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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-19
Opens May u

Now I ask you, what should I
ask Mae West? Should it be,
did you mean it when you asked
me to come out and see you some
timer" Or Are peeled grapes
good as a steady diet?"
OF course I might inquire when
she is going to keep that date to
play the Fox Theater stage which
Lew Epstein arranged for her. Or
if she wouldn't prefer to come
down Potomac-way and get the
key to the city, instead of the
gate as on her last visit.
Seriously, how about, letting me
know just what to ask Mae West.
If you we're going to submit one
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-19

interview question to Paramount's
queen of buxom beauty and
curves, what would it be? I in
vite your help and your sugges-
tons. Send 'em in.
BY this time you have probably
guessed that the latest Mae West
picture is ready to be flashed on
the marquee signs. It is. Loew's
Palace Theater will get it on May
II and if it's necessary Carter
Barron will open two theaters to
take care of the first perform
ance of Going to Town" That's
what he had to do last time with
I'm No Angel"
ITheater on Roof
Manager L. Stoddard Taylor Of
the Belasco says that Lafayette
Square is really serious about Civ.
ing Washington its first roof the
alter in the open air. While the
Belasco has no cooling system it
has a perfectly grand roof that
could be made available for pic
lures at a nominal cost.
If George ArliSS in THE Iron
Duke" which opens tomorrow,
pulls them in as expected, the
Belasco management will give
serious consideration to running
through the heat months. For
they have fine pictures on the
schedule for early showing.
A Smart Actor
Whitney Bolton, of the New York
Telegraph, who usually knows
what he is talking about, says
that President Roosevelt has in
vited Francis Lederer to submit a
report on his (the actor's) pro-
gram for the relief of unemploy.
ment.
Francis Lederer is one of the
unique figures in Hollywood. He
is a thorough fanatic on the sub
ject Of world peace and spends
all of his spare time and money
in the promotion of this cause.
Lederer thinks deeply and sound
1y on world problems.
Movie fans. reading from time
to time about his temperamental
explosions, are inclined to think
he is an artistic nut. He walked
off the Katharine Hepburn ret
because he claimed he was moth
ing more than a Stooge for Katie.
He is right when he says lie
knows more about acting than a
good many from whom he must
take orders. He is right. too. I
think, when he charges that his
Hollywood career has been man
handled, requiring him to play
roles such as ESkimos or dull
witted fellows, when in reality
his stage experience fits him for
choice parts.
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of the lights; no groans, no
screams, no Shudders.
Crime At Blossoms" will be
given at the Wardman Park The
alter. 1t is being directed by Denis
Connell, and the sets have been
designed by Paul Bradbury Wal
ter.
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in their offices or some convenient theater
sanctum while the curvaceous blond will be
in her Hollywood dressing room. Scribes
from Washington, Philadelphia, Chicago,
Pittsburgh, Boston, Cincinnati, New Orleans,
Atlanta, Cleveland, Detroit Indianapolis,
Dallas, New York, Kansas City, Minneapolis
and St. Paul will shoot the questions I have
been invited to be the Potomac inquisitor.
While Mae West flatters herself she can
handle the males without assistance she
makes one restriction on this telephone quiz
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Jimmy and Harry

Harry Somerville, the hotel
Wizards neutrality-suspicious. and
Jimmy Lake, master mind of the
Gayety, will hook hands on Mon
day at p. m. and offer Variety
Club. Washington'S first boon
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-19
From Old Family

The family of Ida Lupino, ap-
pearing in Paris in Spring."
has been in the entertainment
business for more than five
centuries.
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MOVIE


FOX-Richa Barthelmess.
Gertrude Michael in -Four
Hours To Kill" 10:45 a. M,
1870, 4:2O, 7:2O. 1910 p. m.
Stage. 1890, 800, $40 and
9:10 p. m.
PALACE-Jean Harlow, William
Powell in Reckless" 1905,
2::30. ASS, 7:20, $40 p. m.
EARLE-Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler
in go Into Your. Dance"
1880 a. M, 1885, 4:20, 7:05,
$50 p. m. Stage, 12:45, $3.50,
6:15, 900 p. m.
METROPOLITAN - Jack Holt
and Jackie Scarf in "Unwel-
come Stranger" 11:50 a. m,
1:55, 1855, 600, 1855, GAS
p. m.
COLUMBIA-Mary Ellis Carl
Brisson "All The Kings
Horses" 11:15 a. m. 1:20 $3.50
5:35 7.45 $50 p. m.
BELASCO-"Road to Life"
1854 a. M, 1853, 1852. Ssh,
7:50, 9:49 p. m.
HOWARD - Joan Blondell and
Hugh Herbert in Travelling
Saleslady," 1890, sos. 7:05,
1910 p. m. Stage, 2:4O, $50,
9:10 p. m.
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MAE WEST QUIZ PLANNED
Buxom Blonde in a Round Robin
Interview Will Take on 5
Motion Picture Critics
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Mae West will celebrate Mae Day by submitting round
robin interview from Is motion picture critics of
the country and telling all.
1t will be unique interview for the critics will be seated
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Reveals Pet Name

