The Washington Post
April 5, 1928

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COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY THR WASHINGTON POST CO. ———ie TWO CENTS. | POST-SCRIPTS GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN er J By logic’s artful aid, you see, We prove our neighbor wrong; He proves he’s right by sophistry— And so we'll end our song. a > eo ao Jack Spry could drink no rye, His wife could drink no gin, So every day they had to try To get two booties in. t a a e Jack and Jill-went up the hill, To yet a bottle of cawn. Jack fell down and broke his crown, And wished Volstead’d never been bawn! . ¢ pp @ Little Miss Muffet, Sat on a tuffet, Drinking her third that day; There came a dry cootie, Who acted right snootie, And frightened Miss Muffet away. v ow ¢ v The disintegration of political parties in this country goes on apace ~—~—House dry flatters Representative Cramton by referring to him as a member of the “Borgia bloc.” A diller a dollar, A chemical scholar, What makes you look so thin? Because the prohibitionists Have put the poison in. * e e The Senate with justice and wis- dom restores the 60-40 principle to the District appropriation bill, but the trouble is that if the House doesn’t like it, it can lump it. » s ¢ s THE COP AND THE CONGRESS. MAN or The Mystery of the Tom-Tom Trail. Chapter MCCCLXVIII. As the members of the trial board flung themselves under the table and the whole building rocked on its foundations, there’ was a _ horrible grinding, shaking, devastating roar, and Mr. Blanton with a (To be continued in our next.) oa > w wv Great Britain announces the aban- donment of export restrictions on rubber. A weak scheme can’t be stretched too far. * ¢ s * We understood the Wisconsin po- litical situation perfectly until we read the dispatch from Milwaukee and now we can’t figure out how Jim Reed could sweep the State and Al Smith walk off with all the dele- gates. The primary system is one of the biggest jokes the reformers have put over on us yet, which is going some. > 2. 2.2 Navy flier jumps from an airplane at an altitude of 5,100 feet and with all his senses keenly alert falls 4,400 feet through space before opening his parachute, and thus another myth based on ignorance is exploded, The old theory that in a long fall the vic- tim loses consciousness before he reaches the earth has_ probably driven many precipice jumpers to make use of what we now realize must be the most terrifying and agonizing of all forms of suicide. ye * eo) « Senator Borah. has only got to raise $153,000 more, but the suf- fering coal miners of Pennsylvania are schooled in patience and prob- ably won’t mind waiting ten or twelve years for the relief fund. « a a a The Navy aviator made almost as sensational a drop yesterday as rub- ber. “Oh! but for one short hour! A respite however brief ! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for Grief! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread.” It is sad to think that 2,000,000 American girls under 20 years of age are singing “‘The Song of the Shirt.”” There is something wrong with an economic system under which 2,000,000 girls work while 2,000,000 men out of employment walk the streets. Straw votes in North Carolina and Georgia colleges show that Al Smith is the students’ favorite candidate, but this probably won’t stop South- ern politicians from acting as if they thought all their constituents were a lot of bigoted dumbbells. Intol- erance flies out at the window when education comes in at the door. * * 4 Representative Black says that some of our distinguishe” Congres- sional drys carry a Bible on one hip and a flask on the other. They probably "follow the injunction, “‘Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.” Representative Treadway nomi- nates John Tilson for Vice Presi- dent. What the hegk kind of a birth- day present is thgt! - lf Harry Sirclair had to wait twelve years fot Borah’s fund he'd probably want 6 per cent interest. zo giving it to the miners will save . money. Frank Lowden is running in Il- _ linois under cover, and if we were int Chicago that’s what we'd be do- SENATE COMMITTEE REPUBLICANS BACK MELLON TAX PLANS Majority, by 11-9, Votes Corporation Levy Cut to 12 Per Cent. DEMOCRATS CAUCUS AND MAP. QUT FIGHT simmons Declares for Reduc- tion of $300,000,000 as Party’s Minimum. (Associated Press.) The Republican majority of the Sen- ate finance committee lined up solidly behind Secretary Mellon’s %200,000,000 | tax reduction program | Skirmish on the revenue bill yesterday, in the first but the Democrats of the committee in a meeting later decided to fight for a $300,000,000 slash as a minimum, After voting unanimously to report a tax reduction bill of some nature, the committee agreed to the proposal of Secretary Mellon to cut the 134% per cent corporation tax only to 12 per cent rather than 11% per cent as voted by the House Democrats opposed this and asked for an 11 per cent rate and then an 11144 per cent figure, but both proposals were rejected on strict party divisions. 