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Evening star., 1936-02-03
ROSENTHAL RITES
TO Be TOMORROW
Retired Business Man, 85,
Came to Capital as a
Boy.

Solomon Rosenthal, IS. retired busi-
ness man and philanthropic leader
died last night at his home, 4l10
Fourteenth street. He was one OF the
founders of the Adas Israel Congre-
cation.
Born in Lithuania, Mr.. Rosenthal
came to Washington as boy. After
attending the public schools here ne
entered the haberdashery business and
conducted mems and women's shop
on Seventh street until his retirement
abou. Is years ago.
He was active in several charity
groups, including the Hebrew Home
for the Aged and the Jewish Con-
sumptive Relief Society Of Denver.
Colo, of which he was director for
many years.
Surviving are three daughters. Mrs.
Fanny Schlosberg. Mrs. Anne Bern
stein and Mrs. Sara Levy, and two
sons. Charles and Max Rosenthal, all
of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at :
pm. tomorrow at the Adas Israel
Synagogue, with Rabbi Solomon Metz
officiating. Burial will be in the Adas
Israel Cemetery.
Evening star., 1936-02-03
Neutrality
Continued From First Page.)

CONTINUED From First PaRe.)
give the President discretion In Inn
iting certain other exports to peace
time levels.
THE humicidal MANIA" Moore said,
"gla-es IN the proposal to try to starve
other PEI pie who engage in war; the
suicidal mania CLEANS in the proposal
to iemoralize and destroy our COM
merce in order that peoples at war
may not be nourished by what we
produce
Especially vehement was his attack
on he section giving the President
discretion to curb the shipment OF
such war materials as steel, oil and
cotton.
"This. obviously. would put us fully
into any war to which 1t was applied"
he said.
II would not give this unlimited
power to any man. The be-
stowal Of such power could constitute
the worst form of dictatorship ever
set up." he added.
Taking the bill as a whole. with
its misconceptions of law. its confu-
sion of belhgerent with neutral func-
tons and its general incoherency. the
more one studies it the clearer 1t be-
comes that ii is, consciously or uncon-
sciously, inspired by the thought Of
enabling the United States, in the
name OF peace and neutrality. to CO.
operate with the League of Nations,
or with indlvidual members thereof.
in such coercive measures as they may
see fit to adopt, whether under the
title of sanctions or of avowed war,
for the purpose of enforcing peace"
Freedom Of Seas Policy.
1t was inconceivable, he said. that
the United States should ever abandon
freedom of the seas. Prevailing views
on that subject. he declared, clearly
demonstrate the appalling want of
grasp Of the very elements of the
present business"
The onslaught came at a time when
administration leaders sought quick
action on their measure. Senate hear
ings will be pressed forward this week.
Leaders will seek to open House debate
within a few days.
Disclosure of Moore's testimony
sounded the opening of another OF
Senator Johnsons crusades against in
ternationalism.
As IN his former campaigns, johnson
seeks to rally public opinion to get
votes in the Senate.
Until today he had been forced to
carry on his campaign in the execu-
tive sessions of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee.
The Californian also has served mo-
tice on his colleagues that he will de-
mand publication of the entire hear
ings, during which he cross-examined
Secretary Hull and other witnesses.
Evening star., 1936-02-03
Hydrant Showed Under.

LIBERTYVILLE, III. Lp).-Firennen
answering an alarm at the V. J. Pc
tersen estate knew there was supposed
to be fire hydrant thereabouts. They
searched for 20 minutes and finally
found it buried under the snow drift.
In the meanwhile the fire destroyed a
creamery and cattle barn with damage
of sos nm
Evening star., 1936-02-03
BROCKSON FUNERAL
SET FOR TOMORROW
Real Estate Man Killed in Auto
Accident to Rest in Cedar
Hill Cemetery,


