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ON POLAR FLIGHT Discusses Plans With Soviet Aviators Before They Leave Washington. Aa three Russian aviators who thrilled the world with their 5.30C mile flight across the North Pole to Vancouver prepared to leave Wash ington today, Jimmy Mattern, famous American pilot, conferred with Gov ernment officials on his plans to back track over the aerial path they blazed. Mattern and the Russian aviators discussed difficulties of the polar flight when they met last night at a reception at the Russian Embassy. Thfe Soviet flyers, Valeri Chkalov, Geprgi Baidukov and Alexander Be liakov, plan to leave by rail for New York tomorrow. Mattern said he plans to hop oft on his proposed flight some time In August. Accompanied only by a navi gator, Mattern says he hopes to cut the. flying time of the Russians nearly in half. One time-shortening ar rangement, he explained, will be to take on fuel from another plane some where over Alaska. Recalls Siberian Crash. His trip will carry him near the wilds of Siberia where in 1933 he lay Injured for 19 days after his plane crashed in an attempted 'round-the world flight, Mattern revealed. The Soviet flyers broke the official silence imposed on them yesterday afternoon to tell the story of their flight at a luncheon meeting of the Overseas Writers in the Mayflower Hotel. Members of Congress, Federal and civil air officials and members of the National Press Club jomed in a tribute to the flyers and the proceed ing* were broadcast throughout the Nation and by short wave to the Soviet Union. on -riuui jrrpparaiory Might. Chkalov described a preparatory 56 hour flight the trio made last year along the shore of the Arctic Ocean which proved the possibility of the Polar venture and "gave us the right to perform the flight.” Government permission for the undertaking was given May 26 and “in spite of the short time." the pilot said, "we felt ourselves ready to start because of the experiences of the trial flight.” The flight across the Pole tested all their skill and experience, he said, explaining that they encountered not only all of the difficulties thev had anticipated but others they had not foreseen. “On the wings of our plane,” he said through an Interpreter, “we carried the message of friendship from the peoples of the Soviet Union to the peoples of the United States, if an American flyer should come along the same route to our country we will . show that friendship is a fact." Larked Weather Data. The stolid, tousle-headed Chkalov, senior member of the crew, spoke de liberately and without a smile or a gesture. He gave w ay to his younger co-pilot, who continued the story of the trip, explaining that in spite of all co-operation of meteorologists in Russia and America, they were vir tually without ajjj’ advance informa tion on weather conditions between the North Pole and Canada. During this trip they encountered icing con ditions which four times drove them to high altitudes above the clouds. Where the temperature went as low as jn degrees centigrade and they seri Iisly depleted their fuel reserves. fter they had crossed “the pole of fharcessability," however, he said, they were able to relax In spite of the bad Weather. Baidukov pleaded for American sympathy and understanding for his Country, which he described as being "J’oung, as we are young.” He cautioned his hearers “not to believe fairy stories about our country." He also praised the Russian air force, say ing that the flight could have been made “by any Soviet flyeTs.” Beliakov* the navigator, explained that the flight was an event of inty national importance which could not have been completed without the co-operation of the peoples of the two countries, “and especially of the Signal N Corps of the United States Army.” Ha said that the instant their plane crossed the North Pole, the time changed from 4 am. of June 19 to B p.m. of June 18. Troyanovsky Speaks. Among the speakers were the Soviet Ambassador Alexander A. Troyanov .sky, representatives of the Army Sig nal Corps, the Weather Bureau, the Bureau of Air Commerce and the air transport lines. Carroll Kenworthy, president of the Overseas Writers, presided. I'ollowing the luncheon the flyers pajd courtesy calls on Secretary of War Woodring, Gen. Malin Craig, chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Stanley D. Embick, deputy chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover, chief of the Artny Air Corps, and Maj. Gen. James B. Allison, chief signal officer. They were accompanied by Ambassador Troyanovsky, Col, Vladimir M. Be. gurov, Soviet military attache; Col. Francis H. Lincoln, assistant chief of -staff, G-2, and Lieut. Col. John B. Coulter, War Department foreign liai •o«| officer. Last night the only formal event on their program, a reception at the Boytet Embassy, was given by Am bassador and Mrs. Troyanovsky in hotor of the visitors. