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Wage Measure Is Question
- in Adjournment Hopes
for Early June.
BACKGROUND—
The chief doors between Con
gress and adjournment are pump
priming and wage-hour legislation.
The House worked far into the
night Thursday to get pump
priming off its chest. Wage and
hour is the next problem. Mem
bers of the House especially are
restive because this is an election
pear. They want to get home
and campaign.
By J. A. OXEARY.
The administration's $3,154,000,000
relief and pump-priming program may
Undergo some alteration in its journey
through the Senate, but present in
dications are that efforts to curtail
its major provisions will face an up
Jull fight.
With Public Works Administrator
Irkes as the first witness, an appro
priations subcommittee headed by
Senator Adams. Democrat, of Colo
rado begins work on the House
approved measure at 10:30 am. to
morrow. Chairman Adams hopes to
have the bill ready for committee
action by Thursday or Friday, so the
Senate may begin debate a week from
tomorrow.
Following Mr. Irkes' appearance,
the subcommittee will hear Works
Progress Administrator Hopkins and
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace.
Meanwhile, members of Congress
were scanning the calendar, hoping
they could count on adjournment by
the middle of June, but admitting
that the wage-hour bill is still tlie
big unknown quantity in trying to
predict the going-home date.
Reorganization Rumors.
Persistent recurrence of reports that
the administration wants to give the
Government reorganization bill an
other tryout is an added complication
for those members who would like to
see adjournment early In June, but
there was still a good deal of uncer
tainty yesterday as to whether the
reorganizing Issue will be revived.
Although two bills the House passed
last year dealing with parts of the
program are still on the Senate cal
endar, Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of
South Carolina indicated yesterday he
has no plans at this time for re
opening the question at that end of
the Capitol.
The omnibus bill the Senate passed
could be brought out again from the
special House committee to which It
was recommitted, and some supporters
contend the result would be different
on another vote in the House.
Representative O'Connor. Demo
crat. of New York, who led the fight
for recommittal of the bill several
weeks 8go, was quoted in Boston yes
terday by the Associated Press to the
effect that bringing up the reorgani
zation measure again would be "as dif
ficult as reviving a dead fish.”
Work Relief Cot Sought.
Members of the strong Senate op
position bloc, who came within a few
votes of defeating or materially chang
ing the bill before it passed, also
would renew the fight if the subject
should be brought up again in that
branch.
In connection with the wage-hour
bill, there are reports of a move being
considered by some Senate opponents
to try to send that measure to com
mittee, instead of to conference, if It
comes bark from the House in its
present rewritten form. Some vet
eran members of the Senate believe
that if this move developed the Sen
ate would face a long wrangle over
the question. Present indications are
the wage-hour issue will not come to a
head in the House until May 23. the
date on which the recently signed
discharge petition brings it up.
Senate efforts to reduce the work
relief bill are expected to center
mainly around the pump-priming
lending features rather than the re
lief portion. As in former years, a
move probably will be made to turn
administration of relief back to the
States, with the Federal Government
continuing to aid in meeting the
problem, but the effort has little
chance to succeed against the large ad
ministration majority In the Senato.
President's Control.
Members of the Appropriations Com
mittee are giving serious consideration
to amendments placing broader control
In the hands of the President to allo
cate funds for different phases of
spending activity. The House bill
already requires presidential approval
of projects.
On the other hand, Senator Byrd,
Democrat of Virginia, a leader of the
opposition bloc, contends appropria
tions should be made directly by Con
gress to the agencies.
Efforts that failed in the House
probably will be renewed in the Senate,
to eliminate or change the new alter
native plan for allotting P. W. A. pro
jects to cities that are not in a position
to apply for further loans on a bond
issue basis, by having the Federal
agency meet the fuU cost, with the
municipalities agreeing to pay back 55
per cent with interest in annual in
stallments for 25 years. The bill also
continues the 45 per cent grant and
55 per cent loan ratio for cities obtain
ing projects by issuing bonds for the
loan portion.
Senator Adams is hopeful of pass
ing tne bill and getting it to conference
within two weeks.
G. W. U. DEAN ASSAILS
‘FRONTIER THINKERS’
Dr. H. G. Doyle Blames Them for
Trend Toward Ending Study
of Modern Languages.
B' the Associated Press.
BOSTON, May 14 (#).—Dr. Henry
O. Doyle of George Washington Uni
versity today blamed “new educational
theories” of “frontier thinkers” at
Columbia University’s Teachers Col
lege for much of the trend toward
elimination of study of modern lan
guages from colleges and high schools.
Addressing the New England Modern
Langauge Association at Tufts College,
the dean said: “These frontier think
ers are not only opposed to the teach
ing of modern languages, but they also
eliminate mathematics from the school
curriculum.
"Foreign language teachers should
stand together but they should also be
lieve in other subjects. They should
maintain a humanistic philosophy of
education as against Columbia’s nat
uralistic philosophy which reduces
man to merely a higher animal.”
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Readers' Guide
and
News Summary
llie Sunday Star, May IS, 1938.
PART ONE.
Main News■ Section.
