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CITY MOBILIZES 100
TO RESIST C. 1.0. AT
PIANT REOPENING
Union Says 10,000 Sympa
, thizers Will Come to
[ Monroe to Help.
MAYOR SWEARS IN
SPECIAL OFFICERS
Workers Preparing Furnace for
Operations Tomorrow Despite
Trouble Threats.
BACKGROUND—
John L. Lewis' Committee for
Industrial Organization won con
tracts with leading steel producers
several months ago. This spurred
C. I. O. into its long-anticipated
general steel unionization drive.
Three large independent jrroducers
refused to sign. They were Repub
lic Steel Corp., Youngstown Sheet
<fr Tube Co. and Inland Steel Corp.
Strike was called on May 25 and
about 70.0(10 workers made idle.
Violence has marked strike in Chi
cago-Ohio area.
85 the Associated Press.
; MONROE, Mich., June 9.—City offi
cials mobilized 100 civilians as special
[police today in advance of an an
nounced move to reopen the strike
closed Newton Steel Co. plant despite
opposition of the Committee for In
dustrial Organization.
The civilians augmented a normal
police force of 20 and 50 special depu
ties assembled by Sheriff Joseph Bair
bey. As they were sworn in by Mayor
Ilaniel A. Knaggs at the city nail, C.
u. O. leaders claimed strikers attempt
ing to prevent reopening of the plant
“tomorrow morning would be supported
fry "8.000 or 10,000'' union men from
betroit.
Last-minute efforts to reach a
|>eaceful agreement to permit non
ptnking workers to return to their
{jobs were arranged this afternoon,
faith George A. Krogstad, State labor
k-ommissioner, representing Gov. Frank
Murphy, participating.
Mayor Knaggs said he would ask
Charles Kiser, district director of the
Steel Workers' Organizing Committee,
to permit the men to go back to work
pending actual completion by the Re
public Steel Corp. of its purchase of
the Newton Co. This Is scheduled un
ti°r mortgage proceedings set for June
SL the Mayor said.
ini nomcrs truer I rani.
Although the only road to the plant
fcas guarded by 125 pickets last night,
’Jdavor Knaggs said 10 workers had
Entered the Newton plant to prepare
the furnaces for normal operations.
The special police force will be in
bharge of Police Chief Jesse Fisher,
pvho declined to say how they would be
Brmed. Neither Knaggs nor Fisher
Vould discuss their plans for keeping
the road to the plant open tomorrow.
State intervention came after a Mon- j
me local S. W. O. C. group petitioned
the Governor's office at Lansing and
rharged Mayor Knaggs “is working
ss a strike-breaking agency against
the men and not for the good of the
pity.”
Plans to reopen the plant were an
nounced after the Mayor said he con
ducted a vote among the Newton em
ployes which resulted in a 782
to-32 decision against continuing the
pt.rike.
Krogstad arranged a meeting with 1
bompany officials headed by H. H.
llolloway of Cleveland, district man- ;
Bger for Republic, and with C. I. O.
leaders headed by Kiser and Harry
Clark of the S. W. O. C. group.
Non-Strikers Called.
Ivor Powell, chairman of the Steel
Workers’ Association of Monroe, com
posed of non-striking workers, called
b meeting for 7:30 o'clock tonight to :
give them instruction on the scheduled
Pet urn to work.
Speeches at a meehng of strikers i
last night indicated the S. W. O. C.
would resist to the last any attempt
to reopen the plant.
Confidence was expressed by strike
leaders that union members from Na
tional Steel Corp. plants in Ecorse
End River Rouge, Detroit suburbs,
would reinforce the pickets here.
There were assertions in the same
(ources that a referendum among
Newton Steel employes which, Mayor
Knaggs said, resulted in the vote of 782
|o 32 against continuance of the strike
▼'did not mean anything.”
There are 1,322 Newton Steel em
ployes, S. W. O. C. organizers said
ftad instructed members not to par
icipate in the poll.
It was on the basis of the referen
dum that Mayor Knaggs announced
piecessary protection would be pro
vided for men who desired to return
po work.
He asked Gov. Frank Murphy yes
terday for National Guard troops or
6'ate police, but the Governor told
bum the State could intervene only if
the community were imperiled. The
Governor, said the State would not
?‘take sides” in the strike.
