The Capital Times from Madison, Wisconsin • 1

aPITML TIM EATII It Fair, warmer tonight. Tuesday Increasing cloudiness, continued mild. Low tonight 50; high Tuesday 78. Sun rose sets 7:26. IIOMG EDITION i Total Circulation 71? A Sunday OOjItJU The largest net paid dalle circulation of any newspaper to Wisconsin outside of Milwaukee.

A modal pH es A ssociaterl Press Telemats l' A Feature Service A Telephotos VOL. 57, ISO. 162 MADISON, MONDAY, MAY 27, 1916 TWENTY-TWO PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS BrandsTimmanif Bill Slave Labor Under Fascism 'ICoal Strike Deadlock is UiiiikeiyContinues; Lewis and to Resume Talks Report Gov. Goodlaml Has Changed llis Mind On Advice of Friends Krug AFL Green Lashes Strike-Draft Program Proposed by President Henry C. Gerling Dies at 90; 71 Zll ta 71 iVZ itlCr JL COrS Mr.

born Is cn- Bartley Terms Prospects Hopeful As 3Iorn ing Parley Ends Troops Arc Sent To Kentucky Pit Promises A 1 1-0 I Fighl Against Plan 0 ACCORDING to reliable reports around the capitol today Gov. Goodland has chang'ed his mind about call- ing a special session of the legislature for redistricting legislative seats and will wait until the state supreme covit advises him to do so. zardless of Goodland's action and latest as he promised Attys. John A. Lawton and Chailes W.

Totto, Madison. representing Ervin Bruner, Madi son, and Gaylord Nelson-, Clear Lake, petitioners. According to reports lhe Atty. Gen. Marlin today denying Martin's request, made in a letter to the chief executive Friday, that the governor call a special session to obviate a law suit started by two World War II veterans petitioning Martin to ask the high court to prevent Sec.

of State Zimmerman from placing the names of candidates for the legis- Prof. Parker D. Trask, member igists who will be with the admiral, 01' lhe coming jd rp of the university geology faculty, who is in charge of scientific oper-j 1 Clay denounced pres, irumans an( nationally noted oceanograph- ations. He is the only member of MARTIN SMI) ihi mm-nino ho strike-draft program as slave, er, is one of the nation's 24 leadingjthe university faculty who will par-Loud netition tiiA enm-omo labor under fascism. (scientists Admiral W.

H. P. Blandyjticipate in these tests. (o lake original jurisdiction has invited to observe Operations Crossroads the atomic bomb, tests on Bikini atoll, near Kwaja- lein island, in the Pacific. Prof.

Trask is one of three geolo-l THF GEOLOGIST, form 1 whether Goodland called with the L. S. geological survey inspeojal or not Martin would Washington, joined the university action before the supreme (Continued on page 8, column 1) court next week at the Gerling was Sept. 12, 1855, in Westphalia, Germany. He came to this country when 16.

He married Sarah June Power at Sauk City, Apr. 26, 1893. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary three years ago and their 53rd anniversary last April. AFTER COMING to America. Mr.

Gerling was first a farmer, then a well-digger and miller, and then for years was a drayman His farm experience for 19 jears after coming from Germany w'as on a Blooming Grove farm. Then jhe became a partner of Ernest Freund in the well-digging business, which in those days was done by shoveling out the wells even if they went to a depth of 50 feet. In later years he worked at the old flour and grist mill on Sherman near the present site of the malt house. After retiring as a drayman, he worked for the Mad- George Morrell, Mrs. Sidney Thompson and Mrs.

Antoinette Berger Madison; four, WhitneyThrealens toUsei 47 Million Union Fund To Beat Truman in 48 capitol, Goodland was prepared jis01? fk and Pleasure Drive as-late Friday to call a special session but changed his mind Saturday morning following advice from two personal friends, Atty.1 M. G. Eberlein, Shawano, and j. E. Fitzgibbons, Milwaukee, labor sociation.

MR. GERLING was a member of St. Johns Lutheran church for many years. He is survived by his wife: three daughters, Mrs. ill Quit Bern Party If Calls U.

