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Evening star., 1935-04-10
AUXILIARY SHIPS
DECLARED NEEDED
140 New Merchant Vessels
Urged as Congress Con-
siders Action.

Congressional aid and sanction for
construction Of at least 140 new mer-
chant ships crossing LOTT 900 tons
to serve as an auxiliary navy IN times
of war and other emergencies was
urged today as Congress made ready
to authorize increases In naval per-
sonnel and number of fighting craft
The American merchant marine
as II exists today does not meet the
needs of the Navy" the InteIde-
partmental Committee on Shipping
Policy declared.
The service required by the Navy
in time of war in the way Of auxil-
lary vessels. and the type, size. speed
and condition Of the vessels avail
able in the merchant marine OF vital
Importance"
81 Three Deck Ships.
The needs include:
Sixty-one passenger or combination
passenger-cargo or large three-deck
cargo ships of IL to Is knot speed,
488 900 gross tonnage.
Three passenger or combination
passenger cargo vessels, Of l8-knot
speed. $4,000 gross tonnage.
Twenty-four oil-burning cargo ves-
sells. 10 to IL knot speed or greater,
l68 900 gross tonnage.
Thirty-two tankers of 10 TO IL knot
speed, 266,000 gross tonnage.
Twenty refrigerator ships, IS knots
or more 100 900 gross tonnage
Refrigerator ships are totally lack
ing in the American merchant marine
today. Available ships at present, ex-
cept in the combination passenger
cargo type. ARE old and slow; the age
of the vessels are in the neighborhood
Of Is years on the average and the
speed does not exceed IL knots. Each
of these characteristics is a handi-
cap according to the committee.
Navy Seeks Legislation.
At the same time. the Navy De-
partment sought enactment OF legisla-
ton that would make procurability of
merchant ships for the navy in time
Of stress much easier.
The proposed measure would permit
the President to procure any mer-
chant vessel registered, enrolled or
licensed under the laws OF the United
States during any national emergency
or when. in the opinion of the Pres
ident, national emergency is immi-
nent.
The act would place all American
flag ships on one basis as to pro-
durability. Today, except in time of
war, procurability is limited to YES
sells purchased, leased or chartered
from the Shipping Board. on demand
of the President. and to construction
loan and mail contract vessels, upon
the declaration of a national emer-
gency by the President.
Evening star., 1935-04-10
Jazz Era Ouer, America Wants
Smooth Music, Lopez Reports
Leader, Here for Auto
Sho,c, Halls Aduance
in Taste.