Funeral services for Harry E. Brock
son, 81, Washington real estate man
who was killed in an automobile acci-
dent on Georgia avenue Saturday
night, will be held at 1880 pm. to-
morrow at the S. H Hines funeral
home 1901 Fourteenth street. with
Rev. H, w. Burgan. pastor OF the Ham
line Methodist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Mr.. Brockson. who lived at 4205 Le-
land street, Chevy Chase, Md, died IN
Walter Reed Hospital half an hour
after his automobile crashed into a
telephone pole on Georgia avenue IL
front of the Brightwood car barns.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Lottie B.
Brockson, and two sons, Leslie P.
Brockson, Mardella Springs, Md. and
Harry E. Brockson. Trenton. N, J.
Mr.. Brockson was born in Cecil
County, Md, and had been resident
of Washington for Is years. At the
time of his death he was associated
with the j. Garrett Beitzell real estate
firm.
Evening star., 1936-02-03
GILLIAN MILITARY RULES
RAILWAYS IN WALK0UT

Leaders of Strikers Ordered Ar
rested as Higher Wages and Dis
missal of Officers Are Asked.
By the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO, Chile. February g.
Railway workers declared strike to-
day on several Chilean state lines,
and the government instructed mill
tary commanders in the zones In
volved to take charge of the services.
The railwaymen demanded higher
wages, reinstatement of four employees
recently dismissed, dismissal of Juan
Lagarrigue, director general of rail-
ways, and Francisco Cereceda, his as
sistant.
officials said the strike started be-
tween Talca and Conception and from
Conception south. Trains were de-
tanned at stations in Talca, Linares,
Conception, Valdivia and other points.
The government directed police to
arrest the leaders.
Evening star., 1936-02-03
SMALL LOAN ACTION
IN SENATE STANDS
King Prevents Reconsideration
Requested by McNary, Holding
Bill Highly Indorsed.

Chairman King Of the Senate Dis
trict Committee today prevented re-
consideration of the Senate's action
OF two weeks ago in passing the new
small loan regulation for the District.
Senator McNary of Oregon, minor
ity leader, asked for reconsideration
by unanimous consent, explaining he
had been advised that the late Sem
ator Schail Of Minnesota had OBJ
jected to the bill last year.
King told the Senate the measure
had the approval Of the District Com
missioners and Of many local civic
organizations and the District Com
mittee had considered it thoroughly.
He pointed out the bill still is under
consideration in the House Commit
tee. McNary did not press his request.
Evening star., 1936-02-03

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gressive and enormous declines in
value.
The evidence persuasively supports
the petitioners claim that by reason
of system generalization, the North
Dakota assessment was too high by
Sl5,000000. And, resolving all doubts
in favor of validity. the evidence must
be held conclusively to snow that the
challenged assessment exceeds the
true and full value of petitioners
North Dakota railroad properties in
1888 by s1o,000,o0o.
Three Dissent
The dissenting opinion was delivered
by Associate Justice Stone. with con-
currenee of Justices Brandies and
Cardoza.
THE feature of the decision which
is especially a matter of concern"
Justice Stone said, lis that for the
first time this court is setting aside
tax as violation Of the fourteenth
amendment on the ground that the
assessment on which it computed is
too high, without any showing that
the assessment Is discriminatory or
that the petitioner is in any way BEAR
ing an undue share of the tax bur-
den imposed on all property in the
State"
Quarrel Over Report.
While high officials awaited the ver-
dict, a quarrel over T. v. A. ragged
among legislators. Representative
Mclean, Republican, of New Jersey
charged that T. v. AS report to Con-
gress had been delayed long past the
due date.
"The report should have been avail
able to Congress in December, not in
February" said Mclean, foe of T.
v. A. II want to know the rule Of
proceeding whereby the regular busi-
ness of Congress is interrupted"
Chairman McSwain of the Military
Affairs Committee. which handles T.
v. A. matters, replied that "the excite
ment over the annual report is q
tempest in a teapot"
The T. v. A. suit involves the power
issue only and does not affect dam
building and other activities. 1t was
started by preferred stockholders Of
the Alabama Power Co., who fought
against contract whereby the COM
pany agreed to sell transmission lines
to T. v. A. and to divide territory.
Evening star., 1936-02-03
LANDAU LEAVING P.W.A.
Will Return to Practice in New
York City.

Secretary Ickes today accepted the
resignation Of Lloyd H. Landau as
general solicitor of P. w. A. He Ia
leaving February 10 to engage in gen.
eral practice in New York City.
Formerly legal secretary to the late
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Lam
dau came here after his graduation
from the Harvard Law School. He
had practiced in New York and St.
Louis before joining the P. w. A.
staff early In the administration.
Evening star., 1936-02-03
Book Contest Announced.