FOREIGN.
Mexico acts to Mock threatened revolt
by Gen. CediUo. Page A-l
Loyalists retard rebels’ drive on
Valencia. Page A-4
Chinese assault tightening ring of
Japanese. Page A-4
Reich intervenes lor six in Brazil
revolt probe. Page A-4
Von Crahnm gets year on immorality
charge. Page A-16
Duce warns dictators to join to fight
democracies. Page B-3
NATIONAL. v
Eyes of country on Pennsylvania pri
mary Tuesday. Page A-l
Senator La PoUette on week-end cruise
with President. Page A-l
National Airmail Week to open this
afternoon. Page A-2
Senate wage-hour bill filibuster held
possiMe. Page A-2
Senate group takes up lending-spend
ing program tomorrow. Page A-2
Labor Board to ask Supreme Court to
clarify ruling. Page A-8
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Budget Bureau approves amendments
to Alley Dwelling Act. Page A-l
Citizens preparing for vote hearings
on Wednesday. Page A-l
Increase in major crimes here shown
in report. Page A-l
Oldest retired Army officer, near 101,
dies. Page A-2
Trial of Langdon in Limerick caae
opens tomorrow. Page B-l
: Public Assistance Division cuts relief
! rolls here. Page B-l
1 Pate of D. C. relief appropriation to be
decided. Page B-l
SPORTS.
Dauber, favorite, romps to victory in
rich Preakness. Page B-4
Foxx's homer in tenth inning beats
Nationals, 10-9. Page B-7
‘'Feel" of club main factor In low golf
scoring, aays Cox. Page B-9
Terps bow to Navy in lacrosse, 7-8. in
brief lapse. Page B-9
Danger Point, in fine stretch run, wins
Metropolitan. Page B-19
Outboard and 135-cubic-inch racing
gaining here. Page B-ll
MISCELLANY.
City news in brief. Page A-12
■ Obituary. PageA-14
| Vital statistics. PageA-17
Shipping news. Pace B-2
Travel. Page B-5
PART TWO.
Editorial Section.
Editorial articles. Pages C-l-3
Editorials and comment. Page C-2
Letters to The Star. Page C-3
i John Clagett Proctor. Page C-4
j News features. Pages C-4-5
I Automobiles. Page C-6
' Dick Mansfield. Page C-6
! Stamps. Page C-6
In bridge circles. Page C-6
Fraternities. Page C-7
Cross-word puzzle. Page C-7
Military’ and veterans’
news. Pages C-7-8
Civic news. Page C-9
; Parent-teacher activities. Page C-9
PART THREE.
Society Section.
Society news. Pages I)-1-9
Well-known folk. Page D-4
j Barbara Bell pattern. Pagel>-19
Educational. Page D-19
Women s clubs. Page D-ll
PART FOUR.
Financial. Clatsified.
D. C. business near 1937
levels. Page E-l
Stocks ease at week's close. Page E-l
Industrial rate down Page E-l
Dow-Jonea stock averages. Page E-l
Lost and found. Page E-I
Classified advertising. Pages E-3-14
PART FIVE.
Feature Section.
Amusements. Pages F-l-2
Radio programs. Page F-3
Books. Page F-4
Art notes. Page F-S
Music. Page F-4
Children’s page. Page F-7
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WOMAN rs INJURED
Mrs. Dorothy Quinter Morgan
Hurt in Auto Accident.
Mrs. Dorothy Quinter Morgan, 21,
sister of Ralph Quinter, well-known
amateur golfer, was cut on the legs
early today when an automobile in
which she was riding was sldeswiped
on the Mount Vernon memorial high
way by another machine. She was
treated at Garfield Hospital.
Police aaid the car in which Mrs.
Morgan was riding was operated by
George W. Thorpe, 22, of 1661 Cres
cent place N.W. They aaid he was
unhurt. Mrs. Morgan gave her ad
dress as the Chevy Chase Club.
Ted Lewis’ Mother Dies.
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio, May 14 OP).—
Mrs. Ben Freedman, 78, mother of
Ted Lewis, orchestra leader, died at
her home here tonight.
RITE TODAY OPENS
AIRMAIL WEEK
Mrs. Roosevelt to Receive
First Sheet of Stamps
From Postmaster.
National Airmail Week will be
opened officially here at 1 o’clock thb
afternoon when the first sheet of the
new 8-cent airmail stamps will be
presented to Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
velt by Postmaster Vincent C. Burke
This ceremony will take place on the
Commerce Department plana, at
Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue N.W, where the flagship. Dis
trict of Columbia, of American Air
lines has been set up as a special
air mail substation, to stay in opera
tion the rest of the week.
This will be followed by a 30-minute
program over the Mutual broadcasting
system in which Mrs. Roosevelt will
take part with Harllee Branch, second
Assistant Postmaster General.
Te Re-enect first Flight.
Postal officials from Washington
and other guests then will fly to
Newark, leaving there at S o'clock over
Eastern Airlines in a re-enactment
of the first New-Washington air
mail flight 20 years ago.
