Evening star., 1936-10-13

ing the act before the Circuit Court
of Appeals acted. 1t may be reviewed
after the Circuit Court announces its
decision.
A dispute over whether four en-
ployes of a New York brokerage firm
must testify before the Securities
Commission concerning alleged ma
nipulatio of the price of stocks. The
Securities Commission said 1t did not
desire their testimony now because
other witnesses had revealed the ac-
tivities of Pirnie, Simons & Co., Inc"
The first formal decisions are ex-
pected November 8, after the presi-
Dental election.
Refuse to Reconsider.
In other actions, the court refused
to reconsider its decision last May
holding unconstitutional the 1884
municipal bankruptcy act intended to
aid cities and other political sub
divisions reduce their Indebtedness
through Federal bankruptcy courts,
and declined to interfere with Flor
ida Supreme Court decision holding
unconstitutional sections of State
law imposing graduated gross re-
ceipts tax on chain stores.
Hoeppel and his son had appealed
from their conviction in District Court
here and the imposition Of jail sen
tences of from four months to q year.
The tribunal refused to interfere with
a decision of the local Court of Ap-
peals affirming the conviction and
sentences.
The attack on the economy act was
made by Mrs. Lillian H. Rhodes, who
lost her position with the Bureau Of
Internal Revenue because her hus-
band was employed by. the Federal
Trade Commission. Asking the court
to order her reinstatement, she said:
Little argument would seem neces-
sary to show that section 213 of the
economy act relative to husbands and
wives in Government employ was
never intended to repeal the require
ment (of the civil service AcD that
efficiency ratings should be taken into
consideration in ef1ecting dismissals."
The lower courts refused to rein
state her, and this action was upheld
by the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court also refused to
interfere in the following local cases:
An unsuccessful attempt by Nor
man T. Whitaker, convicted as. The
Fox" in the Lindbergh baby ransom
negotiations between CASTOR Means
and Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mclean.
An appeal by William Owens from
his conviction in District Court for
the Staying of his 14-year-old sweet
heart.
An appeal by Harry Wardman from
a lower court decision that he must
pay a New York firm one-third of the
S22, ,437 he was found to have overpaid
on his 1921 income tax. The lower
court found Wardman had contracted
with the firm to pay them one-third
Of the amount recovered.
A protest by the Potomac Electric |
Power Co. against condemnation pro- |
ceedings which forced 1t to move .
power substation to make room for the
new Interior Department Building.
In another case Of Importance here, |
the court, however, granted . request |
by the District Government for q re. |
view of the local Court Of Appeals de- |
cision that jury trial must be granted
in certain cases involving the viola |
tions Of municipal ordinances. The
question arose when the lower court |
reversed the conviction of Ethel |
Clawans for selling unused parts OF
a railroad ticket without q license.
The appellate tribunal held she should |
have been given q jury trial. In its |
appeal, the District contended 800
persons were charged with violating |
the license law in 1885. and that jury |
trials would seriously impede the
effective administration Of this and
similar laws"