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secretary of the Washington Build
ing Trades Council, of this action and
the general strike was called off.
A minor juriSdictional dispute be-
tween carpenters and ironWorkerS over
who should drive sheet metal piling
along the ramps of the Labor Build
ing garage for concrete molds was
amicably settled by the two trades at
the meeting of the Building Trades
Council last night. 1t was decided
that equal numbers of each craft
should engage in the work
1t appeared possible that the strike
of the operative plastererS. which has
been continuing since May l8. might
be settled at a meeting between work.
ers and employers this afternoon.
Plasterers Still Out.
Although the operative plasterers
were involved in the jurisdictional dis
pute settled by Justice ODonoghue,
they had been on strike before that
for higher wages and shorter hours,
and the settlement of the dispute with
the bricklayers had no effect on their
wage demands.
They are seeking an increase from
$3.50 to Sl.75 an hour and a six-hour
day. The present scale calls for an
eight-hour day and a five-day week
Strike committees representing the
Employing Plasterers' Association and
the union began meeting at 80 pm.
in the Office of Frank Murphy, secre-
tary of the employers group, at 2539
Pennsylvania avenue.
Murphy said he did not think the
contractors would give in on the wage
demands, but they. might agree to
reduction in individual working hours.
so as TO spread employment. The
meeting was expected to last until
late today.
The city'S labor situation was still
further complicated by the strike of
union carpenters on construction jobs
under Public Works Administration
allotment. Contractors on these jobs
are offering Sl.l0 an hour. refusing tc
meet the 125 hourly wage scale es-
tablished in the recent settlement of
the city-wide carpenters strike. which
began May /.
This dispute will go before the P.
w. A. Board of Labor Review tomor-
row for arbitration. Prof. Lindsay
Rogers is chairman of that body.
The buildings involved are the Con-
gressional Library Annex the Govern
ment warehouse at Seventh and d
streets, class room building at How
ard University and ward building
at St. Elizabeth's Hospital according
to Secretary Locher of the Washing
ton Building Trades Council.
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Minnesota the situation is quite diff
ferent. The Democratic Congressman
and other leaders in those States have
not formally indorsed La Toilette and
Cutting and Shipstead, for example,
for reelection.
The administration leaders frankly
hope something may be worked out
in the next month in these Western
States so that it will be possible to
bestow the aid and blessing they
would like to give to La Toilette and
others of the New Deal Progressives.
Politics are always more or less selfish.
Back of the fact that the President
regards these Progressive gentlemen
as friends. there lies the fact that II
they run as independents in the COM
ing senatorial elections, thereby split
ting the opposition to the Republican
candidates between themselves and
the Democratic candidates. the Re-
publicans may well chalk up victories
and send to Congress opponents OF
the President and his policies and
also spread the belief that the new
deal is faltering in popular favor.
To Speak in Wisconsin.
President Roosevelt is scheduled to
speak in Wisconsin when he returns
from his coming trip to the Ha-
waiian Islands. That address. 1t Is
believed. will be q special appeal to
the West. How much better for the
President and everybody all around
except the Republicans-f in the m
terval it is possible to iron out the
troubles that now confront La Follette
and the Democrats. IL, for example,
an arrangement could be arrived at
whereby the La Toilette progressives
would support the Democratic NOM
inee for Governor and the Demo-
cratic candidates for membership in
the House in districts now held by
Democrats, and the Democrats would
throw their support to La Toilette for
the Senate.
The President is being urged by his
friends among the Progressive Repuo-
licans, and particularly by Senator
Norris of Nebraska. to get into the
fight for Republican new dealers this
Fall in the congressional campaign.
Would Ignore Party Lines.
Senator Norris, ardent Roosevelt
supporter. has never believed in strict
party alignment He is urging the
President now to ignore party lines
and labels. He contends the voters
are losing the old party spirit and are
growing more and more non-partisan.
He demanded today the reelection OF
Progressive Senators OF whatever
marty. and he asserted that the Pres
ident would lose nothing politically II
he fatty supported Progressive Repub-
lican candidates for the Senate
against Democratic candidates.
III a statement given to the Asso-
ciated Press today, Senator Norris said
the people elected President Roosevelt
because above all they believed that
he stood higher than any political
party"
This may be. heresy to some Of the
Evening star., 1934-06-27
REPRESENTATIVES WIFE
DIES OF HEART ATTACK
Mrs. Ethel Lee Millard Was Ac-
tive in National Republic
an Women's Club.