11 to 9, with Republicans voting solidly acainst both. Under the $300,000,000 program agreed to at the minority conference late yes- terday, the Democrats would indorse the 11 per cent corporation tax, re- peal the 3 per cent automobile levy revise the rates on intermediate sur- taxes and increase the exemptions on the admissions tax. Hearings to Be Held, The administration strongly opposes repeal of th> automobile tax which was voted by the House, Secretary Mellon insisting this is demanded largely by the manufacturers. The Democrats also decided to ask for brief hearings of the committge in order to permit the automobile manu- facturers to present their case and to give the Chamber of Commerce of the United States an opportunity to snswer Mr. Mellon. The Democratic position assures a warm fight on the revenue measure. They are outvoted, 11 to 9, in com- mittee and Republicans are expected to stand behind the Treasury there. A floor fight is now certain, and how many votes the Jemocrats can pick up there is problematical. A slight shifting of Republicans would give Senator Simmons a ma- jority, but Republican Independents have announced themselves against any tax cut, and little support from that quarter is expected ty the minority. Simmons for $300,000,000. Senator Simmons declared for the total $300,000,000 slash or at least a figure as high as was approved by the House-——$290,000,000. He did not have the entire support, however, of the ml- nority members, Senator King, of Utah, desiring to stand by the $200,- 00,000 limitation until the extent of appropriations was more definitely de- termined. Senator Simmons gave notice also that he would carry his fight for a CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 3 WALDORF MAN KILLED, ONE INJURED IN CRASH Harry Hicks’ Back Broken as He Is Thrown Into Swamp From Road. Harry Hicks, 45 years old, of Wal- dorf, Md., former sheriff of Charles County, was killed yesterday afternoon and D. R. Adams, 48 years old, a car- penter, of Waldorf, was injured, when an automobile in which they were rid- ing struck an abutment on a curve at Mattawoman Swamp, and overturned. Roland Hamilton, 32 years old, also @ carpenter of the Maryland town. driver of the car, was uninjured. He was held for action of the grand jury at an inquest conducted in the death of Hicks by Judge Billingsley, of T B. Md. Hamilton lost control of the car while it was rounding the curve, it was alleged. All three of the men were thrown from the car as it turned over. Hicks was catapulted over the wall separating the road from the swamp. He dled fifteen minutes later from a broken back, concussion of the brain and in- ternal injuries. Surviving him are his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hicks, of Wal- dorf, and a sister, Mrs. T. Roy McDan- lels, of 1716 Kearney street northeast, Depew Is Suffering . Pneumonia Attack New York, April 4 (A.P.).—Chauacey M Depew, chairman of the board of di- rectors of the New York Central Rail- road, has developed bronchial pneu- monia, his physicians said tonight in a bulletin issued through the offices of the Michigan Central Rallroad. The bulletin, which was signed by Drs. 4am. uel W. Lambert and H. Lyman Hooker said the @ndition of the aged railroad official was “not immediately alarm- ing.” . i > 'y * a a P dy a > . Ai a. Sah Ui thas Sak tad | Ncrt Pe Cpe tae te i Ne Dest wd ie tale a = ae « wy x Index to Today’s Issue. Pages. 1—Republicans Back Mellon Tax Plan. Lowden Stays Out of Illinois Battle. Blanton Calls Police Prosecutor. Senate Bill Provides 60-40 Plan. 2—Sinclair’s Counsel Gains More Time D. A. R. Blacklist Policy Upheld. Walker to Accept Memorial. 3—British Drop Rubber Ban, War Plans Held Veiled. New Loan for France Looms, 4—-Coolidge Draft Cry Revived. Smith and Olvany Confer. 