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Evening star., 1935-04-06
TALMADGE INSISTS
HOPKINS "GET OUT"
Georgia Governor Reports Labor
Secretary Also Ready
to Quit.
BY the Associated Press.


ATLANTA, April Gov. Eugene
Talmadge yesterday said it was
common rumor" that Frances Per-
kins. Secretary Of Labor, was ready
to quit the cabinet and he thought
Relief Administrator Harry L. Hop
kins Ought to get out"
II hear she Miss Perkins) Is about
to retire and the best thing for the
Nation is for Hopkins to be out Of
there" Gov. Talr1adge said.
The Governor was aroused by the
national relief administrator state
ment that Georgia should think Of
its own school children a little bit"
1t was construed to mean rejection
of Georgia's application for a $2,-
100000 relief donation for common
schools in this State.
Gov. Talmadge assailed Hopkins in
bitter tone, saying Let him go back to
being charity broker; that's all he's
been all his life, anyway"
THE money he is dishing out
doesn't belong to him." he continued.
1T proportionately belongs to Georgia.
It's the peoples tax money.
1T is unbecoming of any one to say
that we 60 barefooted down here be-
cause we have no shoes and that we
don't think about the children"
Evening star., 1935-04-06

paraders-Pennsylvania avenue, the
parade ground of the Nation and one
of the earth's historic streets, re-
sounded to them all.
The stately boulevard. with its solid
front of impressive Government build
ings, long pulsated with the life and
vigor Of the tountry, with landmark
in every block to mark some step in
the forward march Of the United
States.
The Avenue was not always great.
Once pigs squealed in mud-rooting
glee where now cabinet officers walk.
But soon its day Of glory came, and
it seemed immortal. Patriots pre-
dicted It would stand as a symbol
longer than the Forum Of Rome.
What would be the CONSERVATION Of
President Grant today to see the khaki
troops walk past, not on the Penn
sylvania avenue down the length Of
which he headed q splendid parade
to celebrate the streets then new mil
lion-dollar paving Of wondros wood
blocks!
Evening star., 1935-04-06
Actress Is Found
Beaten, Warming
Written on Back
Assailalt Identified as
One of Pair in
Earlier attack.
BY the Associated Press.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, April g.
The strange adventures OF Barbara
Leonard, 30-year- film actress and
wife of Jack Leonard, pianist. reached
new climax yesterday when the
woman was found insensible and
scantily clad in the bath room of her
home, with the words, last warning"
scrawled on her back.
Mrs. Leonard last Monday told
police two men entering her home
through q ruse, beat and tied her
and placed her into q clothes closet.
She later was found, nearly suffocated,
by her brother.
Two days later, after she announced
she intended to attend all police
show-ups Of criminals in the hope of
recognizing her assailants, she said
she received a note warning her not
to recognize anybody"
Mrs. Leonard, revived and rushed
to the Beverly Hills Emergency Hos
pital, said:
Il had gone into the bath room
and closed the door when suddenly
it was opened and a man entered
the room. How he got into the house
I do not know, but I thing he was
one Of the men who bound, gagged
and robbed me last Monday"
She said he grabbed and choked
her until she tainted.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
Buchanan Masculine.

Mr.. Buchanan has a igh-pitched
voice, but do not let that fool you
He wears the Smallest-siZed shoe you
have ever seen on a man, but that
fact may be subject to misinterpreta-
ton also. A more accurate under
standing Of him may be developed
from the stories, whether true or not,
that he once carried a small pistol
and that he knows the rudiments of
poker which cannot be learned from
books
The conference was a constant
clash between the personalities oi
Glass and Buchanan, with Buchanan
adequately holding his own.
Old political stage hands paid
little attention to the eruberdnt
claims made by both Republican
and Democratic orators about the
recent sectional elections.
The best Michigan authorities be-
lieve the results there may have in
dicated that Mr.. Roosevelt could not
carry that State today. Inasmuch as
he did not carry 1t last November, this
deduction Is hardly sensational. The
Chicago election meant little because
the Republicans did not present their
best candidates, did not try.
Too many local personalities were
involved in these two sections, and
elsewhere, to warrant any worth
while national conclusions.
A Republican wag has condensed
his Interpretation of the history OF
the four years 1888 to 1886 into the
shortest. although not necessarily the
most trustworthy, volume Of all cur
rent political works, as follows:
1852. D. r.
'3+N. r. A.
'35-I. o. U.
'36-G. o. p.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
Administration Spend
ing S2,4OO, 100000
Short of Goal.
BY PAUL MALLON.