Britain Wait (A Hack on nv ivun.uaiv Russ MolotoviwAsniGTON- I 7Y Whi ys Flays Action of Bloc President Runs; Pnlltirnl Hint I Olllical Bv NORMAN ys stack the entire treasury of his advised the A Svernor the Quickest way to end I eifeIi the legal controversy was to convene the legislature and have it adopt a redistricting law based rn the change of population in the! 1940 census, as provided in the constitution. Eberlein advised the governor to wait until he had been WALKER (P) A. F. threat to $47,000,000 4V1IILE MARTIN Some indications -that, an agree-The body is in the Rjan funeral ment was in. the 'making came home.

jfrotn the white house steps when 'Senate Democratic Leader Barkley Tk 7 O- IT lfK-v) lermed the prospects hope- Police Stop Gambling Gamesi.r As Os 79 7 in conferring with Pres. Truman. Al bt. Bernards Church Fctc troops ready for possible strike duty in the chief coal producing I ill 'llicn 'slates. Maj.

Gen. Robert S. Beight- 7 4 If A cl U. A 17 chief of the fiftn service command, was quoted at Columbus, saying that if coal miners some of which awarded wine prizes to ju vemles, were closed at St. Bernard's Catholic church festival on the church grounds) 11 grandchildren.

Atwood ave. Sunday night, according to Detective Capt. Harry L. Milsted. At the police station this morn-V liu (13 DESPITE FEDERAL seizure of ing, where they had been ordered the bituminous pits, early reports report, the two men allegedly r.l If 'from the field indicated that most Cllil'i.

trainmens union against a second term for Pres. Truman set politically conscious Washington buzzing today. The big question was: What will organized labor do -(his fall and in 1948, now that Mr. Truman has gone tough on major strikes? The white house reported that, Pres. Truman had no comment to make.

Whitney so far is th first to venture a flat prediction. Bitter over the white house terms on which he and Alvanley Johnston of the trainmen's brotherhood were forced to settle the two-day rail- roadroad strike, Mhitney told a re- porter Truman will never be president again after 1948. But another brotherhood leader questioned Whitney's view: Wisconsin! WILLIAM T. EVJUE (The following address was delivered over Radio Station WIBA on Sunday by William T. Evjue.

Mr. Evjue is heard every Sunday over WIBA (1310 kilocycles), at 12:30 p.m., over WSAU, Wausau, at 1:45 p.m., over WEAlr, Eau Claire, at 4:45 p.m., over W.MAX, Marinette, at 1:15 p.m., over WFHR, Wisconsin Rapids, at 12:15 p.m., over WTAQ (1360 kilocycles). Green Bay, at 10:15 p.m., over WIGM, Medford, at 1:15 p.m., over WDSM, Superior-Duluth at 12:15 p.m., over WEMP, Milwaukee, at 11:45 a.m., over WJMC, Rice Lake, at 12:45 p.m.) HI Lfour, section three of the Wisconsin constitution provides as follows: At their first session after each enumeration made by the authority of the United States, the legislature shall apportion and district anew the members of the senate and assembly according to the number of inhabitants. This is the provision of our state constitution which gives meaning and continuity to the representative form of government planned by the constitutional fathers. Obviously, there can be no representative form of government if the legislature, from decade to decade, takes no cognizance of the changes and shifts in population in the various voting districts.

If we are to have representative government it must be representative, it cannot be based on a svs-tem where one voter, residing in one district, will have as much power as two voteis lesiding in another district. It will be noted that Ihe constitutional provision just cited makes it mandatory upon the legislatuie to act. it says that the legislature SHALL apportion according to the number' of inhabitants. The last United States c.nsus was taken in 1940. Three successive legislatures have convened since that time and each of these legislatures has flouted the constitutional mandate.

What becomes of representative government when the legislature callously disregards its duly and defies the constitution, the constitution which thre legislators have sworn to uphold'. It has remained for two oung veterans of Woild War II, oung men who had helped to win a victory over lorccs which sought to substitute government by men for government by law to do something about the failure pf the past three sessions of the legislature to act. Last week Gajlord Nelson of Clear Lake, a candidate for the assembly from Polk county, and Ervin M. Bruner of Madison filed a petition with Atty. Gen.

