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Evening star., 1935-02-05
DAIRY IMPORT CUT
OPPOSITION VOICED
Cooperative Milk Producers
Argue Against Reduction on
Netherlands Products.

An argument against reduction Of
import duties on dairy products from
the Netherlands and its colonies and
against lowering of tariffs on fats and
oils competing directly or indirectly
with dairy products was presented to-
day by the National Cooperative
Milk Producers Federation before the
Committee on Reciprocity Informal
ton of the United States Tariff Com
mission.
Charles W. Holman, Washington
representative of the Federation,
argued the case of the dairy farmer
and said his position was concurred
in by the National Grange and the
National Cooperative Council.
He stated any reduction in tariffs
would Immediately react unfavor-
ably on the farm prices of dairy
products, which. he said, brought the
farmer the largest and steadiest
income of any agricultural product.
Evening star., 1935-02-05
Kloppenburg on Stand Raises
General Estimation of Bruno
Picture of Hauptmann as Sociable and
Unpretentious Is GiUen to Jury-Story
of Package Left by Fisch Backed.

set eel traps with a friend could not
murder a baby, and then snatch that
same friend from his grave and sum-
mon his shivering corpse In court for
an alibi.
Personality May Shift.
II Hauptmann, who laughed and
played on Hunters Island, is indeed
guilty Of the crimes Of murder and
Of besmirching the name of his dead
friend. the only explanation Of this
psychological phenomenon is that he
was able. as I have felt during these
weeks Of watching him, to shift in
simultaneously from one personality to
another. Hauptmann might plot with
superhuman ingenuity and patience,
but Hauptmann. undetected, would
never brood. With his supreme ego
Debated. he may weep in his cell as
he trembles for his life, but I doubt
If ever be trembled for another's, or
for his own immortal soul.
1t is well for Hauptmann that there
was one friend Of those happier days
who took the stand in apparent hon.
esty to clear his name. Save for his
wife, the Fredericksons, who knew
him but by sight and who could not
swear to his presence in the bakery
on the night Of March !, and Paul
Vetterle, who was an Old friend of his
wife's but who scarcely knew him,
the witnesses for his defense have
been total strangers to Hauptmann.
and have seemed like hallucinations to
most of us.
If I were Hauptmann, know that
whatever hope or confidence or even
simple gratitude were left in me
would Lave risen from the ashes Of
my despair at the sight and the
sound and the real meaning of Klop-
penburg on the stand. may be
sentimental, and his testimony may
not have been Of great value, but he
looked to me like a friend and so far
the first real friend who has come TO
Hauptmann's aid, for all his circle
of musical and athletic weekend
companions.
Package Story Substantiated.
Justice Trenchard, observant OF
persons in spite of his apparent abb
sorption in the technicalities and the
vaSter issues OF this case. appraised
Kloppenburg, and gave him his re-
spectful attention. And Hauptmann
dropping his stony mask, relaxed and
almost glowed as his friend, positively
and without vehemence, substanti-
ated the story Of the package left with
Hauptmann by Isador Fsch before
he sailed home to die
The testimony of the florid, strident
Mrs. Bonesteel, who swore she saw
Violet Sharpe waiting nervously in
her restaurant with a blanket, and
! jumping about like hen on hot
griddle";; the rather dubious testi-
mony of Vetterle and Sommer and
his friends, were as nothing beside
the significance of Hans Kloppenburg
as a man alone. I believe him to be
honest, and my belief is confirmed
to ME by the fact that Mr.. Wilentz
that human ferret who has dragged
the dank pasts Of so many defense
witnesses into the court light, cast
not one aspersion upon his character
He was the first and he may be the
last, but Hauptmann. the lone wolf
has at least one loyal friend. Would
| Fisch. one-tirne best friend and nov
dead and accused by him have beer
| the same?
Evening star., 1935-02-05
TOURNAMENT OF PLAYS
WILL OPEN TONIGHT
Three 0ne-Act Dramas to Be
Presented by Community
Center.

