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Evening star., 1934-05-21

tortion of the facts to suit preccn-
ceived conclusions"
Among the most amazing docu-
ments in the collection were the re-
ports from both sides on the moving
picture code. The board attacked
RoSenblatt's character, and it made
known that it had disregarded a brief
filed by seven major producer-dis-
tributor companies because the COM
panies had failed to come before the
board
Rosenblatt's reply fairly blazed
with indignant explanations. personal
defense and a detailed recitation of
court decisions and other records in
an effort to show that the board.
while refusing to hear from him and
though warned Of the character Of
the witness 1t did hear, deliberately
entertained the views Of band
which he maintained had proven it
self beyond a doubt a "wreck1ng
crew" not at all representative of the
bulk of Independents in the industry.
Says Independents Benefited.
He claimed for himself, also, a long
string of victories and "incalculable
benefits" on behalf of independents.
He said the independent motion pic
ture men never had had and never
would have obtained these benefits,
even in the courts, except for the
code.
The Darrow Review Board report
criticized sharply the steel as well
as the motion picture code.
OF the entire 155 pages Of report.
so each were devoted to those two.
the rest being divided among six
other codes.
The steel report explained the board
had no facilities to investigate the in
dustry and, therefore, had taken and
adopted the basic facts" of a Fed
made in March to the Senate.
The code has operated to augment
the evils previously existing" said the
! board "Monopolistic conditions anave
long existed in the industry, due to
its absolute control by the larger
companies. This control is assured
through the American Iron and Steel
Institute. supposed to represent both
large and small enterprises. but
wherein, as a matter of fact. the
voting arrangements really leave the
small enterprise at the mercy of the
large"
1t then set out on a calculation Of
its own that there are $4,000 votes in
the Steel Institute, with five COM
panies controlling 1868.
TT is obvious declared the board,
that we have here a body not only
perfectly equipped to exercise mo-
nopolistic control, but is endowed
with extraordinary powers incom-
patible with the ideals heretofore en-
tertained in a free country"
N. r. AS reply, besides saying the
Federal Trade Commission itself had
made a one-sided report ignoring
major factors of the steel situation
pointed out that the Steel Institute
has only 1882 votes, of which United
States Steel and its subsidiaries cast
1886, having 13 per cent representation
on the board of directors, with 7 per
cent for Bethlehem and the remain
ing 80 per cent distributed among 81
companies.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
BRAIN TRUST FEAR
HELD N. R. A. CURB
Shoe Code Authority Head Says
Experiment Threat
Weakens Act.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOcldteu FTcss.
NEW YORK, May 21.-Roger A.
Selby, chairman of the Shoe Code
Authority Of the N. r. A, said today
that Clarence Darrow was Openly
cunning for criticism Of the admin
istration"
The shoe manufacturer-president
Of the National Boot and Shoe Manu-
facturers~ Association and OF the
Shelby Shoe Co. of Portsmouth, Ohio
said he considered the objectives OF
the N. r. A. good" but expressed
the belief that its weaknesses lay in
the uncertainty of brain trust ex-
perimentation and reluctance by N.
r. A. administrators to deal with
equal vigor with labor and the manu-
facturer.
"In my experience with the N. r. A.
I have been surprised and disappoint-
ed to observe the apparent reluctance
of the N. r. A. to face the labor issue
with the same openneSs and vigor
which it has pursued In dealings with
the manufacturer.
"I do not know whether this Is due
to lack of authority or political con-
sideration, but until this inequality
of approach. is corrected I cannot
foresee a complete and permanent
success for the N. r. A. movement" !"
Evening star., 1934-05-21
CAPITOL CAUTIOUS
ON BARROW REPORT;
COMMENTS ARE FEW
CContinued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page.)
findings Of the majority and minority
show that many of the codes are
working destruction for small business
and entrenching monopoly.
Complete digest of the report and
response has not yet been my privilege,
but if the N. R. A. response as written
by Mr.. (Sol A. Rosenblatt on the
moving picture industry code is a re-
fiection of the general response. then
that response must be a masterpiece
Of evasion and confusion.
"The thing that bewilders me this
morning is the absence of documents
expected would be released to the
press and public. When the Review
Board report went to the White House
the President submitted it to N. r. A..
the Federal Trade Commission and
the Justice Department for study and
report. Why has only the response Of
N. R. A. been given out?"
Nye May Speak in Senate.
Senator Nye said that he would
probably speak in the Senate on the
Darrow report tomorrow.
Senator Borah's only comment for
publication today on the Darrow re-
port was:
Il am interested in getting the
antitrust laws restored and l do not
wish to be sidetracked by a contro-
versy between Darrow and johnson.
have an abundance of facts in my
xrrhfo iv,
whatever that small business is being
destroyed under the operation of the
N. r. A. and monopoly is operating
to the great disadvantage Of the
consumer
Senator Wagner of New York, who
played a major role in the passage
of the national industrial recovery
act, said that he SO far had had no
opportunity to read the Darrow report
or the reply Of Gen. johnson. For
that reason, he withheld comment.
Senator McNary of Oregon, Republi-
can leader of the Senate, also with
held comment, saying he, too. had had
no opportunity to read the report.
Hastings Issues Statement.
While Democrats generally were
noncommittal. saying they had not
had a chance to study the volumi-
nous findings, Senator Hasting. chair
man of the Republican Senatorial
Campaign Committee, said in
statement, according to the ASso-
ciated Press:
THE Darrow report demonstrates
the danger of abandoning the Fed
eral Constitution and the establish
ment of an autocracy to control the
business of the Nation or any other
important activity involving the free
dom of action that Is not harmful to
others.
This report, coming from a board
appointed with the approval of the
President cannot be said to bear
the earmarkS of malicious partisan
ship.
Every complaint and every criti-
cism by Republicans is challenged by
Federal-paid propagandists as being
unpatriotic. 1t is not surprising that
Gen. johnson recommends the Dar-
row Commission be abolished forth
with and I have no doubt that he
has concluded that they found a
tough guy in their own ranks who Is
using that toughness to expose Gen.
Johnson's autocratic methods.
If the N. r. A. is to continue and
this board abolished forthwith as
recommended by Gen. johnson, then
the Congress owes 1t to the people of
the Nation to set up a board on its
own account to keep the people ad-
vised as to how a real autocracy oper
ates in this country"
Evening star., 1934-05-21
Was DarrOw'S Inspiration.