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, noted
World War flyer and president ol
Eastern, and Dick Merrill of trans
Atlantic fame will be in charge of the
trip. The party will include James C.
Edgerton and George L. Boyle, whc
flew the north and south inaugural
trips of the airmail in 1918; Mr.
Branch. Postmaster Burke, and two
men who had an active part in the
Initial flight—William H. Haycock,
now assistant postmaster here, who at
that time was superintendent of malls,
and Merritt O. Chance, then post
master at Washington.
The day's observance will be con
cluded at a dinner at the Mayflower
j at 7 o’clock tonight when the winner
j in the National Air Mail Essay Con
; test will be announced. The contest,
: for school boys and girls, was sponsored
by 17 air lines, the Greater National
Capital Committee of Washington and
the Post Office Department. All the
State winners are to attend the dinner.
All-Expense Trip Is Prize.
The prize is a flve-day, all-expense
i trip to Hollywood or Miami.
The speakers will be Mrs. Roosevelt,
Mr. Branch, Ambrose O'Connell, ex
ecutive assistant to the Postmaster
General; Thomas W. Bird, chairman
of the Contest Board, and Paul
Younts, executive chairman of the
Air Mail Week Campaign.
After today. Flagship Station will
be open from 8 a m. until midnight
daily, through Saturday. In addition
to offering postal facilities, the plane
is open to inspection. With It are
two exhibits from the Bureau of Air
! Commerce—a teletype outfit used for
■ transmitting weather reports, and a
: beacon light of the type used on
airways.
An exhibit also has been arranged
in the lobby of the City Post Office,
at North Capitol street and Massachu
setts avenue. There the cabin of an
Eastern Air Lines plane has been set
up, equipped with radio apparatus
that will receive reports from planes
flying on regular service. A broadcast
over a National Broadcasting Co.
j hook-up has been arranged there from
| 11:30 to 11:45 a.m. tomorrow, with
j the participants including Senate Ma
l Jority Leader Barkley and House
| Leader Rayburn.
New SUmps Go on Sale.
The new air mail stamps went on
sale at the City Post Office and the
Benjamin Franklin SUtion in the
Post Office Department Building at
8 o'clock this morning. The depart
ment has arranged a special cachet
for the observance.
On Wednesday, several hundred
flyers over the country will be sworn
in as special air mail pilots for a one
day mail service for their communities
which are not on regular routes.
As an added attraction of the show
here today, Marion Weldon, a Para
mount "starlet.” Is scheduled to fly in
from Hollywood to present to Post
master General Farley a 2-foot scale
model of the type of plane used in
transcontinental service in the early
days.
The First Aerial Postman
Lt. James C. Edgerton. who flew the first mail plane info
Washington from New York on Mag 15,1918, is shown herf roith
his sister, Elizabeth, just after landing. —Harris-Ewing Photo.
Oldest Retired Army Officer
Dies as 101st Birthday Nears
Brig. Oen. Aaron Simon Daggett,
who fought the Confederates, Indians.
Filipinos, the Spanish and the Chi
nese, died yesterday In Roxbury,
Mass., just a month before he would
have reached his 101st birthday. He
was the oldest retired officer of the
United States Army.
Gen. Daggett was born in Maine,
June 14, 1837. On May 1, 1861, he
joined the Union Army as a second
lieutenant in the 5th Maine Volun
teers. July 21, 1861. he took part in
the Battle of Bull Run, and before the
Civil War was over he heard the rebel
yell in these engagements:
West Point, Gaines Mill, Goldings
Farm, White Oak Swamp, Second Bull
j Run. Cramptons Gap, Antietam, Fi ed
■ ericksburg. Second Fredericksburg.
Salem Church, Gettysburg. Rappa
j hannock Station, the Wilderness,
Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor and Peters
burg.
Fought Against Indians.
From the Civil War he went to battle
against the redskins. In the Regular
Army, he served until July, 1877, with
the 16th and 2d Infantry Regiments
in Alabama. Florida, Georgia. Missis
sippi and South Carolina. The next
12 years he spent with the 2d Infantry
In Idaho and Washington Territories
and in Nebraska.
Gen. Daggett was In Fort Missoula,
Mont., In 1898. when war broke out with
Spain and he was ordered to Florida,
| where he stayed until June. Then he
| sailed for Cuba and took part in the
i Battle of San Juan, where Theodore
| Roosevelt and the Rough Riders made
great names for themselves.
After another tour of duty in the
Far West following his Cuban service,
Gen. Daggett was ordered to the
Philippine Islands in July, 1899,
where he participated in several bat
tles and skirmishes. In July, 1900, he
went to China with the China relief
expedition and fought against the
Boxers at Yangtsun and Peiping.
On August 15. 1900, he led the attack
on the gates of the Imperial City.
The general was retired from the
Navy’s Museum at Academy
To House Tradition’s Relics
ANNAPOLS. Md.. May 14.—A dream
of officials of the United States Naval
Academy for almost two decades will
come true this summer when work will
be started on a building for the United
States Naval Academy Museum: Con
structed with funds donated by the
Navy Athletic Association and the
United States Naval Institute, the mu
seum is expected to be dedicated dur
ing June Week In 1939.
