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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-19
Democrats Look to Garner
To Straighten Out TangIe
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
International News Service

International N0WS SorVleO
A new move to effect a COM
promise in President Roosevelt'S
Supreme Court enlargement bill
was under way today in an ap-
parent effort to heal the deep
wounds in the Democratic ranks
of the Senate. Two new COM
promise proposals were brought
forth, pending resumption Of
Senate debate on the measure.
They were:
A proposal by opponents TO
scrap all legislation and unite
ON submission Of an amend
ment to the Constitution, COM
polling retirement of Supreme
Court justices at the age Of
IS years.
A suggestion from Admins
tratiOn ranks that the pending
bill be modified to exempt the
present members of the Su-
preme Court.
Opposes First Plan
The President was known to OPP
pose the first proposal. In his re-
cent letter to Senator Barley
CD of Kentucky, Mr.. Roosevelt
objected to a constitutional amend
ment because Of delay involved in
obtaining ratification bE the
States.
While peace talk prevailed on
the surface, it actually was a thin
veneer covering considerable bit
ternesS beneath. Opposition lead
ers were still provoked over the
Presidents letter to Barley, which
inferred they had taken ad
vantage of the period Of mourn
ing" for Senator Joseph T. Robin
son.
Garner Return Awaited
The return of Vice President
Garner to his duties as the Sen
ate's presiding officer was ex
pected to have a calming influ
ence on the tangled situation.
His influence was expected tc
offset that of Senators Black CD
of Alamaba; La Toilette Cpl, Of
Wisconsin, and Minton CD, Of
Indiana, who have been urging 8
fight to the death on the court
bill. Privately, they have advo
Gated forcing a final vote on thu
bill, even if it is defeated, so a!
to later single out the laSt-dftct
opponents for political reprisalS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-19
SALE
DRAWS 1000

More than 1000 persons
swarmed down upon the construc-
ton tent at the Boy Scout Jambo-
rec camp early today, to secure
the bargains being offered at the
salvage sale of kitchen equipment
and other camp supplies used in
the 350-acre tent city, which
housed nearly $1,000 Boy Scouts
for 10 days.
The tent, which resembles the
general merchandise" store OF
yesterday, is supplied with nearly
dozen clerks and half as many
cashiers. Still the bargain hunters
are being forced to stand in line.
Situated just off the Washington
Alexandria Highway opposite the
airport, the construction camp
tent opened its sale at 8 o'clock
today and was still being rushed
at noon.
Among the bargains being Of
fered are water buckets for dime,
aluminium pitchers quarter, wash
basins two a nickel, trash burners
a dime, garbage pals 20 and SO
cents and a large variety of cook
ing pans, brooms and other
kitchen equipment.
In addition to the kitchen sup.
plies showers, stoves, dry-ice boxes,
chairs, tables are being offered at
prices said to represent only Is
to Is per cent of their actual
wholesale cost.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-19

(which has divided the Demo
cratic party as it has not been
divided since Bryan's day, but the
fate also of the entire Roosevelt
legislative program, which includes
much that is controversial, plus
the leadership of the embattled
Senate.
The leadership will be settled
Wednesday at a Democratic eau
Gus. The choice lies between
Senator Pat Harrison, veteran
southern conservative, and Sen
ator Alben w. Barley. thorough
going and sincere New Dealer. The
lines are very cloSe-so close. in
fact, that no one wanted to ven
ture a prediction today as to
which will win out.
Pulling For Barley
Officially, Mr.. Roosevelt is keep
ing hands off this fight. But
those closest to the White House
are pulling for Barley for a num-
Der of reasons. One reason Is that
they believe the Kentuckian would
make a more powerful, aggressive
leader, who would be calculated
to team" better with the White
House.
Another is that, should Harrison
be elevated to the leadership, it
would leave vacant the chairman
ship of the powerful Finance Com
mittee, which would fall to Sen
ator William H. King CD, of
Utah, an ardent anti-New Dealer.
With the general tax structure due
for an overhauling next year, the
New Deal doesn't want an avowed
opponent in so powerful position.
other Rulings Due
After the leadership question
is settled, other far-reaching de-
ciSions are in order, the most
important of which is this:
Is Congress going to remain
on the job and battle the court
issue to a finish, which may
mean further party division and
bitterness, or is it going to toss
up the sponge and adjourn, to
return later when the weather
is cooler and individual tempera-
lures are lower?
Mr.. Roosevelt is all against ad-
journment. He wants Congress
to stay on the job and complete
the legislative program he al
ready has outlined, which in
cludes the controversial wage
and-hour law, a Federal housing
program, the extension of the
iva to the rest of the country,
and several bills Of agricultural
Importance.
He criticized the Supreme
Court for taking its accustomed
recess, leaving large questions
hanging in the air, and he GER
tainly would be more caustic If
Congress followed the courts ex-
ample and simply quit at this
time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-19
Bankhead Sees Long
Congress Session Ahead
international News Service

