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The Washington times., 1935-08-19
LEADERS FIGHT
REVOLT OVER
LEAVE BILL
Postal Workers Hope
For Inclusion In
Two Measures

With the leave bills scheduled
to come before the Senate pos
sibly tomorrow, representatives Of
organized Federal employees sought
today to avoid consequences Of q
"revolt" among a small member
ship of American Federation of
Government Employees that threat.
ems to wreck passage Of the meas.
ures.
The bloc consists Of organized
workers in the local mail equip
ment shop of the Post Office,
numbering about 800, who hold
an AFGE charter and have lob
bied independently of the ma.
tional officers of their organiza-
ton for inclusion of the workers
in the benefits Of the bills.
When the measures were passed
by the House, Civil Service Com.
mittee Chairman Robert Ram.
Speck had the mail equipment e,n.
ployes stricken from provisions of
the bills because they were in.
cluded in the benefits Of the
Mead 40-hour postal document
which is now law.
Opposed by RamSpeck
Mr.. RamSpeck said he felt the
mail equipment workers should
not receive benefits Of both. the
leave measure and the 40-Ilc',r
bill, and it is known that an
agreement existed between the
leave bill sponsor and Mr.. Mead
to this effect Because Of this
agreement, AFGE officials agN l
that mail equipment workers
should be excluded from the leave
bills.
It is expected that the AFGE
will ask that the mail equipment
be stricken out by the Senate
Civil Service Committee, so that
a last-minute conference will not
be forced by House objections.
Also, officials Of the group and Of
the National Federation Of Fed
eral Employees today were solicit
ing various Senators, including
William H. King CD of Utah.
whose sympathy toward the meas
ures was considered doubtful
In regard to exclusion OF the
mail equipment workers, it was
pointed out today that in addi'
ton to their new 4O-hour work
week under the Mead bill, they
would continue to receive Is days
of annual leave Oven If excluded
from the RaEcspeck vacation pro
vision. They would receive no SICK
leave, however.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
H0PS0N GETS
'CALL-D0WN'

Continued from PGGe ~
thought it was unfair" He said
he protested to "all the press as
sociations." He said:
"When we saw q story that
was telling only half the truth,
we would hop 1t, and ask the
agency to 90 and get accurate
information"
Hopson corroborated evidence
that in half q dozen instances he
sent messages to his office in New
York, directing protests be lodged
against unfair stories. He was
asked:
''TeIl us just what stories you
prOtested-and to whom"
"The newspaper editOrs-the
writer's - the prOprietOrS - the
managers-we called them and
said: This is only half the
truth. We wish you'd go and
verify this"
did you talk to any publisher
over the long diStancc?"
II don't recall"
MANY MESSAGES
The witness conceded that many
of the orders which he sent to his
New York office bore the sigma
ture Of his chauffeur, Thomas
Mccarthy. He said he sent a
great many messages, directing
advertising and publicity work:
Hopson continued the policy he
has carried out all through his
testimony, going into lengthy ex-
plantations. At one point he at
tempted to get in the record an
assertion that while he was work
ing to defeat the utility bill, Gov
ernment publicity staffS were
busy working for enactment. He
said:
'"Why, the Government had q
large staff Of publicity
Senator Black cut in:
'Mr. HOpSOn."
HopSon went on:
agents who we're"
'Mr. HOpSOn-"
Blacks fist slammed on the
desk. He half rose from his seat.
HopSon went on:
working to pass this -"
"Mr. HOpsOn, wen have no
more of that. You'll answer
the question, or we will be
forced to take it ur with the
Senate"
'Well. was just trying to
answer"
eyes, but you want to argue.
We won't have it."
"AlI right"
CALLED PAPER
One example Of HopSon's pro-
tests revealed that a press asSocia'
ton carried story bearing on
the utility bill out of washington
which was widely published, but
not printed in Miami. Hopson
called this to the attention Of the
Miami paper.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
MISSING MAN
ARRESTED
IN SOUTH
Burdette Graves, ot
Alexandria, Faces
Larceny Charge

ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 19.-Word
was received here today. Of the
arrest in New Orleans, La, Of
Burdette w. Graves, SO, foreman
of the Fruit Growers Express
Company of this city, who myS-
teriously disappeared from here
more than a month ago with COM
pany checks aggregating $1,000.
Alexandria police were advised
that Graves was arrested in COM
pany with Mrs. Mabel Cooke, also
Of Alexandria. who, police said,
accompanied Graves on his trip
South. No charges were placed
against her. Graves will be
brought to Alexandria on q
charge Of grand larceny.
On the afternoon Of June 10,
according to police, Graves left
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
Other Man in Heart
TanQIe Slain on Lawn

