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Evening star., 1938-04-30
SOCIETY TO HEAR
POLAND'SENV0
International Law Group Is
Told War No Excuse for
Destruction.

Count jerry Potocki, Ambassador Of
Poland; Francis B. Sayre, Assistant
Secretary OF State, and Jan Hostile,
adviser to the Belgian Foreign Office,
will be speakers at the annual ban
quet of the American Society of In
ternational Law as the organization
concludes its 32d annual meeting
at the Carlton Hotel tonight.
In three sessions yesterday, the So
ciety heard nearly dozen speakers,
several from the State Department
and others from college faculties.
Discussing the obligations to pay
reparations for wartime destruction,
DR.. Clyde Eagleton of New York
University told the society it is now
clearly recognized that the mere exist
ence Of war does not give unlimited
right to take or destroy the property
Of private individuals; such seizure or
destruction must bear q proven rela-
ton to the actual needs of fighting.
The belligerent may requisition, but
he must pay for what he takes"
The speaker declared there could be
little doubt about the responsibility
of Japan for the wounding Of the
British Ambassador and the sinking
of the Panay, adding that it is to the
credit Of Japan that she has accepted
that responsibility and is paying COM
pensation.
While it Is more questionable, he
said, as to the extent of responsibility
for injuries to foreigners in actual
zones OF fighting If war is formally
declared, "if state has committed an
international delinquency by resorting
to war without declaration, RESPONSE
bility follows for all injuries resulting
from this illegal act"
Evening star., 1938-04-30
COM|NTERN SEEKS
WORKERS FRONT
Calls Worlds Labor to Bar
Aggression by Reich,
Italy and Japan.
BY the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, April 30.-The Com
munist International, in a violent at
tack today on moderate labor leaders
in democratic countries, called on So
cialist and trade union internationals
Ito form a united workers front
against Japanese, German and Italian
aggression"
A May Day manifesto issued by the
Executive Committee of the Commu-
mist International urged that Fascism
be curbed by application Of economic,
political and other sanctions"
1t proposed mass demonstrations Of
workers to induce governments to
struggle against aggressors.
The manifesto asked workers to try
to obtain the withdrawal of Germans
from Austria, japanese from China
and Germans and Italians from Spain
1t warned those who allow Spain
and China to be strangled" that they
would prepare a Fascist yoke" for
themselves and strengthen the chains
OF their own capitalist slavery
The manifesto went on to appeal to
Socialist and trade union interna-
tionals for unity with Soviet workers
in common front"
Sir Walter M. Citrine. British Labor
leader, was bitterly criticized for
blocking previous efforts at such unity.
British and French conservative
politicians likewise were blamed for
the wars in Spain and China, as well
as Germany's absorption Of Austria.
Evening star., 1938-04-30
LAND0N BUILDING FUND
CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
Melodranaa Given at Pierce Hall
in Drive to Raise 100000
for Activities Center.


A campaign to raise a 100000 fund
for erection of an activities building
at the Landon School for Boys was
launched last night with benefit play
in which members of the faculty at
the school were cast in a revival Of
the old melodrama, Gold in the Hills,
or the Dead Sisters Secret" The play
was given at Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and
Harvard streets.
Paul Banfeld. headmaster at Lam
don. explained with the help of lantern
slides between acts. plans for the
activities building on the campus at
Landon. It is hoped that construction
Of the first unit Of the building may
be undertaken this summer Commit
tees are being organized for raising
funds.
The play was given under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Lucy F. Collins of the
Faculty Players. with incidental music
by Mrs. Ethel Martien Blackwell.
Those who participated were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Sloane, Mr.. and Mrs.
Slocum Kingsbury. Miss Elizabeth
Laws, Charles Clarke, Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Banfleld. Harrison Prindle,
George Blackwell, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight
Collins. Mr.. and Mrs. William Russell,
Ralph Brenninger, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
MacCartee, Mr.. and Mrs. Vanner Lar
son, Miss Mabel Tibbits, Miss Lima
Macatee, Richard Carpenter and Reel
Mcfarland
The play will be repeated this eve-
ming at o'clock.
Evening star., 1938-04-30