The first three of the scheduled
16 one-act plays in the Community
Center Departments play tournament
will be staged at the Roosevelt Audi
torium tonight at 8 o'clock. The
winning play will be selected Febru-
ary 16, when five dramatic critics
will select the best Of the remaining
four.
"Crime Conscious" a play pro-
duced by the Mcfarland Young
Mems Club, will be the first on the
program tonight and will be followed
by "Modesty." enacted by the South
east Community Players, and What
They Think" by the troupers Of East
Washington Community Players. Har-
old Snyder of the Community Center
Department will stage direct all plays.
Judges for the preliminaries are
w. D. Boutwell,, Office Of Education;
william Lee Corbin, Smithsonian In
stitution; McFall Kerbey, National
Geographic Magazine: Miss Elsie
Herman, Trinity College, and Mrs.
Maud Howell Smith Of the Arts Club.
Evening star., 1935-02-05
BY ANNE GORDON SUYDAM
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PENNINGTON, N. j., February S.
For the first time since the defense
opened its case Bruno Richard Haupt-
mann yesterday had friend at court
and a friend so presentable that his
very appearance did much to raise
the general estimation Of Haupt-
mann.
Hans Kloppenburg is tall, clean
cut. thoroughly American in feature
and type, and prepossessing in man
ner. His answers were direct, oc-
casionally he smiled a naturally dis
arming smile, and all in all. he SEEM
ed a wholesome sort of person. After
the string of unsavory alibi wit
nesses who have passed before us like
bad dreams, he was a distinct relief.
Once again the picture Of Haupt-
mann as a sociable, unpretentious.
and rather agreeable young man
presents itself as we hear his friend
tell Of their monthly musical evenings
when they would gather together in
the Hauptmann home with guitar and
mandolin, and transport themselves
with pleasant nostalgia back to the
old country. You can see them
earnestly tuning their instruments
and with that peculiar German COM
bination Of thoroughness and senti-
mentality setting out to have good
time. You can see Anna, who never
could lay her hand to a mandolin or
any of the lighter chords Of life. pass
ing pretzels or darning socks, as she
placidly awaited the day Of delivery
Of her baby, and listened to the music
OF her lord. Which, according to
many men. is the perfect and only
natural state of womanhood.
Tells Of Hunters Island.
Kloppenburg takes us 10 Hunters
Island, and there again We enter into
the friendly communal life Of group
of young expatriates who gather on
Sundays to sing and to bathe and to
cook their supper on the beach, to
share their sentimental memories OF
the old land with their ambitious
hopes and plans for the new. The
sinister figure of Hauptmann stealthily
scaling a ladder on a bleak March
night to snatch baby from its bed.
the shadowy consumptive spectre OF
Jsador Fisch surreptitiously passing
blood money to his best friend Haupt-
mann, or peddling furs up and down
the streets as he struggled against his
hacking cough for life, seem too fan
tastic to have been among those care
free folk whose high mark OF the
week was the Sunday gathering at
Hunters Island. They seem to typify
any simple, natural group Of small
families the world over as they make
their sandwiches. pack their cardboard
lunch-boxes. bundle up their babies
and their bathing suits. and set out
for a day In the country.
When Reilly insists. but what did
you do on Hunters Island?" And the
tall manly Kloppenburg answers with
slight deprecatory smile, well some
times we sing songs, and sometimes
we set eel traps together" you forget
for q moment that you are in one OF
the grimmest court rooms in the world
and are of on a picnic yourself,
teaching the youngest and prettiest
girl how to swim. or showing of your
fine tenor voice around the camp fire
Surely a person who sings and could
Evening star., 1935-02-05
EMPLOYE Federation
DRIVES FOR MEMBERS
Plans to "Save Merit System" to
Follow Victory on Pay
Restoration.