A s SPENDTHRIFTS, the New
" Dealers are proving to be
~ something OF disappoint-
4 n ment to themselves. They
have succeeded in encourag-
ing a rather general impression that
they are good-time Charles with the
money bags. Yet somehow or other
they always wind up their fiscal
years by spending couple Of COO
billions less than they expected to.
President Roosevelt promised last
year to run the Treasury $1,000 600, ,00(
into the hole. Congress authorized
him to do it. At the end of the yeal
he had succeeded in driving it In
only to the extent of $4,000 ,000, 900
That was s2,4O0, ,O0O,000 short of his
goal.
You can get good line noW on
hoW he is coming out this year by
checking the figures for the first
three quarters OF the fiscal year.
ending April L..
He had then diShed out about
$1,000 000, 900. and his program tor
the entire year calls for s8,500,000,-
900.
This indicates his hoped-for deficit
of $4,000 100000 will turn out to be
81 SOC, ,000. 900, which Is about $4,000
100000 short.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
Staying IS LAID
TO JEALOUS RAGE
Chicago Labor Official Shoots
Wife's Friend, Then Beats
Her With Blackjack.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 6-JealouSy, th"
authorities said today, prompte
Thomas Cronin, president Of local 7o4
Of the International Brotherhood Of
Teamsters to slay William Bahnfieth.
43, after a bitter quarrel in Cronin's
home
Bahnf1eth was shot four times last
night while Cronin's wife and 9-year-
old son, Thomas, jr., looked on. Police
said the labor official became en-
ragged over his wife's friendship for
the victim, and that quarrel ensuet
when he found Bahnfieth at his home
last night.
Cronin fired the four shots after
beating Bahnfeth with a blackjack,
police said, and was beating his wife
with the blackjack when police, sum-
moned by a maid, arrived.
Mrs. Cronin told police Bahnfieth
had been friendly with her since her
estrangement from Cronin for two
years prior to last July, and that
since she returned to Cronin, Balm
fleth had been welcome guest in
their home.
Bahnfeth. an oil salesman. is sur
vived by widow, Elizabeth, and two
children, residing In California.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia-Cloudy and
colder with lowest temperature about
SO degrees tonight; tomorrow fair and
continued cold; moderate northerly
winds.
Maryland-Cloudy. colder in east
and central portions tonight; tomor-
row fair.
Virginia-Cloudy and colder. prob
ably rain In extreme south portion
tonight; tomorrow cloudy.
West Virginia-Cloudy tonight and
tomorrow. proba bly, rain in southeast
portion tonight colder tonight.
North and Middle Atlantic States
Fair over north and rain over south
portion. except rain or snow In noun
tains early part Of week and rain over
south and rain or snow over north
portion again about Thursday. Mod
erately cold first half of week and
temperatures moderating somewhat
latter half.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
lAFOLLETTE ASKS
INCOME ETAXBOOST
Amendment Urged to Slice
Bigger Sums From
Big Salaries.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Senator La Toilette, Progressive, of
Wisconsin. said today that he would
offer an amendment to the income tax
law boosting the normal levy from 4
10 s per cent and advancing the sur
tax on top bracket incomes all along
the line.
Saying he was following the dis
closures on Salaried incomes supplied
by the Securities and Exchange Com
mission, La Toilette asserted he would
offer the amendment to the 1884 in
ternal revenue act "as soon as I get
q chance"
His proposal was suggested to the
Senate as an amendment to the pink
slip repeal measure recently, but was
defeated.
The move comes as the Securities
Commission already has revealed that
the yearly salaries of about $50 of the
Nations business chieftains aggregates
around S12,000,000.
Five persons in the number of
those whose salaries were reported
get more than 100000 each an
nually; between $4,000 and $780,
900, and 90 from S50,000 to $4,000.
The average is around $4,000.
. Here is the way the La Toilette
amendment would raise the income
surtax:
From $3.50 to ST ,02O on net income
of $4,000; 81 ,260 to ST $50 on $4,000;
S2,240 to S3,O60 on $4,000; S4,640 to
$3.50 on $4,000; s7,7O0 to $l1,160 on
s50,0o0; s15,s80 to $23,040 on STA
900; $4,000 to s3876O on 100000;
$533 900 to $658,26O on sl,000,0O0,
and from SO per cent to II per cent
on income of more than a million
o year.
Information reaching the Securities
Commission today was that of the
salaries reported, 145 were those Of
heads of companies. The total in
this classification was S5065,11 or
an average of around $35,000.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
SARDO BOYS FATE
STUDIED BY COURT
Child RenounCes Love for
Mother in Her Suit
for Custody.