Martin asking him to commence action to enjoin the secretary of slate from further proceeding with the election of legislative candidates. Their purpose is to block the election until the legislature, complies with the constitutional mandate on, reapportionment of legislative districts. These joung men are represented by two young Madison lawyers, John Lawton and Charles Tolto who have been making an exhaustive examination of election figures to show howr lie failure to reapportion has made a mockery of representative government in this state. Because of the failuie of the legislatures to act 17 of the 33 seats in the state senate, age controlled by far less than one-half of the states population. These 17 seats, a majority in the senate, are controlled by districts having a total population of 1,405 000.

On the other hand, the remaining 16 seats represent a population of This disparity is even more noticeable in the assembly where-51 of the 100 seats are controlled by 1.203.000 of the state's population. while 49 seats, a minority, are controlled bv a of 1,934 000. And still we talk about representative government when a population group having a majority of 700,000 has one less member in the assembly. Meanwhile, why was it left for these obscure young men to start an action of this kind? Where have the professional bombastic defenders of the constitution been, the bar associations, the leagues for constitutional government. the luncheon clubs, the I free enterprise bovs and the I am i an American crowd who can always work themselves intp a lather extolling the glories of the constitution? Why have they had their backs turned while the legislature in three consecutive sessions flagrantly violated the spirit and-the letter of the confctitufio'n.

They" did nothing, of course, because they Green declared in a statement that the AFL will resist the legislation, already passed by the house and now before the senale, to its last breath. lie said the same opposition will be thrown against the Case labor disputes bill. TUI- MEASURE requested bv Pres. Truman at a joint session of congress Saturday, Green said, ranges the government on the side of private industry against labor. The legislation, against which Republican senators have opened a campaign of amendments, provides among other things for the military induction of employes who refuse to work for a government-operated plant.

Talks Brin" Flood of Wires to White House WASHNIGTON UP) White House See. Ross said today that telegraphic response to Pres. Trumans railroad strike speeches was the greatest following a presidential action in memory of executive aides. He said it was overwhelmingly favorable. Ross told a news conference that Jules Rodier, in charge of the telegraph room, had never seen anything like it since he came to the white house Aug.

1, 1900. Ross said more than 7.000 telegrams had been received since Mr. Truman's Friday night radio speech. Sen. Ball (R-Minn) said today that Republicans may attempt to knock out of Pres.

Trumans emergency labor legislation authority under which strikers in seized plants could be inducted into the armed forces. Ball made this prediction after the senate minority steering committee named a group headed b.v Sen. Taft (R-Ohio) to draft amendments to the bill which the house approved by a 306 to 13 vote Saturday after a personal appeal for speedy action by Mr. Truman. AT THE same time.

Sen. Guffey (D-Pa) announced that a group of Democrats opposed to the measure will join with Republicans in attempting to rewrite it. Ball told a newsman Republicans also discussed a limitation under wich the broad emergency powers proposed for the president would be made applicable only to major industries, such as transportation, communication, coal, steel, oil and public utilities. An amendment also may be offered to a section granting the attorney general the right to seek injunctions to halt strikes. Ball said, which wdll make it clear that it would not be.

a violation of the law for an individual to decline to work. i The talk of amendments came while Mr. Trumans legislative leaders were telling him that they will try to push his draft-strikers program through the senate. SENATE MAJORITY Leader Barkley (D-Ky) told reporters after a white hquge conference that the legislative situation had been canvassed thoroughly with the president. Barkley was accompanied by Sen.

McKellar (D-Tenn) temporary president of the senate. Speaker Rayburn of the house, and' House Majority Leader Mfc-Cormack (D-Mass). Baikiey voiced hope of pushing the proposed legislation through by nightfall, with perhaps some modifications. but a number of his page 8, column 8). Meeting During Of Big Paris 4 3Iinisters By REMBERT JAMES MOSCOW UP) Foreign Commissar V.

M. Molotov asserted today that a United States and British bloc had wage an offensive against Russia at the four-power meeting of foreign ministers in Paris. He declared that the proposals of Sec. of Slate James F. B.vrnes for writing European peace treaties in the United Nations assembly ii there was no agreement this summer among the four leading nations, was contrary to decisions made at the Potsdam conference of Pres.

Truman, Pi ime Minisler Attlee of Great Britain and Premier Stalin. RUSSIA, HE said, would not be forced into accepting of British and American pioposals by threats and intimidation. The prestige of the security council (of the U. has already been subjected to grave trials, Molotov said in a full page statement published in the official newspaper Pravda, giving his view of the recent Paris meeting of Bjrnes, British Foreign Sec. Ernest Eevin and French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault and himself.