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: debates Pan-American treaties. tabor Committee considers wage hour bill. Agriculture Committee continues hearings on regional planning bill. House: Acts on relief bill conference report, considers farm tenancy bill. House-Senate Committee resumes tatf-dodging inquiry. Military Committee holds hearings on'! bill to permit exportation of helium. iudlriary Committee discusses measure to revise bankruptcy laws. TOMORROW. Resale: Probably will take up farm tenant bill. Education and Labor Subcommittee reopens hearings on civil liberties In vestigation. House: Considers miscellaneous bills on cal endar. Ihterstate and Foreign Commerce Committee considers textile bills at 10 a.m. Irrigation and Reclamation Commit tee* considers bill for a project In New Mexico, at 10 a.m. District Committee considers miscel laneous bills at 10:30 a.m. * Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. CAREFUL. IT'S all a matter of comparison and every one has his own opinion, a local woman found out the other morning. She hailed a cab at Georgia avenue and Kennedy street. Driver pulled the vehicle up to the curb with a swish and a loud screech of brakes. Lady took the cue and dived in speedily, calling "Eighteenth and H.” Cabbie slapped his gears into reverse, shot from the curb, barely missing the fender of a bright new sedan. Another yank on the gear-shift lever and he was off, nearly tossing his passenger up into the front seat as he rounded the corner into Jefferson street. The lady sat back, fascinated with a sense of impending doom, as the driver ignored the stop sign at Thir teenth, dusted down that thoroughfare at 45 miles per hour. Along about Park road he ran into heavy traffic; hesitated not, however. If his own side of the street was occupied there always was the other to be com mandeered. The poor passenger sat tense and unable to say a word as he whipped his cab, at 30 to 40 miles an hour, all the way. down to the destination, barely missing collision dozens of times. "Whew," said the lady, when she at last was safe. “If I ever drove like that the entire Washington police force, the National Guard and all the troops at Fort M.ver would be at my heels. They'd put me in the cage and throw the key away." "Aw," the cabbie replied, "the law ain't gonna pick you up if you drive carefully.” * * ♦ * HEARTS AFIRE? COMETIMES the lack of smoothness in the course of true love amounts to unforgivable violence on the part of fate. Word comes to us of a case which, for all the humor of it, has its grim side. . - .... , The hero and heroine are the hired man and maid of a comparatively local establishment. She was sitting on his lap the other night, nestling there at peace with the world, while nature ranted and raved in the form of a Summer storm just outside the window. Of a sudden the quiet beauty of the kitchen scene was interrupted by a bolt of lightning which flashed through the open window, hit a quarter in the man's pocket, ricocheted to an alu minum kettle, bounced back and set the maid's uniform ablaze. , Cynics around here have it figured out that despite the report lightning never strikes twice in the same place, that maid never will sit on that hired man's lap again. Love does not usually have such violent manifestations. * * * * THE WOMAN PAYS. Party at a local hostelry sort of aroused the curiosity of a number of other dine-and-dance guests the other evening. All because this particular table was surrounded by one lone elderly gentleman and scads of young and lovely lasses. Others about, who had nothing better to do. passed the time try ing to figure out if the guy was having a mass date or being given a party. Then the check arrived, was handed to the patriarch at the head of the table. He looked at it carefully, pulled out his wallet, laid on are bill $2.25. (The lad who told us this is a reporter who goes in for details in his eaves dropping .) Then the check was passed to the somewhat startled woman on the man’s right, and all the lassies drew forth pocketbooks to pay their own wan in this world. * * * * MENU. VLTE'VE sort of ft suspicion these Ninth street beaneries think up some of the signs they do in the hope that, some day, the name of the place will accidentally slip in this comer and they’ll get free publicity. Anyhow, today comes a menu that ought to be just the thing for a sultry day in the city when every one else is at the beach, the lucky stiffs. SARDEN SALAD. 