The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 21, 1932, Page 1

+ North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Weather Report Partly cl y ftouty tonight and Tuesdays ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1932 PRICE FIVE CENTS Adolph Hitler Gets His Chance Youthf TM GRAZY’, SAYS 17-YEAR-OLD AFTER TELLING HS STORY Confesses He Slew Three Per- sons and Charges He Com- mitted Many Crimes ‘FOURTH-DEGREE’ IS USED Captive Escaped Last August From Institution For Mental Defectives Chicago, Nov. 21—(#)—From the lips of a 17-year-old boy came a con- fession, police said Monday, that he had slain three ‘persons and that he was responsible for a series of other crimes, including the recent kidnap- ing of Miss Lillian Henry, 20, niece’ of Deputy Police Commissioner John Alcock. He was James Varecha, who told Police, they said, that he was “crazy.” “If you pin these crimes on me” he said, “I'll say I'm crazy. I've been sent to Dixon twice and you can't get around that.” The Dixon he referred to is a state institution for mental defectives at Dixon, Ill, from which he escaped last August. After confessing Sunday night the youth calmly smoked a cigarette and then went sound to sleep in his cell, Confesses Three Crimes To a confession of three of the crimes, the authorities said, the boy signed his name—the slaying of Frank Jordan last Wednesday night; the kidnaping and attack the same night of Miss Henry, and the shoot- ing Nov. 14 of James F, McElligot during an attempted holdup. ‘Witnesses identified Varecha as the perpetrator of the crimes. He made verbal confessions to others, police said, including a score of robberies, the fatal shooting of an old man on the southwest side, and slaying of a ‘Mexican in his home neig! He disliked Mexicans, Varecha police—so he shot them, He'd shot perhaps seven of them, he recalled. “They get filled up with that Mari- juana and push you off the side- walk,” complained Varecha. Police are checking the confessed acts. Cool, defiant, frequently surly, Var- echa finally confessed under what Alcock termed the “fourth-degree” technique. His questioners said they appealed to his delusions of grandeur. Sister Gives Clue Also instrumental in securing his confession was the statement of his sister, at whose home Varecha at first maintained he was at the time of the south-side atrocites Wednesday night. Mrs. Mary Minski, the sister, denied he had appeared there until Thursday morning, and told authorities he had @ gun with him. “all right,” Varecha then said. “You've got me now. If my sister says that, Tl talk.” Varecha was captured Saturday af- ternoon in a loop burlesque, three days after the “crime wave” to which he confessed swept the south-side. After the questioning, Varecha pos- ed for photographers, with a cigaret in his mouth. He suggested that touch himself—“to show how cool I SAY YOUTH CONFESSES TO ‘CISTERN SLAYING’ Chicago, Nov. 21.—(#)—A solution of the “cistern slaying” of Mrs. El- len Saxe, 60-year-old retired educator of Riverside, Ill., Chicago suburb, was claimed by investigators Monday, fol- lowig a confession they said they ob- tained from her step-grandson, Char- les Bertrand Arnold, 16. “Yes, I guess I did the job all right,” his captors in Stockton, IL, 130 miles west of Chicago, said he told them en route to Mount Morris, Ill, shortly after his arrest in a restaurant. “I wanted to borrow grandmi automobile,” he was quoted as sa! ing. “She refused to give it to me and when I insisted, she said I was impudent. Then she slapped me. My mind went blank, but I remember hit- ting her with a hammer.” The body of Mrs. Saxe, who had come to the boy's home to live but three weeks before her death, was found in the cistern in the rear of the home last Friday night. She had been beaten to death. Discovery was made by her son-in-law, C. B. Arnold, Char- les’ father, wealthy Chicago manufac- turer. When arrested, Charles had don- ned an apron and was peeling pota- toes in the restaurant kitchen in pay- ment for a meal. The lack of money 4 ie Gives Birth To Son Pree'dent-elect Roosevelt nov has four grandchildren. A son was born to Mrs. Elllott Roosevelt, wife of the second son of the New York governor. (Ira Hill photo from Associated Press) MANCHURIAN ISSUE PROVIDES HEAT FOR LEAGUE OF NATIONS Reports From Lytton Commis- sion and Jap Officials in “Direct Conflict Geneva, Nov. 21.