Mrs. Ethel Lee Millard, wife of
Representative Charles d. Millard,
Republican, of New York died late
Monday night in Tarrytown, NJ Y,
of a heart attack. according to word
received here today.
She was the daughter of the late
Philip H. and Margaret Williams and
was active in as a member of the
National Republican Women's Club
and various Westchester County or
ganizations.
Evening star., 1934-06-27
ROOSEVELT BEGINS.
AGENCY SELECTION.
Turns to Task of Choosing
Men for Newly Created
Positions.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt today neared
the last of the huge batch of bills
passed by Congress in its closing rush
and turned to the task OF selecting
the men for the newly Gov
eminent agencies.
Working until / O'Clock this morn
ing. Mr.. Roosevelt signed l24 meas
ures He later acted upon IS more.
Sixteen measures remained to be
disposed Of. including the farm bank
ruptcy and grazing bills, whose con-
stitutionality has been questioned by
administration experts
The President is still planning to
leave Saturday from Annapolis. Md,
on his cruise to Hawaii. but he is
keeping the schedule open and may
postpone it until Monday If he finds
himself too crowded for time.
Mr.. Roosevelt broke precedent yes
terday in formally vetoing IA bills
after the adjournment of Congress. re-
fusing to follow the constitutional Gus
tom of permitting Objectionable meas
ures to die simply by failing to sign
them within 10 days after the end of
the session.
The bills were principally routine
measures. A white House statement
gave the reasons for the vetoes in
sentence or two for each one.
The statement said the President
desired to take "a more Affirmative
position" in throwing overheard the
practice OF pocket vetoes"
Among the bills vetoed was that pro-
viding for aid for needy blind persons
Of the District.
In doing so the President said:
Il am compelled TO agree with the
adverse reports on this bill made by
the Commissioners of the District and
the director of the budget. I. there
fore, reluctantly disapprove the bill"
unTST0N At ANNAPOLIS
Evening star., 1934-06-27

The secret Of the strength IN
industrial production is steel.
price increase goes into effect IN
Julv. so the mills haze been hum
ming to fH orders before the in
creased price is effective. That
means sharp curtailment OF steel
production t1hen the increased
price comes along.
Automobile production is going
fairly we'll Figures for June will be
down about 10 per cent from May.
The output in April was 356000 cars,
May. $4,000 and in June around
800 900. That is because the manu-
facturers reduced their prices. They
ran up against trouble when they
tried to put an increase into effect
some weeks ago. The trouble was
caused mainly by a large manufac-
turer who refused to go along with
the price increase.
The other big industry. textiles, is
in fixed decline. A l2-week curtsil-
ment of cotton textile production ,25
per cent? went into effect June 4.
Silk weaving shut down for one week
in May. That end of the business is
now better.
Little Change in Price Level.
The general level of prices has not
and will not change much. The price
of manufactured goods will be off
because of increased competition
since the Blue Eagle dulled its talons.
Commodity prices should reach mod
erately upward.
There will be no Government action
to influence prices materially. No
contemplated, either by silver buying,
devaluation or imitation.
The only bad note in the picture
is building
No one ,Dill believe that, after all
Yet that is the figure.
the pumping and putting through
the P. w. A. and otherwise. the
construction industry not0 is oper-
dting at rs per cent OF normal.
Yet this as the figure.
The main reason for it is increased
prices and increased labor costs,
adopted some weeks ago under the
code. These costs are already working
themselves down to a more reasonab BILE
level.
The administration is trying to
build up the housing program to meet
the situation. but, on the inside. every
one realizes that the housing program
cannot stimulate the building industry
very much this year. 1t will take
months to get the organization set up
and working.
Evening star., 1934-06-27
Murray Tax Pardons Void.

