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Evening star., 1935-04-16
ONE MORE TRIAL
FACED BY INSUL!
U. S. to Push Indictment Charg.
ing, Transfer of Firms
Assets.
BY the Associated Press.

by the ASSOcl&teo HIess.
CHICAGO, April 16.-The Federal
Government chose yesterday TO make
one last effort to punish Samuel In
sull and his colleagues for an al
legged criminal transfer of the as
sets Of Corporation Securities Co. with
foreknowledge Of its collapse
Acquitted Of charges Of embeZzle-
ment and larceny and q gigantic mail
fraud conspiracy, insult and eight
others, including his son, Samuel, jr.,
must face trial for the alleged re-
moval Of $2,55S,l20 from the COM
pany treasury before they will stand
clear
The State, believing conviction i'm
possible, had dropped its last indict-
ment and 1t had been thought the
Federal Department of Justice would
abandon its prosecution, too, for the
bankruptcy indictment had been gen.
orally regarded as the weaker charge.
But Attorney General Cummings at
Washington concurred in the recon-
mendation of District Attorney Dwight
H. Green that he proceed with trial.
The elderly chief defendant, told
of the final hazard ahead, declined
to comment.
The indictment, returned by the
Federal grand jury in August. 1888,
contained five counts. It alleged that
insult and his co-directors of Cor
poration Securities Co. declared $685.
100 in dividends virtually on the eve
of the filing of a bankruptcy petition
against the company, and that more
than $4,000, 900 in cash and securities
was removed from the Treasury to be
pledged as collateral for loans from
Chicago and New York banks.
Evening star., 1935-04-16
SOUTHERN MILLS
BACK TAX FIGHT.
Favor North's War on Proc.
essing Levy, but Defend
DifferentiaI.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, April 16.-Southern tex
tile mill owners generally applaud the
militant fght Of the Northern mills
against the cotton processing tax, but
they say poor Judgment was used in
Juggling in the sectional wage differ
entail.
The New England men are doing
good work in putting the fire under
Roosevelt and Wallace, but they show
poor judgment in fighting the South's
differential." said one prominent tex
tile owner who asked that his name
not be used
THE minimum wage In the South
Is $l2 per week and in New England
$13 per week." he said, but the South
generally furnishes mill houses and
maintains these villages with all mod
ern conveniences. while in the North
employees have to go out and rent
houses which often are high priced." !"
Two Mills to Close.
T. NJ Forbes, secretary of the Geor-
gia Cotton Manufacturers Associa-
ton, said today his ONCE had been
notified that two mills In Georgia
already had been forced to close on
account of market conditions and
that another was preparing to close at
the end of this week
Apparently the only way in which
the tax can be eliminated will be
through legal action" he said. because
Mr.. Wallace Oaenry A. wallace, Sec
retary Of Agriculture) seems to have
made up his mind that he Is going
to keep it regardless Of whether it
Is right or wrong"
Referring to Wallace's speech here
Saturday, Forbes said:
Mr.. Wallace charged here that
the textile manufacturers were short
sighted. It seems to me the admins
tration is more than shortsighted
through its unwillingness to correct
situation the facts of which have
been shown very dangerous to the
market"
To Formulate Stand.
The American Cotton Manufac-
turers' Association meets next week
at Augusta, Ga, and at that time
the official attitude Of the group toward
the cotton processing tax and other
angles Of the situation may be stated
publicly. The organization includes
all Of the textile mills outside of New
England.
Cotton manufacturers of the Caro-
linas were reluctant to express opin-
ions on the possibility Of joining
New England operators In q legal
fight against the tax. Generally, how
ever, they were Of the opinion the
tax has been detrimental to the in
dustry.
Fred M. Allen of Gastonia, Sec
retary-treasurer of the Southern
combed Yarn Spinners' Association,
said it was working with other as
sociations to place before the ad-
ministration "the truly serious condi-
tions brought about by the tax, con-
ditions which are becoming more
acute daily" :
Evening star., 1935-04-16
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
Ogden Mills Seen as
Hoover Candidate for
Next Year.
BY PAUL MALLON.