— () —Defending bar of the League of Nations coun- cil, Yosuke Matsuoka Monday re- jected the findings of the Lytton commission and pleaded for the pa- tience of the western world until his country can prove its policy of peace in the Far East. His address was similar in all re- spects to the official “observations” published Sunday as Japan's answer to the Lytton commission’s, report, but he finished with a conciliatory appeal which is not to be found in previous Japanese utterances upon the conflict with China. He cited the American punitive expedition of 1916 in Mexico as a fair precedent for Japan's attack “in le- gitimate self-defense” upon Mukden in September, 1931. Says Treat Not Broken “we have violated neither the covenant of the league, nor the nine- power treaty, nor the pact of Paris,” he said. “I ask of the council a lit- tle patience. If the western world will bestow upon us a fraction of the tolerance it has so generously be- stowed upon China, it will be grate- fully received, “The policy, the hope, the deter- mination of my country is the main- tenance of peace. We want no war, we want no more territory, we are not aggressors. Deeply and earnestly we desire the welfare of our great neighbor.” He spoke in English to a dis- tinguished audience, including the five members of the Lytton commis- sion, among them General Frank R. McCoy, of the United States. (China, which claims sovereignty over Manchuria, has not officially made any findings on the Lytton report. A dispatch from Nanking Monday said the executive Yuan had begun con- sideration of the report). Chinese Makes Statement W. W. Yen, representing China here, loosed @ barrage at the Japanese reply, however, declaring that “we hate war, we detest militarism and we Jong for peace, but if necessary we will embrace the evil of militarism in order to free our territory from an in- vader.” Simultaneously the chairman of the investigating commission which spent weeks in Manchuria, China and Ja- Pan, publicly asserted the issue was whether the principle of collective re- sponsibility for maintenance of peace and justice shall be sacrificed. The Present situation in Manchuria, in his pockets led officials to abolish the robbery theory in connection with the crime, they said. Police searching the boy’s room in his home also reported finding a num- ber of lurid detective stories and part of a bottle of liquor. He was returned to Riverside early Monday. Slain Woman’s Body Is Found by Firemen Washington, 21.—(>)—-The Rody of a woman, mutilated and part- ly burned, was found Sunday night by firemen who broke through the roof of a Capitol Heights, Md., house to extinguish a fire. Constable Earle Blackwell said the woman, Mrs. Margaret ‘was dead before fire reached the up- per floor of the one and a half story ‘dwelling. The woman's hus- band was arrested : vw said, could not be regarded as consist- ent with existing treaties. ‘There was no comment from the disarmament delegation representing the United States in Geneva. Recalls Other Cases The Jaj representative re- called the military interventions of other great powers in China and stressed the presence of anti-foreign feeling, declaring “the national gov- ernment works assiduously to instill hatred of foreigners into the minds of the’ younger generation.” Denouncing the boycott as “war- fare of insidious character,” the Jap- anese distress his people had suffered as a result. ‘The Japanese defender repeated the interpretation of the Mukden at-/ killed gi Lytton report, Secretary of State and the U. 8. senate comments as justification of Japan’s (Continued on Page Seven), Japan's course in Manchuria at the| NEXT LEGISLATURE TO FACE PROBLEM OF LARGE DEFICIT Must Balance This Year’s Bud- get in Addition to Paring New Expenditures TAX DELINQUENCIES BLAMED General Fund Is Short as Col- lections For Last Three Years Lag Behind In addition to cutting $2,500,000 from appropriations for the next bi- ennium, the 1933 legislative session must find some means of balancing the current budget, it was disclosed | Monday. | The more immediate question is presented as a result of heavy tax delinquencies, which have reduced collections this year, and the further fact that the current levies were made on the restricted basis pro- vided in the initiated law which fixes the taxable valuation at one-half the real valuation, instead of at 75 per cent as formerly. To date tax collections for 1929, 1930 and 1931 are $936,000 below hor- mal and of this amount $820,000 would have gone to the general fund. Salary reductions are expected to account for a saving of $100,000 by the time the biennium ends next July and savings made in operating state