And nov the court must decide if
6-year-old Albert J. Sardo, jr., is to
be given into the custody of the
mother he says he doesn't love any
more, or remain the ward of his
grandfather, as he wishes.
Yesterday afternoon the boy turned
calmly to Justice Oscar r. Luhring in
District Supreme Court, where the
guardianship issue is being fought out
and said he had ceased to love his
mother. Mrs. Helen Virginia Villa
piano. when she left his father, Albert
j. Sardo-now dead.
Boy Ignores Mother.
"She doesn't love me-if she did
she wouldn't have left me-" he said.
AS Albert left the stand, the mother
weeping. made an impulsive gesture
toward him. He ignored her.
Mrs. Villapiano was remarked within
two weeks after she was divorced from
Sardo in Reno. The boy stayed with
his father. and since the latter was
killed in an automobile accident in
February, has been with his grand
father and grandmother. Mr.. and Mrs.
William Sardo, in Chevy Chase. The
mother sued to regain his custody.
Albert told the court he didn't like
his mothers new husband, DR.. Joseph
G. Villapiano of Asbury Park, N. j..
who, he said, had struck him on one
occasion. He also denied that rela-
tives we're influencing his testimony,
saying he was appearing of his own
free will
Letters Are introduced.
Endearing letters written by Albert
to his mother, and introduced by At
torney Julian Richards, her counsel,
were turned against the woman when
the boy said he only wrote them at
the dictation of his father, and not
because he wanted to.
The elder Sardo was represented by
Ringgold Hart, who introduced char
acter witnesses to prove the fitness
of the grandfather to keep the boy.
Justice Luhring took the case un-
der advisement.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
MRS. MAUD {. SEELEY
OF TAK0MA PARK DIES
Funeral Services for Government
Employe Will Be Held
Monday.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
TAKOMA PARK, Md, April g.
Mrs. Maud Estelle Seeley. 81 Den
wood avenue, who died yesterday in
Sibley Hospital, Washington. was for
many years resident of this place
Funeral services will be held Mon
day afternoon at o'clock at Hines
Funeral Home, 2901 Fourteenth street
Washington. Interment will follow
in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Mrs. Seeley was a clerk in the
Treasury Department. She is sur
vived by her husband, Harold J. See
ley; brother. Jesse C. johnson, jr.;
four sisters. Mrs Blanch L. Thomp-
son, Mrs. Geneva Plummer and
Mrs. Dorothy v. MCGOWAN of Wash
ington, and Mrs Jessie A. Reitnauer
OF Yonkers, N. Y.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
Attends School at "a.

