The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 16, 1933, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1933 Weather Report Increasing cloudiness tonight; scat- tered showers and cooler Wednesday. PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘Roose mr or mesic? [Plan Ma EMPHASIZES HOPE OF UNTED ACTION Rulers of All Nations Asked to Join in Move Toward Disarmament SAYS DECISION IS NEAR ‘Happiness, Prosperity and Lives of Millions Are Declared At Stake Washington, May 16.—(?)—The text bf President Roosevelt’s message to the heads of the nations participating in the world economic and disarma- ment conferences follows: A profound hope of the people of my country impels me, as the head of their government, to address you and, through you, the people of your na- tion. This hope is that peace may be e@ssured through practical measures of disarmament and that all of us may carry to victory our common struggle against economic chaos. To these ends the nations have called two great world conferences. ‘The happiness, the prosperity, and the very lives of the men, women and children who inhabit the whole world are bound up in the decisions which their governments will make in the near future. The improvement of so- cial conditions, the preservation of in- dividual human rights, and the fur- therance of social justice are depend- ent upon these decisions. ‘The world economic conference will meet soon and must come to its con- clusions quickly. The world can not wait deliberations long drawn out. ‘The conference must establish order in place of the present chaos by a Roosevelt Slept on Message to Powers Washington, May 16.—(#)—Pres- ident Roosevelt, who since March 4 has established something ‘of a reputation for quick action, “slept on” the peace message to the world rulers. He finished writing it Saturday and put it in his desk. Sunday he took a pleasure cruise down the Potomac with some friends, including none of his dip- lomatic advisers. Sunday night he conferred with several state department officials, and Monday and Monday night canvassed their opinions again. Then he ordered the message tc go forward at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning, to be made public at 10 o'clock, and went to bed. Stabilization of currencies, by freeing the flow of world trade, and by inter- national action to raise price levels. it must, in short, supplement individ- ual domestic programs for economic recovery, by wise and considered in- ternational action. At Cross Purposes The disarmament conference has Jabored for more than a year and, as yet, has been unable to reach sat- isfactory conclusions. Confused pur- Poses still clash dangerously. Our duty lies in the direction of bringing practical results through concerted action based upon the greatest good to the greatest number. Before the imperative call of this great duty, Petty obstacles must be swept away Robert Worth Bingham, new United States Ambassador to Great Britain, is seen here with his wife and daughter, Henrietta (left), as they sailed from New York for sumes the post relinquished by Andrew W. Mellon. Possibility of Seen in Sino-Jap Trouble FOUR ROBBERS GET $6,000 IN RAID ON BANK IN MINNESOTA Secrete Selves in Building and Hold Up Employes When They Arrive Farmington, Minn., May 16—(?)}— Four men robbed the First. National bank here of $6,000 shortly after 8 a. m. Tuesday. Three of the bandits had secreted themselves in the bank early Tuesday and overpowered officials and em- Ployees when they reported for work. Three gunmen were in the bank when Mrs. Millard Whittier, book- keeper, entered. She was escorted to @ rear room and warned to “keep your mouth shut and don’t try any funny stuff.” Greeted later in the same manner were R. C. Shirley, assistant cashier, Miss Berniece Eschweiller, bookkeep- er, and C. E. Cadwell, cashier. Satisfied that the entire bank per- sonnel had reported for work, the leader told Cadwell to “get busy and open the vault.” After Cadwell opened the vault, he was ordered to open the safe. Forced into the basement, the four were tied with rope and wire and their mouths closed with adhesive tape. Then they were pushed into a small supply room and the door tied with rope, Mrs. Whittier removed her bonds and helped liberate the others. Shir- ley pulled a knife from his pocket and .managed to slide his hand and petty aims forgotten. A selfish victory is always destined to be an ultimate defeat. The furtherance of durable peace for our generation in every part of the world is the only goal worthy ef our best efforts. If we ask what are the reasons for armaments, which, in spite of the les- sons and tragedies of the world war, are today a greater burden on the