8TUTFIN GREEN PAPERS. VIENA LOFE. PRUNNS. CANTELUPE ALMODE. * * * * GARDEN HOSE. J ADIES contemplating a career in politics, it seems, will do well to take thought to their hosiery. Con stituents, we are told by women Con gressmen, who certainly should know, demand that their Representatives should wear dark hose, not too sheer. A tactful letter on the subject once warned one of our women legislators that it was well to be “as nice outside as you are inside. . . ” Another tells of a photograph snapped in her garden on one of Washington’s Midsummer days, which somehow reached the public prints. A constituent hastily penned a not* to say, "You must never wear a dress without sleeves.” “Fortunately the picture did not show,” said the Congresswoman, "that at that moment, which was most informal, I had on no stockings either. I tremble to think what the voter might have said had she real ised this horrible fact.” * * * * BLOOM. Jerry Sickler, guest at the apart ment of Governor and Mrs. Mar riner Eccles the other evening, couldn't help verbally admiring a plant, copious in its foliage, which adorned the living room. "That’s a beautiful flower,” said Mr. Sickler. "What is it?” "That is a sweet potato,” Mrs. Eccles told him. He gasped. (Yes, and you would, too.) ”A sweet potato,” Mrs. foefap h 300 Publishers Told Free dom of Press Is at Stake in the Matter. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. June 29.—James Stahl man, president of the American News paper Publishers’ Association, told rep resentatives of 10 national and regional newspaper associations, who opened sessions here today to discuss demands for closed shops, that ;'a closed editorial shop means a closed editorial mind.’’ The special convention called to con sider the demands of the American Newspaper Guild, editorial employes’ union, brought together approximately 300 publishers and executives of the Nation's newspapers. Stahlman, publisher of the Nashville (Tenn.) Banner, presided at the open ing meeting. The purpose of these meetiings,” he told the newspaper operators, “is to determine whether, as trustees of the rights of a free people, we shall defend the right of the American citizenship to a free press or sub mit to demands for a closed news and editorial shop.” .“Not Antagonizing Labor.” “Let it be definitely understood that we are not met to antagonize organ ized labor. “Neither are we met to consider any interference with • * * the leeter or the spirit of the Wagner labor relations act. * » • Collective bargaining is not at issue. * • • But upon what ground or reason or pro priety should workers in other de partments of a newspaper than news and editorial be put in a position to bargain for the news anr* editorial and even by weight of numbers to dic tate and perhaps revolutionize its policies and Journalistic course? “Shall journalism remain a profes sion or become a trade?” Stahlman declared the gathering of the Nation's major publishers “is but evidence of a determined defense of the constitutional right to be free and to declare that we will not forge our own fetters.” transcends Business Policy. The press," he added, "cannot live bs a \ital force in American institu tions unless it is free, and it cannot be free if it betrays its duty to the people by surrendering its Independence to any agency within or without its own structure, however subtle its approach or specious its pleas. * • • "A great President once said that ‘a public office is a public trust.’ In how far greater degree is it true that a free press is a national trust? Stahlman asserted that the principle involved in the guild's demand for a closed shop "transcends any business policy involving dollars and cents." The Nashville publisher declared it was not true that the publishers were not concerned with the status of new s paper men and woman who have affili ated themselves with the guild * * • only to find that they have been ex ploited and betrayed by a ruthless and selfish leadership." "We are concerned with the future of these men and women. We hon estly believe that many of them wUf not want to continue to affiliate with such an organization.” --—• CHAMPIONSHIP LOST BY HELEN JACOBS Dorothy Round Eliminates Her at Wimbledon