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Evening star., 1937-05-02

BACKGROUND
To be assured of ready cash for
funeral expenses, District employees
Is gears ago formed Municipal I'M
mediate Relief Association. Men,
bers paid rs cents monthly for 500
insurance: receiUed $50 if benef-
cidry preceded them in death.
Financial backlog ,Das $400 receiued
annually from, program promoter.
Commissioners forbade program
publication 10 years ago. Facing
financial difficulties, association
poted last month to diSband.
A bitter feud between veteran and
youthful employees Of the District gov
ernment is being waged over the dis
tribution Of death benefits in the
treasury of the Municipal Immediate
Relief Association it was learned last
night
So intense has feeling between the
two factions become, it was revealed.
that Ringgold Hart, former principal
assistant corporation counsel, has ap-
pealed to the Commissioners to inter-
vene with declaration that moral
obligations should take precedence
over legal rights in distribution Of
the funds
When the Commissioners refused to
take sides in the dispute, Hart said,
william Franklin, president of the
association when the schism developed
filed test case in Municipal Cour.
to determine whether the assets of
the organization should be divided
equally among the members or on a
percentage basis to be determined by
the amount each individual paid into
the treasury.
In the advent of an adverse decision
in Municipal Court. Hart said, it Il
probable that the dispute will be car
Evening star., 1937-05-02
P. ". 4. to Cut Rolls by 1000;
Sharp Cuts Unlikely Elsewhere
1000 Must Leave Ickes' Agency on May
IS; Other Curtailment to Be Made
Gradually.

what is to happen to P w. A. en-
ployes after they are let out of the
service. Some probably will be ab-
sorbed by other agencies, but the
great majority, it was admitted, will
swell the ranks Of the unemployed.
The reduction is matter over
which the P. w. A. has no control
AS projects throughout the country
are completed, the need for a large
administrative force win be reduced
correspondingly. Out of the total of
25,l29 P. w. A. projects begun in the
last three years, on April l there
remained S,4l5 under construction
Many Of these have since been COM
pleted.
Compared with the billions that
formerly were at his disposal, Admin
istrator Ickes now has a revolving
fund Of only about $3.50, ,000,0 900 from
which to draw for future projects.
Even this relatively small amount
(Caa D u popa Adl
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SPOTLIGHT TURNS
TO RELIEF FUNDS
|NECONOMYDR|VE
Appropriation Cut Plans
Awaiting Return of
Roosevelt.
HEARINGS WILL START
ON S1,5OO,0OO, 900 PLEA
House Deficiency Subcommittee
to Take Up Extension of
P. W. A. Tomorrow.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Failure OF March income tar re-
turns to measure up to expectations
caused President Roosevelt to sub
init to Congress q TeUised budget
and call on departmental heads to
curtGH expenditures.
Congressional leaders pledged CO.
operation, some proposing to go
further than the President and
trim $500 900 900 from his 81 1,5OO,-
100000 relief request. Senator
Byrnes of South Carolina suggested
10 per cent slash in all approprta-
tons. Representative Cannon OF
Missouri offered plan to lnpound
IS per cent, this fund to be used
at discretion OF President.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated PreSS.
ROME, May 1.-Absence of Gen.
Attilio Teruzzi, former head of the
Italian Fascist militia, from the fu-
neral of his sister Amelia, led today
to the disclosure he is in Spain.
Fascist circles disclosed Premier
Mussolini sent Teruzzi there follow
ing the defeat of italian troops who
were fighting for insurgent Spanish
Gen. Franco at Guadalajara.
1nformants said italian volunteers
for Franco had at first been selected
too freely and were in need of train
ing. Teruzzi has been praised for his
organizing ability since he developed
the Black Shirt militia.
Another noted personality now re-
ported to be in Spain is Gen. Ettore
Bastico, who commended the 4th
Italian Army Corps in the Italo Eth
opian war
Gen. Teruzzi, one Of II Duce's
bearded IONS" has figured tn most
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(Fuu tert of proclamation on
Page A-1SJ
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt signed at sea
last night the broader 'isolationist"
neutrality bill passed by Congress to
replace the temporary law expiring
at midnight.
The measure, which makes perma-
nent the present embargo against
munitions to foreign belligerents and
gives the President discretionary
authority to restrict trading in goods
useful to warning nations, was rushed
to the Presidents fishing craft off
Aransas Pass, Tex, by plane, auto
mobile and small boat. It was flown
to Galveston from Washington, picked
up by the White House staff on ar
rival from New Orleans 1t was signed
at $50 pm. $3.50, Eastern Stand
ard time) on the U. S. S. Potomac,
to which the President had trans
ferred from the Moffett two and half
hours earlier.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
Hollywood FACES
PARALYz|NGSTR
10000.
Four Unions Already Out and
ID Others Will De-
eide Today.
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD
ALSO CALLS MEETING
Federated Crafts Bank on Actors
for Support of Demands for
Recognition.
BACKGROUND

