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STRIKE-OR-STARVE
POLICY ADOPTED
BY STEEL PICKETS
Tighten Lines to Prevent
Food Reaching Men at
Work in Mills.
MAIL TRUCKS STOPPED
AS REPUBLIC PROTESTS
Company Uses Airplane to Drop
Supplies—Score Injured in
Chicago Fighting.
BACKGROUND—
Steel Workers' Organization Com
mittee, C. I. O. unit, alter gaining
collective bargaining contract with
United States Steel and Jones A
Laughlin Corp., concentrated ef
forts to bring Big Three Inde
pendents into line. Strike was
called May 26 in plants of Republic,
Inland and Youngstown Sheet A
■ Tube, after companies said they
were willing to bargain collectively,
but refused to reduce to icriting an
agreement covering wages, working
hours and paid vacations,
E> the Associated Press.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, May 29.—
Striking steel workers adopted a "quit
work or starve" policy against men
remaining in besieged mills, and the
Republic Steel Corp. answered with a
protest to United States Post Office
officials.
In the wake of Chicago fighting
that left more than a score injured,
. pickets stopped mail trucks and trains
which they said were delivering food
to mills still operating in the Mahon
ing Valley, which has more than 30,
COO of the 72,000 men idle in six
States.
Republic Steel Corp.—largest of the
three companies affected by the Steel
Workers’ Organizing Committee's strike
■ to obtain bargaining contracts—an
swered with a protest to postmasters
at Warren and Niles, Ohio, asking
“suitable escort for such United States
mail trucks delivering mail to our
offices.’*
Planes Drop Food.
Republic also employed airplanes to
drop packages of foodstuffs to men
remaining in its mills. Pickets re
taliated by going up in their own
planes for scouting purposes—to learn
what was going on in the plants and
possible attempts to crash the picket
lines of trains and trucks carrying
food.
The S. W. O. C. succeeded in clos
ing one more Republic plant—the
stainless steel division at Canton. Ohio
.—today when 300 workers walked out.
It concentrated new efforts on closing
plants in the Chicago and Buffalo
ureas which still were in partial oper
ation.
Murray Spurs Striker*.
In Otuos Manoning Valley, wnere
most of the plants of Republic Steel
Corp. ana Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Co. were idle. Philip Murray, chairman
of the C. I. O. Steel Workers’ Organlz
, lng Committee, fanned the hopes of
thousands ot late Youngstown district
mill hands with a fiery proclamation:
‘‘We are going to whip Youngsctown
Sheet & Tuoe and Republic Steel
Corp.—they can’t stop us.”
Murray and his aides in the S. W
O. C. drive to ootain signed bar
gaining contracts from Republic,
Sheet & Tube ana inland Steel Corp.,
turned tneir attention to closing of
several scattered mills after firing
Urgent appeals to Washington for
federation intervention.
Latest units to suspend production
Wong the broad Great Lakes strike
front included one in Michigan and
two in Pennsylvania. More than 72,
000 were idle.
77,240 Claimed on Strike.
The S. W. O. C. put forth the claim
that 77.240 steel workers out of 77,900
employed in the strike-affected mills
had Joined the walkout, but Republic
offices in Cleveland disputed the fig
ures. They said steel plants were
running at 40 per cent of capacity in
Chicago, Canton, Buffalo and Warren,
Ohio, and announced that an airplane
was employed to drop food to be
sieged workers behind the picket lines
In Republic's Niles, Ohio, tin mill.
Feeling was reported tense along
the picket lines where Republic
claimed it was maintaining operations,
but the only open violence was in
(See STEEL, Page A-3J
SYNDICATE EDITOR
MAY BE EXPELLED
fress Club Governors Expected
to Weigh Case of Richard
Waldo Tuesday.
■? the Associated Press.
Governors of the National Press
Club said today they probably would
meet Tuesday to consider whether
Richard Waldo, a syndicate editor,
Should be expelled on charges of cir
culating a false report about a fellow
member, President Roosevelt.
The charges arose from distribu
tion of a memorandum of “confiden
tial information” by the syndicate.
