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Evening star., 1934-05-25
PRESIDENT SIGNS
EQUAL RIGHTS BILL
National Woman's Party
Had Campaigned II Years
for Legislation.

The 12-year campaign Of the Ma
tional Woman's Party and associated
womens organizations for removal OF
all sex bars was ended successfully
yesterday when President Roosevelt
signed the equal rights nationality
bill
The women's groups scored another
victory as the Senate unanimously
ratified the equal rights nationality
treaty. indorsed at the Montevideo
Pan-American Conference last Winter
The United States thus becomes the
first nation to have completed all the
of the Senate action on the treaty,
which was concluded in record time.
Equality of Women Recognized.
The treaty sets up the principle of
equality of treatment for wo,Aen and
men with regard to citizenship and
nationality. The bill signed by the
President carries out this principle IN
American law by revising the exist
ing statues covering the process OF
naturalization and the descent rights
of citizenship.
Despite the fact Senator Long,
Democrat, of Louisiana asked an ex-
PLANTATION on the ground I'm always
afraid of treaties" the convention was
ratified in about minutes without
roll call.
The equal rights nationality bill was
sponsored by Senator Copeland and
Representative Dickstein, Democrats,
of New York. It was recalled frSm
the White House two days ago and
Immediately repassed with a slight
clarifying amendment which did not
change its intent.
The new law permits citizenship
rights to children through the mother
as we'll as the father A child born
abroad of an American mother here
tofore has not been able to claim
American citizenship, while the child
of an American father has had citi-
zenship rights. The law removes all
sex discrimination in other minor
points in the field of nationality.
Miss Paul Gratified.
Miss Alice Paul, chairman of the
International Relations Committee OF
the National Woman's Party. made
the following statement on behalf Of
her organization:
The passage of the equal national
1ty law giving women complete equal
ity with men in nationality in the
United States and the ratification of
the equal nationality treaty are indeed
notable victories
They are significant as an extern
sion of the principles Of democracy at
a time when democratic government
is under severe scrutiny and criticism.
Furthermore. they are particularly
significant in connection with the ef-
fort of women to achieve equality on
q worldwide scale"
Evening star., 1934-05-25
HOUSE 'EMPOWERS'
AID TO DEP0SITORS
Rider on Insurance Bill May
Provide Billion for
Closed Banks.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The House unanimously cast aside
yesterday a Senate bill to postpone
permanent bank deposit insurance for
year and passed its own measure
which bore rider holding possible
promise of a billion dollars in aid for
depositors in closed banks.
Under the lash Of its leaders, the
House railroaded the bill to passage
so it might go to conference early
next week for an adjustment of diff
ferences with the measure approved
more than two months ago by the
Senate.
The two main differences are:
The Senate voted to continue the
present deposit insurance plan. guar
anteeing 100 per cent deposits up to
S2,500. The House raised the guar
antee to $4,000. Both measures post
pone until July 1, 1885, Inauguration
of the permanent plan guaranteeing
100 per cent deposits to $4,000, rs
per cent to $4,000 and SO per cent
over $4,000.
The Senate agreed to let the Fed
eral Deposit Insurance Corporation
expand it's present $450, 0,o0O, 900 CAPT.
tai three times. The House voted fol
an expansion of five times, and de-
creed that half of the total might be
used by the Deposit Insurance Cor.
poration to buy or lend on assets ir
banks which closed between December
81. 1929, and January /, 1884.
The House bill removed the stfpula-
ton in present law that State banks
must be members of the Federal Re-
serve System by July l, 1896, to have
their deposits insured by the Insur.
ance Corporation. The Senate ap-
proved no such provision
In its consideration of the bill, the
House swiftly steam-rollered advocates
of the Mcleod bill, which would di-
rect the Reconstruction Finance Cor.
poration to buy up assets in closed
banks at 100 per cent value and pay
off their depositors.
Representative Mcleod, Republican
Of Michigan. made futile attempt
to change language in the bill so the
Insurance Corporation would be "di.
rected" instead Of empowered" to buy
closed banks assets. The Democratic
machine rolled him under 127 to so.
Evening star., 1934-05-25