The opening of a membership drive
was announced today by the National
Federation Of Federal Employees as a
move to strengthen the forces Of the
organized workers for their repre-
sentations to Congress for working
reforms.
with the accomplishment Of pay
restoration it Is essential that organ
lied Federal employees push forward
to gain other vital personnel OBJ
jectives," said Luther c. Steward,
president of the federation.
"It is especially important to all
employees and to all taxpayers that
the present session of Congress act
to save the merit system. To achieve
this and other sorely needed reforms
in Federal personnel administration
it is necessary to present the most
united possible front to Congress"
Evening star., 1935-02-05
F.T. C. ACTS AGAINST
SEAFOOD DEALERS
Washington Group Ordered to
Desist From Agreements
to Fix Prices.

The Federal Trade Commission an
nounced today that it had ordered the
Washington Seefood Dealers Asso-
citation Ito cease and desist from en-.
tering into and carrying out agree
ments or combinations to fix and
maintain prices in seafoodS and from
establishing from time to time the
minimum prices to be charged for sea-
food to designated purchasers or
groups of purchasers"
In addition to the association, there
are 26 respondents.
The Commission instituted action
against the organization last June. al
leging in its complaint that customers
were deprived of the benefits of COM
petition.
Hearings were held, and today's
order is the result. 1t will not be con-
tested by the association, it was said.
Evening star., 1935-02-05
RATIFICATION URGED

Ratification by the States of the
child labor amendment was urged by
Senator Arthur Capper Of Kansas in
radio address last night over the
National Broadcasting network.
Fourteen more States must ratify
the amendment before it becomes
part of the Constitution. giving Con-
gress the power to regulate child
labor. 1t already has been ratified
by % States.
Evening star., 1935-02-05
ORATORIO SCHEDULED

The "Oratorio of the Blessed Father
Chener' will be presented by students
Of the Marist College, Catholic Uni
versity, tomorrow at pm, in st.
James Catholic Church Auditorium,
Thirty-seventh street and Rhode
Island avenue northeast.
A program Of special music, directed
by N. Mullen, also will be presented.
The program Is open to the public.
Evening star., 1935-02-05
QUITS GETTING GOATS
q. S. Terminates Purchases Aftel
Slaughter of 354,698.

The Government has finished this
business Of getting goats. 1t has
354, 4,698 and it doesn't want any more.
The goats were purchased by A. A
A. agents In the Western drought
area to keep them from starving to
death. Twelve thousand were
slaughtered, canned and distributed
by the Relief Administration to desti-
tute families.
Announcing the end of such activi-
ties today, Col. Philip G. Murphy
said the animals cost $496,577, or $l.40
per goat.
Evening star., 1935-02-05
Author to Address Lodge.

Strickland Gillian, author, poet and
commentator, will be the guest Of
honor at the annual frolic Of National
Lodge, No. IL, F. A. A. M, at the
Masonic Temple tonight.
Scenes from Shapespeare's king
Henvy v" will also be shown, through
the courtesy Of the Shakespeare So
city of Washington. Players will in
clude Pauline de Brodes, Adrienne
Courtenay, Esther Marshman, Kent
Dyer, John Chadwick, Theodore
Freter, II. K. Bradford and Merwin
Brown. A buffet supper viii follow
the entertainment.
Evening star., 1935-02-05
New Job Survey Ordered.

The Senate yesterday adopted o
resolution by Senator Walsh calling
on Secretary Perkins to estimate the
number Of jobless college and gram
mar school graduates between 18 and
80 and inform the Senate as to the
feasibility Of creating new Govern
ment division to help ind employment
for them.
Evening star., 1935-02-05
Miss Lenroot to Speak.

Miss Katherine F. Lenroot, chief of
the United States Children's Bureau.
will discuss provisions Of the Wagner
bill for social security which relate
to child welfare at q meeting of the
Council Of Social Agencies at the
Y, w. G. A. Monday at 1880 pm.
Evening star., 1935-02-05
O'CONNOR JOB-WISE
$24, 600 Position, Offered to Him,
May Be Abolished.

