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Evening star., 1937-04-30
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
Congress, winning a race against
time, supplanted a temporary neu-
trality law today with statute
broadening restrictions against trade
with warning nations.
Leaders decided to rush the new
measure by plane to President Roose-
welt, vacationing on the Gulf Coast,
for signature before the present act
expires TOMORROW.
The White House pouch containing
the bill and the State Departments
report will be put aboard commercial
airplane early this afternoon to be
flown to Galveston, Tex. Their, it will
be received by M. H. Mcintyre, assist
ant secretary, who then will contact
(See NEUTRALITY, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1937-04-30
.LAF0LLETTE GETS
CONTRADICTIONS
FROM WITNESSES
Two Harlan Men Forced to
Accept or |mpeach First
Testimony.
MIXTURE OF DENIALS,
ADMISSIONS IS GAINED
Civil Liberties Committee Then
Adjourns Unexpectedly Until
Next Monday.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
With initial appropriation OF
$4,000, Senate subcommittee
launched probe OF piolations of ciudl
liberties by ertensiue disclosure OF
espionage in industrial plants and
accumulation OF pipdte drsendls.
Gipen supplementary fund OF
$40 900, committee turned attention
late this Winter to conditions in
rich coal fields OF Harlan County.
Ky.
In 1885 State Com mission had
termed conditions there "unbeliep-
aole" ,Uith worktng people liping
under reign of terror"
Evening star., 1937-04-30
PHILCO RADIO EMPLOYEES
WALK OUT OF PLANT
Union Leaders Say They Will
Hold Meeting to Discuss Pos
sibilitv of Strike.

SlUlIlty OF oCIlke.
By the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, April 30.-Sev-
eral thousand employees of the Philco
Radio g. Television Corp. factory
walked out of the plant today. =.
Leaders Of the United Electrical
and Radio Workers Union said the
workers left because of union busi-
ness" They said the workers would
hold meeting to discuss the possi-
bility of calling an official strike
Executives of the company said the
workers had left the plant, but that
they did not know what it was all
about.
Evening star., 1937-04-30
Summary of Today's Star

Obituary ALA
FOREIGN.
Sinking OF warship by planes held in
decisive. Page Al
NATIONAL.
Defense scientific experts testify at
Denhardt trial. Page Al
A. F. OF L. men defy G. I. o. pickets
at Parker Dam. Page Al
Conflicting testimony received by La
Toilette committee. Page Al
Neutrality measure goes to President
by plane for. signature. Page Al
Hamilton says talks appeal to all
parties. Page Al
President hunts fighting tarpon in
Gulf. Page A.
Father Divine appears in court; case
is delayed. Page AS
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
New Jordon trial sought in motion filed
in Appeals Court. Page Al
Auditorium Commission organizes,
with Ickes as chairman. Page Al
Thousands to watch re-enactment of
Battle Of Crater today. Page Al
Tidal Basin to be barred for memorial.
Keller holds. Page B-l
Boy who figured in spanking case hero
in thief chase. Page B-1
Bus service to replace Takoma car line
beginning Sunday. Page B-l
District tax-government study to take
in insurance rates. Page B-l
District Parent-Teacher Congress op-
poses school rider. Page B.l
Number Of celebrations to mark Nav
day Observance. Page B-l
800 employees being laid % 1t Navy
| Yard here. eaSe B.1
Evening star., 1937-04-30
NEUTRALITY BILL
RACES. DEAD[|NE
New Measure Rushed to
President by Plane
for Signature.
RAcK0no1rnn-
BAcKCRNrND-

Until 1925 the american neu-
trality policy ,Das lett entirely pith
the President.
Then a Senate Investigation de-
peloped evidence designed to shop
that trade Nth belHgerents had
drdwn this country into the World
War and members OF the Inuesti-
eating Committee fought for and
obtained a temporary law to ban
exports to Warring countries and to
discourage American trduel on BEL
hgerent ships. This lau empires
tomorrow, and broader legislation is
in process OF enactment.
Evening star., 1937-04-30
WOODRING APPROVED
Senate Committee Favors Ap-
pointment to Cabinet.

