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Evening star., 1935-02-27
WAR SH|PBU|LD|NG|
PROFITS ARE A|RED|
Bethlehem Total $68, ,000,.
600 for Period, Num-
tions Probers Hear.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Profits of $4,000, 900 reaped by the
Bethlehem shipbuilding Corp. and its
subsidiaries during the war period
were listed today by Senate Munitions
Committee exhibits.
The profit was shown in these
documents to range from 20 per cent
to 81 per cent Of invested capital In
the plants.
Of1cial Protests.
But these figures brought an i'm
mediate protest from S. w. Wakeman,
vice president Of the corporation. that
the percentage of profits shown was
unfair"
when you talk of percentage Of
earnings" F. A. Shick, controller, in
terjected, "you are not including
s32 100000 Of capital put in by the
Government"
He declared the Government built
several plants used by the company.
The Government put them up and
let us use them in return for the
benefit Of our 'know-how.'" Shick
said.
LAS far as return to the stock
holders was concerned" Stephen
Raushenbush, committee counsel
said, this is the amount they re-
ceived on what capital they put In"
That is true" Shick agreed.
Grace Defends Bonuses.
Eugene G. Grace, Bethlehem head,
whose wartime bonuses amounted to
$3,669,000. yesterday defended the
bonus system of his company and said
it had been an incentive" to greater
efficiency.
He refused to concede that the war
time profits of Bethlehem Steel were
"exorbitant,' but said that in the
event of another conflict he felt there
would be less difficulty in relations
between Government and industry.
Il agree profits should not be ex-
orbitant," he said. II should say there
will not be repetition of the situa-
tion in the World War"
RICHMOND. Va, February ~
Senator Nye, chairman of the Senate
Munitions Committee, told an audi
ence here last night that munitions
makers had the most powerful lobby
in the world" and had wrecked every
disarmament conference"
Senator Nye spoke at . public
forum meeting.
Arms makers, he said, have divided
the world into separate sections by
agreement and proved themselves 'our
purest examples of internationalists. 4"
Evening star., 1935-02-27
AIRPLANE ON FARM
TO BE FLOWN BACK
Men Sent to Orange, Va, for
Washington. Pittsburgh
Craft Forced Down.

Mechanics and a pilot were on the
way to Orange. Va. today to repair
and fly back the twin-engined Wash
ington-to o-Pittsburgh airplane forced
down last night by ice formation on
its wings.
The plane was landed skillfully In a
small wheat field miles south of
Orange and would have been TN
damaged but for small drainage
ditch, which smashed one wheel of
the landing gear. None of the seven
occupants was injured.
r. I. Bud" Baker chief pilot Of
the airline, who was at the controls
of the plane, reported the field In
which the crippled plane now rests
Is too small for take-off. After re-
pairs to the landing gear are made
the ship will be towed to a larger field
in the vicinity.
Flown by Baker, with j. Z. Tilton
as copilot. the plane took of from
Washington Airport for Pittsburgh at
sos pm The five passengers were
Sam 8. Adams and j. Howard Mar
shall OF Washington, o. w. Carlton.
Salt Lake City; Paul L. Feifs. Cleve-
land, and H. l.. Elsner, Detroit.
Heavy snow was encountered before
the ship reached the mountains and
soon afterward ice began forming on
the wings. Unable to get above the
ice-forming area. Baker had no al
tentative but to turn back. Finding
the Reformation area continued TO-
ward Washington. he headed south In
an effort to find warmer air.
Sighting the lights of Orange. he
circled the town three times and the
Orange Volunteer Fire Department
sent out a truck and searchlight to
aid him in landing. The passengers
were taken to a hotel in Orange and
sent back to washington by train
last night.
Evening star., 1935-02-27
STUDENTS JOINING
LIBERTY LEAGUE
College Division Organized and
Plans Made to Extend
Membership.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The American Liberty League last
night announced extension Of its
activities to include undergraduates
of the Nations colleges.
A college division has been estab-
lished at its headquarters, 1t said,
and formal recognition" has been
granted to "afiiliated undergraduate
groups" at Northwestern University,
Nebraska University, Wisconsin and
Princeton.
Requests for such recognition have
been received, as well, it said. from
the Universities Of Maryland, Della
ware, Chicago, Virginia and Penn
sylvania and from western Reserve,
Sioux Falls College, Occidental, Beth
any. Union. Bowdoin, Westminster,
Springfield and the College Of the
OZafks.
THE league is gratified at the re-
ception accorded it by undergraduates
of the Nations colleges and UNIVERSE
ties and recognizes the desirability
Of fostering an intelligent and in
formed public opinion among younger
American citizens" the announce
ment said,
Evening star., 1935-02-27
D. c. INSTITUTIONS
FUNDS REPORTED
Appropriations for Four Are
Carried in interior De-
partment Bill.

