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Evening star., 1934-07-03

The President could not very well
ditch the code or change its price
structure. The industry would pro-
test and anyway such q step would
be an open retreat for the N. r. A.
Identical Bids Cited.
So they fixed up an executive order
The excuse given for it was that the
contractors were submitting identical
bids to the Government on various
projects.
The tip on the inadequacy Of that
excuse is the fact the order provides
that, when a contractor bids down to
Is per cent below the code price on
Government projects, that price scale
Immediately becomes effective to all
the consuming public.
Every inSider knows the only ulti-
mate result will be to lower building
costs generally by Is per cent.
1t will give a much needed encour-
agement to private building.
Calls Freshman Team"
One of the few remaining brain
trusters looked over that list of IA
college professors summoned by Treas
ury Secretary Morgenthau the other
day and observed:
II see they have called in the
freshman team"
That designation ,1iH stick. The
Morgenthau brain trust tpill dlUavs
hereafter be knot0n in the inner
circle as the freshman team. That
is because only one OF them has a
college rank above that OF instruc-
tor. The pdrSity brain trusters
brought in by Mr.. Roosevelt mere
generally recognized leaders in par
ticular fields OF instruction and
held high college jobs.
The freshm an team will spend the
Summer looking into corners Of the
Treasury where cobwebs have spread
unmolested for years. 1t will also look
under logs for worms and may find
some.
As q result, it may have some minor
effect on the reformation Of the taxing
system, promised for some time within
the next few years.
Otherwise It will be no more than
a Summer outing for the boys with
the ferrules.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
DELEGATES ELECTED
TO DONOVAN PARLEY
Labor Union Names Pair to Con-
fer on Case Of N. r. A.
Worker.

Two delegates were elected at
meeting of the Central Labor Union
last night to attend . meeting at the
Thomson School on July 10. when
plans will be drawn in an attempt to
reinstate John Donovan, dismissed
N. r. A. employe.
John Locher, vice president of the
Central Labor Union, and Edward
Roach, o member of the Executive
Committee, were chosen as delegates.
Roach said he was convinced Dom
ovan is q victim of tyranny"
Donovan was fired because OF
union activities" he declared
Meanwhile, picketing Of N. r. A.
headquarters in the Department Of
Commerce Building continued yester-
day. Kenneth Douty, Baltimore
school teacher. a picket. said he and
other representatives of the Socialist
party In Baltimore would continue to
aid Donovan's cause.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
D. c. GUARD HOLDS
FIRST NIGHT DRILL
Artillery Unit Camps On
Willis Farm, Located
at CuIpeper.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DlSpaLcn 10 Ine StAr.
MADISON, Va. July 3.-The 260th
Coast Artillery of the District of CO.
lumbia National Guard encamped yes
terday at the Willis Farm, opposite
the Fair Grounds at Culpeper, Va.
AS soon as the convoy arrived and
before camp was completely made, DR..
Leon Waters, president of the Rotary
Club and several Of his officers, called
on Mai. Walter w. Burns and well
coined the Coast Artillery to Culpeper
and extended an invitation to Mai.
Burns and his staff to the Rotary Club
dinner at the Lord Culpeper Hotel.
-Four Attend Dinner.
Besides Mai Burns, the dinner was
attended by Capt. Leroy s. Mann,
regimental adjutant; Maj. Sidney
Morgan, inspector Of the District Of
Columbia National Guard, and Mai.
Jesse l.. Sinclair Of the Regular Army
VINO, with Capt. c. r. Roberts, has
senting the War Department.
The first night drill was held at $50
pm. by Battery A, under command
Of Capt. Clifton w. Royston, and Bat
terry B. under Capt. Rex P. Mulligan.
The drill was witnessed by about l 500
people, the searchlight drill Of Bat
terry A serving as an attraction for
people who came from the surround
ing country.
Camp Broken Before 7.
Camp was broken this morning
shortly before 7 O'Clock. The last
unit cleared the camp grounds at
$50. The leading units were to
reach the new camp area at Nc
Intyre Park. in Charlottesville. by
noon. At 2 pm. q detail Of l officer
and 10 men with two of the latest
800, ,000. 900 = candlepower searchlight
units from the I'd Coast Artillery at
Fort Monroe, Va, was to join the
260th for the period of the camp.
Arrangements have been made for
the men to visit Monticello, the home
Of Thomas jefferson, and other places
Of interest The stop at Charlottes-
vile will continue until July S, when
departure will be made for Waynes-
boro, Va. There Is no sickness in the
command.
Evening star., 1934-07-03

