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Ill W. A. TO PROVE
IT HAS CONTROL
Executive Board Answers
Criticism of Discipline by
G. M. Official.
the Associated Press,
DETROIT. June 19.—The Executive
Itoxrd of the United Automobile
Worker* of America was determined
loday to prove it has the control over
Jts members which the General Motors
®orp. said it has lacked.
* William S. Knudsen, G. M. presi
dent, issued a statement asserting that
’’♦he inability of the union to control
Its members” has caused more than
200 unauthorized shutdowns in 48 of
the corporation's plants since it signed
an agreement with the U. A. W. A.
March 12.
Only a few hours earlier Homer
Martin, international president of the
U, A. W. A., announced after a special
, meeting of the Executive Board that
members and local unions responsible
for "wildcat” strikes would face fines,
fuspension and expulsion.
Before making the announcement
the union head asserted "General
Motors and other corporations cannot
•scape their responsibility’' for many
unauthorized strikes for which the
U. A. W. A. has been criticized.
"It Is preposterous,” Knudsen re- {
turned, "to suppose that the corpora
tion should be a party to the un
necessary layoff of a single man when
his work is in demand. The corpora
tion entered into the agreement in
good faith and has observed all of its
provisions.”
"The inability of the union to con
trol its members has caused most of
* these unwarranted stoppages and loss
•f wages,” Knudsen added. "Not a
■ingle effective disciplinary action has
been taken by the union officers to
date. The union has not followed the
agreed-upon procedure for adjusting
grievances in a single case in which
0 stoppage has occurred.”
D. C. Taxes
fContinued From First. Pagp.)
1 Jintil he has had an opportunity t<
ftudy the matter thoroughly.
Senator King announced before th?
bill passed he had requested the city
beads to be ready to present their view;
on ttye details as finally worked oul
br the House.
One of the first changes the Sen
ate committee is likely to consider
restoration of authority to the District
*n obtain advances from the Treasury
, f«rly in the fiscal year to avoid leaving
khe ritv without sufficient operating
revenue pending the collection of locai
res. These advances would be re
turned to the Treasury as the taxes
rome in.
Thomas Racks Plan.
Senator Thomas. Democrat, of
Oklahoma, announced last night he
*111 urge inclusion of this borrowing
power, which was stricken out in the
House. Although he is In charge of
the *46.600,000 District appropriation
bill, now in conference. Thomas em
phasised he was discussing the tax
program In his capacity as an Indi
vidual Senator and not as chairman
of the subcommittee on local appro
priations. because that, group does not
have jurisdiction over the tax measure.
Senator Thomas also said he thought
Ihe Commissioners should be given
discretionary authority to try out auto
tMAkil a >1.1 _ — _ .1 «... a .i •
— ~ “tuvio aucci jjn ig
lng here, another provision which
went out of the tax bill in the House.
He will favor its restoration.
As it left the House, the bill would:
Haise the real estate and personal
property tax rate from tl.50 to $1.70;
• dd a weight fax to the present per
sonal tax on the value of motor ve
hicles; establish a business privilege
tax of three-fifths of 1 per cent on
gross receipts: boost the insurance tax
from 3.5 to 2 per cent on net pre
miums: apply a local inheritance and
•state tax, with the rates increased
substantially by amendments on the
House floor; put more teeth In the
present intangible personal tax.
Copeland Wants Changes.
Senator Copeland yesterday declared
his opposition to the inheritance tax.
He also made known he would prefer
• n income tax to the increase on real
•state, arguing that the former is
based more on ability (o pay than the
latter. The New Yorker explained,
however, that this expression of opin
ion did not mean he would insist on
going back to the income tax, which
the House knocked out after a con
troversy developed over whether it
would apply to members of Congress
and other Government officials. The
higher real estate levy was Inserted as
ft substitute for the income tax.
Although there are several others
Bn the committee, including Chair
man King, who lean toward the in
come tax principle, it is doubtful if
they will press for a return to that
proposal in view of the danger of de
fying final passage of the bill, with
*he fiscal year beginning in less than
>wo weeks.
Financial Problem loom*.
The District Government, may face
> serious financial problem during
•he first three months of the new
fiscal year unless Congress restores
•h* authorisation for Treasury ad
vances. For, while the House tax
Mil may produce even more than
the local share of the pending supply
bill. It will take time to get the
machinery in motion by which the
new revenue will flow in, Includ
ing tha heavy volume of real estate
tax payments not due until Septem
ber. Meanwhile, the city appears
Hkely to end the present fiscal year
•with a deficit of somewhere between
<1.000,000 and <1,500,000.
One of the first things the Senate
Committee will want to find out from
local officials is how much the bill
in’ its present form probably would
raise.
Tha deficit to be met under the
1M8 appropriation bill will range
between <6,000,000 and <7.500.000 de
pending on what the conferees decide
next week regarding Senate amend
ments.
Itavenae Estimates Vary Widely.
As the tax bill reached the floor
W the House Thursday its revenue
possibilities were estimated all the
way from <6,000.000 to <14.000,000.
because of conflicting estimates of
how much the grow receipts business
tax would produce. On the floor of
the House, one member estimated the
yield at slightly more than <6,000.000.
There has been little time, how
ever, for officials to recheck the ef
fects of alterations made as the bill
Went through the House.
