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CHINESE BEATEN
IN 2 BIG BATTEES
Make Last Shantung Stand.
Japanese Plan New
Lunghai Drive.
BACKGROUND—
Chinese temporarily turned tide
of war by repulsing Japanese
around Taierhchwang two weeks
ago after interrupted enemy's com
munication lines from Tsingtao and
Tsinan, attenuated by long offen
sive down Tientsin-Pukow Railway.
Guerrilla warfare played major role
in victories. Japanese goal is
Suchow, junction of Tientsin
Pukow and Lunghai Railways.
By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, April 20. — A driving
Japanese offensive today thrust back
the Central China Army in two major
battles along the 50-mile front in
Southern Shantung Province.
The offensive cheeked optimism
Chinese had shown with their victory
at Taierhchwang, and it appeared
they were making a last stand in the
province—more than three-fourths of
its 56.000 square miles nominally
under Japanese control.
The two battles were along the Lini
front, with its willow and mulberry
bordered Yi River and at Hanehwang.
southwest tip of the front. Japanese
said they captured Lini and Chinese
admitted lass of Hanehwang.
Farm Fields Battleground.
In the triangular area about Lini
and Hanchwang, fringing the Kiangsu
Province border, the battleground was
small fields of tobacco, peanuts and
beans.
Japanese capture of Lini put them
In position for a reorganized drive
against the vital Lunghai Railway,
China’s east-west trunk line.
The intensity of the Japanese of
fensive indicated Lini was subjected
to two days of aerial bombing and
constant artillery shelling before the
final infantry assault.
The Japanese said this incessant
■ pounding shattered one comer of the
walls, enabling troops to fight their
way by hand to the top and pour a
heavy fire upon the Chinese defenders
below.
Chinese had reported a force of 60,
000 marehing for the attack on Lini a
short time before Japanese announce
ment of its capture. The Chinese ad
mitted they retreated from Hanchwang
before an overwhelming Japanese at
tack during the night. Chinese had
claimed its capture only yesterday.
The Japanese offensive was designed
to utilize Lini as the base for a quick
drive to rescue a Japanese force, bar
ricaded in nearby Yihsien and under
repeated assaults by Chinese. There
was continuous fighting at Yihsien and
along the entire front.
Hailed as Revenge.
The Lini victory was hailed as
avenging in part the Japanese defeat
at Taierhchwang. but foreign observers
believed all Japanese preparations
were not yet complete to permit the
offensive to swing along in full force.
When the Japanese are ready again
to seek control of the Lunghai, there
may then be the biggest battle of the
war. Reinforcements and supplies are
being brought in from Tsingtao, Shan
tung seaport, and Chinese likewise are
bringing up new armies.
Guerrilla warfare choked the first
drive against the Lunghai, and this
time Japanese are seeking to widen
the offensive sufficiently to prevent dis
ruption of communications by the
wide-circling Chinese guerrilla units.
Two divisions of Japanese are in
position west of the Tientsin-Pukow
Railway to defend that communica
tion.
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R. E. A. HEAD SCORES
MARYLAND PROJECT
Carmody Says Tri-County Body
Should Finish Electric Job
Before Asking New Fund.
The Southern Maryland Tri-County
Co-operative Association was scored
today for delay in completion of its
rural electrification system and noti
fied that consideration of any.applica
tion for additional funds to extend the
system would be deferred until the
original project is finished.
John M. Carmody, rural electrifica
tion administrator, at the same time
informed the association that Boyd
Fisher, one of his aides, would meet
officers of the co-operative and pros
pective power users in La Plata on j
May 2 at 8 p.m. to discuss plans for j
completing the work now under way.
“I understand you are preparing a j
request for an additional loan of $50,
000 to extend your project," Mr. Car
mody wrote the association. "We are
always ready to receive additional ap
plications, but before we talk about
additions to the project I think we
ought to review what has been ac
complished with the original $165,000
loan.
"Frankly, the reports I have re
ceived from time to time indicate a
need for better co-ordination all
around. It isn't important to divide
up the blame now. The important
thing is to finish the job and finish it
right.”
TRADE COMMISSION
IN NEW BUILDING
Structure at Pennsylvania and
Sixth Is First Permanent Home
of U. S. Agency.
