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Evening star., 1928-04-29
Mormon in Movies.

WIEkiE JONES, 17-yeaf. daugh-
Ter of Philetus Jones. Mormon
leader of Rockville, Utah, in working in
motion pictures with the company from
the Paramount studio. now on location
there, filming scenes of The Vanishing
Pi0pefr," a new story by Zane Grey.
Miss Jones, who viii play some iinp0r-
tant bits IN the picture. iE high school
graduate, has studied dramatic art, and
says that she Is interested In q theatri-
eAl career
Evening star., 1928-04-29

j Virgil Huffman, orgapiat at I,0ew's
Palace, announces As his special effort
this week q musical novelty, called Can
You Pick Song Hlt7" II Is said Ia
ef1hody many popular songs. past and
present
Evening star., 1928-04-29

The is dainty misses constituting the
Fox ballet got the great thrill last week
They danced for the President Of the
United States and several members of
the cabinet. The occasion vas the an
nual banquet Of the White House Pho
tographerS' Association, az which the
President is always the guest Of honor.
Evening star., 1928-04-29
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Evening star., 1928-04-29

Edward Arnold, corpulent. handsome
as ever. and with an added twinkle In
Evening star., 1928-04-29

William Faversham. jr.. and Flora
Sheffield took over the leading roles in
The Ivory Door" in New York last
Monday. The occasion marked the New
York debut Of the Junior Fayersham.
Evening star., 1928-04-29

The next production by George Miller
will be new comedy. entitled "Gaso-
line Gypsies." This play. by Charles
Conger Stewart concerns the adven-
lures Of cross-country automobile tour
isfs
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Upward Movement
Continues on Curb

NEW YORK, June 27.--The up
ward movement in the surb mar
ket continued today all active
stocks rising to 3 points further,
despite the advance in the call
money rate to q " per cent.
Al S0.point rise In Great Lake
Dock 6 Dredge featured the mar
ket. Niles Bement Pond was par
ticuiariy strong and about I points
higher: Bancitafy advanced 8; Au-
burn automobiles, 5: Bohn alum
mum. u; Campbell Plant Foundry.
4 Lehigh Coal and Navigation, .,
and Saf.T-Tat, 3.
Advances Of to 5 points ap.
peared in United Gas & Improve
ment. Southeast Power Light,
International Utilities b, Electric
Bond and Share. and Electric IIl-i
vestOrs. IN the mining group,
Newmont gained Il Hudson Fay
Rose.
The bonds were fairly active and
nIeadV
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Bond Prices Decline
AS Money Tightens

NEW YORK, June III. Tighten.
ing Of the money market, with
call funds at rs per cent and time
money rates at S per cent was re.
Elected in the decline OF prices OF
prime bonds in the listed market
today
Foreign and domestic government
bonds were generally steady with
3 comparatively larger volume Of
trading in III. S. Government I'll.
berry ad treasury issues.
Foreign government issues were
slightly reactionary, with italian rs
down Y at 1914; Brazilian She's at
957
Public Service Of New Jersey led
the activity IN the utility group
and sold in god volume At I'D,
up a Bonds OF the american
Electric Light and Telephone Com.
pany were Iii good demand Andes
Copper Ts advanced about point
To 129. Railroad bonds were irl.
active. with ST. Paul adjustment S.
Iii the lead OF the second grades
and Penn. r. RI Isl in the first
grade mortgage bond issues.
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LOCAL PRODUCE