While these ferrulers are coming in
others have been going out virtually
unnoticed.
The first was Grace Abbott Of the
Children's Bureau. who went to the
University of Chicago. 1t is under
stood there was not room enough fo1
both Miss Perkins and Miss Abbott
in the Labor Department. 1t Is such
a small building.
Another departure back to COL
lege is that OF IrtDin Gris,Oold,
Justice Department advocate, Uho
11tu teach l1tD at HARVARD. A third
is another Justice laDyer, Charles
Bum, 1Dho 1DiH teach at the Uni
persity of Wisconsin Law School.
None Of these was either a brain
truSter or a new dealer.
Speech Reaction Unexciting.
The inner reaction to Mr.. Roose-
velts radio speech was not as enthu-
siastic as had been expected.
Lots Of kilograms and letters poured
into the White House, but they did not
carry the same eager tone which
greeted his earlier radio talks. One
reason was that the speech had moth
ing exciting in it.
1t was intended to be an assurance
to business against Socialism and rad
icaliSm. while at the same time insist
on further social reform. Also, it was
meant to be an explanation to the
country for the Presidents unusual
Summer trip.
The idea notD is to shut dol0H on
Government GctiUity as much as
possible for at least month in
hopes that eristing criticism and
discomfort Uill Waste themselves
dtDdy.
The Democratic slogan for the con-
gressional campaign is to be: "Are
you better on today than you were q
year ago?"
Mr.. Roosevelt gave 1t to his follow
ers in his radio speech. His political
associates believe 1t will be very ef-
fective with large classes of people and
are planning to make the most Of It.
No political campaigners Of this
modern era can touch the Roosevelt
technique when 1t comes to making
slogans.
(CopyrtEht. 1934J
Evening star., 1934-07-03
WORK Of KENNEDY
Be SCRUT|N|zED
Confirmation Will Depend
Upon Vigor Of Stock
Market Control.

A warning that confirmation Of
Joseph P. Kennedy by the Senate may
depend on the vigor with which stock
market control Is administered came
today from hackers of the new law.
Kennedy, Democratic fnancier and
friend Of President Roosevelt, was
elected chairman Of the regulatory
commission last night.
The White House backed Kennedy
for the post. Commissioner Ferdinand
Pecora, noted as the Senate's inves-
tigator of Wall Street, had been
doomed for chairman. There were re-
ports he opposed the appointment OF
Kennedy, who was shown to have en-
gagged in a market pool a year ago.
Kenne0y's selection came after a
two-hour conference among the DEM
ocratic members of the commission
Kennedy, Pecora and James M. Lands
while the Republican members
George C. Mathews and Robert E.
Healy-waited in another office.
Fletcher to Watch Work.
Senator Fletcher CDemocrat) Of
Florida, an author Of the law and
chairman of the Banking Committee
which will consider Kennedys nonni-
nation in January, was one of those
who indicated Kennedy's work would
be closely watched.
Asked if there would be opposition
to confirmation, the Florida Senator
said he did not know, but added:
That will depend upon the record
he makes"
Fletcher indicated, though, that il
Kennedy's services were satisfactory,
he would not oppose his nomination
despite evidence, disclosed In the SEN
ate's Wall Street inquiry, that Ken
nedy took part in the kind of pool
operation that would be taboo under
the new law.
I suppose the President felt he
ought TO name some one who came in
the class of capitalist or financier,"
Fletcher said. Kennedy makes q
good representative of the capitalist
class.
PecOra Expected Post.
AT the time Of the pool operation
that was a common practice on the
exchange, and you couldn't claim it
was disreputable. They we're doing it
all along"
All was serene, however. when the
new commission admitted photograph
ers and reporters.
Kennedy was spokesman, but Pecora
answered questions as well, and
smilingly shrugged of questions as to
the subject Of the two-hour meeting.
Kennedy agreed the chairmanship
was discussed, but said there had been
no dispute. He did not explain, in
reply to questions, why the Repubn-
can members did not participate In
the meeting.
First Meeting Is Held.
Edna B. vincell, Trade Commission
notary, administered the oaths Of
ofice.
The first gathering of the commits
sion took place officially in the office
Of Mathews in the Federal Trade
Commission Building, where both
Lands and Mathews were trade COM
missioners until they accepted their
new appointments.
1t was decided to have Kennedv's
chairmanship run to June so, 1885,
when a new chairman would be
selected.
Chairman Kennedy and Commits
sioner Lands were to confer today
with Secretary Ickes regarding quar-
tiers for the new commission.
Evening star., 1934-07-03