The truth is. Mr.. Darrow knows
little about industry, but Mr.. Russell
is specialist in that subject.
Where the administration put it
all over Darrow in the backstage
SCuff1e was on publicity.
No one can beat him in GRIM
indl case before a jury, but he tUds
babe in the lUoodS tUhen he came
up against the skilled White House
publicity men. He knolCs it notU.
Darrow made his report to the
White House May 4. If he could have
handed it to the newspapers the same
day his charges would have been a
national sensation. Any good pub
licity man would have advised him to
have given copies of the report to press
associations, at least confidentially.
cided that the report was made to the
President and the President should
handle publication of it.
N. r. A. Answer Ready.
The result was that the N. r. A
spent the following two weeks pre-
paring a complete answer to his
charges Its report was sent to Mr.
Roosevelt May IA.
By publishing the 9,000-word
anStUer simultaneously, the 5000
words OF charges t0ere at least
partially Smothered The effect
iUds to create the impression that
t1Do good hdters like Darrow and
Gen. Johnson t0ere 5ust throtuing
1900 words at each other.
The White House inner clique is
quite angry at Darrow. but not
administration left wingers. They
really like the recommendations of
the Darrow report, although they
cannot say so publicly.
In this crowd are the young
liberals Of the administration who
have been hoping from the start to
direct the N. R. A. into SocialiZation
of industry. They have never liked
Johnson or his tactics. During the
last few months they have been pass
ing around the poison on him.
The result of this may be the
looping off Of few liberal heads,
because the White House apparently
does not side with the liberals on this
subject.
At least the biggest liberal heads
have lately become uneasy, and one
has already made preparations to go
back to the private practice of law.
SteagaIl Feels Heat.
The White House has turned its
furnace blower on Chairman Steagall
of the House Banking Committee.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
Agile Frog Jumps
More Than II Feet
to Capture Title
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANGELS CAMP. Calf,
May 21.-Angels Camp claims
for its own today the Jump
inest frog of 1884"
The agile amphibian, Gen.
Grant" by name, a product of
the home towns back lots,
leaped II feet 5 inches to win
Calaveras County's great an
nual jumping jubilee.
Against a field Of 155 en-
tries, Gen. Grant" skidded
to the championship yester-
day before a crowd estimated
at 10000.
"Budweiser," whose record
of Is feet l inch remained
intact, was declared by the
owner, Louis Fisher. to be a
victim of old age.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
COMMITTEE APPROVES
MORE A. A. A. POWERS
Amendment Would Clear Up
Doubt of Wallace's Right to
License Dealers.
Iy the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Senate Agriculture Committee
today approved amendments to the
agricultural adjustment act which
would strengthen powers Of Secretary
Wallace to license dealers in farm
products.
Members said the vote was 8 to 3.
During hearings on the measure
claims were advanced that the amend
ment would give the Secretary dicta-
torial powers over industries handling
farm commodities.
Aside from several technical clauses,
the amendment would clear away all
doubt as to the power of the Secre-
tary of Agriculture to license indus
tries to carry out marketing agree
mfents.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
TRADING AT LOW EBB
ON STOCK EXCHANGE
First Hours Volume Of 10000
Shares Is Smallest Since Re-
ports Were Changed.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, May 21.-The volume
of share transactions in the first hour
of trading on the New York Stock
Exchange today was the smallest since
the exchange began reporting busi-
ness on an hourly basis on June /,
1888. Before that time, volume was
reported for the first half hour in
stead Of the first hour. Only about
10000 shares changed hands between
10 and IL am. today.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
CUBAN'S HOME BOMBED
Woman Hurt in Residence o1
Policemen'S Attorney.