Waldo was called before the club's
governors last Thursday and given
opportunity to defend himself.
The Press Club's action coincided
With a decision of the White House
Correspondents' Association to bar
from White House press conferences
disseminators of so-called “confiden
tial information.”
The association, which controls ad
mission to the conferences, adopted
the following addition to its rules:
“Persons representing news agencies
of any description engaged in the
dissemination of so-called confiden
tial information for profit, direct or
indirect, shall not be entitled to
membership in the White House Cor
respondents’ Association."
The rule is effective July 1, the ef
* fective date being postponed to allow
men engaged both as straight news
1 writers and in selling confidential
information to rearrange their affairs.
\ I
Modern Luxury Is Slashed
From Shenandoah Homesteads
Resettlement Unit Admits Costs Not Jus
tified, But Charges Part of Excess to
Inherited Plans and Relief Labor.
BY THOMAS R. HENRY. .
IT'S COME down to the family washtub for Saturday night baths and the
kitchen stove instead of electric ranges for the mountaineers who will
settle in the Shenandoah homesteads being constructed by the Resettle
ment Administration.
Estimates of the cost of these homesteads by Senator Byrd of Virginia,
based on figures furnished him by former Resettlement Administrator Tugwell,
which caused him to ask Secretary of Agriculture Wallace to abandon them
forthwith, were founded on estimates,
and authorizations now rigorously
Slashed, say engineers of the Resettle
ment Administration, and they insist
that these slashes were derided upon
months before the Senator made his
protest.
That part of the project already
well under way before the slash was
decided upon, which Senator Byrd
jr ...... —
estimates to have cost between $6,000
and $10,000 a unit, they say, will keep
its bathtubs, running water and elec
tric ranges, but there will be no more
of them. With the total estimate for
approximately 200 homesteads slashed
to $993,000—or about $5,000 each—
(See RESETTLEMENT, Page A-4.)
URGED BY LEAGUE
Yields Partially to Plea for
Condemnation of In
tervention.
BULLETIN.
BARCELONA (by telephone to
Paris), May 29 (/P).—A squadron of
Insurgent airplanes bombed this
city today.
Unconfirmed reports said at least
50 persons were killed, but no of
cial casualty toll was announced.
B? the Associated Press.
GENEVA. May 29.—The League of
Nations Council compromised in the
face of a behind-the-scenes dispute
over foreign intervention in Spain to
day and adopted a resolution calling
upon every League member to respect
the territorial integrity and political
independence of every other nation.
It did not, however, give formal
recognition to the Spanish govern
ment's contention that territorial ag
gression had occurred in Spain. The
Spanish government has accused Italy
of such aggression and, in lesser
measure, has assailed Germany for
permitting its nationals to fight or
the side of the Insurgents.
The resolution, adopted after two
hours of discussion, praised the efforts
of the London International Non
Intervention Committee and con
demned the aerial bombardment of
unfortified towns in Spain.
Hails Committee Move.
Further, the resolution hailed with
satisfaction the non-intervention com
mittee's initiative in attempting to ef
fect the withdrawal of non-Spanish
combatants from the civil war.
It urged League members to sup
port this attempt. It recorded a “pro
found hope” that measures would be
taken to bring about an early end of
the conflict.
Julio Alvarez del Vayo, the Spanish
government's delegate, made an elev
enth-hour struggle to obtain a reso
lution that would at least imply a
condemnation of Fascist intervention
in Spain.
His demands, however, received only
veiled recognition in the resolution
that finally was adopted.
Developments negreuea.
This resolution “notes with regret
that the development of the situation
in Spain does not appear to be of a
character to warrant the belief that
measures taken by governments fol
lowing the council's recommendations
have had, so far, the desired effect.”
(The League Council last De
cember adopted a resolution rec
ommending co-operative action
through the Non-Intervention Com
mittee to isolate the Spanish War
and to keep foreign arms and men
out of Spain. The Non-Interven
tion Committee since has obtained
an international accord to prevent
the movement of such foreign aid
into the war zone. It has set up
a land and sea patrol to supervise
enforcement of the accord and to
report violations to member na
tions. Both Italy and Germany,
with virtually all other European
nations, are bound by the accord.)
