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RELIEF BILL FACES
BATTLE IN SENATE
New Fight to Slice Fund Is
Seen After House Votes
Measure, 323-44.
BACKGROUND—
Hoping to regain some measure of
control over expenditure of public
funds. House group made deter
mined effort to cut relief appropri
ation from $1.500.000.000 to $1,000
000.000 and to earmark portion of
funds. They failed, however, and,
as in the past, their earmarking
efforts will serve only to indicate to
the President how Congress would
like to sec the money spent.
Bs the Associated Press.
The administration's $1,500,000,000
relief bill, winning midnight House
approval after a compromise quashed
a persistent revolt, went to the Sen
ate today for another major battle.
Economy advocates in that cham
ber said they would renewr demands to
cut the fund by one-third. A House
bloc lost a similar attempt before
the final 333-to-44 vote by which the
bill passed.
There were prospects, too, that
some Senators would try to reinstate
amendments to earmark one-third
of the total for roads, dams and other
special projects. These won ten
tative House approval last week
over the objections of administration
Irarlpn;
After week end conferences, how
ever, the President's lieutenants
a creed on modificat ions, which were
Accepted last night by tired and hun
gry members who had been in ses
sion since noon.
Six roll calls, each requiring 35
minutes, prevented most members
from leaving the chamber for dinner.
Majority Leader Rayburn had ar
gued that tying of the President's
hands by the earmarking amendments
would foree dismissal of more than
630.000 workers from works progress
rolls.
The administration contended the
earmarking proposals would take
rxtra money for materials and re
duce the amount available for wages.
House members described the com
promise as including:
1. An administration promise that
probably much more than the $45,000.
000 tentatively earmarked would be
spent for flood control.
2. An agreement to revoke an all
Telief-labor order which had held up
use of $131,000,000 now in the Public
Works Administration's revolving fund
for loans and grants to cities. This
would mean completion of a large
number of projects for which cities
already have voted bond issues.
“Dust Bowl’’ Aid Assured.
3. A promise to make relief funds
Available for building ponds and lakes
to raise, the water level of the South
west "Dust Bowl."
Although the administration had
offered to supply relief labor for con
struction of "farm-to-market" roads.
Chairman Cartwright of the House
Roads Committee held out for setting
aside $150,000,000 for road construc
tion under contracts let by State high
way departments.
His amendment, once tentatively
approved, was rejected last night, 207
to 167.
After the principal controversy was
wertled by rejection of the earmarking
proposals, the House acted swiftly on
a number of other proposed amend
ments.
Hopkins' Pay Restored.
The salary of Harry L. Hopkins as
works progress administrator, from
which S2.000 had been tentatively cut,
was restored to the present $12,000
a year by a vote of 272 to 96.
Republicans, led by Representative
Baron. Republican, of New York urged
that relief be turned back to the
States, with Federal grants of money
to them, but that was rejected, 296
to 7R.
Amendments were adopted giving
first preference on relief Jobs to citi
zens and aliens with "first papers" and
barring agricultural workers from re
lief while part-time private jobs are
available to them.
A Senate subcommittee, some mem
bers of which favor cutting $500,000,
000 from the relief fund, decided to
start work immediately on the meas
ure. It must be signed by the Presi
dent before July 1 unless relief pay
ments are to lapse.
Senator Hatch, Democrat, of New
Mexico asked an investigation of the
entire relief problem, with a view to
fixing a permanent program.
Blocked in his proposal for such an
Inquiry by a group of citizens to be
Appointed by the President, he ob
tained promise of consideration for a
Senate-conducted study.
Against the demands of an economy
bloc for cutting the relief fund stood
the declaration of Senator La Fol
lette. Progressive, of Wisconsin that
$1,500,000,000 was “inadequr*^!'
He said he might have to fight to
Rav e the amount the President recom
mended. however, and would await
developments before demanding an in
crease.
Spain
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that their ships would be safe from
luture attacks such as the bombing of
the German warship Deutschland by
Spanish government planes.
Twenty-six German sailors were
killed in the attack.
Adding to the need for a quick res
olution of the swiftly-developing sit
uation was the reported Italian order
to its fleet in Spanish waters to halt
vessels bearing supplies of war from
ia friendly Russia to the Valencia gov
ernment.
Reich Ships Steam South.
Additional units of the German
battle fleet steamed southward from
Kiel to reinforce the squadron which
shelled Almeria at dawn Monday, kill
“ ing at least 30 persons and wounding
hundreds.
Eden, resuming his fateful round
Of conferences with diplomats at the
Cleaning Day is
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foreign office, was believed to be fully
aware of the necessity for quick closure
of the gap left on the eastern Spanish
coast by the withdrawal of the two
Central European powers from the
patrol.