POAASAAeAt " SaOAAoIs
The Senate Military Committee rec
commended today the confirmation Of
the nomination OF Secretary Of War
Woodring. Woodring, former Kansas
Governor, is serving now under = re-
cess appointment.
President Roosevelt recently sent the
regular appointment to the Senate for
approval.
Evening star., 1937-04-30
D. c. AUDITORIUM
BODY ORGANIZES
Ickes, Long Insistent on
Building, Is Named
Chairman.

BACKGROUND
Rainstorn Inauguration day re-
suited in congressional action Gre
atino Capital Auditorium Commis-
sion looking to,Ddrd construction OF
an auditorium here ito meet re-
quirements OF public convenience
and necessity" such as an indoor
inauguration on great national con-
pentionS.
Evening star., 1937-04-30
EsPana Buried
80 FathOnsi in
Biscay Bay.
474 POSSIBLY
ARE DROWNED
British Food Ship
Saved by Air
Armada.
BACKGROUND

BACK hGROUNU-
Occupation of Guernicd, Basque
sacred city" by Mola's forces
brought the fall OF Bilbao nearer.
Mol1 no,D holds more than halt
Vizcdya Province, in Dhich is Bill
bao. Siege OF the city is expected
to pit 10000 defenders against three
spearheads of advancing insurgents.
Bombing planes that today sank
the Espana reached Santander
from Valencia only yesterday. The
BdsQues charge German planes
bombed Guernicd.
Evening star., 1937-04-30

(See ECONOMY, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1937-04-30
WEATHER.

20. .. Weather SuFeau ForecastJ
Fair tonight and tomorrow; little change
In temperature; moderate winds, mostly
easterly. Temperatures-Highest 66, at
AIS pm. yesterday; lowest, -, at $50
am. today
Fun report on page Ais.
Evening star., 1937-04-30

(See AUDITORIUM, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1937-07-26

second child. After graduation he
served successfully on the Denver Re-
publican and the Washington Times,
earning an honorable name for himself
as working reporter. Still later he was
one of the group of so-called muck
rakers" who wrote for McClures Maga-
zine in the days when that publication
was leading the van in the campaign
for social reform
Now he is dead, and the manner of his
passing from the world is such as to
insure remembrance OF the gallant and
courageous individual he really was. His
final effort was the rescue of four per-
sons from capsized sailboat in Man.
hasset Bay. The exertion brought on
heart attack which cost him his life.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett never
invented more authentic or more
attractive hero. The Romantic Lady"
simply could not vision in her imagina-
ton a character as fundamentally in
teresting as her son actually became.
Truth again is demonstrated to be more
engaging than fiction.
Evening star., 1937-07-26
No Vote, No Voice, Not Alien.

From the GAINESVILLE Wise, Gazette.
Residents of the city of Washington
and the District of Columbia are again
voicing their protests over their disfran-
chisment. A resident of Washington,
D. c.. or its suburbs in the District ex-
ercises the same right OF citizenship as
the alien who has been here 80 days or
less-and no more. The minute one
takes up his residence in Washington he
loses that real evidence OF citizenship
which is the right to vote. True it is
that thousands Of our citizens who have
that right do not exercise it. If one
tried to take it away from them, there
would be a serious protest, not only
from the citizen himself but all those
concerned with him. American society
and government are made up Of this
clear distinction between the sovereignty
Of the citizen and the definitely unal-
lowable alien outsider. The alien may
be a resident of this country, and be the
beneficiary Of all our liberties, but he
does not have the right to aid in the
organization and perpetuation Of gov
ernment by voting in elections. The
citizen OF the District of Columbia-if
he can be called q citizen-has the
same right as the alien and no more. He
can live in the District, pay rent and
taxes. but he is denied the right OF
franchise. This is an unjust and in
excusable situation and ought to be
remed1ed. without question Of delay.
Evening star., 1937-07-26
Land Tax Alone Approved
For District of Columbia
To the Editor of The Star,

