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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-06
sHUNs CONTROVERSY

Judge Miller said he had no de-
sire TO enter into a controversy
about the right OF judge TO
recommend or deny release TO a
prisoner" but added:
az sentenced SAVING TO q mini
mum Of 80 years and when .
Judge 30 sentences q prisoner,
that prisoner should not be re-
eased when he has served only
q third of the minimum term.
It's inimical to public safety for
the parole board TO release .
man Of this type.
II did receive notice Of tho
boards intent to free the two
younger men, but I received no
notice on SAVING. III had, j
would have recommended ho
servo his full minimum term"
BLAST ON THOMAS CASE
The special note included in the
commitment papers OF Albert
Thomas. 30, given ga TO 10 years
for an attempted attack on a IT.
year-old girl. brought a blast
from Pascoe. The note said:
"It II the recommendation Of
this court that this man
(Thomas) be required TO serve
3 years and six months without
any deduction for good time or
good conduct"
Pascoe declared:
again, the judge should con-
suit the law. How can he deny
man time off for good be-
havior when the Supreme Court
has ruled every sentence given
by every Judge automatically
includes time OFF," Pascoe
asked.
"When n man Ii sentenced,
the judges responsibility ends
\ That's why we have a parole
board. We see these inmates all
the time. We know when they
are ready for rehabilitation. A
Judge who sees a man 10 years
ago, doesn't know much about
him today"
SAVING GIVEN 30 YEARS
SAVING, Ferreri and Fecco were
sentenced Jan. 6, 1881 for kidnap-
ing DR.. Frank L. McPhail. SAVING
was given 40 years and the others
lighter sentences because. Judge
Miller said, they appeared to
have been influenced by Savino.
We talked to Doctor McPhail
before releasing Savino," Pascoe
said. 81 don't know where Judge
Miller gets all his misinforma-
ton because Doctor McPhaii
said IL was SAVING who tried to
free him several times, but was
prevented from IL through fear
OF the younger men. The victim
seemed to think SAVING was the
best parole risk of the three.
I'VE never did hear from
Judge Miller. That filing system
of his sure must be In bad
shape"
Evening star., 1941-02-19

down strike burned itself out. 1t
was too silly"
The C. I. o. is running your
plants today by virtue of the sit
down strikes" commented Repre-
sentative Michener.
Labor Act Called Another Era.
when you put the National La
Dor Relations Act on the books,
you settled our question" said Mr..
Knudsen. leaning forward on the
witness table. The National Labor
Relations Act started another era
of industry in America"
Representative Hobbs challenged
the Knudsen statement that you
can't make a man q criminal be-
cause he's striking"
The witness repeated his state
ment that the problems could be
worked out by cooperation.
"Co-operation or capitulation?"
Representative Hobbs shouted.
Evening star., 1941-02-19

'Contlnueo From First PaReD
Senator as one of the factors enter
ing into the problem.
Payment Fully Justified.
Senator Overton said this was
only partial list of the municipal
services the local government fur
nishes the Federal Government. and
expressed confidence that the Fed
eral payment based on his formula
would be fully justified on the sole
basis of services Uncle Sam receives.
But the Federal obligation to
share equitably in the upkeep and
development of the National Capital
does not rest entirely on the direct
services rendered" Senator Overton
said, citing the broader obligation
based on the control the United
States exercises over the Capital and
the high standards it requires in the
development of the city.
The present Federal payment is
$4,000 900 a year and the Budget
Bureau has recommended that this
amount be appropriated for the
coming fiscal year The formula
provides that the Federal Govern
ment shall pay percentage of the
general expenses of the District
equal to the percentage of land
owned here by the Federal Gov
ernment.
Senator Overton explained that
under the formula the Federal pav-
ment should be 81 per cent of the
Districts general fund. Based on
the budget estimate for the coming
fiscal year the payment would
amount to about 100000. as the
recommended general fund totals
about s43,0O0,O0O
Tax Assessor Edward A. Dent has
given Senator Overton figures show
ing that the total acreage of the
District is 1928 and that of this
area the Federal Government owns
1922 acres.
Chairman Hunter of the Fiscal
Affairs Subcommittee of the House
District Committee, which next Tues
day is to begin series of hearings
in bill designed to perfect the exist
ing income tax law, has announced
he will sponsor the Overton formula
in the House following its presenta-
ton in the Senate.
District officials are to be the first
witnesses before the Hunter sub
committee.
Chairman Hunter said the first OF
the hearings would be held in ex-
ecutive session. Later he plans to
open the hearings to the public.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Second American
Woman Due for
Commons Seat
By EDDY GILMORE.

