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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-17

chevrolet 1888 COach-Has had QOE0
the best of care by one owner OOOO
and is in perfect condition all over.
STOHLMAN CHEVROLET
1907 NJ st. n. w. WEST 1646
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-17

Chevrolet 1888 Sedan-Just out COCO
of our shop and is Al; tires GDOVO
almost new; trade and easy terms.
STOHI.MAN CHEVROLET
1907 NJ st. N. w. WEST 1876
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Automobiles for Sale
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-17
PONTIAC

Pontiac 1882 sedan-Runs and Q10E
looks above the average; all O1OO
tires are nearly new; low price, trade
and terms to suit
A Safety Tested" Used Car
n. K. BRANCH L. p. STEUART
141 IL st. N. e. AT. $500
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-17

OldsmObile, 1885 FOu F.DOOr coax
Touring Sedan-Nile green DCEkO
finish, dual windshield wipers, dual
rear lights, built-in trunk, safety glass
throughout Fisher no-draft ventila-
ton. spotlesS upholstery, driven very
little by one careful owner. We defy
you to tell it from new. A whale of
q value at $S45.
SUPERIOR MOTORS
1890 l4th st. N. w. Decatur 1900
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-17

Chevrolet 1884 Sport Coupe - COOK
Original black finish without DOOO
a scratch. clean upholstery.
DONOHOE CHEVROLET
1920 NJ st. N. w. Dist. $500
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-17
PACKARD

Packard, 1885 TwO-DOOF Tour Q7OS
ing 12O Sedan-BeautifuI blue ID OO
finish, built-in trunk. no-draft ventilar
ton, tailored seat covers, heater, cleo
trio fan. practically new tires, power
full, smooth running motor. First buyer
gets it for $795.
SUPERIOR MOTORS
1890 14th st. n. W. Decatur 1900
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1936-12-25
Obchodnik po deseti letech
zjistsn jake spoiupachatel
kradeze " kosteIe.

Pred deseti Lefty byl We Sta
rem Sedle u Primdy vyloupen
hostel. Lupici tehdy odnesli
zlate a strfbrne bohosluzebne
nacinf, ktere melo cenu pres
padesat tisfc Kc. Byla Size "a
chycena stopa, ktera vedla k
bavorskym hranicfm, ale lupi-
81 unikli i s koTisti a nepodafi-
10 Sc je vypatrat. Nedavno by
la v mestecku prodana v draz-
be chalupa chude vdovy. Draz-
ba byla provedena ma natlak
obchodnfka Josefa Lobitzera
pro nevelky duh "a odebrane
zbozf. Zdrcena vdova prisla
pc drazbe k cetnikIm a prohla
sila, re Size re misty, ale 1plne
pravdive prozradf, kdo pred
lety vyloupil hostel. Podrobili
il dukladnemu vyslechu, ktery
skoncil zatcenfm obchodnika a
Vaclava Raise, ktery vloupani
proved. Lobitzer, ktery mel
styky S podloudniky, Sc posta-
raj o dopravu kostelnfch kle-
MOTH do ciziny.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1936-12-25
Veprove hody ma ulici.

Podivne prekvapenf cekalo
ma casne chodce v nekolika uli-
cich v Ceske Kamenici ma De-
clnsku. Ma f1msach domI, ma
oknech, mezi ploty zahrad i
pred vyklady obchod1 byly
rozlozeny, zaveseny nebo pro-
vleceny jitrnice. Ponevadz Sc
myslelo, re jsou zkazene, NEST
stf zrfzenci je sbfrali do kos1.
Bylo jich velmi mnoho a zjisti-
10 Sc, re jsou to cerstve, dobre
domacf jitrnice. Nikdo nehla-
sill, re by byly ukradeny. Sou
df Sc, re je to zert lid1, kter1 Sc
jitrnic prejedli ma domacfch
veprovych hodech a vysluzky
rozvesili pc ulicich.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1936-12-25
Chudemu vratil viru " lid.