Eggs Current receipts, 2Sm2S nc;
white and brown hennery, 29@ 30c;
stale and bad not wanted.
Poultry Alive: Turkeys CSC;
spring chickens, Plymouth Rock, Z
lbs. and over. 4Oc; Rhode Island
Reds. lbs. and over. ssc; mixed
colored, large chickens, $50 3Scs
large leghOrn chickens, $50 SOC,
hens, large, 23@24c: leghorn hens
170ISe. Dressed: Turkeys, soc;
chickens, 45c; large fowls. 276G 2Ec.
leghorn fowls. zoe; keats, 90GpSI.
Lambs Choice. 100 I4c. Calves.
1904 1lkc nndergr So 12c.
Catalogues Supplies moderate.
Demand moderate: market slightly
weaker. California. jumbos, Sc.
Salmon Tints. mostly. $500. few
low as $4.25: iumbos, 36s, 81 q MS;
standards. S6s and 45s, $s.T5 @ e;
ponys, 16s, s2.75, flats, all sizes.
sI.25dD1.50.
Lettuce Supplies moderate; DC.
rnand moderate: market about
steady California, crates, Iceberg
type, 4-5-doz., $4.0004.25.
Onions Supplies light; demand
moderate: market steady California
and Texas, standard crates yellow
mostly, $3.50 q 1.s5.
Peaches Supplies moderate. de-
7mand moderate: market about
steady. All III. Is. No. /, North Caro-
lima. hi. baskets and Skies FED
Birds medium size. $z.50m2.75; bu.
baskets Early Rose medium size.
S2.25 $3.50: large size, SS; skies Alex
anders large size. So
Potatoes Supplies limited: demand
moderate; market steady: New stock:
North Carolina and Virginia al
sections, cloth top stave barrels Cob
blers U. 8. No. j. $2n2.25,
Tomatoes Supplies liberal. De.
mand moderate. market about
steady. Mississippi four ripes and
turning. wrapped, No. 1, $1@I.l0'
few at $1.15; No. 2. few sales, 95e.
String Beans Supplies heavy.
Demand moderate, market slightly
weaker. Home grwon bushel bas.
kets, green stringless, $l.25 0S l.5Oi
Valentines mostly $1.00.
Cabbages Supplies liberal De.
rnand light, market dull Home
grown supplying market. Home.
grown bushel baskets, Soc.
Asparague Supplies liberal. De
mand light, market about steady.
Delaware dozens, bunch crates
green and IS-bunch crates, T5c@$2;
best mostly $l.500I.75. Eastern
shore Virginia doben bunch and
18-bunch crates long $2M2.50, few
fancy high as So
Cucumbers Supplies liberal. de.
nnand slow, market dull. South
Caolina all refused. North Caro-
lima, husIlel hampers, No. 1, $101.25;
some refused.
Peppers Supplies light. No early
sales reported.
Blackberries Supplies moderate,
demand limited, market steady.
North Carolina. 32-qt. crates, $3.50
3.25; few. $3.50.
Watermelons Supplies moderate,
demand moderate. market steady
Brokers' carlot sales-W washington
Florida 22.lb. average, alters, Tom
Watsons $375: 24-lb. average. $525,
OIL STOCKS
Furnished nv w n E4thhs a CO..
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NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, June 27.-Cotton
opened on advance of 13 to ls
points, reached new high seasonal
prices for near deliveries and then
fell back slightly when there de-
veloped profit-taking and specu.
Iative selling before the noon houf.
The rise was accompanied by re-
newed trade, foreign and commls'
sion house buying, inspired ny
private reports of additional unde.
sired rains in certain parts OF
Texas. Georgia, and Alabama,
Forecasts /were for showery weather.
Expectations of hullish Govern
ment weekly weather summary
were barely correct.
Noon prices: October, $3.50 up
.0s; January. 21.94, up 90: March,
PISA, up .09, and May, 21.76, up
06.
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NJ K I HRE Il
lIsREGARlE|:D'..

,rhreafs 81 the Marylan ~ u gl1l n
Milk producers Associat ton " ~ -,
cert cert, the portion OF their milk supply
from the District of Columbia Is No.
viewed with alarm by 1T. walalss''
&. Fowler. District HeaIsn . raals..
The milk producers are scneoul'.u
- hava meeting today to discuss
the regulation Of the Health Depart.
nept banning straw ricks IN ineir
81 Fowler said today that the
washington market gave hiener
mice for milk than the average
eitv: that 1t is the rich field LOT
dairymen and that many o.nss
dairy associations would welcome an
nnnortunity to ship their milk here
The Health officer Is willing 70
nostpone rigid enforcement Of the
straw.rick regulation until January
1, next.
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/ D ?
DEFEATED

