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Evening star., 1940-02-27
Reorganization
Continued From First Page.)

ever, the subcommittee already had
heard much of these discussions at
great length and wanted to avoid
as far as possible repetition Of evil
dence already In the record. He
suggested civic groups send as few
representatives as feasible, 80 that
the hearings could be closed quickly.
The Commissioners will explain
first the plan they favor. This calls
for the Commissioners to continue
to administer the municipal gov
ernment, aided by q citizens ad-
visory council Of nine paid members.
Numerous Variations Proposed.
Mr.. Kennedy has introduced bill
embodying the Commissioners plan.
The Maryland Democrat also has
placed in the hopper his own plan,
which follows substantially the
Griffenhagen reorganization scheme,
which would give Washington city
manager, while retaining the Com
missioners as the governing body.
Numerous variations on these plans
have been proposed from time to
time.
Mr.. Kennedy said citizens desir-
ing to be heard should flle their
names with the clerk Of the Re-
organization Subcommittee. An ef-
fort will be made to notify them
approximately the time they can
be heard, so that they will not have
ln,, r, x,,a i%u iy4 <ho nos,o Il nn rony~as
The hearings will be held in the
House Claims Committee room, 327,
Of the old House Once Building.
Mr.. Kennedy said it was felt the
machinery of government should
be discussed first, with suffrage left
as the last item. A definite time
perhaps two days or longer-will be
set aside for testimony in support
Of the ballot for disenfranchised
Washington.
A simple statutory enactment
would give District citizens the
right to elect municipal officers,
Mr.. Kennedy pointed out, while .
constitutional amendment would be
necessary for national representa-
ton or suffrage. Mr.. Kennedy has
introduced such Q constitutional
amendment.
Whether local suffrage is to be
embodied in the reorganization bill
or made q separate measure will be
matter for the subcommittee and
later the District Committee to de-
termine. .@
Chairman Kennedy and Repre-
sentative Bates, Republican, of
Massachusetts, were the only SUBJ
committee members at the meeting
today. The others were out Of town
or unable to be present, Mr.. Ken
nedy said, but he added he had been
In touch with some Of them and they
approved the procedure he outlined.
Others at the meetings were Com
nlissioners Melvin @. Haxen, George
e. Allen and David McCoach, jr.;
Corporation Counsel Elwpod Seal,
District Auditor Dsniel "a Donovan
and Director of Highways II. G.
Whttohuyst.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
15CongressmenY Yawn
Through Early Birds
Breakfast meefinu
Legislators Get an Idea
Of What the City Looks
Like at 8 AM.

Fifteen Congressman yawned
their way through q breakfast of
hominy grits and sausage at the
Willard Hotel today, the earliest
some Of them had been routed out
Of bed since milking time at the
farm back in Podunk.
The Early Birds Breakfast Club
set the alarm clock on them and
members Of the dawn patrol"
brought their political drag" to
the hotel to give the legislators an
idea of what Washington looks like
at 8 am.
An entertainment program was
high-lighted by the dubious music
OF loud snores from James E. Col
liflower. Dwight E. Rorer at
tempted to drown him out, unsuc-
csesfully, of course, with an imi-
tation Of Hyman Zilch making
long-distance transatlantic call
and Of Cuthbert Twaddle in "Views
Of the News" from Station PSHAW.
Senator James M. Meade of New
York got loud gong on the frying
pan from President w. A. Edelblut
when the former came in about half
an hour late with his eyes only half
open. The New Yorker blamed it
on the fact that his 21-year -old son,
James, jr., who brought him to
town, had late class at the Uni
versity of Maryland.
AS the Congressman donned bibs
and huge "grapefruit-proof" eye
glasses, A. c. Millichampe, secretary,
read the minutes of the last meeting
with a napkin folded gracefully on
his head. After the reading, the
club voted unanimously to strike
them from the record.
DR.. j. A. Bonnet, chairman of the
Program Committee for the month,
introduced Mr.. Rorer. The Old Red
Rooster, the clubs papier-mache
mascot, kept wary eye on the late
comers.
Among the other members Of
Congress present were Senators
David I. Walsh and Arthur Capper,
and Representatives Joe Hendricks,
w. Ben Gibbs, Vincent F. .Harring-
ton, Charles l.. Clifford, Lawrence
F.. Arnold, Karl E. Mundt, Dave E.
Satterfeld, jr.; Patrick j. Boland,
John w. Boehne, jr.; Albert e. Car
ter, John z. Anderson and Dow w.
Harter.
Public Printer August E. Giegen-
gack also was among the guests.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Chief Of Detectives
Injured in Fall