The Federal Trade Commission
finished moving into its new building
today.
The structure on Pennsylvania ave
nue at Sixth street N.W., formerly
known as the Apex Building, will be
called hereafter the Federal Trade
Commission Building.
Between 400 and 500 employes had
settled into glistening new offices to
day.
This is the first permanent home the
commission has had since it was or
ganized in 1915. It has occupied va
rious temporary buildings, the most re
cent at 815 Connecticut avenue, where
lack of space required part of the
stall to be housed elsewhere. In all,
the commission has had quarters in
nine buildings during the 23 years of
its existence.
Gunston Alumnae to Meet.
The annual spring meeting of the
Alumnae Association of Gunston Hall
will be held at the school tomorrow at
4 p.m. Reports will be made of the
. winter's work and plans discussed for
a luncheon next month.
Star Carriers Off on Reward Excursion
Star carrier boys with Galt Burns, circulation manager of The Star, shaking hands with
Capt. George H. Nowell of the steamer Norfolk on the top deck of the boat. Fifty-six of the
lads left last night for Norfolk and vicinity on a spring excursion tour rewarding good service.
Under the direction of Mr. Burns and C. A. McKenney, jr., his assistant, the boys will be
taken aboard a battleship and a destroyer in the Portsmouth Navy Yard, see a Coast Guard
demonstration of life saving at Cape B^enry and go for a swim. They will return tomorrow
morning. _ —Star Staff Photo.
VALENCIA IN DRIVE
Franco’s Forces, Unable to
Crack Tortosa Lines,
Turn South.
BACKGROUND—
Spanish insurgents split Loyal
ist Spain by driving to Mediter
ranean Sea coast at Vinarat.
Troops quickly spread up and
down adjacent shores, rchile other
jorces drove along French border
to assail Barcelona. Catalan capi
tal from west. Loyalists, display
ing no sign of surrender, prepar
ing to take their stand in South
eastern Spain after Catalonia is
conquered by foes.
Es the Associsted Press.
HENDAYE, France, April 20.—Un
able to crack at once a well-placed
government defense at Tortosa, Span
ish insurgents today drove southward
along the Mediterranean coast toward
Castellon and Valencia.
Gen. Miguel Aranda’s troops neared
the outskirts of Alcala de Chivert,
where a secondary feeder road from
Albocacer joins the coastal highway,
after advancing 12 miles along an
[ 18-mile front.
The new offensive threatened the
chief coastal cities of southern gov
ernment Spain. At Alcaia de Chivert,
the insurgents had covered almost
half the 40 miles from Vinaroz to Cas
tellon and almost a quarter of the 83
miles from Vinaroz to Valencia.
Expect Little Trouble.
Field officers said they expected lit
tle difficulty in taking Alcala de Chi
vert, a town of 6,000 population, which
they said is strongly Carlist.
Insurgents said they had taken
"enormous quantities" of field guns,
machine guns and hundreds of thou
sands of cartridges and assorted mu
nitions in the Tortosa area.
The death of Col. Cebollino, com
mander of the second insurgent cav
alry division, wounded in action west
of Tortosa, was announced by the in
surgent command at Inin.
Government militia, posted strongly
on the left bank of the Ebro River at
Tortosa. yesterday halted the insur
gent advance on Barcelona from the
south. All bridges across the stream,
swelled to more than a half-mile wide
by melting-anows. have been destroyed.
An incessant rain of machine gun
bullets from government emplace
ments made more difficult the insur
gent efforts to lash pontoon bridges
across the turbulent waters.
Insurgents Mopping Up.
Insurgent Gen. Garcia Valino’s
mixed Spanish and Italian regiments
operating on the same front contented
themselves for the most part with
cleaning up the 625 square mile area
behind them. It was their first chance
to mop up, so rapid had been the ad
vance since cutting through to the
sea at Vinaroz.
Insurgent headquarters hailed the
capture of this farming area as a dis
tinct economic advantage. They said
they had captured half the year's rice
crop of the Ebro Delta, the potato crop
ready for harvest and the prospective
year’s crop of oranges and tomatoes
for which the region is famous.