in Straight Sets. Bt the Associated Press. WIMBLEDON, England. June 29 — Dorothy Bound of England toppled Helen Jacobs of Oalifornia from her Wimbledon tennis singles throne to day with a straight-set victory, 8—4, 6—2. Miss Jacobs unexpected defeat in the quarter-final left Miss Alice Mar ble. American champion, as the Stars and Stripes standard bearer in the all England women's championships. Miss Marble gained the semi-finals by de feating the second seeded favorite, Mme. Hilda Sperling of Denmark and Germany, 7-5, 2—6, 6-3. Her semi final opponent is Jadwiga Jedrzejow ski of Poland. Miss Jacobs, who never had much luck at Wimbledon until her title drive last year, faded before the Eng lish star's flawless back-hand cross court placements, which were inter spersed with perfect drop shots. The champion made a desperate effort to stave off defeat, but did not have enough fire left. The big crowd gave her a great ovation as she retired from the courts, her head hanging down as if ashamed of her game. Miss Round's semi-final rival will be Mme. Rene Mathieu of France. -• A. I. DU PONT ESTATE PAYS U. S. $11,233,661 By th» Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 29.— Executors reported yesterday the estate of Alfred I. du Pont had paid *15, 873,119 in Federal and State taxes. The executors’ annual report filed in the office of County Judge Ollie Ed munds showed *11,233,661.19 was paid to the Federal Government and *3,639, 457.81 to the State. Total disbursements during the 12 month period were *34,590,583.37 executors said. maintained. "Our cook put it in the pot not to long ago and before long it started to bloom.. That’s the result.” The result is a full-blooming "flower” 3 feet high. (The Ec cles hope now that it's about through growing and will not try to compete with that t-foot lily that bloomed for the newsreels a week or so ago.) * * * * CREDIT. J^OSE SWARTS comes forward now to disclose that even tor Long fellow there was "nothing new under the sun.” Miss Swarts picked up a movie fan magazine the other after noon, while waiting in a repair shop to have her shoe strings pressed, came across an article about the young star, Bonita Granville. It started off: "When she is good, she Is very, very good. But when she is bad—she Is Horrid."—Confucius. Now Miss Swarts, while maintain ing that the editor of the magazine ought to know and at least has a right to his opinion, claims some one ought to straighten this thing out. Back In grammar school they always cred ited the lines to Longfellow. 1 REICH AND ITALY BAR SEA PATROL Flatly Reject Franco-British Proposal They Take Over Patrol of Spain.. BACKGROUND— Sparks flying from the Spanish civil 1 car on several occasions have threatened to touch off conflagra tion embroiling all Europe. Led by Britain 27 nations have attempted to confine struggle to Spain. Neutrality patrol set up by Non-Intervention Committee was made ineffective last week by angry withdrawal of Germany and Italy. By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 29.—Germany and Italy flatly rejected today a plan by Great Britain and France to patrol all of Spain'a coasts in the interests of neutrality. Soviet Russia, one of the "big five" on the European non-intervention subcommittee, approved the proposal. The blunt refusal of Count Dino Grandi, Italian Ambassador to London, and Joachim Von Ribbentrop, the German Ambassador, brought a speedy end to the subcommittee's ses sion, which lasted less than two hours. State Governments’ Position. Both Von Ribbentrop and Count Grandi summed up their govern ments’ position after Lord Plymouth of Great. Britain, the chairman, out lined the Anglo-French proposal. They asked, hypothetically, what attitude Britain and France would take if the roles were reversed, if Germany and Italy suggested taking over the whole naval patrol. At the same time, it was disclosed officially, the Italian declared that "not a single volunteer has left my country for Spain since the ban agreed upon by this committee” (Feb ruary 10). il was also maae mown mao Ger many and Italy had advised their countrymen who have been serving as non-intervention observers in ports and on borders of Spain to resign. Speedy Replies Urged. Lord Plymouth urged that there be speedy replies from the various cap ita Ls. The Italo-German decision to op pose extension of the patrol by Britain and France was based, apparently, on a feeling that such extension would benefit the Spanish government. Italy and Germany believed Anglo-French warships would be •‘sympathetic’’ to the Valencia cause. On the other hand, fears were ex pressed that a dangerous deadlock in the non-intervention negotiations now might permit the insurgent navy to gain control of Spain's eastern coast and aid an early insurgent victory in the civil war. It was this section of Spain that was assigned to Germany and Italy for control. Not only Lord Plymouth, the British chairman, but also Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain admitted that foreign intervention continued on both sides. Britain has taken a de termined lead in efforts to prevent the war from spreading outside Spain. Lord Plymouth, during the meeting, again raised the question of with drawing all foreign fighters from Spain, stressing its urgency. French Ambassador Corbin proposed that im mediate arrangements be made for the withdrawal of all fighters now prisoners or wounded in Spain. Agreed on Neutral Observers. In making the patrol offer, both Britain and France proposed to take neutral observers aboard their ships. Britain would patrol coasts now In the hands of the Spanish government. Britain and France would share re sponsibility for patrolling the coasts held by the Insurgents. Czechoslovakia, Sweden and Bel gium as well as Soviet Russia ap proved the plan. Italy and Germany centered their objection on grounds that the pro posal was “not based on necessary equilibrium so as to insure absolute impartiality of control." The French suggestion for the with drawal of foreign prisoners and wounded in Spain will be discussed further on Friday. The subcommittee is scheduled to meet again on Friday to further con sider decisions of the various powers. Other Subcommittee Members. In addition to France. Britain. Ger many, Italy and Soviet Russia the other members of the nine-power sub committee are Belgium, Portugal, Czechoslovakia and Sweden. Usually reliable observers reported British statesmen were willing to grant rights of a belligerent to Span ish insurgent Gen. Francisco Franco In exchange for concessions by Ger many and Italy—that is, if Italy and Germany agreed to continue collabora tion in the Non-Intervention Com mittee. Informed sources said that if recog nition of a belligerent status were given to Franco, it would not mean that Britain was recognizing Franco's regime as equal to the Spanish gov ernment or taking sides, but merely would officially state that a state of war exists in Spain. Britain and France proposed to take over the patrol of all of Spain's coasts to prevent arms and men reaching either side in the civil war after Ger many and Italy withdrew from the sea cordon. Withdrawal of the two powers from the international patrol came last week after France and Britain re fused to join a proposal by Germany for a naval demonstration off Val encia as a “warning” to the Spanish government. Germany, backed by Italy, made that suggestion after two alleged at tacks by Spanish government sub marines on the German cruiser Leip zig off the Algerian coast on June 15 and 18. Ride Together to Meeting. Count Grandi and Von Ribbentrop rode together to the subcommittee meeting in a limousine flying the Nazi swastika. They reached the British foreign office shortly before the arrival of Charles Corbin, the French Ambas sador to London. After the abrupt Italo-German re jection of the British-French pro posal, representatives of the nine powers on the subcommittee agreed to submit the question to their re spective governments for final de cision. The envoys of Italy and Germany agreed to talk again with Rome and Berlin, and this was regarded as a conciliatory move that somewhat off set their refusal to permit the Anglo French patrol. I Officials Inspect Slaughter House Site Members of the House District Committee, a representative of the District government and spokesmen for meat packers are shown looking over a fence, into a hog pen on the site of the slaughter house, which Adolf Gobel, Co ., Inc., wants to build in Benning. —star Staff Photo (Story on Page B-l.) Dudley-Nelson and Guldahl Manero Teams Score in Scotch Foursomes. B» the Associated Press. SOUTHPORT, England, June 29 — Led by the teams of Ed Dudley and Byron Nelson, and Ralph Guldahl and Tony Manero, the United States today gamed a 2'2 to 1>2 lead over Great Britain’s team of professional golfers in the Scotch foursomes divi sion of the biennial Ryder Cup play. The Dudley-Nelson and Guldahl Manero combines won their matches, while Gene Sarazen and Denny Shute finished theirs all even for half a point and Henry Picard and Johnny Revolta lost to Percy Alliss and Rich ard Burton. Ralph Guldahl and Tony Manero, United States open champions of this year and last, won for the Americans, 2 and 1, over Arthur Lacey and Wil liam J. Cox. who had finished the morning 18 one up on the trophy defending invaders. Gene Sarazen and Denny Shute, playing against Charles A. Whitcombe. captain of the British team, and young David Rees, finished their 36 holes all even. The lone British victory was turned in by Percy Alliss and Richard Bur ton. who defeated Henry Picard and Johnny Revolta, 2 and 1. Strengthens V. S. Hope*. Their showing in the foursomes considered a British ‘•specialty.’ strengthened the Americans' hopes ol retaining the international trophy tomorrow, when eight singles matche; will be played and at the same time scoring their first victory on a British course. The day's greatest surprise was the showing made by the veterar Dudley and Nelson, his young ex Texan partner. In advance of the matches they had been regarded a; sacrificial lambs to be slaughtered by Britain's reputedly strongest duo. Bui they never fitted into that role. One down at the end of nine holes, which they toured in a sweeping gale thal chilled the gallery of 4.000, they ral lied to finish the morning 18 all-even They jumped into the driver's seat at the start of the afternoon's play by winning four of the first five holet from their highly-touted rivals, and never again were headed. To cap ths climax, they finished off Cotton and Padgham with a birdie 4 on No. 16 thirty-fourth hole of the match and considered the most dangerous on the course. While Dudley and Nelson were turn ing in a victory that was extremely gratifying to their non-playing team captain. Walter Hagen, the defeat of Picard and Revolta by Alltss and Bur ton was a disappointment to the Americans. After gaining a 1-up lead after nine I holes, Picard and Revolta slipped : badly on the second nine, to reach the halfway point 3 down. Thev failed to catch their British rivals from then on, though they did manage to reduce their deficit to 1 down after 27 holes. Like Dudley and Nelson. Sarazen and Shute were all even with their op j ponents, Young David Rees and vet eran Charles A. Whitcombe. captain of the home side, after 18 holes. From then to the finish neither team ever was more than one hole up, as, after posting joint morning 78s, they carded parallell 35—39, 74s in the afternoon. Guldahl, United States open cham pion this year, and Manero, who won the title in 1936, came back to defeat Arthur Lacey and William J. Cox, 2 and 1, after trailing by 1 down at 18 holes. Birdies on the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth were the deciding shots j for the Americans. -—-• EAST POTOMAC PARK FERRY INAUGURATED Golfers and Underprivileged Chil dren Accommodated by Service Across Channel. Golfers who desire to get in some early morning shots in East Potomac i Park will have the benefit of a new ferry service across Washington Chan nel that was launched today. The service is from the landing of the police harbor precinct to a landing at the park. Free rides will be given underprivi leged children from the southwest and southeast, when free swimming i is in order, from 9 o'clock until noon, authorities said. Park officials said the ferry service , will operate from 5 a m. until mid night. Yesterday the ferry service started, but the swimming didn't. Dour skies caused the operators of the pool to call off the swimming, and there were disappointed children who looked for ward to a free dip—and found an al most empty pool. --• Caesarian Saves Four Puppies. CONCORD, N. C. June 29 </?>).— L. E. Beaver was dejected but un daunted when his pedigreed beagle hound died suddenly. He enlisted a friend and the two operated to salvage four of nine un born puppies. COURT DISPUTE FUSES IN SENATE Remarks on Indian Bureau and P. 0. Dedications Bring in Issue. Bv the Associated Press. A day of sparring over the Presi dent's Supreme Court proposals had left a wide rift in the Senate today. Supporters and opponents of the five-month-old issue put in their licks concerning the court while talking about such seemingly unrelated ques tions as the Indian Bureau, the num ber of post offices dedicated since February 5 and how often politics crops up in the speeches of the dedi cators. As a result, lines were definitely re-formed for he approaching battle over the court plan. The court bill actually came up in the Senate yesterday for a few minutes, routine consideration of legislation on the calendar, but