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Evening star., 1940-08-14
Delaware Man Denies
He Sought 'Payoff
InR. T.. A. Case
Senators Question Kin
Of Court Clerk Involved
In Bribe Charges
By WILLIAM ]. WHEATLEY.

Redmond S. Mahaffy of Whining
ton, Del, denied he had ever sought
to sell influence in cases pending be-
fore the United States District Court
in Delaware in testimony before the
Senate Committee on Interstate
Commerce today. The committee is
conducting an inquiry into the al
legged payment of funds by R. C, A.
to have an antitrust suit postponed.
J. Austin Smith of New York, who
described himself as financial and
business analyst, was examined by
Senator Tobey in connection with a
report he prepared for Patrick A.
Powers, a retired motion picture
executive. He said he was told to
make up a fighting report for the
purpose of embarrassing" R. C. A.
Redmond Mahaffy is nephew Of
Harry c. Mahaffy. jr., clerk of the
United States Court in Delaware,
who. it has been charged in the
hearings, was paid $500 to bring
about a continuance of the r. C. A.
suit.
Two Affidavits Read.
The witness was read af1idavits
flied by Kenneth Walser and Rich
ard B. Hand, two New York law
yers, in connection with a petition
of Redmond Mahaffy for readmis-
sion to the Delaware bar. They
charged that Redmond Mahaffy
sought to interest them in getting
the influence of Clerk Mahaffy and
Federal Judge Neilds, who presided
in the court. The witness denied he
had any influence with Judge Neilds
or the court clerk.
Mr.. Mahaffy said he did not
know the lawyers who furnished
the affldavits. When Senator Tobey
asked if the witness wanted the
committee to believe that two
reputable members of the bar had
lied in their afhdavits," Mr. Mahaffy
then said that if he made such a
statement he did not remember it.
Admits Check Forgeries.
The witness told the committee
that he had resigned from the bar
because of charges of check for
geries. which he told the committee
were true.
Mr.. Smith said that although he
was to write a report embarrassing
to R. c. A. he made an honest re-
port in the light of facts he then
knew. Senator Tobey, reading from
the report, characterized 1t as al
most criminal"
Asked what was Mr.. Powers pur-
pose in seeking such a report. Mr.
Smith said he wanted to establish
q connection with r. c. A. and Mr..
Powers motion picture business. He
testified that he had never been paid
the $4,000 fee he billed Mr.. Powers
for because the latter said he had
not accomplished his aims. Later,
he said, he was employed by r. C. A.
on certain jobs at the suggestion of
Mr. Powers.
Starting as an inquiry into the
fitness of Thad H. Brown to succeed
himself as member of the Federal
Communications Commission, the
hearing has now turned into an
investigation of the alleged use of
money for the purpose of obtaining
a postponement of the R. G. A.,
Westinghouse General Electric anti
trust suit in 1882.
Evening star., 1940-08-14
Driver Of Truck Is Held
In Traffic Fatality

John w. Lewis, "a. of the 400 block
of Eleventh street NE, a truck
driver, was held for Police Court
action yesterday under the Negligent
Homicide Act by a coroner's jury
inquiring into the traffic death of
Mrs. Verna Dove, At, of 204 Tenth
street NE.
Mrs Dove was struck by Lewis
automobile on Eleventh street Sc,
a short distance south of c street,
on August and died Monday in
Casualty Hospital.
The coroner's inquest was de-
iayed yesterday when Coroner A.
Magruder Macdonald called recess
and ordered police officers to the
scene of the accident to take addi-
tional measurements.
Lewis testified he was travelling
Evening star., 1940-08-14
Britain May Ease Blockade,
Letting Goods Go 10 Spain
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
LONDON. Aug. 14.-Britain' s
blockade of the European continent
probably will be modified to permit
Spain to receive restricted imports
of raw materials which the British
Navy is trying to keep from Ger
many and Italy, an informed British
source said today.
This informant expressed belief
that Spain and Portugal do not now
consider the British blockade, ex-
tending from the Arctic to North
Africa. "a great hardship"
1t was asserted that Spain, in a
note delivered in London early last
week, reserved her rights" with re-
spect to the blockade, but the British
source said this was not to be con-
sidered a protest.
Spain is known to be anxious to
receive materials which the British
are trying to exclude from the axis
nations and their occupied terri
tories and the Spanish press has
complained bitterly of interference
with the normal supplies of oil and
wheat
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Pennsylvania avenue NV. at $50
am, and will return at pm. The
Polish dish "bigos" will be promi-
nent on the picnic menu.
The clubs Relief Committee, Of
which Mrs. Stanley j. KAPPA. Glover
Park, is chairman, is attempting to
raise money to relieve those suffer-
ing from hunger in Poland. Friends
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Polish Relief Picnic
Scheduled Sundov