Associated Press Foreign Correspon dent.
LONDON, Feb. ia second
American-born woman is expected
to enter the House of Commons
shortly. She is chic. 30-year-old
Beatrice Clough Rathbone, formerly
of Boston. the widow Of an R. A. ?.
officer.
The divisional council of the
Southeast Cornwall Unionlst As
sociation has recommended her a.
the Conservative candidate for her
husbands Commons seat and her
election is virtually assured by ths
wartime truce on political contests.
Mrs. Rathbone. the daughter of
F. Roland Clough of Boston, has
dark bobbed hair and wears we'll
tailored British clothes and smart
hats. But she has the political fire
Of an old campaigner
Right now, though she saws,
I'D like TO say hello and God bless
you to my two children in New
York"
They are boy 7, and girl, 3.
Their father, Flying Officer John
Rankin Rathbone, was killed by an
anti-aircraft hit over Germany IN
December.
Mrs. Rathbone has taken an sctivs
part in the childrens overseas re-
ceptlon plan, has worked in the
censorship section Of the Ministry
of Information and was secretary to
Sir Walter Monckton ministry press
director
A world traveller since she was q
7 little girl. Mrs. Rathbone has lived
in England for 10 years. She is an
admirer of Lady Nancy Astor, al
present the only American born
woman member OF Parliament.
Evening star., 1941-02-19

resentative Walter, "the United
States was put to greater expense In
securing the material"
That is true" agreed Mr..
KnudSen.
Suppose no one else could have
furnished the material?"
Ford would have got the contract.
In negotiated contracts labor pro-
visions do not enter in. 1t is only
in open bids. We are in the process
of getting adjusted so that there will
be uniform provisions"
In reply to question from Chair
man Summers, Mr.. Knudsen said the
contract Ford did not receive was
the first one of its kind requiring
compliance with the National Labor
Relations Act.
The contracting officer of the War
Department put it in, the witness
said, but explained he did not know
any more of the background or of
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Ready for Emergencies,
Steel Aides Tell Roosevelt

The steel industry feels its re-
sponsibility to provide whatever the
Nation needs in the way of emer-
gency steel production. two of the
industry's leaders declared today
after a conference with President
Roosevelt.
Participating in the White House
consultation were Benjamin F. Fair
less and Irving S. Olds. president
and board chairman. respectively, of
the United States Steel Corp.
I'VE talked production in a gen.
eral way Mr. Olds said. Like the
rest of the industry, our company
feels it has duty to go along and
provide whatever is needed"
Mr.. Olds said there was no par
ticular discussion of industry ex-
pansion or priorities. His own COM
pany, he said, is carrying out several
expansion projects. which have been
announced publicly. He said the
President was informed this morn
ing of what United States Steel is
doing and was assured that its CO.
operation with the Government
would be continued.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
WASHINGTON c.,
Former Dutch Tanker
Sunk by WarpIane,
Germans Declare
AtIontic Air Vibrating
With British SOS Coils,
kozi Spokesman Says
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Feb. l9.-German spokes-
men, declaring that the air over
the Atlantic has been vibrating
with SOS calls" from British YES
sells. reported today the total loss
of the England d-bound former Meth
erlands tanker TARA. l0,354 tons, is
regarded as certain following upon
the latest aerial foray against Brit
aims Sea-borne commerce.
The attack on the tanker was
said to have been made at noon
yesterday by long-range Nazi
combat plane 435 miles west of Ire
land. Three bombs struck the Taria
amidShips, and she lay motionless
with heavy list in a giant pa atch
OF oil, the Nazis reported
Today's high command COM
munique reported an attack on a
tanker west of Ireland-apparent
the same one referred to by the
Nazi spokesmen-and said that. in
addition. successful raid was made
on a British merchantmen east of
Harwich, in the North Sea
Plane Downed in Belgium.
A British combat plane attempting
to enter German terri
tory at dawn yesterday was forced
down and its crew captured. the
high command reported. Informed
Germans said this plane. manned
by crew of four, landed in Bel
gium.
In low altitude attacks yeSter-
day on South and Southeastern Eng
land. raid on a troop camp north
OF Portsmouth was described as
especially successful"
The Germans acknowledged the
loss of two planes
Authorized sources said a Ger
man plane bombed and sank a
3,000-ton merchant ship off the
mouth Of the Humber River. on
England'S east coast, today.
Air Bases Reported Attacked.
During the course of armed recon-
naissance yesterday, the German
air force was reported TO have at
tackled air bases at Honington. Else
where in England troop camps and
railway lines also were attacked. and
hits were scored on two trains, the
Germans said.
No night aerial activity by either
side was reported.
Authorized Germans scoffed at a
British report that Englands ship
losses from February 3 10 9 totaled
29.806 tons and said the German
high command had reported sinking
IA vessels in single British convoy
during this period-accounting for
81 900 tons.
Evening star., 1941-02-19

