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As Old as Pyramids

But the Smith committee will be grievouy
Identifies with labor organization The Showdown old the
Pyramids cbricks without sraw and frequently employed by
noganzed rather labor Under
"dag stint" "Tanum gold brckng"
down been familiar industry
shpyad workers before the voluntary
restriction of individual
and other devices of efficiency engineers
AS matter of fact of the Nations
Showdown is the recently
c. o. Mr. William NJ Leeon of the Relations
decisions labor
A. F Of l., the c. of c. and the Smith committee itself
book published professor
Of economics at Antioch College Yellow
unionsts successfully matching wits the
He further that he immediate stimuli
output-n addition to ratecuts and layofs'appear to
"Unnelgent that depends upon
the business employees without understanding
turning
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opportunity to make claim that the
trend among the voters is away from
the New Deal, basing his contention
on the face of the election returns
in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and a
few other States. But the elections
were few and far between the coun-
try over and complicated in many
instances by local issues purely. 1t
would. therefore, be unWise to make
sweeping deductions.
No one knows just how the foreign
situation is going to affect the pres
idential election next year 1t may
have an overpoWering effect No
one knows whether the war will still
be going on a year from now. or
whether this country will be involved
as belligerent at that time if the
war does not cease.
The trend toward the G. o. P.
and away from the New Deal
which started in the 1888 elections,
however, apparently has not been
checked. There are still too many
discontented people in the country
Many of them are found among the
ranks of those who are receiving
money from the Federal Govern
ment directly or indirectly.
War Seen As Key.
If the war brings. as now seems
likely, material improvement in busi-
ness and employment, the Democrats
may be forgiven a lot by the work.
ers and by the employers, too But
on the other hand. if the war brings
much heavier taxes and restrictions
not alone on capital but on labor
in other words, if this country gets
into the war-there will be dissatis-
faction Dissatisfaction that might
be overcome by an appeal to patriot
ism to keep the President in Office
while the country is engaged in a
foreign war.
1t is probably entirely too early to
get reflection Of the attitude OF
the voters toward the administra-
tion's foreign policy in the Tuesday
elections. Indeed it looks as if the
voters may have ignored that issue
entirely The President asked for
an adjournment of partisan poll
tics" in dealing with the neutrality
bill While the majority of the Re-
publicans in both House and Senate
voted against his demand that the
arms embargo be repealed. and the
majority of the Democrats sup
ported him. party lines were split
1t will be extremely difficult, how
ever. to keep the administration
neutrality and foreign policies out
of the election campaign next year
In the first place, if these policies
are successful the Democrats will
seek to capitalize on them.
Voters Looking Askance.
The defeat of the California and
Ohio fantastic pension proposals by
huge votes can only be regarded as
indicative of the fact that the
country is swinging away from the
radical tendencies revealed in days
of the New Deals overwhelming VIC
tories. 1t is true that the President
personally opposed the California
"ham-and-eggs" S30-every- Thursday
proposal for every person over sc
years of age. But the feeling cannot
be avoided that the voters in Cali
fornia and Ohio are looking askance
not only at these unreasonable pen.
sion plans, but also at the huge
spending which has been the answer
of the New Dealers to the depression
problem and the principal answer.
California voted two to one against
the "ham-and-egg' plan and Ohio
three to one against a more mod.
crate Bigelow pension plan. 1t il
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Montana Roll Wreck
Kills Engineer
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WHITEFISH, Mont, Nov. 9.-En-
gineer Emerson Koyl, about 81. Hill
lard, Wash, was killed last night
when the Great Northern's fast
passenger train, the westbound EN-
pire Builder, hit a rock slide near
Katka. Idaho, the dispatchers Office
reported.
The engine and one mail car were
derailed. No passengers were known
to have been injured.
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q snip leased 10
a foreign COM
pany?
This is the
basic question
involved in the
compile a t / o n S
that have arisen
over the plan Of
American ship
owners to trans
fer to a Panama
corporation the
title to their
ships. The Gal
lup polls latest
S urv ey shows
that the Ameri-
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doSuIeu d NEW
Deal victory at
the polls in the
national political
campaign next
year. Indeed,
such elections as
were held turned
out rather in
favor of the Re-
publicans and
against the Dem
OcratS.
Chairman John
Hamilton of the
r e p u b Ii C a n
National Com
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rule of and instead
authorizes reasonable restrictions stabilize prices further
legitimate interests the
And Adam Smith the Moses modern said
public deliberations therefore, working
his camor set and employers
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Armistice Eve Dance