WHEELING. w. Va. Aug. 10
UNS0.-Kelly Shores, IS, of near
McGraw's Run. was in Ohio
county Jail here today, facing a
charge of murder in the triangle"
Staying of Brady Creighton, IS.
Shores own story of the shoot
ing. as told by authorities, was
recital Of the eternal triangle"
situation. Shores was said to
have killed Creighton when the
latter refused to quit seeing Mrs.
Shores" Creighton died on the
lawn Of the Shores home, with
shotgun wounds Of the abdomen.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
Today In
Congress
SENATE

Meets at noon to consider the
Frazier bankruptcy bill.
9 A.M.-House-Senate confer
ence on the tax bill.
1890 A.M.-Lobby investigat-
ing committee continues probe.
1890 A.M.-Judiciary Commit
tee; executive session on routine
business.
2 A.M.-House-Senate confer
ence on the iva bill.
HOUSE
Meets at noon to vote on the
Guffey coal bill.
10 A.M.-Veterans Affairs Com
mittee: open hearing on veterans
insurance bills.
10 Anyways and Means Com
mittee; open hearing on the rail
way pensions bill.
10 A.M.-Judiciary Committee; !;
open hearing on the Government
contracts bill.
1890 A.M-Rules Committee:
executive session on several rules
for consideration of legislation.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
General StrikeDue
To Follow Explosion

DANVILLE, Ill, Aug. 10
GN.S).-A general strike was ex.
pected here today or tomorrow
to follow the dynamiting which
plunged the city into darkness
for Is minutes last night.
Employees of the Illinois Light
and Power Company, who went
on strike April 4, were to have
been put back to work after a
reported settlement of the trouble
in July. Their representatives
assert that the corporation has
made no move to abide by the
agreement reached at that time.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
RAW DEAL HIT
BY LEAGUE
International News Service

AhtcEAdtIOHaA Ne"B SeEN1cS
Laws enacted and proposed by
the Raw Deal, if effective in their
complete form, would create ma
chinery susceptible Of use by a
despotism," the American Liberty
League stated today in survey
of court decisions affecting Ad-
ministration laws and policies.
The league charged that most
all of the legal attacks were made
to preserve such important fea-
lures of the Federal Government
as the separation of powers among
the legislative, executive and ju-
dicial branches, the dual sov.
ereignty of the Federal Govern
ment and the States, and the pro-
lection guaranteed to private
property.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
VoIks-Fest Planned
To,Aid Church Fund

A volksfest will be given to-
night, tomorrow and Wednesday
nights under the auspices of the
Ladies' Sodality and Holy. Name
Society. of st. Mary'S Church. at
the church grounds. Fifth and G
Streets Northwest.
The Rev. william H. Hoffman.
assistant pastor, is chairman Of
arrangements, assisted by Joseph
Zegowitz and Mrs. Emma Maley.
The affair Is for the benefit Of
st. Iary'S Church.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
10000 See Rescue
From BLAZING Launch

SKEGNESS, England, Aug. 10
U.N.S0.-Thirty thousand horr1-
fled persons on a holiday at the
beach here witnessed q sea drama
today when fire broke out on the
motor launch Elizabeth Allen,
carrying 100 passengers.
All the passengers were reScud
after the launch had hoisted q
distress signal. The launch Grace
Darling and three lifeboatS sped
to the flaming boats aid. f-
The Washington times., 1935-08-19

the offices Of the company with
employees checks which he was
to have caShed and returned. He
mysteriously disappeared, how
ever, and was not heard Of until
his arrest in Louisiana yesterday.
According to Alexandria police,
Graves left in an airplane for
Newark, N. j.. with Mrs. Cooke.
From there they took a plane
to Louisiana, police said. Graves
is married.
Detective Edgar Simms, Of the
Alexandria police department, will
leave here tomorrow to return
Graves.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
Rumors
Upset Bombay Mart

BOMBAY, Aug. 10 UN.SO.
Wild rumors regarding "revolu-
tionary" activities along the
Russo-Afghan border by Aman-
ulla Khan, deposed king of Al
ghaniStan, caused a panic today
on Bombay markets.
. Securities slumped 2 per cent
today, making 0 fall Of 4 per cent
since Friday.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
Treasury Condition
Intevnational Newa SorvIca