leadership (of unions) and the
unions generally accept laws that
are on the books, little by little we'll
do better" Mr. Knudsen replied.
This organization movement
the really aggressive movements
only four or five years old-it hasn't
had a chance to mature.
"I have had young chaps come in
to insult me-those people have got
to disappear"
Representative Michener referred
to Sit-down strikes of a few years
ago, and declared that Mr.. Knudsen,
then a General Motors executive,
had helped establish such a tech
nioue "as permanent factor"
Now you say you want to let the
situation work itself out without
legislation" added Mr.. Michener.
"T couldn't get legislation then"
Replied Mr.. Knudsen. The sit
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Social Security Urges
Expanded Coverage,
Larger Allowances
McNutt's AnnuoI Report
Asks Broader Setup os
BuIwurk TO Morale

Expansion of Social Security Act
coverage to reach new classes of
beneficiaries, increases in allow
ances and participation by the Fed
eral Government in direct-relief
programs administered by the States
we're recommended today in the an
nual report of the Social Security
Board.
"A well-rounded social security
program is a necessary bulWark to
national morale" Paul v McNutt
Federal Security Administrator said
in forwarding the report to Con-
| gTeSs.
Specific recommendation in
cluded:
Insurance to provide protection
against wage loss due TO physical
disability.
Extension of old age and sur
Vivor insurance to include most of
the major occupations now ex-
| cluded, such as agricultural and do
| mestic workers and employees of
non-profit. charitable and educa-
tional institutions.
Would Broaden Tax Base.
Broadening the base of the Fed
eral unemployment compensation
tax TO reach employers of one or
more persons. This type OF coverage
now prevails in the District of Co.
, lumbia and several States because of
| specific legislation. but generally the
/ tax reaches only employers OF eight
or more persons.
, Federal-State direct relief pro-
grams carried out on a matching
basis.
Revision of present public assist
ance programs for aged INDECENT.
| dependent children. and blind. 10
/ supplant the equal-matching plan
/ with an arrangement by which the
size Of the Federal contribution
would be determined by the eco
! nomlc capacity of the State to pay
Present payments under all pub
/ lie assistance programs are least
adequate where the need is great
| est. the report SAYS Currently. the
Federal Government pays half OF
what State pays up to $40 monthly
for the aged INDECENT and blind
| half up to sl8 for the first depend
ent child in a family. and up to
sl2 for each additional child. The
Social Security Board proposes the
$40 base apply to the first child.
General Relief Suffers.
In proposing to put the Federal
Government back in the field of
direct relief, which was abandoned
IN 1885. the report saws:
Some States have used an undue
snare OF their available funds for
one or more of the special types of
assistance for which matching Fed
eral grants are available, TO the det-
/ rlment OF provision of general re-
lief for other needy persons in the
population. General relief is a nee
esSary supplement to the special
| types of assistance now provided
under the Social Security Act and
is also needed to supplement social
insurance measures until coverage
becomes more general and to meet
! situations which fall outside the
necessarily specific provisions of an
insurance system"
1t adds that Federal grants TO
the States for general relief, under
the safeguards appropriated to the
use of Federal funds. would afford
a relatively inexpensive method of
offsettlng deficiencies and gaps in
other aspects of the social security
program and, it is believed, a more
equitable distribution of both State
and Federal funds among all needy
groups
Evening star., 1941-02-19

Cooperation" Mr.. KnudSen re-
piled smilingly.
Representative Walter asked Mr..
Knudsen about the defense contract
which went to the next lowest bidder
because the lowest, the Ford Motor
Co, excepted to a clause requiring
compliance with all labor standards
laws. The point came up just after
Mr.. Knudsen said he did not believe
an employer who does not comply
with the Labor Relations Act should
be blacklisted.
"The quartermaster department
issued circular stipulating certain
conditions" Mr.. Knudsen said. Ford
bid low, but he put in his bid certain
other stipulations. 1t was tantamount
to changing the bid. He said there
could be no reference to labor pro-
visions of any sort
Would Have Got Negotiated Job.
"As . result" commented Rep
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Italians Reported
Moved Down by
Greek Cross-Fire
HeIlenes Declare Heights
Northwest Of TepeIeni
Taken in Bottle
2. the Associated Press.