5—La Follette Sure of 15 Delegates. Klan Aim Scrapped, Founder Says. 6—Editorials. 7-22—Society. 8—Magazine Page. 9—-Next Week in the Theaters. Behind the Screens. 10—Weather and Vital Statistics. 11—Radio News and Programs.* 12-13-14-19—Finance. 15-16-17-18—Sports. 18—The Post’s Funny Folk. 20-21—Classified Advertising. 21—The Legal Record. Pre-Easter Church Services. 22—The News in Pictures. Lesion Barred From School BURAN'S $7,000 SINCLAIR FUND MAY G0 70 MINERS Labor Leaders Say That They Could Put $160,000 to Use Among Destitute. DEPENDS UPON GIVERS (Associated Press.) The fund being raised by Senator Borah, of Idaho, tc purge the Republi- can party of the $160,000 contribution c" Continental Trading Co. Liberty bonds made to it by Harry F. Sinclair, may be turned over to the destitute Pennsylvania coal miners. Responding to a suggestion of Mrs. B. F. Langworthy, president »f the Chicago Women's City Club, the Idaho senator said he had communicated with a number of the contributors to the fund and that they were agreeable. He will try to reach all of the contributors. Senator Borah said yesterday that the fund now had amounted to some- thing more than $7,000. He will con- tinue to receiv -money fro . members of the Republican party and then prob- ably will consult with Republican lead- ers at the Kansas City convention as to raising the remainder. “While I deeply appreciate your splen- did effort to pay off a debt of dishonor which stains the garment though not the heart of the Republican party,’ Mrs. Langworthy telegraphed to the san- ator, “many of us believe the money contributed should not be returned to Sinclair, because the bonds he contrib- uted did not belong to him and because he is not entitled to any restoration whatever. “We therefore respectfully suggest that, with the consent of the sub- scribers, you turn over the fund to a worthy cause, as, for example, to re- lieve the poverty-stricken families of the Pennsylvania coal miners or to some other destitute group of the unem- ployed. “We sincerely believe that the use of the contributed money for such a hu- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COLUMN 6 Mrs. Donahey Bruised In an Auto Collision Columbus, Ohio, April 4 (A.P.).—Mrs A. V. Donahey, wife of the Ohio Gov- ernor, escaped serious injury today when the automobile in which she was returning from the summer home of the Donaheys, at Indian Lake, collided with another car near East Liberty. In the machine were her daughters, Marian Donahey, 11, and Mrs. James W. Huffman, and the latter’s 15-month- old daughter, Peggy. Mrs. Donahey suf- fered cuts on the face and body bruises and Mrs. Huffman sustained a frac- tured arm. The chjldren were unin- jured. The collision occured when an automobile ahead of the Donahey ma- chine came to a sudden stop. The governor’s chauffeur was. driving. | Cook County and Chicago, and the op- LOWDEN STAYS OUT OF ILLINOIS BATTLE FOR OTATE CONTROL Pays Attention to His Backers’ Successes Elsewhere. OPPOSITION TO SMITH FAILS TO GET START Madden’s Seat in House Men- aced by Fight Made by Negro Attorney. By ALBERT W. FOX, (Staff Correspondent.) Chicago, Ill., April 4.—In this mael- strom of political excitement, with bands, banners and mass meetings ushering in the last week before the} primaries, it is necessary to separate the news of national importance from the campaigns of abuse and recrimina- tion revolving about the State and local Republican tickets. So far as the latter features are concerned it is all incident to the battle with brass knuckles between the Mayor Big Bill Thompson following, which controls position Republican organization, which dominates down State and is be- ing led by Senator Charles 8. Deneen. Frank O. Lowden alone has his name on the ballots as presidential candl- date and nominally heads the organl- zation opposing Thompson, and Big Bill’s delegates here will be eleeted on a wet, anti-World Court, draft Coolidge platform. But Lowden !s not partici- pating actively in the State fight. I talked with Lowden at some length to- POLIGE PROSECUTOR CALLED BY BLANTON INSTAPLES DEFENSE Texan Grills Williams on the Source of Story About Rum Car. LIQUOR AUTO LINKED WITH ACCUSED MAN Prisoners Beaten at Station Houses, Representative Charges in Clash. Representative Thomas bL. Blanton, of Texas, yesterday created the biggest of the many surprises that have oc- curred at the trial of Policeman