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ACCORD READIED UL A. W. Committee Will Act Today—Plants May Reopen Tomorrow. •g the Associated Press. DETROIT. August, 7.—Officials of the Plymouth Motor Car Co. and rep resentatives of the United Automobile Workers rf America announced a “basis of settlement" tonight which, they predicted, would result in re evpiptian of normal operations in the Plymouth plant Monday morning. Details of the fi ^posed settlement were not disclose’. It will be submit to a ratification meeting of Plym outh employes who are members of the V. A. W. tomorrow. **The management, officials of the wnion and the negotiating commit -ee« have agreed on a basis of settle ment, which will be presented ‘at a Membership Committee meeting at 2 ; ®.m, Sunday for formal ratification." diehard T. Frankensteen. U. A. W. organizational worker, announced fol lowing a night conference. "It is expected that the meeting will ratify the agreement and that all i-flrkers affected by the closing will return at their regular hours Monday." Accord on Basis. Attorney Lester L. Colbert, counsel for the Chrysler Corp., Plymouth par ent, concern, said: ;”We have agreed with the officers | o&4he U. A, W. and the negotiating j cSfcmittee cm a basis of settlement1 o£"the controversy at the Plymouth j plant. If the settlement is approved bj the members of the U. A. W.. the Plymouth plant will go into full opera tes for all shifts on Monday,” Eleven thousand Plymouth em- ! tgoves have been idle since Wednes- j dev. More than 9.000 others, em- i ployed making bodies for Plymouth j 15 the Briggs Manufacturing Co. and Dodge Brothers’ plants, also have bjen out of work. -The settlement conferences with | dhrysler officials have interrupted 1 t,$e U. A. W's ifcgotlations for con- j tiwct re*..*ion with General Motors! dbrp., another of the "big three" of j t.Qe automobile industry. These meet- ■ iwgs h8d been under way for several divs prior to the Plymouth disturb- ! Mice. Next Step Wednesday. 'The next step in the U. A. W. cam paign to unionise workers of the Ford Motor Oo. is scheduled for Wednes day. with a renewed attempt to dis tribute literature to workers in the gigantic River Rouge plant in Dear tom. Ford plants closed for a three week inventory period will reopen j Monday. Maurice Sugar. U. A W attorney, was advised by Dearborn City Attor ney James E. Greene today that s ■ Dearborn ordinance provides for issu ance of license!, to distribute literature | ahd also "provides that there shall be Ho disorderly conduct permitted." A previous attempt to distribute handbills near the Ford plant May 26 resulted in a riot in which 18 union- i ijjrts were injured. Assault charges were j brought against seven Ford employes j it* * result: the National Labor Rela- ! tlons Board inquired into the riot ' during its hearing on a complaint ! charging the Ford company with un fair labor practices, and a judge's j presentment may bring five policemen and a police matron to trial before the ; Dearborn Safety Commission Septem- I ber 13. Price* to Go Up. Meanwhile, higher price levels, long a topic of the motor car Industry, will 1 become a reality over a large part of the industry next week Producers who have not announced price in creases are expected to do so within the next few weeks. The in creases go far announced are by Ford and all General Motors di vision*. They range from $15 to *100 and are said in informed source* to represent hardly half the Increased eoet of material* and higher wages to rhich they are generally attributed In these same sources the prediction ! already is being ventured that a further advance will be made before the year end, or not long after the 19S8 models are introduced. Price advances have been under consideration since the beginning of the current year, but lacking know ledge of the Ford Motor Co.'s plans, most producers have been reluctant to take the initial step in an upward revision. -•— DISPLAY MEN PLAN CONVENTION HERE International Club to Hold S«* BionB at Wardman Park Next Tear. Next year's convention of the Inter national Display Men* Club will be held tn Washington. It was announced here vesterdav following a report from the organln turn's annual con vention which has Just ended in Chicago, Joseph B McCann, display manager of s Kann & Sons Co , and a member of the national board of directors of the club, and Curtis Hodges, execute?