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Evening star., 1936-06-02
BABCOCK DECISION
BYA.F.G.E. IS NEAR
Council to Map Policy on
Roosevelt Attack at SeS.
sion Saturday.

The trouble stirred in the ranks
of the American Federation of Gov
ernment Employees by the attack of
E. Claude Babcock. national presi-
dent, on the Roosevelt administration
will come to a head Saturday when
the executive council meets here to
decide what action is warranted.
Suspension or removal of Babcock
is being advocated by some fedora
ton leaders, who contend the fed
Grafton has been put into "politics"
by reason Of the attack, directed
against "spoils policies" and circu-
lated by the Republican National
Committee.
Babcock sent out the call for the
council, it was made known yesterday,
after a poll of the members showed
they favored meeting here to take up
the case.
The federation president IS in De-
troit, and there was no comment on
the latest development, but he has
contepded he was acting in his ca
pacity as former secretary of the
Civil Service Commission. and not as
a federation officer, in preparing the
offending document-a 14-page PAM
phlet.
Babcock was elected for two-year
term at the convention in Cincinnati
last September.
Evening star., 1936-06-02

citizens-would lead to Senate fight
against Kimberling's confirmation.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Senators
and the Governors own associates
were confident. however. Kimberling
would be confirmed. They said the
Governor had been assured of the
necessary II votes before forwarding
the appointment.
Democrats May Fight.
Opposition was expected from mem
bers of the Democratic minority and
from a few INSTRUMENTATION Re-
publicans. Senator John E. Toolan.
MiddleseX Democrat, said there once
had been "an understanding" among
Democrats not to vote for a successor
TO Schwarzkopf
Although the Governor conducted
an intensive investigation of the
Hauptmann case for many months, he
seldom. if ever, conferred personally
with Schwarzkopf about the results of
his own inquiry and about his doubt"
that the Lindbergh kidnap-murder was
a one-man job.
Neither SchwarZkopf nor Knnber-
ling would comment on the se,000-a-
year appointment.
Evening star., 1936-06-02
WISCONSIN AVENUE
WILL Be IMPROVED
Contract for Paving Center
Will Be Let as Soon
as Possible.
BY a Stan Correspondent of The Star.

BY stan correspondent OF Inc star.
BETHESDA. Nd, June 2.--Advo-
Gates of the plan to have the State
Roads Commission and United States
Bureau of Public Roads pave the CEN
ter Of Wisconsin avenue through the
local business section have won their
fight members of the Bethesda Cham
Der of Commerce we're informed last
night.
The trade body. one of the plans
stanchest supporters. was told the
two highway agencies have finally ap-
proved the proposal to provide parking
along the lower end and pave the
upper section when the hazardous
gulley lying in the center of the thor
oughfare is improved.
B. w. Parker, head of the Commit
tee on Roads, Streets and Bridges.
said the project will consist of parking
the center from the District of Co.
lumbia line to Bradley lane and put
ting in a macadam strip from that
point to the Old Georgetown road.
Bids are to be sought at once by
the State Roads Commission, which
has received Federal public works
funds for the improvement, and a
contract is to be awarded as soon as
possible. Road executives were quoted
as declaring the task will be begun by
July /.
Immediate replacement of Potomac
drive and improvement Of Valley
road, near Brookmont. is urged in a
resolution adopted by the chamber
under suspension of rules. The dam
age to the two streets during the re-
cent Potomac River flood virtually
cut of homes along the drive from
neighboring communities.
Evening star., 1936-06-02
TRUCK DRIVER DIES
OF BURNS IN CRASH
Four Youths Hurt as Pole
HaIts 90-M.P.H. Chase
Near Laurel.