On the far north wing, commanded
by Gen. Solchaga, insurgents effec
tively plugged the French frontier
along the Aran Valley, preventing the
further escape of trapped government
militia and sympathizers. Insurgent
advance guards held the towns con
trolling virtually the only passes into
France.
Militia Puts Up Fight.
To the east, government militia was
putting up a stiff fight only nine miles
from the Andorran frontier, seeking to
halt the Navarrese column advancing
from the north toward fortified Seo de
Urgel.
The government reported some suc
cess in this area, north of the Santa
Magdalena River, including the recap
ture of the village of Farrera and posi
tions in the Sierra de Burchs.
In the center of the 200-mlle eastern
battlefront fighting continued about
Balaguer without marked change in
positions.
In Zaragoza Generalissimo Francisco
Franco was hailed by shouts of “El
Caudillo” (The chieftain) from a
crowd of 100,000 when he proclaimed
the civil war won by his insurgents
and called upon the government to
abandon the struggle.
Spain Seeks League Aid.
GENEVA, April 20 ((P).—The Span
ish government filed with the League
of Nations Council yesterday a request
which might embarrass seriously
French and British plans for a Medi
terranean peace with Italy.
Spanish Foreign Minister Julio Al
varez del Vayo asked the Council to
place the question of “foreign inter
vention in the Spanish war” on the
agenda of the Council meeting open*
ing May 9.
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T raffic of Future
To Be Foolproof,
Van Duzer Says
Fool-proof driving—automatic safety
in traffic—was a vision of the future
left with the Greater New York Safety
Council by William A. Van Duzer. Dis
trict director of vehicles and traffic.
In an address last night, reported by
the Associated Press. Mr. Van Duzer
foresaw an automobile powered with
electric energy drawn from the air and
equipped with photo-electric cells to
prevent running through red lights.
Motor traffic, he said, could be made
as safe and efficient as railroads, with
their automatic block control.
Such strides have been made in
radio and transmission of electricity
without w’ires. he said, that it was only
another step to vehicles with electric
motors, the energy for which would be
transmitted ethereal waves.
"I believe it is possible, by the use of
photo-electric cells, to prevent motor
vehicles from running through red
lights or stop signs.” he said. "It may
also be possible, by similar method, to
control the speed, to co-ordinate the
movement of vehicles on a street where
the traffic lights are arranged for pro
gressive control, and to warn drivers
when they cross or get too close to the
center line on hill crests.”
DOUBLE PAY BRINGS JAIL
Herbert Thompson, sr , colored. 2300
block of I street N.W.. was sentenced
by Judge John P. McMahon in Police
Court yesterday to serve 60 days on
each of three charges of violating the
Unemployment Compensation Act.
Witnesses for the Unemployment
Compensation Board, and previous em
ployers testified that he received un
employment checks while working as a
dishwasher in various restaurants.
Railway Coach to Be School.
A railway coach with room for 20
children is to be used as a school in
Gorton Siding, Scotland.
Taxes
(Continued From First Page.)
Federal, State and local relief now
in operation.
The committee estimates that while
nearly 12.000.000 workers in the
United States are totally unemployed,
there are several millions more, al
though actually on pay rolls, who are
working only part time.
Tracing the development of the
Federal unemployment relief policy
from the outset of the depression in
1930. the report shows that in De
cember. 1933, there were 7.000.Qf>0
households, including 24.800.000 per
sons. receiving public assistance from
Federal, State and local funds.
This total decreased each year
thereafter through December. 1937.
when 5.390.000 households. 15.605.000
persons, were receiving public help.
14 Per Cent of U. S. Gets Public Aid.
The effect of the recent business
recession was reflected in the figures
for January. 1938, when the number
of households affected was 5,904.000,
or 17.314,000 persons. Unemployment
and relief increased, during February
and March, the committee said, add
ing:
"It may be conservatively esti
mated that on April 1 approximately
14 per cent of the population of the
United States were beneficiaries of
public aid of one kind or another.”
Reviewing expenditures for relief,
public assistance and social security,
the committer gave the total cost of
the program during the calendar year
of 1937 as $4,322,000,000, of which
States and local governments spent
$1,431,000,000. The committee report
continued:
"For the entire period, 1933-1937
Inclusive, the total cost of public
assistance and relief programs was
$13,500,000,000, of which $10,000,000,
000-came from the Federal Treasury
and $3,500,000,0000 from State and
local treasuries. If to these figures
the cost of flnergency public works is
added, the total expenditure for the
period, 1933-1937, is $19,300,000,000,
of which $14,200,000,000 came from
the Federal Treasury and $5,100,000,
000 from the State and local re
sources.”
