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Evening star., 1939-07-20


By the Associated Press.
The House today ordered sweep
Ing investigation of the National
Labor Relations Board.
Speaker Bankhead announced the
soll call vote was 252 to 1875.
Speaker Bankhead announced the
roll call vote for the resolution was
252 to 1876
A resolution creating a five-man
Investigating committee was put
through by an almost solid pha-
lanx of Republicans and a large
group of Democrats.
The measure, sponsored by Rep
resentative Smith. Democrat. of Vir-
ginia, calls for an inquiry to deter
mine whether new board to ad-
minister the Labor Act should be
created and what effect the board
may have had on employer and
labor relations.
Sponsors claim the inquiry was
necessary to meet tremendous pres
sure from all parts of the country
while opponents asked that action be
deferred until labor committees of
both the Senate and House could
conclude their hearings on Wagner
Act amendments and make recon-
mendationS of their own.
Test Vote Shows Trend.
The vote on final approval came
shortly after test vote of 268 to l3l
had disclosed majority of Repre-
sentatlves were for the investigation
The action was after an hour of
bitter debate on a technical ques-
ton leading to vote on the main
issue OF whether the inquiry should
be ordered.
Representative Smith, urging the
House to vote the investigation, al
gued today that there would not be
tremendous pressure" throughout
the country for the inquiry unless
something was wrong that needs
looking into"
Il have a definite feeling that a
good work can be done for labor, in
dustry and the Government if the
matter is looked into calmly by men
of this House." he said. I'VE may
perhaps be able to bring back some
suggestion to cure the evils. what
ever they are, and there must be
some"
Mrs. Norton Opposes.
Although opponents conceded be-
forehand they lacked the votes to
block the inquiry. Chairman Norton,
Democrat, Of New Jersey, of the
Labor Committee, appealed to the
well-filled chamber to vote down
the resolution so her committee
could continue the Job it has SO
well started Of studying Labor Re
lations Act amendments.
You men can count on your COM
mlttee," she said. Your committee
will be fair and just and if it is
necessary to amend the law. it'll 40
just that. Vote down this resolution
and let the committee finish the job
1t has SO we'll started"
She won applause when she re-
marked that Mr.. Smith lis the last
man in the world to pass on labor
legislation" After a search of the
record, she said, she has yet to find
a bill for the benefit of labor which
Mr.. Smith had approved.
Representative Seccombe, Repub-
lican, of Ohio declared he had seen
the Labor Board in action" and IA
Vored the investigation.
ANY attempt to curb this inves-
(See LABOR BOARD, Page A-16J.
Evening star., 1939-07-20
Summary of Todoy's Star

Commissioners withhold police pro-
motions for Justice o. KPage Al
Prince Georges slot machines van
ish after raids. Page AZ
Infant is found abandoned in
parked automobile. Page B-1
Probe ordered into death Of street.
grading spectator. Page B-1
Sports.
Injured -riddled Giants have only
two in regular jobs. Page d.
Johnston clever in getting Pastor
60 with Louis. Page d.
Muny golfers face test in slick
Baltimore greens. Page D-3
Firms could win Olympics If foes
took Sauna" baths. Page D-4
Evening star., 1939-07-20
Sweeping Labor Board Probe
Voted by the House, 252-135;
Many Democrats Back Inquiry
Smiths Resolution
Asks Recommendation
For Legislation
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
The National Labor Relations
Board has been subjected to
criticisms OF parying degrees of
tartness throughout the Whole
present session of Congress.
This background OF cenSure is
epttomised in resolution in
troduced by Representative
Smith, Democrat, of Virginia,
proDtding for an Investigation OF
the board The House Rules
Committee provided for a tUo-
hour debate OF the Smith reSolu-
ton.
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(See KIDNAP, Page A.
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(See HOUSE, Page A-120
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Evening star., 1939-03-21
Board Of Trade
Reaffirms Stand
AGAINST Income Tax
Approves Committee
Report on Plon Of
Pond and Stom

