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Evening star., 1935-08-02
"A. A. A. CONFEREES
APART ON SUITS
Processing Tax Question
Threatens Agreement
on Changes.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The future of the A. A. A. amend
ments was clouded today by uncer-
tainty over what action would be
taken on permitting suits for recovery
of processing taxes.
Representative Jones, Democrat, of
OF Texas, denied that House con-
ferees ON the legislation had tenta-
lively accepted Senate amendments
permitting suits where proof could be
made that the professor had not passed
them on.
One of the conferees, Jones, said in
q statement that a substitute pro-
vision had been discussed" under
which professors could appeal to the
collector of internal revenue for rebate
if, event the taxes are held uncon-
stitutional, with the appeal subject
to review of the court.
Statement in Conflict.
His statement conf1icted with other
sources OF information that tents-
tive agreement on the tax suit amend
ment had been reached, along with
similar agreements on certain other
provisions in the bill. but all subject
to final action upon the return today
Of Senator Smith. Democrat, of South
Carolina, one of the conferees.
Jones statement follows:
THE reports to the effect that the
conferees on the A. A. A. amend
ment bill have reached a tentative
agreement to accept the Senate-s pro-
visions permitting professors to sue for
recovery of taxes paid in event such
taxes are held invalid are wholly er-
rOneous
1T Is generally agreed by the con-
ferees present that the professors.
wholesalers and retailers should in
the event the taxes are held invalid
be allowed to recover the amount Of
taxes paid on stocks which they have
on hand and unsold at the time.
Recognized as Fair.
Every one recognizes that this Is
fair and suits would be unnecessary.
The only other suggestion that has
been considered has been to permit
the professors to have no right to
sue, but the privilege to file claims
for refunds with the commissioner Of
internal revenue subject to rigid re-
view by the court for taxes the proc
essor can sho whe has paid and not
passed on.
The conference has been informal
and no definite action taken on any
amendments"
Evening star., 1935-08-02
RESORT SHOOTING
CLAIMS TWOLWES
Mr.. and Mrs. Molter Found
Fatally Shot at Severna
Park.
By .he Associated Press.

BY me Associated Press.
SEVERNA PARK, Md, August a.
The Seclusion of this little Summer
colony was pierced today by investi-
cations into the fatal shooting of Mr..
and Mrs. Otto l.. Molter.
The double tragedy In the home Of
the well-known realtor last night
shattered the customary tranquility
of the resort between Baltimore and
Annapolis. A joint inquest will be
held tonight at Annapolis.
Molter Shot In Head.
Molter, 66, for ~ years manager of
the Baltimore office Of the Bradstreet
Mercantile House and later associated
with Dun before the Dun Bra adstreet
merger. died in an Annapolis hospital
last midnight of a bullet wound in
the head.
-Four hours earlier, he had been
found unconscious Ia the living room
OF his home, clasping a revolver. His
wife's body, shot twice in the head,
was in the dining room.
They had been married about a
year and a half. Mrs. Molter, 81, was
the former Mrs. Mary Grant of New
York. Molter also was previously
married. He was the son of the late
Julius Molter. a member of the New
York Stock Exchange.
Neighbor Finds Bodies.
Molter had undergone treatment in
two Baltimore institutions for nervous
disorders.
The bodies were discovered after
Charles X. Lane, a neighbor, heard
flve shots. saw Molter leave the house
and re-enter, when another shot
sounded. Three of the bullets were
found in the woodwork and the CELL
ing.
Mrs. Molter was dressed In a light
Summer frock for a card party to
which she had been invited.
Molter is survived by four sons,
Otto j., Nelson and Charles Molter of
Severna Park. and Hume Molter of
Washington, and two daughters, Mrs.
John Seager, Baltimore school teacher.
and Miss Adelaide Molter, Brooklyn,
N. Y, dancing teacher.
Evening star., 1935-08-02

