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Evening star., 1937-03-01
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Eenate:
Begins debate on neutrality bill.
Interstate Commerce Committee
studies Guffey coal bill
Agriculture Subcommittee resumes
hearings on crop insurance.
= Judiciary Subcommittee holds open
hearings on OMahoney federal in
: corporation bill.
House:
Considers minor legislation.
= Merchant Marine Committee begins
!, hearings on proposed repeal of con-
tinuous discharge books for searnen.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Probably will continue debate on
neutrality legislation.
Interstate Commerce Committee re-
sumes hearing on railroad investiga-
tion.
House:
bills on private calendar.
Rivers and Harbors Committee meets
1880 am.
Territories Committee meets 1880
Am.
Agriculture Committee meets 1880
Am.
Judiciary Committee meets 1890
am.
Subcommittee on Appropriations in
charge Of District supply bill resumes
; bearings, 10 an. 4
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FEAR WARSHIP'S ATTACK.

VALENCIA. Spain. March / LP.-
Government quarters expressed fear
today that German and Italian war
ships. participating in the scheduled
neutrality blockade of Spain, might
attack the eastern seacoast of gov
ernment-dominated provinces
The prospect of the Italo-German
coastal patrol. arranged by the 27-
nation Neutrality Committee to begin
March 6 in an attempt to halt men
and munitions bound for the civil war,
resulted in bitter disappointment and
foreboding in government circles.
German and Italian cooperation
with the insurgent armies has been
at least partially responsible. govern
ment sources assert, for the recent
air raids and naval bombardments of
the eastern coast.
The London Nom Intervention Com
mittee assigned Italy and Germany to
guard the coast of government ter
ritory. stretching from the French
frontier to point north of Malaga
while France and Great Britain will
Portugal and Russia also members of
the six-power neutrality subcommit-
tee, withdrew from active participation
in the blockade.
An appeal from Premier Francisco
Largo Caballero for greater unity
among government force. brought
from leaders the governments new
slogan. Less words and more action. :"
In Madrid, Foreign Minister Julio
Alvarez del vayo, addressing a mass
meeting only q few blocks from the
battle lines, accused Premier Mus
solini OF Italy Of sending $4,000 troops
to war on the Spanish government.
Well-informed Ources expected an
intensive government drive to solidify
all factions and tighten battle lines
for a fortnight. to be followed by a
major offensive against the insur-
gents Of all fronts
Evening star., 1937-03-01

Texas, chairman of the House Judi
ciary Committee. who is personally
handling the bill for the President In
the House. The President conferred
also during the day with Senators
Bulkley, OF Ohio, and Reynolds, of
North Carolina, and Representative
Jones, Of Texas.
The President today completed the
message he will send to Congress to-
morrow accompanying the report
made BY the commission he appointed
nearly year ago to study the results
of the N l. r. A. This commission
was composed principally of nom
partisan and non-political members,
and according to the White House,
the Presidents message, which will
be transmitted tomorrow, will contain
no recommendations. but will merely
advise Congress Of the results Of the
long study made by this commission.
In addition to the Secretaries Of
Commerce, Agriculture and Labor,
other members of the commission are
M. Sldi NC VI SOluulbld OLA-
versity, William H. Davis. New York
lawyer, and George M. Harrison, pres
ident Of the Brotherhood Of Railroad
and Steamship Clerks, who served as
lsbors representative, and George H.
Meade. representative Of the manu-
5acturers.
- President Roosevelt arranged his
morning schedule to permit a Is
minute chat with G. L. Spratt, mayor
of Poughkeepsie. N. Y, the county
seat of Duchess County, in which the
Roosevelt home is located. Spratt has
the distinction of being the first Demo-
cratic mayor elected In Poughkeepsie,
a strong Republican stronghold. in
many years.
The President also saw during the
forenoon Maj. Gen. Markham, chief
of the Corps of Engineers, u. S. A..
and has his customary Monday lunch
con conference with Secretary Of the
Treasury Morgenthau.
Evening star., 1937-03-01
MARCH MAKES BOW
UNDER BRIGHT SUN
Lamb-Llke Entrance Called Typ.
ical Of Unusual Condition
Throughout Nation.