OKLAHOMA CITY. June 27 CP)-
Pardons issued by Gov. William H,
Murray canceling penalties on delin-
quent ad valorem taxes were held void
by the State Supreme Court yesterday
Gov Murray granted numerous
"pardons" to State taxpayers remit
ting penalties, after Attorney General
King had held that only the Legisla-
ture had authority to cancel them.
Evening star., 1934-06-27

One reason the official Government
prognosticators are waxing lyrical in
their official statements now is that
the May and June shrinkage in busi-
ness was no worse than it was. They
had expected a stronger decline.
You can see what has happened
from the following table in which
each figure represents the percentage
of normal Q923-25 averages), at the
times mentioned. (The figures are
adjusted for seasonal variationsJ
Evening star., 1934-06-27
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
Cold Statistics Are
Shown to Curdle
"Prosperity LYRICS"
BY PAUL MALLON,

BY PAUL MALLON.
~ OVERNMENT hand outs on
the business outlook are
I often mimeographed on per-
~ fumed paper. They exude an
optimistic fragrance. The
ones now being issued are no excep-
tions
If you look behind them into the
figures you will find actual conditions
hardly justify the strong scent.
What has happened is this: For
the past four months March,
April, May and Junej business has
been tollO,Oing the usual seasonal
trend rather closely on a plane
about rs per cent normal f1923-25J.
Prospects strongly point to a little
more than seasonal decline in July
and August to be followed by a
Stronger-than- seasonal improvement
in September and October. That is
the plain unScented outlook.
Evening star., 1934-06-27


100000, with corresponding increases
in commodity prices. by the end of
the year.
se.00o, zoe Ounces Purchased.
This was disclosed after Repre-
sentative Dies announced the Treas
ury already had bought around TO-
900. 900 ounces of silver.
1t was reported elsewhere that the
average price paid for the silver al
ready purchased was a. cents an
ounce. AS an immediate result, Dies
said. the Bureau of Printing and
Engraving was far behind In print
ing new silver certificates to be is
sued on the basis of the metal
The law now requires the Treas
ury to buy silver until that metal
constitutes rs per cent of its none
tary reserve. Against all silver pur-
chases the Treasury must issue GER
tificates based on the price paid for
the metal.
Thus at the Accent average, the
Treasury already must issue $50, 800
900 in silver certificates. But II it
desires. 1t may value the silver at
Sl29 an ounce and issue the cur
rency on that basis.
75-Cent Price Expected.
Treasury actuaries and administrs-
ton officials reached their estimate Of
S940 500 900 in new currency by the
first of the year on a different valua-
ton.
These said that the United States
would be lucky if it obtained around
One-fifth of the worlds silver supply
without paying more than an average
of rs cents an ounce.
Therefore, they multiplied the l.
254 900 900 ounces of silver to be
acquired by IS cents to obtain a re-
sulting s940 500 900 in new currency.
Democrats on Capitol Hill made no
secret of hopes that some reaction to
silver purchases would be reflected in
increased commodity prices by No.
vember-the congressional election
month.
The party leaders said, too, that
a more sppreciable price rise by the
time the next Congress convenes in
January, 1885. would effectively
answer advocates of wider currency
expansion.
Evening star., 1934-06-27
WILL PLAN BARBECUE.

