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The Washington times., 1934-03-30

''Mrs. HOIzberg denied having
issued such a statement, but
refused to say who was reSpQn-
'Sible for it. She expressed great
surprise when / told her 1 was
a daughter" and said she
couldn't believe it. But I arm
and 1 am going to join the
local d. A. r. chapter to
prove it,"
In the telephone conversation
Mrs. Holzberg, according to Miss
Burt, repeatedly declared that she
loved her country"
Says Miss Burt:
81 told her 1 did, too, and
that was one of the reasons 1
was insisting upon a denial of
these absurd charges that we
are Reds and COmmuniStic."
Miss Burt is pretty, brown-eyed
and twenty-three. She came to
Washington recently from the
University of California. She has
never been in Russia but hopes to
go this summer.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30

Two Revolutionary "daughters"'
crossed swords today when Miss
Frances Burt, descendant of
Robert Morris, financier of
the American Revolution and
one of the Signers of the Decla-
ration of Independence, called
on Mrs. T. J. Holzberg, State
chairman of the national =, de-
tense committee of the D. A. r.,
to deny charges that the Friends
Of Soviet Russia. of which Miss
Burt is the local secretary, were
plotting to arouse workers at
the Navy Yard.
The charges were made in a
statement, credited to Mrs. Holz-
berg and published two days
ago.
Yesterday Miss Burt notified
Mrs. Holzberg that she would
call on her at D. A. R. head
quarters today to discuss the
statement.
Mrs. Holzberg was not at the
headquarters when Miss Burt
arrived, but talked to her over
the phone. Miss Burt reported:
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
PROBE SOUGHT OF TH4AYERS ALLEGED POWER GROUP LINK
Inadvertently,
Reds Settle
Taxi Strike

NEW YORK, March 80
ON.SO American communists
have been repeatedly blamed
for creating labor disturbances,
but today they appeared to
have settled one Of New York's
most annoying strikes-in-
advertently.
Irked because "redS" had pro-
jected themselves into the
ranks of the leaders, a delega-
ton of striking taxicab drivers
last night met with representa-
tives of the regional labor
board of the NRA and offered
to end the walkout ION any
condition fair to all parties"
They said:
"When the reds start taking
things over, it's time the Amer.
leans got out"
Meanwhile the "reds" were
also realizing today that Mayor
F.. H. LaGuardia was not
exactly powerless against their
tactics.
A group of them appeared
at City Hall and denounced
the. mayor as a false friend of
labor"
He told the delegation he
understood perfectly they had
come to abuse him and not to
be helpful.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
PAY RISE DOUBT
H|TSNEW UNITS
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retroactive feature of the pay
restoration came to light as fig
ures at the Civil Service Com
mission revealed large turn
over in the Government service
each month.
This was revealed as a major
difficulty in view of the fact
that many who left their jobs
during February and March are
entitled to compensation and
these persons must be found.
While some of the smaller
agencies, not under the Central
Disbursing Office, were hoping
to pay off tomorrow under the
new scale, other departments, in
Guiding the Post Office Depart
ment, are awaiting a ruling from
Comptroller General McCarl.
Others, including the Com
merce, Interior, Federal Emer-
gency Relief, and General Ac-
counting, are preparing their
own lists, expecting to be ready
to pay off the lump retroactive
sum by April Is.
Confer with McCarl
Federal officials were in confer
ence today with Comptroller Gen.
eral ]. R. McCarl to decide just
how the retroactive and other pro-
visions of the pay restoration
measure shall be carried out.
It was expected that the decis-
ion would be reached today and
that statement would be pre-
pared for the public. as well as
detailed instructions to disbursing
officers and others particularly in
terested.
It was understood that pur-
pose kept in the foreground in
the discussions is to make the
retroactive restoration at the ear
liest practicable date, not only be-
cause the employees need the
money but because the moral
effect of a prompt disbursement
would be good.
It is, of course, out of the queS-
ton to make any adjustment Of
the semi-monthly pay checks now
being earned prior to April Is, but
presumably checks of that date
will carry the S per cent increase.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Gas Company Denies
PAYMENTS to Thayer