Following that conference, the
fnayor Issued his call for volunteers.
DAVEY CALLS CONFERENCE.
Peeks Steel Peace at Parley With
Unions, Industry.
Be the Associated Press.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. June 9 —
Gov. Martin L. Davey of Ohio today
called company and union representa
tives in the seven-State steel strike to
a joint conference to discuss peace.
Gov. Davey invited Tom Girdler,
chairman of Republic, and Frank
Purnell, president of Youngstown
Sheet & Tube, to a joint conference
Friday with John Owen, Ohio strike
leader, and Philip Murray, chairman
of the Steel Workers’ Organizing
Committee. Inland Steel Corp., the
third independent producer involved
In the strike, has no Ohio plants and
was not included.
Gov. Davey previously has discussed
the strike privately with representa
tives of Republic and Youngstown
and, in another conference, with S. W.
O. C. leaders.
V
Senate Probe of All Labor
Troubles Asked by Copeland
Investigators Should Seek Solution to
Problems Along Lines of Railway Act,
He Believes, Citing Growing Disputes.
BACKGROUND—
Attempting to break strike by
keeping workers domiciled in their
plants. Republic Steel Corp. has
sent in food by airplane and by
mail.
Last week postal service declined
to run special delivery service into
plant buildings on grounds such ac
tion would constitute taking sides
in labor dispute.
Company now threatens legal ac
tion while Congress talks of in
vestigation.
Bs the Associated Press.
Senator Copeland, Democrat, of
New York, today called for a gen- j
eral Senate labor investigation, cover
ing not only the strike-troubled steel
industry but other major industries
as well.
The New York Senator said the in
vestigators should seek a solution to
general labor problems along the
lines of the railway act as applied to
the specific problems of railway labor.
Copeland was commenting to re
porters on a request by Phillip Mur
ray of the Steel Workers' Organizing
Committee for a Senate inquiry into
the steel strike.
The Senator said he approved the
idea, but that it should include ship
ping and other major industries as
well.
“We ought to cover the whole labor
problem—shipping as tvell as steel,”
Copeland said. "Somebody has got
to work out a plan whereby instead
of sitting down and stopping industry,
these problems can be worked out
along the lines of the way they are
handled under the railway labor act."
He said he had no knowledge of
the situation in the steel industry, but
in the maritime industry the labor
problem was “very serious."
He said he discussed it yesterday in
executive session with the Senate
Commerce Committeee, of which he is
chairman, and asked members to
think it over "because something
must be done."
"I pointed out what was going on,”
Copeland explained, "and said that
when we are talking about a new mer
chant marine, it is infinitely important
to have good personnel.”
He said he had made no specific
proposal to the committee and had not
worked out any plan in his own mind,
but had merely presented the problem
to other members of the committee "to
think about.”
Murray’s proposal for a general In
quiry into the steel strike followed de
mands by Senator Bridges, Republican,
of New Hampshire, for an investigation
into alleged censorship and interfer
ence with mail in the strike area.
Bridges agreed to submit to the
Senate Post Office Committee Murray's
request for a broad inquiry into the
steel situation. i
Murray had asked Bridges to '
i See STEEL, Page A-4.) I
Mrs. William Kittle and John
H. Hanna Selected by
Commissioners.
Mrs. William Kittle, president of
the Voteless D. C. League of Women
Voters, and John H. Hanna, chairman
of the board of the Capital Transit
Co., today were appointed by the Com
missioners to be members of the Dis
trict Minimum Wage Board.
The third member, who will be the
representative of labor, may be ap
pointed later today. A prominent la
bor leader is under consideration, but
the Commissioners desire to learn
whether he would be able to devote
sufficient time to the job.
The board is to start enforcement
of the old minimum wage act July 1.
The act was declared unconstitutional
14 years ago. but was revived by a de
cision of the United States Supreme
Court recently when it upheld the
minimum wage law of the State of
Washington.
Will Receive No Salary.
The board will be non-salaried.