10 the EQllOI OF Inc star.
I see that our Real Estate Board is
much exercised over the prospect OF Dis
trict real estate having to pay much more
than present 60 per cent of municipal
expenses. AS home owner whose land
and improvements are about equally VAL
ued 1 am not protesting the Senate's
proposed l per cent increase in the Dis
trlct land tax, as the value of my land
is not due to my ownership, but to the
presence and activities OF all other
Washingtonians. Were they banished the
entire lot would not be worth more than
one square foot of its present assessed
value. What should like to see for the
District is land tax alone, all improve
mentS exempt, to meet the costs of It's
government. That would put us on a
par with Sydney, Australia, a city COM
parable to Boston, Mass: johannesburg.
South Africa, and many other towns and
other political divisions Of the British
colonial empire. Community members
here and elsewhere now pay a heavy taS
for the use OF land and are constantly
bidding against one another to increase
1t. Land taxes are cheapest to collect.
and cannot be lodged or passed on to the
consumer. Hence, with no other tax to
burden us and complicate our bookkeep-
ing. cost of living would be reduced by a
half or more, and there would be no
further ground for apprehension over in
crease in housing rents
w. N. CAMPBELL.
Evening star., 1937-07-26
Parole of Criminals Is
A Dangerous Practice
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star
The curse Of this Nation is its maudlin
sentimentality. The State of MARYLAND
has recently turned several hundred
criminals loose for no better reason than
that they had made good records in do
Ing the work assigned to them. One Of
the best workers in gang of men I once
had knocked an old man in the head with
brick to rob him Of ST. Our national
crime bill already exceeds all other costs
of government. 1t is idle to spend mil
lions of dollars of the taxpayers money
to detect and convict criminals and then
release them for so flimsy a reason as
that they properly performed the tasks
assigned to them. If the loss OF the tax
payers money were the only considera-
ton, it would not be so serious, but the
fact that j. Edgar Hoover points out that
every man of his force who has been
killed was killed by convict on parole
makes it certain that Maryland will pay
dearly in a new wave of crime for her
misplaced clemency.
1t would seem to be about time for
legislators to give little consideration
to the law-abiding man who pays his
taxes and tries to raise his family to be
laW-abiding citizens. That he must lock
up everything every time he turns
around. and leave his woman folk un-
guarded only at risk, seems to be about
the last thing that ever occurs to the law
makers, who yield too readily to the
pressure OF sob-sister groups. This
Maryland law should be promptly re-
pealed Or better still, amend it to make
the legislators or parole officials respon-
sible In damages to any citizen robbed or
otherwise damaged by the criminals that
such legislators or parole officials turn
loose upon society.
F. G. CAMPBELL,
Evening star., 1937-07-26
Dangerous Freight.

Three times within week collisions
have occurred on the roads between
small motor cars and large trucks. In
one case in Virginia, in head-on colli-
sion between coupe and an ou-laden
flve-ton truck and trailer, three men
were burned to death, woman was
fatally injured and two others were
badly hurt. Yesterday two similar cases
were reported. In the neighborhood
OF New York City twenty-five persons
were injured when a passenger bus COL
lided with a gasoline truck which ex-
ploded. No lives were lost Again last
week seven persons were burned to
death in Maryland when a truck hit
their car, causing an explosion of its
gasoline supply.
These accidents, which may have been
due to bad driving and disregard of the
ordinary rules Of the road, demonstrate
the menace to life on the highways
through their use by large commercial
vehicles. For some time there has been
consideration Of = proposal that special
roads should be provided for such trafac.
With their greater size and higher power
they are menace to all passenger vehi-
cles. They are competitors Of the rail-
roads, which are, of course. confined, to
their own lines. Their owners and oper-
atives do not bear an equitable propor-
ton Of the cost of maintaining the roads.
They have virtually free use of the high
ways over long routes.
A system of commercial highways, to
be used only by goods carriers, would bs
solution of this problem of road safety.
1t Is true that there would remain always
tho element of danger in tho improper
handling Of passenger cars, but with the
) trucks and other commercial eonveyors
Evening star., 1937-07-26
King Leopold's Proposal.