These changes consisted of adding
♦he new tax on chain stores, with the
f ral* mounting as the number
•tore# in a chain increase; boosting
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Auto Leaps Into Creek—No One Hurt
m'enu0t'ineTnTi?5tin*lT>inuhL!iha^o?£ wa^r 0? LSni Brancfl• where the creek passes under Carroll
thlHri'l T“kSma r,ar?' Pd’ iedan’ w*l.ch dr°PPed over an eight-foot embankment when
Zol* control. The machine was removed from the branch late yesterday.
laKoma police said they had no report of any injuries suffered in the accident..—Star Staff Photo.
the inheritance rate*, taking out the
income tax and substituting the
higher realty levy, and eliminating
parking meter*.
The chain store tax start* at $10
for each store In a chain of from two
to five, and goes up gradually to a
maximum rate of $550 above 50
store*. In the case of Nation-wide
chains, however, the bill require* all
the stores, whether here or elsewhere,
to be counted In determining the rate
to be applied in the District.
In his talk with Senator Copeland
yesterday, Representative Kennedy
suggested that two Democrats and two
Republicans from the House subcom
mittee be delegated* to outline to the
Senate committee what has been
done on the bill thus far.
Realty Rate Confuses Congress.
Senator Copeland expressed his
belief yesterday that Washington's
fiscal relations and tax problem is
largely a result of a misunderstanding
in Congress of Washington's present
tax burden, because the District has
a high ratio of assessed to true value
on property here. This results in a
low rate, which. Copeland aaid, mem
bers compare with higher rates back
home.
Several members of the Senate in
recent years have contended that if
Washington followed the rule prevail
ing in many other cities of using a
low basis of assessment with a high
rate, its tax burden would be better
understood by those who come here
from other places. District officials,
however, cannot initiate the change,
since full-value assessments were
required by act of Congrea*.
Mail
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addressed to Robert N. Carson. Daven
port, Iowa, and was signed "Carl
Armstrong, acting postmaster, by O.
W. Reichle, superintendent of malls."
Dated June 5, it read:
"In reply to your card of June S.
1937, in which you state you have a
package to be sent parcel post to a
party working in the mills of the
Republic company, and ask if we can
guarantee delivery.
"You are advised that all regular
mail Is being delivered without any
delay. Unusual mall, such as cloth- ,
ing, food, etc., we are not delivering,
as we cannot get past the picket lines
with mall of this kind. However, If
your parcel Is received we will make
every effort possible to deliver to the
j office of the Republic Steel Corp.
"We cannot guarantee any delivery
i to the addressee, as all our deliveries
are made to the office of the Republic
Steel Corp., and after received by
them, delivery no doubt would be
made, if possible.’’
Bridges called the letter "an ad
mission that force alone waa the rea
son for non-acceptance and delivery
of particular types of parcels post."
The committee called more wit
nesses to testify regarding charges of
interference with the malls at Warren
and Niles, Ohio.
louis Guarnieri, counsel for Repub
lic Steel, testified yesterday that con
sent of union officials had to be gained
to let some mail go through picket
lines. This has been denied by postal
and union officials.
Three other Republic employes—M.
B. Taylor, jr„ Warren; R. H. Weaver,
Warren; and Walter B. Thompson,
Cleveland—told the committee they
accompanied Guaranieri when he
attempted to mail packages of food
to the company* plants. They cor
roborated his testimony that postal
officials at Niles and Warren refused
to accept packages.
Under questioning by Chairman
McKellar, they testified they were
instructed by company officials to go
with Guaranieri to wltneaa what *»p
pened when the packages were offered
for delivery.
Thompson conceded efforts had
ucen maae to deliver food by other
means before it was presented at
the post offices.
He said he was “aware" he was to
be prepared to testify in court if
necessary concerning the attempt.
La Follette Probers Act.
Investigators for the La Follette
Civil Liberties Committee proceeded,
meanwhile, with preparations for a
separate inquiry into strike disorders.
Chairman La Follette said witnesses
for both sides would be asked about
the Memorial day shooting in Chicago.
Then the committee will examine pub
licly motion pictures of the scene.
Whether the two committees would
c!ash over jurisdiction became a topic
of speculation when the Post Office
Committee aubpoenaed three Chicago
officials to appear Tuesday. They were
Police Capts. James L. Mooney and
Thomas Kllroy, and Thomas J.
Courtney, State's attorney.
DRIVER CONVICTED
Stanley O. Adams, 946 L street,
was convicted of driving while under
the influence of liquor by a Jury in
Police Court yesterday afternoon. He
will be sentenced June 34.
Adams was arrested April 33 on I
street between Seventh and Eighth ,
streets, where his ear was holApg
up traffic, it was testified.
Storm Warnings Cause
Postponement of Sched
uled Departure.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.
President Roosevelt will leave the
Whit* House tomorrow for a week end
cruise on Chesapeake Bay if weather
conditions are favorable. Storm
warnings forced postponement of his
scheduled departure last night and the
Chief Executive decided not to leave
for the cruise until tomorrow, if at all
Mr. Roosevelt did not go to the
Executive Office today, but remained
in his study on the second floor of
the White House after altering his
week end plans. His only scheduled
engagement was a conference with
Undersecretary of State Sumner
Wells.
The President was the honor guest
last night at the "Little Cabinet"
dinner party at the Oxon Hill Manor
home of Wells, and was to have mo
tored from there to Port Washington
to go aboard the presidential yacht'
Potomac and spend the week end on
Chesapeake Bay.