After the resolution was adopted
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden of
Great Britain left by plane for Paris
with Yvon Delbos and Tevfik Rusto
Aras, the French and Turkish foreign
ministers, respectively.
Eden and Delbos now are confronted
with these two tasks:
1. Withdrawal of all foreign fighters
now in Spain.
2. The start of negotiations for a
new Western European security pact.
Repeal Bill Signed.
BOSTON, May 29 (/P).—A bill re
pealing the Massachusetts pre-primary
convention system was signed last
night by Gov. Charles F. Hurley.
BRITISH GOLF TITLE
American-Born London Res
ident Conquers Lionel
Munn, 3 and 2.
Er tfte Assoclstea Press.
SANDWICH, England. May 29.—
Robert Sweeny, American-born resi
dent of London, won the British ama
teur golf championship today by de
feating Lionel Munn, 50-year-old
Irishman, 3 and 2, in the 36-hole final
round.
Sweeny, an Oxford “Blue,” who has
lived abroad, either in Prance or Eng
land, since he was 10 years old, lost
the brilliant putting touch that had
characterized his play during the early
rounds of the match, but he finally
shook off the indomitable Munn at
the thirtieth hole, where he went 2 up.
After they had divided the thirty
second and thirty-third, the 25-year
old Sweeny finally ended the tussle
with a deuce at the thirty-fourth.
Safely on the green from the tee
at the thirty-fourth. Sweeny spent
minutes studying the downhill roll.
Then he stepped up to the ball, lying
20 feet away from the cup, and calmly
banged it in. Munn's effort from
almost the same distance barely failed
to drop.
Native American Scores Again.
Sweeny's victory gave the United
States at least a technical claim to the
championship for the third time in
four years. Lawson Little won in 1934
and 1935. Hector Thomson of Scot
land, who won last year, withdrew
from this year's tournament because
of ill health.
Larger Gallery Turns Out.
A much larger gallery turned out
for the second 18-hole round this
afternoon.
Trailing by one hole after the
morning round. Munn missed a chance
to square the match at the nine
teenth when he failed to hole a four
foot putt after Sweeny had misplayed
a chip shot.
After halving the twentieth. Munn
meased up a chip at the twenty-first,
but he, too. escaped penalty when the
American youngster failed to drop a
four-footer.
Munn squared the match at the
twenty-second when Sweeny missed a
two-foot putt and went ahead for the
first time at the twenty-third where
the American's long game wobbled and
he failed to reach the green in two.
Sweeny drew' all square again at
the twenty-fourth when Munn pitched
across the green into a bunker.
Girls Cheer Sweeny.
Crowds of girls in bathing suits
swarmed up from the beach at this
point to watch the match and cheer
the younger—and handsomer—man.
Continuing to win or lose every
hole, Sw'eeny went 1 up at the twenty
fifth as Munn failed to attain the
green in two and then increased his
lead to 2 up when the Irishman
(See QftLF, Page A-3.)
BANDIT IS SLAIN
Companion Escapes in Hold-Up at
Indiana Concern.
LAPEL, Ind., May 29 (IP).—An un
identified bandit was killed in a hold
up of the Standard Elevator Co. here
today. An accomplice fled east on
State road 32 toward Anderson fol
lowing a wild exchange of gunfire.
The fugutive hold-up man fled with
in undetermined amount of cash, taken
from William Clifford, elevator Arm
manager, and four other persons who
were in the office.
State police quoted Clifford as say
ing he shot down one of the bandits
after the hold-up men opened fire.
State officers Investigated the rob
bery to determine whether the elusive
A1 Brady gang was involved.
Gold Mine Mystery Deepens;
Searchers Find Only Dynamite
Bi the Associated Press.
LA VETA, Colo., May 29.—Fabulous
gold digging of the late Alex Kalo
betski was even more of a mystery
today after searchers entered his mine
and found only a few sticks of dyna
mite—Instead of an Infernal machine
and death trap.