V Plzni je jednou re INA
mych postav Slovak Jozka. Ne
davno tomuto chudakovi neja-
ky Fly clovek ukradl 1spory,
ktere 81 Jozka nastradal 20
dvacetihaler1ch. Jozka byl vel
mi smutny. Snad vic nez ztra-
ia no bolelo, re jsou ma svete
takovf Eli Tide. Kdyz jednoho
dine Jozka prisel do hostince,
kde mu vzdycky davajf skleni-
CT piva, cekalo no prekvapenf.
Prisel tam "a MIN jeden obcan
a prinesl mu stffbrne hodinky.
Jozka mel radost jake dfte.
Kde komu hodinky ukazoval a
vypravel, re u mich ami pan no
tar takove nema. Jiny obcan
daroval Jozkovi deset korun
ma 1hradu ztraty. Jozka dlou-
no nechtel prijmout. Kdyz
vsak slysel, re Sc v hostinci Wy
bfra ma slepe deti, poprosil, a.
by mu dali slozenku a vyplnil
il ma deset korun. A chudak
postal darovanych deset korun
jeste vetSfm chudakIm.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1936-12-25
Prosoudili JIG q miliony Kc.

V Berehove ma Podkarpat-
ske Rust Sc vede uz pc leta
spor o p~ozemkovy majetek ur-
barialni oboe. Je to majetek,
ktery ma dnes hodnotu ash 40
milionu Kc. Jsou to pozemky,
ktere zlskali berehovsti used
llci pc zruseni roboty a spolec-
ne ma Mich hospodarili jake
"urbarialn1 obec". Podvodem
madarskeho 1rednika byly po-
zemky pfipsany obci politicke
a v republice Ease vraceny OBJ
CT urbarialn1. Ted Sc Ease We
dou spory O to, jak pozemky
rozdelit. N~ejvetS1 zisk z toho
mali advokati. W byly prosou-
zeny 4 miliony Kc.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1936-12-25
Japonci spehuji " csl.

hr

Ceskoslovensky hrackarsky
prnmysl patti mezi nejkvalit-
nejsf ma celem svete. Bohuzel
zle trpi jak ely a dvisovymi O.
patrenimi, tax politickymi u
dalostmi v jednotlivych ze-
mich. We Span6lsku ma jedna
z csl. hrackaTskych tovaren 1
million Kc pohledavek a nevi,
IDA jejf zakaznfci jeste zijf.
Dokud v Nemecku nevladl Hi
tier, nell jsme nejvetsi vyvoz
hracek do Nemecka.
Nynl sc nemecke tovarny,
stejne jake Japonci, snazf nase
vyrobky napodobit. Ale 1silf
jejich vyzvedacd je vetsinou
marne. Modni kabelky z BIZ
lych lakovanych koralk1, KITE
re vyvazfme do Ameriky, ia
ponci Size napodobili, ale tax
spatne, re o ne lepsi kupci ne
stoji.
Jeden re spionG Sc predsta-
vii nedavno prodejnfmu redite-
Ii ceske tovarny jake nakupci
velkeho japonskeho obchodu.
Prohlizel hracky, vyptaval Sc,
|jak a z echo Sc vyrab6jl, ale
neptal Sc ma cenu. PAX chtel
videt tovarnu. Bylo mu to do
voleno.
V tovarne mu vsak z opatr-
nosti ukazali jen vseobecna Cd
deleni a pax no hned odevzda-
Ii hospodaTske policii, ktera i
povedeneho nakupclho nasla Y
knoflikove dfrce malinky toto.
aparat, v kapsach pax fotogra.
file a plany vyroby csl. hracek
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1936-12-25
Bitka ma sumavske samots.

Ma samote, uprostred hlubo-
kych sumavskych lesu, mezi
Ceskym Krumlovem a Volary,
konala sc svatba obchodnika
Zwieslera. Mezi hosty byli
clenove rodiny stavitele Rauch
sera. V noel doslo mezi sva-
tebcany k prudke hadce, ktera
Sc vystupnoval We rvacku. Pr
nj byl zabit 20lety Rauscher a
jeden 1castnik byl tezce IRA
men. Mfstnosti odlehle samo-
ty, ktera je vzdalena cd nej-
blizsiho telefonu A hodiny ces-
ty, byly 1plne demolovany.
Cetnictvo pf1pad vysetruje. Je
v mem mnoho zahad a IDA Sc,
re hitka ma politicke pozadf.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1936-12-25
Siovansky kouzelnik Tesla.