methods as these that the political
pot was raised"
Vandenburg said Crowley had in
formed him he had never heard of
a case in which admission to the
F. I. D. c. was subject to any form
Of political censorship"
Here certainly is one point where
it would be near treason for political
exploitation to enter" the Michigan
Senator concluded.
Armed with a statute providing
heavy fine and imprisonment if war
ranted. the Civil Service Commission
and Treasury Department have in
hand q report from the internal rev.
enue Office in Philadelphia, where, it
is charged, Federal employees have
been required to make political cam
paign contributions.
The investigation, under way for
several weeks by the two agencies,
was disclosed yesterday at the Treas
ury Department, hard on the heels Of
the Detroit development aSsailed by
Vandenberg.
The Philadelphia collector, Alvin F.
Fix, has denied there has been any
political assessments In his office, ac-
cording to the Associated Press.
Treasury Aids Inquiry.
The Philadelphia case first came to
attention of officials when the Civil
Service Commission was advised out
siders were engaged in soliciting Fed
eral workers. Then followed a COM
plant that the soliciting was being
done by persons on the Government
pay roll. With this, the commission
sent an investigator from the New
York Office, cooperating with the
Treasury.
The inquiry has just been wound up
in the past few days. Guy T. Helver-
ing. commissioner of internal revenue,
is now studying the report, prepar-
atory to turning it over to Secretary
Of the Treasury Morgenthau. The
Civil Service Commission also may
have recommendations to make.
The law barring Federal employees
political contributions provides fol
fines up to $4,000 and Imprisonment
up to three years.
Although the Philadeiphia and De.
troit cases were in close sequence
Treasury officials said the administra-
ton had instituted no general cam
paign to search for cases Of poht.ca
fund solicitation among those holding
Federal Jobs.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
CASE
WITNESSES CALLED
Eight Summoned for Open Hear.
ing Scheduled to Begin
on Tuesday.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
First witnesses in the Senate Elec-
tions Committee investigation OF
charges by Louisiana petitioners seek
ing custer of Senators Long and Over
ton of Louisiana will testify next
Tuesday.
Chairman George made this known
last night as he announced continu-
alton of open hearings on the Louis
lana case and made public list OF
eight witnesses summoned.
Summoning Of the witnesses was
requested by Mrs. Ruffin G. Pleasant
wife of a former Governor Of Louis
lana and one of the petitioners. who
charged Overton, with the aid OF
Long, was fraudulently elected.
Other witnesses are r. T. Moore
and Andre Querbbes, Shreveport;
George M. Hearne and w. r. Young
New Orleans; Phenor Breazle. Natchi.
toches; j. T. Bryant, jr., Mansfield
and j. Brodeaux, Abbeville.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
EXPLORER BETTER
AFTER OPERATION
U. S. Navy Surgeons Re-
move Ruptured Appendix
of Traveller.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, May 25.-William
Albert Robinson. wealthy explorer.
was reported doing as well as could
be expected" today following an ap-
pendicitis operation performed by
United States Navy surgeons who
made a 1000-mile aerial dash to h..
bedside at Tagus Cove in the lonely
Galapagos Islands of the Pacific.
Robinson sailed aboard the destroyer
Hale for the Panama Canal Zone
and American medical attention at
7:30 am. today, the destroyer re-
ported by wireless to headquarters
here.
His condition was said to be hope
full and his bride was with him.
Robinson, who was stricken Sun
day aboard his tiny world-girdling
honeymoon craft. the Swap. was
operated upon last night after the
arrival Of the United States destroyer
Hale, which had been dispatched
from the Canal Zone. TWO Navy
seaplaneS carrying medical Officer
and supplies, had preceded it.
Planes Plan Return.
A message to the Associated Press
from Wireless Operator King aboard
the trawler Santa Cruz, which has
been standing by the Swap since
the Cambridge, Mass, textile engi-
neer became i'll, said:
Hale reports operation performed
and Robinson doing as well as could
be expected. Planes leaving at dawn
IN rat,Irv1 IN polhoo
When medical officers, Lieut..
Comdr. Rollo w. Hutchinson and
Lieut.. Oscar D. Yarbrough, arrived
at Tagus Cove Wednesday night, they
found Robinson's appendix appar-
emily was ruptured and delayed an
operation until the Hale arrived with
better facilities.
The operation climaXed a thrilling
trail of events in which the dash of
the planes and the destroyer resulted
from the frantic appeal for aid from
Robinson's bride, the former Florence
Crane, Chicago heiress.
News of Illness.
Word OF his illness was first flashed
to Los Angeles Sunday by the Santa
Cruz whose refrigerator furnished ice
with which Mrs. Robinson made ice
packs for her stricken husband, on
advice relayed from a Los Angeles
hospital.
Then authorization to send naval
planes and the destroyer on The mercy
errand was given in Washington and
the race against death began far out
into the Equatorial Pacific where the
tiny volcanic islands form a mere
spot in the ocean.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
DUNNE HEADS FAIR

