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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-26
FINAL FARLEY
TODAY CARRIES
RAILWAY HOPES
Road Chiefs, Labor, US.
Act to End Slump
By ROBERT A. McGILL

U.N.SD In common purpose
representatives Of railroad man.
agement and labor, Congressional
leaders, and Government officials
were ready to confer today for
final draft of an emergency legis-
lative program to lift the carriers
out of the depression.
Senator Wheeler CD of Mon
tana, chairman of the Interstate
Commerce Committee, announced
the meeting will be held this aft
ernoon at the office of Jesse H.
Jones, chairman Of the RFC.
WHEELER "HOPES"
I'VE are in hopes that this
will be the final conference on
the emergency program. and
that it will soon be submitted to
Congress for immediate consid.
Grafton" Wheeler said.
Others who have been called to
the meeting by Wheeler include
j. J. Policy, president of the Asso-
citation of American Railroads;
George M. Harrison, chairman Of
the Railway Labor Executives;
Representative Lea CD Of Cali
fornia, chairman of the House
Interstate Commerce Committee,
and Representative Rayburn CD
of Texas, majority leader Of the
House.
THREE-POINT PROGRAM
Boiled down to three principal
provisions in previous conferences,
the emergency program calls for
the following:
/. A three-man court to pass
on railroad reorganization pro-
posals.
2. Loans of approximately
$200,000,000 for purchase Of
railroad equipment, and relaxa-
tion-but not abolition-of ICC
approval of loans to carriers by
the RFC.
3. Earmarking Of WPA funds
for a joint program to reem-
ploy approximately 100000 fur
Laughed railroad workers on
maintenance projects, the Gov
eminent to pay for wages, and
the carriers for materials.
Wheeler said it was hoped by
the conferees that the program
would tide the railroads over the
and keep them from
further sinking into the red
until long-range recovery pro-
gram can be worked out at the
next session of Congress.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
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Gen.Pershinq
Rests Here

Gen. John Joseph Pershing, war
time commander Of the A. e. F.,
is deeply touched and stimulated
by the interest of the people in
his welfare"
That was announced today by
the War Department in a report
on the generals condition from
Walter Reed Hospital, which he
entered last night for a rest and
checkup on his condition, follow
ing his recent serious illness.
1t was reported that General
Pershing passed a comfortable
night at the hospital, following his
trip here from New York, and that
he has made substantial prog.
reSs."
General Pershing, who was 50
i'll several weeks ago in Tucson,
Arizona, that doctors gave up
hope for his life, arrived in the
Capital last night on a special car
He was taken directly to the hos
pital for rest and general CHECK
up" by Army doctors. How long
he will be in the hospital has not
been determined.
Arriving at Walter Reed, Gen
eral Pershing was greeted by Gen.
Merritt T. Ireland, former surgeon
general Of the Army, who served
with him in France.
On the trip to Washington, Ger
eral Pershing was accompanied by
his sister, Miss May Pershing; his
personal physician, Col. Glenn l.
Jones, and his aide, Capt. George
A. Adamson.
| Colonel Jones said General
Pershing stood the trip well and
that he slept for a time on the
! train.
General Pershing came East
from Tucson last week to attenc
the wedding Of his son. Francis
Warren Pershing, and Miss Murie
Bache Richards, last Friday II
St. Thomas Church Ia New York
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(COnt1nued from rage ~
ment had secretly bought and
stored away $25, 100000 worth OF
wheat, whale oil and sugar to
ensure an adequate supply for the
civilian population in the event
of hostilities and a blockade.
Declaring he was determined tc
see that the exchequer received
every penny to which it was en-
titled, Sir John introduced legis
lation to track down tax dodgers
which, he said, would be retro
active.
CITES DEFICIT
Sir John cited a total deficit
of $3.50, 100000 as his reason fol-
increasing taxes.
ct would not be doing my
duty" he said, "if I raised this
deficit, which is due to rearma-
ment expenditures, 6y loan.
Nothing would contribute so
much to ultimate reduction of
the burden of taxation as an
increase in international good
will and a general reduction Of
ornaments"
EXPECTS ADEQUATE CASH
The deficit, he said, must bt
covered partly by direct anc
partly by indirect taxation. Ht
expressed confidence the increased
income tax and oil and tea duties
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In Congress Today
SENATE