For years the academy has been re
ceiving naval relics of historical and
inspirational value, but has lacked
suitable space to display them. Some
have been crowded into five recitation
rooms in Maury Hall, and others have
been placed in available space in other
buildings, but in the new building they
will be exhibited in deserving style.
Eventually the museum is expected to
become comparable to the great naval
museums in London and on the con
tinent.
Although it will be part of the Naval
Academy, in many respects the mu*
T. W. Noyes to Speak in Forum
TO DISCU88 DISTRICT-FEDERAL RELATIONSHIP.
Theodore W. Noyes, editor of The
Washington Star and chairman of
the Citizens' Joint Committee on Na
tional Representation for the District
of Columbia, will be the speaker on
the National Radio Forum tomorrow
night. a
Mr. Noyes’ subject will be “The
Forgotten Man and Not Forgetting
the Forgotten Woman—the Political
and Fiscal Relationship Between the
United States and Its National Capi
tal Community.”
The forum program, heard locally
through Station WMAL, is sponsored
jointly by The Washington Star and
the National Broadcasting Co. and is
broadcast over a Nation-wide network
of radio stations. It is scheduled to
go on the air at 10:30 o’clock.
Voteless and unrepresented in their
local and National Government, the
citizens of the District seek to amend
the Constitution so as to obtain these
fundamental rights. The constitu
tional proposals would empower Con
gress to grant them voting representa
tion in Congress and the Electoral Col
lege, the right to sue and be sued in
the United States courts and effective
participation in their local government.
The citizens of the District showed
their support of these proposals In tbs
»
THEODORE W. NOYES.
unofficial referendum vote of April 30
by recording an overwhelming majority
In support at the grant of these normal
rights of American attlaenshlp.
seum will be national naval mu.seum:
yet it is not expected to conflict with
an ambitious project of the Navy His
torical Foundation for a large national
naval museum at Washington. The
academy museum will serve primarily
as inspiration for Annapolis midship
ment.
Curator. Appointed.
Cap*. H. A. Baldridge, appointed
first full-time curator of the academy
museum last December, has started
to seek as gifts for the musuem objects
related to American naval history.
The new building, Capt. Baldridge
announced, will be inside the main
entrance to the academy grounds be
tween the Officers’ Club and Samp
son Hall. It will be 105 feet wide and
75 feet deep, although later additions
may make it deeper, and the front will
be built on a line with Mahan and
Maury Halls. It has been designed in
Conformity with the other academy
buildings by F. W. Southworth, archi
tect of the Bureau of Yards and Docks
of the Navy, who also designed Melville
Hall and has had general supervision
over Naval Academy architecture for
more than 20 years.
$200,900 Fund Donated.
Construction of the two-and-a-half
story building of white pressed brick
and granite facings will be financed
without any cost to the Government
with $150,000 given, by the Navy Ath
letic Association and $50,000 by the
United States Naval Institute. Both
organizations will have permanent ad
ministrative offices on the second floor.
In authorizing acceptance of these
funds 1q March, Congress also author
ized the Secretary of the Navy to ad
minister additional contributions of
money and property through a trust
fund in the Treasury Department
known as the United States Naval
Academy Museum Fund. The legis
lation exempted gifts to the museum
from Federal taxes.
Rear Admiral David Foote Sellers,
who retired as superintendent of the
academy in January, fostered the
museum during his four years as
superintendent, and arranged for the
gifts to finance it. Admiral Sellers
also obtained the appointment of a
retired officer as full-time curator so
it would benefit through continuity
of administration. Capt. Baldridge,
Just past retirement age, is one of only
nine retired officers permitted to re
main in active service, but because
of this statue be does not have to be
GEN. A. S. DAGGETT.
Army March 2, 1901, although he
was recalled to active duty with the
organized Militia of Nebraska from
January 6. 1904. to April 27, 1905.
For a while after his retirement
lip lived here and wrote his memoirs
on t.he stirring Boxer days—“America
in the China Relief Expedition.”
Gen. Daggett was recommended for
gallantry in the Battle of Yangtsun
and for energy and good judgment
in the attack on Peiping and for
gallantry and excellent supervision
of the attack on the gates of the
Imperial City.
He was twice brevetted for gallant
and meritorious service during the
Civil War. and as recently as June
11, 1936, the War Department award
ed him the Silver Star decoration
with oak leaf cluster for his gal
lantry at Yangtsun. and the Purple
Heart with oak leaf cluster “on
account of wounds received In action
on or about May 12, 1864“ (just 74
years and two days before he died)
"and on or about June 3. 1864. while
serving as a major, 3th Maine Volun
teer Infantry.”
transferred regularly on a tour of
duty.
Officers Lent Back Objects.
The museum pieces are trophy
flags, guns, swords, letters, portraits
of distinguished officers, models, figure
heads, log books and similar items
associated with memorable events In
American naval history. Hundreds of
small items were contributed by offi
cers on cruises to distant ports. These
include the trophy flags of Manila Bay,
presented to Admiral George Dewey;
a George Washington collection pre
sented by R. T. Crane, jr.; a collec
tion assembled by Admiral George
Henry Preble, historian of the Navy,
and a Civil War ordnance collection
believed the moat complete collection
of naval ammunition and mines of
the period.