Their tip is correct. but their in
depreciation may prove to be wrong
Mr.. Kennedy has not gone vet, and
many close friends are working on
MIN to stay. Furthermore. those in
side the commission know that Tn
the private sessions Kennedy has
been more radical than Lands. That
is. Kennedy has wanted to 20 after
more people harder Kennedy's own
personal brain truster on the COM
mission is General Counsel Burns
also an ex-profeSSor from Harvard
He works very closely with Lands
OF course, the financial people
do not know Lands as well as they
know Kennedy, but there is no rea-
son to believe that Lands and Cohen
would work together when and If the
expected happens.
Works on Speeches.
President Roosevelt continues to
take it easy at his office There
have been few important callers on
his engagement list for the last two
weeks. One day recently he left
his office at 4:30 pm, which is a
record early quitting time. The an
swer to that is he is supposed to
be working on his coming Western
speeches at home after hours
Closest business crony of tbe elu.
sive H. c. Hopson "a. G r besd)
is MIR. Mango, pronounced with d
short "a" All at the Lobby Com
mittee hearings pronounce it cor
rectly. except droll Senator Gibson
Of Vermont, who always insists on
a long "a" and the stress he
places on it gives it a significance
which never fails to cause chuckles
around the room.
Evening star., 1935-08-02
TAX INJUNCTION
WON BY PACKERS
Processing Levy Hit in RuI-
ing of Chicago Federal
Judge.
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. August 2.-Ruling the
Federal processing tax is mot tax
at ALL" Federal Judge John P. Barnes
yesterday granted a temporary injunc-
ton to l8 meat-packing companies
who sought to avoid paying about
S7000,0 900 in such taxes on pork.
The meat packers, including Armour
&, Co, Swift & Cos and Wilson &
Co.. among the largest in the Nation,
won a court order restraining the
Internal Revenue Department from
enforcing payment of the overdue
taxes. mostly for May.
In announcing his ruling. Judge
Barnes termed the tax deprivation
of property"
Held Violation Of Constitution.
II do not think this Is a tax as
sessable under either the Interstate
Commerce or taxation powers of Con-
gress," Judge Barnes said in an oral
opinion
i believe it to be a violation OF
the fifth amendment to the COnstitu-
ton as a deprivation Of property"
Judge Barnes ordered that the full
amount of the unpaid taxes be placed
on deposit and. urged attorneys to
speed the case to a higher court if an
appeal is made The Government has
80 days in which to appeal the case.
Explaining his reason for urging a
quick settlement of the case, Judge
Barnes said:
Il do not want to enrich the
professors by granting this injunction
I want the saving passed on to the
consumers"
Tax Is Criticized.
United States District Attorney
Michael L. Igoe did not announce his
plans for an appeal.
AS far as can see," the Judge
commented, the so-called processing
tax is levied for the purpose of taking
money out Of the pocket Of John
Brown and putting it into the pocket
Of John Jones.
Nothing has been shown to indi-
cate that it was a tax in support OF
the Government"
Evening star., 1935-08-02
ROOSEVELT To FISH
DURING WEEK END
Good Luck on Last Trip Spurs
President Into Planning
Repetition.

President Roosevelt had such good
luck fishing last week end that he is
looking forward to q repetition during
the coming week end.
Plans have been made for a fishing
cruise aboard the yacht Sequoia. but
the President has not yet decided Just
where he will CO.
The President is contemplating a
journey on the Rappahannock River,
with a brief stopover at Tappahan-
mock. Va, or else a cruise out of the
mouth of the Potomac across the bay
to Tangier Sound, along the Eastern
Shore Of Maryland. Fishing experts.
whose advice has been sought by the
White House. reported excellent fish
ing at this particular time in the
waters of Tangier Sound.
Mr.. Roosevelt hopes to get away
from Washington about noon tomor-
row and return Sunday night.
Evening star., 1935-08-02