* director of the Greater National Capital Committee. at- JMrC,nn tended the convention to try to bring j the 3938 gathering to Washington. In reporting their successful effort* j McCann said we are especially happy over the victory in view of the fact ours Is the youngest chib In the na tional organization ” The local club Wa* reorganized a few month* ago The convention to be held at the Wardman Park Hotel, will bring ap proximately 1 000 delegate* to the city. The exact date has not been set. ' —•—-— SUICIDE ON BAY BRIDGE Californian, 90, First to Jump From Golden Gate Span. RAN FRANCISCO, August 7 oPi — The first suicide from recently opened Golden Gate Bridge was reported to State police today by Dr. Lewis Hast ing* Naylor, professor of language* at Trinity College, Hartford. Conn. Dr Naylor said he had met H B Wobber, about «0. of Palo Alto. Calif., on a bus and they had decided to walk across the bridge He said Wob ber suddenly leaped from the railing to the water 200 feet below. I News Summary The Sunday Star, August 8, 1927. PART ONE. Main News Section. FOREIGN. War fear? grip Central China despite peace overtures. Page A-l Reconciliation of Alfonso and ex Queen is announced Page A-S Britain protests to insurgents on ship attack. Page A-5 NATIONAL. Gamer "gavels" remnants of court bill through Senate. Page A-l Adjournment of Congress expected within two weeks. Page A-l Forty-odd nations approve Hull foreign policy statement. Page A-l Sugar compromise sought in effort to avert presidential veto. Page A-2 Senate reorganization group plans ail day hearing. Page A-2 Two slain, third convict may die in prison-break effort. Page A-3 Senate passes bill for census of unem ployed. Page B-4 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Physician doubts Dr. Greenhut. died of natural causes Page A-2 D. C. National Guard digs in for two w-eek encampment. Page A-3 Rites for Justice Van Orsdel to be held in Massachusetts. Page A-l® Sultan to receive report on sewage problems. Page B-l D. C. residents criticized for apathy toward votes. Page B-l House and Senate try to clear calendar of District legislation. Page B-l Senate approves extra $1,650,000* for Naval Hospital. Page B-l Committee named to study D. C. tax program. Page B-l Kennedy seeks D. C. sentiment on re organization plan. Page B-l Motorists told to "chart course" through traffic. Page B-3 SPORTS. Nats divide with Tigers by uphill win in nightcap. Page B-6 Seabiscuit takes *50.000 handicap at Suffolk Downs. Page B-6 Battle for D. C. horseshoe title appears wide open. Page B-7 Lynrh and Mitchell meet today for Mid-Atlantic net title. Page B-8 Pumpkin, favorite, comes through in Saratoga Special. Page B-9 Class— Hambletonian trot to attract | 40 oOO to Goshen. PageB-16 District boats will be prominent in Old j Lominion meet. PageB-11 ! MISCELLANY. Washington Wayside. Page A-2 ! Obituary. Page A-16 Shipping news Page A-12 I Lost and found. Page A-12 Vital statistics. Page A-12 Service orders. Page A-12 Traffic convictions. Page A-12 PART TWO. Editorial Section. Editorial articles Pages D-1-* Editorials and comment. Page D-t Civic news Page D-4 Cross-word puwle Page D-4 Military and veterans' news. Pages D-4-5 Resorts. Pages D - * - 7 Stamps. Page D-7 Winning contract. Page D-9 Educational. Page D-8 a I aw sr i i a a r resn i i nrvtt. Society Section. Society news. Page* E-l-lli Well-known folk. Page E-3 Barbara Bell pattern Page E-9 PART FOUR. Feature Section News feature* Pages F-l-4' John Clagett Proctor. Page F-2 Dick Mansfield. Page F-3 Automobiles. Page F-3 j Amusements. Page F-S j Children's page Page F-D Radio programs. Page F-7 PART FIVE. Financial. Classified. D C. store sales gain Page G-l Rise in prices watched. Page G-l Stocks edge up. Page G-l Stock table. Page G-2 Bond table. Page G-3 Curb table. Page G-4 Classified advertising. Pagc.-G-4-13 ___ ASKS POLICE TO QUIT DE KOVEN GIRL HUNT Aunt of Missing American Dancer Thinks Paris Officials May Impede Return. By the Associated Pres*. PARIS. August 7 .-- Mias Ida Sack helm tonight requested Pans police to abandon search for the missing Amer ican dancer, Jean de Koven, for fear their activities "might interfere with the safe return of my niece The 22-year-old dancer s aunt dis closed she had received a total of four ransom notes demanding the speedy payment of $500, after Miss de Koven dropped from sight two weeks ago "I have it ready and waiting,” said Miss Rarkheim. indicating she was at tempting to establish contact with the writer of the notes. She said le girl’s parents or her brother. Henry de Koven of Brooklyn. N Y, would sail for Paris unless the girl returns "within the next few hours ’’ Police who traced the first telegram received by Miss Sackheim. ostensibly from the dancer, saying she was well, said it had not been sent by Miss de Koven The ransom notes had be*n mailed from the Montparnasse quarter or delivered bv taximen w'ho