Sponsored by Cissel-Saxon Post,
American Legion, an Armistice eve
dance will be held tomorrow night
at the National Guard Armory at
Silver Spring, Md.
Marcel Zimmerman is chairman
of the Arrangements Committee.
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the war has also brought change
of political emphasis, with congress
sional liberals opposing the Presi-
dents foreign policy and conserva-
tive Democrats going along. This,
too, has had its effect. for con-
spicuous activity by the New Dealers
is vastly upsetting to the Democratic
orthodox
The men with whom the Presi-
dent now chiefly works, both in Con-
Evening star., 1939-11-09
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN,

There was nothing in Tuesdays
elections to indicate that the admin
istration's victory in the neutrality
fight and arms embargo repeal had
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learns from bitter experience that
he must not do more than a certain
amount of work because an in
creased production rate will harm
him physically and will result in
lower rates of pay.
And here are two quotations
which are worth Representative
Smiths attention. The first is from
Mr.. Leiserson: The Supreme Court
has interpreted the Sherman
antitrust law in the light of the
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Ship Transfer
Proposal
Defended
Major Subterfuee
Contained in Act,
Writer Holds
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

If the premise be accepted that
sinking of a ship owned by American
citizens may drag the United States
into war, would this also be true of
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HE opinions OF the rters this page their
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented IN The
Stars eDot to gtue all sides OF questions OF interest to It's
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
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gaze the showdown" Str1Ke IN the
Chrysler dispute and elsewhere, at
the request Of the United States
Chamber of Commerce and the
Federation of Labor. This
Showdown" has been condemned as
a new and revolutionary tactic in
labor disputes by David Lawrence
and other conservatives.
Certainly 1t is the most baf-
fling, since the men involved simply
do not work as fast az the man.
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Frank, S. E. G. commissioner Leon
Henderson and all the other New
Dealers in high administrative posts
remain very much on the job. The
Government economists and law
yers who constitute the New Deal
ers' rank and file still 60 about their
important business. But the war
abroad has cost the group-as
group-two of its most important
functions.
Tn the fret n1ace tho proIln-
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Development of Techniques

The conclusions Of labor experts the subject of the Showdown
that trade
perfectly
individual conditions
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We, the People
Showdown, Assoi|ed by Some as New Tactic,
Is as Old as Pyromids, Writer Holds
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

committee headed Representative Smith
Of Virginia which investigating the National Relations
followed up its circular police chiefs by asking
omss labor experts and constitutional faculties
American colleges universities tell think
law.
nvest.
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desires
of property with sdown sabotage machinery
material. highly industrial
lar effective method of bringing to bear industrial
agen
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A motorized force Of about 10000
State police patrol the countrys
highways.
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unlikely
Dealers
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At Work on Power Policy

present besides their regular Jobs the New Dealers hard
other
that the President forgotten their loyalty him. They
third the President (which
lot the
watching of the
will
abrupt end
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domestic policy
transportation the d kitchen garden of the legislative branch
all attention
is
of Thomas
Presidents
political activities
Men and Jobs
why the Of the New Dealers
striking functions has their
minisave habit, which is certain jobs
always to those when these jobs have
problem outside the
Consequently Secretary Undesecay
Weles and Assistant Adoph
exclusively consulted international questions related
mestc revision of the Neutrality the neutrality fight
New Dealers talents and bdrafters found outlet
called their
friends Congress and son often
liberal the Catholic
Similarly, problems
have been handled by administrative
the Department Federal Meanwhile
Evening star., 1939-04-14
Elliott Roosevelt Quit,
As Hearst Radio
President
Pressure Of Business
Given as Reason for
Resignation
BY the Associated Press.