Kalobetzkl, who for 45 of his 79
years lived by the mountain creed of
“gold is where you find It,” died two
months ago in a Pueblo, Colo., hos
pital, whispering, “Plenty of gold If
you know where to look for It.”
Melting of snow on Silver Mountain
west of here permitted Undersheriff
Carl Swift and Deputy Fidel Aguirre
to visit the isolated mine.
Swift said today he had been told
he would find the mine cabin "wired"
so that intruders would be blasted to
bits.
Instead, he said, he and Aguirre
found only a partly filled dynamite
box.
The officers found no hidden “treas
ure.” *
l
“No, there's nothing to that death
trap story,” Swift said, “but about
that other, I don't know.”
Every one hereabouts knows what
"that other” 1s.
It's the story af the time Kalobetzki
—known in later years as Cobsky—
took $30,000 in gold dust Into Pueblo,
of the time he carried a poke of val
uable nuggets to Denver; of his con
tinued ability to grubstake himself
for two generations, and of hints he
had “several mines,” some possibly
used as blinds to conceal actual pro
ducers.
The officers, after a brief Inspection
of the mine, were skeptical it was a
producer. But three relatives of
Kalobetzki have tacked to the cabin
door a notice of their rights to the
claim, and Fred Lesser, rancher liv
ing nearby, said his family had filed
a claim.
In view of these conflicting claims,
the old miner's legend may at least
have Its day la court
*
1 -' ■
Two-Way Program of Prose
cution and Legislation
Agreed On.
OVER 500 MAY FACE
FRAUD PROCEEDINGS
Law Providing Withholding of
Dividend Levy by Corpora
tions Discussed,
BACKGROUND—
Roosevelt administration has
sponsored three major tax bills
since 1933.
That of 1935 teas directed prin
cipally at great individual incomes,
while that of 1936 dealt principally
with corporate practices of piling
up non-taxable surpluses.
This year, as expenditures piled
up, revenues, particularly from 1936
law, fell below expectations. Treas
ury experts began exhaustive study
of whole tax structure.
by the Associated Press.
Revenue authorities disclosed to
day they hope to transfer $100,000,000
from the pockets of tax evaders to
the Federal Treasury.
Power to do so will be asked of
Congress In a special message by
President Roosevelt, ‘'probably Tues
day," White House officials said today.
It will go forward from the White
House while the Chief Executive is
visiting his Hyde Park. N. Y.. home.
The President, described as almost
entirely recovered from a head cold
which caused him to cancel all but a
few engagements in the last three
days, remained away from his office
today to work on the tax message in
the privacy of the White House
proper.
Meanwhile officials, spurred by the
President's broadside against wealthy
tax dodgers, agreed on a two-way
program of prosecution and evasion
proof legislation.
They said fraud proceedings, in
volving possible jail sentences and
heavy fines, would be recommended
to the Justice Department wherever
evidence justified and that several
changes in the tax laws would be
sought to seal existing loopholes.
Fraud actions, in which penalties
amounting to 60 per cent of the tax
may be imposed, may total more than
500, some authorities said. They de
clared 290 such proceedings last year
netted the Treasury $31,000,000 and
said the amount probably would be
doubled this year.
Civil Proceedings Scheduled.
Substantial additional revenue also
is expected from civil proceedings
against persons not criminally liable
and from revision of the tax structure.
Authorities said the entire campaign
probably would bolster revenue by
$100,000,000 or more.
Mr. Roosevelt indicated yesterday
that recommendations for legislation
to reinforce the tax structure would
be completed soon. Attorneys at the
Treasury worked swiftly to put sug
gested changes into final form.
The Internal Revenue Bureau al
ready has issued a regulation designed
to prevent persons with large incomes
from escaping taxes by transferring
assets to foreign corporations set up
for that purpose.
Legislation May Be Sought.
Authorities said, however, additional
bulwarks against this device may be
sought in legislation.