NEW YORK, March 30 G.N.SO.
Officials of the Associated Gas
and Electric Company and the
Utility Management Corporation,
today denied they had paid State
Senator w. T. Thayer, of Cha
teaugay, N. Y, to influence legis-
lation.
The statement pointed out that
Senator Thayer for many years
was one of the owners of the
Chasm Power Company, a small
outfit supplying electricity to vii
layers and farmers in Franklin
county, that it was later sold TO
the Associated Gas & Electric and
that Senator Thayer's connection
with the utility business was well
known when he was elected.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Greater Autonomy for D. c.
Is Plea of Tydings

'involved-there are now pressing
upon the national attention the
questions of Philippine independ-
ence, building up the Army and
Navy, tariff questions, &oreign
trade problems, and many more
complicated topics of national i'm
portance.
AS I am chairman of the Com
mittee on Territories and Insular
Affairs, all problems involving the
Philippines, Puerto Rico, Hawaii,
Alaska, American Samoa, the V1r-
gin Islands and Panama call for
my attention.
ID. C. Is "StepchiId"
Is it surprising, under the con-
ditions I have outlined, that mem
bers of the District Committee are
often unable to attend its meet
ings, however much they may de-
sire to be present? After all, they
are at the Capitol to represent
the interests of their States, and
they must give their best services
to their constituents. The District,
through nobody'S fault, but as a
consequence of a system which is
steadily growing more unworkable'
has come to be caHed "the STEP
child of Congress, and the de-
Scription Is apt.
Congress wants to give the Dis
trict a square deal, but it is a hard
job under the present Set-up.
Another article by Senator
TydingS will appear tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
News Of
the
World
AUSTRIA

SCH RNITZ, AUSTRO-GER-
MAN FRONTIER, March 30
GN.S).-Out Of the maze of con.
flicting rumors abroad today in
Tyrolean Austria, one thing stands
out-the Government is treading
lightly, but carrying a big stick.
Quiet prevails along this frontier,
but it is quiet backed up by some
10000 heavily armed Heimwehr
troops of Austrian Fascists. A
strict watch is kept and all auto
mobiles are searched by Austrian
officials.
Detailed Story on Page III
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
PAY CUT FIGHT.
TRACED FROM
ORIGIN
Three Months Battle Began
With January 4 Message
Restoring 5 Per Cent

President Roosevelt on January
4 sent to Congress budget esti
mates recommending restoration
Of S per cent of the pay cut suf
fered by Federal employees, thus
marking the beginning of one OF
the most bitterly fought battles in
the history of Congress.
These estimates recommended
the meager restoration Of pay be.
gin July 1.
The bill was then reported by
the House Appropriations Commit
tee to the House as recommended
by the budget, but House leaders
were compelled through gag
rule to approve the measure. The
bill was passed January IL.
ByrneS Gets Busy
Then Senator James j. Byrnes
CD of South Carolina got busy.
He delayed action on the measure,
and seeing that the original budget
plan would not be acceptable
to the Senate, yielded by offering
the IS and S" restoration plan,
with was approved by the commit
tee. The proposal called for res
toration Of 5 per cent retroactive
to February 1, with an additional
5 per cent restorac:on beginning
July l.
A few days later, January 18,
The Washington Times initiated
an editorial campaign for pay
restoration. The first editorial
said, in part:
"While the cut in pay of
Government emplOyes has
caused distress throughout the
country, it has worked particu-
lar hardship upon Federal
workers resident in the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
LIVING COSTS UP
"The recent report of the
Department Of Labor shows
that the cost of living in.
creased in Washington during
the last six months to a far
larger extent than it increased
in the country as a whole.
This differential in costs
puts the Government worker
who lives in the National Cap
ital at a terrific disadvantage.
"The Senate, in celebrating
upon the continuance of the
pay cut, should also bear i'm
mind that the pay cut is not
merely Is per cent, but in
many instances amounts to as
high as so per cent.
"In virtually every office in
Washington the paylesS fur
lOugh has been piled onto the
legislative pay cut.
"The Senate is about to take
up the first appropriation bills
carrying provisions for the con.
tinuance of the salary cut.
TT has the opportunity to
right a great wrong and render
justice to the Governments
loyal workers."
There followed days of heated
debate and wrangling, during
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Second Section.)
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"Beginning to SqueaI,"
Letter in Record
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
A letter declaring that the
owner of an opposition ice plant
was beginning to Squeal," a
Federal court memorandum opin-
ion declaring fraudulent and void
the sale of municipally-owned
power plant at Paris, Tenn, and
the report of a Federal trade
commissioner examiner were read
into the record today at the
commissions probe of public
utilities.
The letter featured by the
"squeal" phrase was addressed to
S. j. Magee, vice president of
the Associated Gas and Electric
Company, and was purported to
have been signed by H. D. Fitch,
president of the Kentucky-Ten-
neSsee Light and Power Company.
Text of the letters follows:
May Is, 1929
paris, Tenn.
''Mr. S. ]. Magee,
"New York.
"There is beginning to crys-
talize at Paris a movement to
compromise our difficulties with
the city. Under the lease con-
tract the ultimate price which
the city would have received at
the time of the deciding of the
property to us, and the payment
of the S45,OOO, the sum of $7O4,-
500.
BEGINNING TO SQUEAL'
'Tn the political mix-up, Jim
Porter, the present owner of the
opposition ice plant is a dom
inant factor in the new council.
We have set up a very severe ice
competition with his property
and he is beginning to squeal.
He is now anxious that the
council affect a compromise Of
the matter and suggests that the
city ought to receive about $780,
600 for the property. This in
formation comes from the super
intendent of the L. & N. Railroad
Co.. Memphis, a former citizen
Of Paris, and who was helpful to
Us In securing the original con-
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Poll of Ship Strike
By u. s. Due TOdQu