D. c. FLOOD LEVEE
Job NEARLY DONE
Work in Monument Area to
Be Finished in About a
Week-To Be Sodded.

Army engineers, under supervision
OF Maj. Walter D. Luplow, district
engineer for the War Department for
the Washington area, are putting the
finishing touches on Washingtons
flood control projects and by the end
Of May the job is expected to be COM
pleted, officials announced today.
In about week, Maj Luplow de-
clared, the earthen fill, raising by sew
eral feet the elevation Of the WASH
ington Monument Grounds in the vi
cinity of Seventeenth street and Con-
stitution avenue NV, will be com.
pleted. Works Progress Adminis.ra-
ton labor has co-operated with the
Army engineers on the project Act
lively in charge Of the job is First 1t.
Robert c. Tripp. Maj. Luplow's mill
tary assistant.
Top soil will be placed over the grad
ing on the Washington Monument
Grounds and grass will be planted.
Maj. Luplow said pipelines will be in
stalled SO a good stand of grass may
be secured by constant watering.
Between the Lincoln Memorial and
the west end Of the Munitions Build
ing the Army engineers have COM
pleted levee and sodded it so it now
has green grass. fitting in naturally
with the surroundings. The National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion and the Fine Arts Commission
approved the plans for the flood con-
troll work.
Behind the Navy and Munitions
Buildings the engineers have con-
Structed concrete retaining wall to
preserve the automobile parking space
for the Government workers. The
south side of this wall is being earthed
up and this embankment will be sod
ded later. All the straight line wall
has been completed and the latter part
OF the coming week the concrete will
be poured on the curved portion near
the easterly entrance gates to the rear
Of the Navy Building.
At the east end of the Navy Build
ing preparations are being made for
the construction of short levee to
Seventeenth street, as one of the final
links in the program for flood control
which has been discussed for many
years. The plan is, in times of high
water. to throw sandbags across Seven
teenth street, closing the gap between
the levee and the raised Washington
Monument Grounds, to keep the water
from invading the public buildings or
going up Constitution avenue.
Evening star., 1938-04-30
MISSING BEAUTICIAN
IS BACK HOME AGAIN
Mrs. Clara Sharpe Explains That
She Was Visiting Friend
in Baltimore.

Back home after being reported
missing since Thursday, Mrs. Clara
Sharpe, IS, an attractive student beau
tician, today explained that she had
been visiting a young woman friend
in Baltimore and was surprised to
learn that police had begun a wide
search for her.
Mrs. Sharpe, a divorce, who lives
with her brother. Alfred s. Troutman,
and sisters at 1913 c street NE, said
she telephoned her family several
times to tell them where she was, but
no one was at home.
Police broadcast a description Of
the young woman at request of her
brother, who said she left the beauty
school where she Is q student Thurs
day, presumably to give beauty treat
ment to q woman in the Northwest Sec
ton. Members of the family, he said,
had been unable to learn anything
further Of her movements. Mrs. Sharpe
returned this morning.
Evening star., 1938-04-30
HEAVY BURROUGHS
VOTE PLEA HEARD
Citizens Group to Pay for Use of
School-Street Assessment
Protested.