LONDON, June 27.--Frank 7.
Courtney, British flier who hoped
eff from Lisbon at--10:2O a. m.
today for the Azores. on the nrst
leg of a proposed transatlantic
flight, was forced TO return because
of an accident to his water tank,
according to a Central News DIS
patch from the Portuguese city.
Courtney. who made several un-
successful attempts last year 70
fly across the Atlantic, reported
the accident by wireless, the dis
patch stated.
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| AB0 R sAVER RS
BL AIV|E D F0R
IDL / NE IS

Are Our business leaders laying
III trouble?
Are industry and business and
financa tending in direction
which viii Weld more satisfactions
more happiness To larger per-
centaga III the people than ever
bafore
wa I'LL know that Industry and
business and finance are tending
toward bigger and bigger agrega
tfons 0f capital, towards n gger and
bigger corporations and institu.
ITEMS
That Is one powerful significa nt
evolution now under way.
Labor SAVING Gains
We all know, also, thar bor-
SAVING machinery Is being intro
elfieed on constantly increasing
scale. that it Is not uncommon now
for one elaborate piece of mechan-
ism to displace 10 Of 90 or 80 Or
even more men.
This evolution ranks next in
far.reaching signifieance and I'M
poFtance
What effect are these move.
{
the ellbeing. especially the men
tai welIbefIig BIZ the ma jority
or the American people,
Take the second development
first This country has Witnessed
widespread unemployment during
period Of what has generally
been regarded as hetter-t hansnor-
NAL prosperity. This is new
phenomenon Everything has
cause. What has been the cause?
Machines Replace Men
Tt1 tie DID days II was popular
to blame Unrestricted lrnmigra-
ton. IN addition to poor bust
ness, for unemployment We no
longer have unrestricted imrnfgra
ton and business has not been
regarded As poor That point
Is disputed but the truth, IL
my opinion is that the expan-
sion of labor wing inventions
on al unprecedented scale has
been potent factor IN bringing
about the latest spell Of unem.
ploynent.
This expansion has been &c.
companied BY notable advance
In the science 81 building and
rearrangine factories and all kinds
of plants SO as To Yield distinctly
greater economy lii the Use az
human labor
This has given America prOduc-
tive facilities far beyond con-
san1ptiye demand. Probably Ia the
course of time ways and means
will be opened up to make possible
the buying paying for and con-
s ming OF far greater quantities
oE products and thus absorb the
workers who have not recently
been needed.
Consolidation Growing
What OF the strong trend to-
II rds concentration OF industry,
business and finance into gigantic
enterprises
Already this revolutionary pro.
cess has proved painful to many
people. Small independent man
ufacturers. wholesalers. retailers.
bankers and other classes of bust
ness men have found themselves
compelled either to 80 out Or bust
ness or ally themselves with more
powerful organizations And GER
tain it is. that this process will be
carried very much further 1t is
bound to invade even the realm
Of farming bv and by.
tCcrstIgiis. 1878, ny =. q Forbssi
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-27
Gail Money Reaches
Peak Rate Since 1921

NEW York., June n. Another
eeven.year record iii the financial
district was broken today, when
the eall money rate moved upward
Is ~ per cent, for the first time
since June 1921.
Tightness IN the money market
Is due to the approaching July dis
bursemenfs for interests and diyi-
dends. also to window dressing by
the banks for the cOmptrOlle
June so report Of financial con-
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GRAIN MARKET

Nominal. No. 2, red, win
ter, garlicky, not quoted. Receipts.
7,249 bushels; shipments. S9,95o
bushels.
Corn-Steady. No. 2, yellow, DO
nestle, $1.1S bushel. Receipts, 2,o67
bushels: shipments, 472 bushels.
Oats-Firm on spot. No. 2, white,
domestic, 77@7S cents bushel; No.
. white, 76077 cents bushel. Re-
ceipts, 1901 hushel; shipments, 12,.
316 bushels.
Rye-Nominal. Receipts, none;
shipments, none.
Hay-Dull; supply ample.
Flour-Unsettled.
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FARNERS / 0Dl
FOR De ter
Times
IN MERRYLE q RUKEYsEF