ChGROUND-
Labor troubles inUolDinq 1Daoes
and hours and union RECOGNITION.
bringing into play sit-doUn strikes
Which haze paralyzed the auton,o-
the industry since last Fall, now
center In Hollywood, although
1oalkout method is being employed.
Afilides OF John w. Le,DiS' Com
ntttee for Industrial Organization
inspired strikes in the motor plants,
but this time it is the ne,Uly formed
Federated Motion Picture Crafts,
an affiliate OF the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, Which has issued
the call. Union demands are re-
ported to inuolue q closed shop,
recognition and adjustment OF
pages and hours.
Py the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, May l.-Picketing
increased at major studios and spread
to others tonight as the threat OF a
paralyZing strike which would affect
more than 10000 craftsmen and play
ers hung over the multi billion-do
motion picture industry.
-Four unions with q membership of
some $500 already were nominally On
strike under a call issued last night.
The question Of whether IA other
unions will join the Walkout will be
decided tomorrow morning at meet
ing of the recently organized parent
body, the Federated Motion Picture
Crafts, strike sponsor It's unions were
voting today to determine strike senti-
ment.
The powerful Screen Actors Guild
also called mass meeting for tomor-
row night in the Hollywood Legion
Stadium to decide whether $500 men,
bers, including nearly all the film
colony's top-notch players, will pass
through picket lines into the studios.
Federated Crafts officials are bank
ing heavily on the Actors Guild for
support Of their demands for a closed
shop and union recognition in the in
dustry. Producers representatives so
far have declined to grant these de-
mands before receiving and consider
ing any wage and hour requests which
the crafts may expect to make.
Effect Not Determined.
Effect Of last nights strike call to
the four unions could not be deter
mined definitely today, Saturday being
a light day at most studios.
Pat Casey, labor conciliator for the
producers, declared very few workers
failed to report for work and such
production as was scheduled for Sat-
urday was not hampered.
President Charles Lessing Of the
Federated Crafts also said he did not
expect much to happen until Mon
day"
The four unions called on strike are
the painters, makeup artists, scenic
artists and craftsmen.
Craftsmen at R-K-O and Colum-
bia studios walked out this morning.
Other unionists, including studio cooks
and culinary workers and 1875 camera
machinists, were reported walking out
in advance of the federation meeting
tomorrow. A Walkout of M-G-M
studio chefs prevented serving break
fast at the conmissary there.
Picketing was orderly and good
natured. No attempt was made to pre-
vent any one going into the studios.
Union officials estimated the various
picket lines had increased to nearly
500 by noon.
Clark Gable, member of the Screen
(See STRIKE, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1937-05-02
BY JAMES f. CHINN.