oS tHS hSSOCldteQ fIeSS.
FORT WORTH, Tex, April IA
Elliott Roosevelt, son of the Presi-
dent, resigned today as president
and director of Hearst Radio, Inc.
The resignation is effective to-
morrow.
Mr.. Roosevelt, who gained atten-
ton recently with radio broadcasts,
in which he criticized phases of his
fathers administration and praised
Vice President Garner. said pressure
of other business necessitated his
action.
In 1888 he became aviation editor
for the Hearst newspaper and
magazine properties. In 1885 Mr..
Hearst purchased four stations IN
the network of the Southwest Broad
casting Co.: WACO, KNOW, Austin;
KTSA. San Antonio, Tex, and
KOMA, Oklahoma City. Mr.. Roose-
welt was made vice president of the
newly named Hearst Radio, Inc.
KEHE. Los Angeles, and KYA,
San Francisco, later were added. In
January, 1888, he was named presi-
dent of the entire chain, which then
included WCAE, Pittsburgh; WISH,
Milwaukee; WBAL, Baltimore, and
WINS, New York City. in addition
to the SIX mentioned. The network
now lists only Stations WBAL,
WCAE, KNOW and KTSA.
Evening star., 1939-04-14

By the Associated Press.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April IA
Gov. Henry Horner today appointed
Chairman James M. Slattery of the
Illinois Commerce Commission to
the United States Senate to sue
ceed the late James Hamilton Lewis
Mr. Slattery. 60-year-old Chicago
attorney. has been a close personal
and political friend of the Governor
for quarter of century. He man
aged the 1886 and 1888 campaigns
of Gov. Horner's Democratic organ
ization in Cook County.
The senatorial appointment is ef-
fective Immediately and is for the
period until the general election in
November. 1910. Then Illinois will
elect a Senator to complete Senator
Lewis term ending in 1912 Senator
Lewis died suddenly last Sunday in
Washington.
Gov. Horner authorized a state
ment saying Mr.. Slattery was "emi-
nently qualified for the Senate. He
added: Il know he will represent
Illinois with great ability and dig
nifty"
Evening star., 1939-04-14
Many Wild Animals Perish
In Stormy Sea Passage

ished were four Komodo lizards,
recent denizens of the torrid jungles
of the Dutch East Indies and re-
garded as relics of prehistoric
dragons. The death toll was high
est among the monkeys, a species
very susceptible to cold. Only the
200 Manila ducks, taken aboard as
food for the animals and snakes,
were unaffected by the elements.
Survivors included a 14-foot king
cobra, three rare black panthers,
nine birds of paradise, six honey
bears, eight pythons, all more than
20 feet long; two orang -utans, 10
gibbons and IS pig-tail macaques, a
species of monkey trained by natives
to pick cocoanuts, and a large as
sortment Of birds and squirrels.
The Steel Traveller, first deep
water vessel to call at Shanghai
after outbreak of Sino-Japanese hos
tilities, visited no Chinese port on
the current voyage.
Evening star., 1939-04-14
Col. Hayden Seeks Post
OF Welfare Director

Col Herbert B. Hayden, U. S. A.,
retired, who is destined to lose his
job as business manager OF the
Health Department June 30, has ap-
piled to the Board of Public Welfare
for appointment as the new director
of welfare. it was learned today at
the District Building.
The welfare post is to become
vacant June Is, due to the resigna-
ton of Elwood Street, who has &C
cepted appointment as director OF
the community fund at Richmond,
Va.
Col. Hayden's $500 a year job as
business manager will be eliminated
under the terms of the 1910 District
Appropriation Act as passed recently
by the House. The job was created
year ago. The position Of welfare
director carries a salary Of $4,000.
Two other written applications for
the welfare post have been filed with
the Welfare Board SO far. Other
applications are expected before the
board tackles the problem of select
ing a candidate for appointment by
the Board of Commissioners. An
application has been filed by William
H. Savin, who has served more than
four years as director of the Family
Service Association, the largest
private welfare agency in the Dis
trict. Before coming to Washington,
he served a number of years as
budget secretary of the Philadelphia
Community Chest. The third written
application was filed by social
worker from out of town. Mr.. Street
has declined to announce the names
of candidates.
The name of Ray L. Huff, general
superintendent of penal institutions,
has been suggested by some District
officials, but so far Mr.. HUFF has not
declared his candidacy. He is now
out Of town on leave.
Evening star., 1939-04-14
BY the Associated Press.

