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STATE SALARIES HELD TAXABLE

On Power & Light ‘Integration.’

(Continued from Page One)

IN NEW OPINION

Utilities Watch SEC Action

taken affirmatively to establish the Constitutionality of such taxation,”

the opinion said.

‘Death Sentence’ To Be Enforced

By RUTH FINNEY

Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, July

21.—Every

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ties and Exchange sentence” of the Holding Company Act of 1935. From the treatment meted out to the Utilities Power & Light Corp., first company to face forcible “integration” under the act, others will be able to tell what they may ex- | pect.

Officials of the Indianapolis Power & Light Co., a subsidiary of the Utilities Power and Light Corp. today declined to comment on the Securities and Exchange Commission action in moving against the holding company. They explained there was no way to determine what effect the SEC action would have on the local company, which acts as 3 separate corporation in Indiana.

Chairman William O. Douglas of

. the SEC has said that the Commis- * sion’s action on Power & Light may

» corporate reorganization. , mission will have to approve a re- | » organization formula for s+ pany : a plan that « fication + geographical integration it * shirking an obvious duty, Mr.

be taken as notice that the Commission “means business” on the “death sentence.”

At the same time he announced | « that * being

action to compel integration is taken at this time only be-

cause the company is undergoing |

the comeventually, and if it approves does not include simpli‘of capital will be Doug-

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Wait for Proposals “For the time being, at least, Commission will wait for other holding companies to present their integration plans. Many them are at work on such plans. Problems raised by Utilties Power & Light are more numerous far-reaching than by the American Waterworks which submitted the scaling-down plan and became the first holding company system in the country to comply with “death sentence” provis Utilities Power operating Wisconsin, braska, Missouri, Oklahoma, Connecticut Its consolidated assets las® $303,813,000

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Republic ‘Cultivated

‘Editors, Probers Hear

+ WASHINGT

(Editorial, Page 18)

ON, July 21 (U . Don Knowlton, Republic Steel Corp ‘publicity man, testified before Senate Civil Liberties Committee today that he considered the company’s actions during the 1935 Ber‘ger strike at Canton, O., inconsist«ent with its public statements. Chairman Robert M. ‘Jr. (Prog. Wis.) had Mr. ‘read a Republic statement, uted to him, Canton Repository, May ‘after a clash between guards and pickets. + The statement said, the company wanted peace and } har ‘mony. Senator La Follette inhe thought the ac- ! tion of com 1pan yv guards was in con- . formance with that expression. ‘I would not say that was consist«ent with this statement,” Mr. ' Knowlton said Senator La , John W, Hill, Mr. Knowlton’s part- » ner in a Cleveland public relations ‘ firm and brought out July 1933 and December 1937 the : partners received a toval of $243,- : 654.26 from three farge clients, Re- : public Steel, the American Iron & Steel Institute and Youngstown

» Sheet & Tube.

3 : Editors Mentioned The Committee record also con-

attrib-

28, 1935, company

in part, that

tained evidence showing that Re- | ‘cultivated” Alabama |

* publie officials editors last year and in one . stance attempted to throw advertising to their newspapers. The Committee today began in- « vestigation of last year’s Republic

. strike after concluding three days |

*of hearings on the 1935 : strike.

“Some pressure might

Berger

also be

$ judiciously exerted through the ad- | reported | the pub- | Republic, |

in Birmingham,” Bowerfind, of retained by to

* vertisers « Edgar S. ; licity agency

‘in a memorandum President

R. J. Wysor of Republic on July 10, |

. 1937 This followed complaints

{about unfriendly editorials in Bir-|

*mingham newspapers. « W. H. Oldham, ‘manager in Alabama, wrote on July +28 to W. H, Campbell, of the muchgpublicized “Citizens” National Com‘mittee” formed after the “little Steel” strike, asking him to let The ‘Birmingham Post “in on «your advertising.” Letters earlier in the same month ‘complained of “radical” editorials in ithe Post and Birmingham's two other newspapers. ‘

TVA Committee

Smooths Difficulties

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 21 (U. .) —The Congressional Committee nvestigating the Tennessee Valley Authority today smoothed over infernal differences and adopted a resolution permitting TVA emloyees to offer information to any Lomittee witnesses designated by fhe chairman of the Congressional group. The committee was in executive Bession 90 minutes before the compromise resolution was approved. * Rep. Thomas Jenkins (R. 0.) esterday accused James L. Fly,

fixed on Washington Aug. 8 when the Securi- | Commission | starts enforcing the so-called “death |

The Com- |

structure and |

| dav’s session. Seven of the |

of |

| TVA directors,

utilities in the Dakotas, | Ne- |

and Rhode |

| for him.

Py~— |

the |

La Follette | Knowlton |

which appeared in the | who work for TVA cannot talk with

Follette questioned |

that between |

in- |

Republic district |

some of |

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Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, with her son, Lance, on the grou:

the former Barbara Hutton, plays 1ds of Winfield House, her palatial

estate in Regent's Park, London, after learning that her estranged hus-

band, Count Kurt Haugwitz-Reventlow, attorneys withdrew They are shown at the right of the picture.