BERKELEY, Calf. April 6 P.-
Going to school is just an old story
for Francis o. Mower, who at the
age of "a years considers himself
the oldest living member of Phi Beta
Kappa, National Scholastic Honor
Society. Mower attends no less than
five classes a day at the University
of California here, a practice he
started three years ago when he re-
tired from high school teaching and
decided to resume the early education
he received at Bates College. Maine,
from which he graduated in 1876.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
PARACHUTE SAVES PILOT
Lieut.. D. S. Campbell "Bails Out
When Plane Goes Into Spin.

HONOLULU. April 6 N).-The eve
Of Army day brought Caterpillar Club
honors to Second Lieut.. Daniel S.
Campbell, United States Army, yes
terday.
Lieut.. Campbell "bailed out" in
parachute and f1oated safely to earth
after his pursuit plane went into a
tail spin at 10000 feet during maneu-
vers several miles from Honolulu.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
MELLON ART PLAN
EVIDENCE IN TRIAL
List of Paintings Included
in Proposed Gift to U. S.
Admitted by Court.
BY the Associated Press.

oy Ihc hSSOClhltQ FTtSS.
PITTSBURGH, April 6.-The tale
Of the millions Andrew w. Mellon
paid out here and there to assemble
an art collection he hopes to give to
the public-a story just now being
told in full-is accepted by the Tax
Board OF Appeals as part Of the f.
nancier'S income tax case evidence.
The whole list Of paintings, which
deeds of gift disclosed cost Sl9,0l01l5,
was put before the board over Gov
ernment objection yesterday just as
the 80-year-old millionaire himself
ended five days on the stand. The
hearing now is in adjournment until
Tuesday.
Facts Gradually Told.
Throughout the hearing, in which
the Government seeks to assess Mel
Ion s3,089,000 extra on his 1881 in
come, details Of the collection in
tended for a national gallery in Wash
ington have been barred little by little.
The art treasure question reached
its climax after an Internal Revenue
o0ASoh Va lillo "CCh ILldI lIl6
A. w. Mellon Educational and Chart
able Trust, to which the pictures
were given. is not tax exempt.
Frank j. Hogan, Melons counsel
brought out from Charles Russell,
deputy commissioner of internal reve-
nue., that the ruling reversed a deci-
sion of 1888 holding the trust was
not taxable. Then over objections OF
Robert H. Jackson, bureau counsel
he had introduced the full list OF
paintings.
$18,209,250 in Three Years.
It showed s3,24l, $50 worth Of pic
lures were given in 1881. s6,o65, ,ooC
worth in 1892 and $8,903,oo0 worth
last December
Jackson argued against admission
saying the trust organization creates
nothing" but Presiding Member
Ernest Van Fossan of the board hello
the matter admissible
Evening star., 1935-04-06
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
In recess.
House:
Completes action on McSwain anti
war profits bill (noon).
Military Committee hears addition
al witnesses on measures to improve
Army Air Corps.
YESTERDAY.
Senate:
Adopted conference report on 81
$4,000 relief bill.
Debated food-drug bill.
Finance Committee heard that coal
code authority sought to mulct st.
Louis consumers of 100000.
House:
Approved several amendments to
NcSwain anti-war profits bill.
Ways and Means Committee gave
hnal approval to social security bill.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
Actress London Bound.

HOLLYWOOD, April P.-Helen.
Vinson, the first Hollywood actress to
be signed by Michael Balloon, British
Aim producer, during his talent hunt
here left yesterday by airplane for
New York en- route to London. Miss
Vinson will appear in one picture, o
story Of Devils Island. before return.
ing to Hollywood. 4
Evening star., 1935-04-06
JOHN BETTEKER DIES
IN NEARBY MARYLAND
Special Dispatch to The Star.