Young King Leopold of Belgium comes
forward with new proposal for bringing
order out of international economic
chaos. He suggests continuing COM
mission to deal with the commercial and
financial problems which perturb the
world and are sowing the seeds of armed
conflict. The idea is cordially received in
Washington because it is concretely
along the line of the Roosevelt Hull
reciprocal trade program, which has
become the keystone of the administra-
tions foreign policy. The Kings scheme
does not take our Government by sur
prise, because when his premier, NJ Van
iceland, was here last month, the prof.
ect was broached in broad outline and,
right direction.
At first blush, the permanent body
which the Belgian monarch recon-
1nends bears cousinly resemblance to
another League of Nations agency in
different form. For years Geneva has
maintained an economic commission
charged with the duty of exploring all
phases of the international economic
structure. 1t has held innumerable
sessions and conducted countless investi-
cations. In 1888 it essayed its most
ambitious venture, the London Economic
and Monetary Conference, which ended
in glittering failure, due as some Euro
of the United States.
Just as the Leagues various economic
branches have accomplished little more
than academic research, it is to be feared
that King Leopold's enterprise would
be condemned to similar futility 1t
would, to begin with, lack teeth-the
power to enforce those changes in the
realms of colonies, tariffs, exchange con-
trolls, trade embargoes, financial credits
and raw materials-without which any
such commission would remain a pious
gesture. To paraphrase a famous
saying. it would be magnificent, but it
would not be peace.
On the same day that King Leopold
launched his idealistic plan, Premier
Mussolini inspired newspaper article
on the subject OF international &c
tions," which he prophesies will some
day be overwhelmed by reality" Roman
observers think II Duce means that these
"tlctions" can be wiped out only by war.
While there will be lively disagreement
with that theory in democratic countries,
there will be less inclination to dispute
the view that there are problems in the
world today which urgently clamor for
realistic solution. The claims of the
have not" nations for more territory
and independent sources Of raw mate
rials and foodstufs are paramount
among those conditions.
Until these international imponder-
ables are practically grappled with, dis
satisfied powers like Italy, Germany
and Japan will continue to prepare to
acquire by forcible means that which
the have" peoples deny them. One
doubts whether the King OF the Belgians
has evolved device that promises any
genuine adjustment OF these burning
questions.
Evening star., 1937-07-26
Vivian Burnett.

Little Ford Fauntleroy," in the theory
of his more robust and fortnight con-
temporaries, was a sissy and . prig.
The costume in which his creator dressed
him, the language which she put into
his mouth, the atmosphere with which
she surrounded him were open to ridi-
cule. 1t was inevitable that they should
be parodied and Knocked. Thus the
career of the original model was shad-
owed and saddened almost from the
start.
But Vivian Burnett was, in sober
point of fact, as manly . man as any
body could have wished. He was ten
years of age when his mothers famous
romance was published, sophomore ut
Harvard whens she disclosed that "the
perfect little boy" was portrait Of her
Evening star., 1937-07-26
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Achievement.