A downpour of rain and unfavorable ;
weather reports for the week end !
prompted the President to change his'
plans.
He returned to the White House at i
11 p.m. The party was sn informal
affair, and the President snd the more j
than 20 members of the Little Oabinet
sat about and chatted in groups during
the serving of a buffet supper and i
afterward. There were no speeches, I
but "plenty of talk."
»Tt. _ B_jj_i._:_l_. . < .
■“ * iLoiMvnv ignioiiT liau plan* ;
ned not to return to the White House
until tomorrow night. He had invited
as week end guests, Representative
Rayburn of Texas. Democratic leader
of the House: Judge Samuel Rosen
man of New York, an old friend and
adviaer. and Mrs. Rosenman: Miss
Marguerite Lehand, the Presidents
private secretary, and Miss Grace
Tully of the White House secretarial
staff.
ASK U. S. INTERVENE
IN MARITIME ROW
New York Port Dealeri Act to
End Diapute Between Rival
Unions.
B? tht Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 19.—A widening 1
conflict between maritime unions
brought appeals for Federal Interven
tion today, lest the fight Interfere with
scheduled collective bargaining elec
tions.
The appeal came from the Marl- ■
time Association of the Port of New
York, and went to Secretary of Labor
Perkins and Joseph P. Kennedy, chair- 1
man of the Maritime Commission. 1
The fight, between the National
Maritime Union, a prospective affiliate
of the C. I. O., and the International 1
Seamen's Union, an A. F. of L. ally, ]
has tied up 29 ships in Atlantic ports.
The trouble developed when I. S. U.
members refused to sail from Boston
sn the Eastern Steamship liner New
York, while nine N. M. U. members
remained In the engine crew. i
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Hike From Baltimore. J
The Wanderbirda Hiking Club of j
Washington will Join the neighboring ,
Wanderluaters of Baltimore Sunday
n a hike through the Fatapaco For
sat Reserve to Catonsville. The Wash
ington hikers will leave at 7:49 a.m.
in a special coach over tha Baltimore i
& Ohio Railroad, returning at 9:30 j
p.m. The public is invited to take t
hart In the excursion. s
Spain
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entered the streets of Balbao, border
dispatches reported.
The scout cars returned to Insurgent
lines to report that Basque tanks were
guarding some streets.
The insurgents expected surrender
of the city because, they said, further
evacuation virtually was impossible.
Roads to Santander and the city's
port are closed and under constant
fire from insurgent artillery.
Insurgents Command Estuary.
Insurgent guns also command the
Nervion River estuary, the only way
of escape by water.
Refugees who managed to slip
through insurgent lines safely said
there had been no mater for four days
and that electricity was cut oft yes
terday.
Despite the heavy insurgent fire,
25.000 refugees were said to have Add
the city Friday.
Three fires in Bilbao were reported
sighted by insurgent observers on
Mount Archanda. One of them was
said to be in the Vasconia Steel Works,
one of the largest in Spain. Another
mas reported in the vicinity of Bil
bao's post office and municipal savings
bank.
Five Towns Captured.
Gen. Franco pushed his insurgent
siege lines to the southern edge of Bil
bao by capturing five villages fringing
the coveted Basque capital.
An insurgent communique reported
the southern column under Gen.
ridel Davila, Franco's commander of
the Bilbao offensive, crossed the
Nervion River at Miravalles and drove
northward to like control of the five
villages.
Heavy fighting raged just north of
the capital to control the last outlet
to government-held territory.
The village of Begona. Just outside
Bilbao to the north, was the center
if the heaviest warfare, as Basques
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war tools against one another.
The Insurgents admitted their ad
vance had halted outside Begona, but
leclared the move was to consolidate
their position.
Machine guns, artillery, and tanks
were hurled into the bitter battle in
which Insurgent commanders said
Basque losses were heavy. They esti
mated the defenders had lost 20,000
men In the last week.
The five villages raptured were
Jnceta. Cam pa de Pasteloporta, Car
ets, Arlotegiil and Arraoz.
BARRAGE ON MADRID.
Irores of Rebel Shelia Fall During
2-Hour Duel.
MADRID. June 19 (A''.—Score* of
nsurgent shells fell In Madrid this
iftemoon during a two-hour artillery
luel which followed a brisk combat
n the Casa de Campo section on the
tapltal's outskirts.
The lighting started when govern
ment troops blew up an insurgent posl
ion cn the Estremadura road which
iklrts Casa de Campo Park.
Government artillery opened lire
when insurgents counter-attacked,
ind big guns of the insurgents
inswered the bombardment.
Earlier today a score of persons
were wounded when insurgents shelled
he capital.
IEW CONVOY SYSTEM SOUGHT.
Iritain and France Respond to
Basque’s Appeal.
LONDON, June 19 Respond
ng to a Basque government plea lor
dditional convoys, British and French
overnments attempted today to work
ut a new system for protection of
efugee ships evacuating civilians from
rowded Bilbao.
Royal Arcanum to Hold Picnic.
The Royal Arcanum wtl hold a pic
ilc tomorrow at Benedict. Md. Trans
lation will be provided by private
ars. leaving Eighth street and Penn
ylvanta avenue southeast at 8 a.m.