Four institutions in the District are
appropriated for in the Interior De-
partment bill. reported to the House
today by the Appropriations Com
mittee.
For st. Eliztbeths Hospital, the bill
carries a total appropriation Of
S1185.840 for the support. clothing
and care of patients. Chairman Tay-
lor of the subcommittee which han
died this bill explained that this sum.
which was proposed by the budget,
will provide for 1900 patients on the
basis Of 81 so per day. For the fiscal
year 1894 the cost per patient per day
was $1.70, and during the current year
the rate is s163 per day.
s20e,8 Estimated Disapproved.
The committee disapproved the es-
innate of 100000 for construction of
a continuous-treatment building at
the hospital No item for new con-
struction. other than road building, Is
carried in the bill. Taylor said the
committee is Of the opinion this con-
struction project should be placed on
the same basis as other construction
items, and If the demand is sufficiently
urgent funds should be provided from
emergency appropriations.
The Federal contribution to the
maintenance of the Columbia Insti-
tute for the Deaf is recommended in
the sum Of $l35.s50, which is the
budget estimate and sl6.250 more than
the current appropriation.
S655,eeo for Howard u.
For Howard University there Is
recommended an appropriation of
1865. 900, which Is the budget estimate
and 100000 more than the 1885 ap-
preparation. No increase other than
for the restoration of salaries to a 100
per cent basis Is recommended. An
increase of $4,000 over the 1895 ap-
of 100000 for general ex-
penses is accounted for by the occupa-
tion of two new buildings and addi-
tional expenditures for repairs and
alterations amounting to $5,400.
For Freedmen's Hospital the bill
provided S304 400 for salaries and sub
sistence and miscellaneous expenses.
This is the budget estimate and is
SAC, $50 more than the current appro-
priation. This increase is due to the
restoration of salaries to 100 per cent
basis and to the increased cost of
supplies and materials necessary for
operation of the hospital.
Evening star., 1935-02-27
Farley Tiled Bath
DratUs COn1nlentat
Hearing on Bill
"They Say 1t Is Most I'm.
portant Part of Build.
ing," Says Zioncheck.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
News of Postmaster General Far
leys tiled bath in the new Post Office
Building has not gone unnoticed on
Capitol Hill.
While H. P. Caemmerer, admins
trative officer of the Fine Arts Com
mission, was testifying on the 1896
Interior Department bill before a
House appropriations subcommittee,
Representative Zioncheck, Democrat
Of Washington. broke in to ask if the
commission had anything to do with
Mr. Farley's bath room?"
mo, sir" Caemmerer quickly re-
piled. THAT Is a detail left TO the
Postmaster General"
They say" Zioncheek remarked,
that is the most important portion
of his building"
Evening star., 1935-02-27
.$58,76,6S TOTAL
Of INTERIOR BILL
New Activities and Pay Res
toration Help Boost Meas.
ure $11,910,79O.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
New activities and the final s per
cent Government pay restoration to-
day helped boost the 1885 Interior
Department appropriation bill to
$5s.775,656. an increase Of $l1,slo,7sO
over current figures.
This sixth of the nine annual sup
ply bills to reach the House, however,
was $3,297 ,409 under budget estimates.
Among important changes recon-
mended by the Appropriations Com
mittee in reporting the bill was the
creation Of an undersecretaryship and
an allowance Of $4,000 salary for this
position. The Interior Department
pleaded that more work warranted the
position, which now exists only in the
State, Treasury and Agriculture De-
partments.
Permanent Appropriations.
Permanent annual appropriations
automatically recurring in the 1886
fiscal year, beginning July /. totaled
SIG. 6.7S6, ,040 in the bill, compared with
16,254 ,240 this year.
The 81 500. 600 allowed in 1885 for
the Oil Administration was not re-
peated because the Supreme Court in
validated the oil section of the N. r. A.
and also because hearings disclosed
that under the recently enacted Con-
na1ly control measure fees collected
would make the administration self
sustaining.
Among increases over budget esti-
mates were $7s0,555 for educating
Indian children to total of S8.771,>
120. and $4,000 more for reclamation
work to a 1902, 100 total.
New activities included the grazing
control program passed last session,
which drew $250,0O0; the Wheeler
Howard Indian rehabilitation pro-
gram, 4175,0U0, and the Bureau Of
Mines (retfansferred from the Com
merce Department.. $1.417,311. or
500, 1855 more than 1t was allowed this
year.
More for Park Service.
fltilOuHA tllC 3NdtOkldl 7 AIN oci VIC
was cut under budget estimates, it re-
ceived $15,713,Ss0, or S4,3s4, $50 more
than in 1885.
To place the funds of the Geological
Survey ION basis approaching the
level which existed in pre-depression
days" that service was allowed
81, ,107, $50, or $7g4, $50 more than the
current appropriation.
Among the Territories, Alaska drew
81, ,14s, 1S5, or $251 ,sS5 more than this
year, to take care of the Alaska Rail-
roads operating deficit; Hawaii, $21,-
$50, OF $40,500 less because the Legis-
lature would not be In session in 1886,
and the Virgin Islands. $316,500, or
$18,25S less because Of a reduction in
the operating deficits Of municipali-
ties and increased local government
revenues.
Evening star., 1935-02-27
Your Income Tax
Deduction for Tar on Motor Gas