CAMDEN, N. j., March 30
Q.N.S0 With the Federal
Government repeatedly prepared
to sound out sentiment within
their union, 5000 striking en-
ployeS of the New York Ship
building Corporation tenaciously
clung to their bitterend attitude
today. 1t was reported that Gen.
Hugh S. Johnson's newly created
industrial arbitration board for
the Shipbuilding industry is max
ing ready to conduct secret
poll of the local membership of
the Industrial Marine and Ship
building Workers Union.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Set Up Competition
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to destroy Porter's coal and ice
business.
Set Up Competition
Mr.. McDeTmott submitted a
letter from H. D. Fitch, president
of the Kentucky Tennessee Co.,
to S. j. MCGEE, vice president Of
the Associated Gas and Electric
Co., declaring:
'Tn the political mix-up, Jim
Porter, the present owner Of
the opposition ice plant, is q
dominant factor in the new
council.
eve have set up a very Sc
we're ice competition with his
company, and he is beginning
to Squeal."
Mr.. McDermott revealed that
examination of the utility COM
pany's books showed it reduced
the price of ice from so cents to
10 cents per hundredweight in
it's effort to apply pressure against
Porter. The books showed that
this price represented a loss to
the company.
Testimony was offered earlier
in the hearing showing that the
Associated Gas and Electric Com
pany spent 100000 to main
tain the price of it's stock on the
Exchange, at the same time that
its Salesmen were offering this
stock to the public.
End in Two Months
The Trade Commissions inquiry
into the operation of big electric
utility companies was begun under
a Senate resolution sponsored in
1928 by the late Senator Thomas
j. Walsh CD of Montana. It will
be completed within the next two
months.
Evidence in this investigation
occupies 50-pound volumes of tes-
tiInony and documentary files. It
diScloSeS many practices, including
Stock-watering schemes, secret hir-
ing of educators, clergymen and
other influential persons, and re-
taliatory tactics against persons
opposing the utility companies
policies.
The commission has begun work
upon a voluminous report, which
will be finished by the end Of the
fiscal year, next June 80, and pre-
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
FouIkeS' Statement
Draws Writ Denial

GARY, Ind, March 30AQN.SO.
DR.. William A. Writ, educator, to-
day denied that the mention of
any names in his telegram to Rep.
George Foulkes of Michigan con-
cerned informants who disclosed to
him a plot to thrust the nation
into Communism.
Declaring the telegram merely
quoted Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace on a matter not pertain
ing to his charges, DR.. Writ said:
II have not given any names
to anyone, but have filed in a
safe place names and descrip-
tiOns of conferences so that this
information will be available
whenever it is necessary that it
be provided.
"My telegram was nothing
more than a refusal to accept
the invitation to debate with
Representative FOulkes."
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
ENGLAND

LONDON. March 80 GN.SD.
Another Swedish prince, a DOS
sible heir to the throne, is about
to wed a commoner against the
wishes Of the king. according to
Central News dispatch from
Stockholm today. This time it is
Prince Bertil, third son of Crown
Prince GuStaf Adolf. who is ex-
pected shortly to announce his
engagement to Christina Bram-
beck, beautiful society girl but
not of royal birth. Miss Bran
beck is the daughter of Capt.
Nils Brambeck, of Stockholm.
Both King GuStaf and the Crown
Prince are strongly opposed to
the marriage,
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
RUSSIA