Peoples of the earth than ever before, it jppcomes clear that they are two- Sold: First, the desire, disclosed or hid- den, on the part of governments to enlarge their territories at the expense of a sister nation. I believe that only ® small majority of governments or of peoples harbor such a purpose. Second, the fear of nations that they will be invaded. I believe that the overwhelming majority of peo- ples feel obliged to retain excessive armaments because they fear some act of aggression against them and not because they themselves seek to be aggressors. Fear Is Justified There is justification for this fear. Modern weapons of offense are vast- ly stronger than modern weapons of defense. Frontier forts, trenches, wire entanglements, coast defenses— in a word, fixed fortifications—are no longer impregnable to the attack of war planes, heavy mobile A Jand battleships called tanks, and poison gas. If all nations will agree wholly to eliminate from and use the weapons which make possible a successful attack, defenses automa- tically will become impregnable, and the frontiers end independence of every nation will become secure. ‘The ultimate objective of the fe | armament conference must be the complete elimination of all offensive ‘weapons. The immediate objective is ® substantial reduction of some of these weapons and the elimination of many others. This government believes that the program for immediate reduction of ‘aggressive weapons, now under dis- cussion at Geneva, is but a first step toward’ our ultimate goal. We do not believe that the proposed im- mediate steps go far enough. Never- theless, ‘welcomes <Continuea on Page Seven) through an opening in the door and cut the rope on the outside. The bandits escaped in a car driven by @ fourth man. The driver and one of the other bandits, according to Mrs, Miles Hunter, ate breakfast in her cafe a half hour before the rob- bery. She recogriized the two as they pulled away from the bank in the bandit machine. \oaaes A | In Hospital After | Riding Wild Broncho| —— Phillip Armentraut, 26-year-old farmhand, will testify that the “wild and wooly days” of the west are not over. The young man was in a local hospital Tuesday receiving treat- ment for severe injuries suffered in a broncho-riding episode Mon- day evening on the farm of Charles ‘Nagel, about two miles north of Bismarck. ‘The broncho reared up and fell over backwards on Armentraut. The young man suffered a gash on the forehead, broken ribs and eo internal injuries of the chest. His doctor said his condition is “satisfactory. Armentraut was brought to the hospitat about 9 o'clock Monday evening. Big Dam in Montana Favored by Roosevelt Washington, May 16.—(?)—Harry H. Woodring, assistant secretary of war, said Tuesday President Roose- velt had ually assured him the projected public works program would include the Missouri river re- servoir at Fort Peck, Mont., the Kaw river reservoir eight miles above To- peka and completion of the Missouri channel development from its mouth to Sioux City. Woodring said the president told him he felt middle western states had not participated in federal im- provements as much as had other re- gions and deserved their share of public works expenditures. The estimated cost of these two reservoirs, he said, is nearly $120,- * 000,000. England where the new envoy as: Peace Is ' Political Atmosphere in Far East Changed By Develop- ment At Nanking Tientsin, May 16.—(#)—The political atmosphere in North China has sud- denly changed, leading to the belief that the iatest Japanese incursion south of the great wall is near an end. The changed atmosphere resulted from the coming to North China of General Hwang Fu, national govern- ment representative slated as minister to North China: from the Nanking government. Hwang, former national government foreign minister, is considered dis- tinctly friendly toward Japan. His iS , coupled with a statement Monday at Changchun, Manchuria, by Field Marshal Nobuyoshi Muto, Japanese military commander in Manchuria, that the Japanese would withdraw as soon as the Chinese re- main away from the wall, was inter- preted as meaning a Chinese-Jap- anese compromise had been reached. Under the compromise, it was be- lieved, the Chinese would avoid the borders of the new state of Manchu- kuo, while a new Peiping regime would be allowed at least temporarily to continue to function as a branch of the central government. Japanese north of Peiping and east of Tangshan continued to air-bomb and shell the retreating Chinese, but their attacks were expected to cease soon, their objective seemingly ac- complished. ‘The Chinese were reported in Jap- anese dispatches to be in disorderly retreat from the North China battle- fields in preparation for a stand along a defense line only 13 miles east of Peiping. More than 70 American children are evacuating the North China American school at Tungchow, con- ducted by the American board of jmissions. The United States legation advised evacuation of the town, 13 miles east of Peiping, after rumors the Japanese intend to occupy it. Rengo News agency reports tell of the occuaption of Tsunha by the 14th Infantry Brigade of Maj. Gen. Heijiro Hattori, who continues westward. meeting no resistance. 