were un able to identify the sender. Bandit Robs Man As Wagonload of Patrolmen Passes A patrol wagon loaded with police men passed Wiiliam Bloodworth, 28, of 2120 Twenty-eighth street north east, at the very moment he was being robbed last night. He let the officers go by without calling for help for a good reason— there was a gun pressing against hU riha. Bloodworth later told police that a "oiored man, threatening him with a gun. Jumped onto his truck as he slowed down in approaching the in tersection of Rhode Island avenue and Fifth atreet The bandit held the gun pointed at his aide and ordered him to drive to Fifth and B street*. Bloodworth aaid. It was en route there that the patrol wagon passed by. The colored man fled with *0fl taken from Bloodworth when the truck reached the 6 itreet interaectlon. k I I , IN DEATH IN CELL Jail Physician Doubts Dr. Greenhut Expired of Nat ural Causes. By the Associated Press. BEL AIR. Md., August 7.—Dr. Charles Richardson, jail physician here, expressed the belief tonight that Dr. Armen Greenhut. convicted of having attacked a 13-vear-old patient, did not die of natural causes. Dr. Greenhut, convicted yesterday, was found dead in'his cell today. Dr. Richardson and Dr. J. Howard Maldeis of Baltimore performed an autopsy on orders of State's Attorney D. Paul McNabb. "In my opinion, death was not due to natural causes," Dr. Richardson said. "We found a condition that indicated that some drug had been introduced, although we will have to make some chemical and microscopic tests to definitely prove our con clusions." Tests May Take 10 Days. He said the tests would require a week to 10 days. Death in the jail bed saved Green hut, 39-year-old Austrian-born phy sician, from possible execution on the gallows. Sheriff Granville C. Bovle and Fred erick Lee Cobourn, counsel for Green hut, said the physician probably died in his sleep Cobourn added he be lieved Dr. Greenhut "died from ner vous excitement and the strain of 11 101. Inquest Is Adjourned. Magistrate Stanley S Spencer, act ing coroner, called a jury and viewed the body. The inquest was adjourned until Monday and Spencer issued no statement. State's Attorney D. Paul McNabb ordered an autopsy on the body, al though counsel for Greenhut protest ed. "We are satisfied it was a natural death,” said J. H. Fletcher Gorsuch of defense counsel. "I think the State should be done with Dr. Greenhut,” Gorsuch added. "I am opposed to an autopsy. We don't want anything of that sort.” Gorsuch said Greenhut recovered recently from a severe illness and was 25 pounds underweight. Sentence Was Waiting. The court had not passed sentence on Greenhut, waiting disposition of a defense motion for a new' trial. The motion was to have been filed Monday, i Conviction carried with it a possible ! death sentence, in discretion of the court. The statute provides for death or for a prison term. Sheriff Boyle, going to the cell to awaken Dr. Greenhut for breakfast, found him dead. Boyle said the body bore no marks j of violence and that the bed was in ; order. Other prisoners said they heard nothing from Greenhut's cell during the night. Greenhut was calm and composed during the entire trial. He did not break during three hours on the wit ness stand, nor did he show any nerv ousness when he heard the jury fore man pronounce him guilty. ARREST POLICEMAN IN SLAYING OF MAID New York Suspect Admits Kill ing Woman in Row, Com missioner Says. By the Associated Pres*. NEW YORK, August, 7.—Police Commissioner Lewi* J. Valentine an nounced tonight the arrest of Mount ed Patrolman Arthur Chalmers for, the slaying of Irma Louise Pradier. 35, a French maid whose bullet-tom body was found July 20 in the Harlem River Speedway. The commissioner said Chalmers had confessed the killing. In the woman's pocket, when she was found, were six lumps of sugar that detecitves thought might have been intended for a mounted patrol man's horse Ballistic experts said the gun that killed her was a police man's revolver. Commissioner Valentine quoted Chalmers as saying the woman was shot in a struggle over a gun in his automobile. Miss Pradier left her job at Mount Sinai Hospital, the police learned, with the intention of going to Cali fornia “to marry a policeman,’’ after withdrawing her savings of *314 from a bank. Chalmers said, according to Valen tine, that he drove the woman to the American Express Co to dispatch her trunk and she insisted he accompany her to California. later, driving to ward Kensico, N. Y., Valentine said the patrolman told him, they stopped on the Harlem Highway and the woman threatened him with the pistol. The gun discharged In the struggle that followed, Valentine