Even "Jefty" O'Connor's enemies
were saying that he was pretty wise,
after all.
As Controller Of the Currency. he
commands q salary Of $4,000. A
short time ago he refused the post Of
agent at the Federal Reserve Bank at
San Francisco, position that pays
$4,000.
Today the banking act Of 1885 was
sent to Congress. It contained q pro-
vision that would abolish all jobs Of
Federal Reserve agent.
Evening star., 1935-02-05
Yonkers Woman Called.

n WOlldll lCStoQl dllG 1lO~
prietor came to the stand to tell the
story the defense said she would tell,
. story that Violet Sharpe was in her
restaurant the night Of the kidnapping,
highly agitated.
The witness, Mrs. Anna Bonesteel,
said Miss Sharpe waited in the res
taurant for an hour and then left,
joining two men in an automobile.
On cross-examination by Attorney
General David T. WilentZ, however,
Mrs. Bonesteel was unable to identify
with certainty a photograph Wilentz
said was the last taken OF Miss
Sharpe, whom investigators long ago
cleared.
Hans Kloppenburg, German car
penter, who supported Hauptmann's
alibi that he was at home when DR..
John F. Condor handed over the ram
som to a man in st. Raymond'S ceme-
terry, the Bronx, testified he remem-
bered the night of April because he
always visited his friend on the first
Saturday of the month to play the
guitar and mandolin with him and to
sing German songs.
Not Certain Man Was Bruno.
Ben Lupica, summoned as a wit
ness by the State, but not called, tes-
titled he saw a man with a ladder in
an automobile on the afternoon of
March /. 1892, but admitted that
though he had a good opportunity to
see the mans face he could not say
the man was Hauptmann.
Another witness, Paul Watterle,
swore he was at Hauptmann's home
on the night Of the carpenters birth
day In 1888, when, according to the
testimony Of Mrs. Cecile Barr, theater
ticket seller, he was passing a ransom
certificate or miles distant.
The defense strategy of summon
Ing Col. Schwarzkopf, one of Col.
Lindbergh's closest friends, also threw
the case back to early stages of the
Investigation when underworld con-
facts were arranged in an attempt
to gain the safe return of the child.
The names Of Morris Rosner, now
chief Of police Of Long Beach, Long
Island, who acted as a go-between
for Col. Lindbergh, and of Irving Bitz
Salvatore Spitale and Harry Fleisher
were brought back into the case.
Defense Counsel c. Lloyd Fisher
asked Schwarzkopf whether Rosner
had not seen the ransom notes.
Not to my knowledge" the police
head answered.
Wasn't he a go-between in the
case to contact the kidnaper?"
mot for the police"
Didn't he introduce you to Spitale
and Bitz?"
Wilentz objected to the mention oi
the Intermediates and Fisher shouted
"I71is is the crux of the whole case
your honor"
II submit, your honor, it Is the
erux of nothing" Wilentz answered
Justice Trenchard commented. Gen
tlemen, let us proceed in orderly fash
ion," and then disallowed Fishers
question.
Shortly after the kidnapping, Rosnel
had announced he had personal
knowledge the baby still was alive
Schwarzkopf testified a duplicate
Of the hdnap ladder had been built
for experimental purposes and said
1t had broken under the weight Of
man of 180 pounds. The Lindbergh
baby, he said, weighed about 80
pounds, so that a man who weighed
"up to ITO or possibly ITS pounds
Evening star., 1935-02-05
Nicotine Poisons Mattresses.

A Stockholm physician reports
finding cases Of nicotine poisoning
among Mattresses who do not them
selves use tobacco in any form. The
restaurant patrons do the smoking.
Evening star., 1935-02-05
REILLY PROMISES
"PROOF" ON FISCH
AS RANSOM TAKER