TINE day of Minnie the Mooch-
er," the Tiger Rag and
Hold That Tiger" has come
Il to its twilight and America Is
turning again to the old
rhythmic tunes of a quarter century
ago. Vincent Lopez. noted radio. stage
and dance orchestra leader, says.
Lopez, who is appearing here at the
General Motors Spring automobile
show at the Washington Auditorium,
should know what America likes.
musically. He has played at some OF
the outstanding dance places IN the
country and has entertained millions
on the stage and radio with his bands.
1.-The day Of the fortissimo has
passed and now the American people
are becoming more music-minded,
he SAYS. Jazz was born in that hec-
tic era during and following the Great
War. Its death now indicates re-
turn to a more balanced state Of mind.
Il is certain that audiences no longer
want hot jazz on their musical menu y
Band Converted.
Lopez says even small children, In
requesting numbers by his band, ask
for such tunes as The Old Spinning
Wheel" the Last Roundup" the
often-played when I Grow Too Old
to Dream" or even Rachmanninoff's
Prelude In G Minor"
To prove he really believes that the
jazz era Is over, Lopez recently con-
verted his jazz band into q newer, more
rhythmic aggregation Of musicians who
can and do play the better class Of
music. He says America never has
hadsany musical sense before, but that
In the new awakening. the trend Is to-
ward symphonic music and melodies.
Evening star., 1935-04-10
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate.
In recess.
Finance Committee continues N. r.
A. hearing.
House.
Considers miscellaneous legislation.
Military Committee resumes hearing
on legislation to expand T. v. A.
powers.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
will take up bill to provide addi-
tional home mortgage relief. to amend
home loan bank act, home owners
loan act and the national housing
act.
Finance Committee to continue
N. r. A. hearings.
Munitions Committee to continue
hearings.
Post ONCE and Post Roads Subcom-
mittee may 60 on with hearings on
airmail bills.
House.
Expects action on special rule for
social security bill probably Will be
delayed.
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee meets at 10 am. on utility
holding companies.
Civil Service Committee meets at
10 am.
Military Affairs Committee meets
at 10:30 am. on Tennessee Valley
bill.
Hearings on bill to tighten District
liquor control act before. judiciary
Subcommittee Of the House District
Committee, 1880 an.
Evening star., 1935-04-10
ALIEN ADM|TTANCE
FRAUD UNCOVERED
startling Revelations"
With Criminal Prosecu-
tions by U. S. Seen.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Startling revelations" were promised
by the Government today as 1t an
nounced it had evidence Of thousands
of frauds in the Immigation and
Naturalization Service from 1928 to
1888. 1t moved to oust a number OF
employees and start wholesale criminal
prosecutions.
The bill paid by illegally-entered
aliens to ring Of bribe-takers in the
service and "hxers" outside was es-
timated at 100000 or more.
Revelations so startling in character
have come to light that Investigators
believe the actual extent of corruption
and fraud has been but partially dis
closed" said a statement issued by
the Labor Department last night after
a secret investigation of alleged frauds
in the New York district.
Indictment Is Noted.
The recent indictment OF Michael
j. Hogan, a former member Of Con-
gress who was confidential clerk to
the collector of customs at the port
Of New York, was noted by the de-
partment.
Samuel II. kaufman Of New York,
special Assistant Attorney General
appointed to prosecute the immigration
racketeers. has been given evidence
intended TO support Is criminal prose-
cutions involving 80 to IS individuals.
Deportation Of AZ aliens arrested for
unlawful residence in this country.
filing Of 200 proceedings to cancel
fraudulent citizenships and institu-
tions of charges designed to remove a
number Of employees still in the service
were promised.
Extortion Is Reported.
Investigators reported evidence that
large sums of money had been extorted
from illegally entered aliens seeking
naturalization or other protection
against deportation.
Sums ranging up to 500 are al
legged to have been paid in cases involv-
ing false witnesses or passing of an
applicant who had failed in his test of
knowledge Of the Government or his
ability to speak English" the Labor
Department said
1T is alleged that fees ranging from
$500 to $1,000 we're levied in cases in
volving fraudulent or altered manifest
records. where it was desirable to OBJ
tain a record that would safeguard an
alien from deportation or procure citi-
zenship status by showing his legal ad-
mission at the port of New York for
permanent residence"
Gangsters and crooked attorneys"
were reported to have shared fixing
fees with present or former employees
of the Immigration and Naturaliza-
ton Service.
Records Found Altered.
At the outset of the investigation in
December, 1888. officials said. it was
found that records at Ellis Island had
been altered, official documents were
missing, and files relating to cases of
fraud had been stolen. Government
records in New York and Washington
and court records in Brooklyn and
New York have been carefully checked.
they added. to determine discrepancies.
forgeries, and substitutions on which
charges will be based.
The Labor Department said the in
quiry was ordered by Daniel w. Nc
Cormack, commissioner of immigration
and naturalization, after signs of grave
irregularities came to light during
consolidation Of the two services in
August. 1888.
Evening star., 1935-04-10
BRUNO TAX APPEAL
DELAY PREDICTED
Convicted Man May Be Put to
Death Before Decision Is
Reached.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann's petit
ton yesterday to the Board of Tax
Appeals for a redetermination of in
come tax assessments against him
may not reach a decision until long
after his execution for the Lindbergh
baby's murder.
The litigation may require two years
for settlement. it is said. An appeal
from the death sentence has been set
for hearing in June.
The petition to the Board of Tax
Appeals was filed jointly in his name
and that of his wife Anna. and asked
for determination of income tax
claims. penalties and interest totaling
$9,76e for 1892 and 1888 The docu-
ment was drafted by Attorney Frank
B. Meske Of New York.
Unless the case is brought to an
early decision by stipulation agreed
to by attorneys for both Hauptmann
and for the Government, decision
before date of the death sentence ap-
peal Is unlikely. officials say.
Evening star., 1935-04-10