A Richmond, Va, furniture truck
driver was burned to death and six
other men injured in two automobile
crashes in the vicinity Of Laurel last
night.
Chambers D. Elder, %, of Rich
mond, died of burns in a Baltimore
hospital several hours after a heavily
laden van hit an electric pole on the
Washington Baltimore Boulevard at
Savage and burst into flames. Elder
was asleep in bunk in the rear Of
the drivers cab at the time of the
accident and was pinned beneath the
blazing wreckage for several minutes
When it cut of the pole, the van
temporarily put electric service in the
vicinity out Of commission and the
police radio station at Laurel was un-
able to broadcast lookout for a green
sedan which the driver of the van said
cut in front Of him, causing him to
hit the pole. Two other men were
injured in the van accident.
Chase Hits 80 M. p. H.
-Four colored youths were hurt in
the climax Of chase from Mount
Rainier to Laurel when their car hit
a pole at the intersection of the boule-
ward and Main street and caught fire
about l am. today.
Prince Georges County Policemen
Albert Anderson and Arthur Brown
reported they got behind the men as
they were travelling at high rate Of
speed through Mount Rainier. At
times during the chase to Laurel the
colored youths drove 80 miles an hour,
the officers said.
When the police car drew abreast,
the other machine tried to force the
officers of the road. they reported,
and several shots were fired by police.
After the crash the county officers
were told by State troopers that the
car used by the colored youths had
been stolen in Baltimore It's oc-
cupants will be turned over to Balti-
more City police for prosecution on
theft charges before being brought
back to Prince Georges, it was said.
Victim May Recover.
Occupants of the car described
themselves as George Corbin, II;
Robert Young. Is; Charles Lane, l8,
and William Lane. II, all of Balti-
more. They were taken to St. Agnes
Hospital. Baltimore, by Corpl. J. E.
Wheeler and Officer E. w. Reith in
the State police ambulance
Eldridge D. Tanner of Richmond,
driver of the furniture truck, was
thrown clear when the van hit the
pole, but received burns about the
chest when he aided in the rescue
Of Elder.
A third Richmond man in the
truck, Marshall Soles, %, also was
burned. but is expected TO recover.
State Policemen James r. Miller
and John Gates took the trio to the
hospital and other officers and
passersby succeeded in saving much
of the furniture on the van. which
was en- route to Edgewood arsenal.
Evening star., 1936-06-02
MISS SAXT0N, 95,
DIES AT RESIDENCE
Sister of Late Chief Clerk in Office
of Quartermaster General.
Rites Thursday.

Miss Isabella Clary Saxton, 95'
sister of the late Henry Dearborn
Saxton, chief clerk in the Quarter
master Generals Office for many years,
died yesterday at her residence, 1922
Calvert street.
Miss Saxton was niece OF Gen
Robert E. Clary and Commodore Al
bert Gallatin Clary. who distinguished
themselves while serving with the
Union forces in the Civil War.
Miss Saxton was prominent in ac-
tivities at St. Johns Church. She
served as treasurer of the Ladies
Auxiliary 80 years. and upon retire
ment about 10 years ago, was made
honorary treasurer.
Funeral services will be held at
the chapel of Joseph Gawler Sons,
1856 Pennsylvania avenue, Thursday
at 1890 am. Burial will be in Airing
ton Cemetery.
Evening star., 1936-06-02
SCHWARzKOPF OUT.
BUT FIGHT LOOMS.
Hoffman Deposes Police
Head for KimberIing-Sen-
ate May Not Confirm.
BY the Associated Press.

TRENTON, N. j., June Gov.
Harold G. Hoffman capped his criti-
cism of the Lindbergh kidnap-murder
investigation today by deposing Col. H.
Norman Schwarzkopf as superintend-
ent of the New Jersey State police
a force he organized and led for IS
years.
The Governor sent to the Senate
the name of Col Mark o. Kimber-
ling, State Prison warden and once
Schwarzkopf's deputy.
Kimberling was named to succeed
the man who directed the police search
which ended in the arrest, conviction
and execution of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann as the Lindbergh baby
slayer. Kimberling supervised the ex-
ecution.
Senate Fight Expected.
Some observers believed strong senti-
ment in the State for Schwarzkopf's
reappointment-evidence by petitions
from farm groups and womens clubs
and individual demands by private
Evening star., 1936-06-02