This means the A. A. A. will prob
ably 90 the way of the N. r. A. be-
fore Christmas unless the smart New
Deal lawyers find a way to avoid it.
Spurning Explained.
The real reason why the House
Ways and Means Committee silently
spurned President Roosevelts idea
Of applying new taxes for reduction
of the public debt is that the COM
mittee believed this idea also was
unconstitutional
The committee had just passed
through the long fight on the social
security bill. During that fight men,
bers concluded that you cannot ear
mark taxes under the Constitution.
They used devious methods to get
about this constitutional objection in
the security bill Consequently. when
Mr. Roosevelt's tax earmarking rec
opmendation came up during an ex-
ecutive session, the Democrats on
the committee, by private agree
ment, paid no attention to it.
This is precisely the same legal
point involved in the processing tax
cases
Wire Taper Known.
1t is quite large secret, but the
scoundrel who tapped Congressman
Rankin's telephone wire Is known. At
least, fellow Representative friendly
to Rankin believes he knows the
explanation of that foul deed He
was talking to Mr.. Rankin at the
time. They both noted a click on
the wire, and another click Mr..
Rankin's friend suggested to him,
more or less humorously, that some
one was listening in on them. Appar-
emily Mr. Rankin did not catch the
humor of the idea, and subsequently
made charge publicly to that effect
Later the friend discovered that
his secretary. on a branch line in the
outer office. had been picking up
the telephone throughout the conver-
satlon, wondering when it would end.
because he wanted to use the phone.
Some top financial men in EetD
York are ,corrted about the report
that Chairman Rennedu of the
S. E. c. is reaching for his hat
and coat. They hare tip that
6rain-Truster James Lands uiu
succeed Kennedy and that Brain
Truster Ben Cohen wiH then be
appointed TO the commission.
They fear that this ,riH Cite the
most successful NeU Deal agency
pink eye.
Evening star., 1935-08-02
ii. L. ROOSEVELT, JR., IN STORM.
Falling Trees Narrowly Miss Son Of
Assistant Secretary.

PHILADELPHIA. August 2 OP.-
Twin electric storms, causing much
damage. swept the Philadelphia area
last night and early today.
Lightning struck four places in Phil
adelphia. stunning one man and caus-
ing slight fire.
In Whitemarsh, Philadelphia suburb,
Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, jr., %, son
of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
was nearly struck by falling tree
I remembered the windows Of my
car and ran out to put them up"
Roosevelt said. "As did so a 40-foot
tree fell in front of the car, not far
from me. I hurried for the mouse
again, and as a reached the porch an
other big tree came down. They didn't
hit the car, but they pinned it fast. "
Evening star., 1935-08-02
MAN STRIKES RICH ORE
UNDER BURNED HOME
Fire Loss Good LUX for South
Dakotan Who Can Cash in
at $500 a Ton.

BY the Associated Press.
CUSTER, S. Oak, August 2.-Sid
H. Herber said he was feeling better
yesterday, thank you.
Sids house burned down recently
and he felt pretty blue about it. Dig
ging around in the debris afterward,
he found the house had been built on
a rock which looked as If it might be
gold bearing ore.
The assay office in Denver after ex-
amining some fragments told him it
was telluride ore, assaying $3.50 per
ton"
The vein is II inches wide at the
surface, Herber said, and he expects
to work 1t in connection with other
ore bodies on his property. Herber' S
home is miles from Custer.
Evening star., 1935-08-02
Congress- sAin Brief
- =
TODAY.

Senate.
In recess out Of respect to late Fred
e-ick H. Gillett, former Speaker and
Senator.
House.
Debates tax bill.
RULES Committee resumes lobby in
quiry. -
Senate.
will not be in session.
A District subcommittee meets at
10 n m. on a bill relating to the re-
funding of certain street paving as
sessments.
House.
Continues consideration of tax bill.
patman Chain Stores investigating
Committee meets in veterans COM
mittee room.
Evening star., 1935-08-02
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
A. A. A. Defeat Ex.
pected. Tax Earmarkins
Held dUnconstitutional.
BY PAUL MA1lo..