President Roosevelt today appointed
Edward F. Dunno of Chicago, former
Governor of Illinois, to be commits
sioner of the Century of Progress,
succeeding Harry s. New, resigned.
The White House made public
former Senator News resignation and
the Presidents letter Of acceptance
in which the latter expressed deep
appreciation for what he described as
the excellent work New did in helping
to make the Chicago fair a great sue
cess.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
.DARROW ACTIVITY
INQUIRY IS ASKED
House Proposal Would Fix
Possible Effort to In
fIuence Congress.
BY the Associated Press.


A resolution has been brought for
ward to have a congressional commit
tee find out whether the DarroW
board was attempting to corrupt any
members Of Congress with Soviet and
Communistic doctrines"
It was introduced by Representative
Truax, Democrat, of Ohio and called
for appointment Of a special House
committee Of five to ascertain the
certain members of Congress"
The first word from a cabinet
member in the argument over the
Darrow report came yesterday from
Postmaster General Farley, speaking
over a telephone circuit to a meeting
in his home State of New York
Farley said:
The left wing shouts monopoly,
the right wing shouts socialism but
between these two the good ship
N. R. A. has steered its course"
Farley said the N r. A, contrary
to the assaults of its detractors, served
to protect the little man in indus
try" and had consistently fought
monopoly"
In the Senate, Majority Leader
Robinson of Arkansas and Senator
Couzens, Republican, of Michigan
discussed the Darrow report.
Couzens said he was concerned ir
findings that "the cement, furniture
and steel bids are all identical to &
cent" and held that that did not con-
Stitute fair competition"
Gould the Senator" he asked o.
Robinson, tell US if he knows how
these prices all happen to be alike
under the N. r. A. administration
No" Robinson answered" do MOI
know. do not assume that all prices
are alike, but it is probably due Il
the provision in the law that permit.
combinations. That would be my
first and unstudied thought on the
subject"
Evening star., 1934-05-25
FORD AGENT LOSES
NEW COURT MOVE
Justice Refuses to Fix Bond
in Appeal on Con-
tracts.
Justice Daniel W. ODonoghue re-

Justice Daniel w. O'Donoghue re-
fused in District Supreme Court to-
day to fix bond which would prevent
the Government from rejecting bids
on Ford trucks pending an appeal
from his ruling yesterday that the
Federal Department could not be COM
PEELED to accept these bids.
Under this ruling, the Secretaries
Of Agriculture and Interior are now
free to award contracts for approx
mately 1000 trucks and automobiles
to dealers of the Chevrolet Motor Co.,
whose bid was low after the Ford. offer
had been rejected.
Joseph w. Sherier, counsel for the
Northwest Motor Co. of Bethesda.
Nd, the complainant, asked Justice
O'Donoghue to fix a supersedeas bond
until the case could be heard by the
Court of Appeals. This would have
required the complainant to post q
large bond to protect other bidders
in case the Appellate Court should
! sustain Justice ODonoghues ruling.
Plaintiff Protected"
In refusing to grant the request,
Justice O'Donoghue pointed out that
to do otherwise would, in effect, be
granting indirectly a temporary in
junction, which he refused to do yes
terday. He pointed out the plaintiff
is protected in that he may recover
damages II his ruling should be re-
versed on appeal.
The granting Of the supersedeas
bond was opposed by Assistant United
States Attorneys Harry L. Underwood
and John J. Wilson, who pointed out
that such a step would prevent the
Government agencies from carrying
out their recovery program.
Ask Status Quo.
Sherier and his associate, F. Hunter
Creech, said they were asking for the
bond to maintain the status quo until
their claim could be finally adjudi-
| Gated.
The motor company centended its
bid on the trucks, which was lower
! than any other submitted, was re-
jected solely because they could not
| furnish a certificate stating that the
Ford Motor Co. was complying and
would continue to comply with the
Presidents code of fair competition.
In holding that this was sufficient
ground for rejecting the Ford bid,
Justice ODonoghue said the Detroit
motor magnate was thwarting the
Presidents recovery program and de-
flying the Government to enforce the
national recovery act against him.
NO COMMENT IN DETROIT.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
U. S. TO JOIN ARMS TALKS.
Tells Britain of Willingness to Help
Plan Conference.