1,500 Are Homeless In New Maine Blaze Auburn, Me., May 15.—(#)—New Au- burn, suburban section of this city, is a smouldering ruin Tuesday, devast- ated by fire which in less than five hours consumed more than 200 build- ings and made 1,500 persons home- Jess. It was Maine's second conflagration in a little more than a week. A large part of the city of Ellsworth was des- troyed May 7 by a $2,000,000 fire of incendiary origin. Officials scouted reports that Au- burn’s blaze was caused by a pyro- maniac. City Manager Frederick W. Ford said he believed an oil or gasoline blast in the sarnes wher? the fire or- iginated was responsible. ‘The fire was spread by a northeast wind of 30 to 40-mile velocity. Congress to Decide On Public Works Tax Washington, May 16.—(?)—Final action on Muscle Shoals was 2 capitol possibility Tuesday, but so routine was @ vote on this ancient issue that most congressional talk dealt with Presi- dent Roosevelt's next message—the huge public works program and its financing—expected Wednesday. Reasons for these discussions lay in that most controversial of political issues—new taxes. Over $200,000,000 is needed for interest and amortiza- tion costs of a $3,300,000,000 “re-em- ployment” bond issue and the presi- dent has decided to put the choice of the revenue method up to congress. While lines were forming on this issue, other big administration meas- ures were nearing the finish line and a legislative troublemaker of the last cangress—the Glass Bank reform bill 1 Was pushing forward. {ment of major and minor dams in WOULD USE FEDERAL FUNDS IN PROJECTS Civilian Conservation Corps Would Do Work; Apple Creek Site Mentioned MORE INFORMATION SOUGHT Groups Will Ascertain Possibili- ties and Locate Places For Structures Preliminary steps toward establish- Burleigh county through use of civil- ian conservation corps men and Re- construction Corporation funds were taken Monday evening by a score of Bismarck businessmen at a meeting arranged by the local chapter of the Izaak Walton League. The major dam proposed would be in Apple Creek within five or 10 miles of the Capital City to impound waters to form a lake covering from 1,000 engineers’ committee. Minor dams would be at various points in Apple Creek and Burnt Creek, to be selected by committees of businessmen with the approval of an engineers’ committee Committees Are Named One committee was named to secure information from the federal govern- ment. In this group are A. D. Mc- Kinnon, 8. W. Corwin and H. P. God- dard. Committees named to investigate sites for dams were: Apple Creek:— George Hektner, Goddard and E. E. LaFrance; Burnt Creek—John A. Lar- son, Dr. H. T. Perry and Lynn W. Sperry. Upon completion of their investi- gations, these committees are to re- Port to an engineers’ committee, in- cluding McKinnon, J. N. Roherty and W. F. McGraw, which would select the most feasible sites and prepare statis- tical material for presentation to the federal government. Committees also were instructed to determine the attitude of farmers along the two creeks toward the pro- Posed dams and their willingness to sell their property at reasonable prices in some cases or give easements to Property in other cases. Would Expect Cooperation At the meeting it was pointed out that in cases where only small parts of farmers’ land would be covered by water, the farmers would be benefit- ted by valuable shore line on the im- pounded bodies of water and should be willing to grant an easement im- mediately without financial consid- eration. In other cases, of course, it might be necessary to purchase the land, the conferees pointed out. If any of the proposed dams are constructed, it was pointed out, farm- ers must permit access to the lakes and pounds over their property or construction of the dams will not be Justified. The proposed lakes would fill rec- reational needs in the county as well as conserve moisture and help in local flood control. Cerebral Apoplexy Is Fatal to Mrs. Payne Jamestown, N. D., May 16.