Citizens OF the Burroughs COM
munity were urged to vote today for
national representation and suffrage
for the District in an address by Presi-
dent Paul E. Jameson last night at
the meeting Of the Burroughs Citizens
Association.
I'VE want our legislative representa-
tives to be answerable to us for what
ever legislation they may pass" Mr..
Jameson declared, land therefore 1t
is essential that our area turn out 100
per cent at the ballot boxes today"
The treasurer Of the group was
authorized to pay the cost Of use of
the Burroughs School as a voting place
Wilbur S. Finch, member OF the
Burroughs group and president Of the
District Suffrage Association. was
lauded for his "untiring efforts" as
originator and worker in the current
suffrage drive.
A three-point resolution objecting to
present assessments of benefits for
street construction in the District was
voted unanimously. Provisions call
for assessments to be limited to abut-
ting property owners only and held to
the basis Of actual benefit to such
property without regard to the cost
of the project" The measure further
calls for payment Of any deficit in
volved in the procedure to pay for the
land condemned for street purposes
from gasoline tax funds.
The third provision stresses that
property owners proposed to be assessed
should be served with process by a
United States marshal and general
notification supplied to the area
affected by public placards.
Evening star., 1938-04-30
QUEZON CALLS ARMY

MANILA, April 30 (R.-President
Manuel L. Quezon placed Bulacan
Province under control Of the army to
preserve order today as 5000 tenants
and landowners came to grips over
rents.
The trouble centered at the hacienda
owned by the Catholic hospital The
tenants claim the government should
purchase lands they have been tilling
for years and then resell to them on
the installment plan.
Evening star., 1938-04-30
SECURITY BOARD
BACKS NEW PLAN
LiberaIizing of Insurance
System Is Favored
by Roosevelt.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
The Social Security Board, re-
spending quickly to a request from
President Roosevelt that it develop
q sound plan for liberalizing the old
age insurance system. announced to-
day that it would have recommends
tions ready before Congress recon-
vened in January.
Chairman Arthur j. Altmeyer ex-
pressed delight at the Presidents re-
quest and said the board had been
thinking for some time about the
changes he and others had suggested.
In response to questions, he said
MIR. Roosevelt's suggestion would
mean, perhap. an increase in Fed
eral taxes. But he added the cost
could be spread over long period Of
years and should not increase taxes
very much. Whether the increase
should be effected by raising the pres
ent pay roll taxes or by some other
form of taxation would have to be
decided later, he said.
Adequacy of Beaefits Raised.
The first consideration, Mr.. Alt
meyer contended, was whether bene-
fits under the insurance system were
equitable and adequate. Under the
law as it stands, he estimated, the
average monthly payment in 1912
would be SIT.
In his letter to the board chairman
the President suggested that the
board consider amendments to the
Social Security Act which would in
crease the number of persons eligible
to participate in the old age tnsur-
ance system, start payment of insur-
ance benefits prior to 1912, increase
the amount of benefits during the
early years of the systems operation,
give pensions to aged wives and widows
and provide benefits for young chill
dren of insured persons who died be-
fore retirement age.
Senator Vandenberg, Republican, Of
Michigan, who contends the old-age
insurance system should be placed on
a ''pay-as-you-go" basis, commented
to reporters that he agreed to the
Importance of the Presidents sugges-
tions, but was amazed at his blind
failure to say anything about the
major issue involved"
Huge Reserve Is Cited.
Everybody else, including the Social
Security Board itself and most mem
bers of Congress, realizes that the
first and all-controlling question has
got to be settled-where, when and how
we shall unite ourselves from the COM
pletely indefensible full reserve pro-
vided in the act which eventually will
build up $47,0oo,o 100000 Of needless
reserves"
At press conference, Mr.. Atmeyer
declared he thought the "pay-as-you-
go" plan should be labeled the don't
pay-as-you-go" plan.
After expressing a dislike for such
phrases, the chairman said the pay
as-you-go" plan, as he understood it,
takes no account of accommodating lia-
bilities."
Senator Wagner, Democrat, Of New
York. co-author of the social security
act, said the changes suggested by Mr..
Roosevelt would be very beneficial.
Evening star., 1938-04-30
Vice Consul
Named Under
Lincoln Dies
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MONTE CARLO, April 3O.-Edward
Tuck, only American honorary citizen
Of France besides Woodrow Wilson.
died after a lingering lung illness at
his Villa la Turbie here today. He
was 96 years old.
MIR. Tuck came to Paris as Vice
Consul under Abraham Lincoln. He
was one Of the latter-day benefactors
Of France.
His death occurred at am. today
at his Riviera residence, Is Avenue
des Fleurs.
Born at Exeter, N. H., August a,
1912, the distinguished American busi-
ness man and philanthropist came to
Europe in 1863 and two years later
became Vice Consul in Paris.
: He returned to the United States
soon after and engaged in quarter Of
century Of business.
His death deprived the American
colony of its "dean," for he settled in
Paris in 1890.
A graduate of Dartmouth in 1862,
his gifts to that school totaled several
million dollars
On the eve of the July II cele-
brations Of 1882 the Paris Municipal
Council decided to make him an hon.
orary citizen of the French republic
on the occasion Of his approaching
birthday, . distinction conferred ON
no other American since the late
President Wilson.
His body will be taken to Paris for
the funeral next week. The time has
not yet been set for burial in the
family vault at st. Germain en- Laye
where Mrs. Tuck was buried 10 years
ago.
Evening star., 1938-04-30
BREAKFAST TO HONOR
MRS. GRACE B. STILES
Kappa Beta Pi Chapter to Give
Party Tomorrow for New
Assistant q. S. Attorney.