The Commissioners recently decid«d
against a proposal that the board be
paid on a per diem basis for time ac
tually devoted to its work. This was
on recommendation by a committee
consisting of Judge Fay F. Bentley of
Juvenile Court. Welfare Director El
wood Street and Health Officer George
C. Ruhland.
Mrs. Kittle will be the representative
of the public on the board. Hanna
will represent employers.
Mrs. Kittle has been a resident of
the District for about seven years and
resides at 3131 Military road. She is
concluding a two-year term as presi
dent of the League of Women Voters
and also has served as chairman of
the Settlement Council. She is a
member of the Board of Directors and
vice president of the Washington
Council of Social Agencies. Mrs. Kittle
formerly served or five years as a
member of the Board of Education of
Madison, Wis., and while a resident
there was a member of an advisory
committee of the State Industrial
Commission of Wisconsin.
Heads Traction Board.
Hanna for many years was presi
dent of the Capital Traction Co. and
after merger of the old street car
companies, in December, 1933, was
elected president of the Capital
Transit Co. Last year he was made
president of the board of the transit
company and his place as president
was filled by E. D. Merrill.
Funds for the payment of admin
istrative expenses of the board were
inserted in the 1938 District appropri
ations bill as it passed the Senate.
For this purpose a sum of $14,320 is
provided. This will permit the em
ployment of a staff of about four
and payment of office operations.
—-— • —
Haircuts to Be 75 Cents.
CHICAGO. June 9 (/$>).—The cost
of maintaining that well-groomed look
will be higher next Monday. The
Master Barbers’ Association an
nounced today that haircuts will be
raised to 75 cents instead of 60 to
meet a wage increase granted barbers.
HITLER TO VISIT
IN EAST PRUSSIA
“Saturday Surprise’’ Leads
to Speculation Regarding
Future of Danzig.
B> the Associated Press.
MARIENWERDER, East Prussia.
I Germany, June 9.—The high com
mand of the Nazi party was reported
today to have completed plans for a
June 19 "surprise Saturday'' speech by
Adolf Hitler in a Teutonic knights'
castle on the frontier of the Free State
of Danzig.
The speech, to be preceded by a
visit to the Free City of Danzig itself
by high German Nazi leaders, will be j
delivered to the oldest and highest
men of National Socialism. Probably j
confidential, it is expected to deal with
the problem of Germany's war-created
frontiers.
These frontiers separated Bast Prirs- 1
sia from Germany by creation of a
Polish Corridor, with the Free City at j
its head. j
But Nazis now dominate the gov
ernment of little Danzig, land of Teu
tonic knight conquest of six centuries
ago. j
Speculation Is Rife.
A volume of speculation surrounds
the news of the coming of Hitler and
coincident reports of recent mass Ger
man troop movements.
This speculation covers both Hitler’s 1
plans for the future of Danzig, which
still has a Nazi-despised League of
Nations constitution and for the fu
ture of Germans in nearby Polish
upper Silesia.
Hitler's speech is to be made from
the Castle of Marienburg. in East
Prussia, on the right bank of the
Vistula, just across from Danzig.
An indiscreet county Nazi leader
first disclosed the ‘‘surprise Saturday"
coming of the Fuehrer and 600 high
Nazis, and started a wave of specula
tion involving the future of both the
Free City of Danzig and Polish
Silesia.
Coincident were reports of military
massings in East Prussia and just west
of the Polish corridor that divides the
Nazi Reich.
Subleaders to Visit Danzig.
On the day prior to the address,
Rudolf Hess, Robert Ley and other
subleaders of Germany will visit the
Free City. Hitler himself wall not go
there.
Only yesterday, it was learned, Hein
rich Himmler, chief of all Germany
police, appeared unannounced in Dan
zig and inspected "SS” (Schutz Staffel
Bodyguard) formations numbering
9,000 men.
It was believed he had made police
arrangements for the coming of the
Nazi bigwigs.
The Marienburg Castle was from
1309 to 1457 the seat of the Grand
Master of the Teutonic order which
founded Marienwerder in 1233.
Nazi ideological leaders like Dr. Al
fred Rosenberg also cail the present
National Socialist movement an "or
der.” Ley, for one, refers to the gi
j gantic Teutonic castles like that of
Marienburg as “ordensburgen”—(cas
tles of the order.) niey now are used
for the systematic training of future
Nazi leaders.