March's lamblike entry into Wash
ington under smiling sun with the
mercury in the upper sos Is typical
OF weather conditions throughout the
United States today.
Forecaster Charles L. Mitchell. of
the Weather Bureau. termed the uni
formly mild weather throughout the
United States very unusual" and
added quickly there is no well ground
ed proof that the end Of the month
Will not be as pleasant as the first,
animals fur to the contrary.
Mitchell said it was reported fur
bearing animals are wearing unusually
heavy coats. But it's not because of
this lion business at the end of the
month";" he declared Animals are
smart but not that smart. They have
no more idea Of what the weather will
be four weeks from now than We do.
1t doesn't take an animal expert TO
know that
A maximum Of about 80 degrees Ii
predicted today. with O low of 76 TO-
night. Tomorrow should fnd the
mercury in the high 4o's, ACCORDING
to the District forecast. Low tenn.
peratures prevail in some portions Of
the country, particularly the south.
east.
Evening star., 1937-03-01
.$3,668, ,282SPENT
in LIFE OF P. W. A.
Statistics Show 7,0oo,0oo,o00
Man-Hours of Labor Fur
nished in As Months.
a, the Associaled Press.

b the Associated Press.
The Public Works Administration
passed its forty fifth month Of exist.
ence yesterday with the claim OF
having created more than 1000 ,0o0,-
900 man-hours Of employment.
P. w. A. statisticians arrived at this
figure on the basis Of the ratio that
IS men are employed away from the
site OF construction for every 10 at
the site and that an additional 20
men are given employment In manu-.
featuring goods necessary for the IS.
Congress has been asked to extend
the life of the administration "A more
months from June 80 next.
Expenditures as Of February / to.
tailed s3,66S, 1866. 1882. the p. w. A. said.
There remains allotted, but unex-
pended. s705.257.426.
Expenditures of $1,001 ,248, 400 in
grants and loans on on-Federal pro-
grams and s2.667. .620. .s92 for its Fed
eral program we're listed, including
all statutory, special and regular al
lotments made to Federal depart
ments. bureaus or agencies and hous-
ing.
Loans exceeded grants during 1884
and 1885, the accounting showed. but
during 1886 and 1887 because Of ths
improved condition Of the municipal
bond market there were fewer allot.
ments made for loans"
Evening star., 1937-03-01
DEMOCRAT|CDEB|T
VIRTUALLY ENDED
Morgan Expects Victory
Dinner to Yield $35O,O00
Eyes on 1938-4O.
By the Associated Press.

oS tHr h5soCisLcu FTest.
w. Forbes Morgan. Democratic
treasurer called the s43o. 900 party
deficit virtually wiped out today and
concentrated on plans for financing
the 1888 and 1870 campaigns
I'VE expect to raise at least 1886. 900
by the victory dinners in 43 states
on Thursday" he said. Additional
contributions probably will even the
books and leave q bit over before 7
step out as treasurer March Is"
Morgan met with Chairman James
A. Farley to work out final details
1or the new national program by
which sl0.500000 will be sought TO
finance local. State and presidential
campaigns during the next four wears.
Contribution quotas may be estab.
lished on county basis. regional and
State finance directors will be an.
pointed. and funds will be redis-
tributed to the States and commune
ties from o central ONCE as needed.
Morgan said 1892 dinners would
commemorate President Roosevelt,s
first Inauguration on March 4. Up
to 1900 persons are expected to pay
500 plate for the main dinner here,
which the President will address.
Vice President Garner will speak
to the s50-a-plate dinner In New York.
Mrs. Roosevelt and members Of Con-
gress will be honor guests at q $40
dinner here for hundreds Of young
Democrats"
A special guard will be established
to make sure that all who attend the
No. l" dinner have their Sloo
tickets. Five dollars will 70 for the
meal and the rest into the party
treasury. Six months will be allowed
for payment by installments.
Evening star., 1937-03-01
NEW BUILDINGS
CLOSELY CHECKED
Montgomery System Be-
Iieved to Eliminate Chance
of Escaping Tax.
BY , Stan Correspondent OF The Star.