said Chal mers explained. Commissioner Valentine commented that Chalmers’ story did not coincide fully with the facts. Mis* Pradier was shot twice, not onoe, the official said, ar.d one bullet was fired into the body of the car. TRAFFIC DEATH TOLL 65 AS CRASH KILLS WOMAN Total Is Four More Than Figure for Same Period of 1936. Four Others Unhurt. The sixty-fifth traffic death this year, four more than for a similar period in 1936, was recorded here early tcday when Wanita lee, 40, colored, 1804 Seventh street, w'as almost in stantly killed in a crash on Nichols avenue southeast in front of St. Elizabeth'* Hospital. Police *aid the woman, who was pronounced dead on arrival at Cas ualty Hospital, was a passenger in a car operated by Mahlon Ellis, 34, colored, Casualty ambulance driver. Ellis' car, police reported, struck the rear of the machine of Cornelius Tucker, 36, of East Falls Church, Va Another woman in Ellis' car and one in Tucker's automobile were shaken up, but neither they nor the drivers re quired treatment. Federal Worker*’ Unit to Meet. The Treasury Department Local No. 11 of the United Federal Workers of America will meet at 8 p.m. Tues day in Thomson School, Twelfth and L streets. . — —♦--. Safety Fund Voted The Senate joined the House yes terday in approving a *35,00' author aatlon for continuing the Commerce Department’s national safety and ac cident prevention campaign. A Edward and Wally in Venice The Duke and Duchess of Windsor with the Duke's equerry, Mr. Fulwood, in between them, photographed in the city of the canals recently. —Wide World Photo. RITES TOMORROW » — Great Barrington. Mass., to Be Scene of Funeral for Justice. Funeral services will be held in Great Barrington, Mass., tomorrow for Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, who died there yesterday. The rites will be at 4 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Mar garet Zimerele of Washington, with whom the Justice and Mrs. Van Ors del were visiting when he was stricken with a heart ailment three weeks ago. Burial will be in Blue Springs, Nebr., Mrs. Van Orsdel's old home. Justice Van Orsdel, who was 76 yeras old, died at 1 p.m., about 24 hours after he had sunk into a coma. Hopes for his recovery virtually had been abandoned several days ago. Wife at Bedside. Mrs. Van Orsdel and their niece, Mrs. Katherine Warren, who made her home with them at the Roosevelt Hotel here, were at his bedside. A nephew, Ralph A. Van Orsdel, vice president and general counsel of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., accompanied by Mrs. Van Orsdel. left for Great Barrington on receiving word of the Jurist's death. A native of New Bedford, Pa., Jo siah Alexander Van Orsdel wax born on November 17, 1860. He was edu cated at Grove City Normal Academy and Westminister College, then studied law at New Castle, Pa Going west, the young lawyer settled at Blue Springs, and winning admission to the bar, began practice while man ager of a milling plant, in 1890. In 1891 Van Orsdel went to Chey enne, Wyo.. to practice, and the »ame year was married to Miss Kate Bar num of Blue Springs. They had no children. ■ri ivr^uumaij, vail v^i.saei pnierpu politics soon after his arrival in Wyoming, and in 1892 was elected prosecuting attorney of Laramie County. In 1894 he was elected to the Wyoming House of Representa tives. and in 1897 became attorney general for the State. First on Bench in 1905. Justice Van Orsdel first went to the bench in April, 1905. when he became an associate Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court. He served there until the following February, when President Theodore Roosevelt named him an Assistant Attorney General of the United States. On December 13, 1907, the President se lected him for the Court of Appeals, and there he remained. In Justice Van Orsdel's long service there were two decisions that at tracted wide attention. In 1932 he held that a person violating the Fed eral prohibition law was not of good moral character. The other decision was in connection with the 1935 relief act. carrying an appropriation of $4,880,000,000, which he excoriated as entailing "an improper delegation of powers to the President, an invasion of States' rights.’’ He was particu larly sharp in his condemnation of the Resettlement Administration, de claring "the Constitution will likewise be scanned in vain for power con Jurist Dead JOSIAH A. VAN ORSDEL. ferred upon the Federal Government to regulate ‘housing’ or to ‘resettle' populations.” Sharp in Questioning. Of leen intellect, and following each case closely, Justice Van Orsdel had a reputation for the sharp ques tioning he Invariably directed at at torneys arguing ‘n his court. He was regarded as particularly able in deal ing with land cases, a heritage of his early days In the West. In his social contacts Justice Van Orsdel was cordial and friendly. He was a past president of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolu tion, and was a member of the Ameri can Bar Association, the Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists, and the University and Chevy Chase Clubs. He was affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. EDMUND PEARSON, 57, CRIME WRITER, IS DEAD Noted for Borden Case Chronicle. Widow Former Mary Sellers of Washington. Br the Associated Press. NEW YORK. August 8 (Sunday).— Edmund Pearson, 57, America's fore most writer on criminology, died at ' 12:30 o'clock this morning (E. 6 T.) | at Harkness Pavilion Presbyterian Hos pital of bronchial pneumonia. He was particularly well known for his chron icle of the famous Borden murder : case. Pearson had been ill for several weeks. He wa-s a native of Newbury : port, Mass . and a graduate of Har ard University in 1902 His w'idow, | the former Mary 8. Sellers of Wash ington, to whom he was married October 15, 1908. survives His latest book, “Trial of Lizzie Bor den,’’ was published this Spring. In addition to his many books on crime. Pearson wrote about books, among his better known works being “The Old Librarians' Almanack,” "The Library and the Librarian” and “The Librarian at Play.” He was a frequent contributor to periodical publications. He made his home in New York City. «-. Famous Rebel Dead. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, August 7 i/P).—The death in Guatemala of Gen. Justo Umana, one of the most famous rebels in the history of Hon duras, was announced here today Mrs. Norton Forum Speaker WAGE BILL TOPIC OF HOCSE LABOR COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. EPRESENTATIVE MART T. NORTON, Democrat, of New Jeraey. the first woman chair man of the House Labor Com mittee, will discuss labor conditions in the United States during the National Radio Forum tomorrow at 9:30 p m. Arranged by The Washington Star, the forum program Is broadcast over a national network of the National Broadcasting Co. and is heard locally through Station WMAL. Mrs. Morton will explain the so called wage-hour bill with which her committee has been struggling for weeks, and the effect it will have on the country's labor and economic sys tem The committee just recently voted to substitute the Senate-approved wage-hour bill for the House bill In order to expedite acdon on this legisla tion. which President Roosevelt placed on the "must” list for the current ses sion of Congress. Mrs, Norton war elevated to the chairmanship of tne House Labor Committee several months ago follow ing the death of Its former leader, Representative William P. Connery, pr., of Massachusetts. She was for merly head of the District Committee, a position she held for six years. The House placed Mrs. Norton on (he Labor Committee soon after her ei^etior to Congress, because of her pro-labor view*. The district aha rep. 4 resents in \he House is made up largely of labor. She took over th? chairman ship at a critical time, when the coun try was torn by labor disorders—a I time when the i^bor Committee sud denly moved into the public spotlight as one of the most Important standing 1 committees of the House. k REPRESENTATIVE NORTON. Leaders Seeking Way Out of Impasse Over Hawaii, Puerto Rice. By the Associated Pram. Senate sugar bloc leaders discussed yesterday the possibility of a compro mise on new sugar control legislation, with the hope of forestalling a threat- j ened presidential veto. Senator Adams. Democrat, of Colo- ! rado, chairman of a gro ■ of Senators from Western and Soc.nern sugar producing States, said "we are seeking a way out” of an impasse over a pro posed limitation of refining in Hawaii j and Puerto Rico. In the face of a warning that Presi dent Roosevelt would reject a bill ■'discriminating” against the island j territories, the House voted. 135 to 92. j Friday to retain the disputed curb and then passed the bill. Might Extend Refining. Though Adams was silent on com promise terms, others suggested It might embody extension to all refining operations—including those on the continent—of the quota system al ready applying to the marketing of raw sugar. Some described It privately as a “face-saving” device to surmount the President's objections, and questioned whether It would serve the purpose. The new legislation, one of the re maining major controversial issues on the congressional program before ad journment. would displace the 1934 Jones-Coetigan act, which expires at the end of this year. It would continue the marketing quota system applying to the conti nental beet and cane producers. Hawaii. Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Cuba. Would Revive Excise Tax. The measure also would revive an excise tax of 50 cents per 100 pounds to finance benefit payments to pro ducers. A similar tax was invalidated by the Supreme Court's decision on the agricultural adjustment act. The fight over sugar legislation shifted yesterday • to the Senate Finance Committee, which heard ob jections from Sam King. Hawaii's congressional delegate, to the refining curb. Florida Senators renewed pleas for larger quotas for that State. Chairman Harrison said he planned to complete the hearing Monday and other administration leaders said they hoped to start Senate consideration the following day. PRESIDENT RELAXES AT HYDE PARK HOME Plans to Inspect His Forestry Project—Returns to D. C. Today or Tomorrow. By the Associated Presa. HYDE PARK, N. Y„ August 7 — President Roosevelt returned for a brief stay at his boyhood home on the Hudson today and relaxed into tt,* easy-going routine of a country gen tleman. Arriving early in the morning by special train from Washington he was greeted a few minutes later at his mother's home by his wife, who has been here for several weeks. A fam ily luncheon also was attended by Mrs. J. R. Roosevelt, the President's sister-ln-law. No business callers were on his en gagement list for the week end. al though Maj. Gen. Frank R. McCoy, 2d Corps Area commander at Gov ernors Island, and Mrs. McCoy were invited to dinner tomorrow. The President will return to Washington tomorrow or Monday night. Summer White House officials said he worked for a short time on ma!’_ during the day and planned during his stay to inspect again his nearby forestry project. The presence at the estate of two .secretarial aides. Miss Marguerite Le Hand and Miss Grace Tully, aroused some speculation whether the President might not have eought the seclusion of his New York home to start writing a speech, but White House officials said no address seas In the making. CATHOLICS DECLINE BID TO CONFERENCE Archbishop Informs Denomina tion* “It I* Wise to Pursue Different Lines of Serrice.” Br the Associated Press. EDINBURGH, Scotland, August 7 — The Catholic Church today declined the personal invitation of the arch bishop of York to send delegates to the second World Conference on Faith and Order in session here. In a courteous response to the invi tation from the second ranking prelate of the Church of England. Archbishop Joseph MacDonald. Catholic prelate of this city, gave the conference his blessing, but said: “It is wise to pursue our different lines of service independently.” The 400 delegates to the conference from almost every Christian denomi nation except the Catholic, have been working on the problem of a world unity of Christianity. The Archbishop of York’s personal 1 invitation was understood to be a tactful effort to learn whether an official invitation from the conference would be acceptable to the Catholic Church. Unofficial Roman Catholic observ ers have attended the gathering, but have not participated in discussions. DAM STRIKE HINTED C. I. 0. Worker* at Grand Coulee May Walk Out. GRAND COULEE, Wash., August 7 (/P).—C. I. O. workers on the Gov ernment's *120.000.000 Grand Coulee Dam rallied today, axsertedly in prep aration to strike Monday and shut down work on the largest hydroelec tric and reclamation project ever at tempted. The C. I. O. asserts it can close the project through ‘TOO per cent membership of 150 pipefitters’’ on the dam. The strike move was precipitated, C. I. O. leaders said, by the discharge of nine C. I. O. workers last week after the union had protested against the exclusive agreement between Ma aon-Walsh-Atktoaon-Kier Oo. and the A. T. L, I Washington Wayside Tales ! Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. FLOATING POWER UMMER sports among the liter ary ladies of Washington, ac cording to a headline in a local paper: JJm D C. CLUB WOMEN DISCUSS WRITING ON AIR SATURDAY. For week days, we recommend the old pen and paper and a nice dark room, * * * • SURRENDER. Convinced at last that he would never be able to discover any sig nificance in the event, a corre spondent of ours has sent a simple note, saying: "There were five humming birds humming around a plant at one end of the veranda at the Congres gional Country Club the other aft ernoon. Furthermore, there are more humming birds around the Congressmen's country home than at. any other spot near Washing ton." Five at one table, did you say? Hmmmm. * * * * MODERN MORES jDACK from a journey to Texas. Frank Ford Burnet reports to us on the effect the more abundant life as supplied by Roosevelt legislation. Is having on ancient customs of the Nation. Says he knows a man down there who felt it particularly essential that his son's social security card number should be recorded for future refer ence. Thought and thought and thought about it. and finally opened up the family Bible. On the page containing the entry. "James Doe," born June 6. 