—)— Mrs. W. H. Payne, wife of the prin- cipal of Bismarck high school, died here Tuesday from cerebral apoplexy after an illness of one month. Mrs. Payne was born in Mandan May 20, 1901, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stutsman. She at- tended the Mandan grade schools and graduated from Central high school, &t. Paul, in 1919. Returning to Mandan, she taught one year at the State Training School. She was married to Mr. Payne in December 31, 1929 and had Mandan lived in Bismarck since that time. A member of the Mandan Chapter of the D. A. R., Mrs. Payne had served as secretary of the organization at one time and also was a page representing Mandan at two national congresses of the D. A. R. in Washington. In addition to her husband and pa- rents she leaves a sister, Mrs. Char- lotte Storm, Seattle, and a brother, W. 8. Stutsman of Mandan. Community Action Is Declared Civic Need Fargo, May 16.—(#)-—Fargo and North Dakota never needed collec- tive community action—the team play available through organizations such as the chambers of commerre —more than at the present moment when profound changes in the ¢om- mon and bi structure of the evelt Asks Worl jor and Mi nor Dams for County LOCAL COMMITTEE (Capitol Building Laborers Strike ERFORTS 10 SETTLE WISCONSIN STRIKE RESULT IN FAILURE Governor Refuses to Meet With Agitators Unless They Call Off Movement Milwaukee, Wis., May 16.—(?)—Ef- forts to bring about an immediate {settlement of Wisconsin's tumultuous milk strike went glimmering Tuesday when strike chiefs refused to confer with Governor A. G. Schmedeman un- der conditions which the governor prescribed. Officials of the Wisconsin coopera- tive milk pool had made overtures to the governor, suggesting a meeting. The governor, in effect, demanded that the strikers surrender first. He was willing to meet them provided they came with a <etermination to call off the strike at once and pro- vided that Walter M. Singler, fiery president of the milk pool, was not a member of the conference committee. Meanwhile national guard cavalry- men, in the role of civilian deputies, routed milk strike pickets at Shawano, where strikers Monday overwhelmed authorities and closed several dairy Plants. Militiamen, 225 of them from Mil- waukee, were added to the force of about 300 special deputies about wand, They carried side arms, riot sticks and gas bombs. In a few hours early Tuesday they swept the highways clean. There were two brushes with farm strikers. About 200 pickets east of Shawano were dispersed. Strikers then assembled near Bonduel, where a tear gas battle was fought Monday, but again were driven away. Efforts to dump milk at Mukwonago were twice frustrated Monday. Sev- eral hundred farmers waged & sensa- tional battle in a cloud of tear gas to destroy milk being brought by six trucks to the United Dairy Products company plant. Beaten off, the strik- ers said they would be back at 9 o’- clock Monday night when the milk train was to depart for Chicago. It was sent out three hours earlier, however. As the strike went into its fourth day, dairy operators in only eight counties were under order to refrain from moving milk. Shortly before midnight, the ban was lighted in Mil- waukee, Waukesha, and Green Lake counties. Five others were freed from. restrictions earlier. HOLIDAY ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS RENO ORDER Des Moines, Iowa, May 16.—(P)— The Wisconsin Farmers Holiday as- sociation Tuesday approved the order of Milo Reno, national association president, cancelling the holiday strike to have begun May 13. He re- ceived a message from the Wiscon- sin secretary. Plans Arms Embargo To Halt Hostilities Geneva, May 16.—(#)—An arms embargo without reservation against the principals in the Gran Chaco conflict, Paraguay and Bolivia, was held in readiness by six nations Tuesday. The six, whose names were not, disclosed, may be joined by seven others, contingent on participation of other states, Revelation of this action followed & secret session of the council of the League of Nations Monday night after a public and special session Monday in which Bolivian and Para- guayan representatives stated their cases, After Paraguay had definitely ac- cepted arbitration, conditions were raised by Bolivia, declaring it essen- tial that the exact nature of Para- guayan claims to the disputed re- gion be known ahead of time. Each nation blamed the other and asked that league penalties be invoked. Following the council's secret ses- sion a committee headed by Sean Lester, Irish Free State delegate, was given charge of the question. The council will not meet again until Wednesday. Wyoming Joins in Parade for Repeal Cheyenne, Wyo. May 16.—(?)