Plan conference.
LONDON, May 25 [F.-The United
States Government, it was learned
authoritatively today, has instructed
Ambassador Robert w. Bingham to
inform Great Britain the United
States is prepared to carry on prepara-
ton for the 1885 naval conference
through normal diplomatic inter-
changes and discussions.
Ambassador Bingham has informed
the British Government of Washing
tons attitude, which was reported to
be that Washington Is ready for a
broa adening of the conference to ques-
tions of technical naval aspects If such
broadening should seem advisable.
Last week the British foreign office
asked Ambassador Bingham. and, pre-
sumably, the japanese, French and
italian Ambassadors, to inquire of their
governments what steps they were
willing to take looking forward to the
preliminary preparations for the con-
ference.
The American Ambassadors in
structions regarding Washington's at
titude were in answer to this invita-
ton.
1t was said authoritatively that no
actual meeting of representatives Of
the big naval powers is at present
contemplated.
The present naval treaty whereby
the United States, Great Britain and
Japan agreed that they would hold
their navies to 5-5-3 ratio, can be
terminated in 1886, If denounced by
any signatory prior to December 81.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
POLICE PISTOL TEAM
GOES TO new JERSEY
Will Play in Interstate and
intercollegiate Matches-Cal-
lahan in Charge.

The metropolitan police pistol team,
headed by Lieut. Harvey G. Callahan.
instructor In charge of the Police
School. left here today by automobile
for wilburtha, N. j.. to participate in
the interstate and intercollegiate pistol
matches there tomorrow. The matches
will be held at the New Jersey State
Police Training School Barracks.
Besides Lieut.. Callahan, the mem
bers of the team include the follow
ing privates:
Arthur C. Poulson of the Police
School; John p. Meshkof, Detective
Bureau; Benjamin F. Bean and Edgar
L. Warden, No. 3 precinct: George M.
Stewart and Karl c. Mccormick, No.
7 precinct, and z. G. Moore, No. Q
precinct.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
LEAVES TO JOIN EXPLORER.
Former Washington Woman Aunt of
Mrs. Robinson.

. Mrs. E. C. Chadbourne, formerly
of Washington, aunt of Mrs. Florence
c. Robinson, whose explorer husband
lay Ill Of peritonitiS in the Galapagos
Islands while Navy ships raced TO his
aid, was en- route to Miami, Fla,
today to join Mrs. Robinson's mother,
Mrs. Richard T. Crane, jr., for an
airplane dash to Colon, Panama.
Robinson probably will be taken there.
Mrs. Chadbourne is we'll known in
social circles here. She maintained
an apartment last year at 1000
Massachusetts, avenue, but recently
has been living at her country home
in Ulster County, N. Y.
Mrs. Crane left her Chicago home
yesterday and will arrive in Miami
early tomorrow.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
JAPAN TO PARTICIPATE.

TOXIC, May Is P).-The japanese
government was understood today to
have accepted a British invitation to
carry on diplomatic talks with the
United States and Great Britain sep
arately preliminary to the 1885 Naval
Conference.
High foreign office authorities said
Ambassador Matsudaira, whorepresents
Japan in London, was invited by Sir
John Simon, British foreign secretary.
to ask his government whether 1t
would enter into frank preliminary
talks on the subject Of disarmament.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
Paper Thefts Charged.