Inspector Bernard w. Thompson,
chief Of detectives, had his right
shoulder tightly taped today, due to
an injury received last night when
he stumbled on q slightly raised trap
door and fell in the rear Of 627
Pennsylvania avenue NV. The in
spector, who was returning to police
headquarters after dinner when the
accident occurred, was treated at
EMERGENCY Hospital for . po1Dible
shoulder DEDICATION. =
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Job|ess Insurance
Farley 10 Resume
Tomorrow
Joint Committee
Is Named to DeIve
Deeply Into Subject

Spokesman for more than q dozen
Washington trade organizations are
scheduled to confer again tomor-
row with members and officials Of
the District Unemployment Com
pensation Board in an effort to
reach an agreement on changes to
be proposed in the McGehee bill to
amend the Districts jobless insur-
ance law.
As a result Of an informal con-
ference yesterday at the District
Building, q joint committee was
named to 60 more deeply into the
subject at tomorrow's meeting. En-
gineer Commissioner David Nc
Coach. jr.; John Locher and Daniel
j. Callahan, members of the Dis
trict Unemployment Compensation
Board, will represent the municipal
government and q number Of repre-
sentatives are to be selected for the
business groups.
Under the leadership of officials
of the Board of Trade and the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton many trade and professional
groups are seeking the adoption OF
q definite. perfected plan for use
Of an employer experience rating.
as feature Of the system, to be
effective next January.
Asked to Submit Data.
Members Of the District Unem-
ployment Compensation Board have
asked the business spokesmen to
submit data on the form and the
experience of the rating system in
other Jurisdictions. Such rating
systems, which permit some cut in
payroll taxes accordingly as the in
dividual employer maintains q
steady pay roll, have gone into use
so far In four States. but the laws
Of 80 States, including the Dis
trict, provide for use of the plan
The four States are Wisconsin, In
diana, Nebraska and South Dakota.
There Is general agreement that
the present District law should be
amended to provide more liberal
benefit payments for the eligible
jobless and to lower the pay roll
tax rate from per cent to 81 per
cent. The Districts 3 per cent rate
is the highest in the country, and
the District Unemployment Com
pensation Board now has a surplus
in its benefit fund Of more than
SIC, ,000,0 900. It is expected this will
be swelled to more than $50, 900 900
by next January.
Randolph Wants Report.
Immediately after the conclusion
Of the present series Of conferences,
the business and labor groups inter-
ests are to file their views with
Representative McGehee. Chair
man Randolph of the House Dis
trict Committee has asked the Dis
trict Commissioners to submit a
report on the McGehee bill.
Aside from other points, there
is also general agreement on the
proposal In the McGehee bill to
apply the pay roll tax only to the
first $1,000 Of the salary Of any
covered" employe. This is in keep
ing with the new Federal policy
which has been adopted by most
States.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Congress in Brief

CCuAVcs
In recess until Thursday.
Finance Committee.hears Secre-
tary Wallace on reciuocal trade ex-
tension, 10 nm
Monopoly Commitee " studies bond
investments Of insurance COM
paries. 10:30 am.
House:
Debates Finnish loan bill. II am
Census Committee commences
hearings on congressional reappor-
tionment. 10 am.
Foreign Affairs Committee hears
testimony on Polish relief. 10 am.
Dies Committee discusses policy
for new hearings. 10 am.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Will not meet.
Finance Committee continues
hearings on Reciprocal Trade Act
10 am.
Commerce Committee hears Gen.
sus Director Austin on the Tobey
resolution to inquire into the scope
of the census QUESTIONABLE. 10 am.
Appropriations Subcommittee con-
tinues work on agricultural supply
bill. 10:30 am.
House:
Considers non-military appropria-
ton bill.
Smith Committee resumes investi-
cation Of National Labor Relations
Board. 10 am.
Foreign Affairs Committee consid-
ers resolution to provide for Fed
eral participation in Golden Gate
International Exposition. 10:30
am.
Judiciary Committee begins hear
lngs on bill to amend law providing
conditions for purchase of supplies
and making of contracts by United
States. 10 am.
Special subcommittee of District
Committee continues liquor investi-
cation. 10 am.
Evening star., 1940-02-27