Windsor May Return to England
'To Serve Empire’ SaysEquerry
Bs the Associated Press.
NOETSCH, Austria, June 9.—The
Duke of Windsor's equerry, in the
role of spokesman, declared today that
the former King “wants to serve the
empire in any way the empire wants
him.”
Even the possibility of a return to
England was mentioned by the spokes
man, young Dudley Forwood, but he
added: “I cannot say when.”
Forwood suggested that Edward,
who abdicated his throne because his
duchess could not be queen, might
find his empire's call would "mean
serving on charitable committees.”
The duke and duchess, Forwood
said, will interrupt their three-month
sojourn at Wasserleonburg Castle here
for a brief trip to Venice and the
Dalmatian coast. He said they had
no plans to visit the United States.
A A
Windsor already has embarked on
the purposeful life he planned with
Wallis Warfield, whom he married
at the Chateau de Cande, Monts,
Prance, June 3.
But so far, Porwood said, the useful
life is devoted solely to answering
batches of congratulatory letters and
telegrams, many of them from the
United States.
“His highness and her grace are
perfectly blissfully happy," Forwood
told a group of correspondents who
were received at the castle for a
“conducted tour.”
“They want rest and peace fore
most. The duke is not concerned by
any question being raised by the
church relative to his wedding. The
couple is thinking of a useful life In
the sense that theirs will not be a
life of idleness."
FLINT POWER OFF
DESPITE REPORTS
STRIKE IS SETTLED
Workers Won’t Restore
Saginaw Service Until
3* Terms Are Heard. *
60,000 EMPLOYES IDLE;
300,000 AFFECTED
Dispute Over Delay in Wage
Hour Parleys Blamed for
“Outlaw” Strife.
BULLETIN.
FLINT, Mich., June 9 (/*>).—'The
power strike here today shut down
all major industries in the Sagi
naw Valley. The industrial paral
ysis became complete when General
Motors plants at Saginaw closed
at noon.
Bj the Associated Press.
FLINT, Mich., June 9.—More than
300,000 residents of the Saginaw Val
ley affected by a strike of Consumers’
Power Co. employes remained with
out electric service today despite an
nouncement by John L. Lewis in
Washington that a settlement had
bce’n reached.
The strikers indicated services
would not be fully restored until their
Negotiations Committee returned from
Washington to report, the terms of set
tlement. That will not be until later
in the afternoon.
There was only a partial restoration
of service in Flint, where switches
were thrown at 2:27 a nt., darkening
the city and signaling the start of i
the second power strike in three
weeks.
Bay City, Midland and numerous
smaller communities in the 13 coun
ties of the Saginaw Valley still were
without service at 10:30 am. An
estimated 60.000 workers were idle.
Organizer Intervenes.
Saginaw's 85.000 residents were only
slightly affected, apparently because
of the intervention of Walter B. Sax
ton, organizer for the United Automo- I
bile Workers. General Motors Corp.
plants there were operating.
Word from Washington indicated
the strike here and in Bay City had
been called without knowledge of a
conference in the Capital which pro
vided for a continuance of service
pending further negotiations regard
ing wages of the power company
workers.
Sheriff Thomas W. Wolcott an
nounced he had been informed by tele
phone from Washington by Rcpr-sente
ativc Andrew J. Transue, Democrat, of
Michigan that Lewis had assured him
an agreement had been reached at a
midnight conference.
Light service was cut off in Flint at
2:27 am. and power switches were
opened at 7 a.m. Soon after 7 30 a m.
power and light were suspended at
Bay City, but Saginaw was unaffected
up until 10 a m.
Several small communities in the
Saginaw Valley also were drprived of
serrice.
“Quit Stalling.”
Power company office workers joined I
service employes and linemen in the !
strike. A huge sign strung across
the front of the company's Flint dis
trict office building said “quit stalling.”
The reference was to negotiations
begun a month ago with the company
on wages, hours and union recognition.
The conferees have been deadlocked
for weeks on wages.
Strike Held Unauthorized.
Homer Martin, international presi
dent of the United Automobile Work
ers. said the strike was not authorized.
He was conferring with other U. A
W. A. leaders in a hotel here when
the lights went out this morning.