Orville Staples before the police trial board when the Texan used Assistant Cor- poration Counsel Robert L. Williams, the prosecutor, as a defense witness. Williams admitted Policeman Joseph Hunt, whom Blanton accuses of be- ing one of the leaders in the “con- splracy to frame Staples,” was directly responsible for the summoning of Wal- ter E. Skinker, president of the Skin- ker Motor Co., and Joseph F. Cooksey, sales manager for the concern, who testified against Staples earlier in the | day. “I want the board to distinctly un- derstand that the witness is a hostile witness and I'll have to ask him lead- Ing questions,” Blanton told Assistant Corporation Counsel William H. Wahly, chairman of the board, Williams took the stand. aS Offers to Prove Hostility. day about the political situation in general and the fireworks going on here but found that he was more interested | | in the nation-wide political develop- ments than in the charges and counter- | charges being freely hurled in the loca] | battles. Lowden is ceeply impressed with the | expressions which have so far from the Republican voters in many of | come | the States and he says that these re- | sults have been even more favorable to | him than he anticipated. He Is receiv- ing scores of invitations to speak and to take an active part in. promoting his candidacy. But for the present he holds to the view that while he is not running away from the nomination he does not want to be in the position under present circumstances, of run- ning after it. Incidentally, he feels that his candidacy is being pretty well taken care of by the voters who so far have chosen 121 delegates pledged to his support. Smith Opposition Fails. There is a complete absence of Demo- cratic campaigning because of the fact that no opposition to Gov. Smith has been able to get started, George Bren- nan, the Democratic national commit- teeman, tells me that Smith will sweep CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COLUMN 3 New Quakes in Italy; Lima, Peru, Shaken Udine, Italy, April 4 (A.P.).—¥Karth- quakes continue in the province of Udine, which last week suffered con- siderable damage from the same cause. A heavy shock at 4:20 this morning in the region of Cavazzo :nd Verzegnis was preceded by nocturnal rumblings. Roads are obstructed at several points by sliding earth from the mountains The historic church of San Floreano was badly damaged. In Udine itself the figures for the earthquake period since March 28 are 26 injured, 84 missing and 34 sick from exposure. Lima, Peru, April 4 (A.P.).—An earth- quake of considerable intensity but of short duration shook this city Retenes No damage was reported. Higher Auto License Fee Urged at Gibson Hearing Committee Chairman Proposes Change Based on Weight of Car, in Lieu of $1 Rate. ‘Would Replace Property Tax. Other License Increases Suggested. Abolition of the present $1 automobile registration fee in the District and the substitution of a fee based on the weight of the automobile and large enough to enable the abolishment of the personal property tax on automo- biles was forecast at a hearing of the Gibson subcommittee investigating the District government held last night in the House caucus room. Other far-reaching changes in AS ing certain businesses also are expected to result from a survey which Wade H Coombs, superintendent of licenses, and D P. Evans, of the Bureau of Efficiency were asked to make by Representative Ernest W. Gibson, chairman of the sub- committee. Representative Gibson declared that the present auto tax and its method of administration is the joke of the coun- try. He advocated the fixing of the registration price by the weight of the automobile and the inclusion of an ad- ditional amount which will make p»ssi- ble elimination of the personal prop- erty tax. The representative called Upon A, J. Driscoll, president of the | Midcity Citizens Association, to state his views on the subject. Driscoll declared that a large amount of automobile taxes which should be collected as personal property tax is never collected. His association has rec- ommended that the personal property tax be collected at the same time the license tags are issued, he said, point- ing out that an investigation by his as- sociation had revealed that many auto- mobiles are ligted to persons who have given fictiti names and addresses and whose personal tax can not be ool- lected. Mr. Driscoll agreed