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The Washington times., 1938-02-09
MARINE GROUP
UNDER CONTROL
OF REDS, CHARGE
Ryan Tells Senators
Probe Is Needed

GN.S) Charging the mer-
chant marine is dominated by
Communists" Joseph P. Ryan,
president of the International
Longshol emen'S Association, an
AFL affiliate, recommended today
a sweeping investigation Of labor
and crew personnel on all Amer
ican ships.
Ryan testified before the Senate
Commerce Committee in support
of a resolution by Chairman Cope
land CD of New York, calling for
a select committee Of five Senators
to conduct the inquiry.
ASSAILS CURRAN
He charged that Joe Curran,
president of the National Maritime
Union, a CIO affiliate, is q mem.
Der Of the Communist party, and
that he is replacing American
seamen with Communists" and
that pretty soon there won't be
any America nmerchant marine. !"
Ryan declared Harry Bridges,
West Coast maritime leader, and
Earl Browder, head Of the Com
munist party, "got hold Of Cur.
ran and said they would put him
on the pay roll and back him UP
in his labor activities if he would
become a communist. He went
over with the Communist party.
You mean to say that Cur.
ran Is member Of tire Com
munist party?" asked Copeland.
''eYs, Sir" said Ryan.
do you mean that Curran Is
on the pay roll Of the Com.
munist party?" asked Senator
Vandenberg (R) Of Michigan.
"Yes, sir" Ryan answered
again. II can prove it, and a
lot more, and that's why we
want an investigation.
'. ACCUSES PERKINS
Ryan also charged that Secre-
tary Of Labor Perkins and mem.
berS Of the National Labor Rela.
tions Board had shown "favorit-
ism" to rival unions.
He said Miss Perkins and Ed
win c. Smith. a member of the
board, and Gilmore M. Herrick,
New York regional director, had
Disseminated" against his union
during a strike in the port Of New
Orleans in 1885.
Reiterating his demands for an
investigation, Ryan warned that
Bridges will have to be removed
before the merchant marine pro
gram can be carried out.
The Washington times., 1938-02-09
Z. S. Road Funds
Asked for Capital

Declaring that District of Co.
lumbia motorists are paying $2,.
100000 annually in Federal auto
motive taxes, George E. Keneipp,
representing the Keystone Auto
mobile Club, appeared today be.
fore the House Roads Committee
and urged inclusion of the Dis.
trict in Federal aid highway ap.
portionments.
The Keystone manager pointed
out that the District is the only
political subdivision within the
United States not participating
in the apportionment Of highway
funds, despite the fact the city's
thoroughfares are main connect.
ing links between Northern and
Southern States.
The Washington times., 1938-02-09
Law School Fete
Reservations Open

Reservations were still being
received today for the forty-sec-
ond annual banquet Of the Wash.
ington College Of Law, to be held
Saturday at the Mayflower Hotel.
Members of the class of '13 will
celebrate their twenty-fifth ami
versary during the banquet at
which Representative Hatton w.
Summers, of Texas, will be the
principal speaker, and Miss Eliza
beth M. Espey, Junior honor stu.
dent, will preside.
The Washington times., 1938-02-09

The new preparation was per-
fected by Louis Benjamin Richard
Ryan and H. j. Wollner. Of the
Treasury's laboratory staff, who
declined to make public its for.
mula.
LAUDED BY OFFICIALS
Officials Of the Secret Service,
the customs bureau and the bu.
reau Of narcotics predicted the
new powder would prove invalu-
able in crime detection activities.
According to its discoverers, the
powder brings to light the most
! latent fingerprints, especially
those left on materials Of glass
or paper.
At present, law enforcement
agencies utilize sublimated iodine
and silver nitrate in restoration Of
fingerprints.
'The new powder is simple to
use and produces a black, clear
cut image Of the fingerprint,"
officials said. After the powder
has been applied, the print is
easily photographed"
WIDE USE FORESEEN
Treasury agents do considerable
fingerprint work since they are
charged with apprehension Of
The Washington times., 1938-02-09