BOSTON, April 14.-Half of a
large and valuable shipment of wild
animals, birds and reptiles bound for
the New York Worlds Fair perished
during one of the stormiest passages
Of the year, L. r. Nicol, Far Eastern
representative of Frank Buck, dis
closed today when he arrived with
the survivors of the consignment
on the Isthmian Line freighter Steel
Traveller.
Decks OF the 425-foot vessel, max
ing her 36th circuit of the globe, were
never dry during a 26-day passage
from Port Said, Nicol said. Huge
seas broke over the steamer, q week
overdue in arriving, and Nicol and
sevel Malay assistants strove con-
stantly to protect their furred. feath-
cred and scaled charges, which were
carried on deck.
Among the creatures which per-
Evening star., 1939-04-14
Windsor Recall Urqed
To Aid British Defense
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
GLASGOW, Scotland, April A.
Recall of the Duke of Windsor to
England and his appointment as
minister for national voluntary
service was urged today by Henry
M. Keith, provost Of the industrial
town of Johnstone, near here.
Keith, whose position is similar to
that of a mayor, declared Prime
Minister Chamberlain should be
asked to invite former King Edward
VIII home and said he would
have behind him a voluntary army
of 100000 in fortnight"
Evening star., 1939-04-14
Coolidge Concert
On WMAL

A program of vocal cham
Der music, directed by Nadia
Boulanger, will be broadcast
over station WMAL tomorrow
at S pm.
This is another in the series
OF concerts sponsored by the
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Foundation in the Library of
Congress.
The broadcasts are arranged
by The Star with the co-opera-
ton of the National Broad
casting Co.
Evening star., 1939-04-14
Florida State Senator
Asks Racing Probe
BY the Associated Press.

TALLAHASSEE. Fla. April A.
State Senator Ernest R. Graham of
Miami asked today for a legislative
investigation of reports accusing
public officials and others of graft
and corruption in connection with
the conduct of racing" in Florida.
His Senate resolution declared at
is imperative that said officials and
said other individuals be given an
opportunity to purge their names of
the accusations. if untrue, or that
proper punishment and disrepute be
imposed if the accusations be true"
Mr.. Graham sharply criticized
racing in the Miami area and said 1t
drew undesirable elements to the
State.
Mr.. Graham said Gulf Stream
Park at Hollywood, Fla, which OPEN
ed recently and closed after three
days, was killed" by other tracks in
the area. He said its developer, Jack
Horning, was trimmed" of a ST.
100000 investment.
Mr.. Graham charged one State
official admitted having been bribed.
Asked for his name he said he would
disclose it when we have the in
vestigation."
Evening star., 1939-04-14
influential Persons
Bar Oil Settlement,
Richberg Declares
Confident Mexican Pact
Will Be Concluded,
However, He Says
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. April 14-Donald
r. Richberg former N r. A. ad-
ministrator, expressed faith" today
an agreement on compensation for
appropriated properties will be
reached between oil companies and
the Mexican government.
Richberg. counsel for Standard
Oil Co. and British oil interests
in conferences with the Mexican
government, reviewed the discus
sions in a speech before the National
Petroleum Association.
80 I prefer to be classed as
one of Gods fools who believes
that faith, combined with mental
energy, will move mountains" Mr..
Richberg said.
Defends Good Neighbor" Policy.
The former economic counsel to
the Government defended the
United States good neighbor" policy
against criticism that lit enfeebled
vigorous support of the rights of
American citizens in Latin Amer
ica."
Our faith must be reciprocated
and among good neighbors estab-
lished principles of good conduct
and fair dealing must be equally
respected" he said
Mr.. Richberg declared he left
Mexico, not because of a failure in
negotiations, but to argue a case at
Washington. He asserted "influen-
tial persons are anxious to prevent
an agreement on the controversy.
Discord Stirred Up.
"Since returning to Washington, +"
he said. II have found it necessary
to combat in various ways the pri-
vate and public activities of those
whom can only describe as influen-
tial persons. in and outside the
United States, who are exceedingly
anxious to prevent an amicable set
tlement of controversies with Mexico
Without expressing any optimism
as to future developments, it is fair
to say that recent discussions with
President Cardenas were all carried
on in an atmosphere of friendliness,
candor and patient tolerance on diff
fering opinions which seem to offer
the only hope of arriving at a solu-
ton of permanent benefit to all con-
cerned."
Mr.. Richberg said his object in
the conference is to explore the pos
sibility of long-term contract un-
der which the American oil COM
panies would continue to operate
and further develop appropriated
properties to compensate themselves
for the loss of ownership.
Mutual Assurances Basis.
The plan, he said, would involve
mutual assurance of satisfactory
labor conditions and proper Govern
ment revenues.
Such an arrangement would
bring about an immediate economic
improvement and the eventual COM
plete naturalization of the entire
industry Mr.. Richberg asserted.
This plan was presented by the
oil companies counsel because, he
said, Mexico cannot possibly make
adequate, effective and prompt pay
ment for appropriated oil proper
ties" due to national debt al
ready long in default and low ma
tional income.
Evening star., 1939-04-14
Bowers Offered
Post as Envoy
| ToCunodu
By the Associated Press.