By PAUL MALLoN
~ RIGHT young IersI,t..
K ssS se Zeal have made a con-
tidental survey of s,,nrsros @
- Court opinion on the fsrm
program, They wanted to Ana o,,, ~,
what to expect when the nrocs.s;no Eu'
tax cases reach the court in 9,s ths Tn
The result was disheartenina Thew M
concluded that 1t is a ressonahis
expectation that the court wi,, ho,s
the farm program unconstitn,,nu"i @ ~
Cby close vote, meaning 8 to ,ar or
5 to A..
independent legal authorities c,oss
to the court ngure that the decis,on
will not even be close. Tbev sxn"o.
a 9-to-O decision against the or,airo eo1 I,
act, and do not believe that The
A. A. A. amendments now being ns.sad @
by Congress have changed that MOS
pcct materially.
These forecasts are not bosed ~
personal polls Of the Justices ANN
one tcho tried that would 90 10
jail for contempt But you need
not attempt it, il you wiu hrst
dnalyse the published opinions of
the justices in previous cases in.
ROLLING the same issues during the
last IS years. These sho,p that
cuen the Ne1u Deals best !eoaI
friends on the court haze sub
Scrtbed to Udeps about interstate
commerce and taxation ,ohich
deny the legal theory on Which
the processing taIes are based.
The A. A. A. amendments have
edged around the objection of dele
eating authority, but they have not
touched the power to tax one class
of citizens for the exclusive benefit
of another, or the Boston Circuit
Court opinion on interstate COM
merce. The reason is they cannot
Evening star., 1935-08-02
FIRE TOLL MAY BE rs
Two Bodies Recovered in Train
Wreck and Blaze.

WACO, Tex, August 2 R.-In-
vestigators feared today that it would
be impossible to determine how many
persons perished in q freight train
wreck and fire at Bruceville Wednes-
day night.
Two bodies were recovered as the
charred wreckage was cleared yes
terday, and it was believed by sur
vivors that several other persons, es-
timated from 2 to IS, were burned
or crushed to death when 80 cars
of Missouri-Kansas-T Texas train
piled up. and caught fre.
Evening star., 1935-08-02
SIX NEWSMEN' FIGHT
CONTEMPT CITATION
Plead Legal Privilege in Publish
ing Testimony in Defiance
of Court Orders.

BY the Associated Press.
ANGLETON, Tex, August 2.-Six
Houston news men today fought with
legal arguments a contempt citation
for publishing forbidden testimony
in the Clyde Thompson murder trial
here.
The six-George Cottingham. edi-
tor of the Chronicle. and Ed Rider,
Chronicle correspondent; Max Jacobs,
managing editor. and Frank White,
correspondent of the Post, and z. NJ
Pooley. managing editor, and Harry
Mccormick, correspondent of the
Press-pleaded legs, privilege in defy
ing orders of Judge M. S. Munson.
The Judge had told reporters at
the opening of the trial they would
be Jailed If their papers published the
testimony.
Two other defendants remained to
be tried and the Judge said publica-
ton of testimony would make selec-
ton of new juries difficult.
Evening star., 1935-08-02
HUSBAND IN SLAYIhG
SPURNS LIE DETECTOR
Justice Westwood Calls Attorney
When Attempt Is Made
to Use Device.

BY the ASSOCIATED treSS.
PITTSBURGH, August 2.-Justice
of Peace James j. Westwood refused
last night to be questioned with "lie
detector" concerning the Staying of
his wife, Martha, on July 10.
Brought to the district attorneys
Office by detectives, the McKees Rocks
justice angrily objected to having the
device strapped to his wrist and chest
and called for an attorney.
M. Barley Cohen, recently resigned
as an assistant district attorney, re-
sponded. He said:
The lie detector is not legal evi-
dence and therefore I refuse to per-
init my client to subject hin1slf to
such a test
Westwood then was moved to the
County Detective Bureau.
Cohen said that If he was not re-
leased by morning he would seek a
habeas corpus writ.
Evening star., 1935-08-02
CLOUDS COOL CITY;
STORMS HIT EAST
Showers Forecast Tonight
Followed by Fair Skies
Tomorrow.