H"HOEHHNHUH11sA INO7V7 SUGFIOo
Treasury balance as Of August
16, $l,524,543. .746.28; internal
revenue, $7,617.65S.72: customs
receipts, $19,786, 6,362.20.
The Washington times., 1935-08-19
CONGRESS END
PLANNED BY
SATURDAY
White House Farley
Prepares List Of
Must Legislation
(continued from Pase y

(Continusd from PGge -
on the measure while Q majority
Of the Republicans opposed 1t.
The bill sets up "a little NRA"
for the bituminous coal industry.
The measure which President
Roosevelt fought for, is slated to
be taken up promptly in the Sen
ate, where 1t faces serious opposi-
ton,
Evening star., 1935-06-16

even an oleander bush in full flame. but never
to gentian blue"
Third lesson in botany?" asked Hebe,
trailing her voice disdainfully over what
seemed to be wanton irrelevance. designed to
show how Indifferent he was to her censure.
MY goodness. what do you want me to
say? If were going to plan secret theft on
those lines, is it likely that would have told
you the farmer story?"
"Yes. Yes, it's the sort of twist that you'd
think funny. You're always thinking things
funny that everybody else knows are just
wrong and indecent"
"Now that's bit unfair | do think it
funny that. after having told that anecdote
my own cigarette case should disappear like
this. but wouldn't think it in the least funny
to have stolen the thing myself
MOP"
mo. You see, it isn't church roof that's
in question this time. It's peasant woman
with three young children and dead hus-
band"
"All mean men are sentimentalists.
II don't like being called mean man."
said Sebastian, still speaking gently and look
ing away from her towards the heartless peak
of Mont Luison; but / like it much more
than that you should suppose could think
it joke to have stolen my own cigarette case
from the rattle.
Its typical. One day you'll joke once too
often, and the joke will turn against you
Perhaps. Goodbye"
"Goodbye?" She was puzzled.
He strolled towards the outside staircase
of the veranda. Farewell, if you prefer it,
Sentimentalists always say farewell
Sebastian, where are you going?"
For short stroll. my darling. Where did
you suppose? Into the roaring torrent? I'm
simply going to look for something"
For the cigarette case?"
For feeting few seconds she wondered
whether she had been wrong. Then she re-
membered that she was never wrong, which
was an extraordinary comfort.
mo, for some more sand to bury my head
in. One grows used to sand. And when it wears
Evening star., 1935-06-16

he talked; for that was Sebastian'S way!
But obStinately Hebe continued to take
him seriously, to take him literally, to fight
for high principles, morality, ethics and up
right behavior Had she the subtlety, the
ironic humor to appreciate Sebastian S nature,
she would have known she was wasting her
breath; for there was farmer -in-space as we'll
as cow-in-space. Sebastian had spontane-
ously invented gay, absurd story out of the
rattle and the sight of the procession of COWS
passing in dark silhouette along the mountain
path at milking time. But Hebe went on.
trampling on fantasy solidifying imagination
Its getting cold out here" said Sebastian
gently. Let S 60 inside"
Go where there were bright unshaded lights.
where he could see Hebe, see how beautiful
she was.
The next afternoon, just before the rattle
was to take place, it was discovered that the
valuable object which Sebastian had con-
tributed, the platinum cigarette case with the
tiny symbolic eagle on it in diamonds had
disappeared.
Again he and Hebe faced each other on the
veranda this time in the blaze of summer
afternoon. And she said: $50 that's what
you're like? No wonder you admired your
farmer"
'If had the remotest idea what you were
talking about -"
You had to contribute the most snowy
present of them all; you had to be so splendid
and impulsive and lavish. but you couldn't
bear to lose your cigarette case. You stole
back your own present. Isn't that thousand
times meaner than if you had never given ?"
The poet leant against the veranda rail and
looked thoughtfully across at Mont Luison,
pine-covered except on its highest peak, where
the bare brown rock showed patches of dirty
snow. He was terribly unhappy and growing
mhappier every moment, so he laughed and
said in light tone. not looking at Hebe:
II shall never get used to the blue in a
gentian, even if they grew in my own back
garden in Bloomsbury. One could eventually
get used to tiger-lilies and parrot-howers and
Evening star., 1935-06-16
Magazine Section