Esta tabiishment Of s2.500 annual
Theodore Roosevelt memorial award
for the best book manuscript each year
on any political. economic or social
phase of contemporary American life
or of Americas foreign relations, by an
author whose work has not yet been
published in book form, was an
nounced today by Doubleday, Doran
e. Co
Evening star., 1936-02-03
NAZIS OPEN GERMANY
TO FOREIGN SCRUTINY
Bavarian Minister Invites Visit
ing sportsmen to Inspect
Concentration Camp.

BY the Associated Press.
GARMISCH PARTENKIRCHEN,
Germany, February S.-Foreign sports
men were invited yesterday by Adolf
Wagner, Bayarian minister Of inte-
rior. to see everything In Germany.
inclucipg the concentration camps.
At the opening Of the Olympic Fes-
tival Hall, Wagner declared
I'VE have nothing to hide. Our
foreign guests may see everything.
even the concentration camp at Da-
chau. where they will become con-
WINGED that " are detaintng gang
sters."
Anti-Semitic signs have been re-
moved In this section, because Ger
many. as host ct the Olympic Winter
gsmes. does not want 70 offend any
foreigners
Evening star., 1936-02-03
COURSE FOR FLORISTS
is SLATED TOMORROW
81 ! stan Correspondent Of The Star.

Hy 5ttu CufIespUl1ueHt U1 1He SUIT
COLLEGE PARK, Md. February B.
Maryland University sixth annual
short course for florists will be held
tomorrow, with florists and flower
lovers from al sections Of the State
In attendance, It was announced to-
day by A. 8. Thurston, professor Of
Horticulture and landscape gardening,
Evening star., 1936-02-03
0'Connor Will Speak.

< J.F. T. OConnor, controller Of the
currency, viii address the Washington
Society Of Engineers at sis pm.
Wednesday ct the Cosmos Club. A
buffet supper win precede the address.
Evening star., 1936-02-03
la toilette SON NAMED
Second Child to Be Known AZ
Bronson Cutting La Toilette.

Senator and Mrs. Robert M. La
Toilette today named their second son
Bronson Cutting La Toilette, after the
late Senator from New Mexico. Tne
baby was born last night.
Eenator Cutting, who was killed IN
IN airplane crash last year, left s0O,.
900 to Senator L. Toilette and $4,000
TO his brother. Gov. Philip a Toilette
of Wtsco0sin.
Evening star., 1936-02-03
Chamois Collars.

LONDON (R.-Washable chamois
in all shades Is being used for sets
Of collars and cuts. fnd scarfs.
G.oves anG hats.
Evening star., 1936-02-03
T. VA.

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-09-25
Torn Letters from Labor Spy
Agencies Pieced Together

Washington, p. G. (ILNs)-The
Railway Audit & Inspection Co., the
Central Industrial Service Co, and
probably some other firms which make
"a business Of furnishing labor spies
and strikebreakers, are in a position
to appreciate the wisdom Of the old
Frenchman who said that private
papers should be burned papers,
When the La Toilette senatorial
committee subpoenaed the officers of
these detective agencies to come be-
fore the committee and bring their doc
.uments, the officers refused to come,
and indulged in a wholesale tearing
up of their papers. Senate investi-
gators, however, collected the torn
papers from waste baskets; and for
three weeks, a dozen handy girls have
been piecing those scraps together.
Robert Wohlforth, secretary to the
La Toilette committee, says that the
piecing work will be just about fin
ished when the committee resumes
hearings.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-09-25
State Accepts Ruling
Killing Compensation Act

Olympia, Wash. (ILNS)-Attorney
General G. w. Hamilton has announc-
ed the state would accept the supreme
court decision outlawing the state un-
employment insurance law, thus open
ing the way for employers and en-
ployed to receive back contributions
they have been paying since January l.
Hamilton said he had changed his
mind and would not petition the court
for a rehearing on the case, decision
on which was handed down on Sep
tember Is.
The court held the law imperative
because congress failed to pass the
Wagner-Doughton bill. The state law
specifically stated it was to become
effective only on passage of that law,
whereas congress enacted another, the
social security act
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-09-25
Mob Beats Pickets
In Drive to Break Strike of
California Lettuce Workers