The chef at the Polish Embassy
will assist in preparing luncheon at
the Polish relief picnic Sunday at
Chapel Point, Md. The Polish Club
of Washington is sponsoring the
affair.
Buses and private cars will leave
the home of Mrs. Apolonia Pelc, PIG
Evening star., 1940-08-14
Pepper and Nye to Talk
On Conservation Bill

Senators Pepper, Democrat, of
Florida and Nye, Republican, of
North Dakota will present argu-
ments for and against proposed
compulsory military training at a
Junior Board of Commerce lunch
con tomorrow at the Annapolis Ho-
tel At the conclusion of the meet
ing a vote will be taken to deter
mine the organization stand on
the question. The luncheon is
scheduled to begin at 1890 pm.
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between 20 and IS miles an hour
at the time of the accident. Police
measurements showed automobile
skid marks 80 feet long. Lewis tes-
titled to having been placed on a
years probation last August on
conviction here on colliding
charge.
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and members of the club are do
mating food, money and transporta-
ton for the picnic. Reservations
may be made with Mrs. Pelc or
with Joseph Chmielewski. 319 Four
teenth street NE.
Evening star., 1940-08-14
BoItimoreon Confirmed

The Senate confirmed yesterday
the nomination of Neal A. Sibley to
be postmaster Of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1940-05-05

an adverse court decision, grew
the determination to accomplish
some Of its aims by law. It was
realized at that time, the Secre-
tary said, that the Federal Gov
ernment itself was contributing to
lower wages and hours through its
system of purchasing from the low
est bidder, thus offering a premium
to employers who paid labor least
and worked it longest. Soon this
was remedied by the wage and hour
standards.
so we moved on" she continued,
ITO one of the greatest accomplish
ments this administration will be
credited with-the Social Security
program"
Accomplishments for Youth.
Speaking of what the administra-
ton has done for the youth of the
country, Miss Perkins said that in
the early days of the New Deal
the already depressed labor market
was flooded by young, people, some
no more than children, looking for
jobs because their parents were out
Of work.
The Youth Administration and
the c. c. c. have done much to
alleviate the situation, she said, and
1t is the policy Of the administration
to discourage the employment of
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istration figures as Secretary of La
Dor Francis Perkins, Representative
Norton of New Jersey and Charles
Fahy, general counsel of the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board.
Instructors at Session.
The crowd that filled the sun
parlor at the Washington Hotel
heard discussions and illustrations
of effective platform speaking. The
instructors included Mrs. Elizabeth
Won Hesse, who gave Mrs. Roosevelt
lessons In platform speaking; Mrs.
Hugh Butler, who conducts a class
in platform speaking attended by
many congressional wives, and Mrs.
Helen M. Noodle. Mrs. May Thomp-
son Evans presided.
Speaking at the Departmental
Auditorium, Secretary Perkins out
lined the labor policies of the New
Deal from the early days of the
N. R. A. to the present time.
Early in the Roosevelt admins
tration, Miss Perkins said, it be-
came apparent that the depression
was resulting in lower wages and
longer hours of work with a con-
sequent increase in layoffs. Some
responsible agency had to put q
stop to this, she said, and the out
come was the N. r. A.
Out of the N. r. A., wrecked by
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meant. and if it really would ever
dawn on people that simple things
didn't require a tremendous amount
of verbiage.
"You can really say things you
mean in very simple words" she
told her audience. "and I think per-
haps that is a contribution that
the women, who are always said
to talk so much, can bring to the
platform committee. They may talk
a great deal, but I hope they will
put down very little and it will be
simple"
Mrs. Roosevelt was the final
speaker of long list of Democratic
luminaries who had presented a
graphic cross section Of the New
Deal in actual operation at the
National Capital. The speakers in
cluded eight cabinet officers, an as
sistant secretary of ninth depart
ment, and many heads Of indepen-
dent agencies and members of Con-
gress.
New Deal Policies Praised.
The agricultural and labor policies
of the Roosevelt administration
were praised yesterday by Secretary
Wallace and Secretary Perkins, with
admonitions that the country needed
more Of the same kind Of national
leadership in these fields.
Mrs. Roosevelt was the guest at
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Co-ordinating Units
Among Bar Groups
Urged in District
Francis W. Hill. Jr..
Makes Suggestion
At Luncheon Session