Speaker Bankhead today indi-
Gated that Congress will be held in
session to pass wage and hour,
Government reorganization and
other Administration bills, even
though the Supreme Court fight
is settled speedily. He said:
II don't see any prospects Of
an early adjournment of Con-
gresS. I'd like to see at least
part of the governmental reOr-
ganizatiOn program passed, a
farm bill if the Committee on
Agriculture can agree upon it,
and wages and hours legislation.
II understand that the reOr-
ganiZatiOn committee has prac-
taically agreed upon a bill af-
fectinE the Comptroller Cen
eral': Office"
Bankhead named a bill to plug
loopholes as among those to be
passed and said passage of crop
insurance bill was included.
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ALIENS ARE HIT
|. INH0USE BILL

The House today passed a bill
prohibiting employment of all
aliens in the Federal Governments
service with the exception Of the
military, to become effective Janu-
airy /, 1888. The bill was sent TO
the Senate.
A provision in the measure gives
the President authority to pre-
scribe any additional exceptions
to the military exemption.
A minority committee report
stated the measure was aimed at
removing aliens from WPA lists.
A survey of other departments
and divisions, the report added,
shows that aliens compose but a
negligible part Of personnel.
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Baptist Pew Rally
To Raise $4,000 Quota

In order to complete quota of
$4,000 in the District Of Column
bia, more than II Baptist churches
of the city will conduct a mis-
sionary pew rally at the Third
Baptist Church tonight at 7'30
o'clock.
The sum is being raised for the
Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mis-
sion Society which holds its an
nual convention in Norfolk. Va,
September l to 4. A musical and
literary program will be given in
connection with the rally. DR..
George Bullock is pastor of the
church.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-19
Uncle Sam Hunts
10000 To Whom
He OWeS Cash
International News Service

Uncle Sam started hunt today
for about 10000 persons to whom
he owes money!
Field offices of the Social Sc
curity Board were asked to try TO
find approximately 10000 workers
who have reached the age of IS
years since January l, and have
old age benefits due them, or rela-
tives of workers who have died
since January and have not filed
claims for their payments.
The board has certified for pay
ment 4,419 claims, as of June 80,
and 5,342 claims are pending, while
104 have been disalloWed. But
some 10000 others have not filed
their claims, although they are eli.
gible for payments. Because
monthly benefit payments are not
due until January /, 1912, persons
who reach the age of IS before
that time are eligible for lump sum
payments of per cent of the earn
ings from January /, 1887.
If an eligible worker dies, his
estate will receive the payment.
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Democrats to Decide
OnLeOIzer WeGIHDeSGZl11I
By GEORGE R. HOLMES

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-19
SLAIN DOCTORS
PRIVATE LIFE
CHECKED