— Wyoming Tuesday appeared to have lined up with Michigan, Wisconsin and Rhode Island in favor of repeal of the 18th amendment. With returns from 180 of 667 pre- cinct conventions, there had been elected 363 delegates pledged to rati- fication of the congressional resolu- tion for repeal and only 40 favoring retention of the amendment. Incom- nation are pending, Dr, C. A. Prosser, Plete returns came from 14 of the president of Dunwoody Institute of Minneapolis, told more than 200; members of the senior and junior chambers of Fargo at a dinner Mon- day night. Dr. Prosser maintained the eco- nomic tide has changed. He declared he found on a recent visit to Wash- ington that in official circles there is a conviction the nation is faced state's 23 counties. Delegates named at Monday's con- ventions will meet Thursday at coun- ty conventions to name delegates to a state convention at Casper, May 25. Wyoming was the fourth state to vote on repeal. New Jersey was to vote Tuesday. A. C. STUDENT DIES definitely toward better times. This} Fargo, N. D., May 16.—(?)—Patient conviction, he said, is shared by|in a Fargo hospital seven weeks, John|board of education. some of the leaders of industry of|Almer Heleen, senior at the N. D. A.| widow and a son, Elliott, both atjearth roads are fair, the state highway the nation. C.. died Tuesday. Over 90 Men Seek “50 Cents An Hour and Better Work- ing Conditions” ANNOUNCE PICKETING PLANS Commissioner Says He Believes Men Getting As Much Pay As Guaranteed More than 90 common laborers em- ployed by the Lundoff-Bicknell com- pany on the North Dakota state capitol construction project were on strike Tuesday for “50 cents an hour and better working conditions.” R. M. Rishworth, chairman of the state capitol building commission, said he understood that the common laborers have been receiving all the pay they were guaranteed under the original contracts, which, he said, were approved by union organiza- tions. Denial that the wage scales set in the original contracts were approved by union organizations was made by Ted Moe, secretary of Bismarck local, No. 443, of the International Hod- carriers, Builders and Common La- borers Union. Rishworth said the strike problem is one for the Lundoff-Bicknell firm to solve. ‘The Lundoff-Bicknell company was expected to issue a statement re- garding the strike late Tuesday aft- ernoon. ‘The common laborers have been getting 30 cents an hour and working “all hours of the night and day, ac- cording to Moe, who said that the la- borers often have been called to work as early as 4 a. m. and required to stay on the job in some cases mage than 10 hours. Moe said his organization planned to picket the construction job to pre- vent the Lundoff-Bicknell company from employing any men to replace the strikers. Most of the strikers were on the construction site Tuesday. Moe said the laborers have been endeavoring to get 50 cents an hour since Merch 9, without success. Members of the committee repre- senting the common laborers are Moe; Harold Hanson, president of the local union; Adam Voight, vice president; and Olaf Nelson. The local union has received an order from international headquar- ters approving of the strike, Moe said. “In a conference with Governor William Langer this morning,” Moe said, “he told us not to go back to work until we get 50 cents an hour and said he was with us 100 per cent.” MILLIONS LOST AS FLOOD WATERS RAGE IN MIDWEST RIVERS Thousands of Acres Inundated As Ohio and Mississippi Overflow Banks St. Louis, May 16.—(4)—Millions of dollars of damage Tuesday had been charged to abnormal rainfall and floods along the middle reaches of the Mississippi River which was near its predicted peak. Thousands of acres of rich farm land are under water, mostly from the overflow of Mississippi tributaries in Illinois and Missouri. Two lives were lost Monday in Mis- souri. Charles Labruyere, 11, drown- ed in St. Louis when he fell into the river Des Peres brought to unusual depth by both rain and back-water from the Mississippi. Walter Brooks, 25-year-old bride- groom of a week, perished in the spreading water of the Black River near Popular Bluff when he fell from @ rowboat. 15 ARE DEAD IN LOWER MIDDLE WEST Cincinnati, May 16.