HAVANA. May 81 ,P).-Bombers
struck again today at Manuel Sainz
Silveira. defense attorney for police
men charged with murder during the
regime of former President Gerardo
Machado.
A woman was wounded gravely
when a powerful bomb exploded and
did considerable damage to the law
yer's residence early this morning.
1t was the second bombing at the
home within four mAnths.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
SARANAC HEAD NAMED

DR.. Carl Fischel to Direct Actors
Sapatorium.
SARANAC LAKE, N. Y, May 81
DISAPPOINTMENT of DR.. Carl Fischel
of Los Angeles as new medical super
tendent Of the National Vaudeville
Artists Sanatorium was announced
today. He succeeds Mrs. Katherine
Murphy, who lesigned a month ago.
The new superintendent formerly
was medical director of the Jewish
Consumptives' Relief Association Sana-
torium at Duarte, Calf. and associ-
ated with Warner Bros Hospital
at Los Angeles
DR.. George Wilson, former resident
physician at the N. w. A. Sanatorium,
has been appointed medical director.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
Faculty Will Entertain.

GROvETON, Va, May 81 (Spe-
ciaD The faculty Of Groveton School
will entertain members Of the grad
uating class at weiner roast on the
school campus tonight at 8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
Visits Virgin Islands.

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands, May
81 R.-HenN L. Roosevelt, Assistant
Secretary of the Navy. came here to-
day on the United States cruiser
louisville.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
GLASS OUTPUT LOWER.

NEW YORK. May 81 (P.-Produc-
ton of plate glass by members of the
Plate Glass Manufacturers of Amer
lea for April was 8,629,381 square
feet. against e,s26,s5s in March and
4,679,776 in April, 1888.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
Forks Bring $875.

Two William III silver forks were
sold recently in London for $875.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
What's What
BehindNews
In Capital
Russell Guiding Hand
Behind Darrow's Re-
port on N. r. A.
BY PAUL MALLON.

THE man behind the Darrow
report is Mr.. Charles Edward
Russell.
L 1t was his invisible hand
which guided the aging pen
Of the Chicago iconoclast. In fact,
Mr.. Russell seems to have had at
least as much to do with the report
as Mr.. Darrow. He likewise served
as Darrow's ear: Darrow's hearing is
not what it used to be, and much of
the open testimony escaped him.
These facts are important because
Of Mr.. Russells background. Mr.
Russell was one of the original ex-
posers of Everybody's Magazine years
ago. He was a member of that troupe
of Upton Sinclair and Lawrence
Richie detective journalists who ex-
posed the meat packers and others.
He once ran for Governor Of New
York on the Socialist ticket. Re-
Gently he has been living here quiet
ly as a writer.
Was DarrOw's Inspiration.
Mr.. Russell was really the inspira-
ton for Mr.. Darrow's recommended
tion for socialized ownership and con-
troll of industry,
Evening star., 1934-05-21
Macedonia Opposed.

