Treated Here.
Miss Ethel Swope of New York, field
representative of the American Nurses’
Association, was to arrive in Washing
ton today to betreated for leukemia,
a blood disease with a high fatality
rate.
Miss Swope was making a lecture
tour when stricken in Greenwood,
Miss. Physicians advised her that
travel might prove fatal, but Mis*
Swope Insisted on coming to Wash
ington to see her brother, Dr. Chester
D. Swope.
Miss Swope came by train as far
as Chattanooga, Tenn.. where she
tfent to a hospital to recuperate her
strength for the final lap of her jour
ney. She left Chattanooga early to
day for Washington.
Miss Swope was accompanied by
her sister, Miss Rebecca Swope of
195* Columbia road, who went South
to meet her.
DALLAS NEWSPAPERMEN
VOTE AGAINST GUILD
B? the Associated Press.
DALLAS, May 22.—The Dallas
Morning News announced last night
employes of the news, editorial, art
and photographic departments of the
News, the Dallas Journal and allied
publications had “almost unanimous
ly” decided against organization as a
unit of the American Newspaper
Guild.
The News said the employes ol
their own volition designated G. B
Dealey, president of the publications,
as their sole representative "in deal
ing with all persons or organization!
who may seek to affect their relation
ship* with the publishing company."