Millions Seen Helped.
The committee added:
"The expenditure of these sums,
vast as is their total, has saved the
lives and morale of millions of people
in America. Public works of great
value have been accomplished.”
The report points out that W. P. A.
workers on part time are able to
make enough to Uve on, due to the
prevailing wage provision in the Fed
eral law, and then go out and get
private employment.
"This outside employment is In
competition with other unemployed
workers,” says the report. “It must
be obvious that this practice tends to
defeat the evident intent of Congress,
which was the protection of the grow
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FOR U. S. PLANES
Technical Mission of Ten
Sails for Survey of
Production. *
By the Associated Press
LONDON April 20.—A secret 10
man technical mission from the Brit
ish air ministry sails today on the
Queen Mary for an extensive survey
of United States airplane production
facilities.
The Queen Mary's passenger list in
cluded five "members of a Board of
Trade party,” J. G. Weir, Reserve Air
Force officer, who is a director of G.
& J. Weir, Ltd., a $teel firm; Air Com
modore A. T. Harris, commanding No.
4 Bomber Group; Comdr. C. John, a
naval officer holding a Royal Air Force
commission, and two representatives
of the government's airplane and
armament experimental department.
The purpose of the six-week tour
was not disclosed, but it was assumed
the mission would study passible use
of American-made planes to increase
Britain's air forces.
Simultaneously, Sir Thomas In
skip. defense co-ordinator, sent a
document marked "secret and confi
dential” to workers and employers in
the armament industry to speed their
efforts in devising increased produc
tion of munitions and planes.
It was understood Sir Thomas urged
production of planes to the fullest
extent of human and mechanical
ability. Otherwise, it was said. Brit
ain would be forced to buy planes
abroad.
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Oakton 0. E. S. Dance.
Harmony Chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star, of Oakton. Md„ will
hold a dance at the Oakton School
April 23 from 9 to 12 p.m.
ing rate of pay in private industry,
by making it passible for workers with
a guaranteed monthly income to un
derbid other unemployed for available
jobs.”
The committee recommended that
the person on relief be required, when
he receives a check for his wags, to
file a statement as to the amount of
his earnings from outside employment
during the work period.
In an effort to bring about uni
formity in the treatment of different
States by the Federal Government,
the committee recommended that a
stipulation be written into the law
"that Federal funds are to be used
for paying labor costs (i.e.,^ security
payments and salaries of non-relief
personnel) and expenses of adminis
tration, not exceeding an average for
the State of $5 per worker per month
for other costs.
"In other words, all non-labor costs
(materials, supplies, etc.) in excess of
an average for the State of $5 per
worker per month would have to be
met by the sponsors of the projects.”
Direct Grants Called Unwise.
The report discussed the unemploy
ment compensation system and con
cluded that there will have to be far
reaching modifications. As to direct
relief grants through the Farm Se
curity Administration, the commit
tee declared such direct relief grants
by the Federal Government are un
wise. It held that the rural popula
tion in heed should be assisted by
work and loan.
The committee recommended against
the proposal for grants in aid to the
States for relief, saying, "The com
mittee is of the opinion that the
adoption of this program would mean
the abandonment of work relief. It
would also amount to the general
lowering of the relief standard to the
unsatisfactory low levels prevailing in
many States.”
The committee recommended also
against the proposal, that the social
security program for dependent chil
dren be liberalised to Include chil
dren of unemployed parents. It rec
ommened that benefits under old
age Insurance begin earlier than 1942,
as now provided. It recommended
also an amendment to the Social Se
curity Act to provide that the merit
system be enforced in the opera
tion of the State plan under the social
security program.
Finally, the committee urged the
vocational training of unemployed
young men to enable them to become
skilled workers and, as a first step,
that the C. C. C. camps devote a
greater part of their program to
training boys for work after they leave
the camp., i
educational!
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Bonnet Is Believed to Have
Offered Plan for U. S.
i
Collaboration.