Some co-ordinating group among
various bar associations Of the Dis
trict which would enable them to
present a united front in their posi-
ton on pending legislation was
urged yesterday by Francis w. Hill.
jr., president of the Bar Association
OF the District.
Mr.. Hill spoke at the annual
luncheon meeting of the Junior Sec
ton Of the Women's Bar Association
at the Highlands on a program
which included an address by Ar
thur s. Flemming, civil service COM
missioner.
Contending that the exclusive
franchise to practice law given to
lawyers carries with 1t certain du-
ties and obligations to the general
public, Mr. Hill declared that among
these is duty in connection with
legislation.
1t is surprising, he said, how many
bills introduced in Congress affect
the District of Columbia. He has
list Of So such bills now, he said.
Urges Closer Association.
A closer association should exist
between the various bar groups in
the District than there Is at present,
he asserted, pointing out that lack
of such an association sometimes re-
suits in a division of opinion and
also lack of force behind the legis-
lative stands Of the various groups.
Mr.. Flemming, who discussed
various services now afforded by
the Civil Service Commission. ex-
pressed the hope the commission.
within "a reasonable period Of time"
would be able to develop plan
whereby transfers among the vari-
Gus Government agencies would be
facilitated.
Employees working in certain de-
partments or agencies where, for
perfectly legitimate reasons, OPP
portunities for promotion are
blocked, would be assisted by such
system, he pointed out.
Such plan would necessitate
building up the civil service files,
he explained. but added that the
commission already is beginning
to move in that direction.
Mrs. Reed Is Honor Guest.
Mrs. Helena DOGGY Reed, president
of the Women's Bar Association of
the District, of which the Junior
section is part, was an honor guest
and spoke briefly.
Miss Marion E. Poole, section
chairman, presided and also intro
duced Mrs. Hill, wife of the speaker,
as special guest.
Evening star., 1940-05-05

two different dinners of the Demo-
cratic women at the Washington
Hotel last night before going to the
closing program, which started an
hour late, at the departmental
auditorium. The program opened
at 10 o'clock instead of the sched-
uled 8 pm.
Districts Plight Presented.
The voteless plight of the District
Of Columbia was laid before the as
sembly by Miss Mary Winslow of
this city, member of the Executive
Board of the National Women,s
Trade Union League, who was one
of four speakers preceding Mrs.
Roosevelt.
II am a disfranchised citizen of
the United States" she said in
opening her discussion of what la
Dor expects OF a political platform.
I'VE have no power in our own
government" she declared. AL
though we look at the processes OF
government with rather a jaundiced
eye, We can. from a somewhat
Olympian position look at the poll
cies of government, and judge and
criticize"
Praises Labor Program.
Miss Winslow praised the labor
program Of the Roosevelt admins
tration but insisted that was not
enough
"The workers want jobs-real johe
not relief, and they must be con-
vinced that during the next fou
years more will be done to make
such jobs available to them," she
said
Responding to this and other sug-
gestions for solution of unemploy-
ment, Mrs. Roosevelt said, I'VE
want to find the answer to un-
employment, I don't Just
know what 1t is going to be, and
think there are great many peo-
pie in other countries besides our
own who would like to know what
the answer is. But I am quite sure
of one thing. I am quite sure that
We are never going to find the
answer until we all work together.
1t is question again of co-opera-
ton"
DR.. Emile Hickman, professor of
history at New Jersey College for
Women, condemned" the German
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boys and girls under 16 for wages.
Miss Perkins declared that the
National Labor Relations Act, 20
often under fire, was the unavoid-
able result Of active and determined
opposition on the part Of many big
employers against dealing with
unions as collective bargaining
agencies.
Representative oDay of New
York, who presided at the forum
declared at conclusion Of the Secre-
tary's speech that many Of us who
have heard the bitter debates In
Congress in recent weeks wish Miss
Perkins could go on the floor of the
House and explain the program as
she has today"
Aubrey Williams, administrator
Of the National Youth Administra-
ton, addressed the women delegates
on How the Administration Il
Meeting the Problems of Youth" He
declared what is happening to the
young people becomes more and
more a matter Of public concern
He said that there is no question
but that the generations who have
come Of age in the last IS or q
Evening star., 1940-05-05

