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Evening star., 1936-06-06
.CO[LADAY FACING
NEW c. O.P.BATTLE
Conventions Credentials
Unit Has Yet to Pass
on D. c. Delegates.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN,
Staff CORRESPONDENT of The Star

CLEVELAND, June 6.-Republicans
of the District of Columbia will be
represented in the Republican Ma
tional Convention by the Colladay
delegateS-unless the conventions
Committee on Credentials should up
set the apple cart.
The Colladay delegates were placed
on the temporary roll of the national
convention late yesterday afternoon
by the Republican National Com
mittee, which turned down the Rover
factions contesting delegation.
The vote in the committee in favor
of the Colladay slate of delegates
was SO to 81.
Undaunted by this reverse, the
Rover delegates will carry the fight
next to the Committee on Credentials
If they lose in that committee, they
may ask the convention itself to pass
on the justice of their claims.
Usually, but by no means invariably,
the Credentials Committee supports
the action of the national committee
in passing upon delegate contests.
Victory for Landon.
The Colladay delegates are "in-
structed" to cast their votes for Gov.
Alfred NJ Landon in the balloting
for the presidential nomination. The
Rover contesting delegates are un-
instructed. The Landon campaign
managers, however, declared they
would keep hands off in this con-
test and would not make it a test
Of Landon strength in the National
Committee.
Bound up in this fight over the
delegates from the District is the
struggle for the national committee
manship. Edward F. Colladay, at
present national committeeman, is
the head of the Colladay faction
Leo A. Rover, State chairman and
former United States attorney for
the District, is seeking the place, hav-
ing been nominated for national COM
mitteeman by the Rover group.
If the Colladay delegates are finally
seated in the National Convention,
Colladay is assured of another term
(see COLLADAY, Page 81
Evening star., 1936-06-06
OF TERROR
is OUSTED ON LINK
TO BLACK LEGION
investigator Is Brother of
Court Clerk Dismissed
for Membership.
ATTENDANCE AT GANG
INVITATIONS CHARGED
Arrests Believed Near in Death
of Steel Worker Thought
Victim of Society.
BY the Associated Press.

DETROIT, June 6.-An investigator
for Duncan C. McCrea, Wayne County
prosecutor, who is directing the fight
against the Black Legion here, was
suspended today on suspicion of mem
bership in the terrorist society.
The investigator is N Ray Mark
land, former mayor of suburban High
land Park, whose brother, Clyde Mark
land, was dismissed yesterday as clerk
of Circuit Judge James E. Chenot's
court for the same reason. Judge
Chenot is presiding over the State
grand jury investigation into slayings,
floggings and arsons attributed to the
Black Legion.
McCrea said N. Ray Markland
denies absolutely any connection in
the past with the Black Legion. How
ever, have unconfirmed information
that he took part in limitations of the
Black Legion. OF course, if this is
true he has no place on my staff at
all. But must have reasonable proof
before I can definitely dismiss him."
ElcCttu WdyOE III 1OoS'
Markland, who came to Detroit from
Columbus, Ind, in 1915, was elected
mayor of Highland Park in 1882 and
was defeated for reelection in close
cu?test in 1884.
Police of suburban Wyandotte said
today that arrests were imminent in
connection with the death of Roy
Pidcock, who disappeared about the
time Charles A. Poole was killed by
member of the Black Legion.
Pidcock, 32-year-old steel worker,
vanished from his home early on May
l3, clad only in his underwear. His
body was found the next day, hang
ing in a hut on Fighting Island. in
the Detroit River.
His death was recorded as a suicide,
but Wyandotte detectives said they
had discovered that Pidcock and Poole,
who was shot to death by an admitted
Black Legion executioner the same
morning, had mutual acquaintances.
Group Became Separated.
A group of men who set out in
several automobiles to punish Poole
following q false accusation that ne
had mistreated his wife, became sepa-
rated when a drawbridge opened, ac-
cording to court testimony.
Police Chief William P. Rutledge OF
SWyandotte, said he was investigating
the possibility that either some of
the Black Legionnaires who became
1San TERRnR pare oN
Evening star., 1936-06-06
3 KILLED IN CRASH
NEAR PETERSBURG
Washington Man Among -Four
Seriously Injured in Head-on
Collision.