A recent acquisition is the ship
model collection of the late Col. H. H.
Rogers of Southampton, Long Island.
Until he willed it to the academy, the
$300,000 collection was the largest
private one anywhere. It was set up
in Memorial Hall in January, and is
attended by a special custodian under
the Rogers will.
Panay Lifebuoy Gift.
Norman W. Alley, who made news
reel pictures of the bombing and
sinking of the United States gun
boat Panay in the Yangtze River
last December, has arranged to give
the museum the lifebuoy tossed to
him by a member of the crew.
Other relics will Include the Bible
and'original logbooks of the U. S.
S. Constitution, the battle flag
flew from the Monitor during its
engagement with the Merrimac, Ad
miral Sampson's cablegram and re
port of victory at Santiago, the raft
on which R. P. Hobson and volun
teers escaped from the collier Mer
rimac after sinking her at the en
trance to Santiago, a model and
relics of the NC-4, the first airplane
to cross the Atlantic in 1919, and
the gig^of the U. S. S. Saginaw In
which five men sailed 1,500 miles
across the Pacific to Hawaii in 1870
to bring aid to ‘ 100 comrades ship
wrecked mi Ocean Island, a feat
comparable to that of Capt. Bligh of
the Bounty after his mutinous crew
had set him adrift.
Medals Shown.
Another famous collection in the
museum is the Malcolm Storer col
lection of naval medals, consisting
of more than 1,200 pieces. These,
bequeathed to the academy by Dr.
Storer in 1938. are mounted on special
frames, so both sides of each medal
can be seen.
(ComriaM. 190$. BwaM Maas).
DISH FLARES
Roosevelt Directs Study of
Plan to Reorganize
Agencies.
lung-smouldering controversy be
tween the State and Commerce De
partments over plans for the former
to take over the Foreign Commerce
Service came to light yesterday with
revelation at the White House that
President Roosevelt is directing a Joint
atudy by the two departments of reor
ganization of the commercial attache
reporting service.
Secretary of Commerce Roper, who
had been reported ready to resign in
irritation over proposed changes in the
foreign service, which is under the Bu
reau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce, Issued a statement confirming
the fact that transfer oi the commer
cial attaches and trade commissioners
to the State Department is being con
sidered, but added: “No conclusion
has been reached about it, therefore
no resignation Is pending."
His opposition to the proposal to
move the unit under Secretary of
State Hull was indicated by Commerce
Department officials and a friend of
Secretary Roper declared he had no
Idea of resigning “as long as he is
not disturbed."
Revealed by Early.
The reorganization plan was made
known by Stephen Early, secretary to
the President, in stating that the
present system of commercial attaches
reporting directly to the Commerce
Department does not make for effi
ciency.
The President’s secretary added that
the plan ultimately produced by Mr.
Roosevelt’s study probably will be for
continued appointment of commer
cial attaches by the Commerce De
partment with instructions to report
also to the State Department. This
was in conflict with Secretary Roper's
statement that transfer of the unit
wax under consideration.
The Bureau of Foreign and Domes
tic Commerce would retain its present
statistical and commodity divisions for
the distribution to American business
men of trade information obtained
from consular officers.
Differences between State and Com
merce officials revolve around the ef
fectiveness of a single or double ap
proach to foreign governments in pro
motion and protection of American
trade.
The Foreign Commerce Service,
which took form shortly after the war
in a period of expansion of American
foreign trade, reached its peak in 1929
with 59 offices and more than 200
officers abroad. That same year ef
forts were begun for closer working
relationships between the State and
Commerce services, culminating In
1933 in a co-ordination agreement,
which defined the functions of the
consular service as trade protection
and of the Foreign Commerce Service
as trade promotion.
Service Cut Drastically.
A month before this arrangement
was sanctioned by President Roose
velt. the Foreign Commerce Service
suffered a drastic reduction in per
sonnel, approximately 150 foreign of
ficers being called home on short
notice, avowedly for reasons of
economy.
Besides defining the functions of
the two servires the 1933 agreement
took from the commerce officers prac
tically all their previous functions as
promoters of trade, leaving them only
the duty of preparing abstract eco
nomic reports. Wilbur Carr, former
Assistant Secretary of State and now
Minister to Czechoslovakia, was ac
tively identified with formalation of
the agreement.
Their principal duties of answering
inquiries of American business men
in regard to foreign markets and of
making market surveys to sitmulate
exportation of American merchandise
were given to the consular officers, who
were required to answer all inquiries.
Subsequently, many American ex
porters and the National Foreign
Trade Council expressed dissatisfac
tion with the system, complaining that
they were not getting prompt and
adequate responses to their queries,
and February 19, 1937, the 1933 agree
ment was modified to restore to the
Foreign Commerce Service the func
tion of answering trade inquiries and
making market surveys.