GOVERNOR MUST
Early Voices View Com
menting on Johnstown
Mayor’s Plea.
the AetoclaUd Press. «
Stephen T. Early, secretary to Pres
ident Roosevelt, eald today the Gov
ernment could not order out troops
to prevent disturbances In the ateel
strike unless requested to do so by a
Governor or State Legislature.
Early was commenting on a second
request for Federal aid from Mayor
Daniel J. Shields of Johnstown, Pa.
He said be was not speaking for the
President.
Warning that “more death" usually
follows movement of armed forces in
the field. Early said:
"The Governor of Pennsylvania has
not made any request. Johnstown la
a city In Peansylvanla. The Oovemor
of Ohio asked the President for action
and got It. The Governor of Pennsyl
vania has not done ao, nor has he
Indicated that ha la incapable of tak
ing care of hli own troubles.
"The Government cannot use force
to prevent disturbances until re
quested by the Governor of the State,
or. if Legislature Is in session, by
the Legislature and Governor also.
Answers Own QiMeUan.
“What can we do?” the Secretary
asked, and replied to his own query:
"If troope were moved into Johns
town without the requirements being
met, then what if Chicago and the
rest of the country—cities elsewhere
—asked for troops?”
“Where do you go if you once start?
One city la rightly entitled to pro
tection as another. Where do you
usually go when you have armed
forces in the held? More death?"
Shields’ telegram to the President
had asked:
Are you going to nil me by allow
ing this reign of terror to continue?”
Barly added that "people complain
that things are done unconstitu
tionally and then they went you to
do unconstitutional things, without
regard to the law of the land.”
"It is a case of the shoe pinching
the other foot,” he said. vn>eae seem
to be the facts. I am not speaking
for the President.”
Two Inquiries Launched.
Two separate Federal inquiries into
the violent, far-flung steel strike were
under wsy, meanwhile.
An investigation by the National
Labor Relations Board was demanded
late yesterday by the strikers, who
charged that the steel industry had
violated the Wagner act by allegedly
intimidating workers and refusing to
bargain with them.
A special mediation board named
by Secretary of Labor Perkins yester
was was expected to swing Into action
today.
Officials of the Labor Board agTaed
to launch an immediate investigation
of the charges filed by the Steel Work
ers' Organising Committee.
Lee Pressman, counsel for the Steel
Union, asserted in a letter accompany
ing the charges that the strikers are
extremely desirous of an election to
determine employe representation In
Republic plants but are not now ask
ing the board to conduct one.
Hla letter contended a policy of dis
crimination maintained by Republic
"makes It impossible to havt such an
election conducted at th« present time
in a fair, impartial manner."
ncuriaj ucmycm oy rnnc.
Edward F. McGrady, Assistant Sec
retary of Labor, left by plane mean
while for Cleveland to join other mem
bers of tbe Government board named
to attempt strike mediation.
The Labor Department said the
board would meet shortly after Mc
Grady* arrival. Other members are
Charles P. Tsft, Cincinnati, and Lloyd
K. Garrison. Madison, Wis.
Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of
Michigan, issued a statement last
night declaring that it would appear
Miss Perkins’ three-man board, "like
the President who chose them, may
have pre-judged the case to a damag
ing degree."
He said two of the board mem
bers—Tsft and Garrison—were on
record in favor of written agreements
between workers and their employers.
He added that the third member. Mc
Grady. Is the “President s own direct
agent."
The steel strikers contend that the
cause of the present conflict is the
refusal df the big four steel compa
nies involved to sign contracts.
The Wagner act, under which the
strike leaders filed charges with the
Labor Board, guarantees workers the
right to organise and bargain collec
tively without interference, Intimida
tion or coercion.
The Workers’ Organising Commit
tee accused Republic Steel of dis
charging 32 employea from plants at
Cleveland, Warren and MassUon,
Ohio, because of union activities.
It charged also that the company
ordered a ' lockout’’ at its Canton,
Ohio, tin mill May 5, prior to the strike,
for the purpose of coercing employes
to discontinue union membership.
Another allegation wu that the com
pany had created dissension between
white and colored employes to destroy
morale and interfere with “self-organi
sation."
The strike leaders accused the com
pany of acting in collusion with the
chief of police of Canton and with the
sheriff and Mayor of Youngstown to
iwear in special police to intimidate
employes.
vnarge Arsenals MIIMIM.
They charged further that the cor
poration had maintained extensive ar
tenals to Intimidate employes at Cleve
and, Canton, Youngstown, Warren and
Niles, and that company agents at the
Warren and Niles plants shot at
pickets.
Prior to the filing of these charges
Secretary Perkins telegraphed Gov.
Martin L. Davey of Ohio that "main
tenance of order and of civil rights is,
>f course, a primary function of State
rovernments.”
He and other Governors In the seven
itrlke-torn States, she added, are ex
pected to "act with wisdom and fair
less to this end."
The Labor Department chief urged
tlso that the "status quo" be main
lined with regard to operations.
Under the conditions outlined In
ler telegram. Miss Perkins said, the
federal Mediation Board appointed
resterday can act with speed.
James P. Dewey and Robert P. Pil
tington, Labor Department conciHa
ors, were ordered to Cleveland, bead
marten of the new board, to belp
vlth the negotiations.
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Sea Bass in Birer.
WARREN, Me., June 19 (IP).—
fishermen today flocked to the
3eorgea River, drawn fan a run of aea
pass up t.he stream for Abe first time
n history. * ~
MRS. NASH, BROKE.