(See FLINT, Page A-6 )
I
/YES, You gave'
me AUTHORITY To
PICK MY KIND of
\ UMPIRE LAST
VNOVEMBER!
s,
Police Escort Bronze Cof
fin to Park—Crowd Gath
ers Near Chapel.
BACKGROUND—
Jean Harlow, 26-year-old screen
star, died unexpectedly Monday of
uremic poisoning at the height of
a career rivaling in romance and
tragedy any of the roles that
brought her wealth and fame.
By the Associated Press.
GLENDALE. Calif.. June 9 —Be
neath gray skies with darkening
clouds those who knew Jean Harlow
best gathered sadly today for the
funeral of the screen's platinum blond
star.
Through the misty dawn the bronze
coffin inlaid with silver, holding the
actress' body, was brought the 10
miles from Los Angeles to the Me
morial Park here, escorted by police
motor cycles.
At 9 o'clock a thousand person?
gathered in hushed silence outside
the high iron fence of Forest Lawn,
a thousand yards from the gate.
In the Wee Kirk o’ the Heather
Chapel the coffin rested in breath
taking banks of flowers.
It was blanketed wdth 1.500 lilies
of the valley and 500 gardenias, which
the mother, Mrs. Marino Bello, and
Miss Harlow's sweetheart, William '
Powell, provided.
Gardenias were her favorite flower.
Plate Bears Signature.
A silver plate on the casket bore
an engraving of the signature of the
26-year-old glamour girl of the films.
One of the first to appear in the
little chapel of farewells w^as Warner
Baxter. Soon after him came Carole
Lombard, then Clark Gable, leading
man in her unfinished picture.
Next was Nelson Eddy, whose tribute
in the simple services was the sing
ing of “Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life."
With Eddy was his companion, Jean
ette MacDonald, in sad, but rich voice,
saying her farewell in Jean Harlow's
favorite song. “Indian Love Call."
Soon the 250 intimate friends had
(See HARLOW, Page A-3.)
Summary of Today’s Star
Pape.
Amusements B-10
Comics C-10-11
Editorials_A-10
Financial _ A-17
Lost & Found A-3
Obituary ...A-12
Page.
Radio - _C-5
Short S*x>ry..C-5
Society _ B-3
Sports _ . C-l-3
Woman’s Pg..C-4
FOREIGN.
Missing beauty, Asquith fiancee, found
in London. Page A-3
Nazis invite Pope to Germany to in
vestigate conditions. Page A-12
NATIONAL.
C. I. O. says 10,000 will fight to prevent
plant reopening. Page A-l
Flint power off as second strike threat
ens industry. Page A-l
Maritime commission plans for 95 new
vessels. Page A-l
Friends gather at chapel for Jean
Harlow's funeral. Page A-l
Copeland calls for general labor in
quiry by Senate. Page A-l
Negatives of eclipse photos rushed to
Honolulu. Page A-2
Tariff increases urged at wage-hour
bill hearing. Page A-3
Miss Earhart studies maps of Africa,
awaiting favorable weather. A-4
Army launches search for two missing
flyers. Page A-5
Need of reciprocal tax program cited
by Treasury. Page A-4
Escaped maniac is killed in gun
battle. Page A-5
Attorney and Brazilian diplomat hurt
in accident. Page A-6
WASHINGTON AND NEARBT.
Two Minimum Wage Board members
named for District. Page A-l
Revolt breaks out in committee against
D. C. tax bill. Page A-l
Two members named to D. C. Mini
mum Wage Board. Page A-l
Gang gun probe reveals "grass laxity,”
says Cummings. Page A-l
D. C. bill conferees to determine city's
tax burden. Page A-5
Ludke will appeal Circuit Court deci
sion in flag salute case. Page A-4
Gen. Fuller, former Marine com
mandant, dies here. Page A-7
Bank cashier indicted in alleged defal
cations. Page A-7
President hears dispute over Pan
American annex site. Page A-7
Byrd charges Federal Government with
“absurd extravagance." Page A-14
Keene investigation at standstill as
clues fail. Page B-l
Garnett to drop multiple indictment
system. Page B-l
Bar votes probe to end frauds in D. C.
divorces. Page B-l
123 get degrees at Southeastern
University. Page B-9
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT.