Peggy Conklin, leading woman
in Walter. Wanger's Her Mas
ter's Voice." reveals her pet name
for her husband, James D. Thomp.
son. is BIN"
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Cooper Goes Huntinq

Gary Cooper spent most of his
spare time going duck-hunting
when Desire" in which he is CO.
starred with Marlene Dietrich,
was on location,
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GILLETTE IN FEBRUARY
Also definite is the date of
William Gillette'S local appear
ance in the John Golden revival
of Three Wise Fools" This will
reach here the week of February
3 with James Kirkwood, Charles
Coburn, Brandon lyman and
Mary Rogers daughter Of the
late Will Rogers in the support
ing cast.
AMATEUR MAGICIANS
It is fairly well-known that
Register of the Treasury w. w.
Durbin, whose name appears on
all our new money, is a crack
amateur magician. In fact he has
a private magic theater at his
home in Indiana, is an honored
member of the International
Brotherhood of Magicians.
But few know that one of his
valued assistants in the Treasury,
Kenneth H. Sheelor, is assistant
secretary of the magicians or
ganiZation, can do those tricks
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MERVALECOOPER PLAY COMING HC
By LLOYD PANTAGES
Copyright, 1895. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 30.-More
disasters of the pastors. Nova
days, when they think that the
flickeroos are but too chichi for
words, they seem to have forgot
ten the old and better days at
the De Mile studios, when the
great Cecil had his own company
in the old Thomas Ince buildings
in Culver City. During that gala
heyday, every afternoon at four
the whole studio ceased all its
labors and many very handsome
walters wheeled tea wagons down
the halls and served everyone
afternoon tea, with sandwiches
and bread and butter and such.
De Mile studios also went all
their confreres one better, when
the whole staff would decide daily
what kind of costume they were
going to infest the next day or
the next week. Hence, on Mon
days, all of the staff would appear
done up in yachting costumes,
Tuesday all prepared for tennis,
Wednesday all ready for golS,
Thursday prepared for polo, Fri
day for hiking, and Saturday for
fishing. The payoff on the whole
matter was that not one of them
owned so much as a yazuck, a
racquet, golf stick, polo mallet
or a horse, a place to hike, or
even a fish pole. All no!
Openings nowadays are not
what they used to be. Anita
Stewart, whom you will remember,
always used to romp to the micro
phone and gurgle, Hello, Mother,
do wish you were here!" She
finally said it so often her friends
did their best to get petition to-
gether for her to take her mother
to the next opening, so she could
vary her line.
Now that Charlie Chaplin has
finally broken down again and de-
cided that we the great public
may look upon his inimitable an
tics, it is interesting to remember
that he once had so great a rival
he had to sue. This was one
Charles Amador Aplin, who billed
himself as Charles Aplin, so that
the vague and the blotto and the
not too bright paid great gold to go
and see him, thinking they were
seeing our Chariot. And when they
got inside they might we'll still
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Times-HeraId
Big Show

1T REMAINS A DISPUTED
QUESTION-which will shine
more tonight at the Annual
Times Herald Newsboy party the
stage stars or the newly scrubbed
faces of the excited carriers who
some l,400 strong will appear at
the Willard for their eighth holi.
day banquet. Jackie Coogan and
Betty Cradle. his beautous
blande fiance, now playing
Loew'S Fox, have promised
to be present. bringing as many
of their collaboratorS as they can
squeeze into the willard ball.
rooms. And we're certainly hoping
they don't forget to include the
California Collegians, who are
among those working with them
in their present routine.
Nina Olivette, that marvellous
dancing Stunster in the stage
show at Warner Brothers Earle,
promises to send the youngsters
into gales of laughter, and lovely
Meri Bell, the famed radio blues
singer, to thrill them with many
of the ditties which brought her
national fame. And if we're really
lucky, The Three Wiles" will be
along also, and some Of those
gorgeous girls from "Hit Parade
of 36."
Fats" Waller from the Howard
has also promised to do his stuff"
and scores Of others, famous on
stage and radio, will be on hand
to make the party the best in the
history Of the Herald-TimeS Boys
Club.
Evelyn Tyner Minnick and Mrs.
Marie Bowman Sugrue, Archie
Hawk, Bert Granoff, Kenneth
Sheelor, Mervin Cohen, acts from
Heigh-Ho and Madrillon. The
Metropolitan Police Trio and the
Washboard Blues Band led by
James Howard, Bert Granoff, Joan
Marsh and Audrey Sieber, will en-
tertain in a show which Arthur
Globe -Trotterl Reilly will be
PmcNp
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MOVIE
CLOCK