The Washington Board of Trade
yesterday reaf1irmed its opposition
to a straight income tax for the
District and simultaneously opposed
imposition of gift tax here.
The boards action came in the
form Of approval by its Executive
Committee of recommendations
made a week ago by study group
headed by DR.. Chester Pond and
Colin Stam.
A report by the study group "sus-
tanned the Board OF Trades con-
tention that straight, progressive
income tax is impracticable in the
District because Of the restriction
on industry and the large prepon-
derance of Federal employees having
salaries concentrated to an extreme
degree around the $1,000 mark"
1t also was pointed out that pend
ing legislation respecting the right
of States to tax Federal salaries is
under consideration, and II enacted
probably would have very marked
adverse effect upon revenue raised
through straight income tax
Thus the board urged adoption of
a joint income and sales tax, with
the proviso, however, that the retro
active feature of the income tax be
eliminated and that in the case of
the sales tax the exemption on sales
under 25 cents be retained with a
specific exemption added, clarifying
the law so that in the collection Of
the tax from the retailer there could
be no misunderstanding as to wheth-
er the collection was on gross sales
or sales over Is cents.
Evening star., 1939-03-21
SuIfupyridine Cures Victim
Of Influenza Meningitis

Harry r. Dowling. co-ordinator Of
the District Public Health Depart
ment and clinical instructor at
George Washington University Med
ical School, in a talk last night be-
fore the Washington branch Of the
American Pharmaceutical Associa-
ton.
DR.. Bowling, specialist in
the treatment Of pneumonia, said
sulfapyridine requires no elaborate
tests for determining which of the
80 types of pneumonia is present.
The drug offers speedy means Of
treatment of the disease, and, DR..
Bowling said, practically every pa
tient has recovered who was treated
on the first day the actual symptoms
of pneumonia were present.
The cost of this chemicotherapy is
only about a tenth of the serother-
apy. DR.. Bowling pointed out that
the cost of drugs in the usual treat
ment of a pneumonia patient is
about ST. The cost of the new drug
is $7.2O.
Speaking generally of pneumonia,
DR.. Dowling said every head cold is
potentially a case of pneumonia.
He urged immediate treatment Of
all colds to avoid complications.
o. G. Hall. president Of the
Washington branch, presided.
Evening star., 1939-03-21

Fingerprinting Of employees at the
White House was started today fol-
lowing suggestion made last week
by President Roosevelt.
The fingerprinting of more than
200 employees at the White House is
being done by Secret Service ex-
perts. In addition to the finger
prints, each employe is having full
face and profile photograph taken,
along with information regarding
color, weight, size, etc.
President Roosevelt would have
been No. / on the list for finger
printing today but he was printed"
during his first year as Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury. As 4 re-
Evening star., 1939-03-21
British 1heo|ogian
To Talk Here Toniqht

The Rev. DR.. Charles Earle Raven,
chaplain to the King of England,
was in Washington today as house
guest of Canon Arson Phelps Stokes
OF the Washington Cathedral.
Formerly chancellor of Liverpool
Cathedral and author of several
books on theology, he will speak to-
night at dinner given by the Amer
lcan Association OF University Wom-
Ell, under auspices of the Fellowship
OF Reconciliation, the National
Council for Prevention of War and
other organizations interested in
world peace.
Canon Raven, who beside his
duties as chaplain to King George
vi, Is canon Of Ely Cathedral and
regius professor of divinity at Cam
bridge University, was also scheduled
to speak at luncheon for the clergy
at the College of Preachers. $50
Woodley road. today. His subject
will be THE Church and World AZ
fairs"
Considered one Of the most able
speakers in the Church Of England,
Canon Raven came to the United
States once before as Nobel lee
turer at Harvard University and has
spent the past week end delivering
lectures at Duke University. Durham,
N. G.
Evening star., 1939-03-21
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
Approaches vote on Government
reorganization bill.
Labor Committee studies propos-
ais to start hearings on Wagner Act
amendments. 1890 am.
House:
Considers minor legislation.
Judiciary Committee receives sub
committee report on Perkins i'm
peachment case. 10:30 am.
Agriculture Committee hears Sec.
retary Wallace on new farm legisla-
ton. 10 am.
Ways and Means Committee con-
tinues hearings on social security
changes. 10 am.
Labor Committee discusses wage
hour amendments with Administra-
tor Andrews. 1890 am.
Military Affairs Committee con.
siders strategic war materials bill
10:30 am.
Evening star., 1939-03-21
Fingerprinting Of White House
EMPLOYEES Is Started