BACKGROUND—
New French government of Pre
mier Daladier has undertaken to
follow Britain's Premier Neville
Chamberlain in negotiating with
Italy. As preliminaries for a pact
between the two countries get un
der way indications appear that
Premier Daladier also will seek to
strengthen economic bonds with
America.
By (he Associated Press.
PARIS, April 20.—Foreign Minister
Georges Bonnet today presented to
the cabinet an outline of his plans
for strengthening France's interna
tional position, which authoritative
quarters believe include an effort for
closer collaboration between Paris,
Washington and London.
The cabinet, meeting with President
Albert Le Brun, devoted most of its
session to the Daladier government's
revitalized foreign policy, chiefly to
the negotiations for a Franco-Italian
friendship accord.
Informed persons expressed belief
the cabinet gave M. Bonnet at least
preliminary approval of the conversa
tions started by Jules Blondel, charge
d’affaires in Rome, and Italy’s foreign
minister. Count Galeazzo Ciano.
Plans for Aid From United States.
M. Bonnet's policies were understood
to include plans to seek United States
economic aid for France.
Officials were discreetly silent re
garding their plan to draw Washing
ton into the expanding circle of inter
national co-operation talks—on the
theory that the best way to succeed
was not to talk about it. But the re
cent appointment of Jules Henry as
chief of the foreign office staff was
considered an indication of French
hopes. M. Henry is well known in
Washington, where he formerly was
Charge d'Affaires and Counsellor of
the French Embassy.
Bonnet Former Envoy in U. S.
Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet
himself is not only a financial expert
but a former ambassador to Washing
ton. He long has believed the surest
way to strengthen France's shaky
financial structure was through co
operation of the world's other great
democracies, including Britain and the
United States.
M. Daladier hoped to have the Ital
ian agreement signed by the time he
goes to London.
It was believed here that if Fiance
and Britain were able to show the
friendship accords with Italy as con
crete evidence of their ability to ease
the danger of war in Europe they stood
a better chance of securing American
help.
President Roosevelt's expression of
approval yesterday of the Anglo-Ital
ian accord as an example of the "value
of peaceful negotiations" was seen
here as a hopeful sign. 0
More Parleys Tomorrow.
ROME. April 20 <*>).—French-Ital
lan conversations are expected to
morrow to go into details of an un
derstanding for peace, advancing an
other step toward what eventually
may become a five-power pact to keep
Europe out of war.
Instructions for proceeding with
the talks were expected from today's
French cabinet meeting, to be given
to Charge d'Aflaires Jules Blondel.
Blondel will carry on the negoti
ations. which it is believed will be
completed before France sends a new
Ambassador here—accredited to King
Victor Emmanuel as Emperor of
Ethiopia.
There is hope, both in Italian and
French circles, that the negotiations
will be completed before the Geneva
League meeting early in May.
Two things stood in the way of
an early accord. One was the visit of
the Italian foreign minister, Count
Galeazzo Ciano, to Tirana for the
w edding of King Zog on April 27. The
other was Fuehrer Hitler’s visit to
Mussolini, beginning May 3.
French Reinforce Border.
PERPIGNAN. France. April 20 (A>).
—The French Army reinforced border
garrisons in the Pyrenees region to
day to assure frontier defense and
control refugees fleeing from the path
of the Spanish insurgent offensive
against Northern Catalonia.
Military sources said 5.000 infantry
and a regiment of mechanized cav
alry would move into this frontier
region now patrolled by 1,500 mobile
guards.
Stork Engages
* In Egg Rolling
To Ibises? Woe
A large, woolly-necked stork staged
his own egg-rolling at the Zoo the
other day, much to the dismay of a
cross-mated pair of Ibises.
Inspired, no doubt, by the children
rolling Easter eggs on the lawn out
side the Bird House, the stork caught
up three ibis eggs In his beak, one
after the other, and tossed them into
the far corner of the cage.
The eggs, like those outside, prompt
ly broke. A scarlet ibis had been In
cubating them. ,
Since she had mated with a white
ibis, the keepers had hoped for some
interesting, varl-colored chicks.
There was gossip in the Bird House
that a Puritanical streak in the stork
may have prevented this miamating of
his neighbors. The stork, however,
offered no objection when the same
pair produced a chick several years
ago.