scene and said the cow had died. The parson
began to cry, thinking that he wasn't going
to get his roof, but the farmer said: Cheer up,
we will be honest. and still keep the wet off
the altar So to the man who had drawn the
winning ticket, he returned the five shillings
he had paid for it, saying; The COW has died,
but at least now you're no worse off than you
were before. And to the hundred others he
said You didn't draw the winning number,
so you lose money in any case, whether the
cow is alive or dead So you see the money
went to the parson, the roof was on the church,
everyone had had his gamble, nobody had
been cheated, and nobody had lost"
Hebe argued: well, but the farmer who
was giving his COW, it died. but he'd have
lost it anyhow"
'Oh, no. The COW didn't die, you see He
had sold it secretly the day before the rattle
A very profitable sale Naturally he thought
it was pity to keep it, only to have to
give it away"
"How dishonest cried Hebe, quivering
with indignation.
She could not bear grossly material point
of view, and had been one of the first to up
braid Monsieur Hippolyte Aubertin for his
callous meanness in finishing his dinner.
Dishonest? Why?"
'SebdStianr'
HE had kept his word to the parson: he
had conjured money out of space, and the
church had its roof. 1t wasn't up to him
to atone by his own loss for what the wilful,
wanton lightning had done. think he was
quick -witted fellow"
"You can't! You can't possibly admire
him! A lying trickster -"
HE knew human nature" He grew cooler
as she expostulated in hot anger. The
people in that neighborhood could only be
reconciled to giving five shillings each as
long as they could also be deluded that
there-in-space was cow which might become
their cow-in-fact -"
Sebastian went on, extravagantly embroid-
ering his fancy; talking through his twenty
hats, his decorated and specious hats; plau-
sibly persuading himself and the universe as
Evening star., 1935-06-16
June 10, 1885 "A

thin - Man is first cousin TO the Ostrich"
II don't understand you"
He looked round, and laughed again. mo.
that S just it."
He ran down the steps and down the sheer
little street towards the river Hebe could not
help thinking that he looked rather handsome
in his old fannels. his faded blue cardigan, his
strong bare throat, bitter features and un-
covered black hair
From the valley, the mountains rode up in
new perspective, the giants brown and bare
above the pine-covered slopes to the east.
Sebastian looked up at Sovrel. decapitated
now because he stood Immediately at her feet.
The road to the little village of St. Maure rose
winding among the rocks, He could see the
church tower of St. Maure silhouetted far up.
as though it crowned a wall. He took the
steep road and rejoced in it.
Presently he heard voice calling after him,
and running footsteps. At first he did not stop,
but it was a child's voice, gasping now from
the chase
What is it, Sonny"
Sonny Brown waited to recover his breath.
Then:
You're to come back" he said.
"Why?"
Your cigarette case - it's been found"
"Where2"
1T isn't where. It's who stole it? 1t was
that Camille Rouvier"
OH
Sonny began to find these laconic mono
syllables discouraging. He tried to work up
dramatic atmosphere:
Hes been crying, crying ever so. Nobody
made him tell. He told by himself He said the
old chap didn't give him enough money He
said he was tempted" added the small boy
Importantly
Il see Thanks
Sebastian turned to go on, but the boy
cried out: Aren't you coming back? Hebe
Cranfield says it II make all the difference"
And again. Sebastian demanded: Why"
And strobe on up the mountain path.
1t did not matter. He was delivered now
oil
Evening star., 1935-06-16