The suggestion that the United Nations consider the draft of peace treaties. Molotov said, is one more attempt to bieak up the procedure of concerted work which was established in recent years and (o utilize 'melhods of pressuie, threats and intimidation. HE DECLARED that American and British capital was trying to subdue nations weakened by the war. In the question of reparations, (Continued on page 8, column 6) Saboteur's Father Gels Court Review were warned by Chief. McCormick that any further violations would result in a trip to court.

INVESTIGATION of the church festival was made after Police Lt. T. It. Haugen received a telephoned complaint at 5 Sunday afternoon that gambling was in progress. Lt.

Haugen directed Detectives Elroy Beckman and John Harrington to investigate. The detectives reported they found eight gambling games in operation and that they then called Capt. Rlilsted into the case. After checking at the festival scene, Mil-sted closed the games. Beckman and Harrington said they found young gills and boys throwing darts at a board for cash prizes ranging from 10 cents to $1.

They also saw boys, 14 to 17 years of age, carrying away wine prizes fr6m a bowling game. Persons of various ages also were reported to be winning wine by throwing rings, the player winning the bottle he or she encircled with a ring Several versions of dice games also were in prog'ress, the officers reported. C. Cashcn, president of the a son of the Jale Mr- and Mrs. switchmens union, said he agreed011 Bradford.

After learning the contention that the i electricM business in the R. with Whitney': Production Is Virtually Hailed; Truman Fails In Talks on Sunday WASHINGTON 7T) The government and John L. Lewis failed again today 'to settle the strike that has virtually all soft coal production. Another effort was to be made late today. For hours Lewis and the negotiating committee met with Sec.

of Interior Krug, federal mine boss and his deputy, Vice-Admiral Ben Moreell. THEN LEWIS sUlked out, referring newsmen's questions to Krug. The secretary sent reporters this message: We will meet again at 3 p. m. John J.

OLeary, vice-president of the United Aline Workers, was to accompany Lewis to the afternoon conference. 0f the rations 400,000 soft coal diggers are remaining at home and possibly will until Lewis gives them the signal to return. A 2-week strike truce ended Saturday night. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, showed up promptly at 10 a. m.

iCDT) for a conference with Krug. The meeting was arranged after Pres. Trumans personal intervention Sunday failed to vvina continuation of the truce. Asked whether he had anything i to say. Lewis replied: Nothing.

Mr. Truman scheduled only one formal conference today with legislative leaders leaving him if necessary, to re-enter the soft coal negotiations. TIIE APPARENT oal shutdown, a renewal of the 42-day-long strike (Continued on page 8, column 4) 10 to 12 Cents ter Price Boost Is Seen i WASHINGTON t5) The government is on the verge of letting prices go up a cent a quart for milk and 10 to 12 cents a pound for butter. Disclosing this today, officials who withheld use of their-names, said also that cheese will cost about 5 cents a pound more. These officials, predicting an announcement in a day or so, cited two reasons for the decision to boost retail pncc ceilings: 1.

Grain and feed price increases earlier this month hiked dairy production costs. 2. Price stabilization officials have decided it would be futile to try to put through any new food subsidies in view of the opposition in congress. On the basis of the latter point, previous plans for a dairy subsidy increase July 1 are being This, officials said, will account for about half of the imminent price jump. The decision to allow higher prices was reached at conferences between officials of the OPA, agriculture department and office of Economic Stabilization.

Producers Here Seeking Increase Harvey Thew. manager Madison Milk Produccis tion, said today producers are negotiating with Madison milk dealers for a higher price for their milk. He pointed nut that milk normally coming to Madison is being drained away because of the higher prices prevailing in the federally-controlled Chicago and Milwaukee markets. A 1-cent per quart increase in the retail price of milk here is necessary to maintain supplies he said. Thew also declared that cream prVts here are slightly lower than) Milwaukee and Janesville.

i i Henry C. Gerling sons, Robert and John, Madison: William, Spring Green; Paul, Wichita, 3lartill, 66, Hangs Self; William Ball, 28, (1 Drad of Gas Two men committed suicide here today, according to Coroner Fischer. They are Charles A. Martin, 66, of 620 W. Doty who hanged himself in the garage at his home, and William Ball, 28, of 123 N.