BETHESDA. Nd. March IA new
system OF checking construction of
new homes and other property i'm
provementS. instituted in January,
1895. has practically eliminated the
possibility Of their escaping taxation,
county officials claimed today.
Nothing but q reasseSment. how
ever. will reveal the amount of taxes
the county is losing annually because
OF methods IN use prior to that time.
which resulted in many Improvements
not being recorded on the tax rolls at
all a survey revealed
County Commissioner Paul M.
Coughlan, Silver Spring. last week
revealed that 80 homes valued at $72.-
600 and a $1,000 garage not on the
tax rolls. were discovered by accident
while making a routine search for
other information
Five.Fold Check.
The new system, inaugurated by
John Gray. head Of the county build
ing inspection service when he took
office in January, 1885, provides .
five-fold check on all new construc-
ton and improvements
"A building permit has been re-
quired for new construction or i'm
provements ever since I can remem-
ber," Gray explained. However. We
believed that not all contractors and
subdividers were complying strictly
with the regulations and established
our own system of checks.
whenever . sewage or water con-
nection is made. or An electric or gas
meter installed we are notified by the
respective authorities and make our
own investigation and report to the
county assessors once. The same
procedure is followed when . permit
for installing . sceptic tank Is issued
Reassessment Held Needed.
I'VE believe that these checks, and
other routine investigations made by
the office, are making it practically
impossible for an unscrupulous con-
tractor to build o new house or make
any considerable Improvements on an
old one without our knowledge, which
Is given Immediately to the tax
assessor
This system was not In effect. I
believe, before 1885 and what methods
were used I am unable to say. The
only way to find out how many prop
critics have escaped being listed on
the tax roll, Of course, would be to
have o reassesSment"
The 80 homes and the garage which
have escaped taxation, some Of them
for As long as 10 years. were cited by
Coughlan to emphasize the need for
. reassessment this year. The last
assessment was In 1927.
Evening star., 1937-03-01
HEADS UNIVERSITY

Rev. William N. Magee, 8. ]. Sue
ceeds President Of John Carroll.
CLEVELAND, March l R.-Rev.
Benedict j. Rodman, S. j.. announced
last night his retirement as president
Of John Carroll University and the ap-
pointment Of Rev. william M. Magee,
8. j.. president of Marquette Univer-
sity. Milwaukee, to succeed him.
Father Magee is in Cleveland to take
over the ofice Immediately.
Under Father Rodmans leadership,
John Carroll has completed An extern
sive building program. The college was
moved from Its west side location to Q
new site on the eastern outskirts Of the
city.
Rev. Raphael c. Mccarthy. professor
Of psychology at st. Louis University,
succeeded Father Masee q president
Of Marquette.
Evening star., 1937-03-01

might delay the completion Of the
conferees' work. Both sides had pre-
dicted they would be finished by to-
morrow night The union was espe-
cially desirous Of this because 1t opens
negotiations with the Chrysler Corp.
Wednesday,
When the U. A. W. A. requested q
meeting with Chrysler executives it
said the chief demand would be
recognition as the sole collective bar
gaining agent for the corporations
employees Over the week end it an.
nounced its other demands.
They are blanket wage increase OF
10 cents an hour. seniority on a de-
partment basis and according to work
classifcations. establishment Of 30
hour week before any employees are laid
off for a slack period, dismissal Of no
employe without a hearing before
a joint committee of the union and
shop management. that all decreases
and increases in the number of en-
ployes' seniority lists shall be observed,
and that shop stewards and members
Of the local union executive commit
tee shall head the seniority list.
Chrysler now operates on q 40-hour
week. In announcing the demands.
Richard T. Frankensteen. organiza-
tional director for the union. said
there will be no compromise on the
demand for exclusive recognition.
The set OF demands was approved
Sunday by locals in four of the six
Chrysler plants at Detroit. The others
will vote tomorrow night
The F. w. Woolworth Co.. whose
downtown store has been held by sit
down strikers since noon Saturday.
abandoned, temporarily At least. its
intention Of closing all Of its stores
in the Detroit area today.
We have no intention Of not oper-
ating unless the strike spreads" said
A. J. Dahlquist, Detroit superintend-
ent for the company. Previously he
had said that none of the chains
stores here would open today unless
the 100 clerks evacuated the main
store.
The strikers, mostly young women,
showed no intention Of doing this.
Just after midnight callers were in
formed that there Is no news" Doors
were locked. only q few lights were
burning. counters were covered. q few
men guarded the doors. and three
policemen stood on the curb In front.
The union demands . wage increase
Of 10 cents an hour. elimination of
overtime. . 48-hour week for woman
employees and . 54-hour week for
bakery and kitchen men. The man.
aeement declined to deal with the
union unless the strikers vacated the
store.
AIRCRAFT PLANT REOPENS.
Evening star., 1937-03-01
Sugar
Continued From First Page.)