Dc00cSiOn fOf TaX ON Motor Gas.
If an automobile is used for both
business and pleasure, all of the main
tenafice and operating expenses con-
nected Herewith, which constitute al
lowable deductions for Federal In
come-tax purposes, should be allo-
Gated to the two uses on the basis OF
the time that II Is used for each.
For example, If the total expense OF
operation and maintenance. plus de-
probation, for the taxable year
amounted to $500, and the car was
used three -fourths of the time Tor
business and the balance Of the time
for pleasure. the allowable deduction
for Federal income-tax purposes
would be $500.
II q law which imposes tax on
gasoline shows that the tax Is I'M
posed on the consumer and not on the
dealer, the consumer may deduct as .
tax, for Federal income-tax purposes,
the amount of the gasoline tax paid
by him, but the taxpayer must have
kept records Of the payment Of such
taxes In order that the deduction
may be substantiated, as Is required
by the law and the regulations. The
Federal sasoline tax imposed by sec
ton 0l7 Of the revenue act Of 1882. as
amended, Is not deductible BY the con-
sumer. A taxpayer may ascertain
whether the gasoline tax imposed
by d state ID deductible BY the con-
stimer Or by the dealer BY addressing
an inquiry to the collector of internal
revenue for his district.
In any case where the gasoline puf-
chased Is used for business purposes
the tar may Be added TO the cost of
the gasoline and deducted as busi-
ness expense, but where that Is done.
the gasoline tax cannot be deducted
separately under the item of taxes.
Evening star., 1935-02-27
TWO TESTSURGED
.F0RD.C. CHARITIES
Board of Trade Group Seeks
Endorsement and
Licensing.