PROVIDENCE, R. l., July 10
UN.sO.-C Convinced a CLOSE
friend" shot and killed DR.. George
w. Webster, 80, socially promi-
nent obstetrician in his home,
police today began a complete
checkup of persons who played a
part in his private life.
The check included a mystery
person-scantily clad woman OF
man-seen at 2 a. m. three days
before the Staying, swinging with
the doctor in hammock in his
town-house yard.
The list ranged from persons
with names on the social register,
to ordinary folk, and to behind
the scenes" acquaintance with
gamblers and horSe-race bookleS.
Widow Aids Police
The slain doctors widow, Mrs.
Kathryn Webster, furnished au-
thorities with a list of mutual
acuuaintances of herself and her
husband. From other sources, po'
lice compiled another list OF per
sons who did not come into con
tact with Mrs. Webster.
Joseph Brady, taxicab driver
told investigators he delivered
shot dogs" and one chicken sand
wich to the doctors home on the
morning of July -, nearly three
days to the minute before DR.
Webster was shot.
The doctor took the food
Brady told police. and exclaimed
"Ah, now we can eat"
Police stressed the significance
Of the word I'VE"
Mrs. Webster at that time was
with her daughter, Marjorie. Z, al
their summer home in Watct
Hill.
Discrepancy" Solved
Mrs. Webster previously hac
told police her husband was with
her at Watch Hill. Authorities
however, believed they had solved
this apparent discrepancy. Mrs
Webster's recollections of tn
dates were in terms of days, whil'
the taxi-driver's records consid
cred anything past midnight a
another day. Brady said he de
livered the hot dogs and chicken
sandwich at liza a. m, July 10.
Tending to confirm Brady
story, was the statement of MOI
man Alper, a neighbor Of Dr.
Webster, who told police he say
someone thinly clad, sitting in
hammock in the v@rd Of the Webs
ter home on the morning the tax
cab driver called.
Alpers was not certain whethe
the person was a man or a woman
but thought it was a man L
shorts.
Providence, R. L, July 10 Q.N.S.
Walter E. O'Hara, head of tn
Narragansett horse race track, thl
afternoon offered a $4,000 rewar
for information leading to the a,
rest and conviction of the mu,
derer of DR.. George w. WebStel
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NAVY OBJECTS
T0A|RP0RT
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sion has recommended the es-
Enlistment of an airport at
Camp Springs, Md, which is
about three miles from the new
naval radio receiving station at
CheItenham, Md, which is in
process of completion. 1 am in
formed by the radio engineers Of
this department that the Sc
lection is unfortunate from the
naval point Of view, as ignition
interferences, from plains fly
ing at comparatively low alti-
tudes over the receiving station
might seriously affect reception
of radio signals.
''In addition, the future de-
veIOpment Of the station may be
hampered, as it may be neces-
Sary to install steel towers 800
feet high at the radio station.
Such towers would be q menace
to planes making an instrument
landing approaching from the
southeast.
ut is considered desirable to
bring to your attention the pos
SibiIity of serious interference
with the naval radio station at
Cheltenham, which represents
an investment of one million
dollars, if an airport should be
located at Camp Springs.
Sincerely yours,
WILLIAM ID. LEAHY,
Admiral, u. S. N.
Acting Secretary of the Navy"
Naval officials were APPARENT,
a trifle "sore" today at the man
ner in which they have beef
forced to voice their protest. Ar
parently the Navy has never hat
a chance to talk the matter owe
with the airport commission, no
has it officially received any motto,
that the site had been chosen.
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Count
On Garner to
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send the bill back to the judici-
airy committee"
Said Senator Minton Cd OF
Indiana, one of the leading pro-
ponentS:
LET them come on with .
vote anytime. All we want Is
a chance to vote, and we will
. pass the bill"
There was much comforting
aboard the train as it proceeded
eastward, but it was evident no
final decisions could be reached as
less than half the Senate was rep
resented.
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Providence, R. L. July 10 G.N.SO
Walter E. O'Hara, head Of the
Narragansett horse race track, this
afternoon offered a $4,000 reward
for information leading to the ar
rest and conviction of the muir
derer of DR.. George w. Webster.
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nent suspension was made to-
day at a conference in New York
between Joseph Albert, New Eng
land agent of the National Mari
time Union, and officials Of the
New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad, operators Of the
steamship line, and Fall River
Line officials.
Evening star., 1937-09-09

N JEW YORK, september S.-
Jack Doyle, the Irish crooner
and heavyweight boxer, some
times known as the Mild
Irish Rose" said the other day he had
quit fighting. But now word comes
from San Francisco that the mauling
minstrel wants TO get back in the ring
and that he has signed Harry Brodie
OF San Francisco as manager. How
ever, his flancee. Mrs. Delphine Dodge
Cromwell Baker Godde, insists that he
stick to his singing. Fighting, she SAYS,
is too brutal. Mrs. Godde is daugh-
ter of the late Horace E. Dodge. auto
mobile maker, and an heiress of the
Dodge fortune.
At IA Jack Doyle was heaving a
15-pound shovel on the coal docks at
Queenstown. AT Is he was sailing
before the mast on Finnish vessel,
At 16 he was in the Irish Guards,
doubling in the characteristically Celtic
pastimes of singing and fighting.
He is feet Az inches tall and
weighs 217 pounds. With his wavy
black hair and still unmarried fea-
lures, he is rated as the handsomest
fighter in the business. He once
smacked down 10 big bruisers all at
once-but that was in Hollywood,
when he was trying out for the screen,
two years ago. He didn't screen we'll
and picked up his fighting again,
dumping Buddy Baer neatly in one
round.
In 1890 he was champion of the
Irish Guards. Last April he gave
Kinggfish Levinsky a handsome H.
| round drubbing AS yet he hasn't any
very notorious scalps on his belt. but
he is still only a. Judith Allen, film
actress, divorced him last April, and
he awaits final decree before marry
ing Mrs. Godde, whose divorce from
Timothy Godde, London and Paris
textile exporter, is also coming
through. He has been here two and
one-half years and writes home that
he's having wonderful time.
(copyrisht, 1879
Evening star., 1937-09-09