I
GLEN, Md, April 6-John Bet
ticker. "a, for 40 years a resident of
this vicinity. died Thursday night at
his home here, following a prolonged
illness. He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Ida Betteker, formerly of Chilli
cothe. Ohio, and one son and three
daughters: Mrs. Eli J. Lloyd, Mrs.
Aubrey E. Ferrel and Murray L. Bet
ticker, of this place, and Mrs. Arthur
6. Stephens Of Washington.
The funeral will take place at Q
o'clock Monday morning from St.
Mary's Catholic Church, Rockville,
burial to be at Beach City, Ohio. Mr..
Betteker was a native of Ohio.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
School Worker Injured.

Walter Day, "a, Of 722 I street
southeast, suffered dislocated elbow
and arm and hip injuries yesterday
when he fell from the roof of the
Anacostia High School to the floor
below. The school Is under construc-
ton at Sixteenth and Ridge streets
southeast.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
Federal Interference" Hit

HAGERSTOWN, Md, April 6 (P).-
Asserting recovery was near, DR.. Neil
Carothers, professor of business ad-
ministration at Lehigh University. said
in an address here last night it would
be permanent II Federal "interfer-
ence" with business stopped.
Evening star., 1935-04-06

and if below that figure they may be
promoted not beyond the middle
salary; If the rating is fair they are
to be reduced one step if above the
middle salary of a grade, while un-
satisfactory calls for dismissal
Under the new plan, too, it is in
tended to get away from the old
average" provision, in which the
ratings of employees in one unit were
made to conform to those of another
unit in the same establishment.
The new plan was developed joint
ly by the Research Division of the
Civil Service Commission and COM
mitteeS from the various departments
along with the Council of Personnel
Administration, composed of person
mel officers throughout the govern.
ment. 1t was finally approved by the
council yesterday afternoon by unani-
nous vote and by the commission
itself today. 1t is declared that it will
save thousands of dollars in clerical
work.
Complex System.
The old rating system has been
vigorously condemned by employees
who contended it was so complex il
permitted juggling and when the
wholesale dismissals were on in the
government two years ago, Secretary
1ckes disciplined some heads in one
bureau, whom he charged had wrong.
fully applied it. In contrast to the
simple chart now to be used, the ole
graphic rating chart contained Is
service elements and the employees
were generally rated on half dozen
or more of these. These major ele-
ments were broken down into about
Is or so subheads each.
This new service rating plan was
given extensive trials before adoption
Evening star., 1935-04-06
Old Gaelic Understood.

Aged Scots report that when visiting
the Irish Free State they find that
many government ofiicials can under
stand the old Gaelic tongue better
than English.
Evening star., 1935-04-06
Letters Are Introduced.
LIKES 37.LETTER NAME
Resents Move to Change It tc
Glafkos Protopappas.

PONTIAC, Mich. OP).-A rose by
any other name might smell as
sweet-but not to Glafkos Pappa-
Observation-Disclosures!
The man Of letters-count EN-, 81
waxed wrothy at a conspiracy on the
part of his children, abetted by the
school teachers, to shorten the family
name to Protopappas. Stella, 16, one
Of the seven children, drafted the abb
breviated form Of the full name which,
she explained, was built by the addi-
ton Of a name with each generation.
Legally, Glafkos says, the old name
stands--from Pap" to Los"
Evening star., 1935-04-06
Rate Must Be Doubled.