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hep.
burn in Sylvia Scarlett." 11:15
a. m; 1:20, 3:25, $50, 735,
$40 p. m.
PALACES hirley Temple In
The Little Rebel" 11:45 a. m;
1:20, $50, 7:50, 9:55 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Dick Powell in
Thanks A Million" 11:15 a.
M; 1:2O, 3:25. $50, TAO,
GAS p. m.
EARLE-Errol Flynn in Captain
Blood" 1918, los, 4. 6:55, $50
p. m. Stage, 1925, 3:20, 6:15,
9:10 p. m.
FOX - Wallace Beery in "Ah
Wilderness" 10:45 a. m, 1875,
4:25, 7:15, 1905 p. m. Stage:
1926, 3:25, 6:15, 9:05 p. m.
METROPOLITAN - Zane Grey's
Nevada" II, 2, 4. 6, 8, 10 p. m.
BELASCO-"The New CULVER" ,"
1925, 2:20, AIS, 6:10, sos and
1000 p. m.
LITTLE-Katharine Hepburn in
Morning Glory" 11:00 a. M,
1851, 2:24, AIS, GOT, 1853,
9:49 p. m.
HOWARD - James Dunno in
Bad Boys" IL, 2:15, 4:30, 6:45,
9:10 p. m. Stage: Fats Waller
and his orchestra, 1:05, 1925,
5:35, 7:50, 1915 p. m.
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Gay Musical
For Fox

THE King of Burlesque," an
empire of melody. laughter, and
glamour, will be Loew's Fox screen
attraction for the week starting
Friday, January 3.
Warner Baxter, said to do better
than he performed in "Forty-Sec-
ond Street.; Alice Faye, Jack
Oakie, Airline Judge. Mona Barrie,
Gregory Ratoff. Dixie Dunbar,
Fats Waller, Nick Long, jr., Kenny
Baker, and many others crowd
this parade Of stars. color, music,
and spectacle.
Leon Navara, whose orchestra
has entertained habitueS of New
York's smart st. Moritz Orchestra,
will bring his musical men to the
Fox stage to headline the vaude-
will bill. AL Schact, WaShington's
own baseball clown, and others
will also appear on the stage. A
Phil Lampkin overture, news, and
a comedy will be added.
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Lily Pons Due
At Keith's

At 7 o'clock New Years Eve
Washington moviegoers will see
the new singing star Of the screen,
Lily Pons, in her picture debut
at RKO Keith's. II Dream Too
Much" with musiU by Jerome
Kern, is the vehicle. Recently
shown at the Radio City Music
Hall. the picture stayed at that,
the largest theater in the world.
for a two weeks engagement 70
glowing reports both from the
screen and music critics.
In making this announcement
of the New Years Early evening
opening the Keith management
further states that the picture
will be shown four times that
night, the final Showing-with an
appropriate Send-off to the New
Year-taking place at 1901 a. m
Described as the greatest singer
that France has given the world,
Lily PonS is acclaimed throughout
the musical world as the greatest
of all coloratma sopranos.
The Il Dream Too Much" story
is something of Lily Pons' own
story, in its unfolding Of the
price one has to pay for fame
in the curtailment Of a private
life.
Early in the picture Miss
Pons sings Caro- Nome" from
Verdi'S 'Rigoletto," and later the
bell song from Delibes' opera
"Lakme," in which she made her
original debut. Besides these op-
cratic numbers, she also sings
four original numbers from the
pen of Jerome Kern, who wrote
Roberta. The four Kern num-
bers, Jockey on a Carousel,
Il Got Love-" I'm the Echo" and
Il Dream Too Much" all of
which are exceptionally popular
now on the airways.
In addition to Henry Fonda
the cast has Osgood Perkins and
Eric Blore.
The final showing Of the cur
rent Keith feature. Katharine
Hepburn in "Sylvia Scarlett, will
start at 5::45 o'clock the after
noon of December 81.
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HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
I Cover Hollywood