Continued From First Psge)
penalties had been collected by the
Treasury as a result of the prosecu-
tions.
The series Of pleas began on May
6. when Rudy and George ODwyer
and C. A Kenney pleaded guilty and
were fined. respectively, S4,500, So 500
and $500. They we're required to
pay taxes and penalties totaling $685.
401.
Others Are Fined.
Two days later ManaSse and Marks
Karger pleaded guilty and were fined
81 900 each. They were assessed. in
addition, taxes and penalties total
ing s20,380.
Nick Fernandez pleaded guilty on
May II and was fined $3.50 and re-
quired to pay taxes and penalties
amounting to $3,292.
On May II the Louisiana Quarry
Co. and C. NJ Nichols, H. S. Schiff
and r. S. Wilson all entered pleas
of nolo contendere (no contest. The
company was fined 81 900 and the in
dividuals S100 each and they we're
required to pay taxes and penalties
Of S27,340.
1t was on the same day that Weiss,
one of the defendants in the Louisiana
Quarry Co. case, refused to join in
the nolo contendere plea and received
a dismissal Of the charge against him
on recommendation of Viosca.
Harry Nelson pleaded guilty to all
counts on May 81 and was fined a
total of 5000.
The Treasury did not object to the
dismissal of the quarry case charge
against Weiss, as there remained
against him two other charges, one of
individual tax evasion and one Of con-
spiracy to evade the law. Cancella-
tion Of these other charges was opposed
by the Treasury.
Freed Of Charges.
Others who were freed of all GRIM
inal charges we're: Mike Moss, Joseph
c. Meyers, John P and w. w. Nelson,
Joseph Haspel, Jules Fisher, r. L.
Gay, Walter E. Cooke. Adolph F.
Schumacher. John B. Mcguire and
Jack Pizzolato.
The charge against Pizzolatto was
perjury, growing out of alleged false
statements before a grand jury.
At one time Trey had more than a
score OF agents actively engaged in
the investigation of income received
by Long and many Of his followers.
The conviction of Joseph Fisher was
obtained by Dan Moody. former Texas
Governor, who, on recommendation of
the Treasury. was appointed a special
assistant to the Attorney General for
the prosecution of that case. Shushan
was prosecuted by Amos w. w. Wood
cock, former prohibition director, who
was named special assistant to the
Attorney General for the purpose Of
the proceeding against Shushan.
Viosca is holding office by virtue Of
a special appointment by Federal Judge
Wayne Borah of New Orleans. He re-
ceived this appointment after Long
had opposed Viosca's nomination for
the post by President Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1936-06-02

Of drastic nature against the parties
concerned in the Cancelled contracts.
Apparently, attempts are being made
to adjust the differences between the
Department of Justice and the airmail
contractors as quietly as possible.
Government officials, it is believed,
are willing to settle the controversy on
a give-and-take basis and proba bly,
would have made big concessions long
before this. but for the action of the
airmail companies in filing claims for
damages.
Attorney General Cummings is said
to have held that it would be improper
for his department to make public any
recommendations at time when liti-
CATION was pending against the Gov
ernment in the Court of Claims.
Bargaining" Is Hinted.
1t has been limited in some quarters
the Government would agree to this
bargain: If the companies would with
draw their claims for $4,000, 900
damages, the Government would agree
10 reimburse them TO the extent OF
about 81 1,000.0 for losses they sus-
tained in defaulted bonds and through
allied causes during the period of gov
ernment operations of the mails
Oficials in touch with the airmail
matter emphatically deny that their
report, as Professionally drawn, "exon-
crates" Mr.. Brown or the airmail
lines. They OBJECT to that word as
too strong"
The investigation Of the contracts
has been in charge of Carl Ristine, a
special assistant to the Attorney Gen.
eral. Mr.. Ristine was brought to
Washington from Missouri to conduct
the inquiry and make recommends
tions. He has been in frequent con-
sultation with Post Once officials.
Copyright. 1867
Evening star., 1936-06-02

Continued From First Page)
1884 and was elected president when
the new company was formed in 1902
He was twice married. His first
wife, Harriet Hammond Mccormick,
died in 1921. In April. 1927. he mar
ried Miss Alice NJ. Holt, his private
secretary for several years, at Dub
lin, N. H.
Millions OF dollars he contributed
for benevolent purposes, to educational
tions and the church. The vast in
dustry which gave him his wealth
probably was his greatest philan-
thropy, however, in its revolutioni1ng
of the methods of harvesting the
worlds crops.
Under Mr.. McCormick's direction,
the International Harvester Co., which
succeeded the parent firm built III
around the perfection of the mechan-
ical grain reaper by the manufacturer
father, annually apportioned thou
sands of dollars to provide the farmers
with opportunities for scientific train
ing In agriculture.
He was born in Washington on May
Is, 1889. where the family were resid-
ing while his father was working to
improve and expand his reaper patents
At the age of IA the youth, who was
the eldest son, entered the public
schools of Chicago and was graduated
from high school at the head of his
class. He completed his education Al
Princeton, where he was graduated
with honors in 1879.
Donning overalls on his graduation
from Princeton in 1879. Mccormick
started at the bottom of his fathers
business.
When the elder Mccormick died In
1884, Cyrus H. Mccormick was ade-
quately prepared to take over active
control of the industry. Under his ad-
ministration it had an undreamed-o OF
expansion, eliminating in $70,000,-
900 consolidation, and became an in
ternational institution. In 1918 he re-
tired as president, with his younger
brother as successor, and served on the
directorate.
Shows Machine Abroad.
Shortly after joining the company
he was commissioned to show the ma
chine at the Lodon exposition of the
Royal Agricultural Society. Through
nnishap the Mccormick entry was
sunk in salt water. and when it was re-
covered, several days later, the youth
full salesman found that the paint had
disappeared in places and that rust
clouded the shiny metal parts. It was
impossible TO ship another machine
from the United States, and when he
reached London he found the other
entries were carefully groomed and
were to be drawn by sleek horses.
Young Mccormick had faith in his
machine. He hired a team of plod-
ding cab horses and proceeded to DEM
onstrate his reaper. The other en-
tries made prettier pictures, but the
Mccormick machine did the work in
far superior fashion, and its operator
returned to America with the award
Mr.. Mccormick enjoyed the dis
tinction of being one Of the two men
to whom President Woodrow Wilson
ever referred by their first names.
He was close to Wilson while the lat
Evening star., 1936-06-02
BAT BATTLE.