V you may have noticed that
" Washington was not one OF
the places visited by Mr..
l. Hoover on his highly pub
liciZed tour. This was not an
oversight. If he came here he would
not have many places to 60.
The fact is most Of the Republican
authorities here are irked every time
they pick up a newspaper and find
Mr.. Hoover's name in 1t. They know
he is not q presidential possibility
and he knows 1t, but apparently nc
one else does.
You can mark it down in your
little notebook that Mr.. HooUer's
candidate for the merit Republican
presidential nomination 10 Ogden
Mills, the former Secretary OF
Treasury.
You may also note that. while Mr.
Mills is probably the most brilliant
and capable man In the Republican
party, he has no more chance OF
getting the nomination than you
have.
Roosevelt Strength.
The smartest Republican authority
from the Midwest says President
Roosevelt would carry his section
today. He thinks the President has
lost ground, but not enough.
Incidentally his one-t,Do-three
pick for the Republican nomination
is N Col. Frank Knor, (2) Senator
Vdnderberg. 81 Coz. Ldrdon OF
Kansas.
Evening star., 1935-04-16
HARTMAN FAvORS
N.R.A. W|THL|M|TS
Extension Restricted to In
terstate Commerce Asked
of Senate Group.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Extension of N. R. A. with modifi-
cations limiting its operation to in
terstate commerce was recommended
to Congress today by the Chamber Of
Commerce of the United states.
Henry I. Hartman, president Of
the chamber, told the Senate Finance
Committee his faith in the basic
principles" Of N r. A. was unchanged,
though too much had been attempted
under the original act.
The scholarly-appearing business
leader recommended a number OF
changes in the law, including limita-
ton on its scope to business engaged
in or affecting interstate commerce" ="
The chamber, Hartman said, IA
vors the open shop. He added that
the right of employees to bargain col
lectively or individually exists with
out writing it into the law.
Hartman said there was division
OF opinion within the chamber on
granting power to impose limited codes,
but he felt the President should have
authority to impose codes regulating
child labor, maximum hours, mini
mum wages and collective bargaining.
Says Too Much Attempted.
Hartman recalled he had testified
for the original recovery law, but he
said too much had been expected OF
that act and too much had been at
tempted under it.
we may admire the courage with
which the act was administered" Har-
riman said, but we cannot be sur
prised that it worked both good and
evil.
THE scope should have been def
nitely limited to large industries that
were truly interstate.
Nevertheless, my faith in the basic
| principles of the law is unchanged,
and appear today on behalf OF the
chamber to urge its extension with
certain specific changes"
Outlining the chambers proposals,
Hartman recommended the act should
be temporary, should be limited to
business engdSeQ III VI dACStAAe AAA"SA
state comerce and that the Govern
ment should have power to approve
or disapprove codes submitted by in
dustry, but not to modify them or
impose them.
Production Controls Hit.
All codes, he said, should cover
child labor, hours, wages and COL
lective bargaining. But Hartman
contended price fixing and production
controls should not be permitted ex-
cept in rare instances where large
surpluses accumulated.
DR.. Walton Hamilton. member OF
the Recovery Board, ridiculed en-
forcement Of the antitrust laws and
asserted N. r. A. could be "a very
valuable addition to and supplement
of the antitrust acts"
He said in 40 years Of the anti
trust laws before 1890 only 40 or 50
individuals had been sent to jail
and less than 100000 in fines
collected despite the concentration Of
industry during that period.
Evening star., 1935-04-16
Congress in Brief
BY the Associated Press.
TO-DAY,

By the Associated Press.
TODAY.
Senate.
Debates motor transportation bill.
Judiciary opens hearing on Black
lobbying bill.
Munitions Committee examines Ben
Smith, Wall Street operator.
House.
Debates economic security bill.
Agriculture Committee opens hear
ing on measure to aid refinancing Of
small farm homes.
YESTERDAY.
Senate.
Received administration ship-sub-
sidy bill
Debated motor transportation bill.
Banking Committee examined Mar
riner S. Eccles, up for confirmation
as Reserve Board chairman.
House.
Debated social security legislation
Interstate Commerce Committee
concluded hearings on measure to reg
ulate holding companies.
TOMORROW.
Senate.
On the floor: Probably will con-
slider Bankhead farm tenants bills.
Finance Committee hearing on
N. r. A.
Interstate Commerce Committee
probably. will continue hearing on
public utility holding companies.
Munitions Committee continuing
hearings.
House.
Continues debate on social security
bill.
Regular meeting Of District Com
mittee, 1890 am.
Evening star., 1935-04-16
BANK ROW DELAY
ALLOWED IN HOUSE
Rivalry Between F. D. |. c.
and Controller to Come
Up Later.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. ... -.
The House Banking Committee, some
members said today, has postponed to
future sessions Of Congress q final
decision in the rivalry between the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and
the controller of the currency.
Officials in each of those offices
have been seeking to consolidate their
control over banks and bank exami-
nation. Both sides Of the case were
presented to committeeman in the
nope that Congress would settle it.
But because of pressure from other
administration officials to push through
the big omnibus banking bill, COM
mitteemen said they had decided to
leave the issue unsolved in that
measure
Consolidation Planned.
It was understood that future at
tempts will be made to consolidate all
bank supervisory activities under
either the controller or the F. D. I. C
That, it was contended would do away
with some duplicating activities and
remove uncertainties, of which the
members say bankers complain.
Before agreeing to pass the broader
issue to the future, however, the COM
mittee approved section in the bill
which was explained as narrowing the
authority of the controller Of the cur.
rency.
Under present law the controller
has authority to appoint receivers fol
national banks which fail. The omni.
bus banking bill reiterates that author
ity, but adds that the receiver must bt
the r. D. 7. c.
O'ConHor's Work Praised.
Even that issue is a touchy one
Committeeman generally praise ]. F
T. OConnor, the controller, for hi.
work in reopening and liquidating the
assets of banks closed during thu
banking holiday.
But present law requires the F. D. I
c. to keep in close touch with tn.
financial status of each bank which
has its deposits insured. The mem
bers say that when an insured banl
does close, the F. D. ]. c. should b.
in on the liquidation to preserve it!
claims and thus minimize claims or
the insurance fund.
The best way to do that, the com
mittee agreed, was to let the r. D. I. c
be the receiver.
Evening star., 1935-04-16