The strategy quick Chinese attack 10 drive the
japanese the immediate
eau upon the European nations involved military
international Settlement from the
This OF would
Here the worked out
First the inciden-he
followed by the landing of bueackets
The committee French Chinese
ana japanese representatives met Japan suddenly
Sodued peace preservation corps"
declared for ofense
handy in the background
That on August 10 of this
sao hat military pressure from Marking
make = - ~
BY the 2h
Inc Chlnese
greatly outnumbeed
INTO effect 1882
japanese concessions contact with the military
territory against japanese
The Japanese ernoiu becoue
the attack on the japanese up
surprise bomoddment from the
base in Japan, something the note
BY this time the issues
- - ~
G. O. organizers the have applied
tn old adage Of doing the
in
THESE days without Bible with PRAYER
and invocation.
At first sharecroppes to
secret because OF the vigilance OF the gantes
hgh o6ciat in sympathy Uth the
come out openly in their
Now the
dsor in OF the labor farmers
unton organizers trained.
another word ouriory o,uo
had an vicinity and that prejudice
raised no little difficulty for the
Evening star., 1937-09-09
Roosevelt Feud
Complete Break Will Be Averted, Observer Says,
Because Each Needs Help of Other

of his who was also friend of the
President. The mutual friend went
to the White House and came back
with an assurance, Tell John I am
for him 100 per cent"
But still Mr.. Lewis felt distrustful.
Events ran on until the c.. I. O. strike
against steel companies in Pennsyl-
vania and the Middle West. When
C. I. o. took some steps that offended
public opinion, Mr.. Roosevelt quoted
Shakespeare, "A plague . both your
houses" meaning both G. l. o. and
the steel companies. Mr.. Lewis did
not like that, but would have swallowed
it. However, there was again a
period in which Mr.. Lewis rival, MIR.
Green, seemed to have the better
standing at the White House. When
Mr.. Roosevelt was trying to get the
wage-hour bill through Congress, Mr..
Green visited the White House con-
spicuously, and within few hours
gave out statement in favor of the
wagehour bill 1t was commonly
felt that Mr.. Green did not really like
the bill very much, but was eager to
stand well at the White House.
Green Believed 'Tops."
So, again, the local leaders through
out the country, watching the seats
of the mighty closely, came to feel
1t was Mr.. Green, not Lewis, who
was tops" at the White House. The
situation was bad for Mr.. Lewis busi-
ness, for C. 1. o.
This, it is fair to infer, is why Mr..
Lewis on Labor day blurted out at Mr..
Roosevelt, ut i'll behooves one who
has supped at labor's table and who
has been sheltered in labors house to
curse with equal fervor and fine i'm
partiality both labor and its adver-
saries."
The whole thing, at this stage, is a
contest not in the field of politics but
in the field of labor. 1t is a contest
between Mr.. Lewis c. I. o. and Mr..
Green's A. F. of L., with each trying
to get the advantage of White House
quiet difference toward the White
House seems more successful than Mr..
Lewis clustering In the broad con-
test as whole-in the field of labor
and in public opinion, as well as at
the White House-Mr. Green seems to
be leading. A. F. of L. is at this mo-
ment going stronger than c. I. o.
But Mr.. Roosevelt will not break
completely with Mr.. Lewis and Mr..
Lewis will not break completely with
Mr.. Roosevelt. They both need each
other for 1910. In that year what can
Mr.. Lewis do? He can hardly favor
the Republicans. Therefore he must
either support Mr.. Roosevelt or have
third party. And Mr.. Lewis is not
yet equipped to form third party.
In the same way Mr.. Roosevelt
needs Mr.. Lewis. II Mr.. Roosevelt sue
ceeds in purging the Democratic party
completely. he could get along with
out Mr.. Lewis. But If Mr.. Roosevelt
does not succeed in the purge then he
must stand with Mr.. Lewis. In the
meantime, until the outcome Of the
attempted purge is decided, Mr.. Roose-
velt must hold onto Mr.. Lewis as his
"ace in the hole"
Copyright. 1879
Evening star., 1937-09-09