EMPEROR FOR ZOO-This En-
peror penguin from the Far South
enjoys q constitutional around the
deck Of the steamship Santa Clara
while en- route to Washington from
Little America, where he was cap
tured by Malcolm Davis of the local
Zoo, q member of the United States
Antarctic Expedition. The penguin
was named Dugan after sailor.
Dugan Is due in New York March IS.
Mr.. Davis brought him to VAL
paraiso, Chile, about week ago
and returned in the expeditions s
ship North Star to Little America.
He hopes to collect additional speci-
mems for the Zoo and return with
them In the North Star to the West
Coast about the last Of April.
Dugan will enjoy refrigerated
room on the Sknta Clara. which
viii keep him, IN temperature be-
low 90 degrees al the way through
the tropics. "a. r. Photo.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Hiqh Court Review
Of Apex Case 10 He'll
Define Labor S Rights
Arguments in $71l,000
Strike Claim Against
Union Set for March

Further definition Of the rights
Of labor under the antitrust laws
was in prospect today as the Su-
preme Court prepared to review the
celebrated suit of the Apex Hosiery
Co. Of Philadelphia to recover dam
ages of more than $711,00 from a
c. I. o. local of the Full-Fashioned
Hosiery Workers for a strike in
1887.
Awarded in q United States Dis
trict Court under che triple-penalty
provisions Of the Sherman Act,
which seldom have been invoked
against labor, the judgment was set
aside by the Third Circuit Court of
Appeals. On an appeal by Apex, the
Supreme Court yesterday agreed to
a review, and today set the week Of
March Is for argument. In the reg
ular course of court action that will
bring decision In about two months.
Labor Watches Case.
The Apex case has been watched
carefully by labor in view of the anti
trust campaign the Justice Depart
ment is waging against building
trades unions Of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. It was pointed out
at the department, however, that
there is q difference In type, as the
building cases anege restraints which
are not in furtherance of such legiti-
mate objectives Of labor as wages
hours and working conditions, while
the Apex trouble grew out Of an
unsuccessful attempt by the union to
organize the $500 workers on the
company's rolls.
The Apex strike-a sit-down that
lasted from May 6 until June %
1937-was accompanied by violence
which destroyed thousands Of dollars
worth of plant equipment. A court
order finally evicted the strikers.
A District Court jury awarded
damages of $237 ,310.85, which was
tripled under the Sherman Act.
In setting aside this verdict, the
appeals court said that the strikers
did not have as their objective the
interruption of interstate commerce
"On the contrary" 1t was added
their intent was to unionize the
plant, an action local in motive
and local in effect. The effect on
interstate commerce was merely In
direct, incidental and remote"
Evening star., 1940-02-27
re bannermanD Dies
Safeguarded Royalty
On Visits 10 j. :.
Hull Mourns Posing
Of State Departments
Chief Special Agent

Robert c. Bannerman, 66, who for
20 years unostentatiously safeguard
ed the lives Of royalty and diplomats
visiting the United States as guests
Of the State Department and con-
Quoted numerous investigations for
the Government, died today at his
home, 1545 Wilson boulevard, Ar
lington, Va.
The chief special agent Of the
State Department had been Ill and
unable to work for four days when
death came at o'clock this morn
ing. He had been receiving treat
ment for q heart ailment for four
years.
Stanchly anonymous. Mr.. Banner
man was charged with protecting
King George and Queen Elizabeth
on their visit here last summer. He
had also safeguarded King Albert of
the Belgians, Queen Marie Of Ru-
mania and q host Of other omcial
visitors to America. In addition, he
was in charge of investigating cases
coming within the departments
jurisdiction, such as passport frauds.
Hull Mourns Death.
Secretary Of State Hull, informed
of his death, Said:
II am distressed beyond measure
at the passing of Mr.. Robert Can
dish Bannerman, chief special agent
Of the Department of State, whom
I was proud to number among my
most loyal and faithful friends. His
spotless character and friendly and
fair dealing endeared him to all who
were, privileged to be associated
with him. He was conspicuously able
and efficient in the discharge Of his
important duties and responsible
ties, and the department has lost
one of its finest and most trusted
officers. He has a lasting place In
our affection"
Mr.. Bannerman was born IN
Pigeon Cove, Mass, October IS,
1873, and entered the Government
service as an international railway
postal clerk at Portland, Me. He
was promoted to postal inspector
at Chattanooga, Tenn, in 1901
From 1910 to 1917 he was engaged
in private business and in May, 1917
he became q special agent for the
State Department. Four years later
he was appointed chief special agent
Known Is Mystery Man.
Known as the mystery man" OF
the State Department for most OF
his "a years there, Mr.. Bannerman
lived quietly In frame house in
Arlington surrounded by many auto
graphed. pictures from high Govern
ment omcials. In the living room
are pictures autographed by Chief
Justice Hughes and former Secre-
tary of State Kellogg.
Surviving are his widow, the for
mer Eloise Drake. whom he mar
ried in 1908 in Winchester. Tenn;
four daughters, Mrs. Dana Young,
Willimantic, Conn.,; Mrs. Merrill
Doyle. Kerrville, Tex; Mrs. william
Bradford and Miss Mary Banner
man OF Arlington; q son, Robert l..
Bannerman of New York City, and
his mother, Mrs. Catherine Banner
man, Redgranite, Wis.
Funeral services will be held at
II am. Thursday at Gawler's
Chapel, 1756 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Lecture on Yellowstone
will Be Tomorrow