By the Associated Press.
PETERSBURG, Va, June GA
head-on collision between two cars
claimed three lives on Route 460,
l mile west of Disputanta. this morn
ing at 4 o'clock, and placed four per-
sons, all of whom are seriously in
jured. in Petersburg Hospital.
The dead:
Elmo z. Reaves, 80, of Petersburg.
Mrs. Vera May Hobeck Phibbs, 30,
of Petersburg.
Price D. Young, Manor Apartment,
Norfolk.
The injured:
r. C. GOODWIN, 1901 Pennsylvania
avenue, Washington, D. c., fracture
of legs and arms and other injuries.
Mrs. Russell Pond, 18, Of 249 Bolting-
brook street, Petersburg, severely in
jured.
Timothy Rives, 1878 Brandon avenue
Petersburg, fractures Of legs and arms
and possible fracture of the skull.
w. r. Burton, Craigsville, cuts on
head and face and other injuries.
state police investigating the crash
said that Young. who was travelling
toward Norfolk, was alone In his car
The car occupied by the Petersburg,
craigsville and Washington residents
was moving in the opposite direction
It Is believed to have been driven BY
Elmo Reaves, officers said. Both cars
were demolished.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
BY DON S. WARREN.

Unless Congress removes the embar-
rassment, the District will have to pay
fine to itself, under the unemploy-
ment insurance ruling made by Con-
troller General McCarl.
The controller general held that
the District has no appropriation
funds which can be used for pay
ment of its obligations to the Dis
trict unemployment compensation
insurance fund as the employer Of
about 760 per diem workers.
District officials had thought they
could mp' the necessary pay roll as
sessment payments to the fund from
money appropriated for the employ
ment of this class of workers, who are
not exempt from provisions of the
unemployment compensation insur-
ance law.
The jobless insurance law definitely
prescribes that the assessments must
be paid by the fifteenth Of each month
and fixes penalty OF i per cent a
month for delinquency.
mot only does the District face pay
ment of the penalty, but I believe 1t
should pay it as an example to all
employers" said Maj. Daniel ]. Dono-
Evening star., 1936-06-06
"BOSSY" GILLIS TO SEEK
ANDREWS HOUSE PLACE
Announces Candidacy as Funeral
Rites Are Set for Late
Representative.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEWBURYPORT, Mass June g.
Mayor Andrew j. "Bossy" Gillis an
nounced today his candidacy for Con-
gress from the sixth Massachusetts,
district, represented since 1921 by the
late A. Piatt Andrew.
Funeral services for Andrew will be
held tomorrow at Gloucester.
Asserting he would run as an in
dependent, "Bossy" punctuated his an
nouncement with the statement: "All
my guns will be loaded and there will
be no pussyfooting on the vital issues
before U.s."
This seemed to indicate the docile,
reticent campaign which be waged to
be elected mayor of Newburyport for
third term would be tossed into the
discard in favor of his old-time fiery
attitude
Officially, "Bossy'' has no opponent
as yet, he being the first to announce
intentions of seeking the post.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
Ethiopian Jugglers
Too Slick to Make
Chinese Long Visit
Rice Dealers Lose Mer-
chandise to Band of 8
"Without Cour,try.'
BY the Associated Press.


CHUNKING, Szechwan. China,
June eight shama -clad Ethi-
opians, who described themselves as
men without a country" provided
an intriguing immigration problem
for Chinese authorities today.
The former subjects of Emperor
Halle SelaSsie, who call themselves
"magicians," gave no indication as
to how they covered the 10000 miles
from their native land.
They were told they are to be de-
ported. Stolidly they replied they
have no country now.
To comphcate the problem, they
staged an exhibition of their magic"
with a juggling act which police said
resulted in the disappearance Of a
quantity of merchandise from Chi
nese rice dealers.
The best solution, police believed,
woulo be the traditional Chinese
escort to the next police district.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
PLAN $1OO,0()O,0O0O
|NST|TUTEAT M. j.
Davis Emissions Transport
Development Unique in
Education Field.
Bv Stan Correspondent of The Star.