ODE ceske techniky, prazska
a brnenska, ud6lily DESTINY dok
torat technickych we'd 80-lete-
mu slavnemu slovanskemu wy
nalezci Nikolovi Teslovi. z Ju-
goslavie pTijela k teto slavnos-
tt delegace Teslova Institute,
spolkG vedeckych a inzenyr-
skeho.
Mikulas Tesla je velkym ge-
MEM, presahuj1cfm snad i po-
pularnejsiho Edisona, ale snad
no Sc nechal zatlacit ostatnimi.
Marconi, prot Teslovi slavnej-
81 i bohatsf, mnohe objevy jen
opakoval pc Teslovi. Marconi
byl Teslovi vsude V patach. A.
lie Tesla 81 z toho mic ned6lal.
Kdyz shledal, re Marconi opet
vynalezl neco,co 81 nechal pred
tim patentovat Tesla pravem
jake sv1j vynalez, mavl mad
tim rukou a pokracoval pra-
CT. Zkusil dost i cd jinych lidf.
Kdyz nastoupil zamestnanf u
Edisona, slibili mu so tislc do
larI "a vyresenf jisteho profile
mu. Kdyz byl Tesla S pracf
hotov, vysmali Sc mu. Nemel
ami smlouvy. Pres to jeho Wy
nalezavost byla ocenena boha-
ltou podnikatelskou sp~olecnostf
ktera Teslovi zaplatila "a ne
ktere vynalezy znacne penfze.
Tesla lined zacal "a ziskane
penize stavet laboratore. Pra-
coval We vsech moznych obo-
rech Overwhelmingly r. 1891
%. prosince prohlasil ma pred
nasce ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS spo-
lecnosti, re proudly, ktere obje-
vii, zpGsobuji ohrlvani tela a
re by Sc jich snad mohlo pou-
lit lekarstvi. Sedm let ma to
nechal 81 patentovat prvn1 pri-
stroj ma t. Nv. diathermii " le-
kaTstv1 zname elektricke pro-
hr1vani vnitrnich organ1 teles-
nych). V roce 1898 sestrojil
prvnf bezdratove riditelnou
LODI. Rok pred tim postavil ra-
diotelegrafnl vysilac, ktery mel
1cinnost ma 20 mil, hned pc
tom sestavil dalsl s 1cinnosti
do okruhu 600 mil. Potion Sc
rozmachl k projektu, ktery a.
nj dnes Sc nikdo neodvazuje u
skutecnit lie to jiz take zbytec
ne, d1ky pouzit1 kratkych vln)
= chtel postavit radiotelegraf-
nj stanici, ktera by obsahla &C.
IL svet a mela vykon 1900 XIV
(nyn1 nejsilnejs1 STANCE ma sve
te ma kolem 1000 XVI. Mela
stat We Wanderclyffu v Kali
fornii. Ale dosly mt penfze.
Bylo vydano tedy provolanf,
ktere jiz roce 1900 ohlasova-
10 program STANCE. Citujeme
z nej jen toto: Svetova STANCE,
jez NIUE zahajiti vys1lani v de
viii mesfcfch, by mohla bez We
kych vydajG uskutecniti tyto
plany: z1skati spojenf mezi te-
legrafnimi stanicemi celehc
sveta, zajistit tajny a neruseny
1rednl styk, obstaravati pre-
nos hubby, novinaTskych zpray
fotografovanych obraz1 a W.
kresG, T1dit lodi bez kompasu
atd. = tedy vsechno to, co sta.
lie jeste budujeme.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1936-12-25
Dalsi Slovak prelozeny do
Prahv.

V poslednf dobe bylo prove
demo dalsf um1sten1 Slovak1 v
1strednich 1radech v Praze,
kde zaujimajf vyznamna po-
staveni. Pr tonic bylo take
pamatovano i ma mladsf sloven
ske 1redni ~cinitele, mezi KITE
.rez pribyl nynf i DIR. Udvary,
vysetrujicf soudce krajskeho
soudu v Bratislave. Byl prav9
prelozen do ministerstva v
PraZe.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1936-12-25
Otec a syn.

V Chicago 17lety Marion
Booker byl proboden svym OF
Gem, 46letym. Policii udal, re
tax ucinil v sebeobrane, pone-
vadz jej syn chtel zbfti, jak to
jiz udelal pred tim nekolikra-
tie.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1936-12-25
Usmrtili Sc spolecns.

We Van Mugs, Kalifornie, w.
French, IA, a jeho bratr F.
French, kterf bydlili pospolu
pres p1l stoletf, ukoncili spo-
leone zivot nadychan1m Sc au-
toplynu v uzavrene kaTe.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1936-12-25
Nsmci z rise " pohranici kupu-
il velkostatky.