Edmund B. Rogers, acting superin-
tendent Of National Capital Parks
will give q lecture on Yellowstone
National Park tomorrow night at
pm. instead Of Friday night, a
previously announced, in the De-
partmental Auditorium, Constitution
avenue between Twelfth and -Four
teenth streets NV.
Mr.. Rogers has served as super
intendent of Yellowstone Park.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Pay Tribute to Lonafellow

The LoDgfellow School vor Boys
today celebrated the 133d anniver-
sary Of Longfellow's birth by plac-
ing q wreath at his statue, located
at Connecticut avenue and M street
NV. Those attending the ceremony
included Arthur G. Jackson, presi-
dent Of tie International Longfel.
low Society; Mrs. Lola A. Sewell,
house mother Of the Longfellow
School and related to Longfellow,
and Reese Longfellow Sewell, head
master Of the school, who also Is re-
lated to Longfellow.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
De Perrin Faces
Grand JuryAction
In Wife Staying
Man, IA, Does Not
Testify at Hearing
In Police Court

Joseph A. De Perini, 74-year-old
retired traction company employe,
faces grand jury action after being
held on a charge of numbering his
42-year-old wife, Alice. Judge
Walter L. Green ordered De Perrin
held in Police Court at Hyattsville,
Nd, yesterday. The jury meets in
April at Upper Marlboro.
After entering plea Of not guilty
at the hearing, De Perini did not
testify, but stood before Judge Green
with head bowed during most of the
proceedings.
Mrs. De Perini was found dead last
Tuesday in the kitchen of the
second floor apartment at 511 Mary
land avenue, Riverdale, Md, where
she and her husband had been
living.
Policeman Earl J. Huber of the
Prince Georges County police de-
scribed how he and Policemen Henry
c. Briscoe and Charles N. Thomp-
sen found Mrs. De Perrin lying in q
pool of blood in the kitchen with
stab wounds on her body. He said
that a blood-stained butcher knife
was found on the kitchen table.
Gives Detail Of Statement.
Policeman Huber related details
Of q statement made to police by
De Perrin after the latter sur
rendered himself at the Hyattsville
police station last Thursday.
De Perrin, according to Mr.. Huber
told police that his wife complained
Of feeling Ill Tuesday morning and
requested some liquor, which he
said he bought for her. The police
man testified that De Perini stated
he went out for a walk afterward
and on his return his wife told him
to leave.
At this point an alteration began
according to De Perini's statement
to Mr.. Huber, and Mrs. De Perinl
started toward her husband with q
butcher knife. De Perrin grabbed
the knife and his wife obtained an
other and started at him again
Policeman Huber testified De Perrin
told him. De Perrin said he stabbed
his wife several times.
Came to Washington.
Mr.. Huber said De Perini told
him he left the apartment and
came to Washington, stopping at the
home Of his daughter in Riverdale
where he left q tin box with some
insurance papers. He then wen,
to the Southeast section, where he
called another daughter at Camp
Springs, Md, to tell her that his
wife was dead. He told police he
returned to Washington, where hi
registered at a hotel under an as
sumed name, staying there Tuesday
and Wednesday night.
DR.. James I. Boyd, Prince Georges
County medical examiner testified
Mrs. De Perrin received stab wounds
In the neck, arm and body and that
her death was due to the stab wound
in the neck.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Keane Denies Claim
Judge Fay Bent|ey's
Court Too Secret
Corporation Counsel's
Aide Says Qualified
Spectators Attend