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1935-02-05
ALL CLUES HELD
INDICATING BRUNO
Schwarzkopf Summoned by
Defense in Attack on
FingerprintS.
sy the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PENNINGTON, N. J., February S.
Every available clue in the Lindbergh
baby kidnapping mystery led to nobody
else but Hauptmann," Col. H. Norman
Schwarzkopf, head of the New Jersey
State police, testified at the twenty
fourth day of Bruno Richard Haupt-
mann's trial for the crime yesterday
It was Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's
SD birthday anniversary, and ne
was In court again, hanging closely on
the testimony of the man who CO.
ordinated the forces attempting to
solve the crime.
He heard a parade of defense wit
nesses attempt to strengthen allbls
for the prisoner; attempt to incrimi-
nate the Morrow maid Violet Sharpe:
attempt to prove that man in an
automobile containing ladder near
the Lindbergh estate the afternoon
before the kidnapping was not Haupt-
mann.
Defense Calls SchwarzkOpf.
Col. Schwarzkopf was called by the
defense, which Immediately began to
dig at testimony on fingerprints found
at the Lindbergh nursery and on the
kidnap ladder.
SchwarZkopf was asked If doWel
pin resembling one in the kidnap lad
der had not been found in a corner
OF Col. Lindbergh'S library after the
kidnapping.
His reports, the police superintend-
ent testified, did not contain that.
On numerous other questions Col.
Schwarzkopf said he must refer to
official reports before answering. The
police head said experiments with a
ladder modelled on the kidnap ladder
proved it had broken under weight
Of 180 pounds.
Wilentz Shapes Case.
Attorney General David T. Wilentz
by cross-examination, shaped tn,
testimony of Col Schwarzkopf towart
sealing the case against Hauptmann
@. Every clue you found, ever,
lead you got, you tracked down tt
the very best of your ability? A. w,
did.
@. And every one was eliminated
after investigation until the arrest o.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann? A. Yes
@. And every known criminal wa!
checked and investigated as far a!
possible until eliminated? A. Yes.
@. OF course there was no crimina
record in this country on file fol
Bruno Richard Hauptmann? A. No
SquabbIe on Crime Record.
A legal squabble ensued ovel
wilentz's question on Hauptmann':
criminal record before the question
ing proceeded.
car, than that in Hauptmann's garage
where you found $4,000 of Lindbergf
ransom money? A. No sir.
@. What did the weight consist O
when you tested the ladder for break
age? A. Just a man weighing l8t
pounds.
@. Where did the duplicate laddel
break under that weight-the same
place as the kidnap ladder? A. Ye!
sir.
@. In your investigation did yol
determine the weight of Fisch?
The defense objected and Wilenti
withdrew his question
@. Was there any other man who
was arrested, who owned a Dodge
who had S14.600 of ransom money
hidden in his garage, and who hat
Dr. Condon's address and telephone
number written on closet panel il
his home? A. No sir
O. Nobody else but Hauptmann? A
No, sir, no one else.
@. During all the years of the in
vestigation did the experts identify th'
handwriting of the ransom notes as
any other man but Hauptmann? A
Evening star., 1935-02-05

who jumped over the cemetery fence;
that he received the money from DR..
Condon."
Evening star., 1935-05-23
CLEAR|NGS MOVE
TO HIGHER LEVELS
Weeks Total Is $357,754,
600 Above Figure for
Preceding Period.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May 23.-The course
of bank clearings for the latest week
was toward higher levels. The total
for the % leading cities in the United
States for the week ended Wednesday,
May %, as reported by Dun g. Brad
street, Inc, was $5,081 ,168, 900, against
$4,326, ,348 900, for the same week Of
last year, an increase Of TIA per cent.
This contrasted with loss Of 5.3 per
cent in the previous week.
At New York City, clearings were
$3,254, ,991 900, against s2,804, ,723, 900
year ago, an increase of 16.1 per cent,
while the aggregate for centers outside
of New York of 1926, ,177 900 showed
an increase of 20 per cent over the
corresponding week Of last year.
The increase at New York City was
not so long as it has been in some
previous weeks this year, when pay
ments here were especially heavy. At
some of the important outside centers,
substantial gains continue to be shown.
This was true of Philadelphia, Buffalo,
Cleveland, Cincinnati, New Orleans,
Detroit. st. Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas
City, Omaha, San Francisco, Portland,
Oreg, and Seattle.
ClearingS the last week were larger
than those for the preceding week by
1857 ,754 900, whereas for the same two
weeks Of last year there was decline
of $685., ,142, 900
Figures at leading centers showing
increases as compared with those Of a
year ago are printed herewith; also,
daily bank clearings for each month
this year:
Evening star., 1935-05-23
DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED

NEW YORK, May 23-Dividends de-
clared (prepared by the Standard Statistics
Corp):
Evening star., 1935-05-23
NEW YORK CURB MARKET

Stock and eales-
Dividend Rate. Add 90. HiEh. Low. Close.
III Pw&Lt e% pf. sos 26 26 26
Ill Pw&Lt $6 pf.. 1908 24s 2Sst 24ss
Imp Oil Ltd
Evening star., 1935-05-23
PARIS BANK CHANGES.