Since that time the new proposal
for complete transfer of the foreign
commerce service to the State De
partment has arisen.
The view held in the State De
partment is that the foreign service
of the United States should be unified
to facilitate the conduct of foreign
relations, which are becoming in
creasingly economic in view of the
reciprocal trade program, under which
17 agreements have been concluded
with foreign countries.
Think Facilities Better.
It is felt that the 350 foreign offices
of the State Department are able to
provide American business with more
correlated information about foreign
markets and world trade than the
foreign commerce service with its 34
foreign offices and personnel of about
120.
That the smaller foreign services
of the Agriculture and Treasury De
partment, too, should be united with
the consular service is desired In the
State Department. The Agriculture
Department maintains foreign at
taches for crop reporting and fore
casting, while Treasury attaches make
cost of production and consular in
voice Investigations.
The consular service, it was pointed
out, would merge the new functions
with those which it already possesses,
Including reporting on political, so
cial, industrial and financial condi
tions, protection and welfare of Ameri
cans abroad, trade protection, issu
ance of invoices, bills of health for
vessels clearing for American ports,
passports and visas and registration of
Americans living abroad.
Commerce Department officials are
of the view, however, that the fact
that they have no diplomatic status
opens many doors to them for trade
promotion which would be closed to
them as officially accredited repre
sentatives of the Government.
Although foreign commerce officers
are in no sense selling agents for
American merchandise, they constant
ly smooth the way for American trade
by personal contact with administra
tive officials of other countries.
Depression Cited.
The retention of the foreign com
merce service In Its present form, It
is further pointed out. Is necessary In
the present period of domestic de
pression when expansion of foreign
trade is of major Importance.
The contention that reorganisation
of the foreign commerce service is nec
essary to provide the State Depart
ment with reports from commercial
attaches and trade commissioners j
Father and Son
Plan to Enter
Senate Races
Ev the Associated Press.
A possibility developed yesterday
that a father and son may be candi
dates for the nomination for United
States Senator in adjoining Western
States.
Justice Benjamin Hilliard of Colo
rado. the father, said “that's not be
yond the bounds of possibility." If he
should become a candidate, he would
oppose Senator Adams.
His son, Albert, an attorney at Reno,
Nev., Is expected to seek the nomina
tion in Nevada, opposing Senator
McCarran.
Justice Hilliard came to Washing
ton for a bar association conference
and Friday conferred' with President
Roosevelt. He said the visit was a
social call only.
He had planned to visit James A.
Parley, chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, yesterday, but
Mr. Parley was in New York.
10PERS0NS HURT
Two Brothers Are Among
Victims—Three Injured
When Car Skids.
Ten persons were Injured in auto
mobile accidents on nearby highways
in the last 24 hours.
The victims included two brothers,
Frederick. Mills. 30. and Charles Mills,
! 20, both of 1122 Robinson street S W.,
| who were hurt when their car collided
i with an oil truck on Conduit road
near Glen Echo. Md.
At Georgetown Hospital it was said
the younger brother may have a j
fractured skull, and that Frederick
Mills is suffering from a broken leg.
Three other Washington residents j
were injured when their machine
skidded on the Washington-Baltimore
boulevard near Savage, Md., and
! turned over five times.
They were Miss Julia Talry, 37,
spinal injuries and cuts; Elmer Ko
vach, 38, lacerations, and William C.
Giesey, 49, chest injuries and cuts.
; Eugene Berger, named by police as the
; driver of the automobile, was unhurt,
| according to the Associated Press.
A head-on collision between two cars !
| at Chicamuxen, Md., injured five !
persons. They are Augustus Grinder,
! 35„ Mar bury, Md.. severe head cuts; !
; Norman Swann, 40. colored. Manje
| moy, Md., fractured hip; Lillian
i Swann and her two sons, Lee and
| George, all of whom were shaken up
| and bruised.
i Lillian Brookings, colored, 37,
Bladensburg, Md., received a com- i
pound fracture of the leg when struck
: by a hit-run driver at Hyattsville, Md.
ACTRESS ON WAY HERE
LOS ANGELES. May 14 (TPl .—
Carrying a model plane for Postmaster
, General Parley and a deodar tree for '
Senator McAdoo. Marion Weldon, 1
screen actress, left by plane late today j
for the inauguration of national air- j
mail week in Washington. *
The model plane is a miniature of
the famous Dp Haviland-Liberty bi
plane used in carrying the mail two
decades ago.
The deodar tree, which Senator
McAdoo and Miss Weldon will plant
on the postofBce lawn at Washington, !
is a gift from the Altadena Chamber
of Commerce.
abroad, better to permit it to conduct
diplomatic relations, was officially de
nied.
The present system, it was declared
at the State Department is for all
commercial reports of whatever na
ture to go through the State Depart
ment before they reach the Commerce
Department. For this purpose a liai
son officer is maintained and copies
of all commercial reports, which have
previously been submitted to chiefs of
missions abroad, are retained.