Editorials. Page A-10
This and That. Page A-10
Washington Observations. Page A-10
Answers to Questions. Page A-10
David Lawrence. PageA-11
H. R. Baukhage. PageA-11
Dorothy Thompson. Page A-ll
Constantine Brown. Page A-ll
Lemuel Parton. Page A-ll
SPORTS.
Row looms over referee for heavy
title fight. Page C-l
Braddock rated better tuned than
Louis for battle. Page C-l
Archibald. Gevinson signed to fight
here June 16. Page C-l
Dengis plans comeback in The Star
marathon Saturday. Page C-2
Manager Harris retains hopes for
lowly Nationals. Page C-2
Snead, choice for open title, wild in
tune-up. Page C-3
New generation of golfers revising
short game. Page C-3
FINANCIAL.
Corporate bonds gain. Page A-17
Power output drops. Page A-17
Oil production down. Page A-17
Stocks irregular (table). PageA-18
Curb list eases (table). Page A-19
Steel rate maintained. Page A-19
MISCELLANY.
Young Washington. Page B-2
Men’s Fashions. Page B-15
Dorothy Dix. Page C-4
Betsy Caswell. Fage C-4
Shipping News. Page C-5
Service Orders. Page C-5
City News in Brief. Page C-5
Vital Statistics. Page C-5
Traffic Convictions. Page C-5
Cross-word Puzzle. Page C-10
Nature’s Children. Page C-10
Bedtime Story. Page C-11
Letter-Out. Page C-ll
Winning Contract. Page C-12
4
Virginia Jail System Assailed
In Study Urging Major Reform
c' inp sssooaipa erpss.
RICHMOND, June 9.—The Page
Jail Commission recommended dras
tic reforms in the Virginia jail system
today in a report that decribed the
jails as having “largely lost the char
acter of penal institutions and have
become business establishments op
erated for profit.”
The report, prepared by Russell B de
Vine, supervisor of jail accounts for
the State Department of Public Wel
fare, embodied five major points of
reform.
These recommendations, to be laid
before the 1938 General Assembly,
were:
1. Replacement of the fee system
for sheriffs and town sergeants by
fair and equitable salaries.
2. Establishment of regional farms
for convicted prisoners and abandon
ment of jails as places for serving sen
tences.
3. Adoption of a State probation
system.
4. Institution of a plan of central
ized State control over the jail system.
5. Adoption of the indeterminate
sentence.
As a reason for the suggested re
forms. Devine's report pointed out
that Virginia's 119 county and city
jails (excluding the 82 town and
county lockups) are by most require
quirement^ unsuitable, and that there
are “by fa'r too many people in the
jails.” The report, moreover, stated
that if the State rode were literally
eoastrued, in respect to safety, “there '
are but few lawful jails in the State,”
Virginia's jail commitments for the !
year ended June 30, 1936, totaled j
77,977, an all-time high, and the re- i
port estimated the figure will reach |
85,000 for the current year. Virginia
commited 1 in 30 of its population,
it stated, as against 1 in 120 for
the United States—a rate four times
that of the country at large.
The probable answers to these con
ditions. the report stated, are two. (
“First and most important is the j
fact that Virginia is the only State in
the Union (except Rhode Island, which
has so few counties it doesn't matter)
which pays the cost of prisoners in
local jails. This has peculiarly aggra
vated our problem here, in fact has
made the problem.
“In every other State the counties
and cities pay for their own jails and
naturally hold commitals to the min
imum. Here in Virginia where the
State plays Santa Claus, the system
offers a premium for fuller jails, and
as a result the institutions have largely
lost the character of penal institu
j tions and have become business estab
lishments operated for profit.
“The second reason for our pre
eminence in jail committals is that a
jail sentence is apparently the only
form of treatment we know, and cer
tainly the only one we employ * • •
while Virginia has made notable ad
(See JAILS, Page A-4 )
Henry Death Weapon Is
Traced by Government
Agents.
Investigation of the source of a
shotgun and two revolvers found in
the automobile used by the slayers of
Milton W. (Milsie) Henry in 1932 has
revealed "gross laxity" in the fire
arms traffic, Attorney General Cum
mings announced today.