MOSCOW, March 30-GN.SD.
A group of $50 Russian fishermen
who had been drifting on large
ice floe in the Gulf of Finland for
two days were rescued today by
the breaker Truvor, which then
headed back toward Leningrad.
The ice floe, about two miles
square, was located by the Truvor
with the lifting of a heavy fog
which had kept it enshrouded for
many hours.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Barred
HERE AROUSE
NEW YORK
Fellow Senator Announces He
Will Introduce ReSolu-
ton on Monday

T., ALBANY. March 80 GNs).-A
resolution to bring Senator War.
rem T. Thayer, veteran Republi.
= can, before the bar of the senate
TO stand trial for his alleged con-
nection with the utility interests
will be offered in the legislature
Monday night by Senator John j.
McNaboe, inSurgent Democrat.
Z Announcement that he would
. introduce such q resolution was
made today by Senator McNaboe
over the telephone from his home
: in New York city.
s. Wants Sweeping Probe
= Senator McNaboe said he also
: would offer second resolution
calling for a sweeping inveStiga-
ton of the utility situation at
the capitol" He added:
- "The disclosures regarding the
letter allegedly written by Sena-
tor Thayer to the Associated
Gas & Electric Company have
shaken public confidence in our
- government, particularly in tho
: legislative bodies.
Public confidence is ct par
6lcularly low ebb now, and it is
the duty Of the senate to inveSti-
gate the charges against Sena-
tor Thayer if it is to regain pub
lie confidence"
Under one resolution to be
offered by Senator McNaboe, the
senate judiciary committee,
headed by Senator William T.
Byrne, Albany Democrat, would
be called upon to begin an immedi-
ate investigation of the alleged
: connection of Senator Thayer with
the utility interests.
; # the judiciary committee re-
commended, the senate would
sit as a committee Of the whole
and try Senator Thayer on
charges that he had violated his
. oath Of office. If found guilty,
Senator McNaboe pointed out,
, Senator Thayer would be ex-
PEELED from the Senate.
Gov. Herbert H. Lehman. who
=. 10 now fighting for a 12-point pro
, gram which would give the State
more drastic control over utili-
: ties, refused to comment on the
alleged linking Of Senator Thayer
with the utility interests, but he
did say: -.
"I'm for letting in the light.
y Government should not be con-
Quoted in the dark" - ..,
Senator Thayer now is a men,
Der of the senate public service
:. committee, and for years, when
the Republicans were in control
Of that house, he was chairman of
the committee.
Thayer "NOt interested"
Senator Thayer made it plain,
however from his home in Cha
tauqua, Franklin county, that he
had no intention of asking the
Senate to investigate in order to
establish his vindication. He
phoned:
Il don't see why / should. SO
far as / am concerned, / am not
interested in an investigation by
the Senate"
He said, however, he was ready
to 60 to Washington and testify
before the Federal Trade Com
mission. He declared:
eff they want me in Washing
ton I'll be glad to 60"
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
WILL. FACE
HOUSE QUIZ
NEXT WEEK
Inquiry Expected to Be Opened
on Thursday; Brain Trust
Figures to Follow Him
by International News Service

DR.. William A. Writ, the Gary
(Ind) educator who said some
brain trusters" revealed to him a
plan to overthrow the present so
cial order, will face a House in
vestigating committee, probably
next Thursday.
Rep. Bulwinkle CD of North
Carolina, chosen by Speaker Raj
ney as chairman Of the special
committee unanimously created by
the House, was making prelimin.
ary plans for the inquiry today.
Brief Quiz Planned
A brief investigation was
planned by Representative Bulwin-
kle. DR.. Writ will be called upon
to name the brain trusters" he
said he talked to last summer.
And any brain trusters" named
will be summoned.
Representative Bulwinkle join
ed with Representative Byrns of
Tennessee, Democratic leader, in
declaring that any Administration
members who made the state
ments claimed by DR.. Writ should
be turned out Of office,
Only $500 For Inquiry
The House provided only $500
to finance the inquiry.
Representative McFadden (RD
of Pennsylvania declared in a
speech in the House that Secre-
tary Wallace and Assistant Secre-
tary of Agriculture ReXford Tug
well "are working to establish a
new form of government"
He assailed Prof. Felix Frank
furter. of Harvard University.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
ITALY