Reorganization of the foreign com
merce service would require congres
sional legislation, since it was created
under the Hoch Act of 1927. The
Senate already has passed, and the
House Interstate and Foreign Com
merce Committee favorably reported,
an amendment to the Hoch Act to
place the foreign commerce service
on a career basis with provisions for
retirement and other benefits included
in the Rogers Act, which set up the
consular service.
The bill is now awaiting a place on
the House calendar.
RICH OIL OWNER
SLAIN IN HOTEL
Isaiah Leebove Is Killed in
Michigan—Ex-Partner
Held by Police.
By the Associated Press.
CLARK, Mich., May 14 —A bullet
fired by an assailant In a hotel tap
room tonight terminated the mysteri
ous career of wealthy Isaiah Leebove,
Michigan oil operator and political
figure.
Police Chief William Dunlop Raid
William Livingstone, an oil man and
former associate of Mr. Leebove's, ad
mitted he fired the fatal shot. Mr.
Livingstone was taken to the Clare
County Jail at Harrison by Sheriff
George Bates.
Byron Geller. a Clare attorney and
an assistant State attorney general
under Patrick H. O'Brien, was wound
ed. The shooting took place while Mr.
Leebove and Mr. Geller were sitting
together in a booth in the taproom of
a hotel here.
Mr. Leebove was president of the
Mammoth Producing St Refining Co.
and Mr. Livingstone had been asso
ciated with him. William A. Com
stock, former Michigan Governor and
close friend of Mr. Leebove *. said Mr.
Leebove and Mr. Livingstone had
fallen out and Mr. Livingstone left
the company, but had remained in the
State's oil fields.
Mr. Leebove, known as a “mystery
man” in Michigan politic* Reveral
years ago. was 43 year* old and a
former New York criminal lawyer.
Mr. Livingstone Is about the same
age.
Chief Dunlop quoted witness**
saying Mr. Livingstone walked toward
Mr. Leebove. spoke to him and then
fired five shots. The oil operator fell
to the floor dead. Mr. Geller aroee,
but collapsed as he tried to walk
away from the booth.
State Trooper Franci* Zanotti said
Mr. Livingstone told him it was "the
only way to settle a long feud.”
PLANE SMUGGLING
CONSPIRACY BARED
More Than Dozen U. 8. Pilots
Reported Held in Texas
for a Hearing,
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 14.—Disclosure
of an alleged plot for "smuggling"
planes across the Mexican border from
Texas, destined for eventual shipment
to government forces in Spain, was
madP today in Federal Court.
Assistant United States Attorney
John K. Carroll said more than a
dozen licensed American pilots were
being held in Houston, Tex., pending
a hearing on June 5 in connection
with the scheme.
The disclosure of a Pederal Inves
tigation came at the arraignment of
Cloyd Peart Clevenger, 40, a licensed
pilot, on charges of violating Presi
dent Roosevelt's proclamation of April
13, 1936, establishing an arm* em
bargo.
Mr. Carroll said Clevenger was
wanted as a fugitive from the south
ern district of Texas, where he faoes
trial with other pilots.
United States Commissioner Gar
rett W. Cotter freed Clevenger in
$2,000 ball and set a hearing for May
25. Clevenger is fighting removal.
The defendant was specifically
charged with having exported, on Sep
tember 19. 1937. two airplanes from
Texas to Palomas, San Luis Potosi,
Mexico.
VIRGINIAN ADVOCATES
ISSUE OF ROAD BONDS
By the Associated Press.
i HMOND, Va . May 14—T. Cole
man Andrews, former State auditor,
who describes himself as a pay-as
you-go man and an opponent of Fed
eral spending, advocated in a state
ment tonight a State bond issue, to
match Federal funds, for completion
of Virginia's highway system.
Mr. Andrews said there seemed little
doubt, no matter how vigorously those
who favor a more conservative course
may object, that the Nation will em
bark on another spending program
and that the people of Virginia will
have to pay their part of the bill.
"We are going to have to pay for it,
so why not get some specific benefit
from what we are going to have to
pay?” he said, adding that Virginia
did not get her share of other pro
grams.
WEATHER REPORT
District of Columbia—Generally fair and somewhat warmer today and
tomorrow; moderate northwest and west winds.
Maryland and Virginia—Generally fair and somewhat warmer today
and tomorrow except showers in extreme west portion today.
West Virginia—Mostly cloudy and continued cool, probably light showers
today, tomorrow fair and warmer.
Weather Conditions Last 24 Hour*.
A disturbance of markrd intensity fs
centered tonight over Southeastern Mich
igan. moving east-nortlirastward. Detroit.
29.32 inches, and another center has de
veloped over Virginia. Urbana. 29.48
inches. The Hudson Bay disturbance has
remained almost stationary, but with di
minished intensity. Chesterfield, district of
Keewatin, 29.40 inches. These disturb
ances have been attended by rain in the
lake region, the Great Central Valleys and
the Atlantic and East Gulf States. Pres
sure is low and falling over California
and the Southern Plateau and Southern
Rocky Mountain regions. Las Vegas. Nev .