II the lynch1ng-courC-SoutnpaW
split continues?
Does the President really care
very much about using the party
rs his vehicle? Or would he
welcome a showdown which
would split 1t up into his fac
ton and the other?
Those who raised these insig.
nificant questions may have for
gotten now for obvious reasons
that they did, but they were no
less influential party personages
than Senators Pat Harrison of
Mississippi. Clarke Of Missouri,
Burke Of Nebraska and probably
also Byrnes of South Carolina.
1t was all done very casually
and pleasantly, as befits a social
occasion. No one was angry.
At the same time, the signifi.
cance was not lost in casual
ness.
And what may be more signi-
ficant, no answer was offered.
ONCE in a while Farley slips
" off to lunch with various
groups Of selected Senators in
the office Of capable Senate Sec
retary Edwin Halsey. The un-
advertised practice of the guests
ts to form a line on the right
afterward and take up with the
national chairman their State
and local patronage matters.
However, this particular lunch
con, while held in Colonel Hal.
sey's elegant private office-res-
taurant, was not one Of those
regular affairs. No patronage
came after the coffee. Indeed,
It Is not clear whether the guests
got cigars.
Apparently the line of de-
tnarcation between Farley's pat
ronage eaters and all others is
the old, but not-yet-forgotten,
vote on the Presidents court re-
form proposal. Those who voted
TOR 1t get jobs a Ia carte, while
those who did not, just get the
plate lunch.
In this instance, it appears
the social excuse for the lunch
con was that two old friends
Of the late Senator Joe Robin.
son caught a lot of fish near
Norfolk, and these friends fur.
nished the guest list as we'll as
the fish. Others present were
Floor Leader Barkley, Senator
Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania, and
Truman Of Missouri (these
The Washington times., 1938-02-09
Council to Debate
Welfare Program

The program Of the District Of
Columbia Board Of Education, as
1t relates to community welfare,
will be the subject Of discussion at
a meeting Of the Washington
Council Of Social Agencies, to be
held Monday, at 1890 p. m, at
the Y. W. c. A. building, Seven.
teenth and K SITS. N. W.
Speakers who have been invited
to address the meeting include
Dr.. Frank Ballou, Superintendent
Of Schools, and Mrs. Henry Graf
tan Doyle, president Of the Board
Of Education.
The Washington times., 1938-02-09

three, of course. are on the
honor roll Of those who voted
for the court bill that failed).
AT the moment of the lunch,
"A other senators, a few yards
away on the Senate floor, were
involved in perfecting the party
breach over the lynching bill.
The lynch bill was killed
when cloture failed, but ensuing
difficulties have been caused by
the absence of convenient places
to hide the corpse. The Admins.
tration leaders cannot just drop
1t and run. so they are working
it into the background by de-
grees.
First degree was the move Of
Senator Glass to sidetrack it
with the independent offices
bill. Defeat Of the Glass motion
does not mean what it seems.
It was really in the nature of a
frolic at the wake.
The So Senators who voted
against the Glass motion thereby
put themselves on record in
favor of the lynch bill. Up to
that time the only record vote
was on cloture, and Senators
who voted down cloture might
be accused in the coming con-
gressional campaign Of being
against the lynch bill. Hence
the Glass vote was staged for
the record, so to speak.
The next motion to sidetrack
the lynch bill will probably be
the real one.
THE farm bill is q victory for
L House Chairman Jones as
forecast. Everything except the
Smith II cent cotton price pro
vision is expected to be adopted
finally, but that provision may
not survive. Except for that, it
is also fairly satisfactory from
the Wallace standpoint.
Senator La Toilette is angling
Indirectly for more money to
prolong his civil liberties inves-
tigation. He has enough on
hand to start into the National
Manufacturers Association and
is counting on that fanfare to
help get another authorization
from the Senate. John L. Lewis
is supposed to be backing him
actively.
REST fictitious story of the
ID week is the one about Ben
Cohen arguing alone for the
Cohen-C -Corcoran holding COM
panies act before the Supreme
Court in the Electric Bond and
Share case. They Say-with a
laugh-his collaboration, Tommy
Corcoran, could not appear be-
cause he is busy writing the
courts favorable decision to
be delivered in the case.
MR.. ROOSEVELT is betting he
AVA will get rid Of Congress by
May /. A small size wager was
made with a friend.
He probably will lose it. A
better guess seems to be June /
to IS or even later.
However, If the President feels
that way. there seems to be little
reason to expect any lifesize
rabbits are coming from his hat.
The Washington times., 1938-02-09

trans pire d.
But an ear
Sp e cialis t
who has ex.
amined Far
ley found the
q u d ! t or y
canal filled
" ith sue h
solid ques-
tionS as:
Where in
the name Of
what Is the
Denocr a t i c
party going?
What will
1t be in 1910
The Washington times., 1938-02-09
Iowa Group Plans
Ball at ShOreham