Cloudy weather brought a measure
of relief to Washington today after
q blistering sun sent the mercury to
sc degrees yesterday afternoon. Two
persons were prostrated when the
heat reached its peak about 4 pm.
Meanwhile, the Associated Press re-
ported 10 deaths in the East due to
the heat and freak storms and at
least 10 others in Chicago and other
sections of the Middle West.
The current forecast is for partly
cloudy weather and possibly local
showers tonight followed by fair skies
tomorrow. Local thundershowers are
expected tomorrow afternoon or night
without much change in temperature
Heat Victims Treated.
Neither of those Frustrated yester-
day. was -eriously affected. George
Price, 40. of 18 Ninth street north
east, was treated as Casualty Hospital
after he was overcome at Eighth and
East Capitol streets. John Hill. so
colored, of Rosslyn, Va, was admitted
to Georgetown Hospital. He was over
come in Rosslyn.
A "tWister" which struck fishing
boats in the Great South Bay on the
southern shore of Long Island caused
the loss of two lives and brought the
report of two other persons missing,
the Associated Press reported.
One man lost his life when he was
trapped in the cabin of a 45-foot
fishing boat, Elsie II, overturned as
it was making for shore. Ten others
we're rescued.
: Another fishing boat capsized.
throwing its five occupants into the
water. Four of them were rescued,
but the fifth was picked up dead, sp-
parently of heart attack.
Two Reported Lost at Sea.
The Coast Guard received a report
that two persons were thrown into
the sea when their sailing canoe cap
sized. An all-night search was made
for them without success.
Lightning killed a woman at Pots
dam. NJ Y. and colored farm hand
near New Brunswick. N. J.
A lZ-year-OId DOy was hlIed NneH
a squall hurled him against a brick
wall at Newington. Ont
Torrential rain, which struck parts
of New Jersey and New York, dam
aged crops. felled transmission lines
and unroofed a number of houses.
The recently fiood-deysstated dis
trict of Central New York was one
of the hardest hit areas in yester-
days storms.
Westchester County and sections of
Long Island also were hit hard. but
New York City itself received little
rain.
-Four persons drowned during the
day, three of them in New Jersey.
ii. L. ROOSEVELT, JR., IN STORM.
Evening star., 1935-08-02
APOLOGY CLEARS
BANKING BILL AIR
GoIdSborough Meant No Re-
Election on Senators,
He Declares.
BY the Associated Press.