Treasury authorities, from Secretary
Morgenthau down, were silent on
possible plans, but some Informed
persons suggested a withholding tax
on all dividends would be effective.
Under this arrangement, corpora
tions would withhold a designated per
centage of dividends paid stockholders
and turn the money over to the Treas
ury.
If this arrangement is deemed too
difficult to administer, it was said, the
present 10 per cent withholding tax
on dividends pa)d foreign corporations
might be increased.
Summary of Today’s Star
Page. Page.
Amusements C-16 Obituary_A-8
Art_B-3 Radio _.A-7
Books _B-2 Real
Church Estate ..C 1 to 7
News ..B-5-6-7 Short Story...B-6
Comics_A-9 Society_A-5
Editorials_A-6 Sports_C-8-9
lost Sc Found A-3 Woman's Pg..B-8
Music _B-4
FOREIGN.
League urges respect for Spain's ter
ritory. Page A-l
Sweeny and Munn battle for'British
amateur crown. Page A-l
Reich may oust Vatican control of
Catholics. Page A-8
NATIONAL.
President to leave today for Hyde
Ru:k. Page A-l
Treasury hopes to gain 8100,000,000 in
tax campaign. Page A-l
“Quit-work-or-starve” policy adopted
by steel pickets. Page A-l
A. F. of L. asks wage-hour bargaining
clause in bill. Page A-2
Ford to operate on 32-hour week
during lull. Page A-2
Mystery deepens in hunt for fabulous
gold. Page A-l
Roomer accused of slaying landlady
and wounding sister. Page A-4
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Dr. Leonard White resigns from Civil
Service Commission. Page A-l
D. C. income tax rate to range from 1
to 5 per cent. Page A-l
Two policemen suspended after al
leged gunplay. Page A->
Senators hear conflicting opinions on
D. O. relief. Fig* A-l
Tomlinson found guilty on robbery
charge. Page A-10
Franklin School has 4,000 leftover ‘‘red
rider” blanks. Page A-10
Police Boys’ Club raises $14,659 in
drive. Page A-10
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT.
Editorials. Page A-6
This and That. Page A-6
Stars, Men and Atoms. Page A-6
Answers to Questions. Page A-6
David Lawrence. Page A-7
Paul Mallon. Page A-7
Mark Sullivan. Page A-7
Jay Franklin. Page A-7
Della Pynchon. Page A-7
MISCELLANY.
Crossword Puzzle. PageA-9
Young Washington. Page B-5
Nature’s Children. Page B-6
Bedtime Story. Page B-7
Traffic Convictions. Page B-7
Dorothy Dlx. Page B-8
Betsy Caswell. Page B-8
Shipping News. Page C-10
Letter-Out. Page C-10
Vital Statistics. Page C-10
SPORTS.
Aussies gamble on ailing Quist in
Davis Cup net play. Page C-8
Mary Cootes wins city tennis title;
men's tourney on. Page C-8
Unsteadiness makes Newsom no asset
to Nationals. Page C-8
Keen jousting due in D. C. A. A. U.
track games Monday. Page C-9
Shute plays Manero, McSpaden meets
Laffoon in P. O. A. golf. Page C-9
Pairings made for open golf qualifica
tions Tuesday. Page C-f
Schmeling bout due Pastor after de
feat el Nestell. Page C-8
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PRESIDENT SPEEDS
WORK (MESSAGE
Remains in Study, Though
Recovered From Cold.
To Visit Mother.
Although President Roosevelt's cold,
from which he had been suffering for
several days, had virtually disappeared,
he decided to remain away from his
desk in the executive office today and
work in his study, adjoining his bed
room, on the second floor of the
White House.
The President has completed ar
rangements to leave Washington to
night on a special train for his old
home at Hyde Park. N. Y., to spend
a few days with his 82-year-old mother.
He will return to Washington early
Wednesday.
The President made no engagements
today, planning to devote his time
to writing the special tax-evasion mes
sage he will send to Congress, prob
ably next Tuesday. It is likely he will
not be able to finish the paper before
he departs, in which event he will
complete the Job in the seclusion of
his study at Hyde Park.