Lake killed by gas in the kitchen of his home. Fischer said that Martin was despondent over ill health and that Ball took his life because of strained relations with his girl friend. MRS. MARTIN found her hus band hanging in the garage short ly before noon. Twenty minutes later, Mrs.

Rose Ball found her son's body. Mrs. Martin told the Coroner that she was putting up screens. She saw her husband enter the garage and 10 minutes later, she went into the building and found him hanging by a rope from a rafter. He was dead.

The body was taken to the Schroeder funeral home. Martin is survived by his wife: reported. Police reported that Ball first had slashed his left wrist, and then had bandaged the wrist, before resorting to suicide by gas. Ball was discharged from the army last fall, lie is survived by his mother; two brothers, George, of Madison, and Clarence, of Sun Prairie, and four sisters, Mrs. Lela Yunke, Watertown, Mrs.

Edna Duvall, East Chicago. Mrs. Grace Anthon, Sun Prairie, and Mrs. Charlotte Wandersee, in Texas. The body is at the Fitch-Law-rcnce funeral home.

U. S. Cancels Ship, Truck Priority board member. requested to act by the supreme1 courf Goodland told reporters Saturday he had not made lip his mind what to do but promised swift action. It was reported the letter to Martin would be drafted by Atty.

Francis Lamb, executive counsel, and sent to Martin later todjv supreme court, next week. Mahlon O. Bradford, 54, ofll S. rjassett died Sunday in a local which meets Mahlon Bradford Dies al hospital following a month's illness of heart disease. He was president of the Bradford Electric 323 N.

Lake st. Mr. BradfiJid was born in Madi- Nickles shop, he went into partner ship with A. J. Schaub, under the firm name of Schaub Bradford.

When Mr. Schaub retired, Mr. Bradford organized the present company. Mr. Bradford was a lifelong member of St.

Raphael's congregation. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 8:30 a m. in the Fitch-Lawrence fpneral home and at 9 in St. Raphaels cathedral, wdth Msgr. William H.

Mahoney officiating. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Mr. Bradford is survived by his wife. Helen; one daughter, Mrs.

R. A. Hart, Madison; one son, Donald Middleton; two brothers, R. F. and D.

Madison; two grandchildren. He was a member of the West Side Business Mens association, the University Avenue Business Mens association, the Apartments Owners association. St. Raphaels Ushers club, the Holy Name society, and the Kilovvat club. Take Ceilings Off Some Paper Items WASHINGTON (P) OPA removed price ceilings Sunday on a number of paper items: and.

other miscellaneous products, effective today. Included are coat hangar pads, paper and draperms, drinking straws, ironing mat, paint paper-pillow eases, vvov- en paper fabrics, milk bottle caps, and'eigar, boxes. jt J. W. NOLTNER.

3110 Center and S. E. Flattery, 2923 Oak-ridge admitted they were in charge of games for the festival, according to a written report of Detectives Beckman and Harrington. The men said they owned most of the games but that the dice games were rented fron a Milwaukee firm through Art Gie-low. Fond riu Lac, Beckman o1hpr end the tube under Harrington reported.

'tfie blanket, and then covered his Ordered to report to the poiccfhPad the blanket, the coroner one son, Dr. R. F. Martin, Sioux City, and one daughter, Mrs. Mark Mitchell, Green Bay.

WHEN MRS. BALL entered her home, she went to the kitchen and fqund her son's body under a blanket on a cot in the kitchen. Ball had connected a rubber tube to a jet on the gas stove, had placed chief's executive's call for vast new powers to deal with major strikes w'ould be harmful to labor. HOWEVER, to a direct question whether he considered the presidents handling of the railroad strike politically damaging, Cashen replied: No, I dont think so. Why should labor criticize him for doing the only thing he could da under the ciicumstances? Cashen's union was not involved rfn the strike call.

Other labol: leaders steered clear of immediate comment on the fastbreaking weekend developments stemming from the rail strike. Capitol hill seemed inclined to the belief that Mr. Trumans quick, decisive action to end the railroad tieup had enhanced his prestige. BUT THE 73-YEAR-OLD Whitney made it clear that, if Mr. Truman wins again, he for one will withdraw from the Democratic fold.