Iowsns Of the Army, Navy and
Marine Corps will be guests of
honor of the Iowa State Society at
a Geor~e Washington Birthday
dance, to be held in the west ball.
room of the Shoreham Hotel, Feb
ruary %. from $50 p. m. to /
a. m.
Features will include a square
dance and ninuet, executed by
children in colonial costume, 1t
The Washington times., 1938-02-09
Leahy. To Be Guest
At IOWans' Dance

Admiral william D. Leahy and
Maj. Gen. George A. Lynch will
be guests Of honor at a Washing
ton Birthday dance to be held by
the Iowa State Society in the
Shoreham Hotel. February %, at
$50 p. m. Senator Guy M. Gil
lette is president.
The Washington times., 1938-02-09

drug violators, smugglers, coun,
terfeiters and bootleggers.
During the past two years the
department has been seeking to
improve on existing scientific
crime detection methods. The
three chemists had been working
on the powder for several months,
The Washington times., 1938-02-09

Questions on Page g.

N&uSSGAOnS ON rage 81
l. A contagious disease is one
that can only be contracted d.
rectly from a person suffering
from that disease, while an in.
fectiouS disease can be communi.
Gated by germs transmitted from
one persons to another in the
air or water. 2. 20 men. 3. Hell.
4. 1,400. 5. Yes. 6. An athletic
contest consisting Of 10 different
events in which each contestant
participates. 7. About 81 rods.
8. Prudent. 9. Poet. 10. 4 days.
The Washington times., 1938-02-09
|SOLONS ASK FARLEY
A FEW QUESTIONS
NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
BY PAUL MALLoN

twosla cDyrht 1 King Feature, % Syns % 1sq al Rights
0HAIRMAN-GENERAL JIM FARLEY'S right has
been deaf since he attended very exclusive unreported
luncheon with seven Democratic Senators few days back
The Washington times., 1938-02-09
New Method Found
For Finger Printing

New
Secret powder that may revouonize methods Of OBJ
tanning ngrpnts has been developed by Treasury Depart
ment chemists, it was learned today.
The Washington times., 1938-02-09

It was apparently social al
fair and most of the Senators
have suffered q simultaneous
loss of memory about what
Evening star., 1938-04-10

See here, Sally" he said. ''It's time we
got down to cases. You've had plenty of fun
- and you're going to have lot more -
after the altar. It's not as though you were
going to bury yourself in three-room fiat,
fry potatoes and wash the baby's whatnots.
can give you everything you've got now,
and a lot more. We can 60 wherever we want
to 20, see whatever we want to see He
hesitated, thrilled by an inspiration. Why
we could have round -the-world honeymoon
play golf in twenty countries! That would
be swell, wouldn't it? Anyhow" he trailed off,
you ought to make up your mind - my
games getting lousier every day"
Sally smoothed a patch of sand with
strong, long fingered hand. She drew a little
Evening star., 1938-04-10
BY A. D. MORFORD

body who likes the game as much as you do"
Don't you?" She smiled and there the
matter ended for the moment.
Shirt Front Stearns headed north the mid
die of April He was to report to Williams at
Heather Hill in a weeks time. In that week
he had lot to do The first thing was to
locate Itch Finger" Benny Rose - Itchy"
for short - so named because of the peculiar
effect thirty-eight automatic had on his
motor nerves when his forefinger contacted
the trigger
Shirt Front ran Itchy to earth in the back
room of Renee's place on Third Avenue. Itch
Finger Benny was as scrawny and sallow as
Shirt Front was rugged and hearty. 1t did
not take him long to grasp the possibilities
Evening star., 1938-04-10

-1HE Heather Hill job was planned in
Miami good five months before it was
pulled in Westchester. Lester Williams,
manager of the Heather Hill Country
Club, was wintering in Florida. So was Shirt
Front" Stearns, peerless headwaiter and
prince of plant men on the lookout, as usual,
for any opportunity that might point the
way to plunder.
When Shirt Front got word over the grape
vine that Williams was looking for head
waiter to help open the East's top-money
golf club for the summer he maneuvered
meeting. At the second interview he was
hired with the proviso that his references
were satisfactory.
And Shirt Front knew they would be. He
had a pedigree from hotels and resorts, from
Long Island to Catalina, as long as tall
mans arm. 1t was strictly bona fide too,
without crack or crook in it. Shirt Front
had made it rule never to be evidentially
connected with any job of looting that had
been pulled as the result of his planning.
That's fine, Mr. Williams" he had said
when the deal was closed. I'm getting
little OlQ IOf the dig IeSOfl Hoteis. 1Hey put
50 much more emphasis on footwork than
they do on headwork." Shirt Fronts smile,
his thick, iron gray hair his pink complexion,
his square, rugged figure - above all, his
manner, which had won him couple of small
fortunes as well as his nickname - belied
any suggestion that he was too old for any
thing
Williams was well satisfied. He had agreed
to give Stearns the courtesy title of steward"
and he felt the Heather Hill house COM
Evening star., 1938-04-10