Mrs. Grace Brown Stiles, newly ap-
Sointed assistant United States at
torney for the District of Columbia,
will be honor guest at breakfast given
by Epsilon Chapter, Kappa Beta Pi
Legal Sorority, tomorrow at 10 am.
at Congressional Country Club.
Miss Marie Saunders, well-known
patent attorney, and Miss Selma Bor-
chardt, vice president Of the World
Federation of Education Associations,
will speak.
Other guests include Miss Elizabeth
F. Reed, grand dean; Miss Margaret
Hyndman, Toronto attorney; Mrs.
Mary Marraffa Wittenmyer, recording
secretary Of the Women's Bar Associa-
tion and chairman of the Pan-Hellenic
Council; Mrs. Helena DOGGY Reed, as
sistant trust officer of Lincoln National
Bank, and Mrs. Lorraine Hurney, Sec
retary to Assistant Attorney General
Brien Mcmahon.
Evening star., 1938-04-30
BRITISH DRAMA
DIRECTOR GUEST
Val Gie|gud Will Present
Play in Workshop
Tonight.

Val Gielgud, director Of dramatic
production for the British Broadcast
ing Corp. and brother of the distin-
guished actor, John Gielgud, will act
as guest producer of the Columbia
Workshop tonight (WJSV, 6:3O). The
play to be heard is -Four Into Seven
Won't Co." written by Mr.. Gielgud in
collaboration with a fellow English
man, Stephen King Hall, and present.
ing the problem confronting Chinese
bandit chief who must kill three Of
his seven British prisoners because he
Is being pursued and must travel light.
Pierre Monteux, who conducted the
N. B. c. Symphony Orchestra in its
initial concert last fall, returns to the
podium tonight (WRC, 81. The pro-
gram:
"First Symphony" Beethoven
Overture to Manfred schumann
"vslse slseTriste"-------siBbeik Triste" sibeiias Bekas
Don Juan" r. Strauss
In addition to Mr. Gielgud's offer
ing, the networks have two dramatiza-
tions OF interest, one fctional, the
other based on fact. A. A. Baum, night
editor Of the Bridgeport Comm
Times-Star. who brought about the
solution Of murder, will be inter-
viewed and his story will be drama
tized on the Russ Morgan program
(WJSV. 1900. Soft Ticker" original
radio play by Benjamin Lee who
turned out Grip" and "Midge," heard
recently over NJ B. c. chains, is to be
presented through WMAL at 7:30. It
is a story of the prizef1ghting ring.
Maxine Sullivan Sings.
Other features-The Swing Club sa-
lutes Columbia's new Hollywood stu
dios (WJSV, y with the singing Of
Maxine Sullivan, Les Lieber's work on
his 10-cent fife and the scat" singing
of Johnny Davis being featured :.
Everett Marshall is the guest artist
of the Hit Parade (WJSv, 81 Sec
retary Of Commerce Roper discusses
Honest Advertising, an Instrument Of
Confidence" (WJSV, 9:45) =. Repre-
sentative Rayburn of Texas speaks on
the national recovery bill (WOL, 6:l0.
Network notes-Lee Everett has in
augurated = policy of presenting local
church choirs on his early morning
program each Friday . Ken Sisson,
who bosses an ace musical show on
the Canadian network, sends q card
Evening star., 1938-04-30
DANIELS ARRIVES HOME
TO HOLD CELEBRATIONS
Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary to
Be Marked Monday by q. S.
Envoy to Mexico.