And I've been a Democrat for a long time, he- said. his trainmens worlds richest with and said, before Cleveland Sunday, it all, if necessary. accident any- congressmen voting in favor of Mr. Truman's new labor proposals, Whitney added: I can get more and I ill if necessary. i.

Rent Control Off Summer Collages 'I summer FaSc-s and other WASHINGTON (JP) The father of one of the German saboteurs executed here during the war was granted today a supreme court review of his treason conviction for aiding the The father, Hans Max llaupt of Chicago, was sentenced' to life vvay. Whitney said, piisonment and fined $10,000. llis Saying' his Whitney called brotherhood the labor organization in its treasury taking a train for that he will use to beat Truman. lies a political brotherhood hoard of son, Herbert ofidireetors already has authorized the enemy agents who landed on; him 'to spend $2,500,000 to defeat (Continued on page 8, column 3) Roy's Exam Paper Solves Burlarv 1 A history examination paper solved a burglary at Joe's Billiard Parlor, 1976 Atwood Sunday afternoon, police reported. A boys name was on the pappr which was found in the basement of the establishment from which $3 in ca'h, 16 bottles of beer, and fie bottles of a soft drink had bgn The boy, 15 years of lage, admitted that he broke into he -establishment, police said.

a dissent, took 'no part. Justice Jackson The justice department appealed fon behalf of Fishgold. contending that congress intended a to have unlimited right to one years re-employment at his old regardless seniority or greater skill of other workers who did not go into the service. The CIO Marine and Shipbuilding Workers union said such a view of act would cause conflict with union bargining contracts based on seniority and w-ould upset the whole of industrial rela- veteran No. Vet Super-Seniority to Pre-War job, High Court Rules David Aitkcn Rheumatic Fever Victim, Sends Kiddie Camp $10 the Florida' coast from a Herbert made his way to Chicago and later was krrested.by FBI agents at his fathers house.

ifever attacks three times in hisi short life, today sent $10 to the i Kiddie Camp Fund for Rheumatic Children I am sending ten dollars to the rheumatic fever fund. David kriow-how it feels to be cooped up in bed with it. for so long a time I am 12 years old and WASIIIXGTON UP) The government has decided to cancel its truck and ship priority list today at 4 p. (local standard time), the Office, of Defense Transportation reported. The remaining emergency controls over highway and waterway cargo movements -will not be scrapped until 4 p.

ni. Friday, ODT general counsel Francis A. Silver told a reporter. feas0nal in the Mad- ans fj0 not have super-seniority lson 31 ea "cre to their prewar jobs. from control exempted rent by the' The decision dune on a suit by 'Abraham' Fishgold, -a Brooklyn welder and war veteran.

OPA at Washington The exemption will be effecthe KIDDIE CAMP FUND FOR RHEUMATIC CHILDREN Previously reported $324.32 David J. Altken. 12 10.00 Firmin Palzkill, Min- eral Point 2.00 Mrs. L. Kpwalke J.00 Total $837.32 WASHINGTON t-P) The su preme court today, decided veter-1 He contended that under the selective service act, he was entitled to regular.

work for. one-year on his old job with the Sullivan Drydock and Repair Corp. even though that would require, laying-off a pon-veterari worker greater seniority. i1 Justice Douglas delivery! the from. June 1-to Sept.

30, 1946. The proposal was opposed recently by Ora Coleman, president of Urn Madison of Labor, on the ground that it would tyorfc a hardship on laboring people who have been required to rent cottages on a year-round basis because of the housing shortage here. Where To. Find It Comics Page 16 Womans. Page rage 14 Radio Programs Page 16 Society Page 13 Sports Pages 17, 18, 19 Theaters Page 15 Bv SELMA PARKER (Kiddie Camp Editor) To help 'other young victims of Firmin Palzkfll.

Mineral Point, $2. rheumatic fever, 12-ycar-old David and -Mrs. L. Kowalke, $1. are the groups who.

have alvvzusjJ. Altken, 2803 Ridse vvho'OVill you-contribution be listed (Continued on page 8, column 6) 'has been stricken wilh rheumatic have had it three times. Other contributors today were court 6-1' decision..