IN NMNEtNN ~ A4N ~ - ~ - - = - NtAsNI
NEW YORK, june II PoIitlcl
agitation Tor farm relief beclouos
the significant economic fact THAI
there has been substantial i'm
proven1ent in agricultural conai.
lions in the United States il recelft
years,
IRE patent medicine McNaf
Hauaen cure was first advocatcIl
m 1919 when Agriculture vs
acufeIy depressed the time
wheat was selling below q =
bushei ana North Dakota Wa
donbiy hard pressed with
r1eager crop Five years azQ
the advocates Of farm relief were
locking forward 70 specific price
ob3ectivess which have since been
attained 0r surpassed IA the open
market through the operation q
economic forces. Yet the older Pr
liticaI formulas are still espouseus
Agriculture slow
Popular atteption has been 70
cussed on farm distress because
the process of postwar read1ust-
ment has been, slower IN agrlcul-
ture than IA Industry Agriculture
N now perhaps AZ the tail end ~
the readiustr1e The restoration.
81 price equilibrium has been ac-
coEnplished but land values have
been slow TO turn upward There
has already been recovery IL the
prices Of the best land. but asti-
cultural real estate has been de-
pressed By distress selling. With
land being bartcfed 81 the value
of foreclosed first mortgages
Moreover, during the war bODnll
much marginal land which IS not
suitable for ordinary cultivation
was brought into use such land
however. cannot be used economi
caIlv without IS wheat and S0,ceHt
cotton and in an proba nillty will.
not come back.
Much Improved
The farmers dollar Is no longer
tragically cut 0f line with the
city mans dollar. as was the case
five wears ago. Advances IN farm
prices and declines III non-agricult
turai prices tended to bring the
two dollars to 4 parity
One Of the greatest handicaps
81 the farmer was inadequale
credit facilities.s The intermediatk
credits banks were esta llsled ann
filled an important ran. The Farm
Loan banks supply loau term mort
sage money On reasonable terms
The good farmer can borrow 81
per cent on high grade land
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IVERP0OL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, June 27Spet
we-s uliet with prices steady. hers
tOd~ sales tctalIed 5000 bales
receipts 1000 bales
Midland fair was quoted &c IL. oSdi
strictly good mids.. 12s6Sd: good
nlfds. az. SD; strictly mfds. 12.25d;
mill. 12.13d: goot ordinary 1880.
lltures opened steady with July
1t 1.70d: October, 1891; December,
11.46d; January ll49d: March
III Esd.
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HOUSE REPORT

NEW YORK. June 27.--C Clearing
house statement: Exchanges.
$1,1S5, O00,O 900; balances. $4,000, 00Os
Federal Reserve Bank credit bal
ances. S1O4. O0O. 900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-27
CITIZENS MEET

The Iowa Thomas Circle Citizens
Association held its last meeting Of
the year yesterday at the home Of
its president, e. M. Thompson,
1920 Rhode Island Ave. N. w. III.
A. Robbins was elected secretary.
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OIL STOCKS
OH Cnew1 yotingI

Furnished BY w. B. Hibbs- 4 Coz
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SHORT TERM SECURITIES

SEX dividend.
II per cent extra.
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LOCAL STOCKS
lFufnIshed BY w ii Hfbbs q COD

fFufuished BY w IIibbs q COD
SALES
Washington Railway and Electric,
AZ, 81 000@gS.
Capital Traction Company, 10n
107. 100 1868 10@106ss, 10Q106l2,
100 los 10mI06. 1O@IU6.
Chestnut Farms Dairy. COM, 20
Chestnut Farm Dairy, pfdy 10
0I04.
Potomac Electric, IS. pfd, 10I11.
Potomac Electric, 5iss, pfd. so
106sx 100 I06s
Washington Railway and Electric,
pfd. 10@g9 eco So w.
Riggs National Bank, 100 $40.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 100
1905
National Mortgage and Invest.
ment. 50@5A
Peoples Drug store. pfd, 2s@
107at s0@I07zl.
Security Storage Company, 100
AFTER CALL
Washington Gas, IS, A, $1,000
1925.
CAPITAL Traction, 81. $4,000 a I02 h
o00@IO2la. $4,000 1927 10000
IO2lzz
Chestnut Farm Dairy. pfd., 100
1914. 1O0104, 15@l04, $50 104.
MergenthaIer Linotype. 100 100 Is,
Merchants Transfer and Storage
pfd., 10@107. 30107.
Potomac Electric 1st S., $4,000
Monev---r.all loans. SOS percent.
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BOND MARKET