Bow Street Court. Her

threatened his wife.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Barbara Plays With Son After Threat Row Ends

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Times-Acme Photo. had been discharged in the charges that he had

broad antitrust policy today by methods with co-operative action. The policy was revealed in con action against eight major motion | associated corporations,

| TVA general counsel, of “conducting a system of espionage and slavery against our witnesses,” and he told | Francis Biddle, committee counsel, that “you would be doing yourself and the country a great favor if you would resign.”

Anotner Republican,

Jenkins Ig at

The quarrel was still flarthe adjournment of yesterJie 10 mem- | Congressional | | four of |

bers of the joint committee were present, them Republicans. dispute arose of Dr. Morgan,

The during the | storm | testifying today for the fourth suc- | cessive day. Fly Asks to Speak

Dr. Morgan was giving evidence to sustain his charges of “deceit and | mismanagement” against the two | Dr. H. A. Morgan | and David E. Lilienthal. He said ie had been hampered in getting the | eivdence because Mr. Biddle had | refused to let him confer with any TVA employees except at conferences that Mr. Bladie arranged

Rep. Jenkins asked Mr. Biddle if that were true. Mr. Biddle said it | was. He said, “We are making the investigation, not Dr. Morgan.” Mr. Fly asked to be heard and Dr. Morgan was asked to step down to let him testify. “The Authority had no objection whatever under the procedure established, to have A. E. Morgan call upon TVA employ ees upon any | subject he wishes,” Mr. Fly said. “The authority's only request is that it be notified of such conferences so that they can be arranged in an orderly manner.” “Do you want to tell the world that these 14,000 American citizens

| anyone at any time or any place?” Rep. Jenkins asked. Mr. Fly said he didn’t mean that. He said any employee could have a | conference with Dr. Morgan if it were arranged in an orderly manner. “You just want to exercise espionage and slavery over them,” Rep. Jenkins said. Mr. Biddle protested “against these insinuations.” He said that “if these dirty slurs keep up, I'll resign.” “You'd be doing the committee { and the country a great favor if you | did,” Rep. Jenkin. said.

Partisan Attack Charged Rep. James M. Mead (D. N. Y)), the committee vice chairman, rebuked Rep. Jenkins for making a “partisan attack” on Mr. Biddle. Rep. Jenkins made a remark that Mr. Biddle misunderstood. “I accept your apology,” | dle said. “I didn’t apologize,” Rep. Jenkins retorted. “I'm not apologizing.”

Shark Breaks

Roosevelt Line

ABOARD U. 8S. S. HOUSTON, EN'ROUTE TO COCOS ISLE, July 21 (By Naval Radio to the United Press) —President Roosevelt might | have had plenty to say today about the shark that broke his line and got away, but his fishing luck wasn’t all bad. He caught a 30pound biue jack in the waters off | Seog Island, the largest of 130 fish caught by the six fishermen lin the party. He lost the shark after a half hour struggle. The fishing was the best of any since the cruise begah. Mtr. Roosevelt was somewhat reluttant to leave: for Clipperton Island, a French possession 670 miles from the coast. of Mexico and on a direct line between Panama and Hawaii. The President, after a short exchange of official dispatches with Government officials in Washington, resumed his fishing. He said that he was pleased at the action of the National Health Conference in pledging co-operation with Government efforts to seek improvement in the “health and care of the people of this country.”

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Rep. Charles : | Wolverton (N. J.: agreed with Rep. | quire a more constructive effort

Suit Against Film Companies Aimed at ‘Big Stick” Methods

(Another Story, Page 19)

WASHINGTON, July 21 (U. P.).—The Justice Department outlined a

which it seeks to replace “big stick”

nection with the Department’s civil picture companies, 25 subsidiary or The suit seeks to divorce

“It is the belief of the Depart- | ment of Justice that certain rear- | rangements must be made in the | moving picture industry in order to | maintain competitive conditions in { the future,” an official statement | said. Aim Is Constructive

“Those rearrangements must re-

mere prosecution for past practices. The aim of the civil suit which is now instituted is to accomplish those arrangements under the guidance of the court.” The Justice Department asserted that its plan was to outline its obJectives in such a way that its policy

than

| may be examined by the court with

reference to existing law and changed by the legislatures if the existing law does not present an economic solution of the problem. Asserting that judicial proceedings furnished the only path to constructive achievement, the Department stated: “Under this policy, a law suit should be considered as the beginning of co-operation between the courts, the Legislature, the Department of Justice and the industry to achieve a common end.”

Hays Expects Movie Industry to Benefit

NEW YORK, July 21 (U. P).— Will H. Hays, president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, said today that the industry expected to benefit from the antitrust suit filed against

| eight of its leading companies.