Charitable organizations, both local
and national, seeking funds in WASH
tngton will hereafter be compelled to
pass two tests II the recommendation
Of the Charities and Corrections Com
mittee Of the Board of Trade are ap-
proved and the necessary legislation
can be maneuvered through Congress.
Meeting at the Harrington Hotel
yesterday, the committee voted TO set
up an Endorsement committee" to
scrutinize all organizations seeking
funds and to require certain types Of
charitable or benevolent organizations
to be licensed by the District Com
missioners.
Kaufman Submits Plan.
Joseph D. Kaufman, chairman Of
the Community Chest Subcommittee,
submitted the recommendation. His
suggestion was to have the licenses
issued by the Commissioners and
have the indorsing agency under
the Board of Public Welfare At
the suggestion Of John Ihlder,
committee member, a separation of
authority was approved so the
licensing would become Govern
ment function and the indorsing
function merely advisory for prospec-
tive contributors.
The plan once before was tried here
and failed, it was asserted, because
disinterested members were not OBJ
tained to investigate and either ap-
prove or disapprove campaigns for
funds.
Three other recommendation con-
cerning the Community Chest were
approved A plan to have round
publicity through the newspapers and
radio rather than merely a propa-
ganda campaign before the annual
Chest drive; to have addresses before
the Spring and Fall meetings Of the
membership of the Board of Trade,
explaining the functions of the Com
munity Chest. and the organization
during the annual Chest drive of a
Board Of Trade campaign unit TO as
sist in the business areas of the city.
Clinic Plan Approved.
Upon recommendation Of Vincent
Saccardi, chairman of Subcommittee
on Legislation, the committee ap-
proved a proposal to establish a
clinic" as an adjunct Of the District
Supreme and Police Courts. composed
Of a competent welfare director. a
physician or staff of physicians, and
a staff of case workers to act in an
advisory capacity to the courts trying
criminal cases. 1t is believed that
the establishment of such a clinic will
reduce the necessity for future paroles
and in many cases can enable pro-
bationary sentences to be carried out
rather than send accused persons to
prison.
1t was pointed out that the estab-
lishment of such a clinic complies
with standards set up by the National
Probation Association.
The committee also approved the
Ellenbogan bill passed by the House
this week providing $50 monthly PEN
sions for the Districts INDECENT blind.
George M. Whitewell, chairman of
the General Committee. presided.
Evening star., 1935-02-27
Congress in Brief
BY the Associated Press.
TODAY.
SENATE:

SENATE:
III recess.
Appropriations Committee takes up
War Department appropriation bill.
Coal hearing on before Interstate
Commerce Subcommittee
Munitions Committee questions Of
f1cia1 of Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.
Federal regulation of interstate bus
traffic considered by Interstate Com
merce Subcommittee.
HOUSE:
Takes up Interior Department ap-
preparation bill.
Agriculture Committee conducts
hearing on A. A. A. amendments
Interstate Commerce Committee
regulation.
Labor Committee conducts hearing
on bill to give labor equal Representa-
ton with employers on code authofi-
ties
ways and Means Committee studies
economic security bill.
YESTERDAY.
SENATE.
Cleared unanimous consent calen-
dar.
Munitions Committee heard Eugene
G. Grace, steel executive, describe
veterans bonus demands IS "unf0f-
tunate"
Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
heard opposition to Guffey coal con-
servatior bill.
HOUSE:
Passed bill to provide q cent-a-
pound processing tax.
Judiciary Committee approved two
anti-crirne bills.
Agriculture Committee opened
hearings on A. A. A. amendments.
Interstate Commerce Committee
conducted hearings on holding conn.,
pany and motor vehicle regulation.'
Evening star., 1935-02-27
SUBCOMMITTEE NAMED.
Tax Publicity Change Will Be
Studied.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate Finance Committee to-
day set up a subcommittee to confer
with q similar group of the House
Ways and Means Committee over the
advisability of changing the law re-
ouiring publicity Of income tax returns.
Chairman Harrison announced. how
ever, that he had communicated with
Secretary Morgepthau and was told
by the Treasury Secretary he had no
recommendations for a change in the
law and was ready to proceed with
its enforcement.
The decision to set up subcom-
mittee to confer with the House COM
mittee was made after Senator Cope
land, Democrat, of New York had ap-
peared before the committee In exec
utive session and urged modification
Of the income tax publicity provision.
Evening star., 1935-02-27