institutions may account for $460,000 more, but even if these items mate- rialize there still will be a yawning deficit in the state treasury. Under the 1932 state tax levy $2,- 213,354 would be derived under ordi- nary circumstances but this amount is $351,000 short of legislative appro- priations for the year, even after es- ‘imated savings have been deducted. The nature of the problem is in- dicated by the fact that requests for $8,295,004.76 have been filed by state departments and institutions with the state budget board. This figure is $273,429.16 less than the amount. appropriated by the last legislature but it must be cut to $6,000,000 or less unless new revenue is obtained. Salary Cut Saves The 20 per cent salary cut is ex- pected to save $200,000 annually but no estimate is available as to ‘the amount to be saved by the reduction in mileage fees. Whether the budget board will Pare $2,500,000 from the requested appropriations has not been deter- mined. It can recommend a hori- zontal cut, suggest specific reductions ‘or pass the whole problem to the leg- islature as a whole. A suggestion for obtaining revenue for general purposes by eliminating the state aid to common schools, which cost $680,000 this year, has been considered, it was learned Mon- day. This and a proposal to divert gasoline tax revenues to general pur- Poses, along with a general sales tax, are the main ideas proposed for ob- taining additional revenue. In additio nto these perplexities, it became increasingly apparent Mon- day that the salary-reduction law would be challenged in court. In ad- dition to the bald question of wheth- er the law is constitutional, many questions of administration must be ironed out and it may be these which send the measure to the state's trib- unals for decision. For instance, section 6 of the law requires all salaries to be in full com- pensation for services and all fees to be turned in to the general fund. The regulatory, oil inspection and somo other departments operate on fees, paying salaries therefrom. If this law is strictly interpreted the depart- ments may have to close, for the only way to get money from the general fund is by legislative appropriation. When Is It Effective? Another thing which must be ironed out is when the law is effective, if at all. The act itself specifies Decem- ber 1, but it cannot be accepted as a law until the canvassing board offi- cially determines that it was approv- ed, which will be December 6. Another item is that provision which prohibits anyone from receiv- ing a salary greater than that paid to members of the bureau or board which employs him. If this is liter- ally construed the heads of all state institutions and all employes, includ~ ing those of the university and agri- cultural college, would be limited to he| $2,400 a year, the salary fixed for members of the board of administra- tion. If it is not brought before, a test case probably will be filed when the state auditor issues salary checks for December. These usually are issued earlier in December than in other months in anticipation of Christmas. The attorney general's department has been studying the matter in an- ticipation of requests for opinions. State Auditor John Steen will want advice on the matter before he writes the checks. ' * FARMER IS KILLED Beach, N. D., Nov. 21.—Louis Mann, residing about 40 miles a turn and upset, killing him simact instantly, Details of the ac- are lacking, although it is that he leaves a wife and sev- children, [Launch Drive for Community Chest AR. L. COMMITEE URGES CONPULSORY | JOBLESS INSURANCE Would Have System Adopted in Every State and Paid For By Employers Cincinnati, O., Nov. 21—(7}—In an epochal step the American Federation of Labor's executive committee Mon- day submitted a plan of compulsory unemployment insurance, proposing it be adopted by every state, paid for by employers, and administered by a state commission. The benefits would not be denied to those out of work because of a trade dispute, or if non-membership in a labor union was a condition of employment. Recognizing conditions vary in dif- ferent states, the plan recommends enactment of a federal law to supple- ment state legislation. The insurance plan was contained in the report of the executive council to the Federation's 52nd annual con- vention, which opened Monday. The report, covering a wide range of sub- Jects, also expressed opposition to a sales tax; urged a seven-point eco- nomic program by the government to secure @ more equitable distribution of income; advocated