Continued From First Page)
q vindication of the seeding so far as
Miss Jacobs and Miss Round were
concerned, they being listed l and 2,
respectively, but Mime. Matthew was
rated no better than eighth and Miss
Hartigan was not seeded at all.
Sidney B. Wood, jr., semi-finalist
In mems singles, and Richard Norris
williams, Americas cup champion,
continued their advance in doubles.
defeating c. S. Hilton and A. Hutton
Of England, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, in the
second round.
Ian G. Collins and F. H. D. Wilde,
new British cup hopes, won a third
round doubles match from w. L.
Breese, the former Harvard star, and
Clynton Reed Of England, So, 81,
6-3. As, SO.
Lott and Stoefen Victors.
George Lott and Lester Stoefen,
Americas ranking doubles team, de-
feated Kenneth C. Gandar Dover, and
c. E. Malfroy. both former Cambridge
captains, "a, 64, 6-8, Ga in q
third round match, but their team
work was not impressive.
Both played good tennis individually
and won despite their mistakes at
combination play. The Englishmen
could not cope either with Stoefens
booming service or Lofts crafty ground
strokes and the match was uneventful
except for Hnesmen's errors in the
final set that delayed the outcome.
Playing steady II not brilliant
game, the Engiishmen won the third
set from the Indifferent Americans
after Lott and Stoefen had pulled up
from Us in games to all.
Other Matches.
Dorothy Andrus Of Stamford, Conn,
and Nine s. Henrotin, second ranking
won their third-round
match in the women's doubles from
Mrs. M. r. King and Miss K. Z. Stam-
mers of England, 1-6, 60, 6-3.
Frank Shields and his British
doubles partner, Nigel Sharpe, went
out In the third round. losing 6-3,
80, 6-4 to the Australians combina-
ton Of DON Turnbull and Vivian Nc
Grath. The young Aussies concen-
trated their fire on Sharpe and had
no trouble running the match out In
straight sets, .
Evening star., 1934-07-03
us. AGENTS CHECK.
HASTINGS MURDER.
Attempt to Weave Net About
Robert C. Kent, Jr., in
Virginia Staying.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ROANOKE, Va, July 3.-Federal
agents, working in profound secrecy,
today were checking over the evil
dence on which they hope to convict
Robert c. Kent, jr., prominently con-
nected war veteran, Of the kidnapping
and murder Of Mrs. Mary J. Hastings,
late proprietoress Of the Blue Ridge
Springs Hotel, at Blue Ridge Springs,
Va.
j. z. Shoales, Federal Bureau of In
vestigation agent, who brought the
charges against Kent under the re-
Gently amended Federal kidnapping
law. had checked out Of q local hotel
this morning and his whereabouts
could not be determined.
Ring Aids in Identification.
Meanwhile. however, it was learned
that wedding ring, with the initials
m. j. S." on the band helped
to identify the body found near
Stroudsburg, Pa, Wednesday morn
ing as that of Mrs. Hastings, who
was born Mary Jane Sweeney, a ma
tive Of Clonmel. County Waterford,
Ireland.
1t also was learned that among
clews checked by authorities was a
telegram sent to Charles Stewart, 22-
year-old Roanoke Negro, who was EN-
ployed by Mrs. Hastings at the resort
hotel. This message. instructing Stew
art to give possession of the property
to Maj. Kent, aroused suspicion and
precipitated an investigation leading
to Kent's arrest, even before the body
OF Mrs. Hastings had been found and
Identified.
Funeral services for the murdered
woman are to be conducted at st.
Andrews Catholic Church by Rev
Father Thomas B. Martin, pastor, to-
morrow morning at 10 O'Clock, accord
ing to tentative arrangements. The
body was to arrive here today. Friends
in Wenatchee, Wash, where she had
a home and fruit farm, telegraphed
Mrs. George Fleming here to make
the funeral arrangements.
Three Cousins Survive.
Three first cousins are the only re-
naming relatives, it was said here.
They are brothers. One, Patrick
Deadly. lives in Bridgeport, Conn. and
aided in the Identification of the body
at Stroudsburg. Both the others live
In ireland.
Bearing Mrs. Hastings jewelry and
blood stained clothing, Botetourt
County officers returned from Strouds-
burg early yesterday morning.
In that region of Botetourt County
nearest the old resort hotel feeling
was running high yesterday afternoon.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
r STREET SURVEY MADE
TO PICK LOADING ZONES
Areas Will Replace Present Ship
ping Entrances for Expert
mental Period.