He says in order to be pleasing to the
modern audience or dancers, music
must have smoothness.
Outstanding Pianist.
Lopez Is generally conceded to be
the outstanding pianist for popular
music. He has organized several bands
of various types. always giving way
to the current trend in music. He
says that Of all the orchestras he has
had, the present one Is far superior.
He is q firm believer In the science
of astrology and always has allowed
the stars to shape his destiny. He
began his musical training when only
six years old.
Lopez and his orchestra have played
in such notable places as the Kit-Kat
Club in London. the st. Regis in New
York. the Congress Hotel in Chicago
and the familiar Lopez speaking" has
often been heard in programs over the
radio networks.
Evening star., 1935-04-10
PUGH CHALLENGED
IN LYDDANE CASE
Prescott Defies Prosecutor
to Make Good Threat "to
Knock Block Off,"

States Attorney James H. Pugh Of
Montgomery County was challenged
today to make good his threat to
knock the block off" Stedman Pres
cott. chief of counsel for Mrs. Anne
Lyddane. 29-year -old Rockville bank
secretary who is charged with con-
spirscy to carry out a dual murder
plot.
Prescott. who is State Senator froin
Montgomery County and head of the
Democratic party which elected Pugh
10 Office last Fall. declared in a state
ment this morning:
He has only to name the time and
the place and ample opportunity will
be afforded him to see If his ability
be commensurate with his boast"
The prosecutors outburst. in which
he declared he would knock Pres
colts block off If he tries to intimi-
date me" was made to newspaper men
two days ago after Prescott had
called at his Office and requested per-
mission to examine statements in
which States witnesses and prison.
ers are alleged to have accused Mrs.
Lvddane of conspiring to murder her
husband and Mrs. Josephine Beall of
Darnestown.
Meanwhile. as friction increased be-
tween the rival attorneys, police in
vestigating the Lyddane case, began
this afternoon the questioning of their
latest witness, who came to Rockville
last night TO tell what he knows re-
garding the alleged plot.
Prescott. in talking with reporters
this morning. declared that he had
read with real regret the remarks at
tributed to the States attorney for
Montgomery County that I had at
thing about him knocking my block
off,"
My only contact with Mr.. Pugh
concerning this case" Senator Pres
colt said, has been that Mr.. Peter
Robert B. Peter. jr) and myself
called upon him and requested to see
the statements upon which Mrs Lyd-
dane is being held He stated that he
was just about to leave for Annapolis
and would let us know that afternoon
what his policy was going to be con-
cerning the same.
I'VE again requested the privilege of
seeing the statements and he said
then that he had not yet made up his
mind as 20 whether we should see
them or not. He was later informed
that we intended to write him q let
ter requesting the privilege as that had
been the policy Of the State attor-
neys office ever since any of us could
remember. There was not q cross
word spoken and that Is the entire
contact between us up to the present
time. If this be an attempt to intimi-
date man over 81 years of age fail
to know the meaning of the word"
County Detective James S. Nc
Auliffe said the States. latest witness
is well known in the Washington un-
derworld. He was finally reached at
Washington, Pa. yesterday after in
vestigators attempting to locate him
had traced the man through several
Eastern cities.
The witness, McAuliffe stated. VOL
unteered to return for questioning.
McAuliffe would not say whether the
man was lodged in the county jail.
but declared that 'he had spent the
night in Rockville"
Evening star., 1935-04-10
S4()O,0(O,0OOARMY
MEASURE SIGNED
Bill O. KS Increased Enlist.
ed Strength to "Peace-
Time" Figure.
BY the Associated Press.


President Roosevelt yesterday ap-
proved the War Department appro-
priations bill, authorizing one of the
largest peace-time expenditures of its
kind in history.
Meanwhile. the Senate passed four
national defense measures. sending
two to the White House and two to
The House for consideration.
The two to go to the White House
authorizes $4,000, 900 of new housing
and equipment at naval stations along
The seaboard and in Hawaii and the
Canal Zone. and the training of 500
youths annually in the Naval and
Marine Corps Reserve as aviation
cadets.
The House was given bills to speed
up promotion of Army officers below
the grade of colonel and to authorize
545 additional West Point cadets.
In signing the War Department bill
the President pointed out that it pro-
vided for an increase in enlisted
strength necessary to bring the Army
to "peacetime strength"
The bill carried close to s400 900 900
for the departments use in the fiscal
year beginning next July 1.
Evening star., 1935-04-10
ELLENBOGEN BILL
FOR UNEMPLOYED
DELAYED IN HOUSE