a fight for res- toration of former wage scales of gov- ernment employes; asked modification of the Volstead Act, and advocated action against extended use of convict labor and a strong stand to secure en- jactment of the child Jabor amendment. See Legalized Beer On modification, the report said in- dications are that action to legalize real beer will be taken at the short session of congress convening Dec. 5. The report says there “is no general movement to increase wages,” and adds that “if capitalism is to con- tinue it must pay the price of eco- nomic security for the producers.” A system for supplying workers with information on jobs for which they are fitted is recommended. The re- port proposes a “job market” through (Continued on Page Seven) iSPANISH WAR VETS LAUNCH LOCAL POST Name Officers At Meeting Fri- day Night; Invite Eligible Men to Join Organization of a Bismarck post of the United Spanish War Veterans was effected at a meeting of eligible men Saturday night at the Grand Pacific Hotel. A number of women who are qualified for membership in the auxiliary also were on hand. Decision to name the post in honor of Levi M. Parsons honored a late Bistnarck resident who served with distinction during the Spanish War and who was widely known to Span- ish War veterans. Mr. Parsons, an! employe of the Northwest Bell Tele- Phone company, died suddenly about a year ago, E. G. Wanner, Bismarck; 8. E. Arthur, Mandan,.and A. R. Brooks, Hazen were members of a nominating ‘committee and proposed a slate of of- ficers for the coming year which was Bismarck; Senior Vice James M. Hanley, Mandan; Junior Vice Commander, H. F. O'Hare, Bis- marck; Trustees—For three years, H. H, Warren, Mandan; for two years, Arthur W. Snow, Bismarck; for one year, Fred A. Erickson, Bismarck; Chaplain, Daniel Slattery, Bismarck; Patriotic Instructor, Ernest G. Wan- ner, Bismarck; Officer of the Day, Joseph L, Kelley, Bismarck; Officer of the Guard, Rudolph W. Patzman, Bismarck; Historian, John L. Peter- son, Bismarck. Meeting dates were fixed as the second Thursday of each month. Mrs. Bakke of Minot, state auxi- Hundred Bismarck Businessmen Take to Field in Quest of $11,900-Fund EARLY RESPONSE GENEROUS Money Will Be Allocated to Charity and Other Civic Organizations Approximately 100 Bismarck busi- ness and professional men took the field Monday morning in a campaign to raise $11,900 for the 1933 Commun- ity Chest. The money will be allocated to charity organizations and to other groups of a character-building or civic service nature. The campaigners gathered at break- fast at 8:15 o'clock Monday morning at the Grand Pacific Hotel to receive detailed instructions and supplies to be used in the canvass. Reports re- celved at noon indicated that the re- sponse to the appeal in most quarters was generous and leaders expressed confidence that the quota set would be attained. In the event that the chest falls short of the amount designated, how- ever, the budget committee has ruled that those agencies ministering to the physical needs of the community will be given their full allotment before other agencies are permitted to share in the collection. Bolstering this decision is the furth- er fact that all who care to do so may designate the charity or charities to which their money shall be applied. The chest management obligates it- self to respect these expressions by contributors. Indications are that it will be sever- al days before the solicitation is com- Pleted. Some advance work was done by groups which met with the larger contributors of last year and preceed- ing years and @ separate committee is soliciting those stores and organi- zations whose main offices are in oth- er cities. In most cases local manag- ers are without authority to make contributions on behalf of the com- Pany and donations must come from the home offices. Judge W. L. Nuessle, campaign chairman, together with Judge A. M. Christianson, chairman and H. P. Goddard, secretary, were speakers at the Monday breakfast. They described the organization and workings of the chest, instructed workers as to the questions which might be asked of them and the Proper answers, and cited the fact that only one solicitation is made annually under the Community Chest plan as compared with a dozen or more under the system which prevail- ed before the chest was organized. The need for continuing the work which the chest finances also was stressed together with the benefits that have accrued from it in past years. Winnie Ruth Judd Arguments to Begin Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 21.