mittee would approve his choice unanimously.
While the plans of Shirt Front and Williams
we're marching so agreeably, although toward
such utterly different ends, Tommy Mac
Donald, the club champion, found himself in
practically an unplayable position in the
rough As far as Sally Phillips was concerned.
Tommy had been asking Sally to marry
him on the average of once week for the
last two years. Sally's unvar''ng answer had
been, "Wait! You're nice boy, Tommy, and
I'm for you as much as l am for any one.
But I'm having too good time right now to
think of getting married"
Tommy. being dogged shooter and
money player when the going was toughest,
persisted. Now, he was in Florida to combine
the tangible pleasure of winter golf with the
somewhat painful joy of nothing around
Sally.
One morning on the beach, after swim.
he tried to bring matters to head.
Evening star., 1938-04-10
She took hold Of hi. hands.
It'll give you your answer
at the opening dance

design in the smooth, white sand. A heart.
She looked up at him, a shadow in the
tropic sea blue of her eyes.
Il know, Tommy" she said. II ought to
be fair - and definite - oughtn't I? But -
but Just can't make up my mind to settle
down as perfectly contented COW of golf
widow. Frying potatoes might make life
livelier." She laughed. Tell you what -
She took hold of his hands and pulled him to
his feet after her - ''the opening dance at
Heather Hill is the third Saturday in May.
I'll give you your answer then, once and for
all, final complete. Honest! Okay?"
Five months!' said Tommy obviously.
Then, "Okay! But don't see what you mean
by that crack about being golf widow. Any
Evening star., 1938-03-22
Hearse Blocks
WOrkOnGrude
Crossing Job
Court Battle Looming
Orer $5,OOO,OOO
Project.
SOyCCt
Bs the Associated Press.

DS tlc ASSOCIATED tTeSS.
ELIZABETH, N. j., March GA
long black hearse on a narrow strip
of pavement today blocked diggers in
part of a s5,000,000 grade crossing
elimination program.
Employers of the diggers, who ex-
cavated to within a few inches of the
wagons wheels yesterday, said they
would go to Chancery Court to pre-
vent the hearse's owner and other
property owners from holding up the
work.
The laborers were stymied when
they encountered two moving vans,
the hearse and two men as they dug
on Elizabeth avenue where the Gen.
tral Railroad Of New Jersey plans
to eliminate crossing.
Workmen of P. T. Cox & Co., con-
tractors, dug around three sides of
the hearse but retreated when they
encountered Emanuel Simandl, owner
of q gasoline station and auto repair
shop, and his son, Lester, an ATTORNEY.
Simandl. Benton & Holden Co., ware
houseman, and Gorny & Gorny, under.
takers, have demanded damages before
completion Of the project instead Of
after.
Police said the vans and the
Simandls left soon after the workmen.
They said the hearse probably would
be removed today-with barely room
to spare.
Evening star., 1938-03-22
'T'co Hopefuls' Find Neighbors
Held Winning S,oeeps Ticket
l. c. C. Stenographers Rush to Collect
Only to Learn T,uo Others
Used Same Phrase.

The long arm Of coincidence reached
out and took thwack at two local
women yesterday, giving them what is
generally known as "a kick in the
teeth" when they went dashing home
from their Office to collect" their Irish
Sweepstakes winnings.
Mrs. Edith Williamson and Miss Inez
Becker, both stenographers at the In
terstate Commerce Commission. saw
in the papers yesterday that 1.-TWO
Hopefuls," who gave their address as
1866 Wyoming avenue NV. had
drawn the horse Cooleen for the run
ming Of the Grand National this Fri
day.
With their whole ONCE In q dither
Of anticipation because Of the wind
fall that apparently had descsnded ON
the "Hopefuls," Miss Becker and Mrs.
Williamson took time Oh to dash UP
to the Wyoming avenue address and
check the number of their ticket.
Arriving at Miss Becker's apartment,
they discovered that 1.-TWO Hopefuls''
Of 1865 Wyoming avenue had drawn
Cooleen all right, but the winning
"hopefuls" happened to be Henry
Lewis and his sister, Mrs. Annie
Campbell, who live at the same address
and had sent in a ticket under the
same pseudonym.
Although their quarters are on the
same floor, neither Miss Becker nor
Mr.. Lewis was aware the other had
intended to use that phrase on a
ticket. The Becker-Williamson team
bought their ticket and divided the
Evening star., 1938-03-22