ATHENS. Feb. 19-1talian Black
shirts and other picked Fascist
units, counterattacking on the
central Albanian front behind heavy
artillery barrages, were reported in
front-line dispatches today to have
been moved down by cross fire of
Greek machine guns and automatic
rifles.
The Italians, lunging forward
with fury. we're said to have been
caught in point-blank fire of the
Greeks at ranges from 100 to $50
yards.
In repulSing the Fascist counter
thrusts, the Greeks reported they
captured heights northwest of Tepe-
leni forming the most important
hulwark of the Italian defenSes in
the central area.
At some points. military advlceS
said, the Italians reached Greek
positions and were thrown back in
hand-to-hand fighting
Entire Italian units were declared
wiped out, with the battlefield again
Uttered with dead.
r. A. F. headquarters announced
that its bombers were keeping up
a concentrated attack on Italian
positions in support of Greek ground
forces in the Tepeleni sector. Con-
centrations of troops in the viii
lagos of Kamshisht and Danes.
north of Tepeleni, and motor trans
port and military buildings at Be
shicht and CautiSti came in for
particular attention from the R.
A. F.
In addition. the British said their
planes yesterday dived through the
clouds to carry out very success
fur raid on Italian positions south
west of Tepeleni, direct hits were
reported on troops and motor trans
port columns there.
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Overton

Continued From First Page)
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its existence until the bids were

its existence until the bids were
taken.
Question to Be Strengthened Out.
Mr.. Knudsen said that the Ford
company had received a later con-
tract of different type in which
the labor stipulation was not in
cluded
Asked by Mr.. Summers as to why
such stipulation was placed in
some contracts, Mr.. Knudsen re-
piled:
That is question we haven't
quite decided. We discussed it yes
terday. One of these days it will be
Strengthened out"
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Two Towns in Scotland
Bombed and Strofed

ABERDEEN, Scotland. Feb. 1s Lp,.
German bombers attacked two
northeastern towns in Scotland to-
day. and residents said they ma
chine-gunned a schoolyard and bus.
Children in the yard and pasSen-
gers OF the bus already had scurried
to safety. Bombs wrecked several
homes and killed three persons.
Others were injured.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Holding Greek Offensive,
Italian { Command Claims

ROME, Feb. 10 (P).-Italian troops
fighting on the Albanian battlefront
were reported today by the Fascist
high command to be standing firm
against a Greek offensive and to be
striking back with repeated counter
attacks.
Enemy attacks in the sector Of
the 11th Army" communique said.
continued without results. Our
troops repeatedly counterattacked
the adversary, tnf1icting consid-
cradle losses"
Evening star., 1941-01-17
Pursuit Squadron
For Co|ored Flyers
Planned by Army
400 Enlisted Men Would
Form Ground Force
For 33 Pilots

Plans for forming a colored pursuit
squadron in the Army Air Corps
next month were announced late
yesterday by Undersecretary of War
Patterson.
With many colored pilots now
available, he disclosed it is pro-
posed to give flying instruction at
Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
When finally organized, the pur-
complement of 33 pilots, 27 planes
and around 400 enlisted men con-
Stituting the ground force.
The enlisted men will be chosen
from Negro soldiers now in service
and will receive their initial train
ing at Chanute Field, III. After
some months of training, Mr. Pat
terson said, they will be sent to
Tuskeegee for additional instruction.
Field at Tuskeegee.
The Army is to establish an avia-
ton field at Tuskeegee, he said, for
the special training of colored air
men.
The formation of this aviation
unit is in accordance with the policy
of the War Department, it was ex-
planned, of having separate Negro
units eventually in every branch OF
the Army. There is already Negro
field artillery regiment at Fort Sill,
Okla. the only one in the Regular
Army. There are Negro troops in
the cavalry.
Plans are being considered, Mr..
Patterson said, to form a Negro
Evening star., 1941-01-17
CA. A. RepotLists
Amendment 10 Law
As0bjective
Nature of Change Not
Announced; Progress of
Civil, i,Aviotion Cited