ROME, March 30 0.N.SO.-An
anti-Fascist plot was revealed by
italian authorities today. Fifteen
persons, including two women.
are under arrest but one Of the
alleged arch-plotters, after walk
ing into the police net, escaped
and made his way into Switzer-
land.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
TURKEY

ISTANBUL. March 30 G.N.S).
Samuel insult, halted abruptly in
his flight from extradition to the
United States, will be held aboard
his chartered freighter in the har-
Dor here for at least 48 hours, he
was told by Turkish police today.
The fugitive financier will be sub
jected to Interrogation by pub
lie prosecutor. insult, upon being
told this, collapsed.
Detailed Story on Page 1.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
HACKS THIEF'S HAND

BOHEMIAN, Mon. GN.SO.-"I
just marked him so I'd know him
when he comes back" Miss Mat
tie Daugherty explained. 1t was
a mans hand. cropping through a
broken window pane one night,
that she marked. She seized a
meat cleaver and hacked away at
the hand Of the proWler, who de-
parted in haste,
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Cousin of Lincoln
Dies at Ace of u

BRISTOL, Conn.,, March 80
GN.SD Abraham F. Lincoln,
72, a fourth cousin of Abraham
Lincoln, who conducted a paint
ing contract business here for
more than 40 years, was dead
today following a sudden heart
attack
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
GERMANY

HILDENS ELM, Germany,
March 80 G.N. SD.-Twenty-two
mental and physical detectives
were ordered strilized in sentences
handed down by a local eugenics
court today.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
EVIDENCE IS QUOTED


The report of the Commissioner
examiner is as follows:
Associated Gas g. Electric
Company Municipal Plant, Nc.
Kenzie, Tenn.
"The following is all we have
on this case, which I have taken
from the testimony in the Paris,
Tennessee, versus Kentucky.
Tennessee Light and Power
Company case, heard in the
Federal Court for western Ten
neSSee:
'Mr. J. T. Porter, a coal and
ice dealer Of Paris, on the
stand
"A. He told me Mr.. Dunlap
was paid $4,000 and that that
payment had nothing whatever
to do with the deal at Paris.
That was in connection with the
deal at Mckenzie
go. Did he state what ser.
vices Mr.. Dunlap rendered at
McKenzie?'
"'A. No further than this. He
stated to me that he had tried
to put over a deal for the water
and light property at Mckenzie,
and the way he expressed 1t, it
wouldn't stick, and that Mr..
Dunlap later went on the job
and put it thru
90. And that he got S2,5OO
for that?'
GA. Yes, sir, that is what
understood
"In the above statement Por.
ter was speaking Of statements
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tract. He also secured for us
the power contract with the
shops at Paris, and is otherwise
very friendly.
"The real seat Of the trouble
at Paris lies in the lease contract
which was so complicated the
ordinary citizen could not under
stand it and there was a grow
ing belief that in some way not
explicable, the city would finally
get a sum considerably less than
100000 for its property.
81 feel we will finally make
some settlement with the city
that will even be better than the
present contract.
Yours very truly.
HI. ID. Fitch"
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Bv International News Service
Treasury balance, $4,864 ,548,-
906.11; internal revenue, $3,1O8.-
427.49: customs receipts, $22,S73.-
248.29.
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"sented to Congress at the opening =
of the next session.
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Detailed story on Page II

PARIS, March 80 G.N.SO.
Twelve additional arrests of per-
sons charged with completely in
Frances sensational international
espionage ring were ordered today
by Magistrate Andre Benon. One
of those sought is said to be an
American. Seventeen, including
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gordon
Switz, Americans, already are in
custody. The Switzes have con-
fessed participation in the espion-
age plot, which involved the
United States. Great Britain and
France, and have given the au-
thorities valuable information.
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FRANCE

PARIS, March 80 1.N.S).-D.
vorce proceedings which have
progressed to a stage past recon
ella ton" have been instituted in
the courts here by Mrs. Cornelia
Vanderbilt Cecil against John
Francis Amherst Cecil, former
British diplomat, it was learned
today. A decree is expected to be
granted shortly.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30

to destroy Porter's coal and ice
business.
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Another article by Senator
Tydings will appear tomorrow.