A proposal under consideration by
the Commissioners to impose a sales
tax on tobacco to help make up an
anticipated budget deficit in the COM
ing fiscal year is expected to meet pro-
nounced opposition in the special tax
subcommittee of the House District
Committee, now at work on new
s600o,0o0 program Of increased taxa
ton.
Although the Commissioners have
not yet recommended the tobacco sales
tax, Representative Dirksen, Republi-
can, Of Illinois, an active member Of
the subcommittee, has undertaken a
study to determine the equity of such
a plan.
Unwilling to commit himself on the
proposal at this time, Dirksen, how
ever, pointed out the House Ways and
Means Committee several years ago
took the position that tobacco, which
is producing about Sl.08 per pound in
Federal revenue, is bearing more than
fair share of the Nations tax burden
Whether it should be singled out by
the District for further taxation, he
said is question deserving serious
consideration.
Report Opposes Increase.
A report prepared by the Interstate
Committee on Conflicting Taxation,
Dirksen said. opposed additional taxes
on tobacco. Voluminous statistics are
cited in this report. he declared. to
show the burden tobacco is bearing in
various States which already have it
under taxation.
Rates Of taxation, as we'll as meth
DDS, vary in the different States. For
instance, some of them tax cigarettes
only, while others tax all forms of
tobacco Six States have 2-cent tax
per package of 20 cigarettes. The State
of Washington has a 1-cent tax.
Oklahoma, Texas, North Dakota and
(See D. c. TAXES, Page A-12.)
Evening star., 1937-05-02
HITLER DENOUNCES
CHURCH AND JEWS
Also Tells Workers Time for
Higher Wages Has
Not Yet Come.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND-
Conflict betpeen Nazi qouern-
ment and church has ragged almost
since Adolf Hitler'S rise to pouer.
In his pre-EaSter encyclical Pope
Plus charged the Germans had en-
crodched on the church sphere.
especially in regard to its influence
ouer Catholic youth, and has set up
false deity in Hitler.
Concordat of 1888 set up separate
spheres Of church and state in
fuence.
Nasis noW apparently haze begun
1Uell-publicized campaign to sho,U
the church itself ouerstepped the
line. Several Catholic chapiains
recently Ueer tried and sent to
prison for allegedly fostering
Catholic Communist front.
BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, May Adolf Hitler stood
amid May day throngs today to de-
.nounced clerical interference" and
the Jews, and to tell the third Reich's
workers that the time for higher
wages has not yet come to Germany.
There was varying applause for
these pronouncements.
Fifty thousand Berlin workers
massed before Der Fuehrer in the
Lustgarten Square, often the scene
Of monster Nazi tons.
Earlier, 10000 boys and girls packed
into the Olympic Stadium heard the
first Of two apparent warnings to
catholicism.
His allusion to Jews brought up
roarious applause, but only moderate
cheering followed his appeal to 'ork-
ers and employers to increase pro-
duction without demanding higher
wages or increased prices.
The Lustgarten throng cheered
more heartily when Der Fuehrer de-
clared labor service, without higher
wages, will force better class respect
of the worker
Answers Encyclical.
Repercussions of the controversy
between nazism and catholicism,
which was brought into the open by
Pope Plus pre-Easter encyclical
charging NaZi violation of the church.
state concordat, were sounded by both
of Der Fuehrer's speeches today.
Said Der Fuehrer today to the
workers:
If anybody tries, through encycli-
Gals, sermons or other religious meas
ures to disturb our community spirit,
We will simply withdraw the clergy
mans license from such.
1T will not do for certain circles
to criticize our morals when they have
(See HITLER, Page A-l21
Evening star., 1937-05-02
D. c. TOBACCO TAX.
FACES OPPOSITION.
Proposals Under Considera.
ton by Commissioners to
Meet Fight in Committee.

BACKGROUND
A prospective deficit Of $4,000, 900
in District revenues for the fiscal
year 1888 has resulted in proposals
for series of new tares. Automo-
bileS, gasoline and tobacco are
among the items ,ohich are under
consideration for bearing the brunt
OF the increase.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
BY C. GOULD LINCOLN.

BY q. GOULD LINCOLN.
Increase in the membership OF the
Supreme Court was openly advocated
by one candidate for President during
the 1886 campaign-Earl Browder,
candidate Of the Communist party
Senator Burke, Democrat, of Nebraska
declared in letter made public last
night.
Senator Burke. an opponent of
President Roosevelt's bill to increase
the Supreme Court membership, was
replying to criticism leveled at him
by two former Nebraska Representa-
tives, Dan v. Stephens and Edgar
Howard, for his failure to support the
President.
Il would like" said Burke in let
ter to Howard, "to ask these men
who now assail me this simple ques-
ton: When did you for the first time
have an intimation that demand
would be made on Congress at this
session to Great six vacancies on the
Supreme Court in order that the
President, with the approval of the
Senate, might have the opportunity
to flll the places with nominees, who
it is hoped, would interpret the Con-
(See COURT, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1937-05-02
PLUNGES TO DEATH
FROM TWELFTH STORY
Hauran Smith, Reputed Grandson
of Wells-Fargo Founder,
Chicago Victim.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 1.-Mauran (Bud)
Smith, 36, said by police to be q
grandson of one of the founders of
the Wells Fargo Express Co., plunged
to his death today from the twelfth
floor Of hotel after barricading the
door of his apartment.
Smith had stopped at the hotel
intermittently during the last IA
years, officials said.
Thomas Wheelock, friend, told
police that Smith was grandson Of
the late Francis Wells, a founder Of
the famous express company.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
BURKE CITES COURT
PLAN Of BR0WDER
Foe Of Roosevelt Proposal
Recalls Communist Ad.
vocated Increase.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
A series OF decisions by the ST.
pren,e Court inUalidating NeU Deal
laUs Wds clindTed in February by
the request OF President RooseDelt
for authority to add to the court
as many as sir memberS-one for
each justice oper 20 Uho did not
retire. Lengthy hearings on the
proposal haze been held by the
Senate Judiciary Committee, and
some compromise measures haze
been Advanced
Evening star., 1937-05-02
McKeIlar Has Own Resolution.