Meets at noon.
Resumes Navy enlargement de
bate.
Judiciary Committee consider:
antimonopoly legislation.
Labor Committee considers col
lective bargaining amendents.
Conferees consider the tax bill
report.
HOUSE
Meets at noon.
Considers conference reports.
InSular Affairs Committee con
siderS Puerto Rican bills.
Appropriations Committee con
siderS the relief program.
Civil Service Committee consid
ers retirement bills.
Rules Committee considers tn
waSe.hour bill.
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SENATE GIVEN
RETIRING BILL
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Continued from Page II
Commission. In addition it is
provided that further one-year
extensions may be given by
Executive order when in the
Presidents judgment the public
service requires the continuance
of the employee because Of his
expert knowledge.
8. Adds provision to the ex-
iSting law permitting employees
to choose one Of two joint sur
worship annuity plans, gener-
ally referred to as widows
annuity"
4. Provides that employees re-
tired for disability shall be kept
on the retirement rolls for IL
months after complete recovery
while trying to be reinstated in
the service. The present limit
is 80 days.
BOOSTS CONTRIBUTION
S. Increases employee contri-
button from 81 to 4 per cent,
at an estimated annual saving
to the Government of $508, 900.
6. Amends the existing law
to permit employees to deposit
additional amounts, ranging
from l to 10 per cent of their
salary, with the Government for
the purpose of purchasing addi-
tional annuitieS. These deposits
would draw 8 per cent interest
compounded annually.
Z. Provides that when en-
ployes are involuntarily sepa-
rated from the service they shall
be repaid all salary deductions
with interest compounded an
nually at 4 per cent. Employees
who voluntarily resign or are re-
moved for cause would be re-
paid as follows: Salary reduc-
lions to July /, 1888, with in
terest at 3 per cent. The pres
ent law provides for a refund
Of deductions with 4 per cent
interest in all cases.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
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Douglas Named
To Insurance Post

Lewis w. Douglas. former d.
rector of the budget and now vice
chancellor of McGill University,
has been elected to the directorate
of the National Life Insurance
Company.
Douglas, member Of Congress
from Arizona when he became
Director Of the Budget, will fill a
vacancy on the board Of directors
of the insurance company caused
by the recent death of Charles p.
Smith, Of Burlington. vt.
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Great Britain Boosts Taxes
To Pay Arms Expenditures

would yield the funds necessary.
Declaring he did not want to
hurt the smaller income tax
payer, Sir John announced he pro-
posed to retain the tax Of only
shilling 8 pence on the first 1876
pounds of income.
The gasoline duty, the chancellor
announced, will be increased from
8 pence to 9 pence per gallon
at 6 p. m. today.
The duty on empire and foreign
tea will be increased 2 pence a
pound. This tax will be felt by
every person in the country.
ESTIMATES YIELD
The chancellor estimated the
increased income tax would pro.
vide an additional 22.250, zoo
pounds ($111, 25O, 0OO during the
balance of this year and 26,500,
600 pounds ($132,500, 00O for the
full year.
Sir John estimated the tea duty
will yield 2,750,000 pounds this
year and $3.50, 900 pounds for the
full year, while the gasoline and
oil boosts will produce 100000
pounds this year.
Sir John told the house he was
budgeting for a total expenditure
of 944, $4,000 pounds ($4.721 $780,,
000) excluding the 90,000,000
pounds borrowed for defense. He
estimated the expenditures at
S1,500,000 pounds ($407 500 ,000)
| over those Of last year.
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Masonic Club
Gives Program

Members of the Postal Service
Square Club, No. 287, will be
guests Of Potomac Chapter No. 8
of the Royal Arch MaSons at the
meeting place Of the chapter, 1910
Wisconsin Ave. N. w. at 8 p. m.
tonight,
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Washington Sales
Gain y Per Cent

Department store sales in
Washington in the week before
Easter made a % per cent ad-
vance over the same period year
ago, the Federal Reserve Board
reported today.
The advance in sales in Wash
ington was almost three times
higher than the gains reported
by the country as a whole, the
national increase being per cent.
-YOIE E0R SuEERAaE APRIL 81
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Utility's Value
Held Decimated