Only from Macedonia came rllmors
of opposition to the new order and
they were only rumors. There has
been a strong revolutionary sentiment
among Macedonians, with autonomy
as their goal. The new government
is fatty opposed to any step toward
Macedonian autonomy, and in this
sentiment is allied with Greece and
Yugoslavia. 1t is among these three
countries-Bulgaria Greece and Yugo-
slavia-that Macedonia is divided. The
leader Of the movement for Mace
donian independence, Ivan C"King"
Ivan they call him) Mihailof, was
reported variously today to have been
captured, killed and to have fed to
Greece.
One Of the first jobs facing the
new premier dictator is the forma-
ton of legislative body, the Parlia-
ment having been dissolved by de-
creeS of King Boris. The new body
will have 100 members instead of 274,
as formerly. Seventy-five Of the 100
will be appointed. thus giving abso-
lutte control to the government.
Observers see in the removal of
Gen. Ivan Volkof as Minister to Italy
radical change in Bulgariais' policy
toward that country. Volkof was
friendly toward the Macedonian in
dependence movement.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
Army Behind Movement.

Gueorguieff expressed conviction
that the Bulgarian army is "unani-
mouSly behind the new regime, which
won general acclaim with promises to
balance the budget, re-establish credit,
raise the cultural level of villages and
make credit accessible to farmers.
Recognizing its patriotic duty at a
critical moment, the army intervened
to upset the outworn governmental
system. although its desire always
has been to remain outside the strug-
gle of political parties the 52-year-
old premier said, adding:
But the recent shameful Spectacles
exhibited by political parties absolute
ly convinced US (meaning Gueorguieff
and his "Zveno" partisan group
that there was no other way out ex-
cept through immediate and effective
intervention by our army.
I'VE repudiate and condemn the
methods the government practiced up
to now. The parties showed them
selves absolutely incapable of serv-
ing the higher interests of the nation" I"
Asked how soon recognition of So
Wet Russia-casually mentioned in
Saturdays manifesto-might be ex-
pected, the premier replied rather
cryptically:
Restoration of diplomatic relations
Is intimately bound up with estab-
lishment of strong and stable au-
thority, eliminating all elements of
hazard from these relations"
Evening star., 1934-05-21
BRAIN TRUST SEEN
|NBULGAR|ANCOUP
Fascist Minded Dictatorship
Expected to Retire
Soon.
CONTINUED From First Page.)

Gueorguieff picked his brain trust"
cabinet. A literary trend is noted in
the appointment of Secretary Polya-
noff to the post of chief censor Po-
lyanoff is a member of the Bulgarian
Pen Club and the writer of several
novels.
OF the Parliament which King
Boris dissolved Saturday not one
member represented the Zveno group.
One Shot Almost Fired.
Saturdays coup was so peaceful
that only one shot was almost" fired.
That was by a lieutenant who at
tempted to prevent the surrender of a
garrison and actually drew his re-
volver. When he pulled the trigger,
the gun missed fire. He was quickly
disarmed.
Leaders describe the Gueorguief
tween pure Fascism and the old par
liamentary system, but at least some
sections of the press hail it as out
right Fascist. The newspaper Zarla
said the people only await Fascist
acts to restore the Nations pres
tige $"
The man behind the premier is
Damyan Velcheff, former head of the
Bulgarian Military Academy. Some
believe he led the whole coup. His
influence rallied many of the younger
military officers to the triumphant
movement.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
BARROW PLEDGES
SECOND REPORT
Challenges N. R. A. to An
sWer New Charges of
Oppression.
Continued From First Page.)

vote on the Senate-approved Black
30hour week measure.
If we had passed the 30-hour work
week bill in the first place last year
instead of the N. r. A." Connery said,
I'VE would have saved the Govern
ment and business millions of dol
lars. We would be out of the woods
by now, instead of being in hot con-
troverSy."
The board, which had been asked
by Mr.. Roosevelt to review the prac-
tices of the National Recovery Ad-
miniStration, stabbed at the heart of
N. r. AS principles of industrial
codes by saying in its first report.
"All competition is savage, wolfish
and relentless, and can be nothing
else. One may as well dream of max
ing war ladylike as of making compe-
tition fair"
SociaIistic Plan Suggested.
The Socialistic alternative Of Gov
ernment ownership was suggested in
supplementary report signed by
Darrow, 77year-old lawyer. and one
other board member, william o.
Thompson of Chicago, former law
partner of Darrow. 1t said:
The choice is between monopoly
sustained by Government, which is
clearly the trend in the National Re-
covery Administration, and a planned
economy, which demands socialized
ownership and control.
The hope of the American people
lies in the planned use of
Americas resources following social
iZation."
One member Of the board dissented
from the DarroW findings in a minor
ity report. This member. John F..
Sinclair, now resigned. denounced the
conduct of the majority and labeled
its findings as at times misleading
and unreliable"
Sinclair urged the President to ap-
point an ABLY stated. non-political
board" to act for the protection of
small, independent business which he
deemed, in several respects, endan-
gered under the codes.
Evening star., 1934-02-25
MDlDllllI