Continued From First Page)
members sufficient time to study Its
provisions.
Nichols said he could not under
stand how Ellenbogen's Subcommittee
on Fiscal Affairs could intelligently
frame an unemployment compensa-
ton bill for the District that Of ne
cessity must be in harmony with any
Federal social legislation
Its like putting the cart before the
horse" he declared.
Ellenbogen insisted the Federal bill
could only provide minimum stand
ards: that his measure was intended to
serve as a model for unemployment
compensation and emphasized that If
action is delayed until the closing
days OF Congress. there would be little
likelihood Of passage in the final legis-
lative jam.
Tax Method Discussed.
Kennedy and Nichols questioned the
advisab bility of reporting the measure
without providing some means, other
than general taxation, of raising the
Districts contribution to the compen-
sation fund Nichols suggested an ex-
else tax. II would hate to see a bill
passed" he said. that will add to the
property tax"
Rufus S. Lusk Of the Washington
Taxpayers Protective Association sub
mitted to members OF the committee q
report opposing action on the Ellen
bogen bill until national economic Sc
curity legislation is enacted. The re-
port declared the Ellenbogen bill
would add sl.00O.O00 to the tax of
District residents, IS per cent of whom
would receive no direct benefits
The committee ordered a favorable
report on a bill to permit the Smoot
Sand a. Gravel Corp. to lay pipe lines
for petroleum and petroleum products
in the industrial area in Southwest
Washington. This measure already
has passed the Senate.
Amendments Seen.
Chairman O'Connor of the Rules
Committee has been one of the out
standing opponents of a gag rule"
for the national security bill because
of the belief the House would reject
such procedure.
The situation was interpreted by
various groups interested in amending
the bill as meaning they would get a
chance to offer their amendments.
One reason for the decision, a ways
and means committeeman said pri-
vately, was this:
If We brought up gag rule and
the House licked 1t and tasted blood,
then the whole bill would be destroyed.
If we bring 1t up without a gag. the
Townsendites won't get more than 40
or so votes for their plan. If we gagged
them. they might come close to get
ting enough votes to put their plan
over"
Plans were made for taking the bill
up tomorrow or Friday.
Evening star., 1935-04-10
WEARlN is SARCASTIC

Representative Otha D. Wearin of
Iowa proposed a sarcastically worded
resolution in the House yesterday pro-
viding that property owners In the
District be paid salary to compen-
safe them for hardships incurred as
the result Of living in the National
Capital"
T Mr.. Wearin further suggested In his
resolution that this salary be dis
continued when the National Capital
would be moved to the Middle West, Z"
where it would no longer be a burden
to the property owners In the District
of Columbia, and where. he said, ''it
belongs"
Evening star., 1935-04-10
D. c. Relief GRANT
FOR APRIL $620,4OO
Sum Is $l09, 900 Less Than That
Advanced in March for
Local Needs.

The District today received a grant
of s620. 400 from the Federal Emer-
gency Relief Administration for re-
lief operations here this month.
The total includes preliminary grants
aheady made while the Government
was awaiting action of Congress on
the new work relief appropriations.
The sum is sl09,600 less than the
total granted for March. For gen.
eral relief purposes the April grant
amounted to $55s, 900 and for trans
tents, $61 500.
Evening star., 1935-04-10