'think so, on account Of he exactly
aped the walk, the moustache and
the costume. and held his plots as
closely as possible to the kind of
things our Charles was doing at
that time. Our Charlie had to 20
to court, where they gave him an
injunction and a restraining order
against this person who was try
ing so desperately to chisel in on
his fame.
The late Wilson Miner, at an
other opening, drove up to the
door in a rattletrap car and,
having stopped straight in front
of the Chinese Theater, he got out
and left it standing there at the
curb. The doorman, distressed,
said don't you want the car
parked, Sir?" Whereat he turned
around and handed the doorman
the pink ownership slip to the
car, saying, mo, you can have it
and do as you wish with it," and
walked inside. There was no more
gas in that elderly jillopy, and
they had to push it for yards, with
the poor opener of doors sweating
and bluShing very heavily.
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Dickens Tale of Two Cities
In New Year Eve Preview;
Gillette Here, February3
BY ANDREW R. KELLEY

Several weeks ago Philip Mervae confded in letter from
Hollywood that he expected to appear the Washington stage
again before the much older More definite
that the play the Dodie Smith DRAMA Call 1t Day"
The New York Theater Guild will present it at the National
Theater week of January 90 with Gladys Cooper Mr.
Mervaes associate In the supporting company will be
Josephine Hull Marjorie Marquis Lawrence Grossmh, Alice
Inhn nd Martin
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that fool you almost as well as
his boss. They swap illusions.
Tonight Magician Sheelor will
bring his best routine to the
Times Herald annual newSboys
banquet at the Willard and
watch the fun. Fourteen hun
dred alert boys make a tough
audience for any hoCus-pocus man
to deceive.
PAYETTES GOING SOUTH
John j. Payette, general zone
manager for Warner Brothers in
Washington territory, will leave
Washington on January 2 for a
vacation in Florida. This will be
Mr.. Payette'S first vacation in
four years.
Mrs. Payette will accompany
her husband, as will Dolores and
John j. Payette, jr., their chill
dren. Mr.. Payette's present plans
call for a months stay at Miami
Beach, during which time the
family plans to visit Cuba and
other points of interest. Mrs.
Payette and the children will re-
main in Florida until Easter.
21O MINUTE TALK
Vice President Joseph R. Vogel,
of LoeW'S, Incorporated, n d
Charlie Chaplin talked for 21O
minutes on the long-distance tele,
phone between New York and Los
Angeles Christmas afternoon clos
ing the deal which landed Mod
ern Times" in the LoeW theaters
It was a record cross-country
wire conversation but Mr.. Vogel
chalks it down as money saved
for his company since besides
conserving time the toll bill was
less than a firSt-claSs drawing
room round trip journey to Holly
wood.
Modern Times" will be shown
first in the East at Baltimore,
Norfolk and Richmond, where it
opens on January 16. 1t will ar
rive at LoeW's Palace a week
later.
"A DlChENS PKEN1EW
Hardly had the announcement
been made that Shirley Temple
had been officially declared the
Movie Box office champion for
1934-35 by 1000 exhibitors who
voted in the Motion Picture
Herald's poll-than Loew's an
nounced her latest picture, THE
Littlest Rebel" will hold for a
full two weeks at the Palace
theater.
1t really would have been a
blow if the little champions lat
est release had been pulled with
out getting the fortnight that the
Palace gives all Grade A product.
Since Tale of Two Cities" was
originally scheduled for the spe-
cial New Year Eve program at the
Palace that schedule will be car
ried through.
The Dickens picture with Ron.
aid Colman as Sidney Carton will
usher in the New Year at the one
performance. 1t then will be
ShelVed until it opens full length
engagement on January 8.
saw the Dickens picture
screened Saturday afternoon and
though it registers as one of 1885
mightiest, it will have to wait
until 1886 before it lands on the
Ten Best list. Colman does the
finest work of brilliant screen
career.
There are some exceptional bits
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Pedal Linquistics

Fred Astaire introduces a new
military language in Follow the
Fleet" by putting a detail of "a
dancing sailors through a snappy
routine to commands tapped out
by his feet.
The Washington times., 1935-12-30
Unhappy Walter

Walter Abel, featured in RKO-
Radios Two in the Dark" is an
avid football fan, but work on his
current pictures prevented him
from seeing any games during the
regular season.
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Neatest casting of the season is
Alex Yokels filling of the play
wright's role in Julie" which will
be the new play attraction at the
National Theater the week of
January 13.
James Warwick, author of
Blind Alley now running at the
Morosco Theater, will enact the
playwright in support of Beth
Merrill, star of the production.
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Dietrich DrivinQ

Forced to do so for the first
time in order to portray a role
in her current picture, Marlene
Dietrich has just learned to drive
an automobile for a sequence in
Desire" in which she is CO.
starred with Gary Cooper.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-04
FARM PROGRAM SUGGESTED BY
 AAA OPPONENT
Senator Dickinson, COP. Offers Five-Point Plan to
 Eliminate Contradictions