No sensible man would care to UNI
pire the Hopkins-Davey row. Ohio's
Gov. Davey Is technically accurate
when he says that only one man has
been indicted, and this indictment
was based on charge of plain graft
ing, not shaking down firms that sell
to the Relief Administration, as r. e.
r. A.-er Hopkins charged.
On the other hand, the F. Z. R. A.
gang here insists the grand Jury
received aFdapits shouting COM
plicity of State officials in q shake
doDn racket, but the grand jury
decided there ipds no ldtD against
this.
1t seems to be a case Of much ex-
element and little action. The best
authorities believe Hopkins probably
spoke out Of turn, but they also have
their fingers crossed about the Ohio
Relief Administration.
The F. e. r. A. crowd insists you
have not heard the last of the for
gotten sensation, but you probably
have.
A confidential report drawn up by
the State Department recommends
the following course Of action to keep
us out of the next war: (A) An
immediate embargo on munitions,
OBJ forbid American citizens to travel
on any ship carrying munitions, Co
prohibit loans and credits to bel
igerents, Cd bar armed vessels from
our ports, (E) make 1t q crime for
American citizens to enlist in bel
ligerent armies, F) make it q penal
offense for any one to sympathize
publicly with any belligerent.
These suggestions will be toned
down plenty before the final draft
is submitted to the President.
Row Over Dam Name.
The pending proposal to rename
Pickwick Dam in the Tennessee VAL
ley Is causing considerable inner COM
motion. There are some who want
to call it Quinn" Dam in honor Of
the late Representative. This is op-
posed by Senator McKellar's friends
who wish 1t to be known as McKellaI
Dam.
S. Z. Ger Kennedy has no idea
OF quitting any time soon, despite
stories current in Wall Street. The
| stories started tcten reDsnldn
ntisinterpreted something Kennedy
said in an interDteD.
! (cepyright, 1850
Evening star., 1935-04-16
"Let 'Er BloaV!"
Farmers Echo Words of Veteran of
Panhandle, Refusing to Leave.