under the rules action was postponed when a single objection was heard. It came promptly from Senator Burke, Democrat, of Nebraska. Nation-wide interest in the fight was demonstrated by action of the Senate in approving a resolution to print 30.000 more copies of the hard hitting Judiciary Committee report against the bill. Previously 5,000 had been printed. Collier Is Criticized. The court dispute figured in Sen ate debate on the Interior Depart ment appropriation bill, when several opponents of the Roosevelt measure joined in criticizing John Collier, commissioner of Indian Affairs, for his expression of views on the issue. Senator Clark, Democrat, of Mis souri read from an editorial he said Collier wrote in the periodical. In dians at Work. The editorial de scribed the proposal to name new justices as the "most reasonable" of the several judicial changes rec ommended by the President. Collier, Clark asserted, "used Gov ernment funds in violation of law to send out this propaganda.” Senator Wheeler asserted that "never in the history of the United States has there been such tremen dous propaganda." Some Senate opponents of the court bill indicated they would try to send it back to committee after • little debate cm the floor. Anticipating this, Burke said that "after the court bill has been recommitted" he will propose a broad study of the judicial system. Clark Offers Amendment. The court again cropped' up in the debate when Senator Clark of fered an amendment to the Interior appropriation bill to prohibit use cf Government money to pay traveling expenses of officials who dedicate public buildings. Clark said It was “a matter of com mon knowledge that a great amount of public funds is expended by public officials in taking advantage of dedi cations of public buildings to go out and make political speeches.” Burke asked If Clark had any in formation on the number of post of fices dedicated since February 6. the day President Roosevelt submitted his court message. Clark replied that he did not have exact information, but knew the number was very great. Senator Schwellenbach, Democrat, of Washington, inquired if Clark knew how many days Senators had missed because they were out making speeches against the court bill. Clark replied that the Senate had been doing little business, and that, anyway. Senators were not paid from public funds for their speeches. The Washington Senator agreed, but said he understood that some or ganizations had "at least made offers to Senators" that their expenses would be paid, and some money In addition, if they would make addresses against the court bill. -• MRS. EVA B. ACHESON SUCCUMBS HERE AT 77 Mrs. Eva Bohrer Acheson, 77, wife of Mortimer H. Acheson, vice presi dent of Littlefield Alvord & Co., storage firm, died yesterday after a long illness at her residence, 4611 Forty-fourth street. Mrs. Acheson was born near Bethesda, Md., February 6, 1860, and was a member of an old Maryland family. Her parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob L. Bohrer. She had been a Washington resident over 50 years. Her husband is her only Immediate survivor. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the residence. Burial will be In Union Cemetery, Roekrflle, Md. New York Grand Jury Hands Up Three Indictments Against Sculptor. By the Associated Press NEW YORK. June 2S.—Scarcely 10 minutes after Mrs. Ethel Kudner com pleted her story of the mad impulse which led Robert Irwin to kilj her mother, her sister and a lodger last Easter Sunday, a New York County grand jury handed up three indict ments today charging the eccentric sculptor with first-degree murder. Still showing signs of the fear In which she had lived since the triple killing on Beckman Hill. Mrs. Kudner went before the grand jury shortly be fore noon. Five police officers followed in quick succession and District At torney William C. Dodge emerged with the indictments. Mrs. Kudner was the second witness called by Dodge, who personally pre sented the case to the grand Jury to ask for three first-degree murder in dictments—one for each of the vic tims, Mrs. Mary Gedeon. her lovely daughter. "Ronnie,” the artist's model, and Frank Byrnes. Insanity to Be Defense. The grand jury session opened as Samuel S Leibowitz, widely known criminal lawyer, went to the Tombs to talk to Irwin and to lay his plans for the expected insanity defense. It was Mrs. Kudner, Irwin's con fession said, who was to have been the victim of his homicidal urge. It was Mrs. Kudner who he "loved and hated” and whose