Senator McKellar of Tennessee,
ranking Democrat on the Appropria-
tions Committee, predicted the CON-
mittee will go most carefully" into
the percentage-cut method of reduc-
ing the total budget to accomplish
as much economy as possible, consls-
tent with the needs of the Govern
ment. including essential new ac-
tivities, such as the social security
program. McKellar revealed that he
also has been working for week
or two on. percentage reduction res
olution Of his own, but is not ready
to make it public. pointing out that
there are many phases of the ques-
ton requiring study.
Senator McCarran. Democrat. Of
Nevada, made known that william
Green, president of the American
Federation Of Labor, has conferred
with him regarding the fear McCar-
ran expressed in letter to labor
leaders that a percentage cut in
appropriations might hit Government
employees in the lower brackets. Nc
Carran said Green agreed with him
that nothing should be done to re-
duce the pay of the lower-salaried
workers. Sponsors of the percentage
plan have disclaimed any intention
of cutting salaries, although admit
ting that a 10 per cent saving might
require the letting out of employees
in some bureaus.
Conflicting viewpoints were ex-
pressed at the Capitol on whether
the IS per cent discretionary i'm
pounding plan. sponsored by Repre-
sentative Cannon, Democrat. OF
Missouri could be carried out by Gov
ernment departments without ac-
ton by Congress. This proposal yes
terday received the support of Repre-
(See ECONOMY, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1937-05-02
HAMILTON DEFINES
NEW c. 0. P. HOPES
Party to Oppose Only Bad in
New Deal, Says Chairman,
in Radio Address.
BACKGROUND

BACK kGROUND-
Silent since the Democratic aUa-
lanche OF last November, Chairman
John Hamilton OF the Republican
National Committee has begun
rigorous offensive looking to the
congressional campaigns year
hence. The program Vds announced
q te1D days ago.
Republican National Committee,
charted a course of constructive op-
position for the G. o. P, in a radio
speech last night over a national hook
up.
The party, he insisted will distin-
guish between the good and the bad
proposals of the New Deal admins
tration and oppose only the bad
Hamilton's address was the first of
a series which he will deliver regard
ing the rebuilding of the Republican
party and the public issues of the day
Taking cognizance of suggestions
that the Republican party should be-
come new party. with a different
name, or that there should be some
entirely different political alignment,
Chairman Hamilton said:
There are those who have suggested
that the name of the party be changed
upon the theory apparently that those
who vote against the Republican cam
didates do so without any affirmative
convictions. There are those who
speak Of amalgamations and there are
those who speak of new parties. I
will not dispute with any man what
may be the future form or character
Of the political parties in this country.
(See HAMILTON, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1937-05-02
BY J. A. O'LEARY.

While congressional leaders await
the return of President Roosevelt for
conferences on alternate plans for ap-
plying a percentage cut to next years
appropriations, the economy spotlight
will turn this week to fixing the
amount of the unemployment relief
fund for the year beginning July /.
Before starting hearings Wednesday
or Thursday on the Presidents ST.
500 100000 relief request, the House
Subcommittee on Deficiency Appro-
priations tomorrow will take up a
separate bill to prolong the life of the
Public Works Administration two more
years from June 30
Other developments in the economy
movement yesterday were:
Chairman Woodrum Of the House
Appropriations Subcommittee, which
handled the 5000, 100000 independent
Offices money bill, asked heads of 80
independent agencies of the Govern
ment to ''resurvey and reconsider your
appropriation needs for l938' with
view to helping the Appropriations
Committee make "at least a 10 per
cent reduction" In his letter, Wood
rum said that at the first meeting of
the full Appropriations Committee he
would suggest that chairmen Of other
subcommittee in charge of big supply
bills make similar economy moves.
Evening star., 1937-05-02

(See MURPHY, Page A-l2)
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(See SPAIN, Page A-4.)
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(See D. c. TAXES, Page A-12.)
Evening star., 1937-05-02
WEATHER,

u. 3. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Fair today; tomorrow cloudy rain to-
morrow afternoon or night; not much
change in temperature. Temperatures
Highest, II, at pm. yesterday; lowest
40, at 6 am. yesterday
Full report on Page B-3
Evening star., 1937-05-02