bS stan Correspondent OF The Star.
COLLEGE PARK, Md, June e.
Plans to establish huge Institute
II Transport at the University Of
Maryland, a project involving ex-
penditure of millions of dollars, we're
revealed today by Charles Henry
Davis, wealthy inventor engineer. in
the principal address at the uni
versity's commencement exercises
here.
Davis, 71-year-old philanthropist
and pioneer in highway development
in this country, announced he would
give $500,000 book collection and
road-building exhibit to the university
as the first pieces of physical equip
ment which may eventually cost
sl00, 900, 900.
The institute, unique in the higher
learning field, would be devoted to re-
search, planning, exposition and
teaching. Representing every form
of transportation, 81 units would be
housed on the campus in buildings
to be constructed in q long-term pro-
gram, Davis said.
$500, 900 Administration Building.
First structure would be S500,000
administration building, Davis de-
clared, to be financed by donations
from several individuals. He said he
was not yet prepared to announce the
financing plan, but indicated to a
Star reporter that he would con.
tribute to the fund.
Davis, who has devoted more than
80 years to study of highway problems,
recently conceived the vast program,
he said, and Harry c. Byrd, university
president, has been working out its
details
Although still in the formative
stages, Davis said, the program will be
given impetus this Summer when the
American Road Building Association
moves its Offices from Washington to
the engineering school building on the
campus.
Place in World Affairs.
"This Institute Of Transport eventu-
ally will, in my opinion, have a large
meaning in world affairs than any
thing we ordinarily accept in estab-
fishing an organization of this kind.
It is my hope, and I believe that hope
will be realized, that this institute will
lead to larger and more friendly inter-
course between nations.
"It will develop. through a sympa-
thetic consideration of problems CON-
mon to all, a friendly, cooperative
state of mind. It will bring a realiza-
ton that only through cooperative,
friendly and peaceful effort can the
human race attain advancement and
progress such as it desires and such
as 1t should attain"
Davis Library of Highway Engi-
neering and Transport, now at the
| 1See TRANSPORT. Page o.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
District Faces Fine for Failure
To Meet Insurance Obligation

van, auditor. by law, the District is
compelled to assess penalties against
persons who are delinquent. The Gov
ernment should hold itself to the same
requirement"
Mai. Donovan said the District
would have to request deficiency ap-
preparation at the opening OF the
next session of Congress to cover the
pay roll assessments.
Rough estimates place the assess
ments at about $4,000 a year. Col
lection of the assessments from en-
ployers started last February. The
penalty faced by the District would
amount to about $500 by next Janu-
ary, it was estimated.
In adopting the jobless insurance
law, Congress required the District to
make lump payment for this year of
$100, 900 to the special fund. For the
next fiscal year, it will be $l25, 900 and
for the 1898 fiscal year $175,000.
McCarl agreed with the Commis-
sioners that. in addition to this lump
payment, the District must pay its
contribution as an employer.
The Commissioners had not asked
Congress to insert specific language in
(see DISTRICT, Page a.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
THOMAS MEASURE
FOR $5,7OO,O)O IS
PASSED IN SENATE
Unanimous Vote Sends Dis.
trict Resolution to
House.
C0NFEREES' MEETING
NEXT WEEK SOUGHT
Effort to Reach Agreement on
Federal Allowance in View
Of Commission Approval.

The Senate today unanimously
passed the Thomas resolution direct
ing the conferees on the deadlocked
District appropriation bill to retain the
$5,700,000 Federal payment during the
coming year while commission of ex-
perts determines what the United
States share toward upkeep of the Ma
ional Capital should be thereafter.
The resolution still requires House
action, however, and the House may
not have an opportunity to consider it
until Congress reconvenes June IS. fol-
lowing the Republican National Con-
vention.
In the meantime, Senator Thomas,
Democrat, of Oklahoma, chairman, is
trying to arrange a meeting of the con-
ferees for early next week to see
whether an agreement is possible on
the Federal payment. in view of the
Senate's expression of approval of the
creation of the commission
Next Session Adjustment.
Senator Thomas has argued pre-
viously that if the House would agree
to leave the Federal payment where
it is for the coming year the pro-
posed commission would be able 10
say at the next session whether the
House or Senate is correct in their
conflicting contentious as to the Fed
eral obligation.
The House voted to cut the lump
sum for the coming year down TO 81
100000. and about 10 days ago adopted
resolutions instructing its conferees
not to yield on the question.
| 1t is understood, however, that at
a conference last week there was dis
cussion of a possible compromise on
the lump sum figure of approximately
/ S5,000.000. 1t is reported that House
members indicated they would raise
their figure to s4,5oO,ooO.
Commission of Three.
A proposed fiscal relations commits
sion would consist of three members,
appointed as follows: A chairman,
appointed by President Roosevelt; one
member appointed by the Speaker of
the House, and another selected by
the Vice President as presiding officer
of the Senate. No person would be
eligible for appointment who is a
resident of the District or who directly
or indirectly is the owner of or is
interested in property here. The COM
mission would report to the President
not later than January what it
would regard as a fair payment by
the Federal Government for the fiscal
year 1888. together with a formula for
the annual determination of a fair
payment thereafter.
The commission would have s50,o00,
earmarked out of whatever Federal
payment is agreed on for the coming
year for the cost of all necessary re-
search in reaching its conclusion.
BY using language which directs the
conferees to agree on the $5,700,000
figure for the coming year. adoption
of the resolution is equivalent to an
expression of approval by the Senate
Of the position its conferees have taken
(See D. c. BILL, Page 81
Evening star., 1936-06-06