A BAT which few through the win
dow of Tommy Hopwoods home
out in Mclean, Va, proved something
or other.
The bat was there flying around
with the crazy aimlessness of its kind
when the Hopwoods and their young
son came home the other night.
When her husband got out the
broom, Mrs. Hopwood suddenly re-
membered something about bats get
ting in ones hair. She ran to get a
bathing cap for him before allowing
him to take single swing at the
wildly whirring mammal.
Evening star., 1936-06-02
Congress in Brief

TODAY.
Senate:
Debates tax bill.
Agriculture subcommittee considers
amendment to soil conservation act.
House:
Considers private bills
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Will debate tax bill.
Interstate Commerce Committee,
hearing, 1890 am, on new Guffey
coal bill
House:
Considers new Guffey coal bill.
District Committee considers Green
way unemployment relief bill, 1890
am.
Evening star., 1936-06-02

ter was in the forefront Of national
affairs.
He was prominent in the work Of
the Presbyterian Church and made
frequent and substantial gifts to va
rious institutions. He was active in
the work of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association and contributed gen.
erously to its war and postwar work
in France. In 1925 he and his two
sons, Cyrus. jr.. and Gordon, gave the
Chicago Young Women's Christian
Association a million-dollar building
as a memorial for Harriet Hammond
Mccormick, niece of Mrs. e, s. Stick
ney Of Chicago, whom Mr.. Mccormick
had married In 1889.
Evening star., 1936-06-02
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
WFUL important"
n Those two words stamped
. on the outside of an enve-

4 \ lope in the morning mail
bounced it right to the top Of the at
tention list.
The spelling. as you might expect,
was the awful" part of the inclosed
message. Believe" spelled four diff
ferent ways in the first few lines, and
not one of them was correct.
The substance of the message, which
must have been the important thing.
was love; you know, love. The writer
says 1t is a mighty silly, diSillusion-
ing business.
On the constructive side, he says
love can be "niped in the bud" All
one has to do is ask the about-to-be
object of ones affections lot of ques-
tions which, when answered, will steer
one serenely around love.
OF course, If one doesn't want to
nip love in the bud, one can just ask
no questions.
WELCOME.
There is one group OF persons
in toUn and an epen larger group
in the suburbs and nearby rural
sections Which rather likes hduing
the l7-yedr locusts around; noise
or no noise
The tiCo groups are composed OF
those lCho oWn cherry trees.
You might not think there is any
connection between cicadaS-that
is Uhat they really are, not locusts
and cherry trees, but there GER
tainly is.
The birds 1Uhich normally cat
the cherry crops are noW eating
the IocuStS instead. They gorge
and gorge and gorge on the insects
until they don't euen wdnt cherries
for dessert
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PICNIC.
THE woman passenger boarding q
suburban street car rushed for the
only seat available; half of it occupied
by an elderly woman, the other half
vacant
Instead of moving over. the seat
occupant continued to sit on the side
nearest the aisle. Fact is she could
not move over without removing a
picnic luncheon spread on the seat
beside her. She was nice about it,
though, smiling up at the waiting
fare as she rushed through her
dessert.
Evening star., 1936-06-02

Now you can sit down." she said
some blocks later. Then, with some
one to talk to, she went on
Il do this every day. It's lots bet
ter than staying in lonely rooming
house. I always bring my lunch and
sometimes my dinner, too. That way,
I can make a whole day Of it. Passes
certainly are a grand idea
Evening star., 1936-06-02