—(4)—Residents along the Ohio River above Cincin- nati breathed easier Tuesday as the mighty stream, overflowing over thousands of acres of lowland, re- mained stationary and was expected to begin a steady drop. ‘The flood has taken a toll of 15 dead in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, and List Developments | e. 1 | IL In Armament Crisis (By the Associated Press) Tuesday’s developments in the international disarmament crisis: Washington—President Roose- velt broke precedent by appealing directly to the rulers of the na- tions to reduce armaments, eli- minate aggressive weapons, for- get “petty” national aims, and work for peace and economic re- covery. Berlin—Chancellor Hitler con- ferred with President von Hin- denburg about his momentous dis- armament pronouncement to be made Wednesday before a special Reichstag session. Paris—Paris factories making food, chemicals, clothing and army supplies were ordered to report to the “passive defemse bureau” on their capacity and number of employees. Vienna—Chancellor Hitler re- buked Austria for “slapping Ger- many in the face.” Tokyo—Chinese were reported fleeing in disorder to make a stand against the Japanese army only 13 miles east of Peiping. FRENCH FACTORIES ORDERED TO REPORT CAPACITY FOR WAR Survey Directed As Nation Awaits Hitler's Pronounce- ment to Reichstag Paris, May 16—()—As a national defense measure Paris factories were ordered Tuesday to report to the “passive defense bureau” within a month on the number of their em- Ployees and on their capacity. ‘This move came as the nation was waiting for Chancellor Hitler's im- Portant pronouncement before the German Reichstag Wednesday on the German policy in regard to rearma- ment. Jean Chiappe, perfect of police is- sued the order to the Paris factories. It applied to all establishments em- ploying more than 500 workers, and to metal, wood, food. chemical, cloth- ing and banking concerns, as well as army supply plants. The council of ambassadors, exec- utive body of the treaty of Versailles, may shortly resume activity as a re- sult of the controversy over the Ger- man arms problem, it was learned ‘Tuesday. Paris and London are busily dis- cussing the revival of the council in anticipation of renewed application of the treaty provisions. The council is presided over by Jules Cambon, veteran French diplo- mat, and the United States ambassa- dor frequently sat as an observer dur- ing the years of its activity. Inactive Several Years For several years this executive group has been idle, but it still main- tains its office. Resumption of activity by the coun- cil was discussed in connection with two worldwide declarations, one by Chancellor Adolph Hitler of Ger- many and the other by President Roosevelt. The president, it was said in gov- ernment circles, was urged by Paris and London to present his disarma- ment views with an implied, if not outspoken, common opposition of the Powers to German rearmament and its consequences. ‘The 50-minute talk Monday of Nor- man H. Davis, American ambassador- at-large, with foreign minister Joseph Paul-Boncour has allayed French anxiety over German rearmament. Preparation of a common front by the United States, Great Britain and France against German rearming was underway as a result of the confer- ence whose subject was the Reich’s stand on arms, expected to be out- lined Wednesday in a speech before the Reichstag by Chancellor Hitler. HITLER CALLS ENVOY TO GET INFORMATION Berlin, May 16.—()—Chancellor Adolph Hitler Tuesday called Count Rudolph Nadolny to get the latest in- formation from Geneva preparatory to facing the Reichstag and the world with a declaration of Germany's in- ternational political intentions. The chancellor at 3 p. m. Wednes- day will outline before the reassem- bled Reichstag Germany’s position in the face of the deadlock in the world disarmament conference which fol- lowed German disagreement with ar- caused unestimated loss to newly planted crops. THREAT OF DAMAGE Is LESS IN INDIANA Indianapolis, May 16.—(#)—Threat of further flood damage in central In- diana lessened with falling river levels Tuesday, but the swollen streams poured their heavy burden of water down toward their confluen- ces in the “pocket” district. Five hundred families had evacu- ated their homes at Terre Haute, where a crest of 25.5 feet on the Wa- bash River was the highest level reached in twenty five years. ELLENDALE DENTIST DIES Ellendale, N. D., May 16.—()—Dr. Harry Thomas, a dentist here for 30 years, died Monday afternoon of heart disease. He was president of the He leaves his home. 5 tos of the British disarmament plan. The count, chief delegate at the conference, and Dr. Alfred Rosenberg, chief of the foreign division of the Nazi party, were recalled to Berlin over the week-end for conferences. The latter had been in London. The situation in Germany was tense as government leaders sought to check the drift which rapidly was carrying the country into political isolation. Newspapers generally blamed France for the Geneva impasse and expressed surprise that the speech last Saturday night of vice chancellor Franz von Papen, in which he com- Pared the present situation with that existing in 1914, had received a cool foreign reception. d Peace BREAKS PRECEDENT IN SENDING APPEAL TONATIONS’ RULERS Says Failure to Cooperate Will Let World Know Where Blame Belongs OUTLINES SPECIFIC STEPS Move Is Significant in View ot Expected Speech By Ger- man Leader Washington, May 16.