with Rep- resentative Gibson that his plan of col- lecting an additional amount for the registration fee is a practicable scheme From remarks made by Representa- tive Gibson which were not put in tne record it would appear that his inten- tion is to increase the registration fee and at the same time retain the — line tax. Mr, Coombs told the committee that the present licensing rates for the Dis- trict are antiquated. Several | busi CONTINUED aed ‘PAGE . COLUMN a ker | Both | motor | street “You'll have to prove that,” Wil- | liams shouted. “Well, replied. I can. do that, too,” STABLEMATES SET BOWIE RECORDS | | | } ) ' i ' the Texan | Blanton then fired questions at Will- , lams for the purpose of having the | prosecutor tell who had told him Skin- | and Cooksey Skinker and “knew company northwest at 1216 he could bring without being detected. When Williams left the stand, Blan ton said: “Thank you, Mr. Williams, you make a good defense witness but a poor prosecutor.” During cross-examination of Cooksey, the witness admitted und’r gruelling questioning that he had beén convicted for larceny in connection with the theft of automobile tires and had served five weeks of a year’s sentence at Occoquan. Blanton, in a further effort tc impeach the witness, attempted to show ‘that Cooksey was unfriendly toward Staples. Charges Prisoners Were Beaten. The testimony against Staples came as a surprise to members of the board, who, during the »revious four or five days, had declared counsel for both sides appeared to have forg ‘ten about Staples and the case before the board, and apparently were spending their time in arguments and attempts to “try the witnesses.” The board room was well filled with spectators yesterday and they were ad- monished several times by Chairman CONTINUED ON PAGE 21, COLUMN 4 ‘SHEETED BAND EGGS AL SMITH MARCHERS University of Georgia Club Backing New Yorker, Routed by Street Attack. Athens, Ga., April 4 (A.P.).—The Al Smith for President Club of the Uni- versity of Georgia was routed tonight after parading Athens’ streets when several score of students garbed in dor- with a supply of eggs. The club, formed yesterday, an- nounced a torchlight parade tonight, and with their beacons burning and led by a three-piece band, marched forth. Practically the entire student body lined the streets and the column of marchers, consisting of 50 or more stu- dents, carried on to an improvised platform where Gwynn Nixon, presi- dent of the club, mounted an impro- vised platform to speak. Before the speaker haa started, how- ever, several score of sheet wearers broke from the ranks of the 2,000-odd students with a yell and a barrage of eggs and the adherents of the New York governor fled in disorder. $250,000 Pearl Rope Hunted in New York Special to The Washington Post. pearl necklace which disappeared on February 23 while in transit from Car- tiers, Paris, to Cartiers, London, is now being hunted in New York. Police In- spector John D. Coughlin said the con- troller — of France. had requested gems. Coincident with this announcement by the police, advertisements were placed by insurance agents here offer- $50, ayers. for the return of the pearls, or onate amount tor aay part of the eeu | something.” | Cooksey previously | | had testified Staples had come to their Twentieth | last September and | asked them how he could get a secret | compartment put in an automobile s0 | liquor from Canada | mitory sheets descended upon vedas” New York, April 4 .— The $250,000. on successive days. oie 7 ““eA Z voge oe Hugh Miller, Post Staff Photographer. Track records at Bowie fell below the Nevada Stock Farm juveniles Top—Rapid Transit, with Peternell up, which set a new 4-furlong mark of 47 seconds in the Cadet Purse yester- day. Peternell Preston Burch, of Washington. Center—Jockey with the Nevada Farm trainer, Below—Pecternell astride Voltear, which set the 4-furlong record at 47 2-3 seconds on opening day. HEARINGS ARE OTARTED ON DISTRICT'S AIRPORT Hinton, Covell. and Smythe, Testify in Behalf of Gravelly Point. With a transatlantic flier among the | witnesses, a House District subcommit- tee last night began hearings on the proposed municipal airport for Wash- ington. The subcommittee decided to subsequent sessions, suggested that Col. bergh be asked to appear. The subcommittee, headed by Repre- sentative Florian Lampert (Republi- can), of Wisconsin, had before it two airport bills—-the