CHICAGO, April 26 G.N.SO .
Utilities Power and Light Corpora
ton today is worth between $49,-
10000 and $58,000,000, C. T.
Adams, trustee for the utility, said
today. Original worth was placed
at $3.50. 600 900.
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SUPREME COURT
RULES REWR|TE
CONSTITUTION
Liberal Decisions Sweep
Aside Legal Keystones
BY WILLIAM S. NEAL

preme Court today had swept
away a century of legal land.
marks in what appeared to be a
determined movement to rewrite
the constitutional law of the land.
Using relatively unimportant
cases as vehicles for momentous
decisions, the High Court has over
turned decisions which law schools
the nation over have used as
models for scores Of years and
which may result in more than
one text book being revised.
In handing down a decision yes
terday, setting aside a doctrine
that has stood since 1842-and
which diSsenters said repealed
part of a law of 1789-the High
Court used a personal injury case
as the vehicle for its pronounce
ment.
ABANDON RETIREMENT
Leading the high court into a
new field of Socalled liberal inter
probation Of the Constitution were
two Of the oldest members Of the
tribunal. They are Chief Justice
Charles Evans Hughes, 76, and Jus
tice Louis D. Brandeis, 81.
So pointed was their intention to
create a new court and new law
that it was rumored that the Chief
Justice and Justice Brandeis
had abandoned, temporarily, all
thought of retiring.
The latest momentouS decision,
delivered by Justice Brandeis yes
terday, repudiated the doctrine
adopted by the court in the Swift
against Tyson decision handed
down in 1912, interpreting the
judiciary act of 1889 which estab-
liShed the court. This decision held
that the Federal court need not
follow the common law of a State,
but could exercise its own judg-
ment.
A possibility that the court, in
the future, may even go further
in restricting its powers and in
liberalizing the Constitution, is
seen in the attitude of Justice
Black. While Justice Black op-
poses the So-called conservative
justices in nearly every case, he
dissentS from many majority opin-
ions on the ground that they do
not go far enough. Justice Black
has proposed scrapping the u.s.
year-old rule that corporations are
treated as persons in constitutional
law.
The decision delivered by JUS
tics BrandeiS yesterday, to which
Justices Butler and McReynolds
dlSsented, is expected to restrict
greatly the scope of Federal courts.
In 1912 the court, through Jus
tice Story, regarded as a famous
constitutional authority, ruled
Federal courts can exercise their
independent Judgment as to the
common law of the state.
Justice Brandeis, scrapping this
94-year-old decision, said:
Except in matters governed
by the Federal Constitution or
by acts of Congress, the law to
be applied in any case is the
law of the state"
He further declared that the
Supreme Court and lower courts
have been following an unconsti-
tutional doctrine since 1912 in
following the precedent laid down
by Story.
Justice Butler, dissenting, pro-
tested the court was restricting
the power of Congress without
even hearing argument to the con-
trary. He said that it is difficult
to "foreSee the consequences Of
the radical change so made"
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL 30
TYIsNOa w
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Wabash Reports
$3,O51,791 Loss