Snow fences that have held virtually
no snow for four Winters are drifted
to the tops with sand, and one can
walk over them.
Roads are blown clean Of sand (sur-
facing materially for miles at q stretcn,
and in many parts of the region q
powdery white silt covers the country
side.
On the roads can be seen an 0cea-
sional car, loaded with farm family,
usually with a truck following carry
ing household goods. Some are head
ed for Eastern Kansas or Missouri
or Eastern Oklahoma, where rainfall
has been normal, or to the Colorado
mountain country.
To Return When Rain Comes.
Postmaster Herman Davis OF
Springfield, Colo, says about dozen
families have moved away, but most
Of them made q temporary change OF
address, planning to return when rain
comes.
j. r. Peters Of Boise City, Okla
said he would leave Immediately" II
he had means.
If I leave I can't get wheat and
corn payments or relief, and that's
all that's keeping me alive" he said
He hasn't had q crop In four years.
But e. H. Libbey, q neighbor, came
out Of Sundays big dust storm smil.
ing.
They'll have to carry me out Of
this country feet FIRST" he said, grin
ming. Il won't leave voluntarily"
However" he added, I'm going Il
move about 20 miles west, where tht
dust amt so bad. live farther dowr
that way now than the prairie dog'
will live, but I'm sticking 1t out"
Salty Sense of Humor.
Edna Lynn, social service director
of Texas County, Okla, one Of tn,
biggest wheat counties, says that man!
farmers who swear they will NOV
away every time q dust storm strikes
change their minds with the frs
sunny day.
Her staff, working over the county
las reported almost 100 families leav
ing this section a week ago. Man,
Of these families were land owners ant
will return when the dust subsidei
and rain comes. She does not expec
the renters" to come back.
Withal, q salty sense Of humor pre-
walls.
In Guymon, Okla, a farmer pur
chased a pair of rubber boots, stun,
them over his shoulder and startet
down the three blocks Of Main street
where farmers stood In gossipinl
| groups. The sight Of the rubber boot
| brought shouts Of laughter.
Evening star., 1935-04-16
OHIO CRISIS NEARS
IN PRISON STRIKE
Warden to Make Another
AppeaI-Convicts Ask
Speedier Paroles.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. April 16.-A
crisis approached today in the strike
of 1000 convicts in the workshops Of
Ohio Penitentiary.
AS Warden James c. woodward
sought to ferret out the ringleaders. he
prepared to make another appeal to
the prisoners to take up their tools.
What course the prison head would
take should they refuse was matter
of conjecture.
The prisoners, who constitute about
one-fourth of the 4,240 felon popula-
ton Of the century-old penitentiary.
emphasized that their rebellion was
aimed at obtaining speedier action by
the State Board Of Paroles. We're
not sore at you," they shouted as
Woodward spoke to them in the chapel.
Encountering his first major prob
lem since he took charge of the peni-
tentiary after the removal Of Warden
Preston z. Thomas January 26. Wood
ward expressed confidence that the
men would return to work soon with
out causing trouble.
Charles r. Sharp Of the Board Of
Paroles, which, records show, has con-
sidered 1.089 cases of prisoners and
granted 262 releases in the last six
months, said he did not see what the
board had done to cause a strike. Of
the cases considered, 827 were con-
tinued to q future date, frequently
several years hence.
The prisoners, after refusing to
begin work In the print shop, cotton
mills. wooden mill and automobile IL
cense plate shops yesterday morning,
we're marched to their cells. They
have been served meals in their cells
since then.
The strike came within q week Of
the fifth anniversary of the 1880
Easter Monday fire in which $40 pris-
oners persisted at the prison. It was
the worst prison fire in American
history.
Evening star., 1935-04-16

Republican authorities here have
been astounded at the amount Of
talk about Knox in the Middle West.
He is weak in Washington, but that
may be to his credit.
Kansas Mistake.
The smartest Republican strategists
privately consider the coming Kansas
City meeting a mistake
1t Is always bad strategy for an
opposition party to try to draw up
an affirmative list of principles. The
truth is that those who will meet in
Kansas City are agreed on only one
thing. namely, that they are against
the New Deal. If you go beyond that
into a list Of particulars. you will
find there are as many different
viewpoints among the proposed Kan
sas City delegates as there are dele
gates.
The promoters OF the meeting
know this noW. For that reason
you need not erpect much from the
gathering, despite all the bdllyhoo
about it,
Note-The Eastern wing Of the
party (Hilles, Rorabach, etc. had
no connection with the arrangement
for the meeting, regardless Of stories
now going around to the contrary.
Hartman to Quit.
Over at the United States Chamber
of Commerce it is no secret that the
president, Henry I. Hartman, is leav-
ing when his present term expires.
An announcement will be made when
the annual meeting Is held here in
May. This decision is at least par
TALLY based on an unwritten tradition
Of the chamber that no president will
serve more than three terms. Har-
riman is serving his third one-year
term.
journalistic Fight.
Two eminent journalists are to
meet this week in the office Of Cor
rington Gil! at r. E r. A. and fight
out their conflicting contentious about
the New Deal. The contestants are
Walter Lippman and Frank Kent.
The bout probably will last one round
without q decision.
Kent Is arguing the whole New Deal
is a bust and points to the F. z. r. A.
relief figures as proof. Lippman says
the relief figures are not q true indi-
cation and there must be other ex-
plantations of the increase in relief
rolls, aside from increasing unemploy-
ment. Lippman Is right. as usual.
The referee will be Gill.
Evening star., 1935-04-16
SH|PBU|LD|NG DEAL
TOLD TO SENATE
Wall Street Operator Denies
He "Double. Crossed"
Banker in Purchase.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Ben Smith, spectacular Wall Street
operator, heard and denied today an
accusation he had double crossed" 8.
H. Valance, q New York investment
banker, in buying for himself control
of the New York Shipbuilding Corp.
The accusation was contained in a
letter written by Valance when he
discovered Smith had bought control
Of the shipyards In association with
e. L. Cord, noted automobile financier.
Valance had testified he was nego-
tiating with Smith to buy the con-
trolling stock from Chase Securities
Corp. when he discovered the oper-
ator had Bought the stock secretly"
and sold half to Cord.
But Smith had a different story.
Negotiated With Prince.
Recalling that Valance was trying
to buy the stock for r. H. Prince Of
Boston and Newport, Smith declared
the buyer had insisted that as part
of the program his friend, Joseph w.
Powell, was to be president of the
company. Powell Is president of
UnlLeQ OTyQOCk COrp.
"I told Prince I would not consider
1t with Powell" the operator told the
committee. :.
Prince said he would not go In
without Powell"
Later, Smith said, he told Prince
''if he still insisted on Powell we
would drop the matter. 1t dropped
there"
He said he bought the stock direct
from Chase for himself, then sold half
to Cord.
Previously. Senator Vandenberg. Re-
publican, of Michigan joined Chair
man Nye Of the committee in criti-
cizing Bernard M. Baruch's denuncia-
ton of the committees plan for taking
profits out of war.
Vandenberg asserted that Baruch
runs away" when talk Of taxing away
all war profits Is raised. He added:
God help capitalism II it won't de-
fend q common national crisis without
its pound of flesh. War itself is the
monster Of real menace"
In q radio speech last night Nye ac-
cused Baruch Of hedging" (The
| full text Of Nye's speech in the Ma
tional Radio Forum will be found on
page A-8)
Baruch Stands Firm.
NEW YORK, April l6 R.-Declar-
ing he has mo desire to engage In
controversy with Senator Nye or any
body else" Bernard NJ Baruch made
a final summation today OF his stand
on taking the profits out of war.
Although I may differ with other,
as to methods" said the chairman oi
the War Industries Board in the
World War. my position for taking
the profits out Of war has not changed
one iota."
Evening star., 1935-04-16
Featherbed Smothers Man.