BURKE, Va. June 27 (SpeciaD -
The Lee District improvement Asso-
citation will meet in the Community
Hall tonight at 8 to lay final plans
for the barbecue to be held July 4
at the home Of Mrs. j. E. Staub.
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napkin and showed 1t to a waiter
The latter is alleged to have said
Sure. that's glass. You are liable to
find anything in here"
One of Kish,s companions exclaimed
This will be good evidence"
Private Physician.
Kish said he was then taken to q
private physician, who examined him
and then sent him to hospital Al
the hospital. Kish said he was visited
by one Of his companions, who was
accompanied by a lawyer.
The former soldier said he was
asked to sign q paper, but refused tc
do so until told it was lust a contract
authorizing the lawyer to go ahead
with the case"
He said the same doctor returned
several times to examine him and each
time told him to fight the case. Kist
said the doctor gave him IS after dis
charging him from the hospital and
later. he said, the lawyer told him the
hospital and doctors bill had been
taken care Of
According to the affidavit. after
Kish was again cut by ground glass
while drinking coffee in another lunch
room with the same companions, he
was approached by a stranger who
told him he was being framed.
1T doesn't matter how badly they
hurt or cripple a man, so long as they
collect the money" Kish said the
stranger told him. The latter added
he had been q victim himself.
Kish then asked his companions
whether they had placed the glass
in his food and one of them alegedly
replied: Yes: what about itl If you
don't 60 along with US We viii prove
In court that you put the glass In
there yourself"
A few days later he reported the
matter to an insurance agent for the
lunch room, who in turn notified the
district attorney.
Evening star., 1934-06-27
Striking Dockmen
Return for Time to
Load Race Plane
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN PEDRO, Calf, June 27.-
A group Of longshoremen broke
their strike long enough to load
on the steamship Mariposa
an airplane which Sir Charles
Kingsford-Smith, noted British
transoceanic flyer, will use in the
London Melbourne race next Oc-
tober.
Kingsford-Smith sails today
aboard the Mariposa for Austria
liza, where he will tune up the
plane for a flight to England. 1t
was built in Burbank, Calf.
Evening star., 1934-06-27
BRITISH PRO SETS
NEW OPEN RECORD
Henry Cotton Shoots Sub
par 67-AmeriCan Golfers
Trail Again.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SANDWICH, England. June 81
Shattering all f1rst-round records in
the history of the British open gold
championship, Henry Cotton. native
professional, today scored a sub-par
81 over the Royal st. Georges course
TO take a three-shot lead in the first
lS holes Of the 72-hole title grind.
Cotton burned up" the first nine
holes in 81 strokes-the same number
he required to reach the turn Monday
in the first l8-hole qualifying round
WHEN he shot a 66-and came home
in even As for a 36 to better by one
stroke the flrst-round record of So,
held jointly by the redoubtable BOBBY
Jones and the swashbuckling Walter
Hagen.
Fred Taggart Second.
The Briton, who finished seventh
last year. made the first round today
three strokes ahead of Fred Taggart.
another British pro- who shot the
course in 34-36 for a 10 and second
place.
The pace-setter was four shots IN
front of a group of five. including
Denny Shute of Philadelphia. the de-
Tending champion, who had first
round Ills.
The way Cotton was shooting to-
day the 27-year-old star left no fur
ther doubt that he's a real menace
10 the four American professional
stars who are endeavoring to per-
petuste Americas 10-year strangle-
! hold on the championship.
Other Americans Trail
In addition to having a 4-Stroke
lead over Shute. Cotton was shots
| ahead of Joe Kirkwood. 8 strokes in
front of Gene Sarazen and 10 strokes
beyond the veteran, Macdonald Smith
Kirkwood had a flrst-round "A, Sar-
azen rs and Smith n.
Cottons par-Shattering perform
ance was no flash in the pan. as he
has been gathering in practically
every professional tournament this
year in England
Parcel Dallemange of France and
Cecil Denny of Great Britain joined
Shute in the deadlock for third place
with Ills. The others in the septet
were Bert Hodson. Bill Laidlaw. A. H.
Padgham and Charles A. Whitcombe.
Robert Sweeney. the young Amer
icsn attending oxford, slipped badly
on the second nine to take an go
and blast his hopes of winning.
Sweeny played the first thirteen in
over par and then completely blew
up"
Evening star., 1934-06-27
DIES PLANS BILL
AT NEXT SESSION
TO DEVALUE SILVER

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Evening star., 1934-06-27
GROUND GLASS FED
MEN IN RACKET HERE,
U. S. AGENTS TOLD

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currency expansion of at least s940.-
100000. with corresponding increases
in commodity prices. by the end of
the year
Evening star., 1934-06-27
GENERAL STRIKE
ON u. S. TRIANGLE
QUICKLY SETTLED

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PRESIDENT FAV0RS
NEW DEAL HACKERS
IN NOVEMBER RACE

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Nogales international., 1934-09-22
Roosevelt's Personal Hold
Upon Affections OF American
People Has Not Diminished

bitterly opposed to the course OF
his adm nistrat.on.
For that reason, most Of the crit
iciam Of the administration so far
has been directed at its acts and
methods an damned oStenslbly at
the Pres dents subordinates, usual
ly with the explicit reservation that
no porconal crit 'cism of the Pres
dent is intended. And that state
Of affairs probably will continue,
even though some conservative
Democrats desert the standard OF
the administration.
Predict Party Division
Out Of this peculiar situation
come astute observers here believe
that a new party lineup is def
initely on the way. Some even go
so far as to predict that the major
party division in 1895 will be be-
tween a Roosevelt Party" and
Constitution Party, by whatever
Nogales international., 1934-09-22