CONTINUES FIGHT
Will Come Back Here to Try
to Get Former Ensign
Reinstated.
>7 thi Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, June It.—Mrs. Beu
lah Kathleen Wooiard Mash said this
morning she would again lay alege
to official Washington in an attempt
to restore her husband to the Navy
rolls.
She said she was "flat broke.”
"All I’ve got In the world is a
railroad ticket to Michigan,” she ex
plained.
The husband, Charles A. Nash, Jr.,
was dropped from the rolls because
he married the lg-year-old Norfolk,
Va., girl In violation of Navy regula
tions.
Mrs. Nash, still wearing the riding
clothes in which she appeared here
four days ago, said she would see an
other, unnamed. Navy official. She
visited the Navy Department yester
day, but without result. If she doesn’t
get results from the Navy today, she
added, she will visit the Congressmen
from Michigan. Nash, Nava' Acad
emy honor graduate, lives In Saginaw.
"I still love Charies and I'm willing
to do anything to get him reinstated,”
she said. "He was an honor graduate,
stood ninlh in his class, and the Navy
was his whole life.”
She said she would obtain a divorce
or annulment of her marriage if it
would help her husband. However,
she Insisted her marriage to him was
not valid because she was already mar
ried when it took place. On the other
j hand, her father said, the earlier mar- '
riage was annulled before she met
Nash.
The girl said today her career in
eluded a short term—a week, to be *x- 1
act—as a show girl. She said she hsd
worked In Nil* T. Grantiund's revue '
; "Just for the experience."
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Strike
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control or murder, is the policy of the
C. I. O.
“Confidential information in my
hand warns me of certain dynamite
explosions now planned. Certain
major bridges, I am warned, are to be
blown up. Warnings have been re
received that me and my family are
to be destroyed.
“Kidnaping* have taken place.
“Is my city so isolated that the De
partment of Justice will not come and
expose these kldnaplngs?
“Mr. President, X fought for you. 3
talked for you and caused others to do
likewise. Just because I looked to
you is s real American. Are you going
to fail me by allowing this reign of '
terror to continue?”
Up te Governor, Say* Grace.
President Orace of Bethlehem, in
refusing to shut down the Cambria
works, shifted responsibility for avert
ing disorders back on Gov. Earle.
"For ua to close the plant,” he said. :
'would involve the admission on our
part that the forces of law of the ,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are
powerless to protect our men in the
exercise of their rights to work.
“We cannot assume the grave re
sponsibility of msking such an ad
mission. Therefore, with our knowl
edge of the State and its resources to
prevent possible disorder, you must
make the decision if the plant la to
be closed.
“The plant has continued in opera
t.ion notwithstanding the lawless at
tacks on the workmen, their families
and their properties,” Grace pointed
out, adding:
"The consequences of closing the
plant and the depriving of 14,000
employes and their families of their
livelihood and the effect on the com
munity would be more serious than the
demonstration to which you refer.”
In his declaration of martial law,
Gov. Karle, clad in bathrobe and bed
room slippers in his study at the
executive mansion at Harrisburg, said
that National Guardsmen would not
be sent into Johnstown until needed.
Meanwhile, about 500 state police
and highway patrol officers will be
In charge.
Refuse te Sign Contracts.
As the three-man Federal board
met in Cleveland, ateel company
spokesmen reiterated their willing
ness to "co-operate” with the board,
but stood fast on their refusal to sign
labor contracts with the C. I. O.
Johnstown, historic flood city, was
tense today, receiving the news of
declaration of martial law with mixed
feelings.
Union leaders, meanwhile, pushed
plans for the mass "invasion” of the
city by 40,000 miners tomorrow.
Patrick Fagan, president of the
United Mine Workers of America in
the Pittsburgh district, declared the
demonstration would be peaceful and
that the miners were "just exercising
their constitutional rights."
Fagan said the estimate of 40.000
was "conservative," pointing out that
there are more than 90,000 miners in
Western Pennsylvania. A strike is i
now in effect at 30 "captive” or com- !
pany-operated mines owned by the j
strike-harried independent steel com- i
panles.
Dancer to Wed
ENGAGEMENT TO HOPKINS’
SON ANNOUNCED.
CHERRY PREISSER,
Washington member of the
Follies, who has announced
her engagement to David Hop
kins. oldest son of W. P. A.
administrator and a student
at the University of Chicago.
He is 21, the girl is 19. No
wedding date has been set.
Miss Preisser's home is at It09
Monroe street northeast.
—Star Staff Photo.
i1 ■ — i
THE WEATHER
District of Columbia—Fair and con
tinued cool tonight and tomorrow;
partly rlotidy. slowly rising tempera
ture; gentle north winds.
Maryland—Fair and slightly rooler
in north portion tonight; tomorrow
partly cloudy; slowly rising tempera
ture In central and west portions.
Virginia—Partly cloudy and prob
ably ihowers In extreme south por
tion tonight and in aouth portion to
morrow; slowly rising temperature to
morrow in the interior.
West Virginia—Partly cloud? to
night: tomorrow probably local show
ers and slightly warmer.
Riser Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
very muddy today.
Revert fer !.»«• S4 Deere.
„ . Temneraiure. Barometer.
Yesterday— Degrees. Inches.