—(?)—Oral arguments in the appeal of Winnie Ruth Judd from her conviction and death sentence for the murder of Agnes Ann LeRoi were to begin be- fore the supreme court of Arizona Monday. Mrs. Judd will be represented by attorneys. Attorney General K. Berry Peterson and his assistant, J. R. Mc- Dougal, will present the state’s argu- ments. Defense attorneys said they would base their case on 12 separate as- signments of error. Among the prin- cipal alleged errors, they said, will be cited the refusal of the trial court to give instructions on the law of self-defense as requested by the de- fense; the alleged refusal of the court to grant a new trial on the asserted disqualification of a juror; and the claim the court erroneously instruct- ed the jury on Arizona law concern- ing insanity. Mrs. Judd also is under indictment for the slaying of Hedvig Samuelson, native of North Dakota. No time limit on oral arguments is set by the Mary president, addressed the women present and an application for an auxiliary charter was signed. Others Present from out of the city were State Commander Mark W. Chatfield, State Adjutant Bakke of Minot and Comrade Hill of Minot. The state of- ficers mustered in the new officers of the local post. All veterans within a radius of 50 ization and anyone desiring informa- tion may obtain it by writing to the post commander. Men becoming members by January 1, 1933, will be listed as charter Ts. Arthur, Mandan, FOR SENATOR old Sorenson, tant, 8. E. court on capital cases. Highway Worker at Elbowoods Is Killed Dickinson, N. D., Nov. 21—(P)— Emory Refenburg, 30 years old, 2403 avenue south, Minneapolis, employed on a highway construction crew at Elbowoods, was killed Satur- day when the crane of a steam shovel struck him. His skull was fractured. ful Kidnaper-Slayer Admits Crimes LAW IS EXPECTED TO DELAY CONTROL BY NEW OFFICIALS Terms of Many Appointees Will Not Expire Until Later, Records Show BOARDS SEEN AS IMPORTANT Major Appointments to Be Made By Them Rather Than By New Governor Although every elective state offi- cer in office after Jan. 1 will be a member of the Nonpartisan League, members of that political group will not immediately obtain control of all phases of the state's operation, a. survey disclosed Monday. In some departments any “sweep- ing-out” of present employes will be delayed, on the basis of present laws, until new appointments are made. The list of these appointments also discloses that some of the most im- portant will be made by the Nonpar- tisans through boards, rather than directly by the governor, as many have assumed. First of all, of course, those de- partments which now are controlled by I. V. A. officeholders will change complexion immediately when new officials take office. This list in- cludes the governor's, attorney gen- eral’s, commissioner of agriculture and labor, auditor’s and public in- struction departments. With the governorship goes what- ever power of appointment is not re- served by law to boards. Tax Department First ‘The first department to come un- der the governor's supervision through the appointing power will be that of the tax commissioner. Iver A. Acker, present tax commissioner, was ap- pointed to a six-year term ending June 30, 1937, but the string to this is the fact that he may be removed at Will by the governor. Because of this fact Acker’s resignation will be ready when William Langer takes office as governor. The number of employes in this office is 14, some of whom are technicians and who could! not easily be replaced merely by po- litical appointments. The term of R. E. Kennedy as state engineer expires April 2, 1935. As is! the case with some other offices| which require technical knowledge, | however, this is not regarded as a political appointment. Semingson May Hold Of particular interest because of pre-election statements is the situa- tion affecting the state bank exam- iner's department. The term of Gil- bert Semingson, present chief, does not expire until March 12, 1935, and the only provision for removal, un- der the present law, is that the in- cumbent may be ousted if he “vio- lates or fails faithfully to discharge”; the duties of his office. The “at will” clause which makes the tax commis- sioner the servant of the governor is missing from this law. One of the most important agen- cies, the Bank of North Dakota, will be controlled by the Nonpartisan in- dustrial commission when it holds its first meeting after taking office. The key man in this position is the general manager and director gen- eral, a post now held by Col. C. ¥.! Mudgett. Below this post are many jobs, many of them calling for spe- cialized knowledge and experience and many paying as much or more than is paid to state officers. Inci- The body was brought here Sunday Boy Sree 0: Be Beate. 