| to the covered wagon were named
Dewey" and Van" (for Vanden-
berg because "they are so slow"
The parade was followed by q
fashion show to demonstrate what
the well-dressed Democratic lady
will wear to the Chicago National
Convention.
On the program as members of the
receiving line were Mrs. Roosevelt,
Mrs. John Nance Garner, Mrs. Cor
dell Hull, Mrs. Henry Morgenthau,
jr.; Mrs. Harry Woodring, Mrs Rob-
ert jackson, Mrs. James A. Farley,
Mrs. Charles Edison, Mrs. Harold
1ckes, Mrs. Henry Wallace, Miss
Frances Perkins, Mrs. Sumner
Welles and Mrs. Louis A. johnson.
After the fete Mrs. Paul v. McNutt
presided at the tea table.
Peter Merylo, Cleveland detective
who has been seeking the
Butcher" for years, said, This is
the first time we have found any
, footprints at the scene of one of
these crimes"
Last fall the body of a man be-
lieved to have been a victim of
the Kingsbury Run slayer was found
in eerie Murder Swamp" near
New Castle, Pa, about 10 miles
from Pittsburgh and Is miles from
Youngstown, Ohio.
Youngstown Is Focal Point.
Coincidentally, the tracks of the
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie skirt the
Kingsbury Run district in Cleve-
land, and link Youngstown, New
Castle and Pittsburgh. It is in
these communities that the victims
OF the Butcher" have been found.
Coroner P. J. Henney estimated
the latest victims had been dead
for three months.
The manhunt was expected to
center around Youngstown, where
the boxcars stood idle for Is
months before being moved to the
railroad yard near here, where they
were to be junked.
An investigator said one Of the
three men might have been be-
headed with thin surgical saw.
He said cut on the victims neck
resembled the mark of q eign saw.
Such . saw, used extensively several
years ago In delicate brain surgery,
was believed used to behead the
young man found In Murder
| Swami
Evening star., 1940-05-05

and Japanese foreign policies" and
declared I'VE ardently desire a
peaceful and prosperous world" and
expressed the hope for cooperation
to improve world trade and build
international law and order
Calls for Health Program.
Miss Josephine Roche, chairman
of the 1nterdspartmental Committee
to coordinate health and welfare
activities of the Government, drew
applause for her Recommendation
for enactment of the TOO long de-
layed national health program" !"
She called for Democratic COM
mitment ito end unemployment" to
extend Social Security benefits, to
continue the rights for labor" and
IAN unequivocal commitment that
this Nation be kept at peace"
Presiding at the night session
were Mrs. Thomas F. McAllster,
head of the Women's Division of
the Democratic National Committee.
which sponsored the institute, and
Mrs. May Thompson Evans, vice
chairman Of the division.
A program for the Young Demo-
cratic Clubs was discussed at the
Raleigh Hotel following luncheon,
where Mrs. Verda Barnes of Idaho
Falls, Idaho, presided, and Miss
Eleanor Schneider, national commit
teewoman of the Young Democratic
Clubs of the District of Columbia,
was general chairman in charge of
the luncheon.
The Democratic women, who are
in Washington preparing for par
ticipation in the election campaign,
appeared more interested yesterday
afternoon in learning how to make
campaign speech than in learn.
ing what to say for the New Deal
once they mount a platform.
A class in campaign speaking at
the Washington Hotel drew a much
larger attendance than did two
forums addressed by such admin
Evening star., 1940-05-05
Miss Rhode Island Wins Gun
At Women Democrats PAGEANT