Trafic officials today made survey
of F street between Fifth and Four
teenth streets to select areas In each
block for establishment of commercial
loading zones.
Similar zones already have been To-
Gated on G street and Seventh street
in the business section.
These commercial loading zones will
replace the present shipping entrance
reservations for an experimental period
and If successful IN relieving conges-
ton they will be located throughout
the business section.
The F street zones were selected by
M. o. Eldridge, assistant director Of
trafic; Capt. Milton D. Smith Of ths
Trafhc Bureau and Arthur Sundlun.
chairman Of the Joint Committee on
Parking of the Washington trade or
ganizations.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
PENSION SEEKER DENIES
ILLEGAL ACT CHARGES
Former Brooklyn Park Commits
sioner Defies Claim Of Ac-
counts Head.
Hy the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 3-James j.
Browne, former Brooklyn park COM
missioner, yesterday filed with the
Supreme Court an affidavit "defying"
Paul Blanshard, commissioner Of ac-
counts, to prove charges he made last
week in contesting Brownies petition
for pension Of $2,66308 yearly.
: The defendant" the affidavit says,
s"defies the commissioner of accounts
or any other person to produce one
iota of evidence that knowingly was
involved in any transaction wherein
any consideration was passed for any
illegal act while I was in the employ
of the city Of New York"
Blanshard charged that Browne had
failed to account for $465 900 or more
than 100000 he had deposited in
nine banks.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
SOVIET AUTO PLANTS
ARE EXCEEDING QUOTAS
Reported to Have Produced
34,211 Trucks and Machines
in Past Six Months.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, July 3.-Automobile fac
tories of Soviet Russia exceeded their
quota In the first six months of this
year. 1t was announced today.
They produced 34,211 trucks and
automobiles and 44,762 tractors.
The Cheliabinsk factory alone
Jagged behind the program. The Sta
lin and Yarroslav plants produced
1866 and 1926 trucks, respectively.
The Gorky factory turned out 1886
trucks and 3.416 automobiles.
The Stain factory made 2O,60A
wheeled tractors and the Kharkov
plant 20.674 Of the same. Work is
progressing on new plant near
Eamara, which is scheduled to pro-
duce 10000 five-ton and eight-ton
trucks yearly.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
R|CHBERG BEGINS
THREE-JOB DUTIES
Given Intensive Work of Co.
ordinating Industrial Re-
lief Agencies.
Nv the ASsoeisted Press.