building company and the inventor OF q new
protective device were present IN the Secre-
tary's Office The vault builder had brought
with him large piece Of steel which he de-
clared was capable Of resisting any attack that
might be made upon 1t, as part Of q protec-
tive structure. The inventor challenged his
statement, asserting hole could be cut in the
piece of STEEL The challenge led to practical
demonstration.
An electric drill, obtained by police officers
when a safe cracker had been taken into Gus
tody, was produced by the inventor. Reaching
to the electric light that hung above the Sec
retary's desk he took out the bulb and at
tached the wire leading to the drill
n few minutes he had cut hole through
Evening star., 1934-02-25

that long had been in service. They felt
greater protection should be afforded the con-
tents of those vaults. The alternatives Of re-
building the old vaults, constructing new ones,
or applying new protective devices to the exist
ing structures faced Secretary Shaw and his
associates
The old question of whether it might not be
better to admit that cracksmen could get into
the vaults If given sufficient time and oppor-
tunity persisted. With that admission would
come the task of perfecting means by which
the presence of cracksmen might be discovered
speedily. The turn of events during an after
noon meeting held In Secretary Shaw's Office,
early in 1908, made the decision an easy one
to reach.
-. u1y officials, the president CT & -
Evening star., 1934-02-25

the piece Of steel The hole was large enough
to permit mans arm to be thrust through Il
Then and there Treasury officials decided to
equip the old vaults with the inventors
device. The rest OF the afternoon was devoted
10 a description and study of that device.
Even If the entire Treasury Department.
Building, by some strange dispensation, were eo
be vacated by all persons save only safe crack
ers, it Is doubtful If the gold, silver and CUE
rency could be removed from the recesses a
the vaults rooms. After hours, days and per-
haps weeks the potential vault breakers prob
ably would leave the building, weary and
admitting the job was too big for them b
handle.
Evening star., 1934-02-25
Nation JZT9ASur9
Continued from Third Page.

developing added protection for the Federal
treasures.
Succeeding events and efforts worked up to
a dramatic situation in the administration OF
Leslie M Shaw as Secretary of the Treasury
under Theodore Roosevelt Ever since the COM
mission Of experts appointed by congressional
authority had made its revealing report, Off
cials had looked with skcptical eyes u.,oil u
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-23
Architects Outline
.HOuSingP
Letter to Mayor
Organization Demands
Control of Jobs on
The Projects

A program for a centralized
planning and research project for
the city of New York was outlined
by the Federation of Architects,
Engineers, Chemists and Tech
nicians in a telegram to Mayor
LaGuardia last week. The Fedora
ton has made detailed studies for
the past four months into the pos
sibihties of public works, providing
work for the unemployed and Of
utilizing the professional training of
technicians to the greatest social
advantage.
Such central planning and re-
search project would place public
works planning on a scientific basis
and furnish work for approximately
over 10000 technicians, according to
estimates of the Federation, a ma
tional organization of technical men
with local headquarters at 119 East
18th Street.
With such research and plan
ming, competent professionals could
then study and accordinate all work
in a comprehensive and far-seeing
plan" said Jules Korchien, chair
man of the Federation.
Incorporated in the proposal to
the Mayor was the stipulation that
employment under such a project
be removed from the jurisdiction of
the Home Relief Bureau of the De-
partment of Public Welfare and
that conditions be decided jointly
by the administration and by rep
resentatives of the architects and
engineers employed. Mrs. Korchien
stated: This was of utmost i'm
portance for the Department of
Public Works required relief work
employees to surrender their insur-
ance and other reserves, and hun
dreds of those men now being laid
off face utter restitution"