suit. the honor of being No. l went
to Rudolph Foster, veteran executive
officer Of the White House, whose
service dates back to the first year
of the Mckinley administration.
Next on the list was Patrick E. Nc
Kenna, veteran head ofYicer at the
executive Office.
The fingerprinting at the White
House is in charge Of w. D. Cauley,
jr.; E. A. Schurman and Walter r.
Blackman, Secret Service fingerprint
experts. The photographing is be-
ing done by Charles E. Marks and
Willard A. Simonds Of the Secret
Service. The work is expected to
require nearly q week.
Evening star., 1939-03-21
HeIium Cos Reported
Found in Germany
El the AsAociated Press.

ES the Associated Press.
OLDENZAAL, The Netherlands,
March 21.-Mother Nature appeared
yesterday to have solved for Ger
manys DR.. Hugo Eckener the prob
lem Of getting hellium for his Zep-
pelins.
An authoritative source yesterday
reported that Germany had discov-
cred, just across the border from
here. large supply of the non-in-
hammable gas Of which the United
States, with world monopoly, re-
fuses to sell to the Reich.
United States Secretary of Interior
Ickes has denied a permit to export
the gas to Germany on the ground
that it might be used for military
purposes.
The German discovery was re-
ported following long research and
borings by geologists near Bentheim,
Germany The gas was said to have
blown the lid of one shaft few
days ago and was now being held
underground by pressure Of $50
atmospheres (2.205 pounds.
Evening star., 1939-03-21
BY DIR. HANS KINDER.


Shortly before his death Mozart
wrote his three greatest symphonies
(the &C Minor" the "E Flat" and
the "Jupiter") in the incredibly short
space OF six weeks. He seems dur
ing these last years of his earthly
existence to have been constantly
inspired and drove himself beyond
his pitiably small physical strength
in order to give existence and form
to one masterpiece after another.
1t is in his &c Minor Symphony
that he is at his most persuasive.
For although the great Jupiter
Symphony is more magnificent
musical structure, and although the
e Flat" is more dif1used with
Mozart's proverbial sunshine, it is
the very melancholy, the ineffable
tenderness OF the &c Minor Sym
phony" which has made 1t the uni
versal favorite among his II works
in this form.
When we consider that Mozart
died at the age of "a, and that he
left behind him not only these II
works but literally countless other
compositions In every conceivable
form, from opera and the most
complicated structures of concertos
and chamber music to the simplest
songs, and that only in the rarest
of instances his inspiration Jagged
we can rightly consider him most
directly touched by the divine
fire"
Nowhere did this heavenly gift
of touchingly tender melody, this
constant flow of inspiration and OF
surprising and enchanting har-
mony and form show itself more
perfectly, more vitally. more ir-
resistibly than in the immortal &C
Minor
Evening star., 1939-03-21
Capitol Street Auditorium
Site Opposed by Hanna
Believes Central Location Should Be
Found; Cites Transportation