4 o m 7« 29.94
9 pm. . TO "9 99
Midnight _ «9 29 97
Today—
4 a.in 97 99 97
* a.m. To 30 oo
Noon __ _ 79 29 99
■eeerd fer Last It Hears.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest, »7. 2.15 p.m. yesierday. Yesr
SSO. 99
Lowest, R5. a t m. todsy. Yesr ago. 71.
■ eeerd Tenaerelares This Year.
Highest. 93. on Anril 1 9.
Lowest, 19. on February 29.
Waasidity fer lost S4 Hears.
(From noon yestrrdss to noon today.)
Highest, 97 per cent, at 11:30 P.m. yes
terday.
lowest, 54 per cent, st 11 10 a.m.
today.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United Stairs Coast and
Toca*. Tomorrow.
Hizh ----- -- 4:35 a.m. 5 23 a m.
Low - 1 1 ;32 a m.
Hleh - 4 57 p.m. 5:40 p.m.
Low - . 11:30 p.m. 12:22 pm.
The San and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun. today ._ 4:43 7:33
Sun. tomorrow_ 4 42 7:37
Moon, today_... 4 01 p.m. 1:34 a.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
•ne-half hour after sunset.
Preeipitalien.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to datei:
Month. 1937. Avg. Record.
January _ 7.83 3.55 7 S3 '37
February- 3.33 3 27 8 84 '34
March 1.50 3 75 8 84 '91
April _ 8.85 3.27 9.13 '89
May -. . 4.02 3.70 10.89 '89
Juna __... 4 02 4.13 10 94 '00
July _ __ - . 4.71 10.8.1 '88
Auaust .. . -_ 4 01 14.41 '28
September __ 3.24 17 45 '34
October _ _ 2.84 8.57 '85
November__ 2.37 8 89 ’89
December . 3.32 7.88 ’01
Weather In Various Cities.
Temp Fain
Stations Haro H'h Low.[all. Weath'r
Abilene. Tex... 29.98 98 74 Clear
Albany. N. Y... .70.02 82 80 0.80 Cloudy
Atlanta. Ga. 30.08 88 68 Cloudy
Atlantic city . 29.98 74 68 0.02 Cloudy
Baltimore. Md.. 30.00 88 68 Clear
Birmingham 30.08 90 70 0.04 Clear
Bismarck V. D. 29.78 80 62 Cloudy
Boston. Mass. . 30.02 80 58 0.22 Cloudy
Buffalo. N. Y. .30.14 86 56 0.34 Clear
Charleston. S.C. 30.12 88 78 . _ Rain
Chleaeo. HI. 30.18 64 56 ... Cloudy
Cincinnati. Ohio 30.14 76 60 Cloudy
Cleveland. Ohio 30.16 66 60 0.02 Cloudy
Columbia. 8. C. 30.08 88 68 0.18 Clear
Denver. Colo_ 29.88 84 58 _Cloudy
Detroit. Mich... .30.16 66 54 . .. Cloudy
El Paso. Tex. . 29.82 1 04 74 Clear
Dalveston. Tex. .70.02 88 80 0.02 Cloudy
Helena. Mont..30 00 88 48 _ Cloudy
Huron. 8. Dak.. 29.84 76 58 ... Foggy
Indianapolis . .70.12 72 62 Cloudy
Jaekaonrllle _ .70.10 88 76 0.08 Cloudy
Kernel City... 39.08 94 76 Cloudy
Los Angele; . 29.86 78 64 ... Clear
Louisville Ky.. 30.14 83 64 Clear
Miami. Fla_30.06 86 78 0 08 Cloudy
Minneapolla .. 29.94 80 64 0.12 Cloudy
H. Orleans. La.. 30.02 88 74 0.01 Cloudy
Haw York. N. Y. 29.96 82 OR 0.01 Cloudy
Dklahoma City. .70.00 94 72 . Clear
Dm ah a. Kebr... 29.88 90 70 . . Clear
Philadelphia .. 30.00 82 66 _Clear
Phoenix. Arts... 29.76 1 02 70 Clear
Pittsburgh. Ft.. 30.08 7 4 60 0.04 Cloudy
Portland Me. _ 30.06 6 2 5 8 0.64 Cloudy
•ortland. Ore*.. 29.94 70 58 0.38 Cloudy
Raleigh It. C. _ 30.02 84 70 0.08 Cloudy
Salt Lake CUT- 29.96 86 52 . . Cloudy
nn Antonio . 29.98 94 74 - Clear
Ian Dieto. Cal. 29.86 70 6o Cloudy
lan Francisco .. 30.04 66 56 — Rain
It. Louia Mo... 30.08 86 66 Cloudy
leattle. Wash.. 29.96 64 54 0.14 Cloud*
ipokant. Wash. 30.04 5 8 5 0 0 46 Cloud*
ramoa. Fla. ... 30.06 86 74 .0.73 Cloudy
VAHH . D. C.-_ 30.00 87 65 0..70 Clear
G, U., Preparatory School
and Gonzaga Staffs
Are Affected.
A number of transfers affecting loral
members of the Society of Jesus,
among them • number of noted
teachers and faculty members of.
Georgetown University, Georgetown
Preparatory School and Gonzaga High
School, have been ordered.
Rev. Dennis L. McCarthy of 8t.
Aloysius Church, has been named
treasurer of the new Jesuit House of
Philosophy at Manhasset, Long Island,
N. Y„ formerly the Inisfada. Brother
Thomas J. Greene, sacristan at St.