The inquiry had been requested by
Neil Burkinshaw, attorney for Charles
Harris, who is serving a life sentencg
in Lewisburg Penitentiary for the
gangland murder.
The revolvers were found to be part
of a consignment of 30 guns sold in
Minneapolis to a man who gave a
fictitious name and address. Some of
the.weapons. Cummings asserted, later
were used in gang shooting in scat
tered parts of the country.
Guns Are Traced. •
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
traced the shotgun to a dealer in
Philadelphia, who kept no record of
the sale. The revolvers were traced
to a retailer in Minneapolis, who said
they were part of a 30-gun sale made
to a man who gave an address in
Butte. Mont. Agents who investigated
at Butte reported the name and ad
dress were fictitious.
Cummings said all these weapons
were sold in one day to this mys
terious person. Included in the list
were three .45-caliber Colt revolvers,
three .45-caliber Smith & Wesson re
volvers, twelve .38-caliber Smith &
Wesson special revolvers, six ,38-cal
iber Del Colt special revolvers and six
.45-caliber Remington derringers.
"Some of these weapons were found
later on the scenes of gang shootings
in Oak Park, 111.; Newark and Phila
delphia,” Cummings said.
“Tlie facts revealed in the mvesti
(See GUNS, Page A-6.)
MERCURY MAY CLIMB
TO HIGH 80s TODAY
Beading at 9 A.M. Is 77 and 80
About Hour Later—Yester
day's Peak 83.
Temperatures ranging in the middle
or high 80s appeared in prospect
today as the mercury started to rise
fast under clear skies.
At 9 a.m., the reading was 77 de
grees and about an hour later it wa;
80, only three degrees less than yes
terday's maximum, recorded at 2:30
p.m.
The forecaster said today and to
morrow would be partly cloudy, pos
sibly followed by showers tomorrow.
The humidity was greater than
usual, offsetting gentle breezes which
would have cooled the city to some
extent under normal conditions.
A
ASKS 95 NEW SHIPS
Roosevelt Seeks $10,000,
000 to Start Construction.
Cites U. S. Needs.
BACKGROUND—
Ever since the World War showed
up the glaring inadequacy of the
American merchant fleet this gov
ernment, by mrious devices, has
attempted to remedy the short
coming. but without success. Now,
a new plan 0/ direct subsidies is be
ing undertaken to give domestic
shipbuilders and operators an even
break with foreign interests.
By the Associated Press.
The administration asked to day for
a new, subsidized fleet of 95 passenger
and cargo vessels to build up Amer
ica's lagging merchant marine.
President Roosevelt recommended
that Congress provide $10,000,000 to
start construction at once, and author
ize the Maritime Commission to sign
$150,000,000 in construction contracts
next year.
“For us, an adequate merchant ma
rine has to be a new merchant ma
rine,” the President said.
Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy of
the Maritime Commission promptly
outlined a program for constructing
60 cargo vessels, 24 passenger-cargo
ships, 10 high-speed tankers and 1
big liner to replace the Leviathan.
Private companies are ready to
build 28 ships in the next 18 months
to three years, Kennedy said. Other
vessels could be built either by the
Government for leasing or by private
companies.
If Congress adopts the program, it
would give effect to the newly-ap
proved policy of direct subsidies for
shipping as contrasted with previous
indirect subsidies through ovean mail
contracts.
The new Maritime Commission is
empowered to grant subsidies to make
up the difference between the C06t of
building ships abroad and in the
United States. It also can grant
operating subsidies to American com
panies.
The President's statement said, in
part:
“Over 85 per cent of the present
(See MARITIME, Page A-8.)
GRIFFS AGAIN IDLE
Bain Causes Second Postponement
in St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS. June 9 UP).—Rain for
the second time in as many days
caused postponement of the game be
tween the St. Louis Browns and the
Washington Nationals here today.
The contest will be played in a
double-header on July 24. The teams
are scheduled to meet again tomorrow.
D. C. TAX REVOLT
FLARES IN HOUSE
COMMITTEE, WITH
SHIFTSJNDICATEO
Income Levy and Proposal
to Sidetrack Auto Weight
Revenue Chief Items As
sailed by Critics.
