“WEAK EFFORT”
WASHINGTON, April 18.—Karl
Crowley. Solicitor for the Post Of
fice Department, characterized the
air mail suits against the Post
master General as a "weak effort
of the companies to evade the
law which says the government
canno. be sued without Its con
sent.”
MRS. J. J. CONNORS AND
FAMILY RETURN NORTH
ON STEAMER YUKON TODAY
Mrs. J. J. Connors Sr.. Mrs. J.
J. Connors, Jr., and the latter's
daughter Patricia Katherin and in
fant son. James Joseph, third, ar
rived this morning on the steamer
Yukon.
Mrs. Connors Jr., has been visit
ing her family in San Jose, Cali
fornia, since late last summer and
her son was born there several
months ago. She was met in Se
attle by her mother-in-law and
they returned north together.
By JOSEPH H. SHORT
WASHINGTON. April 18. — A
flash-back to the bitter war in the
South over Alfred E. Smith's cam
paign for the Presidency more
than five years ago comes in the
present trial of Bishop James
Cannon. Jr., and his secretary.
The Southern Methodist church
man and Miss Ada L. Burroughs
of Richmond, Va.. are charged
with conspiring to violate election
laws by failure to report all the
anti-Smith campaign contributions
they received.
The charge developed from a
Senate Lobby Committee investiga
tion on which Cannon turned his
back. Hat in hand, the gray
haired, defiant veteran of many an
anti-liquor fight walked from the
committee room as Senators were
putting questions to him.
Trial Long Blocked
Another committee with broader
powers took up the inquiry. Its
report went to the District At
torney and Cannon and Miss Bur
roughs were indicted in October,
1931. Legal thrust and parry has
blocked trial on the indictment for
more than two years.