Aloysius, has been transferred to
the Georgetown University chapel as
sacristan.
Important Changes st G. II.
There are a number of important
changes at Georgetown University.
Rev. u. J. McCarron, widely recog
nised ss an authority in the field of
poetry and literature antf author of
“Realization,” a treatise on the Cath
olic interpretation of poetry, will take
over the post of head of the English
department. He will come to Wash
ington from the Jesuit Novitiate.,
Wemersville, Pa. Rev. Charles O’Neill
of St. Bino’s Wales, England, will
come to Georgetown as professor of
political economy. Joseph J. Dwyer,
former professor of poetry at George
town, will be transferred to Fordham
University for special studies.
The Gonzaga High School faculty
will be even more extensively changed.
Rev. Anthony L. de Maria will be
transferred to the Church of the
Nativity. New York, and will be re
placed by Rev. Sanctus J. Catalano
, of that church. Rev. John V. Curry
will go the Jesuit House of Phi
j losophv st Manhasset ss professor of
| English literature. George E. Mr*
| Cauley will be transferred to George- |
town University for higher studies.
Frederick M. OConnor end Paul C.
! Guterl will be transferred to Wood
stock College for theological studies.
New Members at Gonzaga.
Among the new members of the
faculty to come to Gonzaga by trans
fer will be Rev. John J. O'Connor
from St. Joseph's College, Philadel
phia; Rev. Thomas A. Becker from
Woodstock College, and Merle V.
Baldwin and George G. McAleer from
Woodstock. Brother Rudolph F. Din
gerkus will come to Gonzaga as sacris
tan from St. Andrew's Church, Pough- j
keepsie, N. Y. j
Changes at Georgetown Prep in
clude the transfer of Rev. Aloysius !
Rudtke, a member of the faculty, to
Fordham, where he will serve as ad
ministrator; Rev. E. C. Mulligan, to j
Canisius High School, Buffalo. N. Y. I
and Robert E. Bailey to Woodstock for
studies. Members of the order who will j
be transferred to the school Include j
Rev. c. J. Hennessey, from Wood
stock. and Rev. Bernard Kirby, from j
St. Andrew's Church, Poughkeepsie,
N. Y. Father Hennessey will serve as !
administrator and Father Kirby is to
teach fourth-year high school subjects.
CHICAGO GRAIN
1 Bv the Associated Press,
j CHICAGO. June 13 —Decidedly
i lower prices for wheat formed the rule
today.
' Rallies failed to hold and bottom
| most quotations of the day were eur
I rent in the wheat pit as dealings
I neared an end. Late advices said do
• meatic harvest yields at numerous
places in the Southwest were turning
out five to seven bushels better than
expected.
At the close wheat, was 1**-23*
under yesterday's finish, July, 1.07
L07>s: September. 1.06^-1.06^; corn,
i'i-l*; down: July. 1.12%,-l.ia7*:
September, 1.00 ,-1.00Rji. and oats, '2- :
It o tl.
WHEAT—Open. Hijh. Low. Close.
July . 1 os l os', l n«», l.nt
Septber 1i n:>, ins', i or3*
December 1.00', 3 .00N 1.08’« 3 .08',
CORN—
July(new) 3.13', J.1.73, 1 123, 1 123,
Julyfold) 1 12',
Septber 3 013. 3 nr, inn 3 no',
Deeember ,753« .75*» .74', 743»
OATS—
July .3P>, 3P>, 38’, ,3P' 4
Sept brr ,35 35 .34', .34*,
December ..763, ..76S .36 .36’,
SOY BEANS—
July . 1 25
October 3 OR', 1.061, 1.115 1 n.5',
December ins', 105', 1.04', 1.04*,
RYE—
July .82**, ,823« .SI’, .82',
Septber .76'? 76’, 75', .75'.,
December .773, 7 8 .77 V, .77',
LARD—
July _ 1 I 37 1 I 40 1 | .27 1 1 32
Septber 3 167 11.67 1 1 55 1157
October 11 7n 1 I :n 11 55 l! 60
Deeember 11 ,70 11.32 11.25 31 27
BELLIES—
July 15.62
Septber 16.35
Suite Outside His “Iron Lung99
7Vz Minutes in Landing Trial
Bj the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19 — In a
Sreaa rehearsal lor his transfer from
ship to shore today, Frederick B. Snltc,
|r., 28-year-old infantile paralysis vic
tim, lived seven and a half minutes
outside his "iron lung" aboard the S6.
President Coolidge.
Snlte, kept alive by artificial respira
tion since he was afflicted in China 14
months ago, had previously existed for
mly slightly more than four and a
islf minutes without the aid of his
ipparatua.
Technicians and doctors estimated
three minutes would be needed to bring
the electrically operated lung from the
ihip to the special railway car and to
have it operating again.
Meanwhile, brawny San Francisco
ongahoremen, wearing surgical masks
ind gowns to guard against any pos
sible contagion, rehearsed the parte
•hey will play in the dmps. The
(lightest misstep on their ffit. doctors;
said, might result fatally for the pa
tient.
The liner's schedule called tor dock
ing early today, but the actual transfer
was delayed until late this afternoon.
Twenty nurses and doctors will be on
hand.
Guards will keep spectators away J
from the dock during the transfer.