—(4)—Con- cerned over threats to peace, Presi- dent Roosevelt appealed to the world Tuesday to repudiate weapons of ag- gression and join for real promotion of international understanding and economic recovery. To the leaders of 54 nations, he addressed a precedent breaking sug- gestion for treaty agreement against troops crossing frontier lines. He notified congress of his action @ few hours later, saying it was im- Pelled by evidence that assurance of “world political.and economic peace and stability is threatened by selfish and short-sighted policies, actions and threats of actions.” No names were mentioned; but even before his words were read to house and senate, legislators com- mented on his move as of particular significance at this time in view of the declaration of policy which Chancellor Adolf Hitler of Germany is scheduled to make Wednesday. The president's communication to foreign governments called for aban- donment of “petty” national aims in the interest of all people; and warn- ed that unless this is done, the world will know where blame goes. His approach and proposals com- manded immediate support’ from both parties in the congress, although here and there comments showed doubt of much concrete result. Secretary Hull made plain at the state department that the proposed treaty against armed frontiers applied decidedly to send- ing American marines to Latin Ameri- can countries, as has been done in the Past. Copy Sent to Russia He would not comment on questions as to the sending of a copy of the message directly to Russia, whose gov- ernment the United States does not Tecognize. Official impressions had been giveri elsewhere, however, that the admin istration did not consider the sending of the message to the soviet as con< stituting recognition or a step to- ward recognition. At the capitol, Senator Robinson the Democratic leader, and others e: the view that the act may have the “effect” of recognition. “The way to disarm is to disarm,” the president bluntly said in his mes- sage to congress transmitting the earlier document. “The way to pre- vent invasion is to make it impos- sible.” He said he had proposed the non- aggression pact “because it has be- come increasingly evident that the as- surance of world political and eco- nomic peace and stability is threaten- ed by selfish and short-sighted poli- cies, actions, and threats of actions.” Seeks Success of Parleys As an immediate goal, the presi- dent asked sucecss for the Geneva arms conference and the economic conference soon to meet in Londan. He proposed: Adoption at Geneva of the Mac- Donald plan to reduce the armaments of France, stabilize those of Germany, and set up a consultative pact to pro- mote peace. Agreement on the time and place of ® later conference to carry these steps still further. An agreement meantime that no nation shall increase its existing arm- aments. é And a promise by all nations, pro- vided the terms of arms.limitation are faithfully kept, “that they will send no armed force of whatsoever nature across their frontiers. “Common sense points out that if any strong nation refuses to join with genuine sincerity in these concerted efforts for political and economic Peace, the one at Geneva and the other at London, progress can be ob- structed and ultimately blocked,” saia Roosevelt. “In such event the civilized world, seeking both forms of peace, know where the responsibility for failure lies. “I urge that no natfon assume such @ responsibility and that all nations, joined in these great conferences, translate their professed policies into action. This js the way to political and economic peace.” The message, contrary to long- standing diplomatic practice, was ad- dressed directly to the kings, poten- tates, and presidents of all of the 45 nations to be represented at London, including Russia. It was si “Franklin D, Roosevel:.” It went forward early Tuesday in direct language, without the usual protection of diplomatic code. Is Sent Around Globe Within a space of a few hours it would be before the head of ev= great nation around the globe, and most of the smaller ones. Officials here indicated they did not consider inclusion of Russia among the recipients as in any sense @ ges- ture of Russian recognition. Although this was the first diplomatic message to pass for years between Washing- EARTH ROADS FAIR \ton and the Russian ruling regime, Gravel highways in North Dakota are in fair to good conditions, and it was described as merely represent- ing a conviction that such a step as department reported Tuesday. the president proposed could not guc- (Continies on Prge Seven)