18 Mipnease- Suffers Broken Leg In Building Mishap Frederick Wanner, son of E. G. dentally, these salaries are not af- fected by the 20 per cent reduction voted by the voters on Nov. 8. The Bank of North Dakota is owned by the state but is not, strictly speak- ing, a state institution. For these reasons, and because the bank's activities cover the entire state, the action in selecting a new manager will be watched with in- terest. Because of its size and the heavy volume of its payroll, it is about the only political plum tree left after the voters got through shearing at governmental expendi- tures in June and November. Next to come under the governor's hand will be the game and fish de- partment, the appointment of Bur- nie Maurek, present commissioner, expiring Jan. 31, 1933. This depart- ment lists 15 full-time employes in addition to numerous part-time ward- ens and other assistants. The new governor's first appoint- ment to the state highway commis- sion will be that of a successor to James A. Dinnie, Grand Forks, whose Roosevelt Adviser President-elect Roosevelt will be led by Prof. Raymond ove) of Columbia univer. sity, an authority on economics, when he calls upon President Hoo- ver at the White House for a discus- sion of war debt problems. (Asso- ciated Press Photo) PRESIDENT DIRECTS HS ENERGY TOWARD WAR DEBT SOLUTION Hoover Looks to Conference With Roosevelt Tuesday on Reparations Issue Washington, Nov. 21.—()—Having assured a cut of more than half a billion dollars in the federal budget day concentrated his energies upon his momentous war debts conference Tuesday with Frapklin D. Roosevelt, his successor-elect. In the two or three hours that these men sit together in the white house—an event which in itself makes history — may be shaped America's immediate answer to for- eign requests for a new moratorium and review of international obliga- tions. Its principal purpose is to in- sure if possible a continuity from now on into the next administration of American policy on the whole ques- tion. Most vital is the manner in which the debt difficulties are to be laid before congress—a congress whose Disarmament Cost Exceeds War Debts How the five principal European debtor nations are spending for military purposes each year an amount much greater than their Scheduled debt payments to the United States—a fact cited by ad- vocates of reduced armaments—is shown in the accompanying table. The figures on armament costs are as of 1931 (with the exception of Belgium, which is for 1930) and debt figures represent the pay- ments due in the fiscal year 1932. These payments were postponed by the Hoover one-year morato- rium, now expired. Combined, European debtor na- tions were scheduled to pay the United States about $247,000,000 in 1932 toward retirement of their debts. Their combined expendi- tures for armaments represent about $2,250,000,000 a year, or nine times that much. The table showing the annual debt payment due and thc cost of armaments annually follows: Great t Armaments Britain ..$159,520,000 $461,475,990 France 50,000,000 541,854,102 Italy . 14,706,125 331,449,094 Belgium 7,950,000 34,224,000 Poland ... 7,486,835 94,561,600 members in swelling numbers are recording opposition to any morato- rium extension, revision or re-crea- tion of the war debt commission. Because the house, where fiscal legislation must originate, is con- trolled now by Democrats and be- cause the November election placed the entire government after March in the hands of Roosevelt's party, the present chief executive ‘broke prece- dent to seek the influence and co- (Continued on page seven) Says Hoover Would Not Veto Beer Bill Washington, Nov. 21.