The territory loft un.supervised in
cluded the important ports of Valencia
and Barcelona, which were assigned
to Italy and Germany by the com
mittee when it parceled out the coast
of Spain to the international watch
dogs, They were to curb the flow of
arms and men to both government
and insurgent factions in the civil
war.
Britain was reported to feel that
the gap must be closed through inter
national co-operation, however, and
not through a virtual blockade of
Eastern Spain by Italy alone.
British observers felt that the
augmented fleets of Italy and Ger
many would hardly be likely to remain
inactive for long if Russian and other
nations’ merchantmen went freely in
and out of Spanish government ports.
In some quarters it was hinted the
British admiralty already was con
sidering whether more of his majesty's
fleet could be spared to take over the
additional stretch of coastline—under
the flag of the International Commit
tee—until Germany and Italy could
be prevailed upon to return to the
fold of international co-operation.
The main hope of inducing the two
countries to renew participation still
was held, however, to lie in working
out some scheme of safety zones in
which warships of the patrol fleet
would be assured of adequate protec
tion while resting and refueling.
The German government said the
Deutschland was off duty and seeking
rest at anchor off Ibiza in the Balearic
Isles Saturday evening when it was
attacked by the Spanish planes.
axes
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come tax, it was said, if it exempted
salaries under $3,500 a year and hit
the people who “deserved to pay it."
She fears, however, the wealthy will
find various loopholes to escape the
tax, just as many have done under
the Federal income tax law, which
President Roosevelt has urged Con
gress to strengthen.
The income tax schedule which the
subcommittee has approved would
reach single persons with an income
of $1,000 a year or more and married
persons whose combined income
amounts to $2,t00 or more.
"I have not examined the subcom
i mittee’s tax program,” said Mrs. Nor- j
ton, "but I don't think I would be
inclined to vote against a proposal1
to raise the real estate tax rate to i
$1.70. It seems to me that rate would ;
be reasonable in view of the high rents :
in the District.
“The rentals here are mucli higher
than in Jersey City, N. J., my home.
And the real estate tax there is among
the highest in the country.”
Kinks in Tax Program.
There are three kinks in the com
pleted tax program the subcommittee
plans to work out before it reports
to the full committee at a special :
meeting tomorrow. One is whether:
the income tax should be made retro- ;
active to 1936 and the tax cut in j
half, so the District will be in a posi- ,
tion to derive some revenue from
this source before October 31.
The retroactive feature was written
into the proposed income tax bill by
Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Seal, i
Commissioner Dan I. Sultan told the
subcommittee he thought it was a
•'dirty trick" and said he would have 1
no objection to its removal.
Another feature which the sub- !
committee plans to straighten out
is whether the $1,500,000 prospective
revenue from the weight tax on mo- j
I tor vehicles should bo credited to the ;
j general fund or placed in the special
gasoline tax fund to support all of I
the activities of the Highway Depart- I
ment as well as certain activities of j
the Department of Vehicles and Traf- I
' fic. The Commissioners did not make j
a definite recommendation on this j
proposal, but submitted the draft of i
two proposed bills one of which would
credit the weight tax receipts to the 1
general fund. The other would place
the revenues in the gas tax fund and
i transfer to it support of the activities
of the Vehicles and Traffic Depart
ment.
The third feature which must be
ironed out is whether, with the adop
tion of an income tax, the present
tax on intangible personal property
; should be continued. The Commis
i sioners recommended continuation of
the intangible tax. Several subcom
mittee members believe it should be
continued until the validity of the
income tax is firmly established, but
that credit be allowed on the income
tax for intangible property tax pay
ments. The Commissioners, however,
pointed out if credit is allowed, the
tax schedule in the income tax bill
would have to be raised to provide
adequate revenue.
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Left: Patrolman Walter MacKenzie of Squadron 1, New York Mounted Police, Roman
riding with two horses during a practice session on the Central Park bridle path, for the police
pageant to be held in Madison Square Garden June 2 to 4.
Right: Two veterans of the motorcycle division practicing one of the hair-raisir g stunts
which'they will exhibit at the pageant, the first in the history of the department.
—Wide World Photos.
TICKET-FIXING CASE
MM BE EXTENDED
Winfield Attorney Hints
‘•Higher-Ups'” Canceled
Charges.
The case of alleged ticket fixing
against Second Precinct Policeman
Welford E. Winfield, being heard to
day before the Police Trial Board,
gave indications of reaching "higher
ups” as Defense Attorney Charles E.