tears streamed down his cheeks and
he consented to return. He vas shar-
ing his room with Charles ]. Fritz,
whom he met three weeks ago when
he obtained a job selling magazine
subscriptions from door to door.
Fritz said he knew the boy as Bill
Webster.
He seemed to be just a regular
fellow" said Fritz. We liked the
way he buckled right down and went
to work. He was still pretty green,
but he was starting to catch on. He
would have got by
Boy Tells His Story.
Young Theile, who left home with
$40 in his pockets, was quoted as
telling this story:
II first went In the car that be-
longed to our family. driven by our
chauffeur. to Pelham, N Y, where I
was supposed to have a tennis en-
gagement. But I did not have any
engagement.
II then took a trolley car to Mount
Vernon, N. Y, and then I took a sub
way to the Hudson Tunnel and across
the river to Newark. N. J.
Prom Newark I hitch-hiked to
Hamburg, Pa, and stayed there over
night in cheap rooming house.
"On Monday (May 81 again hitch
hiked and got as far as Johnstown,
Pa, and again stayed in some cheap
hotel. On Tuesday I got as far as
Pittsburgh, where hooked my other
suit for 81 and continued to just out
side Wooster, Ohio, where stayed
overnight in a barn.
"On Wednesday hitch-hiked my
way to small town called Van Vert,
Ohio, outside Of which I slept in an
auto wrecking yard. On Thursday
arrived in Chicago and rented q room
at 500 N. State street (on the near
North Side) and stayed there until
Sunday. May H."
Sold Ice Cream Bars.
On May 8, the financier's son was
quoted, he obtained a job selling ice
cream bars, and in three days made
between SO and 81. On May II he an
swered a newspaper advertisement
and got the job selling subscriptions.
They asked me for references, but
told them I had none, so they hired
me at my face value.
Then, on May IT. moved to the
hotel with Fritz. I have been living
there since with him"
Theile had been q flrst-year pupil al
the exclusive Rye Day School, Rye
N. Y, and was a member of the foot
ball and base ball teams. He said he
recently won second place in the high
jump at an tnterscholastic track meet
with a Jump Of s feet 8 inches. His
younger brother, John Christian
Theile, 13. also is student at the Rye
school.
Fritz said his young roommate, able
to eat only one ascent meal on some
days. lost 10 pounds during the last
three weeks.
Yesterday. said Fritz, Theile began
the day with only Is cents and went
without breakfast so he could repay
Is cents borrowed from the crew man
ager for car fare. Fritz said Theile did
not eat until night, using 80 cents
earned on q subscription and so cents
advanced him by the crew manager.
Nov that have left school don't
want to 60 back" he said. But I'll
put it up to father and see what he
says"
Evening star., 1936-06-02
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Fair tonight;
tomorrow mostly cloudy, probably fol-
lowed by showers and cooler in the
afternoon or at night; fresh south
west winds, shifting to northwest late
tomorrow.
Generally fair tonight,
tomorrow cloudy followed by showers
and cooler in north portion.
Virginia-Fair tonight tomorrow
increasing cloudiness, followed by
showers and cooler in extreme north
portion.
Evening star., 1936-06-02
PlERS0N FUNERAL RITES
HELD THIS AFTERNOON
Deceased Was Pioneer in Local
Radio Field and Composer
and Publisher.

Funeral services for William T
Pterson, pioneer in the local radio
field, music composer and publisher,
were held this afternoon in Gawler's
chapel, 1850 Pennsylvania avenue
Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery.
Mr.. PierSon, who would have been
81 July l, died Sunday night at his
home, 821 Ingraham street.
AS former program director of old
Radio Station WCAP and later pro-
gram director Of Station WMAL, he
had given many singers and musi-
clans their start as radio entertainers.
He was a member of the Association
of Oldest Inhabitants of the District
Of Columbia,
Evening star., 1936-06-02
Ford Honors Boy Scout.

WAYS, Ga, June 2 R.-Henry
Ford yesterday presented David Weth-
erhorn, young astronomer, with
6 inch telescope. The Is-year-old
Boy Scout lives near Ford's Bryan
County estate and during the motor
manufacturers visit talked with him.
Evening star., 1936-06-02
Same Rates for All
Eastern Railroads

Due to a typographical error
it was stated in The Star yes
terday that the B. g. o. Rail-
road was the only Eastern rail-
road having the new reduced
railroad rates. OF course the
rates apply equally to the Penn
sylvania and Chesapeake & Ohio
lines and all the railroads serv-
ing Eastern territory.
The error occurred when SEN
tence reading "favoring the new
reduced rates" was printed
having the new reduced rates"
Evening star., 1936-06-02
MARYLAND WAYSIDE

An operative, the kind tOho dltDdys
takes the negative. points out that
Washington is not the only place
t0ith Wdystde. By lDdy OF proof
she sends along an envelope tUith
the post Office stamp "Waystde,
Md" as big as life on the outside.
At least it is as big as those things
uSNdllu are