The Civil AeronauticS Authority
plans to ask Congress for legisla-
ton amending the law under which
1t operates, the C. A. A. disclosed
yesterday in its second annual re-
port. The nature of the changes
to be requested was not announced
The report emphasized the rapid
expansion and healthy develop
ment' of civil aviation in the United
States during the fiscal year that
ended last June 80. 1t stated that
'the domestic air lines have left
far behind the chaotic financial con-
dition which existed" when the C.
A. A. came into being in August,
1898.
Cites Mileage Increase.
Among the accomplishments the
c. A A. points to is the addition
of 4,496 miles to the domestic air
ways. During the fiscal year 1910,
80, ,126,719 miles were flown and O.
225,319 revenue passengers were car
ried by airlineS of the United States.
This was %, 1882, ,003 miles more than
the year before and 841 1896 more
passengers.
Operating profits for the airlines
jumped in 1910 to $6,150, ,39903, an
increase over the preceding year
of $4751, ,71782
United States carriers flew a total
of 8,649,694 miles in foreign and
territorial operations, although in
all but two months in fiscal 1910
the European war was presenting
problems for American international
flying.
Atlantic Service Begun.
IN the foreign field between July
1. 1899, and June go 1910, United
States air carriers inaugurated Serv-
ice across the Atlantic, carrying
1898 passengers, 181 1853 pounds of
United States mail and 131,147
pounds of foreign mail. Service to
Alaska, between Seattle and Juneau,
was begun, and service across the
Pacific from San Francisco to Auck-
land, New Zealand, was authorized.
In the field of safety regulation,
the G. A. A. reported, the National
Safety Council commended the au-
thority's work Seven regional Off
ces were maintained throughout the
country and a state co-ordinator
was appointed to establish a liaison
between the Federal Government
and the State agencies.
Evening star., 1941-01-17
President Of Argentina
Hits Congress Radicals
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 17.-Acting
President Ramon S. Castillo de-
manded an end to "obstructionist'
tactics yesterday in sharply-word-
ed note to the Argentine Congress.
where the Radical party majority in
the Chamber of Deputies had re-
fused to pass the l941 budget and
other financial measures.
Political observers saw in the mes
sage a strong hint that Castillo was
considering closing the extraordinary
session Of the Congress and ruling
the nation through administrative
DEGREES unless the opposition CO.
operated on legislation.
Evening star., 1941-01-17

that his local board at Los Gatos,
Calf, had given him a class 1
rating.
"If my country, needs me, I shall
be glad to serve" he told newsmen.
"Of course, I shall be happy to do
my bit"
Board members granted Mr..
Menuhin a 90-day leave, beginning
April l, to permit a South American
concert tour. The musician has
two children.
Evening star., 1941-01-17

eligible to enter the basic course
given flying cadets at the Army's
Air Corps schools.
The War Department has re-
ceived many applications from
Negroes for service in the Air Corps
as we'll as other branches. Appli-
cants for enlistment in the pursuit
squadron must be high school grad
yates and undergo all normal tests
of the Air Corps.
There will be no actual limit on
Evening star., 1941-01-17
Menuhin, High in Draft,
Will Be Happy to Serve
Rythe Assnciated Press

BY Ire HsSOclateu PTtSS.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Jan. IL
Yehudi Menuhin, 24-year-old con-
cert violinist, who mas been rated
class l in the draft, says he will
be happy to serve.
Mr.. Menuhin's wife called from
New York City after his arrival here
for a concert tonight to tell him
Evening star., 1941-01-17

the number of applications for
training in the first colored flying
unit. AS Mr.. Patterson explained,
the Air Corps always starts with
a high number of cadets. "It is a
case of many being called but few
chosen" by the end of the training
period, he explained.
Evening star., 1941-01-17
tank unit from enlisted men in tn

tank unit from enlisted men in the
armored division.
1t was estimated the training of
the new pursuit squadron would
take from one year to a year and
a half, the normal period before a
squadron of this kind is ready for
active service.
The pilots will be selected from
Negroes who have completed the
training program of the Civil Aero
nauticS Authority. Such men are
Evening star., 1941-01-17

Government regulations Of wheat
have caused bread prices to soar in
Argentina.
Evening star., 1941-01-17
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