Salinas, Cal (ILNS)- Vigilantes
terrorized this lettuce growing coun-
try with clubs, guns and tear gas
bombs; dubbed women as mere in
cident in the clubbing of men, and
drove out all persons not willing to
work at rates which yield never more
than $500 year, in attempting to
break strike of organized lettuce
workers.
Ten persons were taken to the hos
pital in early clashes. How many had
minor injuries, either from clubs or
from the flying fragments of gas
bombs, no one can guess. Some 65
state highway policemen were on
hand, an unknown number, some
where in the hundreds, of deputy
sheriffs, and at least $50 mobsters,
swinging wagon-spoke clubs and pack
ing guns.
Police Gas Strikers
The Fruit and Vegetable Workers
Union asked that their members
should be preferred in the lettuce
picking. This request was made be-
cause Mexicans and Filipinos were be-
ing brought in by truckloads to dis
place union workers. 1t was refused;
5000 union workers quit, and more
cheap workers were rushed in. The
picketing induced large numbers of
these new recruits to quit; so the Wig
ilantes started charging the pickets;
and the free-for- all followed The
police used gas bombs freely, hurl-
ing or firing them into marching
crowds.
Governor Merriam made the usual
announcement that he had discovered
that communists are leading the
strike, and that he will keep order"
at all costs. As matter Of fact, no
sign of communism is present. A high
percentage Of fruit and vegetable
pickers this year are native Ameri-
cans, refugees from lne dusl DoWl
where they were farmers, about as
far removed from communism as can
be imagined.
State Labor Backs Strike
Sheriff Carl Abbott declared a
state Of emergency" and drafted all
able-bodied male citizens between the
ages Of Is and As. This, of course,
gave him chance to arrest everyone
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-09-25
BIG new JERSEY
UTILITY
Raises Wages to Pre-depres-
sion Level

Camden, N. j. (ILNS) The big
Public Service Corporation has
brought the wages and salaries Of its
10000 employees to pre-depression lev
els by 10 per cent increase. This is
expected to add about $3,000.000 to
the annual payroll.
The increase is long overdue, and is
the work of the organized group of
P. S. employees. The company cut
wages and salaries Is per cent in the
depression, slashing the underpaid
who had scarcely enough to live on
as deeply as the overpaid official. On
April I, 1884, 5 per cent was re-
stored
A short time ago, the trolley and
bus employees, who are unionized, de-
manded 10 per cent increase. They
had been stalled off before, and were
pretty serious about it. The COM
pany signed 3-year contract with
the organized transportation workers
at the increased rates. Then, seeing
plainly that the unorganized workers
would not submit peaceably to being
left out of the restoration, the com
pany officials made it unanimous.
Peace treaties with all firms bear
the official seal of the union label
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-09-25

who did not offer his services in sup
pressing the strike.
The State Federation of Labor, in
convention at Sacramento, warned all
union men not to handle lettuce picked
or packed by striltebreakers. 1t PLAN
ned to picket the state capitol as a
protest.
Transient labor picking fruit or
vegetables in this state gets Is cents
an hour, is charged 60 to rs cents a
day for rent of a shack, with one
toilet for 200 persons. There have
been disturbances every year from
these conditions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-09-25

on neighboring locality as pro-
vided BY Section 10 (c)a Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia workmen's compen-
sation act.
Principle Involved
If this decision stands as the final
Interpretation Of law it will mean se-
rious discrimination against the moral
right Of "extra" employees to equitable
compensation for injuries under the
District Of Columbia workmen's com
pensation act. and will quite likely be
used as a precedent by other courts.
Years Of efforts were required on
the part Of organized labor and its
friends To enact our workmen's com
pensation laws. They were passed for
the benefit of injured workers and
their families, not for the benefit of
employees and insurance companies
operated for private profit This prin-
ciple should be recognized by the
courts in deciding compensation cases.
Injured workers should not be subject
ed to the injustice Of inadequate
awards resulting from hairs splitting
judicial decisions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-09-25