1912, etc ." he added carefully "social security card No. 0001-1234-00 isued May 1, 1937." * * * * BY A NOSE. OHRASES are coined and borrowed not only in newspaper columns and theaters. The airline pilots have contributed a few of their own. Latest of these Is a synonym for crack-up. Seems a big liner was fighting its way into Washington in plenty of weather, all of it bad, with one pilot handling the controls and riding the beam, the other staying in telephonic communication with the airport. Washington called him and asked would he please check the beam to see if it were on course or swinging (not a la Benny Gcodman. either). This seemed the height of dumbness to the co-pilot, because he could scarcely see his wing-tips much less see the ground to chr-ck on the radio beam. He looked over at the pilot, decided he was no. an individual to be both ered at the moment, so answered for himself: ‘'Listen.' he snapped. "If the beam's O K., we ll be there in 15 minute* If it’* not, this is going to be a photo finish—for the newspapers.” * * * * FADING? Sign in a corner drug store win dotr near Fifteenth and H streets: "Nine Old Men"—while they last, 99c. * * * * NO SALE. ^’AUTICAL chap around town who 'L pines to be the skipper of a moth '« moth being one of the smallest of sailboats, next to the frostbite dinghy) heard about a second-hand number down on the Washington wa ter front. Price, $50. He went down, looked It over and liked it, but couldn't -- / find the owner, so he left his telephone number. Waited several days, but there was no call. He went down to see the dock man who had taken the number. “Oh, yes; oh, yes,'' said the dock keeper. “I remember you all right. Gave your number to th* fellow that owned the boat. He called your house and your wife said you couldn’t have it.” * * * * TARS. ^)^,7HICH reminds us that the nifty appearance of those blue and white Sea Scout uniforms during the recent Jamboree seems to have had an effect on local talent. The Boy Scouts of Prince George County are going to ’’anchor'' a “ship” near River dale soon, and first-class Scouts over 15 years of age will be eligible to join the crew. Newell Bowman will be the skipper. RELIGIOUS SERVICES ALLOWED TO RESUME Valencia Government Believed to Be Near Reopening of Churches With Pledge. Be th* Associated Press. VALENCIA, Spain. August 7—The Spanish Government, in what was regarded as a step toward the reopen ing of churches, today authorised the resumption of religious services in ter ritory under its control. The government said it was fulfill ing its pledges for freedom of wor ship, but guarding against assumption of political power by the church. Priests and nuns were assured free dom from molestation, but the stipu lation was made that services be held privately. Manual Irujo. minister of justice, disclosed he reeen^ had permitted the reopening of a confect in Valencia where yo monks are making clothe* for government, soldier* Other convents vrtll be permitted to epee, he said. i - ■■ ■ i Joint Committee to Push In* quiry Tomorrow in Drive for Calendar. BY Wil l. P KENNEDY. With adjournment of Congress Im minent. the Senate members of tha Joint Committee on Government Re organization will hold all-dav public hearings tomorrow In an effort to close tbeir inquiry within 10 days and get a bill on the calendar for priority consideration as soon as Congress re turns. Chairman Byrd of the Special Sen ate Committee on Reorganization and Minority Leader McNarv. ranking Re publican on the committee, are de termined the bill shall not be reported out and placed on the Senate cal endar until adequate hearings have been held as promised by the late Senator Robinson. Democratic leader. The bill under consideration is the product of earlier hearings by the Joint committee and » drafled along the lines of President Roosevelts re organization program, which con templates, principally, the subordina tion of all the independent agencies to cabinet control so far as their admin istrative functions are concerned, and the replacement of the bi-partisan Civil Service Commission of threa members by a single administrator. Divergent Views Expressed. At yesterday’s hearing widely