from sugar more nearly commensurate
with that obtained during the period
1922-1929."
Quotas" the President said, in
fiuence the price of sugar through
the control Of supply; consequently,
under q quota regulation of the sup
ply Of sugar, a tax may be levied with
out causing any adverse effect, over a
period Of time, on the price paid by
consumers"
The President asked special safe
guards, in any legislation, for the
rights Of small producers to assure
them "an equitable share Of the bene-
fits offered by the program"
In this connection" he said, Il
suggest that you consider the adyisa-
bility of providing for payments at
rates for family-size farms higher
than those applicable to large operat-
ing units"
With regard to fixing standards of
labor he said:
Il recommend that the pre-
vention OF child labor and the pay
ment of wages Of not less than mini
mum standards be included among
the conditions for receiving a Federal
payment"
The interests of the consumer
should be protected, he said, by a
provision Ito prevent any possible re-
striction Of the supply of sugar that
would result in prices to consumers
in excess Of those reasonably neces-
sary. together with conditional pay
ments to producers, to maintain the
domestic industry as . whole and to
make the production Ct sugar beets
and sugar cane as profitable as the
production Of the principal other ag-
ultural crops"
He asked that no decrease be made
In other countries share in the total
sugar quota I'm order to protect the
expansion Of markets for American
exports"
Under his recommendations he said,
it has been estimated the income of
foreign countries from sales of sugar
here would not be less than that OBJ
tanned during 1885 and. like the total
income Of domestic sugar producers,
II can be expected to increase In future
years as our consumption requirements
expand" a
Evening star., 1937-03-01
PEARSON'S WIDOW
CONFIRMS SCUFFLE
Account of Death Scene Up.
holds Accident Theory,
Sheriff Says.
~ the Associated Press.


RIVERSIDE. Calf, March Mrs.
Humphrey Pearsons first hospital
abatement, Sheriff Carl Rayburn an
nounced early today. partly substan.
tiates" the theory her scenarist hus-
band was shot to death a. they scuf-
fed for possession of revolver at her
Palm Springs home wednesday night.
Pearson, said by authorities to have
become gun conscious" whenever he
drank. was accompanied by his wife
on a gay round of night club parties
prior to the shooting, but she pre-
viously had been unable to give CO.
herent story.
She said they both had been drink
Ing" Rayburn related, and when she
entered Pearsons room. she found
him with a gun in his hand. They
struggled for it as she feared he
might commit suicide.
Hid Gun in Bathroom.
"Finally she got 1t away from him
and hid it in the bath room on the
opposite side of their house. When
she returned. she saw him lying un.
conscious and thought he had passed
out from the effects of liquor. She
was rubbing his hands and arms she
said when she discovered he was dead.
Then she ran into another room and
tried to telephone for help.
She says she does not know when
the gun was discharged and who held
It at the time. She insisted she was
surprised to find her husband
wounded.
Their ride home in taxicab from
a Palm Springs resort before the
shooting last Wednesday evening Is
blank in her memory" she said.
Mrs. Pearsons statement leads me
10 believe she was unaware, because
OF her own condition. that the gun
was discharged some time during the
scuff1e for It," Rayburn said.
Her recollection OF the events of
the evening are very hay The gun
in the bath room was the one with
which Pearson was wounded OBJ
viously he was not wounded when his
wife first found him with IT,"
Widow Is Questioned.
The sheriff and a deputy. W. w.
walrath, questioned Mrs. Pearson last
night at a hospital here where she
has been treated for hysteria since
her husbands death. Her attorney
was present.
Stenographic notes were made. Ray
burn said. but she did not sign any
paper.
Her account seems to bear out
the theory the shooting Itself was ac-
cidental," the sheriff declared THE
disposition of the case. Of course. Is
the responsibility Of District Attorney
Earl Redwine."
Mrs Pearson's condition prevented
her from testifying Saturday at
coroner's inquest, which returned an
open verdict because Of insufficient
evidence.
- Pearson, 43-year-old author Of
numerous screen plays and former
advertising agency president in Co.
Iumbus, Ohio. was found lying dead
In his wtfe's arms at the desert cot
tage.
Evening star., 1937-03-01
SOUND CROP INSURANCE
POSSIBLE, SAYS EXPERT
a, tho Associatsd Press.

b tho Associated Press.
A. v. Gruhn of Chicago, speaking
for q group Of private insurance COM
panies, told q Senate Agriculture Sub
committee today he believed the Gov
ernment could develop . sound
system Of crop insurance.
Private experience has been gen
orally unfavorable," he testified, add
ing that large-scale Federal operations
might overcome many Of the most
serious difficulties.
Gruhn said that experts of the
Mutual Alliance, which he represents,
had been much impressed" by care
full preparatory work done by Govern
ment economists. Success Of the crop
insurance scheme will depend almost
entirely on Its administration" he
said
Evening star., 1937-03-01
LIQUOR DEFENDANT
HELD IN $500 BOND
Police Charge Violation to Bert
Watson, %, Seized in Raid
on Garage.