Ford, questioning a witness about cer
tain tickets in a book not contained
in the bill of specifications, said he
"intended to show” many of the tickets
in the book had been canceled by Po- ]
lice Department officials. The board, j
however, ordered Ford's questioning
stricken from the record.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Ed- i
ward M. Welliver, prosecutor, was;
asked by Ford whether certain can- i
celed tickets, also not contained in the
bill of specifications, bore his iWel
liver’s) initials. Welliver replied he
did not think his "authority on that
subject should be questioned.”
Policeman N. M. Baker, eighth pre
cinct, under stern orders from In
spector Edward J. Kelly, Trial Board
chairman, to "try hard to recollect”
the names of higher officers at head
quarters who had ordered Baker's
traffic book brought in. called the
names of three men—Inspector Ben
jamin Lamb, Capt. Milton D. Smith
and Sergt. John Agnew.
Baker testified, however, he did hot
know what disposition of tickets the
officers had made. But two of the
tickets were allowed as evidence at
the opening session of the trial this
morning. Ford made almost contin
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uous objection to evidence introduced,
including two documents which he
claimed contained a discrepancy in
dales.
The documents were an order, and
an amendment to it, which set up
operations of the traffic record office
in 1932.
Winfield pleaded not guilty to a
charge of “conduct prejudicial to the
good order and reputation of the Po
lice Department,’’ involving 22 al
leged cases of ticket fixing, while he
was in the Traffic Bureau from April
15. 1932, until February 15. 1937.
Baker testified the two tickets in
question—issued by him August 22,
1935—had been canceled by Winfield.
Asked by Inspector Kelly if he knew
why Winfield canceled the tickets,
Baker testified he did not know.
Other members of the trial board
are Capt. Lloyd E. Kelly of No. 8 pre
cinct and Capt. J. C. Morgan of the
fifth precinct. Winfield's trial is ex
pected to last several days.
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Capital Clubwoman, Will Be
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Dr. William Henry Richards, 83,
Knoxville. Tenn . dentist, and uncle
of Mrs. Samuel MeDoweil Meek, 1735
Lanier place, Washington clubwoman,
died yesterday in Nashville. He was
to be buried in Knoxville at 3 p.m.
today.
Dr. Richards, member of the
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Proposed Drastic Code
at Hearing.
Kestudy of the entire draft of the
proposed drastic refrigerator and air
conditioning rode for the District
was ordered today by Engineer Com
missioner Dan I. Sultan as a result
of the tumult of protests that greet
ed the regulations at yesterday’s pub
lic hearing.
Col. Sultan directed the committee
of District officials who prepared the
document to confer with representa
tives of various interested groups and
promised that all would be given full
opportunity to be heard.
Prospects are a second hearing w'ill
be held before the Commissioners
consider adoption of new regulations
designed to assure the safety of all
persons using or otherwise affected
by such equipment. Col. Sultan said
it appeared a second hearing would
be necessary.
Code Needed, Sultan Says.
“We need a code covering the in
stallation, use and repair of such
equipment.” Col. Sultan said, “but I
do not yet know what provisions
should be included. That is what
we want to find out.”
First public announcement of the
hearing was made Sunday. The pro
posed code is a lengthy and techni
| cal document and was not advertised.
! Only a relatively few persons had
been apprised of the terms of the
proposed code.
Shouts of disapproval went up from
most of the 200 business men and
property owners attending the hear
ing when Capt. Patrick Henry Tan
sey, Assistant Engineei Commissioner,
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Commissioners, announced that each
speaker would be limited to five min
utes. There was another chorus of
disapproval when Capt. Tansey stated
that members of the Code Commit
tee, seated at the front of the room,
would not answer any questions.
Leaders in Attack.
Leading the attack on the pro
cedure adopted for the hearing wars
Ringgold Hart, counsel to the Mer
chants and Manufacturers’ Associa
tion, the Chestnut Farms Chevy
Chase and the Southern Dairies;
Julian Richards, counsel to the Wash
ington Restaurant Association, and
Julius I. Peyser, representing a num
ber of apartment house owners.
As the code now stands it confers
broad powers on District inspectors.
AmonR other provisions, individual
residents could be forced to pay from
$1 to $4 for a permit before they
could hire a mechanic to make a
minor adjustment on mechanical re
frigerators.
Repair permits could be refused
unless the refrigerator owner con
tracted to modernize his machine to
meet the safety requirements stated
in the code, it was explained.
Briefs filed yesterday by various
groups and others which may be filed
will be studied by the Code Commit
tee before its report is made to the
Commissioners under directions is
sued by Col. Sultan. Among others,
briefs were filed by the Washington
Real Estate Board, the Electric In
stitute of Washington, the Building
Owners and Managers’ Association
and for the three dairies.
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