—(#)—Repre- sentative Britten (Rep., Ill.) after a conference with President Hoover at which he said possible beer legisla- tion was discussed, told newspaper- men he was “quite satisfied Hoover would not veto a beer bill.” Long an advocate of modification of the Volstead act, he said he had devoted his entire conference with the chief executive to discussion of this subject. Britten said he was “ready to go ahead with a beer bill that would provide against return of the saloon, and would protect states wishing to remain dry, but would provide for others 2.75 per cent beer by weight.” operation of his successor. Wednesday morning, a day after the Roosevelt conference, Hoover will go over the same ground with 13 leaders of congress—Republican and Demoeraie senators and representa- ves. Upon their attitude and that of their followers depends, in the last analysis, the attitude of this govern- ment in connection with payments dup Dec. 15. Members of the president's cabi- net Monday completed with their de- partmental aides the task of trim- ming their requests for operating funds in the next fiscal year in line with the reduction settled upon Sat- Representative Dyer of Missouri,| troltable i ranking Republican on the house ju- diclary committee, predicted it would approve a resolution for repeal of the 18th amendment, tax refunds, for next year, President Hoover Mon-/| COMMISSIONED BY VON HINDENBURG TO ASSEMBLE CABINET Strings Are Attached to Re- quest, However, By Aged German President HEADS HUGE FASCIST PARTY Executive Doesn't Want to Trust Government to Nazi Leader Alone Berlin, Nov. 21.—(#)— President von Hindenburg Monday commis- sioned Adolph Hitler, the Fascist leader, to formulate a cabinet and a Program of action to meet Germany's domestic crisis, but there were strings attached to the request. Instead of the usual “mandate to form a cabinet,” Hindenburg gave the leader of the nation’s largest single party a mission to attempt within a certain limited time to submit a slate of names and a program of action, backed by “a majority or almost a majority” of the reichstag. The president was represented by those close to him as unwilling to place Germany's fate in Hitler's hands without attaching strings to the situation, despite the favorable meeting between the two most popu- lar leaders of the nation Saturday. This was the outcome of a 15-min- ute conversation between them Mon- day forenoon, during which the Nazi | declared himself ready to act. It was said he promised to send a letter to the president Monday adi him “whether and under what conditions @ government led by Hitler will find in the reichstag a safe majority do- ing work and united on a common program of effort.” In other words, Hindenburg gave the Nazi leader a chance, but a chance that leading political groups |held to be nearly impossible to tun | to certainty. | It was pointed out the pivotal par- |ties—the Nationalists, the Centrists | and the Bavarians—are possibly will- |ing to have the Nazis govern Ger- many, but unwilling to have the Nazi | leader dominate the situation. { A government communique said | Hitler would notify the president of his course immediately, and added: | “Herr Hitler was commissioned in | the capacity of leader of the largest | party in the reichstag after he had declared most emphatically to the president of the reich that his party | could cooperate only in a government led by himself.” ;, A spokesman for the Fascist leader told the Associated Press that this | was the Nazi viewpoint: | “Herr Hitler does not feel that he, | as leader of the largest party in Ger- | many, should run around begging the | Smaller parties for support. We are quite willing to have men like Kon- ; Stantin von Neurath, Count Lutz von Krosigk Schwerin and Gen. Kurt von Schleicher continue to serve.” | One of his closest associates said “it {48 obviously impossible for Hitler, who has spent his whole political life in a bitter: fight against parliamentary haggling to try to resurrect @ system which already is dead. It is most likely that he will tell the president that he is still ready to head an au- |thoritary cabinet, but his reply will be so conciliatory as to leave open all |doors to negotiations.” | Hitler issued a statement that he | Must consider all the conditions be- | fore replying. It developed then that | there were other strings in addition |to that stipulating support by the reichstag. One of them, it was understood, was a@ stipulation that the Hitler cabinet must not interfere with the federal commission government of | Prussia. This and other conditions, observers thought, will make it im- possible for Hitler to negotiate. HINT HOHENZOLLERNS’ RETURN MAY BE OBJECT 4 Paris, am 21.—(?)—The arrival to Power of lolf Hitler in Germany, either as chancellor or minister, was declared by the newspaper Ere No- velle Monday to mean the preparation of the way for the return of the Ho- henzollerns. Attempt to Wreck , Herriot’s Train Paris, Nov. 21—(#)—Premier Edou- amortization of the public debt and quests fora '6500;000,000 budget slash had been met.