SPRINGFIELD. Colo, April is (P)
Louis Ahrens, So, was found smoth-
cred to death in a featherbed yester-
day in a rooming house. w. C.
Schweitzer, q night watchman, said
Ahrens had been drinking. and ex-
on the bed
Evening star., 1935-04-16
RADCLIFFE TO SPEAK

Maryland Senator to Be Heard by
Engineers.
Senator George L. Radcliffe Of
Maryland will address a meeting of
the Washington Society of Engineers
at the Cosmos Club tomorrow at
8 pm.
For two years prior TO his election
to the Senate he was regional adviser
of the Public Works Administration
for the States from Maryland to Ken
lucky. Senator Radcliffe will speak
on the new work relief act and i'm
portant legislation nov pending be-
fore Congress. A buffet supper will
be served.
Evening star., 1935-04-16
Artificial Silk Inventor Dies.

IA AtiASAoA SAAh AA'SASoA OACS'
HOVE, Sussex, England, April 16
P)-Charles Frederick Cross, rs, to
whom women are partly indebted for
artificial silk hosiery, died today.
Cross with a fellow chemist, E. j.
Bevan, invented the cellulose process
for spinning artificial silk more than
40 years ago.
Evening star., 1935-04-16

Editors note: This Is the second
OF three stories describing the sit
udtion and the outlook in the
dust plagued sector OF the South
Uest, the source OF dust storms
Wbich hare s,cept as Jar east as
the Atlantic seaboard, and toest
to the Pacific Coast.
Evening star., 1935-04-16

LOS ANGELES, April Is R.-
Laura ingalls, roared away from Union
Air Terminal early today in her black
mystery" plane in an attempt to
schatter Amelia Earharts transcon-
tinental speed record.
Hoping to span the Continent in
IS hours or less, the 120-pound
aviatrix gave the gun" to her new
$4,000 low-wing monoplane as 1t
began It's 2,447-mile nonstop dash
to Floyd Bennett Field at New York.
The time OF her takeof was $40
am. (S:10 am. Eastern standard
time).
She carried a thermos container Of
coffee, some buttermilk and sand
wiches. .st go
Weather Reported Good.
Her projected route was via Albu-
querque, N. Mex; Kansas City, Cleve-
land and New York From here into
the Middle West she had good weather
Evening star., 1935-04-16
BULLETIN.

ALBUQUERQUE, NJ Mex, April
is (P).-A monoplane, believed to
be that Of Laura ingalls,, was
sighted over this city at $50 am.
(mountain standard time), today.
The plane was travelling fast at
about 5000 feet, so high that 1t
could not be definitely identified.
Evening star., 1935-04-16

Republican authorities here have
been astounded at the amount Of
talk about Knox in the Middle West.
He is weak in Washington, but that
may be to his credit.