By the Associated Press.
BALTUS SROL GOLF CLUB,
SPRINGFIELD, N. j., June 6.-Set-
ting the pace for the second straight
day, tall, handsome Victor Ghezzi,
Deal. N. j., pro, produced a one-over-
par 73 for his third round today and
held the lead with a 54-hole total of
213, in the finals of the United States
open Gold championship.
Ghezzi, playing cautions, but sound
golf most of the way, shook off two Of
his closest rivals, Ray Mangrum of
Dayton. Ohio, and Johnny Revolta Of
Chicago, the professional king, but
there were at least a half dozen others
in hot pursuit of the title yielded by
Sam Parks, Jr.
Mangrum, co-leader for two days,
lost three shots to Ghezzi on the first
nine. Revolta, going to pieces with a
7 on the seventeenth and an other
wise sour finish, took II and dropped
five shots behind the pace-maker with
218.
Farrell Shoots 20.
Although out of the running, is a
result of his $50 for the first two
rounds, Johnny Farrell, the home
club pro and former national cham
pion, gave the folks something to
cheer about by cracking par with a
70. Out in 80, Farrell had a great
chance to blast the new course record,
but a pair of skies on the eighth
and eleventh, were costly. He had
54-hole total of 220.
Mangrum, losing his touch on the
greens, was out in 38, two over par.
He thus dropped out of the lead
for the first time. At that stage, with
178 for As holes, Mangrum trailed
Ghezzi by three shots and was level
with Revolta.
Revolta blew badly on the finish
ing holes and wound up with a 54-
hole total of 218. This dissipated the
P. G. A. champions prospects, with
one round to go this afternoon.
Tied with Revolta at 218 were long
hitting Jimmy Thomson, who rallied
to shoot a subpar II for his third
round, and Willie Goggin of San Fran
cisco, who turned in 70.
Horton Smith Out in "a
Horton Smith of Chicago, who
started from $50 on the third round,
reached the turn in "a.
The Massachusetts, open champion,
Harold (Jug) McSpaden, who had 148,
tossed off his fieeting prospects with
an outgoing 80, three over par.
Another dark horse passed out of the
running when Ted Longworth Of Port.
land. Greg. shot the first nine in 80.
on top of 145.
The oft-equaled record of SO for the
(see GOLF. Page o.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
QUIZ OF CONTINUED
IN 'EXTORTION PLOT
Officials Resume Questioning Of
Girls on Complaint of E. P.
Adler. Publisher.
Hy the Associated Press.


DAVENPORT, Iowa, June 6.-of-
fcials investigating what E. P. Adler,
Davenport publisher, described as an
"extortion plot" against him resumed
their interrogation of two girls today.
Two of the four persons detained
m connection with the case were re-
leased, but officers renewed question
ing of Marie Dumond, IS, and Rose
mary Sankers, 18, maid in the home
of Miss Dumond's father, c. M. Du-
mond.
Police Chief Sam Kelly said Miss
Sankers admitted making the "mys-
terious" telephone calls to Adler which
led him to call police into the case.
Adler said the calls were traced to the
Dumond residence.
He reported that Miss Sankers said
she had made the calls at the request
of Marie Dumond, and stated in her
story to the police that Marie told her
she had something on me and was
going to demand money from me-"
Evening star., 1936-06-06
LANDON CLAIMS RESISTED.
Vandenberg Move Overshadows Oppo-
sition to Kansan.