The President will be host at a buffet
supper at the White House tonight to
members of the Roosevelt Home Town
Club, composed of ardent supporters
of his political fortunes in Dutchess
County, N. Y. There will be 58 club
members at the supper, including
Moses Smith, president of tpe organ
isation, who is Mr. Roosevelt's tenant
farmer at Hyde Park.
The President remained up until
after midnight last night, enjoying the
annual White House party for the
members of the press.
The President called the figures
last night while Mrs. Roosevelt and
19 of the guests danced the Virginia
reel.
Mr. Roosevelt, wearing a seer
sucker suit, sat in the east room with
Vice President and Mrs. Gamer.
“Do-see-do.” he called. “Down the
middle and back again * • * Swing
j»ur partner around to the.right!”
The dancers included Secretary and
Mrs. Morgenthau and Mr and Mrs.
James Roosevelt, son and daughter
in-law of the President. The men
wore pastel taffeta Colonial costumes.
The women's dresses were of sprigged
muslin with colored ruffles around
the full skirts.
Hungry Dogs Attack Man.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., May 29 UP).
—A pack of wild dogs, believe^ crazed
from hunger, attacked and severely
injured two men and a boy in open
country east of Bakersfield yesterday.
State police caught three of the
animals.
Polar Outpost
Finds Sea Is
2Vz Miles Deep
Russians’ Discovery
Is Surprising to
Scientists.
B> the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, May 29.—Soviet Russia’s
North Pole weather outpost measured
the Polar Sea today and found it far
deeper than scientists had estimated.
The first measurement reported by
Dr. Otto J. Schmidt’s party, camped
on an ice floe, showed the ocean was
2'2 miles deep. P. P. LazarefT. Acad
emy of Science geophysicist at Mas
cow, said the information "surprised"
scientists.
"Exact knowledge of depths is of
great importance in the study of cur
rents which originate in the Arctic
Ocean, and consequently to proper
organization of navigation along the
North Sea route,” LazarefT said.
When the weather clears one of the
base camp planes is expected to take
off in search of Pilot I. P. Mazuruk.
who landed Wednesday about 35 miles
j away from the camp after becoming
| separated from two other supply
planes flying from Rudolf Island.
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CIVIL SERVICE POST
President Accepts Notice
With Regret—Effective
After June 15.
Dr. Leonard D. White’s resignation
as a member of the Civil Service Com
mission was announced at the White
House today.
President Roosevelt accepted "with
real regret" Dr. White's resignation,
which becomes effective June It. The
President said:
"I do want to take this opportunity
to express my sincere thanks for the
fine and loyal service you have given
during the three years of your asso
ciation with the commission. You
have my best wishes for happiness and
success upon your return to your
teaching duties.”
In his letter of resignation to the
President, Dr. White said it was neces
sary for him to return to his post at
the University of Chicago, where he
is a teacher of political science, to
begin work with the opening of the
Summer quarter. He explained that
his leave of absence from the uni
versity had expired and it was im
possible for him to obtain a further
extension.
There was no indication at the White
House that the President has a suc
cessor to Dr. White in mind at this
time.
SIX SPIES INDICTED
Military Secrets Act Violation
Charged to Koreans.
TOKIO, May 29 (^.—Indictment of
six Korean spies at Seishln. in North
ern Korea, for violating the military
secrets act was reported today by the
Dome! (Japanese) News Agency. They
were charged with supplying a “cer
tain” country with secret Information
on the Korean-Manchukuoan armies.
Squabble Threatens Entire
Program—House, Senate
Only Lukewarm.
BY WILL P. KENNEDY
With the House reorganization Com
mittee scheduled to meet Tuesday or
Wednesday to consider a four-bill
program to carry out the President's
reorganization program, and the Sen
ate committee pledged by Majority
Leader Robinson to consider the en
tire program in one bill within a
week, it was disclosed today that intra
Cabinet strife threatens to wreck re
organization now as it has several
times in the past—notably during the
Coolidge and Hoover administrations.