Stalker bill to estab- lish the airport at Gravelly Point, a water-covered strip on the Virginia side of the Potomac River near Highway Bridge, and the Gasque bill to establish the airport on the old Benning race | track. and and who took part in several other famous flights, appeared before the subcommittee and strongly indorsed the Gravelly Point site. Others who spoke in favor of the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COLUMN 4. Cherry Blossoms On Show Sunday Japanese cherry buds were bursting yesterday, and warm weather today should bring out some blossoms, ac- cording to the Q@ffice of Public Build- ings and Public Parks. The horticul- ture division of the office predicts an appreciable display of blossoms by Sunday and full blooming of the single variety, which appears first, by next Wednesday. United States Park Police are pre- paring a traffic plan around Tidal Ba- sin for the pilgrimage of visitors which is expected to begin Sunday. MAN DIES IN 50-FOOT PLUNGE FROM BRIDGE W. C. Schmeltzer Conscious When Found on Tracks Under Key Span. William C. Schmeltzer, 35 years. old, of 908 1 street northwest, died last night in Georgetown University Hos- pital from injuries suffered in a leap or fall yesterday afternoon from Key Bridge to the Baltimore and Ohio tracks, more than 50 feet below. Schmeltzer was found by Policeman, L. O. Tompkins, of the Traffic Bureau and taken to: Georgetown Hospital. Po- lice are investigating to determine whether Schmeltzer jumped off the bridge or fell. He was said to have suif- agp Bye Hg ape | when lice he en from was conscious taker “og tne hospital, he told did not rns gl angled fe His spine was | the. bridge. call a number of aviation experts at. it was even | Charles A. Lind- | Lieut. Walter Hinton, U.S. N., retired, who crossed the Atlantic on the NC-¢4 | MAN FALLS 4,400 FEET, TREN OPENS PARACHUTE World Record Claimed by Navy; Flier Conscious; Breath Not Shut Off. Fla. April 4 (A.P.).— Whitby, naval machiuist’s tonight claimed the world’s rec- ord for a free fall from an Pensacolh, ‘Harold L. | mate, airplane, |having shot earthward 4,400 feet tode 'before pulling the rip cord and drift- suspended beneath the spread of a mammoth silk parachute. | Whitby jumped into space from a /naval plane at the Pensacola Naval Training Station from an altitude of /5,100 feet and hurtled earthward 4,400 feet before he pulled the rip cord and 'drifted the remaining 700 feet to the ‘earth. | Two other naval machinists’ mates, |C. W. Morgan and Thomas L. Crawford, |'CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 5. ‘MRS, WILSON, FREED, RETURNS TO CAPITAL Professional Bondsman Aids Big Game Hunter Held in Husvdand’s Shooting. Special to The Washington Post. New York, April 4—When hem so- ciety friends failed to come to her aid, Mrs. Esther Evans Wilson, the Afri- can huntress, who last week shot her husband in a jealous rage, obtained $25,500 tonight from “Stitch” Mc- Carthy, professional bondsman, known to New York as “the mayor of Grand street.” Mrs. Wilson was facing her seventh night in Jefferson Market Women’s Prison when “Stitch” rushed into night court at 10:30 o’clock with security necessary to obtain her freedom until trial. Magistrate John V, Flood granted the release on the original high $25,500 bail. She was held in $25,000 for felon- ious assault and another $500 on a charge of gun-toting. It is believed the huntress’ attorney, State Senator Elmér F. Quinn, took drastic action to free Mrs. Wilson after a fight to win her liberty today which left her in a highly nervous condition. The tall bruhette was in a state verg- ing on collapse after hearing a physi- cian refuse to say her husband and victim, Dallett H. Wilson, is out of danger. She announced after her re- lease shé planned to start at once for Washington, where she was stopping before she came to New York, to talk things over with her estranged ‘ug al Lindberah Lands At San Diego Field San Diego, Calif. April 4 (A.P.).— Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived at Rockville Field here at 1:50 o'clock this afternoon after a iresty from Santa ‘ing to earth Barbara. | ; pub, 101,425 USTAICT BLL ON 0-40 BASIS. 