Amer Tel q Tel As s.ss, s..s 3e =
Amer Tel n Tel IS ~ q
Amer Tel & Tel IS 1850
Amer Tel q Tel SIS s w g
Amer water Works S. lge Is
Amer Water Work On Az 193 X
Barnsdail xWar 81 lyg
Brooklyn Edison 5s 1880. 3 ~
Br0oklyn Man Trans IS sss.s..g 800
baltimore Ohio 81 .s....s leSst
a Iss.sIshsTn Steel sssss . i is
Crown Cork q Seal 81 ssss.s. " 81
Caro- CIinch a Ohio 6ss 49,
Cons Coal OF Md IS. . - y
Chicago East Illinois p A9 ~
Columbia Gas ~ : 80 8. ~ y
Central Pacific S.
Chile Copper AZ. So ss .ss ~ e
CHICAGO Il Northwestern Ag2ss
chi eafII St II a Pac 81 ss
Chi MIL ST r. N Pae 1N 1WNW4..s 933ta
Cliicaxo Rock island 81 4s NJ
Canadian Pacific 4.s...s
Cuba Cane Sugar s. ssss9
Colorado Il Southern IS: ss.s.te. 49,
Colorado q Southern ~
Dodge Motors So 81 ~
Bsrver mi Ria csrande west S. aoA
Delaware & Hudson Ssh W.
Detroit Edison S.
Erie Ry a. 10 s..s.s eg,t
Erse Ry SIS 1850 ~
Erie Gen Lien Az .siss (. .5 " \ a
Ffske Rubber 81 RI ~. n ss ~
General Motors ACCEPT 6s..sy.t 1~e
Great Northern ...sss.sss, tvs.sA
Great Northern M
Grand Trunk CaHada ss 4gSiz
Grand Trunk Canada 81 81 q
(soodvear TIRE q Rubber 5s ~
Humble oil IS ~ Il
Humble Oil s' *
Hudson Il Manhattan inc RI. oo
hudson K Manhattan fd 9ss .. ~
INT Tel Il Tel Is * s.- III
inter Rapid Transit 81 as W.
inter Rapid Transit ...s NJ V
EHf5ean Gas ~ s.ts 20, J. ~ II. MI 4 fz III
Kelly Springfield Tire 80
Kansas CRY southern - stss 4a11k
Lack awanna steel
Y.otlevflIe NASHVILLE ~
T,ouisviiIe NashXllle aoss
T.ortiiard Tobacco $3.50 a5te
f,orIliard Tcbaceo X 4eS
T.oevss Inc War ~ s.4s ~ 81
T.oepts Inc xWaf 6ss.s .on
Montana Power 4Saa
Nataanairf Pacific 4Stsss.s sssst ~ III
stIsaeslrs Pacific sF So ,ss IN
AFf~anffrf Pacific ~ 49, sss A. sssss III ze
Afarket 81 Ry q go. - s7 g.
Morris & CO LIS. .s....s. =. sss.. 40
Ngrtsrorey stores 5Aks 4. Is tsesk
Mimi ST Is Ms ~ "a II
MidvaIe steel s.. 4e4
No Kan g s Teas al q 49,. 81. I04ss
New ork Edison Is NJ
II II Central 4ae "
IL Central 5Ass.. .s .ssss h. IA
~ West Ches n B0s 4 - o~ "a
NY ggfF H III I'D NJ. ( 4 4 VI
NIAGARA Lock n Ont 5s NV s%
New Or TEX & Mex ss ..ss ~ n
Northern pac 81 49, 49,. sa1ls
Nofthern Pac - 80 Is
North states Pow 81 e. ~ Is e *
North Ohio Isy - IL =
norfolk & Southern 5s.- 80. ~ & e
& Tel lis a &. ~
Tel S. ...-s.' .'.'ss = ~ II
4 + Tel & Tel ~ K. 80 ~ "a
Tel 81 Tel $50. Xxx n
Paramount Famous Iaskey vi AS Is
Penn sAzs 4nst@
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-22
HINT PARK CHANGES
Expect Appointments Today
by Mayor Slack.