Before leaving Washington on a
week end trip from which he will not
return until Tuesday, Chairman Coch
ran of the House committee said he
expects to have a meeting just as soon
as Speaker Bankhead returns and
Acting Speaker Warren of North Caro
lina, chairman of the Committee on
Accounts, is relieved from such duty
and can confer with his colleagues on
reorganization. He is one of the chief
sponsors of the four-bill program.
The general strategy is to see
whether a one-bill program can win
support in the Senate, while a four
bill program is tried out in the House,
where it is expected the President
will find the majority more agreeable
to his wishes. The insurgent move
ment which developed on Thursday
to such an extent that Majority
Leader Rayburn had to plead with
his colleagues to give to administra
tion leaders until Tuesday to try to
effect a compromise with various
blocs, is being watched closely be
cause it portends defeat of the entire
reorganization program.
Little Enthusiasm Shown,
Cochran frankly admitted yester
day that he had received many let
ters from all parts of the country
'protesting against the passage of any
bills providing for the reorganization
of the Government.” Senator Rob
inson is also quoted as saying in the
meeting of the Joint Committee on
Thursday that if the bill to carry out
the President’s reorganization rec
ommedations fails it will not be any
great national calamity. This would
indicate there is not any very great
eagerness in either the House or the
Senate committee, or on the part of
the Senate or House leadership, to
get the reorganization measures
passed.
The inter-cabinet squabble—refusal
"on principle” to relinquish control
over certain agencies—has wrecked
previous efforts to revamp the Federal
administration machinery. It has re
peatedly been found impossible to
gain the acquiescence of those directly
in charge of changes proposed.
In the Harding and Coolidge cab
inets there was bitter and prolonged
dispute and dissension over the reor
ganization plan sponsored by a joint
committee of which R. Walton Moore,
now counselor of the State Depart
ment, was an active House member,
and headed by Walter F. Brown, sub
sequently Postmaster General. Former
President Hoover, then Secretary of
Commerce, testified before the joint
committee in 1924 that no reorganiza
tion plan would ever meet with agree
ment among cabinet officers.
Swing Music Definitely Barred
At Roosevelt-Du Pont Wedding
By the Associated Preu.
NEW YORK, May 29.—Ethel du
Pont and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.,
will be married June 30 to the music
of both the President's favorite hymns
and more modern numbers, but there
definitely will be no swing songs.
“I am Including modem music be
cause I consider it appropriate,” Dr.
Charles M. Courboln said today. "But
there will be no swing music. No, no
no. Never that.”
Dr. Courboln, Belgian-born organ
ist. will be the only soloist at Christ
Protestant Episcopal Church in Chris
tiana Hundred, Del., where the wed
ding takes place.
The pretiy young Du Pont heiress
will walk to the altar to the music
of the familiar Lohengren processional
and will leave on her husband’s arm
as Mendelssohn's "Wedding March” Is
played.
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Deems Taylor Is on the program
with his ultra-modem composition
“Through the Looking Glass,” accom
panying the classical music of Bach.
Dr. Courboin explained that after
conferring with Mrs. Eugene du Pont,
who told him of requests by her and
her daughter and the favorites of the
President, which will be made known
later, the selections were left to him.
Bach’s “Aria for G String" and
Mallly's “Invocation" have been chosen
by Dr. Courboin. Bach cantatas and
chorals and his “Passacaglia” also will
be played.
Dr. Courboin said he would play
“Anchors Aweigh,” the President's
favorite, if requested.
He has been decorated for his musi
cal talent, King Albert of Belgium
presenting him with the knighthood
of the Order of the Crown of Bel
gium. He was naturalized several
years ago.
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INCOME TAX RATE
FOR D. C. TO RANGE
FROM 1 TO 5 PCI
—
Tentative Decisions Are
Reached by Commission
ers’ Revenue Committee.
PERSONAL EXEMPTION
SUMS ARE CONSIDERED
Amounts May Be $1,000 for Single
and $2,500 for Married
Persons.