Park Service has made recreational
areas along the Washington -Freder-
icksburg Richmond Highway for the
convenience of picniekers.
Some Families Remain.
Some of the families now living
within the 5000 tract will be permitted
to remain but most of them will be
transplanted to other areas in Wiz
ginia through the cooperation Of the
Virginia State Rural Rehabilitation
Corp.
The site on Chaponawomsie Greek
eventually will bring to the residents
of three cities and numerous small
towns one of the closest recreational
areas in this section. Provisions will
be made for tourist camps and gen.
eral picnic grounds and fishing.
How vast and comprehensive con-
Servation-recreation park scheme
might be undertaken by the admins
tration was shown in the November
report of the National Resources
Board, which detailed a program of
conservation for the countrys natural
resources which might otherwise go
to waste. Earlier efforts ON the part
of the Government already have
added 567,872 acres to the Nations
State parks in two years as a result
of C. C. C. activities. Even since pub
lication of the National Resources
Board report, 191, ,O24 acres are said
to have been added to park areas.
Detailed plans for the nearby project
in Virginia will be announced this
week by the Federal Emergency Relief
Evening star., 1935-02-27
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
"Secret 100" Exists in
Hope, Not Fact, as
Factions Emerge.
BY PAUL MALLON.

BY PAUL MALLON.
TIME biggest washington mystery
= now Is The Secret 100." It
is supposed to be a gumshoe
Il gang of 100 House members
banded together clandestinely
to radiealize the New Deal and the
Nation.
Gore drips freely from oil sug-
gestionS about it. A skull and cross
bones Is supposed to be It's secret
symbol. Members are reported to
be tramping around the House
Yoor in their rubberS 80 their shoes
,UfH not squeak.
The only thing generally known
about II is that nobody knows any
thing about 1t. Therein lies the real
secret of 1t. which is that it is just
little too secret. It exists in hope and
not in fact.
Hope to Get 100 Votes.
What seems to have happened is
this:
The leaders of the various theory
groups have been buzzing with each
other. They need not be smart to
realize they are not going TO get any
where with their pet theories this ses-
sion unless they first get together.
The 30-hour week zealots need the
help of the silver boys. bonusites and
inf1atiOnists. and vice versa.
No meetings have been held. no Or
caniZatioh formed. A couple of Con-
gressmen and newsmen laughingly
suggested that the idea be dramatized
with the appellation. The Secret
100" The truth is. they hope they
can muster 100 votes to do or die for
all their legislative stunts. On some
issues they will get more than 100,
but on most. far less.
There is nothing particularly new
about it.
It is lust the same old log g-rolling
idea that originated with the first
Congress that ever assembled. Also
Evening star., 1935-02-27

doesn't matter what you write into an
act, it's how you administer It,"
Just before the gold decision, Fed
eral agents investigated the stoppase
Of mail chute in an apartment house
occupied by q Supreme Court Justice.
There was o suspicion that some one
was trying to get tip On the de-
cision.
New Dealers are supposed to have
approached Father Coushlin to see
If he will add to the stand by the
President" pressure against Congress.
Evening star., 1935-02-27
JOckeying for Power.