This chick grew up to resemble his
father, with white feathers Instead of
scarlet, or pink.
Dr. Bell and Fitzpatrick Are
Witnesses Before Civil
Service Hearing.
James A. Bell, president of South
eastern University, and Dr. John R.
Fitzpatrick, dean of Columbus Uni
versity Law School, were the principal
witnesses today before a Senate Civil
Service Subcommittee on the Shep
pard bill to prevent discrimination
against graduates of night schools in
law and accountancy seeking positions
in the Government.
Senator Logan of Kentucky Is |
chairman of the subcommittee, which
includes Senators Byrd. Democrat, of
Virginia and White, Republican, of
Maine.
The indorsement of organizations
of Government employes and the
heads of the American Federation of
Labor and Committee on Industrial
Organization were presented to the
subcommittee by Dr. Fitzpatrick.
Mr. Bell emphasized the need for i
part-time schools with minimum en
trance requirements, saying he had :
spent 26 of 36 years’ teaching in the
field of adult education. He said he
is convinced that a person denied a
college education in early life, if he
applies himself, later in life makes a
high-grade graduate. He insisted that
graduates of pgrt-time schools, if they
are able to pass the bar examination
and the certified public accountants'
examination, should be allowed to en
joy the same privileges as graduates
of full-time schools.
President Green of the A. F. of L.
in his letter submitted to the hear
ing. made the same statement,
Luther Steward, president of the
National Federation of Federal Em
ployes. said that, while he favors such
legislation, he does not think this bill
corrects the greatest evil where those
in administrative positions show fav
oritism toward graduates of their own ■
colleges or fraternity brothers. He
called that ‘‘an insidious form of
spoils, much more evil than outright j
patronage'’ because it is so difficult to
detect. Senator Logan agreed with ,
that statement.
President Charles I. Stengle of the
American Federation of Government j
Employes, and Jacob Baker, president
of the United Federal Workers’ Asso
ciation. also indorsed the legislation.
Jacob Sandler, president of the
alumni of Southeastern University,
with a membership of 1.900 graduates
in law and accountancy, and Frank
O'Connor, president of the adumni of
Columbus University, wit hmore than
1.000 graduates, also urged favorable
action on the Sheppard bill.
SENATOR TO SPEAK
Senator Clark. Democrat, of Missouri
will speak on "Preparedness'’ at a re
ception and dance to be given by the
Missouri State Society at the Shore
ham Hotel at 9 o'clock tonight for the
100 Missouri delegates to the conven
tion of the Daughters of the American
Revolution.
The society also will elect officers.
The following slate will be voted upon:
Representative Orville Zimmerman of
Missouri, for president; Senator Har
ry Truman of Missouri, Carl Ristine,
Richard Duncan and Mrs. Charles
Keyser. for vice presidents; Craig Red
dish. for secretary, and William Badge
ley, for treasurer. <■
Police Use Nightsticks to
Disperse Strikers at
Detroit Plant.
BT 'he Associated Preu.
DETROIT, April 20.—A labor dis
pute over a United Automobile Work
ers’ dues collective drive at Flint
seemed settled, at least temporarily,
today by the decision of U. A. W. In
ternational officers to discontinue
morning picket lines, but there was a
flurry of violence in Detroit where U.
A. W. strikes kept five factories closed.
The Detroit skirmish was at the
Michigan Steel Castings Co., where 16
policemen. With flying nightsticks,
broke up a 25-man picket line led by
an unidentified man in football head
gear. Twenty-five workers entered
the plant and the management 'an
nounced operations were resumed on
a curtailed schedule after two days of
idleness caused by a strike against a
10 per cent pay cut.
Yields to Ultimatum.
In the Flint dispute, which has kept
5,250 Fisher and Buick Motor Co.
employes idle for three days, Homer
Martin, international president of the
U. A. W., yielded to an ultimatum of
William S. Knudsen, General Motors
president. Mr. Knudsen said Fisher
body plant No. 1 would remain closed
until the union desisted from its at
tempt to collect dues by picket lines.
He described the picketing as an at
tempt to force a closed shop, in vio
lation of the U. A. W.-G. M. agreement.