BACKGROUND—
Discarding proposals for a sales
tax, a special tax subcommittee of
the House District Committee has
recommended an income tax for
the District to help meet a threat
ened deficit of some SS.OOO.OOO. The
local income tax, if finally enacted,
U'ill be the first Washington resi
dents have paid. The expected,
deficit resulted from an increase in
governmental costs and reduction
of Federal contribution.
Rates to be incorporated in the Dis
trict's proposed income tax bill prob
ably will range from 1 to 5 per cent
on net Income, according to tentative
decisions reached today by the Com
missioner's Tax Revenue Committee.
The objective of the committee is
to suggest rates calculated to produce
$2,000,000 from an income tax as a
part of the budget-balancing revenue
program which the Commissioners
have been ordered to complete by
Tuesday morning, when it is to be
submitted to the tax subcommittee of
the House District Commitee.
The group of District officials em
phasized that no final decision has
been reached, but they are planning to
write into the bill personal exemption
of $1,000 for single persons and an ex
emption of $2,500 for married persons
living with husband or wife and an al
lowance of $300 for each dependent.
These tentative plans are substan
tially the same as considered by the
Commissioners about two weeks ago,
when they first suggested an income
tax to the House committee as a means
of meeting much of the impending
1938 deficit.
District officials said they had rot
yet determined whether the income
tax rates for corporations would be the
same as that applied to individuals or
whether it would be a flat rate as has
been suggested in the past.
Meanwhile, indications were that
District officials may recommend a
levy of one-half of 1 per cent on the
gross receipts of business. The busi
ness privilege tax is now designed to
be the major element in the revamped
program.
Final decision has not been
reached on the rates, but it was re
called that when the commissioners’
committee at first considered the
business privilege tax there was a
suggestion of a rate of 0.5 per
cent on gross receipts, expected to
produce about $3,000,000. This is the
sum which the commissioners now in
tend to draw from a tax on businesj
gross receipts.
Earlier it had been suggested by
some that the business privilege tax
be 1 per cent on gross receipts, which
would bring into the District's needy
treasury $6,000,000. but with the de
cision of the House subcommittee to
invoke a District income tax law,
so much will not be needed from the
business tax.
The Commissioners are under orders
from the House group to have the re
vised program completed and ready
for action not later than Tuesday
morning.
The need for speed Is due to the
fact that so little time is left prior
to July 1. the beginning of the new
fiscal year.
Temporary Loans.
District officials have emphasized
again that even if the program as
outlined in broad terms by the House
subcommittee is speedily passed by
Congress, the District still will re
quire authority to make temporary
loans from the United States Treas
ury in order to meet current bills, at
least in the earlier part of the new
fiscal year.
Details of the income tax measure
have not yet been completed by the
Commissioners’ Committee, but the
present thought is that it would be
the part of wisdom to make the Dis
trict income tax returns due by March
15. the same date as applies to the
Federal income tax returns.
There vould be two advantages to
the plan, according to Corporation
Counsel Elwood H. Seal. One would
be simplicity of the obligation to be
placed on the taxpayer. The second,
and the more important to the Dis
trict tax collector, would be that the
District would be afforded an excel
lent opportunity for a close compari
son of the District and Federal re
turns. In other words, the District
would be able to check carefully and
accurately to determine if any District
residents had failed to pay all the
Income tax due the municipal govern
ment.
But such a plan imposes the diffi
culty that the Income tax receipts due
the District would not be collected until
after next March, on the incomes of
District residents during the calendar
year ending next January 1. The
crying need of the District now is to
have funds with which to meet the
bills which will accrue beginning July
1. This is offered as an especially
urgent need for permission to obtain
advances from the United Statej
Treasury in the next fiscal year, pend
ing tax collections, if the income tafc
is to be one of the major elements
of the District's budget balancing
revenue program.
Bomb Injures Two.
WARSAW, Poland, May 29 (JP).—.A
bomb exploded yesterday In the office
of the Association of Polish School
Teachers, Injuring two persons, set
ting fire to the building and destroy*
lng many documents.
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