PARIS. May % LPH.-Ths weekly
statement Of the Bank Of France shows
the following changes in francs: Gold
decreased 621.000.O00; sight balances
abroad increased 1.0O0.0OO; bills dis
counted at home increased 14p, 900, 900:
bills bought abroad increased T2,OOO,OOO;
advances increased 21 900. 900: circula-
tion decreased 649,000.0O0; current ac-
counts increased 102 ZOO. 600; 30-day
loans on government collateral increased
45,0O0,000.
Rate of discount. 4 Der cent
Evening star., 1935-05-23
LONDON BANK REPORT.

LONDON, May % R-The weekly
statement Of the Bank Of England shows
the following changes in pounds: Total
reserve increased 500; 900: circulation
900: other securities increased 473. 900;
public deposits increased 8.9s9. 900; other
deposits decreased 6.147,OO0; notes re-
curities decreased 1.42O.000.
The proportion Of the banks reserve
to liability Is 1895 per cent, compared
with 42.31 last week.
Rate Of discount, 2 per cent.
Evening star., 1935-05-23
o. s. TREASURY POSITION.
By the Associated Press. /.

The position of the Treasury on May
21 was: Receipts, $4s. .645.99O; expendi-
lures. S53,542.356; balance. 81 1906, 100.
237,20O.
Receipts for the fiscal year (since July
y. S3,2S3.374 $3.50; expenditures. $3.50. >
emergency expendituresj: - excess s'f OF eMx- M
penditures. S3.076. .20s. .77O; gross debt,
$2S.579: :S4s, 800: a decrease OF 81 .42S.-
SSs under the previous day; gold assets.
Evening star., 1935-05-23
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK. May % OP.-Butter.
1Oss2; steady. Creamery. centralized go
score). 20 other prices unchanged.
Cheese. 173.394; weak; prices un-
chansed.
EGGS. 2o.736; hrmer. Mixed eolors.
age packed nrsts. 25ha; other mixed colors.
unchanged
LIVE PoULTRY-Firm. BY freight:
broilers. 19so6; fowls 23a24: ROSTERS
10; other freight Grades. UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1935-05-23
CURB LIST RULES
STEADY TO FIRM
Oils and Few SpecialtieS
Make Good Progress
During Session.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 23.-Oils and a
few specialties made good progress IN
trading on the Curb today, and the
general price tone was steady to firm.
Gains of major fractions to 2 points
or so were chalked up at the close for
Gulf Oil at 1885, Great Atlantic &
Pacific at 1894, Pittsburgh Plate
Glass at 627s, Creole Petroleum at
49,. Pan-American Airways at 40
and Sherwin williams at 80.
Evening star., 1935-05-23

Ohio Oil Gu of t6) 300s107 1861 1861
Ohio Power pf t6) 10Os 10eh 10OL4 10Oh
Out tboard Mot (B) u "a Il
Evening star., 1935-05-23

YUKON Gold. ...... u rs II
Dividend rates In dollars based on last
quarterly or semi annual payment tpart-
~ extra tPius ~ in stock. Payable In
cash or stock. Payable in stock. Z Plus
able in scrip. J Plus AZ in stock. fPaid
last year-.no regular rate N Accumulat-
ed dividends. n Plus 10s in stock Paid
this year-no regular rate. Companies
reported in receiyership or being reorgari-
tied. sStocks fully listed on the Curb tx.
change: others are dealt IN - unlisted
stocks. E.div1dsnAs 4
Evening star., 1935-05-23

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