0y LIE ASSOClAtcQ FIcSS.
RALEIGH, N. c., April 3o.-smiling
and looking fit. Josephus Daniels,
United States Ambassador to Mexico.
arrived from Washington last night to
celebrate his golden wedding and two
other anniversaries at his Raleigh
home.
The eAmbassador-Mrs Daniels called
him first, newspaper man; second, a
Methodist; third, a Democrat, and,
fourth, my usband"-stopped in at
his newspaper. the News and Observer,
before going home.
Mrs. Daniels preceded him home
from Mexico by several days.
Tomorrow the Daniels will celebrate
Mrs. Daniels birthday. After attend
ing church services, there will be q
birthday dinner and . cake with SO
candles.
The fiftieth wedding anniversary
will be celebrated Monday at q large
reception. On May 10 the Ambassador
vii Aagaga hA 1eth hTthdA1.
Evening star., 1938-04-30
LONG RAIL WAGE
NEGOTIATIONS SEEN
Showdown on Proposed
Cut May Be Year Away,
Labor Attorneys Say.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
Labor attorneys said today 1t might
require from three months to a year of
negotiations and fact-finding to bring
q showdown" if the employees reject
the railroads proposal to cut wages Is
per cent.
The reason is the Railway Labor
Act, which would operate meantime
to prevent any cut or strike.
Under the union contracts no change
in wages may be made without 80 days
notice. This was given yesterday when
the Association of American Railroads
announced its intention Of making the
cut effective July /.
Ii the Brotherhoods refuse to accept
the cut-and the reactions OF their
leaders indicated this was certain-the
National Mediation Board would come
into action.
Procedure Fixed by Law.
The board may enter dispute at the
request OF either party or, if it believes
national emergency exists, on its own
motion. The law provides in that case
for this procedure:
Once the board has entered the
dispute, it may proceed indefinitely
with its work of mediation. The status
quo must be maintained until every
effort to effect settlement has been
exhausted.
If the board is unable to mediate
the dlf1erence, it is bound to propose
arbitration. II this is rejected, the
board reports the impasse to the Presi-
dent. He may then declare national
emergency and appoint a fact-finding
board
This board is given 80 days in which
10 formulate a report. For 80 days
after its report, the status quo must
be preserved.
II no agreement has been reached
by that time, each party would be free
to proceed as 1t wished, the railroads
to cut wages or the employees to strike.
Denies Plight Is Acute.
The 142 class lines which are
members Of the Railway Association
estimated the wage cut would save
them s25o.00o,o0o a year and said it
was necessitated by falling revenues
and higher operating costs.
George M. Harrison, president Of
the Association of Railway Labor
Executives. who previously had said
labor would not accept it, commented
that the railroad problem was mot
as acute as management representa-
tlves are endeavoring to make the
public believe Mr.. Harrison is head
OF the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks,
Alvanley Johnston head of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers.
and D. B. Robertson, president Of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire.
men and Enginemen, declared their
brotherhoods would accept no reduce
ton.
The railroad employees took a 10
per cent cut In 1882, but it has since
been restored. Additional pay in.
creases We're granted last year.
Evening star., 1938-04-30
MORGAN CALLED
IN WHITNEY QUIZ
International Banker Will
Follow Six Partners
on Stand.
BY the Associated Press.