di vergent views were expressed by wit nesses on the civil service feature of the bill, which includes also a pro gram to bring the thousands of non elvil service positions throughout the Government, under the merit system, and build a career service in the Gov ernment. At the request of Senator Byrd, who is arguing for consolidations and elim inations. and opposes the plan to shift control of the Independent agencies it was decided to call to morrow the chairmen of the Inter state Commerce Communications, Federal Trade and Federal Power Commissions, to ask how these agpncies would be affected. It was then that Senator Byrnes. Democrat, of South Carolina, who suc ceeded Senator Robinson in the chair manship, announced all-day hearings would be held. The bill under consideration lists as independent agencies subject to the proposed change, legislative courts. Board of Tax Appeals, those groups J to be studied tomorrow and the Coal, Securities and Exchange, Maritime Commissions and the National Labor Relations Board. Congress Keeps C'enaent Power. The bill authorizes the President by executive order to transfer to an execu | tive department any of the routine administrative and executive functions 1 of any independent establishment j which are common to other agencies j of thf Government, such as the prepa i ration of estimtaes of appropriations, the appointment of personnel and maintenance of personnel records, the j {-.ocurement, of material, supplies and : equipment, the accounting for public j funds, the rental of quarters and re ; lated matters. Under the bill when the President ; issues an executive order relating to the transfer, consolidation or abolish ment of agencies, the order must be submitted to Congres to become effec tive in 60 days if Congress is in ses sion, otherwise the executive order does not become effective for 60 day* after Congress reconvones—this is to give Congress an opportunity to pass a law prohibiting the change Principal support for the pending bill yesterday came from Luther C. Steward, president of the National Federation of Federal Employes. It was attacked by Charles I. Stengle. president of the American Federation of Government Employes, and H Eltot Kaplan, secretary of the National Civil Service Reform League. Steward said his organization be lieves the bill, which was sponsored by Senator Robinson, “despite certain j imperfections, represents a long step forward toward the goal of a merit system Federal service which will op erate efficiently and effectively for the public.” He was emphatic In approv i lng the administrator plan for civil service as a move toward greater effi ciency. Clear Definition Sought. * The N F F. E. head urged “a very clear definition of the meaning of policy making' positions,” which are not scheduled to be brought under civil service, saying the number should be small. The proposal to make heads of bureaus subject to presidential ap pointment was criticized by Steward, who said it as ''a clear concession to the spoils system.” Stengel was sharp in his attack, de claring the plan would develop a "spoils system more obnoxious than that which existed before the present civil service system.” and would throw the Government service into a "state of constant anxiety and disorder.” He added the measure would “forever blast our hopes for a career service.” Stengle's argument was along the line of a recent statement in which he declared the measure was full of contradictions. Kaplan condemned the personnel provisions as "vague and contradic tory.” "There are some good features In the bill, but we are frankly disap. pointed," he said. Kaplan declared also that liberal interpretation of the measure would provide "no real ex tension of the merit system.” POLICE HOLD BROTHERS OF GANGSTERS’ VICTIM Tom and Lucian Langetta Ar rested in Florida—Guns Found in Home. By the Associated Press. * TAMPA, Fla., August 7 —City and county officers tonight arrested Tom and Lucian Langetta, who said they were brothers of a Philadelphia gang killing victim, and seized a quantity of guns and ammunition in their home. They also held them for investigation in several hold-ups in this section. Officers also took into custody pretty Frances Langetta, 25. wife of Tom, and kept the men's mother under sur veillance. Chief of Detectives W. D. Bush said no charges had been placed against them He said Philadelphia author ities had been informed of their de tention, and the victims of a theater hold-up in St. Petersburg were asked to look at the men. Mrs. LangettR told Chief Bush the family came to Tampa last Bpring after a brother had been slain in a gang war, and they sought safety.