Achievement.
Our Congressman has done his bes
The Nations ear to reach.
1t is admitted East and West
He made a splendid speech.
His voice re-echoed to the skies.
And mid the thunderous roar
He made more arguments arise
Than there had been before.
The base ball game again We see
Upon the old town lot.
Our Congressman appears to be
At present quite forgot.
Thus patriotism we neglect
In the award OF fame
And our applause again direct
Unto the base ball game.
Evening star., 1937-07-26
A Timely Rebuke by the
Acting Controller General

To the Editor of The Star:
In refusing to honor the vouchers
OF Mr.. Jacob Baker and his fellow CO.
operative investigators for their trip to
Europe, Acting Controller General Elliott
is administering a proper rebuke to
President Roosevelt. at whose behest the
trip was made. The trend of the times
has definitely shown that power is now
no longer in the hands of Mr.. Roosevelt
and his radical friends, but where it
should reside, in the people, who have
always guided the destinies of this
Nation.
To us who await impatiently the res
toration of sensible government this
calm. quiet and statesmanGke overruling
Of Mr.. Roosevelt is very encouraging. AS
Controller General Elliott has so point
edly said, Mr.. Baker has found his
proper sphere" outside of Government
activities. Mr.. Roosevelt has been
taught lesson and given a warning by
his controller general.
HENRY p. ATTERLEE.
Evening star., 1937-07-26

poor word is amazing as well as
amusing.
The family to which this great fow-
cred one belongs is an interesting fam
lily. It includes Malva sylvestris, the
common mallow, and M. rotundifolia
the dwarf mallow. Both Of these are of
Old World origin, but are now natural
tied all over the United States.
In the old days infusions Of the leaves
were used as soothing agents in sprains
and the like. The root of some of these
species Is still used as a demulcent for
kidney affections. The large, ffeshy
roots lend themselves well to this pur-
pose. Perhaps the roots of the hibiscus
would do as well as any
All the members of the family pos
sess mucilaginous properties and persons
interested In herbalism still find use for
them. The taste Of all of them is rather
weedy, naturally enough, since this
weedy character is very marked in the
growth habits of all except the common
althea, which Is entirely woody in
nature, lending itself to hedge purposes,
trimmed or untrimmed.
~
The hibiscus should have plenty Of
Dull, WlCIeVcI pIdHCcu.
1t may be used in any garden situa-
ton, water being no more essential to
1t than to most plants. This is strange,
since growth by water Is natural to it..
With ordinary garden soil and water,
however, 1t does very we'll, and grows as
large, fresh and meaty blossoms as ever.
The great flowers open in the very
early morning and generally close about
noon. On cloudy days they may remain
open all day and, occasionally, the next
morning also, especially if a light and
misty rain has served to keep them
fresh. They stay open longer when the
Summer days are cool than when hot.
They are not satisfactory cut flowers,
as they tend to wilt and close about
noon, whether in or out OF water.
While the hibiscus may be grown
easily from seed, the most satisfactory
way is to purchase the roots in the early
Spring and plant them at once. This
gives the specimen every chance to
make good start and to be all ready to
push up those stout canes early in
April
At first the canes are green on the
outside, and rather tender, but with the
passing days they become tougher and
turn to slightly gray-green cast with
the growth of a regular bark.
The canes always remain very brittle
and that is one of the best easons for
putting a stout stake at each specimen
and tying most of the cane up to it. in
a rather loose way, not too close or tight,
as the latter arrangement spoils the
character 0f the nlant
1t is no fun to see fine hibiscus
snapped of about 6 inches from the
ground in a thunderstorm but this
often happens unless the specimen is
tied up. Once the plant is broken in
this way, it is dead loss for the season,
although the great roots may live and
send up stalks the next year the same
as ever
The sprawly habit of growth makes
rather close planting best. say about 2
feet, SO that the branches intertwine
and help hold each other up. The effect
is best if at the extreme rear of lot.
and in place where vildness shows to
the best advantage. This is not tidy
shrub, like its cousin, the althea, nor
are its flowers any more beautiful. but
their immense size gives a note scarcely
to be found elsewhere.
Evening star., 1937-07-26

irresponsible rumor brings a report
that lady who glimpsed red bathrobe
on one Of the historic railway trains that
have recently sped on long journeys
sends a message to the anonymous
wearer desiring personal acquaintance
The words of women have lately been
regarded as words of wisdom and it
would be misfortune to see them re-
verting to days when the personal
column" was accorded under social
influence in the realms OF print.