Then there is the more recent in
side yarn about small college presi-
dent from the Middle West. He is
considered one of the best economists
in his particular line. He joined the
brain trust in an inconspicuous way
year ago as head of section in the
subsistence homestead division and
served there until a few days ago.
informing him that he was fired with
discredit. No reason was mentioned
in the letter.
Suspect SnoOper Saw Letter.
The serious minded professor has
been wandering around since then
trying to figure it out. His friends
say he has searched his recollection
and the only thing occurring to him
is the fact that he once wrote letter
to some one outside his department
suggesting he would like to make q
change to another Government de-
partment. He suspects the detective
must have seen the letter and report
ed him.
Callers at his Office are being told
that he is away for the day"
There used to be one official in
p. w. A. Dho noted q tell-tale click
OF his telephone nearly every time
he had call. He suspected that
the investigation division. under
Louis Gldpis. was listening in, so, no
matter Dhom he Uds talking to. he
alWdus INTERRUPTED himself Uhen
the line clicked. and asked Can pou
hear me all right, Mr.. Glauis?" He
has been transferred.
If you have wondered why it take.
the Government so long to get start.
ed on P. w. A. and other projects
consider what happened to e. Florida
dry dock company. seeking Govern.
ment loan. 1t is as good an example
OF red tape as ever was suppressed BY
Government press agent.
The dry dock company applied fol
loan and received the approval OF
the legal division of p. w. A. This
division is supposed to be one of the
best in the New Deal. But the P. w
A. intelligence division stepped in and
called the loan of, stating 1t had dug
up something described as dirt on
somebody.
Probe Is Probed.
This aroused the Legal Division
The matter was carried to Secretary
Ickes. He ordered an official hearing
to be conducted by the Legal Division
This resulted in the detectives from
the Intelligence Division being put
under cross-examination by the Legal
Division.
The record OF this inside runp
court Uds finally completed and
sent around to both bureaus for
editing. The lawyers later discov-
cred that the detectives changed
their unsUers in many pitdi re-
spects. converting some "yesses"
into noes" and pice persd. Whole
paragraphs DeTe stricken out BY
the detectives, say the laUyers.
So now an investigation Of the in
vestigation Is being conducted. Mean
while, the dry dock company is trying
to be patient.
The bureaucrats are not the only
ones who enjoy the hazards of excit-
ing inner conflicts under the New
Deal. In fact. q rather high-class
disturbance has developed lately be-
tween two such genial and outstand-
ing New Dealers as the Federal Re-
servist, Mr.. Eccles, and the Houser,
Mr.. Moffett.
Evening star., 1935-04-10
GOES TO ALIMONY ROW

CHICAGO. April 10 (R.-william L.
Erickson is an ice man, He told
Superior JSdge Desort business was
bad, offering that as an explanation
for being $l56 behind in support pay
ments for Wayne, 2. son of Mrs.
Johanna Erickson, Williams ex-wife.
Six months in alimony row. said
the Judge.
Evening star., 1935-04-10
DR.. Ballou to Speak.

DR.. Frank w. Bsllou, superintendent
Of schools, will address the Vocational
Guidance Association on THE Place
Of Guidance in the Educational Pro-
gram" tomorrow at 3:45 pm. in the
music room Of Central High School.
Election of the associations officers
will also be held.
Evening star., 1935-04-10
Cantaloupes Bring g.,

LOS ANGELES, April 10 R.-The
first shipment of cantaloupes this sea-
son from the Imperial Valley sold for
81 each here yesterday. The ship
ment of two crates brought $40 box
wholesale, and the "a golden melons
netted the retailers 81.
Evening star., 1935-04-10
Danzig Paper Suspended

DANzIG. April 10 (R.-The social
democratic daily, Volkestimne, was
forbidden publication for a FIVE
month period today as "endangering
public order and security
Evening star., 1935-04-10

CONTINUED From First Page)
Evening star., 1935-04-10
Limitations Of Power.

There is feeling here among we'll
informed lawyers that the Humphreys
case presents q strong statement of
the limitations on the power of re-
nnoval by a President and that the
precedent created by the decision will
have far-reaching importance on the
character of independent commits
sions.
In fairness to Mr.. Roosevelt it
should be stated that he is not the
only President who felt that his power
OF removal should be absolute. Mr.
Coolidge recognized the limitations
laid down by Congress, but in one
noted instance shipping commits
1oner-he requested that the appointee
should on the very day Of his ap-
pointment file letter of resignation
to be used whenever the President
wished it to take effect. The found
ing fathers wanted the executive
branch of the Government to control
an administrative official, but there is
ample evidence that the trainers Of
the Constitution did not wish the
power of removal by the President to
extend to judicial officers.
tCopyright. 1850
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-28

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-28
More Prisoners Caught.

For the fourth time In six years,
the Texas prison system In 1894 re-
captured more prisoners than e.
capped during the year,