By the Associated Press.
Donald Randall Richberg took over
his duties today as President Roose-
velt's newest three-job man.
The genial. heavy-set lawyer. who
until yesterday was N. r. AS general
counsel, has on hand what he calls
the intensive job of co-ordinating the
agencies dealing with industrial relief
the N. r. A.. the P. ", A. the
Emergency Relief Administration and
the labor disputes organizations"
Gained Wide Notice.
Richberg gained wide notice through
watching over the legal course Of the
Blue Eagle from the time 1t was q
hedgling He has been pointed out fire.
quently as likely to go higher. Few
predicted, however, that he would be
q three-title man.
Now he's the director OF the new
Industrial Emergency Committee, or
co-ordinating agency; the executive
director Of the National Emergency
Council, itself sort Of clearing house
for new deal doings, and executive
secretary Of the Executive Council.
This is made up of cabinet members
and emergency chiefs.
Richberg brought to the new deal q
varied background. A poet, a writer
of songs. a graduate of the Harvard
Law School, he has been called q
member Of the brain trust"
For years he was active in politics
as Progressive Republican. Much
Of his later career was spent as a
legal spokesman for the railway labor
unions.
Helped Plan N. /. R A.
Before the new deal Richberg sat
down in Hyde Park, N. Y, with Pres
ident Roosevelt, Hugh S. johnson,
Bernard Baruch and others to help
in planning the industrial recovery
act.
OF Richberg's poems, the ones he
likes best are those he wrote for his
mother on her birthdays. Three Of
his songs still are sung. One is q
University Of Chicago tune: another
that Of his Phi Gamma Delta Fra
ternity brothers. Radio audiences re-
Gently heard q third, Marching Fiji
Men"
Despite his concentrated N. r. A.
work, Richberg still has kept his golf
swing smooth. His game Is consist
emily In the sos.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
SHOWERS IN SIGHT

Thundershowers late today or to-
night will offer but a slight rehef
from the heat, with the temperature
rising to about "a degrees before the
clouds gather this afternoon, according
to the Weather Bureau.
Tomorrow will see usual Fourth of
July weather, the bureau predicted.
with q bit Of humidity from the show
ers expected late today No real rain.
other than showers is in sight, it was
said.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
Registrar Wins Contest.

WILDWOOD, N. j. @.-Walter
Wilson, 81, didn't get a license to wed
Rosanna Andrews. II, because Miss
Pauline Lanning. registrar Of vital sta
tistics, outsat him.
Not believing in December and
May" marriages. Miss Lanning refused
to issue q license. Andrews threatened
to stay until she did and sat down de-
terfnfnedly.
he forgot Miss Lsnning was an Of
face holder.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
SHIRT STRIKE ENDS
Rotary Company Head Accepts
Regional Labor Board Plan.

ALBANY, N. Y, July GN.-A
week-old strike of several hundred
employees Of the Rotary Shirt Co. here
ended today after an agreement
drafted by the New York Regional
Labor Board had been accepted by
Louis Cohen, company president, and
the workers.
The major points agreed upon
called for q general pay increase Of
not less than 10 cents per dozen
shirts and recognition of the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers Of America
by the employer for collective bar
gaining purposes,
Evening star., 1934-07-03
German Consulate Picketed.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. July R-A
group of 100 Communists paraded
around the German consulate and the
local Offices Of the North German Lloyd
Steamship Co. yesterday protesting the
impending trial Ia Germany Of Ernst
Thaelmann, Coumunist leader.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
First Wedding in SO Years.

CRESCENT. N. Y. CP.-The Half
Moon Baptist Church in this tiny
Mohawk River Village has had its first
wedding in So years. The principals
were Miss Ida May Cock Of Crescent
and Irving e. Hawkins OF Cohoes.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
What's What
BehindNews
In Capital
Roosevelt Gets Out of
Building Code by Trick
Rivaling Houdini.
BY PAUL MALLON.