Pres stale protesty hranica-
RI pTechazf p1da v mensinach
do Tisskonemeckych rukou.
Nyn1 prave natal zbytkovy sta
tex v seevroceske obci Sedlisti
u Mimone RISKY Nemec. A
hned propustil ceske deln1ky.
I'll must hledat zamestnan1 jim
de i s rodinami sc stehuj1, a ce-
ske mensinove skole pax ubyva
zactva.
Evening star., 1936-12-29
BIG PRESS BUREAU
FOR i. s. HITS SNAG
Capitalization Would Slow
News Dissemination,
Says White House.

Reports Of an administration move
ment to centralize press information
activities Of the Government we're dis
counted today by White House officials.
Such a Capitalization, it was de-
clared on high authority, undoubtedly
would prove unwieldy and impracti-
cable.
It was pointed out that the neces-
sity for quickly conveying news to the
press would prove an insurmountable
obstacle to any arrangement for a
central press bureau. and the opinion
expressed that 1t would not be con-
ducive to maintaining amicable press
relations
President Roosevelt recently indi-
Gated consideration is being given to
co-ordinating mimeographing facili-
ties Of the various Government de-
partments, but this plan would affect
only reports and other documents not
having instant news value. 1t was said
today the President did not have in
mind including press releases which
have a time element"
The reports of program for CEN
tralization Of press releases apparent
ly grew out Of the three-way study
being made of coordination Of gov
ernmental activities by a presidential
commission and by House and Senate
committees.
Evening star., 1936-12-29
Case Only Unsolved Kidnapping In
Justice Files.

Justice Department agents threw
all of their energies today into an
effort to capture the kidnaper Of lit
tie Charles Mattson and maintain
their record Of solving such crimes.
The abduction Of the 10-year-old
son of a wealthy Tacoma. Wash,
physician was the only unsolved kid
naping listed in the departments flles
as 1886 drew to close.
The Federal list does not include
certain purely local cases In which no
Federal law was violated.
Toward solving this case and wiping
the slate clean, j. Edgar Hoover
pledged the full cooperation" OF tho
Bureau Of Investigation, which he
heads.
Whether he might fly to Tacoma
to direct Federal agents working on
the case, Hoover declined to say.
Other department sources indicated.
however, he had no such intention at
present.
Hoover sat today beside . private
telephone wire to the Mattson home
In Tacoma, Wash.
Aides indicated the Bureau OF In
1stigation chief was devoting almost,
his entire time to the kidnapping case.
Hoover sent word to newsmen he
would make no statement on the case
unftl Il VaS "completely solved"
Evening star., 1936-12-29
huge profits with the lives of oul
young men,"
CUSE DEFENDS EXPORTS

JERSEY CITY December 90 OR.-
Robert Cuse, president of the vimalert
Co.. Ltd, said today the airplanes
which the company will export to
Spain under licenses granted by the
State Department ARE commercial
planes that are neither designed, built
nor equipped for conversion into fight
ing planes"
THE planes have been used by
private owners throughout the coun-
try for considerable length of time. "
he said, in statement. "The re-
placement OF these planes and en-
gines, the overhauling of engines and
the manufacturing Of engine spare
parts will provide employment for
approximately 1900 men for a period
of one year.
MY company is engaged in the
manufacturing of engines and parts
and had dealings with foreign coun-
tries in its usual course of trade for
IL years. In my opinion, during the
present lack of employment and vast
expenditure Of public money for re-
iiCA, diA OpPOi GulllIy VI securing WOEk
through trade with countries that are
not at war should not be passed over
Besides. there is another angle tc
the situation. The airplane- manu-
featuring industry is greatly in need
Of skilled metal workers and manu-
facturers of engines and parts are in
need of skilled mechanics and ma
chinists and unless employment is
provided for them, in case of need
our country will be in the same situa-
ticn as the European countries are al
present as far as a shortage of skilled
workmen is concerned
Whatever new laws may be passed
in the future, the fact remains that
my company has purchased CONNER
cial airplanes for shipment to g
country with which we are not a,
war on the strength of and in COM
pliance with the existing laws of oul
country and the license for their ex-
port was granted accordingly"
Evening star., 1936-12-29
Neutrality
Continued From First Page.)