the time Of the injury for the same
or another employer during substan-
TALLY the whole of the year imme-
diately preceding his injury and
therefore used Section 10 (b) to de
termine the compensation. He found
that the wages paid to a carpenter
by the Sanitary Grocery Company
We're $11 a day or $55 a week, that
consequently the average weekly
wage of the claimant was established
as being in excess of $3.50 per week,
and that therefore the claimant was
entitled to compensation at the rate
of $25 week-t two-thirds of $3.50.
The Hartford Resident and Indem-
nifty Company, which wrote the COM
pensation insurance for the Sanitary
Grocery Company, fought the award
on the ground that the carpenter was
not full-time employe and that there
fore Section 10 (e) should have been
used to determine the compensation,
in which case the award would have
been 1892 per week instead Of $25.
Extra Employe Device Used
The evidence disclosed that the
Sanitary Grocery Company employed
four regular" union carpenters who
were considered regular day-in and
day-out men" and worked "all the
time They received $11 a day, the
union wage When extra work" was
required union carpenters were called
in and employed at the usual wage,
S11 per day
According to the evidence the IN
jured carpenter had worked as an tex
ira carpenter" for the company since
1923. His work time ranged from GA
to 219 days for the six years from 1928
to 1884, both inclusive, and his wages
ranged from $704.69 to $2,403.82 per
year for the same period.
The insurance company claimed
that inasmuch as the carpenter was an
extra employe his compensation
should have been only $13.32 per week
under Section 10 (c) of the compensa-
tion act instead of $25 per week un-
der Section 10 (b) as decreed by Dep
uty Commissioner Hoage. The CONF
pany appealed the deputy commits
sioner's decision to the supreme court
of the District of Columbia, which
sustained the $25 award.
The company then appealed the
decision Of the supreme court to the
United States Court Of Appeals for
the District Of Columbia, which in
long opinion reversed the decision Of
the supreme court, upheld the insur-
ance company's contention regarding
smaller awards for extra" than for
regular" employees, enjoined Deputy
Commissioner Hoage to set aside the
original compensation order and
award compensation to the injured
carpenter using as the basis for his
average annual earnings such sum as
shall reasonably represent the annual
earning capacity of the injured en-
ploye in the employment in which
he was working at the time of the in
jury having regard to the previous
earnings Of the injured employe and
of other employees of the same or
most similar employment in the same
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-09-25
Hair Splitting By Judges
On Workers Compensation
BY A. f. of L. News Service.

BY A. +. Of L. News Service.
The close distinctions which courts
use in considering workmen's compen-
sation cases, frequently to the detri-
ment of injured employees, are well IL
lustrated by a recent decision of the
United States Court of Appeals for the
District Of Columbia in which workers
We're classified as regular" and "ex-
tra' employees, with much smaller
compensation awards for the latter
group in case of injuries.
The decision was rendered in the
case Of carpenter employed by the
Sanitary Grocery Company in the
District of Columbia, who while rid
ing on the rear of one of the COM
pany's trucks loaded with lumber as
it rounded a corner was thrown to the
ground and injured. He filed claim
for compensation under the District
of Columbia workmen's compensation
act, which is administered by the
United States Employees Compensa-
ton Commission.
Basis For Awards
The District of Columbia law pro-
vides that the average weekly wage
Of an employe at the time Of the in
jury shall be taken as the basis for
computing compensation
Section 10 (a) of the law stipulates
that if the employe worked at his
trade, whether for the same or another
employer, the whole of the year pre-
ceding the injury, that his average
annual earnings shall be 800 times
his average daily wages which he
earned in such employment during
the days when employed.
Section 10 (b) stipulates that if the
employe did not work at his trade sub
stantially the whole of the preceding
year his average earnings shall con
sist of 800 times the average daily
wage which an employe of the same
class working substantially the whole
of the preceding year in the same or
similar employment in the community
shall have earned in such employment
when so employed.
Section 10 (c) stipulates that if
either of the foregoing methods of
arriving at the annual average earn
ings OF an injured employe cannot
reasonably and fairly be applied
the earnings shall be a sum which,
with due regard to previous earnings
of the injured employe and of other
emloyes of the same OF most similar
class in the community, Shall reason
ably represent the annual earning CO.
pacity of the injured employe in the
employment in which he was working
at the time Of the injury"
Another section provides that the
average weekly wages Of an employe
shall be one fifty-second part of his
average annual earnings, and that
compensation for disability is two
thirds Of the average weekly wage but
may not exceed S25 weekly.
Insurance Company Fights Award
Deputy Commissioners Hoage, of the
United States Employees Compensa-
tion Commission, found that the car
penter "had not worked in the en-
ployment in which he was working at
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-09-25

Peace treaties with all firms bear
the official seal of the union label.