auditorium should be encouraged
to use public transportation rather
than private vehicles. I may be
prejudiced in this matter, but it is
an undoubted fact, as attested by
traffic experts. that the use of mass
transportation vehicles rather than
individual ones is greatly to be de-
sired purely from a traffic view
point.
Should the proposed auditorium
be located at the extreme edge of
the city, as is proposed, the great
mass of attendants would be driven
to use taxis or other Individual We
hicles carrying on an average two
or three people instead of 40 or
more, as would be carried in street
cars or buses. 1t is a matter of
simple arithmetic to see the differ
ence that would be caused through
the movement Of this large number
OF vehicles not only In the vicinity
of the auditorium but largely
throughout the city.
Would Be IncOnvenient.
I'm the second place, I have at
tended good many conventions.
and from my personal experience it
would seem that the location of a
meeting place nearly S miles away
from the hotel center would be
extremely inconvenient and would
probably prevent some conventions
from deciding upon Washington as
their meeting place, as they have
been compelled to do in the past
because there has been no suitable
auditorium. The great majority of
attendants at convention meetings
are strangers who live in the larger
hotels. An auditorium located
within walking distance is, of course
highly desirable. In any event !
feel it would be very undesirable to
require ride Of or miles two
or maybe three times a day."
Explaining that he has no par
ticular preference for the Municipal
Center site, Mr.. Hanna said that 1t
! may be that there are other loca =
tions which would be better. He
| said. however. that he is definitely
OF the opinion that a site centrally
located should be selected. certainly
not one SO far away from the center
OF activities as the East Capitol one
which has been suggested
Evening star., 1939-03-21
Maryland Senate
Excited by Girls
Mazi Activities
Assembly Considers
Demand for Stote
Investigation
By the Associated Press.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, March Ala
State investigation "of the Nazi ac-
tivities' of a pretty Cumberland
senior high school girl who wore a
German party emblem and uni
form" to classes was being consid-
cred by the Senate Committee on
Education today.
Senator Robert B. Kimble. Alle-
gany County Republican, last night
offered resolution instructing State
school authorities to conduct the in
vestlgation and asserted the girl,
Ruth LANCER, had returned to Mary
land after year in Germany Ito
impregnate the minds of hundreds
Of young students" with the princi-
pies Of the Nazi party
She has the audicity," he shouted
ito appear in classes wearing the
Nazi emblem We ought to assist
this young woman to return to Ger
many"
Pressing for immediate adoption
OF the resolution, Senator Kimble
met opposition from Senator Frank
Flynn Of Baltimore City, who as
serted the investigation the Ale
gany Countian asked was a job for
the Federal Secret Service rather
than the State.
Before further debate, Senate
President Arthur Brice referred the
resolution to the Committee on Ed
ucation
Shortly after Senator Kimble's ac-
ton William Gunter, president OF
the Cumberland Board of Education,
said Miss LANCER had agreed to stop
wearing German Nazi party uni
form and insignia to school and in
a conference with school authorities
said she had expressed Nazi senti-
ments because another student had
dared her to do so.
Mr.. Gunter said school authorities
had acted because of a rising SEN
timent in the school against the
girls activities. She said she be
lieved in part Of Adolf Hitler's pro-
gram" but did not subscribe to all
Nazi doctrines.
Feeling in the high school against
the display Of the insignia, which
Miss LANCER wore on the arm OF her
brown shirt, resulted yesterday in
a group Of students refusing to board
school bus after she entered it.
Evening star., 1939-03-21
Red Cross Celebration
Will Be Broadcast

A program celebrating the 34th
anniversary OF the District of Co.
lumbia Chapter, American Red
Cross, will be broadcast Friday from
10 to 1890 pm. over Station WMAL
The program will depict the origin
history and organization OF the
chapter.
The chapter, in a monthly report
today, listed a record number of
first-aid classes. With % new
classes organized during the month
the total was So. Nine classes of l55
students completed the course
These included the F. B. I. agents
Boy Scouts, a c. c. C. camp, a par
ent-teacher group, Washington Mis-
sionary College, Friendship House
student nurses and hospital at
tendants.
Evening star., 1939-03-21
Two B. & 0. Freiqhts
Crash, but Crews
Escape by Leaping
One Locomotive Ditched,
Two Others DeruiIed
And Cobooses Burn
Fy the Associated Press.