Formal announcement is expected
late today of the new East Potomac
Park site and revised design for the
Thomas Jefferson Memorial.
This was made known today at the
White House by Representative John
j. Boylan of New York, chairman of
the Jefferson Memorial Commission,
after a conference with President
Roosevelt, who is chairman ex oficio
Of the commission.
Mr.. Boylan said announcement of
the final decision would be made after
= meeting of the membership of the
commission, called for 3 o'clock this
afternoon in the headquarters of the
commission, room 456, old House Once
Building.
Mr.. Boylan would not say in advance
just what the revised design for the
memorial looked like, but he did say
that the new site. which has been
approved by, the President, is about
$50 feet south Of the Tidal Basin. He
took occasion TO point out that the
new site win leave the cherry trees
which fringe the Tidal Basin intact
and that 1t in no wise will interfere
with the general contour of the Tidal
Basin itself. ...... ..... ..,..
Congress has authorized expenditure
Of $4,000, 900 for this memorial to
Thomas Jefferson, but the money has
not yet been appropriated. Repre-
sentative Boylan said that Immediate
ly after the full commission has made
its final decisions, an appropriation
will be requested to start work on
the project.
Change in the site for this me-
mortal was necesSitated because the
original site would have necessitated
the removal of hundreds of cherry
trees. This called for protests from
thousands of citizens and many or
CARNATIONS in Washington. Mr.. Boy
Ian said today. while discussing the
new site, that no one could offer any
objection so far as the cherry trees
are concerned, because these trees
will not be interfered with.
Representative Boylan was accom-
panied to the conference by Stuart
Gibboney and Fiske Kimball of New
York and Theodore Young, the latter
representing the architects.
Evening star., 1938-03-22

cost as they have done for two years
in the past.
Whatever shock and disappointment
they might have felt on discovering
that sure $2,300-a potential $780,
00o-had slipped through their fingers,
the two stenographers did not seem to
be at all detected today. Or at least
Miss Becker was not, for she talked
quite cheerfully about the twist Of fate.
although Mrs. Williamson. whose home
IN at 900 Maryland avenue NE, said
she'd rather not be interviewed. Both
refused to pose for q photographer.
After all, it's all a lot Of luck, any,
how" Miss Becker said. And we'd
only gone to my place to check the
ticket. We were not sure We had won
and vhsn nj checked Ne were sure
that We hadn't. Thst was sll there
was to 1t. Furthermore, We are clad
the others had such good luck"
Miss Becker said she knew some
thing about Cooleen, was aware that
he had fniahed second over the touch
Atntree course last year and was re-
garded as second choice in the bet
ting Tor this years Grand National.
But" she added, I'VE never had
counted the money beforehand and
we won't now. It's the luck of the
game"
She went back to her work after
that, seeming much less chagrined
than some Of her fellow workers, who
remarked, "And to think We had al
ready planned to bring a radio down
here Friday to listen to the race"
Evening star., 1938-03-22
HEARING DATE SET
IN 44.HOUR WEEK
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Will
Listen to Arguments
on New Law.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, March ga con-
solidated challenge to Pennsylvania
law limiting the hours of work Of
100000 men to A weekly will be
heard April II or 10, probably in
Philadelphia, the State Supreme Court
decided here.
Attorney General Charles ]. Mar
giott told the court yesterday a final
disposition of two cases attacking the
legislation was highly desirable" and
1t was agreed they should be heard
on direct appeal.
A taxpayers action by c. w. Miller.
country grocer Of Perry County, re-
suited last week in . lower court
decision in Dauphin County declaring
the law unconstitutional. The Com
monwealth is appealing this ruling.
The second action was brought by
the Holgate Co.. of Kane, against the
State, and 700 other firms joined in
the action.
Mr.. Margiotti also asked for an
early test Of the State floor tax on
liquor, but the court did not set q
Gate for hearing. Neither did it
rule on the Full Crew Act. challenged
oy more than 40 railroads, which re-
quires an extra brakeman on freight
trains Of so or more cars and on
passenger trains of 10 or more cars.
The court held unconstitutional the
deficiency Judgment" Act passed by
the last session Of the legislature.
The law was designed to prevent at
tachment Of any but pledged property
In mortgage foreclosure cases.