York under the Constitution Par
ty" banner. AS an anti-New Deal
er he may give Senator Copeland
a lively contest, unless the Repub-
hcans nominate stronger cand.-
date than any now in sight.
Excitement Ahead
At the other extreme of the polit-
ical picture is the nomination on
the Democratic ticket for Governor
of California, Of Upton Sinclair,
author Of many extremely radical
books and an avo-ed Socialist,
though his Soc alism is more a
mixture Of Henry George and Ed
ward Bellany than the pure Karl
Marx brand. HIS slogan EPIC,
which stands for END Poverty in
California, is calculated to catch
the Radical voters, but it is no Sc
cret in washington that the iitua-
ton created thereby has the Ad-
ministration worried. For that
matter, as one able observer re-
marked the other day, there are
no secrets in Washington.
The dilemma is whether to rec
ognize Sinclair as Democrat, and
thereby put the seal Of the Admin
istration approval on the program
which out-deals the New Deal or
to disclaim him, and thereby alien
ate the radical element upon whose
votes the Administration is count
ing heavily. The general opinion
here is that the conservative Demo-
Gratis Of California will Throw their
strength to the Republican candi-
dates for Governor and Congress
which may upset somewhat the
hopes of further Democratic gains
from the Pacific Coast.
A more immediate worry is the
general labor situation, with strikes
increasing in number and serious
ness and the Administration trying
to figure out whether it would be
hetter pilitics to put all str kers on
the relief rolls or to tighten up On
It's relief program.
Nogales international., 1934-09-22
SALE BRINGS !,
COUNTY $1,000

The county was enriched to the.
extent of $4,000 at the sale of the
old Roy G. Titcomb lumber mill
opposite the Bowman Hotel on
Grand avenue.
c. G. Che"hire bought the build
ings for 81 900. The lumber, ma
chinery. office equipment. etc.,
were sold at public auction Monday
by the county trcasurer's office.
Attorney Duane Bir1a, representing
the Banco Mercantil of Mexico,
purchased the machinery at a fig
ure of $1,500. The lumb7r. office
equipment. ETC., brought $500. The
mill machinery will be shipped to
Mexico
The $4,000 realize3 at the sale
has been applied against $1,000
delinquent taxes. Deputy County
Treasurer G. Mignardot acted as
auctioneer.
The ground on which the mill
was located is owned by the South
ern Pacific railroad company and
on that site the Cheshire Brothers
Motor Company will open 'oon an
up-to-date garage and service sta
ton.
Nogales international., 1934-09-22
The Treasury. Report

According to Mfr. Morgenthau.
the $4,000 ,000,O00 increase In the
debt is actually only $4,000, ,000, 900,
because the Treasury has $780,
600 900 of the money still, on hand,
without counting the profit" Of
So, 800 100000 arising from the de-
valuation of the gold dollar And
much of the borrowed money has
been r-eloaned through the R.F.C.
and other agencies.
Republican speakers in the cur
rent Congressional campaign are
to make use of the Doug
las resignation and the Morgen-
thau figures; with what effect re-
mains to be seen. Beyond doubt.
in the more conservative parts Of
the nation, a reaction against the
Administration is setting in, but
that this will result in the return
of a Republican majority in the
new Congress is not expected by
even the most ardent devotee Of
the COP. And any Republican
gains are likely to be offset by the
election of some radical members
from the Central West and parts
of the South, who VII demand that
the Federal Government go even
farther to the left than it has
gone. Moreover, a good deal Of the
is in the South, where
it is regarded as practically hope
les7 to get any considerable number
of people to accept the name "Re-
publican" cn any party banner
which they will follow.
The name of Constitution Par
ty" has been adopted and thrown
into the picture by at least one
former Democrat. He is Col.
Henry Breckenridge, who was as
sistant Secretary of War in Pres, =
dent Wilson'S administration and
has lately figured in the limelight
as attorney for Col. Charles A..
Lindbergh. He has declared for
United States Senator from New