Assertion that the Juvenile Court
hearings of Judge Fay L. Bentley
have been "too secret" were denied
yesterday by Assistant Corporation
Counsel Michael j, Keane, jr. He
spoke before representatives Of vel
fare groups at meeting called by
the League of Women Voters to in
dicate approval Of the work of Judge
Bently, now seeking denomination to
the bench.
Mr.. Keane declared that during
his duty at the court Judge Bentley
has not interpreted literally" the
Juvenile Court Act Of 1898, which
requires that:
I'm the hearing of any case the
general public shall be excluded and
only such persons as have . direct
interest in the case and their rep
resentatives admitted"
He declared that in addition to
people interested in q particular case
Judge Bentley has freely admitted
social workers and lawyers who wish
to observe procedure. s%
.s.ssss Sonaetinnes CkQWded.
Il hS,ot recall n 6e6GDion when
the courtroom was devoid Of specta-
tors" Mr.. Keane asserted. Social
workers from China, Hawaii and all
parts Of the world have been ad-
mitted for study. I have seen the
courtr0om crowded"
His assertion was questioned by
DR.. Carrie Weaver Smith, former
superintendent Of the National
Training School for Girls, who told
the gathering that Judge Bentley
has repeatedly denied me admis-
sion to hearings"
To support her statement, DR..
Smith later exhibited to reporters a
letter from Judge Bentley. DR.. Smith
was ousted as head of the training
school in 1887, but said she still
qualities as social worker because
''in the first place I am writing q
book on the treatment of juvenile
delinquents and in the second place
I belong to various organizations
where social methods come up for
consideration"
She said she emphatically agreed
with Mr.. Keane that curiosity
seekers should be excluded from
Juvenile Court, since she Is in favor
Of informal hearings Of children's
cases.
Record Privacy Defended.
Mr.. Keene defended also the
privacy Of Juvenile Court records,
pointing out that "in one State the
entire record of q child is destroyed
when he becomes 21." He regretted
two recent District Court decisions
limiting Jurisdiction of Juvenile
Court. In these the Juvenile Court
was denied the right to try q case
where children involved live outside
the District, OF q non-support case
in which no children are concerned.
He said confidence in the court
was indicated by the fact that about
half of the Juvenile Court cases are
brought to it by parents themselves,
rather than by police.
John e. Laskey, former president
Va VIC AAStAACt 0aI A0SOCAdIAOus SA-
pressed his approval of the court
procedure, tracing progress since
the year 1888, when after . famous
case, "The King VS.. Alice" q small
girl was burned at the stake.
Florence Murray of Catholic
Charities said the social agencies OF
Washington 'have an apology to
make" because they have not inter-
preted to the community the con-
structive work Of Juvenile Court.
Evening star., 1940-02-27
Norris Fears F. B. |.
Is American 0gpu';
Suggests Inquiry >
Senote Hears Indictment
Of Bureaus Methods
As Rather Abhorrent'
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
Senator Norris, independent, q
Nebraska placed In tho Congres.
sional Record yesterday an editorial
which described J. Edgar Hoovers
Federal Bureau Of Investigation -
an American Ogpu."
Tho Nebraskan brought up the
subject short time before the Sen.
ate passed an appropriation bill ear
rying slightly more than $o,50o, 900
for the bureau.
Frankly, I am worried about the
activities Of this bureau" he told the
chamber. II must confess, to begin
with, that I have no concrete evi-
dence which I could offer In court
to sustain the position which take.
Yet it seems to me this Is a subject
which ought to be looked into"
Senator Norris expressed doubt
that the bureau could, under tho
law, utilize all the money appro-
priated for it. Senator McKellar.
Democrat, Of Tennessee observed
that $2,488.000 Of the total repre-
sented emergency items pure and
simple"
The veteran independent went on
to say that the editorial which he
put into the record was from tho
New Republic.
Methods "Abhorrent."
In many newspapers, Senator
Norris continued, he had read state
ments to the effect that methods
resorted to by representatives OF the
bureau were, Ito say the least, rath-
er abhorrent to one who believes in
constitutional liberty"
For instance, he said, 1T had been
alleged that q large number Of per-
sons had been arrested at night in
Detroit, charged with assisting per.
sons to enlist in the Loyalist army
in Spain.
THAT. as I understand 1t, is q
technical crime, a statutory crime,
but it doesn't imply any malicious.
ness, anything that's mean"
"Undemocratic."
The New Republic editorial said
methods like those Of the Russian
Ogpu and German Gestapo had
been used by the Federal Bureau q
Investigation against veterans Of
the American Lincoln Brigade be.
tween February 6 and 10 in New
York and that at the same time the
F. B. I. launched raids against this
organization in Detroit and Nil.
Waukee.
''The glamor that surrounds him
q. Edgar Hoover) conceals tho
growth of a power inconsistent with
our conception Of democratic insti.
tutions," the editorial declared.
Indictments were returned re.
Gently in Detroit against 16 persons
accused of assisting the enlistment
Of Americans in the Spanish Loyal
ist Army. Robert H. Jackson, tho
new Attorney General, recommended
! subsequently that the indictments be
dismissed. He said that even-hand.
ed and impartial justice would not
concentrate such action in Detroit
nor limit it to one side Of Spanish
war sympathizers.