The special railway car, shunted i
onto the dock, is an altered Pullman, :
air-conditioned and fitted with elab- i
orate hospital equipment for the last '
lap of the hasardous journey to Chi- i
cago. ,
Anxious to return home, Snite feels (
he eventually will recover from the ,
paralysis attack which halted a world
tour.
The young man la accompanied by
bis father, wealthy head of a loan
company, his mother and sister.
His trip home, which started from a i
Peiping, China, hospital will cost
150,000. m
Word Archives Often Is Used
Incorrectly, Session Here Told
What is the meaning or tne word
archives?
This question was presented today
to the Society of American Archivists
by Miss Margaret C. Norton, super
intendent of archives, Illinois Public
Library.
Her answers sought to disassociate
the term from historical manuscripts
with which it has become associated
by American usage.
"As a matter of fact,** Mias Norton
told her colleagues assembled at the
Archives Building, "an archive may be
a vitally important document and yet
have no historical Importance what
soever. It reed not be more than a
few momenta old. It may not even
be a manuscript.
“Pint of all.” aha declared, "we must
disabuse ourselves of the Idea that the
acquisition by the State Historical
Society of a few historical records, such
is, for examplt, the first State Con
stitution, the territorial legislative
Journals, some early militia rolls, and
a few election poll books, automati
cally transformable curator of manu
scripts into an ^chlvist.
"An arenive* department is me gov
ernmental agency charged with the
duty of planning and supervising the
preservation of all those records of the
business transactions of its Govern
ment, required by law, or all other
legal Implication to be preserved in
definitely.
“The popular belief that the ar
chivist's work is largely historical is
unnecessarily limiting his financial
support,” said Miss Norton. “A sec
ond falacy with respect to archives
Is the belief that an archives depart
ment is merely a central filing de
partment and that the head file
clerk's assumption of the Imposing
title of archivist is au affectation.”
Other speakers on today’s program
were Philip M. Hamer, national direc
tor, Survey of Federal Archives, on
‘Pederal Archives Outside the Dis
trict.” and Luther H. Evans, national
director. Historical Record* Survey,
on “Archival Progress in the His
orical Record Survey.” George H.
Ryden, archivist of Delaware, pre
sided over the morning session, which
concluded tl)g. first two-day annual
convention at tbe group.
vmcBiv t«sn mirifi.
Cash wheat—No wheat. Com—No.
2 mixed. 1.13Vi: No. 4 mixed, 1.114;
No. 2 yellow, 1.15^1.164: No. 2 yel
low, Lake billing, 1.144: No. 3 yellow,
1.144; No. 4 yellow, 1.11; No. 2 white
(part car), 1.16; No. 3 white. 1.134ft
1.14; No. 5 white, 1.11; sample gradr,
1.03a 1.10. Oats—No. 1 white. 484a
49; No. 2 white. 47 4; No. 2 while
(cereal), 484; No. 3 white, 474a48;
sample grade, 43. No rye. No buck
wheat. Soy beans—No. 2 yellow,
1.244al.26. Barley —Feed, 53a67;
malting. 75a95. Timothy seed. 4.00a
4.25. Clover seed, 22.00a29.00,
Washington Produce
BUTTER—92 score, 1-pound print*. 36; t
'.--pound print*. 36; tub. 34; 80 score, 1
pound print*. 34: ’--pound prints. 36;
tub. 33; market strors.
MEATS—-CTwiee beef. 22: tslves. 16*
16; veal. ]6: Sprint lamb. 26: Pall lamb.
22: fresh pork. 26: frozen Dork. 22: pork
loin. 26: lresh ham. 24: smoked ham. 26;
sliced bacon. 36: slab bacon, 28: com
pound. 13ta: lard. 14Va. !
LIVE STOCK—Pits. 9*9’,i: litht ho|s, i
lOalOVi; mediums. lOalO3-: 220-260
pounds. 10#10‘'2: heavies. 9>,2*10; cotes,
8*9: stats. 6a7: calves. 6*8' i.
Prices paid shippers, net f o b. Washint
ton (by the U. 8. Bureau of Agricultural
Economical:
EGOS—Market steady. Prices unchanted.
Oirrent receipts. 18 to 19; hennery whites.
l»Vi to 20; a tew at 20V». Government
rtraded and dated white ests. U. S. extras,
arte. 26: U. 8. extras, mediums, 20. C. S.
standards, large. 2O'/a.
LIVE POULTRY—Market about steadv.
Prices unchanted. Powl colored, heaw
18 to 17; a few et 18; Leghorns. 12-14.
roosters, 10. Chickens, crosses. 21 to 22;
Rocks. Virginia. 22 to 23: Delaware 21
to 22: Leghorns. 2 lbs.. 18: less than 2
lb* . 16: turkeys, old hens, 16 to 17; old
tons, 13 to 14.
MONTREAL SILVER.
MONTREAL. June 19 IIP).—Silver fu
tures closed steady. 6 lower. July. 44 46h|
September, 44.10b; December, 44.06b.
b—Bid.
Judge Condones Slip.
INDIANAPOLIS, June 19 (/Pi —
James Overton, 52, was leaving ths
court room, after hla acquittal on a
charge of robbing a street car operator,
when the judge asked if he had ever
been arrested before.
“This is the first time, judge," re
sponded Overton, “but we didn't have
any food in the house and we needed
the money."
Judge Prwnk TV Baker let the ac
quittal stan&V