ST. LOUIS, April 26 G.NSO.
Wabash Railway Company oper-
ated at a deficit of $3,O51, 791 in
1887, according to the receivers
annual report issued today. Gross
income from the year totaled $46,.
448, 665, $272,688 less than in
1886. Total expenditures ad-
vanced $1,607.782 to $42,250.175.
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by the congressional death SEN
tence" legislation should be
freed Of the capital gains tax
when they are transferred from
one corporation to another in
the indignation program car
ried in the Wheeler-Rayburn
act. House conferees accepted
the Senate language.
DEATH DUTIES"
2. That the whiskey distillers
should pay 1925 a gallon tax,
an increase of Is cents a gal
lon, that the Government may
garner about $2O,000,000 adj
ditional revenues annually. Sen
ate accepted the House pro-
vision.
3. That the present estate
taxes-"death taxes"-and gift
taxes should be continued.
House accepted the Senate
amendment to strike out the
new revision in rates and credits
voted by the House.
AMENDMENTS OUT
Eliminated from the bill by the
conferees was the Borah amend
ment to tax the income from fu-
ture issues of Federal securities.
The general sentiment was to con.
slider taxation of Government
bonds as a separate measure in
accordance with President RooSe-
Velt'S message.
Also stricken from the measure
by the conferees was the Buckley
amendment to reduce the excise
taxes upon automobile tires and
tubes.
William o. Douglas, chairman
OF the Securities and Exchanges
Commission, scored a clean sweep
in the Senate-HouSe conference,
when his recommendations for re-
lief of utilities were adopted. He
had told the conferees that it was
not fair for the Government to
force transfer of corporations and
penallze them in taxation in addi-
ton.
The legislation originated in the
Senate and the House conferees,
after hearing Douglas in secret,
agreed to the Senate provisions.
A battle royal was said to have
ragged over the whiskey levy. The
Senate having voted against in
creaSing the tax, debate was said
to have been keen. The final
breakdown of the Senate was in
Spired by a necessity for replen-
ishing the Governments Golfers,
it was disclosed. Hints had come
to the confereeS that a laSt-min-
ute effort might be made to upset
the action already taken on util-
tiles, whiSkey and estate taxes.
IN SENATE FIRST
Several days were expected to be
consumed in drafting the amend
ments finally agreed upon in con-
ference, before either the Senate
or House may pass upon them.
The Senate will act first on the
conference report, it was explained.
The measure as it stands repre-
sents efforts of a bipartisan CO.
alition to overhaul New Deal"
revenue measures Of the last six
years. Republicans marched side
by side with conservative Demo
Gratis in throwing out innovations
in the tax structure.
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Autogiro Bill
Hearings in House
Open Today

Hearings on a bill to appropri.
ate $4,000, 900 for War Department
experiments with autogiros will be
held today by the House Military
Affairs Committee.
Witnesses will stress the impor-
lance of the autogiro in national
defense, fighting forest fires and
as a means to augment airmail
service.
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By ARTHUR HACHTEN

QNS) Aiming to reach complete agreement upon the
fve-billon dollar hepbusiness bills before nipbtfa
conferees today on three more
1O-O
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Third Party Move
Source of Worry
To the Democrats
Progressive Meeting in Wisconsin Watched
With Apprehension by NeU Deal
By GEORGE R. HOLMES

(Copyrg by
The threat of formidable thrdparty move
presidential election worrying the Democrats
than they admit and being watched with
tense-and hopeful-interest by the Republicans.
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COnfereeS Reach
Full Agreement on
New Tax Measure
SenGte-HOuse Farley Irons Out Differences
On Utilities, WhiskeH death Dutiea0

LNs) Congressional cOnferees upon the five-billion
dollar national recovery tax bill today reached complete
agreement with Republicans joining Democrats in drive
for final passage of the measure by Friday
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The La Toilette ProgreSsives
hitherto staunch supporters of the
New Deal, have bolted for all prac
tical purposes.
MADISON MEETING
Next Thursday, in Madison,
Wis, they will stage a national
mass-meeting to which have been
invited several thousand left
wingerS of both parties. The meet.
ing has all the earmarks of being
a testing ground for third party
sentiment. Numerous friends of
John L. Lewis, the CIO chieftain,
who has soured on the Roosevelt
administration, will attend the
Madison gathering.
Of significant interest, too, in
this third-party agitation is the cur
rent trip through the country OF
Fiorella H. LaGuardia. New York'S
pugnacious little mayor, who, in
his checkered political career, has
borne the label of many parties,
including the Republican, Social
list, and FuSionist. He was elected
last time with covert New Deal
support, whipping Tammany and
the conservative Republicans in
the process.
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RATES By MAlL ToR vIRGnVIA, MARY.
LAND. WEST VIRGINIA AND
NORTH CAROLINA
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-VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL 80
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Don't put off buying that dream"
for every dream" in the Classified
Sections of the Herald and Times.
They are alphabetically listed, easy
to find, easy to buy. This Is OP-
PORTUNITY MONTH FOR HOME
BUYERS and every buy 10 q bargain.
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Mild Verdict
DiSappOints
Slayer