BY fAUL MALLONs
DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT did as
- neat a job of getting out of the
N r. 4. building code as Hou-
i DIM used to do with a strait
jacket.
That is the whole story behind the
recent executive order authorizing
contractors to bid Is per cent less
than the code price on Government
and private contracts.
The truth is that the code had sky
rocketed building prices up to the
1929 price stratosphere and had ruined
whatever chance the building indus
try had to get back on its feet this
Spring. Labor costs were upped way
out of sight, and some materials
jumped as much as 300 per cent. That
certainly did not encourage people to
build.
The result 2Uds that, in May and
June, the building industry iDas on
rs per cent basis. That is, its
business tpas one-tourth of lUhat
it iods in the same period OF the
years 1928, 1924 and 1925.
And most Of that rs per cent busi-
ness was P. w. A. foStered. No other
industry has gone down lower and
stayed down longer in this depression.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
Carnival to Close.

Dancing, binso playing and numer-
Gus other attractions viii feature the
closing Of the carnival tonight, staged
for the benefit Of st. Stephens Church
On the school grounds, Twenty-fourth
and X gtreets.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
BAND CONCERTS.

BY the United States Soldiers Home
Band, at the bandstand, this eve
ming at $50 O'Clock. John 8. M.
Zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton
Pointner. associate.
March-"Second Regiment Ma
tional Guard" ..,,,.Re Reeves
Overture-"Maritana" Wallace
Entr-acte-"Cathedral Crimes"
Lindhal
THE Church Parade. .Markey
(Chimes played by Musician James
E. Boody.)
Scenes from musical comedy. THE
New Noon" ..............R .Romberg
Fox trot-"I Love q Parade. .Arlen
Waltz suite-"Ange d'Amour" CAN
gel Of Love'') .........W Waldteufel
Finale-"Swinging Down the Line"
Brockenshire
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
BY the United States Marine Band,
at Walter Reed Hospital. this eve
ming at $50 O'Clock. Capt. Taylor
Branson, leader: Arthur s. Witcomh,
second leader.
1AlCA- AUCiey oCh 'sss'' 80 'ASOeA@sss
Overture-'Teonore" No.
Beethoven
Trombone solo-The Volunteer"
Simon
Musician Harold Bayes.
Selection from 'tShow Boat" Kern
"Pasquinade" ........... .Gottschalk
Octorimba solos--La Paloma"
Yradier
"Y Come LIE Va. .Valverde
Musician Wilbur d. Kie6er.
First movement from symphony
In d Minor" Cesar Ffanck
Charaeteristic-"A Motor Ride"
Bidgood
Marines Hymn-~The Halls Of
Montexuma."
"Tha stas.spausisd 1anneF." I
Evening star., 1934-07-03
URGES REHABILITATION
APART FROM POLITICS
Theodore Lindstrom Tells Dis
abled American Veterans That
Two Do Not Mix.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, July
3.-Separation Of politics and the
national rehabilitation service was
recommended today in the annual re-
port Of Theodore Lindstrom of Wash
ington, D. c., national rehabilits ton
chairman Of the Disabled American
Veterans, holding their convention
here.
Il believe that politics and rehabili-
tation do not and should not mix" he
remarked.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
EMBASSY REJECTS REDS
Petition for Release Of Reich
prisouer Refused

Prisoner Refused.
A delegation of five Communists
called at the German embassy this
morning bearing a petition demand
ing the release of Ernst Thaelmann.
head of the German Working party,
held prisoner under the Hitler regime.
The group, three Of which were
colored, was turned away by police
after embassy attaches refused to re-
ceive the petition.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
TWO BANKS CLOSE

French Institutions at Mines and
Montpelier Suspend Payments.
PARIS, July P.-Two French
banks suspended payments today.
The Broissier Bank Of Mines shut
its doors, and it was announced that
it is $500 600 in the red.
The Banquet Castelnau & Co. at
Montpelier suspended payments be-
cause of inability to collect long-term
loans.
Evening star., 1934-07-03
MISS JACOBS WINS
QUARTER-FINALS
IN BRITISH PLAY

Continued From First Page.)