last session and merrily played havoc
for a while.
Jockeying for Power.
This fraternity legislation idea may
sound to you like an over-dramatized
joke, but the truth Is that II is at the
root of all President Roosevelt's cur
rent troubles with Congress.
The serious thing behind the with
drawal of the relief bill. for instance,
! was not what happened at that time,
but what was going to happen. All
you know Is that the Senate defeated
Mr. Roosevelt on the prevailing wage,
but what Mr.. Roosevelt knew was that
the bonus and silver amendments to
his relief bill were coming up next
After them will come the social Sc
curity legislation tTownsend plan
amendment) and N. r. A. reorganiza-
ton (30-hour week amendmen).
The President must crush these
forming congressional groups noU,
else in month or tDo they may
run dwdy Uith him and hts Metz
Deal
If the present plan OF Uhipping
up public sentiment against the
Senate on the prerdtltng tCdge issue
fails to restore Mr.. ROoseUeltS
congressional prestige. you tDill see
him make other moUes to do tt
q frestde radio talk or public
appeal.
There is hardly a chance for him
to lose In the end, but the situation
will require some clever jockeying be-
fore he Is through with 1t.
Penalty of Greatness.
Every White House occupant has
had stories concocted about him which
are not exactly accurate, but might
be. 1t is penalty of greatness.
One now going the rounds concerns
q Hyde Park neigfbor who is supposed
to have dropped in to shake hands
with Mr.. Roosevelt. He kept saying
he only wanted to shake hands, but
Mr. Roosevelt was customarily cordial
and refused to let him 60.
The embarrassed neighbor kept
moving toward the door. but finally the
President insisted that he go over
to The Executive Mansion to chat with
Mrs. Roosevelt. Calling an attendant,
Mr.. Roosevelt asked that the neighbor
be escorted over for that purpose,
wtereupon the attendant replied:
Didn't you know Mrs Roosevelt has
not been here for three days?"
Groups Herd Together.
The underlying condition in Con-
gress is essentially no different than
last session. The customary sheep
like fashion, both Houses are splitting
into two groups. radical and conserva-
tive. You might call the radicals the
Huey Long type. Only a few are
really Long men. but they share in one
or more particulars the idea of run
Evening star., 1935-02-27
FILM DIRECTOR WEDS
W. 8. Van Dyke Marries Rutf

W. 8. Van Dyke Marries Ruth
Mannix, Actress, in New Orleans.
HOLLYWOOD. Calf, February 81
DIV. S. Van Dyke. film director.
telephoned his studio last night from
New Orleans that he was married
there today to Miss Ruth Mannix,
film actress.
Van Dyke had gone there on o va
cation. Miss Mannix, daughter of q.
J. Mannix, Metro Goldyn- Mayer stu
dio executive, had been visiting in
New York and met him in New Or
leans.
Evening star., 1935-02-27
Influenza Decimates Zoo.

MADRID, February Al P-The
Zoo was decimated today by the in
fiuenza epidemic which has been cars-
ing great suffering throughout Spain.
An elephant, lion, polar bear, zebra,
llama, camel and kangaroo died OF
the disease.
Evening star., 1935-02-27
IONOSPHERE TALKS
Philosophical Society to Hear

Philosophical Society to Hear
Three Lectures.
Three scientific lectures will feature
the meeting Of the Philosophical So
ciety of Washington at the Cosmos
Club Saturday at Sis pm.
Z. B. Judson will discuss "Iono.
sphere Observation Of the National
Bureau of Standards; L. v. Berkner,
"Ionosphere Observations of the De-
partment of Terrestrial Magnetism Of
the Carnegie Institution" and E. o.
Hubert, "The Theory Of the 1ono-
sphere"
Evening star., 1935-02-27
Grippe Strikes Hungary.

OIIPPe StrIhes hungary.
BUDAPEST, February ~ P.-An
epidemic Of grippe temporarily Grip
pied many communities throughout
Hungary today. At Sopron, near the
Austrian frontier, all schools were
closed and so per cent of the workers
in some factories we're absent.