TAX ON CONGRESS PAY
HELD SURE OF DEFEAT
Hull of Wisconsin Says Such Rec
ommendation Would Bring Re
turn to Committee "in 15 Min
utes"—I<evy of Salesmen, Tran
sients Hit.
The threatened revolt against the
new $6,000,000 tax increase program
broke out in full fury in the House
District Committee today, with indi
ca.ioAs that, a number of changes
will be made before the omnibus bill
goes to the House for approval.
Criticism was leveled chiefly at the
proposed income tax and a plan to
dump an estimated $1,500,000 revenue
from the weight tax into the gasoline
tax fund, instead of allocating it to the
general fund, where the anticipated
budget deficit will exist in the com
ing fiscal year beginning July 1,
Attacking a provision in the income
tax plan that would force members of
Congress to pay a levy on their sal
aries. Representative Hull, progressive,
of Wisconsin declared:
' If you try to put a tax on mem
bers of Congress and their employes,
this bill will be returned to the
committee by the House in 15 min
utes.”
Salesmen's Tax Hit.
Hull also condemned a provision in
the business privilege tax plan which,
he charged, would result in the im
position of a tax on every transient
and every traveling salesman who
comes into Washington.
‘ You've got something in this bill
that we never heard of anywhere in
the United States." Hull declared,
"■iou would tax every transient, every
man hauling a cord of wood and every
traveling salesman. You're not going
to get anywhere with that."
Representative Dirksen, Republican,
of Illinois, who championed the in
come tax plan in the subcommittee
that drafted the new program, en
deavored to defend the proposal to tax
the salaries of members of Congress.
"Why should members of Congress
be exempt?” he asked. "They share
in all the services and benefits of the
District whether they pay taxes at
home or not.”
The attack on various features of
the tax program was led by two Penn
sylvania Democrats—Sacks and Quinn.
Hull periodically joined in to criticize
and finally served notice he would
offer an amendment to exempt mem
bers of Congress from payment of the
income tax.
Takes Recess Until 1 P.M.
Sniping at various features of the
bill started soon after Corporation
Counsel Elwood H. Seal attempted to
explain the proposals for raising addi
tional revenue to offset the prospective
budget shortage. The discussion de
layed final action on the measure and
the committee took a short recess until
1 p.m. to get permission of the House
to meet this afternoon for another
session.
Representative Kennedy. Democrat,
of Maryland, chairman of the subcom
mittee which prepared the tax pro
gram. explained at the outset of the
discussion that no effort was made to
raise more than $6,149,000, the amount
of the expected deficit on the basis of
the 1938 District appropriation bill as
it left the House. He pointed out. how
ever, the Senate had increased the
prospective shortage by about $1,500,
000.
Representative Nichols. Democrat,
of Oklahoma, a member of the Tax
Subcommittee, explained an effort had
been made to "establish a sound tax
program for the District."
Chairman Norton, who returned un
expectedly from a speech-making tour,
directed discussion of the bill as con
sideration of it was begun.
Representative Quinn first criticized
the failure of the subcommittee which
framed the tax program to bring the
motor vehicle weight tax "in line"
with a similar tax in other States.
Representative Sacks then expressed
iSee"TAXES,"" Page A-5.)
SEEK THIRD VICTIM
OF BOAT TRAGEDIES
Body of Baltimore Man Hunted
in Bay Near Where Keene
Disappeared.
For the third time in less than a
month the body of a steamer passenger
was being sought today in Chesapeake
Bay.
The third person to disappear from
a bay boat since Charles F. Keene
mysteriously met his death was Joseph
Sekays of Baltimore, reported missing
from the ship Lexington.
Officials said Sekays. who boarded
the Lexington at Crisfield. Md.. Satur
day. was last seen early Sunday by a
ship's officer.
The boat was passing Sharps Island,
about 60 miles north of where Keene
and Mrs. Harriet L. Scott of Ports
mouth, Va., disappeared when the offi
cer saw the man. There was no dis
order in his stateroom.
Meanwhile, the body of Mrs. Scott,
attractive 26-year-old matron, who
leaped from the Northland Sunday
night, was found floating in the bay
yesterday near Fleets Island.
Police said a pocketbook containing
$23, a gold watch and one or two
rings was clutched in the dead wom
an's hand when the body was recov
ered.
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