Mr. Martin said the picketing would
be discontinued in order to give Gen
eral Motors “no excuse to close plants
and throw thousands out of work.” j
In Flint, however, Henry Wilson, presi- ;
dent of the U. A. W. Fisher local, said
that “membership checks” would be
made as employes leave the plant and
indicated an effort might be made to
keep non-union workers in the plant.
Manager Issues Warning.
George C. Paterson, resident Fisher
manager at Flint., instructed the 3,750
employes of Fishe.* plant No. 1 to
return to work Thursday morning, but
gave warning the plant would be closed
for the fourth consecutive day if
pickets reappeared.
Factories closed in Detroit by strikes
included three plants of the Bohn
Aluminum & Brass Corp., employing
175 men; the Detroit Molding Corp., ,
with 500 workers, and the American
Brass Corp., which notified its 750
employes yesterday afternoon that it
was closing Indefinitely because power
house employes shut off power in a
dispute over a 10 per cent wage cut.
CAPT. STUART BEVANS ;
BURIED IN ARLINGTON
Capt. Stuart M. Bevans, Adjutant
General's Department, who died Janu- i
ary 2 near Fort 8totsenburg. P. I.,
was buried in Arlington National
Cemetery today, following funeral i
services at 11 a m. in the Fort Myer '
Chapel, Chaplain Ora J. Cohee offici- i
ating.
Capt. Bevans was stationed at Fort 1
Hoyle. Md., and Fort Myer, Va.. from j
September, 1922. to June, 1925. He
had been in the Philippines since July,
1936. He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Jean E. Bevans.
The following served as honorary
pallbearers at the services: Col. John
A. Crane, Maj. John Nash, Maj. James
L. Mcllhenny, Capt. Lsaac L. Kitts.
Capt. John Meade and First Lt.
Thomas L. Sherburne, jr. i
MUTT ‘PALACES’
Democrats Retort ‘Cheap
Politics’ to Charge of
Extravagance.
* Republican charges of extravagance
and a Democratic retort that "cheap
politics” were being played confronted
the House today in connection with
the dispute over construction of two
new official homes for the High Com
missioner to the Philippines.
Taking the floor yesterday after
noon, Representative Engel, Repub
lican, of Michigan declared it was "an
outrage and a shame” to spend public
money in the manner requested by
Paul V. McNutt for maintenance of
his two official residences.
Mr. McNutt testified during recent
hearings on his request for funds to
finance the High Commissioner's office
during the next fiscal year that the
combined cost of the two residences
would be about $750,000, of which
$522,000 was for the Manila house and
$151,900 for a residence in the moun
tains.
Wider Than White House.
Mr. Engel said the first "palace.” to
be built on,the shores of Manila Bay,
would be 263 feet long and 183 feet
wide and contain 86 rooms, loges, halls
"and whatnots.”
"That's 49 feet longer and 33 feet
wider than the White House,” he said.
"It's going to have a ballroom with
a dance floor 65 feet long and 40 feet
wide and will be two stories high.
That'd be a pretty good-sized farmer's
barn, if you ask me.”
Asserting it would cost about $500,
000. Mr. Engel was particularly critical
of the site for the building which he
said had been selected by Gov. Murphy
of Michigan when he was Governor
General of the Philippines.
Mr. Engel said the "palace” would
be erected on 17 acres of land re
claimed from Manila Bay at a cost of
$75 000.
"There were other sites available
which would not have cost the Gov
ernment a cent,” he said, "and the
present high commissioner, Paul V. v
McNutt, said he would have pre
ferred one of them."
Second "Palace'’ Smaller.
Mr. Engel said the second ' palace"
was to be built in the hills around
Manila and would be "just a small
onp.”
"It will be only 134 feet long, 64
feet wide and will have only 43
rooms." he said.
Representative Rabaut, Democrat,
of Michigan told the House Mr. Engel
was attempting to criticize Gov. Mur
phy.
"Murphy is coming up for re-elec
tion this year, so it's time to get out
the brickbats, or what have you," Mr.
Rabaut said.
Representative Hook, Democrat, of
Mfchigan also took the floor to defend
Gov. Murphy's record.
“In my opinion, some cheap politics
is being played here," Mr. Hook said.
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