hope to prevent general war daring
up from the Spanish crisis.
These restrictions are aimed pri-
marily at keeping foreign munitions
and men from reaching the two fac
tions in Spain.
Some observers said the fact an
American munitions dealer has been
given Official permission to send war
implements to Spain might encourage
other nations with greater political
stakes in the outcome to do likewise
This, it was held, might easily have
q disastrous effect on the European
non-intervention pact.
Exports Must Wait Two Months.
Cuse cannot begin exporting his
equipment for perhaps two months
because of the need for repairs to
place his equipment in serviceable
condition.
Senator Bone, Democrat, of WASH
ington, warned that the United States
could not hope to stay out of 1.-The
next European war unless its citizens
"CLC WulAllS W cdNlAlAC tllCll 1l6IIo
to trade and travel on the high seas.
Striking at a New York Socialist
campaign to enlist 500 Americans to
aid the Spanish Loyalist Army, Sem
ator Borah. Republican. Of Idaho.
ranking minority member Of the For
eign Relations Committee, said he be-
lieved all such volunteers should be
deprived Of their citizenship.
Chairman Pittman Of the committee
called enlistment contrary to the
whole theory Of neutrality"
Senator Nye. Republican, Of North
Dakota said. however, he believed en-
listment was mot a serious enough
matter" to justify loss of citizenship.
Bone, a pioneer advocate of anti
war legislation, said he would seek
enactment of a five-point neutrality
plan:
!. Continuation of the present en-
barge on munition sales to warning
powers.
2. A modified cash carry
scheme, permitting shipment of other
goods only in the belligerent nations
own vessels, or in American ships ira
Yelling at their own risk.
3. A quota system which would allow
neutral nations to purchase only nor
NAL" quantities Of munitions, thus pre-
venting trans-shipment to belligerents
4. An act forbidding American citi-
zens to travel on ships Of warning
countries, replacing the present law
which permits them to travel at Their
own risk.
5.Laws to prevent wartime profiteer-
ing by regulating industry and limit
ing incomes to about $4,000.
The "cash-and-ca plan," he said
would eliminate 80 per cent Of the fac
tors tending to draw the United States
into q foreign conflict.
He called his anti-prohteering
measuring the only way to keep sell
fish interests from underwriting their
Evening star., 1936-12-29
UNFAIR PRACTICES
CHARGED TO A. & P:
Violation of Packers and Stock
yards Act Laid to Firm
by Wallace.

BY the Associated Press.
The Agriculture Department an
nounced today Secretary Wallace had
ordered the Great Atlantic g. Pa
cific Tea Co.. New Jersey corporation,
"to cease and desist from various
practices held to be in violation" of
the packers and stockyards act.
The order, effective February 2, re-
suited from charges that the company
engaged in deceptive and unfair
practices" by allowing IAN employe to
make representation to the effect that
he is in the brokerage business when,
in fact. he was purchasing meat sup
plies from meat packers for the COM
pany's account"
The department charged c. j. Noell,
an A. g. P. employe. had collected
~. 2 and 3 per cent commissions"
while acting as a meat broker and
then turned these commissions over
to the company, "deducting only
enough to pay his salary and the ex-
penseS of his Office"
1t said this was forbidden by the
Federal act 'as having the effect of
giving unfair advantage to the A. l. p.
company over its competitors"
The 13-page order said Noell re-
ceived 'so-called brokerage fees for q
period Of about 81 months" which sex
ceeded Office expenses by more than
$3.50, 900. and that the A. l. P. COM
pany received this money without the
knowledge Of the many packers that
supplied the meat"
Wallace overruled the company's
argument that it was not a packer as
defined by the Federal act. He found
the company engaged in the business
Of both manufacturing and preparing
meat and meat food products for ship
ment In interstate commerce"
Evening star., 1936-12-29
SOUTHERN SPAIN
IN BATTLE SCENE
Socialist MiIitiamen Make
important Gains in
Cordoba Sector.
IS a Christmas card, a few days
BE- tie Associated Press.


MADRID. December 20. - Fresh
battles in Southern Spain shifted
the center of the bitter civil war to-
day from fortified lines around the
capital.
Dispatches from Andujar. in Jaen
Province, declared Socialist militia
men made important gains in what is
known as the Cordoba sector Enemy
losses were set at 5000 men during
fighting around Lopera and Villa del
Rio, the reports said.
Four battalions of German soldiers
and several squadrons of cavalry par
ticipated in the insurgent defense
against government attacks, the ad-
vices stated
The war .ry received word that
Socialist trC~. had captured a ceme-
terry at Teruel and Mount Mansueto,
giving the Madrid forces complete
domination of the Zaragoza Valley.
Despite thick fog and piercing
cold, the reports said, the militiamen
took their objectives in the salient
northeast Of Madrid after slight resist
ance from the insurgents.
U. S. BAN TO BE ASKED.
Evening star., 1936-12-29
BOY BADLY HURT
IN HIT-RUN CASE
Veterinarian Held After Gathers.
burg Child Is Struck
on Pike.
By Stan CORRESPONDENT of The Star.