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa, Nov. A. United States Sena tor Lester J. Dickinson, Republican, persistent critic of the New Deal, today offered a five point farm program ito elim- mate the contradictions of the Gov ernment policy, which seeks on one hand to limit crop production and on the other to subsidize vast irri- gation and drainage projects"
 Senator Dickinson's program would stabilize production through retire. ment of marginal land, stimulate diversified farming to obtain a more balanced production, remove arti- ficial controls and bureaucratic regu- lations. develop cooperative produc- tion and marketing, restore the ex- port market through price equaliz- ing fees based on import tariff duties, and revise taxation to reduce tax burdens on farms and real prop erty.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-04
VIEW ONE-sIDED

The special hazards of making forecasts about what will happen in November, 1886, also should be easy to see.
 For one thing, unlike many other Presidential years, 1886 permits of only a one-sided preview. It seems pretty we'll agreed MT. Roosevelt will be the Democratic candidate, and that he will campaign for the New Deal" Who the Republican candi- date will be nobody pretends to know, nor is there any assurance for what principles he will stand.
 A third party now appears unlike ly to develop. although that possi- bility alone surely forecloses any hard : and fast conclusions at this stage of the proceedings.
 A new session of Congress meets in January. and it is proverbial that the session preceding an election often has much to do with making the issues.
 In particular. new budget must be submitted and passed. No one would deny that great deal depends on which way the Administration turns with respect to relief and un-
 Continued on Page Two)
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CHINA MOVES
 TO STABILIZE
 HER CURRENCY
Four-Point Monetary Pro- gram Will Hold Silv CT
 Dollar at Present Level

SHANGHAI, China, Nov. 4. - The Chinese government has moved dras- tically to solve it's long-standing monetary problems by announcing a four point monetary reform program which includes naturalization of sil- yer restriction and bank issues of three government-owned banks, sta- bilization of the Chinese dollar at by present level levelization of bank notes, and payment of all debts ex- pressed in terms of silver.
 The government decree becomes effective today.
 All holders of silver bullion are required to exchange it for legal ten der notes.
 Notes now in circulation from banks other than the three government owned banks will continue to circu- late as legal tender but will grad ually be withdrawn and replaced by government bank notes.
 The Chinese silver dollar is now worth approximately 30 cents in United States money.
 The finance minister, B. H. King, said that the abandonment of the gold standard in many countries, and the rise of silver prices, brought a serious over valuation in China's currency and 8 revere strain on the silver resources of the nation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-04
MASS MURDER AIDE PLEADS
 "NOT CUILTY''
Mrs. Peggy Paulos Is Ar raigned in Kitsap
 County

EREMERTON, Wash, Nov. 4. - Mrs. Peggy Peterson-Paulos, confess ed accomplice of Leo Hall in the Err lands Point mass murders, pleaded innocent today to charges of first degree murder.
 She was arraigned in the Kitsap County Superior Court.
 Ralph Horr, of Seattle, represent ing the woman, planned conference with Judge H. c. Sutton to set a trial date.
 Hall was taken to the Thurston County jail at Olympia after threats of lynching were heard in Bremen ton.
 According to Mrs. Paulos, she and Hall went to the home of MT. and Mrs. Harry Flieder on the night of March, 1884, to rob the home. When they resisted Hall killed them and their four guests, she said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-04
GREEN DENIES
 FRED PURGE" IS
 NOW UNDERWAY

.ss
 WASHINGTON, Nov. President William Green, of the American Fed eration of Labor, denied that a nationwide campaign had been launched to rid the Federation of reds"
 Disclaiming what he termed were implications drawn from the an- nouncement in Minneapolis October 30, by Meyer Lewis. his personal rep resentative. Green said. Contrary re- ports have been given wide circula- ticn. The AFL has not launched a national drive in Minneapolis against so-called Reds O. any other group. The facts are the situation is being handled in Minneapolis through or ganizers of the Federation stationed there and is a purely local one and possesses local signifinance only"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-04
ILA BOfc0TTS ON HOT CARGO
 BEFORE BOARD
Pacific Coast Officials Meet with Labor Relations
 Committee Today

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. A. Officials of the Pacific Coast locals of the International Longshoremen's Association are scheduled to meet with the Labor Relations Committee late today to discuss issues involv- ing hot cargoes from Gulf of Mex ico ports
 A boycott on gulf ports cargo, is- sued Saturday by William L. Lewis district President. was later ordered by Joseph P. Ryan, International President, to be held in abeyance awaiting further developments.