Appointment of city park Gus
todians and watchmen and several
changes in park personnel were ex-
pected this afternoon at the park
board meeting.
Mayor L. Ert Slack discussed the
appointments and general park
topics with the board at closed
conference Wednesday afternoon.
Most new cvustodians are Demo-
Gratis, it is said. There were few
changes in the larger park stats.
Another attempt to GUST Recrea-
ton Director Jesse Mcclure; Charles
M. Davidson, chief clerk, and Sec
retaary Clarence Myers may be made
at the meeting.
Those mentioned for the jobs are:
Charles Myers, former chief clerk;
Mary Griffin, former secretary, and
Henry Goett, attorney, all Demo-
Gratis
Mayor Slack. who will attend the
park meeting to cast the deciding
vote in event of deadlock, de-
clined to announce the custodian list
before the meeting. 1t was believed
the board would disagree on some
appointments.
Adolph G. Emhardt and Mrs. Mary
Hoss, who refused to give Mayor
Slack their designations, have bucked
On the mayors custer program on
previous occasions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-22
SECOND DANCE
TRIAL TONIGHT
Select Two Couples for
Finals at Indiana Ballroom.

The second preliminary of the
National Eccentric Dance contest
under the auspices of The Indian
apolis Times will be held at the In
diana ballroom tonight.
About 100 couples have entered
for the second elimination. Dane
ers who entered in the first contest
last Thursday still are eligible for
the other three preliminaries.
Miss Mary Lou HaZelwood and
Elton Bronhard and Miss Clarene
Panschar and Ernest Wetter we're
the winners last Thursday and will
enter the finals April II.
Two more couples will be selected
Thursday night to enter the finals
The winner of the State contest viii
be sent to the Trianon ballroom at
Chicago April 1913 with all eX-
penses paid by the Indiana ball
rom to enter the national contest
against champions from twenty
nine States.
The purpose of the contest is to
discover some new dance to take the
place of the Crow Hop and Indy
Glide, etc. Originality, novelty,
gracefulness of the dance and other
points will be considered by judges.
Two students from Butler Uni
versity and a representative from
The Times will be judges in the
second contest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-22
HOOVER May
Be CALLED BY
COAL PROBERS
Witness Says Secretary
Regarded AbrOgated
Pact Binding.
BY KENNETH CRAWFORD
United Press STAFF Correspondent

WASHINGTON, March 22.-The
possibility that Secretary of Com
merce Hoover will be asked to testify
at the Senate coal investigation was
revived today as the Interstate
Commerce Committee sought a
solution for the economic problems
involved in the soft coal strike.
Van A. Bittner, United Mine
workers counsel in West Virginia,
testified late Wednesday that
Hoover told him in 1926, he con-
sidered the Baltimore wage contract,
abrogated by several companies, a
binding obligation and suggested
court action to enforce its terms.
John D. Rockefeller Jr., Charles
M. SchWab and r. B. Mellon, all
subpoenaed by the committee, are
expected to testify Friday. Governor
John Fisher of Pennsylvania prob
ably will testify next week and
Hoover may be called later.
Nonresident landlords have
"stranglehold" on the State Of West
Virginia, Van A. Bittner, United
Mine Workers representative, told
the Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee today.
Bittner read a statement by T. c.
Townsend, former West Virginia tax
commissioner, attacking the system
Of absentee landlordism" said to
prevail in the State.
One-half the land in West Vir-
ginia is owned by corporations in
other States, Townsend's statement
said, and the part owned by absen-
tees is worth five times as much as
the portion owned by residents, yet
residents pay twice as much in
taxes as the corporations.
President John L. Lewis of the
United Mine Workers interrupted
the hearing to ask that counsel for
Ohio operators agree to postpone
an eviction suit scheduled for hear
ing in Federal court at Columbus
next Saturday.
William Beldon, counsel for the
operators involved, refused to agree
to a delay, but aftersa heated ar
gument with Lewis he promised to
communicate with his Ohio clients.
The committee decided in execu-
tive session to write another letter
to Governor John Fisher of Penn
sylvania asking him to testify.