Bert Watson. %. of the 1900 block
Of F street northeast, declared by po-
lice to have been the possessor Of the
largest amount Of untaxed liquor
seized here since prohibition, was held
under $500 bond for grand jury action
today by Police Judge Edward M.
Curran.
Members of the police vice squad.
headed by Sergt. George c. Deyoe,
claimed they seized four 5-gallon cans
from the defendant and 81 additional
cans from the garage in which they
arrested him, making Q total Of ITO
gallons.
Deyoe said he rented q garage in
an alley between Twelfth. Thirteenth.
c and D streets northeast last Friday
night. At $50 am. he said. . man
drove into the garage and left with .
half-gallon jar under his arm. At
m. he added, Watson drove in and
made two trips to q waiting car, each
time carrying two 5-gallon cans.
Evening star., 1937-03-01
AIRCRAFT PLANT REOPENS.
Douglas Factory Picketed BY 5ot
Without Disturbances.

WtnOut DISTURBANCES.
SANTA MONICA, Calf, March
R1.-The huge Douglas Aircraft fac
tory, closed six days after . sit-down
strike that caused more than 300 ar
rests. reopened quietly today amid
picketing.
There was no disturbance. The
pickets, estimated by Chief of Police
Charles Dice at 500 or more, sang
and paraded around the factory en-
frances, but officers cleared q path
for the returning workers.
1t was estimated unoficially that
several thousand men returned to
work at 7 am. (coast time) company
officials said $500 would be at their
jobs before the end Of the day. The
plant normally has $500.
Chief Dice said a majority Of the
plckets were not employees Of the air.
plane factory. One picket was q
woman carrying her baby.
A meeting has been set for next
Friday for DR.. Towne Nylander. re-
gional director for the National Labor
Relations Board, to consider demands
for designation as labor representa-
tves in the two plants.
Evening star., 1937-03-01
STRIKE DISORDERS
/. SPREAD OVER us.
Little Headway Is Made by
Mediat0rs of Labor
Disputes.
By tie Associated Press.

By tie Associated Press.
Uncompromising demands by dis
putants CONCEALED efforts to solve labor
disputes today as fresh discord de-
veloped in scattered parts Of the
country.
Relatively little headway was made
by mediators who sought to effect an
amicable adjustment between employe
and employer
Detroit, its major motor corporations
involved in negotiations with United
Automobile Workers of America repre-
sentatives, became a focal point of in
dustrial unrest with the F. w. Wool
worth Co. drawn into the picture.
Salesgirls. demanding wage and
hour concessions. remained in Wool
worth store as officials temporarily
abandoned their avowed intention of
closing all their stores in the Detroit
area.
Aircraft Plant to Open.
Operations were resumed at the
Douglas aircraft plant at Santa Mon
lea, Calf. following a six-day suspen-
sion caused by "sit-down" strike Of
300 employees. U. A. w. A. leaders re-
ported more than 1000 had Bigned for
picket duty, but promised there would
be no disorder.
A strike at the Fisher body and
Chevrolet plants in GAINESVILLE, Wis,
presaged a longer conference between
General Motors Corp and U. A. w. A..
leaders than they had anticipated
The union chieftains were scheduled
to open negotiation with the Chrysler
Corp. Wednesday, with recognition of
the U. A. w. A. as the sole bargaining
agent for employees the paramount
issue
Strikes sprang up as old ones con-
tinued or neared settlement along
the extensive front.
In Cleveland operation OF all mov-
ing vans and warehouses halted at
midnight as Van Drivers Union lead
ers broke off wage negotiations.
Strikers planned mass picketlng of
the Fansteel metallurgical plant in
North Chicago. Ill. despite warrants
issued for the arrest of 80 strikers.
Meyer Adelman. C. I. o. organizer,
who directed the "sit-down" Today
protest which ended in a tear gas
eviction, was arrested last night in
kenosha, Wis
Cancellation Attempt.
Rev. Francis ]. Haas. Federal con-
ciliator, was in st. Paul to try a d
reconcile the disputant union electri-
cal workers and the Northern States
Power Co.
In Reading. Pa. officials of the
American Federation OF Hosiery
Workers announced they were ready
to tie up all but two Berks County
mills, with 10000 workers likely to
be affected. Union recognition and
settlement of previous controversy
were the factors.
Union spokesmen and employers
representatives in Providence. r. l.,
hoped a conference today would stave
of a threatened strike of 1000 Rhode
Island truckmen.
Union heads announced settlement
OF month-old strike at the Star
Peerless Wallpaper Co In Joliet. Ill.
with $50 men scheduled to resume
work within a few days.
ARRESTS ARE ORDERED.