NEW YORK, Nov. 10 I.N.
81 "A convicted murderer,
who prefers death to prison,
failed today to gain New
YOrk'S electric chair.
When q jury found him
guilty of secOnd-degree mur-
der for fatally shooting q
waterfront character, Thomas
Kapates, %, protested:
at should have been first
degree murder"
First-degree murder makes
q death sentence mandatory,
while SecOnd-fegree carries q
penalty Of 20 years to life inn
priSOnment.
After informing jurors that
their verdict was "ineScap-
able" Judge Cornelius Col.
Inns deferred sentence until
November 22.
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Military pageantry was
marshaled today to greet Col.
Fulgencio BatiSta, chief of the
Constitutional Army of Cuba, on
his arrival here for a three-day
visit which will be climaxed at
ceremonies at national shrines.
On his arrival at Union Station
today, he and his party were to
be met by Gen. Malin Craig,
chief of staff; Col. John A. Crane,
head of the Military Attache and
Foreign Liaison Branch of Mill
tary Intelligence Division, War De
partment General Staff, and Maj,
Carnes Lee, aide to General Craig.
The party was also to be met by
Undersecretary of State Sumner
WelleS.
CAVALRY SET
Troops on hand were to be
Troop E, Third Cavalry, and four
scout cars of the Third Cavalry
from Fort Myer; two squads,
Headquarters Company, Washing
ton, D. c., to be formed at en-
trance to Presidential Suite, and
the Army Band.
At the Armistice Day ceremony
at Arlington National Cemetery
tomorrow morning, the Chief of
Staff and Colonel Batista will oc-
cupy seats on the rostrum during
the exercises conducted by the
American Legion and other patri-
otic societies. The remainder of
the party will occupy one of the
front boxes in the amphitheater.
HONOR MAINE"
Saturday morning Colonel Ba-
tiSta and his party will return to
the amphitheater, where he will
place a wreath on the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier. The troops on
this occasion will be the Army
Band, two squads and one officer,
Headquarters Company, Washing.
ton, as guard of honor, and a
bugler. The party will then walk
to the Mast of the Maine" where
Colonel Batista will place wreath.
Afterward, at 10 a. M, review
at Fort Myer will be participated
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in by Third Cavalry, Sixteenth
Field Artillery, Machine Gun
Troop, Tenth Cavalry.
Colonel Batista and a party will
leave the Cuban Embassy at 2::45
p. M, Saturday, for Mount Vernon
where he will place a wreath on
the tomb of George Washington
as representative of the Presi-
dent of the Republic of Cuba.
On the visit to Mount Vernon
the party will be accompanied by
the Chief of Staff, a representa-
tive of the State Department, Col
onel Crane and Major Lee. Fol
lowing the ceremony the party
will return under police escort to
the Cuban Embassy.
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ROOSEVELT BID
GIVEN BY SALLY

| BOSTON, Mass, Nov. 10.-Pres-
Iident and Mrs. Roosevelt have
been invited to the most spectacu-
lar Back Bay wedding of the sea-
son, which will take place on De-
lcember 3, when Sally Clark, sis
ter of Mrs. John Roosevelt, be-
comes autumn'S bride number one.
The former society entertainer,
who will abandon her career when
she WedS George McLanahan, has
chosen a gown of white velvet with
a huge full skirt.
Her gown will have long white
sleeves and her face will be entire
ly covered with simple white
tulle veil.
Mrs. John Roosevelt will be her
sisters matron of honor.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will
attend the wedding. 1t is expected
that the President will arrange
to be in the vicinity at the time
of the ceremony and be able to
attend.
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Fliqht Honors Pigeon

Cher Ami, one Of the greatest
heroes of the World War, will be
honored here and in New York
tomorrow, when 5000 carrier pi-
geons will be released from the
Columbus Statue at Union Sta
ton Plaza for a 200 mile flight
to New York.
Cher Ami is the homing pigeon
who got through to headquarters
with word Of the plight Of an
American battalion lost in the
Argonne.. The pigeon lost a leg
and an eye in the flight, but kept
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on until the news Of the trapped
soldiers had been delivered to the
proper officials. A hero's retire
ment and the Distinguished Ser
vice Cross were rewards to the
pigeon, which died in 1888. Cher
Ami now is mounted in the
Smithsonian Institution.
The American Legion Pigeon
Derby is sponsored by the Ameri-
can Legion to raise funds for the
Mountain Camp Endowment Fund.
The pigeons will be released at
7:3O a, m,