BY stafi Correspondent Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, December 20
John Bradley, jr., 9, of Gathers
burg, Is in a critical condition at the
Montgomery County General Hospi-
tai today with injuries suffered when
an alleged hit-and-run car crashed
into his bicycle on the Rockville
Gaithersburg pike last night.
Police are holding Clifton Dronen-
burg, 55-year-old veterinarian, OF
Clarksburg, Md, who is said to nave
been the operator of the machine, in
lieu of $500 bond. He is charged
with driving while under the influ-
ence Of liquor, reckless driving and
failing to stop after an accident.
The boy and his 10-year-old sister,
Mary, children of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bradley of 10 Park avenue, Gathers
burg, were riding bicycles along the
road near the farm of Lawson King
when a machine struck the formers
wheel.
Passing motorists took the child to
a Rockville physicians Office for first
aid treatment and police later re-
moved him to the hospital at Sandy
Spring.
Carey Bell Of Gaithersburg, q Wit
ness to the mishap. told Montgomery
County officers he followed the mo-
torist for several miles. finally drew
alongside the car and told the driver
he had struck child.
Bell declared the man expressed
surprise and promised to turn back
to Rockville at once. Instead, Bell
said, he set out again at q rapid rate
Of speed Bell then telephoned police
and Patrolman Paul Burner, armed
with the tag numbers furnished by
Bell, arrested Dronenburg near Mid
dlebrook.
Evening star., 1936-12-29
FORD. WINS BRUSH !.
WITH i. S. ON BIDS.
WaIsh-HeaIey Exemption Up
to $4,000 Upheld by
Controller.

Ford Motors emerged victorious in q
brush with the Government today
when Acting Controller General Ell
lott held that its bids were not to be
rejected If they involved less than
$4,000 Of business, even though they
contain a qualification to relieve the
manufacturer of responsibility for
compliance with the Walsh-Healey
hours and wage act.
The issue was raised by the Sec
retary of the Interior in connection
with bids by the Northwest Motor Co.,
Ford's Bethesda agent, on some con-
tracts totaling approximately $4,000.
Stipulation in Bid.
In bidding. Northwest had incorpo-
rated this stipulation:
1T is expressly understood and
agreed by the parties hereto that the
manufacture Of the articles described
in this contract. where the manu-
facturer Is a corporation or a person
other than the bidder herein. shall in
no degree or manner be bound by the
terms and conditions thereof"
Because Of this, the Interior Secre-
tary wanted to know what action
should be taken on these and some
other bids which had been similarly
qualified. He said:
During the month of November we
received several other bids from the
Northwest Motor Co.. each containing
the statement quoted above. In some
cases. the total amount Of the bid was
less than $4,000 and in some other
cases the total amount of the bid was
more than $4,000. but the amount on
which this bidder was low was less
than $4,000. No award has been made
in any case to the Northwest Motor Co.
where the bid contained the statement
referred to and all such cases are
being held pending an authoritative
decision on this matter"
$4,000 Is Dividing Line.
Pointing out that the Walsh -Healey
act applies to contracts of only $1,000
or more, Elliott said:
Where contracts awarded are not
in excess of $4,000 in amount, there
Is no requirement that the statutory
stipulations of the Walsh Healey act
be included in the contract In such
cases, the stated reservation in the bid
Of dealer is superfluous and does not
give the bidder any competitive ad-
vantage over other bidders or vary the
obligations Of the contract from those
which otherwise would have been in
CURED. Hence the reservation is
wholly immaterial in such cases and
provides no basis for the rejection of
Ia bid otherwise acceptable"
Elliott said, however, that the gross
bid must be considered in the award
of any contract ard that an original
figure which would come under the
Walsh -Healey act could not be ex-
cluded because discounts or trade-in
values cut the net bid under $4,000.
In a previous decision, Elliott had
held that Northwest must be con-
sidered as acting for Henry Ford in
offering bids for Government business.