An apology for an accusation that
influences surrounded Senate COM
mittee" when II rewrote a credit con-
troll provision in the banking bill has
smoothed the way for a Senate House
conference on the bill.
Senate conferees, led by Chairman
Glass. of a banking subcommittee
accepted the apology of Representative
GoldBborough, Democrat, of Mary
land, who said:
Il intended no reflection upon the
loyalty, patriotism or integrity of any
member of the Senate"
After this statement, Glass called
a Senate House conference on the
measure for Monday. The Senate
conferees had refused to sit with
House conferees until Goldsborough
retracted his statement of last Mon
day.
Open Market Committee.
In his original statement. Colds
borough said the House measure pro-
vided that the seven-man Federal
Reserve Board should act as an open
market committee to buy and sell
Government bonds in an effort to
stabilize the price level
Then, he declared, the Senate sub
committee agreed on a l2-man open
market committee, seven members
of which must, as a matter of law,
be bankers-be members of q class
whose interest it is to have the
peoples money as scarce as possible
and to have 1t cost as much as pos
sible."
You can reach your own concM-
SiOn." he said, as TO the influences
which surrounded the Senate COM
mittee in writing a provision of that
kind into this legislation"
Apology Demanded.
When the conferees assembled
Wednesday, the Senate managers told
Representative Steagall, Democrat, of
Alabama, chairman of the House
group, there could be no meeting until
Goldsborough apologized. Goldsbor-
ough and Representative Hollister,
Republican, of Ohio, both on the
Conference Committee, had to wait
In the next room during this exchange.
Goldsborough remarked that the
House conferees faced a difficult task
in preserving "a management which
will not be in the interest of the
banks, the industrialist, and
any one class, but which will
be in the interest Of all the people"
Earlier Goldsborough accused the
great New York bankers" of having
begun a systematic effort to ''coerce"
House members into coercing their
conferees to accept the bill as sp-
proved by the Senate.
Evening star., 1935-08-02
THREE HURT WHEN 500
RIOT IN TANNERY STRIKE
Two Arrested in Winchester.
Mass, Disorder-State Police
Will Be Called.
BY the Associated Press

by Int ASSOClAteO Press.
WINCHESTER, Mass, August a.
Rioting by crowd of 500 outside the
Beggs & Cobb Co. tannery here,
where a strike is in progress, today
sent three men to the Winchester
Hospital. Two men we're arrested
charged with disturbing the peace.
Police Chief William H. Rogers said
he would ask State police aid in
handling the situation.
The rioting began when about 20
substitute workers arrived to begin
their duties. 1t was not ascertained
whether the injured men were strik-
ing employees. Police said the two
arrested were pickets.
Evening star., 1935-08-02
0USTED BY RELIEF MEN.
IL WILL APPEAL TO DERN
Workers on Army River Jobs Re-
moved to Make Way for
Crew on Rolls.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
OMAHA, August 2.-Twelve men,
dismissed from Federal Army river
jobs to make room for men on relief
rolls, today planned to appeal their
jobs to Washington. They have been
working 80 hours a week for SIS.
The relief recipients to replace
them will work 40 hours for $18 a
week. Federal regulations now re-
quire that 80 per cent of the men
employed come from the relief rolls,
Simon A. Simon. attorney, who is
assisting the men in drafting a pro-
test to Secretary Of War Dern, said
the men did not believe the intent
of the new Federal works program
was to penalize men who have been
working hard to keep of relief.
Evening star., 1935-08-02
PROHIBITION HINTED
BY MEXICAN PRESIDENT

Cardenas Tells Women's Organ
izations Ban on Sale Will Be
Imposed mf Necessary"
BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, August 2.-Presi-
dent Lazaro Cardenas, turning from
.Mexico's troubled politics to the pos
sibility of prohibition, called today for
campaign TO free the nation from
the vice of alcohol"
A dispatch to the newspaper El Ma
cional quoted the president as telling
feminist organizations in the State Of
Michoacan that laws prohibiting
manufacture and sale of liquor would
be put into effect eff necessary"
President Cardenas, who Is travel
ing through the country and studying
agrarian problems, has often displayed
a desire to curtail the consumption Of
intoxicants, especially by Mexico's
poorer classes. Taxes were raised re-
Gently to help achieve that end.
Evening star., 1935-08-02
Card Sharps ''Trim''
SOcialite of $4,000
And Land i'm Court
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 1.-Two
men whom police described as
riders for whatever they could
get" on Atlantic ships were
under arrest today on complaint
of william Boyd, Park Avenue
sociahte, who said he lost SIS, 200
to them at cards ON the Europa.
Boyd mentioned the loss to the
purser. He reported it to the
captain, who wirelessed the in
formation to the lines ofices.
Louis Phillip was taken into
custody as the ship docked yes
terday and Henry Dawson was
arrested later at a hotel. They
were charged with attempted
grand larceny and held in $500
bail in Night Court.