~ The State Department was under
stood today to be awaiting a reply
from Claude G. Bowers, Ambassador
to Loyalist Spain. as to whether he
would accept the position of Min
lister to Canada.
The post at Ottawa was said by
an informed source to have been
offered him. 1t has been vacant
since January, 1888, and the ad-
ministration wants an American
Minister there by the time the King
and Queen of England arrive in
Canada next month.
Mr.. Bowers is now at st. Jean
de Luz, France, on the Spanish bor-
der liquidating the embassy be
maintained there for two and a half
years.
If he were to take the post in
Canada, Mr.. Bowers would suffer
reduction in pay from $17,500 to
$4,000. Expenses of an American
Minister in Ottawa are estimated to
average $25, 900 per year.
Evening star., 1939-04-14
Government Decides
On Redistribution
Of Coal Supply
Opinion Widely Divided
Whether Serious
Shortage Threatens

AS the Government decided today
to divide its coal supply here among
schools. Federal hospitals and Gov
ernment heating plants, to last all
of them until the first of May, wide
difference of opinion broke out
whether a serious coal shortage
threatens.
The National Coal Association
came forward with the claim that
there is no fuel famine now in
sight, The purpose of its state
ment was Ito allay public appre-
hension with respect to the Nations
fuel supply and coal shortage. an
apprehension which some public
statements in the past few days have
been calculated to engender"
On the other hand, L. A. Snead of
this city. former director of distri-
button of the U. S. Fuel Administra-
ton, an expert on fuel and trans
portation, telegraphed both the oper-
ators and miners committee in New
York, to warn that serious Short
age would develop in some places
unless an agreement is reached this
week. He recommended resumption
Of mining under the old agreement,
and the submission of points of diff
ference to arbitration.
Supply Is Resurveyed.
The Governments fuel supply here
has been resurveyed by those in
charge. it was learned, and decision
uoc roo cbo6 RI ro1ictrib,,ta tho mol
on hand Some of the fuel at the
Government Fuel Yards, which had
been bought for schools and hospi-
tails, and would have lasted them
much longer than the two big Gov
ernment heating plants present
supply can last, will be divided with
the heating plants.
There is now enough coal in the
District to take care of all govern
mental needs until the first of next
month, under this plan of redis-
tribution. 1t had been estimated
previously that if the Capitol Power
Plant, which supplies buildings on
Capitol Hill, and the Central Heat
ing Plant, which furnishes heat to
about IS buildings downtown, di-
vided up their own available sup
plies, they would have enough coal
for about eight days. The new plan
OF redistribution will carry them
longer. If the weather should turn
much warmer, it might carry them
beyond May l.
Mr.. Snead, who was relief fuel
administrator in 1884 and 1885 and
has served as fuel adviser to the
American Red Cross, warned that
after this week an emergency
would exist.
Snead Fears Shutdown.
If the coal wage negotiators in
New York fail to get together on a
settlement for resumption of oper-
atoms this week, Mr. Snead pre-
dicted, the shortage of coal will be-
come so severe that some industries