5 PASSED BY SENATE House Lump-Sum Clause Beaten on Roll Call by 46-to-20 Vote. $1,092,000 INCREASE IN ITEMS APPROVED Hearing to Be Held Before Conference on Control of Child Prisoners. The Senate passed the 1929 District appropriation bill yesterday, after ap- proving the 60-40 provision by 46 to 20 on a roll-call vote. The bill now goes to conference, and a bitter fight be- tween the Senate and House conferees is foreseen. If history is repeated, there will be a deadlock that may not be broken until the very end of the session. In passing the bill yesterday the Senate approved all the changes and increases recommended by the Senate appropriations committee. The in- Yhcreases sent the total of the bill to -. $38,151,428, which is $1,092,000 more than the bill carried when it passed the House, The provision transferring control of child prisoners under 17 years of age from the Woman’s Bureau of the Police Department to the Board of Public Welfare and appropriating $25,- 000 for a new receiving home for these children was approved, but Senator Phipps (Republican), of Colorado, an- nounced that a hearing on the ques- tion would be held before the bill goes to conference. Federal Ratio to Stir Fight. The 60-40 provision, which requires \the Federal Government to pay 40 per | cent of the appropriation, leaving 60 per cent as the District Government’s \share, was the only one that caused an extended controversy. And it is this provision that will cause most of the trouble when the bill goes to confers ence. The House bill only required the Federal Government to pay a lump sum of $9,000,000, which is less than 25 per cent of the total. The assault on che 60-40 provision yesterday was led by Senator King (Democrat), of Utah, and Senator Caraway (Democrat), of Arkansas. The provision was iefended by Senator Phipps, Senator Glass (Democrat), of Virginia, and Senatur Copeland (Demo- crat), of New York After Vice Presi- dent Lawes had overtuled King’s point of order to strike the provision out, the roll call vote was taken. It resulted as follows: Result of the Roll Call. Republicans for the 60-40 provision— Binghum, Capper, Curtis, Cutting, Dale, Edge, Fess, Gillett, Goff, Greene, Hale, Jones, Keyes, Metcait. Moses, Nye, Od- die, Phipps, Reed,of Pennsylvania; Rob- inson, Indiana; Sackett. Stewer, War- --ren, Waterman, Watson. Total—25. Democrats voting for the provision— Ashurst Bayard, Broussard, Copeland, Edwards, Fletcher, George, Gerry, Glass, Harrison, Hawes, Hayden, Kene drick, Neely, Pittman. Simmons, Smith, Swanson, Tyson, Walsh, Massachusetts. Total—20. Senator Shipstead (Farmer-Labor), Minnesota, voted for the _ provision, brniging the total to 46. Republicans voting against the pro- vision: Blaine, Brookhart, Frazier, Mce Master. Total Republicans against—4, Democrats voting against the pro« vision: Barkley, Black, Blease, Bratton, Caraway, Dill, Harris, Heflin, King, Mc- Kellar, Mayfield, Shepard, Stack, Stephens, Thomas and Wagner. Total Democrats against—16. Thus. while the vote was not strictly a party vote, the opposition to the prd- vision was made up entirely of Demoe- crats and Republican progressives. House Leader Hears Debate. An interested spectator in the Sene ate gallery yesterday while the bill was being considered was Representative Simmons (Republican), of Nebraska. Simmons !s chairman of the House ap- propriations subcommittee which handled the District appropriation bill $9,000,000 lump-sum provsion, Simmons will be one of the House conferees when the ‘taken up in conference. The others will be Holaday (Republican), of Illinois, and Griffin (Democrat), of New York. Senator Phipps will head the Senate conferees. the other two being Jones, of Washington, and Glass, of Virginia, In 1924 there was a terrific fight bee tween the Senate and House conferees, the Senate group agreeing to the $9,- 000,000 lump-sum. plan only after the “a lump sum or no bill,” King Backs Lump-Sum Plan. In the debate on the 60-40 provision yesterday. Senator King used many of the arguments previously used in the House by Simmons against sucha plan, He said that adoption of the 60-40 plan would mean saddling more of the ex- ie penses of the District on the of the States. generous, and he declared that an prove it. are lent to the District by the Government and that the Federal ers CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, , ae: and led the fight in the House for the A lump sum of $9,000,« 000, he said, not only vas fair, but too ES analysis ot property values here wouke ’ King pointed out that Army officers a ee ge ryan mee comet Pie el ar ee = ~ A A = AMO PS a ne ete Aa ee, a House group declared that it would be — a