death would bring "the way out” of his mental suffer ings. Since the murders, Mrs. Kudner and her husband, Joseph, have been living secretly in Manhattan, but to day when they came to Criminal Courts Building they disclosed they had moved back to Woodside. Queens, from which they were driven in ter ror when they suspected Irwin as the slayer of "Ronni-" and her mother. Mrs. Kudner followed Dr. Thomas Gonzales, chief medical examiner, into the grand jury room. The physician testified briefly and emerged within five minutes. »ee»* Alienist * Aid. As Mrs. Kudner went Into the room, observers remarked: "She looks scared” She wore a black hat, a gray tweed coat, a Summer dress. Dodge indicated beforehand he would seek the electric chair for Ir win. anticipating Leibowitz's plea of insanity and aware that the Brooklyn lawyer has saved 123 clients from the death penalty—he has never lost a client to the executioner—the dis trict attorney will seek to disprove insanity as quickly as possible. After the grand jury session today Dodge expects to go before General Sessions Judge William Allen for per mission to have Dr. Perry M. Lichten stein. alienist and medical adviser to I the district attorney * office, examine 1 Irwin in the Tombs. ] The district attorney and Leibowitz clashed on this point yesterday. Irwin In Court. Irwin, stroking his nose and grin ning broadly, then was brought before Judge William Allen in General Ses sions Court for arraignment. Samuel Leibowitz, nationally known criminal lawyer, employed by Irwin, refused to permit his client to plead i and won a delay in the arraignment until tomorrow. "Your honor, we do not wish to plead at this time,” Leibowitz told Judge Allen. "In my opinion, this man is crazv, and before a proper plea, according to the code, is entered we'd like to have a 24-hour delay.” The request was granted without objection from Dodge. Henrietta Kosclanski, hotel pantry girl, whose memory for faces was credited with leading to the sculptor's arrest, attempted unsuccessfully to enter Tombs Prison to see Irwin, with whom she had wnrked in a Cleveland hotel. Recalls Police Promise. To questions about the defense, Leibowitz recalled the police *wo months ago had urged Irwin to sur render with the promise, in effect, that he would not be prosecuted as a sane man. Irwin, meanwhile, was not scheduled for another of the "public appear ances" he appears to enjoy until 1:30 p.m. tomorrow, time set for his hear ing before Magistrate Alexander Brough in Homicide Court on charges of triple homicide. There was little prospect that the trial would come within at least three weeks. Leibowitz said he would ask at tomorrow's hearing that it be de layed until Fall. The attorney Is scheduled to go to Alabama next week to appear as defense counsel In the Scottsboro case. MAN BADLY BURNED CLEANING FURNACE D. C. Worker Victim of Blast and Fire in Chevy Chase Home. Condition Critical. B» a SUIT Correspondent of The Stir. CHEVY CHASE, Md„ June 29.— Soaked with burning oil which ignited as he was cleaning a furnace in the basement of a home here today, Har old Hampden, 25. of 61 H street, Washington, was in a critical condi tion at Georgetown Hospital. The victim, an employe of the George F. Lenz Coal Co. In South Washington, Va., suffered third-degree burns over most of the front of his body, physicians reported. Hampden was working in the base ment at the home of W. A. Brown, jr., 121 Oxford street. According to Florence Todd, colored maid at the residence, who was in an adjoining laundry room when the accident oc curred, the blaze started with an ex plosion. As Hampden ran screaming through a cellar garage out of the building, a nearby resident, Edward Berg of 202 Oxford street, rolled him on the ground to extinguish the flames. The maid said the victim was wip ing the heating unit with a cloth. Suddenly the man was enveloped In flames, she declared, which rose from the concrete floor where a pool of oil had apparently overflowed from the furnace. When the blast occurred, the maid said, Hampden was apparently sprayed with the burning fuel. He received first eld treatment by the Bethesda Rescue Squad, which took * him to the hospital. Lewis at Soviet Party John L. Lewis>, head of the C. I. O., with Mrs. Lewis and) their son, John L. |fr., attracted no little attention at the party given last night by the Soviet Ambassador and Mme. Troyanov sky for the Soviet trans-Polar flyers. The Lewis family was snapped as they descended the grand stairway at the embassy. —Harris-Ewing Photo. 1 1