Vandenberg Move Overshadows Oppo-
sition to Kansan.
CLEVELAND, June 6 LP).-The fiat
refusal of Senator Vandenberg OF
Michigan to accept the Republican
vice presidential nomination today
overshadowed series of vigorous OBJ
jections to the claims of supporters
of Gov. ALT M. Landon of Kansas.
Landon supporters, who had raised
their claims of delegate strength to
400 votes on the first ballot, said they
had expected no support from Michi-
gan. Otherwise they would not COM
ment.
Whether the Vandenberg withdrawal
presaged shift in the alignments of
Landon opposition was left, for the
moment, matter of debate and of
much speculation in the city's crowded
hotel lobbies.
Already there had arisen discus
sion of the leanings of William Allen
White of Kansas toward liberal plat
form expressions on minimum wages,
labor business regulation and social
security, and whether they might
diminish Landon's support among
Western conservatives.
Platform Proposal Waits.
White said today he would formu-
late no platform proposal on minimum
wages or decide whether to advance
constitutional amendment to permit
States to enact such laws until he
had talked with Gov. Landon.
However, from the headquarters of
Col. Frank Knox, Chicago publisher,
came prediction by Edward Hayes,
his campaign leader, that Knox would
poll from 230 to 261 votes on the first
ballot.
Other leaders there said Col. Knox
would pick up support from favorite-
son States after the first ballot.
The drive which the Knox forces
and those of Senator Borah of Idaho
have directed against Gov Landon
was resumed with a statement from
Hayes that the Republicans could not
carry Illinois 'if we have to start off
every speech by apologizing for the
fact that our candidate has supported
the New Deal"
Sharp words poured in upon the
Landonites, who overnight had boost
ed their estimate of the Kansas Gov
ernor's first-ballot strength in next
weeks national convention to 40O
votes. That would be but 102 short
of enough To nominate
For the most part, the disposition
Of the Landon managers was to accept
the attacks without retaliation. Talk
Of trying to force f1rst-ballot choice
quieted somewhat as friends of the
Kansan sought to calm the storm and
E.<aaIIII5aI5EIEs5I q
Evening star., 1936-06-06

By the Associated Press.
Sped through the Senate by q vote
of SO to "a, a tax bill containing only
faint traces of President Roosevelt's
ideas headed today into q Senate
House conference where administra-
ton men will battle for high, grad
uated taxes on undistributed profits
of corporations.
Many legislators agreed the real
fight over high taxes will take place
in this conference and that the bill
may emerge entirely rewritten.
After three days of debate. a tired
Senate which had gone without its
dinner put its stamp of approval on
the bill last night. Vastly different
from a measure previously passed by
the House, it is designed to raise
$829, 10000
An outline of the basic features of
the tax bill passed by the Senate. as
compared with corresponding provi-
sions approved by the House, reveals:
Corporation Taxes.
Senate-Boosts present corporate
income tax, now 121s to is per cent,
to 151a to Is per cent. Puts fiat 2 per
cent tax on undistributed corporation
earnings. Retains capital stock and
excess profits taxes. Applies present
4 per cent normal income tax to cor
porate dividends in hands of stock
holders.
House-Repeals present corporation
income taxes. Temporarily retains,
then repeals, excess profits and capital
stock taxes Places taxes, graduated
up to 4212 per cent, on total corporate
net income, with rates depending on
percentages of income not distributed
to shareholders. Applies normal in
come tax to dividends.
Individual Income Taxes.
Senate: Boosts by per cent the
surtax on all incomes in surtax
brackets between $4,000 and $50,000
and increased by $440 the tax in all
brackets above $4,000.
House: No changes In income tax
rates.
Excise Taxes.
Senate: Puts to AZ per cent ex-
else levies on imported fish and vege-
table oils.
House: Provides no excise taxes.
Windfall Tax.
Senate: Imposes 80 per cent wind
fall levy on persons "unjustly en-
riched" by non-payment Of invalidated
A. A. A. processing taxes, with revi-
sions which cut yield to estimated
S82 900 900.
House: Imposes same rate, but so
words the tax as being In an estimated
100000, 900.
Refunds.
Both Senate and House, with some
differences, provided for refunds of
processing taxes on exported COM
modities and those sold to charitable
institutions and of taxes on floor
stocks on hand when A. A. A. was
invalidated.
The per cent undistributed profits
tax is much lower than is desired by
administration officials. They orig
inally suggested a graduated tax
averaging 3312 per cent.
The tax conferees will labor all next
week, but the Senate and House prop
er will recess Monday, not to meet
again until June Is. This will permit
Republicans to attend their national
convention in Cleveland.
An indication of the hard fight ad-
ministration leaders plan in behalf of
higher profits taxes was given when
the question of naming Senate con-
ferees was reached. Leaders made an
unusual decision to name eight instead
of the customary five conferees, there
by assuring that three members
(See TAXES, Page 81