oy tIic ASSOClateQ fIeSS.
j. P. Morgan. the international
banker, has been summoned to tell
the Securities and Exchange Commits
sion what he knows of the Richard
Whitney case.
The S. E. c. inquiry into the fail
ure of Whitney's brokerage firm is to
be resumed next week in New York.
Six of Morgan's partners already
have testified. The banking house
had made loans to whitney.
Whitney, five times president of the
New York Stock Exchange, is serving
a prison term for misappropriation of
securities. including s750,OOO belong
ing to the gratuity fund of the ex-
change. The fund pays benefits to
families OF deceased members.
Told of Davis Advice.
Francis Barlow, q partner of the
Morgan firm, testified last week that
on Sunday, March 6, he drove to
the Long Island estate Of Mr.. Morgan
and told the flnancier of Whitney's
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Mr.. Barlow said he went to Mr..
Morgan because he felt it was his
duty to inform his senior partner.
He told Mr.. Morgan, he said, that on
the previous night John w. Davis,
attorney for the Morgan firm and
former Democratic candidate for
President, has advised that no aid be
given to Whitney.
Mr.. Barlow also testified that Mr.
Morgan was shocked beyond measure
to learn that Whitney had misappro.
priated customers securities and said
the advice of Mr.. Davis should be
needed.
Lamont on Stand This Week.
Later that afternoon, Mr.. Barlow
testified, Edwin S. S. Sunderland, a
law partner of Mr.. Davis, advised that
under no circumstances could the
Morgan partners properly offer assist
ance to Whitney nor could they even
send auditors into Whitney's Office to
determine his financial condition.
The last Morgan partner to testify
this week at the hearing in Washing
ton was Thomas w. Lamont. He said
he had loaned sl,092,00O to his part
ner, George Whitney. on November "a
1887. to enable him to help the latter's
brother Richard restore the securities
to the stock exchange. The loan was
repaid. Mr.. Lamont said that although
ne knew Whitney had wrongfully
taken the securities, he did not feel
obliged to report the matter to the
stock exchange or public authorities
He said human equation" was in
volVed and that he acted as my heart
dictated"
Evening star., 1938-04-30
IS 900 Reward offered.

WILMINGTON, Del, April 80 lP).-
The Atlas Powder Co. announced yes
terday reward Of $4,000 for infor-
nation leading to the arrest and con-
viction of the slayers OF Mrs. Hazel
Frome and her daughter Nancy. The
Berkeley (Calif) women were killed
March 80 while motoring near Van
Horn, Tex. w. G. Frome, husband
and father Of the pair, is assistant
general manager Of the companys
Western division.
Evening star., 1938-04-30
CARNIVAL TO OPEN

The second travelling carnival show
OF the season to appear in Alexandria,
Va, and the last to appear under the
old licensing fees, will open a weeks
engagement on the Memorial highway
show grounds tonight.
The carnival license fee was raised
by the city council from $3.50 to $3.50
Q week, following the appearance Of =
aho0 h9a tho VoAkS 40.
Evening star., 1938-04-30
DOGW00D DISPLAY

Parks Official Gives Location Of
Trees Along Highway.
Frank T. Gartside, assistant super
intendent Of the National Capital
Parks, announced today there is now
an exceptionally fine display OF dog
wood in Rock Creek Park, along the
Mount Vernon Memorial Highway,
and at Fort Bunker Hill.
Mr.. Gartside gave directions to
travel along Ridge road, Ross drive
and Grant road In Rock Greek Park.
The pansy bed in West Potomac
Park also presents a colorful display
OF blooms, he said. In about two weeks
the rose garden, which is near the
pansy bed, is expected to bloom.
Army recruiting in Britain is about
IS per cent greater than year ago.