make the whole years receipts come
out at around S3,700,000, 900, as esti-
mated.
Rate Must Be Doubled.
But to carry out his spending pro-
gram, he would have to double the
existing rate of expenditures for the
remaining three months of the year
Even Harry Hopkins, biggest spendel
who ever hit this town, cannot dc
that, unless he starts throwing away
dollar bills from the top Of the
Capitol dome.
The spending rate this year has
been about $555 100000 mot billions)
month, and this rate probably will
be maintained for the remaining three
months Of the fiscal year.
If Mr.. Roosevelt wants to punish
any one for letting money go un-
spent, he can start with Jesse Jones
The R. F. c. was supposed to touch
the Treasury till for $400,0 100000 thi,
year. Instead, Jones has given the
Treasury sl37,00O0O0. Therefore, hi.
spending calculations are off NOR
U1ldlI 1ldlA O bAkllOIl oO
The A. A. A-ers hoped to run $780,
100000 behind the processing tax re.
ceipts, but have succeeded in run.
ming only sl67,000000 behind. Mr.
Ickes fell half billion short of hi.
estimates. Mr.. Farley's deficit is near
ly s20,000,000 less than he anticipated
even after giving away those stamps
Interest being paid on the public debt
is $500 100000 below estimates.
Hopkins figured he would get rid OF
81, ZOO, 100000, and he has disbursed
81 200, 100000. You can trust him to
get rid of the rest before the end OF
the year.
The man In the street uho has
been trying to lay aside a couple
of dollars for an Easter hat may
not appreciate this selt-diSdppoint-
ment OF the Ne1D Dealers. Also,
the taxpayers, Who were drained
March IS, may suspect it is not
realistic. There seems to be some
thing in such suspicious.
Mr.. Roosevelts habit of overeSti-
mating expenditures for his advance
budgets serves several useful purposes
1t keeps the spending enthusiast quiet
in and out of Congress. 1t gives an
inflationary buoyancy to business
sentiment. And no matter how many
billions he spends. the fact that he
spent less than expected makes the
spending appear to be conservative.
Evening star., 1935-04-06

Noises drifting out from the relief
bill conferees indicated that Senator
Carter Glass has at last met his match
in shrewd stubbornneSs. If not in
studied irritability. The formidable
foe is Chairman (Buck) Buchanan of
the House Appropriations Committee
Evening star., 1935-04-06
WORLD ECONOMIC
PROGRAM URGED
Hull Voices Appeal for
Joint Efforts to Restore
Stability.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A plea for adoption of a compre-
hensive international economic pro-
gram as a prelude to peaceful solu-
ton of the worlds economic problems
was made today by Secretary Hull.
In a statement outlining the OBJ
jectives OF the United States in ne
gotiating reciprocal trade pacts de-
signed to lower tariffs. Hull declared
it was necessary to restore the worlds
economic stability before peace, dis
armament. unemployment and other
major problems could be solved.
No Conference in Sight.
In reply to questions. however, Hull
said he knew of no diplomatic dis
cussion now in progress which might
be designed to result in call for an
international economic conference.
The experience of most parts Of
the world in the last few years in
their attempts to promote and pre-
serve political stability, disarmament,
peace and other necessary interna-
tional relationships. undoubtedly by
this time has demonstrated the great
difficulty of making progress in these
vastly important undertakings while
a large portion Of world population is
unemployed and feeling the serious
pinch of economic distress he de-
clared.
Holds Need Is Urgent.
THE necessity, therefore, was
never more apparent for the various
countries Of the world to give imre-
diate attention to the matter of
adopting a sound and comprehensive
economic program, both domestic and
international. and carrying 1t forward
to the end that the normal processes
of domestic and international finance
and commerce may be restored and
tens of millions Of unemployed wage
earners may be re-employed.
This would afford a solid founda-
tion on which to rebuild stable peace
and political structures"
Evening star., 1935-04-06

New Houses Blessed.

Sixty-two new municipal houses in
Bagnalstown, Irish Free State, were
blessed recently by the Most Rev. DR..
Evening star., 1935-04-06
EFFICIENCY RATING
SYSTEM CHANGED BY
CIVIL SERVICE

Continued From First Page)
Evening star., 1935-04-06
Report for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon tod,,'.)
Highest. 81, pm. yesterday.
Lowest, 40, l0:45 am. today.
Record Temperatures This Yea:.
Highest, 80. on March 81.
Lowest, 2, on January %.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
CFrom noon yesterday to noon today J
Highest, 80 per cent. at am today
Lowest. SO per cent, at 2:3o pm.
yesterday.
Tide Tables.
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and Geodetic SuryeyI