in the background. There may be
third party in 1910, but what is now
going on between Mr.. Roosevelt and
Mr.. Lewis has little relation to it. The
recent developments have to do mainly,
not with the field of national politics,
but with the struggle between Mr.
Lewis c. l. o. and Mr.. William Green's
American Federation Of Labor for
dominance in the field of labor. This
struggle is acute just now.
Like many complex situations, this
one can best be made clear by brief
recital of what led up to it. 1t begins
with the presidential campaign of last
year. In that campaign Mr.. Lewis and
his organization, in gifts and loans,
directly and indirectly, contributed
some $700, 900 to Mr.. Roosevelt's CAM
paign fund
While this was going on Mr.. Lewis,
so his intimates say, was the fair
haired boy at the White House; he
could drop in and see Mr.. Roosevelt or
get him on the phone any time. 1t is
fair to say this high standing OF Mr..
Lewis at the White House was not
based on Mr.. Lewis campaign gifts. 1t
seemed apparent that Mr.. Roosevelt
and others in his administration
wanted to see C. I. o. get going and
become strong.
After Mr.. Roosevelt won the election,
Mr.. Lewis felt the White House became
cool on him. His intimates say he
was received at the White House only
twice from November until the middle
of January, and on one Of the occasions
his visit was kept from the newspaper
reporters.
Green at White House.
This was irking to Mr.. Lewis, but
there was, from his point of view, a
worse feature. Mr.. Lewis rival, Presi-
dent Green Of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor, appeared TO stand con-
spicuously well at the White House.
Not only did this cause natural jeal-
ousy in Mr.. Lewis. 1t was hurtful to
him in a concrete way. Little labor
leaders in Washington and through
out the country, the organizers and
others whose occupation is union
leadership, the career men," OBJ
served that now Mr.. Green seemed
to be the fair-haired boy at the
White House. This was just at the
time when rivalry between c. l. o. and
A. F. of l.. was acute, and the smaller
leaders were watching carefully to
find which would have the band
wagon.
In this situation Mr.. Lewis on jan
uary 81 gave out an angry statement
to the effect that he expected Mr.
Roosevelt to help him in his c. I. o.
automobile strike, which was then
acute, Labor expects the administra-
ton to support the auto workers in
every legal way" Mr.. Lewis was so
perturbed that he went to a friend
Evening star., 1937-09-09
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

" HE situation as between Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Mr.. John L.
Lewis is widely misunderstood.
That growing illusions Mr..
Lewis makes to Mr.. Roosevelt do not
mean quite what they seem. The atti-
tude of Mr.. Roosevelt toward Mr.. Lewis
and G. l. o. is a carefully preserved
Evening star., 1937-09-09

Party, will arrive in New York from
London September IA and visit Wash
ington September 20 and 81.
The tour is under the auspices of
the Japan Trade Promotion Asso-
citation. The party left Toxic June
l9 and is travelling westward around
the world. The group will be enter
tanned extensively during an over
night stay in Washington. From
here the visitors will go to Buffalo,
Niagara Falls and Detroit.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
What's Back of It All
Japanese Say Chinese Had Secret Military Plan to
Force Intervention by Foreigners.
BY H. r. RAJJKHACF.

THE terrific toll material
the
~ to that by
4 "A
The oHcidl japanese
hdt he Cnese provoked the struggle The unofficial
goes tter Outside of formal diplomatic
carefully workd
admit wha of
OF China attempting military operation
The pan the
behind
Evening star., 1937-09-09

repocatng an exchange OF inventors in
each country flng their specifications
Ihs helps Germany adepts
poDenent and refinement A similar in
patents TOR this happu
Germanys enforced
genius as never before Her synthetic rubber
ouceo Wne 1t exceedingly expensive efficiently
applying 1T in thin
Germany to
Evening star., 1937-09-09

occurs dIUeT lne
complaint" is up
for formal hear
ing. when the
parties to the dis
pute may offer
witnesses to re-
fute or confirm
the charges that
were the basis of
the complaint.
E very time
charges are filed
against an en-
ployer, there is
not necessarily a
=" C o m p ! a N t F"
lss ue d. T h e