(See P. w. A., Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1937-05-02

(See BENEFITS, Page A-4.)
Smyrna times., 1937-06-03

Dorothy D. Roberts will be Camp
Director again this season. The
dates for Camp are June 19(Week-
end) = Industrial, Business and
Professional Girls; June 26-Julv
10-Senior High School Girls
July 10-July 81 - Junior High
School Girls; July 31-August IA -
Girls, I'll. Miss Gertrude Eng
lish, of Wilmington, has the honor
of being the first person to regis
ter this year. The following girls
have also registered: Misses Doris
Jester, Catherine Schletter, Jean
cite Schletter, Betty Bird, Sylvia
Di Sabatino, Audrey Davis and
Jean Louise Swayze of Whining
ton; Martha Ann Moore of Elkton:
Maryland; Jean Armentrout of
Winterthur;; Margaret Ann Pea
cock of Dover; Connie Crowley of
Clayton; Joyce Emily Manahan of
Wyoming and Phyllis Strawbridge,
Maxine Mccoy, Alice Pauline
New Castle. Camp is an exper-
fence ths4t every girl should have.
The living, playing and working
together with other girls of her
age can do much to help her to
make adjustments; to stand on her
own two feet and to grow III .>ody,
mind and spirit.
Smyrna times., 1937-06-03

James AIDownes, East Dover Hun
dred; Frederick Brady, st. Georges
Hundred; Walter H. Lank, Broad
kiln Hundred, Harry ]. Rothrock,
New Castle Hundred; A. B. Thom-
as, North Murderkill Hundred;
William B. Conway, Nanticoke
Hundred; Charles A. Hastings, Jr.,
Little Creek Hundred; Kendall M.
Wiley, North West Work Hundred;
Charles R. Brown, North Murder
kill Hundred; Theodore Burton, IT.,
Georgetown Hundred; Elisha G.
Ryon, Georgetown Hundred; Yer
non Lay Phillips, Duck Creek Hun
dred; Jacob L. Soper, South Muir
derkill Hundred; W.Joseph Collins,
Dagsboro Hundred; Daniel T.
Stubbs, Wilmington Hundred; John
Berry, North Murderkill Hundred; ;
Haldeman c. Stout, Wilmington
Hundred.
Smyrna times., 1937-06-03
SUNDAY DINNER

BY ANN PAGE

THE bride is apt to find marketing.
i what and how much of various
foods to buy, her hardest job. Lower
prices for vegetables, lower prices for
lamb and fish, a lengthening list of
fruits and lower prices for butter and
eggs await the early June brides first
marketing. Of course the first arrivals
of peaches, melons or new variety of
berry are high but each week sees a
longer list and lower prices.
Carrots are the only really high
priced vegetable left. Beets cost but
two-thirds of last weeks price. New
potatoes are more plentiful and lower.
Seasonable foods make up the fol-
lowing menus.
Low Cost Dinner
Veal Pot Pie with Vegetables
Potatoes Onions Peas
Bread and Butter
Vanilla Pudding with Bananas
Tea or Coffee Milk
Medium Cost Dinner
Roast Beef Pan Drowned Potatoes
Green Beans
Bread and Butter
Strawberry Ice Cream Cookies
Tea or Coffee Milk
Very Special Dinner
Jellied Consomme
Roast Lamb Sauteed Bananas
Boiled Rice Asparagus
Hearts Of Lettuce
Rolls and Butter
Strawberry Angel Roll
Coffee
Smyrna times., 1937-06-03
DEATHS

-
Guessford-Near Downs Chapel,
May Both, of diphtheria, Eliza j.
Guessford, aged 5 years, 6 months
and 25 days.
Ha1l-In this town, May 3Oth,
Edwin Reynolds Hall, aged %
years, 10 months and % days.
Hitchens-At Fleming's Landing
June 1st, DR.. P. S. Kitchens, aged
63 years. Interment will be made
at 1 o'clock p. m. in Odd Fellows
Cemetery, Smyrna.
Richards-In this town, May %,
Samuel T. Richards, aged 81 years
z months and "a days.
Scout-At Smyrna Landing, May
27th, after a lingering illness,
Temperance A., wife of Capt. A.
Scout, in the 59th year of her age.
Wallace-Near Smyrna, May "a,
Ella M. Wallace, daughter of Ben
jamin and Patience E. Wallace,
aged 1 year, s months and 13 days.
Smyrna times., 1937-06-03
PLAN FOR GIRLS
CAMP IN SUSSEX
Indian River Rendezvous of
Camp Otonka Bright
For Year
OPENS ON JUNE 18TH

The Camp Committee of the Dis
trict of Delaware Y. w. c. A are
making extensive plans for the
camp season. Camp Otonka on
Indian River is being cleaned and
prepared for the first group The
Business and Professional and In
dustrial Girls, who will arrive on
June 10th for the weekend. Ex-
pectations are that there will be a
new power plant and pier to greet
tn campers. Counselors who will
be at Camp this year are Misses
Anita Allen, Dorothy Baker, Mary
Barnard, Irene Markert, Harriet
Scely and Marguerite Wentz. Miss