POINT OF ROCKS, Nd. March
2l.-The crews Of two freight trains
escaped without serious injury yes
terday from a wreck which ditched
one locomotive, derailed two others
and burned two cabooses.
Charles Voice Of Baltimore, engi-
neer Of one locomotive, was treated
for shock and Edward Pennell.
Baltimore, his fireman, suffered a
lacerated thumb.
The rear-end collision was be-
tween two sections of a regular
freight bound from Chicago to
Baltimore on the old main line Of
the railroad. The first section, OF
l2l cars, had been delayed an hour
by mechanical trouble" the rail-
road reported. With two helper To-
comotives pushing, it had just be-
gun to get under way when the Sec
ond section Of 135 cars struck the
rearmost of the helpers.
The second helper ran of the
track into a ditch. Thomas H. Car
ler' brunswick, the engineer, and
James Carter. the fireman, Yarrows-
burg, jumped and were uninjured
The first helper was derailed. A. S
Tabler, Mount Airy, engineer, and
William Williams. the fireman
jumped and escaped injury. Voice
and Pennell were aboard the engine
pulling the second section.
The cabooses were coupled be-
tween the helper engines. Henry
Risen, Baltimore. a conductor, was
standing beside the cabooses but
jumped out OF the way as they
buckled and caught fire. Ten freight
cars were wrecked but did not burn
The l50-ton locomotives sprawled
across the rails blocked the line
Passenger traf1ic, which uses an
other line, was not held up.
Evening star., 1939-03-21
Hospital Nursing School
Incorporated With G.. u.

incorporation of Providence Hos
pltal School of Nursing with the
School of Nursing Education at
Catholic University was announced
yesterday by DR.. Roy J. Deferrari,
secretary general of the university.
Plans for the incorporation were
completed some time ago, officials
said. Providence School of Nursing,
founded in 1895, offered the first
three-year curriculum in WASH
ington.
Evening star., 1939-03-21

Selection of central location for
the proposed auditorium is indis-
pensable to the ultimate success of
such a project, in the opinion of
John H. Hanna. chairman OF the
board OF the Capital Transit Co.
Having given the auditorium
problem "a good deal of thought
for many years" Mr.. Hanna ex-
planned, he has reached the con-
clusion that it would be "a very
serious mistake" to locate the struc-
ture lin the outskirts Of the city"
on such site as that proposed at
the east end OF East Capitol street.
Mr.. Hanna said that he has no
particular preference for the pro-
posed Municipal Center site at
Constitution avenue and John Mar
shall place NV, but feets that
some centrally located site is OF
paramount importance
One OF Washington most urgent
needs for many years, Mr. Hanna
said. has been large public audi
torium. He expressed the hope that
VAC iCCo HiAsIil SOOlI Uc MET Uul
pointed out that the location of
such an auditorium lis a matter
of the greatest importance if it is to
attain the greatest usefulness for
the city"
Two Considerations.
His belief that q centrally To-
Gated site should be chosen. he eX-
planned, is based on two separate
considera tions
First he said, 'as one who has
had many years experience in To-
cal transportation matters I know
that it would be difficult for any
transportation company to give sat
isfactory service to large meeting
held in an auditorium at such a
location as the eastern end of East
Capitol street. 1t seems to me that
in the interests of reduced traffic
congestion throughout the city as
large portion as possible of those
attending group meetings in an
Evening star., 1939-03-21
Bal Bohefne Work BEGUN

Headquarters in the Arts Club
have been opened by the Bal
Boheme Committee now planning
its annual festival, which this year
will be held April 10 at the Willard
Hotel and will have for its theme
Paris au Printemps." Rehearsals
will begin shortly and in the mean
time tho various committees are
going aH lad with details for the
ball,
Evening star., 1939-03-21
Dr.. Wilmer Souder Honored

DR.. Wilmer Souder, principal
physicist at the Bureau of Stand
ards, was elected vice president Of
the International Association for
Dental Research at a recent meet
ing in Cleveland.
The association will meet next
year at Baltimore, the meeting be-
ing held in connection with the
Tooth anniversary ceremonies at the
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery,
the Oldest dental school in the coun-
try.