“If the present action, instituted by the Department of Justice in civil proceedings, clarifies the law applicable to the complex business op-

(erations of the motion picture in- | dustry | further progress of the screen,” he | said.

it should promote the

The industry's trade customs were born and have developed under unique and peculiar necessities never before encountered in commerce or law . . . pictures must be created, not manufactured. Pictures go on tour, each in a definite theater first, for a specified period and within a given territory to draw upon. This explains the well-known trade expressions of first-run, clearance and zoning.” He said that the “assurance of a continuous supply of product is vital to the very existence of the theater,” and that the system in use had been devised to that end.

UNIQUE POSTOFFICE LURES PHILATELISTS

ADELAIDE, Australia, July 21 (U. P.).—Philatelists in all parts of the world are taking a sudden interest in Coober Pedy, the remote South Australian opal field, because it has the only underground postoffice in the world. All the prospectors live in rooms dug into the soft earth of the low sandstone hills. The bank also is underground along with the postoffice. The demand by philatelists is for envelopes and other mail coverings bearing the postmark of the underground Coober Pedy postoffice.

JOHN ROOSEVELTS SAIL

| month ago at Nahant, Mass.,

moon in Bermuda.

TRACTION FIRM STATUS REVISED

BY ICC RULING

Employees Placed Under U. S. Retirement; NLRB Denied Jurisdiction.

All of the 1100 employees of the Indiana Railroad come under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 and are eligible for retirement at 65 under a recent ruling of the Interstate Commerce Commission, it was announced here today. The ruling also took the carrier out of the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board, before which charges of unfair labor practices were pending, and put it under jurisdiction of the Railway Act.

|FIND BEETLE TRACKS

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Labor |

Bowman Elder, receiver, said that |

so far as he knows the changed | status will not affect the operation |

of the road, except that it will en-

title the employees to retirement, |

that payments to the fund will be greater than security payments,

retirement | social | and that labor |

disputes will be adjudicated under !

the railway act rather than the NLRB.

Older Employees Aided

Martin Miller, state representative of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, said the biggest advantage of the ruling will be to the older employees, some of whom, he said, are now eligible for retirement. Mr. Elder said he did not know how many employees would be affected immediately, The ruling was asked July 1 by Mr. Elder after the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America haa cited the management on charges of unfair labor practices. The ruling was based on the contention that the road connected with steam lines, hauled freight beiween steam terminals for sleam lines and otherwise disqualified itself from exemption to the railroad legislation.

NEAR COMPLETION OF BAHAI TEMPLE

CHICAGO, July 21 (U. P).—A symbol of the oneness of all religious beliefs is nearing completion in Willmette, Ill, on the shore of Lake Michigan. It is the Bahai Temple built by funds gradually collected from the

people of the Bahai faith in Canada and the United States. This structure is the first of its kind to be built in the Western Hemisphere. The delicacy of the shell of the dome is attained by the use of white cement and quartz crystals. The sides, ribs, fountains, —all are divisible by nine, the numeral which contains all figures leading to it. This new architectural design contains all previous architectural forms and carries out in stone what those of the Bahai faith carry out in belief— that mankind should be one. When completed with accessory buildings the cost will be approximately $1,500,000.

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WASHINGTON, July 21 (U. P)). —Beetle tracks of 200 million years ago, found in the logs of Arizona's petrified forest, are under the scrutiny of the Smithsonian Institution.

The tracks, discovered by M. V. Walker, of the National Parks Service, are described as ‘‘perculiar ridges and shallow channels,” some completely encircling the massive trunks. The beetles seemingly selected only one type of fossil tree for destruction. These trees are now extinct, but are closely related to the Norfolk Island pine, a giant pine found only on one island in the Indian Ocean.

PUBLISHERS OF SEED CATALOGS HEAR SPEAKERS

Veteran Who Has Issued Booklets 50 Years Is Among Delegates.

DETROIT, July 21 (U. P)— Fathers of the well-known family institution—the seed catalog—were assembled today for the annual convention of the American Association of Nurserymen. Five hundred delegates were registered. One of the oldest of the plants-

men was Harlan Kelsey of Fast Boxford, Mass, who has published seed catalogs for the past 50 years. No one else at the convention could duplicate his. record. Mr. Kelsey said he printed his first catalog when he was 12 years old, and hasn't missed a year since. Addresses will be made before the delegates today by H. J. Klinger, general manager of the Pontiac division of General Motors; G. R. Roberts of Washington, D. C., chief officer in the Government procurement division; Wilbur Simonson, senior landscape artist of the Bureau of Roads, and Edward L. Baker of Ft. Worth, Tex., president of the association.

YARD FLAGPOLE STOLEN

QUINCY, Mass, July 21 (U, P)). —Add odd thefts: Mrs. Michael J. Walsh notified local police that a 25-foot flagpole had been stolen from her front yard.

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TOLEDO, July 21 (U. P.).—Uncle Sam is No. 1 business man here. He has $7,500,000 of savings in his pos= tal bank, owns 800 homes, has morb« gages on 8800 dwellings. Besides being the biggest employment insurance agent—handling old-age and unemployment insure ance—he has more than $500,000 ine vested in banking and industry.

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