All 48 States were represented in
the historical parade" of the
Women's National Democratic Club
at the organizations spring fete of
1910 yesterday at the Shoreham
Hotel. But the District of. Colum-
bia, as in the case of voting priv
ileges and congressional represen-
tation, did not participate.
The 1000 women attendants, in
cluding Mrs Franklin D. Roose-
velt. and wives of cabinet members,
watched a group of Senators
daughters and other attractive
young women appear in costumes
symbolizing the history or spirit
of their States.
Miss Massachusetts, O7 electoral
votes) posed as Puritan girl. Miss
Wisconsin Q2 electoral votes) came
as dairy maid. Miss Virginia 11
electoral votes) appeared as Martha
Washington. Miss New York al
electoral votes) came as a Trylon
and Perisphere. Miss Montana a
electoral votes) pranced In as a
mountain goat.
Mrs. Roosevelt Presents Cup.
Making hasty notes as they judged
the parade were Secretary of Navy
Edison, Howard Chandler Christy,
noted artist, and Claude Lee, mo-
ton picture executive. Following
their decision, Mrs. Roosevelt pre-
sented a tall silver cup, for beauty
of costume, to Miss Rhode Island
Rhode Islands envoy in the
parade was black-haired Miss Esther
Devine, now a secretary with the
Federal Housing Administration
She symbolized the cotton industry
of her region by donning a white
organdie dress, hoop-skirted and be-
ribboned. In her hair she wore her
State flowers, violets.
The sole State not entering q
beauty in her teens or early 20s
was Colorado. It won a silver cup
for the most representative" entry
with its covered wagon act. Stars
in this were four youngsters garbed
as pioneers-Laurel Jean Brown, 8;
Harriette Kurtz, 8; John Allan
Moore, 10, and Richard Brown, 6.
Richard carried q rife which he
told reporters had been used by hia
great-grandmother In Killing IL
Indians"
Laurel Jean told Mrs. Roosevelt
that the two wooden oxen hitched
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years have encountered much greater
difficulties In adjusting themselves
economically.
Urges Roosevelt Support.
Representative Norton, discussing
the Wage and Hour Legislation"
told her fellow Democrats she ap-
peared bef0rA them latter q long
and tediolB week in Congress dis
cussing the very subject you have
assigned me on your program" Mrs.
Norton expressed the conviction that
the assembly Of women will be use
ful to the Democrats In the coming
campaign. She said sne hoped they
would be able to wo-k for the re-
election Of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
At a second forum In the Com
merce Department Mr.. Fahy ex-
planned the National Labor Rela.
tions Act to the delegates.
Mr.. Fahy said that much Of the
criticism Of the act is directed at
the method of procedure OF the
board, although this procedure was
modelled after that Of the Federal
Trades Commission Act adopted In
the first Wilson administration and
since upheld by the Supreme Court.
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YOUNG DEMOCRATS
w of
YOUTH
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North Pacific Mystery
(NeW York Tines)


 What is Russia up to in the North Pacific? The gray waters around Kamchatka have always been remote and mysterious. In recent years they have been shrouded in mpenetrable secrecy Foreign ships have been forbidden to within sight of the Russian coasts foreign visitors have been barred, and Japanese fishing boats that ventured too close have vanished without trace Now the veil has been lifted for a moment by MT. Abends dis patch from Shanghai telling of the fertilization of the Kamandorsky Islands, the existence of Rus sian submarine base on Boring Island, and the visit of a large group" of German naval officers who stayed on these lonely outposts for more than a month early this year
 These disclosures only add to the mystery. What were the Germans doing there in the first place? Against whom these distant Qualifications d- rected? One does not have to imagine existent Russian battleshps in the Pacific to take these So- viet activities seriously. Submarines and aircraft based on the islands off Kamchatka could harass Allied shipping in this and threaten Japans food supply in any future Russo-Japanese struggle. What is more, the Russian bases lie directly athwart of Navys strategic routes. Our anchorage at Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutans is only $50 land miles distanta flight of less than five hours Whether not the Soviet Qualifications serve any immediate purpose, they raise questions which our Navy Department, and those of all other Pacific Powers, are certain to consider