An 11-year-old colored boy. charged
with stealing nine copies of The Star
from paper rack at Eighteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue yes
terday, was arraigned today in Juve-
nile Court. He was warned, placed
on probation and released.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
Mulrooney at White Sulphur.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, w.
Va. May IS LP).-In dry" West Vir-
ginia, where only drug stores sell
liquor, Edward P. Mulrooney Of New
York, chairman of the Alcoholic ,Bev-
erage Control Board, is enjoying Q
Spring vacation with his wife.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
CUTTEN EVIDENCE
SENT TO CAPITAL
Three Cabinet Members to
Decide on 0uSting of
Grain Trader.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 25.-The Govern
ment submitted its case against
Arthur W. Cutten yesterday to three
cabinet members, who will decide
whether TO apply the shears TO the
famous grain SPECTATORS trading
wings.
The penalty, in case Cutten were
found guilty as charged" would be
Punishment from American grain
markets-applied for the first time to
a big speculator.
La Sale Street debated what effect
such a sentence would have. Grain
men pointed out that it would still
be possible for a big trader. so BAN
| ished, to carry on huge transactions
Cutten could continue to deal
through others, traders and lawyers
said, by rather simple subterfuge. and
could, of course continue to deal in
Liverpool and Winnipeg markets as
usual.
Subterfuge Recognized.
Said Government Counsel Leo F.
Tierney, after presenting 10 days oi
evidence purporting to show that
Cutten failed to report large market
operations:
If the Grain Futures Commission
composed of three cabinet members
rules against Cutten. an order will be
entered requiring American markets
to refuse to transact any trades fol
him. At present. because he is
member of the Chicago Board ol
Trade, he can trade through broker
age houses for members fees. If he
continues to deal. by subterfuge. ht
| will at least have to pay outsiders
fees, which are double"
La Sale street traders said, how.
ever, that it would be relatively simple
for an "ousted" trader to continue tt
trade, through intermediates. While
he could not deal through ordinary
grain brokerage houses. in his owl
| name, he could place his grain trade:
through a stock broker, who woult
appear on the grain brokers' book!
as the customer Under the present
law. they said, the grain futures OH
cials could not look past the broker
representing Cutten.
Dummy Account Charged.
Cutten was charged, at present
| with doing much the same thing
with dealing through dummy &C.
counts" in firms which did not re-
port them to the Government a.
Cutten's.
Cutten's case will be heard by the
Grain Futures Corfmission-composec
of the Secretary Of Agriculture. the
Secretary of Commerce and the At.
torney General-some time in Octo-
ber, according to the arrangement
between attorneys as the case closed
yesterday. A similar penalty has
never been asked against an 1ndi-
vidual. although a Cleveland broker
age firm faced possible expulsion on
charges Of violating the grain futures
act anothernWay.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
CONTINENTAL LIFE co.
DECLARED lNSOLVENT
Circuit Judge at st. Louis Places
Company in Hands of Insur-
ance Department.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, May 25.-The Conti-
mental Life Insurance Co., with near
ly 100000, 900 Of insurance in force,
was placed in the hands Of the State
insurance department today by Cir
cult Judge O'Neil1 Ryan, who decided
the bitterly contested dissolution suit
fled last January by Insurance Supt.
R. E. O'Malley.
O'Malley alleged the company,
headed by Ed Mays, one-time Arkan-
sas farm boy, was impaired to an
extent rendering it insolvent and that
it had been SO grossly mismanaged
that its continued operation by those
in charge would be hazardous to the
policy holders.
The company has almost $4,000
policy holders.
Mays. who testified for many days
as the defense's principal witness, de-
MED O'Malley's allegations.
Evening star., 1934-05-25

is, Of Jenkintown, Pa, who is suing
Frederick Clarke Mccormick Of Bal
timore, Md. for $4,000 She charged
that Mccormick handed her q trick
fountain pen which exploded, injur-
ing her left hand in such q manner
that q serious infection was caused.
Miss Leahy's hand Is shown bandaged.
"A. p. Photo.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
Head-on Collision Fatal.

SAC PAULO. Brazil, May Is R.-
An undetermined number Of persons
were killed and at least 80 injured
today when two street cars collided
and telescoped each other In . dense
fog.
Evening star., 1934-05-25

intention to maintain Austrian inde-
pendence and its refusal to "legalize"
German rearmament.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
FRENCH ARREST GERMAN.
Alleged to Have Confessed Espionage
Activities.

THIONVILLE, France, May rs up.
A German laborer on French from
tier Notifications was arrested today
and confessed, police said, that he was
hired by "a foreign espionage service"
to learn details of the defense projects.
Authorities said incriminating docu-
ments, letters and maps were seized
Other arrests are expected.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
BOY SEVERELY HURT

Jean Bohrer, 5, Knocked Down
by Automobile.
Jean Bohrer, 5. was knocked down
and severely injured last night while
crossing the street In the 500 block
of Seventh street southeast near his
home. Police reported the machine
was driven by Flora j. Harry, 55l4
Fourth street.
At Providence Hospital the child
was treated for o possible skull
fracture and brush burns.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
FRANCE SHARPLY
PROCLAIMS REICH
MUST NOT REARM

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Evening star., 1934-05-25
VANDENBERG RAPS
PARTY FUND DEAL
CHARGED TO WOODS

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Evening star., 1934-05-25

NO COMMENT IN DETROIT.