29.54 inches. Pressure is high from
Alaska southeastward to Northern Wash
ington. Ketchikan. Alaska, 30.40 inches,
and it is relatively high from Alberta
southeastward to (he Gulf of Mexico,
thence eastward to the Bahamas and from
there eastward and northeastward over
the ocean. St. Georges. Bermuda. 30.0ft
Inches and Wichita Falls. Tex.. 30 inches.
The temperature has fallen from Indiana
eastward to the Middle Atlantic coast and
Northern Texas, while it has risen in
North Carolina and New England and
from Wyoming east-southeastward to
Western Tennessee.
Report Until 10 P.M. Satarday.
Midnight_55 12 noon_58
2 a.m_54 2 p.m_51
4 a.m_52 4 p.m_51
6 a.m_53 ft p.m_61
8 a.m_54 8 p.m_49
10 a.m_54 10 p.m_49
Tide Tables. '
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
High_8:33 a.m. 9:10a.m.
Low ___3:00 a.m. 3:40 a.m.
High_,_8:58 p.m. 9:37 p.m.
Low _3:35 p.m. 4:15 P.m.
The San and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun. today _ 4:57 7:13
Sun. tomorrow_ 4:55 7:14
Moon, today._8:37 P.m. 5:43 a.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation In inches in the
Oapltal (current month to date!:
Month. 1938. Ave. Record.
January _ 2.84 3.55 7.83 ’.37
Pebruary_ 2.37 3.27 8.84 ’84
March_ 1.78 3.75 8.84 ’91
April_ 1.87 3.27 9.13 ’89
May_ 0.20 3.70 10.89 '89
June__ 4.13 10.94 ’00
July __ 4.71 10.83 ’8«
August __ 4 01 14.41 ’28
September_ 3.24 17.45 ’34
October_ ___ 2.84 8.81 ’37
November__ 2.37 8.89 ’89
December__ 3.32 7.58 ’01
A
River Repart.
Potomac little cloudy and Shenandoah
very cloudy at Harpers Perry late yes
terday.
Record Until 10 P.M. 8a tar day.
Hiaheat, 53. 1 am. yesterday. Tear
ago. 68.
Lowest. 49. 10 p.m. yesterday. Tear
ago. .*>4.
Record Temperatures This Tear.
Highest, 87. on April 28
Lowest. 18, on January .28.
Weather in Various Cities.
_ . Prwc'o.
-Temnerature-^ 7:30
Max. Min. Sat. p.m. to
Sat- Fri. 7:30 7:So
• v „ urday.night. pm. p.m
Asheville, N. C. 72 60 60 0.43
Atlanta. Ga. 78 00 70 0 09
Atlantic City. N. J. 56 63 66 0 40
Baltimore. Md. .56 60 52 0 00
Birmingham. Ala.. 76 80 04 0 14
Biamarclt. N. Dak.. 02 48 on
Boston. Mass. 00 40 50
Buffalo. N Y _ 02 40 48 0 09
Cheyenne. Wyo. __ 64 .32 60
Chicago. HI. 52 48 52 0 63
Cincinnati, Ohio _ 60 50 40 o 79
Cleveland. Ohio . _ 54 48 52 0 47
Dallas. Tex _ 70 64 70
Davenport, Iowa.. 04 46 00 0.64
Denver. Colo. , _ 70 44 70
Des Moines. Iowa 64 60 62 0 31
Detroit. Mich- 52 48 50 6.72
Duluth. Minn- 02 44 58 0.09
El Paso. Tex._ 94 62 92
Galveston. Tex. 82 72 76
Helena. Mont._66 40 68
Huron. S Dak 06 52 64
Indianapolis, lnd,_ 54 50 46 0.30
Jacksonville. F!a._ 86 68 80 0 54
Kansas City, Mo. . 68 54 60
Little Rock. Ark 70 58 68
Lo* Angeles. Calif., 73 56 02
IxmlsYifle. Ky. 64 52 56 8 35
Marquette, Mich., 60 44 52
Memphis. Tenn. 72 60 70
Miami. Pla. 86 70 82
Mpls.-St. P., Minn. 0* 44 54 0 19
Mobile. Ala. . 88 70 80
New Orleans. .La. 88 70 82
New York. N. Y. 04 48 48 0.20
North Platte. Nebr. 72 38 70
Omaha. Nebr. 06 52 06
Philadelphia. Pa. 58 50 48 0 22
Phoenix. Ariz. .104 08 3 02
Pittsburgh. Pa. __ 63 42 46 0.56
Portland. Me_60 40 54
Portland. Oreg _ 74 50 72
Rapid City. S. Dak. 64 42 62
St. Louis. Mo. 00 62 66
Salt Iatke City 88 40 76
San Antonio. Tex. 86 72 84 0 01
San Diego. Calif. . 06 58 62
San Francisco. Cal. 00 50 58
Santa PV. N. Mex. 76 52 72
Savannah. Ga. ,, 88 08 80 0 03
Seattle. Wash, 64 40 04 0 01
Springfield. 111. . 04 so 60 0.30
vKkSroym^hBpa: ZI So 3$ 74
WASH., D. C_64 62 60 0.40