t matter. He was delivered now,
delivered after two years with
his head in the sand. What did he
care who had taken his cigarette
case? Though it was strange that
Rouvier. the only member of the
family at the Aubertin table who
had been too sensitive to go on
with his dinner after the tragedy,
was also the only one who could
steal, so to speak, from the funds
of charity; whereas the old man
who had roared at him to fill his
belly with the good spaghetti
which had been paid for, and not
talk sentiment, the brutal old
Aubertin had bought more tick
cts for the rattle than any other
guest in the hotel; and he was not
rich, either. Strange how things
got mixed and jostled. =.
Then was there any reason
why ostriches shouldn't fly to
the peak of Mont Luison? No,
nor why eagles should not be
found hiding their heads in the
dry sands of the desert?
Suddenly it seemed to Sebas-
tian, rushing up the mountain
path, as though all poetry were
liberated from the evil and neces-
sary construction of sense. Visions,1
beautiful, preposterous, showed
him the streets of London, the
home of horses, sparrows and
terriers, transfigured with pranc-
ing dolphins drawing vans,
phoenixes perched on the edge Of
drinking fountains, unicorns fol-
lowing at their masters heels.
and answering to the call Of
"Fido" or Jock" For the fabu-'
list kingdom and the real king
dom were interchangeable, as
well as the brutalities and char
titles of Monsieur Aubertin and
his meagre little -in-law. And
he, Sebastian, now no longer an
ostrich, but freed by agency of a.
tiny diamond eagle above a plain
of thin platinum, he had the.
name of a saint, and Hebe the
name of a pagan. Yet she was a ,
saint, a silly, silly saint, and he
the pagan. E.
Names; what we're names? In
(Cn11 fi.asEoI o,1 %,ooo IS\
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10
CARRIERS LOSS
RISES 100 P. C.
July Figure of S15,999,836
Compares With S6,734,635
Year Ago.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. - July
net operating income of 149 steam
railways was $26,351 ,537, a decided
drop from the $34,441,263 income
for July last year, the Interstate
Commerce Commission announced
today.
The same ratio of decrease was
maintained IN comparative figures
for the first seven months of each
year.
Deduction of fixed charges leaves
the railroads showing a July deficit
more than twice that of last year.
The figures are: July, 1885, SIS
999,836; July, 1884, $6,734,635. The
deficit for the first seven months
of 1885 was $78,O25 ,O38, compared
with 500 1897 $50 for the same period
in 1884.
Dividend appropriations for July
were less than one half those of
last year on common stock, $780,
OOO WILL SZ,OSO,1 RE-
ferred stock dividends improved
from a total of $5O9,835 last year to
1929, 100 this year. For the seven
month period, both common and
preferred dividends declined.
The funded debt maturing within
six months increased two-fold from
$73,021, GIT in July, 1884, to $751;
263,364 in July, this year. The car
riers' investment decreased slightly
from S76O,364,954 to $738, 718,064.
Revenues from both passenger
and freight traffic dropped during
the year The total returns from
freight in July, 1884, were 1921 ,OOO,-
069 and in July, 1885, $220,317,764.
Passenger traffic yielded S32 1913, 428
in July last year and dropped to
S31 ,487 1852 in the current July, de-
spite heroic efforts to maintain
these revenues by reduced general
rates and special excursion fares.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10
HOG PRICES DIP
5 TO 10 CENTS
AT CITY YARDS
Cattle, VeaIs Unchanged;
Lambs Again Move
Higher.

Porker prices were to 10 cents
lower at the indianapolis Union
Stockyards today as a result of
weak demand and increased re-
ceipts.
Receipts were estimated at 1000,
against 5000 yesterday. Buying was
insufficient and approximately 1872
hogs were held over.
The general bulk of 100 to 275
pounds brought s11.2O to S113o,
while heavy butchers. scaling 275
pounds and upward, sold at $10.65
to S1115 In the lightweight di-
vision, hogs weighing 1870 to 100
pounds cashed IL at S1040 to $1,000.
Light slaughter pigs, ranging from
100 to 1870 pounds, held at 1856 TO
S10.15. Packing sows were offered
at 1915 to $1,000.
Slaughter steers were scarce in
the cattle market and trading was
light and prices stationary Three
loads of steers were valued to sell
at S11.35. Other classes, consisting
largely of low grade she stock,
showed slight improvement in prices.
The bulk of good grade heifers
was salable under $3.50. Other
kinds selling from $3.50 to $50 were
extremely active. Beef COWS
brought $3.50 to Sc, while bulls sold
at S. down. Receipts were 300.
VealerS, after advancing sharply in
the previous session, settled down to
steady trading range. The bulk
of good and choice grades sold at
$11.50 to $12. Receipts numbered
700.
With the fall demand broadening,
lamb values again showed improve
ment, marking the third consecu-
tive session in which prices ad-
vanced. The market today was
steady to generally IS cents higher.
Bulk of better grade eve and wether
classes sold at 1925 to $1O.25 Bucks
again were discounted from so cents
to ST. Slaughter sheep brought So
to 81. Receipts were 300.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-10
STERILIZATION NEAR
FOR RUSSIAN RUBLE
Finance Minister Believes Early
Action Will Be Taken.


MOSCOW, Oct. 10.-G. F. Grinko,
Finance Commissar of Russia, to-
day predicted that sterilization is
near for the Soviet ruble, which cir
culated widely during the years of
expensive building of state indus
try following adoption of the five
year plan in 1928.
Although he did not specify the
time or rate Of sterilization. he pre-
dicted that early action will be taken
on the currency. Material founda-
lions for such sterilization have
been provided, Mr.. Grirko said in
an article in the official organ,
Pravada.
The State Bank of Russia recently
published a statement showing that
its holdings of gold. other metals
and foreign currency bills amounted
TO more than 1000 100000 gold
rubles approximately 1915 900 O00)
Of which 960000,000 approximately
1859 ,000000) were gold.